SUTTER AND CHEESE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1013, 5 November 1917, Page 5

SUTTER AND CHEESE.

(Special to "Standard.") WELLINGTON, Nov. 4

Some r»f the details connected with tlto Governm. nt's purchase of the butter sfyd cheese outputs on behalf of (ho Imperii!.,' Government have still to be adjusted.', The original oiler of the British authorities was to pay for the produce on shipment, lull this arrangement obviously would be embarrassing to the producers, in view of the possibility of prolonged delays in getting the butter and cheese out of the stores, and the Prime Minister is now in communication with the Imperial Government, with the object of arranging better terms. Mr Massey stated, in answer lo a. question on the point, that he anticipated being able to secure for the producers an advance on produce put into the stores. The .shipping outlook is far from good, as Ministers have indicated in recent statements on the subject, Nobody say yet, what, the position is going to be during next year, but it is quite evident that the trimsport of the American armies to France and the moving of the immense quantities of stores and munitions produced by busy American factories will increase .New Zealand's difficulties. The Americans are not in a position to provide all their own shipping. Britain has to come to their assistance. Our Ministers are not making doleful predictions, but they want to see more cold storage made available in this country. The Appropriation Act gives the Minister for Finance power to make advances up to a total sum of £120,000 for this purpose