BUTTER MARKETING

Evening Star, Issue 20591, 17 September 1930, Page 9

BUTTER MARKETING

AUSTRALIAN EXPORTS IMPROVING THE ORGANISATION Frew Awociation—BjTelegr&ph—Copyright. SYDNEY, September 16. At a meeting of the Australian DairyProduce Export Board consideration -was given to suggestions by the London agency’ for improving the organisation for the marketing of Australian butter in the United Kingdom. Two Queensland producers (Messrs T. Plunket and C. Jamieson) were duly appointed to visit England and report upon recent developments concerning the selling of Australian butter in pats direct to consumers, the extension of trade in the Midlands, and the continuance or otherwise of advertising propaganda. The board emphasised the probability of future severe competition from Danish butter being sold in pats in the United Kingdom, and the curtailment of buying orders as a result of the merging of large companies and the pooling of orders by grocers’ associations. The board reduced the levies on export blitter to l-30d per lb, and to 1-Cod per lb on cheese. The fund for advertising propaganda in Loudon was greatly cut owing to the economic conditions. The quantity of butter in cold stores in Australia on August 30 was 1,157 tons.