THE BUTTER BILL.
EEAD A THIED TIME. By Telegraph. — Prcso Association.— Copyright. LONDON, 27th July. The Butter Bill has been read a third time. An amendment to limit the moisture in milk-blended butter to 16 per cent, was defeated by 133 votes to 22. Several other amendments were also negatived. The Right Hon. J. Burns, President of the Local Government Board, promised that the Government would insert a' clause of eight words in tho Bill providing that wrappers used for milk-blended butter shall set out the percentage of moisture in the contents. As originally introduced, the Bill limited the percentage of moisture in butter and margarine to 16 per cent., and in butter substitutes to 24 per cent. The Australian Agents - General recently waited oi^ Sir Edward Strachey, representative of the Board of Agriculture, who had charge of the Bill, urging that the quantity o? moisture in milk-blended butter should be limited to 16 per cent.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 25, 29 July 1907, Page 8
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