CITY MILK

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 95, 16 January 1919, Page 4

CITY MILK

COUNCIL TAKES OVER ON MONDAY. Some weeks ago the , members of the Dairy Fanners' Association supplying milk to the city of Wellington advised the vendors wuoni they supply that they would not send any- inpre milk after January 14 to tho vendors, but that on January 15 they would send it to the counoil. They .were prevailed upon at the last moment; to go "on suppfyiug the vendors, and yesterday they did so ae usual. On Monday they will begin to supply to the City Council, and all the milk coming into the city will go through Hhe station in Dixon Street. The council from that date "'ill Become the sole purchasers of milk from the farmers,' and the council will sell the milk wholesale' to the present vendors, according to their requirements. The whole of the new scheme cannot be introduced for somo time. It will not be possible to introduce the block syfetom and the.use of the coupons for payment for the milk until tho milk vendors have complied with the request of the Milk Committee and formed themselves Into . a compnnjv Until that is done consumers of milk will go on paying vendors \for their daily milk as tlioy do at present. Tho milk station is not yet quite ready for use, It is being used at present for the treatment of the milk coming in for (ho City Milk Supply, Ltd., which had the premises and plant More , tile counoil took thorn over. It is hoped that the plant will be in condition to -.leal with all the milk on Monday,

There is some little doubt about, transport of the milk ini-o the city. The Msulvay Donartmeiu will bring the milk Uifci the city while it is possible to run the trains, but it may , not'always he. possible to run suitable trains, «m<i arrangements are being made to quantities of it into Uw eity by motor-wagons.