WELLINGTON NOTES.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 August 1924, Page 1

WELLINGTON NOTES.

DAUiV I’RODCCE MARKET. (Special to “Guardian”.) WKI.I.IXGTOX, “7 A business man who is not linancially interested in tin* dairy produce business. hut who studios the marhots, expressed tin; opinion that direclors ol iaotorios are always in dillicitl- ' ins at the opcliinp; (,l the season to hnow u hat to do lor the host. It is a pi'olilmn whether they should soli the season's output or con-ion the lot, nr

sell part and eunsiyn part. If the outjutt is stiltl out rtylit it may turn out later tin l loiisiyun'.ent would have been more juolitahle, and if coiisiynieiit is ‘■iioseii. oiilriylit sale may later on piove to have been the best. Kvelt with part sale and jinrl ronsiymnent it is tliliiciili to know whether the output 'barmy tiie lir.-t half of the season -lioiihl he sold or tousiyned. The butler market i- a very speculative one and is made worse lor our producers by tlie laet that no reliable statist icial tit format ion is available. What little inlorma'.icii i- available lacks sequence and coherence :ml lint infrequently I Imre is inaccuracy. There are no details available as to .shipments front eoinnetiny countries or stocks in store at terminal markets. U'e know nothing of requirements in other markets oitt-ide liritain. In a vayite wav there i- talk of openin'; up new markets ami yet we know very little about wlnit i.s yoitiy mi in our chief market. Kver -iilet' the end of .lime the hotter market lias been ttscelidin;; and “Ilie authorities have yiven no reasons lor it. i n the contrary Llie cable messages have been mislendiny in respect to Siberian supplies, for the reports have indicated that Imye supplies were bciHy obtained from that quarter. Had v.e l.et n furnished with details of imports nf Inn tor into tlie Fnileil Kingdom it would have been, in the tipinioii ol this antherily, an easy matter to have diaeiio-cd the market |irns|;ee;s. Mail advices show that tlm mijierts of hatter into Hritain dnriny I he lir-t hall of the tear were less than in the ciirrc-pnudiny hail of hist year hy |.'i.'l,tl(l;l cut, and inelinliu;; the liyttres fi.-r las! inontli w hicli showed a sliylil. e:\jiaii-iiin tlm slmrtaye for the seven months totals Il’!!,(IUO ewt. Fmler normal eonditimis thi- .shortage would not have made a very ureal difference. Inn the intlux of vi'istofs to liritain. heean.-e of the Fmpire Kxhihitioii. made till the dillereiiee. With all increased demand. there i- a slinrtnye ill the supply and 11 it* price advance'. What the dairy factories want to know i- •‘\vtl a t are lie' j.rosiieet s l‘or tile ilnmediaic I tit lire;'" and it should he the doty ot the Hairy Control Hoard to furnish t lie answer. The Hoard must set it sell to obtain the necessary information for l.asiny opinions on. It is not doiny that iti-i now. A WOHH COMMITTKF.

11l liis niiiiiinl ri'piiit tin- Dircilur (lonoriil ol A;:riiiiltui'c stiili-il tlmt tlio unititT m i■ 11i 1 1u ii i* :i iii'" "'’"l <•'>'»• mil ice Vi ii limit n i'i‘iii'i“>*‘lll:illvt* ol tin l I)| puli lIIOIU i-- lii'lni'c I lII' I!ii;i! (I Ilf A", iii

uii', il • •.• illli no luii"cr linosiii'y inr i !.c (level nin: in In In' H'|ire-ni.-I li.iviic; .•••_':>ril tn tin- lint tlml ihe eilil illi!:iin , i‘ cl I lie i'|; ‘l itl inll cl the <-(iin milt re. v. liicli i> i li-m led liy iinuliii-,-r» Icr ill-- (-I*lll nil cl nilrl i:ic.', wnuM l.c ;i in.a:,-r lii-<-i;111v 'c:‘ tlii-m mill t lie 1)1' ill i*r .. A wed ■-< tin 111 i i tec mis inii!! ii 11 v -"I !'H llli-lcr il'' l Hum'll

T>|i< i i;d!>- teyttl.itf Ihe elii ring' "1 wrol and to eo-epei a i uilh “Rawra" in feeding the market. The 'pfiial purpose t'T which thi' committee was set up ended a year ago, and the commit lee continued to loneiion at the reqne't ol the wool brokers 1 1 1 rottednntl tlm Dominicit. It i- mov

;mofi-f"aiy lor tie- (invent men t to he repiV'eiited on this lomJidttee. heeati'e titetv i' now no (lovernment w iii l l lor sale. The wool that will he olleivJ during the mining season will he private property and it <> no eotieertt ol the (ioverttnifni how it i' marketed, or when, or where. It i- entirely a matter tor producers, hrol.ers and httcft'. .1 udging by tlm experiences of other place.' limitation ol rat aloe tie' i' f-'fnlinl. hot every)) Imre else 't;eh i >i, int i t tee' it re voluntary organisations 'CL lip by I Im.-e intere'ted in the t ratio amt commanding the allegiance of all. Stale iniereferettee in this nuiiter is to I:,, deplored, ami the Slate has mi de-

'ire to interfere. So far the oninmitlee has I uni t ioticil under the powers conferred on it by the Act and acceptance ol it. dictates Ims been eompnlcorv. If a voluntary organisation. will it pet the whole-hearted support of the part ies interested' That there should I, doubt on the matter is a redaction oil the woe.l I mile ol New Zealand and yet there is some doubt. During the nast season there was a

certain amount ot discontent at tlm iimi'ing of the olfoiinps. some being nl ,be opinion that all tlm wool nvai1.,1,1,. ~1,1,. ...ho'itld he „tiered on the ground

that i t was advisable to exploit tlm market while the going was pood. A

,-fW would have scored, hut a great many pivdile O ' would have been placed at a disadvantape. Hepttlaliim of the quantity to I fere.l at each sale is imperative ami it is to be Imoed that the selling no of a governing body will be satisfactorily arranped.