. INDEPENDENT AND BOWDJ ;; ' PATTPEBa. .. [Bit Tbusojiifh.] IfAPIER, Us. 20. Tho Charitable Aid Board haVe decided to seek an amendment of Ihe Act m Iho direc tion of giving the boards greater power over tho inmates of- refuges. At present the boards-may nioko regulations, but cannot enforce them or pet. tho inmutcs punished for insubordination. The- only resourco is to turn out tho refractory inmates. ' Tho chair man stated that men came m drunk, kicked j up a row and fought, but the magistrates refuaod a summon) when-applied fir. A6an i instance of tho prevalence of insubordination i it was manKonad thut wlien the gceeo. tur keys, and poultry were sent to tho refuge for Christmas ono able-bodied pauper point blank refused to' aid whon asked to assist m picking a goose. ■

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