The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-06-06 00:00:00

IiALESOWEN.

NIGHT POACIIING.-At the Police Court, on Mt•n-
day. Benjamin Law, labourer. was remanded mit]
Tuesday, the 9th hit, for n'ght poaThing on land
belonging to Mr, Lea Smith, .at The Grange. Toe
prieoner and two other men were caught on Sunday
morning with a wild duck in their possession.

SPORTING NOTES.
(By oar Sportiny Correspondent)

The weather on the Derby day W9B deligh.fuily
tine and the number ef visitors to the famous downs
'lever was equalled in regards the number. The
road was patronised by thousands of vehicles, the
only drawback being the vast amount of dust. All
iho Derby canoidates were well looked over by the
geuer.,l raeing• public, tho-,e coining in for most ad-
miration being Meitoo, P,iradcx, and the Fit nen
bred horse Xaiutrailles. Although the Choi ette
Colt aid Royal Hampton did not want fo..
Toe result of the race is by this a we! -
tol't tale and I must rea ly congratulate my rei.ders
on the success of our selections in these col mas
-is they finished in the order as given—lfeltou 1,
Para .ox 2, and Royal Hampton a pla.co—.
sw . feai
which very few turf iloes will have achieved, an
chase that sent r..r finales from your Tray Ii
Clorrez;pondcnt on the day from the coarse not onlY
got the above thre.e tor the Detby, but also four
Jther winners during the day: so their inv. s:mea
tor the tinb.les must have paid them handsomely.
Next week is rather an, off week, although the} e
everal ale gatherings, but none of imocutance
aril the week following, when we shall have 1 oyal
.cot in all its ,;lery, which will be atteivied to in
my next we k's re,unae. llowev r, those that are
.vishful to do business next •week can have 0..11
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COMMENTS ON CURRENT THING S.
THE endeavour of the Sunday Society to
obtain the opening of the International. In.
ventions Exhibition on one or two Sundays
during the season will doubtless be defeated
by the refusal of the Exhibition Council to
accede to their request. The Sabbath ad-
mission of the public to a show place where
a charge for admission is made, and the
mere opening of which, even partial, would
necessitate a large amount of Sunday labour,
is widely different from the unbarring of the
doors of a free national picture gallery or
museum in which no steam or other artilciai
motive power plays an inseparable part, and
where refreshment saloons are not an es:3m-
tial adjunct. And it must also be borne in
mind that the Inventions Exhibition is open
during twelve hours of every week day,
which gives all a fair chance of a visit. If
you once open an exhibition of this kind on
the Lord's Day, to be consistent you must
allow the music-hall and the theatre to fol-
low, and England does not want that.

Tar question of capital and labour is to
the fore across the Atlantic just now. Here,
in England, we have had a great strike
among colliers, which is yet scarcely settled.
But a cessation of work of alarming extent,
owino• to a disagreement between masters
and men, has occurred in the States. There
are over a hundred thousand hands standing
idle rather than accept a reduction of wages.
The strike is among the iren and steel
workers • west of the Alleghany Mountains,
and north of the Ohio River, and has been
initiated by the trade association. Yet :-Aieh
is the stagnation in the industry thr.t the
employers affirm that the cessation of labour
‘vili lather hclp than inconvenience them.
At such a critical time. of trade depro2sion
it would be much pleaSantortO see men and.
inasters stinding shOidder to shoulder to
weather the commercial storm, than thus
getting .to loggerheads, which can but result
in disaster. What is wanted is mere fellow-
feeling and sympathy, between capit d and
labour, for their interests are one and the
same.

Miss HELEN TAYLOR, who lends the charm
of her womanly graee to an extreme political
party, has announced her intention of hurry.