Mr. Meade-King’s visit to Newton Abbot last week to hold a Local Government Board inquiry as to the Newton Urban District Council’s application for permission to acquire certain properties for the Highweek Street improvement was not without special importance inasmuch as upon the result of his report depend on the uninterrupted construction of the new Free Library at a comparatively early date. Notwithstanding the importance of the inquiry, very little interest was taken in the proceedings by the general public of Newton Abbot. The only serious opposition was that of the Cox family, Mr. Pinsent, who has acted a generous part being merely represented for the purpose of protecting personal interests as to which there was so serious opposition.
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GRO0911 Devonport: William Swain Pinsent: 1843 – 1920