SUNDAY SLAUGHTERING.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 989, 2 December 1910, Page 5

SUNDAY SLAUGHTERING.

. ■ TO BE PERMITTED. : The representations of a deputation of i master bntchers.w'ho had asked that Sun- ■ : day killing of stock should be permitted •'."at.the municipal abattoir?, were brought i :under the notice ;of th© City Council last - : evening by its abattoirs committee.. The .-'■•. committee recommended tliat Sunday kill- ' :ing be allowed enbjoct to* the immediate :■, Monioyal of offal"from the abattoirs. It ;■' was suggested that tho arrangements .•■"-'•■■should stand good during the summer : months from November 1 to March 31. ; "Of coarse what this will end in rs .cool storage chambers," remarked the Mayor. ■■ :'; Councillor Shirtcliffe moved that till- ' ing on Sunday should bo substituted for killing on Saturday with the proviso that '"'■no. meat'should-be removed from the abattoirs on Sunday. Councillor Luke suggested that the committee might bo'requested-to bring down at the next mooting of the council a ro':port, on the cost of installing cold .stor : : age at tho abattoirs. , .'■. Councillor Shirtcliffo said that if they had 'Wiling on Saturday as well as on . Snnday the rcsnlt would be endless confusion. Reftrring to a question asked by Councillor MTLarcn as to the effect of the 'now departure in the wage* of employees ,' the committee might safely be left to suggest an equitable. ; arranjoment. As to . ' / Councillor Luke's sujrmstion the speaker ■opined that the abattoir site was.not the 'place for a cold store. Tho question of municipal cold storage would soon, however, have to be considered in Wellington. , ■•';Accommodation was needed not only ly : ■':■ butchers, but by fishmongers and others. ." . Jt might be possible to arrange a cold store in conjunction with the milk station ' :lf they had it." ■■ - ;■■■:' : The motion aa proposed .was approved.