ITEM FOR BUTTER MAKERS.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2614, 6 August 1881, Page 3

ITEM FOR BUTTER MAKERS.

Professor Church, while lecturing a short time ago at the Wilts and Hants Agricultural College, said that if quantity of cream were wrapped in several folds of cloth and buried in the ground, at the end of twenty’ or thirty hours the water would be found to have left the cream, and the solid particles would, when washed, give a remarkably pure : and well flavored butter. The professor’s discover}' may possibly cause a revolution in churning. At a meeting of the Nelson and Westland members held on Friday morning, when ten weie present, it was decided the following should be ' moved by Mr Gisborne—" That the basis of population alone iu the distribution of representatives is not suitable to the requirements of this Colony t and that the principle of dividing the whole Colony into single seated electoral districts is unsatisfactory.” It was further resolved members present,by every constitutional means, oppose the Bill in Committee.” Patent medicines iu England now yield a Government revenue of .over £200,000 per annum. Money seems to be very plentiful in Adelaide. /\ sum of £20,000 was lately offered to a local bank at '3 per cent interest for twelve months, but the deposit was declned .

Mr Geddes, some time manager at Mr Boyd Thomson’s Central Butchery, has opened the shop in North street formerly occupied by Messrs Peacock and Geaneyi Mr F. J. Wilson, architect, invites tenders for erection of dwelling-house. In our advertising columns will be found the prospectus of the Tim am Indu-tral Co-operative Society.