N.Z. BUTTER

Hokitika Guardian, 25 October 1930, Page 3

N.Z. BUTTER

AUCKLAND, October 21. The increased Canadian duty on New Zealand butter which came into operaion on Oct. 12 has caused an immediate and severe curtailment of exports from New Zealand to Canada. 'he Aorangi, which sailed for, Vancouver to-day, had only GBOO boxes of •butter compared, with 37,500. boxes carried by the Niagara, which arrived at Vancouver on October 10, two. days before the increased duty came into force. Last year the Niagara-sailed ifrom Auckland on October 23 with .17,533 boxes of butter for Canada. Whether future shipments will show any improvements or not is a matter for conjecture. A Van,'couver retailer recently pointed.out in a Canadian newspaper that this year’s quantity of Alberta and Saskatchewan butter was already made and that butter was not manufactured in the prairie provinces during the winter. A note of optimism for News Zealand producers is-struck by his statement that Canadian manufacturers could not materially increase their supply. Last year the supply of Canadian butter ran out round Christmas, and most people lived on the New Zealand brand until May this year. He said that with the New Zealand brand considerably dearer the consumer will, as usual buy from New Zealand because there is nothing else to buy.