The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-07-09 00:00:00

THE HISTORY OF A RAILWAY.
By LOOM H. Rom:.

A tale of unparalleled disaster and mama
How " Four " became "Fourteen.'
"Mr. Louis H. Ruegg, proprietor and editor of our
old and respected contemporary, the SA‘rdorme
has just published 'The History of a Railway, which
reads more like a clever piece of fiction than a calm
and dispassionate statement of facts. Facts, however,
are sometimes more strange than fiction, and in his
narrative of the events which preceded, and the
difficulties which attended the making of the Salisbury
and Yeovil line, the author has brought together in •
small compass, a mass of information of very gnat
Interest to every shareholder in an undertaking
presenting a most striking example of thea of
peneverance and tenacity of purpose We doubt, am
tin writer says. if there can be found in the whole
annals of railway' any project that was, for a long
course of years, put to such severe and varying trials
as the Salisbury and Yeovil schema"— Willi County
Mirror.

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" The Editor in this History Rives a very interesting
account of the vicissitudes which attended on the
work of bringing he linen( railway along the direct rents
to Exeter through the time-honoured way of Nherborne.
The narrative is compressed, vigorous, and clear."—
Wesfera

"Mr. Ruegg has executed his task with judgment
and ability, and has produced a very interesting and
readable book.''— siis6urp Jeanie..
"In the multitudinous lines of railway that now
thread the map of England, it may be doubted if that.
be one—save the first—that has • more interesting
history than that known as the ' Salisbury and YeoviL
It is the history of his line which is given in this
handsomely got up volume, and it may also be doubted
U any one of them has had its history so well told as
this haa been.."—Titerioa

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" The Battle of the Queues, brought about by the
opposition of the Great Western, is carefully described,
and brings back to the mind of those old enough to
recollect the proceedings • state of affairs luirdly to be
realised by the new generation."—Polaiaa's Weekly
News.

--;'--tach is a brief sketch of the history of the most
ens .eastal railway undertaking in England."—Sportiag
GazaU.

Sent post free for ss. from Joairmal office, Sherborne,
Dorset.

POOLS.

Tun Votturriam Illseasernerr.—There will be a 'Mend
display of bunting on the °cession of the visit of the
Dorset Battalion of Volunteers to the borough, la the
order by the Town Cosine, prohibiting the stretching of
Bars across the streets will be suspended pro ten. Loot.
Colonel Steward, the gallant commander of the battalioii.
who was accompanied by Denten Ramer the adjutant,
inspected the site of the camp at Parkstons on Wednes-
day afternoon. and we understand that he expressed him-
self very pleased with it. The colonel bald an Inspection
of the Poole and Witnborne Corps at Broadstone the same
evening. The Poole men mustered at headquarters at
half past eve o'clock to the number of about 40, under the
command of Captain Stone, Lieutenant Budge being also
present, and proceeded by the 0 91 train to Poole Junction,
where they were met by the Wm borne carps. The latter
company mustered about 00 strong, under the command
of Lieutenant T. D. B. Rawlins and Second-Lout. Cecil
Rawlins was also present re. companies were put
through the manual tad platoon exercises and light
Infantry drill, sad the colonel expressed himself well
satiA4d with the muster, and the manner In which the
drill bed been don. The corps marched bock to their
heitdquarters.

CoPPVLSORT EDT:carton —The B rough School Attend-
' awe Committee met /1 the Guildhall on FrkLar, and the
members present were Alderman F. Styring itn the chair),
I Alderman J. Beckley, and Councillors G. Curtis, W. D.
Dugdath W. Penney, and H. R. Durro.tra —The School
htmadaaro 0160. Presented the following meisfactory
report ,—"Geriusteen, -Booing made the usual monthly
welts to the Tarim* public and private atheneum .
=
I beg to state that I Ind the number 4 scholars reds
on the books of the former to be 1,782. with an overarm
attendance of 1,336. On the register of the Free School in
Leerier:l-street I find 61, with rin averane attendance of
fit—The private adventure schools register shows their
number, to be el, with an average attendance M 374.
, There are also 111 children attending private adventure
infant schools, melee( a total of 1,435 attending schools
, in which the fees charged are lees than ed. per week
within the Borough of Poole—ln reviewing the work of
the committee for the past yam, your Alcor has visited
1,403 houare foe mans purpeess within the districts of
St. James, Hasewortity, LoogSc.t, and Parkstone. There
have been 125 oot.on served on parents to *ace their
children nod.r secleat instrartion.—By order of your
committee 1.116 notion of Irregular attendants, cautioning
the parents of the children reported from the various
schools to send them more regularly in future, have been
embed sines October, 1817. 75 names have attended
before your committee and etplained the cause of their
, children. bad attendance, and have been mutioned prior
to being surnamed before Use borough magistrate. It is
sljo sstisfactory to !lad that this has generally
proved sufficient to secure the attendance of the
children—Bye laws were pees by your committee in
December last, but in nine oase.s oat, has it been found
necessary to obtain coevictions Wore the magistratea.
312 visit, have been made to the various schools within
the b wough, and the mammary children's books, standard
certifiretea, registers for local authority, and requisitions
for reread copies M 'aeries of birth., have been sord
them. Of the latheanied forma lamed to children
admitted to the public schools by their teachers since
Jtheary, ILGB, out of 163 tamed there have been returned
filled out by the Rag/4mm only 11/, thus showing the
difficulty of obtaining the birth certificate—lt is,
therefore, for you decide whether under the supplementary
regulations of the Educatioa Department, dated the Sod
August, 1677. you will accept as sulkiest *Moen*, of age
a formal declaration made by the parent or guardian or
th• child, or some other person b•vi ksowiedge of the
fact, and signed in the presence of • in
_or manager
or bead macho, M • public elementary school, or say
racer appointed by the local aathaity for that
Ralle, the registrar, kar sent 441 entries of b=s
ordered, which, if matinee& In three or font years' time
your committee will be able through their offears to fill
up the first page of the child's book without further
referenos.—The result of the work at your committee for
the pest year is that there he, bee, an increme of Sr
children in the public schools, with an increase of 161 in
&remit attoodanaad In Mimeo schools an increase of
36 on misters, wi an increased avenge attendance of
36; the Increase in private venture Infant schools ,
thee showing • total thaws,. of 301 scholars in the Ism
Or., gentleman, your obedient servant, Joan
Nowlin. me.
Pim 3thsiotes,_ Thuraday.—Befor• Moore W. D.
DuZiaand J. B. Damn.
.acnigvoirs Lane —Jager Near. Janet Palley, and
tome lads wen suinmosed for breaking
hoes rahue la, sad damaging the feaciag at the
old Boning Grated to the mune of 7s. 6d. Suede,
night —Dtlesdaampleaded gualty.—ffr. G. km
clerk to the Burial Board, said a great deal of &ream ham dose, nzteen raillass having been broken off. and
three or four recently. Defendants had promised sot to
repeat the offence and the Board did not wish tomer the
charge. —The Beath ordered defesdante to pay the dm.,
and costs, amounting to Ha mat.
RIUteIIIMID CLIC --slakes Tsetse was charged on
nuatauA with wilfully bf wilting three Mem of gime. value
Ile, at the dwitiling.honee of Sarah Phippard, eha
to *Jim the petwouotris on Sender The
'• hod Dot been medically wallow& No urdwrfut by
• • -eat, hied tho ?mot woo apfs oftiotahwr
the magleffe.
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