... They don't go in for teas in Workhouses. Bread and ' broth ' serve five days a week, and on NVeduesday and Saturday there is bread and two ounces of cheese, with a pint of tea added. Thus have the inmates of Newton Workhouse fared for the last 43 years ...

... ALMSHOUSE OR WORKHOUSE. Disetaring the State pension scheme in the current number of the Charity Organisation Review, Miss F. M. Charlton writes: Now, as to what occur to me as less objectionable alternatives for the treatment of the aged poor. As far ...

... WORKHOUSE GRUMBLERS. Complaints by paupers of the treatment they receive have of late considerably increased in number. AU that the grumbler has to do (remarks the City Press) is to address a letter to the Local Government Board bringing an army of ...

... NEWTON ABBOT WORKHOUSE. At the Newton Abbot Guardians on Wed* nesday Captain Walcott reported that Nurse Hawkridge and the schoolmaster had resigned. the latter having obtained the head-mastership of St. John's Rome, Ipswich. In accordance with the doctor's ...

... WORKHOUSE FOR AGED ANIMALS The Englishman (Calcutta) contains a most intereating account of the workhouse or asylum for aged and infirm beasts and birds thst was established some 137 w. lig* by • society of influential Hindoos. It is the godepur station ...

... quanity of alcohol was used in the Workhouse during the months of September , October, and Noventber.—he Deputy-Clerk said that between September 4th and November 4th 1,152 pints of beer were supplied to the Workhouse, 18 pints of wine, and n of gin. The ...

... examined. A number of complaints preferred by the workhouse master against the schoolmistress were also received, which included charges of being out after 10 p.m, absenting herself from the workhouse without sending him notice of her intention to do ...

... DEATH IN NEWTON WORKHOUSE An inquest was held on Monday evening I:Newton Abbot Workhouse relative to the lath of John Walling, labourer, of Dawlish, soda who became an inmate of the house m January, Mt suffering from epilepsy. Henry S Awcock. schoolmaster ...

... model house. One official, however, out-did all previous praise of Workhouses. According to a relieving officer named Clemas, the Workhouse, and particularly Newton Abbot Workhouse, is SO desirable as a home that old women will willingly sacrifice a ...

... THE NEWTON WORKHOUSE SCANDAL. At the meeting of the Newton Board of Guardians on Wednesday a letter was read from the Local Government Board in reference to the recent inquiry into the alleged mismanagement of the Workhouse. The letter stated that the ...

... LOVERS OF TllE WORKHOUSE. people believe that (brie ore agree', aged and deserving poor in klionmen who be very well provided mil.ide iii two-roomed cottages, where they would 11111 0s at once freedom and supervision. Evidence was given before the Select ...

... NEWTON ABBOT WORKHOUSE. Newton Abbot Board of Guardians met on Wednesday, Mr. D. R. Scratton presiding.—Outrelief of as. a week cu recommended by the section for the wife of the assistant schoolinsete who recently s Wounded, leaving his wife ano three ...