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Councillor Dr. J. Williamson. Resignation.
At their meeting in April, 1930, the Council received the
resignation of Dr. J. Williamson from his office as a Councillor,
together with the statutory fine of one guinea.
The resignation was accepted, and the office declared vacant.
Councillor J. G. Spradbrow, J.P. Appointment.
A by-election was duly held to fill the vacancy caused by the
retirement of Dr. J. Williamson, and the candidate elected as a
result thereof was John George Spradbrow, J.P.
Obituary.
Resolutions of sympathy were passed at the deaths of the
following :—
Mr. John Gildart Hichisson (ex-Member of Council, old Vestry and Board of
Overseers), Mrs. W. T. Kelly (wife of W. T. Kelly, Esq., M.P., J.P.), Mrs. Gorman
(mother of Councillor A. H. Gorman), Dr. Alexander Smith, J.P. (ex-Member of
the Council and of the old Vestry), Mrs. W. Minet (wife of William Minet, Esq.),
Mr. Stanley Moore (ex-Councillor), Mr. F. Wilson Venning (ex-Member of the
Council and of the old Vestry), Councillor A. W. Franey.
Smoke Abatement.
The Council have considered the following communication
from the London County Council :—
Sir, December 4th, 1930.
Smoke Abatement.
The Council on April 15th, 1930, made a by-law as follows, under Section 2 of
the Public Health (Smoke Abatement) Act, 1926, for regulating the emission of
smoke within the County of London (excluding so much of the area administered
by the Port Sanitary Authority of the Port of London as is within the County):—
The emission of black smoke for a period of two minutes in the aggregate
within any continuous period of thirty minutes from any one chimney of a
building other than a private dwelling house shall until the contrary is proved
be presumed to be a nuisance liable to be dealt with summarily under the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
In accordance with the provisions of Section 114 of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891, a copy of this by-law was sent to the sanitary authorities in London and
public notice was given in the press of the Council's intention to apply to the
Minister of Health for confirmation of the by-law. Objections to the making of
the by-law were received by the Minister from the Wandsworth Metropolitan
Borough Council, the Federation of British Industries and the National Union of
Manufacturers. In each case the Minister intimated to the Council that it was
desirable that endeavours should be made to settle the question in dispute locally
by conference or otherwise, and that if this procedure failed to satisfy the parties
concerned, he would consider such of the objections as had not then been met.
Deputations from the Federation of British Industries and the National Union
of Manufacturers have been received by the appropriate Committee of the Council.
The main contentions of the two bodies were as follows :—