NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15550, 6 March 1914, Page 8

NEWS IN BRIEF.

The police cells were occupied last evening by eight persons, seven males and one female, all of whom were arrested on minor charges.

Permission has been given by the City Council for the use of the Domain Cricket Ground for an inspection of senior cadets on May 13.

In consequence of the large hall in the Chamber of Commerce being otherwise occupied, the Lenten address to men by the Rev. F. G. Hnrvie will be given today in the small hall on the ground floor.

A vote of thanks to the Automobile Association was recorded by the City Council last evening for its assistance by providing cars for the opening of the Atkinson reserve and ( the visit of the medical congress delegates to Titirangi.

Further contributions towards the fund for the purchase of a motor ambulance for the Auckland Hospital have been received by the secretary (Captain E. J. Thomas) from Mr. C Little, £2 2s, and Archdeacon Calder, 10s. The total amount now in hand is £40 18s. v

The City Council has been advised by the Department of Agriculture that the amended scale of charge for nse of the abattoir must be embodied in a by-law which must be approved before it comes into force, and the council lias decided to draft a by-law on the matter.

The St. John Ambulance Association is in need of funds to complete its new building in Rutland Street. The City Council last evening granted "the association permission to make an Ambulance Saturday collection on April 4, for the purpose of raising the necessary funds.

The City Council decided last evening, after some discussion, to grant the use of Victoria Park for one week to the proprietors of a circus on the same terms as last year, with the additional condition that a guarantee deposit of £40 be mad© to cover any damage done to the ground. The New Zealand Insurance Company communicated with the City Council last night stating that it was strongly desirous of seeing the convenience in Exchange Lane entirely removed from the present lotion. The Works Committee reported that it had adhered to its proposal to construct a modern convenience under Mills' Lane, with an entrance from Exchange

In reply to the Tecent protest of the City Council against the erection of a caretaker's cottage at the rear of the new Magistrate's Court, the Minister for Justin (the Hon. A. L. Herdman) has stated that the council's representations will receive careful consideration. The council decided last night that the Mayor (Mr. C- J. Parr) should telegraph to the Minister asking for a stoppage of the work, pending a decision. ' '

The City C incil resolved in committee last evening that a committee, consisting of the Mayor (Mr. C. J. Parr), a n 3 Messrs. J Court, J. M. Mennie, F. E N Gaudin, R. Tudehope, and R. S. Bri™,' be appointed to confer with the special committee appointed by the Auckland Harbour Board, to consider the question of Marraiigeaientbetoen the two bodies regarding the probable alteration to the •njterfront in Paniell.