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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 48, 25 February 1910, Page 5

The City Council spent a good deal of time last night talking about washhouses and washing, and incidentally about fires. A few days ago two women were prosecuted for lighting fires in their yards to boil water with which to do their respective weekly washings, and a sensible Bench let them off, although there was no question as to the facts, and did not even tell them not to do it again. The eases of the women referred to were unquestionably hard, and not by any means singular—there are hundreds of similar cases in the city. They live in houses not provided with conveniences for doing their -washing. They can't affoxd better houses, they can't do without washing, and it they insist on the landlord building a ■washhouse, he will insist on raising the rent. There seemed to be no very easy way out of a very bad dilemma, and the Council, after talking a great deal, decided to do nothing about it. The only suggestions thrown out were that the Council ought to be empowered to insist on landlords building washhouses lor their tenants, and another that there should be public washhouses. Cr. Michaels was the author of the latter suggestion. Every little boy should welcome Lord Kitchener by waving the Union Jack. These are obtainable at Grey and Ford's, Newton, mounted on sticks, at 3d, 4d, 6d and Sd each. — (Ad.) 1/11 will buy you 6 yards of doublewidth dress stuff at Grey and Ford's sale this week. — (Ad.)