The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-08-17 00:00:00

WIXBORNR.

!You:sr.—An inque4 wa hell at the Barley Mow
Colehilh on. Mon, lay last. before Mr. Thomas D.
IL Iwlin.deputy coroner, on the body of Charles
BaLo•l. who was found hanging (nun an oak tree on
the ,lay previous.—Fonu the evidence it appears the
deceased was an .14 pensioner and lived with his
sister. Ile wt., given to drink very much, and for the
last month he had been more or less intoxicated On
Satiolav morning he toll his sister he was going to do
away with himself, she informed P.C. Bennett, who
went to the .b.ceve,l aml ik,died him if it was true. The
decea•el said no. on Sunday morning about 10
minutes to 11, Frederick lialegood and William
V. 3,1., whilst ~n their way to chapel saw the deceased
mtewle.l foon a tree about 20 feet from the ground ;
the 1..1y %rya tak..n down awl fi.und to be (mite cold.
Thejney returm,lavenlict that the deceasea committed
the act whilst in a state of temporary insanity.

re.sio nr '• V.N. —At the usual tneetinf.: of
this 1.4 y .41 Thor Are lAst. Mr. W. I). l)tigriale
vas in the hair. awl there wen. present Nlesers. C. T.
...upler. T. Styrung, J. W. Buckley,
!humor... and S. Kerley. The only business
14"ee the Hoard, beyond the usual relief lints, wan
tne comideration route correspondence on what
41" re It" he A groundless complaint made againnt
r. !Lt. lawt,e, the Medical Officer for Lytchett
Minster, by Mr. Daniel Hallam. The consideration of
the matter was adjourned.

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Vern %two N.. Aoeuet I2h --B.,(oro the
e'"'l• Km •ci.l C. J. Stone, M. knot -Welch,
and IL Veneer,
Tho 'imam of to. Anatv Arms Inn, Longllset, wax
inuifeted Iran Mr. Eiger 11..05e to kJ% Howland Hill.
Ta- f .1 .111.111 "..“14tr,t.p were appointed the Licensing
th- ler.onth :—The Mayor (G. Cottle, Kos )
111 W. Nor.% C. J. Stone, M. Kemp-Welch, G. K.
Gulch, and W I. Duzaale, Kil••
1" IP"'4. fat, fl Baum. month, now of 8 webs sa,
4.4'4 411 ,n cssto.lyeherged with neglecting to
mliolaia h.. Igitimflte child, aged about three gem;
11)..41i t.e 24th of June, whorish, it became
chiriteabe to the union. --111 F. Clarke, master
of the Workholea, amerilea ag this a hard caw He
adi the aiamer left the child with the mother if tho
Patetme fear', who hut protuieed to look alter it, but
.6••^l.reseutir t.ok it to the union. lie promme.l to
aittdrae the 1,•• re,t n the underatending that
..'ffiso ....di Ilk. the fiat and enter the worklamire,
elm rep. mot I be token for Ler removal to her own
Ilm°—Liatts rt— as she I/ as peonilesta—Thls cantos, was
ofLgted.

