THE FLIGHT-AND AFTER.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 941, 7 October 1910, Page 5

THE FLIGHT-AND AFTER.

RUMOURS AND EXPLANATIONS. ' I AN OFFEB "TUENED DOWN." , ; " - Government House, its drainage sys* " j tern, and the recent piecipitated exodua from its precincts of their Excellencies and staff to the country and fresh air, have been the subject of all sorts of \ rumours, the most alarming of which ! ,was the statement that several cases of ■ typhoid had been reported as having oo- \ curred among the members of the house- ' hold staff. An inquiry at Government ' 1 House yesterday, however, elicited the ' reassuring statement that there was j nothing m the rumour. The medical j attendant at Government House is at present investigating the nature of the J malady which so suddenly and inexpho- j ably afflicted certain members of the staff. i

//-Statement by the MayorV/ :v- : v-S"bj At the meeting of the City. Council last -/ : evening the Mayor made a formal stated-//";'' ment in reference.to the' that h'aa ? .,'P -■*£ arisen in connection, with 6anitary. : ar- ; /' t'.'ii'i rangements at, the new Government AAfrA House. : -./:-..'■':".' ;y Y:.,/; ~"•-./ .-,- Some months ago, he said, -during thoW/-$; time that the-drainage/works: were being -/-'// constructed; at. - the :"-■ new -: House, the/council wrote 'to th«:GovernW I'K K? ment .offering' to "assist by the- advice and/.Bi/// help of its officers,' who .were/experienced/:^"/./ in drain-laying—as the/drainage of :Wel-:v-; •//■? lmgtoh had: proved to. the whole Domini I/;:/:;--ion—in . laying the -'drains :and /curving^/./'■< out the work m a proper and satisfactory ft'"' 1 , : S manner.. 'The work, as'the public.did'no*;:"':;? seem to have realised, was.not within the'■'.//'% jurisdiction' of.the council at aU,:.for: thereason,that it. was upon: Government pro-. '.■'.■•'>-'. perty.- _. _It was .carried out - under : - the / /:-/*; supervision of .the Government architect :■'■> - S SJ; and the-Public/Works/Departoeht'./; Thb/. : '>V; :: offer of,the council(toiassist-being. olined,: it could_ do nothing. in : the..mat-//// Jj ter.: .At the,, time;/when' the 'bffer'/wasipSs made the:". council ■ objected: to /.the /work./. /■.' ibeing done except in accordance ;withtho : -'-/'/•„?: city/by-law^.//The/cx)uncU;wos cemed in any .way/with' :the/laying-of- -:,V, L■; these "drains.. /Whether .or not the troublo ■;.'•-".•.' at Government/House/arose- from.defecfive./plumbing ■or f torn -the / drains. : them-;: -.- A-f. selves It wasimpossibtafor/him;to say///H'^ .W { "During the,:last..day. or : two, howeve-ri!-';M-/.~ the Government;■ engineer. : -had'/ asked' for// i -ik-. the" assistance .of. the' spector-.'to. inspect the/.Dlumbing'.'at Gdv-'i:/-,/.;: ernment House..' inspector, had'-:/.:.. r---done, and ..he/had/ reported through -' the ■/ /■ r: Oity engineer that the plumbing,had be^/>//// done/in accordance with.City .Council re--::'..'.;/. quirements. ../As; to; .the'/drainagej 'the./.-/';'/ speaker/knew thought they should : rnake-it : ' clear-that/pv-S the, council ■ had /had.; nothing:, at all./to 1 !■,';,./!-: do/with/laying/of ;thes6/drains;/ahd' ; thai/:>//// theumatter.lay-..entirely /outside its'-:iuria-%i/ ; ; diction. ', -No/blame ..was/:attachable /fe/-*,.".:/' the /council./;/ /,/." "/•■■",' ■-/ /--/ i:-/--:-/ ■/■; i///// ///'/