The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-10-25 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL MEETING.

Wednesday: Prewent—The Mayor. R. N. Howerd,
Req., A lde. men Milledge, Lundie, Eliot, and Robert-
son ; Councillors—Nangle, Walker, Seaman Dennis,
Brown, Sook, %obeli., Curtis ilraham, and Webb,
with Pell, Hooper, Esq., Town Cork
THe Ii‘CIWATZR BRIDGL—The MAYOR observed
the committee to consider th • county authorities' pro-
posal hr making land lit the Backwater had not been
•lled, beelines the surveyor had had a holiday, and
had not got the figures ready. In answer to Mr.
CURTin, the MAYOR rid they bad two months yet to
consider the matter, because the Court of Quater
rleasions had only just met.
TH LATI PRIAIDINT GARIIBLD.-4 letter from
the United :gems' legation was received, acknowledg-
ing the vote of sort° and condorence pissed by the
Council on the late President's death
Blcrotiso.—Mr. Alderman LuNrns 'piked on behalf
of the him ends of Weymouth, that they might use
the Esplanade up to 8 o'clock in the winter mornings.
—Granted till April 2nd.
TIM MAKE= 11017.111.—ii warn reported that sorne of
the stall-keepers occupied more room than they rented,
and a number of examples were given, from which it
appeared they took about double the .pace they paid
for. -" Hence." said Mr. CURIO", " the bondholders
rloo't get their intereet."—Leit to Market House Com-
mitt.* to deal with.

