The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-03-14 00:00:00

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" THZ BcLes Hew. "—A temporary transfer, from
Henry Perrin to Henry Merrick, of London, of the
license of this hoes> wee grantel by the magistrates
on Thure'ay.
FIZZ. —Captain Stone and his brigade were called
out on Friday evening to go to a fire which hod broken
out at the reeidencs of Mr. Todd; when they got there,
however, they fo•ind their services were not require],
It having been ut out, there b:ing • plentiful supply
of water at band. It was supposed to bare arisen from
the over.heatMc of • flue
THZ Powina Houss.—Colo.sel Wilkins In has been
down here looking after the Government-euthorised
places for the storage of gunpowder, and the result is
that he has discovered in the old powder.honae • large
quantity of ammunition belonging ti the Wimborne
corps. It must have been there, it is believed, nearly
• dozen yule. It has been removed, and the magazine
is now closed. The To en Clerk has issued the follow.
ing notice :—" As this magazine has now been closed
sarainst the reception of expoeives by order of Ha
Majesty's Secretary of State, notice Is hereby /Oven,
that all pare Ins having any explosives deposited in the
said magazine are required to remove the same within
fourteen days from this date, and if the same is not
removed at the expiration of that period, all the
explosives fund therein will be thrown overboard.
6th March, 1882."
THZ PROP OW NM, BATHR.—At the Council meet.
log on Monday, the following report from the com-
mittee appointed to ex mine tie plans for the baths
and a system by which salt wa'ar may be procured for
, watering the streets and flushing the gutters was read
as follows Your committee having examined in
detail the plans an 1 estimates laid before them, are of
1 opinion that the outlay contemplated is larger than they
can recommend, the first cost b4ng estimated at about
' F. 4,000, and after taking into consideration the revenue
to be derived, and the cu-rent expenditure, they find
that the prrmanent incre seed coot which would have
to b b .r.ie by the rates would be at least £l5O per
annum. Under these circumstances, year committee
, would recommend that for the present &mach smeller
nuriny should be made in the (Breed m of providing •
fl ,stn or fixed both, at ac ot, say, of £4OO or £lO6,
I and t leave the scheme of flushing by salt water to
remain in abeyance for the present." By nine votes to
two • propoition made by Mr. Councillor Budge was
carried, to the effect that a meeting of the Couacil be
called to rescind the reisoletion passed in July, 1881.
So that we are as far off from our baths as ever.

PLZADUaIOrISIDS FOR Pocn.g.—At the elms meet-
ing it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. Alderman
Ayles, seconded by Mr. Countillor Curti., to a lopt a
report from a c unmittee appointed to enquire int 'the
best mode of utilidog some Corporation ground situate
at Constitution Hill. The report stated—" Your
c inamittee, having viewed the land in qunition and the
houndarie thereof, report as foliose :—That, having
r gird to the rapid incre ors of buil tinge and the con.
current increase of population in the borough. and be-
lieving that In the future the same or • g eater rate of
progress I+ likely to take pla they are compelled to
o niclude that no opportundy of preserving open
swill for public !demure or recreation ground+ should
be lost, and especially so when. se In the present
instance, the ground di in pouession rif the corp irate
anthneietns, and l. by its mutant posit' in. its °ruin:tura-
Hon, and the magnificent views obtained from it,
eminently Site I for the purpose. Your c..mmlttee
would theret,re recionmen I—let, 'Taut th land in
question should be fenced in and idi I out es public
Pleasure grounds, and so maintained.' god, 'Toot If
the foregoing r:commendation i+ a lopte I, the rown
Clerk be requested to 11.`C srtain by app'ic ,Lion to the
agent of Lord Wirnhorrie if be w mid be willing to
entertain the question of exchange.'" The cost of
the proposed laying out of the grounds will be about
Potica, Friday.—Before the Mayor (li. Aldridge,
Esq.), and W. N. Weetern, F.sq. —A seamen hailing
from Bergen in Norway, named Averin Sivenisen, was
brought up in custody charged with etealinglB bottles,
valued at is. 81. the property of George Starks,
builder, of Parksto;se. He & knitted the offence, and
pleaded destitution. He said he had been engaged by
the engineer of a steam ship, at Hull, to do the
voyage from there to New York. When they had
gone some way on their passage, the captain
refused to stand to the agreement, and put him ashore
at Portland. He walked from there to this town, and
WA, starving, so he stole the bottles to buy something.
Under the circum.tancss the pro-ecnt ir said he did
not wish to pre-s the charge, and the acting Consul,
Mr. W. H. Baker, station t at he would pay his fare
to London, where he could get work, he was di/s-
-chemed. _

-11TP-O-lITANT TO EMPLOTERS.—A case has just been
decided in Bow County Court which will be of interest
to employers living in a shipping town like Poole. It
was that of Harrington,, Westhorp, and the plaintiff
claimed 2200 for injury caused to him through the
negligent)* of two fellow-workmen in the defendants'
employ respectively Johnson and altaosy.
Aoco to the plaintiff's evidence, he being employed
loading t as. Glaniffer at the docks, and being in the
'tween decks, wm ordered by Johnson, the foreman, to
go up iin deck to fetch dunnage wood. Whilst going
up the ladder a bale of goods, weighing 5 ens, was
sudgauly lowered up in him, owing, a. was alleged, ta
the negligence of Stacey.--Mr. Glyn, barrister,
app.ared for the plaintiff. —Mr. Ruegg, barrister, was
nominally for the defendant, but in reality for the
Employers' Liability Assistance Company, by whom
the action was defended, Mr. Ruegg set up the
defence that Stacey was not a person having ',Merin'
tendance within the meaning of the Act, and could
not make the employer liable, whilst ths order Oren
by Johnson was not neceasaiily attended with any
daxti—Aftar a long hewing, the jury found a
v or We defendant.