The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-16 00:00:00

KIDDERMINSTER.

THE BURIAL BOARD.—The Rev. G. D. Boyle pre-
sided at the meeting of the Board held on Monday—
rho Clerk reported that Mr. Talbot Watson had been
elected la member of the Board,in the place of Mr.
Naylor resigned.—Severalicheques—including one for
£3OB 10s 6d, being a portion of the principal and in-
terest of the loan owing to the Metropolitan Assurance
Company—were signed. It was stated that one of the
new gates at the entrance to the cemetery was broken
on Sunday. It transpired that the gate had not beeu
properly hung, and it was decided to hold the builder
responsible; rhe occurrence will delay the opening of
the cemetery for some time longer. Certificates were
received from the architect to the effect that the con-
tracts of Law and Mee were completed, and it was
decided to pay the former £BO 10a 6.1, and the latter
£26 14s, which *ere still owing.
A.LLIORD RAPE.—At the Police Court. on Monday,
before Mr. J. J. Harvey (Mayor) and Mr. S. Fawcett,
William Mallard, a young man 19 years of age, who re-
sided in Hall Street, was charged with attempting, with
another not in custody, to commit a, rape upon Ann
Pugh, on Saturday night last.--The prosecutrix, who is
the wife of a farm labourer, residing at Habberley, was
going home on Saturday night, when she was accosted
in Habberley Street by the prisoner and anither man.
She begged of them to allow her to pass, as she was a
married woman, and the mother of five children. They
threw her down, but her cries were heard by Mr. Allden,
a gentleman whose house is near the spot where the
occurrence took place, and he went to her assistance.
The radians at once decamped. He followed and over-
took the prisoner, who was remanded till Wednesday.—
On Wednesday William Mallard and Thomas Wellinge
(the latter apprehended since the adjournment on Mon-
day) were charged with
°attempting to criminally
assault Mrs. Pugh, the wife of William Pugh, farm
labourer, of Habberley, on Saturday night.—Mr. J. J.
Corbel prosecuted.—The evidence was very clear against
the prisoners, and the Bench committed them for trial
at the ensuing Sessions. The Magistrates complimented
Mr. T. S. Allden, who captured Mallard, for his conduct
in the matter.

NEW BUILDINGS AT THE WORKHOUSI.--At the meeting
of the Board of Guardians, on Tuesday, the Chairman
(Mr. J. Kitely) moved a resulutiin th At the increased
number of children at the Workhouse called for en-
larged and improved accommodation, of which the pre-
sent house did not admit, and that, therefore, A new
building, with dormitories, school rooms, day rooms for
boys and girle, with master and mistress, should be pro-
vided. The Chairman pointed out the absolute
necessity of taking a step in this direction, and said it
would not entail any addition to the rates, owing to the
increase in the rateable value of the Union. In 1872
the assessment was £135,000, and a rate of 1s 61
brought in £10,125. Now the assessment was £150,000,
and the same amount of value produced £11,250. The
cost of the new buildings would be about £3,000, and if
this was borrowed for thirty years the annual charge
only be a frsertion of increase in rates from the increased
assessment. The resolution was seconded by Mr. Giles,
and supported by several meal bers of the Board. It
was carried nem, con.—A resolution was passed that Mr.
Nleredith be instructed to prepare plane, and a sub-com-
mittee was appointed in the matter.