The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-03-05 00:00:00

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The Chaiaman wild he did not think they were
going to shed any tears; he was glad it was the
last meeting
Ses,,ral 'good byes" w re nidresied to thn Mom
on the onnelnoion ~f the business, and wa2 the
cause of a little merriment.

GRAND CONCERT.—On Monday evening the Corn
Exchange was used for the last dine previous to its
being pulled down in order :o make room for the
er,..ction of the new Town Hall. On this occasion a
concert was given by the Orch ettral Society in ad
of the funds of he As tiated Institutes, and there
was a very large arid appreciative audience. The
vocaists were Miss gelvina Field end Mr. Charles
Perks hot!) of when aevitted thems Ives a heir-
ably and were loudlyap ilanded, Mier E.'iee:l respon l-
ing to her curare for' 0 'leen tti stiold by singing
"The Wat heian and :he child," Toe Orches,ral
Sochty, w.O contribu.ed the instrumental portioa
of the c .nc srt, hav- not been formed tnany mon ha,
but the fini-hrel manner in which they performed
he verieu oiliceet peces set before !them show d
that they had studied indefa igably under the able
Conduct° sh;p of Mr. F. Griffin, The following is
the pre/ tanaire ()v. rture " Martha " Flutow, the
bind; s g " Whtn I beheld the anchor weighed'.
Balfe, i.rhstral aceompenineeet), Mr. Char:es
Perks; seio violoncello, Mr. J. I )wen; sympnony ir,
D " da-te " Haydn, the Betel; song " Golden
thres. ol : " F. N Lohr, with violin obbligato by
Mr W Griffin, Miss Meivina Field ; solo violin
" eix h Concert'," (with orchestre) C":. de Beriot,
Mr W 0 iffin ; seeetini " William Te 1" Ros,ini
the Band; ov..iture " Zsub rtlo e" Mozart, the
Band ; cog " The ferry !emu's deughter ' lifar)iott
Oro etre! a .comp •niment) Mies M. lvina Fie'';
SOlO v:Menuello liens' II .11asidee.e ' !Junkier, Mr.
J. Owen ; • Alierna de" T. Ande:ton, the Band;
song ** The bell ring r" W. incent Wallace, Mr.
Ch ries Perke ; ‘• W. dding March" from Mideum-
in, Nieh!'s Dream, Mendelssohn. th- Band. Mr. J.
E. B ttomley was ,he accompanist.—The members
of the s•T:ititV PreSvlited MISS Field with a very
beautiful bouquet of flewers,
The largest Lif Insu-enee Company in the world.
"The MUTAL LIVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW
YORK," Owing to 'hos growing intercommunication
between the U. Red States and the United Kingdom,
has decided to establish a Bran h in Lendon.
There are ne trly 100 Life Insurance Companies
doieg bneiness in Gfeat Britien, of the larg. at, the
..Scottieh Widows' Fund," ha, an annual Revenue
of £,090. WO, end Cash Asses .29 000,000, The
Mu at Lite Insu ance Company of New York as
own 'ey i a lass irt aas possesEad of an Annual
Revenue of over £4,100,000 Sterling, and Cash
Assets a over 23,78.5,000 Sterling. Mr. D. C.
Haid..thati has bee" appointed General Manager for
die UnLed Ki -gdorn. The usual requirements of
the English law have been complied with, and
20,000 depoeited with the Court of Chaeeery. The
Head Offices for the United Kingdom are at 17 and
18, Coruhi 1, opposite the Bank of England.
REEOONITIOY OF THE NEW CONGREGATIONAL
MINISTER —A service was held at the congrega
tional (7hap.l, Stourbridg., on Monday iii4ht, with
the object of formally reognlsing the Rev. W. B.
ot Malvern, who has recently been appointed
the minist, r for Stourbii. ge. The eioo edin,s we e
opened by a tea meeting in the school room, for
which trays were given by ladies in tne neighbour-
hood. About 200 sat dewn, and there was a still
larger number ple,eut at the service which followed,
The Revs T. Dodd arid S. Marsh (both of Wor.,es-
ter), C Gili (Hulvern), F. eianeerord (Kidder-
miuetet) XI. Davis Hill), J. Tucker
(Lye), and other gentlemen were anionest those
present —l'he Rev. W. B. Birth thanked nig hearers
for tee kind w Icome they had given him, and
sk, tched out what would be t. e aims of his miaistry.
—p ICe4 wee ung at inTervals by the choir.
V,07 oath. t ALL A D RINK. This place con-
tieu stohe w i ieeron Fed, and by a few altera-
tions the :be Lii el flo ir has leen considerably
enetrged, thus fferdine reater facilities for shat-
ing. T:.e prepfieter. ever willine ti p °vide ler
the recr atter, oi rh innaiiants of the town and
nei. Oyontei.....t. introduce 1 a novelty into this ink
on Tier relay nit in the ape of a eeetball match
on rel r s;.Eve . Thre w.B a latge attendance
of spect..tors. The teems contesting were seven
ef tele Bine CI • and eev n of the Stourbridge
01 n ie r a most eve;ting end laughetite
ri e i,• we e declar ,d the i'.3tors tr. one

