DAIRY FACTORY AFFECTED.
SHORTAGE OF COM.. Waitoa Dried Milk Closed. Most of the dairy factories in the Morrinsville district were not seriously affected by the strike—merely inconvenienced. At Waitoa, however, the position was more acute, and it was found that there was sufficient
coal to carry on all operations only for a short period. It was therefore decided to discontinue drying the milk, and the dried milk section was closed on Friday (Anzac Day). The butter factory, however, continued working, there being sufficient coal left for separation and butter-making for nearly three weeks. Milk drying operations at Waitoa ceased last year on May 13 but it was expected that this year the dried milk factory would not be closed until the end of May. The Waihou factory had a twomonths’ supply of coal. The Tatua Dairy Co. commenced sending its cheese to Auckland via Te Aroha. In conversation the other day Mr. W. R. Lowry, chairman of directors of the Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company, stated that he had not yet received exact figures but he could say definitely that the present method of sending the cheese to the stores in Auckland via Te Aroha was cheaper than the cost of railage. The amount of cheese carted was also considerable for this time of the year, the factory at present working five vats. The supplies to the Morrinsville Dairy Co. had been greatly augmented as a result of the impossibility of Morrinsville farmers depending upon the railway to get their cream to factories outside the district. There were 20 extra suppliers and an additional ten boxes of butter were being made each day. The company had in a good supply of all necessities, including plenty of butter boxes. The butter was being carted by motor lorry to Horotiu.
Cream from Kiwitahi which in normal times is taken to Waharoa by train was being brought to Morrinsville.
The Norfolk Co-operative Dairy Company was storing its cheese and had sufficient storage space for about three weeks.
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Putaruru Press, Volume II, Issue 29, 1 May 1924, Page 2
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333DAIRY FACTORY AFFECTED. Putaruru Press, Volume II, Issue 29, 1 May 1924, Page 2
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