The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-06-13 00:00:00

" WORTHY OF HIS HIRE."

At the fortnightly meeting of the Board of Guardians on
Thursday, there were present: -The Chairman (Mr. J.
llayman), and Messrs. E. B. Elliott. F. Millns, W. &leaking.
G. Curtis, and .1. W. Luff.—The Clerk once more produced,
a cheque for IN 11.. bd., being the amount of increased
salary he considers due to himself from the time of the.
passing of the first resolution till the 25th day of March
last, and asked the Chairman if he would sign it. Mr.
Blade said he had already obtained the signatures of two
of the elected Guardians, and wished to know if the
Chairman would add his signature, as without that he
could not get the cheque cashed. —ln answer to Mr.
Curtis, the Clerk said he should apply on the 24th of June
for the next quarter's increase. —The Chairman, in the
face of the resolution passed by the majority of the
elected Guardians rescinding the increase of the Clerk's
salary, still declined to sign the cheque—The Clerk then
handed the Chairman the following letter :
" Poole Union Board Bann, Bth June, 1876.
" Dear Sir,— Referring to your refusal to sign a cheque for
the proportion due to me of the increased salary which the
Guardians have been directed by the Local Government
Board to my use, I have to call your attention to the fact that
the genera order of the 7th April, 1857, requires that all
orders for payment be signed by the presiding chairman and
two other guardians, and that consequently so long as you
persist in your refusal to sign the cheque it is impossible for
um to obtain payment of that which is due to Inc.
Ills hardly necesaary for me to say that if I am oompelled
to take legal proceedings, I shall dose with regret.
. . . .

" I now beg to tender for your signature a cheque for
lid. (the amount due to me in respect of the increase
up to the Zth of March Last), which has been signed by two
guardians, and menthol that if the cheque be not signed by
you I shall, without further intimation, take r•M proceedings
as I may be advised for enforcing payment of my salary.
" I am, dear Mr, yours truly,
" J. Swam, Clerk.
" Mr. Joe. Hayman, Chairman of the Board of Guardians of
the Poole Union_

Mr. Curtis objected to the money being paid, on the
ground that Mr. Slade was amply well *d for the office
he held, and if they wanted another clerk he considered
they could get one at a much lower price.—The Chairman
regretted that he was pliked in such a novel position, and
said be had simply foUowing the dictates of the majority
of the elected Guardians in what he had done, and he
should continue to act as he had. Would the Clerk
allow the matter to stand over till the next Board meet-
ing, as there was such a small attendance, and give
notice to the whole of the members that the question was
to be brought forward then I—Mr. Slade declined to
pledge himself to this.—The Chairman said he must still
refuse to sign the cheque, and Mr. Curtis remarked that
the elected Guardians would stand by the Chairman.

WILLIAM GOVLD AND SIR ROGICR TICHBORN/L.—To Ike
Editor of the " Englishritan."—William Gould wishes
these few lines to be insertied in the Enotifhpisan about
Sir Roger Tichborne. For the three months that he was
staying at Upton Howe, October, November, December,
in the year ISA I was with him day and night. Sir
Roger Tichborne and myself have been fishing in the boat
together. Both of us have st mil up in a boat's stern,
three feet wide, pulling the net over the stern of the boat;
and I have seen Roper Tichborne pulling his shirt-sleeves
above his elbows times out ot number ; and I have seen
his naked arms scores of times, and will swear before ley
God and Maker that Roger Tichborne MEYER was tattooed.
I have seen in the newspapers that Lady Dormer swore
that she saw Gould lowing Roger Tichborne about in a
boat at Upton, in the year ISM, but I will aware that I
never spoke to Roger Tichborne before 1562, and I know
Roger Tichborne es well as any man in England, for I was
with him most of the time he was staying at Upton, the
three months : and the man that is suffering in Milbank
Prison is no other man than Sir Roger Tichborne. —Yours,
William Gould, Fisherman.—Lagland-Street, Poole,
Dorset.—P.S.—l will go before all the magistrates in the
world and swear that Roger Tichborne was not tattooed
an the year 1552.