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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 200, 16 August 1940, Page 2

STATISTICS. Number of Suppliers ? .. .. .. 13 Pounds of Milk Received .. .. .. .. .. 1,412,357 Pounds of Butter-fat .. - ■ «• .... 57,229 Highest Test •• •• g.O Lowest Test 3j.5 Average Test .. •• .. .. .. .. _ 4.005 ' Cheese Manufactured .. • • .... .. 132,400 lbs Average Price Received .. -• .. .. .. * 7.04 per lb Price per lb paid Suppliers for Butter-fat , 1/1 , Suggested Bonus .. •• •• •• . Y IN 1919 the Awakeri Cheese Factory was converted to a Butter Factory. The statistics for the year ended 30th June 1920 show that 61 tons of butter were manufactured during the first season of the Company's existence as a Butter Factory. The Paid-up Capital was £725/2/2. Included in the assets were £68 for horse's and £56/14/- for stables. Motor Lorries were not then m use for cream transport purposes. Mr W. P. Briszle of Awaken, still a supplier to the Company, can tell of many amusing incidents associated with these early days of cream collection. THE manufacture of creamery butter at the Company's new Factory at Riverslea (Edgecumbe) was commenced in September 1923, the output for the 1923/24 season being 706 tons. The story of the Company's manufacturing operations and store trading activities is briefly told in the following summaries:—- • : x ' . < 1915-1916. Commenced making Cheese at Awakeri. Output —59 tons. . 1919-1920. Commenced butter-making. Output for season —61 tons. ' Paid-up Capital—£72s/2/2. . . . 1921-1922. Mr Miles Hamill appointed. Auditor—lo/8/22. First Motor Lorry purchased. 1922-1923. Appointment of,Mr J. M. Eccles as Secretary of the Company. 1923-1924. Commenced manufacturing butter at Edgecumbe. Season's output—7o6 tons. First Veterinary Surgeon appointed—Mr S. Fletcher. Edgecumbe land, and buildings valued at £10,239/2/1. . . y 19 4 ?5-1926 Mr H. C. Taylor placed in charge of Veterinary Department. Mr J. Rutherford appointed Factory Manager. . Installation of Electric Power. . 1929-1930. Thornton Wharf Shed purchased and re-erected as Company s / Trading Store. Trading Store turnover —£26,390. 1930-1931. Land purchased for Pig Farm. 1931-1932. Laboratory built. 1932-1933. Bacteriologist appointed—Mr F. S- Hodson. , , 1933-1934. Additional 40 acres purchased for Big Farming operations. 1934-1935. Resignation of Mr J. M. Eccles. Appointment of Mr R. E. Blair as Secretary-Manager. New Articles of Association, _ 1937-1938. Arawa Proprietary Dairy Company purchased by Co-operative Companies. District zoned. Additional Output through zoning approximately 800 tons. £7,714/16/11 expended on additions to Factory Plant. / 1938-1939. £21,353/11/5 expended on new Trading Store, and, addition to Factory. Outputs to the Nearest Ton CHEESE BUTTER BUTTER .BUTTER BUTTER 1928-29 1955 tons 1934-35'3726 tons 1923-24 706 tons 1929-30 2334 tons 1935-36'3662 tons 1915-16 59 tons 1919-20 61 tons 1924-25 942 tons 1930-31 2514 tons 1936-37 3913 tons 1916-17 — tons 1920-21 131 tons 1925-26 1029 tens 1931-32 2983 tons 1937-38 ,4832 tons 1917-18 — tons 1921-22 352 tons 1926-27 1390 tons 1932-33 3402 tons 1938-39 4059 tons 1918-19 53 "tons 1922-23 573 tons 1927-28 1618 tons 1933-34 3674 tons - 1939-40 4606 tons (The outputs for 1916-17 and 1917-18 are not on record). , TRADING STORE TURNOVER FOR 11 YEARS* 1931-32 £38530/14/2 1934-35 £44178/ 1/6 1937-38 £66749/ '7/ 5 1929-30 £26776/16/2 1932-33 £38097/19/7 1935-36 v £45122/ 1/2 1938-39 ,£75715/. 6/ 7 1930-31 £33638/11/3 1933-34 £42467/16/8 1936-37 £52307/11/- 1939-40 £80616/15/10 PRESENT DAY DIRECTORS AND LENGTH OF SERVICE W. R- BOON : Elected a Director in 1923 and has served the Company in this capacity for an unbroken period of 17 years. In 1937 and again in 1940 he was returned to office without an election being held. . ; ■ ... ■ ' S. C. SPENCE: Elected in 1925. Mr Spence has been a Director since then with the exceptions of 1933-34, 1934-35 and 1935-36 seasons. - . ■ W A McCRACKEN: Appointed ty the Board of Directors in March 1926 to nil a vacancy on the Board. Elected a Director for the 1926-27 season. Appointed Chairman of Directors #?n 1926 and has held this office continuously since that date. Returned without an election. C. F. 1926 and has remained a Director during an unbroken period.