BOROUGH MATTERS.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3209, 2 June 1879, Page 2

BOROUGH MATTERS.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.) Sib,—l notitfsllh"sbar reftfttiof the Special Meeting of the Borough Council of the 30th, it is printed " The Town Clerk and other .CounciHOrt.. saii ;the resolution referred to by Cr McGowan was passed owing to the action of the lato Mayor in sending-peculiar telegrams." 11 beg most distinctly to aay suchy^flfds never;,passed';my, lips., I-iaid J ( H no knowledge of such a resolution being -passed by the Council, and that no such resolution was recorded on the minutes; I am now perfectly satisfied, after considering the mattter more carefully, that f j was and am correct in my,statement, and that if the reports of Council meetings recorded by the Thames press for the past two , years be searched,> \M* McGowan'a belief that any resolution in. the least degree similar to that quoted by him will prove to bo erroneous.—l-am, &0., F. C; Dfiijfti^m^gkffi!/^ Thames, 31«fc May, 1879. ' ' ~

A ■* cobbbspq'ijipjsnt of.. tbe Melbourne Argus is sending some verjr interesting letters;tb'jthat;iphpori-from^Europe iindei^ the" title of'"' Tbe Australian Abroad." Tho following amusing adventure is described as having occurred at Florence,V —*'' A sad experience, which throw a temporary gloom over the whole party, happened, to"'Tom at the hotel one e?eninjf. Having a bad cold, he had gone to bed early, arid; though tlie day had been Tery hot, he folt chilly'and rang for an extra blanket. The landlady appeared in his bedroom, and; being unablo to speak a word of Italian, lio pointed to his chest to indicate that ho ; fiad a cold, and to tho inner aide of tho bcd-clothca to explain that he wanted more of thorn. Tom was; either too dramatic in his manner, or the lady gained her ideas of pantomime at the Italian opora, for she believed he was making a declaration of affection. $ho gave a short scream, and rushed off for her husband in a fury. The husband was fortunately able to speak a little English, and the was rectified the moment he appeared on the scene. When our friend related that story to us in an aggrieved manner in the morning, concluding witb the,profousd observation. 1 Trulj, aro, we in * Italy unredeemed,'' we could not. restrain our tears, and our aides ached for days afterwards."