THE body of a newly born boy was discovered in the alley off Ednall Lane. Annie Nowell, aged 13, was the first witness. She said she was coming home from Sunday School at about 3.30pm and discovered the body, wrapped in a brown paper bag tied up with string. A doctor examined the body and said there were no signs of violence and no bones were broken. In the doctor's opinion the baby was still born. The mother of the child could not be found.

The first Primrose League ball was being advertised. It was to be held at the Drill Hall in Bromsgrove on January 27. Tickets were to cost 3s (15p).

Samuel Allison Porter, aged 30, a hawker from Rubery, appeared at Bromsgrove Magistrates on a charge of causing an obstruction in Birmingham Road, Marlbrook, by leaving a horse and lorry unattended for a longer than reasonable time. PC Walters stated he saw a horse and lorry unattended opposite the Golden Cross in Birmingham Road at 7.50pm and again at 9pm. The defendant offered the policeman a drink, which he refused. Porter was fined 1s (5p) and 5s 6d (27p) costs.

IT was announced at a meeting of Bromsgrove Urban District Council that the County Council had given a grant of £50 towards the improvement of Worcester Street.

A THUNDERSTORM of extreme severity broke over the district accompanied by high wind, hail, rain and snow. On the following morning a pony, belonging to Rev GT Fieldwick, the Vicar of Finstall, was found dead and it was thought to have been killed by lightning. The animal had been turned out in the field and had no shelter. A tree in Aston Fields was also blown over.