Australian Margarine
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Production Increased
fTIHE Australian output of JL margarine for consumption within Australia, which is on a strict Government-controlled quota system, will be increased by 2,500 tons to 11,000 tons per annum.
Authorisation for this was granted in October.
The quota system does not affect export quantities, and only a percentage of Australian margarine consists of coconut oil —but every little helps.
The ratio of coconut oil to other vegetable oils, and to animal oils, varies with current comparative
market prices, and more parti cularly it is governed by the market destination of the margarine. The ratio of vegetable to animal fats is varied to suit the climate, so that the product will remain firm in hot climates, and not too firm in cooler climates. It is understood that a rather low percentage of coconut oil is used in Australia's main margarine production although Australian dairy farmers employ the “cheap, sweated-labour coconut oil” argument when opposing increased margarine production.
If Mr. George Hill, Treasurer in the Condominium Government of the New Hebrides, arrived at Sydney early in October on six months’ leave, with Mrs. Hill.