DRY BUTTER-FAT

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 24970, 12 August 1944, Page 8

DRY BUTTER-FAT

WORK ON SECOND PLANT

INSTALLATION AT FRANKTON I A plant for the large-scnls production of dry butter-fat from whey butter is being installed at Frankton Junction . by the Internal Marketing Division, j and about £25,000 has been spent in 1 setting it up and converting a factory ; building formerly owned by the \\ai- , kato Valley Dairy Co. With a capacity of 100 tons of butter daily, the plant is expected to be ready tor operation bv the end of the year. This will be the second plant of this kind to be established in New for one was opened 011 the Jiing s < in August, 1912, which was the first occasion on which the commercial production of dry butter-fat was taken over bv the Internal Marketing Division. Tiie plant lias been under the technical supervision ol the Dairy j''" search Institute, a member of which, Or |.- || .MoDowall, visited Australia in March to investigate work in progress on butter dehydration and the utilisation of dry butter-tat for army S| The dry butter-fat plant in Auckland ceased regular operation in June, IJ-W. With the decision to export whev butter as butter there was no lurthor call tor the plant to operate, except tor occasional ruufi to supply small quantities of butter-fat for special purposes It is estimated that since the Auckland plant has been in operation it has converted about 5000 tons of butter, valued at about £7.50,000. It is stated that the product has fulfilled all requirements as to standard, - and tests have shown that it is still usable for cooking purposes after two years' storage at atmospheric temperature. The pxporimciifc has savod thousands of tons of fats urgently needed m war-j time Britain, and it was at the request of the United Kingdom Government that the second plant at I'rankton ! Junction is being established. Although it is not vet definitely known whether this plant" will actually be operated, its installation has been regarded by , Britain as a necessary precaution in view of the possibility of large quantities of dairy produce being needed t-o feed liberated Europe. JOINT COUNCIL ST. JOHN AND KED CROSS CONSTITUTION CRITICISED Great dissatisfaction with the constitution of the Joint Council of the Order of St. John and the Red Cross Society was expressed by members of the Auckland provincial council at its adjourned annual meeting last night. The original meeting had been adjourned, as five new delegates from the Auckland centre of the New Zealand Red Cross Society were unable to vote, as their Dominion executive had had no opportunity to confirm their appointment. A report of the annua] general meeting of the New Zealand Joint Council in Wellington was received. It stated that the chairman. Mr C. G. White, regretted that exception had been taken to his letter to Sir Ernest Davis, which had pointed out that the delegates to the provincial council had first, to be approved by the Red Cross Do- ; minion executive and then appointed by : the New Zealand Joint Council. "Frustration and Interference"

Mr White considered his letter to be n personal one to Sir Ernest Davis. Hio question of the appointment of delegates to provincial councils was governed by the Act incorporating the New Zealand .Joint Council. "It is absurd for Mr White to say it was a personal letter; it was sent in response to a letter from this council." said Sir Ernest Davis. "I am thoroughly tired of this Wellington business. There is so much frustration and interference and the whole thing is so unbusinesslike that T would be glad to get out of it. The members of this organisation are doing great work, but it is most painful having these arguments with these people in Wellington." Report on "Wellington Meeting Mr S. E. Langstone said that at the meeting in Wellington it was made clear that the Act permitted only two committees—the New Zealand Joint Council and its executive. The Auckland council had practically no standing. The New Zealand council had appointed a war purposes committee and delegated to it all the council's powers. To all intents and purposes the joint council did not count. After further discussion, in which it was suggested that efforts be made to have the Act amended, it was agreed to meet delegates from the war purposes committee on August 23. during their visit to Auckland, and discuss the matter. Sir Ernest Davis was re-elected chairman and Mr K. C. Aekins deputychairman. RAILWAY SEATS QUEUE A queue to book seats by a railcar leaving Grcvmouth for Cliristchurch next Friday evening commenced to form at the Greymouth railway station at 6.30 yesterday morning, although the booking window did not open until 0 o'clock. As on the previous occasions, the demand for seats far exceeded the quota available by the car and the booking was completed within five minutes. Persons who had entered the queue a few minutes after 7 o'clock were too far down the line to obtain seats. PROBATION FOR FRAUD (0.C.) HAMILTON, B'riday On a charge of falsely representing himself to be an inspector of pumps from a brewery, with intent to defraud Patrick Joseph Downey of £lO, James Leonard Thurlow, ft motor driver, aged '29, pleaded guilty before Mr S. L. Paterson, S.M., at Hamilton today. Senior-Sergeant A. G. McHugh said that accused misled Downey into believing that he was in a position to obtain a case of whisky from his firm for £lO. Downey paid him the money.

Accused, who asked for the Court's leniency, and said his wife had threatened to leave him if he were imprisoned. was placed on probation for two years, a condition being that he should he in the custody of his wife as well as the probation officer. He was also ordered to take out a prohibition order.

THEFT OF £2OO A labourer, Edward John Evans, aged 35, appeared before Messrs J. V. Lawes and A. Sinclair, J.P.'s, in the Otahuhu Police Court yesterday, charged with the theft of £2OO, the property of William McCormick. It-was stated in evidence thai accused sold a motor-car valued at £2OO on behalf of McCormick. but failed to account for the money. He pleaded guilty and was committed to tlie Supreme Court for sentence.