The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-02-12 00:00:00

for the unvarying kindness its hail rowaLvedi
bo ftirus om them
Dina it bed been established. They
hie weaker.s and his failing's in every skate sod form.
When he &eke I for this mn tins to Ds c teether
he had iu view emus events which bad taken Plue in
the 13,.r,,ugh, and he thought he suould have been able
to lay before them am. juasfication of the c or.e he
had token. Since then he bed had many comcancioe-
lions made to him, but, unfortunately, thee. had been
of a priveto nature, so that his lips were sealed, and,
therefore, he moat ask for the indulgence of the Board,
mid leave the matter with them Has could not help
feeling in the cowls which had been taken cone
reflections bad been cent upon ham, and that he was
either diaqualified and iocapeciteted mor fly
from taking & p nation in the town, an I was altogether
unworthy of recaiving any reward for the services
hi had rendered to the town. Fie had been con-
nected with it in various ways for a long number
.4 yaws. He thought it was more than thirty
years he had been connect-d with the Bawl of
Guerdiaos, and had att ander' its hi-weekly meetings
so Regularly that be thought by reference to ths
records of the minutes it woad I be ..era he had
not been &heat during the whole of that period
more than thirty times. For the last twelve yeare
and upwardn he had sated 14 It, vice-chairman, end
for two years, previous to the election of Mr. Georg.
Eli .1 as chairman, he hod performed that air• in con-
sequence of the ilinea of Mr. Gea oleo. Upon nix
occasions he had been elected to the Town C anal,
and never once without • contest, three limas as
alderman, and hod filled the office of chairman of this
Board since its formation. There we. woe gentlemen
present—and he Lob this °ono, tunliy of publicly
thenkine him—who told him he was lei to believe be
(Mr. Thom...) had some infirmity which would dis-
qualify him fr m holtlitg his present al le, and who
had bald him he bed watched his toms. of conduct la
order to WO if be could trace any infirmity, but had
never amen anything whatever if it. He believed that
was cc:rect.—Mr. Snook: Tee—Mr. Tomos. con-
tinual if that was the case it seemed strange venom
end dirt athoul I he CY, at him. He did not kuow he
had cd on anything ti deserve such treatment, and it
appeared to him • moot be in some way disqualified,
or there was something in his anidnot to prevent him
bolding office, and, feeling such to be the case, be bad
thought best to tender his resignation not only at this
B aid, but at other place., for if he waa not oompetent
I, MA. some acknowledgmant given him of hie
servicee he was not in • fit position to hold his present
office. Entertaining these views, he felt it to be his
duty ti place in the hand. of this Bard the trod
they had reposed in him upon several occasion..
'Hs had
or oov inns in office, a• there were mane
gentlemen whom he had wished to undertake the
position of chairman, but ho felt after the honour
which had been so recently pieced upon him he ought
not after this stigma had be n c et upon him to remain
In office longer. He was exceedingly morry his tocuros
wan no tail, ea h, should like to have justified the
course he had taken, but we unable to do so. Ho
moat now leave the matter in their bands to deal ea
they liked—Mr. Livdl could no: grasp the came of
their chairmau'e neignation, an I could only War it
was on amount of someth•tuf which had taken place
outside this Bard &itogather, and with which they
aid nothing t, do. lie was perfectly settled with
A* manner in which their chairman had oath:Mai the
, basins., of tide Board, and hoped he would reconsider
resigning hi. p ellen a. their chairman. —Mr, Robins
propose.) Mr, 'Themes ahould be flake' to reconsider
his decision. During the time Mr. Thomas had been
the chairman he had shown the utmost courtesy and
attention, and had very ably conducted the business.
—Mr. Scriven hoped be would a otinue to preside as
their chairman.—Mr. Snook said he wished to show
he appreciation of Mr. Thomas' services by regretting
that any arie•wace 'amid eff it he p *Mimi at that
Board.—Mr. Bunton remarked he bad shown hie
appreciati a of their chairman by having &eked them
lately to re-elect him, cad he must may during his
oouoectiou with this Board the busker had been
cen duate in a met amicable meaner. —The Chairman
said ata the mentbara of the Bled had ananicnottaly
requested him uot to resign, he w.oild bow to their
dection cud still retain °die. Simpson observed
WI • servant of the B 'ant he did not like to speak
bele*, but now Mr. 'I% mvis had very kindly con-
tented to continue the offlos of chairman, he would
ex preas his great gratification. liver since hi. appoint-
ment, not only himself, but the other members of the
staff had but one feeling—that no one worked more
amicably with them or shows! them greeter consider-
ation than Mr. Thomas.