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Broad Yard.—It may be kept upon record that
a portion of Broad Yard, Turnmill Street, at the
rear of Messrs. Murray & Co.'s and Messrs. Condy
and Mitchell's, and enclosed by gates, is public
way. The circumstances of the enclosure are detailed
in the report for the year ended 25th March,
1890.
Plumber's Place.—It is also to be noted that
this public way runs through the courtyard of
Northampton Buildings, the boundaries of such
public way being defined by narrow iron rails fixed
in the paving.
Owen's Row.—The Vestry, when removing the
posts from the eastern end of Owen's Row, ordered
a bar to be fixed, so that the right of closing same
to vehicular traffic might be preserved. No complaint
reached the Vestry of any nuisance arising
from the street being opened, but it was found that
the bar was sometimes unlocked and placed across
the roadway. In consequence of this being done,
an accident happened to a bicyclist at night, and
the Vestry decided to remove the bar altogether.
Fines for Adulteration.—The Vestry have drawn
attention to the very small fines inflicted by the
Police Magistrate in some of the cases of adulteration,
and have caused a communication to be made
to the Home Secretary and the Local Government
Board, urging that some effective means may be
adopted to prevent what is practically an encouragement
of adulteration, and to the Member of Parliament
for the Division, and the Vestries and
District Boards of the Metropolis, asking them to
support same.