CHEESE OUTPUT.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17394, 3 February 1917, Page 9

CHEESE OUTPUT.

f PURCHASED BY GOVERNMENT. •9Jd PER POUND F. 0.8. f Last evening Mr Lamb, secretary ot 'the South Island Dairy Association, telegraphed from Wellington as folI lows.— J The Government has finally deterwiined to purchase all cheese a,t , 94d f.o.b.t Hose factories which have sold, are being charged lid par cent comjnission tor compensation to buyers. THE BRITISH TRADE. I IMPORTERS COMPLAIN ABOUT PRICE. By T«hgf*pkr-A«M .Lsioeiation.—Copyrifk*. Auttrtlian and N.Z. Cable Association. J (Received February 2, 9 p.m.) LONDON, February 1. Representatives of the produce trades iin London, Manchester, Liverpool, i Glasgow and Bristol interviewed Sir J Thomas Robinson, representing the Board of Trade, and pointed out that the price-paid for Australian and New Zealand cheese was unfair to importers '(•who were entitled to some consideration. The matter was not finally I settled. The question of the distribu- ! ition of cheese was also raised and there |is some hope that a certain quantity (•will be released for the trade.