The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-05-09 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL.

WEDNLIDat
Preneet—the Mayor (R. Aldridge. Eft), Aldermee
kyles Hamilton. Norton and Buck Jay Couemilors
Balaton, Oaths Buckley, Budge, Gifford,
Dugdsle, WealdM. Wainthan. Hill, end 'rescreen.
FINANCZL—The report of the Finance Committee
estimat-d the probable exoenditore 4 r the next gamier
was £1,714 15s 61, Including Ail L. lid., the d-liciency
in the estimate under lb* Public Hoeft b Act. The
reeipte Ira= corporation rents, he., were est <Wan ea
LOO Se.. reducing the amount requiring to be raised by
ram to £1,116 9s, 64. The report was adopted —Kr.
OVILTII remarked that they were about SU better off
than usual this quarter.
ELICTION 11.RALITY13 POOLZ. CURTIS ProONN4
the following resolution :—" Tem this Comsat views with
interest the Corrupt Practices 11,4 introduced into the
House of Commoos. and expresses • hops that the Gomm
mint will um Its beet endeavours to peas the mess in ita
entirety, to speedily as p ue.ible, and that • copy of this
✓m
duties be sent to the Prime Kini.ter.—Ali..rmao
Noarox had much plemure in see 'Wing the proposition.
lie was sorre to ear the bill was very much noodo• ICI
Pook.—Kr. Osixtoo. in the absence of Hr. &brother.
said be Mould like to support the ProPosiiim. Mr.
Schreiber intended coming down to bilk to them *bout
the bill, but when he muteroplated the amount of corrupt-
ion in Poole, be felt indl.posed, and went back to the
House of Commons and delivered himself them, and he or
someone elm lent does tils speech in ultimo to the local
papers. (Laughter.) He wee glad to see Kr. Schreiber
was with Mem and advocated not only the passing of the
bill, but its extension to municipal elections. Them, he
thought, he was quite right, for in the municipal elections
ham there was just as much bribery and corruption as at
the amoral elections (Hear, beer.) Ile only with all
who bribed et the last election had their deserts.—Alder-
men NORTON Haar, bear; on both eidee.—Mr. BAISTO,
said be did not refer to one side more than the other. Let
Um men who bribed take his punishmeit. There eerie
few places in Ingland so —for it wean. awful cure
--ramie was for bribery and corruption. It was • moral
corruption. worse than the corruption of our culls. It
stank all over the country, end even Hr. Schreiber had
exposed it in the House of Commons Kr Schreiber in
his speech mentioned that be scent £4.50 in prinunt at
the last general election, and LIM in pmts.—Alderman
NORTON wee understood to say that the amount returned
wader this heeding was £3Bo—Mr. &LISTON said that.
sovietising Ns Schreiber spent kW or £.560, it might ocle
he • twentieth putt; be might hare spent Llll,OOO.
g=r.)—Mr. DUODALII : He seetr, no doubt—H'.
mid be had no doubt et eh kir. Schreiber mid
an *Dormans sum, and he thought Kr. Waring Mint
quite im mach. Hi believed they were both MusD, &lII'
Two sort of thing had been the curse of the place. lind
every tassel mart ought to endeavour to get mid of it. tie
had very much pleasure is supporting the resolution.— It
BODO' mid there wee only one remark in Mr. (Miens, •
speech he wished to protest against, and that was his
insinuation that Kr. soltrelber, when he went to SAM.'
mouth, wee not really in bed been& Kr. Dame could
beer bins out In saying that be wee very isrioualr indis"
mooed. He (Kr. Budge) admitted that to come smarted
Um Liberals of Poole was enough to make hint Ul indeed.
He was of It would be an impossibility to pie ,th•
Bill in its present form for they sew men like Kr. Moo"
Protesting that If it was pared, for the future they would
get no men of honour to stand as candidates, (On r) On
the other side they saw men like Sir Stellord Nortbcda
reedy to bring forward emenduiente Looking. Owl,. " ...I'
at these feats be thought it wee perfeetiv imPossim• ""'
bill should be passed In Its entirety, though, od_omr,..
there were good many section. which would. is ".• ""
Altitimell be quite agreed that the btu wits to
great extent needed, he could not edvomis it. being
carried out in Its entirety, he protested Man"
Political matters like this brought before the Caused-
-Kr. Calms said he did not upset this se • nolltisal
ibe matter at ell, sad had me Met to make it
,s_
tholibt they out not to wages the thee of the
OoslnCal on the meointion.—ri• propseiline was then Pot
and carried, tea members voting in favour of it mod no"
• &mind. Thom voting for it were Me Mayor, Aldermen
BLlg4Hamiltots, and Nortoc end Connallore
Curt* Gifford, and Waterman. Coup-
, irs ISIMIORGTO, Budge, Citadels. Hill, Kaska. end
Troutman did not vote.
balmy reply to Sir. Bows. the Tow%
Clam fisted he had written to the London gad South'
Weal-rhßalleny Company with refereers to an early
serviee of trains between Poole sad Boaresninutti and bed
received • reply stating tut %on hod tried thi ix
meet at Caristchurck and that, sell had bees nesuccem
I Mi. they did not humid erring it frost itoothWelem
would mussels that the heat thing that Meld be dam
would be to gee the wklag mem, who weeld elitber
bolo& to via • roomoodal sothe mososs.'4lllB POW
Ike was pgs4 of,

