THE MILK SUPPLY
IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS POSSIBLE. There arc possibilities of important developments in connection with the Wellington milk supply problem shortly. A statement on this subject wae made yesterday by tho Minister of Public Health (the Hon. G. W. Russell) to a- reporter. "Tho Special Milk Committee of the City Council," ho eaid, "telegraphed to me at Auckland asking mo urgently for aii interview with legard to important proposals that they have to bring before the Government. I have agreed to meet tho committee, and in the meantimo have suggested that they should formulate their proposals in order that I may plaoo them before other Ministers whose Departments may be involved. "I havo been making eomo careful jnquiriea into tho question of pure milk supply, more particularly with referenceto tho special case of Wellington. I havo received reporte from Professor Champtaloup, of tho Otago Medical School, with regard to the clarification of milk. Tho inquiries are not yet complete," for there are etill certain points arising out of tho report which I wish to submit to tho authorities at Duncdin. I may cxplnin that at present there is dual control in regard to tho inspection of milk, Tho Department of Agriculture hae control of the inspection until tho milk loaves tho farm, when it automatically passes under the control of tho Public Health Department. "Tt is felt that Wellington, on account of its isolation from milk-producing districts, stands in an exceptional .position as compared with other towns of the Dominion. The arefl of cow country within easy access of the city ie comparatively email, and consequently the greater part of the supply for the city must be brought from a considerable distance by rail. Under these oircumetances the question must bo dealt with on very broad lines, and I feel sure that Government nnd Parliament will be prepared to lay down tho foundation principle that thoso .who occupy tho dairying land Burrounding the citv of Wellington with ite largo and growing population must recofmiso their responsibility, and that the first claim on all the milk produced on these lands must be for the feeding of the people- in the city. The question is 60 important, especially as it affects the health of the children of the city, that private interests cannot be allowed to stand in the way of a pure and adequate milk supply for the people."
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 273, 7 August 1918, Page 4
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398THE MILK SUPPLY Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 273, 7 August 1918, Page 4
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