FINED £30

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 24, 16 November 1943, Page 5

FINED £30

PIGS, RATS AND SLUSH

now ax c; -do wx works

Pigs, rats and .slush, commented Mr AV r . H. iTcemnii, S.M., in the Paeroa Court on Monday in imposing fines totaling with costs £6 6s upon Mate Matos,. the proprietor of. a boiling-down works and piggery on the Paeroa-Waihi Main Highway near Wailii. Four charges were brought to the court by the Health inspector regarding the owner's failure to keep the premises in a satisfactory condition ami. for not licens-.

ing same. • \ I On the charge of carrying on an offensive trade namely offal treating, bone boiling and storage of hides in unregistered premises,, Ma~ tos was lined £15,, costs 10s, solicit tor's fee £1 lis 6d. On the charge of creating and permitting to continue a nuisance to wij: carrying on the trade of pig raising and, boiling down works in such a manner as to be unnecessarily offensive, Matos was lined a 'further £15, cost.si Ids; solicitor's fee £1 lis 6'd. On a charge of creating and permitting to continue a nuisance, to wit having liis premises in such a state as to harbour rats and other Matos was convicted and ordered to pay •costs 10s, solicitor's fee £1 lis 6d-. On a charge of creating and permitting to continue a nuisance:, to, wit a drain and cesspool in such a state as to be : offensive and dangerous to health, Matos was convicted and ordered to pay costs 10s^ ; solicit tor's fee £1 lis (kl.. Situated Near Waihi Mr 11. S. Garden who prosecuted for the Ohinemuri County Council, stated that the boiling down works situated near Waihi were used for the raising of pigs for human consumption, bone and hide gathering. The offal from the Waihi abattoir was collected, boiled down and used for feeding the pigs. The.bones'were stacked near the boiling down workswhile nearby was the pig yards which w T ere in a particularly dirtycondition. The pigs were, not fenced off and had free access all round; the building. The conditions were altogether very offensive and had been, so for many months., Matos had promised, to put things in order but nothing had been dorje to date. Quoting from the Health Inspector's report Mr Garden emphasised the nuisance caused by the which were breeding about the. place without any effort to exterminate them. The pigs wefe living in a particularly filthy state while the blood, etc.. from the hides ~ was merely drained from the shed on to the? ground, making a breeding ground for flies as well as being very offensive. The cesspool Avas particularly unpleasant. Carried on Without Licence • Matos, said Mr Carden, had been notified that lie must stop operations until improvements were carried out but had ignored the in|s,mictions and continued operations as usual without a licence. Mr T. W. Adams, Health Inspector of Thames, continued the statements made by Mr Carden. The Magistrate said such a state of affairs could not be allowed to continue as it was not in the interests' of the health of the general public. Hats in such numbers were definitely dangerous, being carriers of disease. When conditions were as described at the works, rats would . always be there. Heavy penalties were provided for in such cases because of the seriousness of the offence, added the Magistrate imposing the above fines., Hauraki Plains Gazette. ; ivifrsgi-an