- Returned without opposition in 1938. > _ N • , . lAN B. GOW: Elected 1929 and has served the Company continuously as a Director, since then. Unopposed in 1938. . , , , T -,n<v4 V . . JAMES JAMIE SON: Elected 1931. Has remained a Director throughout. In 1937 and again in 1940 he was returned without any opposition. ; , u • J. RIINI: Appointed by the Board as Native Director in 1937. Nominated by Shareholders m 1933 and returned, unopposed. - ■ ' D. S- RADCLIFFE: Elected by shareholders in 1939 to fill the vacancy brought about by Mr John William Sumner's retirement. IT was hoped to publish a booklet to commemorate the twenty-five years of the Company's existence but International conditions are such that it was considered advisable to include along wiith the Balance Sheet these summaries and short notes only. .> . ' - YOUR Directors pay tribute to the foresight, enthusiasm and conscientious effort oi the early settlers original Directors and past employees of the Company, for their splendid work in helping to place this Company in the sound position which it occupies to-day. •, MR A L Luke is deserving of our gratitude for his services as a Director during part ol the period when the Company carried out operations at Awakeri. Then and later Mr Luke gave a great deal of time, thought, andvaluable assistance towards the planning and erection of buildings both at Awakeri and, Edgecumbe. . _ , „ , THE name of Mr John William Sumner must be associated with any mention of the first twenty-five years of the Company's manufacturing operations. A Director in 1915, Chairman of ; Directors for several years, a Director for the greater part of the period undei: review and in partimlar in the vear 1939 Mr Sumner can look back on many years of responsible effort. MR Miles Hamill'is well known to all residents of the Rangitaiki Plains district ness man and a Public Accountant. Mr Hamill has reason to be proud of his long connection with the Company as its Auditor. He was appointed Auditor on the 10th August 1922 and has certified the accounts for the years 1923 to 1940 inclusive. _ , . WITH every successful Company there is associated some individual whose work, whether widely known or otherwise, is responaible. more than anything else for the efficiency of a worth while organisation. Those qualified to undoubtedly agree that the of the Company's former Secretary, Mr J. M. Eccles, was quite outstanding. All Mr Eccles efforts were directed towards low costs, high pay-outs, and the maintaining of the Company's affairs m an absolutely sound position. His motto was "Service" • and service he gave. Your Directors have no hesitation in paying a tribute to h'is great work. j . ,■ , ~. < WHILE there are many Shareholders, past Directors, Emplpyees and others who have given of their best and have done a great deal for our. Company, it is impossible to do them justice here. They, one and all, have our sincere thanks for their valuable efforts. . . a NOT many years ago the Rangitaiki Plains was really a swamp. Drainage and cultivatioa have greatly assisted in making most of the Dairy Farms on the Plains almost as productive as the bfst dairying land in New Zealand. A great deal of country remains to be brought under cultivation. The peak output reached by your Factory is approximately 5,000 tonsJbut to-darbuild-ings and plant can adequately deal wiith an annual output of 0.500* tons of Creamery utte - . THERE is no need to mention the Company's position to-day with' its Veterinary Service, huge Trading Store, Pig Farm, and many Departments. The Balance Sheet gives you full informatloD" I sincerely hope that the story told here, however simple and lacking in full information, viffl be of interest. I look forward to the day, not far distant I trust, when the war clouds will disappear and we can once again work in full and quiet co-operatit>n, anc„ meet together m times of peace ana p a , ppl " e ®f he W. A. McORACKEN, ' sth August, 1940. Chairman of Directors.