... THE WORKHOUSE. Arising out of the minutes of the last meeting, the Chairman staled that ihe Commiuce of that Council had met a Committee ot the Board ol Guardians the disposal the Workhouse sewage. They were not yet in imeiuon to make a report, hut hoped ...

... THE WORKHOUSE. The Rev. W. Bryant remarked that tbe WoPkhouse was at present a dead loss, and asked if tbe Clerk had heard anything further as to its disposal. The Clerk replied in the negative, and promised to write to the Inspector again. ...

... IN THE WORKHOUSE. The Master reported that the number of inmates in the house was 97 against 117 for the corresponding week in last year, and that 81 vagrants bad been telieved during the week as against 71 for the corresponding week last year. MEDICAL ...

... inquest at the workhouse. Mr L. Jotchani ami Jury (of whom MrW. Westall was foreman) f-at at iho Boiinl Room at the Workhouse, on Thursday afternoon to enquire into the circumstances of the death of one of the inmates, named Thomas lies, aged years, who ...

... WORKHOUSE WEDDING. A bachelor, who lives with his aged mother and has good home, applied to the Northampton Guardians for assistance obtaining housekeeper. he was nearly blind waa anxious to find woman with pleasant voice, and if they got well together ...

... WORKHOUSE BARBERS, The curse all the male children of Adam does not pass over the pauper. Like the rest of us, requires periodically to be shaved and to have his hair cut. Unfortunately, other people have to pay for in his case, and the problem seems ...

... SEWAGE AT THE WORKHOUSE. A letter was read fiom the Wantage Urban District Council with reference to the drainage that the Council had considered the application the Guardians to take and dispose of the sewage from the Workhouse and that the tirst pl ...

... DOMINOES IN THE WORKHOUSE, The Chichester Board of Guardians has had to decide the question whether dominoes is game of chance. The master reported that tho children in the workhouse had had a treat given them at the Bishop’s Palace, which they had enjoyed ...

... PROVISIONS FOR THE WORKHOUSE. The following tenders for the supply of provisions to the Workhouse for the ensuing quarter, were accepted :—Messrs Belcher and Co—cheese, fid ; moist sugar, ; loaf sugar, lid ; black tea, Is 4d ; golden syrup, 2d ; cocoa ...

... WORKHOUSE CHARGE. Thomas Tree, a tramp, was summoned for wilfully damaging a door at the Union, the previous Thursday evening. He pleaded guilty, and was committed for 14 days. ...

... WORKHOUSE HOTEL. William Woolmer, sn octogenarian Crimean veteran, has received permission to enter the Liskeard Workhouse. _Ho will pay 6s. his 7a pension weekly for his maintenance. PREACHER AGED NINETY-EIGHT. The Rev, Thomas Lord, who is in his ninetyninth ...

... WORKHOUSE REFORM. Writino on workhouse reform,the Rev. A.'W. Jephson points out that new and more humano classification of the inmates is one of the first steps to be taken. What can be more cruel, he asks, than to herd together the respectable poor with ...