AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 August 1923, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

.SYDNEY’S MILK SUPPLY

SYDNEY, July IS).

Alderman K. S. Marks, viee-clutir- j man of the Health Committee of tlio j Sydney City Cunlieil. referring tu the ! Sydney Corporation Amendment Bill, . said that lie would submit a number j of new clauses giving the City Conned j power better to protect the health of j the city by ensuring the purity ul its j milk supply.

“At present,” he stated, “the pow-j ers of the City Council over the milk ; supply are limited merely to the jn w- j ers of licensing milk vendors as the • local authority under the Dairies fill- i pci-vision Act. and in so far as two iw- ' spot-tors of the City Council had been' gazetted inspectors under the l'tire 1 j.'ood A< t and have authority to take , and submit samples of tnilk to the - Government analyst, and also to deal j with lapses as to observance il the j regulations with regaid to the cleanii- J ness t-i milk. The City Council has no j pow er of supervision over the source of | supply or the means of transport to j Us boundaries, and except indirectly j S,v virtue of the Lord Mayor being n ' member of the Board ot Health, and ; the city health officer being the advisory Food and Drugs Committee of too Health Department, has no say as to the standard either chemical or bacteriological. or ns to dirt. content, grade, or condition of milk, stub as whether it be pasteurised, sold in close containers, lie certified as from tuberculin tested cows, or as to the different e between the time of milking and the time of delivery and the temperature above which milk may not be sold.” AUSTR AI.IAN AIH KOIKE. ■SYDNEY. July U. On Die resumption of the debate on Die second reading of the Air Defence Bill in the federal House of Represcn--1 ali\ e-. the leader of the Opposition (Mr Charlton) said that although it was expected that, after the war .-nine means would be devised to obviate furDier expenditure on similar ope: altons, that had not been the ease. lie was reluctantly ■ -impelled to admit thai so far as Australia was rnmenfed it wa.s necessary to have some system of defence. and in that .system the air service was destined to play an important pan. He believed that there should hens tar as pcs-ible close co-ordination of the military and civil air sei vices, not overlooking the fact that the special training reunited in the air defence force was neee.-jsai v in the oh il forte. Thenwere only two matters in the Bill cut which ec-oi dimition was suggested. They bad references to camps and selection lit aerodromes. Defence j.o - sound should he ntili-ed in connection with aerial mail services. Some indication of what the cost might be was provided in the report of the committee. in 'illicit it was stated that tip to date £IBO.OOO bad been expended on aerodrome-; at I'oiiit Cook alone, and this was likely to' be increased to £300,000. A--, mi doubt, similar services would be staned elsewhere, a like amuuut. would bo spoilt in all the oilier States, and i robaldy fikMlOtlJJilO would s.-aMI be absorbed.

.1 AI'A.NEBE VIICWSh A'iTRTV.ALI.VN ANI) 5.7.. CABJ.K ASSOCIATION*. SYDNEY. A tig. (•,. Count Yoshii i L'-adct‘ d the Japanese Varliametitary Shirty visiting Australiai scouted the .suggestion that friction was lik; ly between Australia and .lajJ.'iu. They said tbe idea tiiat .L-ipnii’s eyes wero on Australia was all nonsense.

N.S.W. POLITICS. (Received Ibis day at 8 ti.ni.) SYDNEY, Aug. 0. The Country I’url.v members of the Stale Pa ilia mem are eMin.-dng dissatisfaction w ith the I* tiller Government over the handling ul the wheat pools. Tlu-eats have been made that they will force a dissolution if the farmers are not better treated. ,

It AIX AND SNOW. SYDXF.Y. A up. 0. Owing to heavy rains. tin;' I’rospcc reservoir in overflowing its banks ami millions of pillions of wider are running to waste. liear.v lulls of snow are reported in Kntoombn. Orange and oilier (eiures. tin' heaviest for many years. coxoui.fxck. SYDNEY, Aug. 0. At the weleonie to the visiting si ionlisls triiui Japan and Philippines, a resolution was passed expressing the deepest sympathy in the death of Air 1 larding.' Off AI f! OF dOL’HX A EISA!. SYDNEY. Aug. I. At. the aumial meeting of the Tiirtitute of Journalists it: was slated iliiit an anonynioii.s person was prepared to donate £IO,OOO towards a fund of C‘.10.001) necessary to establish a Chair of Journali-m iii Sydney I'uiver si tv. HTiOKFX 111 FT. FI KK. SYD.XKY, Aug. -I. The management of the Central .Mine is driving two tunnels under the crest e.r a hill between the mine and I’dock Ten, to enable water to be poured into the'inine. F.XQITT’Y TO FF HELD. AIFT.FOFFXE. Aug. I. Air Frnre. referring to the Suinatin tenon. promised a thorough eni|tiir.\ would he held regarding the other New Guinea boats before they were allowed to leave.