The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-07-14 00:00:00

SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1883.

stall in the Dudley market. On the 13th of April
prisoner came to her and asked her to buy a fowl
for 2s 4d which she gave him. She was quite c-r-
-tain that the priso-er was the one who brought the
fowl. Prisoner was sentenced to 3 months' hard
labour.

ter, organising secretary, stated that during the past
year tt,e amount realised for the work of the Church
M ssionary Society was £225,231, That was an in-
crcase of £lO,OOO as compared with what was re-
ceived in the preceding year. He said that one gent-
leman had given in the course of a few years do-
natioes of 20 000 guineas. another of £35,000, and
last y, ar £72, 000 to the society.— The Rev S. B.
Bl Attie ongratulatcd the Chairman upon his restored
health, and remarked upon the fact that St. George '5
parish had already sent one clergyman to the mission
field in South Africa, and had at the present time a
young man being trained to go out.— The meeting
closed in the usual way.
THE BOARD OF GUARDIANS.— Mr. J. Giles presided
at the meeting of the Board of Guardians held on
Tuesday— With reference to the children who were
brought into the house in a starving condition, it
was stated that they were going on very nicely and
were now able to tun about.—A report was read from
the Building Committee, which stated that the total
costs of making the proposed alterations at the work-
house would amount to £17,637. This would include
£l,OOO for architect's charges, £3OO for salary for
clerk of the Works, and £630 for sundries. They
recommended that permission be asked to borrow
£lB,ooo.—The report was adopted.—lt was stated
thet there had been 36 applications for the office of
Clerk of the Works and it was resolved that com-
mittee would consider it at a future meeting.—Mr.
Page, of Chaddesley, brought before the Board a
question with reference to tbe payment of rates for
an estate called Tanwood, at Chaddesley Corbett,
which was not occupied at present. The parishioners
had already pail one year's rates and another
year's were now owing and he wished to know what
they were to do. At present the estate was in the
hands of the mortgages.— The Clerk said that wa.s
not the business of the Board.— Mr. Cities said it
appeared it was nobody's business. When they
went to the overseers they said they could do noth-
ing in it. The estate in question was for sale and
the tiltage was running but the grass and fruit
crops were growing and there was ample to pay the
rates. The last rate, which had to be paid before
Lady Day, could not be recovered and the current
rate wou dbe closed at Michaelmas. It was veil
hard upon the ratepayers that they should have to
pay £lO or £5O per per year to make up for that.
Mr. Milines thought that if the occupation by the
mortgagee was a beneficial occupation they could sue
him for the arnountgh--Mr. Giles said the only person
ie possession that he knew of was the bailiff.—Mr.
Hollloway said whoever cut the hay was liable
--
After some further discussion the Clerk advised the
Overseers to obtain legal advice in the matter.
THE TOWN Conseil. —The Mayor (Mr. G. W.
Grosvenor) presided at the monthly meetiug of the
Council on Wednesday. He eaid that since the
last meeting of the Council considerable alarm bad
arisen in the minds of a large numlser of people in
the town with respect to the condition of the Hoe
Brook Viaduct, He bad instructed the Borough
Surveyor to make an inspection of the structure.
He did so, and afterwards wrote to Mr. Robothani.
district engineer for the Great Western Railway
Company. In reply Ur. Robotham wrote "We
have been doing some slight repairs to the viaduct
recently, but there is nothing whatever to cause the
slightest uneasiness. The viaduct is perfectly sate,
and in good order, Some gentlemen, it appears,
saw some decayed wedges and ironwork recently
taken out, and this appears to have given rise to Luis
understanding." A paragraph also appeared in the
Birmingham papers stating the alarm felt about
the viaduct, and that caused Mr. Briuton to bling
the matter before the House of Commons. The
President of the Board of Trade afterwards
sent down the Government Inspector,
Colonel Bich, whose report has been published.
The Great Western Railway Company had promised
to proceed with the work of building a new viaduct
at one.—The report was adopted.—The Medical
Officer of Health reported that there had been 67
births during the past month, as against 65 for the
corresponding period last year. The deaths had
been 30, or 15 209 in the 1,000. For the comes.
ponding period last year there had been 39 deaths,
or 19.703 in the 1,000.