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itself heard upon so important a subject, and
they therefore recommended, and the Vestry
consented, that a Conference of representatives
from local authorities South of the Thames,
should be convened on the subject.
The delegates met for the first time, in
January last, the Vestries of Camberwell,
Lambeth, Newington, and Bermondsey, and
the District Boards of Wandsworth, Levvisham,
and St. Saviour, being represented. Mr. G.
C. Whiteley was elected Chairman of the
Conference, and resolutions were passed condeming
the dilatory action of the companies in
providing a constant supply of pure and wholesome
water, and in providing an adequate
supply for the extinction of fires; and advising
a test action in order to obtain for South
London consumers the benefit of the judgment
of the House of Lords in Dobbs v. Grand
Junction Water Works Company.
At a second meeting of the Conference in
February, further resolutions were passed in
support of the Metropolis Water Bill of 1884,
promoted by the City Corporation; and recommending
the Vestries of South London to