'A meeting of this body was held on the [2th inst., when the bye-laws relating to Boarding Houses were laid on the table, and Mr, Osborne suggested that the Government should refuse licenses to houses in the crowded portion of the city. This, it was thought, would lead to hardship, and the recommendation was eventually modified so as to embrace only new boarding houses in the central portion Victoria. Some discussion ensued on the wire netting affixed to tue gratings of drains, which the Director of Public Works declared was the cause of the drains being Mocked in rainstorms. It was decided that us the netting hai been the means of preventing rats from entering the drains, it would be better to retain it, and advertise the fact to the Chinese and get them to ce-operate.
Thanksgiving for Peace, A thonkegiving service for peace was held in St. John's Cathedral on Sunday morning last, the 8th inst. the sermon being preached by the Rev. J. W, Southam. The Acting Governor and Lady Gascoigne were present, and a large number of military officers, so numerous that part
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