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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 04, 1872
Page
4
The fragment discusses the national schoolmaster, the Freeman's Journal approval of a recent arrangement, and doubts about adopting the Treasury Minute by the ecclesiastical faction, amid concerns for Irish national school teachers' real advantages.
South-west Lancashire members Cross and Turner told a Constitutionalists meeting at Atherton Park that the Ballot Act is inherently demoralising and cannot prevent the evils of secret voting. Cross predicts Conservatives will win more seats than Liberals expect. Lord Lyttelton and Sir J. Pakington spoke on labour wages, combining rights, and parliamentary action to improve the lot of agricultural workers.
A London working-men’s conference at Cannon Street Hotel promotes a programme of political social and financial reforms. It calls for voter registration abolition of lodgers rental qualification six months residency borough county voting equality of representation payment of MPs secret ballot shorter parliaments removal of property qualifications for public offices and disendowment of state churches. Social reforms include reclaiming common lands for state or cooperative use and loans for land development with same terms as current land improvement funding. abolition of game laws and related measures.
A circular outlines wide ranging measures including mining regulation, state licensing transfer, repeal of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, shortening working hours for women and children to nine hours, and broad administrative reforms with school boards and county boards. It calls for state railway purchase, civil list cuts, direct taxation, debt retrenchment, income tax readjustment, and local property rating reform. An autumn meeting will elect a council and executive to implement the plan.
The Manchester Examiner reports the death of Francis Taylor of Potters and Taylor at Westfield Singleton Brook Higher Broughton in his 58th year after a long illness. A notable Liberal organizer and Education Advocate, he helped form the Union and Emancipation Society and led Manchester Education efforts. He aided the United Liberal Party and Test Ballot planning after the last general election. Also noted is the death of Mr. Rumney, a Manchester reformer and partner in the family firm since 1836.
The 60 year old manufacturing chemist Mr Rom ney died on Wednesday morning and Mr Taylor aged 53 died the day before after long illness. Among Mr Romney's bequests are £2000 to the Lancashire Independent College £2000 to Owens College and £100 to the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital.
Mr Richard Moxon Pontefract mayor and returning officer reviews Ballot Act workings in the recent borough election. He notes calm streets little drunkenness or disruption, high literacy voting speed, few invalid papers, improvements from public nominations, and discusses counting delays and recommendations for illiterate declarations and recording methods.
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