The Kington Times - April 1918
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Kington Times 6th April 1918 - Page 4
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| Date | 06/04/1918 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Kington Times |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 6th April 1918 |
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11 4 WANTED : 12,000 LAND WOMEN . OUR CHEERFULNESS DISCONCERTS THE HUN . HOPE AND HELPFULNESS . " SOLDIERS OF THE SOIL . " BEANS INSTEAD OF BEEF . The Women's Land Army is calling for re- cruits . 12,000 women are wanted at once for work on the land . " Come and join the Land Lassies and hold the Home Front . " That is the call to which the women of the nation must respond if the Home Front and the Food Line are to be held . The Women's Land Army " cannot offer a beautiful hat , " say the Hon . Mrs. Lyttelton , " but it can offer a beautiful And complexion and splendid rosy cheeks . " what is more important than all , it can offer a girl the chance of helping her country through the greatest crisis in its history . London recently witnessed a great recruiting Army , when in Trafalgar Square a hundred strapping land girls belonging to the Agricul- THE KINGTON paper are wasted every year , and that after all the efforts are made to retrieve what is thrown away . TIMES . APRIL 6 , LEOMINSTER BOROUGH POLICE COURT . Thursday , March 28 , before : Edwards and Mr. T. J. Enoch . Mr. T. H. ALLEGED WASTE OF BREAD . CASE DISMISSED . sible of the vacant land in the camp areas and behind the various fronts is utilised for the various for the growing of food and fodder While you are throwing your paper away for the Army , so that transport may be econo- into the dustbins , hundreds of people are en- mised and the food situation lightened by a gaged in sorting out the rubbish and collecting smaller demand from the Army . That food what is useful . In the City of London alone growing was second in importance only to 25 tons of paper are collected from the dust - fighting was the gist of an Army Order issued bins every week . It's a great saving - but how a year ago to the troops in France . Much much better if the paper did not get into the military cultivation of land has been under- Mary Jane Lane , 6 , Vicarage Street , and now dustbin . What an economy in time and labour , taken since then , and during the last three living at the Gardener's Cottage , Belmont , near months the movement has been greatly stimu- lated by the encouragement , active assistance , Hereford , was summoned for permitting bread to be wasted by throwing the same away at and guidance supplied by the Army Agrioul- Vicarage Street , Leominster , on March 14 , con- tural Committee appointed last January under trary to the Waste of Food Order , 1918 . the chairmanship of Lord Harcourt . She pleaded not guilty . too ! Every military camp in the United Kingdom , every German prisoners ' camp , and every service of Mr. Sealy , manager of the National Ellen Lewis stated that she was in the aerodrome has been brought within the area Provincial Bank . She did not know defen- of military agricultural operations . dant . On the 14th of March she found a In addi 1918 . LEOMINSTER AND BILLETTING . APPRECIATION OF THE TOWN'S WILLINGNESS . REASON FOR DISAPPOINTMENTS . There has been , not without reason , some dissatisfaction in Leominster in regard to the arrangements for the billetting of munition workers in the town . On three separate occa- sions - in 1916 , 1917 and 1918 - the householders of Leominster have been asked to signify their willingness to find accommodation for munition workers . On each occasion the res- ponse has shown that any call made upon the tunately the time , energy , and in some cases town would be readily responded to , but unfor- money , put into the preparations for receiving workers have proved to have been wasted . Under the circumstances therefore it was only due to the town that some explanation should be made by those responsible . This was done in a most able and satisfactory manner by PARA QUIT KILLS LICE , FLEAS & OTHER PARASITES KEEPS OFF Mosquitoes and Sandflies Supplied in large quantities to H.M. War Office In Tubes 1/3 Sold by Chemists , Stores and Canteens or post free in U.K. from sole makers LAWSON & Co . ( BRISTOL ) LTD .. ST . PHILIP'S , BRISTOL Poetry . P.Q. 118 When you realise that waste paper is worth £ 12 a ton , and that the City of London was able to save 1,016 tons last year , you will understand that paper is worth saving for its monetary value alone . Then there are the rags . The odd scraps and worn - out rags of wool and cotton which are often thoughtlessly destroyed by the housewife are treated with much more consideration by tion , 50,000 acres are being cultivated behind piece of bread ( produced ) in the yard at Mr. The rags are the lines in France , 7,000 acres at Salonika , Sealy's house . Immediately afterwards the National Salvage Council . sorted into 200 different grades ; they are approximately 700,000 acres in Mesopotamia , worked up in different ways , and eventually and large areas in Egypt , Palestine , and Cyp other piece came from the direction of Vicarage In France the Army has its own Direc- The pieces of bread produced were slices two Sir Arthur Marshall , K.B.E. , M.P. , Chairman If one had said in the calm days of peace , most of them become khaki - another direct rus . link between your soldier and his home . torate of Agricultural Production , with Briga- Old lace curtains have a special value of dier - General Lord Radnor as Director , working their own . When they are so worn and frayed for the cultivation of derelict land in conjunca that they cannot be hung over the meanest tion with the French authorities . window they begin a new lease of life , and Production Department at home has helped to quantities of seed and seed potatoes . tion factories . The Food Sittreet . an- inches thick cut from a sandwich or tin loaf . Samuel Fletcher , baker , in the employ of Mr. Pewtress , said that defendant had been living