MILK FOR CITY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 16798, 23 July 1920, Page 3

MILK FOR CITY.

QUESTION OP PRICE. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, July 22. At the Magistrate’s Court a charge had been laid against the Feafherstou Dairy Company of attempting to charge the city an unreasonably high price for milk, viz., Is. 6d. per gallon. Counsel said the city was able to arrange with farmers at a rate which represents Is 5d landed in the city, but the Featherston suppliers demanded Is 6d at the factory, s Thpj council offered Is 3d, but tho suppliers refused, and there had been a serious shortage for some months. "The information had been laid with the consent of ’ the Board of Trade, but the latter' had settled upon Is od. In consequence of next year’s prices being fixed at a higher rate it was felt that no .good would be served by now going on with the proceedings, and he asked to have the information withdrawn. “I do not think this is a case in which I should consent to withdrawal,” said the Magistrate, “for if there was a breach of the law it should be followed up. The fact that the parties have come to an agreement with reference to the prices to be paid for the future supply of milk does not seem to me sufficient reason for my consenting to the -withdrawing of a criminal prosecution, but if you offer no evidence in support of tho charge I shall strike out the case.”

This was done, with costs to the com' pany.