The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-07-30 00:00:00

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&nom, BOAR]) ‘lizal,tiv(4 —Mr. George Green pre-
sicisi on Monday e suing at the ordinary meeting
of this 80-srd. Th,ro- wire also present Messrs.
Cooper, Cave, Hadley, A lJn, and the tiot-v. EP W.
Lenny.—Th. attendance Oifi:er (4r. Kibblor) re-
ported that during the past month the numbor of
c a inn on he b .oks was 4900. tact average attend-
ants! biing 4 124.3. the per oentage of attendance
BP2.—On the rt.° - mine idation of the Finance Com-
mit ee account wet ordered to be paid 41:10Urtting
to £673 7s. 4d.—Foe A:tendance Odi r applied for
three weeks' holiday.—Mr. Cave paid the schools
were closed for three weeks, and be considered the
a. tealanc-.1 officer vnottld enj.,y the gam:, privileges
as the toa!h,rs.—Th-: Chnirinan alt he -dioi .not
be i-ve In al mu ill nolichy, ani hou4iit it
_.-vas wrong
io clue the schools fir t ,re we..ks at Otil.hininer,
ant lie shmid deem it tii du y to. move 'th it the
schoo!s be only cbsod fo • one vr.-ek at Chri,ormaa.
Iu ii opinion tie authori ies in the variou,d;e:riet7.
Avert. to Wattle for allowing so intt,th lilay, ins-i-
-n:loch a. it was tr,-tn cos iy ti tho rurepnyers, many
of woom hat ditlicuoty in fi ooti:i4 the ino:iey, and
una'ile to have any ho lay. H kio.ild move
that the attendance offichor e allo.ved ;:wo aeeks'
lay.—Slr. Allen soeondel, an i ;.he ,iwtion was
earried :.;ave coinplai ,•,1 th .1
licinsed victualler resi,lingat Orautey El-a_h load
ferch-d his boy ut of school to lig:it with another
-oy and the boy lost his ma. k. He should prop ice
tbit a lekter ho sent to tit; An zit pritestirior aainit
hi ondact.—The Con rinan: toe pit ni des rves
solothr man to wh t he dettorves.-4t was
deci -led to or,co;-d to the next busiii-ss.—On the
motion 'if Mr. la.ltey it wis resolved to providc a
nesting a.O-tiratns f. r Blackheath Bonrd School,
Mr. Att'srtiod (Stourbt idge)• to do tbe engineering,
at a cost of .263 10a,, and Mr., WiTitte (Cradley
Heath) the brickwork, lit a cost of 42q.

ALLEGED IATI AID vfION Ig (MAIN

fficer stater' that ear'y on Sunday m Jrniniz he :Ile
the defendant in ae Id all Hia Rod.
wys ,arr ,ing a paro I, wh ch he suspeeed t toive
b-en stolen, h- st p him, upon w Jich defendant
struck him a violeut low in the face lirfttndaut
then att-mpt...t to tun away. on uhicn witness
str3. k iu with b;s st .ff ..n the bead —Li reply to

.e Bench the officer sta.e I ;bat he had siuee. as-
eer ..34 that :he c )nt,nt- of the parcel had been
stol,u.--Defendant c ,mplained that the officer
asslult• d him f.r ha'f an hour —gr. Bassano s.id
the 13,-nch th..ught defendant had been punished
enough and discharged him.
STEALI 10 COAL —At the same Court. Elivibeth
Winwood, of B nliey, was ti :el 10-, an I oi.ti for
steatin4 no:! from :he 0 tichem

PRIZE DISTRIBUTION AT' HALES-
OWEN
CILWISIAtt, :AJ.i')OL. •

Tile annual IT iz.i di3'ri:9tuion 'n t-:ontteotioa
Fiale•so Nen Cirtnitnar .sch .ol toJk Tues lay .
Li 01,3 pOt3i O Ittr. cin ta 'y, including th,.,
+,3ti tha 0., til••pU Is. ui Choir
14 F • 1,. telton pi-aside •, a ; twr . w.fe &so p.-sent
Lyt eiton. Mrs Nation, .11.1 :Is. Ditiae?). the
C C. N!.,'inn, Dr Kr. .Nlesare. I G ii G. 3,
Walter Somer.; T, Somers, .1. vv.*
41 Rio inter. anti E 'Citomp,ou
Di :Rey ( lead Mate) pr seated his annual repo :t
in whicb he stated that in caudilate had been
Hel -,te,:l tit ettnpe ein the ex u der t-te
Coltogo of Pr,ceptors, it htvintr been d ,ci -ed to
1,0.• it ptetly a sob° d et:niml-mtimn 11ht uI, 3rH,
-tad 4th forma had b•,en ..t1;42 eautli-
rateA Ii ht F urth Foe tii mvh)l, of he boy..
paszed ;in t,.e. Thir I. te.ll pa,ued ui 1.1, I-tiled .;
an I in trte Socnal biotin one p ,s,ed amd live failel.
t..)e th,! burte -n ve to di I not ~btaitteertifi:ilt a 'ix
tbtained tIP.---ne3es:ry,a4grott,ato ha ailed it ow
-
of the subjects It English 37 .)•,13,-d, Rlidsror, 3d,
in ge-o.:raphy 33, an I arihni.e4o. .I.'to-n th rea•ito4
generally he believe!: ttat the school would do much
()ettar thtn it did at Christmas. The dredeir Lai ket
elevyn waa the bait that tat, ,:c'loot hid turned oat
and thougl nit to forthnitea it waa hop,l, it had
tbne .in schoo: credit There ,Va?) still ninth t 4 be
done itt the school, an I it was •;o ci tat incr,a,e
interest would be manifested in comae° lOt with i s
work

