CHEESE FACTORY

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 150, 3 September 1941, Page 5

CHEESE FACTORY

WORKMEN BUSY MUCH TET TO BE DONE Work at the Rangi'taiki Dairy Coy's new cheese factory id making good headway, but as yet a great deal of work remains to be done and!,, although it was recently stated that a commencement of cheese making would probably be made on September 20, it does not appear likely that this will be so. Such an undertaking could not be arranged with ease or the time of completion accurately estimated, but every effort is! being made tu s-peedily do the work. One indication that the 20th will not see! the new factory in action is that the boiler was on Friday just being installed. This equipment usually needs three weeks of drying out with a slow fire, and thus is an indication that the change-over will not be made as soon as hoped., Although the position of the building is not all that could be desired there is no doubt the company was fortunate to have suitable buildings available, while at the "ame time what may have been termed an "eyesore" or a "white elephant" will once again be serving a useful purpose. Named after its locality the Pupuaruhe factory will again add to the "town across the river" and, ivith its number of employers estimated at twenty-five, will, with the employees of the Paper Mills, advance the number of men engaged in manufacturing work in that di c > trict to 175. The twenty-five factory employees will work double shift, and will swell the numbers which each day make their way from Whakatane cither by road or by rowing across the river. R The task of changing from cream supply to milk supply is a big one for the. 236 farmers involved, Avhile also it adds greatly to the work of the directors and office staff of> the Dairy Company who estimate 1600 tons as the first season's production, However, the attitude generally adopted was expressed when a member remarked on Friday, "The financial position should not worry us so long as we supply the cheese wanted by Britain and so long as we help to win the war." Thus in a short time a further iemit of war effort will be t|aken downstream by scows and carried on its way to join the big ships of the Mercantile Navy which run the gauntlet to England and deliver Mie goods.