EKETAHUNA

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 September 1938, Page 7

EKETAHUNA

NIREAHA DAIRY CO. (“Times-Age” Special.) At the annual meeting of the Nireaha Dairy Company Mr E. B. Terry presided over a good attendance. The following are the statistics for the current year, figures for’ the previous year being in parentheses: —Payout previous year (1937) per pound butterfat, 14.995 d. Payout current year per pound butterfat: Advance, 13.498 d ( —); estimated surplus. 2.002 d ( —). Number of suppliers, 39 (39); total charges f.o.b. at per lb. butterfat, 3.318 d (3.422 d pounds of milk, 10,224,368 (10,080,100); pounds of butterfat from milk received over stage for cheesemaking (no deduction for loss of whey), 444,899 (425,100). Average butterfat test of milk, 4.35 (4.22). Pounds of cheese (factory weights), 1,075,644 (1,096,673); pounds of milk to make one pound of cheese, 9.505 (9.191); pounds of cheese to lib. butterfat, 2.4177 (2.5798); average grade of cheese, 92.15 (9L96); milk grade percentage, first, 99.838 (99.732); second, .162 (.268). The annual report and balance sheet were adopted. It was decided to pay a dividend of 3 per cent on paid up capital. The retiring directors, Messrs W. J. Manser and J. L. Daysh were re-elect-ed unopposed. Mr T. Bedding was re-elected as auditor. Personal Items. Mr P. Halfyard, of Eketahuna, is a patient in the Nelson Hospital, and he is reported to be in a serious condition. Mrs C. K. Scott, of Eketahuna, who underwent an operation in the Pahiatua Hospital, is progressing well. Mr B. O. Anderson will leave shortly on a trip to the East. Rongokokako Dairy Co. Thp Rongokokako Dairy Co. has declared a dividend of 3 per cent on paid up capital. Messrs W. M. Morriss and F. R. Littler have been re-elected unopposed directors of the company, and Mr A. T. Cooper chairman.