THE MILK SUPPLY.
The AsMmrton Borough Council bin decided that in future all milk sold within the borough shall bo tested at least once a .month by a duly qualified person; that the result c) tho monthly test ho plac.d before tlio Council; and tnat the names of any vendor# wlios.* iuil»» does not reach the Government standard by made public. The southern municipality has thus shown a lively interest in th© health of its citizens. Wlvetber the newspapers wj',l tak" the risk of publishing the names of vendors who .may be reported upon as supplying .milk of inferior qual.tj. remains to be i«en. The fact that the Council has taken steps to t.is the milf, should, m itself, act as a sufficient- warning. The Ashlnulo'i Council has also resolved to ask th ' member for the district to urge upf»n | the Government tire (necessity fmproviding that \>he Full control of th" local milk yupply shall be placed ni I th.' hands of municipal bodies. Tly matter is one of very great pub.y I eoHcern, and will probably be discusi sed freely throughout the Dominion
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 8 May 1913, Page 4
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184THE MILK SUPPLY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 8 May 1913, Page 4
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