CIVIC AFFAIRS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1751, 16 May 1913, Page 3

CIVIC AFFAIRS.

THE NEW COUNCIL MEETS. " The first business meeting of the newlyelected Mayor and councillors of Wellington city was held last evening, there being present: Tho Mayor (Mr. J. p. Luke), and Councillors \V. H. C. Barber, G. Frost, J. Godber, H. Buddie, A. If. Alkinsodn, W. J. Thompson, L. M'Konzic, J. Fuller, jun., E. Tregear, M. F. Luckie, 1(. A. Wright, T. C. A. Hislop, J. E. Fitzgerald, and A. H. Hindmarsh, M.P. '•

Three seats vera authorised to he erected at Palliser lload, lioieneath, at a cost of cC3. All application from (lie New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts for a subsidy was not entertained, in view of the grant of AlOUi) made last year. v I'lie A\ aterside \\ orkers' Brass Band was included in tlie existing schedule of subsidised band performances. An application from the New Zealand Competitions Society for a grant of ,£SO towards its fund was not entertained. The council dccided, 011 a motion by Councillor Fuller, jun., that the clause be referred back to the Finance Committee for further consideration.—The motion was lost. On the recommendation of the Finance Committee, tlie council dccided that a sum of .£OOO should be provided in this year's estimates for the work of stormwater drainage in Eoseneath. The Tramways Board was authorised to purchase an Acetone welding plant for use by tlie Tramways Department, and was also authorised to call for tenders for the steel work required for tho new car shed workshops. It was Agreed that payment should be made by the Citizens' Carnival Committee for work performed and light supplied in connection with the recent carnival at Newtown Pari;, and that the council make a grant of £~l 15s. Id. to the carnival funds. The council could not see its way to grant the Lyall Bay Carnival Committee a separate donation to augment the carnival funds. 011 tlie recommendation of tho Public Gardens, Reserves, and Baths Committee, it was dccided that the Brooklyn Municipal Electors' Association be informed that (lie cost of the ilagpolo requested by fho association for ercclr.oll a- 1 . Sugar Loaf Reserve will be .£l7 10s., and it is therefore regretted that owing to the largo cost tho council cannot accede to their request. Councillor .Fletcher .was appointed to represent tho council 011 the spccial committee of the Citizens' Carnival. Tho Markets Committee was constituted as follows:—Councillors Barber, Fletcher, Fuller, Ilindmarsh, Hislop, Tregear, and Wright.

Strange to say, the old-fashioned method of external treatment of Rheumatism and its allied ills, instill almost a fetish with some people. They seem to believe that a liniment or plaster is the only wav of obtaining relief from uric acid troubles— and so they !:ei worse and wor.'e. until their Rheumatism liecomes ehronic. Liniment.- and pln-ters can give but temporary relief. Xo eure can lie eltectei] until Ihe caiiro is removed. The irouble is due to excess uric acid in the blond and this must be eradicated. RHEIHIO is the one real remedy. It goes to the root of the trouble and expels the uric aeid. Thousands have been cured by RHEUMO. Of all chemist- ami stores, 2s. Oil. ami 4s. (id. —Advt. 5'J Two new trains are U> lie fuu between Paris and London durins the summer, beginning on July 1. A train will leave Chnriuf: Cro-» each day at -i.ao p.m., 'arriving al Paris before midnight, and a (rain will leave Pari:- u! 12-.30 each night, arriviuj iu Loudon at 10.15 a.ui»