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THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST 
October 5, 1895 
The Editor is obliged to correspondents who 
tend local newspapers containing items 
of irUerest to the trade. He will he 
further obliged if such paragraphs be 
marked in all cases. 
New Wine licences. 
Off licences for the sale of wine have been granted to the 
foUowing chemists and druggists : — 
Mf. Alfred Yeates, chemist, Stourbridge. 
Mr. Eric Lemmon, 47 High Street, Exeter. 
Mr. G. Stocker, 189 Sidwell Street, Exeter. 
(Mr. W. J. Lund, chemist, Penny Street, Lancaster. 
Mr. Wm. Wyatt, chemist, Stonewell, Lancaster. 
Mr. J. Rymer Young, chemist, Sankey Street, Warrington. 
Mr. Philip Lee, chemist, Wem, Shropshire. 
Mr. Samborne Cook, chemist, 76 Radford Road, Hyson 
Oreen, Nottingham. 
Mr. George James Dusart, High Street Drug-stores, 
Hastings. 
A vigorous fight was waged at the Brewster Sessions at 
Holsworthy (Devon), in reference to licences granted to Mr. 
'W. J. Holman, chemist, and Mr. L. H. Pellew, chemist, both 
■of Hclsworthy. Both of these gentlemen appear to hold full 
public-house licences, and the Magistrates were much dis- 
'inclined to grant renewals. Mr. Pellew has been licensed 
’for mRny years, but Mr. Holman took over a licensed house 
last March. The Magistrates had expressed the opinion 
•'that the licences were unnecessary for the convenience and 
benefit of the town of Holsworthy and district, and they 
' made their Clerk the objector. He gave sworn evidence, and 
the temperance party of the town presented a petition against 
^■the renewal of the licences, signed by 254 residents ; but the 
applicants were prepared with petitions, each signed by 
nearly 1,000 inhabitants, which number, it was said, included 
about two-thirds of the ratepayers of the district. There 
was no sort of complaint against either of the houses. 
Ultimately the Magistrates, in view of the fact that the 
temperance party had not come forward insufficient strength, 
resolved to grant the licences for this year. 
Drug- contracts. 
Mr. ts.. W. Gerrard, of Chertsey, has been appointed 
chemist and druggist to the Chertsey Board of Guardians. 
Messrs. Walton & Co. have secured the contract for the 
supply of carbolic soap at 2^d. per lb. to the Mere Board of 
Guardians. 
The Chard Board of Guardians have contracted with Mr. 
W. H. Smith for the supply of drugs and trusses to the 
Vv'orkhouse. 
The Horsham Guardians have appointed Mr. R. Gallier, 
chemist and druggist, Horsham, to supply medicines to the 
workhouse. 
The Stoke Board of Guardians have accepted the tender 
of Mr. J. W. Moore, chemist and druggist, Hanley, for the 
supply of drugs to the workhouse. 
The Shoreditch Guardians have contracted with Messrs. 
Hill & Son, Southwark, for the supply of drugs, medical 
appliances, &o , for the ensuing year. 
Mr. H. W. G. Morris, chemist, of Thame, has again 
secured the contract for soaps, disinCeotants, and oils to the 
Thime Union for the nest six months. 
Tho E/esham Biard of Gaardians have accepted the 
’tender of Messrs. Warm'.ngtoa & Co. for the supply of 
■ saltpetre at per lb. and arrowroot at ^d. per lb. 
Tine Stoekport and H/de Board of Guardians have ac- 
cepted tenders for the supply of linseed at IZs. per cwb., 
'Ciroolic soap at 16;. per cw.;., and carbolic powder at Zs 9d. 
j:er cwt. 
Mr. J. Corney, of Middlesborough. has secured the contract 
for the supply of sanitary soap at 36s. per cwt., and arrow- 
root at Is. id. per lb , to the East Ashford Guardians for the 
coming quarter. 
