THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY

Taranaki Daily News, 27 March 1934, Page 7

THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY

TE KUITI SUPPLIERS MEET. NEW FACTORY PROPOSED. , Te Kuiti, March 24. A meeting of the Te Kuiti district ; suppliers to the New Zealand Dairy Company, Limited, was presided over by ’ Mr. Willis Walker, chairman of the local committee. Mr. Davy, assistant manager, Mr. Young, director, and Mr. McGill, transport organiser, were present on behalf of the company. Mr. Davy referred to the difficult times through which the industry was ' passing, regretting that at the moment ■ \ the outlook was not bright. Reference was made to the visit of the directors to the district at the invitation of the Te Kuiti Chamber of Commerce, and the decision to erect a factory at Te Kuiti when the output reached 1000 tons. The output of butter by the company showed an increase of 20 per cent, this' 3 season. In spite of the care exercised ’ in grading there had been a decrease of 2| per cent, in superfine cream. An advance payment of BJd had been made to suppliers, being Jd more than last season, which meant the distribution of an extra £215,434. New suppliers, equal to 12,000 cows, had been added this season, bringing the number of suppliers to the. company over the 10,000 mark. Mr. Davy added that there was a shipment of sodium chlorate arriving, which would be distributed to suppliers at s£d per lb., or 5Jd for 2cwt. drum quantities. Realising the importance, of eradicating ragwort, the company was offering extended credit to suppliers, and advised immediate application, as the rlimited amount of 25 tons now on the water would soon be exhausted. Mr. G. Elliott asked if it were correct that the company had decided to erect a new butter factory at Otorohanga. If so, did that mean a complete set of new l r plant and machinery, and what was the estimated cost of the proposal? He asked further what effect would this new de- . cision have on the erection of the promised Te Kuiti factory. Tn reply, Mr. Davy, assistant manager, stated that while the directors had at < their last annual meeting intimated their > intention of adding to the Otorohanga jyf factory, it had recently been found I); necessary to eject an entirely new build- | ing. The erection of the Otorohanga feetory would in no way affect the erection of the factory at Te Kuiti. Mr. Somerville: Well, I think the promised Te Kuiti factory should have been commenced first. I feel we made a mistake in passing the resolution concern- <£ ing the 1000-ton mark when we had ■ the promise of Mr. Goodfellow that we ■ would get a factory when we reached < ] an output of 750 tons. Replying to a query as to the output 33 of the Te Kuiti factory to date, Mr. Davy ; said that it was 500 tons in January, plus 3 approximately 50 tons from Waimiha and 50 tons from Waitomo Road going to || Otorohanga at present, which would coma to Te Kuiti-when the factory wus built " j "W ■ ■ ' z ' / . 3 . '

CARDIFF BEGINS FOOTBALL. GENERAL AND PERSONAL NEWS. The members of the Cardiff football club held their first practice at the weekend. There was a very good muster of players and excellent handling practice was obtained. The junior Red Cross nurse visited the school on Thursday and presented the certificates won by members at the. recent first aid examination. Those securing certificates, with percentage marks, were: Honours, Hazel Purdy 85, Phyllis Rayner 84, Betty Brunton 84, Loma Goble 84, Norah Shannon 83 and Daphne Patterson. 81; pass, Marjorie Whyte 76, Owen Maude 72, Corrine Wickham . 62, Erie Purdy 64, Sydney Carby 70, Elsie Fox 75, Mary Marchant 71, Nancy White 55. . , Mrs. D. Brunton was hostess at a tennis party on Wednesday afternoon when, those present were Mesdames P. Marqhant, Shannon, Hollins, Hawkes, Nowell, Cameron, Wickham, Wisnewski, Misses Shannon, Hollins (2), Brunton (2), Townsend, Cameron, Messrs.- Cameron, Nowell, Wickham and Hawkes. Misses Rene and Nola Wallace have been the guests of Mrs. W. Myers. Mrs. Shannon left on Monday to spend a holiday at Auckland. Miss Mavis Rayner is visiting Carterton. Miss Loma Hollins has returned from a visit to Kaimata. Mr. and Miss Rayner, Wairarapa, are the guests of Mrs. W. Myers. Miss Shrimpton is visiting relatives at Wellington. Miss Street is the guest of Mr. H. Limmer. Mr. Bennet is visiting his daughter, Mrs. Hollins. EASTER QUOIT HANDICAP. TIE FOR FIRST PLACE RESULTS: Boyle and Mail tied for the first place in the final of the P. and T. Easter quoit handicap match (200 up) played at Stratford at the week-end. Detailed results are:—' First heat: Mail (90 handicap) 1, Cameron (70) 24 behind 2, Wills (55) 18 behind 3; six starters. Second heat: Boyle (95) 1, A, Milne (80) 13 behind 2, Jenkin (100) 9 behind 3; six starters. Final: Boyle and Mail 1, Jenkin and A. Milne 2. The final provided a great struggle. Mail caught Jenkin and Boyle early and gradually increased his lead by ten, but over the last 20 Boyle came again and his last shot was a break of eight, putting him cut. Mail with a shot to go required the six to win. He missed the first and put the other five on, deadheating with Boyle. Jenkin and A. Milne also had a great tussle for third place, fighting quoit for quoit for the last 30 points.