The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-03 00:00:00

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COMMISSIONERS' ..MEETING.

The monthly meeting of this Board was held on
:Ntonday last, Mr. Hughes in the chair. There
were also present Mess's. Turney, Kelley, Icke,
Perkins, Woolley, Mills, Griffin, Allsop, Scott and
Hill,
The Clerk read the minute of the last meeting
which were confirmed.
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

The treasurer's balances on the several accounts
at this date are as follows:—Highway Account,
balance due to treasurer ..507 Os 3d; Improve-
ment Account, balance due to treasurer .t 203 2s id.
Urban sanitary Account, balance due from treasurer
£O9 15s 9d.—Your Committee having examined
the various acaounts, recommend that they be
paid. Highwa.y Account, 1.02 Ss 9d; Improvement
Account, £l6 5s 3d. ;;; Urban Sanitary Authority'
£36" 18s 11d.—It was proposed by the Chairtnsn
and seconded by Mr. Woolley that the report be
received.
Mr. Turney remarked that he thought £lB Gs Od
was a I,trge sum for grava.
The Chairman said it would be ten times that
amount, and it may be twenty times.
Mr. Turney: That represents something like
£4OO in round numbers, for `,:gravel. It seems a
large sum of money for gravel.
The I. hairman : We cannot help that.
Mr, Turney : I think that some inquii ies should
be made about it.
The Chartuan : It has been before the Cm-
mittee before, and you were present, a !d. did not
sFak about it.
M. Turney : Mr. Chairrum, I beg your pardon.
This is the first tithe 1 have heard anytitiug a!)oir
the sum charged for gravel.
Mr. Woolley : 1 think Mr Turney came in late to
the meeing.
Mr. Turney Yes ; I was late at the meeting.
Mr. Chairman, have I a tight to a,,k EL question
about the different items.
The Chairman: Yes.

Mr. Turney. . Then I mean to ask, and not sit
down like a dummy. ' and be sat upon by the
when a,k4llog a question.
The Clitiirtuan : The Clerk will give you any
expl..nation you may require; but the business of
the !nee, jug cannot be interrupted.
Mr. limey : I have not interrupted the business
of the meeting, but simply ask a question for infer-.
'nation, whtch you bay I have a right to.
The Clerk then explained the quantity of gravel
they had had, and what would be required, and the
t,?r dropped.
ItEPORT OF TILE GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE,
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEA.LTLI'S REPORT.—Nurn-
bar of deatLs registerel in the township for the
month ending March 2nd, 1880, 12; 8 males and
4 females. Death rate 15.3. Number of births
in the same period 37 : viz ;-19 males and 12
females. Birth-rate 47.2. The officer reports the
death-rate to be slightly higher this month than
la-A. There has been one death from Typhoid
tever. On December 15th he vi,dted premises in
Mount street, and ordered the houses to be
repaired, and the ashpits to be taken down and re-
constructed. Nothing has been dune so that he
recommended action to be taken in the matter At
the back of Mt Penny's, Coventry Street, tiler° is
a collection of manure from the slaughterhouse anll
pigs, that is offensive and injurious to health. A
notic,? was served at the beginning of the month, to
have it cleared out every week, before 9.0. am.
Nothing has been done, so that he recommended the
the Inspector be instructed to have it taken away at
once, as he is empowered to do, by the Public
Heal h Act. The journal of the Medical Officer of
Health wai laid before your committee. Premises
in Union Street., Mount Street, and Bowling Grcen
Lane, have been vi,ited and instructions given for
the removal of nuisances found there, all of wlich
have been carried out.