Lord Lyttelton then addressed the me. t'n •, a .d
suit -LW., terms c mgratulat,d the p it.n td•
pop upon the great progress the sone 1- .
_

inisli depattnients -11e—coul I perso ,t 1
the ioureaee activity atno.ig,s tIC t)oys i
ma terg, bariur ir vent
tsieni viljst enaaged in t..eir oaAoor. ttui
Iti ir forte on the cricket deli' clarly sl.bwet t ,-
thiir physi,)4l tramin4 was propetly loo!;te I ift,r,
and tne reports on the exatni .atio 13 VI had bt.e
pre 'elated t,siitied to Lae c ire alien iii
t, Ilectaal tcainirtg. On account of tlie increasia4
numoer of ap,thea ions for admission it ha I 13,Ain
1`2.-toe4iit desirable to mile .he scan lard ol tio
a 1-.:_siou examination, and he hoped this woal.l
have the ...ffdet of making the privilege in TO highly
valued.
C.
va ' tion previous to distributing
The Rev. C. i.,
the prizes, addres remarks to ths comp
sed a
de
expresso
re4ret
at 'the
.:_bisence of tie memb-r
for tat) divi-ion (11r. iiirOdy), • IW4VB t'3" a
,-
great interest in the school. an.!would. hay
been •-)f all parson, the one to wive undart,:ken
th
duty that no oa at been ()al d u,,ob to
They ha I every r .ason to _siC.l beart an t.i tei
that the wotk of the school had be-n clout in a
thoroughly sou,id and etfic,e it manner. ill tic(
that they had sixty-bops in the scho we, in his
Opinion vwy ere an-I th• ugh it wits possible
Wet the- e mi4ht ne sligh• failing off when the
fees w-re rais,d, he bdieved it woul I not br i t-ting
lie could testify to tne alp abilitt-,:s of tie tit ad
nismter and the staff, an hal every reason to be
satisfied witn the resuits ot trio p :st. year. The tone
and character of the school were such as tney all
could desire, and most pleasing.; inle &ohs of go.hl
behaviour of the boys were aff a ed hi the play-
ground. Ha believed it the school continued on its
pres..nt lines the standard would not oniy ,e main-
tained but largely developed—(kw ir, b .Ar). Tile
interest the boys took in cricket Was lii4hly ore lit-
abl3 to he a, an I theexp rian of the ech tol clearly
disproved the idea that devoti o+l to athl • jag
detrimental to ttio p.o4ress of atti i s. a, ou ot the
critrcet eleven five were 2r ze 'tau)

Toe zev. getiVeurio th. Ii distribute i p zJs ud
certiiica es to the su....,c..ssful candid:at:ls. Folio ,log
i, a lia of tho 34 w :to ona,ill a curt& ,atos:—l.econd
grade cerria :ates. too tel ra Wing, Soh Kenai igto.,:
It. Green and J A. liin4ley. S. co:1,1 grade cerdil-
oateB freehand dra i ,g, S,uth : E. 11
Grove and R. Gre a. Kia 4ard's ill It Seilxil
entrance examina, ion ,so.( in vita.ait notiet) tO us) :
Z L Chly. Fir.t class certilio c, C.,Pe...te of i're-
(septa's ezanin ttiou .J. A.. li4i4ley 11 A. lire n
E. Bullingnam, A r.-Batler. T. M: Fox, U Gleeen
Third. class cer.itloate (tire class paper in D:viuity)
W. W. Homer, F. kV. Nutt A. E. Marion, F. W. :iarn4,
P. 11. Palmer, A. It ,ybou,d, LI. if,. Il .)a• A
Ch-pmtn, F. S. Coley, J. T B. Pirhu, I tr,
B Silaway, S. C. ilieJey. A CJIn , tV y,
Williams. Ti.ird-olass ce. silica. ea : A. 'A'
B. Fotoy, 0. Pearson, C B. Tar,er, t'. u. .ter.
Special cer.iticate,3, f eehand Enid Luo id l dra .t lug
P. W. Nutt and J. A. iii,igley. Eu.rarwe rrauti.,a-
tim, King Edward's High School Birmingham
(Ji.uie) :F. J. Bar ow. Pteli Ain try litr-ry exaol-
Nation of the College of Peec,-,dtors (in lieu of
General 24 dies( 0.4110011 s exaannatint ; 'nitrate
reading at home) : Mr. G. B. ktobin.on . Coll ge of.
Pre4l.ept.ers, J %abut,. tioa,3rd clam, • 2nd
divai-
sion : F. J. Barlow. College of Pr.:cep:4)re. June'
ex (min- tion. 2,1.1 chola, I.e[;_ dlvi ion: .E. U. Grtve.

