The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-10-26 00:00:00

TN! LA?! MIL LITTLZKALMIL

The CHAJILMAN bald before calling- on Colonel
Btewa•dto read the county constabulary report.perhape
the Court would allow him to refer to the loss the
county hal sustained in the death of their good friend,
the late Mr. Littlehaler. Ile was well known in this
,urt as t %king an active part in its business, and he
thought all would agree with him in the opinion he
was a man of remarkably good common BOTIIe and of
good sound judgement—one upon whose opinion,
advice, and assistance they could all 000firiently rely.
He was a very old friend of his—a friendship of more
than half-a-century—as well ea the friend of many
amongst them, he might say of all, and he was sure
they all felt how erect his lose WM and regretted
extrema though he had reached an advanced period
of life, that he had been removed from amongst them.
(Hear, hear.)

TAR COUNTy CONSTABULARY.

Colonel STEWARD read the report of the Committ.
who expressed their deep regret at the loss they badsustained in the death of their chairman, Mr. Little-
hales, who had been for some years a zealous member
of the committee. and rarely failed to attend Its
meetings. The Chief Constable has reported that
Deputv-Chief Conatable Hammond has tendered his
reslanation after 31 years service (14 years of which
with the rank of Deputy-Chief Constable). during the
whole of which period he haa carried out his duties
with the utmost efficiency and to the entire satisfaction
of all tinder whom be has acted. At the instance of the
Chief Constable your committee recommend that •
pension of £l3O per annum be granted to him ont of the
superannuation fund. Your committee &ISO recommend
at the instance of the Chief Constable that a ponds° of
151. a week be Imolai out of the same fund to seconds
class Sergeant John Biles, who is reported medically
unfit for further duty, after a vervios of upwards of II
years, with a very good character.
THI aura, 00NrfAILI'S UPON?.

The aim of the Puce read this report "The returns chew a decrease of 11 In the number of
persona apprehended aa compared with the corres-
ponding period of last year. I regret to say that
although every endeavour has been made both in this
country and on the continent to apprehend the persons
whom it is believed committed a 'serious burglary in
this county in the month of August last, these efforta
have hitherto been unsuccessful. This clam of offence
haa been so frequent of late in different parts of
England, that I venture again to urge the necessity of
valuable property being secured in a place of safety."

DIVIDING THE PAIDERZE.
A letter from the Local Government Board was
read, dated the sth of October, stating the proposal to
separate the detached porta of Hilton Abbas from that
parish had been fully considered in all its bearings, and
while the Board regretted to learn it had not received
the approval of the Quarter Session; the Board rem.
ildered the change would be en beneficial to the rate.
payers of the detached part., that they had decided to
imue their order accordingly.

0111INI HIGHWAY /WAND.
A memorial of the Cern* Highway Board "
that the di•triot of the said Board be &sal'iviltdi°4lZ,
prewented by Colonel the Hon. B. H. T. Digby, ILP.,
at the laat Beater Swims, was read by the L'unte ot
the Piaci.

Colonel Dicer then moved "That the Cern' High-
way District in the county of Dorset be dissolved." In
the coarse of a long speech the hon. member said the
petitioners were all deeply Interested in the matter,
and, as he remarked before, the reason was the expense
which had been entailed by the ratepayers for the
maintenance of the B and The cost, ere/naive o/ the
etaff of officers, of maintaining 143 miles of road, of
which the Corns Highway district consisted, amounted
in the year 1879 to £1,017. The salaries amounted to
£195, being 20 per cent. tt the outlay. Lest year the
expenditure was rather less, being 8203, but the staff
cost £206, or more than 25 per cent, of the outlay. The
maintenance of the staff alms amounted in 1872 to 275.
Per mile which was, it must be admitted, a considerable
item.—&r. J. P. F. GUNDRY WOW:A(Od the motion.
The Hon. W. H. B. PORTMAN said he thought the
Court would do well to consent to a still further
adjournment of this questi to, and for this reason.
There had been during the last Session of Parliament
a committee of the House of Lords upon this very
question of highways, and they might expect If the
present Government remained in office until this time
next year they would bring in • complete Bill for a
better rystem of managing the highways. He thought,
looking at what the present Government had done,
and the dispositi-n they had shown to meet any=
ances which mtg. t be felt by the agricultl
iti.thter)—they might reasonably expect when
they had more time at their disposal next Session they
vp.o'd bring In larger metpuree which would prove
satisfactory to the agricultural counties, and would
efftnt • great relief to the burdens upon farmers, and
of which they justly complained. He would therefor*
move the question of the diesolution of the Cern'
H.way Board be pogponed until Michaelmas, 188 L
Mr. tr•SHAN seconded the proposition.
The Bev. C W. &swum was opposed to Colonel
Digby's motion.
The CHAIRMAN said he was certainly disported to
agree with his good friend, Mr. Portman, that it was
not desirable at the present moment to make the
proposed change, especially as a committee of the
House of Lords was now sitting upon the whole
question of highways. He had the greatest respect for
the memorialist., but he hardly thought the pressure of
the expenditure in the maintenance of highway roads
would be remedied by going back to the system exist-
ing 20 years ago; at least that might be doubtless
doubtful. He begged them therefore not to take
" leaps in the dark."
On • division 29 voted for the amendment, and five
against.
The Court soon afterwards adiourood.