BUTTER TO CHEESE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 23 October 1941, Page 2

BUTTER TO CHEESE

j AUSTRALIAN CHANGEOVER Auckland, Oct. 22. I “Australia has been giving the j changeover from butter to cheese con ! siderable attention, and in Queensland. Victoria and South Australia the I switch-over is extensive,” said Major ■ j.l. Russell King, Sydney, who came to Auckland to preside at the annual j meeting of Empire Dairies. | He said Britain had promised to 1 ! take annually up to 40,000 tons of Australian cheese, but it was doubtful if that quantity could be sent this year. Australian dairymen were receiving the full value of the price offered by the Imperial Government, which is 7s 3d per cwt. more than the previous contract price. The dry season in the two main producing States was seriously curtailing production this season. j One of the mam Questions after me

war would be comr ‘ition between butter and margarine. The Australian Control Committee was now establish- | ir.g an advertising fund by a levy on all export butter to get butter back to its pre-war consumption in Britain and other world markets. The committee aimed at raising £1.250.000, and half cf this amount was already in hand. The Commonwealth had increased cold storage capacity to hold three months supply at the peak of production.— j r> a