The Telegram. — 1896-07-14 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

POOLE DISTRICT OF ODDFELLOWS. The half-yearly meeting of the Poole District of the Independent Order of Oddfellows, Manchester Unity, was held at the "River Avon Lodge, on Tuesday. Provincial Grand Master (Bro. Edward Terrell, of Wimborne) presided, and amongst the large attermance of members present were Bros. F. J. Amey, Prov. D.G.M., W. P. Stickland Prov. CS., and J. Pickard, P.P.G.M.—The auditors' report was received and adopted and the district balance sheet, which was of a very satisfactory character, passed—A district levy of std was made, as recommended by the auditor. The name of Bro. Amer. was proposed for election as Prov. G.M. at the meeting in January next. There were several nominations for the Deputy Grand Mastership, Bro. Kendall, of Poole, was elected an auditor in the place of Bro. John Dine, PG., who retired by rotation. There were many nominations for the post, and Bro. Courtnay, of Puddletown, ran second in the election.—lt was decided to send seven deputies to the next A.M.C. in the Isle of Man. There were no less than 31 nominations, and the election will be made at the meeting in January nest. —The report of the United Lodges Investment Committee was received and adopted. It was very satisfactory, and stated that several investments had been made. The • St. Clements' Lodge was allowed to change its name o the Maltuesbury Lodge.  • 'A French murderer was executed at Angers on Tuesday. . . _  - • Vi,ilent shocks of earthquakes continue to be felt at Cyprus. Eighteen hundred ironmoulders have gone out on strike at Lille.  A first folio copy of Shakespeare's plays was sold at Sotheby's for £l7O.  A Civil List peanion of £2OO has been granted to the widow of the late Professor Huxley. Mr. Valium, Chief Superintendent of Workshops, has died of cholera at Wady Haifa. Mr. Henry Davies, ex-town clerk of Haver. ford west, has been drowned while bathing in the ri or.  Over 37 degrees u the shade wa registered in London on Tuesday, the highest point reached during the year.  Tick fever is killing thowands of cattle in Queensland, and it is feared that it will spread to tile other colonies.  The autumn manoeuvres in the neighbourhood of Aldershot are to commence on August 25th, and will be continued until Sept. 10th. Gwiterson, the second man abot by a fellow workman, named Corcoran, died at a Hotterlithe factorr on Wednesday evening.  A monster sturgeon, weighing 3001 b., was on Wednesday afternoon sent by a Dublin fishmonger to her Majesty at Windsor. The fish was caught on Monday in the River Boyne.  The Liberal nieeting which Mr. Asquith had promised to attend at Yeovil on July 25th has been unavoidably postponed. The Secretary of State has ordered a substantial iniprovenient in the diets of prisoners on remand or awaiting trial, tea being substituted for gruel, in addition to au extra quantity of bread, potatoes, &c.  Lord Rosebery wae the principal guest at • complimentary dinner given at the Hotel Metropole, London. on Wednesday, to the members of the London County Council by the chairman, Sir Arthur Arnold.  In the Queen's Bench on Thursday, a New Cram householder was ordered to pay £l5O to a workman for neglecting to chain ferocious dog, in getting out of whose way the plaintiff seriously injured himself.  Some lais who were playing in a recently exe,avoted field at Elmer's End, near Beckenham, found some very old bank notes representing £5.000. The village schoolmaster took charge of them and sent then, to a local bank.  John Duffy, a miner, was committed for trial at Cuatbridge on Wednesday, chargod with being concerned in the death of Francis Kerr, an ironmonger. The men fought, and Kerr fell, striking his head against a stone and fracturing his skull.  The Home Secretary has ordered the release from Parkhurat Convict Frtson of Henry Cowling, who was convicted on May 12th, 1887, at Warwick Assiaes, of murder at Birmingham, and whose sentence was subsequently commuted to penal servitude fur life. •  In the London Bankruptcy Court on Thursday, the discharge of the Marquis of Donegal, coinmoldy known as the Earl of Belfast, was suspended for three years. The registrar remarked thio the debtor seemed to have passed his life in a state of bankruptcy.