The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-17 00:00:00

BROMSGROVE.

Loner, BoArtn.—A. special ireeting of the five
members composing this Board—namely, Messrs.
Baylis, Brooke, lace, Jefferies, and Roper—was
held on Wednesday evening. Mr. Jefferies was
appointed chairman.—A repott by Mr. Sanders,
clerk, was read, setting forth the circumstances of
of the late resignation of twelve members of the
Board, and the steps taken to appoint others in
their stead, after they had declared their intentions
of not withdrawing their resignations. The result,
as already partially reported, was that Messrs.
Baylis, Brooke and Roper, the three members re-
maining after the twelve hPAI resigaed, had (acting
on the advic,! of Mr. Sanders), ai a quolum under
the Bromsgrove linprovement Act, elected Mr.
Jefferies, a former chairman of the Board for
many yeara, and Mr. Ince to serve with them, and
had thus raised the quorum of tho Board to the re-
quirements of the Local Government Act, and were
proceedings had received the sanction of the Local
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G,verninent Board. The following were elected
members of the Board to till up vacanci s caused
by resignation :—Mr. J. W. Fitch, in plueo of Mr.
J. B. Wilson; Mr. .T. Brazier, in place of Mr. E.
Cresswell; Mr. R. Wood, in place of Mr. R Cordoil;
Mr. T. Ha'', in place of Mr. L. Humphreys; Mr.
G. Nicholls. in the place of Mr. it, Prosser. Five
seats are left vacant to be filled up by the rate-
prlyei's ot the annual elecioa in August next..
Mr. W. Jefferies was appoioted chairman of the
Board till August iiet. and the whole of the mem-
I. ors present were cons.iinted a General Purposes
Committee to conduct the business for the Board
till the next meeting.—A general district rate of
is Gd in the pound was signet.—Mr Jefferies, in
thanking the Bond for his election as chairman,
stated that his intention to retire from the Board
(he being chairman of the Board of gas directors)
as soon as the gas question came up,
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CONCERT.—A concert of
.high-class music was
given, on Thursday evening,' in the:School Room of
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prised Menaelssohn's anthem,
sung by Miss Edith Santley and chorus; Gade's
cantata, "Spring's Message," and songs, part sings ,
dusts, violin solo, sonata for violin and piano, by
Handel, Verdi, Gounod, Bluineathal, Pinsuti, Pear.
sail, Mozart, Stuart, and other composers. There
was a large attendance of the clergy, gentry, and
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hihabitants of the town and district, though the
back sate were not ifilled. The anthem, which
opet):2•1 the concert, was sung in good time, and
with :coellent effect, Miss Santley being well sus-
tained byithe chorus.;which NN as led by Mr. George
A, Woottwa-d, Noticeable among the pieces in the
first part were a violin solo (concerto, Meldelssohn), •
by Mr. C. F. Crowder; Pinsuti's "Spring Song!' by
the society ; J. Levy's song, " Esmeralda," sung by 7
:%1 r. Collis. The singing of Mozart's " Madonna,"
by Mr. Crowder, was very heartily applauded. Mr.
W. Eaton accompanied oa tao p aaofort:; most
efficiently.