The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-11-18 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH MACHIN. CLUB DINNER.

The members of the Weymouth Coaching Club
dined together 013 Friday evenins at the Roval
Hotel, ander the presidency of Mr. G. F. Rliet. Dr.
Pa!grave Simpson occupied th. vice-chair, and the
,mpany included :—Toe Mayor (Alderman Howard),
Colonel C/Coonor, the Rev. F. Mondey. Captain
Preter. Meares, John GeeeniM, Gnarls@ Mercier, G.
Weleford„ T. B. Grover, J. Grover., J. Vincent,
Lundie, Ardeo, J. A Talbot, J. G. R two, Pides ,n,
Clarke, Dadmo, Gilley. it, Oakley, R. Talbot, Stone,
J„ R. Ford, Wright. Mumfor I, Biterreo, Snook, &c.
Aft., the usual loyal and oomplitnecttry tousle
been honoured. the thiainuag called opts' Mr.
TALBOT, tbe secretary, to read the report, which be
did as follow* :

Th., ...mitt. have great pleaeure In meeting the membare
sit the elate of .he am coach us ems m. Du Ins 'he whole
18 w..eko we have made 71 Journrys, rulning 1.430 tuPei
end mtoTtaff over 1,000 Pemmters (an average of 14 fir each
purvey). sad, we bsireve, with greet satisfaction to each
paserager. The eommittee srhh to esteem their high se es
of the manner in which Mr. Bowe brood the coach during
the wine, geeing so little notte, eras elorded hint t get
toiether the qua tge 1 teams. as the members hls.. by lb.
ststement of ace mute, the siva.. t.l the estebidthen,nt
ca.gr, fose•ber with thy heavy hire ‘1 eoeeh, hes beta
eithsed, which Inmate the onealDee In reeemornltras lb*
purchase of the south from gammaH. hand a-s 1 flonvel of
the en el LIN 113, Od.. includ ns ado llcate get at wheels.
The et inenent of seenten showed ttut the reset As from
coach fares resided /tl5 140 On the other std. £lO4 84. 1150
been paid Mr. Howe for bone him and £42 So for hire of
oen • these, with sundry expenses, left balance of
si.s. _

/41,..11n0gn proposal the afoot' ot of the resort
and beirce Art, and rein.rkiel that the ratennot
of accounts was a wiry aati.feccory one. Tin et.te-
meat of scoount..howed that they bad made a profit,
although •em ons. Mr. Rowe, who undirVak to
hoer the oar, had not suffered any low. &spode
rid that be bad, but be (Mr. Moron) was run the
shareholders would be glad to recoup him if anything
of lbs kiad should happen. (Hoer, bre.)
M-. T. B. iinovest, refining to the question of
the clear, rid they4l £44 a year for
ul
*4P buladalfe asersr7 retain f, upon the owner.,
amm sad If bought it they would y girl £l6O for if,
and It was Impossible to ray what the £44 might
nears to them.
Mr. Sion rid that the hiring of the arch Involved
them in an egress of £5O • year. He bad taken the
trouble to go throngh the sr mots for this year and
he found that they would not be called upon to pay
so much next year by £69 3.. 21 la three years it
would be in we elms pal i for.
Mr. OL[Lff, Mr. Wmaronn, and the Maros
thought the report extremely eriefaotory.
Copt. PISTON thought that if they eiaeolvid
a buy a coach It would be bettor to boy a Dew ~us
than • ercood.hand or, because they could always
sell • new coach.

—TieTitaitutsit asked if asy one had an amendment
to prop... sod
Mr. Odom said that he had. sad that It was that
UN report be adopted, with the exception al the thaw

about the parahuing of the mach, and that this
subjlet bi referred to a meeting of tha shareholders
f father diaeriesion.

