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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 157, 4 July 1921, Page 3

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HI work among returned soldier!!f ve£ to the conclusion that things were V*r£ unsatisfactory." "?

"Fair Play" expresses surprise at the that other cities have their zo/in tbl heart of the town, and the rewdents «o not kick up a fuse? Simply because C have the l.ttle thing called 'common sense. In my opinion, and no doubt in the opinion of hundreds of others Mr Boyd should be encouraged in his' fine* sSte?ite , t- tta -•■*•-—

•Inquirer" writes: "It would be interesting to know how many dozen loUie Auckland. L ast week a bookseller ,« fined for not being closed at 9 o'clock sharp. Lolhe shops may be open until 11 or a 2 o'clock, and always holidays. Perhaps where one might bar a book sfl or 100 would buy lollies "

"Housewife" complains of the quality of some of the butter sold. She sayg'Some I had last week was absolutely rancid, and was like the curate's emj 'good in parts'; but the parts which werent good had a decidedly mouldy taste. I was told by a shop aesistant that some of the butter now being gold has been in cold storage for year?, and that we are paying 2/3 per lb for the same butter as was supplied to the soldiers. T don't know whether that is really the ease, or whether it is that three parts of rancid rubbisli are mixed with one part of fresh butter. My palate inclines mc to the latter. It ia quite time the Health Officer or the Factory Inspector woke up to the responsibilities of his position."

Mr. F. H. Leonard, chairman of directors of the East Tamaki Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., writes reviewing the causes which led to the creation of the company. He attributes the action of the suppliers to the friction between the head office at Hamilton and Mr. H. Campbell, manager of the East Tamaki cheese factory, who had the support and confidence of suppliers. He was present at the meeting between the chairman, Mr. Motion. Mr. Good fellow, and several officials of the X.Z. Co-operative Dairy Co., and has no hesitation in stating that the position could have been saved to the company by milder methods. He concludes: "Several subsequent meetings were heid and addressed by Mr. Sinclair, which only widened the breach. The result was that the suppliers ( fully three-quarters) formed themselves into a company, and on June 1 seceded from the old concern and sent their milk into Auckland for town supply. They are building a factory to deal with the* summer supply of milk, and in the meantime are receiving 1/tU net per gallon for all milk supplied to registered dairies, and they have ?very confidence that they can bett'T results than the old company could afford."