NOT CALLOUS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 110, 1 February 1908, Page 5

NOT CALLOUS.

Mr. A.' J. Entrican: As I am a member of •tho "Callous" Committee;'! should Jiko to add n word or tyro. ]>r:''.Sto])foi;d; is' a :vory ; severe critic, and it's' because' lie;doesn't know tlio difficulties that he criticises in that way. There is not a member of the. Council callous in regard to the liVes of little children. Tho difficulty is that tho Council has only control within tho city boundaries, and it scents to 1110 tho Health" department'should be tho 0110 to take charge. Tho' Puro Foods Act has been passed, and it is not easy to know whether the Government will include milk in the list.. Most.probably it will. The Council has done good work, and a great many of the dairies which existed before have shut up since tho Council undertook the inspection. •' '" Dr. St.opford: May I bo allowed to'retire, as 1 regret that Mr. Bagiiall should havo so usurped Your "Worship's authority as to: interrupt mo in that way.'— ■ • v."'■ Mr. Bagnall: I think .that's a very unfair thing to say. _ . t*'; Voiecs: Take no notice. Dr. Stopford then left'the chamber, and ns he was going the Mayor called him back, but the Doctor disappeared- with the reply, . "Not to-aight, Your 1