to nil. Ihe flin wre t e ItSrM. Rink:
NlPpark J. ; arnislur,, J Wirk;•rwin, F. Ilarroshaw,
G. E 'runr.ds tth ton. J Warr, and J. Smith.

Olirni.do:7—E. Allen, P. Astliury, A. Pope, H.
Reeves, Ho ghi s, W. Paze t. and W. Vaughan.
A. Pope kicke.l the goal. We understand thlt it is
the inte,ti3n of the p,oprietor ti ake the rink as
att.sctive al possl:.l, by en aging Borne of the latest
and be,t sensations.—.A. chalenge has been reeeived
from the Nio e.-y• Skating Football Club, which, we
ho iAve, will he ac:epted.
AtarAmnrvit TiatilaTßE.—lt the 7ast moment Mr.
Cliff P,,re and comp,ny decided to pioiong their
t-tay for nother week, and in con,equenee bills
we, e rq-4tributtil an,.otincing the produccit,n of the
great .A!uerio,n drama' Unlnown." We are very
sot -y to sac that their en ,r4efic efforts to afford
an etijoy.ible eve' ing's i-ntertaiiiment have been
hut pie ly requited. With a fair companv and
plenty exciting scene;:--iiit. mingled with the usual
,eider seen,s—the piece ought io have been better
patroni--ed„ Last n gi,t a iliange .1 progi amme
was resort d to—"Unknown' having been played
tiil 'Thursday riicht—,,hen a drama. written iy
Mr. Henry Holmes, and entitled "Br :ken Links"
was produced. To might (Saturday) which is tha
last, the playgoers wil, be natter! to two dramas, and
we hoin there w'll be a erGwded house,

BOARD OF GUARD' .Ns.—Mr. Haskew presided at
the usual weekly meeting of this Board yesterday,
the other memb rs pr- rent were Meeers. Pargeter.
Barr, ilinel y, Sideway, MeMillea,
Bryce, Cheeeb iee Guy, Pea-son. Brooke. Rho s,
Green. Stringer, Worthinetoi, Yardley. ani ELM.
The Master' re•ures showed :—Adreitted into ihe
house during the wo.k 9, diechar,ed 11, dead 2.
remeiuine in the house ;.,61, correeeonrliog -xeek
keit yeer 584. The out-deer relief eee. as follows:
ngeveinford district £47 Oteaiurlage £34
183 2d, Halesowee 30 193 .11d, non-reeilent
paup re £2 Is sd, total CI i 5 0,; ed, nejain«t „tloe 78
60 in the correepenciing -e reek la-t e •re- Mr. _Eiol-
linson made lef •teace to the devil of Mr. Hartsorne
77;.,3 thed last week. He said the d,eeesed had
been in the habit of attending the meetings of fee
B ete ever sicce he (Mr. Bollineen) held been a
me, tee, and he could bear testimony to the alellity
of the late:lir, Hartsorne, and his fair and impar-
tial way in which he always did his duty. He
moved that a vote of condolence be eent crone he
Board to the family. Thi wa3 seconded by Mr.
Bryce, who endorse:l want Mr. Rollinson said, and
the ino:ion was carried unanimously.--alr. Haeleaw
said that the increase of out-door relief in the
kieleeowen district had been owing to a considerable
extent to tho epidemic at Quarry Bank. . Ho
thought tee Authority of that pleee ehonid bs reade
aware or the fact —Mr. Roliusort called attention
to the fact that there ere- re 17 tests in tbe house than
lest year; and erre:: eeeeente were being =Ado to
bike 61) or 70 more or er. the 'noose, Under these
eireumsoinces be dici think the Local Gowen.
went Board had much te cornplaiie of as to over-
ctewding.—Mr. Green said he should like to say ft
few woide in regard to the harsh manner in which
the eeereeere of Lapel had been treated. When
there was a dispute it was usual to clear it up; bat
in this case it was not so. He was astounded when
he heard that the overseers of Lapel were in arrears.
He thought the least that might have been done
was to give them due notice of what was forthcom-
ing, and he thought in the future the overseers
should be made vognisant of the fact. He did not
remember an overseer being summoned unless there
was a doubt as to embezzlement going on. When
there was a dispute he thought they should be fair
to one another whether he was a guardian of
Staffordshire or 'Worcestershire, Mr. ItolOnson
said it was a matter of the Finance Committee,
and the matter had been going on since 1885 when
they were told they were in Errears at the Bank.
It was all instruction to the committee to see that
the mile which had been made should be got in.
Lapel was not the only one which was in arrears.
The matter was brought forward and properly
answered by the Board, and if he (Mr. Green) cen-
sured any one he should censure the whol • Board.
—The Chairman said he was in ignorance et' hav-
ing signed an authority to summon a member of the
Board.—The Clerk said he was continually writing
to the overseers, givnig theta notice of beiog sum-
moned if the arrears were not forthooming.—lt was
shown on reading the minutes that notice was
given to several iparishes and not Lapal parish
specially,—Mr. McMillan said it was not for the
Lapal overseers specially, and from what the Clerk
had said the overseers of Lapel put the Bench at
defiance to a certain extent.—After a lengthy dis-
cussion the matter fell through.
CHARGE AGAINST A PUBLICAN, At the Police
Court, yesterday, before Colonel Fletcher and T. D,
Thomas, Esq., Henry Hatton, of the Lye, was sum-
moned for keeping I•Is house open and selling beer
during prohibited hears.—Mr. Waldron defended.
_Res. Rana and -Newman saw lights in defend-
ant's house on the Ifith -ult. They went to the back
of the house and on looking through a window saw
some men talking and drinking,—The case was dis •
missed, the Benclaigiving :defendant the benefit of
the doubt.

