DAIRYING AT NGAIRE

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 352, 8 September 1933, Page 4

DAIRYING AT NGAIRE

AVERAGE PAYOUT 9.36 d

i Suppliers’ Annual Meeting

Suppliers at the annual meeting of i the JNgaire Co-op. Dairy Co. yester- ; day discussed their factory and dairy | industry affairs generally, following I the annual report (published in last ■ night's Pest). M,'. Noweil asked if the company I had supported the rennet and box \ companies) to the utmost extent. The chairman replied in the afflri mative. He commented on the exI cellent showing of both companies. | Mr. C. Harrison drew attention to | what he considered heavy expendit- | ure on repairs and renewals over the I past 11 years. He considered the di- ! rectors should watch such items carefully. The insulation of the curing room, said the chairman, had been carried out in the past year. He pointed out the factory was an old one. What would the av % age pay out be over the whole seasonj asked Mr : Noweil 9.36 d, replied the chairman. There was £1478 still to be distributed. Mr Stanners said he did not | think high tests and low yields made i so much difference to the individual j supplier. The company was ideally 'situated for low costs, and he was dissatisfied . with such low returns. Mr. Taylor thought Ngaire was' the highest testing factory in South or Central Taranaki. He did not think any factory could point to such low f.o.b. costs as Ngaire. Their test was v. 57. If the test had been 4.2 he felt confident the return would have been over lOd. The position in regard to waxing was obscure, said the chairman in answer to a questioner. Regulations, were being circumvented owing to their peculiar wording. Mr Thomas said he thought the wages question was a serious one. He foresaw trouble if low rates of remuneration failed to draw competent labour, and good milk was ruined by inexperienced casual lab- , our. He thought cuts should be reinstated as soon as possible. I He thought so, too, said the chair- i man. The position had been such that he thought the present cut was jus- • tified at present. i The Waxing Question j The meeting returned to the wax- j ing question, and the chairman was ; asked to take a vote on the question j later in the meeting. He replied that i although he was not in favour of | waxing, what Ngaire did "would not j be a drop in the ocean." If waxing went on, Ngaire would wax. j There'were four nominations tor j two positions on the directorate — > Messrs J. W. Pratt and W. Wick-; ham (retiring) and K. W. Jackson j and H. G. Addenbrooke. The elec-j (■on resulted: Mr Jackson 194, Mr. J Wickham 124 (elected), Mr. Addenbrooke 122, Mr Pratt 97. The meet- j ing placed on record its appreciation of Mr. Pratt's services. Mr. J. H. Thomas was re-appointed auditor. In response to requests, the four candidates gave before the election their views up on the matters of the disposal cf produce and the relative merits of butterfat and butterfat caseiu basis of payment for milk for cheese making. All four agreed that the disposal of their produce should be a discretionary matter, and all except Mr. Wickham thought the time had not arrived for any change in a high testing company like Ngaire. In accordance with notice of mo- j tion Mr Jackson moved that the j number of directors be reduced from j 7 to 5. Alter considerable discussion ; on matters pertaining to the directorate the motion failed to gain the Cull threequarters majority required, j Notice of motion for next annual j meeting was given by Mr L. Harri- J son that the original practice, of no- j minating all candidates for the dl-j. rectorate at the annual meeting, be reverted to. Mr Harrison also gave notice of motion for next annual meeting that four directors retire one year and three the next instead of two, two, three as at present. j A motion to dispense with the ser- j rices of the farm dairy instructor was considered. Mr. Taylor pointed j nut that the services of the instruct-J nr could not be dispensed with for <3 j nonths. Mr. Stanners altered his motion to apply after a further 12 i nc nt lis. j The meeting discussed the interac- \ ,ion of preferential milk grading and lairy farm instruction and a suggestion was made that the position recarding the instructor be reviewed after six months. As far as his own interests were

structor s said the chairman, but he thought all suppliers should take the broader view. It was decided to give notice to dispense with the instructor's services in six months' time.