REVELATIONS FROM THE MILKHOUSE.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 341, 25 March 1874, Page 3

REVELATIONS FROM THE MILKHOUSE.

In a case of alleged adulteration of milk, tried at Green ock, Margaret Wilson, farm servant, gave tbe following evidence : — I left on ths 15th of May last. I was principally in the dairy. 1 here was another girl with me. Water was always put into the milk. It was the reg'kr lule o' the house tae pit water in. (Laughter.) I took in six pints of water mysel', and so did Bella Law. More than that, the mistress took off the cream and put water in before sending the milk to Greenock. As many as twenty-three barrels were sent to Greenock every morning They put water in all the milk I said to them it was a sht»me to do it, and Fleming replied that he would be d before he would send milk to Greenock without water. (Sensation. ) Cross-examined — I was engaged as the dairy-maid. The barrels were not cleaned in the byre — they were cleaned in theboiler-house. M r Auld — Did you put water in? Witness (emphatically) —l put water in with my own hands. ( Laughter. ) Mr. Auld — How often ? Witness— Just as often as I was bidden. (Great Laughter.) Mr. Auld — Why did you leave Fleming's service ? Because I was gaein' to be married. (Laughter.)