BUTTER RISES
RETAIL PRICES Id MORE. In a statement issued on Saturday by the Director-General of Agriculture a slight rise in the price of hux ter was foreshadowed. “All butter of this season’s make now in store,” it ■was stated, “including whatever small quantity may he made between now and July 31st, will be made available for consumption within the Dominion at fixed maximum prices, which will he Is 53d per lb for hulk butter, ex freezing store, and Is 9d retail. _ The /Order-in-Council necessary for giving effect to this is now being prepared, and when this is gazetted the new prices will come into operation. This small increase in prices is necessary, ft is explained, in order to meet extra charges entailed by storage, handling, interest, etc., over the period during which the supply of butter now in the Dominion will he available for local consumption. The present controlle’d prices are Is 5d per lb for bulk butter, ex factory door, and Is 8d retail.”
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10609, 7 June 1920, Page 5
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166BUTTER RISES New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10609, 7 June 1920, Page 5
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