In a few days you will be called upon for your vote in the
appointment of a new Board of Guardians for the next year, and
it is of the utmost importance that useful and efficient men
should be chosen.
It is an undeniable fact that the Poor Rates of Dudley are
considerably higher than in any other neighbouring Parish,
and more than double what they are in Wolverhampton; and this
renders it absolutely necessary that you should choose for your
Guardians men who are qualified and determined to carry out the
principles of _economy and retrenchment_ with a due regard for
the _comfort and welfare of the poor_.
Vote for the following Candidates, and thereby clear the way
for a Reduction of Expenditure:--
Mr. Thomas Wood
" Thomas Lester
" Elliott Hollier
" G. Thomson, (Corngreaves)
" James Evers Swindell
Mr. John Finch
" Josiah Collins Cook
" C. F. G. Clark
" S. H. Blackwell
" Alexander B. Cochrane