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Tag Ram Ns or Orricents, laid before the Council I
by supt. Vickery, showed a decrease of 43 in the
number of persons ed against during e year,
being 448, against proceeded
th
al ye.r. 1,048 v rants were
relieved. against 1,098 last year—decreased
Tits HARBOURMASTER'S MCCORT showed that 2,045
tons of mud sand,and gravel had been taken up by the
dredger during the month. Hs also recommended
new moori g..—Deferred to the next meeting.
XING'S STATUR.—Some desiais for the impr .vement
of the King's Statue were then opened. M,. ROBINS
proposed that the designs be hung up In the Council
Chamber for a week for public inspection, and after
that the Council decid..— t greed to.
OBJECTIONS TO THE BACKWATER BRIDOIL —The TOWN I
CLIME read his letter, which he had addressed to the
Board of Trade. It obj-cted to the middle of the
bridge being made • fixture instead or a swing.—The
County Authorities wrote that the centre p.rt had
been fixed for some years past, so that there is no exist-
ing swing or swivel in the centre. The Corporation bare
also erected • dam with one opening 25ft wide, whereas
the county authorities had prdvided for two openino
of 2ffit. wide, and if the Town Council found their
trade increase, it would be for them to come to the
County Authorities to a k permission to alter the con-
struction of the bridge.—(' Oh, oh !" from Mr.
Cuerts.)—Alderman Luents said the opening was
placed at the demand of the Board of Trade; but it
was never used.—Mr. SEAMAN said no opening was
wanted.—Mr. GRAHAM said the railway bridge across
the Backwater had no opening, the Council had also
put • dam across • this opening would never be
required, and of what use was It to trouble people
about wh•t '8 never wanted ?—Mr. WALKER said ap•
plication had been for more accommodation for shipping,
and The Council ought not to tie themselves up to such
• plan.— Mr. Curtis said the dam is open able, and
may be removed. It was not for the Council to give
up their rightful. poeition, and afterwards go to the
County and say— lf you please." As to the Railway
Br dge, it start, from the-tation,and there was a large
frontage between theißack water Bridge, spoken of, and
the Railway bridge. He was opposed to allowinx the
fixed bridge, as Weymouth is increasing rapidly.—The
MAYOR said we do not want to pot another public body
to any expense, and he auggested that if they will under-
take to put the swing if required, the Council should
be matished.—Mr. Roamt understood the matter came
before the Quarter Sessions, yesterday, and quoted
what was said by Lord Portman, who said no doubt
the best economy would be for the County to join
Weymouth; be was anxious to give an opportunity for
them to do so, and he suggested the matter be ad-
journed to next sessions.—The MAYOR suggested they
should not go into • discus I n with no materials, and
after a few more remarks, Mr. Roberts let the matter
drop.—Mr. WALK'S: I think, with the prospect of
Increased traffic, we ought to contend for the opening.
—Mr. Drente :I quite agree with that.— I h- Msrog
ruled that no further discussion, on the larger que•tion
of what bridge should be put there, was in order.—lt
was recalled that the Board of Trade or (nosily insisted
on • swing opening in the 13rithe, and with that pre-
amble a resolution was drawn, leaving it to the Board
of Trade to call upon the County Authorities to put
the swing, whenever the Council find it necessary, so
reserving the C iuncil's right, but not putti. g the County
Authority to the expense at present.—The resolution
was passed.
COST or BARTH.—MT. CURTIS liskocl WhelrT the
Council are buyi,g refuse from builders at present,
because he understood a resolution was pared that no
such refuse should be bought, hut that the Council
rely upon the dredger to provide stuff from the
Harbour for the Triangle.—The MAYOR said they had
not bought any, but had paid the expense of removing
earth in which seeds coal.' grow.—Mr. WEBB explained
the Finance Committee authorised the expense of cer-
tain earth being met, in order to prevrnt the sand
blowing about, and to allow grass to grow.—The
Maros' said the expense of removal was about 7d. •
load.—Mr. Corns said the material he spoke of was
positively not earth.—But Mr. SNOOK said it was such
64 grass will grow on.
TENDERS TOR Rotn MSTIIIIt ta•—Before these
tenders were opened, Mr. Waage said he bad • very
painful duty to perform. It was very wrong for the
Council to allow any person connected with this
Council, or their partner, or any person connected with
them under colourable pretenoer_to tender for work
for the Board. The Act of Parliament prohibits
it; be had been reading the Act this morning,
lied he felt that, as members of the Council, they
were liable themselves if they winked at or counten-
anced such proceedings. There are no lees than half-
a-dozen magistrates connected with this Council, all
sworn t carry out the law, and yet we knew the law
is broken frequoatly. It was time to stop it, and if it
was not stopped by the Council, he should proceed
further.—The Mayon said he was almost the oldest
Councillor in this meeting, and they had had such
tenders for a long time, tenders from bull lore, timber
merchant', and others, and he did not see that the
objection should arise.—Alderman MILLICIDOR : It teed
to be "Seaman and .enior."—Mr. W•ucga : It is not
right. The Act of Parliament forbids their partners.
Four tenders 444116 then read; those of Mess's. Jenty,
Foot, Joiliffe, and Stephen Brown; and Mr. WALKKR
protested against the latter.—Mr. Councillor Bnows :
444 glad to hear Mr. Water speaking ri.hteous,cep.
It does my heart good.—Mr. WALKKK said h. shoul I
proceed in all such C644..—Mesers. Joey'. tender was
acoeptect.—The MAYOR sald for EMIT year* past it had
been usual for tenders to come in, in the names of
different parties- if they confined tendering to certain
parties they would not get any tende•s. He pointed
out that the Act of Parliament could very easily be
•vaded. —Mr. W LEIN tho ight not no easily.—The
matter dropped, rift-r mention had been made of the
nianee ~f Mr. Peach and Mr. Gibbons, who bad
tendered on-former occasions.
ILICTUSAL Or THZ IMPROTIMENT LOAN.—A letter
tram the Local Government Board refused permission
to Isessow £19,000 for public improvem.nts.
Some other matters occupied the attention of
the
Council. and the new pattern covered dust-cart was
exhibited ertaide the Hell, and thought to be a great
Improvement in princip'e, though perhaps rather
amalL