at the corner of Vicarage Street next to Mr. He delivered bread of the kind pro- Sealy's . FOR LIBERTY . rally in connection with the Women's Land finish their usefulness as cotton waste in muni- supply 150 tractors and ploughs , and large duced all down Vicarage Street on March 12th . kins ) presided and remarked that that was By fierce flames swept and poison fume and At Salonika the crops now growing comprise Defendant had a loaf ; he delivered none to any houses near hers . There were four houses acres of maize , and 1,700 acres of other crops . house . The nearest house to which he de shell .. tural , Forage , and Timber Sections of the Land All the empty cocoa and fruit tins which are 2,100 acres of barley , 500 acres of wheat , 700 together but he only delivered at defendant's that the reason more workers had not been And see wild scenes , and hear strange tongues cruits . Old tine , too , can help the boys at the front . thrown carelessly into the dustbin are now the object of scientific research , and learned men ing them into guns . Square to martial music - and why shouldn't are experimenting on the best way of convert- result in a saving of 20,000 tons in the quan- He identified the bread as his master's baking : than the Government expected . The speaker And some be maimed in the mad whirl of strife , of Army appealed to their town sisters for re- These land girls marched to Trafalgar they ? -for each of them is a soldier woman , and her work is of military as well as national importance . During the luncheon hour , very many office girls were told all about the open air life which the fland girls love so well that they would not exchange their lot for that of any town sister , and many of the pale faced city girls envying the blooming cheeks of the land workers and anxious " to do their bit " enrolled at once . I talked with a few of these splendid women of the Land Army , and each of them spoke enthusiastically of flife out of doors , of the joy of living far from the madding crowd " and close to Mother Earth , of following the plough , of the joy they feel in doing man's work , and above all of the keen satisfaction they have in the knowledge that the work on the land is helping to bring the boys home sooner , -I have been twelve years on the stage , " confided one girl , " and I have now forsaken the foot- lights altogether . The work is often hard and our muscles very often ache , but it is work that is more conducive to health than any other kind and we know it is work that will help the country to win ; and that is reward enough for our roughing it at times . " This ex - actress prefers the sunlight to the limelight ; the music of the birds to the orchestra before the footilghts ; work on the land to play on the stage . She underwent a special three months ' training , and is now an expert in driv- ing a motor tractor . She is helping to beat the U - boats . Another Land Girl who , until a few weeks ago was a typist in the City , assured potential recruits that she loved the life , and that she had never been so fit or so happy before . At first she had " a certain fear of cows - but , ' she declared laughingly , " I soon mastered that , and now I am quite at home with the dears ! They are quiet and gentle , and very easy to manage . My message to city girls is , " Come and join us ! I am very fond of milk- ing and all dairy work . " All these Land Girls are imbued with a real sense of patriotism . None of them joined simply " for the fun of the thing , " although they do manage to derive quite a lot of fun out of their strenuous duties . Even in cold , wet weather when they have to turn out at 6 o'clock in the morning , they manage to " keep smiling . " In the words of one of the Land Army songs : They drive the motor tractors and they walk behind the ploughs ; And so it goes on . Practically every object which you throw away is needed by the nation to win the war . So , when you begin your spring - cleaning this year , remember that there is NOTHING that you may destroy with a clear conscience . If you are near a committee for dealing with these waste things , get into touch with them at once . But if no such committee exists write for all particulars to Lady Amherst of Hackney , Rural Section , National Salvage Council , Caxton House , S.W.1 . But in collecting your waste take great care that you send off nothing that can still be used in its present state . Do not send awry any clothing that can be worn by poorer people than yourself , for that is false economy . All garments should be worn while there is a thread of wear in them . It is only when they atre quite past all wear that they should be included in the waste . And when they are as old and worn as last year's bulbs they will be resurrected and start life all over again . SAVE FATS FOR EXPLOSIVES . If the man who raked in the muck had turned his attention to the modern drainpipe he would soon have found the fortune that ne sought . But instead of a rake he would have to use a grease trap , for that is the way to catch the fortunes floating down the drains of most of the big establishments in this country . Some time ago a London sewer was stopped up and the water could not get away . After examination it was found to be clogged with fat , and this was attributed to a large restaur- ant in the neighbourhood , where it was a cus- tom to throw all the washing - up water down the sink . A grease trap was installed , with the result that now 5 cwts . of grease are taken from that sink every week . With fat at the present price £ 90 a ton - this represents a fair fortune in one year , and it is saved from the greasy water alone , not from any scraps . The waste fats collected from Army Camps alone have been valued at £ 960,000 a year . They have provided soap for the Army , Navy , and Government depots , with a surplus for public use ; they have also provided the pro- pellant for 18 million 18 - pounder shells , for the primary object in saving army fats is to procure the glycerine which is absolutely esseu- tial in the making of explosives . It