POLITICAL NOTES.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 11977, 21 September 1906, Page 7

POLITICAL NOTES.

(From Our Parliamentary Special). (By Telegraph). INSPECTION OF FOOD.

The member for Masterton wants to know whether the Government, in view of the serious danger menacing the public health, and the mortality arising from preventable diseases, much of which is attributed to the consumption of flesh, fish, and milk in an unwholesome condition, and seeing that evidence was gived before a Parliamentary Committee, last year, proving that in- an important and largely populated city lils» Wellington nothing has been done to ensure that the animal products vended to the public shall be sound or free from, disease, intends without further delay to take steps to prohibit the sale of these articles unless they have been duly inspected by a qualified officer.

THE CUSTOMS TARIFF.

WELLINGTON, September 200. Replying to a deputation from the West Coast of the South Island, the Premier said there was no time this session to discuss the Customs tariff. He admitted the anomalies in the tariff, and sympathised with the desire for their removal, but in making reductions they must be made in such a way that retailers could reduce their prices accordingly, and thus give the consumers the benefit of the reductions. It would be necessary for the Minister of Customs to make himself familiar With the conditions of the numerous indutries in the colony which were asking for consideration.