MILK FROM OTAKI.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 158, 28 March 1908, Page 3

MILK FROM OTAKI.

-. :■ FJIESH'-FOOD AND• ICE COMPANY V ; ,' ' NEGOTIATING • Tho shareholders of the Otaki-Manakau Corporative Dairy; Company-will meet,on Mon-1 .day;to reconsider: a proposal'to transfer' the • company's business to; tho Fresh Food and - Ice Company.- Tho same proposal was'* con- , ' sidcred some woeks ago, i when,/;although a ■ gicat .number.; of the shareholders were ia ■ favour of it,- the: proposal was defeated.' It was■ then fconsidered : by; .sohio.; of the"- share- . holders that..the' company 'could ; itselfvsuc l l . ~ cossfully. cater for .the city -,supply during the , welter months, .but on; investigation it was ..found that to gain- a footing'.would be'a'long and expensive undertaking.- Tho Fresh Food . aud Ice Company, has a very long-established business in : .Wellington, and.is in a position } to, handle the wholo of tho farmers' inilk all • the/.yoar . round; .. . By tho . business -of the Otaki-Manakau ■ Company. being merged into that .of the .Fresh Food. and Ico Company, ..fanners..can look forward to obtaining the higiiost prices for their milk. Tempting \ ..ougts for, the. winter, supply■ ■ are. frequently s held out by tho, small . milk-runners m tho i city,.but-it is said they cannot tako tho milk ' all tho year round. to tho advantage of- tho I farmo;. ■ ''v' ; \■ . \ understand that.if,tho proposed trans-1 .ler should take placo the Otaki promises may I W*"? 10 "iorp than, a mero receiving depot, I - vajuablo .industry for otaki. may de-1