MUNICIPAL ABBATOIRS

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 133, 1 March 1929, Page 12

MUNICIPAL ABBATOIRS

LOANS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TOTAL OF £61,500 Authority to make application tq the Local Government Loans Board for the necessary sanction to the raising pf loans totalling £61,500 for effecting improvements to the municipal abattoirs pnd meeting obligations to the district fund was granted by the City Council at its meeting last night. Particulars of the loans are as follow: (1) A loan of £48,000 under the provisions of section 2 of the Slaughtering and Inspection Amendment Act, 1927, for extensions tp the municipal abattoir and- for the installation of an automatic chilling plant. (2) A special loan of £13,500 under the Wellington City Abattoir Loan Act, 1919, for recouping moneys due to the district fund for capital expenditure and preliminary expenses in connection with the abatCouncillor J. Burps, in explaining the proposals, said the matter had been before the council on several occasions and negotiations dated back to, 1920. some delay had been occasioned by the question, firstly, of whether the site was suitable for a permanent abattoir, and, secondly, whether it wgs large enough to ailow of extensions. It was quite clear from official reports that the area was quite suitable for all time. The actual money for improvements was x4o,UUO, while £13,500 was for moneys owing to the district fund. , .. f The speaker enumerated the items of proposed expenditure, and mentioned that £23,500 was being allowed for extensions and £9BOO for a chilling room, which at present the abattoirs did not have. It had been asked that a “ plant be installed, and that the butchers take it over. The estimate was £39,000, but the matter was being held oyer w the meantime while the engineer ni fiuiries P ab?oad. The cost of the actual building would be comparatively small, and it was believed that the plant, if installed, would be practically self '™P porting. However, there was nothip B before the meeting at the P r ®® ent Seconding the adoption of ‘b e Councillor G. Mitchell said that over charges were paid by the butchers, cillors could be assured tha t w bat wap proposed was the minimum the eomi , tee could recommend- As a health m - ter the provision proposed should e put into operation at the earliest possib In the opinion of Councillor. C. D. Morpeth the work of the abattoirs was one of utility and public health, ana the loan of £42,000 was very necessary for the provision of good meat to the people of Wellington, The report was adopted.