VALEDICTORY.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXV, Issue 4734, 6 August 1924, Page 2

VALEDICTORY.

A POPULAR FACTORY MANAGER. MR. H. E. HARVEY FAREWELLED. It is always pleasing to be able to record efficient service performed by persons in their calling, and when that service is for the benefit of the people of a big district, and reacts to the benefit of that district as a whole, it is only fitting that recognition of the services rendered should assume some tangible form. It was to this end that a representative gathering of about 150 suppliers, and their wives, of the Nc,w Zealand Co-opera-tive Dairy Company’s Ngatea factory assembled at a social evening in the Ngatea Hall last evening which wais convened to formally bid farewell to Mr H.. E. Harvey, who, after four years of service as factory manager, has received well-deserved promotion to the company’s new factory at Mt. Eden.

Under Mr Harvey’s guidance the Ngatea factory has gained grat dis-> tinction for the excellence of its butter. and has completely disproved the contention, prevalent up till a few years ago, that it was not possible to make a good quality article from Hauraki Plains cream. While this undoubtedly won for Mr Harvey the ad - miration and respect of suppliers, it was more the courteous and painstaking manner hi which all his dealings with them were conducted that earned their unqualified appreciation. In making the presentation to Mr Harvey Mr A. J. Sinclair, acting manager of the company, gave an outline of Mr Harvey’s early career in the dairy industry. He stated that Mr Harvey’s first experience was gained in Ballarat, Victoria, where he was employed in a large butter factory. Some time afterwards he obtained a position in the Dairy Division of the Victoiian Government. About the year 1900 Mr Harvey came to New Zealand and was employed by the New Zealand Dairy Division at Pal-mens-en North. Later he was appointed manager of the Taihape Dairy Company, and put up a particularly fine record. The lowest average grade that Mr Harvey had at Taihape was 93.55, and the highest was 94.39, which constituted a record for the ractoi ies exporting butter through the Wellington grading stories, Mr Sinclair considered that this record was all the more commendable because it was obtained entirely from home separation cream. In September, 1920, Mr Harvey was appointed manager to the Ngatea factory, although he was employed for six months at the Kopu factory. Mr Sinclair said that Mr Harvey had established a splendid record by producing a uniformly highgrade butter, practically all of superfine quality. Mr Sinclair caused a smile by saying that in the Waikato Vafiey it wsa always understood prior to M.- Harvey’s arrival that highgrade butter could not be produced on the Hauraki Plains because the lowlying pasture and the luxurious growth of the Hauraki Plains made high-grade butter manufacture a very difficult problem. It certainly was true tnat there were considerable difficulties to be faced in the Hauraki Plaints, comparing the dairying land of higher elevation, but Mr Harveyhad proved that the task was not impossible and had actually graded higher than any of the New Zealand Dairy Company’s butter factories. In justice to the other daily factory managers, said Mr Sinclair, with a smile, it was only fair to point out that practically no turnips were given to dairying cows on the Plains. 'rhe speaker then commented on the flee co-operation between the factory employees and the factory manager at Ngatea. He felt certain that Mr Harvey would be the very first to recognise that the splendid record achieved by Ngatea would not have been possible but for the fact that every man in the factory was behind the manager.

Mr Sinclair paid a high tribute to Mr Harvey’s administrative ability. His records and books were probably kept more efficiently than any other manager’s, and his prompt manner in dealing with correspondnece from the factory suppliers had been commented upon frequently at the meetings that had been held in the district duiing the winter. Mr Harvey’s last tribute to Ngatea had been to lift the champion prize fpr butter manufactured in the Auckland province, and it was fortunate indeed that the company had been able to replace Mr Harvey with Mr Charles Foster, who also had acquired the habit of lifting prizes. Mr Foster’s record as manager o£ the company’s Waihou butter factory was a veiy high one, but there was no doubt .that he had his work cut out to fill, Mr Harvey’s position. Mr Sinclair stated that the company laid down two axioms in. connection with a factory manager: First, he must know his job thoroughly ; and, secondly, he must be able to get on with the suppliers. Some people said that Mr Sinclair might consider the second qualification was a more difficult one, but Mr Harvey had never found it iso, and the large gathering present was an eloquent token of the goodfellowship which existed between the suppliers and the factory manager. Mr Sinclair then made the presentation, which, consisted of a solid silver tea-tray and service suitably inscribe ed ami a substantial cheque. Mr C. W. Harris, of Waitakaruru, also sroke eulogising Mr Harvey, and presented him with a letter of appreciation signed by a. great number of suppliers. On behalf of the staff of the Ngatea factory Mr A. Morris, assistants superintendent of the company, presentee Mr Harvey, with’a travelling rug and conveyed to him their appreciation of the good feeling that had always existed in the factory, and also their best wishes for the future. Mr Harvey, on rising to reply, was greetizl with rounds of applause. He said tnat the many kind things said that evening had made it difficult for him to reply. He did not wish to claim any particular knowledge of the manufacture of butter, but wished to acknowledge the great "assistance given ham by the whole of the suppliers. For their unanimous co-opera-

tion lie wished to return sincere thank... Difficulties there had been, but on no occasion had there been angry words. He also wished to publicly thank the members pf the factory staff for their loyal support. Many of them had been , with him wince he was at Kopu, and their help and sympathy he wished ‘o acknowledge. Mr Harvey expressed the hope that suppliers and staff would continue to. accord the same support to his successor, Mr Foster, for it was only by such co-operation that an improvement in the product could be gained. He also wished to thank Mr W. E. Hale, the local director of the company, for his kindness and assistance during his stay in the district. For the unavoidable absence of Mrs Harvey he wished to apologise. She would join with him in thanking people of the Plains for the good wishes expressed Mr Harvey then bid the assemblage good-bye, and. ex-> pressed the hope that their future would be crowned with success. Mr Harvey was also the recipient, through the Rev. A. E. Jefferson, of a cheque as a mark of appreciation from the members of the various churches in Ngatea of the valuable assistance he and Mrs Harvey had rendered to the services of God. Mr Harvey said that he appreciated this Very much. He believed that it was the duty of every man to assist the good that every man received from the church. It wais every man’s duty to assist any church, Dur.'ng the evening the new factory manager, Mr C. S. Foster, was welcomed to the Plains and introduced to the suppliers by Mr W. E. Hale, who presided at the gathering. Mr Foster thanked those present for the reception accorded him, and said that he hoped he would do as well in Ngatea as Mr Harvey had done. He felt sure that he and his family would like Ngatea and tHe Plain., He would do his best for suppliers. and hoped that they would do their best to supply first-class quality'' cream, so that the Ngatea factory could continue to make Anchor butter. Between the dances songs were contributed by Miss K. Miller, Mr 'A. Walken Mr A. Sutton, and Messrs Schultz, Crabb, Tarver, and Blacklaws, a recitation by Miss Parfitt, a musical monologue oy Mr A. J. Sinclair, and a mandoline solo by Mr Edwards. The dance music and the accompaniments were played by Mr Clark, of Karangahake. The function was brought to a close about 1.30 a.m. by the singing of “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow” "Auld Lang Syne,” and the “National Anthem.”

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