CARTING PROBLEM

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21193, 16 August 1940, Page 7

CARTING PROBLEM

DAIRY COMPANY CONTRACT INDEPENDENT ACTION WANTED INTEREST OF DAIRY SUPPLIERS The determination of the company to fight any exploitation of its suppliers by a monopoly that, he said, was unquestionably being set up, was expressed by Mr W. Marshall, chairman of directors of the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, at the annual conference of the company’s committee men yesterday, when the ■question of cream and milk cartage contracts was being discussed. A remit expressing the opinion that all co-opelative dairy companies should be allowed to arrange their cream and milk cartage contracts independent of any interference from the licensing authority was carried unanimously. It would be a bad outlook for dairy companies if they could not arrange their cream and milk cartage contracts, said the mover of the remit, Mr W. D. Leslie.

Mr Marshall said he fully agreed with the remit. The company was prepared to fight anything that was not in the interests of the company’s suppliers and the country as a whole. The company should have the free and unfettered arranging of its own milk contracts.

A resolution, expressing committeemen’s support for the directorate in its opposition to any possible exploitation as far as transport arrangements were concerned, was also carried unanimously. Saving of Freight A remit from Hunua asked that suppliers, ordering goods from the company and who were nearer Auckland than Hamilton, should receive these goods from the Auckland depot, as the freight otherwise would be too high. The remit also suggested that factories and local creameries should stock a supply of shed requirements. The policy of the company was in line with what was asked for in the remit, said Mr C. J. Parlane, the general manager of the company. The remit was carried without further discussion. All milking machines before being sold to farmers should be tried out on a Government experimental farm for at least 12 months, stated a Taupaki remit. After trial, a certificate as to its capabilities and fitness should be issued before sale. The remit, which was moved by Mr W. D. Leslie, was lost, several speakers voicing objection to any standardisation of milking machines. Milk For Cheese A further Taupaki remit suggested that all town milk supply in cheese factory areas go to cheese factories and that milk for town supply be taken from butter factory areas for the duration of the war. The difficulties that would be associated with such a scheme were indicated by Mr C. J. Parlane, who said that dairies in the butter factory areas would have to be registered. Furthermore, the factory would not be able to cope with the amount of milk that would be made available in the East Tamaki district. -

The remit was withdrawn and the question of increasing cheese production was left in the hands of the directors. At the conclusion of the business, the committeemen, in a resolution, congratulated Mr Marshall on his appointment as chairman of directors of the company.