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GENERALLY.
Nine claims for compensation were made against the
Vestry, some of them of a very frivolous character,
for instance, the sum of £10 was claimed for compensation
for injuries to a woman, who stated that she trod
on some potato peelings on the footway in Columbia
Road in front of the Market. All the claims were
investigated and havo been abandoned.
Claims for
Compensation
The sum of £3 13s. 3d. was paid to the owner of
some houses in Mead Street, for expenses incurred by
reason of the stoppage of the public sewer.
The Chalet in Whitechapel Road having been closed
for some time, and being a nuisance, and the Chalet
Company, Limited, being in liquidation, the Vestry
resolved to call upon the liquidator to remove the
building. As some considerable time elapsed, and
nothing was done by the liquidator, notice was given
that, in accordance with the terms of the agreement
under which it was erected, the Vestry would remove it.
The building was taken down by the Vestry's workmen,
and the materials sold; the amount realised being
about sufficient to pay the cost of pulling down and
making good the site.
Calet
A quantity of old iron at Digby Street yard was old Iron
sold for 27s. 6d. per ton.
An estimate and apportionment for paving Brady's
Buildings as a new street was prepared, but as your
Surveyor reported to the "Works' Committee that the
houses were unfit for habitation; the attention of the
Sanitary Committee was called to the matter. Proceedings
were taken by the Committee to close the
houses, mid they have since been demolished.
Brady's
Buildings
The Store-Keeper (Mr. Rutty) was taken seriously
ill in the early part of the year, and on June 25th was
Digby Street
Depot