BY-THE-WAY TALK.

Otaki Mail, 1 August 1923, Page 3

BY-THE-WAY TALK.

To the lad i tor. Sir, —Issues important to local dairyiucn arc pending, and they art* asking .iuwresting questions of each other. “Aie'nt you going to milk next winl*:i' /’ said one. **l dunno, i havhu pur mv bull out, and he’s *No C, * — vor *s it going to be.'” The iirst replied,—‘‘Not settled yet; L suppose v.e’ll hear something at the meet ing;r j he oracle who said that the farmers tuund here would have to accept the City's terms or starve may get a rude shock when he hears something, and the kids cry for milk, and there is none forthcoming, ” “ Giddap Punch. * 3 3r- is understood that a meeting is to he held to-morrow, and it is suggested that proprietary factories may shortly increase their stall'. as they are too considerate to see farmers starve under a monopoly, it is said that the City aims to make a price to local suppliers, as it ha* done to its own consumers, thereby assuring its own “Middle-? 1 men's” profit upon a scale to compen- * sate for their losses and mistakes, and 1 also provide for an up-to-date and central xuilk station, owned and run by the Citv, but reallv to be paid for by ‘'. * j Hit* farmer. Will he be a “mug or starve, or will the two go together?— . 4 v ; \ourj? etc., WILL Oil TWIGS. 1 l!