The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-09-18 00:00:00

SATURDAY; FIEFT. 18, 1875

KIDDERMINSTER.

CRUELTY TO A Poiiv.—At the Petty 5032,k:est/an'
Thursday, before Messrs. Homfray, Kiteley.,, .",
cocks, R. Woodward, T. Lea, J. Brinton,snaluit.Jl.ol
Trafford, F. Harris and J. Bennett, boatmen, /14
charged with cruelly torturii4.7, a pony on the v,,e
September. Sergeant Matthews said that on la
9th inst. he saw Harris driving a pony dr3,wirif '
boat-load of coal on the canal. The aniuub' -
suffering, and appeared scarcely able to get filo7; 00
He examined his shoulders and found two e'
wounds, one four inches and a half long! 813‘.12 it.
other about two inches and a half. Harris salt,.
reply to the sergeants remonstrance as to ale'r.
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elty in using the animal, but he couldn't helm
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as Bennett (his mager) told him if he didn't di
the pony ho wouldn't give him employment c,l,tv,
ing the winter. The defendants pleaded girls,
and Bennett was fined 203. and costs, or 14 ,
and Harris ss. and costs, or seven days hard tbbre
OLlT.—Ttiz SUNDAY GAMBLING NUIVANCE.4
. boys naime&G...Goodwizi 14,---Lewis Compfron
were sellarged with pile* b'ie
'pitcli'-tind:thas on Sunday last. Police-conga b
Payne proved the offence. The Bench fined °tic
Cal. and costs Bs. or seven days,
DISTRIBUTION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD PRIZt '
On Wednesday evening a meeting was be'
the boys' room of the Board School, Cev,eua
Street, at which the prizes for efficiencY Lij
and science gained during the last winter
were distributed. The Mayor (Mr. D. W. ": .AA
win) occupied the chair, and there was a fa',,fr
tendance of students and their friends. '—
Goodwin expressed the pleasure it gave bill) °bd
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present on such an occasion, and placed bep
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those present the advantages to be derived '
the schools, and especially from the science
art classes connected with them, alluding st,
the desirability of young people availii3g
..,bmb
selves of the elementary classes of the' I
school. He then distributed the prises, '-fi
I
which Mr. E. Parry addressed the ineetins..„
said that when the Board was established ''',l,
was a suspicion among many educationists i,s'a
it would tend to injure the existing schoolo,ll.
he was glad to say that this had been (Ittl;4
obliterated, and not only had they 420 childreo"'
their Own schools, but they had been the were
increasing the other schools in the Wm, „gin"
of increasing the regularity of the puril3° .
also alluded to the sumll amount of worke
tively done by institutes, which he at
somewhat to their voluntary character. i
!urged upon the necessity of carrying OR '
cation of pupils beyond the elementary
Boys who left school attheage of 13 ' I
said to be educated, and hence the - I
getting hold of them for a further d
was only, to be done by the ev, ,
These were carried on by 1
cated teachers, and were under 1
speotion.—Mr. Wood. and Mr. Na, s
dressed. the meeting, votes of . w
to Mr. Davey, the science master,
for inaugurating these classes, an /I
dings'terMinated. tte
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WAGES AGITATION AMONI
VICEMAKERS.
vicernakers of Dudley are no
the present rate of wages, and at a
trade passed the following resoluti(
we who are receiving the present st
wages give notice for an advance of
all classes of work." 2. "That all
ceiving the standard wagesask
as will bring them up to the level
trade with the proposed increase."
notice be given to the masters on
tember next." During the business a
read from Messrs P. Wright and Co.,
give the advance if the whole of the
the trade would do the same.

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