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Sale of Land in Rosebery Avenue—The
attention of the Vestry was called to a paragraph in
the report of the Corporate Property Committee on
the London County Council, which states that Mr.
Chambers has purchased the plots Nos. 33, 34, ana
part of 36, Rosebery Avenue, from the Council for
the sum of £1,950, when they expressed their regret
that the Council should have sold the freehold of the
lots in question, and also requested the Council to
state the reasons which led them to depart from the
assurance previously given, in its letter of the 22nd
February, 1898, that "the Council has endeavoured,
so far as it legally can, to provide for the removal of
the buildings on the sites at the end of 20 years, and
for the erection of more substantial buildings according
to plans to be approved by the Council, at a
cost of not less than 15s. per foot super."
The Corporate Property Committee replied that
they were unable to find that the passage alluded to
contains any "assurance " whatever.
Brave conduct of Gunner Hall, R.A., and James
Wright.—The Vestry have much pleasure in placing
on record its appreciation of the heroic conduct of
the soldier William Hall, in rescuing at the risk of
his own life five persons from imminent death, in a
house in Clerkenwell Close; and of a lad named
James Wright, who by ascending the stairs amidst
dense poisonous fumes, throwing open a window,
and calling for help, so materially assisted in saving
life.
They also forwarded particulars of the brave deed
to the Home Secretary and the Secretary of State
for War, and respectfully suggested that after due
enquiry, they might be able to represent to Her
Majesty that the conduct of Gunner William Hall