THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8305, 8 June 1907, Page 4

THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

The fact that there were about 100,000 boxes of butter in store in New Zealand at the end of April, which may be considered the close of the late dairy season, having caused some concern amongst dairymen, a local gentleman who is largely interested in the dairy industry is of opinion that there is little to fear in this respect. He points out that there is a shortage of butter in the South Island owing to the drought last summer, and estimates that about 40,000 boxes (1000 tons) of North Island butter will be required to meet the demand. It is customary for the South Island to draw on the North for supplies during the winter months, but this year the southern demand set in about three months earlier (in the beginning of March) than usual. A large proportion of the stored butter, he says, is milled and dairy butter, which is not used to any extent for table purposes. A portion of the 100,000 boxes referred to has, since the beginning of May, been shipped to England, so that little will remain for export in spring. Therefore, it is considered hardly likely that last season's output will have any effect on the London market. But at the same time dairymen cannot look for the abnormally high prices ruling last season. However, the excellent quality of the New Zealand product is sure to command as keen competition for our butter as in previous years. It is admitted that the labour aspect will have some effect on the industry, and if the demands of the agitators who have been organised by city unionists are given the effect of law, the cost of production will be materially increased and the profits of the industry will proportionately vanish. One result of the unionists' demands, if acceded to, will be that farmers will instal separators and in place of sending their milk to the creamery or factory they will separate it on the farm. This would cause many | creameries to be closed and a pro- j portionate reduction of labour required.

Mr Roy Harding was yesterday appointed Acting-Engineer for the Oroua County Council, at a salary of £*16 4s per month. Some half-dozen tenders were received bv_ Mr L. G. West, architect, for additions to the Princess Hotel at Terrace End. That of Messrs McAlister and Howes was accepted. The Public Works Committee of the Borough Council has decided that, during the current year, street maintenance shall be done by contract. Specifications will be drawn up immediately for the work. Children's White Beaver Coats, Hats and Millinery in high qualities at low prices for this week at The Bon Marche. C. M. Ross and Co. invite inspection.—Advt.

Thk latest; subscriber telephone exchange is No. 343, Alfred Richards, farmer, Stoney Creek. Mr Geo. v 'JieT>onald. has kindly •donated one guinea .to the funds of tile' ul& s Boys J'Qotball Club ' Tii'e ; time of holding the first meeting of the nm .Eire. Board has been fixed- for 2.30 o'clock next "Wednesday afternoon. At the Otaki S,M- Court yesterday a man nam,ed Thompson was fined 5s and 7s costs': for . boarding a train while in taption.iv Simon Barrikat sued Michael George for using threatening and insulting language, and after a deal of evidence had been heard the S.M. dismissed the case.

On Wednesday information reached Taihape that the Government intended making tho town the principal changing station for the Auck-land-Wellington service, and the scene of a gigantic scheme for refitting and adding to the local railway buildings at a cost of about £10,000. • The prevailing fashion among ladies of carrying tneir handkerchiefs in their purses, taught one fair resident of Christchurch a lesson recently. On leaving a dentist's surgery she pulled her handkerchief from her purse, and with it two £5 notes. She has heard nothing since of the lost money.—Lyttelton Times. By the North Island Main Trunk Railway, the £otal distance between Wellington and Auckland will be 42fS miles. A considerable part of the construction is so far advanced that it is anticipated that by January next the distance between the railheads will be reduced to only 12 miles. When an account was read at yesterday morning's meeting of the Oroua County Council, in which a contractor claimed payment for a certain number of yards of metal and twelve-seventeenths of a yard, the chairman remarked that that certainly was ths finest bit of financing that they had come across, for a Ipng time. "Why the deuce wasn't he extravagant. and make it a whole yard while he was about itr" added the ehair\nan.—Star.

Mr George Buckley, of Wanganui, the champion cornet player of New Zealand, haa promised to assist the local band at its coming concert and also to play a solo. The band has further secured the services of a lady reciter of Australia, who won four gold medals at the recent open competitions in Dunedin. The con-' duct-or informs us that the numbers to bo contributed by the band are now going very well, the chief item, the "Tannliauser" selection, receiving considerable attention. He hopes that a very fair rendering of it will be given.

