The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-10-09 00:00:00

POOLE.

LIDERAITSR.—The monthly meeting of the Liberal
Association was held at the Temperance-hall on
Tuesday evening, when the forthcoming Municipal '
election was aistlISST.l. The Mayor (Councillor A.
Ralston) was in the chair. ae.l the other speakers were
Alderman .1. C 11111 l \V. N. Western
E. I'. Philpots, and Mr. Curtis, and Mr. S. I.
Baker.
C.,NSERTATISIII. —The ( 'onservative Association held
its monthly meeting at the Antelope Hotel Assembly
Room on Tuesday evening, Councillor J. Stone in
the chair. Mr. Eyre-Lloyd. of the Middle Temple
Landon, Sees present, and delivered a lecture osi"I he
Policy of the Present Government." The attendance
was riot lame.
Tee HEATH OF Mn, I lASIIV SEITIOUIL —AT a meeting of
Vs London School Board, on wmttesday. the I 'hcirman
said he regretted having to announce the death of Mr.
Hanby Seyniner, who was present at the last meeting of
the Rani before the recess and who tank a great interest
In die cause .4 popular education. He teoVINI resolutions
expressing the regret of the It aril at the loss of Mr.
Seymour, and its sympathy with the family of that
deceased gentleman. The Rev. J. Rodgers seconded the
propositions, and they were agreed to.
Iltrrifw Foartas Mtssiomter H.(IE-Tr.—Sermons
were preached in aid of this Society at the Tlaptint
Chapel on Sunday, in the morning by the Rev. J. H.
Osborne, pastor. of the church, and in the evening by
the Rev. C. Bailhoche, one of the seeretnries if the
society. The annnal meeting wan held the following
evening in the same building, Alderman
i M. Kemp.
Welch n the chair. After 11 hymn had been sung and
prayer offered, Mr. J. P. Godwin. Secretary of the
local auxiliary, read his report, which showed that
during the pa.st year he bad forwarded to the parent
society the NUM of £l9 Os. Rd.. the proceeds of col.
lections, subscriptions, ke., and £l9 9s. Pd. hail also
been sulsscribed hy the Sunday •-ichool children for the
support of native preachers. The Chairman arid the
Deputation delivered achlreenes, and the Rev. J. H.
Osborne proposed a vote of thanks to those gentlemen
for their attendance and speeches. Collections were
made at the services and meeting.
QUAY TRUSTEES MRETING, Friday.—Present: The
Mayor (Conneillor A. Solston), Aldermen M. Kemp.
Welch and .1. Berkley, Councillors IV. 11. Dig-tale, . .1.
Stone, W. Ballard, It. Fortner, H. R. Dug 1111 l re, E. J.
Conway, and T. Berkley.- The Mayor read a letter that
he hat received from the isetal Relief C 1111 l suttee at
Southampton, in whirl, the Poole Town Council we.
inVited to join in urging upon the Government the
necessity of making a grant in ai.l of the Indian Famine.
Messrs. Stone, lltiamore, and Welch opts'ose4l any ouch
mod, of pp:value, as they thought the Government,
with the information it necessarily PoSsOtiseall, woo best
able to deal with the subjeet—The Harbourmaster (Mr.
3. Cricidu reported a balance in the treasurer's hen& of
£544 90. 241., hut this included a loan. - Mr. Stone proposed
that two mooring posts be planed in the Backwater near
Mr. Slaile's wharf, hut Mr. Dolph& objected to the
Trustees expending money on other people's property, and
the Mayor remarked that if they dot it in this case there
would be several other application:. The proposition was
not secrindecl—Mr. J. J. Norton, timber merchant, wrote
compl iining that rine of his vessels, the "Charlotte
Marie," could not get a proper berth alongdde the Quay,
and was considerably delayed in discharging her car:to in
c msequence. Mr. Norton thought undue preference was
given to steamers, one of the two berths reserved for
which ought to be given up to merchant vessels —The
Harhourniaster said one of the steamers was continually
running, summer and winter. and she must have a berth.
M —The ayor said it appeared the shipping had become so
numerous that the (Lily would not afford ample
accommodation for the vessels, and Mr. Dugmore thought
it would, in course of time, he necessary, to increase the
number of private wharves—There wan !mother business.
PETTY SIESSIONS, Thursday.—Before Mr. C. .1, Stone
Alderman M. Kemp-Welch, Mr. W. D. Dugdale, Mr. II:
D. Ellis, and Mr. J. B. Dwell.