The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-07-18 00:00:00

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BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

Mr. H. Billingl.atn presi.led at the weekly meet -
ing of this Hoard at the Board Room, Kinzswiutord
yesterday. There were also present M,•ssrs. J,
Grcoe, A. Burr J :Sid.twav, M. Rollinson. D. Dawes,
D, Br) ce, J. Raybon d, E. C. Giles, G. Pearson, J.
Brooks, E. tringer, N. Forrt.st, I'. Yardley, and G.
Hill.

The Master of the housej (Mr. liollinvn's) re-
port showed that there had been admitted 8, di--
charged 12. dead 2. Remaining in the tioose 517
as agai: at 5'.)1 f ir the correspondinz week last year.
—Out-or r-fli.f, Kingswinford £4412s 101, -,tour-
-1.16 :ge .231 14s Id, Hal,,s ,wen £24 7s Gil, Non re.i.
dent Al 19s Bd, total £lO2 14s id as against A 96
5s 00 for the corresponding week last ye:ir.
Th.: Clerk was ordered to give nutice that a corn
mittee would IT funned to visit the lunatic
asylums
The Chairman said they had come to the worse
part of thi• day's proceedings, and ;hat was to pv-
fer a coa,:ge againsL the schoo!ina,ster. Mr. Parsons.

The in:at'.2r-of the hous'3 etated ti,at the, sehooi-
masw had threatened to strike a woman with a
knife, w'lilst she was iti rootn.

The schoolmaster was called in and said that it
was his dui), to help to carve at the dinner table
and when the woin .n brought her girls in, silo be-
gan to interfere with the:hoys He requested her
to leave them alone, but she refused, and he did
threaten to hit her with a knife. He was very ex •
cited and certainly did not mean tl put the ttireat
into execution,

The Board then decided to ask him to resign, and
if not they should conitnuaiewe with the Local Gov-
ernment Boarcl ant thou an inquiry wLloe made.
Subiequeutly a letter was handed in front the
r:chooloiaster, to which he asked to be allo ,ed to
r ra tin tilt -titer ttle examiwition.

Mr. ItoliiBou ften proposed, and Mr. Grove,'
seconded, -.Th:lt he st‘ni in idA relig,nation
week to take r ffict the first Friday after the ex-
amination."

The following. IQtter wag read from the Clerk ti
the P ace : "County rates. De tr Sir, I shall b nitvc!.
ob iged to you to kin•ily r2mit to the county
treasurer at your earliest convienee a ehyque for
..£762 10s 6 I, the moiety payable on the is:
ot the county and police rat 's order,A at t::e last
Eaiter Quarter Seggious for that county to be pail
by the Guardians of the -•tourbrid.ze Union. Yours
faithfully, Win. Nichols Marcy, clerk of tne peace "
A latter was also read from the Local Govern-
ment Board acknowledging the receipt of the Board
of Guardian's letter of the 13th iapt, an I stating
that the matter to which it related would receive
their consideration. _ _

A precept was rec9lved by the Byird for the
county rat aof ziraff..rd of a limey rat-. of h of a
penny in the pound, and id in the pound for a
county rate, amounting to £299 2s 91 as compared
with 658 13s 61, thus showing a decrease of £159
10s Oil.
A communication was received fr)m the New—
tnarkeL Union 6t ding that a certain medical ,ifficer,
who had be sn dismissed for gross irregairities and
misconduct in 1874, had since caused. hiin.sel. to be
niminate.l, withou:. any possible chance of suctzess.
for the offic, of Guardian in ~everal varishits of the
Union. tinder these vexatious circumstances the
Union asked the Stourbridge Guardians to support
metnorid to the Local Government. Bo ,rd Pro-
posing the foil .wing amendments to the existing
regulations relating to he election of Guaodiau, :
When a person is nominated for more than one
parish in the Union he should be required or the
returning officer to name the parish in which lie
elects to sand as a candidate, and all other nomin-
ation in iespect of tho same pers.,•n to be : h.Teby.
rendered void. When a person is nominated for u
parish in which he has no re-4idence, an i another
actually resident, duly qualified, and willing to act,
has alga ben nomi,atedt the nomination of ,tleh
non-resident candidate sh,uld be rendered void,
unless he give, to the returning officer, a sufficient
guarantee for the casts of the contested election,
in :he evtnt_of his not being returnet."

Tile Board stated that it was deserving of sup-
port. . .

A meeting of the S initary Committee was after.
warde held, and a letter was read from the Bir-
mingham Banking Committee offering to lend the
Guardians £2,000 at ft per
_cent

The committee reconim-endecl that the offer of the
Company je acc,ipted, and the clerk be iastitteLd
to complete the loau. . - -

A letlr was also read from the Stnurbridge Gs
Light Company expressing surprise and disappotut-
meat at the decision of the Guardians declining
iabiliiy wida respect. to the cost of elaying ot gas
mains and sHrvices caused by the remalrinz of flu-
undedicated streets in Atnbleeute. The letter
pointed out that the mains had been laid in such
S ream for years past and the directors hoped that
the Board would make sucla'au offcr as- they could
accept, as litigation was undesirable fot butt
parties.
The committee recommended that the authority
tdhere to the previous decision and decliue 411
liability in the matter.

