PRICE OF BUTTER.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14126, 19 October 1916, Page 8

PRICE OF BUTTER.

fpftr PresS Ai?sof"Jaiion'.l company to test Legality of regulations. •■■ - night. In connection with the / regulations which have been issue by -the-Govern-ment, fixing the maximum, price of butter and providing for the issue of licenses to those factories which export either butter or cheesfe) it- is* understood that steps are being 'taken tp settle the question which has been_ raised of; the validity 1 , of t^&Ord,er-in-CouncU miking these regulatioiVs; -. :-":-,v.^/-. „ In this cminecttpri the following ' cir- ; cular has been issued to Dairy Companies by the Producers' Committee. "Wo were appointed to represent the producers'. . intbrast. ■ in . . c , o iW l^?tiqn i , with ( the Board of Ti^ae's proposal t^'regiil-' ate the price of buttero.upon the; loca^ market. Suck a. .. progo^al uiyolves the assessment over f the-: wnole or the but-ter-fat supplied to butt-er and cheese factories within the Dominion." A copy of the Gazette notice and memo setting iorth the proposed i^eansO^giving^effect to the arvangemcTit Is beltig- posted today to each dairy, rompairy by Air. Tilggs, who^ias bfi€it appdilited J licensauthority tinder the -proclamation. These will fully explain the position. After considering the proposition and its' bearing upon sevenu and varying interests, represented, and after taking* legal opinion we have decided" to: 'Contest the validity of the Order-in-Council. Meanwhile provisions of 'the proclamation are Mil force and we asbrise; <%iry companies forthwith to mate "application for. tlieir licenses, othenvise, serious trouble a«(^ delay may arise in' connection with shipments pel- steaaners due to leave shortly. We understand that if the proclamation is found to be ultra < vires,, the licenses will become inoperative^. -j v We 'also recommend 'dairy coriipanie^ which do business upon the local market to sell their butter at a rat© to retailers corresponding with not more than Is 7d ' per lb to consumers, and to, maintain -supplies for their ugu'al; busni^ss*.' during the short s >time before a^decisibriv will likely be made. Unless this is done the position will .be seriously complicated. If the proclamation is • sustained*' we shall. : in the -interests; . ol : the .producers,, deem! it our. fluty ; ' tt> assist , '^he authoritks in making the 'scheme as -XNoShplete and . 'satisfactory as possible.— (Signed) Arthmv Morion Ma«y, H T ,R, )T Pacey, W. Fisher, W. D. Powdrell and C. P. Agar." •■'•' '.- ' X--*- y\:"i'iv -V'..