Revolution in putter Export.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 150, 24 December 1895, Page 2

Revolution in putter Export.

o— — (Per Press Association.) j Melbourne, December 22. A process of packing has been invented in Melbourne which promises to revolu- j tionise the method of exporting batter. By the new process the batter is packed in a box made of six small sheets of ordinary glas3, the points of juncture being covered with gummed paper. The glass casket is then covered with a mould of plaster of Paris about a quarter of an inch thick, which is in turn covered with specially prepared paper. The package then presents the appearance of a solid brick of plaster or cement, and as the plaster is a non-conductor of heat it is claimed that the butter packed hermetically inside is unaffected by any change of temperature. The prime cost of packing lib of butter in this way is about Id, and the convenience and portability are obvious. The inventor states that these solid brioks of butter can be, and already have been, loaded in cases on shipboard as ordinary cargo, and delivered in perfect condition in Coolgardie, Northern Queensland, and South Africa. Consignments have also been sent to London, but as yet no information has been received concerning them. The process is as successful with honey as with butter, and possibly enough may be applied to other products. Of course the box may be made of any capacity from lib to lcwt. The inventor is Mr J. Meckiff, formerly foreman to Mr E. R. Gamliu, contractor. A syndicate controls the patent, and has already been offered* a price for its rights for Queensland and New South Wales, but has refused to deal. Already in Melbourne thirty hands, principally boys and girls, are kept, busy making and packing the boxes, which are bought retail largely. >,