NEW ZEALAND CHEESE.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 882, 7 December 1916, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND CHEESE.

PRICES NOT YET FIXED. NEGOTIATIONS STILL PROCEEDING. (Special to Tht San.l WELLINGTON, December f>. The announcement in a cablegram to the effect that the price to be paid for New Zealand cheese has not vet been fixed by the Imperial authorities may be an indication that something better than the price originally mentioned, equivalent to 85d for producers, -.sill be available, but local merchants arc disposed to believe that the point still in dispute in London is not one of price but of marketing conditions. The information at their disposal suggests the price to be paid in New Zealand is fairly well fixed, but that questions of commissions and percentages are under consideration. The position of the producer, however, cannot safely be regarded as settled. New Zealand Ministers may be urging the claims of the producers to a price nearer the market values of to-day.