NEW ZEALAND HONEY

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 88, 14 April 1930, Page 12

NEW ZEALAND HONEY

ITS FAME ABROAD

AN EARTHQUAKE STORY

. The fame which New Zealand honey Has achieved abroad is < borne out by a recent lawsuit in Germany, according to a Press cutting forwarded to the Minister of Agriculture (the Hon. G. W. Forbes) from the High Commissioner in London (Mr. T. M. Wilford).

i^ew Zealand honey was sold in Germany as "the finest in the world," whereupon German beekeepers brought action against a salesman. The Court decided that the documentary evidence, including world market reports, justified the description.

Mr. Wilford has also sent to Mr. Forbes an amusing extract from "The Grocer" relating.to Now' Zealand butter. A correspondent wrote to "The Grocer" as follows: "A dear old lady came into the shop and asked me the price of fresh butter. I gave her the desired information. She then asked if we lvad any other butter, and I told her that we had Australian and NewZealand, and quoted the respective prices. The prospective customer, looking very grave, replied: 'I don't think I will have any of the New Zealand, be-causo I understand that there has recently been an earthquake there, and I am afraid some of tho cinders may have got into the butter.' "