TARATAHI DAIRY COMPANY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1166, 31 August 1882, Page 2

TARATAHI DAIRY COMPANY.

~., ~ *—7;>: ■' 'v The public meeting at the Institute, Car/ terton, in connection with the above coin-*,' pany drew together from 100 to \iti. settlera of all classes, and from all parta* "f the district, Ifr Booth, haying been voted to (he chair, was glad to. see so j large and v so representative a 1 Fnr the information of those who were 6 ) not at the last meeting he would read the'* [ minutes that liad bean taken. Be referredL> . to the great advautn;es direct Bteamvcom-.\ 3 ' municatidn with' England would create, / Ynd'the. benefits which the Roads Conf structiim Bill would confer mi districts j like this. He would call mi Mr Burrow, £ ■ r -who, with Messrs' Francis and Fair-% / .brother had given a good deal of time to's - state what had been done. .. , Mr Burrow said he had a lilt .of, t,hoße * )| who would take shares, nnd thgre! we're l others present who intended to do so, Ha j would read the list. Mr v G, A. Fajrbrqthev said the result of'. 1 i hie canvass was not so definite as MrT f Burrow's, as,it was a matter of r with .some; until.they .«ftw^th r e^m'atter-' r ■. .started. As far as he had been able to A estimate there were 875 cows in the disI trict,"and of these he had obtained proi 'raises of supply from about. 609. i Mr Booth then said the committee had,, i had twiiorjthree meetinijs, and'it befanie >* , at once plain that not onjy was (he onteyi». • prise wanted, but tb,at it Vfas desirable to N s take steps to do real w»rk as snon,asp)s- v , Bible.' Not only was the £IOOO procur-" • able but the cm also, and it had biought out tho wealth and power of the district. j It had been decided to make the capital I S2OOO, this would give them a larger p' capital in work on, while it would lighten i that to be called up trom each.share- . holder. To enable them to take definite [ steps at that mee in j, ami . cordiality witluwhicii.iho'raterpnievW ) been received, articles of association had been prepared and registered (these were I then read), Ha hoped nil that were f there wuuld fully ventilate their views,- • (extracts were then rend frumitlmrFar mors' Club Journal, and other work 8 i hearing on the question), They had the ) share forms there, so while others spoke ' those 'wishing to take shares could come and pay up. . • Mr H. Callister stated that since- the ' ; i. last meeting he had gone thoroughly inty ~ • the matter, to see for himself if 3sd net.,, gallon would pay the farmer, and was,so" • satisfied of the result and soundness nf ■■; i the enterpriso that he meant to sell tiff 1 his sheep and have cows. Mr Hart thought thjs ah.qiit th,e.rqQst I important matter over introduced'into . the district, After referring to the W <l prices butter had been selling at, he said they wanted someihiug like this to. i reunite the market; aud further than I that they wanted a market outside their own locality, aa very few cows sufficed to' - supply that. ■■'" ; ' l:i Mr Booth, having referred to the im ; n proved milk-giving powers of ; a cow, according to feed given and care taken of !, tho animal, moved—" That this meeting [ oordially approves of what the oommittee ' f have done, and requests the provisional 1 i directors to push on the matter, as soon,, I at possible, and get a list of share-'" t holders completed, that directors might >. bo chosen." • /. The motion was seconded by Mr J, - Smith, and carried. l The Chairman, after referring tcsome f 'of the machines'now most in vbgufiMn'^ England and America, said that from the , way. this matter had gme on he hoped [ to see a woollen factory among ihem be: i fore long. He was sure there was both, i, money.and brains in the. place.torgUfi :. su'oh a faotorj, He was glad tkeir^com^,^ pauy .had been floated with, such i tHe was surprised at the way ;the:thirig!i// - had been taken, up, but at the same time he was highly and he thought : 'tbatrftrith care tlioir butter 'might'gk at good a name outside as the Now Zealand ' frbzen:me»t had secured. '' ;'■''"'■'.. ' A'iarije number of shares were taffin' :f ' lip and deposits paid during the evening. ' thanks to the obair ,olu3ed jhe .r, 'meeting'.' "" ''' '