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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 668, 19 November 1909, Page 7

iT^ e filling vacancies inV tlie . Native Land ..--Court* -and .Native . : Appellate- . Court will. be-considered • when the .'new pro- ... posed legislation has been < decided>upon. v , With the: Object of improvmg.'the view -at railway crossings*,.the Railway Itopartment his ■ for ; Some time ; endeavoured : to arrango - with ad- ,< -. joining, proporty, owners to - rom6vef / or lop- in* ;• tcrcopting ,tr6es. • .In Borne cases excessive com- • pensation .has,been demanded/but wherovor it is practical,efforts are made to have the obstructions removed. 1 ; In answer to -Mr., Guinnoss's question 4 as to • the .Government's reason for refusing* to supply v:a ;:'ireturn:\ of '• applications [ /for':: water-power . licenses,, the Minister for Public'Worka states •that,the question :is:in the naturo<of a motion . . for.-a return, and calls ;Mr. Guinness's atten•V: tion to: Standing Order'Noi-405.-^ Peaoo was declared between tho' Wellington ; -City/; Council ; and the Wellington Gas uompany last . night, • thfl .Mayor f. (Dr. Newman) • presenting:, a . lengthy ; agreements which - the coimoiLresolvedv should-, bo signedand sealed. v -have» gone very carefully into the -mM* y tor,,, .said the .Mayor, Vand - the: signing of this. '■.ift&reem^nt.;will. pu t, an end to the dispute." At ~tbo.closti of . tho. mooting, the Mayor, announced that the agreoment. had been'sealed and sighfcd .;by Councillor Luke,-the Town Clerk; arid him- .: self. .It .came ..into., force as Soon as it was aigned by ono of the parties. As a.result of. the representations mado by v - tho Rosoms Committee of the City ... Cduncil recommended to -last nights meeting . ofvthorcoiincil- that.authority be given to the •. sports .bodies„to increase .the-: height ,of ' the .fences..of the./Bosin Reserve, the cost of tho .6anie bodies, and the erection to bo 6arried out to tho satisfaction . . of v>tho .City £ngmeor, / Councillor Morrah /•; .m ' fence' shouldl; 'be • by-tho, council, and the motion was seconded by the'Mayors;After a long discussion, the amendment was los"^:' •v r The ' whereabouts .of -flio 'iiew car. for tho Brooklyntram-lino; fras masked by Councillor V.Frost;at last'nightymeeting:pf-th4.City Coun-' ■ eil. v. Hfc ; pointed out that/ although' tho car • •; was commenoed twolve months ago, it was not ; yet in commission, and . people were beginning to wonder what had become of it. The Mayor " said the body of the -car had been completed at the Newtown shed/but the equipment had • not ,yot' come ■to hand from America; ."There bad been.some, delay, bnt ho could not givo a ■ dale which , tho equipment might bo oxpected to arrive. ,