SALE OF MILK

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 88, 7 January 1933, Page 8

SALE OF MILK

By-law in Wanganui ; PROTEST BY RETAILERS Dominion Special Service. Wanganui. Jan. 6. Wanganui milk vendors are disturbed ■about the new milk by-laws, which forbid a milk vendor to sell unbottled milk and vegetables on the same premises, irrespective of whether the commodities arc housed in two separate buildings or not. Last night a meeting of retailers and shop-owners was held, and after being addressed by Inspector G. Fear, the meeting appointed a deputation which waited on a committee of the City Council to request that the by-law be held over until trading Conditions ■ improved. The deputation received a sympathetic hearing and was informed that the matter would be brought before the next full meeting of the ; council. Mr. Fear, when addressing the retailers’ meeting, said That as the by-law 'stood it would prevent any storekeeper selling vegetables and milk at the same time. He said that there was a. regulation in the Public Health Act. stating that milk and vegetables should not be sold in the same place. It was the word "place” which was important* for different interpretations were,, placed upon it. , The council proposed -that the "place” should mean the. premises, which meant that if the. by-law came into force, no storekeeper would be able to sell milk and vegetables from the same premises. . . The question was asked whether the council Intended to ask the retailers to purchase their milk from one or two companies. Mr. Fear replied that so long as the milk was sold in sterilised bottles, it could be bought as in the past. “Loose” milk could not be bottled while the vendors were on their rounds. It had once happened that when milk was bottled while taken on the rounds, the bottles had not been sterilised.. , With regard to the concreting ’ of floors, Mr. Fear said that in all future dairies, concreting would be necessary,, although those existing would be exempt. The Milk Vendors’' Association had asked the council to bring the by-law into force in its entirety, which would mean that the existing premises would require concrete floors. The' council had not yet considered the re-,' quest. ' : ’ , ■. VITAL STATISTICS Figures for Wanganui Wanganui, Jan. 6. ■ Vital statistics in Wanganui disclose, that there were. 16 more births recorded for last year than in. 1931. Compared; with 1931, deaths were lower by 16 during the last twelve mouths. The increase in marriage licenses between the past two years is 16, while those who were married in the registrar’s office dropped from 52 in 1931 to 47 in 1932. Details of figures for the years 1932 and 1931 are as follow, those for 1931 being in parenthesesßirths. 600 (584); deaths, 269 (285); marriage licenses, „12 (196); marriages in office, 47 (o2). The monthly returns for December, 1932, compared with 1931 are:—-Births, 55 (43); deaths, 20 (16); marriage licenses, 22 (20) ; marriages in office, 3 (°Of the total number of licenses issued for the year, over 22 per cent, were performed in the registrar's office. PALMERSTON MOTOR CAMP Resort is a Popular One Palmerston North, Jan. 6. With the provision of improved facilities for the holiday period, the Palmerston North motorists’ camping site at the Manawatu River, near the Esplanade, has been a popular resort for travelling motorists during the past three weeks. The majority of the campers hare spent a night or two at the camp, but there have been many who have stayed at the camp from a week to a fortnight. There have been as many as 25 campers at the site on some nights during the holidays, while there were about 15 motorists there last night. MAGISTRATE’S COURT Palmerston North Cases. Palmerston North, Jan. 6. Pleading; guilty to a charge of being idle and disorderly in that he placed himself ■in Queen Street for the purpose of begging alms. Patrick Ernest Collin, a labourer, aged 58 years, was sentenced to a month's imprisonment by Justices of the Peace in the Police Court this morn- ’ ing. . ■ ’ Michael James Farrell, labourer, aged 53 years* was remanded for. a week on a charge of receiving a gold chain valued at £8 knowing it to have been dishonestly obtained. Bail of £25 self and one surety of £25 was allowed. Returns for Year During the year ended December 31, £30,839/4/6 was sued for in the Palmerston North Magistrate’s Court. The total amount claimed for in cases actually’tried was £lB,Bll/18/3, of which sum £16.643 16/8 was recovered. During the year 2178 plaints, 158 distress warrants, 420 judgment summonses and 47 warrants of committal were issued. ROWING AT ARAMOHO Union Boat Club Crews Wanganui, Jan. 6. The Union Boat Club will be represented at the Aulsebrook Cup Regatta which is to take place at Aramoho on Saturday, January 21, by the following crews:— Open Maiden Eights.—Tl. Ryland (str.), H. Earles (7). R. Cutelli (6), G. Moss (5), J. Luxford (4), J- Carr (3). F. Kiddle (2), D. Thompson (bow); Youths’ Eights.—W. Hasler (stroke). M. Luxford (7), C. Stephens (6), B. Bern (5) R. Gould (4), H. V. Sheppard (3), W. R. Thompson (2), H. Waters (bow). Junior Eights.—T. Ditchfield (stroke), R. Howat (7). M. Granville (6), L. Cotterill (4), A. R. Byres (3), C. Tasker (2), L. Craigmyle (bow). Lightweight Eights.—C. Wadman (stroke), 0.0 Wilson (7). H. Wadman (6) C. Bowden (5). D. McGonagie (4), L. Birkby (o), J. Simpson (2), G. Bills (bow). Open Eights.—T. Ditchfield (stroke), R. Mowat (7), M. Granville (6), L. Bilderbeck (5), H. Ryland (4), J. Cotterill (3), R. Gould (2), M. Luxford (bow).