DAIRY COMPANY SECRETARY HONORED.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 September 1918, Page 7

DAIRY COMPANY SECRETARY HONORED.

PRESENTATION TO MR E. C. BARLEYMAN. On Monday, the Kaupokonui Dairy Company attained its majority, and in order to mark the occasion the shareholders made a presentation to Mr E. C. Barleyman, who had been continuously secretary of the Company since its inception. •Mr W. D. Powdrell, chairman of directors, who made the'presentation, stated that at the end of the first year 1737 shares bad been taken up in' the company, as compared with 30,838 that day. The total turnover for the year was £(10-2(1 (probably one of these suppliers to-day took more than that himself), as' compared with a turnover to-dav of nearly a quarter of a million in butter and cheese, not counting the store or the lending institutions.' He did not know of any man who had made fewer enemies and had. done more for the advancement of the district, especially In urging on the directors of the company and the Loan' Company the claims of any willing man with a family for assistance on to the land, and ho"'did not know that Mr Barleyman had ever been mistaken in his judgment. He was always willing to give advice and had performed great services in the interest of this company, its suppliers and the whole district. To-day the suppliers were commemorating the occasion by presenting him with a gold watch, and chain and he was also pleased to learn that the employees also wished to add a pendent thereto. He then presented Mr Barleyman with a handsome gold watch and chain bearing the inscription: "Presented to E. C.'Barieymiin. Esq., by Kaupokonui suppliers after 24 years as secretary," expressing the hope that he would go on as long as the watch would. Mr. W. H. Le Fleming remarked that Kaupokonui was now one of the strongest and most wealthy companies in the Dominion, and it owed a great deal to Mr. Barleyman's tenacity of purpose. Others present also eulogised Mr Barleyman's services. Mr Barleyman, who was greeted with applause, remarked that, though taken by surprise, it was gratifying to hear such flattering remarks. It had been very pleasurable service. He paid a tribute to the earnest work of the directors, and hoped the company would continue to be represented by directors as able, strong, firm and just 'as those in the past. In the .early days, when every man's hand was against co-operation, the company had to' fight for its existence against odds. In concluding he hoped that he would bo spared, for a number of years to watch the company's progress and see it go on increasingits usefulness.