DOMINION NEWS.
THE BUTTeIpFAT LEVY. DEPUTATION TO CABINET. FIGURES FROM THE MINISTER. (Per Press Association). Wellington, November 2S. Members of Parliament representing dairying districts waited on the Cabinet Ministers to-day to urge tho abolition of the butter-fat tax of ijd per lb. The Hon. James Allen presided, and the Hons, MacDonald, Russell, Myers, and McNab were also present. It was contended by the deputation that the tax pressed heavily and inequitably upon the small dairy farm-
Messrs Allen, MacDonald, Myers, and Russell replied. Mr MacDonald, as Minister of Agriculture, quoted figures showing that the butter producers had been getting considerable more than pre-wai iates, and said that after paying the tax they were receiving 5d per lb ™ ore under present conditions. Hntil I arliament was in session, he could no ■ see how any great alteration could w made in the matter.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 3, 28 November 1916, Page 2
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141DOMINION NEWS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 3, 28 November 1916, Page 2
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