The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-09-13 00:00:00

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Ta-E INCORPORATION QUESTION.

A. special meeting of the Stourbriclge Commis- '
sit, iers was held on Wedoes3ay night, in the Com-
ini4sioners' Room,: Coin Etch4nge, to consider
and reply to Mr Pargeter'e speech at the meeting-
of the Stourbridge Board of Guardi,Los, held on
Friday, the i'',,h just, respecting Mr, shepherd's
second statement of Incorporation, Mr. W. 3.
Turney presided. There were also present Messrs.
Platt, Woolley, Stringer, Billinghare, Parson, 1-1
Turney, and J. B. Shepherd.
' Mr. Turney said they all knew about Mr. Shep -
herd's steternE-nt. lie (Mr. 'lurney) thought first
of all of answering- the speech in the shape of a
letter, but he thought it was better to call a special

meeting.
Mr. Shepherd said that in the I:" second
statement" published by the promoters in support
of the scheme, it was mentioned inter alia that the
amount:. expended for sanitary purposes by the
Rural Sanitary Authority in 1883, in the following
contributury township,, were: Amblecote, £1 6s 4d;
Lye, -I'l OS 9d; Upper Swintord, -el 2s 101;
;Wt licseote, lOs H ; tot4l, £4 10s. This
was coati-axed with the 1883 expenditure at
ierler nal, of £432 19s 6d on sanitary account,
£7B 6s 8d for sewerage, ;,nel of £7l is 5d for scaveng-
ing. Mr. Pargeter, r,p:yivg to this statement last
week, said that toe general expenditure by the
Sanitary Authority in 1883 in the five townships
named was £133 es 8d ; and thQra had been £lBO
16s 3d for special exp,nses. He (Mr. Pargeter) con-
tended that the Rural Sanitary lad been anxious to
promote the sanitary ;niprovemeut of the district,
and were as well able to administer the Public
II ealth Acts as a municipal corporation. Mr. Par-
geter, in his remarks, complained of the comparisons
which had been made between the death rate of
this district anti of places where different conditions
obtained. Mr. Shepherd, now said that Mr. Par-
geter eppeared surprised it was stated that only
4.14 103 had been expended for sanitary purposes in
the hue townships named. It was, no doubt, a
serious statement to make, but it was still more
set ions teat it was true. The salaries of sanitary
officers end other items were not included iu the
figures in the " second statement," and neither
were they incleded in the comparative figures with
regard,,o the Po icrlf y Hill sanitary expenditure.
The ranitary expenditure for the whole of the rural
pail. it s in the urdoe last year was but l'l4 17s 3d,
this 'Able for water analysis, disinfectants, wee •
suppixpetses, &c. If salaries, stationery, the
cost of Einall-pox tents, and miscellaneous items
wcre included, the total expenditure for the whole
rund T.)irt of the union became £425 Os id ; but for
a (1 fttliet with a population of 52,000, with 13,7000
act es. and hating a rateable value of £152,000,
there was expended under the head of sanitary ex-
penses alone £l4 7s 3d. Companion was invited
with the ext onditure on sanitary account at Brierley
Hill, which was £432 19s 6d.—Refering to Mr,
Pargeter' rel.-nails on the death-rate. Mr. Shepherd
• gave reasons for the comparative figure introduced
in the " seem:id statement," and said if the com-
parison was limited to the five townships in ques-
tion and the township of Stourbridge, it would be
found th it 87 mere deaths occurred in those town-
hits from preventible diseases ie the last four years
than would nave been the ease had there been the
sarni: ratie as ot Stourbridge. Wh,,t facts were
th,re to acecunt for Stourbridge comparing thus
faveurably with the rural townships ? Stourbridge
was an urn in authority, and spent large sums for
sani:ary purposes. Mr. Pargeter asked what a
munhipal authority could do for Amblecote and
othm• townships around Stourbridge more than they
were doing for ;hemzelves ? The anew, r was sup-
plied t y the return as to the mortality. They could
expend as much for sanitary purposes as the Urban
Authority had expended in Stourbridge and could
no doubt reduce their fever death-rate. At le ist, if
' it stood at the seine level as in Stourbridge, these
87 lives would have been saved, and many cases of
sickm ss avcided. They could not triumph as to
their sanitary posieion, but hoped to be joined by
the other townships around in improving the
. sanitary conditin) of the whole neighbourhood, so
that there might be a dirnunition in the mass of
uncounted human sorrow, tears, sickness, and mor-
tally arising from diseases which were preventible,
and which yet were not pr3vented. Would not Mr.
Pargeter and his Mends assist them to deal vigor-
ously, economically, and wisely with that serious
Not.
Mr Platt, and Mr. H. Turney commented on Mr.
Pa,7geter's statements,
It was resolved that Mr. Shepherd's reply should
be printed and circulated, and. also a statement
WiLt regned to Wordsley, in answer to the i,ounter
petition from that place. In one respect there has
beer. an alteration regarding the propcy al to include
Wordsley in the incorporation scheme. It has been
rest: red to exclude the Workhouse and certain
agri,•ultural lands from the scheme, so that t e part
or Werds_ley now prop.3sed t, be inelu led is only
'he urban district.

