PRICE OF BUTTER.
QUESTION OF IMPERIAL PURCHASE. MENTIONED IN PARLIAMENT. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, August 24. Replying to" Mr C. IT. Poole in the House this afternoon, tho Prime Minister said it was not a fact that next year's butter output had been purchased by the Government at Is 4rt, Negotiations had reached a stago'when he was ablo- to report to Cabinet,- but' they were not final yet, At a later stage,.replying to-Mr A. Walker, tho Prime Minister said' that the interests of the consuming public were not being overlooked in these negotiations. Replying lo Mr G. J. Anderson, Mr Massey said a very large proportion of the .dairy companies paid tho butterfat levy. .'■;. >. .■: .
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North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13966, 25 August 1917, Page 3
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114PRICE OF BUTTER. North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13966, 25 August 1917, Page 3
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