By Isle of Wight Observer
This article from the Isle of Wight Observer published on 8th June, 1918 seemed of interest, both for the detailed statistics and in view of the combined mayoral authority proposals out at present.
I.W. COUNTY COUNCIL
The June Quarterly meeting of the I.W. County Council was held at Newport to-day Wednesday.
The Chief Constable reported that the criminal statistics for the quarter ended 31st March, 1918, are as follows, the figures in brackets being for the corresponding quarter of the previous year:—30 (20) indictable offences committed; 24 persons were proceeded against, 21 being apprehended and 3 summoned; 19 were tried summarily, 14 being convicted, 3 bound over under the Probation of Offenders’ Act and 2 discharged; of the remaining 5 persons, 4 were committed for trial and 1 discharged. Eleven of the above were juvenile offenders, 9 being convicted, 3 dealt with under the Probation of Offenders Act, and two discharged.
For non-indictable offences 13 persons were apprehended, and 91 summoned making 74 (86) persons proceeded against; of these 68 were convicted, 4 discharged and 2 handed over to the Military Authorities. For drunkenness 8 (11) persons were proceeded against all having being convicted.
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With regard to the protest made by the County Council against the Island being included with Hampshire in the District Wages Committee, the General Purposes Committee reported as follows:—The resolution passed by the County Council at their last meeting was forwarded to the Board of Agriculture and to the Agriculture Wages Board, as well as to Captain Douglas Hall, M.P., Sir Godfrey Baring, Bart., M.P., and Sir Charles Seely, Bart., M.P.
We regret to say that, in spite of all the representations which have been made, the Agricultural Wages Board decline to modify their decision that one District Wages Committee should be established for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The Committee has now been constituted, and we understand that several meetings have been held.
We have written again to the Agricultural Wages Board stating that in view of the general dissatisfaction in the Island with respect to this matter, we must renew our emphatic protest against the inclusion of the Isle of Wight with Hampshire for this purpose.