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28. The Council House, Town Hall, the several public libraries,
the Rating and Registration Offices, the Borough Engineer's
Offices, and the Tooting and Wandsworth Baths, were illuminated
on the 22nd, 23rd, 26th, and 27th June; and many of the tradesmen
and others kept up the decorations and illuminations which they had
used on Coronation Day.
29. Subscriptions amounting to £737 8s. 5d. were received from
residents towards the cost of the celebration, the total cost of which
was £2,362 14s. 0d.
30. The following Parliamentary Bills were considered by the
Council, viz.:—
London County Council (General Powers).
Metropolitan District Railway.
Wandsworth, Wimbledon and Epsom District Gas.
Music and Dancing Licences.
Daylight Saving.
National Insurance.
Parliamentary Franchise (Women).
Rag Flock.
Representation of the People.
Shops.
Aliens (Prevention of Crime).
London County Council (Finance).
Aliens.
Disorderly Houses.
Parliamentary Elections.
Poor Law (London).
Summer Season (Daylight Saving).
L.C.C.
(Gencral Powers.)
31. Part III. of this Bill proposed to authorize the London
County Council to hold, lay out, and develop on the
lines of a garden suburb part of the White Hart
estate, Tottenham, and to let plots of land on lease
for buildings other than for the accommodation of the working
classes. This Council saw no objection to the London County
Council disposing of part of the estate but was of opinion that such
Council should not be empowered to build premises other than for
the accommodation of the working classes on the estate. The Bjll
rectived Royal Ascent on the 7th August, 1912.