DAIRY PRODUCE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 142, 3 July 1937, Page 19

DAIRY PRODUCE

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* ■ Government lo Review Cheete Payments QUESTION OF GRADING

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PALMERSTON N., This Day. During Winter dh»w *eek A o°nfer •nce of cheete faetdry delBgates held in Palmerston North V* conside* BiRttera which Wtre oi *« urgeftt natbre to the >»duefry i* view of rising fpsti mad the prpximity of ihe new MMOb. Thrae ppaolutioiie wqre passed itt ?e«p«et of additional payments tq ' eheee* eoinpanies, grading and shrink' age. To thesa tha acting Mini&ter of MtTketwg, Roa, Lee Mwtin, Uas ropiied followa:-® " "The reqstlt that tho Government Mxould coRsider the payjnent of some fciditiooal amoynt to cheese eopipanies fhal already been represented to the feovoreroeBt aid will be considereji in jthe light of the results of tho geason'q ioptratioB^ X eea, however, give no ' tandertakiag that there will be my jreview of" tht §*i?tiug arr&ngexueuts in jreepect of the season just closing, "In connectioo with the suggeation jthat there should bq a edight variation kn the grading pointg for cheese ea?ry hng the basie guaranteed price, I have Ro pt&te that oonpideration will he given jto it. I. wohld point out, however, that (fof this seasoa 7$ per cent, of the fcotai dheese output hao bees p&id for nt the eziisting bagic go.araateed price cr bette?. I taho it that this c*a be interpreted as an lndigatiOS that the' method of payment is reasouably gound. Actually the Wellington district cheesa factoriei obtained the bagie guaranteed price for 50 per cent. of their output RmO the be«ie price or better for 79 p§? {tent- oi their output. 14 Ju regard to the resplution dealing jarith tho qaesfcioR of ghrinkage on wasjed cheese4 I would draw attention to the ve?y complete gthtetaent whieb wa? m*de early in the sea^on os this questio*. In that statement it wa» ihdi' jated that * genejaJ 2J per cent. phyink* age oi oheeie i# aliow§4 for i® the guayanteed price formula and if a diffofOBt and iowe? shrinkage wero aiJowed for on waaed cheese, the purehase price of that "waxed would he jiower than »t present and thu# the jroioiti sa fay ag the cpmpaniep are oonceriied, would be no different." I The motiong earried at thp conferifnee wero aa fpUPws;-?' 5 "That this meeting T§piepts the Goveynment to honovir its prpgiise to cheege cQinpanies for the paat aeaspn, hy giying them a price for eheeae to enahif the average ebeese cpmpany for the paet peasea to pay out i|d per ib. jnofe th&n that now out . by average butter eompaniea,' ' "That tha baiie pii.oa he on 91J-92 grading eheepe, 92i to get 7d premium land fi| to get Jp and 2d.1? • "That the phTinhage on wased cheese ha Jt pa? eent."