CO-OPERATION WITH THE COUNCIL.

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 8, 10 July 1922, Page 7

CO-OPERATION WITH THE COUNCIL.

In spite of the publicity - which tha scheme has received, many householders have not yet grasped the essentials,' and, aa soon as they are working in complete' co-operation with the City Council tilers will be fewer delays and fewer complaints. The : department is doing its : best ; the householder? are" asked to'da; theirs. On this point Councillor Norwood, chairman of the Milk .Committee^ '. stated'fo-day: "In some cases yesterday it was found that receptacles, -were not put out. There was, consequently, nothing to guide the roundsmen as to where the householders had left theii coupons, and through this cause ? considerable number, of householders were left without milk. A still more common difficulty experienced was that many residents had failed to. provide themselves with coifpons, and, instead, had' left the cash for the amount of milk they required with the receptacles! For several) days past the daily papers, and the instruction cards, left with householders,, have made it clear that ho milk woulci be supplied unless in exchange fop coupons. In not leaving milk under these conditions, therefore, the round:?-' men were merely acting under instructions. For several obvious reasons "it "ia, important that roundsmen should not receive cash in payment for milk. . As it i«. the desire of the council tc give the best service to the public, I trustthe consumers will take ur the coupon system-■ in; a sympathetic manner,,,-Their co-opera-tion will mean a great difference, to 'tHa* management and staff in carrying pitfc' the wishes of the council, and as the attending economies must reflect on the price of milk, the advantage is bound to1 come back to the consumer." '■'..

Some of the householders are thoughtlessly placing their paper coupons in-: side the bottles. ■ They are requested not to do this in the future.. . It is suggested that householders who do not see their way to purchase a bottle and coupon holdei, should secure a tobacco tin. This could be tacked to the wall alongside the bottle and should provide a safe depository for the coupon. Councillor Norwood said he and tho members of the Milk Committee, were more, than pleased with the results attained by the Department yesterday and to-day. The department undertook? an enormous task when it set out to change^ the old system of delivery into something quite different, and novel, as far as Wellington was concerned. ">i"ycommittee," he said,," is very grateful indeed to the, management and the staff, many of whom have had very little sleep;- all the department's officers are working enthusiastically and well. The magnitude of the tack before tlien^ cannot, I feel sure, be appreciated hy the average householder. When oria realises that the day's supply', for • the whole of the city had to be prepared, between 8 o'clock and midnight on Saturday, and delivered in small quantities at every house in Wellington by. the following morning, and that many of the roundsmen were strange to-their rounds, it cannot be regarded as any light task. The distributing department .is under tlie able control of Miv G. S. Cole, manager, and Mr. P. Peters, assistant manager, who are deserving of every commendation." .',.,,. ■„.. „...;

The new machinery, described irt * Saturday's Post, is working extremely « well. Yesterday it,'filled 7000 bottles in an hour.