Auguet 1.
Tue, brief recess of three weeks upon which the members of the Municipal Council enter from today will he grudged by no. one who has acquainted himself with the amount of hard work that is now entailed by service on the Council. This work, if we may judge by the additional length attained by the Municipal Minut during the last Few months, shows every sign of increasing, as the years pass, and threatens to. challenge the permanency of the present om, unless stops are taken to adjust it in time to or changing needs, With the arrival of Major C.D. Bruce, the new Captai Superintendent, who is due Force will be may antic the burden which now falls on the: shoulders of the Watch Committee, In the peculiar circumstances the Settlement political considera tions must always intrude themselves into the office of the Head of the Police, calling for constant ce-operation with the Council or a Sub-Committee; but for all pure Police work and the routine of the system there should he no need the future to encroach upon any of the time of the men bers of the Coun The interval between the appearance of the Minutes of yesterday's meeting and ing of the Counc towards the end of August can he made the opportunity for the publication of the Report of the Po Inquiry Committee, the existence of which" the community, ax we gather from letters that reach us, has not forgotten.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.