The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-07-15 00:00:00

DORCHESTER.

Excuasurs.—The annual excursion of the employe's
of Mr. James F. Hannah, cabinet maker and
upholsterer of Cornhill, took place on Thursday.
The party, 17 in number, consisting of representatives
from all departments of the establishment, left Doz•
chester under the presidency .4 Mr. Holland, by the
GAO train for Southampton, and after sew mbling at
breakfast, proceeded to Netley Abbey, and Hospital,
ietarning to Southampton for dinner. After doing
full justice to the refreshing meal, some made their
ways to the docks, others pref rring a ramble in the
parks and neighbourhood. At six o'clock ell assembled
for tea, and then made their way to the Music Hell,
leaving Southampton for home by midnight train, the
day having been one .4 thorougn enjoyment in spite
of the wind and rain in the zrorninr.
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Ix-masers; are every day presenting themselves in
which our progress in science and the arts is being
subordinated to the purposes of unscrupulous
adventurers, and employed by them in aid of the
prosecution of the m at criminal designs. This is the
cam with the manufacturer' of base coin. In the
earlier days of the world's hi.tory it would have been
well nigh impossible for airy ordinary mortal to
produce !cations of the metallic currency. Now,
with the knowledge of casting and electroplating and
gilding, persons of very ordinary mental capscity
moused In manufacturing spurious coins, which,
although they may not be so perfect is to escape
detection by the practised eye, are nevertheless close
enough in their resemblance of the pure types to
deceive unwary persona. It is a known fact that
frauds to the extent of very many thousands of pounds
sterling are successfully practised in England every
year by means of this infamous traffic. Bristol
Mercury.
RUM SUPTCY MUTING& —A meeting WM to have
been bold on Tuesday, at the office of Maas. Andrews
sad Pope. of the creditors of Mr. R. T. Chemin, of
Obacesfaster, but the Court had subsequently ordered
thrLecosedings to be stopped and there was no
.—The public examinaidon of Mr. Vincent.
at Bridport, bankrupt, took place at the Shireball, on
Tuesday, before the Registrar, Mr. G. Symonds, and
the trustee, Mr. K T. Collins, of BristoL Mr. H.
Lock, jun. (Mews. H. Lock and Son, Dorchester),
appeared for the trades, and Mr. Howard, Wey-
mouth had been engaged by the bankrupt, and
:felatitle wasiamee foe an adjournmen
attend. The t tall four
btor was
examined by Mr. H.mLock at some length, relative to
a bill of sale given to Mr. R. H. Hansford, of Bide-
ford, the qttestious for the most part Tearing satis-
factory, hough the debtor had not vmuszt=
book, containing the dates, rte.,
between him and Mr. Hansford, which he was ordered
to seed to the trustee by return of post. The
adjourned meeting took place at the came of Mr. G.
Symonds, at 4:o'clock, when Mr. Howard attended, the
examination being continued with about the same
restilta—On the same day, a meeting of the
creditors of Mr. 'l'. Phillips, of Sturminster,
was held, the liabilities being about 1:240. Mr. Harry
George Creech, of Sturminstar, was appointed trustee,
:tlrcieurra. Barnes, Phillip., and Barnett (all of
Sturminater), tho committee of inspection. Tionnley,
August rrth, was th. I lay appointed f o. the public
examination of the debtor, at twelve o'clock, hut it I
was thought mobable the bankruptcy would be
annulled before that date.