The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-03 00:00:00

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

The weekls meeting of this board was held
yesterday. Mr. Granger in the chair. There
were present :—Messra. H. Billingham Rhodes,
Hall, Kelly, Parkes, Haskew, Brooks, Baker,
Fiddian. Guest, Pargeter, Forrest, Wood,
Thompson, Giles, J. Billingbaru, Homes, Colo,
Burr, Weston and Phillip. Admitted into the
house 8; discharged 16; born 0 ; dead 0; re-
maining 308; corresponding week lastyear, 294;
Out-door relief, Kingswinford district £22 lie 8d;
Stonrbridge district £l5 143 4-/d ; Halesowen
district, £l5 17s 6d; non-resident paupers,
Os 2d ; total £54 145 41 ; against £54 15s id
last year.
A Worcesterfhlre county rate was paid
amounting to £422 5s 53 leaving a discount of
£l4O 15s 2d.
A letter was read from the Poor Law Board
declining to sanction the appointment of Mr.
and Mrs. Gregory as schoolmaster and school-
mistress.

ADJOURNED INQUEST ON THE CHILD KILLED BY
A TRAP.—On Monday evening the enquiry was
resumed at the Bell Hotel, on the body of llenry
Williams.—Mr. Corbet said that they would re-
collect that the inquest was adjourned for a week
to enable Messrs. Warriner and Mason to attend.
These had now appeared through their solicitor,
Mr. Tanner (of the firm of Rowlands and Bag-
nail); and the traveller was also in attendance.
—Having read over the evidence given at the last
meeting, he called Thomas Cowiss, the traveller
to Messrs. Warriner and Mason, who said that he
was on the day in question, the 19th inst., at Mr.
Mitton's house, the Gig Mill, about twelve o'clock
in thelday, having driven there from the Heath.
He turned his horse's head round towards the
Heath and went to the house, where he remained
from ten minutes to a quarter of an hour. Hear-
ing shouting in the road, he ran out and found
that his horse and trap had run away, and he
went after them. They were caught at Woolaston,
two miles off. He turned the mare round, as he
was going that way. Had of%en left the mare by
herself without tying her up or leaving anyone
with her. She was a very quiet animal.—By the
jury: He had never known her start before.—Mr.
Tanner said that he was instructed to. say that the
animal had been in Mr. Warmer's hands
for seven years, and was a remarkably quiet
Corbet having summed up, called
attention to the fact that the horse was left with.
out anyone to take care of it; and the jury having
considered the matter, found a verdict of "Acci-
dental death," coupled with a recommendation
which Messrs. Warriner and Mason said should be
complied with, that they should send out an
attendant with their trap ha future, and the ease
ended. One of the jurysaen, Mr. Attwood, not
having put in an appearance, his recognisances,
£lO, were estreated by the Coroner.
Din PROPOS= TWTSFZU OP ST. THOMAS'S
ScmooLs.—A meeting was held in St. Thomas's
Schools on the 22nd ult, to consider the above
matter. The ROT. D. Maginnis presided. It was
resolved, on the motion of Mr. Shepherd, seconded
by Mr. Perkins, that it was desirable, in the
interests alike of education and economy, to raise
by voluntary contribution a sum sufficient to pay
off the debt of about ..£3OO on the schools, so as
to enable the managers to transfer them to the
School Board. A committee was appointed, with
Mr. Shepherd as treasurer and Mr. Maginnis as
secretary; and the proceedings closed with a vote
of thanks to the chairman. Nearly a sixth of the
sum required was promised in the room.
EMIGRATION TO QIIEENSLAND.—The "Scottish
Bard" sailed from Queenstown for Rockhampton
the 19th ult with 234 statute adults, nearly all