DECLINING QUALITY.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 August 1924, Page 4

DECLINING QUALITY.

N'K\V ZKAI.AN'D nt'TTKI? POORKII. VI lows UK All! m:\VTUX KIND. A I'CK DAN I), Aug. is Souk- interesting remarks on the m;i:lmting of Now Zealand dairy produce won- made lcj-ils«y liv Air Newton King, of Xevv Ply motitli, wlio return'll liv tko Niagara after n visit to si ml the Continent. "'I lie -tiiscn litis lifen tin extraonlintiry one for prices sit home,” said Mr Kino. "The ups uni! downs were more pronounced in the middle* of the sensoii. Then there was a sharp and continuous decline with tin e'pudly quick advance .v illi steadiness follow ing. On April !"> the market was at its lowest and Toolev Street merchants were very

pessimistic. However, the price for holler advanced I rum I AOs to 17Ts . er ew! at the end of the month, and dually 2s ahead of Danish hotter. The rate then receded and then advanced at the end of dune to IS Is.

The total imports of hotter into the iTiited Kingdom tor Ihtl.’l totalled 1.1 177 cwt'. Of that total Denmark c.iUrihutcd l.sdlVJ'dA cut, and New Zealand I. |:SO.7(m cwt. The average price of Danish hotter over -sew Zealand was Ids 10d per cwl, for ten months the dilfereiiee was 7s S,| and for the hist two months it was 2Ts. (These limitations ililler very widely from those etihled at the time . Tli ■ proportion oi Danish lintti*i iinpotted liv the I lilted Kinedom was :!(i per

i-ent, as against 22 per edit ol New Zealand hiltter.

Tin- disparity in tlit' price between Dullish :m l New Zealand hnl ter had attracted tin' attention of New Zealand produeels. Tnnlev Street n-er-i hunts tlmnyhl the principal cause was heavv Derman hnyino, enablin'; the Danes to advance their prices for the small fpiaitt it it-' :i vsi i lalili' for export. as there was demand in I'.nttland lor Danish Initlcr at any price that wtts asked. The ttlstom of the Danes wtt.s to sell heavily 1.0. h., and two lal'tte KnolMt linns had enntraetecl to take one-third of the export balance for Kneland. Copenlnioen linns ttlsct sold to other buyers in Kntilaml. partienhirlv to north of Knpland and Scotland. The balance unsold each Wednesday was .'ltipned on eotisiniiitieni ft Kimland. hnl on the nnderstiinditto that it must ho sold v.'ilhi'i one week. Danish hotter was thus always fresh, and practically the satin. Ihitio applied to’ Ksihntiia, l.atvinia

I , 'iirtnlid, Sweden and I lolhi ml. con t i lllH-il Mr Kil.fi. "which 1 1 i|>p«ml lai’oe pre-war consiniimenls, Ini' reeommenied exportin'', mill now scuds l*_\(ltMl to I'l.lHi!) casks n week, ]>rincipsilIy shipped mi '-<»t----I. Tin* A if'ciilino export trade is increasin''. Tlint roil Ml ry *s export In lilt* r.iil'tl in Ih-A was If*! > owl. anil lor tin* lasi live in'iitlis o| lliis yoar (In* sliipiiioiit was ;|.l Villi iwt. which is over (Hi.tHVt iwt in excess ol I In.* total lor tin* correspondin'' period r|' last yoar. Uni tlioir ipiality is very interior ami the prie* is los to ills lie low .New Zealand hut ter. People who are well informed stated that the export frniii the Aroeniinc will erow very eonsideraldy in the next few years. As against the erowtli ol imports from other countries there was a demand whirh prohahly would continue to eri.w. as oreat ij*ialit i ties were wauled lor the (’oiled Slates, whirh had pun lin-cd heavy supplies ol Danish. Now Zeeland and In-h holler. I'rom rehiarlis nui'lo it would appear lhai the <|u; 111 1ily Alneriea i .piin d would ho very in in-h mure in l lie future. "I mil -orry to report." said .Mr K iuy. "that I lie ipmliiv ol New Zealand holler has **onr hack ouiisidoi a V ly. mid ■•..'lierally spoakino. it is not Well spoken of. The "oncral impres-ioil is tluit too iniidi hiearhonal" of soda is Used jn ill,, neiil i ali-a I ion cl < i<"ini, .•'l l li.o'-t hit;,el's eoiiipl.t'll oi lialllO"! muf w 'iikiiess. Whatever i- the calls:' the Dcnermitnl Dairv Division should Dike steps to restin'.' New Zealand's ooo.d limn'', ' oiiiplaiots are ah- i strow ; on the I’i'.i'ilie o.a-.t el Ainefie::. wh.er' luty.'i's ol .otue year-' expel ionic eon - plaini I li’.al this year'-, ntiiJily was ipdle inferior. Doe Iniyer said locustomers had refused to lake any more el the New Zealand arid!". Il seem- ipiite ;• j*i>:!r eii tint tie- fa'imv i - due to some carelessness at l hiend. ml m.I eii I iivl y I i Ik me separatiii" is some people helicte. In many cases hi'iinds of home separated eream were highly spoken of. IL will he ad-\i-iihle to raise tin* points lor lir-t----eliiss hotter. This no douht would tend lo make people more rare! it! aml desirous of havin.f (Iteir hotter /.'railed a- Ill'si class." New Zealand cheese w a-, well spoken of. lon the weako- s in l.ondon was the shortness ol tool 'tor;u_‘.o. That was felt in a seasan lik • tin* last cue. when low prices imped a larjce <|Umiiity lo he stored, hut there was Hot sullieielil room,. t'on-e;pienl deI .'l'ioralion in the cheese* had the uaine of New Zealand down. The (|ilestion of larger cool stores would have In he taken up a- soon as po--

In (TiiirliSMi; ii Mr ss i •<!••: I an oplimistie note. There was. lie -aid. no reason to he pessiinislie, hut lm did not like to see the quality ol New Zealand Initlcr going down. To the ia iisniner in Kurland New Zealand wits little known, .and an advertising sehem • vvliii h bail been advoealed sho'ild be inaugurated bv compelent bands. The way it should be done was a uiatler lor careful consideration, but the result would he most iHMK'ficml. Non Xcaiiiv.vn* 100 ajit to think they were Well known, but the masses had a very hazy idea lit the whereabouts of New Zealand. One man had asked him what part of Australia it was in, while another thutt'jlil it was pan ol South Airint.