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Fines and Costs at the Police Court.—The
attention of the Vestry was called to the insignificance
of the fines and costs inflicted by the magistrates
at the Police Court upon owners of houses
neglecting to carry out the orders of the Vestry, it
often happening that cases are simply adjourned for
defendants either to commence or to complete the
work ordered, and then only a nominal fine is inflicted,
and in some cases they are only ordered to
pay the bare cost of the summons, no allowance
being made for the loss of time of the various officials
engaged in the case, they therefore sent a few typical
cases of insufficient fines to the Home Secretary and
asked him to take steps to ensure penalties by the
magistrates that would have a deterrent effect upon
those who ignored the notices issued by the inspee
tors.
Band Performances by County Council.-The
Vestry asked the County Council to arrange for
band performances to be given within the Parish of
Clerkenwell, and suggested that Spa Green would
be a suitable place for the purpose, but the Council,
in view of the heavy traffic in Rosebery Avenue next
the open spaces referred to, and the noise occasioned
by same, were not prepared to allow band perform
ances in the places suggested, and therefore asked
the Vestry to indicate some more suitable place, to
which the objections referred to would not apply
As, however, Spa Green is the only suitable place
for the purpose the matter was dropped.
Charges for Road Watering.—The Vestry had
before them a copy of the judgment delivered by
Mr. Hopkins, one of the magistrates at the Lambeth
Police Court, on an application made by the