POSITION IN AUCKLAND.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 152, 21 March 1908, Page 3

POSITION IN AUCKLAND.

(BY : TELEGRAPH— mESS ASSOCIATION. \ '. . - . i ;..... Auckland, March 20. .. /J ho. position is not relieved at all in retho butter market. Tho rccont . ranis. came : too latd .-to make any." material , ™ e .r en P e ; in tho season's . output, "and there IS; a. tremendous . shortage, tills season compared last. •_ As tho winter approaches I the; outlook -is likely. to • beeomo" more serious, ;;and ;a great deal ,will depend upon tho April- . : May output; ~ • • . : ;. ; - . representative interviewed Mr. Pacoy, secretary of tho New Zealand, Dairy Association, regarding the; present.. situation.;,.'A--;- ...- : ' have already closed down two.places -. which should hajio run till May," said Mr. racoy, and I have just, been advised-that two factories,,; which at tho beginning .of '■ i hnrV ary iV - ere £ roc ?i | vin & .1570 " gallons Sand '1000 gallops,of.;milk per day respectively, are now, . receiving'; 160- gallons and'-. 120 ; gallons .per day each. • This; falling.'off • serves to ; demonstrate the-position .throughout tho province, Both<these, factories wilr havo to •, ..close; down within; a,fortnight, ; a'nd the probability is that several others will do likewise Ono ,of tho -greatest difficulties we ha\o to with is- that, notwithstanding;, tho reduced .supplies, tho manufacturing . oxpensos are just :as great now. as at. the . flush oi. tho season.',' Hence butter is more „c6stly. ,to .mako -than, tdual, ,tfnd the higher prices beiilg obtained , do not nearly ocmpensato.tho .extra;cost of manufacture."