LATE DAIRYING NEWS COLUMN

New Zealand Mail, 15 February 1900, Page 27

LATE DAIRYING NEWS COLUMN

Agricultural Department receivAe following cable message from Sj. Agent-General in. London : —Butj*® mf s the market is good; cheese, £. The market is firm. , fr T Munro, a farmer in the Ala n•siweka district, who had one of Ins PI hroken by being run over by a £#week' ago, is making goocLpro- ** , n „ ar( j s recovery at the Wellington Hospital, where he had to be removed for careful nursing, as the shock f f 4e accident told severely on a institution impaired a recent seSe .illness. Mr Munro’s injuries were'sustained by going to the assistance' of a boy in charge of a team of horses; one of which was exceedingly resS This accident, as the “ManMweka Settler” says, “brings forward Qie - bad practice of put*Sne'teams in .charge of lads of tender The boy m question should vet -be attending school, and is certainly unfit to have charge of a team of horses, for if lie gets into the smallest difficulty he has probably no control whatever over his charges. There were also, it is stated, a number of , children playing about near the scene of the accident, and, indeed, we understand it was on their account that Mr Munro went to perform the act which cost him so dearly.”

Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and Co., in conjunction wdth Messrs Abraham and jWilliams, report on the Johnsonville sales as follows : —An average supply .of beef came forward. Prices eeeme<Lrather lower than last week’s quotations, the bullocks in most cases being too heavy for the requirements of the trade at this time of the year. Heavy bullocks sold steadily throughout at from £7 7s 6d to £7 12s 6d; medium. weights, £7 to £7 10s; light, handy sorts, £6,10s to £6 15s. Sheep in short, supply were not sufficient for requirements.. Best ewes made 11s to 11s 0d; others, 10s 3d to 10s 4d; light wethers, 11s Id; porkers, 17s 6d. NATIONAL DAIRY ASSOCIATION - . NuxiGE. The next fortnightly steamer is the Papanui, sailing on the 24th. Cheese must be in Wellington by the 20th. We., would 1 remind secretaries of our notice in last issue in reference to forwarding the secretary of the Association timely and correct estimates of space requirements. This is especially necessary in regard to .cheese. A clause in .the shipping contract is worth recalling. It is this : If the estimatq for cheese space falls below 100 tons ,the companies are not bound to carry by. every fortnightly boat. And in like manner if the estimate for butter alls-.below 200 tons the companies are not pound to carry every fortnight, WELLINGTON DAIRY REGULATION. flJ he n Mayor 1 presided at a meeting of the ry «, Ke « ulatl011 Committee on Th Pr . i~ e , hrst for ei S ht months. Sr Messrs F . jj. Sd , «A‘‘-A , r Crawf ?J d » R ‘ M °thes, to Aplm r- Mr W ard moved —resolution passed previously work of S?t C<?mmitt ? e a S rees that the as s A Jo e eIS-St° S thf the mot - ioil > to all reonirpmi h + pr f, sent inspection met conductor o f nt f’,, tllat , m . ilk w »s not a theS4rffiiSx that piaSe’’^MT t A S V was a failnre in tfor Which Ap P seconded; the meto twJ \L a 'V rejeCted by four votes to fL a ° Vem “ ent havin S inAgricultural of ®® mmi ttee that the ever the work pa f tl ? ent could not take amendment iiarl t lns P ec tion until an continue tho *• was dec ided co tee as at present the i c . ommit ~ the second a’ 40 . “ o d meetings on to have the iwJc ’3 eac]l “ont£,and for reports printed