Public house licence clash at Cheltenham ends in refusal
The chief constable reported a rise in intoxication charges from 1,542 in the prior year to 2,173. In Cheltenham, several licence applications met opposition led by J W Gable with clergy backing. Clergymen supported the stance and Superintendent Day favored Sunday closing. The Bench refused all licences applied for.
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Cheltenham
J. W. Gable
CG. W. Chamberlain
Gable
Day
Exodus of English agricultural labourers to colonies grows
News briefs report nearly 1,000 laborers with families leaving England for the colonies last week. Also noted are charity bequests in Cork, a wrongful dismissal suit in Colchester, shipboard explosion near St Vesey Head, a bear escape in Whitechapel, a coroner’s inquest, and various civic and political items across the UK.
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England
John Arnott
Cork
Colchester
Miraud
Hull
Newart
Kiel
St. Ves’ Head
Whitechapel
Charles Dixon
Nottinghill
Shrewsbury
Warwick
Leicester
Whalley
Magna Charta Association
Dr. Kenealy
Nettle
Carlisle
Amalgamated Association of Miners
National Union
Macdonald
M.P
the Times
Alfred Rooker
Western Col
St. George’s-in-the-East
D. Silvan Evans
Llanymowddy
Merionethshire
Joseph Arch
Bromsgrove
Nail Forgers’ Association
Newman
Lord Lyttelton
Agricultural Labourers’ Union
Lancashire
Salford
Warwickshire
Gloucester
Wiltshire
Dorset
Purcell
Liverpool Police Court
HatcHam
Pickwickian Tale Sparks Thames Key Discovery at Windsor
A Thames find of a cash-box with keys to Windsor Castle doors prompts police to suspect planned royal jewel theft though Bucks Chief Constable clarifies the box was found August 9 and tied to a tree branch with misread writing. A local woman at the 100 steps identified the keys as stolen from a yard three weeks earlier.
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Thames
Windsor Castle
Castle
Bucks
Lamina
Laing
M.P
Stromness
Gladstone
Lord Hartington
Plimsoll
Lang
Scotland
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London Missionary Society
Colonial Missionary Society
South Devon Congregational Association
Sherwell Chapel
Sherwell Evangelistic Association
Plymouth Town Mission
Congregational Chapel
Tavistock
Plas Llewellyn
Rhyl
Devil’s Dyke
Brighton
Murray Gladstone
Penmaenmawr
Queen
Prince and Princess of Wales
Braemar
Prince Consort
Balmoral
Abergeldic
Birkhall
Princess of Wales
Prince Leopold
Oxford
Church of England Temperance Society
Earl Russell
Henry Bulwer
Christian Rayahs
Lord Fitzwilliam
India
Gathorne Hardy
Balmoral Castle
Admiralty
Alberta
Dublin
Order of St. Gregory
Fordham
John Smith
J. Lewis Farley
Temple Club
Bosnia
Herzegovina
Kent
Surrey
Sussex
London
Balerno
Mainburgh
Messrs. J. and
W. Durham
Gorst
Bradford
Board of Trade
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