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A letter was received from the Batch8-1965 Vestry of Newington, objecting to
wires being stretched across the streets, and expressing the opinion
that all wires should be laid underground. The Vestry, while
agreeing with this opinion as a general principle, conceived that
circumstances may arise in which an exception should be made to
the rule, and accordingly endorsed the views of the Newington
Vestry, with the qualification that wires should be laid underground,
"so far as is consistent with the public interests."
The action taken by the Vestry on the United Telephone
Company's Bill, 1884, is stated on page 81.
CONCLUDING REMARKS.
The Vestry have not attempted in the foregoing Report to touch
upon mere routine business requiring attention from day to day,
but have endeavoured to submit to their fellow parishioners, in as
clear and succinct a manner as possible, a statement of the principles
which have guided them in the discharge of their trust, and of the
present condition of the Parish.
By Order,
HARRY WILKINS,
Vestry Clerk.