THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 39, 15 February 1929, Page 4

THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

NORTHERN WAIROA. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) DARGAVILLE, this day. At a meeting of the directors of the Northern Wairoa Co-operative Dairy Company yeeterdny afternoon it was decided to pay 1/5% per lb for fineet and 1/5 for hriit grade for February butterfat, also a further payment equal to one penny per JvL£ n aI J butterfat supplied from June 1, to January 31, 1929, which will exceed £12,000 payable with cheques due on ..March 20. BAY OF PLENTY. The Te Puke factory received 391,4141b of butterfat for the month on Januaiy and the payout will be £28,234. Laet were 316 ' 879,b and the From July 1, 1928, to January 31, 1929 }L™ Mt ?"?«* *y suppliers was £1.16.;.84 against £105.260 for the same period last season. The butter manulmn fI SE? : Iu . ly t0 Janu "y totalled 1030 tons leewt Iqr, an increase of 171 tone, or 20 per cent, over last year. BRITAIN'S OVERSEA TRADE. STARTS YEAR WELL. LONDON, February 12. The Board of Trade hae issued the following particulars of trade in January: Imports increased £15,670,000; export* £7,1.37,000. Re-exporte decreased £496,000. principal increases were:—lmports: grain end flour, £1,176.000, meat, £1,194,000, food and drink (non-dutiable) £3,637,000, raw cotton, £7,012,000. Exports: Iron and eteel manufactues, £1,103,000, vehicles, £1,623,000; cotton and yarns manufactures, £613,000.

The following table shows tbe returns tor January in recent years:— 1927 1928 1929 £ £ £ Imports 113,600.000 100,412.000 110,082,00(1 Exports 55,4i'0.0C0 59,742,000 «6,879,0C0 Ke-exporte 9,260,000 10,306,000 9,870,000 Total Trade 178,280,000 170,520,000 192.8.31.000 MINING NEWS. LUCKY SHOT MINES. The manager reports tbat tbe crushing n( J 5 loads or' general dirt, weight 50 ton*. returned OOoz of melted srold. One hundred and ten pounds of selected stone were also ] put through, giving , a return of ."iOoz 18dwt iif melted gold, making the total return ! I4ooz lSdwt, valued at £3*2 18/. The total costs of the criishint; amount to £43 I Tbe manager adds tbat the whole of j the general dirt was taken from the iast workings on Uie reef. Averaging 3ft 6!u i-outh of Xo. 1 winze. Work has been temporarily suspended at this point nntil ibe rise from the low level is completed »n about three weeks' time. It is Intended K.£* n * on lne ran °' B°ld now showing in ooth faces, as *oon as the ventilation wiJr'iS. *? com Pleted. Meanwhile driving ni»«« «• °5* on the bangingwall dropper "SSL 0 !- 5 ' 0 - 2 wlnze from w nich good loinLri 0 * Mme months ago. The .WpMft-JJfyiiil to 200 feet on f. st *. rt . raade to rig th» n « B «med and