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Late Mr. Arthur Keen: Welshmen Present at the Funeral: … discussion … And the mourners were: Messrs. … (list includes) … R. A. Pinsent …
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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948
Death of Mr. Arthur Keen … … The Funeral: The funeral took place on Thursday afternoon at Harborne Parish Church, many who had been associated with the deceased gentleman in different spheres attended to pay their last respects. … The mourners were as follows: … (list includes) … Mr. R. A. Pinsent
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Late Mr. Arthur Keen: Funeral at Harborne Parish Church: Birmingham manufacturers and businessmen were well represented at the funeral of Mr. Arthur Keen, of the firm of Messrs. Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds, which took place in Harborne churchyard yesterday afternoon. … the chief mourners were: – … (includes) … Mr. R. A. Pinsent …
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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948
The Training Ground: Intending recruits will probably welcome the announcement that there is every prospect of their preliminary training being carried out in the neighbourhood of Birmingham. The military authorities have inspected Sutton Park, and, although not definite decision has yet been arrived at, it is understood the Mayor of Sutton Coldfield, and his colleagues will readily give all facilities. … The Deputy Mayor gratefully acknowledges the following additional donations to the equipment fund. … … (includes) … … R. A. Pinsent – £50. …
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New Companies: Samuel Booth & Co: This company had just been registered with a capital of £50,000 in £1 shares (25,000 preference). Objects: To take over all or part of the undertaking and assets of the business of a manufacturer of and dealer in gas and electrical light and water and steam fittings carried on by J. Booth, at Birmingham and elsewhere, as Samuel Booth and Co., The signatures are J. Booth, Cheapside Works, Birmingham, gentleman, R. A. Pinsent, 6, Bennett’s Hill, Birmingham solicitor. …
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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948
The Lighting of Courts: Mr. Freeman introduced Clause 18, which he said was designed to require the owners of courts to provide lamps in those courts and light them. There were between 7,000 and 8,000 courts in Birmingham, and it was regarded as an anomaly that the Corporation should have to light them and extinguish the lights. … … Mr. Keen opposed the clause, contending that it was the duty of the Corporation under the Health Act to keep the courts properly lighted … Mr. T. H. Clare (City Treasurer) gave evidence in support of the clause. In cross-examination by Mr. Campbell, he said he knew that Mr. Pinsent, as trustee, was the holder of a considerable amount in gas and water annuities, The gas and water undertakings were quite distinct and were purchased under different Acts of Parliament … … Mr. R. A. Pinsent, solicitor, Birmingham in reply to Mr. Campbell, said he was a representative trustee in the annuities to the capital value of over L. 100,000. When the gas and water undertaking were purchased, there were definite conditions applying to each class of annuities. He did not regard it as an investment that the gas sinking fund should be used to redeem waste annuities, nor that the water sinking fund should be used to purchase gas annuities. He had a definite contract with the Corporation in regard to the annuities and his consent to the variation of the terms was not asked before the bill was promoted. In reply to the Chairman, Mr. Pinsent said, in his opinion, the investment of the sinking funds should be outside Birmingham …
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A Great Lawyer: Memorial to Mr. G. J. Johnson: Prior to the business of the annual meeting of the Birmingham Law Society, held at the Law Library, yesterday, a memorial to the late Mr. G. J. Johnson, presented by members of the society, was formally unveiled. … … The presentation was made on behalf of the subscribers by Mr. R. A. Pinsent and Mrs. Archibald S. Bennett. Offering the chain and badge, Mr. Pinsent said they presented their hearty thanks to Mrs. and Mrs. Gaskin for the great care and attention they had taken in preparing that work of art. The chain was reminiscent to some extent of the past presidents of the society, but the chief interest centred on the badge, which was inscribed in memory of Mrs. Johnson … …
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Birmingham Law Society: Memorials to the Late Mr. G. J. Johnson: Tablet Unveiled at the Library: The annual meeting of the Birmingham Law Society was held this afternoon at the Law Library, Wellington Passage: Mr. A. H. Coley (president) occupied the chair. Before the formal business of the meeting there were two interesting functions, – the unveiling of a memorial in the shape of a brass tablet – to the late Mr. G. J. Johnson, and the investing of the president with a chain of office to be known as the “the G. J. Johnson Memorial Chain.” Mr. R. A. Pinsent, who invested the president with the beautiful chain of office, said that to those who knew Mr. Johnson as “G. J.” and to those who only knew him as Mr. Johnson, no memorial was, of course, wanted. His high sense of honour, his marked ability, his fairness, and his kindness would never be forgotten, but another generation would arise to whom he could only be a name, and the wish of those present was that a future generation would be able to say he was a man of whom his contemporaries thought so highly that they commemorated his qualities in that manner …
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Birmingham Corporation Bill: Opposition to the Broad Street Trams: The second reading of the Birmingham Corporation Bill has been passed by the House of Commons, and now the measure will have to be considered by a Select Committee. No date has been fixed for the meeting of the Committee, but it is probable the members will be appointed, and the bill heard within the next few weeks. As stated the other day, eleven petitions have been presented in opposition to the bill … (includes) … Birmingham Canal Navigations, Birmingham Horse and Vehicle Owner’s Association, Norton’s Estate and William Horton, Birmingham University, and Mr. A. Pinsent … … Mr. R. A. Pinsent, in his petition, wants protection for the gas and water annuitants, and the railway companies and the canal navigations object to those tramways which pass over the railways and canals. They also object to power being given to the Corporation to run motor omnibuses on the ground that the heavy vehicles will endanger the railway and canal bridges.
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Birmingham Corporation Bill: Opposition from Numerous Quarters: Yesterday there were deposited at the Private Bill offices petitions asking to be heard against the Birmingham Corporation Bill by the Midland Railway Company, Birmingham and Midland Homeopathic Hospital and Dispensary, owners, lessees and occupiers in Broad Street, Easy Row, and Suffolk Surest, London and North-Western Railway Company, Great Western Railway Company, Birmingham District Traders and Property Association, Birmingham Canal Company, Incorporated National Union Horse and Vehicle Owners, and Horton’s Estate and William Horton. The Bill is also opposed by Birmingham University and Mr. Richard Alfred Pinsent.
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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948