DISPOSAL OF BUTTER.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 March 1921, Page 4

DISPOSAL OF BUTTER.

QUESTION OF FUTURE PRICE. DE-CONTROL AFTER TO-MORROW j There was a very representative gathering of directors of dairy factories throughout Taranaki at thl meeting helcf in the Opera House, Hawera, and convened by Mr. Arthur Morton/ president of the National Dairy Asso* ciation. The meeting was not open the Press, but it is understood that the matter under discussion was the ques< tion of dealing with the output of butM ter, aud particularly as regards the pried after to-morrow (March 31), when ths contract made with the Imperial Government for the purchase of the butteil will expire, and the dairy farmers wili again have control of the outputs ofi their factories.

Considerable discussion took Speaking to a Daily News tive after the meeting Mr. Morton state ed that Messrs. 11. D. Forsyth, Brown, J. Marx and A. Morton had beerf’ appointed to represent Taranaki at & meeting of butter producers from th 4 North Island, which is to be held Palmerston North to-day. END OF THE SUBSIDY. CESSATION TO-MORROW. Notification that the Government sulx sidy of 6d per pound will not be paid oil any butter that has not actually the consumer on March 31 has been sent# to dairy companies by the Imperial Sup-i plies Department. The subsidy wag* created - to equalise the return from but*> ter sold on the local market with tha# exported for which the Imperial Gov« ernment is paying 6d per pound more,* than the maximum price allowed to bel charged for butter sold locally. The department requires a certificate from every merchant, grocer or other retailer, stating the number of pounds of butter in stock unsold at closing time on| March 31. The factory from which this’ butter was originally purchased will be ( treated as having it on hand, and n# subsidy will be paid.