A concert was ate w trds given aeti mac: enj
..yed
,Ylr. G. Green's oreue,tral band pl tye 1 a t•npita,
selection of music previous to tho pro() etlinse an I
ttgaia duriog the evening.

KLuD. IINSThR.

APPLICATION ':)a COSTS I; A S..LICIr
the Aid lermt at r Coln y court ou Cu!, ;ay,
KAtle (luige), a&Asa was Irloght for-
ward with reftrence to a s.d,e,tor's e.,sts I ap—
peared that a short dine ago a publicao of Bew iky
lien,vorthy, called his ei•edi ors tg.3ther.
th ty oanie to a decisi n to ace ,pt a c imp ati Lat
and at the last tiour Mr. M G0r,,,..t applied tor no
order confirming the. arrativmen _its honour
re:used th .applica•ion. ant ,:orhet now applied
for c mts under Rate 203 of the atolcrup ,y A t.
La do ng so he palate 1 eu, that if costs w re
grant,d nun they would ~coine out of ;,,e pockets
of the creditora win) had.a.,peedito the comp ,sition.
tie t•,cia..t,t it was un.enerous awlU f tie ;hat the
Bo Ird of. Trade should step air,d o .pose such an
application, where the bonaficles were so apparent.
—Ar. Percy Jobson, the Oifina.l o i sal
th anp teatatn on nehtlf on t.e us d
Uls How:Hr tho tig tit W.S one of th q llt ti • ,s that
toi-41it very. prop(4rlv to broug,nt i>elo,e th • loon.
poratel L.w Society dr. Corbut said he woal,;
take care th,it proper reprosentalioas
ma to in the right quarter.
Acrinx rag WRONGFUL D153E1834.1.. the same
Cuurt, an acciOn, It v. Harris n. came on
for Leering. roe plaintiff e4iiriA LI 16s from
doUndant, i hen of notice, in consequ,nee of her
daueht,tr having b-en (rougher
place of service. The tilit..ntiff's Att.wit.,-r was t ,
tie employ on defendant, a grocer, at Stnu-po r, a‘
senertl serv.,nt. One d y cluri gt DJ absence of
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison, a young mint -we.,tamo
bed to in vitere si tin on
the b aside hi dressed. When
tine Ii into LilJ yoJn.; Woman so tip! i 1..•,
0:1 Mrs. ilarrisou acq tainting h.. 1
V at had; (ice irrei it,' at i'one turn-d 1.1
wourtn out of .the house tins Lio
ti hear the rest of t CaBii p!iVtii,,, de
.t.ter ,v trds came i.,to the Court an sal r hew a glal
had done so. He s fa I. ioqrt into tu,
as , and did tot be teve tAat any utatiou t
o rest tither directl or intl.: ect y upon the char-
acter o te y ring wi mar. Ho gave a t no-
plaintiff, anti 480 IIOWB.I her collej, pee fces., Mr.
l. Cbrbut,wa- for the plaintiff, and Mr. Bigstet tor
t defendant.
AN EVILTIJN.—At tie same Court, a cave was
called on Lr earing ii which an Id man named
13,ign.sought to receive.. two 'shirts, throe pairs of
of i v or six ,carves,' a ;d °they artiel-s,
wq-ch Ii alle.e were wrong tufty ,iet,,i .ed by Wa-
lla a Car-ten —From the plaintiff s 'statement it
appeared I,at fo merly lo.'gt d ht -a efifrid
.t One is wh nbe wen ii.th trio defoutl:kn
"ev cted" biaa tro:o i g. and chdlenged
him .out to fi i.t di f, hI in the rain 1-r an
h ittr end a CArden EA.:tad trait s, .
cased the plaiut.rf of hcvin aaeni sore of his
things out of t.e house with ut her knowledg and
cua when she rt•MO,StraLll.l with him ne :ebane
-very aou,i,e an t insulting Ho our told pl
tiff hat *nen ie pa'd 2s 6. wh-ch II- owed defend-
ant. he could have his tati,gs.