Mr. J. H. Harrison then made a complaint to the Court of damages to his property by these “jokers.”
At the Vestry Meeting, Mr. R. Hammond proposed, and Mr. W. Worship seconded, the re-election of Mr. S. C. D. Steward as one of the Churchwardens, and Mr. Fenn proposed, and Mr. Laws seconded, the re-election of Mr. E. R. Aldred as the other warden, “and the Minister accepted the second nomination as his warden.”
N.B.—This was the first attempt by a Vicar to take action of this sort, (the right of election of both Churchwardens being vested in the Vestry of the parish.)
The following gentlemen had been elected Guardians:—
North Ward—S. Nightingale, E. H. L. Preston, and J. B. Hylton.
Market Ward—C. C. Aldred, W. Laws, and J. Fenn.
Regent Ward—W. Worship, R. D. Barber, and D. A. Gourlay.
St. George’s Ward—J. G. Plummer, C. E. Bartram, and C. Miller.
Nelson Ward—T. Brightwen, C. Woolverton, W. C. Reynolds, and J. Clarke.
It was stated that only 7s. 6d. had been subscribed by the lodging-house keepers to the Race Fund.