School fee scales and religious observance policy debated
A committee report urged tiered weekly fees by school level and self supporting discretionary subjects, with remissions possible. Proposals on examinations and inspectors followed, and a motion allowed prayers and hymns in board schools without denominational teaching, with appeals and strict Act observance.
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Education Department
Lucrarr
Lord Sambon
Watson
Element Education
Tur Cern Schoor Board And Relicious Trad 1na
At a board meeting led by Mrs. Crawshay the wife of a local iron merchant the motion was passed to limit school religious instruction to the Lord's Prayer and Bible portions chosen by the board with minimal comment and to conduct it before other studies. Hymns will be sung from a hymn-book chosen by the board. The proposal received unanimous support.
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D. Watkins
Precautions Against Cholera Issued by Privy Council
The Privy Council announced in the Gazette that ships from cholera districts may be inspected by district nuisance authorities on arrival. All on board are examined by a doctor. the healthy may land while the sick are removed to hospital. If a death occurs at sea, the body is cast overboard and clothing and bedding are disinfected or destroyed.
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Privy Council
Forster
Lyon-Playfair
Hull
Russia
Cholera cases rise in Vilna as epidemic nears Prussia
The Moscow Gazette reports cholera spreading in Russia with 100 cases and 40 deaths on July 17 in Vilna, 62 cases and 30 deaths next day, and 281 cases by July 19. Riga hospitals are reserved for cholera patients with round the clock physicians, while the epidemic edges toward the Prussian frontier.
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Hull
Cronstadt
England
Moscow Gazette
Russia
Vilna
Riga
Royal itinerary and appointments across Europe
The Queen and Court sail from Osborne around the 14th for Scotland then Windsor en route home. Lord Bloomfield gains Baron Bloomfield of Ciamhalltha with Irish ties. Edward Baxter dies aged about eighty at Haxelhall near Dundee. M Evoy receives the Order of St Gregory for aiding repeal of the Ecclesiastical Titles Act. Morier becomes Chargé d Affaires in Stuttgart. Baillie named Chargé d Affaires at Baden and Darmstadt.
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Osborne
Scotland
Windsor Castle
Windsor
Lord Bloomfield
Vienna
Baron Bloomfield
Ciamhalltha
Tipperary
Edward Baxter
Kincaldrum
Treasury
Haxelhall
Dundee
David Baxter
M’evoy
Meath
Order of St. Gregory
Stuttgardt
R. E. D. Morier
C.B
Baden
Darmstadt
E. M. Baillie
Rutherford Alcock
K.C.B
Pekin
T. F. Wade
Germany
Russell
Times
Count Bernstorff
Edith May
Southey
John Wood Warter
Christ Church, Oxford
West Tarring
Worthing
James Yates
Highgate
University College
Russell Gurney
Recorder of London
America
Washington
Thames Embankment
Board of Works
Prince Leopold
Northwood Park
West Cowes
National Hospital
Undercliffe Ventnor
Royal Naval Hospital
Haslar
Duke of Edinburgh
Dover
Ostend
London
Post
Prince Arthur
Canon Pope
Dublin
Chislehurst
M. V.abbé
France
Napoleon
Marshal Bazaine
Devonshire
Exeter
Noted Authors Tangle Over Child Life Rumor
Mr J G Whittier works on a children's book titled Child Life. Laurence Oliphant denies authorship rumors about The Coming Race. Professors Bain and Robertson prepare for press the late Mr Grote's unfinished Aristotle manuscript.
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J. G. Whittier
Laurence Oliphant
Atheneeda
Bain
University of Aberdeen
Croom Robertson
University College, London
Mr. Grote
Aristotle
Paris Municipal Council results and national political shifts
Election tallies show Conservatives 38, Moderates 34, Republicans 27, Ultra-Radicals 10 with two more elections needed. Low turnout blamed on apathy of the Party of Order allowing radical returns. Thiers reportedly accepted Favre’s resignation after pressure from deputies. Ozenne returned from Britain and signals a softer stance on the Commercial Treaty. War budget rises by 218 million francs, and income tax proposed. Fusion of Left groups failed. A motion seeks confiscation of Napoleon’s property to aid war sufferers.
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Paris
Parisian Union
Rue de Turbigo
Party of Order
Rane
Mottu
Lockroy
Clémenceau
M. Thiers
M. Jules Favre
Soir
M. Ozenne
England
M. Casimir-Perier
Napoleon
Foreign MISCELLANY Gonfalon of News and Deaths
The Sultan ratified a loan of 5 700 000 and the Duchess of Madrid bore a daughter named Elvira in Geneva. Judge Fraser and R S Hale named to receive Washington Treaty claims. Blatchford orders Erie stock registration for English holders. Garibaldi in fragile health. suttee reported at Basra. German losses under scrutiny amid sickness figures.
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Orl
Duchess of Madrid
Geneva
Elvira
New York
Fraser
R. S. Hale
Frazer
Indiana
United States
Robert 8. Hall
Rio de Janeiro
Chamber of Deputies
Blatchford
Messrs. Jay and Gould
Erie
Schaffhausen
Rhine
Garibaldi
Maddalena
Tempo
Rome
Basra
Ghazcepore
Bombay Gazette
Volkstaat
Central Bureau of Information
Berlin
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