FARMING NEWS.

Grey River Argus, 30 November 1927, Page 7

FARMING NEWS.

AUSTRALIA INCREASES BUTTER DUTY. CANBERRA, November 28. The House of Representatives increased the duty by sixpence a pound against New Zealand butter and cheese, recommended by the Tariff Board’s report, tabled to-day. Imports of butter from the Dominion in the last fiscal year were valued at half a million sterling, 4hc landed cost was Is fid a pound, whereas a net return of Is lid was necessary to Aus trail an producers. The President and Vice-President of the Primary Producers’ Union left Sydney for Canberra to-day to confer with Air Bruce on th ' question of tariff revision. The President of the Union points out that under the existing reciprocal agreement between Australia ami N *w Zealand, any change in tariff will not affect New Zealand for six months. They understood that an agreement favourable to the Dominion had already been reached in regard tc Australian flour. It was only reasonable to expect further progress in the same direction. They might and ought to deal with the present butter position, so that the matter should be satisfactorily arranged at an early date.