The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-02-22 00:00:00

WASEHAX.

WAREUA)II I DARIEN/VA.—On Wednesday but the gal
consumers in the town were deprived of their usual me,ans
of obtaining light, through some defects at the gasworks.
Accordingly the town was without gas. The grocers,
however, made • display with composites, and the oilmen
with their lamps and oils. The service at the church had
to be abandoned.

--6jl;--N-T--I:viil74-7 SESSIONS, Tuesday.—Before Mr. W. M.
Calcruft and Mr. M. Nugget.
The business was very light. Chocks Brine was charged
with trespassing in pursuit of game. The evidence was of
the most trumpei y nature. A keeper named Powell
found a couple of sires set in a field on his master's
property. lie watched for • number of hours and then
saw the defendant ssunter pass at least 21) yards away
from the place they were set in. Going up to the defen-
dant he charged hint with being there in pursuit of game.
This the defendant denied and surrendered himself to lie
searched, and after this lard been most carefully
accomplished the result wds nil. Me stated his reason for
being there was that lie had heard they were shooting
and he.thoit,:ht w•ould e.inie cover bedting. . .

The Bench ...hi it WrIA a case of great suspicion, hut
they clistuiractl it. [Who was the usat,istrato that graalt..4
thy..su 1111 l !!ats
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II ary Irrei;:ll,fer was summoned for le3.ing a waggon
on the highway at Swanage an unreasonahle time on the
,4 February. It was simply a question whether the
plot of ground on whit:h the waggon stood was the high-
way or not. The surveyor declared it was, and that the
pariah had repaired it. The defendant was equally posi-
tive it was his own freehold.
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the Bench held the 4efendant:4 adult %ratt. and
con..equently their inthdietion wa.4 "u,ted.

Joh:. ih.r;y, a East 11.1tue, was untwoued tow carry-
slithout a license.
. . .

Mr. Ileacli, Inland Ker.:nue taker, iineectiteil.
.1 wierilinan to Mr. Nathaniel 8.,11,1 pencil seein4 the
defendant on the Pith of buceinfier carry a gun in Mr.
wood. Ile :eked Min what le: did there, and he
did nut reply.
Mr. 'leach asked that half the penalty :night he inflicted.
Defendant aiiid fanner:, always carried a gun when out
'ware birde.

11-1:-:ife-;17.84. id the defendait. wu the wm of the farmer,
and it was net on he Lind that he was carrying the gun.
The !tench tint4l the defendant a quarter of the
pelt).

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-Cliarb.lte Cattle, a little girl of 12, of Laeljtini Matravers,
who did 114/lapiseir, lout W:lif represent.' iiy her inotlsert
Was 1111 l UDC.' tor stealing un.lerseockl, the pronerty
Mr. ILmikes. .

P.C. 90, proved at:24lg the child commit the offence oil
the 25th or J.in. Lat.

111. IflOticr sta—t;rtherc Lad been no selnpolii, tiler:nigh
for do: lad t weeks, on account of din ....e.trlet lever, and
the child got out with ullters and took tho wood not know-
ing any hotter.
Fined 61. and hall tho costa. hi.
. - . . . . _

!Vann, Screed. a 111,111.1 hawker. fur a like °flew.;
waN mulcted tia d.ulple the al.ove amount.

SCHOOL MATrERs AT WAREHAM.
Some few weeks ago, we understaud, the Church party
of the Borough thought tit to issue a whip-up to the
burgesses presenting to them the fact that there were, at
present, three Nen.conformists on our School Board,
while the Churchmen hered but two. The cams belli
as ostensibly set forth was that the Bible was not taught
at the school. As this was strongly, and as far as we can
!WO plainly, controverted by the Dissenters, the idea
amongst our townspeople was that it was sought, in the
case of the representatives of the Church Established
obtaining in majority, what many good turn look upon as
an appendix to the Bible, the teachiugs of the Book of
Common-prayer, would be introduced. It is hardly need-
ful to say that this has elicited a great amount of hitter
feeling. As at present constituted the School Board of
this place consist of the following gentlemen ; W.
J. l'ike (chairman), a Unitarian; 31r. I. Selby (vice-
chairman), an Independent; Mr. W. Crocker, a Wesleyan;
Mr. S. Bennett and Mr. 11. I:Arland (Churchmen). 'The
Board has been in existence three years, an.l, consequ.itly,
all the inentlioN retire. With that in view, the Church
party thouht it advisible to attempt to obtain a majority
and no small allll4lllllt of canvassing has gone oil with that
object in view. At a meeting recently held at the Rectory,
we are told it was resolved to run an outsider in order
to wrest the seat from one of the Diasenters ; and we don't
think we are far wrong when wee ly that Mr. Marsliallsay,
formerly the Vicar's churchwarden, was the gentleman
selected. As the Nonconformists were equally determined
to light, it appeared the Borough would have been put to
the expense of an election which, however trivial it might
have appeared to outsiders, would probably have involved
a rate of 2.1. in the pound. Wiser t•• muse's, however, we are
glad to learn, have prevailed. There will be no contest, and
the old Board o ill be re-elected. That the gentlemen oho
have for the past three years served in the capacity of mem-
bent of the School Board, have done their duty, there can
.1w little doubt. The report of the Inspector shows it to be
one of the hest conducted schools in the county. Further
the Nonconformists had a "trump card "to play. The
building at present in use for the school belongs to them,
and there is not much question that had their members
been ousted the doors would havo been closed, and the
Borough would have been calk,' upon to build new
premises. Under the circumstances all parties may be
congratulated. We may add the I.:overt:merit Inspector's
report states "the school is in vsry good order, and has
passed an exceedingly good examination. Ott per cent.
passed. The master is a very painstaking and skilful
teacher." The rate the Borough was called upon to pay
for the year ending September 20, P 474, was 24. in the
pound.
Since the above was written, we learn owing to sonic
error on the part of the Eduratiot, Department in White-
hall, the proper notice for the eketion -4 a new school
Board was not received by the returning tiffieer (Mr. F.
Filliter), in time to give sufficient notice for the election.
In consequence the recent board, Messrs. W. J. Pike
(chairman), S. Bennett, W. Crocker, 11. J. narland, and
C. Selby, will remain in office anther three years.