The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-11-22 00:00:00

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BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—Tha weekly meeting
of this Board wag held yesterday. Mr. Ray-
bould in the chair. There were also present
Messrs. Kelly, Brooks, the Rev. C. H. Cole
Webb, Lavender, Rhodes, Hale, Plant, Mills,
Wood, Giles, H. Billinghatn, Hingley, and
Williams. Admitted 9 ; discharged 20; dead 0 ;
remaining in the house 491. Corresponding;
period last year 425: Out-door relief, Kingswin-
ford district £33 16s 6d; Stourbridge district
£23 lie Sd ; Halesowen district £lB 7s 81, non-
resident 4s ; total £75 19s 101, Last year £63
17s 11. Notice was received from the Clerk of
the Peace of the County of-Worcester, inform-
ing the Guardians of the increase of assessnient
of the parish for the assessment of county rates.
A notice was also received from the District
Auditor stating that the Audit would be held on
the 2ad December. A tender of Mr. Whitehouse
of Wordsley, for the purchase of fourteen pigs
for .4.'78 was accepted.
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BURIAL BOARD:A Meeting of the Burial Board
was held on Saturday, Mr. J. B. Shepherd in the
chair.—The following report was brought up, as
embodying what took place in committee at tao
last meeting with reference to Mr. Guest's claim:
"We have had an interview with Mr. Guest and
Mr. Walker, his sollcitor, and discussed, first, the
legal obligations of the parties under the contract,
and next, a proposal to deal with the claim on the
footing of a compromise, The Board invited from
Mr. Guest's solicitor a statement of facts, to enable
them to consider the question of a compromise,
with the view, first, to forming their own opinion
thereon, and next, of supporting the compromise
before a meeting of ratepayers.' The Chairman
stated that the statement referred to had not yet
been received from Mr. Guest's solicitor. The
subject therefore was not advanced any further.—
After transacting some routine business the Board
again resolved themselves into committee.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.—A. meeting of this
board was held on Monday evening, Major Walker
in the chair. There were also present Messrs.
Billingham, Stringer, and Wall. The meeting was
called for the purpose of appointing a visiting
officer. There were 73 applicants, and Squire
Baker, formerly visiting officer for the Lye, was
unanimously elected as visiting officer, at a salary
of 21s per week.
CONSTITUTIONAL ASSOCIATION.—The following let-
ters have been received in reply to a vote of confi-
dence passed in her Majesty's Government at the
annual meeting of this association on the 13th inst.
—"10, Downing Street, Whitehall, Nov. 17, 1379.
Sir—l am desired by Lord Beaconsfield to acknow-
ledge the receipt, with his thanks, of the resolution
passed at the annual meeting of the Stourbridge
Constitutional Association expressing unabated
confidence in her Majesty's Government I am, Sir.
yours faithfully, J. F. Daly,"—"l 1, Downing Street
Whitehall, 17th Nov., 1879. Sir—The Chancellor
of the Exchequer desires me to request that you will
thank the members of the Stourbridge Constitu-
tional Association for the gratifying resolution sent
in your letter of 14th inst. I am, Sir, your ob3dient
servant, John A. Kempe,"
Stourbridge, Nov. 20th, 1879.—Sir, I received
information that some cabbages and pears, taken
from my nursery gardens, were used in decorating
your Caurch, and having obtained, as I understood
you to give me, permission to search for, and com-
pare the cabbages with the cabbagestalks, and
pear branshes with the pear trees, I went, accom-
panied by two police-officers, and removed the
cabbages and branches of pears for the purpose of
comparing them. If I had not understood you to
to give me permission, I should not have removed
the articles. I much regret that any misunder
standing should have arisen of the effect of our
interview. As you state you did not intend to give
me permission to do more than inspect the cabbages
&c., I have to express my regret that I, and the
police, officers under my direction, removed them.
I hardly need say I never entertained the idea that
any one connected with your congregation had been
guilty of the theft. I have no doubt the pears
were stolen and sold in the ordinary way of business
to some member of your congregation. I am pre-
pared to return the cabbages and pears to you, upon
the understanding,as to the pears and pear branches,
you do not part with them, and allow me and the
police to inspect and compare them in connection
with the prosecution of the persons who took them,
should such person be discovered.—Your obedient
servant, Henry Godfrey.—The Rev. Jas. McCave,
Stourbridge.
