ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 40, 17 February 1911, Page 4

ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES.

NEW ZEALAND BUTTER. I>BO!t OUE OWN COEEESPONBENT.3 LONDON, 6th January. A large advertisement bringing New j Zealand butter before the notice of the general public has been appearing this week in the Daily Mail. A firm of London produce merchants which handles the Dominion product is responsible for the advertisement, which is commented upon favourably .by New Zealanders without exception. It is felt that the movement to push Dominion butter has come at an opportune moment, and there is no reason why in coarse of time it should not be as popular with tho British consumer as Danish and other sorts. The advertisement shows five boxes bearing the names of butter companies at Hikurangi, Te Aroha, Hamilton, Wellington, and Thames Valley. The idea is to enable merchants to see the size of the package and to_ show that New Zealand butter comes in oblong boxes as distinct from the square boxes of Australia. It also indicates to the consumer that the New Zealand butter comes in boxes and not in casks, and at the same time disabuses their minds of the idea that it might bo margarine. FESTIVAL OF EMPIRE. The New Zealand buildings in the Crystal Palace ground, in connection with the Festival of Empire, are to be a replica of the old Houses of Parliament at Wellington, and it is stated that they will be two-thirds of the original size. The plans at the offices of the Festival, in Piccadilly, provide for an area of 20,000 ft. The promoters state: "There will be an important Government exhibit occupying about one-third of the entire space and another one-third will be occupied by 'the exhibitors and manufacturers and industries of the country. There will also be tableaux of the scenery, life, and industries of the Dominion." The buildings will be of wood, covered with fibrous plaster work. P. AND O. SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA The P. and 0. Company has decided to devote its branch service to Australia, via the Cape, to the conveyance of one class of passenger only, at fares ranging from £16 to £25. For this purpose the present fleet is being remodelled, and the two 11,000-ton steamers, the Bendigo and the Ballarat, now in course of construction, will be arranged on similar lines. The vesspjs will be quite exceptional in provi<K|ig accommodation on upper decks amicuhips at the cheap fares mentioned, and it is anticipated that the advantage, coupled with the popular "one-class" principle, will find favour in the eyes of the travelling public between England, the Cape, and Australia. WOMAN SUFFRAGE CANVASS. The Parliamentary electors of the Hornsey Division of Middlesex have been voting on the question .- " Are you in favour of the extension of the Parliamentary franchise to' women?" Replypaid post-cards were posted to 22,350 voters, and the repb'es" were: Negative, 5200; affirmative, 2232. .Only 40 per cent, of the electors replied. PUBLIC SCHOOLS RUGBY. In reviewing the Rugby football of the public schools, Mr. E. H. D. Sewell pays testimony to the New Zealand formation. He says: " Glenalmond, the first and only Scottish school to adopt the New Zealand formation, have won five out of six school matcheE, scoring 164 points against 46, and, excluding their single reverse from the Academy boys, have scored 159 a-gainst 17. In all matches they have scored 326 point 3 against 49, a further tribute to the efficacy of the Naw Zealand system, when used against our normal formation. Glenalmond started in 1908 to play New Zealand shape. Whereas the Academy beat Fettes by 19 to 7, Glenalmond beat them by 38 to nil."