NEW ZEALAND BUTTER.

Evening Star, Issue 11661, 16 December 1902, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND BUTTER.

[Special to the Star.] WELLINGTON, December 16. A glowing testimonial to the excellence of New Zealand butter is contained in a recent communication from the manager of the Transvaal Fresh Food and Dairy Supply Company to the Department of Industries. The writer is one of the highest- authorities on butter production, and his, remarks are therefore to be appreciated by the colony. He states (hat the first direct shipment of butter from New ZeMand to South Africa, which was carried in the cooling chambers of the steamer Sussex, pub all best Australian brands completely in the shade, possessing as it did higher aroma and superior texture. The writer, who had previous experience of New Zealand butter in London markets ten years ago, was struck with the fact that the colonial product still retained its characteristic virtues, though in a higher degree. Inferior brands were now ruing on the South African market, which tended to make New Zealand butter a formidable competitor in the eyes of dealers and consumers. An ex-New Zealander now residing in the Transvaal, writing to a friend in Pahiatua, predicts a, great demand for New Zealand butter, the Australian article having deteriorated in quality, probably caused by the severe drought-