“G.B.S. AND FREE MILK

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 264, 7 November 1936, Page 7

“G.B.S. AND FREE MILK

DISTRIBUTION TO CHILDREN RESULTS IN NEW ZEALAND. [Psr Press Association] WELLINGTON, Nov. 5. The declaration of Mr. George Bernard Shaw that milk should be as readily accessible as water is still remembered by New Zealanders and it may be of interest to learn that "G. 8.5. is still interested in the issue of free milk. Late in August the secretary of the Emith Family wrote Mr. Shaw at the request of the directors of the Family to acquaint him with the progress or the distribution of milk made since his visit to New Zealand. “You will be glad to know that your remarks about the people of New Zealand consuming their own food products has i produced excellent results," the secretary wrote, and went on to detail what had been done by the Smith Family in Wellington, and what was likely to be done in other centres in the future. A postcard has now been received bearing the following cryptic reply: "Splendid, and very kind of you to give me any credit in the matter, but why pasteurise? The blood of a healthy child will kill the T.B. microbe like a thunderbolt. Pasteur

is dead and milk tastes nicer without , him.—G. Bernard Shaw." “Shaw doesn’t know the whole story,” the secretary commented. , “The children are not all healthy un- . fortunately, and there are other germs that may get into the milk.”