... WORKHOUSE AS Al man who applied for re-admon td the Whitehurch Workhouse said, I have been alf round the country to get work and something to eat, but I ooukl not rownsge it, so I thought I had better some back again- (laughter). The Chairman remarked ...

... THE STATE OF THE WORKHOUSE. June 24. ...

... WORKHOUSE ROMANCE. A curious workhouse romance is reported. A member of the Hull Board of Guardians, well known In Leeds among the friendly societies,and seventy-four years of age, is, it Is announced, engaged to marry an inmate of the Hull Workhouse ...

... WORKHOUSE ON FIRE. At a meeting of the Newcastle-under-Lyme Board of Guardians on Monday, the Master reported that a lire broke in the main block of the Workhouse buildings at one o'clock an Sunday morning. Amid irzoiting scenes, women and children were ...

... WORKHOUSE TO WEDDING. On Monday a buxom, middle-aged widow, Mrs. Maggie Thornton, charged with having absconded from Fulwood Workhouse, explained to the Preston Bench that she had received an offer of marriage by letter. The prspective husband renewed ...

... THE WORKHOUSE HANDYMAN. The porter of the Mere (Wilts) Workhouse wrote to the Board of Guardians asking that his salary of £l4 a year might be incneased. His letter was couched in the following terms:—l am gate porter, store-keeper, caterer, brass polisher ...

... WORKHOUSE ON FIRE. The Alresford Workhouse was the scene of a disastrous fire about midnight on Saturday, by which the women's and master's quarters were completely burnt out. It is supposed that the building was struck by lightning during a thunderstorm ...

... OF WORKHOUSES PROPCK4a HIGH-CLASS BESPOKE TAILORING /11=••••••••••• F. MORE EASTERBROOK Tux fourth of the second Parliament of Kinilldward Opined Ott Tuesday. A l might ve been expected the King's Speech expresses the King's gratification at the pub. ...

... WORKHOUSE INMATES AND PENSIONS Replying to a question by Mr. Tyson Wilson, with regard to pensions and pauper disqualification, Mr. .John Burns states that if a pensioner who is suffering from illness is removed to a Piga: infirmary for cure or treatment ...

... PADDED ROOMS AT WORKHOUSES. The Local Government Board haa addressed a circular letter to Boards of Guardians se to a record being kept where inmate, of workhouses are detained in the padded rooms at those institutions. The Board have been in communication ...

... TOTNES WORKHOUSE TREAT. At Totnes Workhouse on Tuesday, the annual treat to the • tee, arranged by the Ladies itta e was given, the proceedings co •ncing with a high tea, witch the Initiates waled upon by Mr. T. W. Windmill. Mrs. Churchward. Misses Patteson ...

... WORKHOUSE'S PAYING GUT.' At Dover Board of aistardMns' meeting, the affairs of an inmate who possesses houses and a balance of mentioned. The relieving officer stated that the nn came into the house three months and it WWI arranged at the that £1 Bs ...