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Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 24, 29 January 1904, Page 4

Some time was devoted by the City Council last night to discussing various phases of a, motion made by Councillor Barber calling for an enquiry into tho cause of the diversion of the electrical tramway route from Cambridge to Kentterrace. The motion was defeated by 9 votes to 7, Councillois expressing tho opinion tliat ifc would only be a waste of time to make the enquiry now. During tho discussion, in which no memory of the patter/ appeared to be too good, Councillor Luke said Uuit when the battle of the routes was hot in the Council it was decided by Councillors, as a. way out of the difficulty, that the choice of routes should be left to tho Electrical Engineer. Tho Mayor agreed tliat this was co. Councillor Nathan thought Mr. Wright had made the- sugge&tion, and Councillore fell iv with it. l For shooting quail out of season, at Kaitoke, a. young mail named Geo. Milntr wae this morning fined by the Stilrcndiary Magistrate £2, with costs £2 3s, in default fourteen days' imprisonment. Mi*. Gray appeared for the Acclimatisation Society. Otto Budick xraa fined 4«, with, cost* 7s, or thirty hours' imprisonment, for having absented himwlf without leave from tho s.b. Kaipara. The following stowaways by the s.s. Corinthic, between Lyttelton and WelI lington, were each fined £1, or three days' imprisonment : George Goldsmith, William Bossill, Michael Leader, John Wild, and Micluwl Kiely. George E. Frederic, charged with embezzlement of £6 18a 6d in Sydney, was further remanded for a week till the arrival of the warrant from Sydney. Charges against two bakers, for selling under-weight bread, were adjourned till 2.15 p.m. on 3rd February. Lake Kanieri, near Hokitika, has been set aside as a reserve for native and im-, ported game. A few weeks ago Mr. Ernest Arnold, of Wellington, and some other young New Zealnnders who are resident in London_ met and decided to form an association to bo composed of young people from tho colony who are settlod in the great capital." An office is to be taken and it ;s; s intended to make it the rendezvous for all young Now Zealanders who may bo in London. "Newtown" writes asking what steps are bring taken by the City Council to replace tho tram service between the Basin Reserve and Newtoira, pending the completion of tho new service. The omnibuses that run at present are, he says, quite inadequate when people are returning from business in the evening. It is a farce to havo a single 'bus to meet threo tramcars. Many young and active people (and therefore best able to walk) jump off tho cars before they stop, and swarm lon to the 'bus, while women and I children and elderly people have no chanco, and are compelled to walk. Overcrowding is the rule, and if offenders were private persons prosecutions would follow. Another correspondent suggests that tho j city authorities should use the reclaimed footpath iv Adelaide-road to relieve tho congestion of vehicular traffic. In reference to the- dangerous custom in Wellington of allowing all kinds of obstacles to lio on the footways and roads to tho danger of the public, a correspondent writes to inform us tbat a day or two ago ho pointed out to the City Engineer the fact that sundry men, repairing the kerb for the city authorities, had gono to dinner, leaving timber, etc., in tlio road eight feet' out from the kerb, and endangering any but very attentive drivers or riders. Our correspondent says he intends calling the attention of the authorities and the press to all and every caso of this nature that comes to his notice. It may end in some good beingi done, and can do no harm. Tho City Council last night, on the voices, rejected Councillor Barber's motion : "That the Wellington Qaa Company bo prosecuted for allowing old and vilefemclling gaa mains to remam on Adelaideroad during tho Christmas holiday*." The mover said tliat ho had complained to officers of the Council on this matter aa far back as August last. Councillor M'Larcn agreed that the stench from the pipes in Newtown was bad. (Voice* : "It is <v healthy smell!"} Councillor Smith remarked tliat the Gas Company u*ed our etreete freely, and to tho disadvantage of the city, but he would not go «o far as to support prosecution. Councillom Devine and Nathan; "Persecution!" Councillor Evans thought the Gas Company «Mould bo made to remove old pipes promptly. The sitting of the Education Board continued after we went to pr«M yesterday. The resignation of Mr. Player, «•- si-stant teacher, Te Aro, L. Downing, Hinemoa School, and the Truant Officer, Wellington, were accepted. Mifl» D. Hamilton and Miss M. Hitchcock were granted leave of absence. Tho Masterton Chamber of Commerce wrote urging the Board to introduce the metric system into the schools. The subject was referred to the Inspector-General, with a view to it being discussed at the annual conference of inspectors. It was decided to take rfeps to improve the sanitation of the Makniro School. 'Ihe Education Department forwarded some notes on "Cottage Gardening," and the Board decided to a«k the Department to print them. Damage done to the Kaiparoro School by adjoining bush fires wa» estimated at £62, and the Secretary reported that the Department had verbally agreed tc have the work done. Tho Board also passed a vote of thanks to Mr. Rs G. Morgan, Chairman of th* School Committee, and Mr. D. Dici for their effort* in preventing farther damage. A suggestion was made by Councillor Smith at the City Council's meeting last j night that auring the warm weather, on days when there was very little wind, no water should he put upon -tho street s. IHe thought it necessary that water I should be conserved in view of a possible ' ! continuance of tbo dry season. The idea* did not. meet with the approval of tho Council, Councillor Godber making the | observation to his brother Councillor : * Yon dost keep a shop !" Councillor | Barber thought theie was a waste of water ou the Basin Reserve, and Councillor Xathan expressed a similar view ; r*g*xdinff the watering of the lawn iv j front of Parliament Buildings. The Mayor [ replied that the Cricket Association paid , for th* water ustd on the Bnain Reserve. | Councillor Barber i A paltry sum ! Councillor Dovine took advantage of the opportunitr to ask the Mayor when he pro- | Krtsod going to the ratepayers again for a Wn to carry o«b the extended water- - supply scheme. The present was a good time, be thought, when people wereleelin£ the heat, and there was need to be ■ economical with the use of water. It J vcvniUt not do to mnka the appeal to ratepayers Avhen i. liny weather prevailed. The M.iyor thought the suggestion was a good o;i<\ and made a note of it. In answer to Councillor .Jorgensen, his Worship said the scheme provided for the extension of the water system into the suburban districts. The programme prepared by tho Salvation Army authorities in connection with the present visit of ComniMwioner M'Kie to Wellington is announced elsewhere. There will be Citadel meetings to-night and Sunday. The Wellington Camera Club is to hold a "iield day" at Waiwetu to-morrow. Arrangements nre being made locally for the observance of the centennial -trtiu versary of the British and Foreign Bible Society on Sunday, 6th Mnrch. Special services are to be held in the various churches. Residents going to the seaside for th* summer can have their furniture packed and stored at a cheap rate by th. N^Zt Express Co., 20, Custombouse-iiuayJ Telephone 92.— Advfc. n