NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1970, 29 January 1914, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Telctrraph.—Frees Association.) ** « —_ PEDLARS'PERMITS. Chrlbtohtirch,- January 28. At the Magistrate's Caurt, two'fryitUatrlcers 'wcro .charged- with trading without licenses. Sir. Hunt,-.{or tho. defendants, st at<vl that tho council had refused to issue licenses on the ground . that the men had l>c<3n coisvietod Jot failing to keep i:ii .motion .in tho streets. He contended that _ .the council had no power to withhold licenses from.persons 01 good character. This had been, admitted at Wellington, where the council was _ unabln to prevent foreigners monopolising the 'J.ui.wkin.g trade. Tho magistrate said that an offeno under tin; by-law had been and fined the men £'2 each. AUCKLAND LOAN PROPOSALS. Auckland, January 38. >• ■" ' At n special' meeting last night; tho City ■ Couiinil. discussed loan .proposals, consisting of £60,000., in complete tlio drainage scheme, £13,000' for city workshops, stables, and depots in Patterson Street, £4000 for an addition to tho art 'gallery, and £15,000 for tho pus-chase of . tho Gillies ISstate, Parncll, as a park. The proposals wore approved, and it was decided to put them 'before the rate- ' payers for sanction to barrow the £112,000 required. SUMMER SCHOOL HOUfiS. Auckland, January 28, The City Schools Committee expressed . disapproval of tho Board of Education proposal that the summer sohobl hours should be from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., au<V 12 to 3 p.m., and favoured 9 to 12, anu 2 to 4.