THE BUTTER TRADE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1395, 22 March 1912, Page 8

THE BUTTER TRADE.

Can ToloKraDh.-l'rcss Aaaoclatlon.l Auckland, Jiarch 21. The semblance of u panic has been detected in some parts of .Vow Zealand diii'iiiß the past few weeks, the cause thereof liein;,' a series of rumours to th? effect (hat a shortage of local sirpnlic.* of butter for till! wilder months «:x likely to occur. That the note of alarm in this iMiiinection lin'l apparently been overdrawn was indieateil by information which w:is pleaned from authoritative tourees ;liis morning;. ■;tt'" have hod a splendid season." Fnid a prominent merchant, "and the dairying ii'iln.-itry lias lieon the meaiiM of brin-iiiK muiih more than the usual amount of wealth into the Dominion liecau?o of the recoiil prices which have prevailed both in the Home and Vancniwor markets." Any sUßßestion of a "corner ,, haviiiK been e.inseil in Tjumlon, he thonght, was without foundation in fact. The dairying season is now taneriiiß oIF. lm: by reason of the mild summer weather experienced it. is making a strong finish. Shipment;; abroad will probably m-.\w early in tinenniini; month, and it is anticipated that, the exports for the season from Auckland province will exceed those of last year by about 20 per cent. Up to date the total shipments for the present scroll ar? 259.183 boxes, being an increase vl J?,173 boxes over those of last year.