The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-24 00:00:00

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WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER

By Special Warrant
TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN,
And by "Special Appointments to
H.R H THE PRINCE OF WALES, H.I.M, THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA,
PRIZE MEDALS-LONDON, DUBLIN, AND PALIS.

BENSON'S,

WATCHES.'

Of every Description, suitablelfor
all climates, from 2 to 200 guineas.
C hronographs,..Chronometers Keyless
Levers, • Presentation, Repeaters,
Railway Guards', Soldiers', and
Workmen's Watches, of Extra
Strength.

BENSON'S "Workman's' £5 5s Silver English Lever. (Warranted.)
BENSON'S " Everybody's " Silver Watch, £3 3s, with Cryetal Glass. (Wa4.canted
BENSON'S Silver and Eleetro-Plate.—For Race and Athletic Meetings, Presentations o
Household Use, Special Designs and Estimates Free.

BENSON'S new PAMPHLET of WATCHES the most comprehensive:in the WORLD, giving
prices and illustrations of every kind. Just published, 2 stamps.
BENSON'S new PAMPHLET of CLOCKS, the largest yet .published, with designs and price
Free, 2.stamps.

BENSON'S new PAMPHLET of JEWELLERY, illustrated. 2 stamp
BENSON'S new PAMPHLET of SILVER and ELECTRO-PLATE,
BENSON'S new PAMPHLET of TURRET CLOCKS, illustrated.
Watches sent Free and Safe by Post.
Watches, Clocks, Jewellery and Plate Repaired by Skilled Workmen
PLATE, JEWELLERY, AND WATCHES EXCHANGED.
MERCHANTS, AND SHIPPERS,
STEAM FACTORY AND CITY SHOW ROOMS—

CLUBS,

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Our Funbon, eutupoubtnt.

:We deem it rignt to state that we do not at all time.)
3entify ourgelvewith our Correspondent's opinions.

The annual holiday has become an institution so
generally observed that any suggestions as to how best
it should be spent are certain to be welcomed. To a con-
siderable proportion of the population it is the only
time of the year in which any relief at all from business
is obtained, and there is therefore all the more reason
why t should be applied to the greatest possible
advantage. If the fashionable resort by the coast
is, with its crowds, its German bands, and its negro
ministrels, too much of a reminder of the town
which one could wish to leave behind, there are
seaside places not in the track of the sight-seeing
multitude, where comfortable, reasonable and quiet
lodgings may be obtained. To mention any
marine resting-place in particular would be to give it
an invidious preference ; but there are many little
out-of-way spots on the coasts of some of our
counties which retain all their original charm of primi-
tive simplicity. To those who do not care so much for
the sea, there are inland nooks of great beauty, perfect
in the rest which they afford. Those who seek such
retreats, and make up their minds to rough it for a
week or two in the sense of having to go without such
luxuries as those to which they have been accustomed
at home, will return invigorated and refreshed ; and
the holiday will have been what it ought to be—a
complete change from the round of work in the other
months, and a means of thorough recreation from the
ordinary duties of life.
Those who take an interest in the topography of
London, and trace it upon a map of the railways,
will see that in the circular line which affords a sub-
terranean means of communication there is a little
gap between the Mansion House Station of the Dis-
trict Company and the Aldgate Station of the Metro-
politan proper. All that is wanted to make the circle
complete is to supply this short link, which year after
# year has been allowed to remain as it is, chiefly owing
to its enormous cost. It would have to cut into
some of the most valuable property in the City of
London—valuable everywhere, but more especially
so in the immediate neighbourhood of the Lord
Mayor's official residence, the Bank of England,
and the Royal Exchange. After years of negotia-
tion between the railway companies and the city
authorities, the preparatory works for adding the re-
quired link to the London railway girdle have been
commenced. The improvement does not stop at the
construction of this piece of line, but it involves the
making of a wide street leading to Billingsgate
Market, towards which the Corporation will contri-
bute £300,000. Perhaps nothing could better illustrate
the costly nature of London improvements; but the
longer these are postponed the more expensive they
become ; the property wanted increases in value, and
ten or even five years hence more would have to be
paid for it in all probability than is demanded from
the public to-day.