is estimated also that the work there will livered bread that day was 50 or 60 yards away . tity of hay required to be imported . Defendant : You never delivered any bread Witness : Yes ma'am . On March 12th I was tio me . returning from my journey when Mrs. Owens came to the door and said " My neighbour wants a loaf . " I offered you the basket in of the Central Billeting Board , who addressed a well attended meeting at the Town Hall on Seeing our boys on the red soil at work , Thursday morning . Mr. Crooke , Secretary of At play on the soft sward at eventide , the Board , was also present . Lo , from this calm these lads shall speed to war The Deputy Mayor ( Councillor John Wat - Made hideous beyond thought , a nightmare war , Attacked from sky and sea and undersea , the third or fourth time they had met in connection with the question . He understood They shall consort with men of many lands , munitions in certain branches had been more And some shall pass to prisons drear to starve sent to the factory was that the output of Of men in earnest at the same dread task . went on to pay a tribute to the great work of And some shall sleep in foreign lands afar , the present Prime Minister in building up the In the great vineyards and fair vales of France , great organisation for the production of In the wide plains of Flanders , battle scarred , He referred with regret to the At the far entrance of the Dardanelles , outlay to which some had been put in expec- At Salonika , and where Jordan flows , Sir Arthur had And where Euphrates flows through desert come to explain the position and he was sure tation of the workers coming . what he had to say would take a great weight And love shall languish in a dumb heart - ache , off the Mayor's shoulders . And many a heart at home o'erburdened break . Sir . Arthur Marshall in an excellent speech If one had said in the calm days of peace explained that Mr. Dowding had from the first Such woful words , we should have deemed him in the name of those he knew in the town promised that everything that was wanted To charity and faith and hope , for Man from the citizens of Leominster to help in pro- Could not endure so mad a massacre . viding for workers would be willingly done Yet it is true ; and still our hearts beat high , and from what he had heard everything pos- Because for life they gave their opening lives , WEDDING AT LEOMINSTER . her where she got the bread from and she said , sible had been asked of the people there and For freedom of the world , for Mankind's soul ; responded to .. That particular job was not They died to save us from a daily death , one of the heroic things of the war . It might To save not us alone , but all our race : had a tendency if properly managed to help Crusaders pure who answered to the voice the family exchequer . Speaking of the year When Freedom called - Here ; here am I , send 1916 , Sir Arthur sketched the building up of me . GURNEY JARVIS . wastes ; lost In Mesopotamit , where irrigation is a handi- cap , a Directorate of Irrigation has been es- tablished in addition to a Directorate of Local munitions . Small irrigating pumps , driven Resources . either by steam or by oil , are in use on the banks of the Tigris , and much has been done to restore and turn to good advantage the fer- which there was a sandwich loaf , a cake loaf , and a pound loaf , and you picked the sandwich tility of what was once the garden of the world It is anticipated that this year's yield will loaf . P.S. Worthing stated that he received a com- total 25,000 tons of wheat and 100,000 tons of barley , besides fair crops of other grain . Trac - plaint of bread having been thrown into Mr. tors , threshers , and hand implements of sev - Sealy's yard , and in making inquiries went to eral kinds have been sent from India and defendant's house . He asked her what kind bread she had and pointing to a round flat Australia as well as from this country . loaf on the table said " This is the kind of bread I have . " He asked her if she had any tin loaves and she replied " No. " He asked " The shop down over the bridge in Bridge Street . " He showed her the pieces of bread bread . She replied that she had never had 25th , at Leominster Priory Church , of Pte . He told her it had been thrown over any . James Gurney , M. T. A. S. C. , third son of Mr. the wall into Mr. Sealy's yard and that some- and Mrs. Gurney , Broadward , Leominster , and body from one of the four cottages there must Miss Lilian Victoria Jarvis , second daughter have thrown it . She said it was a cruel thing of Q.M.S. Jarvis and Mrs. Jarvis , Bargates , to do but she had not done it . She had not Leominster . The Rev. W. J. Nelson ( Vicar ) had any of that sort of bread . He made in- was the officiating clergyman . The bride was quiries at the other houses and no one had had given away by her brother , Sergt . P. A. any tin loaves . He then went to the baker . Jarvis , K. S. L. I. , in the absence of Q. M. S. Mr. Enoch asked if it was possible for the Jarvis on active service . She was becomingly bread to have been thrown from any houses in attired in a navy travelling costume with pale Broad Street . blue tagel hat , and carried a handsome bouquet of lilies and roses . The bridesmaids , Miss Bessie Jarvis and Miss Dolly Jarvis , also wore navy blue and wore gold brooches set with amethysts and pearls , the gifts of the bridegroom . Mr. Henry Gurney , brother of the bridegroom , acted as best man . The wedding breakfast was afterwards held at the bride's home and later in the day Pte . and Mrs. Gurney left for their honeymoon at Farnborough , Hampshire . The wedding took place on Monday , March and asked her if she had any of that sort of involve sacrifice and inconvenience but it also And they , where'er they sleep , are martyrs true , There were numerous and beautiful presents including the following : - Witness replied that there were one . or two houses but the bread would have to be thrown from another direction . In reply to the Chairman defendant said the witness Fletcher was telling an untruth . She was 63 