The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-07-10 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL MEETING.

At tte Council Chamber ou Friday a special meet-
ing of the Town Council was hell, when there wore
present—The Mayor (Mr. A. Reyoul.l4), Deputy-
Mayor (Mr. C. lictmunds). Aldermen J. Brach and J.
P. Suttill ; C nthcillors—Meesrs. ki. Howell, C. Fels
stone, W. Knight, J. Guppy, F. Jones, A. & lisuieter, ,
D. & Biddlecombe, 0.0. Isiantae, S. Ward, D. Powell;
Mr. F. W. ithudry, Town Clerk, and Mr. F. Cooper,
Borough Surveyor.
The 'lown Ci.gn read a communication t ruching
the application of the proceeds of of the Cortioro•
lion property required for the Bridport Railway onion.
'ion work. The letter ran as follows :
" Treasury Chambers, June Bth, 1981
"fitir.-1 am directed by the Lords Oommissonere of
Her Majesty's Treasury to acknoeleds• the recestpt of a
memorial trout the Town o.lllCli ol Bridoort, dated the
114th Aprtl last, for approval of a sum ot £l7O received
from the Bridpdrt gateway Company tor the intone.% of
the Corporation la certain land, being applied to pay otf •
debt doe to the Waken for repairs to toe Town MAUL 4th
I am to stem that on reference to the psper C At:sin:Ds
queries with respect to Vie anericial etate of the borough.
you will PiirCisive that the information Id not given in this
reply from the Town Clerk, especially that no mention us
me& of the liabilities of the Corporation. As arm can
he ascertained, the income of it. Corporation iota general
sedlzsent to meet the eXpendifore. LI extra expenditure
was necessary tor the repairs ref erred to, It was the duty
of the Corporation to levy a rate for the purpoes My
lords are not prepared to sanction the application of pro-
ceeds of *sloe of Corporation property to such a purpose,
and must desire that the amount may be Invested in
Government securities, in accordance with the Act, 15 and
40 Vint., o 55-1 have the honour to be, ea, your obedient
servant,
"(Signed) J. H. Cola
The Mayor, care of lowa Clerk, Bridport."
On the motion of Sir. Ennaine. seconded by Mr.
KIIIGHT, it was agreed that tha money be invested in
consols.
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—Ti—
e next business was to consider a communiestion
from the Ivical Government Board touching the
Divided Perishes Act. The following letter wu read
by Mr. Gundry.
" Local Government Board. Whitehall, S. W., 18th June
1883.
"Bit.—l am directed by the Local Government Board to
Inform you that they have had under oonMderation the
question of dealing, under the Divided Perishes Acts,
with ellen puts of the parishes of Button &mistook.
Srmondebury, Bothenhempton, Walditco, Bradpole, and
AlLegion, as are within the boundary of the Municipal
Borough of Bridport, thus making the municipvl and
parochial boundaries of Bridport oonterminous. Before,
however, issuing the requisite orders to curry out the Pro-
pout referred to the 11 mrd will be p-eared to consider
"ygerePirrneri°nlce which
theret'ho.. Town C:rndyloaurayo'ileCiet
servant,
"(Signed) C. B. Nova."
A discussion of an unimportant character took place,
after which Mr. Euxurus moved "That after hear-
ing the letter from the Local Government Board upon
the question of the Divided Parishes Act, and as there
appears to be 000siderable opposition to the proposed
scheme on the part of many of the ratepayers of the
borough, and as the Council consider some misappre.
hension has as arisen to the effect of the proposed
alteration on some of the perishee, the Conned would
be glad to be informed on the following point before
offering any opinion on the matter—via., will the
portions of the parishes; that are intended to be joined
to the perish of Bridport be liable to pay towards the
cemetery rate. and if so will they have the right of
burial in the Bridport pariah cemetery I"
Thie was seconded by Mr. Howell, and carried.
T ADVIL. _ .

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Amain TO Dersaun Tungsten!. A daring
attempt to defraud tradesmen in Yeovil has been
made bye respectably-dressed young woman, a native
of Martock. She railed at the drapery establishment
of Messrs Wadman, made purchases to the extent of
£l4 or £l5, and presented, in psyment thereof, a
cheque for 2.56 155., on the Wilts and Duvet Bank.
The cheque bore no date, and was filled in in rude
handwriting, made payable to " John Wyatt, or
order," and signet "Joseph Cleall." The girl stated
that the cheque was given her by her father, who lived
at Chard, and received it in payment for some corn he
had sold. The cashier at the bank refused to cash the
cheque, an I the polies were communicated with.
Sergeant Eveleigh watched the girl, and saw her go
into a sewing.machine shop, where she had ordered a
sewing machine, representing that she could not pay
for it, as she could not cash a cheque which she had
received from her father, as the bank was closed.
Sergeant Kvelsigh questioned the girl, and, finding
that her story was contradictory, he took her to
Mattock, when he found that she was in the employ
of a gentleman as cook; and her master discover 4
subsequently, that a blank cheque had been torn from
his cheqae-book. The polio. have the matter in hand.
CRAWS &GUM./ • SALVATIONIST. —Ou Friday,
before Mr. James Curtis, Mr. John Curtis, and Mr.
H. B. Phelps, Mary Jane Ham, who appeared in the
dock in toe dress worn by female members of the
Salvation Army, was charged with obtaining three
pairs of boots from Mr. Richard Colley, shoemaker, by
false pretences. Prdoner bee for some months peat
taken an active part In ttle local @Gretna' of the Sal-
vation Army. She was at the "barracks" on Wed-
nesday evening, and was heard to sing in a hearty
manner, "We will conquer, never fear," and also
segmented the hope that she would meet her
" comrades" in heaven. The evidence was to the
efdssit that prisoner called at prosecutor's shop on the
24th of April, an obtained three pairs of boots on the
pretence that she required them toe Mrs. Sidney Bart,
of Kingston. The boots were not returned, and on
inquiries it transpired that Mrs. Bart had not
authorised anyone to obtain Ibsen. Prisoner remained
undetected until this week, when it was found that
she was wearing one pair of the boots, and the other
pairs were in her box. She bad nothing to slay in
defence, and was committed for trial. Tao Court was
crowded with Salvationists and others.

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