NEW ZEALAND BUTTER IN UNITED STATES

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 62, 4 June 1927, Page 18

NEW ZEALAND BUTTER IN UNITED STATES

TRADE INCREASING SHIPMENTS FROM LONDON : “In view of the fact that the duty on New Zealand butter entering the i United States is 12 cents a lb. it is particularly pleasing to note that the t quantity sold to the States has shown such a large increase over last year,” writes Air. J. W. Collins, secretary of the U.S.A. Department of Industries to the Auckland Chamber of Commerce. ‘‘l have conferred with the New Zealand Dairy Produce Board,” he writes, ‘and have been informed that the Board has paid particular attention to both the United States and Canadian markets, and has been receiving regular reports from its agents at San Francisco, New York. Montreal and Vancouver. The board has persistently offered butter to San Francisco, but the prices obtainable were below what could be obtained elsewhere, and no business was done. Some 60,000 boxes, however, have been shipped to New York and sold en route and after arrival. In addition a considerable quantity of New' Zealand butter has been reshipped to New York from London. Last season 35,200 boxes of butter were shipped from New Zealand to New York. “The New Zealand Produce Board also shipped some 68,000 boxes to Vancouver this season, against 32,278 boxes to that port last season. An interesting feature of the Canadian trade has been the shipment from New Zealand of 37,450 boxes to Halifax this season. In addition, a quantity of New Zealand butter was resliipped from London to Halifax. Very little butter was shipped to this port last year.”

NEW DREDGING COMPANY During tjie past few days there has been a great demand for prospectuses and plans of the Hartley and Riley Consolidated Gold Dredging Company Limited, and it has been found necessary to have another 2,000 prospectuses printed. Applications for shares have been received from all over New Zealand, particularly from the South Island. One very old resident of Otago, who knows the Molyneux well, writes: "I think your company has a real good proposition in this three-mile claim, and that it will turn out to be a wonderful gold producer.” Those who have not yet received a prospectus or made an application for shares should do so at once. Prospectus and forms of application may be obtained on application to the broker, Mr. S. Thorne George, or any member of the Auckland Stock Exchange, or from any branch of the Bank of New South Wales or from A. H. Kitto, Secretary, 505 Southern Cross Buildings, Chancery Street, Auckland. —6.

MEAT BOARD ELECTIONS NOMINATIONS CLOSE ON JULY 1 THREE MEMBERS WANTED The annual election of producers’ representatives to the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board will be held in August next. Three of the present producers’ representatives retire,* but all offer themselves for re-election. The retiring members are Messrs. H. D. Acland, Christchurch; J. S. Jessef, Wairoa, and W r m. Perry, Masterton. The elections are alternately for two and three members, the producers’ representatives elected last year having been Messrs. T. A. Duncan and Adam Hamilton. Mr. Acland was appointed on the recommendation of the board, last November, to fill the vacancy created by the death of Mr. J. C. N. Grigg. The board also comprises two representatives of the Government, and another, also appointed by the Government, as representative of stock and station agents—at present Mr. W. D. Hunt. The Act of 1922 which set up the meat export control system, simply provides for the election of producers’ representative “in such manner as may be prescribed.” That was done by regulations gazetted in July, 1923, the system adopted being the ‘council” or electoral committee plan which has been advocated for the election of members of the Dairy Produce Board. The Dominion has been divided into 25 districts, each of which elects two, three or four delegates, as determined by the board in proportion to the number of sheep in the district. Sheepfarmers owning not less than 100 sheep are qualified to vote, or to be nominated for election to the electoral committee, and for the purposes of the present election the rolls have been based on the official sheep returns at April 30, 1926, which are the latest available. Nominations of delegates will close in Wellington on July 13. If there are more than the required number of nominations in any district the election will be conducted by postal ballot. Nominations for the three seats on the board will close on July 1. All the retiring members will seek re-elec-tion. The electoral committee, constituted by the elections in the 25 districts, will be assembled in Wellington in August and will proceed to elect the three representatives, those candidates receiving the greatest number of votes being declared elected. The names of the candidates selected in this manjaer will then be forwarded to the Gover-nor-General for appointment. The chairman of the Meat Board will preside at the meeting of the electoral committee and will submit for its consideration the report and bal-ance-sheet of the board's operations for J'ear. «