years of age and hud worked hard to make both ends meet . SCHOOL ATTENDANCE . Addressing the defendant the Chairman said her evidence in regard to the receipt of the loaf of bread did not in any way strengthen her defence . They believed the evidence of the baker that the loaf was delivered to her but there was a certain element of doubt as to Bride to bridegroom , chased silver cigarette where the bread was thrown into the yard case ; bridegroom to bride , gold curb bracelet ; from , and the case would be dismissed , Father of bride , cheque ; Mother of bride to although they did not consider her evidence bridegroom , travelling rug , to bride tea and satisfactory . coffee service and table cutlery ; Lieut . J. Jarvis , cheque ; Sergt . P. A. Jarvis , cutlery ; Sergt . C. V. Jarvis , bedspread ; Miss Bessie William Philpotts , 6 , New Street , was sum- Jarvis , table centre and d'oyleys ; Miss Dolly moned for not sending William ( 12 ) regularly to Jarvis , sideboard cloth ; Q. M. S. and Mrs. school . He did not appear . The Attendance Parker , Crown Devon jugs ; Masters Jimmy Officer ( Mr. J. Davis ) stated that the boy had and Victor Parker , Devon china butter cooler ; made 25 attendances out of 40 . Order made . Mrs. Jarvis ( Farnborough ) , pair of pictures ; Mr. and Miss J. Jarvis ( Farnborough ) , after- Emily Tilling , 81 , Bargates , was summoned in noon tea cloth ; Mrs. Stillwell ( Farnborough ) , respect of Ivy ( 13 ) who had only made 16 atten- Defendant said Treasury note ; Miss Jarvis ( Farnborough ) , dances out of a possible 10 . photos and frames and present ; Mr. and Mrs. she was in bad health , and had to keep the She had five children , three of F. Banks ( Farnborough ) , quaint vase and girl at home . Duchesse set ; Miss Nance Jarvis ( Farn- them were going to school . And they think of all the boys in France , their million pounds a year are saved to the nation . borough ) , pair of china ornaments and after- and the case was now adjourned for a month . " Defendant had been previously fined 2s . 6d . teacloth ; Miss Mabel Potter ( Farn- Rose Pritchard , 50 , Ryelands Road , was sum- And they say , " God helping them and us , we simple means of saving the grease from the borough ) , ornament ; Mr. and Mrs. Gurney , moned for not sending Rose ( 11 ) to school . The Devon china cake stand ; Mr. and Mrs. Cooper record of attendance was 31 out of 40 . ( Birmingham ) , eight - day clock ; Mr. Henry They feed the lambs and pigs and calves , they feed and milk the cows ; They clean out all the stables and the styes and yards - for Now's The time to win the War . Of course it makes them tired , but it keeps them jolly fit ! patience and their grit ; all will do our bit To help to win the War . " Women are wanted for the three sections of the Women's Land Army . Agricultural Section : In order to provide food for our soldiers and for the nation , women inust till the soil . Forage Section : In order to provide forage for the Army , women must help in this work . Timber Cutting Section : In order to pro- vide timber for the Navy and the Army women must help in this work . All desiring to join the Women's Land Army should apply to the nearest Employment Exchange for an application form or to the Village Registrar . OUR CHEERFULNESS DISCONCERTS THE HUN . Lord Rhondda has taken the wind out of the sails of the German newspapers by his wise moderation and consideration in introduc- ing food regulations . When we were all fuss- In the Army the waste fat is collected in a number of inexpensive ways . In one camp a large barrel is provided , with a spigot at the base . All the waste water from washing - up is poured into this ; when it is cold the spigot is taken out , the water runs away , and a solid block of fat is left in the barrel . Nothing could be simpler , and yet by this and similar means fats amounting to the value of nearly a Many households could establish some such waste water , and though most good housewives would protest that no fat went into their wash- up dish , they would be greatly surprised to see how much accumulates even from the most carefully scraped dishes . HEN POWER ! noonl could get to eat . Mrs. see what she If she did not get it on She had Gurney , china tea service ; Mr. and Mrs. W. Pritchard said she only kept the child at home Gurney ( Ebbw Vale ) , china butter cooler ; Miss on Friday while she went to R. Gurney , salad bowl and servers ; Miss C. Friday she could not get it at all . Gurney , case of silver teaspoons and tongs ; Master Albert Gurney , Devon china cheese been out that morning since 8 o'clock to try to All who keep fowls should bear in mind that dish ; Master Fred Gurney , tea pot and stand ; get some meat and had got nothing yet . She the broody season is close at hand . Every Mrs. Parker ( Bridge Street ) , antique oak work left this child at home to look after the others . Adjourned for a month . hen that is allowed to go broody , if her ser - box ; Mrs. Fairbanks ( Bridge Street ) , silver vices are not required , is robbing the national egg basket . Much can be done to prevent this waste of hen power ! Collect the eggs regu- larly and often during the day or you will leave something within the nests to encourage the hens to go broody . Remove all " dummy " nest eggs for the same reason . Visit the roosts at night and place on the perches any hens that are found in the nests - roosting in the nest - boxes brings on the broody fever . When a hen shows symptoms of going broody and thereby slacking , place her in a broody- coop at once . The latter should be boarded in ing and fuming about the food queues , the on all sides except the front and bottom , which German papers gave a great deal of space to should be sparred . Place the coop and its in- the statements that England was at starva- effected in a few days , when eggs will be forth- the fact , and encouraged their readers with mate near the other fowls , and a cure will be The longer a broody hen is tion point , and that this undisciplined nation coming again . would never submit to laws regulating food in allowed