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places should be permitted. It is not contended that the
Mayor and Corporation do not represent the view of the
majority of the residents in the action they have taken on
this particular subject, and the Vestry therefore passed a
resolution expressing sympathy with the local authority of
Eastbourne and regret at the attitude which the Salvation
Army have thought fit to adopt.
PROPOSED PURCHASE OF TRAMWAYS BY THE
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL.
The Vestry have passed a resolution concurring with the
views of the Wandsworth District Board of Works and
other local authorities, objecting to the proposal of the
London County Council to purchase part of the Tramway
system in the Metropolis.
LEGALISED PROJECTIONS.
The High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division)
having held in the case of Fortescue v. Bethnal Green
Vestry, that a builder might, under the 26th section of the
Metropolitan Building Act, erect pilasters projecting into
the public street, notwithstanding such projection extends
over ground actually purchased at the public expense for
the purpose of widening the street, the Vestry supported
the representations of the Vestry of Bethnal Green to the
London County Council, in favour of legislation to prevent
such encroachments in the future.
STATE OF THE RIVER THAMES.
Early in October the Vestry had before them a letter
from the Woolwich Local Board, asking for support to their
representations to the London County Council with