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Hokitika Guardian, 9 December 1924, Page 2

Fito.M nearly all parts of New Zealand the news is that the present is a phenomenal season, and that the primary producers are in clover in more senses than one (says the “Now Zealand Times”). All the way up the lines from Wellington to New Plymouth, to Auckland and to Napier there is abundant growth. The countryside never looked better, and rarely looked so well. The grass is high and green in all the paddocks mul it is evident in many eases that there has been more feed than the stock could cat. The wonderful season has had a marked effect on the output of dairy produce, which up to the present has increased so that taking the whole of New Zealand it is Hi per cent, greater than it was at this time last year. In the Auckland district the production has increased up to 20 per cent. The excellence of the season is not quite Do-minion-wide. for in South Canterbury, exceptionally dry weather has been experienced. However, apart from this exception the season has been a rare one This season the tendency among the daily factories is to make butter rather than cheese. Every season finds the leaders of the industry watching the markets and other factors closely with a view to coming to a decision as to which will pay lx*st, butter or cheese. For this reason many of the factories in Taranaki have dual plants, and with little difficulty they can change from butter-making to cheese-making if the circumstances indicate that a change will profit them. Tho Waikato lias followed the lead of Taranaki ill this respect, and the Mana'vntu also has a liumlcor of dual plants. But there are districts which never make anything else than cheese. One of these is the Wairarapa and another is Southland.

Thf. Anglo-German treaty is further evidence of the real end of the war. The resumption of trading relations between England and Germany appears to be finally pledged by the terms of the commercial treaty Just published'. The terms generally appears to be very fnv.

orable to Britain, there being tlio suggestion that Britain has got in ahead of other nationals. Tile matter of improved trading relations with Britain must 1)0 of great advantage to Germany "'hit'll will feel that the last harrier of the war period is overcome. The effect of this must he a great relief to Herman trading interests allowing for full and free expansion as formerly. The market which opens up is a great one and covers all branches of industry. If to Britain he added the Empire at large, the benefit to Germany will he of course the greater—a wider market still. German methods of production are mass production, and the wider tl e market, the greater the field for exploitation. This is the situation which the Anglo-German trade treaty opens up.