to go unchecked the stronger hold the same spirit that the well - trained Germans upon her will the fever obtain and the more had done . They also took pride in alleging eggs will there be wasted . Delays are un- Remember hen that there was no administration in this coun- profitable - and unpatriotic . try capable of organising , and that any attempt power and the national egg basket , which can to bring in compulsory rationing would be dis- never be too full . Banish the broody ! astrous . BEANS INSTEAD OF BEEF . As we know , the rationing orders have been The bean is a vegetable t'at deserves special made with such fairness to all classes that they are working almost without a hitch , and the attention because of its valuable sustaining great body of the people is quite satisfied that qualities , writes Lady Glover . There are a the Food Controller is aiming at making the number of varieties now besides the Broad burden fall equally on all classes . And so the Bean , French Bean , and Scarlet Runner , and German Press has lost interest in our food foremost among them is a white variety that question , and does not direct the attention of resembles the Butter Bean , and is nearly as its readers to the sight of this nation cheer- good in quality , also the Dutch Brown Bean , fully and philosophically making the best of which is excellent . things that would be too discouraging a sight for the underfed Huns . HOPE AND HELPFULNESS . and blue skies . Spring is rushing in with bright sunshine Over in France things are moving fast , and our hopes are fixed on what this year's campaign may bring . The mother at her work of spring - cleaning sends many a loving thought across the seas , and as she cleans and straightens there is always one idea at the back of her mind - the idea that the house must be fresh and pretty in case thei boys come home . Special encouragment is now being given to the cultivation of the Dutch Brown Bean . The export of the bean was prohibited by the authorities in Holland , but Lord Harcourt's Committee have secured a considerable amount of the seed . Its food value as compared with that of beef or potatoes will be seen from the following table : - Beef . Potato . Bean . Protein Per cent . 20 Per cent . Per cent 1 23 5 None 2 None 72 20 73 53 13 we most requrie to cultivate . mounted vases ; Miss Molly Parker ( Hereford ) , table knives ; Mrs. and Miss Long ( Hereford ) , preserve dish ; Mr. and Mrs. J. Jones ( Bridge Street ) , sideboard cloth ; Staff at International Stores ( Leominster ) , Devon china biscuit barrel ; the Misses , Colwell , Duchesse set ; Mr. W. F. Wood , butter knife . AT ONCE . WILL JOIN BRITISH AND FRENCH DIVISIONS . AN IMPORTANT DECISION . IMMEDIATE HELP . The following announcement was issued ou Leaped from their trench to fight for our salvation ; sane , the magnificent and wonderful organisation In danger they , with death familiar daily , which in three years had become a finer one Sweated and toiled , and dozed in garments than the enemy machine for the production of frozen , munitions . They had beaten the Germans in Breathing foul air and deafened with war's the workshop . He then went on to show that thunder , from that time they had seen successive changes in the pressure upon the various parts of the organisation . Over two years ago the O'ercoming fear , they fought the good fight vital necessity was coal . At other times steel , bravely . guns , all the time shells , and later aeroplane From all the turmoil and the agony engines . Two years ago there was an enor- Man shall reap blessings yet a hundred - fold . mous output of shell , cases and it became War shall cease surely when the state grows necessary to have more filling factories . The factory in question was put up and it appeared Ashamed of anarchy and war's mad folly ; at one time there would be 6,000 or 7,000 And these shall live immortal , beyond praise , workers . A canvass of possible billets in Our sons who made heroic sacrifice Hereford , Leominster and Ross was most And saved from shipwreck a torpedoed World . creditable to all three places . In 1917 the demand again seemed to be greater and a second appeal was made . On that occasion he met their Mayor , a man whose energy and capacity indicated how fortunate the town was in having him in their midst . He pointed out that the Mayor was not responsible for their disappointment . Neither was he ( the speaker ) or the Ministry of Munitions . It was simply due to the circumstances of the time . In 1917 T. R. PHILLIPS . was told at TRAGEDY OF JEALOUSY . UNJUSTIFIED LETTER OF " WARNING " TO A HUSBAND . A dramatic sequel to a husband's unfounded . suspicions regarding a letter Monday's inquest on Thos . Piffen , of Rodney- street , Pentonville . fortnight ago , she received a letter from a young man with reference to a money club at her factory . Her husband struck her , and she life . He was arrested , but was not charged , pointed a revolver at her and threatened her The widow said that , a when there was a prospect of more workers it was their duty to try and make plans accord- ingly . Nothing came of it owing to changes in policy . In 1918 Miss Coombes again called the Committee together but the very day after her visit to the town a change in policy had taken place and within the last two months summoned him , but forgave him . instead of this branch of munitions having been increased there was a policy of reducing the number of women workers in this direc- tion : That meant that they would not call upon them at this moment , although they could not say what a month might bring forth . He asked them not to say to the Mayor that they would not be had again . Their men were They were all part of a great or 40 times . Later , he as the revolver could not be found . Next day he wrongly accused her of un- faithfulness . During the past fortnight he several times threatened suicide . On Saturday he was found dying , with his throat cut and a bottle of spirits of salts beside him . The coroner said that the sending of a let- going into the battle not three