The principal prize-takers at the recent Woodville Poultry Show Were: —Langshans, Mrs Holland, Feilding; Plymouth Rocks, J. J. Thomaisen, Eketahuna • Blfick Orpingtons, F. S. Veale, Ash hurst; Golden Wyandottes, C. S. Hickling, Pahiatua"; Silver Wyandottes, W. Lovell, Woodville; White Wyandottes, T. West, Feilding; Partridge Wyandottes, T. Harvey; White Leghorns, T. H. Walker, Woodville; Brown Leghorns, T. Murcott; Pekin ducks, S. Avery, Ballance; Indian Runner ducks, Soler Bros, and Cooper Bros, Wanganui; pigeons,. J. A. Nicholls, Wanganui.

On Tuesday afternoon next Mr Ronayne, General Manager of Government Railways, will visit Palmerston and will hold a conference with the Borough Council. The following business will be discussed: —. XI) Fencing the railway line from Terrace End station to the Square and grading off the accumulations at the sides of the rails. (2) Putting in order the standard survey measurements within the railway enclosures in the Square. (3) Considering the advisability of discontinuing the erection of hoardings in. Main Street West and the removal of those at present there. (4) Requesting permission to enlarge the surface drain in the railway boundary from Short Street to West Street. (5) Inquiring as to what terms the Railway Department will supply and deliver road metal from the Manavvatu Gorge.

There is a moral to be drawn from the remarks of a Mastertoi. saddler to a Wairarapa Daily Times reporter, in reference to Conciliation and Arbitration* methods. He stated that in conversation with a gentleman who was once a well-known saddler and harness maker and importer in a big way in Wellington, retiring some years ago, the latter remarked, " I just got out of the business in time." Asked to explain, he said that while he was paying his best men £4 and £5 a week he was suddenly whirled into the maelstrom of Unionist disputes, and the consequence was that his best men were put on the same level as those of much less ability and they naturally resented the lowering of their wages to a common level, whilst incompetent tradesmen's were proportionately advanced. "It was a logic the skilled men could not see,'' was the comment, " and in a few months 1 found them leaving me to go elsew'here, aii'd my business became completely disorganised. It is my opinio?' ft conc^uc led, " that there is a lot of harness going to be imported into this country."

.The Arbitration Court was occupied with the linotype dispute yesterday afternoon. Evidence was adduced on behalf of the Union that the demands of the men were fair and reasonable, also easily workable as between the parties. Mr Pirani, on behalf of the employers, crossexamined witnesses at length as to the output of work, and stated to the Court that the employers had no objection to increased pay provided the output was in accordance. The city minimum of 7000 per hour was objected to, Mr Pirani stating that the minimum was fully 1000 behind the country workers. When the Union representatives commenced their case the President of the Court pointed out to them that they were claiming more from country employers than had been agreed upon in Wellington city, and he asked if the Union intended to maintain that position. The Union delegates recognised tlio absurdity of the position, and thereupon stated that they would base their claim on the Wellington agreement.

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TJse ire .*saiH ti» Ibe' . still fcaSsik in '©aptorSfeon. j 111© Jajßinese \aufi ,\in New Ssuxli 'W'dles "Sm' wheat •'•di .faiT. average ' The -.Siberian 'Ibilttesr ''-is .saidjio" be; "telling tfealfully" 'against odlomal butter on the London market. _ ; The AshbuiiDii County ibe tails of-364 rats. ttfiinniug <of .March. : A meeting of tko Terrace School .Committee .will be .held .aaext Tuesday ,evening at -'There is no -doubt,", - e rthiftf Health Officer recently, bank .notes form a -uery re . a^y^ oru „ by which, infection .is _carried. o3: them .-are very filthy. Mr M. McDonald, of writes .to us in reference to a.letter wJaich. aßP eare d 011 Tiiursd. y , Gaining ±hat a.P ]loJl< ?e r^P h , -incessantly -in that to ±he annoyance of .shopkeepers and -OSr.-previo f pariiculaily objected to a th ? Q if st^ + ment being worked jo.u .Sundays,but Mr McDonald,,who assumes is ihe person referred.to, denies.-that bis phonograph is usefi on that'-day. ■ jLfter .a .successful .endeavour at jjhe Supreme -jCourt A\ anganui -on Wednesday -to -get .the .parties .jai ; .s+ case—a .family di?pute-rto come .to a mutual' agreemenr-, instead -ot awaiting a judicial . decision, .M-r.jtf.us4 tiee Coqpor urged .on ..them .tJieede; sirahility jof shaking '.hands, and .beoaming on . ; good terms again, .®or, j he added, ".friendship as worth mare, after all, .than the mosey , in,.dispute. —Herald. !

