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Show AUSTRALIAN (JTTER NOW BEING IMPORTED San Francisco, Oct 31 More than 100 tons of Australian and New Zealand Zea-land butter went on the market in San Francisco today. This is the first of the shipments stimulated by the reduction of the duty by the Underwood bill to 2 1-2 cents a pound The butter was brought in cold storage on board the steamship Tahiti, Ta-hiti, which arrived from the colonies yesterday. There Is a great deal of curloslty about this Australian butter. Dealers Deal-ers and groceries are desirous of knowing its flavor, because on this depends the extent to which It can i bo sold. All admit that It can be produced in the colonies and shipped here, paying the small duty, cheaper than the California article |