CHEESE AND WOOL

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 173, 16 April 1919, Page 10

CHEESE AND WOOL

!•.':■... PORT STORAGE CHARGES. .- ■ ". .■■ A.special• meeting..of the Wellington !. : -Harbour Board was held yesterday to i l, '.'pass, two amendments, to the by-laws : Vhioli are being made-by the board. ! \ '■■ Formerly it has been.tho custom of the !' -board to allow woolbrokors to display ! -wool, for auction in sheds belonging to ' ' the board, an overhead charge being ■ : iiade for this service and for the stor- :' age of the wool before and after auci , tion. For some timo now the merchants ■■' "have been providing stores for tlieni- :" selves for. the display of wool,, and last ;. year- bnlv one 'firm applied for space m '"'the'special shed built by the board for ( this purpose of showing wool for auction. '• 'It is considered that now the a'ccoimnoI-, 'datioii provided ,by the board is no longer ! required,-and the board is going out ot. \ the business. The by-law under which ; the special charge is made for space for ■ wool for displav is being repealed. f The other bv-law being repealed has -to do with the storage charges for "cheese in "7," store. At the lequest 0.- ! ■representatives of the .cheese industry the i. board made .considerable /temporary. adi oitions to the store, to .accommodate''the r rush of cheese, and the quantity .'of it

'•:'which had'to bo hold during the.season 1 owing to the shortage of shipping. When i .the request was made the board agreed f -td do the work on condition that acldi- '<■ tional charges should he paid to recoup h tho board for the outlay, eslimated to bo i at that time'about JiGoOO. It was agreed ! that the owners of the cheese should pay i ft 'surcharge of 2s. 3d. per ton. It has f .happened that the board has received \ ■■ storage •on a larger amount of cheese ■than was expected, and a considerable J- fund has been built up out of the stor- ! age paid and the ■ surcharges imposed. j. Now that the amount of JXM has been recovered the board is repealing the by- ! law imposing the extra charge on. cheese, ' and it is doing this of its own motion, : . without pressure from . the owners . of I. cheese, :. ',':'. 'These, by-laws will.come up again, at I' the next ordiaarv meeting, aim the reI '.peal will be finally approved.

!. "■ MANAWATUA.,ANDP. I j. SOCIETY ." ' I (By Telegraph-Special ■ Correspondent.) J r -. ' Palmerston N., April'ls. The monthly meeting of the Jlanawatu :'k. and-P. Society, was held to-day. The. : -president, Mr.: '.1: Balsillie, was in tho : chair. The report' and balance-sheet to ■\ be submitted'• to the ■-. animal meeting ! .were read and adopted.. ■ In speaking to the balance-sheet the | treasurer. Mr. J. 31. Johnston, referred '< to discrepancies which had occurred through inaccurate registering of tho j turnstiles. • He. advocated the providing '/■'of-more .up-to-date machines. ' ■>■',- r Considerable discussion followed as to '■•' tliu relative merits of .turnstiles'and the • ticket' system, in' the. course of which r the. chairman pointed out 'that a new i reirister had been ordered from the mak- ! . ers. but it would 'not be on'hand for \ some time. , r ■. * .■•

( ' "According to'llr.'Eliott, unless they ' could Kef reliable turnstiles they were ' Letter without them: In' connection i with, the balance-sheet-it was. quite time ! that the association adopted a self-reh- . »Nt policy, and raised its members subi. -scriptions in order to meet its.liabilities. '"" IK "Johnston lwinlcd out that Aew ' was the onlv dominion in which ;'■"■••the'Government did not assist A: and 1. : associations with subsidies. • ; Mr. L. Collinson advocated ticket-issu- ! nig machines ns used at picture theatres. •It was also mentioned that the'Governi ment had given a subsidy to the ' -JJationa) Show in Christchurcli in -1908. an' election was coming on.it ■ ■wb'ul'i , b& a good opportunity to approach ' - the GbVerimient for a- subsidy., : ' It was eventually decided to procure "a hewi type of turnstile to bo tried out ; 'nlonßsi'dp. of the'n'ew'dock ordered from J +he. 'inasei's oitherpresent machines.' : . :: '-Officers wore elected' as follow:-Presi- '■ dent. Mr. -H. Akers; vice-presidents, ; Messrs. -W.'M'lCenzie. (with seat on the : - Finance. Committee), J. A. Nash, M.V., ''■■XT: Blundell. E. Short, 11. F. Leth- ] bridge, and A. Russell; treasurer, Mr.'J. >.-M.-Johnston; committee. Messrs. J. Bal- :: sillio. 11. T. Bell, D. C'ollis, C. Dunk, T. i K Hodder. J.-Kuight, S. R. Lancaster C. I A. Louglumiv O. Monrud, J. Murray, F. ;:l{,:Tliornley, and-W.-E. V. Taylor. [ "$:!. WAIRARAFA FARMERS' r';";„,"-.;;,:'.;;'.;,.' .union ':':'. : Tlie'following.remits have been passed [ '.by Wairarapa. Farmers' Union -braiichefi ' at their annual meetings:— "That the attention of the Bailway ; Department bo drawn to the fact that •■ the Governmcn grader' has .reported to - certain factories that their cheese has '■ arrived in cool stores, Wellington, with I largo pieces cut out of the cheese."— i Greytown and .Featherston. ~..,..„',*.T1iat the .Bailway Department be i requested to arrange faster carriage of i cheese and butter from the factory tc i cool stores in Wellington."— Ureytoun. '. "That this conference consider the adf. visability of raising a fund by dona- ; tions from members of tlie Farmers' ! Union to help the Auckland farmers tc • . eradicate.the Kittle tick. Such fund to : be administered by an executive of the ; , Farmers' Union." —Martinborough. \ "That the Agricultural Department.bt '■.'■requested to compile and, print a list ; of earmarks, registered by farmers in ■ each county. Such list to be supplied M , application."—llnrtinborough. "That the Government be requested tc '■- tnke further steps to prevent tlie Meat i Trust operating in tliis, Dominioh."- ; Featherston. ... : ■ "That this conference advises all dairy i farmers to consign their produce to the • Home markets, and arrange for, tlieh ■ own means of distribution there. This ' will prevent the agents , of'the Meat ' Trust operatfng in dairy produce in this ' Dominion."—Featlierston. j "That seeing that the cattle tick and '• 'warbles' have already been introduced | into this Dominion, the attention of the 1 Agricultural Department be drawn tc ■ the fact that a> stricter examination ol : stock in quarantine is necessary."—Fca- ' therston. ! "That the Government be requested tc j publish' the names of the representative. l , of the, Meat Trust, also the names undci : which the Meat Trust is operating in : this Dominion."—Carterton.