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wal 6o&eruraent jottings. 8»^6tman Prejent Mayor of p0g.?5^' ^as, upon requisition, accepted the l°tt for a third time. -Dukinfield Medical Officer's report, fv ]ate meeting of the Town 8^ewe<J an abnormally low death rate month, namely, 14*59, against 26'29 last Helens Town Council the Mayor (Mr. ^^oham) announced the gift, by Dr. Gaskell, email farm of 10 acres opposite Parr lac ch, convenient for road or tram, and form- a suitable site for a park or recreation The Town Council cordially accepted gift. monthly meeting of the Crewe Town the Market Committee reported that K^*enue from the market tolls last year was k 13s. lid., being 'an increase of several of pounds over what was received the Corporation sub-let the tolls. On the tt8th of this favourable report, the salary of ju^ket inspector was raised from 9100 to ayear. the Manchester City Council a statement a.de in connection with a question of the 118 g of gas metres, which was strongly otrtlve of the necessity for such precaution. cillor Shuttleworth said an average of 616 ^ti 0Q^ 125,000 were annually found de- and that their defects operated in ranging from 35 to 70 per cent, against Chaser. He instanced one case in which meter sent from Manchester to London ^°Qnd to be 63 per cent, against the con- He hoped the chairman of the com- would take back the question and a ByStem of meter testing such as was ^°f?Ue m Liverpool. The Chairman said the X^Pool system of testing was confined to that W* ne» and it was carried out by the manu- itlts of the meters at their own expense. V 1'. Shuttleworth would get the gas meter v ^&cturers of Manchester to follow a similar 8e the committee would be agreeable, but ^c°«Junittee did not feel justified in them- 8 8Pending more money on the matter.—A ^^fcfair argument than this could scarcely ered. It simply amounted to this, that S*t>?^ers defective meters must grin and *ith them. \:()" ^^siderable discussion ensued at the etl^ead Town Council on the submission by k health Committee of an improvement e under the Housing of the Working- II Act, of a proposal to demolish 82 11 (62 of which were inhabited by 261 4e in Egerton-street, Tunnel-road, and ^J^igbbourhood. The committee recom- that the cleared site should ge in part to ^e streets named, and they asked for !s> sell or lease the surplus land. The cost—allowing £ 1,451 for re-sale— ^7. The committee did not propose to V e **pon the site dwelling accommodation Vf6^8°H8 who might be displaced, there being S in the locality ample accommodation persons. The lacter statement was v y challenged by Mr. G. P. Snape, and kt. I'. T. Rees, the mover and seconder .ec lvely of an amendment to refer the ]opt 0 () back for reconsideration. Mr. Rees, 44ti ue that it was the duty of the a to supply improved accommodation, d some touching episodes in connection 4^Uti **ad paid to some of the it was proposed to displace, t n T. Cook, who supported the amend- a^80 deprecated the proposal, which, Vift6*' Wa8 carried, with three or four dis- 118 only. e^. meeting of the Oldham Town Council ^r0'^item°n the agenda had reference to \ly 8a^ of the Electric Light Committee to the Local Government Board for Vtj^n borrow £ 157,000 for the purpose of ak ^reenhill, a station for the supply energy, both for lighting and power ^ramway purposes, together with the X'ypW Alderman Harrop, chairman *t*<i ^^mittee, said the old station was Nw fear for the purpose of keeping J»Ve oufc of the town. The present site cramped and inadequate, and it was best to provide in an adequate way for yearB. The Corporation's price for Was now one °* the lowest in the ^eing 3'41d. for lighting and 339d. for X^Poses. The necessary resolution for powers was passed. —— w 4 C e monthly meeting of the Rochdale NvjjP^ocil, in connection with a question for additional baths, it was mentioned v '^00 bather8 had used the baths during !V 8t season. The committe e, it was stated, S^f^t at present contemplating building different parts of the town, as all who k h** engaged in such work advised that P°Pulation was under 100,000 it would • fy &l8e make two separate baths. When \60t the baths fully equipped they would %tlie placing of slipper baths in different L the town. The Council approved. invitation of the Waterworks Com- t^e Manchester City Council, to the ItIllllt of 70, on Thursday last journeyed to U x trq"re, when the first of the second series 4e tto convey water from Thirlmere to IS er Was laid. The scheme consists of lIql and" cut and cover" work of about 8 ^4^ in length, and pipes for a further °f 45 miles, covering the distance of between Thirlmere and Manchester. MM! Was origin^y ma<^e ^0I ^ve pipes» a capacity of 10,000,000 gallons per ^C°Qvey water to the city. The first of w k8 brought into use in 1894, when the 0* to 0P6Qe,d- In accepting the gift of a vV^iefc and Ievel>fche Lord Mfty°r save a statistics in connection with the t(\ l^Ustrative of the growing wants of V of Manchester, and remarked satisfactory to be able to state that Mi &ih^e expenditure in carrying out the scheme amounted to £ 2,750,000 no kfdh t bad been made to the rates nor the 0t water. The estimated cost of the %^°rk was from £ 400,000 to £ 500,000. O scheme when the five pipes are ^timated to yield 50,000,000 gallons 0^^ be work just commenced will take ft years to complete. V6 of t, those cases which turn up now and S. all too sadly illustrate the weakness ''Per relief system, came to light the at the Bromley (London) Sick \S' Jbe circumstances were elicited at an by Mr. Wynne E. Baxter on l 'Jard' a wi(iow> wbeu it transpired V bj, ^ceased, who was allowed 3s. 6d. a V parish, had to pay 2s. *ufc of it for \\t ^bo, there is no doubt, gradually ° ^eath on the remaining Is. 6d. The &'t¡' A,S^imadverted very strongly on the V! that the amount allowed waa lc*l°us, leading only to starvation. ^as helpful in some cases to supple- 'a es that could be earned, but where not 44140t the case it were far better for otl? ^nsiet °u persons going into the ^l^berwise, they should give more

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