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21. In January last, Councillors Baines and Laceby were
streatham appointed by the Council Representative Trustees
0f the Streatham Charities from the 21st January,
to fill the vacancies caused by the expiration of the period for
which Mr. J. W. Rose and Mr. C. E. Wellborne were appointed.
Streatham
Charities.
22. Alderman Dickinson and Councillors Penfold and Rose
were re-appointed this Council's representatives on
the Committee to administer the Weir Trust for the
current year.
Weir Hospital
Trust.
23. Councillors Littlechild and Luscombe and Alderman
Robinson have been re-appointed representatives of
this Council on the Governing Body of the
Technical Institute, and Councillor Lance has been
appointed this Council's representative on such Body in place of
the late Mr. John Bell, J.P. Councillor Lance's term of office
expires in July, 1907; Mr. Littlechild's in 1908, and Mr. Luscombe's
and Dr. Robinson's in 1909.
Wnndsworth
Technical
Institute.
24. The Council regret to record the death of Mr. J. Bell, J.P.,
who was a representative of the Council on the governing
body of the Wandsworth Technical Institute, a
member of the late Wandsworth District Board of
Works from 1899 until the inauguration of the Council in November,
1900, and an auditor of the accounts of the District Board for the year
ending 25th March, 1S80. Mr. Bell took a very active part in the
public affairs of Wandsworth for a long period, and his services were
highly apppreciated by the Council and the inhabitants of the Borough.
Death of
Mr. J. Bell, J.P
25. In December, 1906, the Lord Mayor of London opened a fund
for the PurPose °f raising the sum of £60,000 for the
establishment of a specialised institution for the relief
of the crippled children of London, and he asked for the assistance of
the Mayors of the Metropolitan Boroughs in the matter. The Mayor
(Councillor Wise) opened a branch fund for this Borough. The Town
Clerk was appointed honorary secretary and treasurer, circulars were
addressed to residents in the Borough inviting subscriptions to the
Fund, and a concert was held at the Wandsworth Town Hall 011 the
25th February, and another at Streatham on the 31st May. The
receipts to the 31st July w ere as follows, viz. :—
Crippled
Children.