INSPECTION OF MILKCARTS, ETC.

Otago Witness, Issue 2318, 4 August 1898, Page 15

INSPECTION OF MILKCARTS, ETC.

Ai last week's meeting of the City Council, The Secretary of the Dunedin and Suburban Dairymen's Association wrote stating that some milkmen were in the habit of carting iv their milkcarts from the city refuse from hotels and restaurants. It wag represented that there was not the slightest doubt but that this was a matter which the inspector should use great vigilance to put a slop to, and the executive of the association were of opinion tha f . i[ there wps no by-lav/ to stop such procedure o-ic should be fiained at once. The Mayor, said the question of dairy inspection was engaging attention just now, but tho corporation war, soinewhal short-handed, and Mr Snowball was quite unable to go aw.iv from his immediate duties. He \vss not sure 'whether the council ought imt to have tho services for a time of an extra inspector. The inspection of dairies was a veiy important , matter, aud involved visiting a gieat many place? round" the city. He had had his atlen- ' tion strongly drawn to this matter, and he was anxious to have something done at tho earliest moment. Cr Swan moved that the" letter be referred to the Genera] Committee. Cr Carroll suggested that the mayor might be empowered to ?ct. He thought the maUsr required attention immediately, and that if Mr Snowball could overtake it he should make an inspection, or else that some other competent person should be engaged for the purpose. Cr Park asked if Mr Snowball could at Uie present time overtake his duties at the abattoir without assistance. From what the speaker couM scp of the business that was being done 'there, he thought that was absolutely irnpossibif. Tlie Mayor • Ho has an assistant. Cr Pvrk did not think that, even with the assistant, Mr Snowball could overtake the work. He thought the time had arrived when the Council chouM give the inspector a permanent extra assistant to enable him to got away from the abattoir and. inspect other places. Cr Uaynes di'l nob agree with. Cr Park that it was necessary io point an additional permanent inspector. Tlii', however, opened up a big questiou. During the past three or four years the City Council had spent a considerable sum of money in connection with the inspecting of all the dairies that supplied Dunedin and subinbs. lfe s-,l;ed was it fair that the Council shou'J be put. to Ihc whole ot this expense seeing that tho suburban borough* were equally interc-fcod with tie cuy in that important, question. He v.-,'.". aalictlo'l th,it Mr Snowball hpcl no time to attend to i.hi.3 work, and all that it was necp&fi uy to do wos to appoint a competent person to go lound tlie dairies and report as had been done pie\jously. Mr Cameron (the former inspector) and Mr Snowball had been round all tho iHiies and inspect ?d them, and the f-poiker could not see the urgent necessity for inspection, as quite recently Mi Snowball went round the ctaines at considerable espeiifcc and fUrni'.hecl reports upon them." The Mayor expressed his satisfaction that the leyiiest for inspection had come in this ca&o from the Dairymen's Association. He would strongly object to Mr Sr.owball being intorfercd with at all, for that officer had plenty to do at the abattoir, and he (the mayor) agreed that t;he Couiicil would probably have to i;ive him further assistance. Not only v.'oukt it be bad economy to take Air Snovb.it l f,way from thp abattoir, but no person who had been, appointed there could do what Mr Snowball did exceedingly well. . Mr Snowball did Ins duty very thoroughly, and in a way which few people could have done it. On the receipt of Ihh letter from the Dairymen's Association the spoukor had thought that the matter should be attendee! to at. once, as he had looked at it as somewhat urgent. lie believe.! that the inspection oi dairies was absolutely necessary. The l,cttor vas rei erred to the General Committee to act.