DAIRYING AT CARDIFF

Taranaki Daily News, 29 August 1933, Page 8

DAIRYING AT CARDIFF

COMPANY INCREASES OUTPUT. 9.67 d. PER LB. PAID TO DATE. A considerable increase in output to offset the lower London prices was reported at the annual meeting last night of suppliers of the Cardiff Dairy Company. Mr. C. A. Marchant presided over a large attendance of suppliers. The season had been a remarkable one in the matter of weather, the consequence being a considerable increase in the output, stated the annual report of the chairman. Unfortunately, London prices had been anything but good, though lately they had shown much improvement. Suppliers had received to the date of balance 8.76 d. per lb. of butterfat supplied, and since balance date Id. per lb. from December to July inclusive had been paid. Any further balance would be distributed when available. , •. Statistics, with figures for the previous season in parentheses, are: Milk 13,503,847 lb. (12,642,1061 b. butterfat 611,0551 b. (565,3881 b. test 4.43 (4.392), payment for season 1931-32 Is. OJd., cost of manufacture per lb. butterfat 1.83 d., other expenses per lb. butterfat .72d., total expenses to f.o.b. per lb. butterfat 2.55 d. Cheese-making: Milk 12,830,7661 b., butterfat 567,1141 b., cheese (factory weight) 1,424,0891 b. (1,375,7941 b. Butter-making: Butterfat for creamery butter-making 42,0461 b., butterfat in whey cream purchased 61631 b., whey butter 40,2431 b. (42,379), creamery butter 51,0921 b. (23,5851 b. Congratulations upon the continued expansion of the company were conveyed by the chairman in moving the adoption of the report and balance-sheet. Mr. Marchant commented with satisfaction upon the fact that the cheese production of the company had reached 700 tons, this being the first season in the 42 years since the company’s inception when such a high output had been made. Certain parcels of butter and cheese were disposed of f.0.b., Mr. Marchant said. The directors, after the experience of the previous year, and until they could understand the trouble, did not take the risk of making coloured cheese. During the summers of the first few years the factory had experienced a serious shortage of sufficient water, and it became necessary to supplement the existing supply. That was done by means of sinking a bore under the direction of a water diviner and had proved an unqualified success. A contract had been let for the planting of the waste ground lying along the water drain from the factory to Waingongoro River, it being felt that, if they served no other purpose, the trees would at any rate settle the spread of blackberry in the area planted. The machinery and buildings had been maintained in thorough order and repair. A remit was adopted at the National Dairy Association conference asking that the waxing of cheese be abolished. A regulation had been gazetted, Mr. Marchant said, but was so worded and framed that unless amended would mean that waxing would be in full swing again for the ensuing year. In conclusion, Mr. Marchant expressed appreciation of the assistance given to the company and himself by his fellow directors and the staffs at the factory and in the secretary’s office. Greater demands, he said, had been made upon their services and the work in each department had increased enormously.

DANCE AT MANGAMINGI. MATEMATEONGA YOUNG PEOPLE. t The young people of Matemateonga, headed by a committee comprising Messrs. R. Ward, A. Willshaw, L. Christiansen, K. Henderson, C. Gear and J. Armstrong, held a dance in the Mangamingi Hall on Friday. The hall was decorated with streamers and greenery and the floor was in excellent order. Mrs. Attrill played the music and Mr. D. Silver was master of ceremonies. Extras were played by Miss Roberts and Messrs. Silver, Hickey and Ford. A feature of the evening was paper hats for each one present, Mrs. A. Ward being responsible for the making of them. Prizes for the ugliest hats were won by Miss Robinson and Mr. Willshaw. A statue waltz was won by Miss Nicholson and Mr. A. Jackson, a lucky spot waltz by Mrs. C. West and Mr. P. Hickey, and a Monte Carlo foxtrot by Mrs. A. Pennington and Mr. Christiansen. After supper Mr. W. Hard-wicke-Smith, on behalf of the guests, moved a very hearty vote of thanks to the young people and Mrs. Ward. Any profit accruing from the function will be handed to the Eltham relief fund. Mrs. R. Jackson has returned from a visit to Wellington. Mrs. H. S. Turner has returned from a holiday in the south. PERSONAL ITEMS. The condition of Miss E. Rogers, Stratford, who has been an inmate of the hospital for some time, showed an improvement over th* week-end. Mr. C. H. Rogers junr., Wellington, son of Mr. C. H. Rogers, Stratford, returned to Wellington yesterday morning. A cordial welcome was extended by the chairman, Mr. J. Morrison, last night, to Mrs. P. Thomson on her taking the seat on the Stratford school committee made vacant by the resignation of Mrs. S. Robinson, who has left to reside in North Auckland. “Parents well know,” said Mr. Morrison, “that their interests are safe in the capable hands of Mrs. Thomson, who has served on the committee in the past and who has the welfare of the school at heart.” ELTHAM TALKIES. BRIGHT MUSICAL COMEDY. “Love on the Spot,” showing at Eltham to-night, introduces to the screen two new personalities—Rosemary Ames and Richard Dolman—and tells an engaging story of three crooks who attempt to “work” upon each other, and thus cancel each other out. Adapted from a “Sapper” story entitled “Three of a Kind,” “Love on the Spot” has, in addition to tuneful songs and amusing dialogue, such an engaging air of happy irresponsibility that its appeal is sure to make itself felt. There are many novel touches in this film, and music and song are deftly welded into the action, the songs being put over very well in the modem manner by Richard Dolman. There are just enough songs and music to achieve a light hearted atmosphere, and just enough seriousness in the story to make it interesting on that account alone. Told with all the popular “Sapper” verve and brightness, this production is amusing fare and definitely another success to be credited to English studios.