The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-04-13 00:00:00

POOLE.

BCRIAL BOLLIX—Mr. C. J. Stone has been elected
chairman of this board.

THO glister quarter semions will be held this day
(Tuesday. There is no prisoner for trial.
BOROUGH RELIEF FUND.—EI64 is. 10d. has been
distributed in one shilling tickets to the poor of the
town daring the past winter.
Taz nun CHURCH. —k petition to the Rouen of
Parliament has been signed in this town againit the
dimetablishment of the Irish Church.

Ririi Coarknrios.—On Wednesday the monthly
competition for the challenge cap presented by the
Mayor of Poole, (W. Pears*, Fag.) took place at the
Botts of the fourth Dorset corps at Ilacowortny. 'There
were but few competitors. Lanes Corporal Hawkee
wu the winoer for the third tune in snocconsion, with
score of St

Tax rector of St. Jamas* Poole, bail been promoted
by the parishioners of St. Mary's, Southampton, with
• very valuable testimonial of thew seteem on his lea,.
log that town where he has been officiating for 5i years.
The testimonial consisted of • Bible, handsomely bound,
itomse of 60 guineas, and • beautiful set of clerical

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Tug POOL! JUNCTION RAILWAT--Mr. Charles
Waring has addressed the following lettir to Mr.
Jennings, secretary of the Poole and Bouremonth
Railway on the subject of the above line of railwav :
Grand Hotel, Paris, April stb, leleJ.—My dear de—
Your letter of the 2nd inst. hero been forwarded to me
here, and I beg sincerely to congratulate you and your
committee on the tomes" of our united efforts to induce
the South Western Company to fulfil the engagements
in regard to the Poole railway which they had
deliberately undertaken, but bad 'shown mush an
unmistakeable intention of shirking.—Yours very truly,
Civilise Waring. It is now hoped that the Poole
Junction it•ilway from Caoford bottom to Poole and
the Poole and Bournemouth Railway will be oommenced
simultaneously and immediately.
Parte Ssnatoes.—A special sessions was held on
Thursday, the Bth inst., for the paring of the accounts
of the surveyors of highways. The magistrates present
were W. Pearce, Esq. (Mayor), Alderman Harris and
Mr. W. L C. Adey.—Mr. Bernie, one of the surveyor'
of Longfieet, and Mr. (lollop, for Haniworthy, each
affirmed on oath that the amount& produoed were
correct, —Kr. Palk, one of the surveyors of St. James's,
Poole, produced his account.. and took the oath as to
their correctness, upon which Mr. Joseph Joyce, the
surveyor just appointed, stated that the aceounts were
not correct, inasmuch as all the manta and expenditure
had not been entered.—Mr. Joyce produced several
amounts, which be said had not been entered in the
books of the outgoing serveyore—Mr. Palk said he
knew nothing about the accounts produced by Mr.
Joyee ; they bad been paid by the other surveyor, Mr.
Taplin.—The Mayor said that Mr. Palk ought to bare
known.-11 Lr. Palk then stated that Mr. Joyce had
found out "a mare's neet."—The Mayor said that the
Benet+ could not pea, half the amounts; the surveyors
had better take them back and perfect them.—Mr. W,
L. C. Ad., said in reference to the sum of C3B owing to
the National Bank that the debt was jointly by tho
surveyors, and it must, therefore, appear in the accounts.
—The Mayor then stated that the surveyors were
jointly responsible, and before the Bench could pass the
amounts, they must be properly made out—one surveyor
could not have one account and the other surveyor
another; therefore the sessions would stand adjourned
for • fortnight, for the purpose of giving the outgoing
surveyors kw.. Palk and M. Taplin) the opportunity
of completing the actionntai