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the Kastern District, was granted a superannuation allowance, and
Mr. P. Dodd, the Surveyor for the Western District, was appointed
Borough Engineer and Surveyor. The offices of the Surveyor
for the Eastern District at No. 215, Balham High Road, have
been re-arranged so as to accommodate the whole of the staff of
the Borough Engineer and Surveyor, and the offices of the Surveyor
for the Western District at No. 75, High Street, Wandsworth,
are now used for the Rating, Registration, and Burials
Departments. The removal of these departments from the Wandsworth
Town Hall, where the rooms available were unsuitable for
offices, will enable the Council to provide better accommodation
for letting the Hall for public meetings, entertainments, and other
purposes.
Licences. premises.
27.The Council objected to the renewal of three licenses for
the sale of intoxicating liquors on account of the
condition of sanitary conveniences attached to the
The necessary works having been carried out the
objections were withdrawn.
Unemployed Workmen Act.
28. The Council considered the subject of the re-enactment of
the Unemployed Workmen Act, and decided to
inform the Local Government Board that it was
in favour of its re-enactment with amendments to provide :—
(a) Permanent and useful work to meet the necessities of distress.
(b) For the permanent settlement on land of men trained at farm
colonies.
(c) Other work than that for which only physically strong and trained
men are capable.
(d) An alternative to the Poor Law for those too old to work.
(e) Increased national grants for technical education and encouragement
of the apprenticeship system.
(/) For the establishment of penal colonies for the detention of loafers
and idlers.
29. For a report as to the work of the Distress Committee
under the Unemployed Workmen Act see Appendix "J," page 264.
30. The Council appointed Alderman Lorden (Mayor), Councillors
Campbell, Clark, Eaton, and Wallis, Members of the Local
Advisory Committee for the Wandsworth Employment Exchange.