THE HAGUE CONFERENCE.

Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 304, 5 September 1929, Page 6

THE HAGUE CONFERENCE.

EFFECT IN NEW ZEALAND. Influence on Cheese Market. The marketing of cheese formed the basis of a brief address to the suppliers of the Norfolk Dairy Company at the annual meeting on Monday by Mr. T. D. Collins, New Zealand representative of the London firm of Foley Brothers, the company’s agents.

Mr. Collins said it was generally supposed that agents were in a position to foretell the fluctuations of the market. This was by no means the case. No one could tell with any degree of certainty what were the chances of the market in the coming year. However, there was one bright spot. This was the effect Mr. P. Snowden’s successful negotiations at che Hague conference recently would nave on the cheese market. The agreement made by Mr. Snowden stipulated that an enormous amount of British coal was to be bought in Europe. This meant that during the next twelve months 45,000 more miners would be in employment than during the past twelve months. The greatest consumers of cheese in Great Britain were the miners, and it was a noticeable fact that a strike of miners invariably brought about a diminuation in the consumption of cheese.

Mr. Collins pointed out that the grade of the company had dropped slightly on the figure two years a'"'. This would perhaps appear to be a small point, but it should be remedied. The whole thing to be considered in the cheese industry was quality. This was what Britain was clamouring for. If a good quality article was supplied a good price would be paid.