BANKS PENINSULA FARMERS' CLUB.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 673, 27 December 1882, Page 2

BANKS PENINSULA FARMERS' CLUB.

♦ A meeting of this Club was held on Saturday, al the Road Board Office, Head of the Bay. Present—Messrs Checkley, vice-president (in the chair), Pettigrew, Libeau, Jacobson, and Barwick. MINUTES. The minutes of tho former meeting wore read and confirmed. CORRESPONDENCE. Letters were read— From Corn Exchange, as follows :— " Corn Exchange, "Christchurch, Dec. 13, 1882. " Sir,— I am in receipt of your favor of the Bth instant, also copy of tho Akaroa Mail of the sth idem, giving the minutes of your club, relating to my quotations for cheese. Since the receipt of your letter, and preparatory to my replying to it, I have interviewed three of ihe merchants in the dairy produce lino, wliW inform me that my quotation of 6d for™ new cheese is quito conect. Indeed one _. told me that he had refused a line at that money. I. am aware that cheese from certain dairies docs invariably command a much higher price than others, but these are so much the exception, that to quote them would totally mislead iho gencx-al public. In face of tho fact that one mer_ chant refused a line al 6d, I really do not see that my quotations can be considered too low. To further establish the correctness of what I have before stated, the secretary of the Co-operativo Association has just informed me thai he is unable to place a consignment ot Peninsula cheese (new) at 6d. I can understand that there are times when a better price is obtainable in Akaroa than in Christchurch, from the fact that the northern markets are nearer, and draw their supplies largely from your district. Around Christchurch, however, there is also a large dairying community, and considerable quantities of cheese are brought and sold here. My quoiatiuns do necessarily refer to Christchurch prices. I can only oxpres. regret ii; my have had the effect of inducing some farmers to sell ii less money than was obtainable, but I subini'. that in view of ihe facts before stated, 1 do not see my way eleir to alter the values at present.— Youis, eic, •• M. Mo Alpine, Secretary." From Messrs l_wirt, _\ W. Fisher Watt & Co., and Hudson, Ridley, & Co. regretting their inability to act as judges of dairy produce a. the Exhibition on January Ist aud 2nd, From Mr McGregor, explaining absence through illness. From Horticultural and Industrial Association, asking a member of tho Club to attend their meeting on Tuesday nest, to arrange matters in connection with tho exhibition of agricultural and pastoral produce. It was unanimously agreed to request the vice-president (Mr Checkley) to attend at the meeting, and that gentleman kindly consented.

With regard to the judges, it v/as stated by Mr Checkley that Mr Bowron had promised to come, and he read portion of a private letter he had received from that gentleman on the subject. The chairman thought it would be wise, as the other gentlemen asked had not consented to act as judges, thai, Mr Bowron should be asked to bring some friend down to act with him, as it was preferable to bave judges from a distance if possible. Agreed that Mr Bowron be asked to bring down a friend to assist in judging the cheese and other dairy produce,

Mr Checkley further pointed out that, as Mr Bowron intonded to stop a day or two, he might be asked to deliver a lecture in Akaroa. Since ho had been last ,on the Peninsula that gentlemen had visited England and America, and, as they know assisted in establishing several cheese factories in New Zealand. His experience was most valuable, and ho thought it would be a great benefit if he could be induced to explain the various methods he had seen. The meeting fully concurred in Checkly's recommendation, and it waa determned that Mr Bowron should be asked to give them the benefit of his exexperience. The meeting then adjourned to Saturday, Jan. sth. at the Oddfellows' Hall, Akaroa.