The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-12 00:00:00

BROMSGROVE.

RATEPAYER,' PROTECTION ASSOCIATION. --- A
special meeting of the committee of this association
was held at the Institute on Monday evening, Mr.
S. Say well (President) in the chair —lt was decided
to wait until the usual notice of the audit of the
Local Board accounts for the past year is given,
and then to hold a special meeting to consider what
steps shall be taken to obtain a detailed statement
of the accounts for theiyear. After some discuseion
whether the gasworks should be purchased by the
town or not, it was decided to lay the question be-
fore a meeting of the members of the association
for their decision, and a
.sub-committee was ap•
pointed to obtain information on the subject to lay
btfore another meeting of;the committee. It was
also decided that the association be extended to the
whole of the parish, and that meetings be held in
the district to further this object.
THE RATEPAYERS AND THE BATHS SCHENE,--MT.
E. liou.eman, solicitor, has received the following
communication on the above subject:—Local Gov-
ernment Board, Whitehall, Bth April, 1884.—Sir
—I am directed by the Local Board to acquaint
you for the information of the ratepayers of Brume-
grove who addressed a memorial to them on the
subject that the Board have received and perused
the report of their inspector, Mr. Codrington, with
reference to the application of the Urban Sanitary
Authority for the Town District of Bromsgrove for
sanction to borrow £BOO for the construction of baths
and that the Sanitary Authority have been in-
formed that:in the opinion of the Board the con-
sideration of the matter should be deferred for a
period of six months.—l am, Sir, your obedient
servant, C. U. DALTON, Assistant Secretary."
WHOLESALE RESIGNATION FROM THE LOCAL
BOARD.—Some months ago the Local Board of
Bromsgrove adoptel the Baths and Washhouees
Act, and applie I to the Local Government Board
for sanction to borrow the sum of £BOO, for tilt
erection of baths in the town. This action of the
Local Board met with strong opposition from a sec-
tion of the ratepayers. who organised opposition, and
forwarded a memorial to the Local Government
Board petitioning against the proposed expenditure,
and asking that the matter should be allowed to
stand over for six months, by which time the next
election of the Voard will have been decided. As
stated ahave the Local Government Board com-
municated ith the Local Board, directing them
to let the matter stand overfor the period peti-
tioned for by the opposition ratepayers. This the
members of the Board considereuch a serious matter
that on Thursday the following communication
was forwarded to the clerk : —To B. H. Sanders,
Esq, clerk to the Bromsgrove Local Board and
Town Commissioners. We, the undersigned, the
chairman and members of the Bromsgrove Local
Board and Town Commissioners, hereby tender our
resignation as members of the above Board: W.
Smith Batten (Chairman), W. Lamb, W. Rhoades,
W. Corbett, R. Cordell, R. Prosser, J. Humphreys. el
J. B. Wilson, W. Parry, J. J. Haines, E. Cresswell,
W. Ward." The Board numbers 15 members, 12
of who have thus resigned.

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