THE MILK SCHEME
A BEGINNING TO-DAY
COUNCILLOR NORWOOD EXPLAINS —r- --position v '
!•!'!:•-•-; .The.-.new milk scheme: for tho supply i.?:of'the > 'p'eoplb"bf Wellington will come "into partial operation to-day. On and .'after this date" it-will be unlawful for • any, person unless licensed for this piir- ; pose by the City Council to have milk ; in his possession for'sale, or to deliver .Vniilk within the city. The.city will be:'.:Oomo from this date .the only wholesale of milk from the farmers in ■V the;eountry. '"When the scheme is fully , tiie'bouncil'will also be the - only retail seller of milk, and tho peo- :". pie. who are now 'Vendors will bo em- ■ ployed bytho council for distribution r -only, bub for the present the, council, -through the Special i\iilk : .Committee, : - will' merely saJio the milk to. tho ven- ■■, "dors, : and they''in turn wiil deliver it to -.their customers, bo that to-day and ion '.following uays users of jnilK will v-simpTy get tiicir supplies ;ss usual from ■■■'their 'own milkman,'and-will-be rosponfor. payment, One essen- '' 'tiafpart of the new scheme 13 the division, of ,'the : city, into biocks, and tho ''allocation of .certain areas to'individual :; vendors.' The object of .this is to avoid ''■''waste of''time W effort in the delivery .'< ■of- 'milk, such as now exists tu many ' ; 'parts' of'the town where two or more .''■. milkmen como to the same street. Iho -v allocation of; the blocks has proved to. J^ he ho", easy matter, but it js.i.ow rc-that-the difficulties arc. being ■'overcome. •'"• •-.■'■■■- _ > ■■ ■ . -• The milk station, into r which all milt Scorning intolthe city will go for treat- ;-- ment, is now almost ready for the work '•'/it'.will have to do, but owing to labour ';'•• scarcity something yet remains to be.. K done to make the refitting of thp building "complete. It., is hoped that, the ; 'milk will be sent out from the place "■•'in better condition, and that in con:i: sequence it will reach the customers in ;/better condition than has been the rule Sin-past months. Experience will.show fe;whether the hope is justified. It is no '•■■■easy : task- that is "being taken over I : 'by the council, and it may. be that some amendments 'will have to he made in A the' 02-iginal plan. The milk can be ■":'handled'at the station well enoiighj the "'Teal question is whether it can ■Dβ ■'handled with sufficient dispatch. Delay >* : iii the'distribution of mils is bad, for .^Vfhe-product'is highly perishable, and vv.also'it is:required by the..customers .■.'ras early in the day as possible. '&' 'Speaking to a Dominion reportor last § night, Councillor Norwood, chairman of iho Milk Committee,-said the public should understand that although the : ne-w regulations operated as from tor : : day, %the'milk that would be delivered : : .'. , "to'--tho consumers this morning would ■':. iiot ;have passed through - the , clearing : : etatiqn.' 'The vendors, in . arranging ■■ their supplies for Saturday and Sunday, v:'had made their usual arrangements for. ■ Monday morning's delivery. But the liv milk that would be-delivered to the v -consumers on Tuesday morning would
'•'■liaVe'passed through tlie station.; V-. ""The'station is not complete in nil -.in .consequence' of- labour , difficulties, caused chiefly by the epi- '- demic, but all the important .machinery p-.ihas.been installed," said C6uncillor jHKqrvtpod.V ''Tho station, will be able f Ito. treat the 'milk from Monday nidit n onwards.' The smooth running- .of th< during the first day or two wil |: :(depeu<l : largely- upon the .co-operation o
the vendors with tlie council's staff
"Oiie'effect'bf: the change that is about
i ■■"■to: take place is that after L to-raorruw [: ;. eacli'.eyeniiig's tnillcwill be delivered to ':.Uhe-'consiiiners tho folmorning. ': Tliip': doiiVer.v will ■ ■" ,takG'place, r m6reover;:.after-.the milk lias i,Bbeen-carofully .treated, to ensure its ■;;puritv and cleanliness A <Iny will In , ;iJßayed"'in''comparison with thp present : ;: , arrangements. Tliere is a-cnrtiiin v T °- of objectionable instfor prosorit ;! ;: in all milk as. recpiyctl frnin tV dairies _ : vThe removal of this is desirable, and
; l^special' 'machinery • for the purpose is '•'expected: .to-xeacli ■'Wellington by tbo ■'■■ rext',b(>at;;and will to installed inrmeH:.arrives." : , _■ if- Norwood mentioned tnat 'HrarrahKcmeiitg wero-,beinn; mado.to.en1' jiblevnroditcers' lvliosc > farms nere in
: Wio.iWelliupton suburban districts to direct to tlin■ con-. W*i n ? ' ! , f . J'l-r , '"' , %■ csntralstation.' Tho.'lVlillc Committee felt'that tliis plan was safe.in cases : ■where the'farmer could deliver tie milk ■■■to'the - consumer. ...liiimedintcly aticr '■■ milking.-. -He.added that it would be ; . too-much -to expect a very big scheme "ftir" .to everybody. But the council 6 staff iafr tho'hiilk ststJon was doins its part. : ; a'nd tlVe/co-nppfntion of. the. vendors would ensufo'Wellinston. rpceivmsr . ; a satisfactory .supply of milk.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 98, 20 January 1919, Page 6
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730THE MILK SCHEME Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 98, 20 January 1919, Page 6
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