DISTRICT NOTES.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5538, 19 September 1916, Page 6

DISTRICT NOTES.

NEWMAN CHEESE FACTORS

The first annual report of the Nowman Co-operative Dairy Company (cheese) states that the factory and plant were taken over at the sur. of £1275 from the Dairy Union. Additions to the value of £2Ol 6s 7d were* added to tlu> buildings and plant, making <i total of £‘1476 6s 7d, which* is a very low value to place on the same. The maintenance lots been practically nil. The directors installed a whey separating plant, which has tinned out very satisfactorily, and is a- paying proposition. The doubts expressed when taking over the factory that the six h.p. boiler Was not large enough proved to be true. A 15 h.p. boiler has been installed, which is a decided improvement, and will mean a very big saving in fuel, file sup., pliers have received a payment of Is 5d per lb fur lmfer-fat, and a further payment will he made qf 3|d making a total payment of Is B|d per lb for the season. One-third of the cheese was sold to the Government, the balance on open consignment through the. Dank of New Zealand, with the exception of a small quantity sold locally. The directors recommend tbn the balance from profit and less account. £23y Jss 2d. be apportioned as under. W'itton off Imildipgs and plant £IOO, written off preliminary expenses <). ten per cent, bon is to manager £lB. balance carried forward £O7 15 2d. Private O. Hal berg, who 1 is on final leave, was accorded a send-oil by a mi inker of Eketahuna friends. A toast-list was got through. and a pleasant evening was spoilt. The public hospital at* Pain era ton North is closed to all visitors until further notice. At the Magistrate's Court at Palmerston North, on the petition of Messrs Harvey end Cannon, Palmerston North, Even Williams, of Taka.pau, dheeso factory proprietor, was adjudged a bankrupt, Mr J. W. Poynton. as Registrar of the Supreme Court, presided and made the order asked for. A very considerable fall cf snow was experienced in Eketahuna last week. At Waihoki one resident had to shovel flie snow a wav from his back floor Tit the early morning.