HAWERA DAIRY COMPANY.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 31 July 1922, Page 5

HAWERA DAIRY COMPANY.

ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the Hawera Dairy Company was concluded on Saturday afternoon. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. Mr. V. B. Stratton was* re-elected auditor. There were three retiring directors eligible for re-election— Messrs H. i^rr, H. E. Johnson, and jx ■ Alexander—and one new candiddate, Mr. W. Reynolds. As there were only three vacancies a poll was taken^ the result being: H E Johnson 410 \Y" Reynolds 381, H. Barr 367 (elected), and J. R, Alexander 325. t The chairman said that the shareholders should be very thankful they had got the services of a secretary such as Mr. G. A. Duncan. Mr. .Duncan s work had always been up to date, which had been shown by the short t:me it had taken him to get ihe balance-sheet out. On June °t_, 1 1 ey TT got their stock sheets out and cabled Home for their balances. On July 3 the balance-sheet had been paSll ;/^ was in the editor's hands ?£ oA 4tlL, and the Printer's hands on the nth. There was no other company he knew of whose clerical work was carried out so efficiently. A vote of thanks was accorded the ! secretary. Mr Duncan, in replying, said that1 it had been a pleasure to work with i the directors, who had run the affairs ot the company in a distinctly creditable manner. There was a motion before the meeting that the directors' fees be the saino tor the commg year as last and an ' amendment that the fees be reduced ' to los.—The motion was carried, the fees being fixed at £1 l s per meeting:' lhere was some discussion over the chairman's honorarium, and after a motion that it he the same as last year iwa been moved, an amendment "was P»« rorwajrd that it be reduced to half, j — ±he motion was carried. j It was pointed out by a supplier ' that buyers had been getting hold of the late season's output and playing one factory against the other. He suggested that something should be done whereby factories could pool their produce and get the best price. The chairman stated that he was a member of a sub-committee which womd be meeting in Wellington im- I mediately with a view to formulating some scheme in connection with the marketing of produce. There had been i a considerable difference in prices, one factory having sold its May make for Is 2id, whereas Hawera had sold its ! output for the same month for Is od. Ihe chairman of the National Dairy Association h;ad sold his output for Is 2id. In reply to a question the chairman said he was against monthly sales in New Zealand. The question of fortnightly sales in London was likely to come forward. Mr. Campbell asked if the time was not opportune for the erection of a factory on the Denbigh Road. The ! milk production in that locality hadi increased threefold, and at present suppliers had a long way to go to the factory. The chairman said that if the settlers on the Denbigh Road could show that they were milking a sufficient number of cows to warrant tho factory, and it they were prepared to make'the financial arrangements, he did not tlrnk tne directors would turn them down In reply to Mr. Campbell, the chairman said that anything under 1000 cows would not be sufficient, as the cost of running at the commencement and the end of the season would be too great. -Air. Haseltine asked if the company could pay out a little more for winter milk He pointed out that suppliers had the option of sending their milk to proprietary concerns. A bit more money in the winter time would be welcome. Ihe chairman thought that it might be possible to average the payments out a httle. * The high price of butter to shareholders at the factory was again brought up. The secretary replied that if the price had been a "little on the nigh side it was to protect the com pany's town trade. On the motion of Messrs Gnwith and b inlay it was decided that Mr Re:d ts e airman of the 'works committee' should get the same remuneration as last year (£SO, pins his director's fees Mr. Dromsfci sa^d he would like to see some remedy with regard to waiting in the mornings at the Tokaora factory for certain suppliers. A vote of thanks was accorded the directors for their past services.