MILK BELOW STANDARD

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23083, 7 July 1938, Page 19

MILK BELOW STANDARD

SUPPLIES FOR SCHOOLS TWO DAIRYMEN FINED L "V telegraph:—PßESS associytion] CHEISTCHURCH, Wednesday Two dairymen who supplied milk distributed in the schools were fined £4 and £3 respectively in the Maistrate's Court to-day, when they were charged with selling milk which did not conform to the required standards. Mr. F. F. Ileid, S.M., presided, and Mr. T. Pargeter, of the Health Department. prosecuted. The milkmen were Michael Dermod Baker and John Bell, of Chaney's. Both men pleaded guilty. Baker was fined £4, and Bell, who appeared on three charges, was fined £3 and costs on the first charge and costs only on the remaining two charges. The three samples were all taken from Bell's milk on the one day.

"It seems a pity that we cannot have wholesome milk to start with," said Mr. Pargeter, when prosecuting Bell. The three samples taken from Bell's milk were very bad ones. The position was most unsatisfactory, as the milk was consumed by schoolchildren, concluded Mr. Pargeter. Bell said he could not understand it at all, as he did everything; possible to ensure a satisfactory supply.