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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 126, 29 May 1914, Page 6

Councillor!! Godber and Hi&lop, of the Public Ileflllli Committee of the City Council, aro to coiifrr with the Hospital (JmnmittPi* of the Wellington Jlwpiltil find Charitable Aid Board to dUross the question of adopting a uniiied scla me in connection with the administration of public health mallei s in the city. Tlio _ Mayor and members of the City Council, togethe) with the City Engineer (Mr. W. 11. Moi'ton) paid" a visit of inspection yc&teidny afternoon to tbo site at the comer of Riddifbrd-bUeet and Hinlonl'ftiwt. which had been proposed for public conveniences J3eloro thu Oily V.ngiiic.-r left Wellington, on a Ni«i[ lv Australia, plans for jtiic now structure were drawn up. but resident!! in the- vicinity objected lo tho proposal, and the council made a personal inspection in o;d>ji lo «oo how tho objection* apply. On the Gttggestion of Hip Public Health Committee hbt evening the City Council decided lli'it the by-law relating to firw protection in private holela anu board* ing-houses should be amended in tho direction of making llio by-law apply to buildings containing less looms tluln speciliecl at present. Tlio existing bj» law applies only to hotels, boarding* houses, restaurants, or tenement houses containing more than 30 bediooms. The New Zealand Journal of Agriculture reports that Mr. A. A. Corban, a viticulturist at Henderson, Auckland, has introduced a bird-lime for the pur-., pbse of protecting grapes, etc., from small birds. This has been tested ab the Waerenga Experimental Farm, with satisfactory results, A small tree Was covered with sticks bf the bird-lime, and tied to a post in the vineyard. In two hours seventy-seven white-eyes, which are so destructive to the grapes, Were caught. There were eighteen bird • on one stick. The bird-lime hold blackbirds and thrushes equally well. Once they touch it there is no hope of their getting away. ■ The lime is very easily manipulated, being handled with ease and cleanliness. "Jtfst imagine the City Council calling a portion of its reserves Jam Tin Oully," exclaimed Councillor Fit» gerald scornfully at the City Council _ last ■ evening, over an item in the Reserve Commit* tee's report recommending that several improvements in Jam Tin Gully be ef fected. "John-street Reserve it should be called," declared tho councillor, and ,hie colleagues agreed with him. The obnoxious appellation was deleted nc», cordingly and the more dignified title*' substituted. On Tuesday evening last a four-room-ed cbttage at Te Mania, Upper Hutt, the property of i the Maymorn Estate Syndicate, was slightly damaged by fire. The circumstances of the outbreak being somewhat mysterious, investigations were made by^ Detective Andrews, who proceeded to Upper Hutt, and, in company with Constable M'Holm, arrested a middle-aged man named Ezra Reuben Condon on a charge of incendiarism. Condon was charged with the offence ab the Upper Hutt Police Court, before Mr. G. L. Lay, J.P. On the application of Detective Andrews a remand till 4th June was granted. Bail in the sum o£ £50 was allowed. The accused waa represented by Mr. R. H. Webb, In an t interesting article on grano' growing in New Zealand, in this month's •issue of the Journal of Agriculture* Ml\ 8, F. Anderson says tha.t the approxi* mate cost per ftcre to work an established vineyard is £38 per annum. This in» eludes the making of the wine as welt as the cellar \v f ork, and the maintaining of the vineyard in a higji slate of cnlti* va.tion, Many Austriane, who tira earning a livelihood by gum-digging ami grape-growing in North Auckland) art* spending as much as £40 per acre on deep-trenching their ground. There al'ft now 376 acres in the Dominion devoted to wine making, producing about 90,000 gallons bf wmc per annum of thd value of over £li,ooo, calculating tlu*, price a,t 2s 6d per gallon. An interesting suggestion of the Legislation Committee for the reform o£ the municipal electors' roll was adopted by the City Council _ last evening as & remit for the Municipal Conference:—* "That as far as the question of amend" ing the enrolment system is concerned) this council approves of a proposal which would involve the necessity for an application for enrblmcnt to, be made before and witnessed by a J. P., solicitor, minister of roligioii) postmaster, or other public dfiickl, and thitt sllch J.P., solicitor, minister of religion, -postmaster, br otheu public official shall satisfy himself, if necessary, by the certificate of another elector as to the applicant's boua tides.'* Prospects are bright/ tor the townplanning tour for which Mr, Charles Reside is busily preparing. i On Wednesday at a. meeting of the Wellington ■Committee, he warmly praiecd members for tho work already done. Tho local committeei lias guaranteed a minimum of £50 to* ,ward(B the travelling and other expenses of the lecturers (whofie services are free), and it ie expected that no difficulty will be met in other cities and town*. Tlio Government is granting £350) and as the total needed is estimated at only £650 for the whole country, no financial problem is anticipated. When announcing the gift of £350. the Hon. H. B. Bell assured a well-pleae«d deputation thai* tlio Government was glad to help in a movement which wafe for the public good. Mr. Keade's colleague, Mr. buvidge, will arrive in Auckland early next month, from L6ndon, via Vancouver, and lh& free-lecture- tour 1 will begin at Auckland. The proposed itinerary includes :— Hamilton. Now Plymouth, Wangitnui, Pfttmeifttun North, Napier. Wellington, Ctnistchurcli, Timant. Oamaru, liunedin, and tnvereargill. Mr. Heads wilt leave foi 1 Christchurch to-morrow, and he will be busy for a fortnight lh the South Island with Die organising programme. A question by Councillor Buddie as to the improvement of Mount-streeb di'6\v from the Mayor at the City Council meeting last evening a statement that this was part and parcel of a proposal for a now access to Kelbtirne, via Boul-cott-street-— pqsstbty a new tramway route. Councilor Fletcher asked now that the Hill-street proposal ill regard to tho train, to Karorl hud been aban* donod whether the Mayor would nob take the necessary steps to consider th<> question of the purchase of the Kelbuma ttamwfty, whtolt was the natural way ta Karori. The Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke) ."aid he had previously urged the proposal, but he was nol in favour of load« ing the loan proposals with that at present. They had oiibugh on ab il was. A full report is to bo obtained by tho City Council on the system at present in forci* in connection with prevention of fire, inspection of fire-escapes, and dangerous goods stored in the city, In all principal towns the N.Z. Express Co. has ttfl'ices of its own^ The company forwards parcels, distributes goods, ships them, handles stock, passes entries. 87-91, Customhouse-quay. — Advt. "Not a bad day for n. whrm costume." Thill 'b whtifc ti lady fftid yesterday at C. Smilh'H as she wn& litnvlinsting otic A elmtigo in llio U'lnnertilui'o mukes nil Uitt difference. We nohl more eoslmneg during tho lnst fow days than wo did for somo llmo i>tii»t, May Rives ub plenty of cold dnyu, nnd colds 100. but you don't want ln&tiy of the luttet. Tim prlee of a. warm costumo will KiWft many a doctor's bill, and juefc think Of tho comfort you enjoy. You don't know, either, how many dftV« jou may requno protection from the cold this month. V'ou had better come in and boo ihnso winter eosttiiDug at 1?» 9d, SSe, 20s 6il, 39« oil, 4Sa to TOs. All arc at special prices, at C. JSlualuV, Ltd., 9&* Cuba'slt'cct.— Advt,