The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-12-16 00:00:00

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FATAL Anoint fir. —On Friday an inquest was
held at the Woodnasm Tavern, Blume Valley, on the
body of • navvy named George Martin who was
killed the previous day on the new line an course of
construction joining the 13ournerauuth But and West
station.. It appeared that thu deceased, while
engaged in "breaking "the wheel of one of the loaded
trolleys, which was running down an incline, slipped,
and before he could get off the metals the trolley ran
over him, causing instantaneous death. The jury
returned a verdict of " Accidental death " Deceased
wa, a married man, but leaves no family.
Tint GUARDIANS tjAgarioN.--013 Thursday the
question as to whether Mr. W. H. Dibben and Mr
T. L). B. Rawlins are entitled to 'it as guardiane of
the Wimborue and Cranborne Union—it being
alleged that they are in receipt of salarie. for
parochial work as clerks to certain public boards
cone on for hearing before Justices dattliews and
Day. in the Court of Queen's Bench. Thu case was
decided in favour of lessrs. Diblion avid Rawlins,
and the plaintiffs, Messrs. 14. P. flop tins and
J Burgess. were ordered to pay eat cit, of the
Action.

PKrrT SgsstoNs.—Friday, before the Hey. Carr
Glyn, L,rd Eustace Cecil, Captain Clarke- Kennedy,
and Mr. C. E. Parke. —An old offender, named
Sydney Cosh, waY summoned for poaching on the
20th October. He did not appear, and the oily..
donee agairuit him was that of • keeper, Who iiitW
him in tho noighhoirhood of mini.. wirer., but he did
not go near therm—The case WM therefore dimaissed.
—Job and Joyeph Humsey pleaded guilty to poach-
at Wallis Down. and were lined lrrY. each
Yilliain StevenY was charged with dealing a !purse
containing 11.. 64. the property of a lad 1/14111,4 John
Sutton, at Poole Junction. On the prvyirruy Saturday
the complainant, after purcharring a ticket, dropped
hiy purse, and the primner was seen to pick it up.
Complainant offered the greedy man half-a-crown for
it, which he refuYed, and he was then given into CHS-
tody —He pleaded guilty, and was yentenersl to two
months' hard labour.—Two or three Yelcsrl attend•
ance cams constituted the rent of the hnnitieni.

HIGHWAY Iloaah.—A meeting of this Board was
held on Friday, Br. H. C. Burt presiding The
treasurer re orted that since the last meeting
£944 194. Ild, had been paid in and 54113 4. fl.
expended, leaving a balance in hand of 0307 141 al.
A letter was read from Mr. Phillips, traction engine
proprietor, stating that he was going to use his
traction engine to draw 500,000 bricks from Gingham
to Bournemouth, and that as he would have to pass
over three or four miles of road in the Board's district,
he offered compensation for damage to the roads. It
WM decided that the clerk should write to Mr.
Phillips stating that the Board would accept Is. 31.
per load. Mr. G. Wilson called attention to the pro-
posed new railway from Wimboi no to Christchurch,
and said that if any objection was to be made to the
scheme by which the proposed line would cross tho
Poole-road and the Aveaue-r.ixl now was the time to
make it. Ile thought the Loudon and South.
Western line might be ut lice) for a greater distance,
and much inconvenience saved. Ho had hoard that
the proposed imprgrements in Christchurch harbour
would co.it nearly half a million of in met. several
members appeared to concur with •Ir. Wilson, but DO
proposition came before the meeting.