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The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-08-23

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

Mr. Herbert Gladstone, who is now seeking re-
election at L Ade, on his applintment as a L >rd of the
Treasury, addressed a mess meeting of the electors
Saturday, and delivered an address in which he de-
fended the borne and foreign policy of the Government.
The nominatl,,n will take place to morrow (Tuesday),
and no oppAition to Mr. Gladatone's return is saki.
prted.
The nomination for the Elgin Burghs is fixed for the
25th instant, and the polling, is any, for the nth.
At a meeting of the North Durham Liberals, held
at Newcastle, on Saturday, it was resolved, on the
motion of Mr. Isaac Lothian Bell. eeoonde i by Mr.
Beaumont, 51. P., to accept Mr. James Laing, ship-
owner, of Sunderland, as the Liberal candidate for
North Durham. Sir George Eliot has not yet con-
sented to stand in the Conservative interest.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-08-23

STREET LIGHTING AT POOLE.
To tAt Editor.

Bir,—ln • paragraph on 'rightists in the Poole
ilere&ii of the Uth inst., it Is odd, " We hear that
there is every prospect of &nice little dispute" between
Mews. Bayley and dons and the Town Gounc.ll. We
know of no dispute. We undertook to light the town
some five years since with paraffin, simply adapting
the old gem lanterns, and using the bort means we Lould
devise for that purpose. After • variety of exelinnt
and • large amount of labour, we believe we succeeded
In giving • light one fair averageequal to that formerly
given by gas. Our c ntract will expire at the and of
this month, when we shall remove all the meaos we
have used I, r lighting, leaving the property of
the Town Council in the same state AO WO
found it. This we did at Winchester and at
Tomes, without • word of dispute ea to the owner.
ship of the lamps, the contract in each case being
the same. The present lamps are those used it
Winchester in • former contract; having taken afresh
contract, they will be removed there again at the ter•
mination of our contract here.—We are, Sir, yours
respectfully,
H. Bann and dose.