THE PRICE OF BUTTER.
A MATERIAL REDUCTION, Melbourne, August 11, Hber« has be«n a material reduction ill the price of. butter. Choicest is gooted at 4d per lb less. FAMINE IN VICTORIA. SHORTAGE OF FAT STOCK. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The Department of Industries and Commerce, has received cabled advicu that a butter famine exists in Victoria. Butter is being sold at Is lOd wholesale, and the market is'rising. The cable also states that there is a great demand for fat cattle, there being practically no cattle at tor the market in Victoria at present. ; j
HEAVY SUPPLIES COMING FORWARD. Received 11,10.25 p.m. Sydney, last Night. The local dairy merchants, following the example of Melbourne, to-day dropped the price of butter 40s per wt. A fdrther decrease is expected before the end of the week. Heavy supplies are coming forward.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 199, 12 August 1908, Page 3
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142THE PRICE OF BUTTER. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 199, 12 August 1908, Page 3
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