THE DAIRYING BUSINESS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 September 1924, Page 4

THE DAIRYING BUSINESS.

(To i lie I'Milor). Sir. I iioti.e li.v your ] aper to-day t!i:11 (lie Araliura Dairy Factory Coy., lias bail auntie, r very .si.ei esstlll year, ami (lint tlic ii'(‘l’ul lit lie Company lias ■ lone CM client .service mot llie i-eore ol years it lias li en rnnoine. | am slue all who are ass i. ialeil with it. as lll<o thc.-e who were ii.tlnential in |iroim:tilie it. will feel pleased willi tin* lion: isliine iiimlitioii it Iris liri.nulit :i!>o!.t in tlie Arid'era Vel'ey where the et I levs are all | rospcrmn. lieadin;' aliool the ( onj any ami lei rill '.c in 111 ■ll I ihe o ea ion which I* r < 111 v. h l it into licim_'. I was rather strimh with the nnahipy ~f the einiimstanees eovernine the iniejtion ol the Central Dairy Factory. When the Ai alinra fa lory wm open of I'll I. the lilovene iil li.el it:; toieijl HI 111 ey 111 olil h . Il ( remember ri ; ;ht. ami the llohitiha loll; rnsheil to the rescue to prevent the h(‘atli|tinrti rs if Ihe Cl no any coino m.rlh which I l.'lie.e it. would have ilono, hail mO tie llohitiha people ivent'liisetl the |o'ition iii't in I'm nieh of time. Alter nearly twenty years, the same thine was hnpprninp, with repaid to the central idea. A well dahlished con<lo*ll al (treynionth .‘..-lit its emissaries into thi; distri* I and la capture the cream. Il was at this .since that* the foil; in llohitiha acn.in l.euan to Waite it]), and the central ilea .started. I remend.el* tie* meetinc in the Town Hull here when the pe-dimi was put plainly, lint was lather coldly re.eived hy those witli vest id interests. However tin* eiidral idea materialised and not Indore time, for a very lnr.ee ipiola of cream from this .lislriil was captme I by the mil hem i mni any. mid tin* ] rolil on i In* |i .id loinniodity went Ilia I wav. N w the f ell 1 1 al Fa' lory is established heie it remains lo lie seen how far it rail Ci.mpele a'eain.sl the iiol'tlieni competitor and save In id profits for t-.hr people who provide the cream at. this end. From nit an omits a. very frond i i nimem cnient has hern made. It remains te le seen how the competition will Work out. hut apparently the Central Fie.-tery will he* tilde to hold its own ncaiii-d Ihe outside competitor. Ihiee will tell. That is the test, r.o in Asi|int!ii:m liiiicuace. we must '‘wait and are.'* —Yours ole.. 11l I li FAIM.OW.