IN THE BEGINNING.

Otaki Mail, 20 October 1922, Page 2

IN THE BEGINNING.

PAKAPARAUMU'S TIBST CBEAMEEY. Naturally, the opening of the Paisparaumu Dairy Company's fine if" factory on Monday gave the opportunity of recalling the early day* of the industry jh that district. Mr JL Maclean, chairman of directors, iri hi* speech at the opening ceremony, touched very- interestingly on this point, and incidentally mentioned that 1m first butter-fat cheque amounted to £J 15s 3d. Mr Maclean said that even before a creamery was installed there were -'."•'• eral dairy herds in the district, the milk from -ome of them being sent to Waikanae, which township was ahead ft I'araparaumu in having a creamery Others made butter, and a-, a rule got a, very poor price for it. "However, early in 1011. Mr Barton, of Mo-n Hill and Barton, made a canvas ul tt:u district, and having got a guaran'M of 150 to 200 cows, proceeded to ere-i ■■ creamery," said Mr Maclean. "'!■« cream being sent to their factory ■'■■ Wellington. The creamery was ~;>••:••: sometime in March, for 1 find on looking up my books that on the 20th oi April, 1911, "l received the large cbf, of £2 15s 5d for batter-fat. That « the start of the factory working here.

M<-r-r- Kili and Barton rin the cria" ery until January, 1914, when it. ww taken over by the Wellington Dairy Farmers' Union supplier* taking ap shares in the Association, and five »' us gave a guarantee to the Back '''-■ an overdraft. The creamery' as it ws-« then was carried on under local directors, or which the late Mr M. J. hjvtk Mi L. 1. Howell then taking orgr ik» chairmanship for the following years, until it was taken over by Mr A. Hardham last Dnring that tint &* creamery was converted into a cbees* factory of one vat. The following wason another vat was added, and the supply has kept on increasing so ''»'-t last year as we had to separate 560 g'-.' lons during the flesh of the seaio-. '•" ttvas decided, although rises were hari «nd monsry not too easy - o Sod, to toz ■ the company aad'erect a new factor' The result is the factory yoa ses b*f'- : yen, which thotyji: nor ye» q-ihe #H - plete, wili, -we cope be rcsrirg is i&> smug in a day or nr L ., and I ttM yo'i Tail all i&y r»a look it ov*; that it is a credit to -he a jrchi :&*■*». Meem DufSll Gib:-on. e=d th« builder u£ Jug a