WHAT'S IN A NAME
GOODWILL. DAMAGED BY MIS - ST ATEMENTS AT HOME. That New Zealand is not the only c.ouhtry which suffers through its produce being misrepresented at Honxe xs borne .pxtt by an incident recounted by.Mr. H..P.erry, of Ngaere. ; His grandfather, Mr. Cannon, won the cheese championship of the British' Isles at the London Dairy Show some years ago. A f^w days later he h'ap.pened to. be passihg one of the big grocery houses in London and noticed a huge placard in the window bearing the words: "Cannon's Champion Cheese." .. Knowing that this was not correcij, he went jrito the store and askeu the attendafxt to allow him to sample a piece of the cheese. This was doxle, and he remarked to; the attendant, "I am sure Mr. Cannon would never keep such cheese as this in his dairy — and I happen to be Mr. Cannon. Great was the discomfiture caused and Mr. Cannon was. hurriedly usher- I ed into the manager's office, where Ke was treated right royally with eigars and su?h like — but the store I was quick to remove the sign.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 344, 4 October 1932, Page 7
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185WHAT'S IN A NAME Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 344, 4 October 1932, Page 7
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