OKITU DAIRY COMPANY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19139, 7 October 1936, Page 2

OKITU DAIRY COMPANY

meeting At nuhaka . CONFERENCE RESOLUTION ADDRESS BY MR. RENNER About SO people attended the annual meeting, of shareholders and suppliers ot the Okitu Co-operative Dairy Company, held utiNuhaka yesterday. , The chair was taken by Mr. G. lh ton. The directors of the company present were, in addition to Mr. Tod, Mr. L. R. Renner,- chairman, and Messrs., i. Jones, and W. T- -Snowsill. _ Mr. GForbes,; manager,, and Mr. IT.. P- Hamilton, secretary, were also present. In opening the meeting, Mr. lod loll\ explained the balance sheet for the year ended June 30, and thanked suppliers for their support.. He called upon' the chairman of the company to address the In his remarks Mr. Renner deijlt fully with the high state;pf efficiency to which the factory had been brought by the installation of modern appliances tor handling cream and manufacturing butter, and stressed to suppliers the necessity of. sending in finest grade cream Ho pointed out that crcn-iii tno.t the farm in first class condition was not affected by transport and always arrived at the'factory in a similar condition. Ho also touched .on the repent ward conference held in Gisborne, and explained the company’s position m tins regard.- In order to ensure efficiency and progress being made in the industry it was necessary to have a certain amount of competition, he said, and good healthy, competition.was in the best interests of the producers. GRADING AND MANUFACTURE Mr. T. R. Jones gave an interesting address on cream grading and the care required to be given to’ cream," particularly the necessity for cooling. His remarks were listened to with much interest, and be was accorded a vote of thanks.

Mr..V\V. S. Black gave a comparison of manufacturing and other costs, and congratulated the directors and suppliers on the particularly sound position of the company. On the motion of Mrs. Niri Whaanga, a vote of thanks was passed to the directors and officers of the company for the interest taken in the welfare of suppliers and for the efficient and economical manner in which they had always conducted the company’s business. Mr. Renner replied on behalf of the directors, while the manager and the secretary spoke pn matters affecting'the interests of suppliers. The' latter pointed out that a further additional payment of Id per pound, together with a 5 per cent dividend on share capital fully subscribed at' June, 1935, would be made available bn October 20.. WARD CONFERENCE

In reply to inquiries made with regard to the motion passed at the recent ward conference in connection with tho dairy regulations of 19J6, insofar a.s they affected tho. suppliers of factories represented at that meeting, Mr. Renner stressed the necessity for tho liberty of the individual being conserved; also the eventual danger of monopolies being created, this being a matter .which had always been •brought prominently before farmers and had at all times fOceived their strong! opposition. After runner general discussion the following motioh ya? carried unaniniously: * 4 That'-this meeting -|bf dairy farmers wishes to enter an emphatic protest against the action of those directors of dairy, companies who at the recent ward conference held at Gisborne supported the recommendation in regard to bringing into operation the dairy regulations of 1936, and wishes .to wholeheatteclly_.tmlo.rse Jjie action of the Okitu Co-operative Dairy Company in opposing the proposal.” Jn order to assist the local director, a committee of three suppliers ,of Hie company was. set_up to act with him in theiTonlpanyis interests.- - A vfttcjot,.thanks was passed to the ladiesC|or ;ftt to -the -luncheon, and to*'th«--’ehaifinan'ai■■.‘the edhclu&ion of the'meeting. . -