MOA DAIRY COMPANY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 153, 24 July 1909, Page 6

MOA DAIRY COMPANY

i The ordinary meeting of the directors ! was licld on Monday. ■ The iL'hairman reported having sold 50 .boxes of butter at lid per lb, and said when he, o 11 a previous occasion, : sold 200 boxen he met with a very warm [ reception, -as live out of the six direc- [ tors condemned liis action. ile then ieft it with the Board, and they lixod a hard and fast price, and did not leave him any latitude, with the result that ytfi have u ow £IOOO worth in stock. The old method was to leave the butter at this time of the year with the chairman and secretary t 0 arrange/ without any delay whatever, but now it was altered and they had £IOOO worth of stock deteriorating, for which they had entirely themselves to blame, as he had to abide by their decision- and had to pass over oilers on account of the fixed price. •Mr Leech thought their mistake haa been 'made in selling the 100 boxes locally at the close of the shipping season instead of sending them to London. I • Mr Herlihy reported on the interview !le a Home manager. With reference to the Palmerson interview he said Mr. ! Mackie did not seem able to give an , understandable account of his doings in the Old Country, and they all felt that the service had not been as fruitful as was expected. Nevertheless, they thought it was to their 'benefit to continue the service, and as Mr. Mackie had resigned they could now appoint a successor. It was resolved, on the motion of Mr. Herlihy, seconded by Mr. Leech, "That this company subscribe to the cost of a Home agent in accordance with the new scale." It was also decided to sign and forward the p.n. asked! for by the National Dairy Association. The question of the disposal of the cheque deposited by the Waitui Company with their request to call an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders was discussed, and it was decided to deduct the actual cash cost of the meeting and return the balance to the Waitui Company. On the motion of Mr. Mackie it was resolved to charge the cost of the new separator to plant account. On the motion of Mr. MacMahon, seconded by Mr. Stackurski, it was resolved, '"That Mr. Janice be re-engaged as factory manager, at a salary uf £2OO per annum; and Mr. Buckley as secretary, at a salary of .1140 for the cur-, rent year." The action of the manager re re-en-gaging members of the staff was approved.

It was resolved that' the 227 'boxes of pats manufactured from May 11th to June Ist, be consigned to Messrs McF.wcn and Co. on agency lines, and that all bulk made from tiiis date to end of the present month, be offered to Messrs MeKwen and Co. at ll'Ad. The secretary was instructed to offer Mo sis Dalgetv and Co. the nalance of the rolls at ll^d. Accounts amounting to £IOBO 15s Id, of which £444 19» 2d was for milk, were pasM'd for payment.—Abridged from Record.