The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-12-17 00:00:00

WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.
FRIDAY.

There was a very limited demand for wheat,
and where hush'. SS done, a decline of is per
qr. on lost Friday's rates was generally conceded.
Barley met a slow sale, and unless very fine WAS
rather cheaper. Beans and oats unaltered.

LONDON CORN MARKET (CLOSE).
FRIDAY.

Markets dull. E;(glish wheat closes Is cheaper.
Foreign, heavy, cuing to large arrivals on the
coast, and fully Is less looney lies been accepted.
Town tlour unaltered. (leanly and An.eriesu
markets (lull, at a &Aim. Bui ley, malting trial-
ity, Is lower. G / inding,ifirtn. Oats after open-
ing firm closed Gd lower. Maize dull, and Cd
lower. Beaus and peas cheaper.

GRAND FASHIONABLE CONCERT

AT HALESCWEN.

On Monday evening a grand evening concert,
given in aid of the funds of the Halesowen
Cricket Chili, was hell in the Infant School
Room. Amongst those present we noticed Mr.
E. Moore and party, Mr. N. Hingley and party,
Mr. W. Oldershaw and party, Rev. A. C. D.
Ryder, the Misses Hone, Mr. and Mrs. Smart,
Mr. Deakin and party, Mr. Homes and party,
Mr. Hickton and party, Mrs. Bloxliam and Mr.
Neil, Mrs. W. Hayes and party, Mr. Hunt and
party, Mr. J. Davenport, Mr. A. W. Ilayes, Mr.
W. Webb, Mr. F. Swindell, Mr. G. Hiugley,
Mr. H. A. Moore, Mr. Fox, &c., &c.
Miss. II Merton received hearty encores in her
sous, " The faithful echo,"" Only for one," and
Thady O'Flinn." Miss Woolley received her I
share of applause, as also did Miss Bourne.
Mr. F. Davis, and Mr. Troman, received well-
merited en-ties for the brillianOntanner in which I
they executed the solos ou the harp and piano-
forte. The other artistes were loudly applauded.
The whole was a success:

A SCHOOL BOARD FOR THE PARISH
OF KINGSWINFORD.

In compliance with as requisition from the rate-
payera of the parish of Ringswinford, a meet.
iug was convened on Monday morning, by the
overseers, at the vestry of the parish church, at
Wordsley, "to take measures for putting the
Elementary Education Act into operation in the
parish of Kingswinford.- There was a large
and influential meeting. The Rev. A.
dlestone, curate in charge, presided, and the
meeting having been formally opened, it was ad.
journed to the school room close by.
After a few introductory remarks from the
Chairman,

Mr. William Mathews remarked that they
would now have to take moreinterest in the edu-
cation of the young than they had hitherto done.
By the Act of Parliament of lust session they
were placed under certain restrictions. They
would first have to ascertain what school accom-
modation at preset existed in the parish, and,
if additional accommodation was required they
would have to take steps to supply it. If they
decided to erect new schools on the voluntary
principle, they would have to draw largely from
their own pockets. He estimated the population
of the parish at the present time to be 40,000.
The attendance of children at the various .
schools was only 1,P84. fie thought they should
request the Chairman to represent to the Edu-
cational Department that the parish was of suffi-
cient importance for a School Board, and that
the parish be made a separate district. He
then moved, " That the parish of liingswiuford,
having a population of nearly 40,000 inhabitants,
chiefly occupied in the mines, and iron and glass
works of the South Staffordshire district, is of
sufficient extent and importance to constitute a
separate school district under the Elementary
'Education Act, 1570; and that the meeting con-
siders, with this conviction, that it is desirable
that application be made to the Educational
Department with the view to the establishment
of a separate School Board for Kingswinford ;
and that it be furnished with the necessary in-
formation respecting existing school accommo-
dation and further requirements of the clis.
triet."

Mr. J. Rawlings seconded it.
The meeting was also addressed by the Rev.
R. Eland, Mr. Raybould, the Rev. J. Stone, Mr.
W. Jeffries, the Rev. H. Downing, and the Rev.
W. Bagnitll, end the resolution was carried
unanimously.
Mr. P. Psrgeter then proposed, "That the
Educational Department of the Privy Council
be requested to cause a School Board to be im-
mediately formed for the parish of Kingswin.
ford."

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Mr. Jefferiee seconded the motion, and it was
carried unanimously.
A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman,
and the meeting closed.