80A10 OF GUARDIAN-8:

n. uI rursadabtly meothas woo hold Thursday.
Prooost—Wr. W. D. Doddsle (chairman), Mr. Patioroos
Lin.sios•ttiresaad, Mr. Ndhsa-Irryor, Mr. Ourtte, Mr. L
Mr. %Wm, Mr. idsadus, Mr. Itsrotosi„ Mr.
Dodloorla. Wr, Lwow, Mr. Ortnaphsr, Mr. Austen, Mr.
Goads. Kr. Kim Mr. Abbott, and Mr. Itallaa

TIE CLZIIIIIM TO THE 110•111).

A lamer wimp roosi.ed from lin -S-led- • sok. nowledtz
thi• vos. of oandolince pseud on Übe death ol her
1,1)64

Mr. Cairns drew attention to the office of Superin•
suadect Registrar of Baths and Death. now vacant, and
reminded to. Baird that if • pemariv quelified suee6n-
tendons not tortbcomine within 14 days of the office
hemming motet tbe right of appointment would lapse to
Oh. Rmistrar-Omirral. The 14 daya bad weed, met he
thought they ouaht to take atop. to fill op tbe aloe.
With rmard to Um Clerkship to toe Board, it would be in
the radlootioa of some mailmen present that when
Mr. 816 do took office the clerk's salary stood at ANL
Some few yeses alter an application was made for an
increase, and it was raised to MOO. Ageln, • few years
after that, another application wee made, and it was raised
to £ll6. A great deal of feeling wee created in the
matter, not against Mr. Blade peremally, for he did his
work naamamunly well, and was most courteous to evsry.
body. But there was • filing that toey were airing a
highs,. salsa then M other unions. Ha snored that they
advertise fur a clerk to the Botrd at sentry agm if.
thought It wise very handsome salary simply for the
clerkship to the Rosa and they must rememter Mere
yes the sammtmeat and sanitary ON Itab,pe, the prepara-
tion of lists, and • variety .4 nth., thi.,ss that would
rusks it come well on to £413. He Mimed it • vtry
p tatty Aloe
Yr Deu.en thought MD too, and Mon, that they would
lad plenty of lawyers who woul i do all the wok for
.ClOO. _

'—.l-12.c'td1 to Kr. Coins. the CHAIRMAN Paid they could
not coe.vidate sU the Atom

Mr. Baur.. no x•el sum should be men-
tioned.
The VICI•CHAIIIIIIIR moreda. an •vienlenent that the
salary he the sumo a. now. £136. He believe I they were
all of the opinion that a leerier should be selected for
Lb. ado-, and, looking at the great am, ant of time it
requited, and 'be great rupineibility attache., to it, and
the lervi sums of money th.t wood pass through his
hands, he •IN of opinion £ll6 was very poor psl, ind•ed.
He himself was just., anxicio, for economy a. any one at
that tattle, but be believed they must not sacrifice slid-hey
to economy. He thought in this case it woo'd lei a great
mistake to cut down the salary 44 was proposed. When
be wanted week dons be did not cut down his price to the
lowest possible item, but he paid • man failly well, sod
got It fairly well done in return.
Kr. AVITSX seconded the amendment. They wanted
• thilyn mafied men forth. office.
The Vten-CUatuntanndded that, look ne at the increased
expense of living is the.. day., the .C 126 was not ye ..17
mons in peoportto• Ikea the original 'at err.
Kr. CCILTIS wished to disabage the mind of the vi e.
chairman of any idea Lb .t they were g .ing to get any
law work nut of their clerk without extra payment.
The TiCa-Cliallo“.t rejoined be did not Massimo they
would, bat whet be argued was that having • legal clerk
they would be the more likely kept front proceedings that
would inve've Ulm in law expeettea.
. .

"117 %limy Ought not to export any law
bilis II th y eieotad a lawyer.
Kr. cLARKg loctlo. clerk) said their law expenses for
the last 20 'leers had not boon PO.
M. CURTIS wanted to .w why P.ols should givs
mor. th ant other onion in the humidor.?
Thn VICR-CHAIRSIAR denied that they did.
Yr. coins 'lsla he would Irmo figures nest time to
show 1.. . . .

.C.irtie's motion was then put, and carried by nine
to two: the amandownt wee not pot.
M• CURTIS propos d and MAISTON "scowled that
Mr. Brooto, klill he apoiiotsd Suomi.. adept kaei.trar ;
bit it we. dewded .ci edjourn the 1101,0,11telleet until tie
whole matter came before the Bd.

KIL ON ABBAS.
DUILIMO this week opesial pleating* have been h-ld
In the Westayaa Chapel here by Mswirs. Xi g. Butt,
Lovell, Moog su, fiarnAt, set others, on th.• Jubilee of
the I..rmati n ot t e 1) Tchester Wesleyau Cisoult, of
which this forms a port.