EGGS TO BE DEARER

Chronicle (Levin), 6 November 1947, Page 6

EGGS TO BE DEARER

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^ CHR^STCHl'RCH, Xov. 5. The price of eggs is to be increased bv 1 d a liozen in the South Islund auu 2kl a dozen in the Xorth Islaiul. Authority for the increase has been given by the econoniic Stabilisation Coini.ussiou which recently considered the poultry indust ry 's case for an increase in price to meet increases in Jabour costs and prices for poultry foods. The indust ry 's cjise was liased on surveys made throughout Xew Zealana by Dr. 1. W. Weston, Cunterburv Agricultural College, and Mr. H. K Low, Massey Agricultural College. In Pebruary the price of eggs was increasecl bv 4d a dozen in the South Island and by 2d in the Xorth Island. " This will come as a bitter disappoiutuient to producers throughout the Doiuiiiiou, especiallv to the connnercial meti who are competiiig for labour," said Mr. J. W . McGlinchy, chairman of the Xew Zealand Poultry Board, who was iidvised by the Stabilisatioff Comniission todny of the increases. "The increase per dozen barely covers the increased feed cust let alone the labour cost. ' ' Mr. McClinchy said that the Stabilisation Commission would advise the Price I'ribunal of its decisiou and tne new prices would take elfect when the I'ribunal issued a new price order. He believed flint it woitld be Xovember 10 at- the iatest and possibly before.