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Hokitika Guardian, 2 October 1925, Page 2

I'n,: ..Heel of the seamen'.-, strike on the butter trade between New Zealand the Homeland, is strikingly illustrated hy a cable message firm bon--111111 this week. The cablegram goes on to say : Butter importers and dealers anticipate the maintenance ol the firmness ol the market and high prices, for there certainly "ill he a serious shortno,. in the next two months. According to the newspaper “(I nicer” imports from Australia. New Zealand and Canada during September. October and November are estimated at only 10.|*JS tons, which slums a deficiency of toll-, compared with ihe c-orre—-ponding month- of ItLM. and the 1 art--1111 arrival- appear likely to he cion le.-s than this estimate, (ireat Britain - weekly consumption i- about oPOO tolls, and it i- difficult to .-ec "here the Hi:t- ---— 11- i- coming from to till these rc,(|itircnmiits during tin- next three I 'flu. ‘-Crocer" suggest- that til dy possible solution i- to advance retail •i prices and therein cheek the cun-.-u nipt uni - I in* ehiel eau-e of the piesont po-itioii i- of imu -e the -hipping strike. The delay of shipments has made retailers panicky about lulursupplies, and ioiiso(| lien t l.v they have I ...n Inlying freely, wiilt the resuli that -lock- in cold -torage have been considerably reclined. Some largo operators al-o have been making heavy speculative purehasos. a- they are of opinion that even it the strike is settied shortly there' can he- no large l arrival- from Australia and New Zealand till about the end ol November. The posit ion of cheese is verv similar. stocks of New Zealand Being practically •■xhnusted. From this it "ill B(. ..c ell that the' Butter liiarkci. in--toad of being stable as wn- c>'pc<Ted. i- likeh to go to piece- at any time, "bile New Zealand mav not export, and the foreign arlirle will be takinr. i he. plac o of ihe I louiinion art ele at Home. So much fur tin- vagaric- ol the Kxtrelne l.ahol' people.