C .hetel O'CoVe.es--lexrded the amendment, which,
or. twirls put Lo the meeting. era, Ivet, only tit
propo.or AIM atecie,ll,4 v 'tang f,' It.
l'he Vtce-Caetues proposed " Stumm t the
Weymouth 11'..v nuita Cowin. ma! aith .t • vote ul
thaults to the committee for tile able way in which
they hat u itiag• I tits coach; el*. tei tie c mutates
for the (scum eile balance eiveet promote I, •aul •
bimilitt vote to Mr. °Alley, tree iurer ant secretary.
(Chem..)
Mr. Ll;n:ele supported the prop4ltioll, and referent
In complimentary twine t • the manner in which, the
secretary had .ii•charged4hla &Aim.
Toe CRAIRItim, in nelson iing t the tout, mid be
wm curs twit all who bad meoctated in this movement
bad felt it not,only their duty. hut CM& pleavure,
do their utmost t make Weymouth m attractive and
olemant sap visible to visit ru, (Ohara)
Mr. O•XLST Motif acknowledged the complim rat
paid to, bin a. treasurer.

Tba CH4IIIIIIAN proposed the " Health of the Mayor
(Aidermin R. N. Howard)."
The NLATOd thanked the o 'lapse, for the very cor-
dial manner they drank hie health, and, alluding to
the many advantages Weymouth offered to visitors,
said that the Corporation ought to lay oat the rink
better for the cke of carriages. At pkwent when any.
one wanted • drive they always went in the directioe
of Upwey. He thought the roads to Wyke and Rod-
well shook' be improved. Referriug to the rites, he
said he was pleased to inform the company that they
bad not inCleallo., although the town had ma le con-
siderable progress. The income from the Pile-pier
thia year bad been half as much again as in CO, other
year. Thk fact ws• like • barometer to the town,
and told them they were going alma I, end would
c to do eo. He next referred to the capabili-
ties of Portland es • pat, and took OCCablOtt to 0..1tt00
the prkenca of au officer of • RtIall'&11 mai •if war,
who had brought his ship to Portland. H (toe
Mayor) hoped this gentleman would inake the *lvan.
tags. Portland offered for the accommodation of
known wherever he went.

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Captaiu P. A. POLIANtIii, Comnarsiant, Le Vslinter
Monomania. in reap mcling, propoped '' Hurons to the
Town of Weymouth."
The ?dation the. gave the health of Mr. Rowe, of
the Rlyal Hotel, and Mr. Row., I. acknowleiging
the toast, said that h• believed to, coach bad been •
great sucoso, end was much approdated. It had not
been to Min sunk • financiel gnomes a. h• could hare
wished. Ho thanked the company for the way I.
which they ritheired tb• tout of his imaltb, and hoped
that hi. horsiog of lb. coeoh had met with their
appro (Ehor, hear.)
" Too Hemdth of the Whip " was given by Um.
MA TOR.

Mr. Mut= gave " Prosperity go the Weymouth
Hs, rims," nod Mr. Mouth respuded.
Mr. WILIIIVILD proposed "the 'how Chairman " in
complimeotary_terou, and title invi.o beets acknow-
ledged, the MATOR submitted the haulth ot the
" Chairman," sod hoped Kr. talot would be spared
I 0 r meaty year. t, throw his 'Gargles hitt every
pr j-ct for the good of the tows, and amongst other's
the Weymouth Coaching Club. (Cheers.)
The Clianmix ourgrstutetal toe club sad them.
Wage tongrutly us the pleasant sad moots dui seeming
the, had speot. (Cheers.)
This comoluded the toast liat

