The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-05-13 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. TUESDAY. MAY 13, 1879.

Bonet Countti Expreo.

TIJKBDAY, MAY 13, 1879.
Dorsetshirt.

Twu VOLCIIIIMMII CANT. —Another change has taken
place in the announcement, respecting the camp, and
It is stated the War Office have lately offered to pro.
vkle accommodation at Aldershot if the battalion will
go. The Dorchester Corps have decided they would
prefer Aldershot, and the officers are endeavouring to
je.ni bow many will go.
THI CLOTHING OF THI VOLONTIMI in soar in-
stead of /rim or Cwt, would involve aa immediate
cost of 010,000. It is, bedded, more expansive to
keep up to staring a uniform. If to them objections
be added the very decided opinions of the officers who
are opposed to the change, it will not be surprising to
hear that the project of clothing the Volunteers in red
will be adjourned.

The —AUyflaiy RAILWAY.—IeA• mays :—" The
first sod of the Abbotsbury Railway, which is to bring
the town into direct oommunication with Lo.dou has
been cut, and the works have been exammeoced by a
Birmingham firm. They are espeoted to occupy about
twelve months. A junction is being formed with the
London and South Western Ike at Upwey, where the
Weymouth branch of the Great Western is also
Joined. Abbotsbury is a town war Dorchester, and
boalaa of a large fishing trade."
M THE ANCIIIIIIIII UNITY Or ODD FELLOWS. -It
appears from the official statistioa, the oompilatioa
which bee just been completed, that on the let of
January, 1879, the Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows
numbered 531,599 members, against 5311,802 at the be-
of 1878—a net gain of 4,757, against 8,432 In
be-
ginning 10,357 in 1876. This show' how the
widespread depression of trade has affected the
industrial clams., and that fact is still MOM clearly
evidenced by 15,017 having left the Order Let year.
while only 27,918 were Initiated, against 32,341 in 1877
and 33,646 in 1876, and an average of 35,000 for each
of the five preceding yeara. The deaths of members
during the year amounted to 6,916, the percentage
being 139 against 143 in the preceding year. The
funeral benefits paid amounted to £70,434, against
07,347 last year ; and in addition £23,301 was paid as
funeral benefits for wives and the widows of deceased
members. The director., considering the present
state of trade, commerce, and agriculture, in the
country, regard these statistic" ae satisfactory.

TILE NEW RAILWAY.

How to Invest espital with funds going 111,
towards 100, and with scarcely any tondo dodo
worthy of being called "securities, "Is the question of
the day with capital/elm For once we are in favour
of something like " Proteotioa " to home ventures,
and inclined to think that " Reciprocity " cannot be
effectually secured in the employment of English
capital, for the money goes out of our country, sad
people after people are t .altrng up the a
practice of not sending any back. Under these
circumstances the money ought to be kept at home,
and employed where we can see something for our
outlay. Where shall we place It? The Glasgow and
West of England Bank failures discourage those who
are not at present shareholders extremely well
satisfied with their knowledge of the sound under-
takings to which their fortunes are attached. Sewage
farms, in spite of much puffing, have proved more
sanitary than profitable, and great idaptr trades are
hindered from developing, by the "depression." We
must examine the prospects of that little economics'
railway Just started front Upwey to Abbotabory,
which Is taking advantage of cheap labour and cheap
Iron, and is to be finished in time to take advantage of
the revival of trade. At the Royal Hotel, Weymouth,
on Friday evening, will be an exoallent opportunity
to ascertain how much more ought to be invested in
order to prevent contractors from snatching up the
shares on this attractive bit of line.