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Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 61, 9 September 1904, Page 5

The fifth annual meeting of the Brougham Hill Lawn Tennis Club was hold last night, Mr. G. A. Hurley presiding. The following officers were elected for tho ensuing term; — President, Mr. J. G. W. Aitkon ; Vice-Presidents, Messrs. O. W. Benbow, C. H. Pierard, nad G. N. Ouldie; Secretary, Mr. J. Hunter j Treasurer, Air. J. A. B. Howe; Auditor, Mr, G. A. Hurley ; Committee, Messrs. W. Frasor, J. Stftadmun, A. L. lloas, O. Reid, and J. T. Watkins; Delegates to tho Wellington Lawn Tonnis Association, Mt>fcm. G. A. Hurley and J. Hunter. As there were more applications for membership than could be accepted under the rules, it was resolved that the applicants be admitted as "practice memboiw." This moans that tho now members will not havo tho privilege of ploying on the courts on Ralmday afternoon and statutory holidays, and cannot play after 3.30 p.m. on other days. It was rosolvpd, on tke motion of Messrs. G. N". Golclio nnd J. T. Amies, that tho Committee bo authorised to expend a sum not exceeding £100 in tho erection of ft pavilion. Mr. Bell is to supply tho plans free of charge, and tho work will be proceeded with immediately. Trophies won at tho winter tournament wcro presented during the evening. Tho new season is to open on the Ist prox. Mr. T. 11. Nwbitt, Town Clerk of Sydney, is what is known as a Municipal Socialist, inasmuch 09 ho bolieves that all public services should be under municipal control. Speaking to a Christchurch Press interviewer a day or two ago he said ; — <"I boHevo tbafc public services of every kind should bo under tho control of tho Corporation— water supply, firo brigades, gas, electric traction, sewerage, public health, abattoirs, care of infectious diseases, parks and reserves, traffic, libraries, baths, public cemetories, tho housing, of the working class, etc. I don't think the public aro ever badly served in such cases, nnd the citizens may well be trusted to look after their interests by putting in charge of theso concerns mou who may be relied upon to conduct them economically and well. . . . Thero is r.o great movement in Australia, towards municipal socialism. I experienced great surprise when I enme to Australia to find the tendency of centralisation which existed so far as tho State Government was concerned. In England the tendency is in the opposite direction — decentralisation. I very itrongly entertain tho opinion that it is directly subversive of true municipal government for its functions as regards municipal undertakings, to be vested in tho State. I strongly maintain the view that tho proper legitimate functions of n Stato Government ore, or ought to be, confined to legislative functions, and not self-assumed administrative functions." "What do yoHii think of municipal affairs in Now Zealand f was tho question put by a representative of tho Christckurch Press to Mr.T. H. Nesbitt, Town Clerk of Sydney, who is spending a holiday visit in this colony. His reply was: — "I have not been long enough in the colony to investigate your municipal matters thoroughly," said Mr. Nesbitt, "so that I really cannot give a definite opinion. I had some days in Wellington, and I was greatly struck with the progressiveness of the city. Tho now Town Hall is a credit to tho place. I noticed ono defect m Wellington, and that Was in tho footpaths and in tho streets. Neither were so good as they ate in Christchurch, nnd tho macadamised roads struck me as being very bad. And I noticed, too, that an antiquated sanitary sorvico prevails in uomo parts of Wellington. As for Christchurch, 1 have only been here a day, but I am charmed with the appeorauco of the place, nnd I observerf more tendoncies towards English life here than anywhere else in the colonies. I was particularly struck with your broad streets — you aro very wise in refusing to take over any'streets les» than a. chain wide." Mr. Nesbitt also said he was pleased to find electric lighting in Wellington. In Sydney- they had just completed a lighting plant at a cost of £250,000, and tho demands made by private consumers exceeded the supply. *'I am also glad to find you are going in for electric traction, which will cultivate traffic. The electric tram service' in Wellington impressed mo very favonrably. The Sydney uervice is better, but then, of course, it is the result of years of experience." Mr. Nesbitt is an admirer of our luwa on the regulation of public health, and was especially interested to know that notification of cases of tuberculosis is compulsory in Now Zealand. "I have been advocating tho same thing in Sydney," ho said, "nnd the Sydney Council are considering the adoption of bylaws to meet the caso." He favoured wood-pavmg for streets rnther than nsphalt, the former material having been a great success in Sydney. A charge under tho Printers and Newspapers Registration Act, 18G8, was preforred against Richard F. O'Rourko, representative of tho firm of Wm. Brooks and Co., Ltd., publishers, Sydney, for having published a paper without tho printer's namo and place of nbodo boing printed on it. A plea of guilty was entered, and Chief Detective M 7 Grath handed to tho Court a blue document which formed tho basis of tho information. This publication was headed — '• Notice of Intention to Proceed. In tho Magistrate's Court, Wellington," and had beon sent to a woman concerning a debt which she owed to tho firm. The detect ivo explained that tho form was printed in Sydnoy, and consequently he could not proceed against the printer. Ho was not nt all suro thnt tho circulation of the notice was not an offenco under tho Police Offonces Amendment Act, 1903, for it implied that it had been connected with a Government department — tho Magistrate's Court, Wellington. ThJa Act set out that it was an offence to issue a circular or a notice containing words implying th«t any businoss was connected, with or under tho patronage of any Government department. His Worship, after roading the publication, indicated that tho prosecutor was right in his reading of tho Act, and asked defendant if he nad anything to say. Tlks defendant said theso notices wore used by the firm in Syd'noy, and ho was not aworo that ho was committing nn offonco by distributing them without an imprint. His Worship said tho offonco was only a technical ono, but tho Act provided that tho penalty should not bo loss than £5. Dofondant would bo fined this amount, with 7s gosts, but ho could apply to the Minister of Justice to havo pnrt of tho amount romitted. A witness in a Court case at Mastorton on Friday would not ho sworn on a Bible, hut insisted that it be the "New Testament, as I don't believe in the Old." This was supplied. She then de>fined her occupation us "cosmopolitan," and said that she woo looking for work, and *'if that does not mnke ono cosmopolitan I don't know what does." She then said she was "neuter" in the matter before the Court. "Neuter — just like tho Boer»," she explained. Shp then said she thought she saw (he defendant lift his log, but she would not swear to it — for she was on her oath. A man was sontenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour at Timaru for disobeying a Court order to contribute £1 per week towards tho support of his wito*. Defendant was £131 in arrears with his payments. Kirkcaldie & Stains, Ltd., would remind their customers that Saturday, the 10th instant, is the last day for payment of accounts in order to secure discount. — Advt. Furniture carefully packed, stored, and removed by experienced men ; special low rates. New Zealand Express Company, No. 20, Customhouse-quay. Telephone 92. — Advt*