TE PUKE NOTES

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 12822, 17 August 1939, Page 5

TE PUKE NOTES

ANNUAL MEETING OF DAIRY COMPANY

{From Our Correspondent) The directors' report adopted at the annual meeting of the Dairy Company held in the ‘Parish Hall revealed a decrease in production of over 450 tons which meant a loss'of nearly £ 60,000 to the district. The season’s pay-out over all grades, including cream cartage, interest and Veterinary services, was 16.546 d per lb. The all-in-cost from farm gate to f.o.b. showed an increase from 1.827 d per lb. butterfat to I.SSDd per lb. The grading was not as high on an average as the previous year, owing to a difficult season with feed flavours. £ 3000 had been spent on new plant for the factory and this would assist _in keeping costs down and improving the grade of butter. The sales in the trading department were £49,219, compared with £ 49,873 the year before.

In concluding this report, Mr W. E, Singleton, Chairman of Directors, congratulated the Manager of the Factory, his first assistant, and the staff on the recent successes which display butter had gained at the Waikato and Palmerston North Winter Shows.

The election to choose the* four directors to fill the four vacancies which automatically takes place each year resulted in Messrs D. Ross and H. limes being re-elected, and A. Snodgrass and W. F. Mundt being chosen to take the places of Messrs Bowen and Chapman who were not seeking re-election. Messrs W. Wickham and R. McGee also contested the ballot, A motion was carried increasing directors’ fees from £ 1 Is and 6d per mile travelling allowance, to £1 11s Gd and 6d per mile travelling allowance.

A resolution in regard to the guaranteed price was also adopted as follows:—“The suppliers' of the Bay of Plenty Dairy Association are in favour of the guaranteed price as outlined in the Government’s preelection statement, but records dissatisfaction with the Government’s aeion in not accepting its own OomNhtee’s unanimous recommendation, a copy of this resolution to be fhr''arded to the Prime Minister, the •hnister of Marketing, the Membei’ lor the district, the National Daify Association, the Dairy Board, and ®emb ers of the Advisory Commit-

JERSEY CATTLE CLUB

‘* r A* C. Wright presided over a am i ttendauce of members at the rinK i meet iog of the Jersey Oattle Ph? L leld in the Borough Council wa ß m ° ei ' s ' He re Ported that there that lncrease in membership, and in n, Were several new breeders look r dl ® trict - He thought the outDrnnii°- r Jerseys in the Bay was very i.uS ,lg ; Several members had aumber of high testing Th lato their herds this year. balanoA sheet sbow ing a credit Very £6 8s 6d was considered the «i actory » and after this and ihe pIo»h ent s re P° rt were adopted °n offlcers took Place as rresii. P , : ‘ tron . Mr G. S. Watson; PresiS' S r t, C ' Wrl s ht l ViceSetretari' W - E - Riddell; Hon. ">t. Mr ii Wats ° n : Hon. AudiK. BennofV „ rp * Committee, Messrs J iosso p n tl, F ‘ Sutton . E - Lemon, B. k.^ V xSf mbers e i ec ted were Messrs p ongaar a) - and j - k