AUSTRALIAN BUTTER RE-WORKED AND SOLD BY CANADIAN CREAMERIES.
(United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received June 14, 11.35 a.m.) OTTAWA, June 13. The alleged practice of creameries importing Australian butter, re-working it and selling it wrapped in the same kind of wrappers as they wrapped Canadian in. was condemned in the House of Commons by some members to-day. The Minister of Agriculture (the Hon W. R. Motherwell) said that as long as wrappers did not specify that it was Canadian butter the creameries were within the law. Mr E. J. Garland (United Farmers of Alberta group) thought that a regulation should be made compelling all imported goods to carry the name ot the country of origin. Mi -- • • 1 - U>erta) I 1 bring in legislation net n providing for this, but the Minister did not make anv commitment. —Australian Press Association-United Service.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18785, 14 June 1929, Page 9
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