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[Australia & N.Z. Cable Association. BETTER MAKING. SYDNEY, June 25. At the annual conference of Cooperative Dairy Factory Maingers and Secretaries, Mein tie, dairy expert, in a lecture comparing various preference policies covering tho industry in New Zenalnd, New Smith Wales and other States said New Zealand’s policy was preference for export quality whilst New South Wales should have a preference for the local market. Figures for consumption per head in the peak production year of 192-1-25 were illustrative of the effect of these policies. In New Zealand butter consumption per head was 25J pounds. The speaker contended that in Australia they made hotter butter at less cost than in any other country in the world. ITe said the quality of Australian butter was going up by leaps and bounds. Australian production of the past eight years averaged about 106.COO tons. The ycbr 1925-26 showed an increase of twelve to 'thirteen thousand tons above this. Population was tho principal factor in butter trading policy in Australia. It was four times greater than that of New Zealand’s local trade. In New South Wales it was twice as great as New Zealand’s.
After considerable discussion on cheese manufacture, the conference decided to circularise hoards of directorates in regard to the financing the sending of one delegate to New Zealand to report on investigations there. It was agreed to ask the State Government to allow A dairy expert to proceed on such a visit.
PRODUCE PRICES. MELBOURNE. Juno 23. Wheat is steady, blit quiet, Gs 4d to Gs 4Jd oats, milling 3s 8d to 3s TOd : feed 3s 3d to 3s 6d; barley, English 4s to 4s Gd; Cape 3s Dd to 4s: potatoes £lO t'> £11; onions £lB to £l9. NEW ZEALAND PRODUCE. SYDNEY, June 25. Twenty-three thousand bags of New Zealand potatoes are being discharged from the steamer Karetu. '1 ho price is fixed at £ll per ton and orders were booked at that rate, some merchants holding for £l2. The price of onions from the same vessel was fixed at £2O per ton.
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 June 1926, Page 3
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