FEATHERSTON CHEESE IN THE LONDON MARKET.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 832, 29 July 1881, Page 2

FEATHERSTON CHEESE IN THE LONDON MARKET.

—♦- —— '.'•' It will be remembered that some time at;o we reported that Messrs Gilpin and Pardon of Featherston had sent a shipment of cheeße to England from their factory to prove.'whether:orn'otitrcould ;. be profitably exported. Theyhave re- j. ceived.'•advices as.to its:sale which state / that through getting heated on the voyage the oil of the cheese exuded to a'great extent, but. that the cheese was still of fair quality and sold at sjd per lb, which leaves a margin of profit, thoutjh smalt one, .American; cheese in the market at the same time was bringing as £ low aa'4 P er fti so tDa ' Meßare Gilpin (y and Pardon have every reason to be satis-;,.. .|. fied with the result, of'their,, first trials 'i shipment. Had the same olieeß9..be ; ea j sehthome in a ship with a'cool'apartment especially adapted'for the .purpose," it.: would probably, have realised from ; 8d ,td 9d per ft, as the advices state the only fault was in the mode of shipment not in thj cheese. It was also stated, that a small odd lot is not so likely to secure as' good a price as a regular shipment which had a place in the market. We understand Messrs.Gilpin and Pardon .under these ' \ circumstances will continue the factory >V which is under the. mangement of Mr Girdwood, and will probably be able (to contribute a portion of the cargo of the,,, first ship chartered by the .Wellington"; Meat and Produce Export Company. ■ Mr Girdwood is to be'congratulated on the success of this shipment, sb his cheese has been proved to be of good qiiality, and has brought a higher price than.some from America, while a recent shipment from Canterbury, from, which plaice it is generally thought the best cheeses come, proved a complete failure from its inherent bad qualities.