DOMINION NEWS

Grey River Argus, 17 May 1943, Page 6

DOMINION NEWS

DUNEDIN MILK SUPPLY

DUNEDIN, May 16. The opinion that the nailk supplied to Dunedin consumers, and the pasteurisation carried out, were het satisfactory, was expressed by Dr. Watt, senior assistant to the Professor of Bacteriology at the University of Otago, when giving evidence before the Cities Milk Commission. At the same time evidence by medical witnesses tended to show that piopei pasteurisation was the safest method of ridding milk of infection. Dr. T. McKibbin, District Healtn Officer, expressed the opinion that milk supplies were generally satisfactory. He understood that the local plant for sterilising bottles was not big enough to cope with the number of_bottles and unless these were properly sterilised the protection of pasteurised milk might be illusory A statement from Professor C. B. Hercus was read, which summed up the tests as showing that the standard of raw milk was generally of poor hygenic quality, and that after pasteurisation it was frequently recontaminated before being received by the consumer.

FATAL FIRE AT NELSON. NELSON, May 15. George James White, an elderly man, restaurant, proprietor, was burnt to death in the kitchen of the Burlington Cafe, Hardy Street, Nelson. at 8.45 this morning., . A large pan of fat, which capsized on the stove, was the cause of 11*lire, which destroyed the kitchen and damaged the upstairs portion of buildings. The burning fat set.fire Ho White’s clothing and the brigade found him dead on the floor of .tn. kitchen the front part of his body being badly burnt. White lived alone on the Premise Si)UNEDlN) M „ y 'Unanimous approval was accorded bv. the Automobile .^ ss t ° b c ’ atl Anneal dt-'o-n Inst evening, to the Appeal Court’ decision that motorists must pivf? wav to traffic from the .J 1 ®"! ffi all circumstances. said the ruling left no ground for excuse m accidents where it was involved lhe hope was expressed n o altera tion in the law would be made nullify the decision.

RIGHT-HAND RULE. DUNEDIN, May 13. “While I appreciate that the recent decision of the Full Court on the right-hand rule clears the an, 1 emphatically disagree that the position has been improved. On the contrary I consider that unless the regulation is amended without a el a Y’ the effect on road traffic can best be described as suicidal.” This opinion was expressed by Mi E H Barnett, Chief Traffic Inspector. who held that the rule should apply only to two vehicles approaching an intersection from different streets. He believed the new rule would impose an unfair burden on the driver proceeding straight ahead in the case of vehicles in the same street approaching an intersection from opposite directions. He would be looking ahead for traffic approaching on his right, and for pedestrians, and at the last moment he might be faced with a vehicle cutting across his bows. The lime appeared to be overdue when .main road traffic should have the right of way.

DOORS TO BE STANDARDISED P.A. WELLINGTON, May 12. Mr. Sullivan states it has been decided, as a war-time measure, with ■the object of conserving timber and increasing production by advoiding waste 8 of time and labour, to standardise the manufacture of doors. The decision is embodied in a' specification prepared by the Standards Institute, after consultation with interested bodies. The decision to introduce this specifiction was made on the advice of the expert committee' convened by the Commissioner of Defence Construction.

The Minister said the specilication provided for the manufacture of seven types of doors, and for the use of kiln dried timber, unless approval to the contrary were obtained from the Building Controller, The specification conforms in the main to the war emergency British specification, which is universally adopted by Government Departments in Britain.