IN HIGH REPUTE

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 104, 27 January 1930, Page 9

IN HIGH REPUTE

NEW ZEALAND PRODUCE PACKING OF CHEESE "I am pleased to say that all New Zealand products are held in the highest repute,” said Mr. Hamilton Nimmo, of Wellington, who has just returned from a visit to Scotland, when interviewed by a “Dominion” representative. Mr. Nimmo said it was a pity that direct shipments of apples to the Clyde could not be made more frequently than was the case. There were direct shipments now and again to Glasgow, but there was no regularity about them, and merchants were not sure of a steady direct supply during the season. Because of that they had to get supplies from London, which meant double-handling, extra freight, delay, . and a commission, all of which were avoided when the apples could be got straight away after the ship’s arrival. There was no need to worry about the market, he declared. Glasgow was the centre of the most populous part of Scotland, and there was plenty of demand for all fresh fruit landed In good condition. Practically the same argument applied to the marketing of New Zealand butter. • “Almost everywhere I went in Scotland and England there was butter sold as New Zealand,” said Mr. Nimmo. “Sometimes it was the real thing, but in other instances it had either been tampered with or it was not New Zea- ' land butter at all. I could always tell it, because New Zealapd butter is distinctive in flavour and quality. People here may not know it, but let them travel to other countries, and they will soon realise what good butter this country produces, and the high standard that is maintained at all times. You only have to know the tea-shops and restaurants of London to appreciate what grades there are in butter. I should like to see more of our steamers landing butter direct at the big cities, not only Glasgow, but Liverpool, Manchester, Bristol, Cardiff, Hull and Newcastle-on-Tyne, so that local merchants could be more independent of London, and free of the added charges imposed by having to get their supplies by way of the Thames. The Dairy Board appeared to be doing very well with displays and advertising throughout the Kingdom, and through its efforts the intrinsic value of our products was becoming known and appreciated.” , ’ “There is a decided change, by the way. in the manner in which they are putting up cheese nowadays, and New Zealand should be on the alert about it. There is a tendency all .over the world to avoid the big house, go in for smaller i places, flats and tenement quarters. That is the case at Home, and people are being induced to buy cheese put up in small sections in packets, and very attractive it is. I brought one out to show. Cheese dries up very quickly, as a rule, on being exposed to the air, and people living in flats do not care to buy a whole poun(l at a time with the prospect of part of it going to waste on becoming too unsightly for the table. This is where the neatly-racked sections of cheese come in One can be taken out at a time, leaving the rest as fresh and untouched as the day it was packed. It is conveni1 ent cheap, and hygienic, and sooner or later. New Zealand will have to do something in the direction of refining the get un of her cheese —either here or at the other end, as the packet cheese is asserting itself without a doubt.