MEETINGS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1159, 21 June 1911, Page 10

MEETINGS.

FACTORY MANAGERS CONFER, jj ; A WOED I , OR ME. LANE. £ 1 The fourth annual meeting of. the New. r t Zealand Dairy Factory Managers' Asso- < ciatioil was held-liist evening, Mt. t. ■>■ ■ M'Doiiald, of Rala, presiding. . Between ; twenty and thirty factory managers at-. ! The 'annual report .stated that .the ' credit balance on the year's transactions j ! was £11 6s. Id., after paying JS32 18s. for ,-, 1 a trophy. Since the last annual meeting 11 1 eight applications for membership had v ' been received. ' ' , .The repo'rt and-' balance-sheet. wero J, ! adopted. , , ' c Mr. J. Middleton, Canterbury, - was ; ' e!-»cted president/ , for the ensuing -year, t ' Vice-presidents, Messrs. \V.:C .Dixon f 5 (Thames Valley),-! , . .1. M'Do.nald (Eab), t r C. Farley (Kaponga), ; .AV. Young (Pal- j mei-itou North);'ctimmittee, Messrs. J. p ' Curie (Meremere), J. Benge (Cambridge), t 1 D. Kelly (Konini), T. M. l!pbi'itson(Kaki\- '1 ■ ramea),* j. Kiitherford (Bell Block), C. c ' Ednuids, (Bnnnythovp.c), T. C. Irving << ' (Grrcilford); secretary and treasurer, Mr. f ' J. Murray (Cheltenham). ' 1 ' It was left with the executive to allot t ' a certain sum of money for prizes at tho r. next AVaikato Winter Show. _ r ' A refolution was passed expressing jwarm appreciation of the work done for ]. [ the dairy section of the. winter show by s ' Mr. J. C. Lane, secretary of the Mana- ? 1 wctti A. and P. Association, who has re- c ! tired, and also thanking , him for his cour- ; tpsy and help, and regretting his resigiia- '- tion. [ HOLSTEIN BREEDERS. ! ON IMPORTING FROM HOLLAND. . r The annual meeting of the Holstcin F ' .Cattle Breeders' Association, which was r " commenced, on Monday evening, was re- i r sumed to-day. Mr. Co.leman Phillips pre- c ■ sided. J 1 Mr. Phillips moved: "That,.in view ,of j ' the fact that North America has import- s ; ed some 10,000 head of Holsteih Freisian 1 cattle from Holland since 1575 without ( ' any outbreak there of foot and mouth' ; disease, the Government should remove • the embargo from New Zealand. The ' long voyage and the subsequent three ( j months in quarantine here fyerc ample ' protection." The mover • criticised the c 3 Government's action in bringing the Illa- • warm breed from Australia, as it con- a ' sidwably upset things." " : Mr. Drysdale, State farm manager, said 1 ' that he thought that there was a mis- I ■• understanding iu reference to the Ilia- ( • warra breed. There had been a small '' - herd of Shorthorns at the AVereroa farm, \ 1 but they had not been a success. He had ' • visited Australia, and had suggested to j 1 the Government to import several milk- ( ing Shorthorn, bulls, which go under the £ ' name of Illawnrra milkiug Shortlio;ns. |j 1 The Government had civen effect to his ? suggestion, nnd had ordqretl several bulls: ; ' The other Illawarra strain* was practically a mongrel breed, which was only "V judged on its fitness , as.dairy cuttle, and V was made up of several breeds.' ■ \ ' Mr. Phillips remarked that he did not I t think it fair that the Government"should j ■ compete against the private breeder with '■ public money by running a purebred Hol- ■ stein herd. * ' He then withdrew his motion. The olection of officers resulted as fol- • lows:—President, Mr. Coleman Phillips • (Carterton); .vice-presidents, Mr. AV. J. - Lovelock (Palmerston); treasurer, Mr. A. ' J. Gallichaii (Tikitahuna); council, Messrs. • J. Donald (Wanganiii), Harold Street > (Tarauaki), rind A. J. Galliehan (Tikita- : liuiia); secretary, Mr. AV. M'Kenzie; nudi- • tor, Mr. .1. Liggius (Tokomaru). • ' It wns decided to allocate the Holstein t prizes to Manawatn thi.s year, and prol bably AVairarapa will get them next year.