The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-11-18 00:00:00

ELECTIoN Or MA % OR.

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Hounagu. prolonged Mr. .1. T. Stephan".
with otany •no.oragtog remarks. Mr. fit•Ph^rit father
and uncle bad .pout their by...lathe town, and identified
themselves with the work and interest of the borough.
The work of the C uncil Inc:trued, and no • conarquence
goiat-r resnonsitiili to. devolved upon his Worship.
Although they did DOI give thetr Mayor • stipend
they gees him unlimited support and canfiderme, and Mr.
Stephen., he foil eiriti be a lii and proper per.on to
the p altion of Mayer% Clialrelau Ot the Local
Board, end(niof Merirrata
Mr.g Cox •eony.4. A an I testified to his personal know.
Wee of Mr. Saph .n.' efficiency for the onion.
The proposal sae pO4 10th. meeting and carried without
optreitims„
Tit- Melton returned thanks for lb. 'meteor. He felt
his office sold prove • hari one, hot be would doltish... 4
with the fair start given him. Re onseideretl it the duty
of • M.yor to hoar all and say but little. Referring to the
drainage of the town he ea. one it thou e who earnestly
wished it to he divvied out The rotes were very high at
lamest, hat he could not think there was as yet • chance
of hovering them. Before the drain•ge. was COM'
moored man• people said that inhabits.. ta • mitt leave the
town rather than be so hirbly rated. But it did not look
not that so. thecae.. &tom the row menosment of the
work • quantity of houses were to let. and now there wee
nor • house to he got for love on mosey. Fie was stoma',
in favour of c .rrying the drains.' to the son and thank.
were due to Mr. Rowell for the tutored ha had taken in
the matt... All work poodble shoull he cirrird out by
contract, ea(' if they bad had no efficient contractor
everything would have been In working iird... A. to the
West-street improvement. the stork, when completed,
would 1... tr.nrilit to the tun. Theatre. of the Town•ltall
rentein. • discreet; and he trusted they would soon be in
• peqion to spend • large amount upon ite restoraUon.
Mr. C. TOM= nee to proyreas • vote of thanks to the
ex• Mayor, no whom no en-yawns amount of duty had
devolved d uing his year of offfon
Mr. Nowittd. wooded.
Mr. Soututtos, the eg Mayor. wished to bow testimony
la the corm .1 .upport of thir Town Clerk, who be had
(and blear ...sly to give him advice willingly and with
rourtmy. M.j.tr Tull net, as they knew, had been
thoroughly ...tilled with hie inspection of the drainage
work.. The We...street improvement he bowed would
taro out a ',neat to the town and n Ighbourhood. The
Town Mall had not bout lost sight of, hut the wangler
bad not hoes Gni tithle for any itupertant steps to he taken.
The Clerk read a letter from the C lucational
emelt which c4tup'ained of the fact thet the Bench hod
dl mimed came which came under the Lot where remote.
lion shauLt hays followed. The D.peri went appeared to
cm., or this precedent • dangerous one, tending to
render defaulters regardless of their liability in failing to
mud their children to school.. required by the Govern-
ment.