NEW ZEALAND BUTTER
LEAGUE It LG 15 V FLAYERS AS EMPIRE SALESMEN THEY FATTEN ON THE PRODUCT The members of tile English Rugby League team at present touring the 1). yin in ion. liavo ©xijerioiiced. the iat-t-ening qualities of New Zealand butter and promise to bo fmc poton;i i’al salcsmriu of the D.o-niiuiou’s dairy produce. .At the civic reception, to tb© Jfiviglishmon yesterday, Mr F. T. Evans's recolUvtitqi that the South Africa’! Rugby team had fattened ciu New Zealand butter 'ed to moi'e thaa one eulogy <;F its quality. Air It. F. A.ndertoii, the h’.'cnoial ma.napror of the team, p.ay/s: “Our hoys ho Vo put <<u weight terrifically sine© tho\ 0:11110 to New Zealand -and , I am sure that it is the butter. I am not a. robust man, but I law® put on half a stone since i arrived ]:cre.” PLAYERS AS AMBASSADORS Air CL F. HutclioiiSj manager of tlie team, pointed out Lliat Avllielii the iR>2B Fn.glFh League tourists returned to England they had boostj od colonial butter wherever possible. I That proved that the high were not j oil tour meucly to “kick the inflated cowhide,” but acted as Empire Ambassadors and salesmen. ‘‘When, 1 returned to England after the 192 S tour 1 enquired as to the brand of buttor wo had been using at my bonny” said Mr Huteli.c”s, “It was Danish, but immediately J insisted on colonial, and we have used it
since. in my district sine© 'that date there lias been a big, inerea.se in the number of people nothing but New Zealand butter, and ii. grocer recently told mo that i"five years the ratio -of brands of butter cried had been reversed to the extent of nine to one in favour of colonial.”
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Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3798, 16 August 1932, Page 6
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291NEW ZEALAND BUTTER Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3798, 16 August 1932, Page 6
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