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PRIZE SHOOTING OF OUR VOLUNTEERS.
'The Littlemoor range was amain triA under very
favourable circumatances on M .nday Int, when the.
annual prise shooting of E C ,mpsny wan commenced.
The Worshipful the Mayor. It. N. Howard, Earl., gave
• twin eil. ire guinea. the bo-...igh members, lienry
Edwards, Esq. and Sir Frederic Johnstone, Dart.,
also gave live 'guineas each ; Mr. Alfred Webb sleo
gave the handsome prize of an o.ganette ; the officers,
Lieut. George an I Lieut. Hanna. ;•.taff -surgeon 1 issrd,
Eelly ffooper, H.q., the late Capt i••, C. F. Arden,
E.g., and several other inhabitants of Weymouth were
among the prize-givers. The weather was beautifully
fine, and about 40 members mustered at the butt.. The
range is reached easily from the Dowdy railway by
going to the hamlet ..f Littlemuor and thence along the
road to the east, where the range in s am perceived at
la bead lathe road. Alth .112 h rather ezp.wei, it is .1)
the whole a go sl one, its pecan .rity bin t that the
target is situated halfway ups hill, so that the riflemen
have to Ire upwards. We hear that when the wind
blows in the direction opposite to what it blew on
Monday, very great care will have to he used in
making the allowance for windage. On the first day
of the competition the wind blew air nagly lathe mom.
hag from right across the range; but it was preVy
etwarly, and gradually diminished in force towards the
aftet noon, which was indeed a delightful ode, yet
autumn days are SO short, that the shootirg was not
finished. 161,4 h officer, were present. The first day's
work included the following :
LA Prise, given be the Worshiplal the Mat-or :find, Lieut.
George's • 3rd. L•au.. Hanne". ; 4h. 8 se.euriora
'Mud's :611, Pell, Hooper'.. Eel • 60.
_fir. Dries;
fib, fir. J B. Cole.; 0-h. 104. tid ; 433, lir. H. PALI:.
Seven rounds at 300 Ltd fie lards •
SEnTda. 500Yda. Ti.
flenteant SWIM'S' ••• ••• .... lo 79 —49
Laos-corporal 87mmado ••• .. 21 96 —4B
corporal Luckh•m ••• •.. ... 16 11 —Ma
Coketuft•rseant Roberta ••• ... 16 22 —3B
22 37
f;.,rapi goseill ... ... ...
115
Private A_ B mends .•• •.• •..7 19 —3l
13 19
Lien'. Gs'wgs 32
6 31
Vgar term seter-Sergssat Lee. • • •
14 13 V
Private
18 8 26
16 14 SI
Private Virgin ,• • ••• ••• ••• 17 7 24
Private Downing •.. ... ...
...
12 24
Private Townsend ••• ••• - • il 11 —24
Priest* Bedews ••• •" ••• 2 18 —2O
14 16
Lieut. fiance ... ••• ••• ••• I 8— 15
Private J. Remelt .•• ••• ••• i 5 15
Priests H. Bartlett ••• ••• ••• -0
For Members who have not p mood Wit of Second Ome—
let Prise, £5; Ita, £2 10a. ; 3rd. ACI St ; 4th.jl ; 5i,b...
15e, Leda. lea • 74, Mr. Humphrey's : Bth, fir. I...rite:lf ,
96 , 7e. 6d ; ligh, 5.. •. 11th. 34.6 i. Seven roundva MO
mid 410 Yards. Thenumber of bat= Mos& sad
eionamay drills attended by each Mr to 15th
<MAI& 1161. mo be added be kis was.

5030Yds 400Y4a Drills. Tot.
Unit None 25 25 52 —lO2
Privet. W. Verne. 17 20 519 —96
Private Apace' 20 lii 67 —95
Privets J. Guppy ... 17 13 so —9O
Private G. Snook ••• 17 8 61 —B6
Gorporal Moore... •.. 19 7 60 —B6
Private G. Palmer •14 11 50 —75
Private C. Woodford ..: ... 15 8 51 —74
Private Ramose. ••• 11 8 55 —74
Private .1 Hodges 4 12 56 —79
Private Virrin 25 17 28 —7O
Private H. Bartlett ..•. 8 14 45 —67
Private W. Bridle 21 6 39 66
Private Br:dreg. 16 22 —56 Private IL Hampton 2 5 56 —63
Privet. . . 8 13 39 —6O
Private 0. Hanaford 18 13 28
Private Toonarnd 5 SU 31 —5B
Private A. 11 wdttch 20 8 23 55
Private J. Russell 17 13 15 45
Private Symms ..• 15 9 16
Recruits' Prise.—For recruits not having Woo a Dols, at
anV mevioisa meeting. let Pris•, ; Rod, 1b..: 3rd,
12. 6d.; 4th, Hia ; sth, 7a. 61. Five rounds at 100 and
MO Yards. All drills over 30 to count one point verb.