fuIVN OFFICJ-LR.E- -REPORT. - Nuisances brought
for ward, 13; reported during the month, 66 ; total
52. Removed, (old) it; (new) 43 ; total 51.
Night soil removed, 123 privies, 115 ash pits, 4 cess
pools, belonging to 284 houses, have been emptied
and cleausea. Number of loads 264 The regis-
eied lodging Louses and slaughter houses, with
ue exception, are reported to be in good sanitary
condi. ion. The report was adopted.
REPORT OF THE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE.
DRAINAGE OF BROOK STREET.—The plan and
teetioiis of the propos:3l main were laid betore your
Committee and cohsid red. Your Committee are
anxious to render the drain available for carrying-
away, not only the surface water, but also the
liouso drainage, and with the view to secure land
for he purpose of purifying the sewage, before
turning it inio ,he Wasning Pool Brook. A 10,,g
discussion took place as to the clearing of the
River Stour and the drainage of Brook Street. A
committee was appointed to look after it. A peti-
tion was presented to the Board, signed by a lar4e
;Jauntier of shopkeepers and ratepayers, asking the
Board to do what they could with the Railway
ifficials to erect a bridge, or make a road near St.
John's Church. The matter was referred to the
Improvement Committee.
ASSESSMENT—The Clerl reported that he had
received a form from the Government Authority
to be signed by the chairman, who could then pay
Ihe Improvement Rates, Highway Fates, and
General District Rates, amounting to £l7 19s. Od..
for the County Court and the Inland Rezenue
Offices. In answer to one of the members. the
Clerk said the County Court was rated at £63 and
the Inlanl Revenue Offices at J. 42 10s. The
Opinion of the members present was that both
elsees were rated too low. Mr. 'Varney said he had
put up a place at a cost of £5OO and he was rated
at £lO, while the County Court cost £5,000 or
£6,000 was only rated at £6B. In answer to
inquiries, it was stated that Mr. Yate4, the collector
was in the habit of assessing the various properties,
The Clerk read the Act of Parliament showing
thst the Commissioners had power to alter the
assessment.

It wm moved by Mr. Turney, seconded by Mr.
Perkins and carried, "That the assessment of the
Cunty Court and Inland R3venue Offices, be •
revised and re-assessed."

SEEM a AFFAIR.—About twenty minutes past
eleven on Monday night a mtilh mamed George
Brown, of the Lye Waste, who was standing in
irmingham Street, Stourbridge. was knocked clown
by a passing vehicle and terribly injured. The
lower part of his jaw was smashed, and he was dis-
figured very much about the head and face. He
was conveyed to the Guest Hospital, Dudley, at
once by Poiice-constable Madeley, and was said to
+,e-4n a dying state when taken into that institution.
It is not a i resent known to wi mu the vehile
that knock el him do Nu belonged.
BAZALL --A. bazaar Was opened in the (ox
-e ..a
Exchan Stourbridge, on Tuesday
Exchange, afternoon. the
'object of which is to clear off a debt of £430 which
Nall remains On
_St. Thomas's Vicars;ge. The

bazaar has been got up under the :directions of the
Rev. H. _Sherrard and the ladies of the congregation
Th re were five stalls, presided over by the follow-
ing tidies :—Mrs. Sherrs.rd, Mi-s Collins, Mrs.
SLrceton, Mrs. Frederick Firmstone, Miss Forty,
Mrs. Blunsom, Mrs. Broomhall, Mrs. Frank Blake-
way, Mrs. Ick, Mrs. Dawes, Miss Fox, and Miss
Millinchip. 1 here was a microscopic exhibidon
conducted by Mr. Bland and Mr. Harry Walker, and
a post (ACC, which was under the supprintendance
01 Mrs. Hammond Smith. The refreshment stall
was attended to by Mrs. Whitehouse and Miss
S ringer.
VESTRY MEOTING.-A vestry meeting was held
in the Board Room, on Thursday last, for the pur-
pose of nominating fit and proper persons to be
appointed. as overseers for the ensuing year, Mr. E.
Stanley in the chair. There were also present
Messrs. Field, Fox, Burgess, and Roland. Mr. H.
Yates read the notice calling the meeting and
the following gentleman was nominated, J. Cooper,
E. Cund, J. Kay, and W. B. Richards.—A. vote of
thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings.
A PPOINTM ENT Or OVEIISEERS.-At the Public
Office, yesterday, before Colonel Fletcher, Lord
Lyttelton„ and Mr. Freer, the following overseers
were appointed for the ensuing year. Belbroughton,
John Slater and Thomas Bayliss. Broom, John
Fox and Walter Hickman, Clent was adjourned
Hagley, John Taylor Birch and John Tony,
Pedmore, John Thomas and William
Rollinson. Oldswinford, William Jonadab Turney
and Willam Laiver. Woll,seote, WilliamSinith
and George Newnan], Waasion, Thomas Faulk-
ner and Joseph Taylor. Stourbridge, Josiah Cooper
and Edward Gaud. Cradley, James hingley and
George Albert Bloomer. Lye, John Thomas 11-rrin
and John Hatton. Lutley, Thomas Waite and
Thomas Pearman.