times , but 30 ter to the husband accusing the wife of in- machine and sometimes the pressure was at fidelity was a most fiendish act , and it had one point and sometimes at another . They had a very sad ending . had got a machine of such strength and power that in spite of the violent and terrific on- slaughts of the enemy the tendency of the main stream was steadily towards victory . He asked them not to let the moral flag at home . Let the men who were fighting know that they were presenting a bold and courag- of war . GLEANINGS . PAWN HIS WATCH . through the roof - spaces , " has several methods by means of which she can make known her condition to other vessels of shore stations . Name one ' Binks ! " " The international code- signal N.C. , " replied Binks , waking up just " Right ! " said the instructor . The naval class was under signal instruc- eous front to their difficulties . He thanked tion .. Most of them had just come back from Mr. Dowding and the Chairman of the Com- leave , and , as a result , to some of the boys in mittee ( Mr. Watkins ) and every member for blue the instructor's voice seemed far away AMERICAN TROOPS READY the preliminary work they undertook , and he indeed . " A ship in distress , " he was saying , also wished to thank the town for the way the appeal was met . In conclusion the speaker in an inspiring passage indicated the magnitude of Britain's war effort . They began the war with a navy but no army as understood on the Continent , in time . PRESIDENT WILSON'S DESIRE TO GIVE and no great capacity for turning out materials " Jenks , name another . " Jenks started out- To - day they were in possession of of a dream . " Eh ! " he ejaculated . " What thousands more ships in our navy than at the would you do if you were in distress ? " re- beginning of the war . the In spite of the losses peated sigual - instructor . " Why , " alleged by the Germans they had more guns mumbled Jenks , pawn me watch ! " of shells for all the guns that were likely to in France than they could use , an abundance NOT ENTITLED TO IT . be operating , an army that had increased from A non - commissioned officer entering a bar 150,000 to nearly 6 millions and behind that rack gate in Dublin was mistaken by a raw army four or five million people directly or in- sentry , who immediately saluted him . The directly engaged on the production of war non - commissioned officer , unaware that his material . In three years we had beaten in Colonel was just behind , returned the salute , a taken the Germans forty years to build up . Arrived at his quarters he was surprised to our workshops the organisation which had thing not permissible in the circumstances . This was a record of which they had every find an order for him to attend before the reason to be proud . Possibly greater sacri- colonel . On presenting himself he was asked fices might be called for but if they endured how he came to return the salute , knowing full to the end he believed the result would be a well he was not entitled to it . Not in the least world in which there was a moral law at work , embarrassed , he promptly answered : " Sir , I when a war like this would never again be always return everything I am not entitled to . " possible in the history of mankind . The colonel , taken aback by his ready wit , laughingly dismissed him . few REFUGE ASSURANCE COMPANY , LIMITED . POINTS FROM THE REPORT . The Director's Report and Balance Sheet of Monday night by the Press Bueau- this large Assurance Office again tell a remark passed between the Prime Minister and Presi- As a result of communications which have able story of advance and development . The total premium income of both branches Secretary Baker , who visited London a dent Wilson , of deliberations between Mr. for the year was £ 3,883,476 8s . 7d . , and the days ago , and the Prime Minister , Mr. Balfour , total funds now amount to £ 14,768,113 os . 9d , and Lord Derby , and of consultations in A striking feature of the Report is the France in which General Pershing and General statement that the total claims paid since the Bliss the permanent military representative of establishment of the Company now amount to America , with the Supreme War Council , par- £ 25,976,259 3s . 9d . This mammoth sum , ticipated , important decisions have been come which the imagination fails to measure , is an to by which large forces of trained men ' n indication of the benefit conferred upon the the American army can be brought to community by the operations of an organisa - assistance of the Allies in the present struggle . tion like the " Refuge . " The Government of our great Western Ally Another item which calls for inention is the is not only sending large numbers of American amount paid in " War Claims , " i.e. , claims battalions to Europe during the coming criti- paid on the death of men killed in warfare ; cal months , but has agreed to such of its this item is now over £ 539,000 , and the extra regiments as cannot be used in divisions of risk to the office has been borne without any their own being brigaded with French and additional premium being paid in the great British units so long as the necessity lasts . majority of the cases . Premium Funds . IMMEDIATE SERVICE . the HARRIS'S LUCK . The Mayor , in thanking Sir Arthur Marshall for coming to Leominster , said they thought an explanation was due to the town and he felt Prior to the commencement of a boy's sure the town would be satisfied with the He wished cricket match there were several candidates on explanation that had been given . to say on behalf of Leominster that if the time the fielding side for the position of long field . did come when accommodation was required " Ginger ' Arris ' ad it last week and the week for workers he was sure Leominster would not afore , " complained two or three of the boys be behindhand in finding that accommodation . to their captain ; " it's about time someone else Sir Arthur . He proposed a very hearty vote of thanks to ' ad a turn . " The discussion seemed likely to end in a free fight when the local curate came