Complaint on Royalties And Vacuum Butter Packing

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18759, 16 July 1935, Page 10

Complaint on Royalties And Vacuum Butter Packing

“JHi: f ;ilont right sof (lit* vacuum process of packing butter urn in Die hands oil u lew individuals in Xew Zealand, who are demanding an excessive royalty," said' I\lr J. Woods, factory manager, speaking at t he annual meeting oi t.lio ilikurangi Dairy Company. lie was answering a question laddressed' by Mr Swann, who understood tlint an extra manufacturing cost of £,s per Lon Oy the vacuum process was bringing a price appreciation of x'.: l ' per ton. i i had been tensive ly adopted at- i’atnaki, and, he believed, kept i h-c ilavoiir as tlie butler came out cd' the churn, providing a palatable article a.-, required by the English people. Air Woods said that the installation of a vacuum packing plant involved ;t large capital outlay in special packing maohincty and churns and also for ;t separate building. The process was far front perfect ns vet, and although •some exceptionally good reports on the butter treated 1 had been made there hail also been adverse comments. Air Woods said that he had examined butler packed under Ihe vacuum process after it had been three months in store, and it certainly showed an advantage over butter made in the usual way. Butler which had been packed for six months and which had been sent to England and back also retained it pleasing nutty flavor, but there was no guarantee that the premium for vacuum packed butter would bo maintained on the English market. “Until the premium rights and royalties heltl by the proprietary interests are considerably reduced,'’ he said, “I. cannot- see much in it."