THE N.Z. MILK PRESERVING COMPANY.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 4103, 19 May 1894, Page 3

THE N.Z. MILK PRESERVING COMPANY.

In our advertising columns to-day an announcement will be found relating to the establishment at Wallacetown, near Invercargill, of a factory for the preparation and manufacture of condensed milk. As a matter of some importance in connection with the establishment of this factory, we should explain that the enterprise was first taken in hand by Mr R. Blair in 1892. His death, however, a few months after the completion of the works, caused a suspension of operations ; and so things remained until Mr Alfred H. Highton, of Invercargill, took over the establishment some few months ago. Mr Highton's enterprise has been rewarded by the establishment of a large business and the building up of a prosperous colonial industry. We have ourselves had an opportunity of testing the quality of the condensed milk produced by Mr Highton, and can testify to its sweetness and flavour, and have no hesitation in pronouncing it to be superior to the best imported condensed milk from any of the European factories. Of course it has an advantage over the imported article in being placed on the market so much sooner after its manufacture, and being in consequence so much less liable to deterioration of quality. In our estimate of the condensed milk manufactured by the New Zealand Milk Preserving Co., as the factory has been styled, we are fully borne out by the written opinion of Professor Black, the well-known analyst of the Otago University. Professor Blaok has made an analysis of a sample of condensed milk supplied him by the Company, and he speaks in the highest terms of its quality, and concludes by pronouncing it with the most perfect confidence to be equal to anything imported into the colony. The plant used in the factory is the most unique of its kind in New Zealand, and is capable of condensing at the rate of 300 gallons of milk per hour. Every care is taken to ensure absolute uniformity of manufacture, and only the very best milk is accepted for condensing purposes. The Company have spared no expense in perfecting their arrangements and equipment towards the end that they may turn out a first-class article, and they are, therefore, as a colonial concern, deserving of a liberal shar« of public patronage.