The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-06-01 00:00:00

Corrosponbence,

Complaints are made about the water-works com-
pany shutting off their water stein o'clock. The
acting man who comes home tired and dirty cannot
fail to give vent ta strong language, wh -n be finds no
water .0 wash his fatst. if the water is really am
te.rce mitt, reported tbo, the wateroart migh• he 6 l‘qi
•ith sdit wd-r. It was long ago mooted that it we.
al sirebie to flu.ll the gutters of our streets with colt
, water instead of Ire-It, and my reader. know the
emu t ',Aid by the corporation for water for gutter.
Lashing pulp-led id far larger indeed than many
people think justifiable. By means of a moderate out-
lay a ottetaut current of salt water could be running
threigh our gutters. and this doubtless would greatly
tend t orards not only eradicating stenches but to pre-
serve the public health. Passing al-rug to
the evening more especially, my mogul cr gins have been
greeted by the most abominable smell. they ever
suffered from, owing to the custom, the inhabitants in
Met die rict have of pumping up their sewage matter
late the public drain. Such •custom not onlycreates
nuisance in the locality, but moat eventually injure
health. From a healthy point of view Poole ranks
above the arena', as the elaborate reports yearly
toned by those in whose care the "public health" as
entrmted will show; still I am sure that many of the
inhabitants' will bear me out when I say that, if a
couitant current of salt water were made to flow
through or otters, it would tend greatly towards
promoting the health of the t .WD.

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TI. lad I • pn,•lic meeting having been reoentiv '
held I. th- rown-hell, relative to the appointment of
lan assistant Tt c ha. attractent the attention
of the BIQA allove. which Boaid " wishes to ha
informed of all the circumstances connected with the
prepaid increase." The Clerk to the Guarliens has
I nod 'open.' communicate the inform ,tion required.
The gen.ral feettp, in pools is strongly against the
i.liti..oal app.iiitineet which not only increases the
rates, hut is regarded by many se being wholly on.
leaftary It I, said in mime circles that there
are numerous indviduals who are ready to undertake
the duties for lees than is at present paid, end bow
it cotwo to p on that our rate c• Hector requires assist.
lance in bey,m Imy comprehension. Notwitbstanilig
that the area ant population h ive n.,t msterinlly
Iscreased, the ratepayers are now caged upon to pay
baler collecting dues. Surely the times at the
Present moment are not lllllfielelltly prosperous to
warrant increased expenditure • and I would submit
to thoes inhabitants who are ;till discontented with
the present state of affairs that another public meet-
ing, followed 17 a petition to the Local Government
,13oard, would probably reduce our annual expenditure
at least CID.

At the been of Guardians last 1 hureday only one
es-officso guardian wail preeent, and I notice that the
atteiblamsf these gentlemen is, as a rule, only Pro-
minent slim questions of the nature of the one I have
alluded to in the last paragraph are on the taps, or
quvitions in which a diversity of opinion is !lady to
occur 01 course theme questions are not political,
all politics are unknown at that philanthropic Board,
whW e ills welfare of the poor is et all times the
Pria'aff consideration, and quite paramount to all
wlrii secondary and minor considerations as those
which Re leavened with political animus.

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Orkin* Club rent a pines eg ggemg ig Is Whgborne
road, and it is Park a lido which le being converted into
a bicycle track, and subscriptions have been received ,
from several gentlemen in the town for this purpose. i
As I was passing through the High-street, a day or '
two ago, I met your old friend the " Wanderer." He
was wandering about, I could hardly say with tears
In hie eyes, but oertainly he was mourning his sever-
ance from the borough, which be tells me he still ham a
great affection for. He informed in. that his fingers
wore itching to write owe again for the rdepreei, and
that daring hie short stay in the town he had been
able to collect together a eufficient amount of material
to allow your ins lean ones more to criticise his
remarks. He promised in. a letter for next week, and
if hie promise hold good I shrill be pleavid to forward
It to you, t wither with it few notes from
PAarirrortAx, in Foote Myren.
WAIIILHAX.

TOROVAT Tiawarusi.—At the Borough Petty
Serious, on Tuesday, before W. Rod,gett, end W.
Wendt, Ers.—Alf;ed Read late of the Globe hotel,
Poole, was granted a trader of the Railway hotel,
Wareham.

EDUCATION AM.—Henry Messer, WM summoned
for not sending his three children, Annie, Thomas,
and Emily to school. The defendant clid not a
—An order was made for Annie to be sent to grol,
and for non-complianoe with order made in December
last, in the case of the other two, he was fined Jis.
Including costs.
CRUALTY TO A 11011153.—Thomas Stevens, of S
was charged with having on the 19th May wOrtfirAri
horse while suffering from a wound.—The defendant
phaded guail2;;;The superintendent said there was •
summons defent's servant who was driving
the hone, but as the defendant had pleaded guilty
he baked the Bench to withdraw the summons
against the raan, which the Bench at once consented to
do.—P.C. Cantle said he found the horse suffering
from • raw wound on the shoulder, and which he
thought had been caused by the defendant's man put-
ting on the wrong collar. The wound was an old one,
but had been re-opened by the collar. The man who
was driving said he did not think it wee so bad.—
AA this warn the defendant's second offence of a similar
nature the Bench imposed a fine of Se and costs.
A Drams Brews= TWO BIOTIDULS.— Charles
Llilington applied to the Bench for possession of a
itir..2l. lead occupied by his brother Richard
at Ridge, and which he refused to quit
rilx=?s, of Ringerocti,.appeared for the defence.—
The plaentiff said the puce of land in question bad
been left to him by his mother, and at her death he
let it to his brother on the 7th of May, 1878. He
offered to give witness 14s. • year for it, and as it was
so unhandy for him he agreed to take it.—The
defendant had had the land for two years, and on the
18th June of last year he paid witness 14s. for the
year's rent. He gave the defendant notice to quit in
October, 1879, and he returned it the next day with
these words written on the back of it, "We all
Intend to have a little move." Me produced a copy of
the will settling the land on him.—Mr. Johns said he
disputed the title of the property, and the copy of the
will ;?ut in could not be taken as evidemee.--Oross-
examined : His mother was George Crupler's daughter.
He claimed the land on the 7th May, 1878. The
defendant WU in possession of it before that. The
defendant paid his mother money for it. The 14s. he
received from the defendant was for the rent of
the land. He did not know that there was any
division of money at his mother's death. The
notice (produced) was the one he served On the
defendant on the 18th inst.—Mr. Johnns said
he opposed this application on several &rounds.
He could prove to the Bench that the defendant had
been in possession of this piece of land without paying
rent for over 20 years. But besides that this notice
was ve7 irregular. As they were aware, when an Act
of Parliament stated that a notice was to be served in
• certain form, any deviation from that particular
form must be fatal to it. In this case the notice was
not signed by the complainant; he did not say he was
the owner of the land; he did not say when the
tenancy expires, and with all these omissions the
notice was perfectly illegal. By the statute of limita-
tions, the complainant was not entitled to claim.—
The Bench sustained the objection, and dismissed the
notice as it at present stood.