A COMI NT AT LOWER ITAGLEY. On Tuesday
night the Hon. Spencer Lyttelton (brether of Lord
Lyte lton) was driving from the railway station, at
Hagley, to Hagley Hall, when a trap ran into his
bone.. it was dark at the time, and the spot where
the aceitient occurred was at a roint where the
road from the station debouches into the highway,
that the affiir appeared a pure mischance. The
horse after being struck turned across the road into
the hedge, and Mr. Lyttelton's man was able to
secure it before any injury could occur to the
occupants of the vehicles. The injuries to the
her 3-, however, proved to be of a fatal character,
am: it did not long survive the accident.
e srs. W. H. ac H. Lo May, Seed Factors, 68,
Dot ugh High street, London, report :—Very thin
; att. relarree on the seed market this day. New
trf limn, rape seed, winter tares, and rye, at last
wee 1:-.s pilots. Very little doing in canary and
heir p. Few enquiries for white and brown mustard
see 1.--September 10th, 1884,
KILDTeriaIINSTER EACES. The Kidderminster
Hu die a rot Flat Races (under Grand National Hunt
line s), will take place at Sutton Park, on Saturday,
Severeter 27th. The following events will be com-
peted for :—The Stourport -Hurdle Race, of 22 sovs ;
, the llewaley Selling Hurdle Race, of 25 soya ; the
Kid 'erminster Open Hurdle Rau, of 30 eovs ; the
Lic used Victuallers' and Tradesmen's Plate, of
30 cvs ; and the Devil's Spadefull Open Hunters ;
Fir Race, of 25 sow.
osPiTat, SUNDAY. A meeting of the Hospital
Sot day Cammittee was held at the Church of Eng-
laue Associaticn, on Wednesday evening, to make
arraneernents for the annual hospital collection.
The Rev. H. Sberrard presided. On the motion of
Mr. P. Walker, seconded by Mr. H. Newnam, a
reselation was passed requesting Mr. George Boden
to continue to act as hon. sec., and Mr. H. James
as hon. treasurer to the committee. It was resolved
to lecornmend that collections be made in the
churches of Etourbridge on the last Sunday in
Octeber, anti that unless individual congregations
desir, d a different apport•oement, the amounts
shoeld he divided equarly between the Stourbridge
Deeeteary and the Guest Hospital, Dudley. The
co oeeri-a.eu of workprople who b nefit by the in-
stitutiens carved was to be invited.
ALHAMDIZA THEATRE.—Mr. Charles Darrell has
cero inly no cause to complain of either his own
volateir ty or of the patronage accorded him, for
excel nt business has been done here during the
Oa Monday evening the greet French drama
" le'Assemoir" was produced before in audience
that :ite.ally packed the building. The piece was
rnowa,tt in Mr. t arrell's well•kno..vn lihe:al St.) le,
lie.-h.,use scene being specially no;icee.ble
ior i r. alistu. Of the acting we can speak in
no Ling Lw praise. AliFs Amy Tempest gave a
char init.g in,personation ol Gerveise, the druu hat d's
wife, ter fereible yet refined acting being co-di:illy
receeei.red. Miss Clara Maitlani, as her bad
genies, Vie ginie, gave us a good piece of declatna-
tt,ry acing, tLe vindictive nature of the woman
icing pa reed in strong colours. Considerable
amme meat was caused amoug the audience by a
lady in the pellei y, who was so carried away by the
ef the p'ece, that when Vireiuie gets her
just reword by being stabbed, shoutA out, " That
just ,erves y,u right." Miss Emma Poole was
sprightly arid r.ilacieus as Marie. A nutnber
of
young ladies in the wasbhouse scene were much
admired. Mr. ei:arles 1) :troll, as Coupeau, the
plumber, met with his usual success, the delirium
trr xnees seene in the filth act being it splendid
effort wili; h roused the audiere e to a pitch of great
enthusiasm. Mr. Charles C..rlish, in the character
of Gouget, the blacksmith, had some long teetotal
!ectures to deliver, whien lie did in a very forcible
manner. His mate-up was execEent, and whether
as the advocate of tetepr rar.ce or the protector of
tee innoeent.he Was equally admired. Mr Toni Wal-
lace is rapidly becoming a very great favourite here,
and his rendering a ;he comical drunkard, MS
Bottes, was a good piece of genune comedy. We
must not forget little Lilly Louise who gave an x-
tremuly pretty rend re int of the pert of Nana, tie.;
child of Coupeau The remainder of the compn.:y
played their parts in a thoreugh y Cdirrient mann,.
Trie tight iii the washhou e
was in at realistically
c,:rrital out On ThUrs.i.tv aerl betnight •• Simon
Lee" was prolued with great success, followed by
va, iet y cutertaiumcnt, in whieh Miss Emma
Po de gave tin exceedingly graceful Spanish dance.
ro-eignt (Sata.r.tay) a gieantic programme is an-
n.-eh..Ot., ecrad, ing et " Mary Pritee' a :freed coil-
v.rr, !red the favourite highwayman drama, Dirk
l'urer a and Tom King." On A:el:eat near. 3'73% •
il vvill reseut a greet a ivtity in the sh eel of
the eque:erian drama,. •• e!t.zeppa," jli new
sesnery and effects, ti.i iu wtech the celebrated
Sisters klewards' troupe
of lady dancers will ap-
pear.