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Evening Post, Volume LXIV, Issue 44, 20 August 1902, Page 4

The subject of tho entertaining ol "showmen and other professionals" by the City Council was broached at tho Ratepayers' Association lost ni^'ht. Ko motion -was passed, but members wera generally of opinion that the thing Mas being overdone. A lecture on "Bacterk" was giyen by Dr. Platts-Mills last evening to members of the St. John Ambulance Kurging Guild and others specially invited. Th» guild room was crowded, among tho-a present being Mrs. S. A. Bhodes, tlio President, who is taking a great inleresb in the work. The lecturer classified lh» microbe organisms ttndwr definite headings, giving information concerning certain germs connected with diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever, smallpox, chickenpox, etc. These germs, Dr. Mills said, could be transplanted from the human body to some suitable environment, where they would thrive and .grow jusb as potatoes would grow in a garden. Dr. Platts-Mills will shortly give a series of afternoon lectures on "Home Nursing " to women only, particulars respecting which will be published in dua . course. , At the Magistrate's Court to-day, beore Messrs. T. Dwan, J. Dunn, and J. Danks, Justices, Arthur Qarrett, a returned trooper, admitted a charge ot I having stolen &n overcoat belonging to John M'Naughton, who was also a mem,ber of one of bhe contingents. According to the statement of Inspector Elliso» j accused took the coat from tho Al Hotel jand sold it for £1. The Bench imposed, a fine of £1, in default of payment accused to go to gaol for seven days. Rose Adams and Louie Perm were each fined 20s, in default seven days' imprisonment, lor having made use of obscene language in a publio thoroughfare. Two young men charged with having behaved in, Riddiford-street on the 7th instant in a way to cause a breach of the peace were each fined 5s and 9s, 6d costs. Harry Williams, on a oharge of having committed an indecent act in Little Tara-naki-street, was fined 5* and 9s costs. William H. Burneic, manager of tha Hutt Dairj^Farmers* depot in Molesworth. street, did not appear to answer a charge lof having neglected to lay down a cros* ing to the premises in the manner prescribed by the city bylaws. Mr. Doyle, Chief Inspector for the City Council, said that the defendant had been previously prosecuted for -neglecting to comply with the crossing bylaw. A fine of 10s andjs costa was imposed. Alfred Tattle pleated Guilty to two charges of having done plumbing work in connection with a house in Queen-street when he was not a licensed plumber. The Bench did not impose a fine, but ordered defendant to pay 7s costs in each case. A public meeting wal held at s t;he Con-stable-street Hall, Newtown, last} night under the auspices of* the Town and Country Co-operative Supply Federation (Limited). Mr. V. M. Braund, Organising Secretary, said that it was a singular fact that whenever co-operative distributing stores were proposed a mistaken impression prevailed amongst a certain section of the community that they aimed at the annihilation of the private traders. This was a fallacy. , All co-operators asked was .that their right to combine for their mutual protection and advancement should be recognised, and that they should be regarded as competitors of a fritadly character. There could surely be no legitimate ground ot 1 complaint against a body of consumers combining for the 'purpose of buying goods and retailing them to themselves. Co operators were only striving for tho substitution of collective control in the production and distribution of the necessaries of life, m order that every man * and woman worker might have a chancfe of acquiring their fair share of the wealth produced by their own labour. Tho speaker then briefly described the details of the federation which he was organising, stating that it would first embark in the distribution of groceries, provisions, fruit, and coal ana firewood. Several questions were put and answered, and a vote of thanks was given Mr. Braond for his interesting address. In giving judgment in the cases in which local hotelkeepers were charged with refusing to accommodate a halfcaste Maorj member of a football team, the New Plymouth Magistrate said there were but two points raised by counsel that seemed to be of real importance, namely, that there must be a refusal to the individual traveller, and that such refusal must not be acquiesced in by the traveller. He did not think the section of the Act under- which the chorgs was laid bore out such contention. Tho offence in our law was twofold, as it was failing to provide or .'refusing to give. The section read "uiUEt not fail or refuse to supply lodgings, meals, or accommodation to travellers." That wus the beginning and the end of the matter. Nothing was clearer than that in both these cases there had been a refusal tc supply a .traveller with such lodgings, etc. The section did not say tliat it was ' to be a refusal to the traveller personally. Tho evidence went to show that the objection was based on the ground of the man being a Maori. This was a sentiment he could not enter into. . Some licensees, might object to Maoris, because their European customers objected to the presence of Maoris. There might bo some allowance for such feeling, but it was not justified in the c\o of the law. Tho Mnori subject hnd urn same rights as the European in the eyo of the law. As the law made no distinction he could not, .nnd he therefore must convict on both informations. Each defendant would be fined 4Qs, the costs £4 8s to be divided between them. His Worship added that should such another case occur— he hoped it would not — hy would endorse the license, but he di<l not do ho in this instance as they were test cases. Fourteen memocrs of the Ratepayer* Association attended the weekly meeting last ni?ht. nnd Mr. A. L. Wilson occ\<S pied the cliair. The discourtesy of tbo City Council in not answering correspoi:* dence nddinsed to it by the association was referrtd to by the Chairman, and lie said grimly that possibly when the next municipal election came on the Council would hear* mare nboufc the matter. It vns decided to ask the City Council for answers to the following questions for the benefit of tbe association and ratepayers generally: — Tho amount of moner expended and to be expended on the purchase of land taken and compensation paid in connection vith the widening of Frnser's-lane, Adelaide-road, Rovaus, Riddiford, and Willis streets, and whether it is proposed to go on imme^ dintely with the last-named work or not ; also, the position~*in J^jrard to Elizabeth-street Extension. Whether any of the land has been sold or leased without being first submitted to public competition, and if any has been sold or leased the prices pa^d in such case. If the Council refuses to give the Informntion asked for, said Mr. Wilson, the mover, the only conclusion to b» arrived at ib that it is in a hopeless muddlo financially, and is afraid to show' it. A motion was passed asking the City Council to postpone the renewal of city leasehold property until nfter the next muni, cipal elections, so m to allow tho ratepayers an opportunity to -make the question, a test one for candidates, Tho final meeting of the Coronation Committee will be held at the Council Chambers, JhanJon-street, tvt -1 o'clock to-morrow nfi^ni'.op, A fortune may r\,at you, Ly y '..>', ing a simple thine Wr'he for '\\t\\ y 10 Inventors," to Har.ry Hughes, Pa :'.*",» • Affont, Queen's Lhau!lers,-~A4YV,