The second .dance of .the was.held last night, at.tho Oddfellows' -Hall, when between JO and 40 .couples were . enjoyable ..evening was spent. Mr .Barrows presided at the piano, wereyplayed.fey Mißa..urt««T firr-Ji ; and .Messes /BelLfc. .and Apa± tara. Mr Conlan performed vUe duties.of MSI,. and kept-* the,.dancers going merrily till 1 a.m. Tlie corny ixiittee intend holding ttheir dfl.nftft .on Eritluv, _2lsb wheE|i another _2ood house is anticipated. I Mr W.. C. -Buchanan, of Waira-| rajju, karrived .back from.Aibi'ief.visi«|; to Aisistralia .recently. - JJe ■ statedthai what .interests the Australian pEstoisilist -most- just now lis weather that .has been .experienced throughout .the .cjountry. On .the ioi ijiey irom Sidney to ;Melbournt) he notified that ihe country was very dry As a resylt the [price of cattle Ihas gone tup and fat.stock is scarce. Sheep .are also .suffering. Australian Graziers are doing, better than these iin the Wellington cUistrictCattle ;«xe higher lin ;price -feoth in Victoria :and JS[«w South _ Wales than in l W.ellingtos, but this:is solely on as®ouir.t .df .the /local demaad, .the meat export season being at an end. "Pakahfi" writes .to the Taranasi News mentioning instance Maori cuieness. .Some years ago, at the opening of .& .hall in one of the Tarannki kaingas there was quite a huge influx of Europeans. The Maoris ?eor/ied to have develop ed a craze ; for "cbaaige." _ Yisitois were approached by a Maori in this wise: ''You get te .tsvo single shillin' and te alcipenny .for te hdlfcrcv.n?" Axd .tlie chaaige would ?ue given. Others wantetl two sixpences for a Stilling, Itoo shillings ffir a florin, two pieces far a sixpence arafi so on. By-anrl-b/e cime dinaei-isnie. Tsie pakehsis trooped in and enjoyed their feed. A collection was taken up. Gee) whiz! Not a ssul of them had any-s thing smaller fclian a fcwo-shilling! piece. That's liow the "child of; nature" got hvame■ on ties civilised! product.

"That river aloae," dedbxed Professor David Jordan, president of the Stanford University, California, who is now in Sydney, referring to the Hawkesbury, "ought to aclcl £50,000 annually to your national wealth, if you stocked it with bass and fihad. The bass is a fish of the groper, kind, which reaches the weight of 7slb or 801b, but is generally marketed at about ,101b. The shad is of the herring sort, of finer grain, and while attaining a size of 81b or 1011» is more generally caught at about 41b. Both kinds are native to the waters between Boston and Charleston, on the East Coast of America, and both are estuary fish which make up -the rivers to spawn. "We have introduced bass and shad into the rivers of California," said Dr. Jordan, "and now they are, next to salmon, -the principal fish of the 9 ou ?qS' The experiment was begun in 187/, ; and in 1880 I was at the Columbia "River as Government Agent, and ( caught the first fish of the new •growth, and sent it to Washington. "Your Hawkesbury River is sufficientay like our Sacramento to justify the 'belief that the bass and shad would rChrive well there. I understand that th© New Zealand fisheries authorities 'have imported some of the fish tor stoeking the Wanganui River. It the experiment succeeds there it would be a simple matter to bring some fish over to Australia, but that would mean waiting eight years. Duriitg his stay in Australia Dr. Jordon intends to get together as good a colkietion of Australian fishes as time will permit. He proposes to spend a portion of his early mornings in the iish markets.

Be sure; to see the splendid assortment of Winter Dress Materials showing this week at C. Smith s, jiext Post Office. —Advt-