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Taihape Daily Times, 26 October 1917, Page 3

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NEW ZEALAND BUTTER. POPULARITY ON LONDON MARKET. W. Weddel and Co., London, in their review of the imported dairy produce trade for the year ended June 30 states: New Zealand butter more than maintaned itg -high character, and, when Danish butter was off the market, many retailers who for years had handled only Danish became buyers of New Zealand brands anu were so satisfied that Danish exporters must expect to meet more severe competition in the future from the best brand s shipped from the Dominion. Except during an interval of three weeks —two weeks in November and one in December—New Zealand butter has been offered on the London market throughout the whole year under review, a position which has naturally tended to aid in the maintenance of its popularity. There is a general impression that Australian butter was not generally so good as in some previous years. There was more "fishiness" and not a little staleness, which may have resulted from the delays which took place 'before shipment. Many brands wJaTcTT had been graded as firsts in Queensland New South Wales, and Victoria, had to be relegated to lower grades on their arrival here ForunateTy the complaints made by buyers were not very loud, as the result, probably of the high prices ruling. In the interest of Australian producers, however, it is to be hoped that shipping delays in the coming season will be much less marked than they have been r cently.