AUSTRALIAN BUTTER.
EXPORT TRADE UNSATISFACTORY. ■•./■■GRADINGRECOMMENDED. 8j Tpieeraßh— Prei> Association—Oouyrlabt ■ Melbourno, December 23. Sir George Reid's . report on. the Australian butter trade in England has been laid .'on the table of the House/ It shows that conditions aro very unsatisfactory, and unless unscrupulous practices which are universally followed: are checked will result .in permanent injury. A .large quantity of Australian butter is used/to rescue at a ■ big profit. inferior stuff manufactured in Great Britain. Fifty/per cent, more was used for 1 blending purposes,' and balance disposed of under names approved by the salesman. • ' Sir George Reid .urges the.necessity, of a sound system.'of grading and marking ■similar;-'to that adopted by New Zealand . and: other countries.' While/other butters are well-known he does not believe' that 20 ; per oent of the people of Great Britain are aware that Australian butter is able to/be purchased.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1631, 24 December 1912, Page 7
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141AUSTRALIAN BUTTER. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1631, 24 December 1912, Page 7
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