MILKMEN FINED

Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 July 1938, Page 8

MILKMEN FINED

SUPPLY FOR DISTRIBUTION IN SCHOOLS SAMPLES DESCRIBED AS BAD (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Two dairymen who supplied milk distributed in schools were fined £4 and £3 respectively in the Magistrate’s Court today, when they were charged with selling milk which did not conform to the required standards. Mr F. F. Reid, S.M.. presided, and MiT. Pargeter, of the Health Department, prosecuted. The milkmen were Michael Dermod Baker and John Bell, of Chaney’s. Both men pleaded guilty. Baker was fined £4 and Bell, who appeared on three charges, was fined £3 and costs on the first, charge, and costs only on the remaining two. The three samples were all taken from Bell's milk on the day. “It seems a pity we cannot have wholesome milk to start with,” said Mr Pargeter, when prosecuting Bell. The three samples taken from Bell’s milk were very bad ones. The position was most unsatisfactory, as the milk was consumed by school children, concluded Mr Pargeter., Bell said he could not understand it at all, as he did everything possible to ensure a satisfactory supply.