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------POOR LAW CONFERENCE.

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POOR LAW CONFERENCE. VAGRANCY AND LABOUR COLONIES. Mr. Walter Long presided at the Central Poor taw Conference, which was opened at the Lon- don Guildhall on Tuesday. The Lord Mayor opened the proceedings, and referred to the question of the crippled children. There were, he said, at least 10,000 poor crippled children in London other than those who were in an insti- tulion or home, and he believed, from evidence, that, the bulk of that cripplcdom was to be attributed to tuberculosis. It behoved Poor Law Guardians, especially, to see what could be done to stamp out that terrible disease. Mr. Walter Long, in his presidential address. said he believed insufficient attention and insufficient credit was given to the Local Government Board by the public. We were accustomed to hear talk of social legislation, -eome of the remedies resting on insecure foundations, but in all the Government depart- ments and branches of public work there was no department and no work so closely bound up -with the future prosperity of the country as a. whole as was the administration of the Local Clovernment Board. Whatever changes we might make from time to time in the admini- stration of our laws and general conduct of the Poor Law system we should be criminal if we were to do anything which tended to weaken the administration, the strength of which had brought so much good and happiness to the people of the country. lie thought it might be considered whether the time had not come when gorae change must be made in the system of Poor Law, not in the Ívrm of ad- ministration, but in the areas from which the administration was made. Referring to the question of the unemployed, he said when the strain upon the labour market became very heavy and the demand for labour not so great, we, under our old system, proceeded at once to manufacture pauperism by adding those who, once on the decline, could never regenerate themselves and become self-supporting members of the community. The increasing number of "vagrants was a danger to our social system, and called for prompt and strong measures to deal with it. If they were going to remove that most hideous evil of vagrancy from the midst of society uniformity of administration must be secured. The Conference adopted a resolution express- ing the opinion that Boards of Guardians should continue to administer relief to the casual poor, but thnt uniformity of administration should be secured by combination of unions or otherwise without loss of time, and that vagrant relief ex- penditure should be a national charge.

----IRISH WHISKY STORIES.

--------BELFAST'S SANITARY…

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A NOTABLE CANTINIERE.

MISTAKEN IDENTITY.

FATAL TOBOGGAN ACCIDENT.

DEATH OF A NEWSPAPER PROPRIETOR.

DOCTOR'S DISTRESSING DEATH.

DOMESTIC TRAGEDIES. !

---BANFFSHIRE BY-ELECTION.

MR BIRRELL ON THE EDUCATION…

SOLICITOR SENT TO PRISON.

CASHIER'S INFATUATION.

250 LOVE LETTERS.

----------FATAL QUARREL ABOUT…

TO GET OUT OF THE ARMY.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT COWES.

MISSING OFFICER PRESUMED DEAD.

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