Adulteration of Butter.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7831, 25 May 1905, Page 3

Adulteration of Butter.

•—. LOCAL, DEPUTATION TO MINISTER, Messrs M. Fraser, Newton King, J. B. Connett, Foreman, and 11. Bedford, comprising a combined deputation of the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce and the National Daily Association %vaited upon Sir Joseph Ward at the Council Chambers on Wednesday morning to bring under his notice a serious state of aflairs with regard to foreign adulteration of New Zealand butter. Mr Newton King produced an authoritative communication from London, in which it was stated : " The Hollanders appear to have discovered some process by which thev can adulterate butter to the extent of 30

per cent., and which analysts, although they know that the butter has been doctored, cannot detect A great deal of Australian and New Zealand butter has found its way to Holland this season and come back again on the English market with 3Uper cent, added, so it is easy to be seen that if this is „ot stopped its effect Is practically an increase in supplies," Sir Joseph Ward gave an encouraging reply, showing that the Government were alive to the situation) and would do all in their power to ZL ? °? VB ™w»t would do something in the matter. It was very , hard that, after attaining such £ I U! 0 k ?? Slb °u n M the mark <*- colonial butter should suffer from such Undert °° k to see ""at representations were ma do to the could not bo devised to prevent the doctored" article from Holland being sold as pure New Zealand' bvU Sir Newton King mentioned that the seriousness of the matter was begin! mng to be recognised in AusS