N.Z. DAIRY EXPORTS

Hokitika Guardian, 18 September 1930, Page 3

N.Z. DAIRY EXPORTS

MR IORNS’ IMPRESSIONS OF LONDON TRADE.

[By Telegraph, Per Press Association

WELLINGTON, Sept. 17. Air W. A. lorns, Chairman of the New Zealand Dairy Produce Control Board, returned to-dav by the Alatait>a from Home, where he represented the Board, in London, principally in connection with the renewal of its shipping contract. Interviewed, Air lorns said he felt that the dairy industry was exceedingly fortunate in having secured a reduction on the shipping rates on butter and cheese for the next three years. The shipping companies had been having a somewhat lean time, and were no doubt also suffering from the general depression, ft was certain that some of the conditions which the Board had been endeavouring for some years to obtain, and which finally had been agreed to, would very materially benefit the exporters. hie bad the assurance of the shipping companies that they would do everything , possible in. New. Zealand to so arrange the itineraries in conjunction with the Dairy and -Meat Boards; so that there would lie as little ’overlapping as possible' lietiyeen the different companies. That : s'.muld certainly to some extent •; reduce, the expenses 'of the sliipping • coni].apies and prepare the way for; reduced rates in tlie coming years. If vvas his opinion, that everything; ’possible Ho- l ld'- be done by the Boards and the Copipanies to secure more • regular arrivals..in. Great Britain, as he felt that that was of paramount in ,-mrtance in tlie marketing of our produce.

Speaking on cheese quality, Air Torus said he was very much eotcerned regarding the quality of New Zealand cheese. He felt that corradera'.blle ground had l)een lost, and that, even if tlie cheese m-mufact urine companieis were to do everything possible to improve the quality, it would take some time to regain tlie good name which was. originally enjoy -d by New Zealand cheese. He considered that an effort was 'required on the part of many of the cheese factories to secure higher yields of co-opera-tion. Afoisture, or skim milk, luid clone much harm io this industry. Touching op butter, AD’ lorns indicated that there was not very much complaint regarding the quality oi the Nfew Zealand jarticle, except that, in recent years, a • number of the factories had been tempted to withhold their butter from the market hoping to get higher prices. Unit policy was to he deprecated, not only .because of its effect on tlie quality, but by reason of the fact that very few of the factories ever gained fin air dally by it. It was essential for the retailerp to secure regular Supplies, as they were able to do with the shipments from Denmark and other competing countries. AD- lorns reported that there had been a very marked improvement in the handling of New Zealand butter and cheese on the waterfront in London and elsewhere under the arrangements made by the Dairy Board, as compared with the handling observed during.his previous visit. On the question of the ..supplies of butter from the Continent, Air lorns said that nearly all of those countries were increasing] the quantities which they were sending to Great Britain, one exception lieing Siberia. The improvement in the quality of the hutlev be!ng shipped from the Continent •to-'England was most marked. The increased quantities from that quarter were due, of course, not only to a larger output, hut to the tariff walls being raised in other countries, which were forcing them to export more or less to Great Britain.

In connection with the manufe-ture of cheddar cheese, he indicated that both Latvia and Finland were .considering going in for the manufacture o! full cream cheddar cheese.