THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.
HOW BUTTER IS MANIPULATED. CHEATING AND ROBBERY. United Press Association —Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received midnight November 28th. MELBOURNE, November 28. The Premier has received a cable message from the Agent-General stating that a sensation has been caused in England by the publication of a pamphlet by Wall and Company, produce merchants, shoeing .how butter from the colonies is manipulated to the disadvantage of producers and exporters. The message gives the following quotations from the pamphlet—" Butter manipulations —Millions involved—how the British public is cheated—his Majesty's colonial subjects robbed*" Then it describes the process minuteiy. and recommends that the Customs be empowered to refuse admittance and confiscate butter not distinctly marked with the Government -grade and marks of the countries of origin. It advisss that the Board of Agriculture be given power to prohibit the importation from countries where there is inefficient Government control, and from foreign parts where there is reason to believe that butter, is frequently adulterated. The Agent-General adds that this exposure will be of great assistance in securing the passage of the Butter Bill next session. >
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12844, 29 November 1905, Page 5
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182THE DAIRY INDUSTRY. Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12844, 29 November 1905, Page 5
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