LICENSE TO STORE MEAT

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5177, 12 September 1927, Page 2

LICENSE TO STORE MEAT

COMPLIANCE WITH BY-LAWS.

BOROUGH COUNCIL DISCUSSION.

At Thursday night’s meeting of the Paeroa Borough Council consideration of the issue of a license to J. Bertelsen to store and retail meat was again introduced by a letter received the sanitary inspector, Mr G. C. White, who stated that he could not recommend the granting of the license. The inspector drew attention to the fact that owing to a clause in the bylaws relating to the subject he was not in a position to recommend the council to issue the license. The meeting was reminded by Cr. E. A. Porritt that the matter had been considered previously. In the meantime Mr Bertel s bn had gone to considerable expense in effecting improvements, and he (the speaker) would like to know if the license was refused because the building did not comply ■with the regulations, or just what was the position. It was worthy of note that the applicant was already occupying the premises*, and in fairness, to him Cr. Porritt thought the matter should be again referred to the inspector, and it be pointed out that the premises had beten used as, a. shop prior to the gazetting of the

Cr. F. E. Flatt agreed, and said he did not like tlie idea of blocking a. ratepayer from earning a living. He was glad Cr. Porritt had taken a stand in the matter.

It was) pointed out by Cr. J. Pinder that the sanitary inspectors were not unanimous, in their rulings, and he thought it very unfair to Mr Bertelsen. It appeared that now Mr B. Franklin was senior inspector at Auckland he could dictate as he liked. In answer to Cr. Pinder the,town clerk said that so far as he knew Inspector Franklin had nothing to do with the recommendations) of the Thames inspector. i As chairman of the Health Committee Cr. H. J. Hare said that he considered the council should be guided by the inspector’s recommendations, and he failed to see how the council could dispute the regulations. In the opinion of Cr. J. W- Silcock the conditions obtaining at Mr Bertelsen’s shop were no worse than those at other places. He considered the premises referred to> were quite sanitary, and that Mr Bertels,en was not receiving a fair run. Cr. Flatt remarked that if he remembered rightly, Inspector Franklin :had stated pieviously that Bertelsen’s premises were quite up-to-date.

Cr. Porritt then moved tlia| in view of the fact that Mr Be-rtelsen had occupied the shop prior to the gazetting of the regulations on September 1, 1924, the matter be referred back to the inspector for a further report as to whether it was now necessary to. comply with the latent regulations. Seconded by Cr. Fiatt and carried.