A NICE POINT

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 45, 16 November 1917, Page 7

A NICE POINT

CITY .COUNCIL AND A MILK GUARANTEE. ' • Councillor A. Veitch, in referring to tho milk question' at Inst evening's nieeting of the City Council, stated that lie had received a letter from a vendor, in which tho writer stated that he had been advised that, if the council undertook tho general inspection at the clearing station, he could call upon tho council to furnish him with a certificate guaranteeing the purity of tho milk, and that it was in compliance with the provision of tho Act, nnd further that tho work of inspecting thoroughly tho wholo of the milk coming into tho city would take at least six hours, a thing in itself which would imperil tho soundness of the milk. ..,.., Councillor B, A. Wright said that it was understood that they woro only to toko samples for testing, and that they would not test tho wholo of the milk. Ho was prepared to believe' that if all the milk were to bo tested it would take six hours, ~,,, Councillor A. R. Atkinson said that his reading of the Act agreed with tho interpretation placed upon the Act by Councillor Voitoll's correspondent. Ho had not gono very carefully into the \ct. but lie certainly had gathered that, if the inspection were mado the owner of the milk could ask for some sort of certificate saying that fho milk had been inspected, and was good milk. . Councillor M. F. Luckio pointed <nt that tho underlying principle of the council's action in respect to the milk question was that it was a means for the council ultimately taking over the business of vending the whole of the milk in tho oily. When that came about tho provision of the Act referred to would not bo operative. ■ Tho Mayor said that the council had sot itself a task in connection wih the milk service, and it was not to lie deterred by any letters that might be written, njid lie looked to tho iKople of Wellington-for whoso benefit the scheme had been, evolved-to .cooperate with tho council m seeing that the matIcr was carried to a successful conolueion. There would no doubt be difficult os, but they would be smoothed away and he looked for the cooperation of citizens in the matter. As to tie point raised by Councillor Veitch, he wmd see that a report from tho city Solicitor would be available to tho conncil at its next meeting. In a personal explanation Councillor V itch said that-it must not he gathered that ho was in any way opposed to the ;lmU' R action. Ho wished to help alh oud nd held that the council won Id bo acting wisely by looking into Mh points as had been raised by the g ntleman who had written to him.