The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-05-15 00:00:00

*oval dab ;gistritt 4.006.

BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS —The adjourned pub.
IC examination of Joseph Hand, - hop merchant,.
Wo-dsley, took place at the Stourbtidge Court
Hue on Tuesday, bi4ore Mr. Registiar Collis
Jobson, the official receiver, conducted the
exemination. Mr. C. H Coll's an Mr. Ware
,icpitetri d for creditors, and Mr Holberton for tile
&bier. The d,btor was further examined is to
some of the items in his defliciency account, and as
to the way in which the figures given in his state-
ments were arrived at. His liabilities were entered
as .t 2,579 Os 11d, and assets £l9l 03 id; but he
est,mated Lis lesses eatogether for the lust six et
seven years et a total of 1;5,200. He had di-cloted
the weole of his estate, --The Official Receiver called
tten ion to si me 01 the statements made by the
debto:, and said he did pot euo witeth cr the Court
eas satisfied es t his deficiency account; but ne
did not •,.ropose to itak for aey terther adjeurnments
for tie- puipuse ot the examination. SO far as he
is as coecerneii he Aas in sufficient posaession of the
fee's for his purpo-es, aud if the Court was saeisfied
he did not propose to as, any further questions.—
The Reeistrar 'aid the examinatiou was a very in-
satisfactory one, but lie did net knew that any good
wauld reselt fr m keeping it open any longer.
ajoiened the court till Monday next for the bank-
rupt to at teiti to sLn his t xatninettoe, and in ru
meantime %%could read throu& the noes and decide
what he would do.
LIFE sAVINU FISHING 'VESSELS. -- An apetal
having biieti made threugh the medium of the Pies,
for toads to ',inside ane w seri ice or Lee-Leeds et
40 tons eurden propes-d to be esee fir life-savieg
and fishing purpeses. tee atiention of the 0 emitt,e
of tee Royal National Lite-boat lusittution, w o
tire always on the alert to recognise and thoreughly-
consider any proposals bearing on tae great turd
itnpoe ant subject of 6asing Lite at Sea, has b en
it re3ted to tie scheme. lhe Committee, having
t• e a lvantage ot a large expetience in such matters,
and exc pti md opportuities of obtaining technical
advice, have nime to the conclusion that vessels of
the type ieiggi-sted will be quite unfitted for the
purposes descriue,i, and that the scheme generully
is impracticable Further i mation can be eib-
tained at the Offiees of he Institution, 14, Jr n
Street, Adelphi, L ndon, W.C.
• MESSRS rOuLE'S TRIP ABB .AD.—As announce
last week by an adveriisenihut in this pap r Meestb
Poole's far-famed Dioramic and f'hau:-.oscopie ee-
t,rtaiatnent has been given in the Guru Exchate;e,
daiin; the week. De,pite toe unprepitious weath
which ptoved a dettiment in the early part of t e
wets, iney have been fitirly well patronised ; anu
- applause w Lich followed upen each se ne
see i‘eit the audiences were greatly interested. Tee
a e net are all vividly and caretuly painted, and .le-
p:ciure very strikingly the passing events,
.Tee
lite war in the Soudan proved quite an interesting
feeture, and fraquent out-bursts of applause tte-
e pit:peeled each specimen of the scenic art. Lie
weading le,st rceite of th Emperor of China',
si.ueetner palace was a very gereeous Cue; te
ite on the tiesert dur.ng Grentrui Stewarts'
111:5 at across ti .e deeert in tha Soudan end the
I eueita Borealis, or Noitle.rti Lieht, in the Arctic

;:e,iou were v,ry beaulitoi. 'tee march past in
t. J.,ines a Park before Her Majcsty he Queen, 0.
e troops engaged in the S.iuilan i:xeited getit-e ti
edin:ration, and a:so teimiiiaie.i a l.sant ce...ter-
taina:ent. The scenes were ince, ep t, ed w iti,
B,Jngs and duets, :Jigger songs and big boot d.intes,
auti solo handbill the :taw bang vcr,)
s,.ectly and cot rect.y executed, and gained round
a:ter round if applause. A goo orchestral bith
is p k.,>sent and plays appropi late [Dude. lu co::
~1 n.,pe that Messrs. Poole will have a
crowdtfi Louse to-night (Saturday) and thus r -
wa;,l them fur their loss duriug :De early pa t n oi
t e weli, the ,ntertaiuwe t not on!) being 61111Us-
it, g Lot al-0 %el)/int uctive, s it ..raphwaiiy
s the grandeur a 1 the couniiies beyona this
isle ef our own.
PeARD OF GuARDIANs.-I.lr, 116,1rew ; re,ided at
wi.ekly !heeling of Leis Doaro y, steady. 1 e
returns a .uwea: A.l.,,iited .uto the Holz,
born, 1; oischaiged, 28; ia, 0; remaiaingin
tle House, 527, agaiusi 54 iii th,-. same , tflO
.['he cut-deor tel et was as follows :
K-ngswinford £5l 13s 10d; ntourbiLige, £33 i
1,1; Halesowen, £2B is 94d; non-itsident I out,
7s 2-i ; total, £ll6 2,1 d; apiust £lOl 4s 511 to.
the cerreoponoing w, ek last year.
DRUNKENNESS —At the Police Court yesterday,
before Colonel Col:Lrane, and I'. D. Thuinas, W. J.
'l.',.irney, A. Free., and E. Webb, Esqrs., Phonies
Ba.lie was charged with being druult in Angei
Stieet on the 10th met, and was fined 5e and cus!e.
_Wood was fined 5s and costs fur being drunk at
the Lye, on the sth inst.
STRAylivor H 41,k. Elizabeth Phillips was
charged with allowing her i.orse to stray at Crop..
pegs Gre..u. The case was withdrawn on payment
of coots.—Emina Han, ox for allowin4 a donkey to
stray at Cient, on the 9tit inst was ord red to pa
the costs —Edwa d Morris was cuarged wi h a
sluilar offence at the same place, and en the same
d I. Def.-ndant has beeti pre%iously convict:el,
ad was now fined 2s 6d and costs.—David Smith
wai fined 2s 6d and costs for a similar oftence on
the Bth inst.
DAMAGE 10 GATES. Joseph Harris, James
Hickman, William Miller, Chatles•Newton, Albert,
'raylor, William Kendrick and Alfred Harper were
urged with damaging two gates, the property ef
Job Garrott, Esq., Har-„ley, on the Bth inst. George
\'‘' Meth, coachman to Mr. Garrett, said he followed
th.- men oe Saturday night and saw the whole of
th in unlving 9 gat 8. He cquld
_rot s ,e..k to a