NIREAHA AND ITS FACTORY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1007, 23 December 1910, Page 8

NIREAHA AND ITS FACTORY.

FLOURISHING. . "I forked.my.. .way dov.-n the river towards. Nireaha,- so. after a Maori ; . . chief: at Hamua;" -writes our travelling correspondeiit.. "In'tho early>-days: it was called 'Bull tail.' At tho cross roads in :-the ; t'owhship, a slender pole was stuck, . . iand 'to it.was nailed the tail of a'wild bull, which was shot there: Hence, the //: ' !'name. ■ - The Nireaha Cheese Factoiy. (of' which ... .Mr. Ti B.'.Mason is bcretary), is a- flour-' - ishinp"concern.'/ Like many another suc!cessful business, .it 'started in a 'small : wayi .' Many people were;afraid it would •••' ; . .do; no gpodi However,- time has, proved that it'is a great- 'success. It. has been ; a splendid thing for the farmers of the v;,:- \ district.: There is a;large; amount;^of'fine ' ilitCland, besides a large area nf easy . - ; vrolling downs ,an. this and the adjacent ; -V'. localities, which make very fine .dairying country. ; ~: . '"One may, see from'the number of sup- - pliers—fifty-five—that the factory-has the support of-a very -large proportion of -the - farmers in : each of the districts. The - • first; year; they . made -'about .50 ' tons ofcheese;*and paid.:out. about -i£2000: to' the V: .' ■. suppliers. Lait year they, made 28G tons \ of chcese, and' paid out-»C1G,000. When ' v an . amount of money - like - this- gets into circulation in 'a small. district,-' there, is .no wonder that the dairymen-are'smiling -.' - arid . shaking . hands. with - theiiiselves; . . "This, factory-has ;been-considerably enlargedj and is .very well equipped." The -. ■. company has in Mr. Mason a secretary who' has-.contributed much to the.success ;; ef. the enterprise. -