INGLEWOOD NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 200, 21 February 1912, Page 7

INGLEWOOD NEWS

MOA DAIRY COMPANY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) At the regular monthly meeting oi the Moa Dairy Company there were present: Messrs. W. Jones (chairman), jiarford, Brittain, Egar, McMakon, Stachurski, and Williams. Mr. Egar reported having been present at .testing operations carried out by the Government expert. Mr. Jones reported having inspected horse paddock at Dudley roau creamery. Mr. Egar was authorised to have tue logs in tiie said iiorse paduoek burned. Mr. Jones reported Having interviewed Mr. T, \.'Hiuixjan in lire wood. ALessiV Jones and atauiurski wtre authorised to see. Mr. Simons and arrange for him to deliver 50 cords oi wood' at the Ratapiko creamery. The seretary was instructed to reply to Messrs. Nathan and Co. re their dried milk proposal. i Shares were allotted and transferred as applied for.

Mr., Jones was authorised to sign lease, Moa Dairy Co. to K. Davis. It was decided to consign the winter's butter through Messrs. Dalgety and Co. The question of the purchase of a stove for the manager's dwelling at the Waitui creamery was left in the hands of Mr. William's.

The tender of Mr. J. Peterson was accepted for the erection of a grain store, the amount of tender being £B9 15s. There were four other tenders, ranging up to £lO2. Messrs. Jones and Egar were authorised to select the site for grain store, also to sign the contract for the erection ef building. The manager's report was taken in committee. The manager was asked to have all glassware belonging to the company checked. Mr. Griffiths, representing Messrs. Mills and Sparrow, London, was present at the meeting, and stated that he had received sope very fine reports from England as to the qaulity of the butter supplied by the Moa Dairy Company. The secretary (Mr. Buckley) was granted three weeks' leave of absence, as from March 21st.

Accounts amounting to £0217 were passed for payment. The butter-fat cheques amounting to £5732 17s, paid on 125,5Mi1bs of butter-fat, as against £4963 0s 2d paid on 119,11 libs of butterfat in the corresponding month of last year.

Last night (Tuesday) Dr. Gault gave his second lecture on "first aid" to the local troop of Boy Scouts. After the lecture the boys w*i<e provided with refreshments by Dr. Gault. There is every probability in the near future of a troop of Girl Peaee Scouts being formed. ■ The object of the Girl Seouts movement is the training of th-j girls in first aid, sick room nursing, domestic economy cooking, etc. A wellknown lady (whose name I am not at present at liberty to divulge) is in correspondence"' with Colonel Cossgrove, the Dominion Chief Scout, with regard to the matter, and I hope that in the hear future I shall have some good news for the girls of Inglewood. The Moa schools picnic to the Breakwater takes plaoe on Thursday next. The train starts from Tarjki at 8.30 p.m., and picks up it* cargo from there on. The picnic committee have the arrangements well in hand, and a real good time is expected.