Private G. Rumford 100Yda. 200Yda Drills. Tot.
... ... 13 12 98 63
Private Cbalker . .. ... 111 2 24 —. 40
Private H. C Chick
.... ... 2 0 25 —22
Private W. bbadirell ... ... 6 9 14 20
Private J. Rogers ... ... 7 2 6 15

lIICOND DAT.

On Tnesday the shooting was continued and
concluded; the weather wee again bright; bat the
wind blew rather boisterously from the right front, and
somewhat interfered with accuracy. The Lieutenant
commanding. Mr. H. T. George, wan in attendance,
and the following were the result' For Members who have paised out of Seromd Class.-
Ist prise, £5; Ind, 10.4 3rd. £1 si. ; 4th, Mr.
Or.ham's pre,: bth. Mr. J. Vincent, j 1101...,
S-yen rounds at 3140 Ana 500 rude. Condition as in
No. 2
300Yde. 600Yds. Drills. Tot.
Lsoce-Corporal Pella ... 20 16 51 87
Pr.v.te Downing • ...ili 8 55
iartiortnavterriiergeent Lee... 13 13 48 72
Serseant Warren II 21 24 414
Corner.' Luckhani 21 91 11 00
Luice•Corporal fij monde ... 114 11 20 50
Beigeant Russell 19 8 33 59
Sergeant St., i 3 18 g
Private A. Bowd_ .Iteh ... 15 24 17 58
Colour•Sergesat Roberta ... 19 12 21 52
A Pris, given by Mr. Alfred Webb.—P.nition 900 yards
steadies, 400 yards, say position. one point to count
for ever, two battalion, squad, and c ,mpan• drills,
attencird by each competitor to 15th 0 lotivir, 1881, to be
added to his more. Seven fOttnall at 900 and 400 yards.
The prim WM one of the new American organettee,
a very handsome gift, which reflected much credit on
Mr. Webb's generosity, it was valued at £66.., and
elicited a good competition no less than 25 members
shooting, though we Duly give the principal score. :•-•

1100Yde 600Yds.- Drilla. Tot.
Private Woodford - . 21 18 25 64
12,1ar1ermaater-SergeantLee 16 21 23 011
Lieut. George ... 15 19 25 OD
Private 15 17 27 be
.rirelint ft us ... 21 17 16 54
Colour4l-rgearit Roberts ... 17 19 10 44
Leafs-Corporal Symonds ... 16 14 14 44
Private A. Boediteti . 14 16 8 38

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In couseqsanoe of the member. only taking one
priza each, some of the prizes are not yet awarded,
but we give theme. far se we can.
let Competition. lit, Sergeant Steven.; 20d,
Lance-Corporal Symonds; 3rd, Corporal Lackham ;
4th, Colotu-Sergeant Roberta ' • 6tb, Sergeant Russell.
The other, Sr. am yet undecided.
2nd Competition—let, Lieut. Commandant George,
but resigned the prize' Ist, Private Mayo.; 20d,
Private Apsey ; 3rd, Private J. Guppy; 4th, Private
E. Snook: sth, Corporal Moore; 60, Private G.
Palmer; 7th. Private Samways ,• Bth, Private
J. Hodges; 9tb, Private H. Bartlett. Two other
prises not decided.
3rd ComPetition.—lst, Lance-Corporal Palls ; 2nd,
Private Downina ; 3rd, Quartermaster-Sergeant Lea
4th, Sergeant Warren. The others not yet decided.
4th Competition.—lit, Private Woodford, and wins
the organette worth £l3 6a.
sth Competition—tat, Private G. Haneford ; 2nd,
Private Chalker; 3rd. Private H. Chick; 4th, Private
W. Shaddock ; sth, Private J. Rogers.
Medal given by C. F. Arden, Esq. —To the
member making the greatest number of bits, in
competitions 1 and 2, or 1 and 3, as the case may be.
The above to be won two years in sucoernion. Not yet
decided.