The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-01-13 00:00:00

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

The weekly meeting of this Board wag held
yesterday ; Mr. Granger in the chair. There
were also present:—Messrs. Brooks, Rolliuson,
Baker, Rhodes, Fiddian, Billinubam, Darby,
Griffin, Guest, Homer, Hall, Pateshall, Paskins,
and Fereday. The minutes of the last meeting
ware read and confirmed. Admitted into the
house during the week, 16; discharged, 18;
dead, 1; remaining, 423. Corresponding week
last year, 461. Out-door relief Kingswinford
district, £27 Os 2d; Stourbridge district, £2O
13s 8d; Halesowen district, £2O its 7d ; total,
£6B los 50, against £9l its 6d, last year.
A letter was read from the Local Government
Board, sanctioniug the appointment of Mr. T.
D. Thomas to the office of treasurer to the
Union.
Another letter was read from Mr. Francis
Fletcher, in reference to the appointment of Mr.
Holloway, the Clerk, as Vaccination Officer to
the Union, who has resigned. It stated the
Local Government Board had under considera-
tion generally the question of the appointment
of Clerks to the Guardians as vaccination offi-
cers. They were of opinion that it was con-
templated by the statute and by the regulations
recently issued that the duties should be pers..,
nally performed by the person appointed to till
the office. It appeared to the Board that any
person holding the office of Clerk to the Guard-
ians would be obliged to delegate to some
else a large portion of the duties—such as v... THE LYE.
ing at the houses, and making enquiries. Under
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th e circumstances the Board would not lay down o LTh
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oOOIIIIT, LIIIIIND.—The committee of this moiety, in
any definite rule on the subject. At present rumen rep„,, *id the via. ma
they were not aware of any reason Watch would genera esodition el the society is still prosperous sad

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Vacuallov.—William Fos, a carpenter, was charged
with sleeping in premises at Hagley belonging to Mr. M.
Grazebrook, on the 9th instant. Police.constable Hall
proved that he found the defendant in • shed belonging
to the complainant, at two o'clock in the morning. The
defendant pleaded guilty, and was committed to prison
for seven days.
CHaaoa or DlDicsirr Assacar. David Pritchard
and Joseph Hill, of the Lye, colliers, were charged with
indecently assaulting Martha Hart, on the 27th ultimo.
Mr. Addison defended. Complainant said she kept house
for • person who had gone out that night, when the de-
fendants came in and pulled up her dress, and made use
..1 bad language. Cross.examiaed : L have received ifs
from the defendants to make it up. The money vral left
1111 the table; and they have beta to beg pardon several
tlmes. Jane Knowles corroborated. Mr. Addison ad-
dressed the Bench for the defence, and defendants were
fined lOs each and costs.

_
,01 The sales forth. half-year vnonnt to
•1 • 'tic,, is au increase of £1546 nv. !he -ales fir
,•e •,,. -year ending Jute, and £2,170 ao., titan the
ales for the eorresponding period of hoo veer. Fifty
members have been added to the soriety daring the
six months • and there bas also been • few withdrawals.
The capital of the society also is steadily increasing.
The members' claims are more at present bvo2o, and
the non-members claims by ftil, than they were at the
close of the last balf.year. The profits, too, more than
equal the average; and the £505 which your committee
have for disposal, will, after paying £46 as interest on
capital, giving a bonus to the clothing club of £l3 101, ,
aryl allowing £43 lls 7d Pr depreciation and reserve
funds, will enable you to declare a dividend at the rate of
12,1 in the pound upon all purchase checks returned; and
leave an undivided balance of £55 Is lid to be carried
to the next half-yearly account. The investments to
share and loan capital have been considerable; no also
have been the withdrawals; but the latter fact is partly
to be accounted for by the consideration that several of
the members have emigrated. Death has visited several
families in connection with the society during the last
six months, but as in several of the canes the rules bad
not been complied with, allowances from the funeral fund
have been made in two cases only, and the sums of £5
and I:2 10s respectively have been paid, and a levy of 6!
to refund the same, has been made upon each member
liable