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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 67, 20 March 1914, Page 6

Use of Newtown Park on 16th and 23rd May has boon granted by the City Corporation to the Defence Department for the inspection of tho forces by General Sir lan Hamilton. Wheii the new tramway time-table comes into force the route of the Arostreet cars, now terminating at the Government Station, will be altered to vurt through to Wadeetown, via Charlottestreet, and the Wadestown car will run' ovei similar routes to Arc-street. The City Council has decided to inform the Wellington Cricket Association that it will be prepared to purchase a motor lawn-mower for 1 use at the Basin Reserve, provided the association pays a rental of £10 pel- annum for the same and the cost of upkeep. Centre polos in Lower Cuba-gtreeTE are to be aWtshed, the Tramway Board of the City Council having decided tc carry out the work in the next financi! year. Provision is being made ,to enable the work to be dealt with without added cost to tho ultimate scheme of do* ing away with centre poles altogether. The " crowning meeting " of the Wcl* linglon Christian Endeavour Convention, which took the form of a consecration service, was held 111 the Taranakustreeb Methodist Church kust night. There was a crowded attendance, and the proceedings were enthusiastic to a degree— a fitting finale to a thoroughly successful series of meetings. A consecration address was delivered by the Rev. O. Knowtes Smith. The apportionment of the cost (£900) of completing the Hutt pipe bridge approaches was agreed to us follows by the City Council last night :—• Wellington City, £475; Petone, £150; Hutt Borough, £150 j tfutt County. £100; and Eastbourne, £25. Tho Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke) said the work would be proceeded with immediately i.he promises mads were fulfilled. "On behalf of our association, we wish to tender our 'hearty congratulations to the New Zealand Ladies' Hockey Aseociation for their enterprise in securing a visit from an English team, and u-ust that the forthcoming tour will meet with the success it undoubtedly deserves, and be the means of giving hockey throughout the Dominion a greater degree of popularity tha-n it at present enjoys."--Extract from the annual report of tha Wednesday Hockey Association. Easier access to the tea kiosk in Newtown Park was advocated by Councillop E. Tregear at last evening's meeting of the City Couhcil. At present, said the councilor, people who visited the Zoo had to come down the hill before they could get to the kiosk, and this was not fair to the lessee. The Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke) assured Councillor Tregear 'that he would look into the complaint. The following medical gentlemen have been appointed to the honorary staff of the Wellington Hospital : Physicians— Drs. Bowerbank, Fyffe, Henry, A. Robertson, and Whyte ; surgeons— Drs. Elliott, Herbert, Hislop, lTaulko, and. Young ; ophthalmic surgeons^Drs. Harty, Marchant, and Webster; dental surgeon —Mr. W. H. Didsbury ; masseur— 'Mr. J. W. M. Harrison ; masseuse— Miss* M. M. Newmantti Children's Hospital j Physicians — Drs. Agnes Bennett and Platts-Mills; surgeons'— Drs. Begg and. Gibbs. "That the minimum frontage of land on which a residence may be erected be increased from 20 feet to 33 feet in the suburban area," was a motion moved by Councillor J. Fuller at the meeting of the City Council last night. Councillor Fuller said hi& object was to prevelib Blums. The Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke) suggested that th>! mover should add the following words to_ his resolution : "And that this resolution be referred to the Bylaws Committee to give effect to." Councillor Luckie opposed the motion, on the ground that it should i not ba passed without the fullest consideration being given. The motion was far too drastic, and if they carried it they might be doing very great injury to a large number of people who had bought sections with only a 20ft frontage. Councillor fuller accepted the addition a« suggested by the Mayor, and the motion as amended was carried. "Among the most vexed cases of cruelty are the defective system of carriage and transhipping of cattle, and the overloading of carts," Bays the Society for" the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in its annual report. "Tho latter offence ia etill far too frequent, but is, difficult to deal with, in the face of the existing municipal bylaws. In the matter of cattle, investigation of methods in operation elsewhere has been made, and tho information will be referred to the incoming committee. The shipping of poultry has also received much attention during the year, and steps have been taken which should minimise the cases of cruelty under this head. Some better provision for the Carriage of dogs on the railway is necessary. This ma- - ter has received the attention of tho society, but in this, as in various other directions, the .society finds its powers too restricted. Recently the attention of the society was directed to cruelty In the practice of trapping opossums in the Wellington district, md steps have been taken to have the matter remedied." Satisfactory development of the Mai'altul School has been greatly hampered owing to the lack of accommodation, and many complaints have been made from time to time. The position became so acute at the beginning of this year, that it was found necessary to utilise the local church-room as a side school. This course is recognised as far from satisfactory, and is certainly very inconvenient. The School Committee has made repeated enquiries for a grant for additions, and yesterday afternoon the Minister for Education (Hon. J. Allen) made a personal investigation into the conditions prevailing. Mr. Allen was welcomed to the district by Mr. 1). Cameron (chairman of the School Committee). "Our object in asking you to visit the school," said Mr. Cameron, "is to gain your sympathy in our request for extensions. At 'present the number of scholars attending the i school is 100 over the limit, and within a year this will probably be doubled. The grant asked for ib one of about £800, but this, m out 1 opinion, is insufficient. Aboufc £1200 at least is needed." He reminded the Minister that the residents had been moßt liberal, having subscribed during the present year about £50 foi 1 improvements. Mr. Allen was impressed with the need of increased accommodation, and promised to recommend, at next meeting of Cabinet, a grant of £625, as asked for by the Education Board. He will also look into the matter of enlarging the playground. Value your furniture? Then get \.s to move it. Packing, handling, removing are an art with as. Our motor moves furniture into or out of town. N.Z. Express Co., Ltd., 87-91, Custom* house-quay.— Advt. Political matters aro ngain floating through tho air, and already sonic interesting items nre reported. Among other things that have conic before our notice has been the question of making homes more attractive ; this matter has been of particular interest to Mgbsi'b. C. Smith, Ltd., of Cuba -street, who have been selling largo quantities of real Irish Hand Embroidered Bedspreads at 7s lid, 8s lid, 10b 6d to 21s Single-bod Size, and 15s 6d, 21s, 255, 29s 6d. 37b 6d Double-bed Size. Hundreds of people nre buying the*o goods and so making their homes more attrnctivo Wo can strongly recommend every reader to call at Mcesrg. C, Smith's, Ltd.. of 96. Cuba-street, aud. we thosa goou«,— Advt,