EXPORT CHEESE CONTEST

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23401, 7 August 1941, Page 3

EXPORT CHEESE CONTEST

BOAKD’S CHALLENGE iifepW PRESENTED Harbour Board’s silcup for export cheese’ Hgß||toted by the chairman (Mr at a . meeting of the

board yesterday to Mr A, Choat, manager of the Okajn’s Bay factory. , The Okaln’s Bay factory won the cup with 93,2 points,’the highest recorded f in the contest since; 1937. The Barry’s Bay factory was second. . Mr Holderness, in presenting the cup, said that with the change-over from butter to. cheese the maintenance of ; a high standard in cheese-making was more than ever essential- New Zealand cheese would now go. through new channels to new consumers, and its P?P'jl? rity . W S U j depend on its quality. The standard had .Ibeen high In the past and Banks

Peninsula factories had done valuable work in this respect. , He congratulated the Okam s Bay manager and company on. their success and complimented the other factories also, pointing out that there had been only a small margin of points between each of the six factories which competed. Several speakers congratulated the Okain’s Bay manager and company. Mr D. Cunningham, supervising grader, and representatives - of several peninsula factories were among those who spoke. The visitors were guests of the ‘board at morning tea;