The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-08-09 00:00:00

POOLE TOWN COUNCIL

The quarterly meeting of the Council of thishomurh
was held on Wednesday, at the Town Hall. when there
1, in the
cwhearier, jutresedarinnto:nTpLe
Ittactleiry.(4ll•. 41;17tiniiliola:71. .1. Nor.
ton 'and F. Styring ; and Councillors It. .thirid4e..l,
itoc'hlev, W. 1). Ihtgdale, H. Fanner, J. Gifford, W.
Mate, V:. P. l'hilpots, and W. N. Western.—The
Tows CLERK (Mr. it.W. Dickit son) real the re; ort
of the Finance 1111 l nittee, from which it ,
that the deficiency to be male up by rate during the
looming quarter was t 1.400. The reisirt was adopted.
—The Tows t.lttara read the •,rilers for payment of
various account% and oleo reed that an regar led the
Gas
company.. ill of £7 fol the past quarter,
all private oinsnmers paying the company tlO a year
or more, were allowed 10 pm cent. discount, but this -
had not been allowed to the Onincil. —The MAYOR
said he should refuse the order units the company
al owed the rebate.—Thiswas agr ol to, and the other
orders wer • paid.— The IOW!: Y.:U:IM produced his
annual account of the rents of corp.estion property
received by him, the total being ti;us
against ki:49 received last 3.„,,r. _Amerman
STrity.c.: remarked that there was ne reason why the
receipts from rents should is.t ineresthing.__The
ToWN CLERK read the report of the Finance Com-
mittee of the Council. acting as the 17rban Sanitnry
Authori y.—The report Was
:he Molt
said s ,me one had complained that the Industrial
School, Weststrect, WWI overcrowded —The TowN
CLERK said Ir. believed theme were 74 children in that
institution. Ile caFed Stnyt i's attentbn to time
fact, and he wrote to the Rev. Carr J. Glyn on the
subject. He (the Town ( lerk) would also write to Mr.
Glyn.--Some conversation to k plAce as to the price
of water supplied be the c p.iny, and the MAYOR
said the borough Surveyor estimated that the out was
2s. 41. per 1.000 g 11 nt. He (the Mayor) had written
to various otter towns, and found that the cost of
water averaged, in them, alm,utl I. per 1,000 gallons.
—Mr. FARMER said he thought it w, uld be better to
Hush the gutters with fresh water if they could get it
at the price just mentionel, than to pump up salt
water for that purporr...—This was all the bus Lem.

