The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-03-14 00:00:00

TOWN COUNOIL MEETING.

Another m.eUnl .s 11,44 on Monday in order te
eaosider Mr. Mamie motion to seod • deputttion to the
LoCid °overbill fat Boned, to order t indoor them to
alter their decision and grant to the Urbut Sanitary
A'a diorite' powr. t. borrow 1.5 000 131 t [auntie inter me.
menu. fhe both fixed for The 'meeting was noon ; but
about two It 'um before that the C email met in contoutt,e,
and about t solve their de'iberations were not ended, bat
the sound of loud debate was heard beyond the walls of
the Chamber. WOOO the Prot errs admittsd, _ there
were purest —Tits Milf::4B. N. Howard, Bei ); Korn.
Aldermen fdiot, Robes Thome; Lundi and Groves;
Council' fro Chariest Donn, Webb, Wallis, D zzanit,
TIC KAU! .0 swkze.
and Brown.
Roblin., Berth, C true, Graham,
Before the p, .pr bUcuese Convol.o Mr. WALLIt
asked aheth.r the swans in the Beefiest'r aye not to
site of 4,,o'•itarvailon
Tee MITOIL replied ha certainly dii not think so for •
at ',pout, re (era, Our own swans IWO concerned, but the
unforton ate art of it is tat there ars • great number of
swage belOn4iag to other eetties who cOgoo down and
feed with or own swan.. .

Mr. WuLLIS -sTaTd-he Was very sensitive for • dumb
enloral; it I. • wrong thing for us to keep the sour
creatures In the Sitikwater in Ms state they am in at the
prewat time, and he spoke with Mellngs be could hardly
express. niers wag ons only yesterday .tiudglang through
Me mud near Ma gas•house, mad hardly labl• to walk.
Lard llcttester was • rick men, and had tried instal, but
hut swans would not take it, and our swan., if taken up,
would he fuuud nothiug more than bags of bonee.
Same councillors thought our swans are tootles remark.
ably weIL
Mr. Wawa : Yee, as to feathers, and I may put on •
good coat out feel my Tabs. (Laughter.) They are Iltsrally
starved, tigiugh very handsome to look at
Mr. (limn had seen some that weighed quite 30lb.
each. . .

Vickers being sent far, stated on swans we in •
T.ry good co(016100 ; hut there ars moms which Cm. from
rottlat about okt Candle, sag gra sou poor. y.t tb.y
sets c.sts with use, sad we have about 90,3 smuts in the
B 6ckwater now... . . .

la warm' t the MATOR, Mr. Vickery said they bad
an sppbestson far one awn a &sty a Okstoampton, and
the ono seoc weighed over Mks., then here was • mirage
drake swan that Mr. Dann amt, sad which weighed over
only three weeks ago.
Mn. Wow, said he would take the liberty of bringing
• . wan teem at four o'clock, to prove what ha said was
tree. that they are in • Bi•i• of eecni-etatest•oo.
The KATOII questioned whether these title ones are our

• 4 MI. at
Kt Li mto BM= asked whether than were any
mem of "parating them from tee rest ; but ha was
told by Mr Vioicary that Lail Imiseater's swam C 0...
.orosa sal mix witk our.. Use of them might be °aught
magnum on .y 90 or 14 1b..; but Uwe Um spie.t.wn wee
whotoar it es. Lord 11..M.stses or ours.
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Kr. WA"tug- cooteaid toey ooutd hi dlatiniruistuatilw
Me marl, aaa upeaem tau U.Siwralle SAVO 110 i .
belly( aL '
The MaTOIL suited that DOM little time A[o • COmplaiat
waa wads by a gentlemaa mat tne swans war. in suet a
wretched muse that May could hardly pet oat of tim way
of s boat, sod Its put himself in annumum Won with Ids.
Hopson, who tea very humans man, and ha salt they bad
dons everytoing possible for th• s ossie, but May lad hem
so barnstormed to feed upon Um weed mat they would
sot sat the maim whither ballad or raw, or la say way.
Hr. Vickery said that our swans will eat about two
saclu of mum la 19 or 11 days, 66d about three qualms
of barley in five wuks.
is. mid Yr. WALLIS, • urea will eat al mach di •

roam pii.
Yr. Alderman TKOKAS considered lims wens which
man near tile Quay loon binutilaL
Tee matter dropped.
POLICE AT CHURCH.

Th• Melon asked Kr. Vickery what arrangemeote have
been zead• for tbre polies to attend places ol worship on
Sundays I
Mr. Vickery said that for five weeks they had been twee
as.. short. owing to two being laid up ill. Every chart%
iud chapel wants men mound to keep order, and, man
Cot be kept ootride ; bean.. that, the principal
tethers.. are co ll:Bitted duang Divine service, and if tb•
aounuil want the men at service, thy must not complain
If robberies tike place. But Viers bad been • standing
order for years that the constable. off duty shall attend
once during the day, end he believed tiat was carried out
fr hen vacticable.
The MATO. maid the men bat formerly been so revile.
In Weir ettendance %h it now they hal extra necessary duty
they are mice d.
Mr. Cuenuts state I that the nuisance at his corner and
the err ier us Crescent-street is becoming unbtarable.
Tory epst something lite liar 18 boys rounl them, and the
language u,.1 Was disgusting; he was •shamtd for his
I, to sit in the roma and hear the language. One
late iy Beret D 'Lament came, and when be approrched. the
bsle etiread themselves. ant went r tuna the corner ; but
he Lad on • taper in hie offict the langu me need, and
w sold ask that toe buy. be lIQUIOIOOOd, sad • stop put to
t• e nuiamice bvfors the maws corn e on. Its was quite
prepared for tb• p 3110111111111& to sit in his diniurroom, and
is Sr, what the toys say.
Mr. Vickery said when the boys aim • pol•cernan Is
uniform they move off; but they had five or sic of the
n moss, end thoestit they had belt or be cumin net.
Mr. Wcas could quite bear out Mr. Clerics ce to th•
clue me,.

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