CHEESE INDUSTRY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 16913, 9 December 1920, Page 3

CHEESE INDUSTRY.

UNEASINESS AMONG SUPPLIERS. Recent statements in the Press concerning the cheese position in England are causing some uneasiness among cheese suppliers, writes tho Hamilton correspondent of tile New Zealand Herald. Advices received by cable by tlie New ‘Zealand Co-operative Dairy Co. within the last few days show that there is no cause for undue anxiety. There has certainly been a* slight weakening in the cheese market in Great Britain, the fall in price being about a penny per lb. This decrease is due largely to the exceptionally heavy British make, which, is now being marketed, and tho present indications are that tho fall is temporary. It is possible that cheese may pay slightly loss than was indicated some months ago, but so far tho difference in price is not sufficient to cause uneasiness.

The first consignment of New Zealand cheese manufactured this season will bo shipped • from the Auckland province shortly, hut will not reach London until about the end of January. The bulk of New Zealand cheese, therefore, will not be available for sale in Great Britain until March and April, when it is anticipated that a large portion of the British make will have been disposed of, and that New Zealand will have a fairly free market. To provide for contingencies in the event of a further decrease in the price of cheese, the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company has considered the possibility of a change over from cheese to blitter. At tho present time the position does not warrant this course, and the company therefore recommends cheese factories to continue as usual.