TEMPERANCE FETE AT CANFORD.
it., Monday last, the Dorset County Temperance
A,,ociatl 'a hen a tootutar fet• at Canford park, which
pad teen lent for the occuion by Lord Wituborne, but
its success was could leratily marr...l by the weals- r. The
following Bands of Reis brood lent proe.sdoe
Ware, am, under the cive of the Rev. IL Pelham Stoke,
Mr. ('.u,dehil.4. and mita', and hineher.d nearly flni
The R. v. 0. L. Manure!, rector if Creech Knoll+. Lai
C .me with the Wareham friends, leingiog with them •
number of young people (Mtn his pariah. The other
Binds of Hope pree nipersne• Society,..t were n,Ol.
Pole St. ,h.rtsee C:.nech. Foil.' Wesi. yen. Knee, in
charge id the Rev. Daniell. S•nrmineter Marshall, Et,
John's, Wimborne. Vtlruborne Wesleyan, Fordingbridee,
Chadian:roe. HoltwoLd Weldelren, Witted°, Wvtle/an,
Blandford, Cantor', and Organforri. These young p-ople
with their banners en i 0 men s made a guy appearance.
The R y .1 Italian Band froni It .tunem oath heated the
procession, whilst the Letchett Demo Band yen.
dere' serf s.rvons further Jr•wr. When th.. proemial
hail aerie d in the Perk, the Ito. all all it Reed played
the National Anthem. and Mr. Coalnu Schreiler, M P.,
and Lady Charlotte Idc..reiler, h Me in the perk, loud
chm rs sere given for tier,. M,. S•hte her then led.
~,,ued the re...patsy to the perk n the pot of L trd and
I, y wireisaree. The c any II en dippereed over the
gr. unlit, and through the eau, itet' tor ices in front of the
mati.i ii', enjoying theine-Ivee to th-ir h-art: co dente.—
Ab ut half put ens ck a platform me dine we. held,
und-r the preddenee of Mr. Norton. About tOO people
surrounded the et ird. an I after rpugivg Sankey'. " Hold
, the Ft rt." the Chai-m 'ni.J en 'I eteetea with a bred
steech, awl then railed on tie It v. 0 L Maned (who for
,ever I years ea, pre.ident of th- A.seciaturn), to d-liver
the tint sibir. es. The rev. metleur.n expressed the
”leawire he felt in Witneesing Itneh • .plenelt gathering.-
31, S. saes, represent...lvo of the N.lichel Teme.reeee
L 94/.IM. and Mr. J. P. Ursa representative of the United
Kingdom Alliance, then a d tie meeting, which h d
to he brought to a close na re quickly than most of the
sudienc dealt 11, in order that the roncert of 500 voices
should take place at three a'. lock. This was anticipated
to be the cniel attraction of the day and we have no doubt
It woudi have proved so, lied it nit by the rain been
brought a' reply to a clooe.—The cnoir took their places
ant • .ng seer ral pieces in very excellent stole
under the con,luecirship co' the Rev. F. Vaughan.—
Tits rein at this p-riod of tie pr. ce 'legs coming di len is
heavily, every one bed quickly to seek shelter. At this
time there were at least 5,000 p. rsons in the park, and as
m iy be anticipated all the tents eye "lily became densely
crowded. Fortunately the beautiful Nineveh Court wee
o,cre:rn o
A. rt;eatiradinherstrdiref roair
ahundred ell:gum ;mill
ample time for tekinz • complete survey of the wing-4
Ii ns, and winged hull, and the slab. which Meer the
wells. About six o'clock the rain somewhat abated. and
VI) tents heelinle ktel crowded. The Royal Italian Bald
again played tor a short time, but very many perilous at
once made their way to the railway station to secure early
teins home. Dining the 'limning a hare ran OCTOPI the
Perk. and poor pue coon got into the thickest part if the
crowd. This gave the greatmt excitement to hundrmls of
lotting re 'Pie, who immediately gave chase to it, and
although the managas of the fete re quested them to let the
(lightened bare alone, it was of no avail. The event was
too go. d to be allowed to pass unimproved, and the fun
only en led when the bare was caught. The bare was
taken charge off by Mr. D. Hallam, if Lytchett.—Abotit
six o'clock another platform me.' tine was held, the chair-
man on this occasion being Mr. George Curtis. I.l'. (Mayer
of Poole). The speakers were the Rev. E E. Dusuurs,
vicar of Park 4 ne, and Mr. J. P. liran. At the close r(
the nue king the Chairman phopmeri tint the thanks of the
essocist on, and silliest-Leiden, be given to Lord Wind orue
for his kindness in granting them the use of the p.rk that
day. The proposition was tno4 enthu.ia.t rally rrcewr,i,
and on being pot to the meeting was carried with loud
PC lamet'oo. Choira were then given for L erd ant Loin
Wimborne, and the tilee,ing eepersed. Retreat merts
at moderat, charges were provided IT mr. and Mrs.
Hibbard, of the •' Red ' and " White' ar Coffee Tavern.,
To de, who had a good staff of waiters on the oCee,i, EL,
and during the whole day they seemed to be doing &tool
trade in a eatisfactory manner.—Mr. D. Bellew. of Lower
Lytchett. with • good staff of temperance friends, bai ten
trete for providing t • and coffee, wh cb they conducted
with great satisfaction to all pettier.— Lady Slirieber win
eh pieced with the fete that she gave £1 to the secr tiny
(the Itev. F. Vaughan) to the funds of the gssocia!ion.