wou,d feel gratified in lookln4 hook 4 the 144, and
Ee wm ante he war u4d .rely expressing hie owe
nzr, ~11t b if•,l to it :het might '• 0 107
, .n% year. to c etie neve the Innen'. of Mr. ifowarde
advin• sad hity. (Levl eppleume)
Trdeeltiu here calls I for cheers fir the late
%love srld *utile very loud any hearty oaf went
gi•elß
Mr. I.)misrts, in sec PAini the vote of thanks.
expressed his regret that neubor Aldermen Eliot or
Lan lie wie. Vara t perfo-sn the twig he was uoiler-
taking. Tbe vi.ry f -Heinous b./neat:o umii by Mr.
Welsford itivilved him le leg au/beet, of heftily
knowing whether to thank tbe ex-May•d. or Mr.
Williford for the m.nifeetn be had given them that
morning, ad he regretted th it an opportunity of
tmtiog the questions •.f improvement, was not token
advsntitee or at the let. election.. Mr. Howard bad,
be was sure, discharged the dutimi of his office to the
satiatactiou of all pertiew. (Applause.) Addreseing
the a W Mayor, be mid boon. would be in TO eiunefe
toward. Wm than the bumble ludivilual wh had
the privilege of winding that resolution. (Ap-
planse.)__
Mr. Wus said it bad always been usual to appoint
the ex-Mayor as DeputyyMeyor, ant he proposed
that the late Mayor ne apo..letwi to the ofilce.
Tbe Melva said the question reeted entirely with
him. and he shoal I have to emmi,;er is.
Mr. Alderman HOWARD, in ackeowledging the vote
of thanks, sail if soy kßUkallf he bad made hi the paid
wee looks I upon at thllUll I he ii 'p.'l they wo ild
allow the memory of it t fade away, ate he intends to
do with regaid ho •eythitte which tad been wei 1 of
him, and watch i.e c .n.hiered unkind. He wee quit*
pure he did tot de.erie pi be spokero of in the language
Mr. Welefotii I,wl ueedi and i.e believed it wee .lue to
the old friendship which hal exieted between them for
no many year* Tbe new Slayor. Wh,, lie hal no
doubt woul make • goof Mayor, would have the
support of toe Council, end if he could rendes him
any neeieteuce &mule his year of office he would be
;deemed to du U n is lied cal the asaietance,
ao.I he weal sure the new Meyer would, ~f the beet
fficials any Corporation cothd ',oast of. IL, the
Tows Clerk he would have • wise an Ip. liclu.
easiest, sal he the ;heti him for the service. no bed
rendered him luring the four yea.• be held office, wet
during which time teen. had clover been any differimat
between them. Toe Serveyor wee thoroughly up I.
Ole profeesiou, and he felt that no language be could
use woul I sufficiently exprem all be ielt for the way
in which ne had helped tim. A. to the Superinten-
dent of Police, lie waa • thorou/kly effieient offiaer,
and he hoped he would be lag spared to them. With
regard t • the luspector ..f Nahum/zee, he had performed
his duties most eati.facedeiy, an during. most trying
time. He had not spiral any effort on hie p.it to
prevent dim... He ought also to hem mentioned the
uame of 1)r. Tiger& the Medical Offiur, to whom
the town owed Oh Mich that no epidemic bed broken
out. A.• to the liarbourtuaster, whatever he was celled
upon to do be did most thoroughly, and the Town
Seeseatite also deserved their thank., for they tried to
do their alined for tue good of the town, and mode
auggeetion• which were often fouod to be very need
CMOS. As to the pillar, be Omega% they had se fine •
body of men ay any town had, they did
their best to prevent crime, and where toey
could not prevent they rotund to cure.
The magistrate. he would be very glad to belp and
aid in any way he could, but in the magistrate, ' clerk
they teal one of good ju lament •nd must reliable. H.,
would willingly give Winn his help, amid he thanked
Lim for the manner in whieh be had &misted him. It
wee a proud Jay to him when he wee appointed Mayor
of the town, and now that he wee eeekrug mit it was
elso a proud day to him to be spoken of is the intoner
he bad been. But the prai-e gives, to him wee due to
the C munch, for as far se the work that ha I been done
it had been done by toe Council.—(Mr. Wattle No.)
wee ready to take all the Weise for what was
wrong, and toe Council most take the praise for ail
that was good. (Laughter, and cried ••
Referring to the 8 atociel µAke= 4 the t mu, the
ex-ffeyor said when he took office their liebilitise
eruouoted t £22,000, •nd them had been reduced to
something lees theu £lB,OOO. (Aeelettee.) For 1,11-
proein4 the eeplanade tue extent of their liability wee
13,600, and now they were £3,000 or £4.000 tem in
.lebt than when he took office. A.• for ail the harbour
