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Otago Witness, Issue 2605, 17 February 1904, Page 32

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February 10. — The adjourned meeting of the Hoad Board was held at the hoard's office, EighcliS, on Saturday, when the following 'members were present: — Messrs Walker, Faiibairn, Reekie, Cowen, and Black. Mr Walker was voted to the chair, in the absence of Mr ikl'Curdy. — The Dunedin Corporation forwarded an account for £12 7s 6d for the maintenance pf one patient in the fever hospital. It was decided that the matter should stand over until the opinion of the board's solicitor was obtained on the matter.— Mr Even? wrote asking permission to erect a hut above highwater mark at Hooper's Inlet. The request was granted at the pleasure of the board. — .The dog tax was fixed for the year ending ■December 31, 1304, at 2s 6d each dog. Mr John Bishop was appointed dog registrar. — The clerk was instructed to write to Messrs Weir and Byrne, Anderson's Bay, requesting them to have the gorse cut and cleared off the fcoad leading to the lagoon. — It was decided to instruct the surfacemen to resume their duties on Monday. — The members were instructed to report at the next meeting the quantity of metal required for each subdivision. Accounts amounting to £37 Is 6d were passed (or payment. — The board was adjourned till Saturday, March 5.

—In Siberia there ie a custom that a bride, on. coming to her husband's house, lias to give* a dinner prepared with her own hands as a test of housekeeping capabilities. If she succeeds in gratifying her guest 0 , it is taken as a proof, not only of the young woman's own excellence, but also as a recommendation of her whole family, by whom ehe wat> instructed in the culinary trt.