The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-03-28 00:00:00

WARINAX.

Two SlRMorin in bob dl of the Wesleyan Home
Mis-i in were preached by Mr. George Crocker (of
Dorchester) in the Wesleyan Chapel on Sunday last.
A His belonging to Mr. Marsh has rec•ntly laid a
very remarkable egg which W&.l found to weigh nearly
soss., and whet is 4111 more remarkable, another egg
of about the usual size wag found in a perfect state in-
side the larger one.
TIOPERINTENDUIT RBOISTR&R'S DISTRICT. - Toe
official London Onzette of Fri lay last, 17th 1E14.,
contains a notification that "The Mission Church,"
situate in High-street, Swanate. within the above
district, has been duly registered far the solemnisation
therein of marriages.
TRII Wareham District Highway Board held a
meeting on the 214 mat, when the following were pre.
sent:-.M.r. G. H. Bond (in le chair), Mears.
Yeareley, Lucas, Bet., Bye, Young, Lawrence,
Budden, Rand Meikle, and Besent. The finance
ORRIMit.I4III ordered various cheques to be drawn,
amongst which was one in fay..ur of the surveyor for
£5O to meet current expenses. Other unimportant
business wee transacted, and the next meeting ordered
to be held on Tuesday the 11th April, at 3 o'clock in
the afternoon.

AT the numerously attended meeting of the Ware-
ham Highway Board, hell on Tuesday, March 21st,
there Wan an animated discussion upon the lojustice
of the preempt Highway System, one waYwardeu,
Mr. Young, adducing figures to show that theexpendi.
tu e, Is the parish of Bloxworth bad increased from
£l9 under the old system to 260. The unfairnee of
the bur itsn of the maintenance of the main road.
being almost exclusively laid upon the agricultural
ci.mmanity already wolf bed d iwn by local taxation,
was most strongly commented on. The following
res iluti.in prip wed by Mr. J. J. B ttes, and sesonded
by Mr. Ulterl,s Beeent, wais carried unanimously :
That the clerk b • directed to write to the clerk, of
all the Highway Bard. in the county, inviting joint
action in protecting against the injustice of the present
Highway eystem.
COUWIT PRIVY Bilestosta. Tneeday.—Bef ore Miles
Bo lett and J. W. l'. Frier, E.qrs.—bir. Charles
Well Blundell, of Lulworth Castle, was .ummone I for
keeping 13 dogs without the necessary liceoces.—P.C.
It.ibert proved that on the 9th March defendant had
takes out no bunions for the dogs in question.—Fined
£4 17s. 61 and cods, 13s. 6d ---.George F. Woodrow,
William Whittle, Thomas Idioms. and rirg„thir
keepers, in the employ of Mr. Weld Blundell, of teal'
Worth, were summoned for similar offences.—P.O.
Hart proved the cases against the various detendanta,
who were fined at follows ;--Woodrow, ggits. saa
costs, lge. 6.1. ; Whittle, is 6d. and costs, 131. 61. ;
Lucas, 7. 63. and wets, 13.. 63.; and B 'wen, is. i.
and cost., 13.. Gt.—Charles Brown, of Wool, was fined
30s. and costs Is., for allowing four cows, one heifer, and
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Neville, o Wool, was Comm 'nod by P.C. George
Hann for keeping a dog on the 9th of March, without
having a license, granted ander the Act in that behalf
authoriai• g him .0 to do.—Fined El Is., including
umta.—Lucy Warren, of Moreton, applied f r an
order, for the support of her child, to be made on
Frank Trivia, of Wimborne.—Mr. Bowen appeared
on behalf of defendant, and applied for an adj•iortri
went, on the grounds that the service of the summons
was not good.—The Bench granted • week's adjourn.
meat, and the costs of such adjournment to be costs in
the action.