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Guardians of the Poor (Qualification).
Guardians of the Poor (Qualification) No. 2.
Local Authorities (Purchase of Land).
National Telephone Company.
New Telephone Company.
Occupying Tenants' Enfranchisement.
Outdoor Provident Relief.
Plumbers' Registration.
Registration Acts (Lodgers) Amendment.
Sale of Intoxicating Liquors on Sundays.
Shop Hours.
Teachers' Regulations.
The Vestry have taken action with regard to certain of
these Bills, as follows:—
Petitioned in favour of the Burials Bill, which, subject to
existing rights, proposes to abolish payment of ecclesiastical
fees for which no services are rendered, and the General
Paving (Metropolis) Act (1817) Amendment Bill, which
would enable local authorities to prohibit lands or houses
being used for shows, &c., causing any obstruction or
annoyance, and expressed approval of the principle of the
Fire Inquests Bill, which proposes to authorise the holding
of inquests when a fire has occurred although not attended
by loss of life.
Petitioned against the National Telephone Company's
Bill, and the Telephone Company's Bill, both of
which would confer upon the. companies concerned
certain statutory rights to place and maintain
telephone posts and wires on and over public and private
property, and opposed in other ways the Employers'
Liability Bill, which would throw upon employers liability
for injury caused by their servants, even when acting outside
the scope of their duty; the Guardians of the Poor