AWATUNA.

Opunake Times, Volume II, Issue 103, 28 June 1895, Page 2

AWATUNA.

(Oub Own Correspondent.) The suppliers of milk to the Awatuna Co-operative Dairy Factory Company met in the hall on Saturday, the 22nd insfc, at 1 p.m., Mr Prondlock, the chairman: of the company, presiding. The Chairman reported that as the last lot of cheese had not yet been disposed of, only an approximate statement of affairs could be shown. The company had manufactured 109,9771bs of cheese from 106,628ga1. of milk of 10£lbs to the gallon, notwithstanding a late start was made, owing to tbe contractor being behind specified time in completing the building. The new manager appointed to take charge of the factory during the coming season has first-class credentials, and has been trained in the Dalefield Co-operative Factory, near Carttrton, by Mr Dumbleton, whose manufacture has commanded top prices in the Home market for years past.

Nine of the present suppliers applied for 81 shares amongst them, two intending suppliers applied for 88 more, and there are several other settlers making preparations for supplying milk to the factory in the spring. The probability is that another vat will be required, for which there is space in the making-room, so that for an expenditure of from £25 to £BO over 2000 gal. of milk can be manipulated, and it will not surprise me if the accommodation is taxed to the full.

Last year :t was feared by some that the building of a factory was premature, and faint hearts prophesied failure. The company, however, has justified its existence, and bids fair to be the premier industry of Awatuna. The chairman and Mr Rose were appointed delegates to attend the meeting of the National Dairy Association at Hawera on July sth, and it was suggested that the Association might consider the advisableness of appointing its own agents to receive produce and dispose of it in the open market at Home.

A patent has been taken out for glasses and mugs with a quicksilver thermometer in order to enable the drinker to determine which temperature of the liquid will be most agreeable to his taste and most beneficial to his health.