The Department of Health has Dower to compel a landlord who has had a house oc cupied by a consumptive patient to advise an incoming tenant of the fact. The reason for this (says aconternporary) will be obvious when it is stated that there are several known cases where the consumptive germ has been communicated from one tenant to another.
A late visitor to the Chatham Islands describes it as a model place. A Magistrate (who rarely has anything to do) and three J's.P. act as school and licensing committee year after year. There are no road boards, no voting, no electoral roll, no rates or taxes —the dog-tax is evaded with great unan imity, and the land-tax is never collected—, there is no poverty, rescue homes, refugees, neglected children, or criminals. There are two drinK stores, but little drunkenness. Population, 400; and everyone on the Islands owns a horse.
The Native Minister suggests that a building in which to place Maori relics should be built on the site of the Parlia mentary tennis courts.
A number of new bye-laws have been drafted for the Wanganui Borough Council. Provision is made for the licensing of all billiard rooms, and it is set forth that all rooms shall be closed, and no games of any kind played in them from 11 p.m. to 8 a.m. the following day, the rooms being closed all day on Sunday. The license may be cancelled for a breach of this bye-law. Frequenting or using the streets for the purpose of betting, bookmaking, or wager ing is contrary to one of the new bye-laws, as also is expectorating or. dropping any offensive matter on any footpath. No person, unless in the employ of the Council, must clean or sweep any footpath after 8.30 a.m.
