THE BUTTER SHORTAGE
' Regulation of export? Two questions on the butter shortage were, given notice of in tlio House of . Representatives' 'yesterday, j 'Mr. S."G. Smith (Taranaki) gave notice to , ask the Minister in Charge of Imperial Government Supplies Dejmvtment whether it is truo that tlio present shortage of .'butter in various parts of , the (Dominion is due mainly to the Departjment of Imperial . Government .Supplies (having .allowed an over-e:tport of butter j ./and whether it is tme that the Department of Imperial Government Supplies, Maying discovered : ttiat too much butter /Jtad.been allowed to go out of tho eoun(try,; did endeavour in June Inst to have jhrelandc-d from the. sis. Paparoa, then lyrang at the Auckland Wharf, 10,000 boxes (of, butter, but the negotiations fell iihrough because tho shipping company jintimated that tho cost of relanding the ilratter .would be approximately ,-£5000? Dr. A. K. Newman (Wellington |gsye.notice, I ) ask the Government whether 'they will regulate the export of ibutter- so that amplo reserves be kept (for the winter, thus avoiding butter shortages? ' ■ .
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 291, 4 September 1919, Page 8
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173THE BUTTER SHORTAGE Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 291, 4 September 1919, Page 8
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