The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-04 00:00:00

AseligNT Qt•aa•los. f 'tnightly
aieetiag of the Goerdetus %vie held on rued iy;
~V.r J. &baron preSieing.—Mr. E. J. ile.toi. tad
go en notice of a uiotiou to the • ffc ht it was
tae opiLlion et tees Bonri tlitt x, feit er steps
8 ;ouiii be tuken-11 he Aseissneat e"oarni!tee to
entord.s.-the .te_iw valuation liste to fr as regerded
machinery aid other ett.,ets no hi hrto coaiierd'
reteabiti; a. number of rea.a ns ,Leine. appended to
the r :A: In ii r.s Gra ot it. Mr. 4,rtoa said
eiiice he gave natiee of hie tuotioa a, fort ago
there leid been
.AA iute-view leettiteeu tile e:eess
.11311tc AC. IV,•114, 'wycit) WAS a.,3111g tor
the retinel... • , :tot hi underetoed teat :vies.sis.
Otsego ha requeste.t to 'furnish
dr. lyons-
with the d tow valinitiOu. He was to meet.
31essrs. Ca ..iy; tilde: ;Os eirciinistanees he
proposed t ..is notiee of motien till !hot
(lay fortni.,_*•c. &night sate time in the end:—
air &Jilea
.(eatiirmae of the' A.eses•onent Committee)
said, in reply to ertutark. of Mr.-Boyeott'a, that
Cie .0.21.nc.aii..100 pad .cod in no: petty *pirit AT ad
eg,ainst the !..ereugh. Ths coultnittee eildeavoured
to dOtbeir duty itecordingi to law, anti that had
al vay, beou ta ctee since he hid been cohnected
wi•li tem coaled ;tee, no was sorry. that. toe pi 0.
ceediags Wiiieh took place bero-e ths c)ininittess
could not be done in. open court, .and thoss who
...time there be pu: on their oath as in other courts;
end then there .would not be so Inuate 'Complaint
afterwards by the manufacturers and oiher. If
teeits was n Cool :farce in the tueinbets composing
at, Aesessm.mt Conatnitte 3 that -should have been
expressed a hea the meatballs were proposed upon
Morton said that Mr. Gites, without
i.caring a word, attacked the matitifac*urers, aJ
tie anus:. protest. against it.—Tae Chairtnau
gested that Mr Morton's resolution sheul t be 'ad•
jc,u use tor ft month, ans the comini;tee would in
the tnelnwhile have met Morton saki teat. to
defer h uwdlurton till after the Assessment
(„; inimit•ee had decieed would defeat the objeet he
:lad in view. Ail those who objeute.d to he
a. eesOuents Gould then do won d be to appeal, and
1,0 evished to evoid expensive litigation on the
j He thetwa the Assessment Committee might
itefer their eieeting for a fortnight.—Alr. ailed said
the As 035(00 o Committee were (pito able to do
their work, and it was Wt.! down how they were, to
do it. Bupi;ost. Mr. Morton came as &representative
of the manufacturers to ask them to put off pro-
ceoiing wit ti their work, they should have the
tuil‘ers asking them to do the Name, and the railway
company, and the as companies, and others; and
they etioubi uev..r make out a ne* lit. It was
impor.a.itt that. the now list shoeld be ill operetioa
at Ladyalay, aud es the committee tl.d not meet
:ill the 14tu February, and the new lista afterwatebs
had to be deposited tor fourteen days, and alt-a-
wards, there ..ves line reqaire & for appeals, it would
take thorn very near to the 25th Maroh. Any re..
presentations. front the tnanuiacturers they wonkl
take into uh ir serious consideratioo, :Ind, es aiim of
the a orid, they wouid treat then] with too' reepeet
they were entitled to. Bat to be isetripfFed in 'weat
they heti to do. he would not etand tied would
net hoe it. It the Lard pai.stel a direot Voce of.
*sot of cnifidenee in tile
.coin;hitte, th:sv could
understand :het, and would resign at
.olee.—The
Chair:llan eaid he was inteined to beLeve there
wouid he a !ere ttioel male in the Yaluetions list
vhih wouet teieble the committee to titan t- by it.
1.11.! list .6:ti now," they could irot staid by if.
He should ire as ready to assert bis rights on the
queetion of rating 1113 any member of the Board;
out he did not tannic th.oy were proeceding ta a re-
(like said no one was wire de -
eiron, of avoidieg an appeal than the members of
tt• Asseeement CoUttnittee.—Mr, Awdryeaid there
bad U!rti bk 81:it •nsent iii the press that the ASSO3B-
- Outumitt e had given way to pressure from
outside, and had ready eaten the leek.—Tee Chair-
man deproo :hid each remarks as had been made in
the locat preea oft that point; and in the course of
the discusvion Mr Giles said he had no right to die.;
el se the secrets of the Assessment Committee, but
he did,believe that when the committee had passed
the new list the manufacturers and the general
public would be satisfied with it. More than that
he could not say As to Mr. Awdry saying the
committee had swallow id the leek, it was all non-
eeuCe.—Mr. A idry said he only quoted :he 'paver
—Tee discassioa rod din Mr. Mottoa withdriwing
his resolution.

TowN CouNctL.—'ll.ite quarterly meeting of the
Council was held oil Wectztes.lity. the Mayor
(Mr. M. T-in:,iaAoti) the report oi the.
Fiiau,e Qom :Ace was adop ed, ancl it was rest.Wd
to legit° a cal ,ir £,350 upon the. bo:ough Oversee:B
anri £53 Iron. e Overseers ot 04,3 forego.,-- It wAs
resolv,,d, " 1 4.1 view Ol t.O nvcesstty for inoreas
ing the wat ..:tpply at an eAtly dive in ease of-tlie
ree•ltr. nee of b. 1610118 ot dtoUglit,, t,e eolumitt:=e Le-
em;•ower.ed to eor.s.in tem:leis tor making s 6-ineh
trial bo;itig in a po,itiou at the upper pumping
st ion. tie,:r the pro,uut, well ''