NEW ZEALAND CHEESE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 248, 19 October 1922, Page 12

NEW ZEALAND CHEESE.

CANADIAN orSTET). 'New Zealand seems to have definitely ousted Canada from its position as Britain's principal cheese supplier." Thin statement occurs in the annual review of the dairy produre trade which is issued by firm of \V. Weddel and Co.. of London. Coming from a fairly authoritative source, it confirms the apprehension expressed by J. A. Ruddiek, Canadian dairy commissioner, during Ins recent visit to London. Xew Zealand cheese is fJovcrnmentgraded. and perhaps that i* why the antipodean Dominion .'••» nt 16,000 more tons of cheese to Brita.i) than did Canada, which lias only now decided to adopt a system of grading. According to the Weddel review of the trade, the British Kmpire seems to be becoming self-supporting in dairy produce at- least. Only 7 per cent of the cheese imported here for the twelve months endine with June was of foreign origin. British imports, of Empire-pro-dueod butter now exceed the foreign supplies, which before the war were about 80 per cent of the total. "'V\ liether this position is maintained or improved," says the Weddel review, •'depends on the enthusiasm and energy of the Australian producers, helped by (lie growing effort of the Canadians and the South Africans."