BUTTER PRICES.
(lOVKRXMFXT OFFERS SIXT!'IFX PFNCF, Tiic representatives of the butter producers interviewed Mr Massey yesterday, ami offered to sell llic whole out pul in tlm coming season to the Government at Is od, (he Govenuneiit to niTiimrc for shipment. Mr Massey offered Is 3d and said the Government would pay the producers any profits arising from Jtrilish sales after deduct in;;- any Joss on sales in the Dominion, lie suggested tli:il the local retail price do not exceed Is Bd. After discussion, Mr Ala-sey offered to pay Is Id, and said lie would not agree to meet the local loss from the consolidated I'nnds. r especially if ihe Stale took the shipping risk. It is mid'T: i ood ilia I Iho halier producers have decided, hy a largo majority, to accent the. Prime Minister’s proposals for the purchase hy I he Government of next season’s output.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1751, 25 August 1917, Page 3
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147BUTTER PRICES. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1751, 25 August 1917, Page 3
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