No “New Zealand Butter”
It is almost impossible to buy New Zealand butter in London. That, at all events, is the conclusion reached by Dr A. B. O’Brien, who has returned to Christchurch from a trip to Europe. He was so concerned about the absence, except in rare instances, of stocks of the Dominion’s butter branded as such, and the almost universal sale of “Empire butter,” that he approached the High Commissioner (Mr W. J. Jordan). Mr Jordan told him that so long as Britain bought New Zealand butter the Dominion was not concerned about how it was sold. This answer did not satisfy Dr O’Brien, who said that New Zealand butter was the best sold in Britain, but that under the present system it was impossible to distinguish, it.
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Southland Times, Issue 23677, 28 November 1938, Page 9
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130No “New Zealand Butter” Southland Times, Issue 23677, 28 November 1938, Page 9
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