MILK ZONING.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 304, 1 October 1940, Page 4

MILK ZONING.

Sir, —I noticed in last night’s “Guardian” a. reference to milk zoning being of a patriotic nature. I fail to see that it is in way patriotic and it is certainly not in accordance with British principles. The milkmen who are willing to use horse-drawn vehicles instead of motor? for milk delivery are, patriotic. and it would have been patriotic to have accepted their offer. We are willing to make sacrifices when they will help to win the war, but depriving the people of Ashburton of their right to choose their milkman will nfct save a life or help in the slightest degree to win the war. Rather, it is a step toward the defeat of the end for which our boys are fighting : perhaps only tho first step. If this kind of thing is allowed to continue, the individual in New Zealand will be in exactly tho same position as tho individual in Germany and some other countries—merely a cog in a wheel, and who will turn the wheel? What we need is a Home Guard who will safeguard our liberty at home, and not only from the possible invader. Every man and woman, fit and unfit, can join this Home Guard. If some such step is not taken, and taken soon, our boys who return will find that in their absence we have sacrificed tho freedom for which they fought. I am, etc., , BRITISH PATRIOT.