Cradle). Heath, for wages amounting to 8s 70.—
Mr Clarke, of 3ilerley Hill, who appeared for the
plaintiff, said it was within the knowledge of the
magistrntes and the pubiic that the chainmakera in
the Oradley Heath districl had been out on strike
six months for an advance of wages. A revised list
of prices had been printed, and it was known in the
trade as the 4s list. A fortnight ago the defendant
supplied to the plaintiff a quantity of iron to make
into No 5 hammer chains, and upon the chain being
taken to the Oeft-ndant's premises he ref seed to pay
the prrper price —Mr. Hingley : What price did
he want to pty ?—.Ar, Clarke: I e wished to pay at
the rate of 14s per cwt. instead of 19s 8(1 —Plaintiff
havin.l given evidence in support of Mr. Clarke's
statement, defendant said plaint;ff's daughter came
to him and asked -din for work, and he supplied her
with a bundle of iron, sal he expected the work to
be done at his price. He did not recogn se the
Chaium,kers' Unim or the revised list of pricas,
and he expected people to w.,rk for him at the
prices he liked to pay. The plaintiff had never pre-
viously worked for him, and he considered it a
shame that he had been summoned to that Court,
—Mr, Hingley : If you can get people to work at
half price all well and good; it is the workman's
lookout if they work at prices which will not enable
!hem to get a living. lii the case bcfore us it is
quite evident you did not name any particular
',lice. 'new are tee sta.niard price—the 43 list.
—D.Jendant : Which I do not recoenise.—Mr.
Iliugley : T e Court is bound to recognie the 4s
list of prices, becau,e th y are the rec.:gnised price a
ot the trade, and uulegs a manufacturer makes
special ar.aegements ~greed upon by both sides the
prices specified in the 4s list will have to be pad.
—Defendant said the chain was simply made for
stock, and he gave the plaintiff's daughter work be.
cause she asked for it. He supplied the merchants,
and he considered some deduction ought to be made
With the permi.sion of the Bench, he should like
to ask Mr. Homer, the President of the Chain-
Makers' Association, a question.—Mr. Hingley : You
can ball him as a witness if you like.—Mr. Homer
was called into the witness box, and in reply to the
defendant said it was not reasoeable to expect that
aly reduction would be made to an employer like
the defendant or any other employer, The list
prices were expected to be paid by all employers.—
The magistrates gave a verdict for the plaintiff
wiih coats.

A meeting of chninmakers on stlike was held on
Thursday in the Methodist New Connexion Sehcols,
Cradley Heath, Mr. T. Horn r presiding. The
Chairma,n spoke of the import ince of all workmen
st.ictly adhering to the revised list of pl ices. and
expressed a hope that when any of the employers
asked thc workmen to work under the recognised
list they would refuse He was convinced if they
would only be true to themselves they would have
a better tuture before them—(hear, hear).—lt was
resolved to continue the strike at the factories
where the employers refuse to pay the 4s list.