THE BEST PIGS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81892, 22 November 1906, Page 2

THE BEST PIGS.

Mr H. Kins-, of Manjrorci. says:— "I u i<d over two lons of "SUCKO- ' SINK" fo v lopyiiiff off pifis and am ] well satisfied with results. The outer at the Tne,Word Bacon Fac- , tory stated lie considered my pips iimnnjrst the ben ho received."—Full '. pardcluars from J. B; MaoEwan and Co,, New Plymouth

THE PEOPLE'S FOOJ dORE SUPERVISION WAI\ .'ED. The man who tipped the guard a lalf-sovereign in order to has.,n the mival of ihe train at the tcmiinu* Jid not achiuve his end —in t;.e 'an- , guage of ihe diliver he "greased the train at the wrong end." .The local health authorities, otherwise nanwd the Borough Council, are, we think, also paying too much attention to one end of the people's food nana. Let us take meat, for a start. Most elaborate abattoirs highly skilled officials, big- alaried supervision, and specially selected slaughterers, Government inspection, and all the rest of it, provide that only healthy meat shall be delvered to the butchers for local consumption. Beyond keeping a winking eye on the' monthly figurea supplied by the abattoirs manager, tihe guardiians of the public health take no further trouble. Somewhere aboiflf £BOOO was spent 111 providing abattcVs, and about £lO ] a week in wages is contributed b.i the public of New Plymouth for the knowledge that good meat has been killed. Some of the public are coo tent with that, but there are others who are inquisitive enough t 0 ask, Who looks after the meat after it leaves the municipal slaughter house? Nobody seems lo care. It

is naticed, however, that the driven of the carts which convey the meat to the shops sometimes have a change of clothes. People can hi found to swear to that. There are folk, too, who alleged that some ot the coats against which the ilitche* nestle on their trip from the cart at the roadside to the lintcrior of th« shop can stand up by themselves, and that the sun's rays are gloriously reflected by the polish that lias grown with age. In Auckland there is a city by-law to prevent th* hanging of joints outside the shop >yithout being properly covered, and the by-law also decrees that the joints laid out in the unglazed windows Un public inspection must also be pr.> teoted. New Plymouth knows no such law. The butchers are hardly to blame, perhaps, for nowadays few men spend more money than is absolutely necessary. The borough'' antiquated water-cart miserably faili to keep down the dust in our streets, with the result that each successive eddy picks up the filth from the road or gutter and deposits it in dm form, full of bacilli, on the meat How different from the heatproof, dust-proof, briciU. -proof establish ment where the meat is killed. With raw meat, perhaps, there is no verj geat danger, as the cooking procc,<* -hould have the result of destroying many of the geims deposited. Bui with the cooked moats, saveloys, black puddings, German sausages, and the like, the case is different. This food goes straight Jrom th« dusty counter to the table for cossumption. Would it be too much foi the inspector to approach the Botough Council asking for power to ■ deal with this matter. A simple bylaw could ensure the pioper protecs tion of the meat from tue dust of the • street, which, of course, includes all • manner of things that are scarcely 1 wholesome.