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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 10139, 27 August 1904, Page 4

"People will go to a horse race," he J said, "and se-e a horse flogged and tpurred . unmercifully until its flanks are covered * with blood; and yet they will chip their , luinds, because they have won half a crown. And yet they hold up their luuids and cry 'Brutal!' if they we an athlete m the pink of condition: receive a boxing contest blow that causes his nose to . bleed. — Hon. J. Kigg. At a complimentary banquet at A\bury (Otugo) last week Mr Bailey, one of the speakers, made a quaint suggestion regarding the population question. The State considers tliat every man is worth £300 to the country. If, said Mr Bailey, the Advances to Settlers Office wouldl make advances on that basis it would bo a great inducement to close settlement and the rearing of large families, and the problem of decrease of population would bo completely solved. The Wellington Trades and Labor Council tiro wroth with the Premier because at Easter time he failed to reply to four letters asking him to meet a deputation of Trades Council delegates. The Council at its latest meeting passed' a lengthy resolution m which regret was • expressed that the Premier could not see. his way tv meet the- Labor deputation, j The resolution also contained a surmise I that the Premier's silence was due to the fact that the Easter conference had decided upon the organisation of an independent Labor party. t The first exhaustive trial of the new ( Petono waterworks was held on Saturday j last m the- presence of a large- ass-em- ' blage, including'Mr S. Jickell, the con-, structing engineer, but at present borough engineer, at Palmviston North. The Iviul was held fur the purpow? of inducing the Underwriters' Association to reduce insurance premiums m the town, ami it was m every May successful, water being carried to a height of 70ft or 80ft. despite a strong wind. Mr Jickell was congratulakxl' on the result, and subsequently, m replying to the representative of t'lic Underwriters' Association, Mr Jickell said the sclu-me was capable of great expansion. At present theiv was a storage capacity of 8.CC0,000 gallons, and 2,000,---000 gallons will discharge daily. A good deal lihs been raid and written about milk of .lato without a single word or suggestion being mado as to wliat ts to be. done' to one of the* principal offenders—the dirty milk pedlar of the cities. Walking down the streets of the Empire City on a. recent Sunday morning passersby "were struck by the sight of filthy milk wins that were, so obviously unfit for tlio lisa to which, they wero put that the most callous could haidly refrain from expressions of horror and disgust. Thecans referred to were m a main street of Wellington, city, a few eliains from the. Premier's residence, and it was nobody's business to interfere. Had the sight been witnessed m an American city, a few blows of an axe would liave prevented tliese- .filthy disease spreaders from doing further injury ; but here tliey may be allowed to go on carrying disease and death to score- of children for many years lo coma. The health officers tv{ Sydney and Melbourne say that one infant out of every seven "carried to the cemeteries of those cities are sent there by the filthy milk on which they. had been fed. How much of the infant, mortality of New Zealand cities is due to the same cause is a matter for the Health Department to decitk*. The sooner they decide it the better.— Dairyman.