Question of Appointment: A Technical Objection Upheld: A Long Hearing at the St. Augustine’s Session: A case of great interest and of some importance locally occupied the attention of the magistrates at the St. Augustine’s Petty Sessions, Canterbury on Saturday. The Bench had been asked to hear and determine objections to private street works proposed to be carried out at Beacon Hill and Beacon Hill Parade, Herne Bay, the provisional apportionment being the principal point in dispute. The frontagers concerned were Messrs. J. W. Pinsent, H. A. Floate, J. Hingston, A. Baldwin, E. Scott, A. T. Dence, H. T. Freshwater, A. V. Stokes, C. T. Smith, H. G. Pitt, F. A Wood and the executors of Mr. Aduey Payne (Messrs. W. A. Payne and W. Gibbons). Many of these gentlemen were present in Court, and several Herne Bay residents and ratepayers as this matter has received a great deal of attention. The hearing was a lengthy one, extending throughout the day, as the Bench did not rise till past half past four. … continues … … (long discussion on plans to build a road which the residents said they did not need and they should not have to pay for) … …
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GRO0462 Tiverton: James Walter Pinsent: 1861 – 1948 (?)