The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-11-05 00:00:00

W INTERBONE WICK LAND.

Co•oesuriria-870;111;;;;LTf.;1;in-ei-p—le—nf coast T
which has been Ito suoserefu:ly earned out in
several of our large manufactering towns, and conferred
an immune amount of booed. on the working classes,
appears to be gaining considerable ground in various
parts of this county. About It months ago • society
was formed in the village of Whitooburch under the
patronage of J. C. 'darnel, Req., and the gratifying
results slits operations have been the means of causing
others to take up the matter. On Monday • publie
meeting was bald in the nhoolroonin Sticklasd, for the
purpose of disownsg the desirability of forming • co-
operative society In the village. The room •se crowded
in every part. The Rey. W. Churchill, rector, presided
and pointed out some of the many advantages shish
the formation of such a society would confer on the
villagee He than called upon Mr. J. Smith, the
secretary of the Whitenhureb society, to give some
=len ad of the vantages of 00-operation. Mr.
commenced his remarks by giving an account of
the formation of the Rochdale society 23 year. ago by
26 working men of that town, who cosanaeoed with •
'renal of £2B Tbe society at the rod of 1866 numbered
6,246, members, having • share capital of £99.609, aid
daring the year received foe goods said over the
counter £249,122 deriving • profit be be distributed
among the members of £31.931. There VIM be stated,
In Ragland 679 40-operative societies, having 147,803
members, and possessing • share eapini at r 816,133.
The amount reeeived for goods during the veer 1865 sae
23.346,397, and the profit derived £277,065. These
socitam held none sad property to the amount of
£1,101.082. The Whinellareb society commeseed 15
months ago with • capital £49 As., and karts( 46
members had received for goods £787 les. 0.14., and had
distributed in dividends CO 14e. fli. besides having •
reserve fend of £l2. The share eapital has increased
during the Anton months to 2111 10a. X. Smith then
pointed out mane of the relative advantages remelting
from cooperation, &cob ea the providoetial habits which it
fostered, every number being required to pay ready
money for goods purchased; the *lumen rule for
yrovisioas, slating that one of the first results of the
opening of • store at Witchureh was that meat was sold
at lid. per lb lees money, flour was sold at baker's
prime, namely, 4s. per sack lower than to the general
public, and other articles it a considerable reduction.
Among those favourable to so-operative societies were
found the namesof snob men as Lord Shaftesbury, Lord
Broughant, the late Mr. Cobdee, Mr. Mill, Mr. resent,
Mr. T. Hughes, and Mr. Gladstone, some of the most
noble minded man the country could boost of, and all of
whom had ever taken • deep and earnest interest In the
welfare of the working chases. —Mr. Lakin', lean able
speech, supplemented the remarks of the
speaker, and es pressed himself as very favourer :tithe
moveteent.—Mr. Barnet, men., and Mr. Barnet, jun.
teredealers, and Me. Oox, baker and miller, opima:l
the formation of such a society. After some remarks by
• gentleman named Gillinghans, two working men of
the village, named Able Butt and James Dan, refuted
the arguments of the opposers of the movement, clearly
panting out that It was the dirty of the lebowing °lames
In these days of high prices and low wages to combine
together for their mutual good—The proposition to form
a eo-operative society in the village, was then pet, and
envied, one or two voting against

TARRANT NONCHTON.
BUM? SOCIITY DISPUTL—Kr. Richard Goulding,
the secretary of the Tarrant Yonakton Friendly and
Benefit society, was summoised before the Bleadfoed
county magistrates, last Saturday, by Henry Runt, one
cr 'b. member, for illegally expelling him from the
benefits Lod advantages of sash society.—kr. Goulding,
ou being milled, stated that he (*ordered the masons
was wromily issued against him. Re was only the
secretary and tam oommitto ocesidered that the
preicirt or stewards ought to have been summoued.
Tho chairman, referring to the Act of Parliament,
showed the &Umlaut that he we. the proper perm to
be summoned.—Nr. Goulding rid he was not prepared
to go into the ease then, hie lordship mijoureed it
to the next petty seseloaa, at the same tune informiag
him that he had looked into the rules, cod so far as be
could me the managers of tb• club bad no right what-
ever to expel the oomplainant. Probably tho isoin-
mittee might Its prepared to show they were right, and
therefore to give them tuna to re-consider the area,
the ones was adjourned.

HILTON.
Ganz Timiognin—kt MI Woodford Petty Sessiess,
on Smarday lam., before Lord Portman sod • fall bomb
of magistrates, Idward OA James Kahn, and Charles
Tacker, were shagged with trespassing in smash of
gam in Houghton Wood, the prop.rtj of His. Mickel,
it Whiteman. They all pb.4.d not guilty.—William
Shave, Basswilunpar, said that on Lk* emits of the 7th
October, be went to Houghton wood, and wombed sit •
pima which appeared to have bees hush formitted,
Ono of the boles was stopped up with loovs• Cuff,
Mahn, and another 'man, who.. name be did not know,
came to the plane. They had • ferret, and took seversa
rabbit' out of ths bolos. Retold them he should meek
Shim. The man not present had two rabbits. Car had
litres, sod Heise two. Tnakiir ran away. Ha did not
take any rabbitis from Tusk's% The sharp slisinst Tucker
was diaceiseed. —Calf in his defame said ha was nutting in
the wood by the keeper's pomissilos. and taw Kase
Share who gave him the also said Ise
was hutting, sod stopped twos ths rabbits, whkik
wen lea( in a hole. 0.1 eassood tit* keeper it
wing
out • Ica, to Mb the man who bad esesped. Thu
Shave deals& seating that bo took out his knife to est
sm. Mess of striag which be prodsted.—Tibe Besok
Said Oaf sod and 5.. a& casts seek ye two
Mositlie lepriessmonn—lbsed paid.