The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-11-23 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1880.

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ettnil e 55 COUNTY Prl'TY BESSIONB.--NATIIIILDAT. I TOWN COUNCIL MUTING.
IBurget xprt .
___. log menibere being present :—The
Before H B. Middleton. lieq., Kober( Wilhelm. It'li;
7vaakariorT6u,twmarD
TbNe-- uther"jtson" .thillerovils.ll°wand Lindle: Gounrillors Milieus.
iasolledgem, Tr.hopin.aut
DORCHIUSTYLB, MUEBDAY, NOV. 23, Ike. jeer., C demo, Beaming. G.B , aed G. W. 11:140.44"er, Mq.
._
Ft...tern k Churchill 11'.11 CIAMPI With
search tif •,me Si Abbotabury, on land theAproperty oil
Lewd licheater, mud in the occupation of Mr. Chillies Walker. c,uu, Du.. ini
Whit'. _ fora. Graham. Webb,
I Mr. Beskett prosecuted. Hoopes (Town Clerk). r
Abram Talbot, gunekeeter to Lord Whetter, stated that .:::::":441:1A11::::11:d8/2zdst;.Aulderhi.elnidelnasism:be Gulidhall
m
. on tbe 31st of October he saw defendant bunting • piece ILIC110:1 OF WAID ALDMUILIe
a rough crass, on Herington Farm. The defendant hunted .„,.. _
three hedger, and bad two doge with him. After watcbiog , . fir Tnornus awl Mr. Milledge wcre r• —lected ward
him ebtut toe hours he went to defennant and chared I 'Ps._ Mina for the hirnitib, Vie former ror Weymouth and
bin. with twins in pursuit of game. H' searched him. foe Litter for Meloomb. tc.gig,
hit ((mud no.iiizu on 0..1. AFFOINTIggeT OF r•----
Defend .tit woo fined 10.. sad coat. The fins was paid. !
Thom. Henna was charged with mousing in much
of tame it Owen...fen,
Ellis Crumpled, keeper tt Mr. White, stated that ea Use
Bth of November, li.tiveen twelve enti one. he saw defen-
dant ea Gaiton Csiumie, Luting tabour. He saw him
with anotur men go to • r.t.b ti earth. They *air-
way& went Into a piece of feral, whore they stayed
about three quarters of an bour. When they saw him
they ran away. H. caught up defendant and told him he
ought to be aehamed ol nimult f•ir coming out thee
poaching, and hots the employ of Mr. Kindoraley. He
saw .oniethiog Moro in defendant's tacket, and he
(*Hama) told u.feadant that he had • lariat in his pocket;
but defendant denied it. He &leo saw a piece of net stich.
ina out ol his po 'bet.
The Bench dismiesed the cue with a itrong caution.
William Pttenin woo charrti with lirallog • phusaut
at Abbouhuty. Use nropelty of the Berl or Deluder.
Mr. Bukett unattested .nd Mt. Walton defended.
Abram Talb.4 was in company with tbs head-keeper,
on the lit of Noecut e-, at Heringtcn, when they eaw
some hen pheasants (sutlers between two ricks. On
searching they found . pheasant hid loose of the ricka
He marched until four, also Willi au Gregory relieved
Mir.
William Gregory stated that on the lot of Ntvetnher
he relieved the 111.1 witD•ll4 shout ten mantes to lira lis
saw detendant come into the Melt!, go upon the h soh, and
Laic about in all directions. Ho teen picked up • basket.
came io the ricks and lake the pheasant, and then t 'oh up
the basket and was going on, wh.n be (eitneal 4 'fined
him and uked for the pheasant. Ile io arched the defen-
dant, but could not find the phe..nt. He then
raid. " You enuldn't say aeytolne about is, because You
did not find the phesaant on me." HI tonsil the pheasant
about six )ards from the net.
Defendant woe fined Ph. including costa, and was
Mlow.d one month to pity in.