CHARGE OF STEALING BRASS.—Margaret Higgins I
was ch,rged with stealinc, 7 brass pulleys trona the
Stourbridge Inc Hue Railway, on the 29th ult, the
property of the Great Western Railway Company.
Thomas Dudley, ensine driver on the junction
railway, said he saw the pr:soner piekin4. up brasses
and put them on the side of the lha. H afierward
saw her pi .k ti em up, put them in her apron. and
carry them down Lashfoid's meadow. He told
Bloximan what he had seen, and he then returned
td his work. There were about 50 brasses miss ng.
Thomas 131oxiam said from the information he re-
ceiv..al he foilowed the prisoner. She dropped the
brasses and ran away. He followed her and she
said she had found:them. Police-constable Williams
proved receiving the prisoner iuto custody. Charged.
her with stealing them Prisoner said she picked
theu out of the grass. Prisoner pleaded guilty,
and was fin,d 40s and costs ; in default one month.
NON-PAYMENT OF POOR RATES.—A number of
persons were -summoned from the Lye and Pedmore
for non-payment of poor rates. Orders were made
for payment in 14 days.
CAl:vox TO PARENTS. A hilmber of persons
from Oldswinford were summoned for neglecting to
send their children to school. Most of the cases
were adjovrned for the production of certificates.
ASSAULTING A WOMAN.—Charles Fox, of cradley,
was charged with assaultinc, Sarah Hambr,y, on
the 30th ult. Mr. Homer defended. Complainant
said she lived at Colley Gate. On the above date
defendant went up to her and without any provo-
cation struck her a violent blow on the eye. .Mary
Cox corroborated The defence was that com-
plainant caught hold of him by the coat and tried
to heave him, when he flung his arm out and
caught her on the face. He was very sorry but
several other women had previously annoyed him.
Fined 5s and costs.

DRUNKENNESS.—WiIIiam Palmer was charged
with being drunk in the highway at the Lye, on the
27th ult. Police-constable Punter proved the ease
and defendant was fined 5s including costs.—James
Hatton, of the Lye was charged with being chunk
in the highway at Clent, on the 28th ult. Police-
constable Wallace proved the case and de-
fendant was fint-A 5s and costs; in default 14 days
—William Cooke, of Oldswinford was charged
with being drunk and disorderly at Hagley, on the
28th ult. Fined 5s and costs.—Phillip ziouthall
and Edward Harris were charged with being drunk
and disorderly, in the highway at the Lye on the
20th ult. Police. sergeant Payne proved the case
and defendants Isere each fined 5s and costs; in
default 14 days.
BOARD OF UUARDIANS.—TIia weekly meeting
of this Board was held yesterday. Mr. Hay-
bould in the chair. There were present Messrs.
H. Bilhugliain, Rhodes, Wood, R. Guest, Burr,
Lavender, Giles, Hale, Kelly, I‘lullett, J.
Hingley, Haskew, Brooks. Mills,
Wright, and Eveson. Adulated into the
house during the week 9 ; discharged 20 ;
born 1 ; remaining in the house 481. Corres-
ponding period last year 46. Out-door relief,
Kiugswinford district £3l 16s, 2d; Stourbridge
district £2l 4s 6d ; Halesowen district, £l5
12s. Od ; non-resident 4s. Total £59 Ns 8d
against £lO9 13s Od.