The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-01-09 00:00:00

BLANDFORD.

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Boy Ditowsrat. - -On Tnewlay a little fellow named
Isaacs, :shout tent years of age fell twee the Little
11-ridge at the bottom .4 East-street, and was carried
away by the tble, which flowed very rapidly on
rico turd 14 the Iffi.,th state of the el:eines cameo' by the
heavy rains.
Tows Cte•XCIF. MEFTtei;, Monday. - Present :
Councillor S. AlCrott (Mayor). Alderman IL Thirden
(l)-pity-NI Rpm). Councillor E. Fisher (ex-Mayor),
Aldermen J. S. 'Daniell awl Ilwitges, Councillors
K B. Smith. IL Eyers, IT. Gill, .1. Ball. .1. Barnes,
W. T. Edgar, and W. IT. .‘tkinson. -This was the
day for electing Trustees ef the hove (+arid,. awl the
Council unaufnewsly chose the Mayor as elector anti
governor of ITyves's Charity. and trustee of Margaret
l'ites Charity. With regard to the latter ottice the
question arose as to whether or not the Mayor for the
time being weild by virtue of office claim the trustee-
ship To which Councillor Fisher replied that the Mayor
was usually appointed, hut Mr. Tidd Pratt and
air ther e 11l i l lent barrister bad decided that the Mayor
could not claim the office. -Commtillor Ball prof...red
that the following gentlemen be appointed to act. in
conjunction with the rector and churchwardens, um
1 trustees of Archbishop Wake's Charity, viz: -The
' Mayer, Aldermen Dudal. Hodges, 1./urden, and
Johns, Councillors Gill, Fisher, Elgar, and Bennett.
--I 'outiviller Smith seconded the pro) e .sition, and,
without wishing to reflect on the adminstration of the
charities, expressed an (minion that the Guns il ou.,lit
to know m..re about, and have an analysis .4 the
Charities .1 the town.-A conversation ft ,llowed. in
which it was stated that the accounts .4 the Charitien
could been seen at any time on Application to Mr.
1/urdlen, the chairman of the Trostees, who was Isattid
to render an account annually to the authorities in
Isondon.-The
.proposition was turried. Alle Mayor
read the folloynng letter from the I•Ausettlon Depart-
ment:
"Sir,-The Lords of the Committee of Council on
Education Ilesire me to remind you that the time has now
arrived when they have to see that the neeessary steps sea
token for giring effect to the requiremonts of the
Elementary Education Act of P. 76 (39 and 10 get. c 7n4,
which (Sec. 3) comes into otter-at on January I. 1477.
Yonr borough is not within the turialictioo of a 4e1.....1
I hard. It is, therefore, the duty of the Council (Sec. 7) to
appoint, without delay, a school attendants c. ttttt !litter,
by whom, as local authority for the district, the provisions
.4 the Act will be enforced. liy lords will he glad to
learn, MS 80.1) as possilie, that this committee h. laser,
and to know the names of the members who
will serve stern it. The numher of inetufsrs .4 the school
attendance . mornittee, all of whom must be chosen from
your commit, is, within certain limits (C-12), left to the
dix-retion of tire Ctuncii. But ray ionh trust tits& *-
fixing this nunilt.r, title regard will be teo.4.
the popuLatien ttf the borough, was sibs^ ' ••
. o o
variety. and inipertattee or the ..- ' nly to
• to the novelty,
committee, is'.. '
...them devolving upon the
sugestst that, in the first instance, at
, ..te full n ttttt her all-we-1 by dm Act should he
appointed, if the pomilation of the borough exceed.; 5,111Y1
souls. The :End Aection ;rise' p-ower to the I ',MIRO to
reduce Om number of the committee if it 86,41 hereafter
he .1,,,,,,,d advisahle to in it. I have, for the present,
only further to retreat to he informed of the nonr . and
adoiress of the clerk of the conmittee, that the nec,sg.try
communications way be made to him respecting the
duties which the local authority will have to discharge ,
under the Act of 1576.-I am, sir, your obedient servant,
-F. R. Sandford.
-A school attendance committee will also have tsr la)
appointed by the Boar! of Guardians for the I:nion,
but in that cane the Act remain., in abeyance till after
the next election of members of the lloard. Bland-
ford is peculiarly situated, the schools being witside
the limited borough jurisdiction, awl in the Isical
Board district -After a little talk it was, decided,
upon the proposition .4 Councillor Fisher, 'seconded
by Councillor Eyers, that the Town Clerk should he
instructed to write to the Education Departinent,
infornring them t 4 the enact po.itiote ;•f the Council,
anti asking for information how to act. --Alderman
Durden prnposed that 4100 be raised to meet the
; expenses of the bon sigh, anti rails rote of sl. in the
' C would lie reqnired. -Councillor Atkinson seconded
the raising of the money, and it was agreed to,-
Cotuicillor Gill, at the resultet of several inhabitants,
brought the question .4 the irregularity of the trains
and the inereamed goods charges .tn the Somerset and
Ihnwet lasilway before the I 'ouncil. and smgested the
desirability of the Board of Trwle being nieutoralised.
; -Mr. Atkinson spoke of the great invent eitierwe he
; bad experienced through the early train to Wituborne
; being taken off, and several metnhers complaintsl ttf
the high goods rates charted, especially for tire return
, of empties.-Mr. Abbott said if any gentleman liked
,to get up a requisition would sign it as Mayor, but
; he did not consider it part of the business .4 the
4.
I counciL -After the Mi el and Louden anti South-
Western Railway Companies had been attacked by
various members, and defended by Mr. Eyers, who
; spoke of the difficulties they had bad to contend with,
and expreA..ed his opini..n that everything would lie
made all right if they only gave the rompanies time,
the meeting separated.