THE BUTTER SLUMP.
HAD EFFECT ON NEW ZEALAND PRODUCE. [PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, April 4. The news of the butter slump in London has occasioned some concern locally. Butter is down to an average of 9.54 d per lb, or roughly, 9£d, while the outputs of many factories were purchased at the beginning of the season at an average of lljd per lb. . On this basis the loss is lfd per lb, or, roughly, £17 10s per ton. In addition to tho butter already on the market, there are heavy shipments afloat — perhaps tho heaviest that have been shipped from New Zealand at tliis time of the season since the in- " dustry started.
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Feilding Star, 5 April 1909, Page 2
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113THE BUTTER SLUMP. Feilding Star, 5 April 1909, Page 2
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