The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-01-13 00:00:00

AUIIIMICI AND MIMI lITZLAWL

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The Local Government Board warmly approved the
action of the Town Council in adopting suggestion, and
amplifying their byelaw,: but se they were yet inade-
quate, the Board recommended them to adopt the model
dune of the byelaw'. and suggested a conference with
an Inspector.
It was decided to ucertain how much it will cost the
Board for an Inspector to come down for thla purpose.
POLO&
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Mr. fily's tender, being- ITU-Towed, was accepted for
oda, beans, and bran.
OPPOSITION TO THE ABBOTSBURY RAILWAY.
" A Shareholder" of this newly-commenced line called •
meeting of all interested therein, for Monday afternoon,
at the King's Arms, in °reit:. to :onaider the conduct of
the directors, both with regard to their coadructing the
commencement of the Wee, ..a warn alleged, beyond the
limits of their powers of deviation, and also as to their
voting £3OO to the directors for past services.
From 80 to 100 shareholders answered to the cell, the
Weymouth ones being present in great force, if, indeed,
they did not f °futile majority of the meeting. Among thou
present were :—The Mayor of Dorchester (W. Durdeo,
Esq.), Mr. Steele, Mr. A. Pope, Mr. G. Symonds. Messrs.
Burch, J. B. Cols, Janes, It. D. Simi, Ellery, Edmunds,
8, Jackson, Davis, F. Holland, Seward, R. MIL Robinson,
T. Ensor, Frost, Newport T. A. Hume, T. R. Charles,
Cutuaington, G. J. G. Gregory, Lipsoombe, Tilley, 8.
Wallis,Bennett (Weymouth). Mark Hopson. Siy, °induce,
Brown (Weymouth), dic.. and Mr. W. Manfield, secretary
to the company, and Kr. Burnett, agent to the company%
solicitors, was as we may say, on the other Bide.
The MAYOR of Dorchester was called to the chair, and
addressing hie brother shareholders, said the meeting had
been called in consequence of one held at Abbotabury,
where it was not courteous to hold &meeting, as there are
nearly 300 shareholders in Dorchester and Weymouth, and
one of those towns should have been chosen, as it takes up
all the day to go to Abbotabury and back. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. SIMILE felt, u most of them did, indignant at the
proceedings of the directors and secretary in holding a
meeting where no one could attend. He expostulated,
but was answered there was more property in the line
represented at Abbotebury than at Weymouth or Dot.
chute. He moved—That the holding of the shar. holders'
meeting at Abbotabury, instead of Weymouth or Dorches-
ter, where the majority of the shareholders reside, could
only have been for the porpoise of preventing any numer-
ous attendance of shareholders, or discussion on the affairs
of the company' and was therefore altogether unjustified.
Seconded by Mr. JOSIPIII Vies, and • very large
malority voted for it, no hand being held up against,
. FRANK HOLLAND moved that in the opinion of the
meeting, the directors of the Abbotabury railway were
guilty of • breach of faith towards the shareholders by
commencing the work at all until the whole of the capital
bad been fully subscribed. it having been represented to
the sharehelden that on failure of the full subscriptions
being obtained, the shareholders' money should be
returned, with the amount of deposit, end interest mild
thereon by the company's bankers.
Seconded by Mr. W and also carried without
opposition,
Mr. T. R. CHARMS, although a very small shareholder,
said the directors had very much misled them in taking
on themselves to go beyond the limit of deviation allowed
by their Act of Parliament and their plans. It had been
stated they had no power to take land of various owners
over which the line is DOW RO pass. without • WSW Act, and
if such were the cue, the shareholders should have been
called together to see how the difficulty was to be met.
He had only paid his first subscription, bad not Paid the
can, but had resolved to pay no more. He moved that,
considering the hopeless candition of the company, this
mestizos call upon the directors to call a meeting and
wind up the company, as the further persecution of the
scheme will only involve the shareholders in further
