The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-01-25 00:00:00

THE EDISON TELEPHONE COMPANY.

A petition was before the Master of the Rolls on
Saturday for the winding up of the Edison Telephone
Company of London (Limited), which was formed in
August, 1879, with a nominal capital of 1.200,000, in
2,000 shares of £lOO each. The Master of the Rolls
made the order as prayed.
SHRUM ME.
SNOW= UP. —ln this town, as no doubt in many others,
business has been almost entirely suspended, many of
the shops being closed, and in some instances the
tradesmen have closed their doors as well. The centre
of the streets has been cleared by a snow plough, which
caused a great accumulation of snow on tech side of the
roads,but the plough was still at work yesterday
(Sunday). On Saturday a special meeting of the Board
of Health was held, and energetic steps were at once
taken for the carting away of the snow, all the available
carte being at once engaged tor the purpose. Much of
the snow was thrown into the river, and some was
carted on waste pieces of land. Some apprehension is
felt for the low lying districts should the thaw be a
rapid one. On Saturday an impromptu effort to cope
with any distress that might arise from the severity of
the weather was attended with marked success, a sum
of nearly 1120 being collected in a room in which about
as many persons had assembled at half-an-hour's notice.
A soup kitchen was at once established, and will be in
operation to-day. Hitherto the most serious results of
the snowing ups—taking no notice whatever of the
delay of letters and papers, none of which appear to
have reached their dev.l.•tiim for three days—have been
the inability of the relieving officers to get bread and
other relief into the hands of the paupers living in
out of the way districts and most of the bakers complain
of the same difficulty.

BLAWDFORD.
Ooffreasours Diseases (Astute/a) ACT.—A meeting
of the Executive Committee of the I al Authority of
Dorset was held in the Town Hall on Tuesday, to
consider the orders of the Privy Council now in force,
and the provisions of the above Act, and to make
such orders thereon as might be deemed neoessary.
Viscount Portman presided, and there were also
present :—Lieutenant-General Parke, Mr. J. J.
Farquharson, Mr. E. Parke, Mr. T. Ffooks (Clerk
of the Peace), Captain Amyatt (Chief Constable). and
Mr. Sampson,from the office of the Clerk of the
Peace. —The Chairman having read a circular from the
Veterinary Department of the Privy Council, said
that the circular would not affect animals sold ca
farms, when such farms were not declared infected;
and for such sales no license would be required. All
public sales of store animals were stopped until the
end of February, except under special license of the
Privy CounciL There was, however, this important
point to be considered—if a person who lived within
the area of an infected district sent some cows to be
sold at large in another place, and they were not
sold, each person would require two licensee, one to
send the animals to be sold, and one to bring them
back.—Mr. Sampson said that although two farms
had been declared to be infected, one at Tarrant
Gunville and the other at Tarrant Rinton, the area
up to the present time had not been declared infected,
but the Local Authority had made application that it
should be.—The Clerk of the Peace stated that he
had authority to grant licenses according to the
provisions of the 42nd section of the Ain. In reply to
the Chairman, the Clerk of the Peace said that all
applications for licenses would have to be made to him
in the first place, but the police superintendents had
each authority under the Act to grant certificate' for
the removal a cattle after sale.—The Chairman said
that in Somereetshire persons were delegated to grant
certificates.—The Clerk of the Peace pointed out that
much valuable time would be lest if parties had to
wait for their certificates until a meeting of the local
Authority was ca/led.—The Chairman suggested that
the inspectors should at oace communicate with the
' Clerk of the Peace whatever &certificate was granted to
remora stock, so that a general knowledge of the 'tete
of the county might be known at once.—The Chief
Constable fully acquiesced in this.—A letter was read
from the Veterinary Department of the Privy Council
Office transmitting to the Clerk of the Peace on the 15th
hut a license granted by the Privy Council forlitnettg
a sale by public auction of (whether b
for slaughter or not) at Maiden Newton, on the 17th
inst.—Ultimately a resolution was passed adopting the
new orders and regulations.—The local authority have
granted licensee to Mr. T. Ensor for Wimberne.
/31andford, sad Wareham sales, and to Mr. Giles
Symonds for his sale at Maiden Newton for tat deck
only.

II WAIT AGM.
Tiot Weasttie.—This place was visited on WOW
with ave deep fall of /DOW, with • very Aram wind
blowing KELE. Such • fall of snow has DOt boss
known for years in this town. Very ammidereble
damage has been done to the fishing tackle. It is
reported that, one fisherman lost £3O worth of
.I,3,..tactr.e.
The pier has been almost washed away.„ thus
very heavy lose to the pier oompanyl:.ei is to be hope:
that when the work of restoration 'its that • good
stone pier will take the place of the old wooden one.
Everyone that stood upon this shore on Monday morn-
ing must have felt the great need of a Breakwater for
Swanage as they looked upon the wild some whit*
lay before them.