The various ,romitt ma ware reappointed for the
miming year, tb. ec,w.t.e cauwid in Mom by the eleva-
tion of Mere. Groves and Landis to the on. of
aldermen being allowed to stand over until thy election
to amply their woese to concluded. The committees are
oonstitutrd at present es under :
FINANCE AND GINNI&AL Pummels: Tbe Mayor Alder-
men Mornay, and Milled'. : Onsimillore Milledas, Curti/,
Dennis, Webb, Charles, Walker. Robens, Samosa,
Wallis. Dennis. and At
ries. HARBOUR, AND MUDD': The ; Aldermen
I )(weer aud Tlionsae; Councillors Charles. Oro.. ,
Snook. Lovell, Somata. Arles, Wallis, ReOrnip, Hamm,
I Graham, Dunn, Donuts, Curtis, Welker, Landis. and
Webb. _ _

MARRS? HOVER AND POLICS : The Kayos ; Aldermen
=leder, Reherwoo Th throve.. and femme :
Courvili.ri Dennis, bharles, Rqbens. Milled's, Wallis,
end Canis. ,
SCROOL ArtIVIDANCI : The *Wm ; Alderman (Imes.,
and Thomas; C incllhoeSlO. *Redo, Webb, Charles,
Dann, o,ehatn. Dennis. LoselL and Carle
PORT SANITARY AUTSORITT : Mr. L and Mr. Snook.

WINE3/11112.
POLICE. —Oll Wedoeeday William Bishop, of Ports-
mouth, labourer.
(Before Mr. Sergeant Tindal Atkinson.) Harkind, charged with tearing up bits clothes in the
and
Joseph Gnn.lry and Co. a Alfred Roberte.—Mr. Cranborne Mon, sentenced to 14 days' hard
was brought before the lUv. C. V.
flowa.d appeared for Mean. Gundty, who ag wipe
merchants at Belay-wt. Defendant is a ilehermar.
and was supplied with nets. Agreed to pay 20.. a
month. As far al one could judge he was well able
to pay. He was living in a nice house.
His Honour : A man can have a nice h0w..., and
yet live on the charity of other.. A man can have
on a good suut. of clothes and yet not have • ynny in
hi.. pocket, and be defrauding the general public.
hi,. Howard said fishermen earned good monoy in
the summer, and they ought to look out f w the
winter.
His Honour : Like the farm labourer—rich in bre
and rich In wages in the summer, and very badly , if
at Christmas.
Adjourned for • month for enquiry.
Symonds e. Moore was • claim for Li 7s. goods sold
and delivered at Bradpole.
Mr. Symonds said he lived at and sup-
plied the goods personal y. He had several times
promised to pay.
Mr. Howard gad the defendant was • gentleman
living in this town.
His Honour : The term gentleman is the most
elastic term in our language. It m..ans a man living
upon his means or upon other people'A means Is he
really • gentleman? He doe, not appear t„ be mi, or
he would have pail.
Mr. Howard said be though it was merely negli-
gence on the part of Mr. Moore.
Judgment in 14 days.
Thresher r. Attwooli.—Claim for 12.. 6d. cattle

Referring to the report of lb* losprovetneat emulates,
which involved a eonsiderable expenditure.
Mr. Roszss sdd he did not wish to &Dinar as on
obstructionist, being most anxious the recommendation of
the committee should be carried out, tut I afore doing so
he thought it was necessary they should pause and look at
their present position. He bad taken some little trouble
II
to order to ascertain bow they stood financially, and be
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Lbour.

