MILK FOR A CITY

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 112, 14 May 1927, Page 10

MILK FOR A CITY

PLAIN SPEAKING

MAYOR AND VENDORS MEET

WELLINGTON'S SYSTEM

COMMENDED

(By Telegraph.) (Special to "Tile Evening Post.") :;; ' CHRISTCHTJRCH, This Day. ;■.. "If you are prepared to put on the war paint, well, I am with you," said the Mayor, the Rev. J. K. Archer, in an ad.;..dress,to the milk vendors yesterday -"afternoon. V "Unless we get a better '-'supply of milk," he told them, "I am -■gping ii for the Wellington system." : In. opening the meeting, the Mayor said; that he was present in a perfectly .friendly. capacity. There was no: ill-feeling on the' part of the city councillors towards the milk vendors. •At' the .same time, as they were the trus'vtees for" the people they felt they must '■■ have a satisfactory supply. The first 'test was that there should be a pro-! %'per amount of butter-fat. The Govern- ' ment'standard was 3.25 per cent., and that was a very low. standard. The . second thing was the freshness of milk. He did not think that the evening's milk, and next morning's milk -should be mixed together. 1 Voices: "It is not." "It is never done."..:: "It would not keep." ■ Mr. Archer: "I can assure you it is :done. I know one man who did it. He •had been: twenty-three years in the

and he said that he did not '"know that it should not be done." .7 T A voice: "It would make his milk go sour;'' ; : . '-. /. ' •"'■ : -.■ Mr.7 Archer: "At i .o'clock one morning I visited a farm and I saw it . dpne.. X.am not making any charges 'as- to f the extent to which it is done, ■but.l know from my own observation that it is done. • A voice: "He should be sent to Papartfa." During the discussion the Mayor was .'asked to explain the statement that the report of the Milk Supply "'; Committee of the City Council was '"'published it would shock Christchurch, and,; also'the statement that the Wel.lingtoii supply was 30 per cent, better thaii .that of Christchurch. .--:.'' .'.:"I fid not' come here," said Mr. Archer, "to discuss the relative merits of*. Wellington and Christchurch, but ■unless, we get a better supply I am going- in for the Wellington system. :■ ■ (Some cries o£:"hear, hear" and "that • iswhat we want," amid cries of dissent.) ■ "v" "If you are prepared to put on the ■war, paint, 'well, I am with you," said :;theMayor. "I came hero in a spirit ■ of/friendliness. In my opinion, taking ~'it all in all, the.Wellington milk supply \.!.U 30 per cent, better than the .Christ- .... church supply."'

. There was further dissent at this. The Mayor said that in his opinion : when the reports came out Christchureh would be shocked. He quoted the re-"■port-from the inspector regarding the •sediment inmilk. The Wellington sup-'----'ply-was 50 :pe'r cent, better, in so far as it was guaranteed. :_ After a good deal of further discussion it was decided that a committee 'beset up to go into the question. The . .committee ~ comprises three representa- . tives of the vendors, three of the producers, three of the City Council, one .of,the Health Department, and one of ..the Agricultural Department.