A STRANGE DENIAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 152, 21 March 1908, Page 3

A STRANGE DENIAL.

RETURN OF BUTTER SHIPMENTS. " DOMINION'S " REPORT "ABSOLUTELY CORRECT." " . , TnE Dominion on Thursday,published a >telegraphed';; message. ■ from. its Wairarapa '. correspondent, concerning , tho operations' of: the Now .Zealand Farmers' Dairy Union, and : .the prospects' of tho croaifieries closing down. On _ the following - day "this was indignantly.. ..denied.'by - the secretary,-. Mr.-. in a. Press Association ."messa go', which was tele-. ;graphed to ; a 'number of 'newspapers. Yesterday, however, - our Eketahuna correspond- : ent sent us the following, in which tho chair.man. of-vdirectors, of the company concerned .entirely endorses The . Dominion's report:— . tBT TSLEGBArU—srECIAt CORRXSPONDEKT.I- ,- Eketahuna, Friday. • ...Mr. Thos. Parson, chairman of directors of tho Dairy -Union; informed your representative that the.recent article in .The Domimon in to tho btitter output of the Dairy Union was absolutely correct. He could not understand why a statement to tho contrary , was given publicity.' The ' Union', actually -cabled/ Home to ..try : arid ,• arrange for 1700 boxes :of /butter/ to be . returned, . though it was anticipated that . this Tvoiild prove to bo a. forlorn hope, owing .to the return freight being ' prohibitive,' consequent on'the small stor- ■ age space availablo in" returning' steamers. • •Mr. Parson-; further stated that his firm, was turning out less butter by 1700 boxes than -at this period of last season, which - -was practically .47 per:cent!, less. Last ■ 'February the Union turned out 55 tons at Palmerstoii' factory,- and,;4Btons at Eke-: . tahnna. This year tho ligurc-s are: Pal:merston 29 tons;: Eketalnuia -25 ..tons. - . '