TEMUKA DAIRY FACTORY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1167, 30 October 1883, Page 3

TEMUKA DAIRY FACTORY.

A meeting' in connection with the above wns he hi in the Wallingford Hotel last night. Mr Guild took the chair. The Chairman explained that the object of the meeting was to ascertain something with regtird to the delivery of milk. The milk should be delivered between 7 30 and 8,30 a.m. and 8 and 9 p.m. Milk cans would be supplied by the factory at cost price. The smallest quantity of milk would be taken. In reply to a question, the Chairman stated that persons who were not shareholders could send their milk, hut he was not sure they would get the same privileges as shareholders. The milk of such people, however, would be taken in payment of shares, so anyone could become ashareholcler. The morning’s milk should not be mixed with the evenings milk, and the manager would have power to reject any milk which was not suitable. Some people might be tempted to take the cream off the milk, but thaf would not do. The manager was expected to turn out good cheese, and he would have to get good milk. Mr Davis suggested that farmers should combine, and get one from each district to collect the milk. A boy and a cart would do it cheap. Mr Austin said the people ought to be talked to about it. The Chairman said it would be useless to talk to some of them until they found their neighbors getting large cheques. Mr Gray said that it was purely a farmers question, and they ought to render assistance. Mr Furrows doubted whether it would pay 43 per gallon. The Chairman said they were giving 4d for wdiat the Ashburton Fa dory was giving 31/1. In Ocimoru they were giving 4Ad, and at Edeadale also, but there was something behind it. Jn these' places the factories were got up to Bell land, and

it tin; pries of land was increased that was all in at was looked for. It increased the price of land about £2 per acre. A Jong discussion took place as to whether nou-shnreholdera should receive the same price as shareholders, but it was understood that the point had not been decided yet, It was also intimated that anyone could become a shareholder at any moment by giving milk to the value of the shares he wished to take up. The factory will be ready by tbe first of November. Some further discussion as to how shareholders and non-sharenolders should be treated having taken place, it was resolved not to make any distinction between them for three months, and to take milk from both in the meantime at the same price The question as to what would be done with the whey came up, and some having expressed a willingness to buy it,a resolution was passed to the effect that the grass of the paddock should be let and also the whey sold, and it was resolved to call for tenders for both. After a good deal of conversational discussion the meeting terminated.