Councillor H. J. Southall in seconding des- on the scene and endeavoured to pour oil on " You surprise me , tonic and said that if all Government officials boys , " he said . cribed Sir Arthur Marshall's speech as a good the troubled waters . " Harris has done especially He well in that position , hasn't he ? " " E ' as were like him things would go better . pointed out that although an act had been so , " agreed the malcontents . " If ' e's ' ad to passed to enable civilians to be billetted there climb Bliggins ' wall after the ball once , ' e's was no place where it had been necessary to ' ad to a dozen times . " " Well ? " queried the use compulsion . " That's why we want That fact spoke a great deal reverend gentleman . The advance made during the last 10 years is well shown by the following figures- By this means troops which are not yet Aggregate sufficiently trained to fight as divisions and Year . Income . Income . army corps will form part of the seasoned 1907 ... £ 2,340,040 £ 2,521,405 £ 5,534,509 divisions until such time as they have com- 1917 ... £ 3,883,476 £ 4,358,948 £ 14,768,113 pleted their training , and General Pershing The Annual Valuation has again been made wishes to withdraw them in order to build up on the accustomed strict basis , with the re- the American army . sult that , after writing down assets and mak- Arrangements for the transportation of these ing transfers to the Investments Reserve additional forces are now big completed . Fat Funds to the extent of £ 100,000 , the surplus Throughout these discussio .. President Wil- Carbo - Hydrates was shown to be £ 634,049 os . 9d . son has shown the greatest anxiety to do every Water The Report , especially having regard to the thing possible to assist the Allies and has left Spring is the season for hope , and as a nation we should drink deep at the eternal very small quantities , as at present , the veget - fying . When meat is only to be obtained in such abnormal conditions prevailing , is most grati- nothing undone which could contribute thereto . This decision , however , of vital importance fount . But in this year of grace , hope with- ables that contain the least watery substance Leominster and District have had another as it will be to the maintenance of the Allied for Sir Arthur who was a master in the art of a chance ! " snapped a podgy youngster . " Old out helpfulness is of small avail . for the wife or the mother to dream hope- build up the human system are the kinds that Branch under the capable management of the way It is good and largest quantity of what is required to successful year in the Industrial and Ordinary strength in the next few months , will in to explaining an unpleasant situation . He would Bliggins ' gooseberries are ripe , and ' is bull diminish the need for those further agree that what had happened was a bit thick dog's dead ! " fully over her daily tasks , but if she would but he was very glad for one thing it had come Superintendent , Mr. J. Jones , who is still measures for the raising of fresh troops at have her dreams come true she must add her CABBY'S MISTAKE . little bit to the great effort . It is just ways ; they make good soup , purée , curry , and paying Income Tax and wishes to have a re- Beans can be cooked in a number of different doing greater things for 1918. Anyone who is home to which reference has already been made . to nothing because it showed that the Govern Two brothers who live in an East Lancashire It is announced at once because the Prime ment notwithstanding the enormous demand at this moment , in the very act of spring- One manufacturing town were noted for being ex- are excellent boiled with meat , a little gravy , bate by taking up Insurance , kindly apply to Minister feels that the singleness of purpose for munitions had more than enough . cleaning , that the stay - at - home woman can reason for the reduction in the number of wo- ceptionally well - served with nasal organs . render her most useful service by the simple is , they can easily be stored away in any place ster ; or to Mr. T. G. Smith , agent , Duke immediate and indeed indispensable contribu- or fat of any kind . Another great advantage the District Office , 44 , Etnam Street , Leomin- with which the United States has made this men workers was the enormous advances in One of the ring spinners at the mill where household rubbish.t ying space . labour saving machinery . Referring to the they worked invited them to a wedding , and tion towards the triumph of the Allied cause Some of us think we have learned the mean- Scarlet Runners keep very well , and are very Mr. I. Smith , Refuge District Office , Shaftes use French Beans and Superintendent , Station Road , Ludlow ; or unless it was that he was over - zealous , which duly arrived , and the two brothers entered ing of the word " saving " since the war be- good if properly preserved , but there is much bury Terrace , White Cross Street , Hereford . and planked themselves down , one at each gan , but there are still millions of tons of misconception in the method of salting them . was a good fault . The resolution was carried and Sir Arthur , window . In order to create an impression useful material going to waste in this country The best plan is to keep them in brine in a FINE FOR SELLING HORSES . in reply , thanked the Chairman for his pres- during the drive to the wedding , the two every year , materials which , if collected and wooden barrel . This is very easily done by ence . Referring to Miss Coombes , the local brothers were looking out of the cab , one on properly used , would help us a long way to mixing the salt and water together until there At Manchester , on Monday , Samuel Rath- executive officer , he said she never made an either side , so that the people could see them . wards winning the war . bone Teggin , farmer and general carrier , of unreasonable demand upon anybody . The All went well until the cab came to a rather . Eccles New - road , Weaste , was fined 40s . for efficiency of the machine she had set working narrow railway arch , which our travellers