BOXES FOR BUTTER

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 30, 29 October 1937, Page 14

BOXES FOR BUTTER

Board Imports Half-Million from Sweden Tiiat tlie board bad ordered 500,000 butter-bbxes from Sweden because of the decreasing supplies of white pine available and to guard against any hold-up was mentioned by the chairman of the New Zealand Dairy Board, Mr A. «T, Murdocli, at a conference in Wanganui recently. A quantity of the boxes Avas already on the water 'and probably rvould he slightly clieaper tlian the Ncw Zealand box. Mr jMurdoch thought that niore could ho dono by tho importation of English libre boxes in wbieb a quantity of produce bad been shipped and opened up in very good condition. He considered tbese containers would prove satisfactory and tliat lnore of tliem coflld be uscd. Tlie board did not wisli to interfero Avitb local industry, but every producer would agree tbat no stone should be left unturned to prevent a hold-up. Great Britain was New Zenlaud's only satisfactory market for primary produce and it was tlie duty of the Dominion to support ber mdustrios to as great an extent as possible.