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Fabrics (Misdescription) Act, 1913.
This Act is intended to prevent the sale of inflammable
textile fabrics to which is attributed, expressly or inferentially,
the quality of non-inflammability or safety from fire.
I have been requested to carry out the administrative duties
under this Act by the General Purposes Committee, and
samples of textile fabrics will be purchased and tested when
and as required.
Legal Proceedings.
It was not necessary to institute any legal proceedings
during the year.
Execution of Work in Default.
In one instance an owner failed to comply with a notice
served by the Council requiring him to pave the yard at the
rear of a dwelling house, and the necessary work was therefore
executed by the Council. The costs incurred were subsequently
recovered from the owner.
It is with much pleasure that I take this opportunity to
express my appreciation of the excellent manner in which the
assistant sanitary inspectors, Messrs. F. Hudson and E. F.
Eldred, have carried out their duties. A change in the clerical
staff took place during the year, a more experienced clerk,
Mr. H. J. Harland, being appointed in place of the junior
clerk, who resigned through illness. By this arrangement I
hope to secure more effective clerical assistance in future. In
common with other departments, our staff has been affected
by the war, Mr. Harland having enlisted and Mr. Perry, who
was senior clerk, having obtained an appointment as assistant
inspector under another local authority. He received his
sanitary training and obtained the necessary qualifying certificates
while in this office.