TIIE GAS COMPANY.
The half rettly meeting of the shareholders of the
TAM and County oi Poole Gee anal Coke Company
Iliatte.l). was held in the Guildhall, on Monday list.
sad was *Mendel by Mr. W. Pearce, the chairman of
Ligact T. and me,. (h .1, Stone, F. Mlles, W.
ere"T• 11l Farmer. H. Maiden, J. IL Phillips, W. A.
`S.Sar. A. IL Fun.ell, and J. Iludden (secretary).
the report stated that:.-
To bireeton. in meting their last repart, had a con-
Heel ellwetatismt that the consumption would increase!
lo
'ad the again of the c mammy correrean4ingl7 loPro!"
t thryhad to., ;featly to their regret, to report till%
this exieetatnitt hag not been realised. Tao CODIUMPtioII Out het den...ailed toe vary large extent, heinit 564.090
reis f an lot lest th laitt heftiest, and 4700 kits than in
J 1::: ha tye ar, 1470, end the profit. were Ica. by
7, 10 lthal .cemher, and LIE 2.. 111. less than
thlaw,lot otired to pay the maximum Meld cnd and
"Mtnet. The Directme now proposNl to p‘g
It's 'maximum dividenii• as heretofor,. complelely exhatiet-
the metre foal Unrisa thereto a very great improve'
racat io the coaMallifeifil in the curient half-fear •
on of dividind et the rate of one or two per cent.
.71 Th' pr rev. capital will be inevitable. This large
werewe in the roneureption In a tow° like Poole to
u4"441. 1. iffiefil., there is an increase of from 5 to 10
Per met Pit hotting cooking. end other &mimetic Dor
net. it is surpriaing that very little is amid in the corn-
Year's d.er Tne emnrany have spent much capital
%their works, which are flow in yt, ol order, and ran
Ilayir Cubic the quantity they have done. All the
"Metal raised has iven expended, and a email amount is
•mm to reveaue • mint il au ccont. If the mains be '
L•m,ltesded tiro a-w district., further capital mutt he
li• A lialance if due to the banker., and must al wart
;17" °ilium •011.7 ie provided to weeteurrentexpenditure. I
" le°ye., due to the company hoe not been colle-ted
m than two of three months after it is due, and they I
",_,0410.1 to aak the tankers to 'mist. Consumers ire I
lo Pay their accounts when demanded. The auditor
!!'otcomentol to set for twelve months longer but
her auditor Of audit Is will have to he appointed at
mat
w meeting, mid the sbarehid len will have to con-
oraewb44lW t? appoint a profeesional accountant
Marehelder.
14". (4111111 AB after acknowledging the services of
"'awl end Mr. lirin said the falling-ofl in
-•••• froo .•
lutT.ain of gag by the public might be AIM-Yi-
n, tee
") t. (he deproolion of trade, aid th early closing
' "lu sod other Owe* of bildneve ; but he antler-
Wel e
end h-tter retu n Flout wh. the a.-c unto were made up
at th of the year • if not, the dividend rout be
,ftliue,d. He had had a conaultation with the auditor
itlecti lag the blown. tea MA he AfffflNl with him
05 and righeto delw.t the tax from the
,at ••••-tra. lie should, therefore, have to ProPo,
i,zi the dividend on the present occasion be pela leas
th:e.,,.4e9T1 tia• 'lb. acomnte hail been made out in
thet ireY, thongh the company were to PaY
At• hut all this c.eild be set right in the next half-
(,;l'' •PPeared 1.7 the report of the Council meet-
r. ?let the public hamlet weill not be lighted with
Years to omit and the price of gas to
"nei
cocenmpti could not be reduced, as it was only by in. that a reduction could be made.
think the members of the Council took it
sir„,,_,—ormration that two lamps lighted with mineral
1"1 onl m
y give sboutthe was amount cif. umble,-
"' "as, IMP lighted with gaii, and wow

rowed, ought to be at half the price, or It would be
a lose tl the ratepayers. It was necessary that he
should revert to what took place at their last meeting,
and thus prevent any future misuoderitanding on the
same p int. It would be recolleoted that he attemp-
ted to dectle a question upon a show of halide, when
proxies were tendered, and he refused to take them,
but their I its solicit ir interp 'awl and said that he
shoal take them, referring to the i`oinpenies' Clauses
Act, ISIS, section 78, whieb certainly, res I alone, did
seem to jas.ify what Mr. Brine said, and led
him t suppose that he was in error.
After referring to certain Acta of Parliament. he
continued : The articles of association for this Com-
pany, which are as binding as an Act of Parliament,
provl led by section 23 that all iptestlons should in the
fir.t place be decided by show of hands, and that the
Chairman's declaration of the result of such show
should be sufficient unions immediately thereupon a
poll should be demanded in writing by at least five
members entitled to vote. Sectioo 26 provided that
whvn a poll was demanded in the proper way the
Chairman should have the power, at own option,
to adjourn the meeting, awl the reason of this was
that • Poll could net be taken except under certain
regulatiors. Air ixy did not antbewise a shareholder
ti sign soother shareholder's name, but only to vote
For him. A demand for a poll mwt be signed by five
Individual members, not by proxy. The Chairman
concluded by proposing the adopti 41 of the report and
accounts, and this was 'wooded by Mr. 11. Boarate.
Mr. W. PIIIMILY asked what was the amount of
waste aid le Ikoge this hslf rar. No doubt the
Dire.-t re conl.l tell them the ca Ise of the &creme of
corpilinpti ,n. It mitht he through gall not thing so
much um. d in large works, r for ec inoinic ream na
people wee wing less, or that there was a fallingoa
In the number of c .nautner,. . .

