TRICKERY IN THE BUTTER TRADE.

Waikato Times, Volume XL, Issue 3257, 13 May 1893, Page 2 (Supplement)

TRICKERY IN THE BUTTER TRADE.

A report lias reached us (says an ex- . change) from a source which appears to be fairly trustworthy of a new form of enterprise in the butter trade. Victorians have long been celebrated for their smart tricks in trade, but if our information is to he fully trusted, they have displayed in respect to the butter industry a form of enterprise which eclipses all previous efforts in this direction. It is well-known that for several years past the Government of Victoria have been giving to exporters of butter produced in that colony a bonus out of the public purse. By this means the export of butter has been largely extended. Latterly, it seems that butter has been finding its way from New Zealand to Melbourne, and, according to our information, on the arrival of a quantity recently it was noticed that tho brand upon the New Zealand kegs was at once planed off and a Victorian brand substituted. For what purpose was this butter from New Zealand intended ? If for use in Victoria a wrong was done to the New Zealand manufacturer; and if intended for ultimate export to London as Victorian butter, a double wrong was done-the New Zealand maker was injured, and ths Victorian Government would be made to pay for the export of that which was not of Victorian produce. Truly we live in a peculiar world.