MUNICIPAL MILK SUPPLY MUST COME, SAYS THE MAYOR.
ONLY REMEDY FOR PRESENT CONDITIONS. The Mayor is now convinced that a municipal milk supply is necessary for th® city. “These reports on the milk supply of the city have altered my attitude towards the question of a municipal milk supply'-,” said the Mayor (the Rev J. K. Archer) in the course of the discussion on the milk supply at last night's meeting of the City Council. “Theoretically.” the Mayor added, “I have always been in favour of a municipal supply, but I have not been keen because I realise that it is a tremendous task. If we could get a satisfactory supply without establishing a municipal supply I would be in favour
of other methods. However, after a very careful study of the reports, I have come to the absolute decision that there is only one remedy and that is the establishment of a municipal supP’y. There is no use tinkering with the issue. The council may as well face it now. There is only one satisfactory feature of the reports and that is that the butter fat content of the milk is generally high.”
The Mayor added that he wished to congratulate the local suppliers on this fact, but one well known supplier had informed him that the tests were made at a time when the butter fat content in milk was at its highest. Mr Norwood, the ex-Mayor of Wellington, had informed him recently that there were not 5 per cent of the people of Wellington who would vote for a return to the old order of things. Mr Norwood had also stated that he believed that in twelve months’ time the whole of the city of Wellington would be supplied from the municipal depot. Mr Archer said he was convinced that the municipal supply would be the best thing for the consumers and the producers. The producers would bring their milk to the depot and would not have the trouble of distributing it. They would be paid regularly and would have more time to devote to their farms.
“I hope,” the Mayor concluded amidst laughter, “that the Labour Council is going to take the bull by the horns. That, you will understand, is a figure of speech. I hope the council will face the issue and settle it in the only way practicable.” Several other members of the council spoke in favour of a municipal supply-
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18187, 21 June 1927, Page 13
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408MUNICIPAL MILK SUPPLY MUST COME, SAYS THE MAYOR. Star (Christchurch), Issue 18187, 21 June 1927, Page 13
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