N.Z. CHEESE QUALITY

Hokitika Guardian, 19 June 1931, Page 5

N.Z. CHEESE QUALITY

LOW HOME DEMAND. MANAGERS’ REA&NS.f A,’ PALMERSTON ■ NORTH,- June, 16. • “Had the majority of - managers been given a free hand to ■ produce --quality goods during , the. last, decade,,-- and been untrammelled ,by .yields and,, Arbitration Court awards, our- cheese would have held a higher position - in the Home, mar--Bfwr<su tHig 1 <R r at the annual meeting of the Dairy Factory Manager#’ Association (Incorpbrat-. yd), at .Palmerstoh Nbrthy this evening. “Any legislation, which has a bearing directly or indirectly upon time limits in the manufacture of-.cheese,; will need to be .removed if ’if’is . desired to. reestablish our reputation as a cheeseproducing country,”"- continues, ;the re- ' . 'V Necessity for some action, being taken to improve the quality of cheese was the subject of a remit moved by the Manawatu branch, which contended ■that the association should request the Dairy iProduee Board to accept the assistance of a committee of cheese factory mana-- ' . gers for the purpose of going into, .and with a view to solving manufacturing problems facing. ,the. industry,’ The remit was moved by Mr J. A. -Adams, who considered that such a committee would be of great benefit and help to the industry. Mr J. .Smillie said . that 'Tf •the. committee were'set up it would:-;ap-pear that the Government officers had failed. In his opinion Government:/offi.cjals were quite capable of look tag. the position. Mr Adams stfid{;!;that [.vl there was no complaint against Division; that was not the object-ofcthe remit, The idea was to set up mittee, consisting of the of New Zealand, The committee, .will.d co-operate with the officers of the Dairy Division. “We have a good idea why the quality has slipped away,” said/Mr ■Smillie. “Too much of our cheese v;. is made on the directors’ table.” x The remit was carried without -farther discussion. . - In another 'Manawatu remit that .wacarried the view - was expressed ;that ' over-lapping ;. of dairy factories in the collection of cream .was abolished R would result in a better quality of butter and cheese. y