THE BUTTER OUTPUT.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 September 1917, Page 5

THE BUTTER OUTPUT.

.IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT WILLDTf TO TAKE OVER. NO TERMS MENTIONED By Wire.—Our Parliamentary Reports Wellington, Last Night. The Imperial Government, through tW High Commissioner, has notified the Government of .New Zealand of its willing* ness to take over the whole or port 6i the butter output. No reference is mad* in the communication in regard to thff price or conditions. The New Zealand Government will now proceed with the negotiations with a view to reaching a t satisfactory understanding in regard to terms. A. and N. 7,. Cahle Assoc, and Reuttfj Received Sept. p.m. Londpn, Sept. I, The Food Controller has prescribed that after September no butter can be sold by an importer or maker above the fixed maximum price. Any pcrion other than an importer or maker shall not sell butter at a profit exceeding Bev«m shillings and sixpence per huadredweightj Retailers' pvoflt is limited to tw*peD«B halfpenny per pound. \ First hand prices: Australian., 2WA3J New Zealand 208/-. Received Sept. 3, 1.50 a.m. London, Sept. £. The Food Controller has decided 6urf the butter order as cabled begins on the 10th, and adds that no maximum wiq fixed for Danish.