... WORKHOUSE. | On the presentation of accounts to the Selby Board of Guardians this, morning exception was taken to hearthrugs which had cost 12st 6d. and 17s. 6d. each. : The Chairman said that the rugs in the kitchen were in a most dilapidated state and ...

... RESTORED TO THE WORKHOUSE, The lunatic was returned to t+he workhouse gt about one in the morning, and, we understand, was seized with a fresh attack of frenzy a couple of hours later. But the authoritieg were prepared, and he was quickly mastered, ...

... DOCTOR 'IN THE WORKHOUSE. At the Selby Board of Guardians’ meetin to-day the Workhouse Master reported tha‘.% gince the laet meeting Dr, Sheidon, who was formerly a medical officer under the Board at Cawood, had been admitted into thie workhouse and detained ...

... WORKHOUSE ABLAZE. §‘°°DinB Inmates Aroused at Two in the / Morning- ~ i A e t early this morn{2B at ?fikfifiihbrfigfkfiguse. 3t originated t.’:'t ®to Storey of the main block, in w in op Y ‘ln;red 204 fifty inmates were ‘l‘l9 o% B three floors, ijyiß a few ...

... FACTORY AS WORKHOUSE. In order to accominodate pauperscrowded out of the two workhouses, the Lambeth Guardians decided yesocerday to rent a disused factory at Vavxhall and fit it up for the immediate Teception of 100 inmates. ...

... TOO LATE FOR THE WORKHOUSE. ~ Ellen Smith, an old woman, no fixed anode, was to-da§at Wakefield charged with drunk. enness, « la the early hours of this morning she was found near the workhouse, having evidently beeén too late to secure admission . She ...

... thirty-one years’ experience of workhouse life, and had never krnown inmates to have to work on such days. Sir Franecis Osborne said surely the Bank Holiday Act was mever meant to apply to workhouses, whereupon the inmate ejaculated, ““ Oh, yes, it was, sir ...

... A WORKHOUSE INVESTIGATION. With a view of ascertaining to what extent old-age pensions would relieve the rates locally, an investigation has been made into all the cases in the Willesden Workhouse, with the result that out of {7B inmates interviewed, ...

... A WORKHOUSE PROBLEM. A+ a meeting of the West Bromwich Board of Guardians yesterday a discussion arose with regard to the case of a man who, upon coming into the workhouse on Saturday, gave the master potice to! leave go that he could take his departure ...

... KEIGHLEY WORKHOUSE TRAGEDY. Inmate Found Hanging in a Cellar. Albert Mosley (50), overlooker, who had been detained at the XKeighley Workhouse Infirmary as a person of feeble mind, was found by Abraham Masterfield, a male nurse, between 11.30 a.m. and ...

... HALIFAX WORKHOUSE MEAT. Natural Shrinkage Not Waste. The alleged excessiveallowance of butcher’s meat for the inmates of the Halifax Union Hospital was again discussed by the Halifax Guardians yesterday. The Hospital Committee claimed that what was described ...

... ABSCONDED FROM WORKHOUSE James Campbell (41) was sentenced to three months’ hard labour at Leeds Police Court, to-day, for being drunk and disorderly, for absconding from the Workhouse, and for stealing the clothing he was wearing. It was stated that ...