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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IX, Issue 145, 5 June 1919, Page 6

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THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY. Dunedin, June I. At the annual meeting <t me South Island Dairy Association me chairman (Air. .Middleton) said the operations or the association had led to a satistactory deal regarding tlio cneese output. I butter representatives, liiougn, were not getting quite a lair deal compared wim me cueeso pcopie. liney ihougui tney bad a griemiieo in tne instance of the Imperial Government grouping tue saie ol nutter and cheese, x-llort was still being made to improve me nutter position.

The question ol lorming a mutual insurance association uas considered and <1 COIIUHI LLCC bt'L Up Lu i t'pUi’C LU LUC <_‘Xecunve.

Ine meeting decided to recommend dairy lactones to promote tno formation oi neiu-testing associations, also that tlio A. and F. Associations ill tlie South Island be strongly urged to howl bull fairs in a suitable montn each year and that S(J per cent, oi tue Government stud bulls be distributed lor sale at these lairs. The following motion was carried:— That the outlook m the near future lor shipping freights on all farm produce is a.serious menace to the prosperity ot New Zealand and it is imperative that all dairy and meat export companies combine lor common deleme and support a fair rate oi freight, ami that toe executive move m tins direction at once. A committee was set up to report to a special meeting on tlie question.