The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13 00:00:00

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SHILLING WINES. Whoa wader the _French
Treaty of 1860. Claret was introduced into this
country at one shilling a bottle it was a matter of
surprise hrr.v a good sound wine could be retaile 1 to
the pehlie at such an exceptional price. The in-
troduction no doubt met a want long felt by a large
class of consumers fora light beverage wine,. The
Treaty recently concluded with Spain has advanced
matters one step further, for Messrs. W & A Gilbey
now quote Sherry arid Port at one shilling a bottle,
and in doing so guarantee that the wines in question
are the purl) juice of the grape shipped direct from
Spain, It will be interesting to know if the in-
troduction by this firm of Port and Sherry at a
price confined hitherto French wines meets with
success, as if so there is no doubt the New Spanish
Treaty will have conferred a great boon on the
consuming public, in Dringing within their reach
sound wholesome wines at prices which will allow
of their entering into the daily consumptton of every
hoesehalt.—" Moraine Post, " November 9ch, 1886.
Aratemeae THEATRE —Mr, Fred Wright and his
capital company made th ir first appearance here
this season on Monday night; and. con-idering the
strong counter-attracti )n at the Corn Exchange by
the local Amateur Dramatics, the house was a good
one, but unfortunately the prolonged inclemency
of the weather has proved disacrous to good houses
during the mi.ldle portion of the week. The piece
submitted to the playgoers, " Fslee Lights" has
been at oa the stage in a manner that reflects the
greatest Cr:3(iit on all concerned. The scenes arc
good and the tableaus exciting.; but the name of
Fred Wright is a sufficient guarantee for this Teat
the audiences have be n well pleased was testified
by the prolonged cheering at the end of each act,
and the artists were frequently applauded for their
respective parts. It is unnecessary for us to par •
ticalarise e.ach individual, suffice it to say tsat
all throw themselves heartily into the piece and
leave little or nothing to be desired. Th piece is
not devoid of amusement, as the droll sayinss and
irresistibly funny situat'ons in which the " British
flunkey ' gets, is sufficient to send the most melan-
choly pe son into a fit of laughter. We hope to see
a crowded 1:01139 to-night (Saturday).
DRAMATIC PERFORMANOES.—A series of perform-
ances were given in the Corn Exchange this. week
to large and fashionable audiences, in aid of the Fire
Brigade, . On Monday and Friday Grundy's comed
' "Snowball" was given, concluding with "White-
bait at Greenwich," and on Wednesday "All that
gFtters is not goldi" followed by "Chiselling," The
whole of the characters were well sustained tarough-
out, and gave gr.-at satisfaction. We cannot speak
tHa highly in pi Asa of our lolat amateurs for the
admirable manner in which they rendered their
VarioUS parts, assited-by -arofes ionsls spoeisityen-
gaged. We trust the Fire Brigade wil be consid re
ably benefitted by the performanc:e.
CURIOus ACrIoN By RAILWAY CARRIERS, Sir
Rupert Kettle heard a case at the Stourbridge
Coart on Thursday in which the Linlashire
an I Yorkshire Railway Company and the Great
Western Railway Company were plaintiffs, and
David Hill, of Shourbridge Read Lye, the defend-
ant. Mr, tier ward was for the plaintiffs, and Mr.
Waldron for the defendaut,—Plaintiffs sought to
recover 98.6 1, for the carriage of a do; from Oahe •
roe to Stourbridze and for the keep of the animal.
The later had been advertised in the Exchange and
Mart by defendant, weo atterwaids sent it to Ciithe-
roe to a men named Harereavee Toe latter would
'not keep it aa I returned it to the defen la ft, who
ref tee t ti receive it from the R eilaray Coinaany.—
Th deftnce was that Rill did no; e:npley the Rail-
wae c ,mpaaie3 as carriere, an I that th refere he was
not liable for the car iage.—The plaintiffs' s di6itor
contended tit at the consignor was the agent of the
consignee, but his ilonoar held that the circus:l-
- of the case rebu:tsci that presumption.
After further argument His Honsur gave a verdict
for the defendant, - •
BANKRUPTCY CAS-E.—At the same Court Mr.
Waldron applied for an order of discharge for
George Barker, a bankrupt, The latter was a
publican ie a small way of business, nsver having
ha 1 more than £l5O, which he borrowed fr3m
friends ,—The Official Receiver in his report stated
t tat the bankrupt omitted to keep such books of
account as were usual and proper in his business,
but ii. (Mr. Waldron) submitted that in a trade of
the character Barker was in it was not thh custom
to keep books —His Honour said he shoald not
trouble Mr. Weldron on that point, bnt called his
atteution to the. non-payment of part of the costs
incurred in connection with his bankruptcy. The
baekrupt had deposited a certain sum when made
a bankrupt eon his own petition, but it was not
sufficient to cover the official costs incurred. —Even-
tually, after a discussion, Mr. Waldron undertook
that the unpaid portion of the costs should be paid
to the Official Receiver, and on this understanding
his ilonoar granted the discharge, but sespended
it until the day after the next Court.
BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—Mr. Haskew presided at
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the usual meeting of this Board yesterday7There
Stringer were also present Messrs. Pargeter, Grif-
fin, Grove, Sideway, Parkes, MacMillan, Rollinson,
Darewehes: Blrly.eeß,
iußrionogitnsa,mC,hasintbrienrsge and Hill. —, Webb, Guy,
A. letter was received from the Local Govern:-
meat-Board containing the following letters, which
had been received from *r.WilliamMullett, Rock's
Hill, Brierley £1 81, dateil Oct. 30th, "I am exceed-
inrly sorry to brill; hefore your notice a very dis•
tressing case of tsse eery old people, aged about 80
each, named Wii :rn Batham and wife, living at
. Bromley, in the • tish of Kingswinford, who have
paid rates in tee parish for more than half a
century, and wl.iiiu the last week or so have had
pay Of is 6d each per week from the ~Union, and in
consequence of some of,
,the Guardians having a
little spite against the olds people they have taken
the pay from them. The poor old woman told me
it would be the death of them. I consider it a case
for your immediate attention. I have the honour
to remain, Sir, your most oh elient servant, Wm.
Mullett."—The following is the reply of the Local
. Government Board."-Sir.—The Local Governmcnt
Boa' d direct me to =knee:, 1,-,e the receipt of your
letter of the 30th ultimo, on behalf of an ae I
couple named William Batham and his wife, and to
inform you that they are unable to inte f--re fer the
purpose of ordering relief in any individual case,
being expressly prohibited by law from so doieg."
Mr,Rollinson brough before the Board a que,tion
which he said had caused a lot of talk among the
ratepayeis, It was the question of giving Mrs. -
Phillips the sum Of £1 per week. There was a lot
of unpleasant talk about his district, the peOple of
the neighbourhood saying there was one law for the
poor and another for the rich. He thought it was
an extraordinary sum, and it bad astonished the
ratepayers who thought the Beard must have a lot
of money. He thought an explanation ought to
have been given. -rile explanation was that it was
a test case, and was only paid for one week and it
was expected to be refunded. The clerk read a
report from the Sanitary Committee which stated
that the death rate for the Staffordshire portion of
the "Cajon was 15 per 1,00 and the Worcestershire
portion was 14 per 1,000. A precept was laid be-
fore the Board from the Stourbridge Mali Drsinage
Board for the sum of £6BB 2s 86. The Halesowen
Inspector reported that the contractor for the re-
moval of night soil was in arrear of his work and
greatly neglected his duties. It-was resolved that
the Clerk wiite to Mr. T. Hill calling .his attention
to the terms of the contract, and if further com-
plaints are made his cheque will be withheld and
another person engaged to do the work. The
master's weekly report was as follows: Admitted
26, discharged 18, born 1, died 0, remaining in the
house 523, corresponding week last year 566 The
out door relief Was, Kingswinford .246 7s 4d,
Stombridge £32 60 4d, Balesowen £29 Os 7d, non.
resident £1 17s sd, total .8109 lie Bd, correspond-
lagperiod last year £lOO 19$ 7d.

