The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-02-16 00:00:00

FINDLATER & CO.'S

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DUBLIN STOUT
(caowN BKANI,)
Highly recommended for Private Families &

Brewers aro nf XIX. XX, and I Stouts for Ow Trap.
N.HOLIDIALIS war rR"M THE
MOUNTJOY BREWERY. inrmax

T lEBIG'S LIQUID EXTRACT of BEEF
oloes not require Cooking or Warming. In in the
form of a Liqueur. It ban not the unpleanant odour
and flayour the solid extracts, and can ho taken :Ind
retained by those who are unable to partake of Solid
food in any form. Travellers by land or sea, nuell
la.lien in delicate health will find it most beneficial.
Sphl by all Druip;inta, GroCCM. and Wine Nterdwit.
in 30. isAtles.
l'oprietors, DIGBY, nANDY, and Co., Llveool
__highest Tentimonials from the Pee.,,ind Melk

Men.
" The bed extract uf beef ever to the
pubik.
,„„it nutriame and voletable."—Lowkon Review.

SELF-FASTENING BUTTONS.
ONCE WORN, ALWAYS WORN.
INRADILY applied to any garment by
piercing a round hole, which requires no sewin-4.
Can be easily removed and re-adjusted, and an,
to button than any others. Wholesale of
W. HICK, Kirkgate, Huddersfield,
Agents required in every town not already appointed.
WEB:VOUS DEBILITY. —GratiA, a
1-1 MEDICAL WORK, showing Sufferers how
they may be Cured without the aid of cinacka Free
on receipt of postage stain —Address, SZONITAIT,
hstitute of Anatomy, '

WISTMOUTII AND PORTLAND
.ItAll.Wol,—The twenty-
sixth ordinary half-yearly tneettng cf this company wait
-...-- held at the offices on Thursday. Mr. .1. R. Mills in the
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AFFOR chair. The report stated that the directors were pleased
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to state that the accounts, duly audited and verified.
, , • •:, young Balaton, son of a labourer showed an available balance of L9O-.7. out of which they
. .. • iicoblentally billed at Milwall reconiniend a dividend for the half year at the rate of 4/.
: • , I . ; lit!.. towards the expenves of Ida 7s. rld. per cent. per annum, amounting to Liiiill. leaving •
balance of ::!iii/. to be carried forward. The amount of
rent recelvol for the half year from the Great Western
l'U 7-) DERTOWN. ' and South tVesterti Railway CompanieA was 3.,11/. the
.!, , . 1 carriage belonging to the cash at lianken. amounting to 41i/., and the suudry ;Wits i ',ll).teillie. %Wet lacing driven from due to the company lei. The debenture interest amounted
. 1, ~.., the evening of the entertain- , to NU., anal the available balance, ai above stated, to
. . ,!eueut home, when it came in ' 1,9071. The report wan adupteil anal the dividend declared.
!aure, carelessly thrown into the kciaoceli "ern Sitannevs, Tuesday. -41,fore Mr I.:. Reynelds, .: ! turn over, throwing the driver Mr 11. Hopkins, and Mr T. Ablsitt.
, ! , lot serious injury was sustained. aartioLlNO.
.. 1 entertaininent WaYt given on A gentlemanly-looking man, who gave the name of " Jefiri
':, iry 9th, in the National School- Smith," use summoned for amugulitur 711,. 2oxs. of cigars.--
• iea o clock the room warn Well Mr J. P. White, examining °Meer 01 Customs for the port of
.. . throughout the evening were Weymouth, said yesterday he was In attendance at the Custom
i many of them encored. Mr. Douse, and examined this gentleman's baggage, having
• ' " The Teetotaller wag much op - previously asked him if he had anything liable to duty, awl he
~..d he gave "The Ilisti.ry of said he had not. Then witness examined one of Ids leather
• oOw Rev. IL Everett ("Christen- portmanteaus, and found in it a drawer or false bottom. There
Mr. W. Tom, in inn mmg of were six 'sista of cigars, weighing 71Ia 2oni Defendant was
tvi4keli much merriment. Mr. asked why he had not declared thole, and he denie I knowittz
Barnes' Dorset Dialect, "The they wore there, but WM said the cigarn were of a very inferior
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- fun„ also the reading of the Rev. descriptio ness n. Wit thereon t,bl him he mist have known of
• ! • 'oe class performed their part in the cigars being there, or he could not have known what sort
• . ' '!. - ,•• ti.,..: presiding at the piano The they were. The Chairman pointed out to defendant tied the
double value and duty to which lie WM liable, antoutitol to
user 1.15.-11efendant !WM the portmanteau was bought at a
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Val Sale ; it allearo,l to have betn at inn: time a valuable one, and
was a either complictted affair. The cigars must have been
. there at least four months nit., and when ho decided, in
C, to came M Weymouth, his wife lacked his portmantmul.
, must have overio“ked these cigars As to the value
gy were of so vile a quality, that he did not think any one
aught smoke them. The Chainnan said the lied h Were dia-
l.7i!
,ti.uity.
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7ltztiaendittls,....mant. Ilium:
adma_tWoor,
.atnt:4l
,flastiisid
.hiihem Istu
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not be ansWerable for the v•ontenta 01 the next packaireyt,ls .
he did not pack It 'unwell ; he'd rather the Custotn I, Ina
oaken would CLaMine it ibeMIWIVCS, and tell hint what was
there

