BUTTER PRICES

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 662, 14 October 1933, Page 5

BUTTER PRICES

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deputation's aim LEGISLATION WANTED TO CONTROL LOCAL MARKET NO DECISION ARRIVED AT

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Wellington, Friday. Representations were made to the Government this week by the. Dairy Produce Board in connection with the proposal for - introducing legislation to control the price of butter on the local market under what is known as the Sinclair Seheme. A deputation waited upon the Prime - Minister, the Minister of Industries and Commerce and the Minister of Agriculture but it is understood that Government action is not likely until more definite proposals have been submitted. The proposals, which emanated from the annual conference of the National Dairy Association at Hamilton recently, is to "load" butter at the rate of two pence per pound with a view to establishing a fund from which a bonus could be paid at the end of the season. However, inquiries in departmental circles indicate that the plan as approved at Hamilton has undergone some modification. One of the alternative suggestions was that the "load" should be lid instead of 2d, but the whole question is still in the air and it is understood that the Dairy Produce Board has been asked to put its proposals in more definite shape, with a view to submitting them to the Government. At the moment, it does not appear likely that the Government will act on the request to alter the Dairy Produce Control Act in the direction indicated.