CHEESE FACTORY AT KORU

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 120, 8 October 1912, Page 6

CHEESE FACTORY AT KORU

■ To '■ th'cf cßditbib' Jwqvj il Sir, —Re the' cOTTespOTidMft' w.rit/fiig'i in a recent; issue of l ;h'eHdfeil;!"A r : Mis-statement;" Matliewg, Dairy C 0. ,: I wißhiitfeiiflformithisigenfcle;] "man tliait '-he 'fe'ahsfeihrtely>iifti;s(>a7 jupd'-j tha,t your 'lvoru.'cdMesp'oiidOilti'is' stfbsc-'s lutely correct-''ift>'his erection of a ftfci'>lvdruj! Possibly! it taay tti 1 ilfio''*Waii'ttlso that a isUpplierfii'iit'xprfesent.' "supplying the KWrtt interviewed me on the Wbite<ttl' iiiiid ;liave' 'alkoi •ffered me a iree' site- ttt and'cifcher. inducement's ard : lued by me.' will .no. longer try l to t&i&lfeiid l ttai' •publitri vfilih" his "denials" '/jtoisi-Stateirienfcß " either through-tlffi'jirasb <(lNew fZealand'i i freedom) or- behind-toy was ■ done"two years ftm; et?v; : ' ' i" I : : TSh Ji-MSBIbSOXt" • Omata, OctobgW 9t» wknmi! -jr«(Jo v<".

' ' ■■ Mii To! tlifr' Elditbfi'-' ' f»r* ■ >■' . tober 3, A. R; ?fcljath."eWs>>W "an 'absolute dcniall"-'"'fco- ; 6«irte rßfcfeaoe of.' mini» re' frictioii : Md! : li ; 'T>eddcGd'Supply ® 'of'milk at 'tlle• ; KoM' : cl'ea,'l^^'l^^3 r . , ' He. also states': vWs fri<?t lawafeoithaf any suppliers fcMlr.'i •JteilSon. 5 ' i I leave that to be answered by Mr; Neilson, who will the correctness or otherwise of the -statement. «Af .establishing the "creamery'aE Ivbrfi, Vftfr' one of the most interested, i| was with the greatest reluctance that! referred to the dissatisfaction/asjt-dtdjfijijDt'^Tfint 1 to add fuel to the fire that has existed since the ad\fPttk<sfr>fcfefi ment. The directors have.been requested by prayer and protest to remove the cause, but the directors have met these representations with the same consideration aa a highway man would meet his victim. "Will Mr. Matliews give that an, "absolute denial" ? Mr. Mathews ■■fays: "Up to the time of writing no knowledge of a reduced supply at Koru has come to hand." I now ask Mr. Mathews, did not the directors hold an investigation at Koru and stipulate that specific charges should be preferred against the management (everyone knew what the directors meant) .and that consequently' no one gave evidence 'further than that they declined to supply? ; The exact number of cows that are lost to the factory are as follows:—G. • Green 45 cows, J. Green 45 . and A. • Collins 34, making a total of 124 cows. ' Will Mr. Mathews give this statement an "abso- I lute denial"? Mr. Mathews knows very well that the cause of friction at Koru is not cheese v. butter, but the practice in vogue, viz., "You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours"! The following resolution was unanimously adopted at the annual general meeting of suppliers held at New Plymouth on September 21 last: "That the Government be requested to send an expert to investigate, the affairs and working methods in vogue at the Omata Co-operative Factory." Will Mr. Mathews give an "absolute denial" to this? The above resolution speaks for itself and needs no further comment from me.—T am, etc.. IvORU CORRESPONDENT.