The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-03-18 00:00:00

DOROILISTIZ.

Tee Ray. 11. W. Arritn's mission lc Dorchester
will be held the mood week in May.
We are glad to hear the 0 Compeer Voluotimin
bits lately Lad a large actseadon of streogth.
MIL Y. B. ilostrN Palcs has been appointed
Governoteat Inspector of Schools of this diatrict,
the place of the late Kim W. F. Trerarthoo.
Tits Rope Guard. authorities bare decided on re-
establishing the appointment of reirgisactinetructor of
musketry in infantry battalion. stationed at buns.
FOOTBALL —A match vas played on the Dorchester
ground between the Dorchester Club and the Dorset
County &hod on Wednesday, malting in a victory
for the home team by five grids to one
Tug finance Foacts.—lt is notified from the War
Office tint the man belonging to the several sections
of C 1... 11. of the Army Rowse will not be ca led
out for exercise daring tt,e present year. This sus-
pension of training will not affect the issue of the
necessaries allowance. .

Tee Bruno ABBIZI3.—The spring assize for this
district will be held se lot ows —The county of
Somerset, and the county of the city of Brist il, at
Teenton ; the counties ol Worcester, Hereford, Mon-
mouth, sod Gloucester, and the county of the city of
Gloucester, at Worcester; the c mode* of South-
ampton, Wilts, sod Dorset at Winched's..
iims Eliot a gees—The South. Western gm engineers,
repessenting t 'was in Wilts, Dorset. Swooned, Devon,
and Haute, about 60 in number, have been in coo•
femme thi• week at Salisbury, under the presidency
of Mr. T. Hardwick,and several aubjecta In °decoction
with the manufacture of gm bare been dimmed. A
feature of the proceedings at the diaper warn the
rtalkie of • piece of plate to the boo. secretary,
;WM, of Sharborne, to recoguition of the services
which he had rendered the association for slx years.
VULUITIEII AMBULANCE DZPIIIITMEXE.—It Is
minounced from the War Offios that v.dunteere who
have gone through • Cour,. of ICOMAOCLIOO Is stretcher•
drill sod fisld-lreesing and hays passed a satisfactory
ezernleaUon thiamin will receive from the Volunteer
Ambulance Deportment a certihcate. Two volunteers
from each company who have so qualified will be
selected by the commanding officer of the corps, on
the reoummendation of the medicol officer, to be the
stretaber-bearers of the curls and to wear the Geneva
badge on the right arm, and they will be entitled to
wear the badge from year to year on catificatim by
the esediaal officer of the cope that they hays
&deeded not INA than four ambulance drills during
each year ending Oct. 31.
•• Maximum Assn ire Biennia" wee the title of
as able mad interesting lecture delivered by Mr.
McOdi at the Corn Exchange on Tuft lay *mane
lase, under the anapis of the Ladner Society. It
will be renseindwed ibis gentleinaa delivered a lecture
last year. sod the beauty of the demised tha interval.
leg matter proved • source of gloat pleasure. The
premed lecture see equally lateresting and the views
ems batter, being bewailed photographs of the
pdindpel femurss of interest on the Isleild. Many
preset certainly bed not the slightest idea there was
so more natural beeuty to be found ie Mandaad. as
wee shown by means of Mr. McCall's lovely ELVIS.
The Bev. T. RuaseU-Wright presided. The audience
testified to their piessur. frequently during the lecture
by unstinted applause.
' Tan PIUDEBITIAL.”—This compeer, which so far
es
the indeetriel branch in °moused, ham become
almost • houmhold ward in most parte of Ragland,
hes Woad its thirty-fifth sannel report (which will
be found in our destining columns), mid it w worthy
casajal perusal both by shareholders end those
Intending to mews It la a very satisfactory statement
In every way, showing a reduction of expenditure, and
en Screen of income. The funds of the company
have been loaded during the year by no ids • sum
than £750,815; of this the Ordinary Branch 'bows an
increses of £126,255, and the In Instrial Breach
E 633,563. The emote of the company show the
eeormous total of £3,807,217. The nature of the
investments in worthy of the oompeny's name being
confined to firstsless securities. The amount psid
as claims dttrias the jeer in the industrial branch
aloes amounted to within £90,000 of • million cf
missy, • feat which is full of significance
to politicians and philanthropists. As we have said,
the report dwarves; attention, and for any hit •rena-
don not oontained therein, we would refer our . widen
to the courteous new superinteudent, Mr. A. B.
Vernal!, of Sellsburldwrrece, Dorchester.