BUTTER SHIPMENTS
THE QUOTA PRINCIPLE A MISUNDERSTANDING REMOVED (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, December 13. The Australian cablegram suggesting that the Australian Dairy Board was willing to restrict the butter shipments to the extent of 20 per cent., provided that the New Zealand board was prepared to do likewise, has caused misapprehension in some districts, where it is felt tfiat the quota principle of restriction of shipments has been adopted. This is not the case. It was made clear at a recent meeting. addressed hy Mr W. A. lorns (chairman of the Dairy Board) that all the Australian board asked for was that 20 per cent, of this season's manufacture of butter should be withheld from shipment for a few months so that the arrivals In England could be spread more evenly over the 12 months.
The reason for the suggested regulations is that the bulk of the manufacture of butter in both Australia and New Zealand is during a relatively few months of the year, and the immediate shipment of butter as it is manufactured causes a glut on the English market. By spreading the arrivals as evenly_ os possible over 12 months improved prices should result.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22136, 14 December 1933, Page 10
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