RUSSIAN BUTTER

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 5 August 1931, Page 3

RUSSIAN BUTTER

BOXES IDENTICAL WITH .NEW * ZEALAND’S (From “T|ip Mail’s" Parliamentary Reporter) WELLINGTON, 4th August, j Mr A. ,M. Samuel, .(Reform, Thames) -.islceul 1 the : Priri'e Minister; if life attention had-.been drawn .to a cablegram slating- that Russian butter was being' inipOvted into England in boxes identi- [ rial with those used for . New Zealand butter, and wliat action he intended to take. The Prime Minister said he had comrhunicated with the High Commissioner on the subject, and was awaiting a reply. IMITATING NEW ZEALAND CASES WHY THE FUSS? (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copy right) (Received sth August, 9.15 a.m.) LONDON, 4th August, i “Why this fuss about the Soviet, imitating New Zealand butter, boxes?” njska. -Mt .H. E. Davis, of the New Zealand Dairy, Producers’ Association. Ukraine butter, he said, had been hacked’.in- exact- replicas of the New Zealand cases brit was not misleading to ajnyoiie. . When the Soviet began exporting an expert investigated the methods ojf butter packing in London and recommended the adoption of New Zealand cases and grading . as. the best. The Soviet slavishly .followed these- even to the shape of the marks. The Smolnys consignment does not differ from previous shipments. j MU. Norton, of the Australian Dairy Board, agreed that it was. absurd to accuse the Soviet of disguising its butter ds New Zealand. Russia, had no need df trickery to gain a market, There are 200,000 cases of Siberian butter in cold storage, reducing prices.