PRODUCTION OF BUTTER.
TEST FOR LABOR PARTY. A NOVEL EXPERIMENT. (By Wire, —Parliamentary Reporter.) Wellington, Last Night. Mr. J. R. Hamilton (Awarua) gave notice to ask the Prime Minister whether, seeing the many various opinions as to the cost of production of butter and milk in New Zealand, and the repeated clamour of ui o Labor and Independent members in this House for a reduction in the cost 0 f these articles, the Government will , t gree to .the purchase of sufficient ai}d cows to supply one of the principal towns with milk and butter at cost price? He suggests that the experiment should be based on 5 per cent, and, 1 per cent- sinking fund on the capital required, and the cost of labor and tile farm to be run and managed by the f.abor Party on union wages and conditions, provided that the farmers accept the result as the cost of production in New Zealand and undertake to supply local markets at the ascertained result.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 September 1920, Page 5
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167PRODUCTION OF BUTTER. Taranaki Daily News, 22 September 1920, Page 5
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