The CHAIRMAN said h-i-tii:night the reason was to be
found in the slaekneas of t:ade, and in the fine weather
during the spring. As an instance of this, he men-
tioned that it was not found necessary to heat the
parish church. The cause wan not to be found in the
falling. if .4 the number of consumers.
Mr. J. Humour said afters long examination it was
found that a ;dim h main at Parkstone was broken if,
the supposed cause being either the remov.il of • lamp.
poet or the frost of last winter. fbi. fracture was
believed to haee occurred about f Ihristmas, but it was
not discovered till the 26th of May. Another source
of decrease was 1,500 yards of 2.inch main in different
parte of the town, which ought to be taken up no soon
as p essible, and replaced with 4-Inch m tins, which
would give a latter sumily if KU at a leas pressure
and entirely prevent waste.
Mr. PHILLt Ps asked whether anything had been dime
as to the Bournemouth Gas Company giving their
company compensation lbw going oi.er their ground.
The CHAIRMAN a,ii the Bournemouth Company
entered on the ground because it was contiguous to
their works, and they ha I not even thanked the Pools
Company for it. The Bournemouth Company would
not give any compensation tual.nts they were compelled
It was really a serious question. As long as they paid
their dividend the sh ireholders would, no doubt,
be eatisfied ; but by.and-bye the road would be
filled with large houses, and the supply of
those properties would produce a large profit t)
the Poole Gas Company, as they were in their
district. If they did not Ly down pipes and take
possession of the ground they could not prevent the
Bournemouth Company doing so. Ile did not like to
bring up the questi n because he knew some of Vie
shareholders °A oted to raising more capital, with-
out which they could not get the stock of pipes they
ought to have. They wanted about 2000, feet of four
inch pipes, for there was about suuarter of the town
where now there were kakages. These improvements
could not be done without more capita. lie wished
that there should be • special meeting called to con-
sider this serious niatzer. The bank had been very
kind in advancing them money, but they were always
In their debt.

Mr. PANNLT spoke of the good business the Morns-
mouth Company Wlll4 taking out f their ha al..
'the report cud accounts were then adopted.
The CHAIRMAN proposed that a dividend of 10 per
cent, on the A shares, and four per cent, on the 13
shares, less income tax, for the past half-year, be
declared, and made payable on the 30th of Septem-
ber next. The Company had not hitherto deducted
the income tax, but they ought to do so. They were
2ry her I up for paybig the dividends, and this would
elsee tlvin a little straight.
Mr. Pitmurs seconded the proposition, which was
civra d.
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Mr. C J. Smat made Porno remarks on the lon of gam
They had 4,4 or Auo leet on every ton of
carlionisni, and that los c..lculated at st. per 100 feet, at
which price they 'hold.' ..-11 it, would have, if saved.
realised something like LIAO. Tots would hove paid the
dividen 1 hands iniely. and they w,.uld not hove 'wan in
the weak state Vity alw wine The loss hod been
tremeudous. not only on tho estimated quanti'y made, lett.
on tho romper .on of what wall made last yea. The
!manager of lb.. B iurremou,h Guworks told Win that he
male 11,00 D feet of gas out of a ton of coal, sod they coal
only wake 8 000 fe. t Ile wished it to be shown why th,
1.. s was so tau •h ere it.v this yea..
Mr. 13unnEN :‘: r, f rroi tithe leakage at Parkstme,
and it.d.l otter 'e etti,:ht be lcund out in time. Wit n
a I. &kap toot Vac., I ell' a tlrain pipe it was very diflitqlt
to discover it. .

Mr. Prow sud the waste wee enormous. It would be
' se7 r..tast..ct• ry to him and others If au erc mut was
given .4 the c.v. wad.. the gas sold, and thtr
Mr. FURNELL pr 'pore I • rote ot thick' to the chairman
and •iir.e-..-r. . . . .

71.1i.5• seconded, and took occasion to refer ti the
value ot ass for cooltinig.
In aet r o 4:8 1.3 n". thi rode of thanks the CHAIRMAN ca
th.,hrectors did the it it ther could for the interests of
tbe town and the shas holders• and he hoped f,r the
iotitre they w.nli Is •3 ft letter a^cutnt t ) sire. Ile ras
see:), the Council had nut adopt.cl gut fir the pub.to
lamps, which wps a !vest disalvantase to the remnant'. as
increase of c mums:ion was the means t) illCfo3l/0 their
dividend.