limiest it wee • very important thine %lir y and the town
.hoold understand bow they stood before they west into
soy more expenditure. how the money we. to be paid. and
the prognictive amount of rating which woold be levied
upon them. At the present time they h. 4.2.. nickeled

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on the town, and he thought every one would feel that was
as much as the inhabitants ought to be called upon tO Per%
The rat, was 2.. for th. half.rear. What sem their posi-
tion I At the present time they owed £2,4111. apart from
debts generally owing, and on the present rate they had
Imported of this sum 1,600, thus leaving AC1.891 behind,
which would hays to be net In future ratings they would
make. Kr. 0.4. who we. • good sue', rity, bad told him
the lilt rate of 28. in the wa. hardly enough, and that be
ought to have provided for crio more, which would have
' made the. rate 24. In the additional. Far the three
trucceeding rates—even suppo.ing there were no expenses
beyond those at the pr.-rent time—they would not be able
to do with lees than • 2•. rate, provided they Imported Into
It an equal amount of the debt now owing. There was
another matter—one which the Mayor knew a great deal
more of than I. The qiiestion as to the Backwater-bridge
wai standing in abeyance, and tory were engaged in a
law snit. If they lo.t they would be Involved ic expense,
and If they won they wool I have some to bear. Seeing
that for the three coming rate., besides the present, they
would have to bear a 2.. rate, how could they in the face
of that, and of the complaint. made 'smallest the heavy
rating of the two, already as much as they could beer, lay
upon them other meters which w othl increase the rating
considerably beyond what they wore now paying? He
wished to cull attention to t .1. no feet—that if the,
looked heck they ertuld see (her • never was a tillo4l when
they began to Inc ess • the ratin they ever got back
again to the original rating, but the increased amount was
considered the pout from which they ml (lit go on adding
something mw.. Ten years ago he found • mt.' of tr. in
ths wa, quite enough to hear the impinges they had
then for 14 month., that 123.6i5 was enough for
1870-71, and £4 618 did. for 15 mouton. N iw, however,
they were called noon t lay opt no less than £8,608 for
the year, and that did not Inrlode any of thaw things
which it visa p-opoest to 1,1)5)14 into the coming rater.
He wisbel to draw the attention if the Board to these
facts. because he did not erbh to be considered
obstructive He was at anxious an anyone to improve the
state of the town, but whilst they had to do that they
must remember than were their newer brethren in the
town who had to bear rate., and who often found it very
Micah to t do too. If they were all like the Milroy he
allieuld not make one single complaint, because they
I would only want to charm. a !liars in the cheque and
fry would know nothing about it, but when they bad to
I deal with people who &pentad on their daily labour, and
numbers who depended upon letting lodgings and who
were heavily rented and rated and bad bad searions Lobelia.
up under, when they c arne to impose upon these additions'
retina it was highly requisite they should look shoot
carefully before they went into the expense contemplated.
He trusted the Mayor's year of office would boons of pest
satisfaction ta him as also to the ratepayers of the town,
and he wet sure Mr. Howard would be far more satisfied If
the burdens of the town could be reduced, whilst be (Kr.
Roberta would be h.PP7 to &moniste in everything which
was done for it. improvement : but they had a duty to
perform, and that w .1 to see, whil-t they were doing what
they could to meet its requirements., to keep down its
rating to the lowest possible state. When they saw how
their rating increased year after year in the last eight
years, ho thought it was important they shonld under-
stand where they were coins if they carried out the large
expenditure now prop »ed. He knew everything was
important to be done. He should like to 1•10 High-street-
Ww.t swept away, ai also Silver. treat, so that • nice
entrance could be made Into the town from that direction.
It would be • great improvement. hut the question was
—where II the money to come from / He contended ala
rate wee as much a. this Viern could fairly hear, and under
thew circomstance. he asked if it would not be wise
until they had got rid of the debt of £1,900 to let another
twelve m n'he pa-s before they imposed additional
burdens on the ratepayers. He trcated the Board would
understan I (ho motives which had load him to speak. He
had taken e ,r • only tosp sat words of truth and soberness.
He was peep 1-e.l t verify everything he had said so far
as tho debt, were c moaned. 11, did not make these
reworks for tho partner of carrying out any pationlar
vie., of ha ow hut simply for the purpose of asking
them to wait a little whir before they adds Ito the rates.
.8 by so doing they would be a Iding to the burdens of
ninny who could not very well afford to pay.
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Mr. LUNDIZ 'ad there wee no one but must have been
struck with the sob !rues. and truth of evu rything Mr.
R,,b.,ne had uttered. end he felt that to increase the
1, ,r leni on the .0 au ny additional ra•ing, if there was not
el.e. likely to arise for tho gnod of the town,
would lie lintb unfair and unwsrrenteble. He should,
h ',eerie, like to make one or too rem irk., in order to give
his viewu on the mute'. not is ripe uotion to Yr. Ribose,
whom orrnion. h•• alwayn valued, as did also the other
members of the Bueril. He thought Ale. Robens had
ignored the fact of th,, ince.... of in the town,
which must to a consider •ex -elle lemon the value of
ruing, which from yet, to year eas increasing in amount.
