MUNICIPAL MILK SCHEME.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17212, 14 July 1919, Page 4

MUNICIPAL MILK SCHEME.

• ■ —«■ TROUBLES OF WELLINGTON. [by telegraph.-- correspokbent.] WELLINGTON. Saturday. The inauguration of the block system of milk delivery under' the City Council's scheme was discussed at, last night's meeting of the council. Ad bcLr-ation n-as given that stringent measures were to bo taken against Tenders who may endeavour to prejudice the echeme. Mr. C. B. Norwood, chairman of the Milk Committee, said that some of the vendors apparent lv were determined to make the scheme a failure. Some had gone to customers whom they were losing under the new scheme and had asked that when the new conditions had failed thev should .bo allowed to supply them again. A number of residents, too, had been treated mr*t discourteously and had been told that unless they left milk vessels in front of their premises no mills would be le't The Mayor: We had no milk for three days on that account. Mr. Norwood explained that the comm.ttee was collecting information in regard to the matter and would see that ve/idons who continued such practices wouid not be licensed in the future ' The committee was determined to rid the scheme of th, class of vendor. council /h'nnU Chapman urged that the Km it flake every effort to increase tfcf « . SUPPI :'\- S * pointed to the tact S«n I qUa l tl 16S ° f bDtter - <*«» ™* glaxo were being exported from the ° x U "7;, an f,fd that/if necesaan t I! nKS ° uld h ,m W *° that more miifc might be available for local consumption. ,n,,M » A.Wright said the council Th^trif a eb,ame l f ° The trouble was that the farmers could taking th ple arduous work of providing ? Ukmg the arduous work of providing a winter supply. The committee however *» offering special inducements to farKu 1 1 6 a Wlnt " r su PP !y . bur the would 7 U!d "1* be L at Ant. Theo would.always be , difficulty in securing a full winter supply whUc far ;J secure such high prices on summer produc Mr. J. Hutchison said the time must cZcif hen Hospital .3 council would have to have their own Mr Norwood said that had (V, ulinri no entered the milk business the supplj would hilVe . been . «eh less. The com ?2^ WM J ni ? rt, f , H n « 8 P«»P«al to bu« farm, J nd already had on * farm of 1006 K.""St consideration. This was; value? 5 ™ ia G< T Dmen * at £75 '°°°> *Ithou ß J would only sustain 400 cows in constat