The most burning question this year is a milky one. With every effort on the part of the Council and Manager only a certain quantity of milk can be provided, and there is not enough to allow everybody to have all they can possibly want. Efforts have been made to provide milk for everybody, and everyone has some, but the supply is far from sufficient. Tu order to do the best for each and all, the Council entered into written contracts with the milkman to take over all their milk, test it, and distribute it among the householders. 'The idea, too, was' to prevent some people from "grabbing." Last year the highest supply was 125 bottles or thereabouts and that only for a day or two. This year fixed orders for four months sere obtained from a number of people and more cows were then provided. The fixed orders ensured a certain demand and a certain supply. In addition to the milk thus required, the Council have been able to procure for general distribution over and veyoud the fixed orders more milk than was available for all comers last year. Unfortunately there have been two or three parties who have determined not to back up the Council and have opposed the arrangement made in the public interests, and are getting from the milkman in spite of their contracts, It is stated in some instances as many as ten bottles a day are going to a single family, while others are unable to get more than one bottle and sometimes even Jess, It has. also been stated that, when allempts were made to bring some of these patties into line, the foreigners went down under cover of darkness and made the milkman milk their cows for them. Ina settlement like Kuling unless all work together for the common good, there are certain to be unpleasantnesses like the above. ornately almost the whole community is of n different disposition to the above and is acting together in the interests of all. This one article of the foreigner's daily consumption seems a small matter, but it causes a lot of worry. Doubtless our Councillors in this and fature years will be able to devise means to overcome even this obstacle.
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