MAGISTERIAL,—At th Police Court, yesterd.ty,
before Messrs. 11. 0 It'lrm-,tn::e and T. D. Thomas,
D LvA 11 11 sAas c arsted 'with being drunk a.:d dis-
orderly and wswiting P,C. J no', on the 6th inst
at Woll slo!-e, and he was fu:ther c•ariod with
assaulting Sarah Goulding. Defendant was fined
5s and costs in each of the assault C 9838, the other
case w is dismissed.—Alfred Pritchard was charged
w th similar offences on ths•sanae date, and was fined
15s and ( o ts.—Charl-s Edwin Brind'ej, a co.poral
in the SomersA 143giment, was clninaitted fir trial
lir being a franclu!ent bailee of a watch, in July,
1834. Mr. C. H. Col:is defended.—John Whittle
aad Thomas Cox were fined 23- 6d au A costs for
b-ing drunk at Cradley.—Martin Crawley was fined
5s and COSt3, ti 31,1 Michael Gavan 2s 61 ad costs
for using obscene lamzuage.—Hannah Pearson was
bound over to keep the peace towards William liar.
ley, and pay costs.—Thomas Foy was fined 21s or
a month, for st !sling one poan.l of ba,eon, t. e pro-
perty of Elgar G.iffin. WiFiam Attwool was
ordered to pay 55 Gd for having unjust scales and
weights.—Maria Perks, a married woman. was fined
21s or a month, for stealing a shawl and handker-
ohief the property of Elizabeth Thor:lris.

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RAILWAY SEBVANTB.—Signalmen, Engine Drivers,
Porters, and others, who have frequently long in-
tervals of work between meals, should drink Cad—
bury's Cocoa, a sustaining beverage, agreeable and
comforting, during long spells of work.