Local and General.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 903, 2 May 1891, Page 2

Local and General.

I — A quant: ity of Commercial, Local *md Cnljle news is unavoidably crowded out of ilijh iesu'a. We h>£» glad to see the Soulhbridce Footbal.L club waking up sufficiently to play a mate'/?, Tht-y have a touu'h row to hoe to.lay. ( the Leeston boys having hud more cr«c ,ice thun they but even dHfeat is preferable to inaction. We hope yet to sen ?he variegated jerseys take foremost pi are m trie football ranks. Soothhridgb woke up from its usual lethargy somewhat on Thursday, when I "the polling for the licensing Ooui»nittee took place. Veay few of the town voters 'however recorded their votes, th n majority following the lead of the Town Board and l waiting for their own Committee to be-- [ nominated. A circular bearing f jnr sig- f natures and stating th°t the signatories meant to endeavour to close one of thehotels in' the Town, seemed to be rather unfavorably criticised, an'l it is tuinoued precipitnted the action of the Board. [ Doyleston is agitating for a Liberal Political Association. A meeting will be--held this evening to discuss the feasibility of forming one, at which Mr 0. 3. R&<j, Christ church, will be present. In giving judgment m the case of Sunday trading brong.at against Walter Spring Mr Beetham, B. M. paid a high oomi).'iinent to Mr Spring, whose houa*, he. said, was conducted, to his own knoledge, m a wuy equalled by few country hotels. The London House of Commons has affirmed by a majority of some sixty, the ill'igali+y of protubiHon without uompenMation. We fancy that Colonial Gpvrninenls will follow the lea. of the mother country m this matter and. that nutdimns who lose their licfn^es through prohibition here, will find ihat >h« smte will grant them some compensation for the capital 'hey lose. A custom has grown up m Southbridge which bears rather hardly r»n the school teachers, namely the requiring them to terriuiß m turn on the school premises durin? the dinner hour. After a long morning, with a long afternoon m view, an hour is not too long for the teaching staff to recuperate m. The object prttsanoiabiy is the protection of the school property. If such wnrdership is necessary, surely* the custodinn is the proper person to exerojße it. Tjie Wesleyan Sunday school, Doyleston. celebrated ita anniversary on Tuesday last by v soiree. The report, read by Mr Burnett, showed the school to be m a very Hatisfactory state. During the evening, the prizes gained at the recent Biblical examination were distributed.