The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-11 00:00:00

\ VORDSLEY,

Tim Naw Dittr,n L1A.1,1,.--03 Frilay. Octo'her
i7th, the D Comp my of the Ist Staffordshire Ride
Yolunt?.ers, commanee by Capt. W. G. Webb, pro-
-1.03e to dedicate the opening of their New Drill
ti all, at Wordsley, by ha:ing a pi:Odic luncheo I at
2 n.m., at which theillight klonble. The Earl of
Dartmoltit il preside, and wilt ba aceompsni
by the Countess. They will lease Patshull abnit
12 o'clo k ad a troop iif the Stafford.bire Yeomalry
Cavalry un ler tbe command of Capt. Boycott-Wight
.41 ba in waitiag at t imley and eseort th:m to
Wt. rdsley. The liingswinford and Bi.:e.lty Hill
Corps, healed by their bands, 'wilt take tha guard
of honour 4t, the Hail. It is p ticalarly requested
that all who intend to to pri-sent should signify
their irtetrion atonee, in order that the nee vary
arrangements can be made for the lu .cheon, whih
will be of a recherche chaiacter and will be at-enled
by A. Staveley Esq., Q.O , M.P, John Brinton,
E 41., NI P., li. W. 11. Foley, Esti , and inlay of tha
leading gentlemen and ladies of the disttict
Messrs. Bickley, Young, Campion, and Woodhall,
the celebrated Birmingham Glee Union are engiged
-tn sing between the toasts, tto ale of their favoutite
,gkee.—ln the evenirm a first-class concert wid take
place at 8 o'clock at which the following ladies and
eentletnen have kindly promised ti assist : —Mrs.
A. J. Nash, Miss Hudson, Miss Bourne. Mi,s
Scid-
more Miis Stele, Miss licott, Mr C. Perks, Mr.
Deter, Mr. W., H. White, Mr. Hy. King, Mr. W.
Bouit n, Mr: D. Poole, Mr. Metiard. Judging
from such talent a lull hone is auticii atod. For
further p rdeultrs re.er to .dv r. eieit on fr
I a. e.

KIDDERMINSTER.

it LIGIOUS EDUCATION.—A meeting in connection
s.jth •he Na i.inal Society for Promoting Religiou,
E:ilue7iii at in Elementary Schocls was held in the
Chautry on Tuesday afternoon, under the presi-
den,7 of the Lord Bi-4130p of Wiraester. Among-t
those present w ere 2d... D. W. Goody, in (Mayor of
Kid !erraii stur), Mr. J. Brinton, M.P. ; the R v. T.
L. Claughton (vicar of Kidderminster) ; the Rev .
R b rtson (Rural Dein), A. B. Bathe (vicar of
Ucorge's), J.F. Keys taw (vier of St. John's),
F. W. Bickrnote (vicar of Stone), C. B. Raul as,l
(vicar of Wolverley,, J. L. Chesshire (vicar of
Wribbenha,ll), &c, Anologir s for absence htd been
received from Lord Lyttet on, Mr. A. F. Godson,
Mr. E. J. Morton. anl Mr. M. Tcmkinsol. Tne
Right Reverend CitCrni 11 expressed the pleasure it
gave him to be present at a ineetiaj to aid a rocietv
the object of which was to pro:into the educati JI
of the poor in the prir.ciples of the EAa.blished
Conrch. That soc'ety w.is doing a most vallanle
cork at the present day, ant do,erva I ta3 suppor
of all who desired to se,-3 relig on+ in-Artt•iti in.
parted with t .e ordinarj ti•aching, in our elementary
schools. Ba thorough:y bolic%ed that the vast
Majority of the nation -a.rriestly dk's:ro4l ad '‘ere
resolved that religious education should no be se.
ara.ted from Other education, but that, 4 n the c )71
trary, it should he part O' the, wo kof every h 01,
whether Board school or Church of Englawl ele-
mentary school. Healobmiievrd th it that wa, the
intention of the Act of 1870. The s ,ciety wh.,' e
'claims they had met ti sUppr had been •of the
utmost value in securing req.; oils education is the
Public .elementtry school t ; and in conneciio 1 with
the subject ha drew attention the Dioces in Board
of Education, Which in. the Archdeaconary. of
Worcester was Working with the best possible r -
suits. They were going to make an appeal to
people throughout the diocese to enable them to do
more by ratans of the Diocesan Board th in had
hitherto been done.4-Mr. J. Brinton, M.P., toe Vi
(the Rev. F. L. Claughton), 51r. G. W. Grosvenor,
and the Rev. J. S. Brownrigg addressed the meet-
ing, reso:utit ns being passed in furtherance of the
object for-which it was cal!el.

THE EPIDEMIC AT K ERMIN

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A preliminary mood i. shdi i the Co-6p T-
ative Hull, Kidderminster. o.t.Tuesday, to take steps
relative to holding a town's in2eting oil the san t try
condition of the borough.
Mr. George Hopkins ,a as moved to.the.oLair ; and
he said the sanitary state of the totuwas' so dread -
ful, and they were so anxious about it' many of
them boing sufferer's from its presant cOodition, that
there could be no excuse needed for the proposal to
hold a town's meeting uudrr t:i presitteney of the
Mayor to see what steps shoul.l be do).'d
.to pro.,
vide, as far as pos,ible,agai.st a recurrenCe. ot the
present s ate of things. Letters ha b.en received
from Mr. Spoff rth, Mr. A. Cowell, and Mr. P. A.
I r o:ne, who were unable orr attend. The latter
ad the state of affairs in Kilderiniuster was most
serlollB, and he believed there hat ti en at 1 a .
thouiand cac-es of fever. Ther+ hed bees too great
a tendency to make light of ti 4 'ratter, and he
thought as a community th.*r were indebted to the
paper which had exposed the monstrous engineering
blunders committed. Though he did not share the
feeling as tb the negligence of the Town Council—
for public bodies, like private firms, were, much in
the the hands of their servan.s—be thought the borough-
eu,itieer ought to be called- to a very severe reckon..
ing, and his recent rep it would appear to every
thinking man ' his strongest coudemnation.—Dr.
Measures moved that a requisition be si4ned and
presentkd to the Mayor, asking him to call a town's
meeting on an early day to consider the present
serious sate of the drainage and water supoly of
the town. He said that the ,sanitarypkt de of Ki
derrninster was uppermost in al th ir thoughts at
the present time, and no-one could possibly over- ,
rate the very serious conditic.n in wltich they were
placed. He oil not suppcs: that within rent
ears any tewa had had to la s through o trying a
ih.e as Kidce:kninster had. Many ot them, tay
most of th:rn, had suffered in thenasilves, or in th:.
persona of thou near and dear to them during this