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PARISH CHURCH CLOCK.
The attention of the Vestry having been called to the
necessity of repairing the Parish Church Clock, and believing
the clock to be a public convenience even more than a
want of the Church the Vestry voted the sum of £20, the
estimated cost of the Work.
OBSTRUCTIONS.
The Vestry's attention was called daring last summer, by.
a ratepayer, to the obstruction in Regent Street, between
Piccadilly and Jermyn Street, caused by the loading and
unloading of carriers' vans. The Vestry, however, after
giving the subject careful consideration, came to the conclusion
that the only action they could take in the matter was
to inform the complainant that the Vestry had already communicated
with the Polico as the authority for regulating
traffic and traffic obstruction, and the Commissioners of
Woods as freeholders of the property, on the subject, and
that, while sympathising with him, they regretted that they
were not able to afford him any remedy.
MARLBOROUGH STREET POLICE COURT.
In April last year the attention of the Vestry was called
to a report that a suggestion to abolish Marlborough Street
Police Court was under the consideration of the Government.
The Vestry Clerk at once placed himself in communication
with The Hon. W. F. D. Smith, M.P., the Member of
Parliament for the Borough of the Strand, and the Home
Secretary on the subject. The result was that a question
was asked of the Home Secretary by Mr. Smith in the House
of Commons as to the correctness of the rumour, when the