NEW ZEALAND BUTTER.
NO FREE MARKET. A prominent dairyman, interviewed by a Chronicle representative this morning, gave it as his opinion that there would be no free market for butter, and that the exportable surplus would be requisitioned by the British Government. There was a world-wide shortage of this necessary article of diet, as was indicated by the exports from Australia. Three years ago the Commonwealth exported 34,000 tons. Last year only 6000 tons were sent to England. New Zealand sent 20,302 tons of butter Home last year, but this quantity, although larger than that sent in any previous year except 1918, was only a small portion of Britain's consumption. The price obtained by New Zealand under the requisition for 1918-19 was 181/ per cwt, as against 282/ obtained by Denmark for her butter. It was understood, he added, that the butter shortage was causing the Imperial Government to again place the people at Home on rations, and to do that all butter imported would have to be requisitioned. Efforts were now being made to induce the Imperial Government to allow a price for butter taken from New Zealand equal to that given for any other supply received, and hopes were entertained that a satisfactory arrangement would be come to.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XIII, Issue 1359, 27 April 1920, Page 5
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210NEW ZEALAND BUTTER. King Country Chronicle, Volume XIII, Issue 1359, 27 April 1920, Page 5
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