WHY N.Z. BUTTER WAS IN SHANGHAI

Chronicle (Levin), 5 November 1947, Page 5

WHY N.Z. BUTTER WAS IN SHANGHAI

wellixgtox, Xov. 4. "It ean hardly be urgued lliat New Zeulaud .-diuuld in'glert these British cnlonies auti depeiuleiieies wliicii de linitely ivquire quantities of butler aiul cheese to ineet their needs, ' ' deelared Ihe Ministei of Agricult ure. Hua. E. L Cullen, tunight when coiument mg on last night 's 1'iess Associat ion message froai Dunedin quoting an I'nrra 'jfticial 's statenieat that he had seen ia Shunghai, linge pyramids of New Zeaiand ami Australian iaitter which could be Pnught in unliniited quantities The Minister said that uader the pro visiuns oi t lie bulk contracts between Ihe United Kingdom aad New Zeaiand and Australia, the ITiited Kingdoai -Miaistrv oi Food allocates deliaile quantities ot' Iaitter aad cheese that taav be shipped to aiarkets outside the United Kiiigdom. " Tliese aiarkets are all eouatries whieh, hei'ore the war, inijiortd iaitter or elieese aad whieh depemi oa receiving lanter and cheese for tiieir food requireateats, ' ' h.-add'-d. ''They are inainly British eoionies aad dependeaeies -uich aMulaya, Hong Kong, Britisii West Jadies aad siaiilar eouatries. Deiinitt qaaatities are allocated to eaeh des tiaatioa and it is let't to Xew Zeaiand aad Australia to snpply the allotte l quantities. ( Xew Zealaad has supplied a share of tliese quantities against imJiort lieenee, issued by the eountrv euaeeraed, although the total aiaount so supplied lias aot been great aad during 1917 it has iieea approxiinatelv loiiu t o a s ui batier coiujiared witli shipna-ats to the l aited Kingdom during the saine period of over 11 11,000 toas of butter. Xew Zealaad shipped :/> toas oi tiaaed iaitter to Sliangliai ia 194> uader the provisioas of a contraet with the I aited Kingdoai Ministry oi Food, bat ao butter at all lias been shipped ia 1917 froai Xew Zealaad" to Shanghai. It sliotild be puinted out," added Mr. Cullea, "that within the liniits set by the'" .Miaistry of Foo ! New Zealaad requires to keep ia touch | with outside aiarkets ia view of tla aeed Jor snpplying theai at soaie later stage. It siiould also be poiated out that it Xew Zealaad does aot supplv the (juaatities allocated, it is naturaby left foi Australia to do so. "