Highweek Parish Council Election: The annual meeting of the Parishioners of Highweek to elect Councillors was held in the Infants Schoolroom on Monday evening. There was a fairly large attendance, including Messrs. J. Prowse, Dennis, Stephens, Brock, sen., Bartlett, Cane, C. Adams, J. Salter, and several members of the old Council. The retiring members of the Council were Mr. W. S. Pinsent (chairman), Rev. S. G. Harris, Messrs. J. Dolbear, T. Weatherdon, A. H. Burge, W. H. Brock, A. B. Segar. C. G. Vicary, C. Adams, J. Wright, J. Olver, W. Shapley, W. H. Jarvis, and W. L. Shilston. Mr. W. Vicary, C.C., J.P., having been unanimously voted to the chair, thanked the members for the compliment paid him. called upon the electors to hand their nomination papers. This having been done, the Chairman declared the following duly elected: – Mr. Charles Adams, farmer, Howton Barton, proposed Mr. John Salter, seconded by Mr. T. S. Underhay; Mr. A. H. Burge, Highweek Street, watchmaker, — by Capt. Edward Kitson, Paynsford and Mr. A. J. Chapple, Elm Cottage; Mr. William H. Brock, accountant, Highweek, — Mr. George Grigson, Little Bradley and Mr. T. Bowden, Bradley Lane; Mr. John Dolbear, farmer, Greenhill, — Mr. Robert Vicary, and Mr. John Olver; Rev. Samuel George Harris, the Rectory, Highweek, — Mr. W. H. Brock, and Mr. William Shapley; Mr. William Henry Jarvis, schoolmaster, — Mr. J. Wright, and Mr. William Pinsent; Mr. John Olver, accountant, — Mr. A. T. Sampson, and Mr. J. Dolbear; Mr. William Swain Pinsent, Rosehill, merchant, — Mr. J. Wright, and Mr. W. Shapley; Mr. Alfred Buckland Segar, Ringslade, draper, — Mr. W. S. Pinsent, and the Rev. S. G. Harris; Mr. W. Shapley, Highweek Street, grocer, — Mr. John Salter, and Mr. Lewis Bearne; Mr. William Lane Shilston, Littlejoy farm, farmer, — Mr. W. S. Pinsent, and Mr. John Segar; Mr. Charles Gilbert Vicary, Dyrons, merchant; —Mr. William S. Pinsent, and Mr. Lewis Bearne; Mr. Tom Gregory Weatherdon, Highweek, mason; — Mr. Alfred J. Chapple, and Mr. William Shapley; Mr. John Wright, Teign View, engineer, — Mr. C. G. Vicary, and Mr. J. Stockman. It will thus be seen that the whole of the retiring Councillors was re-elected without opposition. Mr. Brock thanked the electors on behalf of the old Councillors for having re-elected them and said they would endeavour to do the best they could in the interests of the ratepayers. (Applause). Mr. W. S. Pinsent moved that a precept be issued on the Overseers for a sum not exceeding L. 200 for lighting the Parish up to March 1900. Rev. S. G. Harris seconded the resolution, which was, at once, agreed to. Mr. Clarke asked the Chairman if it was a fact that the Parish of Highweek paid £700 towards the sewerage scheme of Wolborough Parish. The Chairman said he believed that they paid a certain proportion of the cost of the sewer, but that was some thirty years ago. He thought they contributed one-third, about £600, and Wolborough two-thirds. Mr. Clarke enquired why they contributed £65 per year towards the cost of the sewer. The Chairman replied that that sum was their proportion towards the cost of keeping the sewer clean. (Hear. hear). Mr. Clarke next asked if the Newton Urban Council were going to give them a part of the Market in the event of amalgamation (Hear, hear, and “Oh”) The Chairman said he did not anticipate they would give them large portion. (Hear, hear, and laughter). The meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. …
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Referenced
GRO0897 Devonport: William Henry Pinsent: 1874 – 1949 (?)
GRO0911 Devonport: William Swain Pinsent: 1843 – 1920