DOMINION PRESSURE MILKING MACHINE COMPANY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 574, 31 July 1909, Page 3

DOMINION PRESSURE MILKING MACHINE COMPANY.

The meeting of the Dominion Pressure Milking Machino'Company, Ltd;,' which took place on Tuesday ; night, was held, in compliance with the_statuto requiring all newly-formed: companies to c4jl,the.shareholders together within cii'reb moiitlis."" The' provisional directorsMessrs. A. T. Bate, W. Clayton, A. H. Hunt, H. A. liirkcaldic, G. E.'. Leigh ton, W. Wiggins, and W. A.'Wiggins—were'elected to office, and ! Mr. E. E; Diraock was appointed auditor. In answer to questions, Mr.' Bate (chairman) 'and Mr. E. A. Wiggins (manager)' gave somo interesting' information' tending- to ..show' thatthe company's milking machine" iV coining into high favour'with, the\farming' coniinunity; It;was stated thnt 140-niabhines,'' representing between 44000 and 45000, had 'been sold in the few months sinc«'the company's incorporation, and that ■ tho recent l'almerston'.'North 'show ■ had demonstrated- the fact that among milking machines;it wason top. ;Thc ( manager, mentioned that applications wore now coming ,111 from farmers to'; convert ntilking machines of', other makes into tho "Dominion Pressure." B?ference was also made to-tho'case of;Mrj Templar, in, Taranaki,' who in one season' -had' made enough out - of .his ■" Dominion " to : repay the cost, and also yield him a profit of 425. This was 'in comparison' with' the ,'harid-milking -of his cows. The company has still 5000 shares which tho public may take up, but the directors, it was.said, have.not been trying to place them. . . - -