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The new IPler wee designed by Kr. 11. Birch, s
Messrs. IhrghPira cud C were the cottrou"" fur the
sum of about 121.510. Tb, deeign tea very ban Isom« o.te,
and forms an Imposing arnsmealt to the town, and. the
Peer has already become a f sv,urit: renort, both e curt ire
and residents. It is considerably hichcr than tie old
ructaire which it replaced which was need as
• platform whilst this was being erected—sod I, of very
cre,l if able dimensions. Iti length ioBCS (tat for • distsne
of tiso feet it is 36 feet wile ; but for th ream:lll4
dumance it is no lee, thou 110 fe-e;t, arlil'at the decking id
the centre part of the sea end has been alleAtly raised. At
th.e entrance there is an ornamental au 1 c.istly structure,
with covered resting plac a, arraeged re as t° give
prominence and siguft i ,-anca to the approach, n
which object it Ls certainly succeeds,. Here there
are alco lavatories and waiting-rooms, both for
ladies and gentleman, and over tits centre Portion of
the structure 4 a small clock tower, in which it
proposed to place an illuminated clock. The build-
Jog itself is of Ditch pine and Plate 411". with
majolica pendia. It has been paint ad and decorated
In an elaborate manner, the woodwork being
packed out in diff,r,tt colours of paint, and
the effect produced being of a very Pleasing
character. lanniedietely inside the Pier there I+ •
wide open space, which his loran laid with Minton's tiles,
of very pretty design, and arra,ge I in a most
manner. The Pier itaelf is c anetructed of iron, with pith
pno decking; the narrow part is SUPPOrt...I by "ev'n
clusters of Iron screw pile, and beneath the Iroad end
there are 56 pillft braced t ag• there Running round the
exterior of the broad end, and passing under one part of
the Pier, is an inclined landing stage for steamers and
boats, having a leugtis of ,b ut 1,1 go feet. The lowest
part is only covered by • few in iv, of water at high tide,
arid the other parts are at all tone, acceelible. It is emu-
tmeted of open pities, with timher pit mid being quite
laden-talent of tLe Pr it. 11, • palates yese.la to
approach the larger isarue.ure without atriking
h.,:nat thee a source Of pr ttletion. n rad eh ch
runs raised the sides of the Per is of an ornamental
chsracter, and there is a. • ing accornmod at on for
1.000 person+, each three seats bean t divided into a bay'
At the back of s ach bay there ie an appropriate dovdro,
representing • dolphin. Iv., and lie I unoepillara us of •
similar character. t elicitor hones, 14 in number, are
placed at regular intervals on either ride of the narrow
port, and are formed of glass, so that wollet resting the
visitor ie able to view thu entire Buy. Toe Pier is lighted
by 60 globular lambs. and at the ,e t end has been placed
the 11 ,ard of Trade 11,-.4,llstion Lamp. which I. lighted by
one Igg's A,rtall 1 Ins nor., haeing an illuminating
pow, r aerial to 20 candles.

Mr. C. J. STONE: And the decrease of
The (Amaral! queivel the opinion of ga engineers that
the lo.a a: work, of the extent of tbeira should be 15 ter
cent., an.l .aiel the larger the niaoufacture the 1011 tip,
lose. At preterit thy bit over 20 rer cent. if gee; but
he hoped thi. ••••uld not occur Amato.
Mr. C. J. STONI oronoie.l and Mr. Mithas aecon.led a
vote t•I thank, to the Mayor for the use of the ball and
the meeting ended.

