KOHI DAIRY COMPANY

Taranaki Daily News, 16 August 1929, Page 10

KOHI DAIRY COMPANY

SUCCESSFUL YEAR’S OPERATIONS. The seventeenth annual meeting of the Kohi Dairy Company wag held at Waverley yesterday,- Mr. C. Oliver presiding. The directors’ annual report stated that Is s}d had been paid out for butter-fat supplied during the season. The balance-sheet showed a gross profil of £1222 17s lid. From this amount £l2O Os Gd had been written off for depreciation on buildings, plant and machinery, leaving a net balance of £llO2 17s 5d to. be carried to the appropriation account, which, together with the sum of £3O 9s 4d already in that account, made a total of £1133 Os 9d. The directors recommended that from that amount an immediate payment of Isd per lb. should be made for butterfat supplied during the season, making a total payment for the season of Is 7id per lb. The totals for the season were: Milk supplied, 3,516,5201 b.; butter-fat, 147,6751 b.; average test, 4.25. Cheese-making.—Milk used, 3,470,986 lb.; butter-fat, 141,2621 b.; total cheese made, 383,6171 b. (171 tons scwt. 101 b.); lb. cheese to 11b. butter-fat, 2.711 b.; lb. milk to 11b. cheese, 9.04. Butter-making.—Milk separated, 45,5341 b.; butter from cream sold, 64131 b.; butter from whey, 24851 b. * In moving the adoption of the report and balance-sheet, the chairman congratulated the company upon the success of the yearlg activities. He stated they would be pleased to know there was a possibility of a further bonus, but this would depend on what was obtained for the balance of their produce. He also congratulated the manager and the staff for the manner in which they had carried out their duties. The retiring directors, Messrs. C. Oliver, W. Morrison, and E. C. Hone, were re-elected. Mr. B. W. Harvey was elected to the directorate in place of Mr. B. Waterland, who hag left the district. Mr. J. D. G. Thomson was re-elected auditor at the same fee as last year. The chairman’s honorarium and the directors’ fees were fixed at the same figure as previously. Votes of thanks to the chairman, directors, manager, staff, and secretary concluded the meeting. At a subsequent meeting of directors Mr. C. Oliver was re-elected chairman.

z WILLIAM HEUGHAN CONCERT. AN ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE. >, Not a large number of people advantage of the opportunity afforded them by the presence of William Heugha*n, actor-singer, Maud Bell, ’cellist, and Gladys Sayer, pianist, in the Stratford Town Hall last night, to hear the world-famous trio select from their extensive repertoire. However, those who attended made up with enthusiasm and demands for encores what they lacked in numbers. Heughan’s interpretations of folk ballads, especially those of Scottish origin, never failed to elicit requests for encores, while Maud Bell and Gladys Sayer were always recalled to give their talented renderings of selections by the greatest composers. Only rarely is Stratford favoured by a visit from such artists, and the halffilled house bore mute testimony to the musical and vocal treat that had come and gone undoubtedly without its just appreciation. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. New Plymouth Convent A and B basketball teams travelled to Stratford yesterday when they drew, 12 all, with the Stratford Technical High School A team and defeated the School B team by 14 to 16, thus securing the Taranaki championship for the grade. Over 400 tree ferns have been planted in King Edward Park, Stratford, during the past month, as well as 700 native trees, including rimu, totara, miro and white pine.

Mr. V. C. Curtis, who has been transferred from the Public Works Department, Stratford, to the Greymouth office, left by car yesterday en route for the West Coast.

The death occurred at Eltham on Tuesday of Mrs. Alexander Thomson, of Argyll Street, Hawera. Born at White Inch, Scotland, 68 years ago, Mrs. Thomson came to New Zealand in 1880, the voyage by -sailing ship occupying 93 days. Mr. and Mrs. Thomson took up land on the Strathmore estate, Otautau (Southland) and farmed there for 25 years, then . removing to Hawera. About a fortnight ago Mrs. Thomson met with a slight motor accident, which, however, was not thought to have caused her any serious injury. She was staying with her daughter, -Mrs. Maurice Bridger, at Eltham, and intended returning home on Tuesday afternoon, but had a sudden heart attack and passed away. During her residence at Hawera she made many friendis, her kindness and generosity being well known. Mr. Thomson survives his wife and there are six daughters and six sons—Mesdames L. Greer (Hawera), I. M. McLean (Wyndham), M. Bridger (Eltham), C. Bowman (Hawera), and L. Christie (Edendale); Mists Marion Thomson (Hawera); Messrs. Andrew and Alexander (Wyndham), John (New Plymouth). Archibald (Manutahi), Walter and Robert (Eltham). KING’S THEATRE—STRATFORD. ‘•'GIRL IN THE PULLMAN.” If you suddenly discovered you were riding on a runaway Pullman car, careering along at 70 miles per hour, what would you do? Franklin Pangborn portrays an exceedingly nervous young man, jumped for the emergency bellcord; Harry Myers hastily penned a letter on the Pullman desk; Heine Conklin, the porter, turned pale, while Marie Prevost and her leading man, Harrison Ford, embraced ardently while awaiting the crash. “The Girl in the Pull-

man,” which will be on view at the King’s Theatre for the last time tonight, deals with the adventures of a divorced couple after the former husband has become engaged to another woman. The story is complicated, but its development under the direction of Erie C. Kenton supplies numerous laughs. Harrison Ford plays opposite Miss Prevost, and other featured players in the cast are Franklin Pangborn, Kathrj n McGuire and Harry Myers.