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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16593, 17 January 1916, Page 2

It is usual for complaint;* to be made about milk not being up to the proper standard, but at the meeting of the Patea Hospital Board on Monday a complaint was made that" the milk used at that institution was too strong (says the Wanganui Herald). A cow is kept for supplying milk to the hospital, but had to be disposed of on account of tho complaint referred to. A director of a North Island dairy company, writing to an Ashburton resident, ■ states (says tho Guardian) that " there is ; every probability that butter will reach 2s ' per lb during the coming winter. Although ' the northern supply is plentiful at present, J factory butter is being retailed at Is 5d and Is 6d per lb."