CHEESE MARKET
A RECORD OFFER DECLINED,
An extraordinary meotiig of slareh'oliders of the Greytowu Pairy Company was held to cons ,r k>:- an. offer from a. Wellington, firm to jiurehase 200 tons of tSids' seaso-i's cheese. 'J 3kprice submitted was 6 7-lod per lb, less 15is Weir owt., equal ;;<-t to s'» fraction, over 6Jd. per lb. This would equal a payment of Hs;l per !b of butter fat to 'the milk suppliers on the- .basis of last year's average *est, tili/iis price being a record) for the Dominion. It was duly proposed and •secondied that the offer be accepted, but on putting it to the vote the mlotiwn was lost. The 1 grade notes of last year gave, this-factory an average of 91.53 out of a< possible. 100, which Greytown cjakns to be the highest in. the. Domindon for that season. The cheese made this year will be shipped to London, on' oipen ooiiisiignment and wiil'l ha vie to reach. 68s 6d on. .that market to equal the offer which was made from Wellington and whsbh the shareholders dedimed to accept. / _————
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10470, 7 November 1911, Page 5
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182CHEESE MARKET Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10470, 7 November 1911, Page 5
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