13th September 1916 - Worcester Journalist Wounded.

1st Batt: Drill and manoeuvres in the morning.

2nd batt:Two working parties of 1 officer and 50 men and 2 parties of 3 officers and 150 men went to work under the supervision of the Royal Engineers.

3rd Batt: batt marched to Maison Rollards for Progressive Training for 12 days

4th Batt: Very heavy shelling by the enemy and much fell in Duck Walk. There was a gas alert but the wind was in the Batt`s favour. Gen De Lisle visited the Line and said all was satisfactory but ordered more fire steps to be built in the Front Line and the parapet to be thickened.

2/7the Batt: There was a holiday from fatigues for one Coy!

10th Batt: Batt cleaning up the camp in Divisional Reserve and men were allotted baths.

The Chairman of the Agricultural Committee had received a letter from Lady Georgina Vernon: a large amount of herbs were needed for medicinal purposes, and they were previously grown in Germany and Austria. There was now a scarcity of them, and they could be grown quite easily. There had been some attempt to grow them at Bretforton, Badsey, Wickhamford, and South Littleton, by having plantations of belladonna. Lady Georgina was desirous that that should be extended, and also suggested that some of the schools might very usefully grow some of these herbs.

Worcester Journalist Wounded: Information has been received by Mrs. Brodie, that her third son, Pte. G. Brodie, of the Black Watch, has been wounded. He sent a field card from France, and another yesterday from Southampton, saying that “Blighty” was looking A1. Pte. Brodie is a member of the “Daily Times.” He joined the Black Watch early last year, and has been at the front for a year. His two older brothers are with the Worcestershire Yeomanry in Egypt.

Education Committee: Children at Work: The Clerk reported that there were 73 schoolchildren at work with the permission of the Sub. Committee. The Rev. G.F. Williams said there were 400 children away from the three schools of St. Clement’s on Monday. Mr. Spackman said that 724 children were away from the voluntary schools, in addition to those absent from Hound’s Lane School. This was almost the exactly the same number as in 1914. St. Clement’s Schools, being attended by poor children and close to the hop fields, should have been closed during September.

Infirmary: Week ending 9th September: Patients admitted 13, discharged 17, in the House, 9th September: Men 15, women 22, chiidren 17, wounded soldiers 40, Royal Engineers 3, other patients 6 - total 112.

Co-operative Society’s New Premises: The Corporation scheme of widening Worcester’s central thoroughfare has now received a filip at the southern end of the city. By special request of the City Corporation, not only has a handsome front elevation been provided to the buildings, but also the building line has been set back nine feet from the original building line, and the street is thereby widened by approximately three yards at that point. The public spirit displayed by the Co-operative Society is commendable. The premises are being equipped on up-to-date lines for the sale of foodstuffs, and are intended to serve the Society’s members who have their homes at that end of the city.

Occasional License Refused: John William Cragg, of the Ewe and Lamb Inn, The Butts, asked for an occasional license to sell intoxicants in a tent on the occasion of the annual sheep fair. The Bench thought that as licensing restrictions had been introduced since the last fair (when the license was granted) they could not grant the license on this occasion.

Exhumation at Kidderminster: Formal approval was given to Mr. Farmer, hairdresser, for removal of the body of a child from one portion of the Cemetery to another. A considerable time ago the child was buried in an unpurchased grave in the Cemetery. He now desired the body to be exhumed and reinterred in a purchased grave in another part of the Cemetery. The Bishop was appealed to, and a faculty for the exhumation of the body and its reinterment in the new grave.

Fatality at Worcester Inn: An inquest was held as to the death of Miss Florence Mason (40) of the Anchor Inn, Diglis Road, who died from the effects of injuries received in a fall.

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