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of the town ? The Council need noo frit ter their money away, and he questionei whether they had the power to pass th< - above motion without rescinding the re solution passed some month*-; ba-:k by tin C'ouucil. He proposed, as ar. amend anent* which was seconded by Cr T, R Chamberlain, That the Town Cl«rk writi to the Captain . of ihe Feilding Fire Bri gade, asking what moneys liive beei paid and what sum is still due on th< /engine. Continuing his remarks, Cr Sandiland: said that a plain statement of the trans -actions of the Brigade should be lait before tbe Council, the whole of whicl appeared, as at present known by th< Council, rather mixed. Replying to s remark of Cr Thompson's, he said thai gentleman had stated his (Cr Sandilands; -amendment was " fast aud loose," but he should think that phrase applieil more tc Cr Thompson's actions, owing to his inconsistency in altering his motion. Ci Thompson was too hot-headed in proposing motions, altering them, &c. After some desultory conversation had beeu indulged in, the amendment was put, Crs Sandilands, Watts and ChamberJain voting for it. The voting was therefore equal, and the Chairman, after some consideration, gave his casting vote -agiinst it. The original motion was then put and carried by the casting vote of the chairman, y Proposed 'by A-ir Goodbehere, seconded by Ur Rutherford,* That a committee be Appointed, .consisting of Crs Sandilands, Haybittle, Watts and the mover, to meet the Feilding Fire Brigade with a view to meeting arrangements re fire ■engine.* — Carried. Proposed by Cr J. C. Thompson, seconded by Cr T. R. Chamberlain, That -Mr Gr. C. Hill be appointed valuer for the JBorough for the ensuing year at the same remuneration as he received for last year. In speaking to his motion, Cr Thompson considered Mr Hill had carried out - iis duties very successfully in the past. He had a thorough knowledge of the work, and as the time was very short it would be better to appoint him, and thus save both time and expense. Cr Sandilands did not like to see appointments to offices for municipal affairs decided in 'this manner. He approved of advertising for tenders for the position, and give every ratepayer a chance. He supported this, proposal on principle, which did not imply that Mr Hill had not. done his duty, as he believed he had. Proposed by ! Cr Sandilands, seconded •by Cr Rutherford, as an amendment, That applications be called by public advertisement for the position of Borough valuer for the ensuing year, each person tendering to state a price at which he is prepared to do the work pertaining to that office ; tenders to be sent in by the 15th instant, and that a special meeting of the Council be held on that date to deal with them. The amendment was carried by 3 to 2, the ■'* noes " being Crs J. O. Thompson and T. £. Chamberlain. Cr. Goodbehere drew the Council's attention to the fact that the time of the agreement in connection with the Pound had expired, and something was required to be done. Proposed by Cr. Watts, seconded by Cr •Goodbehere, That the matter of the , Pound be left over till the next meeting ■of the Council. — Carried. The usual drawing for the defaulting ratepayers took place, afler which the ■Council adjourned. Our Wellington Letter . (FKOM OUB OWN CORRESPONDENT. ) Wellington, December 4 Before this article sees the light of day Ithe great elections of 1890 will be over, and some will be rejoicing whilst others . .will be sad . and" sorrowful, There has Tnot.b.ee n so much" excitement over a genfor many a year as there is : Tpver the present one, which is being fought oout to the bitter end. Cartoons representing the weaknesses of the various '■Candidates, which have been circulated iby their rivals, are to be seen posted up • at every conspicuous spot, and the different candidates may be met with at every step, •; hurrying hither and thither with . face and' troubled brows, working - tooth and nail to make their own return the more certain. When it is alLover I " ""ijEihk my prognostications oT last week " will not be dfar out. Some time back a great hue and cry was raised about the " exodus." The ; Jshoe,is now on.the other foot, and we are . -getting back more than our own. The >c "Wairarapa recently 'arrived at Auckland from Sydney with 138 passengers and the '.- Tekapo and Jubilee at; "our own port with ; 151 and 104 respectively, which evidently , points to the fact that our sister colonies are m no better position than ourselves . "to ernply the surplus bone and sinew that 1 L xsan be seen on' every hand in the large cities "waiting for somethin 7 to turn up." .id. iAt-^he Army' and Naw Bazaar a few nights ago,- one. of the light-lingered crew attenapted to carry on his nefarious calling, but after relieving a lady of her purse' containing a few shillings and making off with another lady's hand bag containing. £10, which he snatched from her . hand, he was collared by three gentlemen '"who "Were standing near, and handed over to justice. The fellow who gave the name of Walter Taylor, has since received a month's imprisonment for his trickery which doubtless will tend to show him . . that there are smarter men than himself in the world. The ingenuity of the colonial youth seems to be unlimited. This afternoon as I strolled past the wharf watching the crowd of boys and girls that usually follow in the wake of the coal carts, my attention was drawn to two boys, one with a bag and the other with a broom handle, who were keeping their eyes on a cart load of the precious mineral as it came „ fromjjthe weighbridge, and who soon commenced to follow in its wake, when up went the broom handle and down fell a piece of coal, and as " nothing succeeds like success," up went the broom handle again alongside of a piece about three tunes the size of ai man's head which, after being pushed and enticed, at last fell smash off the cart and was soon * "popped on by boy No 2. This dodge, which is the latest patent, naturally caused a deal of laughter amongst those who happened to be near the scene of action though one or two " good old saints" held up their bands in holy horror at such depravity. The game is getting so open now Ihat it is quite on the cards that some of them will : soon have to inspect the interior of one of Her Majesty's ■ special rooms for the poor and needy. Quite a scare was caused in the city -last evening when it was rumoured tbat ; thelate train froin Wanganui had nearly ■• . come to grief at the 6cene of the land slip, d near Johnsonville.. It is said that owing to some mistake in the signalling, thc train was '-. backed ,on to the new trestle work which dis not yet completed, and that it was just sopped in time to prevent "a serious ac'cideni. Considerable uneasiness was felt by many of the passengers «?ho. f 'naturally, were on the watch foi place; However, as " all's AR : well that ends well" the e care was soor 'A" '■- forgotten and people commenced to thinl ' • -there had been no danger at all. AUrlfffawnfcnUtition qf, Reading Matter s& A 5 \ fourth p.aqe.)