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eviction orders, to place furniture and goods on the public
highway, so that it is open to the Vestry to institute proceedings
against the offending parties in such cases, should
they see fit to do so." The "offending parties" (brokers'
men) appear to have taken the hint given by the magistrates,
as for some time past, in this parish, and so far as I am
aware, the objectionable practice has been discontinued.
Hygienic Street Paving.
During the year some progress was made in the
paving with asphalte of streets in poor localities, where
traffic is small; such streets, moreover, being largely
used by children as playgrounds. This practice, commenced
in the Potteries district, and carried out completely
in the "Notting-dale" special area, with great and
manifest advantage in every respect, will, I hope, be largely
extended. In December last, upon the report of the sanitary
committee that "it is desirable on sanitary and economical
grounds," your Vestry resolved to asphalte pave, at a cost of
nearly £3,000, five additional streets, viz., Mary-place, Locktonstreet,
Hesketh-place, Testerton-street, and Mersey-street,
all in North Kensington.