KEMBLE DRAMATIC CLUB. At the Kidder-
minster Police Court, yesterday, Mr. Gething applied
to the Bench for a license to perform stage plays,
at the Kidderminster Town Hall, on Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday next. The application was
refused by the magistrates, who remarked that the
doors were made to open inwards instead of out-
wards, and in case of a rush it would be dangerous.
The club will be at a considerable loss, as all their
arrangements were completed.
CHARGE OF DRUNKENNESS.—At the Police Court,
held on Monday, before Messrs. R. L. Freer,
William Wood residing at Hart's Hill, was charged
' with being drunk and incapable. Police-constable
Tooby proved the ease, and defendant was fined
2s 6d and costs.
Cninn DizsEirrtox.—At the Police Court, on Wed-
nesday, Thomas Powell, engine driver at a colliery,
was charged with neglecting his child and allowing
it to become chargeable to the Union.—Mr. Mils,
relieving officer, stated that the boy ran away from
home' it was,believed, in consequence of ill-treat-
ment he had received there. He had since wandered
about without defendant making any inquiries after
him. Since the 2nd of October the boy had been in
the Stourbridge Workhouse.—Mr Freer, the sitting
magistrate, committed prisoner for six months'
hard labour.
INTERESTING TO CHARTBRMASTERS.—At the Old-
bury County Court, on Wednesday, before Mr. W.
D. Griffiths, judge, James Edward Partridge, brass.
founder, Hill Top, West Bromwich, brought an
action to recover from Benjamin Wood, brassfounder
Old Swinfurd, Stourbridge, the sum of £2l. 13s. 11d.
alleged to be due for rent of plant and royalty on
the sale of coal at the Golden Orchard Colliery,
Golds Hill. West Bromwich. Mr. Hugo Young (in-
structed by Mr. Popham) appeared for the plaintiff,
and Mr. Plumptre (instrustal by Mr. Higgs, Wolver-
hampton) for the defendant —The csse for the plain
tiff was that, he beimr the owner of the colliery in
que•tion, about the 25th of March, 1373. he let it to
the defendant on cond:tion that he should pay a
royalty of 1-lath on all s des, and als £2O. per
annum for rent of plant. The pis was worked by
Wood on these terns up to the end of Augus`, when
on defendant having taken to adjo'ning mines, anl
wishing to draw the coal from both up plaintiff
shaft it was arranged that 30s. p g week for rent and
royalty combined shou4.l be paid, in consideration of
the defendant having lost motley on the colliery. Ths
defendant worked the colliery to the ead of the follow
ing November, and then gave plaintiff a month's
notice.—The case was adjourned until the 12th of
December.
CHRISTMAS NUMBER EXTRAORDINARY.—Ttio Christ-
mns Number cf The Whitehall Review (ready on
Thursday, Dec. 11, 1879) will be the mos attractive
publication, both of Literary and an Artistic point of
view, ever issued from the Press. It will consist
(with the regular Number of the Paper) of Forty
Pages, and its main features are a largeDouble-Page
Portrait of Mrs. Langtry, drawn expressly for this
Number by Mr. Adrian Stokes (a successful Exhibi-
tor at the Royal Academy), and print-d in colours
on specially-made plate paper; a new Story, entitled
"Umilta : a Tuscan Sketch," by Guido. (who writes
for no other paper) ; and "A Legend of St. Basil,"
the best poem ever written by the lamented Major
Whyte-Melville. Mrs. Langtry has very kindly
given sittings to The Whitehall Review artist, who
has sketched her in a new and very picturesque cos-
tume—a winter coat and a remarkably pretty hat,
similar to the one which this justly-popular lady
wore at the great Fete Francaise at the Albert Hall
last summer. The previous Christmas Numbers of
The Whitehall Review have been immense literary
successes, though unaccompanied by any picture ;
with the additional attraction of a coloured portrait
of the mest popular of all the "Beauties" the sale of
the forthcoming Annual cannot fail to be world-
wide, just as the cost of producing such a chef-d'
• ceuvre of literature and art is of course enormous.
LIGHT AND SHADE.—Miss Montgomery, of the
principal London Theatres, who, we understand,
travelled some years ago with the eminent author,
Dion Boucicault, in -America, appears with her
celebrated company at the Victoria Hall, for three
nights, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, Decem-
ber Ist, 2nd, ad 3rd. The company have not only
given their entertainment with great success in
London, but appeared in nearly every great city
and town of the United Kingdom. By referring to
our advertising columns it will be seen operettas,
mimicry, magical, mirthful, and comedy form the
staple commodity of the programme. Miss Mont-
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