He thought they abouLl not love eight of the fact that if
Prop-rty w so increasing in val.., the r rebus of
the hr oath we. "11. incr.,. leg. iii th-y ou.tit ti put
dust d mut to lb- ce.d • eh', , *mint 'by 'feint •,I them-
.,le- s with increeeel rat •MI 11.... m site aide. He wag
convinced there was 0,1 impoivemonie C ovenplate.l or
Portioned by the iinprneetrient ee on,c4 would
mit 1.4.1 t sttisetiven el of the which would
nut he edventageoua in a eanitary point of view as well as
in ao attractive point of view, end the outlay would be
such as they.. reasonable nien were warrant ol in recent.
, mending the Men to adopt. His own opinion was after
the time given t thia matter, th- items which formed the
amount of loan bad been well and sufficiently considered,
and they were Justified in Raking for the outlay which
' could be repaid from ate to thirty uteri. What was con.
templated arts for true b mall.. of tbe borough. Other
watiriapplaces wire presenting such attractions and
improvements at t • make their fee pounds perfectly
Insignificant, and, as • man of business, he could only say
In r, gar,' ti himself. he had to ronsider his neighbours
'Paned him, and tiler out in isoy In the improvement of
prem-se. and other mutters a 'oriented with them.
What they 11l ci i,idiaidii ii. Cleo were called upon t) do
us nuhlic I, ely for the benefit if the town, not for any
particular evwcheta Sr scheme, but hi ley out their money
In such a mtnnor as the town would I, benefitted, and by
diing which they were only keeping pace with other
wet .ring-nlaces thus ighotit the whole of the kingdom.
To st oad still In them utter ayes to , Laud still in retard to
one's ovn indieidual husinee.. It we, not a matter of
choic.., but of abe dote nec amity. and if the imorovemente
! ,eunt mola.eil were such as to tullify those who hat given
i their avention to them, the B ard c ythi not but arrive at
.an Ullatlilli.4lll opinion as to their nemsuity. Whit., he
. quite agreed ..-1.11 the nbuirva•ims whC i Ur. it Meng hid
mule as n) the increasi of th rates, he could not but say
; it ay., only such a rem num 'aviation a. the common sense
lof the muninittu h remise I ithuM carrying out, and
, which he th night they , at • B ia-.1, were justified in
adeptior.
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4ldrrui himaarroa, ai HY teindie's remarks
as to the increas QI hoihlimue, sa,d they c iuld net
auticiu.t en' xrester then ui tsh 912 piaci durum the
lad tie pr a-yel years i hut Ur. R .hans bit 'horns not-
uith.4 aplina a I this increase ill haildina the rates had
it dyers •s-. 1

argument for us net
11.°14in ~it,sLeLslansDuairaeßT:hiatTayh,ahtoifyi: wadeosutlrgoleedutg. o large number of
h iildings wear. not going to lessen our ruts. I do not
belie.* it.
Mr. RolleRISON: I have littened with a great deal of
pleaeure to Me. Robens's speech, but there is one omirwion
I *ilia to supply We are gradually reducing our capital
acing off £l,OOO a year, a,' if we Lemma our
debt it will not be • permanent increase.
Mr. DONIS said he should not have left his home that
morning if be had not expected to hear from Mr. Robins
the cry cautions etatetuent he had made, and be felt
bound to make eons rep'y to what he hal aoranced. He
had been t aid upin the host aotherttr the reason of their
r ,tee not having heats reduced wee beesnse thoy had been
Paying off permanent itnerovein mt nut of ourrent rate,.
Wbeat the Board had the lists of imnr 'Temente before
them, and which had been very carefully revised, when
they had decide I what they needed. he thoueht it gamed
too late in the day to talk about the rates of the town
being Increased. There wee one abeam which if 2 000
bouvholleri were to pay one farthing per week would
seta!y the entire amount of totting tip tn that one item.
He thought if they were to ask the people of Weymouth
whether they were prepared to give u f eething a week for
such improvement, they would say Yes, or even five or
flee," and whet applied to that one improvement appund
to every o'hee. He moved the iteport of the Improvement
Committee be adopted.
