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Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 82, 8 April 1910, Page 6

Xet results of the recent fete in aid of the Boys' Institute, at the Botanical Gardens, amounted to £336 6s Bd. Part of this sum will be expended on the institute swimming bath and general improvement to the building. Advice has been received by the Agri« cultural Department that the eleventh annual International Conference of Sheepbreeders is <to be held at Liverpool on 20th June next. The department wishes the fact known by sheepbreeders in the Dominion. The Secretary of* the Treasury (Mr. J. W. Poynton) is gazetted a member of the Government Insurance Department's Board of Investment in lieu of the officer holding tho position of the Government Advances to Settlers Oflica Superintendent Only about 650 of the 1200 factories in Wellington have as yet been registered. The law requires that every factory must- be registered by Ist April, and for failing to observe this rule, every factory owner is liable to a pen- ! alty of £5 a day. In the recently-heard Supreme Court; action of William Burgess and John Mitchell v. William Vickers, a claim, for £200 damages for breach of a loghauling contract, his Honour "Mr. Justice Williams yesterday gave judgment for plaintiffs for £50. 31 r, Kirkcaldio appeared for plaintiffs and Mr. Morisoa for defendant. At a meeting of the local executive of the Navy League last evening the secretary reported that during the recent visit of the squadron over 1100 juvenile members of the league visited tho flagship. Consignments of books from London for the juvenile members had arrived, and were now being issued to the various school sub-branches. An item appeared in the annual report of the Wellington Boys' Institute of £173 paid to St. John's Church. It looked singular to the uninformed, observed Mr. G. A., Troup, the president, last evening; but what it really meant was that the Church had promptly come to the aid of the Institute in an emergency, and had lent the money free of interest, doing it a real service. Henco the appearance of the item in the bal-ance-sheet. It has been decided by the City Council to appoint a cai-etaker for the corporation buildings at Lyall Bay. The officer chosen will require to be a good swimmer and otherwise competent to make himself generally useful on the beach. Further, he is to be a local man. "Better," said Councillor Luke last evening, "to have a local man than to go outside for one when there are people here competent and willing to take the office." Strong complaint was made by Councillor Devine at the City Council meeting_ last night, of the summary way in which, he said, the council's inspectors paid visits'to private houses, going in, he declared, without a "by-your-leav6" or anything. The allegations made by Ac councillor were resented, councillors pointing out that under the bylaws the sanitary inspectors had power to enter houses, but that they invariably announced their business and identity before entering a house, and that there was really no cause for complaint. Negotiations are taking place between the Government and the City Council, which will probably result in residents of Karori being able to reach their homes from the city by a much shorter tram route. The Government, it is understood, has made a propobal for a new 66ft. road up Bowen -street and along Museum-street, and the consequent closing of portion of Sydneystreat. If this scheme is agreed upon, a tramline will bo constructed from Lambton-quay to the Tinakori section, via the new thoroughfare. This would shorten the existing distance to Karori by a mile. An elderly man named Albert Victor Sly appeared before Mr. E. Arnold and; Captain W. Hennah, J.P.'s., in the Magistrate's Court to-day, charged with being an idle and disorderly person. Accused, it war- mentioned by SubInspector Norwood, had been remanded from Masterton in order i-hal the assistance of the Prison Aid Society might bo invoked' on hjs behalf. Speaking from the Bench as a member of the society, Mr. Arnold remarked that he knew the man, who had already been assisted. He had been in the Dominion about fourteen montlis. Why a man of his age should bo allowed .Io enter the country, unsupported as he was, he did not know. Mr. Arnold intimated that the society would further assist accused for a fortnight, but ho would have to try and help himself. In the course of his annual report, presented to the Hutt iiiver Board last evening, tho consulting engineer (Mr. Laing-Meason) touched upon the subject of certain utterances at recent public meetings in the borough, which, ho contended, made it appear that the functions- of the boarrt were now unimportant — that the board had outgrown ite usefulness. The remarks, ho said, were at variance with the tiuo position of affairs, and in order to give mem Hers some idea of the responsibilities of the staff, he would submit a statement as follows, of Ihe principal work performed during the year: — Seven miles of embankment, which included reserve on either side, had to be cleaned and kept in order ; twentyfour miles of fences had to be kept in repair, and four miles of protective works maintained ; willow plantations were cut back ; flood-gates were overhauled and put in order ; and hundreds of pounds' worth of boom groynes kept in order, besides work of a minor nature. To accomplish, all this varied programme of work, a staff whose numerical strength never exceeded that of five, men, and for a long time consisted of only three employees, was kspt employed. Considering the size of Iho stall', the amount of work performed was excellent. A private drain at Childcrs-tcrrace is evidently causing serious trouble. Councillor Morrah stated at last night's meeting of the City Council that five cares of diphtheria had occurred there, and that two had proved fatal. Sewage was passing through the drain from house* which had been erected in low-lyin^ positions. It was absolutely essential, he said, to abate tbe existing nuisance at once. It was decided to notify tho District Health Officer of the facts, so | that the necessary action could ba j taken. Councillor Fitzgerald mentionj ed that the City Engineer had previously recommended that the person who had laid the defective drain should ba prosecuted, and he was surprised to learn that no action had been taken. Councillor Luke mentioned the case of a drain which had burst in the Nc\ - town School ground. ,The council had denied any liability, and for over tines weeks now the drain had remained open. If tho council did not wish to do anything towards the work it should have compelled tho Education Board to put the. drain right. Pie mentioned one cue of diphtheria which he attributed to the drain. After several other speakers had described the ending of the Childers-terrace nuisance as a matter of life and death, it was decided .that tho council should carry out the work and ohargo the property h>;\ ners with the co.st. A fine shipment of re\v blind hollands has just been opened in all uidth.s and colourings. Write fov patterns. Kirkcaldjs and Stains,. Ltd;.— A4f *„