STATE CONTROL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 193, 1 September 1937, Page 6

STATE CONTROL

-Press Associatfor. 1

Marketing oi Butter in Auckland early acti0n f0recast

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AUCKLAND. Last Night. Regulatious governing the sale and distribution of butter within the Auckland district are expected to be issued by the Government within a few days. Lt is understood that the conditions effecting the system of State control are at present being drafted by the internal Marketing Department and that they will be brought into opcration by means of an Order-in-Council as soon as this preliminary work is completed. In authorative circles, however, it is considered unlikely that the proposals will actuaiiy be applied for about a month. No anouucement is expected until the Order-in-Council is gazetted, - but it is believed that the scheme will i'oilow the general lines of tlie regulations now applicable in Wellington. These provide that no butter shall be sold by any preson unless a liccnce is first obtained from the Primary Products Marketing Department, which has power to define areas within whicb manufacturers or wholesale distribution ailowances are gazetted from time to time. Within the industry it is felt tbat the regulations will simply complete State controJ, with tlie Internal Market Department virtually fixing " the price at every stage ' between the factory 'and retailer. lt is a step which many cotnpetent authorities regard as unnecessaryj as the export parity price is the stabiiising factor. in the domestic market and makes an eiaborate system of control unnecessary.'