Mr. LUNDII seconded.
corinbee foliar:Lad dthehemweet" bearpeixrusltit4vew ae Mbar. hi/rename;
bring forward his various idevi sheering the ratas should
be reduoed. He did not think there had been one single
thing left untouched to show why the rates should be
kept down and these Improvements Mould not take place,
and if it rem aimed as such he should row th him, for if be
would allow him to say so public bodies should not be
reckless. They meet da whet wa, ova ...try and what was
useful; not lay burdens upon people who could not bear
them. With that he thoroughly agreed—they must not
lay burdens upon people which they could not bear. They
were trart ys of the public, and mu.' keep down the expen-
diture, and with that he agreed. Then, again, there were
many people who worked for their daily bread who knew
scarcely how to pay their rate.. These three things were
perfectly correct, and if they only remained there be should
he with My, Robust. If they lived in some inland place
where all tee Improternentg that took place were for the
actual comfort of the people who lived there withoet bring-
ing froth people, then be should be with him. He could
mention towns in this county where scarcely anew house
WWI erected. and wise any expenditure of the Local Bard
was laid out for the people', own comfort. If they lived
In • town of that kind, where the expenditure was •
matter for their own personal comfort, he should gay
NI:tool let a; 'panel I. neon imp-overcoats qr enything of
the kind." bemose, looking at the state the country *me
in, this wee no time for useless outlay. Bet they were net
,so gamete,' ; they could not stand atilt. It was impossible
for them to do so, taconite, in the first place, thee required
employment for poor people: th..y moot he employed, as
they did net want to fill 'he union with them The next
thing ',VI that leidina•hiure keepere expected lodgers,
•n.i, if they did rot g..t Onto, p•nple cold not pay their
r..t •01 n r ~et their ren,•. They omi to bring Denote here
Innn .1.. t a..re .unit .rt
bu t,,h,teNy
onrinEat.htta. nice
rne
iI t end th miughfar w. If • man had no Vet for
Weylamlah he might go to iurisem
' Ton outlay shout ta te made was t hid foe people, it WY
I not • menden of their 'tem improvement or comfort.
They had heal to spend £23000 for drainoge. They had
bad • I .t of extra expenee, end, if it had ta t been for the
new ',Widmer, +hem they wer, nnw called on tan nay ea.
thee weuld heat, lied to pay 4, er As revocable meat
wonld it not he match hett knowing they improvements
were a ess of ehml U ne,...try, not for their ogre comfort
but for the li,n• if of the towp at large, for them to bp
reread out I He !spayed thee would it. for the benefit of
the town and ratereperr. would eele the rates, and, there.
ar • being on•ler that "cuing, he would hold up both
hoods for th, erit "tot V., egnmitttla to be adopted.
tr-. Tone.% I before ley money is granted
C will ire 111111 diver.
Ile goesxe, r. ply t.a flit observat one made, said be
had dire s 'ring "a,., m atter, before the
A •arf 4. wee not Wing to nine- ani amendment If the
gener,lp hl'e .414, that they till, es ehnnld tot curried
nut Titers wee tont remota ht. wished L 'Overt to mails
by Me. Londie. Ile had sail they were paving oft LLOOD
e.year, end enber.inently they were !educing their debt.
Bo wished thooffb the debt was lessening they
were flat redueone the &tenant a rating, Th•re wag
monther thing alluded to, and that was the reason which
had le I him tea reply. Mr. Lundie hal spoken of the
yarns and of the me-yeity of making arrangements for
inviting rosid•mte. Every one present knew the seam
wee redue,ti &lomat to • peiet—not more than six week,
The cause of this. Mr. Robens contended, was owing
to th- eche,' terms, and said if the Mayo, could only
ol:f iih
hhhandartyo...itiltlid,:le:eorlienitabertohtieirndf:airtiirna:hbalstate
greaterh
elnnlhled s year of
t f
any
could find Meats to set this matter on foot he would have
the gratitude of a great many who bad to suffer vety
deeply from causes over which they bad no control.
The report was adopted, and the Town Clerk wee
instrnrtM to take the necessary our* to borrow mown
for the purpose of tarrying out the proposed Improve.
meat..