WAITARA-TARANAKI DAIRY COMPANY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13744, 5 September 1908, Page 2

WAITARA-TARANAKI DAIRY COMPANY.

The annual meeting of the, W^aitaraTaratia&TCoTciferative Dairy Company (Ltd.)«i*s mfclßb fkZ factory, Waitara Road, on Wednesday. The tenth! annual reportf^«xpreased ; 't3j.e regret of the directors t^^ owingt, to climatic; conditions, the milk supply was considerably below the previous year, but-, ter naiAirally^'BhbWing %' corresponding decline. The price realised was not so up~ltrtiOTiaT sxandara anawas again, well reported on by the purchasers^The amount of milk' refluiredsj to make a pouna of e^ffl^aT^uWr^was 22.17. During the year- Mr W. Old retired from, .the,, directorate., .Mr Langman being, appointed' to, nil the vacancy. The following is a comparison -with last season, showing de<a;eases :^— * *

Mr T. Langman was re-elected on the. dugotqsate,* »nd Mr <Wi Giddy was elected in place of Mr H. Purdie. Mr H. Smith -was~<appoin'sed chairman of direo^orfla.teld'fifvtW.'B. Pfe'rcival was re-elected , auditor. , ..;..., t

1907.. 1908. Decrease. Milk (lbs.) 3,500,890 3,169,619 331,271 Butter - fat ' . , ' (lbs.) .... 143,491 130,166 12;325 Butter ...." 160,253 142,965 17,288 Butter -fat .. , \ payments , - 10*08 9.73 -h> Balaucet, .,'.. ' £754 9/.. iE4OO 7/2 £354 1/10