... OKEHAMPTON WORKHOUSE. APPOINTMENT OF MASTER AND MATRON. At the fortnightly meeting of the Okehampton Board of Guardians on Saturday tne appointment took place of a Master and Matron in succession to Mr. and Mrs. Hole, who are leaving to fill similar positions ...

... WORKHOUSE GAMBLERS. Workhouse Aeton have hitherto been allowed relievo the monotony of their existence with friendly hand cards. hat particular game they affect, whether bridge or ecarte, u» not known the authorities, but hinted that the play has developed ...

... Mrs Clarke, of the Exeter City Workhouse ; Mr and Mrs F. Short. Wakefield ; Mr and Mrs Duerdin, Bootle Workhouse ; Mr and Mrs Hunter Winscombe Union ; Mr and Mrs Codner, Hull Union ; Mr and Mrs Begley, Birmingham Workhouse : and Mr Sanger and Mrs Best, ...

... EXETER WORKHOUSE RECREATION FOR THE ■ ■ Exeter Beard Guardians , meeting, yesterday, prior the & day. In other words, they August 16th. Rev. Canon Governor, chair. Comparing last week with, the ...

... WORKHOUSE—BANK. NEWTON ABBOT DISCOVERY. It was reported to Newton Abbot Board of Guardians, yesterday, that a woman who had died in the Institution after being an inmate for several years, had a banking account with 4d. The Relieving Officer stated the ...

... DEVONPORT WORKHOUSE. the Editor of the Wedeln rcet ttr,—l I mum. you past a little for Jardine* winch my last letter :n It au. .n the Svir,day diturr time before my to the iinard,ank.' menmg arr . Ad.int the.okie totted net have been :n ' n.y pooket ...

... WORKHOUSE TENDERS. MEAT AND MILK PRICES. Si. Thomas Board of Guardians' meeting, yesterday, under the chairmanship cf Treb. F. F. Buckingham, received a letter from the Clerk to the Devon Mental Hospital, at Exminster, notifying that the charge per week ...

... the House. Naturally, therefore, the public hugs its old belief that the Workhouse is to-day what it was couple of generations ago. What is the Workhouse really 't The Workhouse, in the broad and true sense, is a home for the destitute and houseless poor ...

... TORRINGTON WORKHOUSE. NEW MASTER AND MATRON APPOINTED. Torrington Board of Guardians on Saturday held a special meeting, Col. R. A. Moore Stevens presiding, to till the vacancy caused by the resignation of the master and matron, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Child ...

... SOUTHMOLTON WORKHOUSE MANAGEMENT. ANOTHER COMPLAINT. yesterday s meeting the Board of Guardians a letter was read from Mesdames M. P. Hiekley and E. Alma Bush, hon. secretary and treasurer respectively of the Committee, to the effect that, as workers ...

... GUIDE TO THE WORKHOUSE. (to young couples.) You are supposed to begin housekeeping with decent competence, which, with industry and frugality, will enable you live comfortably, and put something by. Never, therefore, dream of saving, except of saving ...

... TOTNES WORKHOUSE. An Infirmary Wanted. It was reported that Mr. Predion Thomas T/ocal Government Boerd Inspector, hit visit the Ilou*e, made a conament tin visitors' book that the want of ail infirmary, .where all the sick could placed under jne roof ...