THE INSPECTOR OF ABATTOIRS AND THE COUNCIL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7824, 18 December 1886, Page 6

THE INSPECTOR OF ABATTOIRS AND THE COUNCIL.

The Inspector of Abattoirs is dissatisfied with the manner in which the Council are dealing - with him and with the abattoir?. His last report was printed amongst the departmental reports with his name attached, but a large portion of it was excised. Mr. Woolfields writes:—"l beg to forward a copy of my annual report to the Mayor and City Council, and to request you to publish it, for the reason that the Council have chosen to print only a portion of what I have written ; in fact, a mere garbled statement. I hold tney had either the right to neglect or print it as a whole, especially as the portion excised has a direct bearing on financial matters, and in these days of ao called city retrenchment ratepayers should not be kept in the dark as to money matters. The following is the portion of the report omitted:—" This want of tcoommodation the butchers felt, both in loss of time and loss in quality of meat, which naturally produced great discontent in the trade ; and as the Council lost so many years before affording them the extra room, the discontent has culminated in their building a co-operative abattoir for themselves, which, when completed, will take at least three-fourths of the trade from the city abattoir. It will then rest with the City Council to decide whether, as it will not pay the current expenses, it will be wise to keep it open. The building, fencing, etc., stand in the Council's books as costing £4628. They have for at least the last eight years paid an annual profit, and might still have continued to do so had the Council followed the advice I gave eight years ago, and have repeatedly offered since ; but I emphatically state that with a certain se2tion of the Council it seemed at any time enough that I should merely point out any course desirable, for the profitable carrying out of the management, to meet with the eternest opposition. The consequence is that a valuable property, costing a large ■ sum of money and returning a good profit on the outlay, will certainly be rendered useless."