CHEESE PRICES.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 December 1920, Page 6

CHEESE PRICES.

ADVICE TO FACTORIES. A large Wellington dai.v exporting firm ij advising creese factories with butter-making equipment to turn their nitration to biiiici 'production, as substantial sales this week indicate a difficulty of getting n'ore £lan h Id per it for cheese f.0.0.

Private advices received in Wellington show that possibly the strong feeling against cheese is attributed to the poor quality that is at present being offered to the consumer in England. It is argued that if this inferior cheese is cleared out of the market by selling at a lower price, it will improve the position for the new make of New Zealand, which will then be able to command a better return. The suggestion is made that the turning over of factories possessing dual plants from cheese making to butter will help the cheese factories which are unable to make butter, and thus create a shortage of production and consequent hardening of prices for what cheese is being put into the market. The Melbourne provision houses announce in an advertisement as an attractive bargain cheese al la 9d per lb. They retail thi- at 7d to 8d per lb more than the first grade. New Zealand cheese is being offered at the retail and wholesale prices of cheese in Melbourne. At latest the prices were as follows: New medium sizes, qsoted at up to Is 2d; loaf size, to Is 2Jd; matured medium size, at Is fid; and loaf size, Is 3y B d. The high prices ruling were restricting consumption, new makes meeting with poor demand.