Defensive Tilbury Fort battery to mount heavy guns
A battery of Royal Artillery moves from Woolwich to Tilbury Fort opposite Gravesend to defend the Thames. Old guns are replaced with newer, more powerful pieces. Royal Arsenal workload increases as workshops run overtime. new steel-lined field pieces and conversion to rifled ordnance push ahead under Major Palliser. Admiral Sartorius notes that sea power and insularity, plus a strong militia and volunteers, safeguard Britain. A battery is now employed mounting heavy guns at Tilbury Fort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Service Corps
Royal Artillery
Woolwich
Tilbury Fort
Gravesend
Thames
Tilbury
Royal Gun Factories
Royal Arsenal
Royal Horse Artillery
England
Sartorius
Education Act Meets Metropolitan School Board Debate
At the third meeting the Metropolitan School Board confirmed minutes, discussed recording proceedings, and invited Bank of England as banker. A committee for metropolitan educational needs was formed amid talks on local bodies, and a debate over appointing a full Board committee to study elementary education ensued, with differing views on press access.
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Metropolitan School Board
Viscount Sandon
M.P
A. Langdale
E. J. Hutchins
Crawford
Bank of England
Lord Lawrence
Reed
Huxley
Germany
Hepworth Dixon
Provinces Report on School Board Elections Across Boroughs
Education Department orders school board elections in numerous boroughs. The piece reviews campaigns in West Ham and Canterbury, Canterbury’s near compromise, and summaries results or arrangements in Oxford, Oldham, Blackburn, Harrow, Leicester, and Halifax, noting sectarian tensions and provisional outcomes.
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Education Department
Oxford
Ashton-under-Lyne
Barnsley
Bath
Batley
Bodmin
Brecon
Carlisle
Chesterfield
Dirtmouth
Devonport
Exeter
Huddersfield
Ipswich
Kingston-upon-Hull
Newark
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Newport
Monmouthshire
Plymouth
Pwllheli
Scarborough
South Shields
Totnes
Wakefield
Walsall
West Ham
Oxpham
Oldpam
Canterrbury
Canterbury
Blackburn
Harrieroon
Leicester
Hallifax
Huxley Motion Passes Narrowly at Board Meeting
The board carried Professor Huxley's motion by twenty four to twenty one, and a committee was appointed to select offices for the staff before the board adjourned.
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Huxley
Catholic Committee Essays on Irish Education Act
A Catholic Committee issues essays urging Irish Catholics to focus on higher education amid Royal Commission momentum. The first piece notes primary education seems less urgent as the commission’s findings support Catholic claims, while stressing parallels with Church and land matters in directing future action.
Catholics Demand Free Intermediate Education in Ireland
The piece argues Catholics require a system that guarantees free intermediate education free from faith danger, enabling Catholic youth to develop intellectually within their creed. It notes Dublin Evening Post fears Parliament may delay. Catholics insist on a university system aligned with Catholic conscience, allowing unequal rights if Protestants accept equal access.
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Ireland
Dublin Evening Post
London
Birmingham Post
Baxter
Dundee
Mansell
Limerick County
Monsell
St. Martin’s-le-Grand
St. Stephen’s
Scotland
House of Commons
Royal Sanitary Commission aims to unify local government
The Royal Sanitary Commission report is proposed to simplify and consolidate local government across the country. It envisions one chief minister with sub‑department under secretaries, a merged board of local government replacing hundreds of boards, and unified medical and sanitary administration led by medical officers of health and district officers to improve public health and disease prevention.
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Royal Sanitary ComMission
Board of Guardians
Board of Local Government
British Medical Association
District Union
Department of Public Health and Relief
Privy Council
British Medical Journal
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