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Sparkling Moselle"
• v Tower" School chiblren
,hakers" Mr. Ilankes
Miss Fetherstgovhaugh
Rev. 11. Everett
Pistant Sea" Glee rloe
' CCULOtailte . Mr. finlike'
Mrs. Patten and Ilin Gene
.. Mr. C. Young
..Mr. Dunnuan
o Visit to the ZJologital Gardcus"
Henke

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.. &ray Purim" . Mr. W. Toms
• • • • .. Rem. F. E. Freeman
Sailor Prince^ .. ram clam
. Om queen.. .. Glice clam
.i.1.7/11LINSTER.

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1 o • c. inquest was held at the Asylum,
Ch.,: . . . lav, before Mr. Cites Symonds,
cot. . ,• • . Clench, one of the patients,
ag. I I. l• • , it appear% wu knocked down on
Fc• • . . run against by another lunatic,
n.o. l'it ~zed IN, who was suffering from an
el,' • .1 ..per heard Clench fall, and at once
Ii nit the old man, who IV SS very
.• ,sot, although gubiniutiently it WWI
I I ~.•re broken, soil tali. CLUALOttai hhi
.1... trued a rerdict of "Accidental

WEYMOUTH CONSUMERS' GAS COMPANY.
A meeting of the shareholder, of this company was held
on Wednesday morning last, at the Guildhall, pursuant to
notice. Mr. Damon, chairman of Directors, presided, and
there were also present :—Capt. Roberts, Mr. 11. Hopkins,
Mr. S. Abbott, Mr. Stone, manager, Messrs. Mason,
Collett, F. Mace, G. Russell, E.. 0. Hallett. banning.
Brown, King, Cook. Plowman, Miles, White, Felton, W.
T. Cole, dm. Minutes ot prior meetings having been reset,
and the notice convening the present meeting, the manager
and secretary, Mr. Stone, read the rePoll and balance
sheet of the company, the details of which were not, as
usual, printed. The report was as follows:-
14. 'lnc Directors have pleasure in informing the share-
' holden. that the result of the half.yar's working, together with
the lulaucc brought fors ard froni last half-year, enables them
to recommend that a dividend at the rate of 41 per cent per
annum he declared free of income tax, and the balance be
carried b.rwnr.i to the nest hallflow.
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2nl. The Wools will be payable within eight days after
the adoption of this report.
3rd. Thn Auditor who retires by rotation Ls Mr. W. T.
Hallett. who offers himself for re-election. . . .

