THE BUTTER MARKET.

Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 29 January 1908, Page 9

THE BUTTER MARKET.

AUCKLAND, January 23. Butter is getting- dearer. A merchant closely identified with the trade, interviewed by a press representative this morn- | ings on 1 the subject, said, in reply to a question as to the probable, rise in value : 'Prices are going- to go up like rockets. I will go co far ac to cay that before the winter comes on the retail price of the beßt creamery butter will be 18d per lb; in fact, a rise may be expected at once, since the marfoet is just the reverse x bf what it wa3 this time last year. Twelve months ago we were asked to "curtail our shipments Home, and to sell as much as possible* locally. "This week I received r a cable from affirm of English merchants asking me to send four times the quantity shipped last year. This gives some idea of the demand which exists at Home compared to that of the previous year." Asked to what cause the shortage At Home waa ascribable, the Auckland merchant _ replied that there seemed to be & falling off in the supply light through the dairying countries of the world. The long period of dry weather is having a- considerable effect on the butter output. ** Yesterday," he continued, "I visited two factories in the Waikato, and found that as a result of the dry spell the output was diminishing 50 or 60 boxes per week in each case. Every steamer which goes out depletes the supplies in the gojd stpres. There fe one factory I know of which will cease to export butter Home after next month, and will store for the local market in anticipation of big- prices."

Workmen engaged in diverting a roadway at Welwyn, Herts, found 4ft below ! the surface five Roman urns, several drink-l-inisf bowls, and some bronze plate.

The town of Faleide, Iforway, imposes.no taxes on its inhabitants. During the last 30 years' the authorities at Faleide have sold over £1,000,000 worth of trees, and by judicious replanting have provided for a similar income every 50 years.. In .consequence of tfiis source of commercial Wealth there are no taxes in Faleide, and local railways and "telephones are free, as well as -education— «nd drinks, upon the King's birthda

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