LIVELY DAIRY MEETING

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 773, 20 September 1929, Page 10

LIVELY DAIRY MEETING

CRITICAL SHAREHOLDER OPOTIKI ASSOCIATION f ront Our Own. t - o. espond^t OPOTIKI. Thoni^ One of the most lively meeting, .. held here was the annual meet®! * shareholders of the Opotiki Dairy ' sociation. tvhich was held today times the din was so great that it impossible to understand what ** being said, voices being raised " the theatre. Trouble commenced when the "‘V e 0 r f ' d he meefa, vote Ilaci. Mr. A. Martin clain-.’ that at no time did he s*v h against a joint and several tee. The chairman. Mr. \y claimed that so far as he Tra J >nCo ’, cerned the minutes were a record of the meeting. Mr asked that his objections be recoil and the minutes were then confirm In presenting the report balance sheet, the chairman said t ? c shareholders could congratulate thf " selves on the results of the past son. He believed the company w' continue to go ahead. Opotiki h ' been behind in the herd-testing mov ment, but he believed there would hi a greater increase in the future the district was now catching U p o! - the question of electric-power ifri tors wanted to be sure of a eonstiv supply before doing anything. TROUBLE STARTS AGAIN Trouble again commenced when motion that the report and balan i sheet be adopted was seconded. Martin asked what the average grin* Opotiki butter was, and the chains - gave the figures. Mr. Martin sak he could prove the average grade tiring the last two years had down. The chairman strongly upheld u* quality of Opotiki butter, and reports from various places, which showed that the Opotiki product everywhere praised for its* qualit The fact that Opotiki butter continue to make good headway on the A\k * land market proved the quality to s* of a high standard. Eighty-one p*. cent. of butter last year had graded as superfine, and only e P4 churning second grade. A wordy argument ensued the chairman and Mr. Martin. Th? chairman said that out of a total 65 brands, Opotiki stood nineteenth. Mr. S. MacMillan asked if a-? butter had been returned from Aucb land. Mr. J. R. Sinclair replied that om lot bad been returned because ©: moisture. Mr. J. Parkinson then asked for fu . ther figures and the chairman saii they were not available. Mr. Parkinson objected to the ir.d' ner in which the chairman had replie: and asked him not to shout at hiir In reply to another question, th» chairman' said the deodoriser ce* £1,200. Mr. Parkinson contended th« machine was no use. The Chairman: It is. Mr. Martin then asked some qus* tions about a car purchased for the use of the manager. WANTED TO GET HOME Mr. Harrison objected to the lonsu' speeches being made and remarked 1 want to get home to milk the cow?. Another battle of words oneu« between the chairman and Mr. Martr, the former finally calling upon Mr. Martin to sit down. The chairman stated that Fund/ debtors were expected to pay 20s n the pound and explained the reason lit the large amount showing in out* standing cheques. When Mr. Martin asked furtte questions, Mr. Harrison again rose .9 a point of order and the chairmar ruled Mr. Martin was entitled to a«» questions. Mr. Martin then brought up th* matter of an English car purchase by the directors, which caused a po* deal of discussion throughout the district. Mr. Connor defended thi a> tion of the directors and said the* were justified in purchasing th? car, which would give much better seniefl than a cheap car. The report and balance sheet "h finally adopted unanimously. An election to fill two the directorate resulted as follow Connor, 1.860 votes: W. N. Ro*A 1,752 : J. J. Moody. 892. Messrs. Ot« nor and Rowe were the retiring dir*> tors. Messrs. Pearson and Hamu were reappointed auditors. When general business enme up id discussion Mr. Martin proposed it d a recommendation to the directors that Mr. Sinclair be relieved of rc* duties as secretary to the coinpw;. He said they were taking a big having one man with so many dune* On being put to the meeting motion was lost. . The chairman eulogised the o. Mr. Sinclair, who had acted as man* ager-secretary for the past 13 yca» He sa’id the manager had always himself up-to-date, and he bad P’ rf ‘ < pleasure in testifying to Mr. ability. In replying to bis critics. Xlr. j* arL ] defied anyone to say the deodorihad done any good in raising quality of Opotiki butter. After ther questions the meering was v* journed till later in the afternofwhen addresses were given.