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Approach-es to the Clapham Junction Railway Station. The Vestry presented memorials to the London,
Brighton and South Coast, and the London and South
Western Railway Companies, and also to the Board of
Trade, drawing attention to the dangerous condition
of the approaches to the several platforms at Clapham Junction
Railway Station, and suggesting that the name of the Station
should be changed to Battersea Junction. The Companies
stated in reply to these memorials that they were constructing
the necessary steps with a view to affording increased facilities of
approach to the platforms but that for various reasons they could
not adopt the suggestion of the Vestry to alter the name of the
Station.
Opposition to applica-tion for beer off-license for No. 133, Sugden Road. The application for a beer off license for the
premises No. 133, Sugden Road, at the corner of
Clapham Common, North Side, referred to in the
previous report of the Vestry, wasrenewed. The Vestry,
by their Solicitor, again opposed the application, as did
also the residents in the locality, and the Justices having viewed
the premises, and having regard to the strong opposition, decided
to refuse the application.
School Board Precepts. The large increase which has taken place in the
amounts of the precepts of the School Board for
London has also occupied the attention of the Vestry, and having
regard to the excessive taxation borne by the ratepayers of the
Parish and the Metropolis generally, they resolved to communicate
with the Vestries and District Boards throughout the
Metropolis with a view to a Conference being held in order that
united action might be taken to urge Her Majesty's Government
to take such steps as might be necessary to secure a greater
economy in the administration of the affairs of the School
Board. In response to their invitation the Vestry received
replies from a large number of the Vestries and District Boards
expressing a desire to be represented at the proposed Conference.
On the 10th March, however, the Vestry received a letter from
the Vestry Clerk of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington, stating that
the subject had been considered by that Vestry and forwarding