The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-04-01 00:00:00

Satitshirt.

ELNIIMANT IrDiloaTl33f ACT IN W. it. are Wormed abet the Sellabary Sehool &mei are
now actively eagaged In eerrying into effaet the powers
with which they an entreated by lb. Blemeatary
lidoostion Aot. Daring the past three eeeke the
school ofilait hae vatted between 900 sad 300 families
In the parishei of S.. Edmund Lad St Marti°, and
served sleet 460 potties upon the parents of children
wheel alliael it. 04 Lae minim of the whoole In
them wisher, but who have town very irregalar in
their attends:tea The regal.' so fer, is eneouraging,
the sweep ettentlanee beige iaermeed about forty per
meet, very few haying felled to comply with the re-
quirements of the Board. A Midler 000nee is now
being pursued in the parishes of fit Thomas mid
Pialterton, and whoa the whool woommoriation in the
borough is complete (which it is belleeed will be the
owe by Raster), • general service of Potties will be
effected upon all pastas who are oeglorting to have
their children edgeated. In ewes where the effort% of
the school Atoms to swan the attendance of obildraa
II tabool at, uormoraful, • sawed notice ia Moult by
the clerk, wanting pareute of the oonsequeme of retail-
ing to amply with the bylaws, and inviting th se who
have ressonailie meow for keeSog their children at
home, to atteed the eseetiap of the Bowd, whim full
eoulderatton give to any statements madi• end
Beard now mew ea istmemittee every llooday efterman
for the Wows of deciding moo such oases, mad
lialatending the work of the school ofloer. The
Sobool Board have evei7 desire to co operate with
parente in the &location of their children and all
' reasonable perweeion will be brought to bo.r in order
to tionvinee them that their own lotersets are sought
In the steps now beteg taken; at the same time it must
be remembered that should snob persuagive clone
fad, the Board will be obliged, in the exercise of their
pabiie duty, to have recourse to the powers which the
law Golden ea them for oompollireg parents to sot in
&wordage* with the by•liw•

TM 001i1 ooitiurria
Th. &kat Committee on the Orel BitMly Met ret
Moeda, Mr. Avian presiding. Mr. Mes 4 seehlleek•
keeper of the UMW; Boesords. wee thy INS +Come
H. stated that in 1887 the roes ef
hotrotted Kiagdoin was 106 mialews tees ;Is
1872 it was 110 Wilier. For home sauesmpties the
ran per bowl was fourteen • et. per assess. Intones
said he had no rms.(' to behove that there had bees
any special Isereese of eoutumption in 1872. In the
lietropo,iten citetstat. the amount eoesented had he.
oenffilderebly (me 1880 to 1872.
ayries presidol over the this'll roosting of the
Wid COMO4KSO,•, on Thursday. Alter an hour's priests
deliberation, lit. Dickman°, an itOtrOf of ala.
was examined. lie Omitted to • ipuitl lametes3
the number of lnss worked to his district. The
system of working was, in hie opioloo, earelme, sad at
some future time there would be • fearful day el
reckmlng. Went* had risen 40 per soot. beyeed any
previous male. Mr. Lionel Drongh Mudded that there
had not been • great Merton in the mantra ci aolderies
io Ith Wilted. It appeared to kin shot °oat-owners
meld not get what price they liked for their oral.
On an average. the men worked four days • week.
Wages had dean 40 per mot. sloes 14661. Mr. B•ker,
isopeeter for Sown &effordsbirs. said there was a UPS-
limey in these times of great demand to neglect the
safety of the liable&