The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-08-25 00:00:00

POOLE

MORAVIAN M1V411}4.---Nern.olii. ifl behalf of these
isiisistoie Were preached on Randal', at the Baptist chapel,
by the Rev.!. B. Pyket Liberal collections were made.
At Lurr.--The Poole Gas Company have relived the
price front tla to ra 10,1 per 10.000 feet. Why, it is
asked, is gas dearer at Poole than at Dorchester,
Weymouth, and other places far less fartotirably situate
for obtaining their coal supply.

BOARD or COARDIANS.—The following members were
Prewnt at the %petal fortnightly meeting held on Thuraisy
teat :—Meaara .1. Hayman, (chairman). T. W. Green (vice-
chainnan), J. W. Buckley, M. Crumpler, and
T. Abbott. The husinew wort purely forma

PRIIIITIVSMITHODIST 811111%711 SCHOOLS. The anniver-
nary scrvieen of the above nchooln were hell on Slander
lant. The Rev. George Morgan, minister of the chapel.
preachml : and there wan an afternoon nerviee in the
Ladle,: Walking Field, at three o'clock. Yesterday (Moo-
dart afternoon there Wan a public tea meeting which was
Well 414 at Which none intereeting addresses
wore deltyftead
Tug horst ALFIRRT male an eaccumen to Swanage on
Saturaar afternoon. which Was largely Patrollieed• The
nanonlight trip lark wan mach enjoyed: manic being
provided for the entertainment of the excurdonints. The
cheap tritm &wing the seaman have not been few and far
hetween, and have been well mitatswied a " blow on the
water " to the working people being one of the delightn of
the summer week.

A LOC° TR.% -The longest min ever seen at po,:e saWwi
Grrl, ed on Thurrhy last in rnhle, to Rournemouth, coneistins
Of 12 inrriages, two vans, and too engine. Poole station bi
now one of the busiest on the line. and lately the convenience
id Ow public hi, been consulted by piecing seats on the plat-
form to rest "the weary traveller." Notwithstanding the
increased duties. Mr Potter, the station-nuuder, and those
under him, set through their work with admirable facility ;
oul passengers are treated with the. ilunoet

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AND Poi's° —À fro ae.el 41141101, eight {aft,
and rather '.•trange " In his manner, war loot during the
Iteiratta on Wednenday, ant no tidings of hi, cook] bo
On morning Itunerlotendent Hunt rem:frail Informa-
tion front nnuerlntendent Underwood at Mandford that • lad
an•wering Mitchell's daterlialon ha• been toned In • &id at
Wlnterhorne &Intone, and had been lodged In Mandford work-
N.... He ore the name of Illehanls In the coarse of the
day he was wilt for and rmtortal to his parent', who mode
fleet the new station at Innallitet,

Tun RIVIIIITRATION. —The Liberate and Conaervativen
have both held meetings during the peat weeh. to afford
information to persons entitled to be plared In the lista of
voters at the ensuing registration. The hate are no.
&MICA' to the various Church and Cha] doors a the
borough, and every person who has • right to vote should
evamine these list.. and see his name is properly enter.'
ns,sontn, and If, daring the year ending list day of July,
he has ehanged his Sire of abode and is not described ea
"homes In suctseasion." It will be necessary to make askew
claim, or the name will be expunged on ohjectiol. it in
now too late to claim a county rota : but all borough
voters either an mMpayers or AI lodgers can claim up to
the 25th last