Mr. Jesse Lay, of High Street, Southampton, has secured 
the contract for the supply of crushed linseed at 2d. per lb., 
and the best arrowroot at 8d. per lb., to the South Stoneham 
Beard of Guardians. 
The Midhurst Board of Guardians have accepted the 
tender of Mr. A. Mills for the supply of carbolic soap at 3^^. 
per lb., linseed-meal at 2d. per lb. ; and Mr. Rump for cod- 
liver oil at 10s. per gallon. 
The Liverpool Guardians have accepted tenders of Messrs, 
Clay, Dod & Co. for drugs, of Messrs. Ayrton & Saunders for 
druggists' sundries, and of Messrs. F. Wilkinson & Co. for 
drysaltery, for the next six months. 
The contract for the supply of cod-liver oil and quinine to 
the High Wycombe Board of Guardians for the ensuing 
quarter has been secured by Mr. C. W. Dowswell, chemist 
and druggist, High Wycombe, at 11s. per gallon and 2s. 3d. 
per oz. respectively. 
The Cirencester Board of Guardians have accepted the 
tender of Messrs. Moulder & Arnold for the supply of 
sulphur at 2d. per lb,, and arrowroot at 10^^. per lb. ; of 
Messrs. Gillett & Co. for the supply of linseed-meal at 
16s. 6d. per cwt. ; and of Mr. J. Paternoster for the supply 
of cod-liver oil at 9d. per pint, and quinine at 2s. per oz. 
A discussion took place at the last meeting of the 
Glossop Board of Guardians respecting the supply of drugs 
to the workhouse. Hitherto the medical officer has supplied 
the drugs, and the Chairman and some other members urged 
that the Board should supply the drugs. It was eventually 
decided that the doctor should still supply the drugs, and 
that his salary should be increased by lOZ. a year. 
The St. Marylebone Board of Guardians have accepted the 
tender for the supply of drugs of Messrs. Hodgkinson, 
Prestons & King, of 81 Bishopsgate Street Without, to supply 
the infirmary and the north and south dispensaries with 
drugs as detailed for 115?. 13s. ^d., 11. Is. Wd.^ and 76?, Is. 3d. 
respectively. For the supply of druggists’ sundries the 
Board accepted the tender cf Mes-ra. Burgoyne, Burbidges, 
Cyriax & Co., of 16 Coleman Street, E.C , to supply the 
infirmary and north and south dispensaries with druggists’ 
sundries as detailed for 82?. 11s., 5?. 10s. 5d., and 8?. 14s. 9^. 
respectively. 
Mr Tyrer on Technical Training and Trade Unions. 
Mr. Thos. Tyrer addressed the students at the recent 
opening of the chemical laboratory of the Carpenters’ Com- 
pany’s Institute, at Stratford. Mr. Tyrer impressed upon 
his audience the importance of not being deluded into the 
belief that they were chemists because they had heard 
a few lectures, seen a few experiments, probably made 
still fewer, and had passed the Science and Art examinations 
of South Kensington. One of the most irritating things 
which he experienced was to find men who applied to him 
for situations as chemists give quite a long list of what they 
had done, and, upon actual trial, proving themselves rather 
worse for practical purposes than those who had learnt 
nothing of chemistry. He thought that nothing less than 
five years' study would suffice to produce a chemist worthy 
of the name, and if the students intended to turn the know- 
ledge placed within their reach at the school to good account 
they must regard the object of the instruction as they ought 
to look upon the teaching of history — as a means of helping 
them in the intelligent performance of their duties as 
workers ; but whatever their aims they should not forget that 
a man might work a lifetime and then find he knew but 
little. Mr. Tyrer also referred to the position which Trade 
Unions ought to occupy towards technical education. 
The Trade Union system, he said, made one man as good as 
another, the worst equal to the best, and the best no better 
than the worst as regards remuneration, thereby taking away 
men’s incentive to put their faculties to the best use. He 
believed that the best use Trade Unions could make of their 
funds would be to support technical education, and that they 
ought to graduate their members according to experience. 
It ought to be possible for an employer to go to a Trade 
