BUTTER PRICES

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVII, Issue 4458, 17 October 1933, Page 5

BUTTER PRICES

LOCAL MARKET CONTROL. Representations were made to the Government last week by the DairyProduce Board in connection with a proposal for the introduction of legislation to control the price of butter on the local market under what is known as the Sinclair scheme. A deputation waited on the Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes, the Minister of Industries and Commerce, Hon. R. Masters, and the Minister of Agriculture, Hon. C. E. Macmillan, but it is understood that Government action is not likely until more definite proposals have been submitted. The proposal, which emanated from the annual conference of the National Dairy Association at Hamilton recently, was to "load" butter at a rate of twopence a lb. with a view to establishing a fund from which a bonus would be paid at the end of the season. However, _ inquh*ies in departmental circles indicate that the plan as approved at Hamilton has undergone some modification. One of the alternative suggestions was that the "load" should be lid instead of 2d, but the whole question is still "in the air," and it is understood that the Dairy Board has been asked to put its proposals into more definite shape with a view to submitting them again to the Government. At the moment it does not appear likely that the Government will act on the request to alter the Dairy Control Board Act in the direction indicated.