EMPIRE FOOD SUPPLIES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18994, 16 April 1925, Page 10

EMPIRE FOOD SUPPLIES.

NEW ZEALAND'S PRODUCTS. ADVERTISEMENT IN ENGLAND. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] LONDON, Mar. 10. As ail indication of the trend of modern taste a whole column of very readable matter on foods from various Dominions appears in the, Morning Post. It is an advertisement of the Haymarket Stores, an enterprising rfirni, which is specialising in the products of the Empire. Thus, in advertising a certain brand of New Zealand butter, the writer says:—

"Uver 3U0,000 healthy cattle pasture the whole year round on fresh and luscious herbage. Supplies of unvarying quality are guaranteed throughout the year—an advantago very rarely enjoyed by the people of these Isles—and the sealed carton is the company's guarantee to the consumer that sho is getting tho brand of butter in its original state of purity, quality and hygienic perfection. It is a product that will ensure full nourishment. to you and your family, and will gain from your guests that spontaneous tribute always paid to a discriminating hostess."

Mr. L. C: M. S. Aniery, Secretary of State for the Colonics, writes:—"l look forward with confidence to this excellent example, being followed widely, so that the public may be able both to get the best quality and to satisfy their natural desire to help their fellow-citizens across the seas."

Fn its "Answers to Domestic Queries." the. Guardian replies to a correspondent: "We have invariably found New Zealand butter excellent in quality. We do not. think you need have the least fear in using it. Tho process of freezing also, which is perfectly adequate for all purposes of preservation, would be sufficient to destroy germs." In furtherance of their campaign against high prices, the Daily Mail has commenced the practice of printing weekly the "official retail fair prices for meat," based on the Smithfield wholesalo prices. The figures ate drawn up by Mr. H. W. (.}. Millman, the superintendent of Smithfield Meat Market, in consultation with representative traders, and issued every Thursday. This week, for instance, the proportionate prices for Scottish and imported lamb are given as follow Legs. —Scottish, Is lOd per lb; New Zealand,' Australian and Argentine. Is 4d to Is 7d. Shoulders. —Scottish, Is 8d per lb; New Zealand. Australian and Argentine, Is 2d to Is stl. Loins (whole). —Scottish, Is lOd peril); New Zealand. Australian and Argentine, Is 2d to Is fid.

Neck (whole). —Scottish, Is 4d per lb; Now Zealand, Australian and Argentine, 10.1 lo Is.

Breasts.—Scottish, 8d to 9d per lb; New Zealand, Australian and Argentine,