The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-11 00:00:00

KIDDERMIN3TER.

BURIAL BOARD ELECTION.—A. meeting was held
in the claantry, on Tuesday morning, for the pur•
posJ of elccting gent!emen to fill the vacancies
caused by three menhirs of the Board retiring in
rotation, Messrs. R. Watson and Parry, two of the
tiring members, were re-elected. Mr. Harvey,
the third retiring member, oid not allow himself to
be brought for Nara again; and Mr. J. Bytheway
A a 4 eleetPd in his place.
NEW CATHOLIC :LiCHOOL —On Monday evening a
tea party was held in St. Arnbroe's Schools, th,t
procc.,e.lingi following the laying the memorial
stone ot a •NV school buildings I r 103 chil tren
Toe stone was laid by Councilor T. J•arnes, to
%holm an ornamental towel, ettur.tved with
mediteval work, was prese•+tdd by th • It-v. A. Hall
Mr. lames said he suppos ei he nail been ask al tri
lay the stone be arie he was tho oldest schoo
laanager ((mu( ettal with the place. When he first
came to Kidderminster there were only forty
children in the schools, but now there were 300, et.
whom a third were Protestants. As to the educa-
tional resu ts obtained in tne schools, they were
second to none in the town, Last year the scho.-)1
passed the highest possible number, and the intant
school would have beer in a similar position had it
not been disqualified from the fact of the aceoma
dation not being sufficient for the children. It was
to supply the deficiency of accomodation thfrt the
present building had been resolved upon. After
the tea party in the evening, the Rev. Dr. McCarten
( ~Valsail)riddressed the meeting on the importance
of religious education. Au entertainment fol-
lowed.
HIGHWAY•BOARD.—The annual meeting of the
Highway Board for the district was held on Thurs-
day, at Mr. Bureher's offices.—Mr, C. P, Noel was
Fe-elected chairman of the Board, ant Mr. J. Giles
vice-cheirman.—The Local Government Board had
notified the'paytnent to the treasurer of £2BO 18a 81,
being t G ivernrnent grant towards the mainten-
ance of the roads. The Chairman said he believed
their Board was the only one which had got the full
Government, allowance, and that wai because their
roads wero in such goad order.—An estimate was
presented showing the requirements of the ensuing
year, which, exclusive of Government and county
grants, amounted t'Y £1,8:l7, as cumpareci with
£1,274 last year. Mr. Giles asked why there was
such a difference in the amounts? Mr. Garrett (kite
surveyor) said it was due to the difference in the
balances in favour of different parishes. Mr. Gilts
said he could not understand why there should be
such a difference. In Asth3y parish the call would
be nearly dcuble what it was last year, while in
Chaddesley the amouat was £220 this year com-
pared with £lOO last year, or £3O more. The
Clerk said thet was due to there being abalance
of 1:138 in favour of Chaddcsley. Mr. Giles said
money, then, was taker out of their pockets which
ought not to be. Mr. Garratt : It is allowed you
in the next year. Mr. Lett said the balances
tn oYht to be amalgamated and distributed among
the parishes. The Clerk said that could not be
done, Mr. Garratt said the rateable values were
altered, and that had to be borne in mind. Hur-
cott, for instance, was £1,400 less than lit year.
Mr. Giles said it was unfair to the ratepayers to
have to pay so much more in some cases than last
year. He mentioned a case where the tenant of a
farm last year paid 5d in the pound, while this
year the incoming tenant would hate to 1V a rate
of about 10d in the pound. Ii seemed a 'nal A case,
and there was bad financing somewhere, Mr.
Bach said they hail an unnecessarily large amount
of money in hand last year. The discussion ended
in the appointment of a committee, c)fisiai.g of
Messrs. Noel, Gi es, and '3ach, to repot to a future
meeting as to the system of keeping the accounts
and of preparing estimates.

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