The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-01-08 00:00:00

TRADE MARKS.

The ritlei wider the Trade Marks Registration Act,
signed by the Lord Chancellor, with the scale of fees
approved by the Treasury, were •issued on the 30th
nit., and f,hp Registry Office waseopened on Saturday:
There ird 65 rules 'and three schedules: The fees
will not be received in cash. They may be paid by a
post-office order, payable to the registrar at the General
Post-office; or, if thy exceed £5, maylbe Paid by a
cheque drawn to the Registrar of Tr-de Marks or
bearer, *id cr9ised `,` Bank -of England/' .4 person,
whekhera British aabject or ag alienç desiring to
register a trade mark, is to apply to the Registrar by,
sending him a'Atatement, accompanied by the declars-;
tions set forth and the prescribed fee. An applica-
tion is to be ihserted in the "official paper," and the
official paper is to be Some paper published under
the directions of the Commissioners of Patents, or
such other paper as such Commissioners, or any one
of tiled., tha;y from time to time -direct. On thel
expiration . of
.three months from the date of the
firat advertisement the Registrar, if he is satisfied,
that the applicant is entitled to registration, is to re-P
gister the trade mark. The first schedule contains a,
classification of goods, with illustrations, for registra-
tion; the second schedule, the fees payable t,,,) the
Registrar. The fees vary, from is, to £2. In the
third schedule there are forms to be used in observing
the new law. The Act of the: late Session (38 and, 39
of the Queen c. 91), under which the Registry 0:
Is to be opened on the Ist of January, dechres that from
and after the let of July, 1876, a person shall
not be entitled to institute any proceeding to prevent
the infringement of any trade mark as defined until
and unless such trade mark is registered. The Court
mentioned in the statute is to mean the Chancery
Division of the High Court of Justice.

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THE BREMERHAVEN EXPLOSION.
(From Friday's Timer)
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A police agent from Bremen has arrived in Liss
pool, commissioned to inquire into the cireumstans,
of Thomas's or Thomassen's connexion with that port,
with a view to discovering whether he may not have
had accomplices in the nefarious designs brought to
light by the explosion at Bremerhaven. It is known
that Thomas more than Once sailed from Liverpool for
New York, and that he attempted to effect heavy 1
insurance on goods which he wished to ship' on one of "
his voyages; and suspicions have also been raised as
to whether he may, not have been implicated
the loss of the Inman ' steamship City of PostOn,
mysterious disappearance of which vessel, on her way,
from New York to Liverpool in January, 1870, with-
out any relic of her having been discovered, remains--
still unexplained. This much is known for certain,
that Thomassen, with his wife, crossedlrom New York
in the City of Brooklyn in the June following the dis-
aster to the City of Boston, and that, taking up hit
abode at Dresden, he afterwards lived there ins very
good style. The thought that the City of Boston may
have been sunk by criminal design had not occurtedpssi
the owners, but the possibility of the thing having lugs_
gested itself at Bremerhaven, communication was
opened with Liverpool. Thomassen, shortly before his
death, was asked whether he knew a vessel named the
City of Boston, and his prompt reply as reported was,
"Yes, an Inman steamer; I knew her very well."
The Inman Company, it may be stated, have no trace
of Thomassen in their bcoks at Liverpool ; he does
not seem to have appeared there at all; but the most
careful inquiries will now be made at New York, not
only 'at4 'to the passengers by the ill-fate& steamer,
brit into the Oods and all insurances effected.
Thomassen, ittwill be remembered, had booked by the
AtoseS only from Bremerhaven to Southampton. his
intention being to leave her there before she set out on
her voyage to New 'York, and the theory is that, sup-
posing him to have been in any way connected with the
loss of the City of Boston, he may have acted similarly
then, by taking a passage only to Halifax, where
the Inman steamers were accustomed to call. Return.
ing to New York, and remaining there till June, he.
would have time to realize what insurances, if any, he
had effected on the voyage, and it is known that be
sante %o- Eilidpe at ithatl time pretty amply provided
with means. He of course may have had nothing
whatever to do with the loss of the City of Boston,
but the suspicion having been raised, it is desirable
that the fullest investigation should be made, and
this is being d'one. The most notable of Thomassan's
visit to Liverpool would seem to have been the
most recent, when he sailed to New York in the
Celtic, one of the fine Atlantic fleet of the White Star
Company. The vessel sailed on the 14th of October
'list, and Thomassen was in the port at least seven or
eight days previous to her departure, during which time
his conduct as now recalled, was calculated to excite
very strong suspicion. Taking up his residence at the
North-Western Hotel, he afterwards introduced him
self' Lt 'Messrs; Stern and Son, passage brokers, of
Paradise-street, who subsequently booked his passage
by the Celtic. A. statement by Mr. David Stern shows
that Thotnassen, who went a great, deal to the firm's
Office, asked if he could' get him insured two small
cases which he had to take with him on the voyage,
and which, he said, contained specie in dollar pieces to
the value of £6,000. Mr. Stern consulted his insurance
assent or the subject, and the terms were named to
Thbinassen, who theieupon asked whether he would
have to submit the. specie to inspection. Being told
tht‘t this he would'cestainly be required to do, ha then
.rals&l genie Objeetisin to the terms, andsseented not to
leiste to liaise: Isis application carried out, . Mr. Steru
stiggeseed that the specie could be left behind and a
banker's draught taken for it, but to this Thomassen
altogether objected,; he.had,done tilt before, he said,
and had incusred no end of trouble' in donsequenbe in
securing his, identification, besides which, he should
want the Specie for immediate use on getting across the
Atlasiticsto pay wine °Wills on land in Virginia Which
had belottged tO hill father pteVious to the war. On the
Monday previous to sailtng Thomassen called at the
office of the White Star Company, and asked for
an order to see the Celtic, which was then lying in.
the Waterloo Dock. It is somewhat remark-
able that he should have thought it - necessary
to give himself this trouble, seeing that he had
already made passages in steamers belonging to the
1 company, and, therefore, must have known their
general character and the accommodation they possess.
However, returning from inspecting the vessel, he ex-
pressed himself well pleased with her, and he then
wished to know the company's rates for insuring
opecie, stating that he had an amount to take to the
value of £5,000. The rate was named, but again diffi.

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