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LEASES, &C. An application by Mrs Margaret Jones, Graig- gocb, for a renewal of her property in Portland street was referred to the committee. — Wit;, reference to the granting of a Jnew lease to Messrs R. J. Jones and E. Evans, 18, 19 and 20, Prospect place, Marine terrace, the Town Clerk explained that the gentlemen named desired a separate lease for each boure and if the council acceded to this the conditions at the back of the lease as to re- building would not be complied with. He sug- gested that they should get an undertaking from thoce gentlemen in the matter. This was agreed to and the matter was referred back to the com- mittee.-Seals were fixed to leases for Miss Jukes in respect of 20, Terrace road Mr Nelson, 39, Portland street; and Miss Mary Hughes, 20, Pros. pect street. THE CIIANNELLINGS. IF Mr Daniel Thomas called attention to the fact that some footpaths were without channelling and that in other cases the channelling was useless.- Alderman Jones said that Mr J. Evans was sup. posed to report to the committee on these matters. -Mr C. M. Williams said there were troughings in Terrace road which were defective and one could not walk on the pavement in some places.—The Town Clerk said he would write to Mr Evans say- ing that the matter must be attended to. CONSIDERATION FOR VISITORS. Mr Charles Williams said complaints were made about the voise at the Quarry at the back of Victoria terrace. There were several parties stay- ing in the terrace and they should be considered. He asked whether the noise could not in some way be minimized. Complaints were made by those who were not in the habit of complaining;-Alder. man Jones: Perhaps it is getting infectious in the district.—The Borough Surveyor said that work at the quarry up to the present was not started until eight in the morning but the men worked later in the evening. Now they could not work late in the c.tr n™;njr tn fJHT-knosa setting in and the men had to start earlier in the morning. mmofoi, they did not start until seven o'clock. The council then went into committee with reference to the old Assembly Rooms and the Pendinas foot. paths. THE CABINET. APPOINTMENT OF MINISTERS. Six Ministerial appointments were announced on Monday night. Mr Austen Chamberlain succeeds Mr Ritchie as Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Hon. A. Lyttelton becomes Secretary of State for the Colonies in the place of Mr Chamberlain; Mr Arnold-Forster, Secretary to the Admiralty, is Trade Secretary of State for War; Mr Brodrick leaves the War Office and replaces Lord G. Hamilton as Secretary of State for India; Mr A. Graham Murray, Lord Advocate of Scotland, takes Lord Balfour of Burleigh's place as Secretary for Scotland, and Lord Stanley, Financial Secretary to the War Office, is Mr Austen Chamberlain's successor as Postmaster-General. Three elections are rendered necessary by these appointments, Mr Lyttelton vacating his seat at Warwick and Leam. ington, Mr Arnold-Forster his in West Belfast, and Lord Stanley his in the Westhoughton Division of Lancashire.

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