LE BON'S BUTTER FACTORY.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2087, 15 September 1896, Page 3

LE BON'S BUTTER FACTORY.

To the Editor. Slß—Wilh yoar kind permission I should like to say a.few words in answer to ft le'ttei in yoar iisue of the 8h ioet.V Higned " A Factory Rep." I shall pass over liis childish remarks and'begin with the agency by telling: him that Mr Barnett. tried to get the selling of Mm butter himself or to have a friend whom he was, dealing with made ng*nt for the Company 'in 1893. This the. <iireotore; deoined to sanction, end shoit'y . after appointed; "Messrs King &Co to aiit for them. From that time to the present Mr Barnett eeetna ■ fo have hsd n jealous.fee'ing , fttWrdr bur agent, who. I am free to: pay, hap acted most liberally und ftreightforwaTdly tor; warde the Company ever since, its formation. Hβ has often gone out of bis way to aeeiat the directors in arranging matters withon* any remuneration, and bepidee.be he frequently allowed them to overdraw tbei- account bo oh to a'liw them to keep faith with suppliers by paying 'them 'monthly. Mr Burnett has been a ■director neajiy the whole ..time the factory "has been working, and will know what I h&y is correct. With regard to 'Factory Rep.''s remarks re overdraft and guarantee. I see, 'lie knows nothing at all nbotit it, and will! Jet it pass for the prespnt. For his in- : formation I wi'l tell bin fbtffc the Company paid £10 in ten £1 shares fully paid op to Mr Barnett fcr the factory tin. Hβ offered the bare I nnd 'the factory stands on, which was utterly useless unless the Compaoy got 'the strip of ground at the back to cut the water-race: 'through. '

As to Mr Barneft'finding: himself rereponsiblp with others for tbe Urge ■owing, my answer ie, cc be was co long a diredtjr, he should beve seen to it He cannot deny that he bad the ordering of moi-t of tbe plant required, and that some 'Of it wna condpmnnd as useleee by experts, nnd pat on one eide, thereby entailing h lose. With regard to confidence being •restored t-ince Mr W. Barneft accepted flic chßirmanship with your permission 1 will have something to say later on fte I feel U have already trespassed on your epace.—Yours, etc., A 9HABKHOBDER,