izgerr.l.ltursi seconded the resolution 'but could not my
he did so with great pleasure, having regard to the Waste
sheet Issued by the directon. He saw there an item of
expenditure, ".C4,500 for permanent way and Annus."
Where ware their "permanent way" or " elation' r la •
certain column under "miles of line completed," he sew
" *a" lithe line WY o cost LAM a rails, and they
only got what they had now, the bother they shut up shop
the better. (Applause,) Ttiough only a Man shareholder
personally, he, as • solicitor, represented SO or 70 shares,
and, therefore, he seconded Mr. Charles's proposition.
(Applause.) He also referred to Mr. Giles Symonds%
letter, which repeated what the directors said—" As the
line between Broadway and frier Waddon is obtained, the
line will be constructed forthwith." Put that before any
trims, of men, and let thawy what it meant,
Looked at grammatically it was.ulated to mislead,
although the secretary of the committee might endeavour
to put • different construction on it' anyone reading that
would be led to imagine the line between Broodwey and
Waddon had been actually obtained and paid for, but Mr.
Giles Symonds stated it as • fact that it had not beet
obtained, because client' of his, over whose land the has
pared, had not putted with their land. Such a statement
as that in • Directors report, he never heard or read cf.
and he, therefore, seconded Mr. Charles's ?isolation.
Mr. G. lirethims, as his name had been mentioned
would make an °Nervation.
Mr. W. MiNFIRLD Is this a shareholders' meeting Sr
co.t
The MATOM : It iii MIRMADS of those interested.
Mr. MAKTIRLD : Then it is not a shareholder's meeting
* • meeting at all.
Mr. SYMONDS : I am interested for landowners.
Ilr. MAIcVIKLD : Landowners interested in the
railway I
My. : I did not say so; I do not know that
say landowner is interested in the line except Mr.
Manfield. (Laughter.) He continued that the MONS
stated: "As posesesion of the land between.Broadwee
and Waddon is obtained," and there was a stop; the
common sense of that would be that it had been obtained.
He congratulated the directors who drew up that report as
their ingenuity, but net on their honesty, and if in Olathe
must include Mr. Burnett, he hoped he would um* it se
• compliment. If there was anything to conceal, if the
00030011-WDIO meaning of the words was different from
what he was told they were intended to convey, then they
should have used other words. He said this was • fabrica-
tion, and the land between Broadwey and Waddon had
not been obtained.
Mr. Bowen/ and Mr. Maxerigtei said it was never
Intended to say so.
Mr. SYMONDS continued Mr. Goodden's and Mr. Crusts
land had not been obtained, and be beiieeed that of more
than onelother landowner.—(Mr. Burnett: ("Quite KO)
The company had never put themselves in • position NO
buy tha land. He had seid—Show ene Your sunthriPtion•
show me your capital has been subscribed' but Mr.
Burnett had told him they did not Want to DIRDS the
einem at that time, therefore they wanted him to proceed
.trithod it. " No," said Mr. Symoods. "show we 1012
RATS MS• ROW'S of paying for the land you want to buieui.
TINNY Meats. have said in the report" As boon as
'AM bee been oiujned, the line will be proceeded with.'
That is Mrs. Glass's Tint math your hats, than
cook it." Their Amon uight show 'Biondi/, but net
honesty, and he advised the ahareholders to resist the pay.
meat of their Nils.
Mr. Murinua : I bops you charge them well.
Mr. STIIIONDS : Never mind, thou who employ me will
be sun to pay ote. He continued: the directors did not
sum to ter everybody with the same brush Mr. Charles
had never paid, and be (11r. Symonds) mid 'Do not Pa/
poured's, but if proceedinu are taken, call the directors to
account for the misuse of the powers Parliament has
entrusted them with." A certain expenditure of money
bad been made in • direction they had no more right to
lOW it than if they had made • line to Bridport it
seemed Mr. Burnett was out in the cold, for be had • bill
to be raid. and &ding at the meeting at Abbotsbury be
WSS not he should have said—" For lisiven's sake
stop yoo have voted toreargelese." (laagkisr.)

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