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Coroner's Court. The Vestry at their Meeting on the 22nd October,
considered the question of providing a Coroner's
Court, and referred the subject for further consideration to the
Works and General Purposes Committee. This Committee
invited Mr. Braxton Hicks, the Coroner, to attend their Meeting,
and devoted considerable time to the reference. Mr. Braxton
Hicks conferred with the Committee, and suggested certain
premises which were, in his opinion, suitable for the purpose, and
which he believed were for sale, and the freehold could be
obtained upon reasonable terms.
The Committee having caused enquiries to be made, found
that the premises in question were not for sale. A report was
subsequently presented to the Vestry to this effect, and Mr.
Braxton Hicks was informed accordingly.
Board Schools, Battersea Park Road exits. The Vestry on the 11th January drew the attention
of the School Board for London to the danger to the
scholars attending their Battersea Park Road Schools
owing to all the gates of the schools being in Battersea Park Road
and suggested that additional means of exit should be provided
from the schools in question into Forfar Road where there was
very little vehicular traffic. The Vestry, however, regret to state
that after considerable correspondence the Board declined to
adopt the suggestion.
Access to Battersea Railway Station. The Vestry at their meeting on the 18th December
considered as to the inconvenience occasioned by the
want of a railway station on the West London Extension
Railway in Battersea Park Road near Christ Church,
and a communication was addressed to the Railway
Company, suggesting that the station in the High Street should
be removed to the Battersea Park Road. A reply was received
from the Company on the 28th February stating that the
Directors regretted that they could not entertain the suggestion
of the Vestry. A further proposition was then submitted to the
Company that in order to meet the demands of the neighbourhood
direct means of communication should be established
between the Battersea Park Road and the platforms of the
Company's existing station, but to this the Directors also declined
to accede.