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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1291, 26 November 1896, Page 16

"Does this not apply to perambulators also?" askod Mr Northcroft at the Auckland Police Court, when going- through ono of the city by-laws which forbids vehicles of any sort, including- bicycles and tricycles, being ridden or driven along the footpaths within the municipal boundaries. Mr Turner, traffic inspector, said ho supposed it did, but he would not like to bo the first to start a crusade against perambulators on the Auckland footpaths. Somebody with plenty of courage ought to begin a crusade against the perambulators and go-carts on the crowded streets of Wellington on busy days. A London thief met more than his match a few weeks ago when engaged in his work of robbery. While he was endeavouring to leave at 6, North street, Westminster, his bulky appearance aroused the suspicion of the landlady, Mrs Pratt. She barred his exit, and he rushed upstairs and jumped into the backyard from a bedroom window, spraining his ankle. The lady went after him, collared him, and, notwithstanding that he struck her two savage blows in the face, she dragged him into the house, and kept him there till the police arrived. In a letter to the Dunedin City Council, MiMax Epstein, who is negotiating with the Dunedin City and Suburban Tramway Company for the purchase of the tram lines and concessions on behalf of a syndiaate, with a view to altering the system of traction to electric power, states that lie has virtually j agreed with the Company on all material ! points subject to the term of by the Jounoil being increased to 42 years. Without this concession, he states, it will bo impossible to conclude the purchase of the lines. The letter has been referred to a committee.