THE BUTTER LEVY

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3140, 19 July 1917, Page 4

THE BUTTER LEVY

POSITION IS UNCERTAIN

The position as regards the butter-fat levy is at present rather complicated and uncertain, and the Prime Minister' 3 announcement that the maximum price of butter has now been' removed has further confused the matter. The purpose of the levy was to keep down tho local price of butter by providing a fund that would recouo factories selling butter in New Zealand to the extent of the difference between the export price and tha maximum local price fixed by.the Government. The removal of the maximum price seems to have made the whole schemo unworkable. The problem is receiving the attention of the Government. A final decision has not yet been reached, but it is practically certain that the ltvy will eventually be abolished. The delay in making an official announcement to this effect is probablv due to the fact that the Government ha* not yet made up its mind as to the best way out of the difficulty.

An inquest was held yesterday afternoon by Mr. W. G. Biddell, S.M., touching the death of John Fitzgerald, whose body was found in Wellington Harbour. Fitzgerald, who was 18 years of age was" baching' with George Pyott, a Wharf labourer. The men retired on Sunday at 9 p.m., and the next morning Fitzgerald was missing from the house. When Pyott went back to the house on Monday afternoon ho found a note written by Fitzgerald, in which he said lie was not going to tho Hospital nor yet to any, home, but was going to make 'a decent break." Fitzgerald had been ill for some time, and had suffered from heart troublo and other complications. After hearing the evidence a verdict was returned that John Fitzgerald committed suicide bv drowning himself in the Wellington Harbour on July IG. Arrangements have been mado for Turner's Mandolin Orohestra to provide a few musical items at the lecture to be given by Mr. C. J. Parr, C.M.G., on his visit to the Grand Fleet. The services of the orchestra ihavo been kindly offered for this purpose.

"I know my remedy."—Shakespeare. Thoso who are suffering from a cough or cold have a aplondid remedy in Baxter's Lung Preserver. It will assist to throw off bronchial complaints as nothing elsg, will—Ady.t. i\