THE_ DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 17. 1880.

in nut of vagina, athletic sp-orts, a number of valuable
awl useful plze. being sec•tie 1 by the sucoesaful
comp Store. Thuse who wished to Lip it o o the light
boot odic had every rowdily I .r of Ina es, and the fair
dam..ele were pot in lock .1 wieners. It was very
kiood and thoughtful of the &floor o I the fe Ist to throw
open his pleaswit row de .snol .ar4u. for invention
on th oc salon. Go uis., under the gardener of
Wanderwell House. wh actod -tos chaper it, visited
thee suservatories, I ~ sod wele much please I wilt the
objects of interest. At du ok the company was reg oleo]
with beer and lemonade, welcome beverages which wore
dote full justice to. As ti to knees set in, numbAs
of excellent fireworks were let if, and a balloon was
sent up. The finale was the illumivation of the field
by coloured fires, when the band struck up the National
Anthem. Toe sio;ht the field presented at this
moom-nt was singularly beautiful, the coloured fires
throwing a pale, yet lurid. light over the crowds of
spectators, and the uniform of the bandsmen looking
doubly scarlet under the glare, made up a picture,
weird yet beautiful. The whole company joined in
the refrain right loyally, and the happy throng die-
p ‘rseol, saboing loud cheers for Mr. Stephens, Mrs.
Stephens, and family.

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FIRST SABBATH SEBVICI AT THZ New CHURCH.—
The first sarvice after thy formal opening on Tuesday
last was held at Christ's Church, on Sunday, when
the Bee. W. Morris, of IL M. Prison, Portland,
conducted the preliminary service and preached the
sermon. Toe congregation was a very large one, an I
the reepoase to the odlection highly i-atisfa:tory. The
rev, gentleman preach •i from Luke xviii, 35, 36, 37.
We always watched Chrieta miracles with wonder
and gratitu le, and the particular picture given
in the texts showed a close afR iity between the
blind men sitting by the wayside begging, and
the oilmen sitting by the wayeide of life begging
for tile...jogs and mercy. We were in a measure like
the blind man because we failed sometimes to see how
Gal was working with us. It would be well for us if
we teik up the position of this blind man. We were
led t seek for gnidlanee, especially when the path of
life peewit I most trouble owe, and we could hardly see
the silver lining on the heavy clouds' but we should,
the preacher ;sainted out, always leek for that guidance,
under all circuinitancee. If we prayed aright the veil
would be rent asunder, and the darkness having been
dispelled we could rise up to work with a lighter spirit.
As the passing by of Jeans of Nazareth was a rare
occurrence to the blind man, so we were sometimes
aware of something we fel' before ; and so when
the wind • f temptation was sighing, and the multitude
of life's caress press .d heavily upon us, he (the
preacher), rernintled them that Jesus was paseing for
us every rlav, although we may wit always feel this
t be so. But, like the rising of the clout, no bigger
than a man'., had at 6,lo,theinfluewm of Ilia dive was
being :wtilled within wi until we were prepared to
accept it in all its fuln -nix. We should pray ti Him
to give us His passing idiaatice, t tread in His foot-
steps, aud bear His cross with pitienca, and then in
the hour of greatest brilliancy we should feel what it
is to have borne the cross, and at hat to wear the
crown. The Rev. W. C. Templer, M.A.. (the vicar),
was the preacher in Si, evening, when the sacred
edifice was crowded.

Ammon PETIT Scission, Toesday.-13.tforo the Mayor
(-1. T. 11. Simonds, Zig , R. Cortuck,
12,q., E. Cox, E.q., and Dr. D.insiloe.
SMILING A COAT. —Joh* Ctrtieriiikt vial charged on
remand with hay.us stolen an ovorcoat, value 20a, the
property of Mr. A. Guppy, butler, at Mountllolds, on the
itod in t.—Prosecutor saw it the 144 time on the box of
the card ise on fl stunk, afternoon, and now identified it ise
his prop,rty. P.C. Brown, of Poorstock, on Monday, was
sent for by the landlady of the Three Horse Shoes, went,
and sow prim:titer offering the coat for sale, for 15.., and
afterwards for 12.. L woman offetel 6s. for it, but he
said he c ,uld not sell it for thot, and the coat was not
sAd ; hit witness took him into custody. The coat was
brought to Bridport, and Mr. Guppy identified it
Prisorwr pleadod guilty, and was suntenced to two months
hard labour.

A BICTCLE CASE. —Mfrad lialeker was summoned for
riding • bicycle without • lam o the night of the 20th
ult. Dafendant said he CAIII3 ba:k from the harbour with
two tr en l. all having lights up. Upon arriving at the
path& chur.th. his light went out, and. baing n me,
he deemed it nnnecoloary to 1 ght up .gin.—This was
corroborated by Mr. L Ilmll3ll. who oval riding with him
at the time.—The Bench diornicled iho rag?, although the
sergeant was instructed to pro.:eed ;is all such cases.