lieved them by increasing the salary they would really be lessening the rates, a great saving being effected by the superintendent and his staff being preventives as well as detectives. [Without in any way venturing an opinion respecting the adequacy or inadequacy of the Superintendent's salary, the present writer can bear testimony to Mr. Glenister's adroitness in getting out of the town two suspected burglars and thieves before they had time to exercise their dishonest calling. In both cases the writer was opportunely made an accessory to the Superintendent's clever - and in one instance - bold manoeuvre in scenting and catching his game.] Mr. Putland, in continuation said he believed that scores of pick-pockets and other depredators had been kept out of the town by the Superintendent's vigilance. Messrs. Gausden and Kenwood both spoke in favour of the application, but the latter hoped that after this all the officers of the Corporation would be well paid, there would be no similar application for years to come. The motion for increase of salary was carried by 13 to 5.
A New Groyne having been recommended by the Stone Beach committee to be placed opposite the Cutter Inn, considerable discussion took place thereon, which resulted in the Committee's report and the empowering the Committee to advertise for tenders in the local papers. [Again, as in all previous cases, when the Corporation requirements were advertised, the then Liberal Gazette was purposely omitted by the Council that was composed of members who were largely a majority of Liberals. The proprietor of that journal finding that the town's advertisements continued to be sent to Mr. Knight's subsidised Tory Observer, and almost worthless and ill-conducted paper, resolved, at once, to cease reporting the Councl meetings after the month of May. Hence, arises the non-appearance of the doings of that august body in this History during the remainder of the year. The Gazette was an older paper than the Observer, and its proprietor probably paid on a higher borough assessment than the conductor of the Observer did, whilst a challenge was given and not accepted that the sale and circulation of the Gazette was more than double that of the then Observer. This will form an amusing episode in local journalism as this History proceeds; the principal aim being now to show that if the Gazette was never to have the town's advertisements, then its proprietor, (who was both editor and reporter) felt that he no longer could afford the time and expense of attending the Council meetings, transcribing his notes for the compositors, and keeping his staff at work half the night on overtime wages. This by way of explanation of the year's incomplete record in this History of the Town Councils transactions. It may, however be added that thenceforth the Gazette was described in the London and provincial directories as "Politics Neutral", instead of "Politics Liberal", the political nemesis of which it is intended to show in a later chapter.]
