BUTTER PRICES.
IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT’S OFFER.
A mooting of hut-tor company representatives was hold in 'Palmerston yesterday to consider the offer of the Imperial Government for the 1917-18 exportable output of blitter. There was a representative, attendance, and it was the general opinion that the offer of loos*per cwt., f.0.b., at the rate of Is ' 4|d per II)., was not satisfactory in view of the Imperial Government's arrangement to pay 170s per cwt. to other countries. The meeting appointed Messrs McFarlane (Ballanee). D. Prouse (Levin), an( l ]i\ J. Nathan (Palmerston) as a- deputation to proceed to "Wellington this evening and meet other delegates, and to wait on the Prime Minister to-mor-row on the matter. i Similar meetings were held yesterday in Auckland, Hamilton and Inglewood,, which also appointed representatives to act with the other visiting delegates in hiviim the question before Mr Massey. i " " ====
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10109, 17 October 1917, Page 5
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