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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 100, 24 November 1916, Page 3

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THE CHEESE QUESTION. OFFERS TO THE AUTHORITIES. ■A meeting of representatives nt cheese factories was held at Hawe.tt yesterday to consider the question of offering the cheese to the Imperial Government, It was originally mended to confine the meeting to representatives of Factories that had iiot sold their whole output, but the meeting was open to all cheese factories. Mr A. Morton (chairman of the National ,l)airy Association) presid c-ti IpaVei ah attendance of over GO representatives.

The representatives of the Press were excluded from the nicoting. The following resolution was communicated to the Press:—"That the 1910-1917 season's ni) shipped cheese he offered to the Imperial Government, delivered into stores in New Zealand, at !)3s 4<l per cWfc., payment to bo made monthly Oil previous month's delivery, conditional on all unshipped New Zealand cheese being commandeered by the Government on the same terms." It is that the price fixe;! is equal to 10-ls on the Home market. -Messrs Forsyth and Murdoch were added to the Advisory Committee, which was appointed some weeks ago to look after the producers' interests. consisting of Messrs Morton. Pow droll,"' and Marx. NEW ZEALAND MEAT. THE PRICES FIXED. Per ' Press Association. Wellington, November 23. The Gazette to-night contains a statement of the amended arrange-

mrnts for tlio f.o.h. purchase on i , '' , - half of the Imperial GovOi'imicnt of all meat available for export as follows:—The conditions laid down in the Prime Minister's notice published hi the Gazette of March 3, 1915. remain unaltered, except in respect of the following points:— doKsificatioii of me «t and price to be paid therefor i'.o.b. Wethers: First quality, 751 b and under, prices now in operation, sjJ(l; over 72!h and up to 851 b, sjd; over 851!) and up to 981 b, lijd (subject to special approval by the inspector). Wethers: Second quality, sid. Ewes: First quality, 721 b and under, 4-Jd ; over 721 b and up to 851 b, Jfd. Ewes: Second quality, 4§d, Lamb- Specially prime and Canterbury quality. 121 b and under, fi'.d ; 4211) and under, 6|d ; over 421 b, 6J-d : second quality, (i',d. Beef: Prime ox, 5d ; second and heifer, l;fd ; boning in quarters, 4 ; {d ; and !.',d ; cow beef, prime, 4:jti; second, !' t d; beef, boneless, ssd. Mutton: Legs, 6gd; shoulders, s;|d ; loins, sjjd. These prices are fixed for the period of the war. and for at least thrcof months after its termination. They apply to all meat from stock slaughtered on or after October 20, Dili, and which is available for export. Storage charges are reduced by 25 per cent, as from .November 1, 1916". They will, therefore, now be as follows :—>»'o storage shall be payable until after one month has expired, when the rate shall be three thirtysecondths of a penny per lb per calendar month, or any:'portion of a month, but the total storage for any period shall not exceed nine thirty■■sccoiidtlis of a penny per lb. > : >. r • ,J