HEALTHIER CHEESE MARKET

Taranaki Daily News, 13 February 1931, Page 10

HEALTHIER CHEESE MARKET

COMPENSATION FOR ?d. ADVANCE

DEPRESSION MAY BE LIFTING.

“There are indications that the present rise in cheese prices is a oound one,” a prominent dairyman told a Daily News reporter yesterday. “There is some reason for the belief that we arc over the worst of,the serious dairy depression.” This view will coipe as some consolation to suppliers when they fin-'' this month that the advances are based iu most cases on 7d per lb butter-fat for cheese and 9Jd for butter. Despite the increased production, which in a good many South Taranaki localities has been more than maintained, cheques will be very low this month. It is very many years since 7d was paid out, and perhaps the price has never been lower since the old days when milk was sold to factories at so much per gallon. Taking 54s per cwt. as the current cheese quotation, companies could, with the help of an exchange rate worth over Id per lb butter-fat, pay out about lOd, were it not for the earlier advances made. The average price of cheese already sold—makes up to - the end of October or thereabouts —has not been much above lOd, while some of the earlier advances were well over Is.

The retail price of cheese has dropped in sympathy with wholesale quotations, ■but those in touch with the industry do not anticipate a corresponding increase in consumption—not, at least, while meat remains cheap. There is a real relation between cheese and meat consumption, so that the former is not used appreciably more because of lower prices unless there is a corresponding rise in meat prices. The question of changing over to butter continues to exercise the minds of directors. Until the last few days the butter market had a much healthier tone so that the alteration appeared profitable, but the change that has come over the market somew-hat alters the position. In any case several companies have decided that the decreased production may stimulate demand, in which case it might be to their advantage to remain in cheese manufacture.

BOWLING COMPETITIONS. HAWKEN STARS MATCH.

SOUTH TARANAKI TENNIS. INTERESTING COMPETITION. The last round of the South Taranaki inter-club tennis competitions will be played to-morrow, the draw being as follows: — A Grade. Patea v. Hawera, at Patea. Manaia v. Eltham, at Manaia. Sportsdale v. Park, at Hawera Park. Waverley a bye. B Grade. Waverley v. Manaia, at Waverley. Hawera v. Park, at Hawera. Stratford v. Pateaj at Stratford. The competition in the A grade has reached a very interesting stage with three teams leading. Haivera Park, Patea and Hawera have all been beaten once, and according to performances Park should beat Sportsdale and Hawera beat Patea. In the event of this happening Park and Hawera will have to play off in the final on February 21. In the B grade all interest will be centred in the match between Hawera and Hawera Park, as both these teams have won all their matches. The Manaia A team to play Eltham will be: Payne, Christie, Hickey and Armitage, Misses Hilles and Clague and Mesdames Winter and Davies. The Manaia B team to play Waverley will be: Ryan, Crompton, Bannerman, Miller, Hammonds and Walker, Miss Hughes, Mrs. C. Lloyd, Mrs. A. J. Christie, Miss M. Row, Miss Bridge and Mrs. Watts. SCOUT RALLY AT WELLINGTON. SPECIAL TRAIN FROM TARANAKI. A special train will convey Taranaki scouts to the rally at the Basin Reserve, Wellington on the occasion of the Chief Scout’s visit. The Chief Scout, Lord Baden-Powell, will be at Wellington on Saturday, February 28, the Taranaki contingent leaving on Friday and returning on Sunday. The train will leave New Plymouth at 8.48 o’clock in the morning, passing through Stratford at 9.57, Hawera at 10.38 and Patea at 11.15 and arriving at Wellington at 6.25 o’clock in the afternoon. The return train will leave Wellington at 10 a.m. on the Sunday. Over 100 scouts will go from South Taranaki. AU must return by train as set out, otherwise ordinary rates will be charged.

Auroa bowlers defeated Manaia by •24 to 17 in a match for th© Hawken stars on Wednesday. Results are-— A; M. Sheerin, Corey, Bradford, Kilpatrick (s) ....... 24 ■ * Espiner, Watts, Christie, Andrewa (s) ................ —- 17 In a friendly game Auroa beat Manaia by 57 to 45. The results' are:— Sheerin, Corey, Bradford, Kilpatrick (s) 28 Espiner, Watts, Christie, Andrews (s) • — 20 Sandford, Davies, Duff, Johnstone (s) .. 29 Massey, Lewin, Franklin, JohnSOUTHERN BOWLING SERIES. HAWERA WEDNESDAY UNBEATEN. In the South Taranaki bowling competition the Hawera Wednesday team maintained its unbeaten record in a midweek match with Patea, the margin in its favour being 21 points. Details are:—: P H.W. Wainwright, Drummond, Williams, Paterson (s) .. 18 — Herbert, McDonald, Shaw, TTinL-o taY — 26 McKenna, Scown, White, J. 16 — Canning, A. ' Wills, Townsley, Corkill (s) — £3 Richards, Gilbert,* Glenny, P. 11 — Colclough, Reakin, McCormick, — 29 Lamb, —, Christensen, Shea32 — Champion, Burgess, Bull, Bobb — 20 77 98