It apptokred that there Wad a balance in hand of
£I.IKI 11. Id, out I,f which the directors recommended
the dividend of 41 per cunt., free of income tax.

The Citoila*a easd the slirectore, acting on the authority
given them at this extraordinary meeting, the minutes of
which the secretary had now read, had usade application
to the Mont of Trade for powers to raise additional
capital, awl from communications they had receivml, they
had every mason to believe that in due course the) should
have the powers they applii.sl for. The dividend now
recuunuenikal by the directors to be paill-11 per cent.
was the maximum dividend allowed by the Board of
Trade to Ise divided, so lung as the charge for gas exceeded
Gl. per 1,4010 feet—they were not allowed to have more
than ti per cent, so long as the price continued mote than
Ss. lid. is Lissa The shareholders were also aware that
the Provisional Order under which the company was
now working, authorised them to continue the
advanced rate of ss. 3a. per LOCO ft. until January, 11476 ;
but it was not the intention of the directont to maintain
the present rate beyond the termination of the present
quarter. (Hear.) lie was, therefore, authorised to an.
flounce that, after that time, they lisped to supply gas at
the old rate of 4s. 111. per 1,000 ft. (3Pld•wooT To "one
would this alteration of price be more welcome than to
the dinwtora who, being among the largest consumers,
were the find to feel the weight of the additional charge.
But the extraordinary rise in the price of coals necessitated
the rise in that of gas, while 110 M, the directors believing
that at the clawlusion of their contract they should
obtain better terms, took the first opportunity of return-
! big to the 01,1 price. At the sable tame they 41i41 not part
, with their powers of snaking the kI. increasw and return-
' log to the cc.. 341. per LIMO should there I,e a returu to
higher prices of coal. (Hear.) There had been flume
, complaints of inadequate simply of gas, eqlecially at the
north en4l of the town, arising, no doubt, from the extew
111 l of the town itself in that direction, so rendering inatly
'of the 1111:1i114 too small for the ituantitY of Ps
reqUiredi to tram through theta. Ever since the
C'55151455)' had been in existence it had been
laying down larger mains ; aud of course it was for the
interest .4 the rotussiny as well as for the conveuience of
the publie, that there should be no deficiency in the
supply. Arrangements have teen nuole for laying down
larger twat** where needed, and the directors hope there
will be no deficiency in future in the supply. At the last
meeting it a-as determined to dimewo us all the printing
of the Isilattee sheet, but the direeton; woubl adopt
etilINC us hilt they thought would give the shareholders
full optsirtustity of being acquainted with the affairs of
the e pally. The secretary would real testis the Act of
Parliament what was required.
Mr. STiPil: the!' read extract% showing that the
tt:C.. 44 fog II days previous to emit ordinary
be :mot to the inspecti 111 l of the shatelsolder.s at the Kind-
led office of the company, and the dina.tons shall pnstuce
to the shareholders the balance sheet. together with the
retorts of the au:Silo:a, within ottive hours.
The rifitanisi contintad that with reganl to the public
who are tot shareholders, an oppartunity would be given
to them, by the direct:es. sending a copy of the report and
' balance sheet to the I lerk to( the Peace for the county, at
whose °dice they could be seen on application. With thuse
few remarks he begged to 1110,e that the rePert of the
• etors be received awl adopted.
Mr. W. T. Com secutulml. and, there being no amend-
ment, it was declared carried unanimously.
The next business aZA the apissintment of an auditor.
Mr. W. T Hallett retiring, by rotation, °tiered hinmelf fur
re elect' .
PLIIWMAN :timed, and 31r. Caog seconded. that Mr.
Hallett he re-elocted.
Carried woad 1111 l wily.
A vote of thanks to the Chairman was Passed, and the
meeting closed.