DAIRYING AT NGAIRE

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 353, 9 September 1933, Page 4

DAIRYING AT NGAIRE

AVERAGE PAYOUT 9.36 d

Suppliers' Annua! Meeting

Suppliers at the annual meeting of the iNgau-e Co-op. Dairy Co. yesterday discussed their factory and dairy industry affairs generally, following the annual report (published in last night's Post). M/. No well asked if the company had supported the rennet and box companies to the utmost extent. The chairman replied in the affirmative. He commented on the excellent showing of both companies. • Mr. C. «Harrisdn drew attention to what he considered heavy expenditure on repairs and renewals over the past 11 years. He considered the directors should watch such items carefully. The insulation or 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 seasuni asked Mr Nowell

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 bo much difference to the individual 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 i'.o.b. costs as Ngaire. Their test was 4.57. If the test had been 4.2 he felt confident the return would have bean over lOd.

The position in regard to waxing was obscure, said the chairman In answer to a questioner. Regulations were being eircumventtd 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 labour. He thought cuts should be reinstated as soon as possible.

He thought so, too, said the chairman. The position had been suca that he thought the present cut was justilied at present. The Waxing Question

The meeting returned to the waxing question, and the chairman was asked to take a vote on the question later in the meeting. He replied that although he was not in tavour of waxing', what Ngaire (lid "would not be a drop in the ocean." If waxing went on, Ngaire would wax. There were four nominations for two positions on tiie directorateMessrs J. W. Pratt and W. Wickham (retiring) and K. W. Jackson and H. G. Addenbrooke. The election resulted: Mr Jackson 194, Mr. Wickham 124 (elected), Mr. Addenbrooko 122, Mr Pratt 97. The meeting 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 of produce and the relative merits of butterfat and butterfat casein 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 motion Mr Jackson moved that the number of directors be reduced from 7 to 5. After considerable discussion on matters pertaining to the directorate the motion failed to gain the full threequarters majority required. Notice of motion for next annual meeting was given by Mr L. Harrison that the original practice, of nominating all candidates for the directorate at the annual meeting, be reverted to. Mr Harrison also gave notice of motion Tor next annual meeting that four directors retire one year and three the next instead of two, two, three as at present. A motion to dispense with the services of the farm dairy instructor was considered. Mr. Taylor pointed out that the services of the instructor could not be dispensed with for G months. Mr. Stanners altered his motion to apply after a further .12 in' nths.

The meeting discussed the interaction of preferential milk grading and dairy farm instruction and a suggestion was made that the position regarding the instructor be reviewed after six months.

As far as his own interests were

structor_ said the chairman, but he thought all suppliers should take tho broader view. It was decided to give notice to dispense with the instructor's services in six months' time. BETWEEN SEASONS The end of Winter, but not yet Spring. Pine one day, cold and wet the next. Changeable weather brings colds and coughs, but Pulmonas pastilles give protection and relief. Ask your chemist or storekeeper for Pulmonas, the standard antiseptic pastille for coughs, colds, 'flu, bronchitis, etc. In tins 1/-, 1/6 and 2/6, *-^