Evening star., 1933-07-20
e PETITE MARSEILLAIS, Mar
seilles-The committee Of gen.
eral administration pertaining

~ TO the Chamber In its discussions
recently at Paris considered the
report Of M. Gruet relating to the prop
ositions of M. Morinaud for taxing
bread and other viands, and also for
the restriction of the allegedly too lib
nicipal governments to the destitute
and unemployed. Mr.. Gruet, IN his
tabulations, compared the present
methods and expense of relief activity
with the suggested system whereunder
the prefect or the mayor would be di-
rectly responsible for expenditures
under q more adequate but better con-
trolled budget.
M. Gruet deplored in his report a
principle Of taxation which now in
cludes the additional prejudice to the
purchasing even of bread and meat, and
rather pointedly declares that measures
seeking thus to augment public funds
will be likely to increase the number
of those dependent upon them, inso-
much as the funds Of those still buying
their own provisions will become ex-
hausted the sooner, and many now
will be likely to be found
upon the lists Of those maintained by
public or private charity.
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Abolition Of Slums
Urged to Curb Disease.
Irish Independent. Dublin-Discuss-
ing the hospitals bill in the Dali, Sir
James Craig observed that If they could
do sway with the slums they would do
away with disease, particularly In the
city Of Dublin. In other cities, also,
slums abound, and the municipal au-
thorities are, so far as their resources
permit. taking measures to substitute
ton.
Acting on the report Of the city man.
ager, Cork Corporation has decided to
proceed with. an extensive clearance
scheme in the northwest area of the
city. Conditions in that area, as de-
scribed by the medical officer of health,
are a grave menace to the health Of the
residents. OF close on 600 houses In
spected, practically 80 per cent were IN
such state Of disrepair as to be unflt
for human habitation.
The whole area is densely populated,
thoroughfareS are very narrow with de-
flcient external ventilation, an addi-
tional evil being the existence in the
locality Of large number Of slaughter
houses and tripe houses, as well as
numerous piggeries.
Between the schemes proposed and
those already carried out good deal
will have been accomplished in the way
of providing healthy homes for the nu-
merous families residing in insanitary
areas. Stock to the amount OF f100,-
900 Is to be issued by the corporation
for housing purposes.
Nicaraguans Open
Drive Against Bandits.
La Noticia, Managua- Bound for the
fields and forests surrounding the city
Of Jinotega, column Of private citi-
zens consisting of some SIS men has left
to capture or exterminate the bandits
who have been preying upon that re-
gion now for several years. The v1gi-
lantes were divided into two companies,
one of cavalry, commanded by Senor
Carmen Noguera, district judge IN
civil life, and the other, Of infantry,
captained by the banker, Senor Emilio
Lopez Zeledon. AL the expeditionaries
were heavily armed, and proposed TO 90
what that other instrument OF law and
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able satisfactorily to accomplish.
Because Of the determination and en-
thusiasm Of this .small volunteer detach-
ment, dweIlers in the rural sections
roundabout, as well as the inhabitants
Of Jinotega, who have also suffered con-
siderably from the raids OF these des-
perate outlaws, are quite confident that
the expedition will be successful in pa
cifying this whole region. The vigil
lantes have pledged themselves to show
no quarter until the last Of these fero-
|cious hur1an tTutes has been driven
from his lair.