WAITARA NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 235, 9 February 1911, Page 8

WAITARA NEWS

(From Our Own Correspondent.) The Waitara Dairy (Jo.'s milk supply for January was 771,428)1)8, an increase of 227,8281bs on January of the previous year. Butter made totalled 38,321)1b5, an increase of six tons on the corresponding month last year. The average test was 4.27. At the monthly meeting of the directors of the Waitara Dairy Co., held on Wednesday, Mr. T. Langman tendered his resignation as a director, owing to ill-health. It is rather a remarkable coincidence that a few months ago Mr. Giddy resigned from the directorate owing to removal from the district. Mr. Langman supplied the first lot of milk taken in at the main factory, when it was owned by the late Mr. Thos, Bayly, and Mr. Giddy took the first lot of milk to the Huirangi creamery when it was opened. They have resigned from the directorate witiiin a few months of each other. Mr. Langman expects to undergo an operation very soon for a rather serious internal complaint.

Mr. J. IT. Hempton, Collector of Customs at New Plymouth, who has. been on holiday leave, resmues bis duties this morning.

Mr. T. C. Schnackenberg, manager of the local branch of the linn of L. D. Nathan and Co. for the past four and a half years, left last night by the Rarawa for Auckland, whither he has been transferred. Prior to his departure he was presented by Mr. Harrison, on behalf of the local staff of the firm, with a pair of field glasses. Mr. Schnackenherg has identified himself with many interests during his sojourn here, and his departure will be much regretted by a wide circle of friends.

Bu.sh fires are raging very strongly just at present, the heavy winds fanning the (lames. Some excellent burns should result in a good area of fresh country being laid down in grass., One settler was very unfortunate. He had 100 acres of bush cleared, and thinking the present a suitable opportunity, set fire to it. It burned well, then he remembered that he had CO head of cattle to leeward of the fire. He immediately hurried to their rescue, but was only able to save twenty, the others having perished in the flames, causing him considerable loss. The Bell Block Dairy Co. is now manufacturing 23 boxes of butter daily, aft against 31 in the height of the season. The recent dry weather is having a deteriorating effect on the quantity of milk available, but the tests are fairly good, ranging from 3.2 up to the satisfactory figure of 5.5, the average being well over 4.0.

Mrs. J. B. Barleyman and lier two daughters had an exciting experience yesterday morning on the Waitara road. They were driving into town, and when near the Waitara dairy factory the hooks came off the Whipple tree and the horse stepped out of the shafts, which naturally struck the ground with a Dump, the impact throwing the ladies out. Fortunately they were uninjured. Sub-inspector O'Donovan, who has been promoted to the rank of inspector at Invercargill, received a unique compliment at the opening of the Supreme Court sessions' at Palmerstpn North on Monday morning last. Before giving his charge to the grand jury, Mr. Justice Cooper took occasion to congratulate the inspector on his preferment, and paid a high tribute to his ability, courtesy and fair-mindedness. His Honor laid stress on the fact that tho inspector had qualified as a solicitor of the Supreme Court, which fact he considered particularly laudable .when the arduous nature of a police officer's duties were taken into consideration. Mr. A. D. Thomson, S.M., and Mr. C. A. Loughnan, Crown Prosecutor, also made complimentary reference to the departing officer's tact and ability, and expressed keen regret at his departure. There is a widespread feeling of regret in Palmerston at Inspector O'Donovan's departure.

It is never possible to foretell how any given group of shareholders will behave on any given occasion; 'but in all human probability various directors of dairy companies will have a bad time at their next annual meetings (says the Wellington Times). Early in the season they refused offers of London buvers of butter at from llftd to ll%d f.o.b, It present cable advices prove anything at all they prove that the factories concerned will get fully a penny less for their butter than they could have had by closing with the earlier offer. There is a lesson that directors of dairy companies have yet to learn: the useful lesson that business is seldom carried on successfully by consigning goods for a port thousands of miles away to persons not directly interested in the sale of them. In these times of keen and driving competition, deals representing big money can only be safely carried through by men trained in the handling of responsible undertakings. Men living on farms in out-districts, however intelligent and careful they may be, cannot possibly understand the delicate ins-and outs of the world's butter trade. It is their business to understand the management of cows and farms, and that they do well. The handling of butter on the great Loftdon market is an altogether different business. Experience must teach them, and they're likely to pay dearly enough for tlieir experience this year. Still, if experience does at length teach, the experience will be worth while. For the past four years a certain chain of cheese factories in Xew Zealand has been offered fully £2 a ton more for their cheese, early in each season, than they eventually realised. The loss thus shown amounts to about £6OOO a year, of £24,000 in the four years. This is a considerable loss, even when it is spread

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