CITY MILK SUPPLY

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 80, 1 October 1918, Page 7

CITY MILK SUPPLY

PRICE REDUCED TO VENDORS

WILL THE PUBMCBENEETT?;':^ Some? little; time'agp. it/was', reppijteii'.? in The. Post that; the pricei of milk • to: th'o '■■: ■vendors woidd most likely :b'e",feduce*d*l3y»:; 2d:per'gallon on or; about .lst'.Octpb'erifv That arrangement was completed byithe; City Council Milk Committee; > in- con- ; junction with the Board-df .Trade-■ 'Sinee 1 .then; there. 1 has been:.some doubt■::ex-"; : pressed "as "to ' whether; in ■ view: of the' peculiar conditions existing; inregardit<i!l the prices farmers Aveiij to .receive/.for'-' their produce purchased'by thelmperial authorities,,. arid the possibility s; of. "mi?■, proved shipping ,facnitnesi/T.the',' r Jfarmers: .might not regret.the 'acrangement.^vi'-"'^-: Approached by' a Post representativo.. this/morning, Councillor- C.tßt Norwood;, chairman of the v Milk . Committee^said-' that he had jusfc been/Jcfdrnied/v by' tfiev. association which supplies 75 per cent, j of. the;milk to the' City of "Wellington '•: .that the farmers were • adhering* to-the agreement, arid. that,.as from tnis.morn- ; ing, the reduction of 2d per'gallon to/the : retaiLvendors is in/ force.. /j . / '■'/ .f../;,);-?" ■ ■,/No. indicatiahV.has'Las, yet.ijheei£ given."... by the vendorsi\vhetherorjno;the~public is to benefit by this' reductionj'.but it is held to be almost'certain that such will be-the base.'.,■■■'■'■'"";'."''.•',■,; -.;/""'/ \V^\'^'-^-^';\': ■ .-/MUNICIPAi 1:^^; ";■ Inquiries have been made, to: The PojStf'f as" to -!when the ■'■■■ municipal ;,; distribution : ;,' scheme is to come: into operation;: vTha;; date has hot yet been announced, but The Post learns that it will.be definitely <le;. cided upon at""a:.special.,ineeting- I t6^ba . ; held to-night.: ■■; /;;: /■ :'■ -^-''f ;;-:•■-. •;. y' \'.

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