A CONSIGNING SEASON.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 914, 6 September 1910, Page 8

A CONSIGNING SEASON.

DAIRY PRODUCE DISPOSALS; It is; already clear that this season will go down as one in which the, bulk of the' .dairy produce, was. disposed of on consignment.. .In the principal butter, of this island ■■ a good many.; of -the factories have '.already; disposed-', of their; .outputs. A;■ man' who - travels the island .informed - a.; Dominion representative that - the . Waikato's 'make ■was already on. the .-books of .the buyers,:, .end that last week -Taranalu was- besieged by, an: army-of; agents who waged an eloquent- and pcrsuasi ve ; -vwarfare:?on' some hundreds, of dairy company; directors. , •'From a reliable sourco it has been ascertained'that -practically ••the"-whole, of .the Wellington-and--thevTaranaki 'companies have V consigned , the.season's •; output/ Jolls , ;-; , aiid. Kaupokonui, . ! the bvo • Btood to have consigned , with" a guarantee, ;the former ' through: Messrs. Lovcll . and, Christinas, and the latter; through Messrs. - Lonsdale. -Both aTe really'.looked upon as v cheese factories,' They - : made butter during the\winter will probably '.be':making.;cheese again' very shortly. Neither concerns . have : yet- officially- dis-.', closed'a their business,- but .the ..-writer s informant' is a reliable ■source of,infor-. matiori.; /• -'/V • ;ilahgat6kij' which -makes, butter, is said to .have consigned. through-Messrs. .Lons-. dale,-"with an advance". Riverdale/vanothereof the. : largest- concerns; iin -vfthe island; is also reported to have negotiated its season's business.' ••j/v/■; •The^:-National; : Dairy n Association vis handling: more .produce.- than .'ever -in''its . existence, jiidging/ .by^information/, - to 1 haid.' -'Among the. '.Taranaki ' factories ..to; 6hip/'through the association s are Strata ford ' and .Warea.'i,/Both have oh . the s principle.; -So far\as; is;"generally;known',only i one t company; has effected a;'sale./• . •