BUTTER MARKET.
WHAT WILL PRICE BE NEXT
SEASON ?
WELLINGTON, July 28. It, was stated here to-day by a, well-informed business man intimately connected with the dairying industry that elevenpence per pound f.o.b. New Zealand ports was being ' offered to factories for cheese in bulk. This offer covers the Ivhole of next season’s output. The retuyn for butter on this basis would be about two shillings per pound f.o.b. Storekeepers would then pay. about 2s 2d for butter in pats, against 2s Id, now being paid, and the price to consumers in the Dominion would have to increase to at least 2s del since the Government will not continue paying the subsidy after Aug ust.—Special.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LV, Issue 6143, 29 July 1921, Page 5
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114BUTTER MARKET. Gisborne Times, Volume LV, Issue 6143, 29 July 1921, Page 5
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