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of the specially reserved cricket ground on the
common, and this recommendation was adopted. The
Wandsworth District Board informed the County Council
that they would oppose any attempt to interfere with
the right of the local cricket clubs in the matter. The
Parliamentary Committee of the County Council, after
considering the subject, recommended that Council to
take no further steps in the matter, and this was
agreed to.
Trinity Road &
Wandsworth
Common,
West Side.
The County Council having erected hurdles
on the eastern side of Trinity Road, between
West Side and Windmill Road, upon ground
which, in the opinion of the Wandsworth Board, formed
part of the public way, and having also proposed to fill
up and add to the Common the ditch alongside the road
which the Board had decided to pipe and add to the
highway, the Board communicated with the County
Council on the subject. After considerable correspondence,
a give and take arrangement was arrived at, which
will effect an important improvement by the widening of
Trinity Road and West Side.
Licenses for the
Sale of Intoxicating
Liquors.
The notices of intention to apply for
licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors in
the Borough were considered, and the
cations opposed in certain cases where the Council was of
opinion that licenses ought not to be granted. With
the exception of some cases which were adjourned the
applications opposed by the Council were refused.
Totterdown
Fields Estate.
The London County Council having submitted
plans for the laying out of this estate for
the erection of houses for the working-classes, their
attention was called to the density of population likely
to arise owing to the number of houses per acre which
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