THE BUTTER SUPPLY.
FEARS OF SHORTAGE REMOVED. JPkr Press Association-.] WELLINGTON. May 2. The butter in cool stores throughout the dominion (not counting supplies privately held) amounts to nearly 55,000 boxes. The returns from the various stores, as compared with tho position on April 30 last year, are as follow: Boxes. Boxes.
Total* . - 64,831 40,72rf It is believed that, the •fears ol a shortage being so far removed the local butter prices should be reduced soon by Id per lb. J
1912. 1911. Auckland 20,454 15.700 New Plymouth . 10,000 9,147 Pstea 3,000 •],1.)8 Wellington 15,110 10,500 1,769 Lyttelton . ■ 5.112 D unci! in . • 1,149 2.390
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXIII, Issue 15919, 3 May 1912, Page 9
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104THE BUTTER SUPPLY. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXIII, Issue 15919, 3 May 1912, Page 9
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