BUTTER MARKETING.

Wairarapa Age, 4 May 1936, Page 7

BUTTER MARKETING.

NEW ZEALAND’S DECISION TO END AGREEMENTS.

WARNING AGAINST TOO RIGID

CONTROL.

LONDON, May I. Tooley Street authorities are reluctant to comment on the reported decision by the New Zealand Dairy Board to notify Tooley Street merchants that all agreements will lapse on July 31. Leading firms are expected to confer on the matter next week. It is generally considered that the decision will not affect marketing, but it 'is pointed out that the experience of other countries shows that too rigid control of commodities does not pay in the long run. JAPANESE SHIPMENT. TOOLEY STREET IMPRESSED. LONDON, May 1. A shipment of 2000 boxes of Japanese bfitter is being marketed by Tooley Street consignees. They state that it is some of the finest they have seen, and it is selling freely, despite the 15s per hundredweight duty. A second shipment is due shortly, and big shipments are contemplated next year under the supervision of Danish experts, who have planned increased output. Officials at Australia House are investigating the probable output, but they do not regard the matter as a serious menace at p-resent.