National Dairy Association.

Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 28, 2 August 1897, Page 2

National Dairy Association.

A meeting of tne North Island executive of the National Dairy Association was held at Btraiford on Tuesday. It was resolved that, the secretary make a demand on ,iio N Z. ; hipping Company, for the whole of the rebate primage on the produce shipped from | Waitara. j The Ai tides of the Association were revised p;eparatory to registration of the Association and remitted to the general meeting. The Chairman said the total shipments last year by the Association were, for the North Island 3989 tons and for the fcouth 2395 tons butter and cheese in each case. Some weeks ago he heard of the Freight Conference and hearing that it proposed to consider only wool and meat he thought it advisable to go to Wellington. At Patea he picked up Mr Oldham and they interviewed the shipping companies. These said they were willing to consider the matter after they had dealt with the wool and meat people, but this he and Mr Oldbam did not think good enough and they joined the conference, who included dairy produce in their demands, (nnco then the shipping companies had asked if the Association was prepared to give a five-years contract, and if so on what terms. He had replied at nine-sixteenths of a penny net weight free of primage for butter and per 1b net weight free of primage for cheese ; -the Association to have priority of claim to space ; service to be fortnightly from the beginning of August to the end of May, and monthly during the winter. It was intimated to him that the companies would be prepared to favorably consider this if the company was registered and would give a live years contract. Then Mr Oldham and he saw the Minister of Agriculture, who led them to believe that if the companies did not reduce their freights the Government would consider the adviaableness of subsidising a line There had been communitations from the ' South Tsland executive, but these were not very satisfactory, as it appeared the southern branch was negotiating on its own behalf, but latest advice was that the South was prepared t to co-operate with the North. So tho matter now stood and would remain until the annual meeting in Wellington next week. The chaiitnan also reported having asked the Railway Department for a reduction in freight, but the reply since received was that the Minister did not see his way to make any reduction. The draft of the report to the annual meeting was put before the meeting. Messrs Dunlop and Crisp had an interview with the Executive on the subject of their non-porous butter box, after which the meeting adjourned — Hawera Star.