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

DUDLEY.

A MEAN AND SUADRY TRICK—At the Police
Couit on Wednesday, before the Ex-Mayor (Alder-
man Gat ra-i ) end Mr. Elwin Wright, George Allen
(19), Al,ra:-,are 1) rby (20), labourer, and John
Thoin,c, Edwar,lB 0.7), t;e.ss polisher, all of Tat
Bank, Oidbury, were charged with stealing a
Guest Hospital collecting box from the licensed
premises of Mr Homer, Porter's Field. In evidence
it was stated that defendants went into Mr. Homer's
house, and the box, containing Is. 6,1., was after-
wards missed. A Staffordshire constable saw them
with a broken t,ox on the road to Tividale. He took
Allen into custody, and the other defendants ran
away.•—Allen pleaded guilty, and taid "it was not
me, it was the uriek, Iwsh it was 40s, per quart,
and thee I could not get it." Allen admitted he
was drunk,—Edwards denied stealing the box, or
having any of the money —Mr. S. Ward, who de—
fended, pleaded that defendants 'wore under the
influence of liquor, and that in the first instance
the box was taken more as a joke than anything
else.—The Ex-Mayor said it was a mean shabby
trick to steal a box placed in a position for a
charitable object. If not for their pr,.vious good
characters they would have been sent to gaol. They
wou d each be fined 20s. and cc sts.
BOARD OF Guannearrs.—On Thursday, Alderman
Dunn presided at the weekly meeting of the above
Board.—Mr. Gilbert attended to answer a charge
made against him as a parish surgeon of declin-
ing to attend a dying child. The surgeon stated
that he found the child bad been ill from its birth,
and although it was four mcnths old application
was not made to hini until three hours beforedeath.
The relieving officer had sent him a note, but it had
no sign of urgency on it. He found from the
inquest on the body of the child that it had been
dwindling from birh for want of proper nourish-
ment, awl according to the time he could not have
reached the house before the child's death The
Board considered Mr. Gitb,_.rt's explanation satis-
factory.—Mr. Law called attention to the fact that
there were collieries in Sed,,,,ley which did not pay
to the Dudl-y Union because the shafts happened
to be in Kingsainford parish. Tire matter was re-
ferred to a committee. The Clerk reported a balance
of £1,360 in favour of the Union, but said this was
not sufficient to meet the liabilities. It was agreed
to write to the °veneers of the parishes in debt.—
Mr. Coley called the attention of the Board to the
unsatisfactory condition of the lunatic expenses
account, and gave notice of motion for next week.

SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE INSTITUTE OF
MINING ENGINEERS.

A monthly meeting of the South Staffordshire
and East Worcestershire Institute of Mining
Engineers was held on Monday night, in the Min—
ing Museum, Dudley. Mr. A. Sopwith was in the
chair, and there were also present among others :
Messrs. H. Johnson, sen, T. Parton, S. Watkin4,
11. Glennie, C. Treglown, J. Davis, T. Pasfield
James Ritson, J. C ,oksey, W. Cookson, J. Towson,
J. S. Wilkes, W. H. Whitehouse, and H. Calde-
cott.

The Secretary (Mr. Alex Smith, M.1.C.E.) stated
that he had written to the Mining Institute of
Great Britain, of which he was a member, and
made inquiries as to the "Royal National Miners'
Lire Saving Institution." From the inforatation re-
ceived be deemed it advisable that the In-tituto
should not pledge itself in any way.
Th's bore out the feeling of the meeting last
month, and the subject dropped.
Colonel Beaumont, whose Channel Tunnel boring
apparatus was discussed at the annual meeting, be-
ing present, the President opened the adjourned
discus-ion, and spoke highly t f the compressed-air
locomotive which drove the boring machine.
C.donel Beaumont then spoke of the invention
and its utility in boring, and said that for traction
purposes the compress-A-air locomotivd was un-
surpassed, because it could be used in fiery mains
and other places which would not admit of explo...
sives.

A discussi
.n followed, and Colonel Beaumont
answered a number of questions put to him,
A hearty vote of thanks was awarded to the in-
ventor, and the President, in suggesting the ad-
journment Of the discusion, asked for a list of
questions which might be submitted to Colonel
Beaumont.

The Rev. Mr. Cape]], the inventor of the fan of
than name, reopened a discus...ion on his recent
paper, and pointed out in the Engineer some start-
ling results made under the direction of that
paper.
A discussion followed, and Mr. Treglown com-
plained of the manner in which the Ingineer had
treated the InAitute upon information supplied by
Capell.
_ _ _

Mr. .0,11)(11 admitted the supply of information,
but denied thht he had had the slightest hand in
the article, which ,vas calculated to harm him in
the eyes of the Institute,
At the end of the discussion it was the unani-
mous feeling of the Institute that the fan was an
excellent one, and that further investigation would
prove interesting,
'lhe other business was formal. -