The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-11-15 00:00:00

8.4211711.15AY; NOV:I6 Wit

KIDDERMINSTER.

The annual meeting of the Council was held on
Monday, the retiring Mayor(Mr. W. Green) in the
chair.
Alderman Goodwin proposed Mr. Henry Dixon
as Mayor for the ensuing year. lie was connected
with the staple trade of Kidderminster, and was
a member of one of the most influential firms in
the town. His business ability and business
habits must recommend him to all wha knew him,
and as a large employer of labour he had the good
wishes and esteem of all engaged under him. He
had been elected four times to the Council, and
this showed his conduct had the approval of the
burgesses, and he believed his appointment as
Mayor would give general satisfaction.
Mr. Naylor seconded the motion. Without
wishing to invite invidious comparisons, he be-
lieved that no gentleman sitting in the Council
could more worthily fill its chief office than Mr
Dixon. He bore a character against which no
word had ever beeh breathed, and by long years
of service, and straightforward and honourable
conduct, he had earned the good:wishesand esteem
of the whole community.
The resolution was carried.
i:The Mayor Elect said he should strive to set
to the best of his ability, for the benefit of the
town of which he was proud to be a citizen. It
was not without a feeling of responsibility he ac-
cepted this office, the duties of which he hoped to
discharge in an impartial, fair, and straightfor-
ward manner; and he askedtheir cordial co-opera-
tion and forbearance in the year that was before
them.

Mr. H. Saunders, jun., handed the Mayor a
cheque for .2130 from the trustees
.of Whitwell's
Charity, for distribution among the poor.
Mr. Holloway proposed a vote of thanks to Mr.
Green (the ex-Mayor), who had acquitted himself
with honour in the high position he had held.
Mr. Corbett seconded the motion, and said the
ex-Mayor was a man whohad risen from the ranks,
and who had shown he was not unworthy of the
confidence placed in him when they
,elected him
Mayor.
Mr. W. Green thanked the Council, and said he
had discharged his duty to the best of his ability,
and he hoped to continue to do all he could for
welfare of the town.

The appointment of committees gave rise to a
discutsion as to thelfitness of publicans to be mem-
btrs of the Watch Committee. Upon a division,
Mr. T. Milnes and Mr. H. Cooke' licensed victual-
lers, were placed on the committee.
After the meeting, the Mayor entertained the
members of the
,Council and the public officers, at
a champagne luncheon, at the Black Etorse Hotel.
The health of the Mayor was proposed by Mr. T.
Lea, M.P., and very warmly received.
BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The fortnightly meet-
ing of this Board was held on Tuesday, Mr. J.
Kitele'y presiding.— The Chairman said some
days ago he received an intimation from the
Misses Hemming, of Spring Grave, of their desire
to place in the workhouse chapel a memorial win-
dow, as a mark of affection to their late father, and
he was asked to bring the subject before the
guardians that day. Ile was sure that the mem-
bers of the Board would share in a degree and ac-
cept the offer with the same warmth of feeling
with which it had been presented—(hear, hear).
It would be a pleasing memorial, not only to the
Guardians, but also to the officials and many in-
mates of the house, as they would all look upon
the window as a connecting link between them-
selves and the one departed whom they revered
and respected. He might state that if the offer
was accepted, the work would be placed in the
hands of Mr. Hardman, the celebrated window
painter, of Birmingham. with the request that it
should be carried out in harmony with the chapel.
He snlunitted for adoption a resolution to the ef-
fect that the Board would gladly afford every
facility for carryilellit the object, and expressing
gratification tharthey would possess such a pleas-
ing memento of one so esteemed and valued by
them all. Mr. C. Pountney seconded the motion,
was earned with unanimity. The resigna-
tion of James Lawton, porter of the house, was ac-
cepted. The total cost of out-door relief for the
past fortnight was COO ISs 3d. The number of
persons admitted into the house during the fort-
night was 20, discharged 7; born 1; dead 2; re-
maining in the house, 198. Corresponding period
last year, 210. Number of vagrants relieved dur-
ing the fortnight, 52. One case of typhoid fever
was reported.