... BAK OF WORKHOUSE BOY “* Afraid of being sent te Canada,” was the ex- cuse of fourteen of the boys of the Islington Work- house, who have absconded from the schools. The whole of these youngsters were in the boys’ band, and it seems that a report ends ...

... Liverpool Workhouse inspection. expendiiur: by the Liver (ng nearly two handred thousand pounds on evection of Cuttage Homes for Ps ot Olive-mocet, and | an in rm- ary for the of on the Highfield Lstate, Knotty . into action the Liverpool ani Property ...

... FIRE AT A WORKHOUSE Fire occurred last night at the East Ashford workhouse near Dover. It broke out in the casual ward, nearly the whole of which was consumed, well a portion of some other buildings close by. ...

... dead baby to the' police station, a mile and a half distant, where a policeman on duty directed her to tbe workhouse. She walked again to the workhouse, two miles distant, where tbe porter refused her admission, and directed her to the police. She returned ...

... EXTRAORDINARY WORKHOUSE SCANDAL. The Press Association's Coventry correspondent telegraphs : Considerable excitement prevails here over aliened workhouse scandals. Mrs Ward, late matron, declares that three successive years prominent Conservatives tampered ...

... Appoimtment To-day. meeting of the Board of Gawditans was to-day whea and Mr. D. A. Hoeworth, master and of the Darlington Workhouse, were appsinted ami matrea of the in sac- ceesion to Mr. and Mra E. Taylor, ...

... FIRE AT A WORKHOUSE EXCITING RESCUE. Fire broke out last night the female casual ward of the Med way Union Workhouse at Chatham. It wa6 with considerable difficulty Chat the whole the inmates were rescued. Several women were almost unconscious from the ...

... A WORKHOUSE SCAND * A Lecal Board inquiry wae opened at Bolton to-day, before Mr Henlsy, into the conduct of Dr Marsh, medical officer to the workhouse, with reference to certain letters alleging immoralities between members of the Board and Nurse Morris ...

... Clergymen and Workhouse Visits. At the the Toxteth Board of Guardians, by Killip, di ¥, the the cheirmaasabip of Mr. with reference tu © with the Rev. Ww. J. Cole, of St. _Chureh, on the subject of his right to visit the resolved that the should write ...

... DISTURBANCE IN A WORKHOUSE. At a meeting of Croydon Guardians, it was announced that thirty or forty inmates the workhouse had barrel of beer, of which they drank large quantity. Many of them got drunk, smashed windows, ana otherwise damaged the premises ...

... Preferred Prison to the Workhouse. Samael Turner, 1 middle-aged man, was charged before the Wigan to-day, with refusing to perform bis task at the Wi Workhouse. Turner was ven lb. of oakum to pick, bat only did one was thea given lbs. This he did not ...

... AN ARTIST DYING IN THE WORKHOUSE. There has recently died in the Whitby Workhouse. Thomas Dove, a marine artist of great ability, well known in the North of Fngland. began life as a house painter, but soon became associated with George Chambers, the ...