The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-08-11 00:00:00

POOLE.

QUARTERLY ;MEETING OF THE TOWN
voURVIL.

The quarterly meeting 14 the Town Council was
held on NVedneeday Net. when than were proaent the
Mayor (Mr. W. Met.', .tldermen Hamilton, tyke,
Norton, and Buckbi end Councillor,. Aldridge,
Italeton. velem. Ihttrilale, Bann., Wanhill, and
On the reading .1 the finance report Alderman
Noirrog objected to an itoin CS lii.. 10.1. for cement
odd to the Ginned iiv Mr. I lln.h. He wanted to
know how it w,. NI r. Ithuichartre WWI 1114 not
atmear in the trateuwtton did not will than
the cement. for I}l. WAlll.nly a clerk in Mr. Illistnrharir.
employ. If it wore pethil for a Councillor to euPPIY
good. to the he thought in thie ca.,. they were
...tiling very ch.. to the wind. He aektel for att
.tlr. HelipAha : Who i,, ii. o,,rd it!
Mr. Nowros I coml.' n. 4 supply thither to the
Council, and wily eleadil Mr. Blanchard he allowed to
aupply through hi. managing rlork
Mr. 8.11,411 V t (.ought th,. NMI a qg •*ti,.n which
hail aliment An long a. the Corp troth." had been in
eximtonoo.

Mr. Nownix : If I wilt aitt op.oda in tin. nalia•
my unknowing cli•ea and Wit, my own, I lioulil my
110..11 hear iif it.

--Nir:WKA-ftl.l-I.N asked the tinrveyor who he bought
it frwa,_and the Surveyor moiled front Mr. Mph.
N Mr. ONTON said that wow nothing but tampering
with thing,.. It *ea. plain a. a pike.stalf in wax
only trying to eteleo himself. Mr. Illanchanro
servant mold it t him, and that was tanta sss tto
Mr. Blanchard ogling it lammed'.
Mr. DI:UDALL non:irked that in ouch a case any
ratepayer had the right to sue lor the penalty.
Mr. NO/ITOX Mid if the N lave was shut out from
doing any printing, why others ought to lie treated
in that Annie way. It was said ,I r. Ikuth had sobl it
hio own stet:oink that might be so, but he thought
It extremely improbable.
Thu report wita then lowed. Nit.. Norton aliote
holding up hi,. hand againot it.
yr. BALATON aokeil what steps were going to be
taken with regard to the proposal to have A free
library.
The Mayan said they 1111 l ot call a public moiling.
'.l r. nal:troy oaiil he Amin! like to know the in si
of' the tnistees of the proont public library, :mil
whether they would be dioposl to hand it iair.
• r. would also like to know how they
became trustost MAI who AppohALAd them.
•r. tlresxgos 411 afraid ho wanted to know too
much. With nitanl to thequestion of a free library,
they, a. a Corporation, had nothing to do with it.
:tny gentleman in the town could take it up a. well
a, they could
Hr. Sunnis: MO during knober, they would hear
a great deal from gentl in otminoing up and down
the borough alout the interest of the ratepayer.. It
wai all twaddle, for half their time the majority did
not attend. If they were elected to look after the
intereots of the town, with all duo deference to the
superior wisdom of Mr. Wootern, he contended they
.sight to enquire into the matter. It was not a plesto
ant thing to take up these queotions, but if everyone
neglected their duty, nothing would be looked into.
The '.arintotated that the coot of the building was
given by one of their Borough member*, and the land
by the other. That woo in the ,n,-reform times lof.,re
they had a Corporation. 1.4. that the Corporation hail
nothing too& with the property, although he took it
that anything that appertainol to the well-being of
the town, they had a right to take up He thought
the question, whether they could not get possevision
the building was a very fair thing to he enquired into,
without any feeling bring imported into the matter.
Mr. Notsog again protestol that although it was •
ilinagreeable duty listking up these matter.', yet it was
ow that nswit be done. There was a member of the
Corporation who viaW a boy haoking and cutting the
• trees, yet he had not got the pluck to tone Own. and
give hi,, naine, am he ova, afraid iof booing A few %Nato,
• at the nett election.

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The matter shortly attar dromed.
In reply to Mr. 11.tinvov the MATOR staid with
reg.wil to the Park.tone ciliation a survey had teen
made and mint to liird iniliorne's solicitors. The
nuttier was in progreaa, although they were not
moving quite as fast AN he could wish. —With reganl
I. tha iiy.ter &harks% he said a public meeting would
have to he called.