The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-10-16 00:00:00

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In another column wail be- Willa o lett sr, addressed
by a writ,r wh &unmet the atew-dspinste of
" Humanatas," to a oontasuporary, an which he
forcibly aud indispatably 4114.0011 t i "ring." at
prassut ruling ths baking and butchering trades in
tIII town. I o.,ngratulate " litunitnitas " that for
SADO tuystiara..as assoon the day after his 'sitar
appeared the 41b. loaf dropped • hall-peony I I may
also odd fir hit id wination that h I. haw been the
ruling price in that oounty town for the last threw
months, although only just in locos hare.

Let we suggest to " atintanitss " that he might
fairly push the subject • little further. There is such
• thing in existeaoe, I believe, as alk Act requiring
bakers to weigh their loaves in the province ol their
customers bs fore delivery, ant further that tb• weights
they use should be snob as t / show the fractional part
—the oanco--of • lb. lam afraid that at pressat the
Poole vendors of the eta of We are sadly Innocent of
any isoqu Seance with this very seasible enactment..

'Breve words," Mr. Joeeph Cutler, of Bourne-
mouth I lie ham reoently received from Mr. 47 411116
',mitt, as clerk to the Asoessment Committee to the
Chridchurch Union, inetrucnioua to make a new
valuation of ti, whole of Ni. rateable bereditaunento
In the parish of Holdoehurst He writes and says :
"It w.ll be diflioult teak for met, satisfy all parties
but my individual endeavour will be to do so by rais-
ing many whioh are at present ho low. and putting
down thaw. th.t are much too high." Nothing can be
fairer th Nit.; au I I could only wish that the
example might ere long be followed in Poole.
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By the wey, however, way don "Joe" allow the
hat to be pined round for him just because he had •
few bathing mschiues damsged to the late gide. It is
certainly Pefru dig, on the part of such a big gun. If
tile intaade ito get Ups testimonial intifying to his
Ovate sinus. and public worth, let it be straight-
, birwerdly asserted as such; but at present the matter
among& uoicammonly of the odour of the 'vista' letter
petition preset tel by the man 'lris* 25.. hone less
cime taco untimely nal

If silence gives to anent tbe claim by the Liberals
that the I Itegistrati n *enured for them • gain of
11.3 on the terl os.in•ary lids. and 111 on the
Municip.l, it mty be taken as an unque4 oned and un-
ruseni omhle fact even on the part of Tories, for the
leaders of the du* blue isettion decline so a rd any
inforinstion whatever. Liberal., however, should not
dm a tnihn-nt relax their rfttrts it consequence. We
have a'l heard of the sleep id • Bristol men—with one
eye ipen—and it is just poleible this reticence on the
part of the opposition may but be a subterfuge aft I r
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Some of the Q ti,l-nanos are looking forward to the
neer •pprosch of changes in arrangements Imperial.
I thst I fancy they are slightly mi.t area. The man at
the helm is if st 4 thing more m iscaLsrly and politically
capable to guide the State barge through the shoak
which eturound it, and to which we should be fools t
attempt t blind ourselves, dam ever ;ccl be would
be • (w)recklese individual, although probably our
brother-in.lsw Rind 7 would not hesitate t ) attempt
the task, who wool" venture Xi take his plum at the
who-i. "Stiff)," has beau do go —but, not perhaps
as suimenfolly as he could Irish campaign,
an I even the leader of the opposition does nt prolate
any rapturous &spinal ice aft .r the sweets of office.
In fact, every m ovement on the put of politicians of
either shade point to the c inclaiion that gel, her side
&Iv for the transference of the endue. Neverthe•
lee. as usual a remotely pc...psi:tire event is to be
mode • pretext upon which the ensiling vacancies in
the 'foist) Council are to be c mtesta I. The civil mid
professional qualifications of imam for • seat at the
tsble are to be entirely left out of the scale, and the
only thing to be considered is the depth of colour
attaching to his politmel opinions. and thus once again
the curse of Poole" is to be paramount.
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Were we on the eve of • general election, there ,
might be some excuse for ohalleaging a tet of thi
strength of parties, but we may rest quietly content
that not for another two years will the opportunity
again—lf ever it ii—b 3a@ oded of picking up golden
eggs. Why then will nottue burgesses throw politics
t, the winds, and endeavour to exercise their
Mun cipal franchise In the way that, t ) ordinarr
thinking persons, would seem the only reasonable
coarse--viz., to rots for those men who ass best
cale,ulite I to look alter the iotereste of the town, as •
place capable of and requirins improvement, and n 4
as • mere political boas to be snarled over by the dogs
of the two parties?
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I bsliev,, however, that if one of the wise men of
old could revisit this sub-s diet—why should people
always tirm it sub-liinary ?--sphers. and put up for
the offic+ of Town Councillor in Poole, before he had
the slighted chance of any supoo: t, he would have t
deal ire bim+elf either • follower of Salisbury or
Gladat,ine I it seems ridicalm., but it is neveitheless
true. In Poole politics Sr. neamwary to the proper
al predation of the want; of at iwn fa the matters of
sewerage, weter, gm, sod • few other things, the
proper re /citation of which go.'; far hi make lit, worth
living. This bein.t let met site • cursory gland' at
the reepective applicants for Municipal favours from
• political as well as social point of view.
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To deal with the North-Wert Ward first. There
we hays as candid.tas on the Liberal side Merv..
it. Abiridge, T. Buckley, and O. Corns—the"
upon whom the hopes of the party re,t. Opposed to
teem will be Messrs. Conway, Wheatley, and Lawton.
Mr. Aldridge, it may be presumed, can look upon his
seat as secure, that Is if there is any gratitude in
Pools. A better Mayor it would be hard to name—
sod it would not be • misplaced compliment if he
were for the third time voted to the Chair. Moderate
in his opinion., unbiassed by any prejudices upon the
Bench, and an impartial ruler at debate. in the Council
Chamber, he is all that can be reasonably etiolated of
• public man bolding a high public position. Mr.
Buckley is • most useful member, rarely absent from
a Council meeting, and happily oue of those few who
appreciate the relative merits of speech and silenee.
Whether, hoverer, be has been wisely advised in
forsaking his old love and stepping from the South-
Beat Ward into North-West is quite another question.
I am inclined to think the Liberals have in this instance
miscalculated their strength. M. Conway will be
warmly supported, and as even his bitterest oppinents
can lay nothing to his charge. I fully expect to Pie
him returned 000 e again se 'the member for Park
stone." Mr. G. Curtis, apart from all personal oon-
stimulate, will undoubtedly receive a large measure of
support from the religious community to which he
belongs, and the followers of those temperance
principles which be so earnestly advocates. Whether
his urgent seal in the pleasure-ground scheme, or his
correspondingly economic scruple' upon the fire
brigade, will have any material weight with the
electors, time will show. With regard to the former,
I believe I am right when I say that both parties
would be only too glad if the matter were allowed to
drop. On the ether side, the gentlemen who will
Present themselves as candidates for the suffrages of
the people are Messrs. K J. Conway, F. G. Wheatley,
and IL A. Lawton- With the first-named I base
already dealt. To Mr. Wheatley the only objection
that can be raised is the ridiculous one of politics.
Mr. Lawton was • candidate at the last election, and
distinguished himself by his energetic utterances
during hie canvass. The past twelvemonths have, no
doubt, mellowed his exuberance, and what better
qualification eon there be for a memb-r of the Town
Council than that he is • medical malt it would be hard
te epees's*.
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