DAIRY EXPORTS

Hokitika Guardian, 20 February 1933, Page 5

DAIRY EXPORTS

MR FORBES’ REPLY

WILL SAFEGUARD PRODUCERS.

(Per Press Association— Copyright.)

WELLING lON, February 18. Mr Forbes stated' to-day that the Government liad been in consultation udt.ii the Dairy Board regarding the suggestion from London for the reg.L.iiuro.i of New Zealand butter' impvji'C'S into the United Kingdom. He said the Government will leave no atone unturned in safeguarding the in-tcuse-o of yhe producers.

it is emphasised that no official request, lor the limitation of the exports has been made by the British. Government.

at J.j expressly stipulated ju the Ottawa agreement that .New Zealand dairy products shall be guaranteed entry into the United Kingdom without reti-rietion or duty for at Last tiiree years. Nevertheless, there b aclear need for consultation and cooperation by Empire countries to moot the present abnormal situation and to safeguard the future. “We are willing and. anxious to play our part in ®uch co-operation, ’ Mr Fortes says. “We have conveyed to the High Commissioner the Dairy Board’s 1 ©solution, and we have identified the Government with the view that there should be no restriction on our exports. To this has been added an intimation that the Government will co-operate in working out a scheme for improving the position so far as the marketing of dairy produce is concerned. In this matter we will keep in the closest touch with the Dairy Board.

BLENDED FOREIGN BUTTER

CHARGES BROUGHT AT HOME,

LONDON, February 17

“One of the most deliberate and worst cases that has ever come before this Court,” is how the Magistrate described seven summonses at Ealing ■Court, against Green, Farm Dairies, Northholit, Middlesex. .

The summonses included one for selling blended foreign butter without the mark of origin., . The prosecution said that Siberian and Australian butter were blended and 'sold in wrappers inscribed “Choicest Creamery. Product ■of the finest ipast/ures on the worW. Absolutely pure.” . .... . . . The defence contended that ,the public were indifferent whether the butter was Australian or Russian, so long as they got their money’s worth. Fines totalling £54 were imposed.

BOARD’S ATTITUDE: CRITICISED.

BY N.Z. MANUFACTURERS.

WELLINGTON, February 48

In a statement issued to-day the New Zealand Manufacturers Federation strongly criticises the attitude of the Dairy Board, as outlined .in Its recent statement urging that the Government shall reduce the duties on British goods to the extent of the recent increase in the, rate of New Zealand exchange.

The Federation claims that the dairy industry 'appears to have drifted blindly info a predicament which threatens to be ruinous, and it asks how the dairy farmers j,n New Zealand could benefit by the, reduction in the New Zealand tariffs.