APPOINTMENT OF HEAD MASTER OE THR GRAM-
MAR &Hoot,. The governors of the Grainznar
,Lhool met on Saturday last to fill the vacancy
caused by the retirement at the end of the pre,c-ut
term of the Rev. Dr. NV. J. J. Welch, who has so
long and so ably filed the positicri of heal master.
ihe original n.Amber of applications for the appoint-
ment hat hem redticed Oa six, and i'rom these the
zin d sele..tion was tmde, Mr. Rupert DeAkin, of
ifinisworth, was the Aucces3ful eaudidtve. It may
ee interesting to our readers to state that af: er
baving school Mr. Deakin had a course of nearly
'hree y,ars in natural science at the Midland Insti
tate, and h. afterwards tnatriculated at the Loud ,n
Uoivers,ty, and sto.)d ninth in hoan.ur,,. At the
'wo examinations for the degree of B.A. i.e was
;itch time placed in the higl.est divi-ion, and

1881 he pitsged he M. A, examinati sies.
_ .

Sa:nrt year he entered at halliel Coil, ge, Oxtord,
'rid in the tollewing year g ,itied a Goldsieitti elide
oition. In moderations he took double honours.
.btaining a first cites in classical honours arid a
e.icond cla,s in in ith.rnatical hon an.
--a.ding fer the ex,inaination of the Londoe Univer-
iity he undertook the supe-intendence ot two
private schools at Handeetorth, both of which are
successfully carried on under the system he origin-
ated; and .iltogether he his had more teen ten
, years' experience in teaching and examining in the
subjects which are included in the scheme of the
local grammar school.
flux LATE CANON LYTTELTON.—Lait week there
was placed in Haley churc.iyard, upon the grave
of the la,e respected rector, a tandsome tombstone
of white marble in the form of a croi.s, bearing the
tollowinr; inscription: "In loving memory of
William Henry Lyttei,on, third son of the third
‘rd Lyttelton Canon of Gloucester, and for 37
• ears Rector of Haley. Born April 3rd, 1820;
died July 24th, 1884. I have beard of Thee by the
he‘trinu of the ear; out now mine eye Beall Tht.e.”
Job sib.. On !lunday last the grave of the hon.
aid rev. gentleman was visited by:eumbers of he
ioners who entertain warm ejection for the
memory of their late pastor.
ST. JOHN'S AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION. The
annull meeting of this assoc:ation %las held in the
.Jo Exchaegeon Tees a, evening ; Lord Lyttel •
t'..e president, in the chair.—Mr. A. W. Worth-
.l4tol, the hon, sic,, !eiti the report, weich showed
.outinued activity on the part of the association.
Ciiere had been it any as insny attendants at the
:lasses as in the previ,us year, and nearly all those
who had gone in for the examinations had passed,
Reference was made in the report and by the
speakers to the fact that the Rev. Dr Welch was
A bout to leave Stourbridge, and his active in crest
ii the work of the associatien"was neknowle teed.—
Mr. G Harward read the balance-seeet, which was
ef a satisfactory nature. The report and balance.
Sheet were adop!ed, and other Sresolntioas followed.
—Lo. d Lyttelton sugeested that a new president
-.hold be c ected, but at the wish of the mee'ing he
rg ,in accepted the presidency, and the otter annual
.ppeirrtreents were meet), Mr. 'Worthington being
:e-e acted hon. see. The recipients of certificates
I:icludee a num er of railway servants from the
sarcoma ling district, and b •sides certificates several
e- the ladies of the neighbourhood were entrtled to
medals.

DRUNRENNESS.—At the Police Court, yesterday,
fore Col, Fletcher, Major Cochrane, and Messrs.
D. Thomas and A. Freer, John Dockerty was
:harged with being drunk on the 11th into. Fined
•ts 6d and costs.—Thom,is McF.idden wis charged
with being drunk at Woll:tst n, on ih St'. inst.
F•ned 2s &l and costs.—Edward Harris was char...cc'
iti being drunk on the 1 ith inst. Fin d 2. 6d
nd costs. John Davidson was charged with being
drunk at Blakedown en tho 12th inst. Fined 2s 64
and costs.—Henry Roberts was charged with bbing
'trunk on the 11th inst. Fined 5s and cost,.—
IdArn Wooldridge was charged with being drunk
di the lltb .net, at Wollescote. Fine i2s 6d and
c::sis —James Williams was fined 2s 6,1 full costs
f r being drunk on the 11th in,t.—Henry Chapman
w.ts charged, and fined 2s 6d and costs, for being
drunk on the 10th inst at the Lye.—Charles
Watkins was charged with being drunk on the 7th
:nst, and was fined 5s and costs.—William Brettell,
charged with being drunk at the Lye on the 3rd
inst, wa4 fined 2s 6d and Costs.
REMGVING PIGS WITHOUr A JUSTICES' ORDER.—
Et-uli. a Pearson was charged with di lying a pig
dorg the hirfliway without having ontained a
iu tices' o, der. De!en.iant pleaded ign .1.• nos ~f
lid he wis lied is Gd i:!C;tldiEg COS:s.—
iliwa.d Pa; sons was charged with uriA I gorLa a
tug to be driven, a re, on the 15th just. el
25 64 and costa.—Goorge Chaunau was ohargoi with


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