The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-09 00:00:00

upon tho subject, that th coaditions of the market
of is mi.n to weave
the new bbilc.

The PrOdent oaid M. Dixon acknowledged the
Weavers' Association had the strength in their
hands to prevent him from weaving the material
upon his existing 'coins, some of which had been
altered for the purpo.e, but if he had to give it up
the manufacture would be taken up Ly a company,
withwhom the assuciation would have no power to
interfere.

Mr. Rowe said Mr. Dixon stated he was going
in.° this new manufa,oture not to give off, nee to
the weavers, but to start a sew industry, which
would be a benefit to the town at large.
The Pfesident said they wanted Mr. Dixon to
c ol:sent to men going on the looms at the same !
wage as the girls had, but he said the looms wee
more adapted for girls to work. Mr Dixon allowed
hi in to see one of the looms, but it did not alter his
Opinion that men should work upon them.
Mr. PL,ultney and Mr. Bennett, who had been
deputed to go to the North of England to make
enquilies as to a similar manufacture there, re-
ported the result of their enquiries, and said they
found men engaged in weaving a similar article bin
Rochdale and elsewhere. Women, however, were
also employed on the looms.

The -diicussion ended in a resolution being
carried, deputing the committee to seek another in-
terview with Messrs. Dixon, to lay before them the
additional informationthey had obtained, and to ask
them to reconsider the matter. An amendment
that men should work on the looms referred to,
and that the committee should make arrangements
for the price to be paid for weaving, were laughed
down.

The question of the purchase of a central pro-
perty for the purpose ot the association came before
the meeting, but, as the cost would be .22,000. the
meeting did not favourably e..tertain the matter.
The subject was adjourned.

KIDDERMINSTER,
TOWN COUNCIL.—The quarterly meeting of the
Council was held on Wednesday. the Mayor (Mr.
Goodwin) presiding. A communication was read
from the committee of the Wolverhampton Art and
Industrial Exhibition, and it was resolvcd to lend
the old documents belonging to the Corporation for
exhibition. --. The Town Clerk read a numerously -
signed requisition, asking the Council to open a
road from Broadwaters to Milt Street, on the ground
of the great public convenience it would be. The
memorial was referred to the Improvement Cora- .
mittee.—Thr: finance report, recommending a rate
of £BOO, was adopted. The Improvement Com-
mittee's report recommended a number of new
streets, which had been satisfactorily completed -
should be declared public highways. They had, ,
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considered a letter from the representatives of the
late Mr. G. Turton as to the proposed new street -
through his property, and recommended_no further
steps be taken in the matter at present. In the :
discussion on the latter subject, it was mentioned i
that .21,600 had been asked for the land which '
would be required for the street, a figure which was
considered ibeyond acceptance. The report was
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adopted. The Watch Committee
_recommended
the appointment appointment of Mr. G. Ebury as chief of the
borough police force, in the place of Mr. Haigh,
resigned, and that his salary be £l3O. The com-
mittee also recommended that Mr. Ebury be ap- 1
pinted to some other offices which have been held 1
by Mr. Haigh. The report was adopted. Some ] _
other business followed.

ASSAULTING THE POLICE.—At the Police Court,
on Wednesday, Henry Dodson, labourer, was
charged with drunkenness, refusing to quit the
Dudley Arms Inn on Tuesday night, and with as-
saulting P.C. dllington. The offizer's face was
badly marked by :.defendant's violence, the assault
having been committed when he wus called in to
eject the defendant.—The Bench fined him 20s and
costs.

BANKRUPTCY CASE.—At the London Bankruptcy :I
Court, on Wednesday, a motion as made to Mr.
Registrar Murray to admit the proof of the estate
of Basil Birch Bagster, of Kidderminster. against
the debtor's estate, for ..£l5B, 12s. The debtor
carried;on business in Paternoster Row, London as a
publisher and recently failed, with debts £30,000,
and assets £428. The facts were that prior to
1877 the business had been carried on by the
trustees of the debtor's father, under the style of --:
Samuel Bagster and Sons. _During the year there
was a disolution of partnership, when the business
was bought by Henry, Theodore, and Robert Bar,
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ster, the purchase money being allowed to remain
in the business, of which a sum of £1,763 was to
remain iu trust for B. B. Bagster, and the other
brother, that mon-y to be subject to the payment of 1
9.per cant to the applicants. Various changes took '
place in the business, and eventually, at the time
of the failure, a sum of £l5B. 121. was found to be .
due for interest, and the present proof was put In
and rejeoted l)y the trustee.—Mr. B. B. BAgster wag&
called, and in examination stated that the £1,763, -
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represented hii one sixth share of his father's estate -...'
—The case was not concluded when the Court ruse -
for the day. .
FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—A. meet- A
lug was held in the Town Hall Committee Room .
on Wednesday night, relative to the next show of
the above society. The Mayor (Mr. D. W, Good-
win) presided. A numerous committee was ap-
pointed to make arrangeuients as to the show, and
a suggestion was thrown out that there should
also be an exhibition of poultry and pigeons. The
Consideration of this matter was referred to a sub-
committee. The Mayor was elected president for
the year, the Rev. T. L. Claughton vice-president,
Mr. W. C. Awdry treasurer, and Messrs. C. Dalley
and A, Naylor hon. secretaries.

_
CRICKET CLUB.—The annual meeting of the
members of this club was held at the Lion Hotel,
on Wednesday night. Mr. W. J. Hughes presided.
The balance-sheet, showed that the income for the
year had been .2135 45., and the expenditure £135
I. Mr. T. Lea, M.P., was re-elected president,
and Messrs. E. Hughes and T. F. Ivens vice•presi-
dents. Mr. J. Greenwood was elected honorary
secretary, and a committee appointed for the year.
CHAUGE OF PERmirrING GAMING.—At the County
Police Court, on Thursday, John Ward, landlord of
the Crown Inn, Hoo Brook, was charged with per-
mitting gaming at his house, on the 21st ult. Mr.
J. J. Corbet detended.—Two policemen went to the
defendant's house, disguised as stonemasons, and
the case against defendant rested on their evidence.
—Defendant denied there had been gambling
going on.—The Bench convicted him, and inflicted
a fine of M and cots.

SHOCKING OCCURRENCE AT DUDLEY.
Early on Thursday Phcebe Archer (57), wife of
William Archer, blacksmith, aStourbridge-rod
Hart's-hill, Dudley, was found drowned in a water
cistern at the back of her own house. She sat up
talking until newly midnight with her husband,
who fell asleep. Upon waking he missed his wife
and upon search being in*de her stepson, Edward ,
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Milliner, found the body as above described. De- ,
ceased had attemkt 3cl self-destruction about seven -:
months ago.