wee c 'licensed, • c .nidderable amouut of debr hal
been pail off, amid they were pommeled of a piecee of
Is d which was • source 0' inoome, sad he h .ped in
coliree..f,tens won d ue all out as a reoreationge,unii.
Referring to the Pile Pier, he remarked that the
inc.que had grown from £5OO to £BOO, and thie 'ear
WWI about £l,lOO, awl the expeediture on it lie
coneidereil had beau • judicious one. Tui.
showed t Ist there bed been a versat number
of whit ire in Waymuith, and in. ieconse
from the harbour was tetween £3,000 and £1,004.
Referring to the market. the speaker •aid it hat ...it
made much of an incr am. In 1879 it yie ded £5OO.
and now the =omit wad 11800. hut it would priest...
'dill more if they drove everyb .dy into them weet
Thst, he believed, would b. • I al policy, end would
be hush treatment of the hawker, At ti the retie
of the town, he had been told that they lal looesi
doubled since he hal been Meyor, ad he Led Leese
I 'ld the sem. by a party who ought to have known
better before he uttered the wand,. ( \pp! %we.)
Not only wait it • he... ele...ler to him, uut i.. waft
• to Weymouth. Tory c it iell time harm
that such amertions ill.l, and he ippealed t hi, fellow
townemeu, and asked if the r w re higher latlW
than th-y we e when he to ik .41i c II they were he
ought to be kicked out ef the I euecil and fruiter:led
out of thn town. nil Ike Inert's,* I the rate.? (Crie•
of "No" inl applituan) He was prepared for the
.100,11 i fin. and would give thew the figure., and would
erns hie fellow townstneu, so that the man who hal
WWIII.I him of cloubliog the rases chould go hnuie an
hide id. hi. I. (Applause.) Whet. he took offiui in
1880 there were two rates of 2.. each it, the 2, mei
hail they had any higher rate elece I he increased
thy r of the sown 7 (,g ,"f Suet ma 1 who
ho I cc .ose.l him of doubling the rates go toi the reta-
in, ii,, It. hal nt reileced the rotes, hOt he hal not
iecre use i them, lie was before the lee now of his
I •NOW t woYmen. Tue Watch ith'e this year
itinountwi t ('1.030; lied year it wise £9BO, cod for
the last 10 year. it wail einnetbnes £lOO snore and
irnetimm £lOO low. A.. far ea the B iroiigh Rate wee
conc.rued, when beta-4 iffior it we. £1,200, now it was
£l,OBO. (Applause.) £l2O WWI the amount in races, of
the ratan when be took .41 re, aud during his fin, years he
had incritved the ratite ley 11. in the L. T .uchin,j on
the improvements be said if he had done enytiiing
In the pain which he now felt he would like to restore
to the town in its prerioue condition, i-. would be a
cam.. of tr. iable to him ; but had he done auyi bine ?
Vo.) The various improvements 'if the ten Were
talked over, a of a majority of the Couricil decided
that they ehould be carried out. Au outlay of &boot
£9.000 was involved, and he went up with a depota
Wm to the Local G ivernment Board to ad( fur
Atein • lotto, wnich wan roles ..1. —(11r.
Wows ...f course you were.)—What poeition was
the couocil in then—they coll.] not get a loan—were
they to .tan i still or were they to carry out the hu-
t nevem ? lie was delight. I to any It WWI
liOterrnillOd he carry thorn .iut, awl nearly the whole
et them had been carried out He did not take the
credit to himitelf, but in c rrying out them improve-
ments he spewed neither time or trouble. There wail
imet one mingle improvement which had been due
daring hie time of offi a that he regretted—(nesr,
hear)—but he di I regrit that they had not beeu able
t, nhtthi ale.. to carry otr more glaalalio improve-
ment,. He was sorry t have taken up their time.
bet the 6ieree he bad given were reliable onee. He
hal not inereawd the rating .f the bee nage, awl there
had not been a rate daring Pie last 10 yeam 1,. than
2.. in the E. with the exception if during gr. glioee
,yoralty. He hoped throe who hal so :used biru of
.n .reasieg the rat-. we ill teat hi. firer..., .41 if they
were correct wield almit them, and if not would
cealleore them. As to the Cnapelry improvement,
Vh:e Ld Ni
: i
h i
tee mtimated expenditure was 21,800, and he
tr.rztir w.,ould publieb the ace iunts,—(Mr.
mistaken,
. tie
capon („oltnucrei
oe:d-
-cen energetic an wch by expressing a hope that Wee.
mouth would pri•per, awl that ite future might b.
as brigo. and basting as the son which would shine in
the beaver.e. (Lout apple's...)
Mr. LOWELL mid he believed everyone who hal
listened to the Mayor w•iull he of opinfon that the
rates bad beenlindirectly lowered during the Mayoral,'
of Mr. Helmer?.
Ste. WALLIS Ni.