had parting with the possession of eleven horses at Hereford was one of the little things he took to pass through . The cabman looked back to agricultural land without the authority of a capable of being used for the cultivation of Hereford was a take his bearings , and seeing the two a pride in talking about . He was real pattern . Government brothers ' noses sticking out of the windows license of the Board of Agriculture . official but only a Member of Parliament , Miss on either side , shouted : Mr. Sandbach , who prosecuted , said the de- Coombes and Mr. Crook ( his secretary ) were in , please ! " WAIT AND SEE . expedient of saving instead of destroying the for winter use , and they take up very little Street , Kington ; or to Mr. G. Garrod , Refuge should be clearly recognised by the British Mayor's position he said he was not at fault promised to send a cab for them . The cab For winter is sufficient salt added to the water to float an KITCHENER'S BELIEF IN PRAYER . Take waste paper , for instance . The odds A story of Lord Kitchener and Lord Roberts and ends of newspapers , brown paper , bags and Indeed , this is a good rule to go by when was related on Tuesday at a united intercession boxes which are destroyed every week in the that is used for meat will last a very long General Sir G. J. Scott - Moncrieff was one of pickling meat and other things , and the brine service held in Queen's Hall , at which Major average household might be the means of time and be ready for a fresh supply of meat the speakers . bringing the man of that household back from when the last piece is taken out of the barrel . people . not a the war , because waste paper is now made But the great secret of success in packing days of the war , when the capture of Paris fendant was the occupier of Corday - lane Farm , Government officials and if all officials took as Mr. Albert A. Head told how , in the early SOLDIERS AS GARDENERS . order . This was heartily received and the Deputy Mayor having replied the meeting concluded . into the little cardboard cases which hold the beans is that they must be well pressed down seemed a certainty , and the advance of the Unsworth , near Whitefield , and the eleven charges for the shells . Every household has and kept under the water all the time , be- German hordes was one triumphant progress , a horses were sent to a repository to be sold . its accumulation of cardboard boxes - dress , hat , cause , if even one pod remains above the sur - telegram came to a place where Lord Roberts Mr. T. H. Hinchcliffe , for the defendant , said ( laughter and applause ) . He proposed a vote cake and sweet boxes . Now is the time to face , it will draw air down into the water and and Lord Kitchener sat , announcing that the the latter had no intention of evading the of thanks to the Chairman . bring them out of cupboards and store rooms . all the beans will be spoilt . Never did the women of Great Britain have Germans were in retreat from Paris . such a chance for making a clean sweep of all Lord Roberts exclaimed : ' Only God Al- the odds and ends which " lumber up " the mighty could have done this ! " ; to which Lord . house and make extra work . Most thrifty Kitchener added , " Somebody must have been WHEN FINDINGS ARE NOT KEEPINGS . " housewives have the habit of putting things by " This is a " in case they come in . " They will never case where keepings are not come in " to such good purpose as now ; you findings , " said the chief clerk at the Guildhall Police Court on Tuesday , when a man was re- manded on a charge of stealing by Few people know to what extent the Army , whether at home or in the field oversea , is praying ! " growing its own food . In the first year of the HIGHER PRICES FOR WOOL .. Put them elbows lost geese in a hard hailstorm . We asked why much pride in their work as they did the The worthy couple sat side by side on the country would ask to be handed over to them broad doorstep , looking as miserable as two they were so sad , in view of the fact that the sun shone brightly and the birds swayed in the adjacent boughs . " Alas ! " they answered , " we have been gardening . Both of us are somewhat absent - minded , and after thinking it over we fear that Samuella has planted the Farmers are to receive more money for their liver pills and Horace has taken the sweet However , we are not absolutely sure The price of this year's wool ( including peas . all our needs are now fully occupied in bring- into vegetable gardens , so that they could the success of the British and Allied armies , Delhi , March 28th . - All India is praying for three £ 10 Bank of England notes . finding the Irish clip ) has been fixed by an official about it , and it is the uncertainty that hurts . " ing us just food and soldiers ; for the others supplement and vary their ordinary daily diet and little interest is taken in anything at the finder of an article who believed that , with of these By the law of the land , stid the clerk , the Order at 60 per cent . above the average prices what we have . with fresh vegetables straight from their moment except the graphic messages describ- reasonable trouble , the owner of it could be on prices . Paper is of the utmost importance in carrying plots . From this humble beginning has grown ing the fighting in France . Confidence in final traced , yet made no effort , was guilty of mum figure , the actual sum received by the The 60 per cent . is the maxi- Printed and Published for the Proprietor by on the war . There are practically no imports an extensive scheme whereby as much as pos- victory for the Allies remains unshaken . A. T. SOUTHALL , at his Offices , 27 , Drapery farmer depending on the quality of his wool . Lane , Leominster . of paper pulp now , and yet 250,000 tons of war soldiers in training camps in this country will never find any need so urgent as the pres- spent their spare time in converting small ent need . The ships which used to bring us waste spaces adjoining their huts and camps we must " make do " with INDIA'S FAITH IN VICTORY . larceny . wool . Last year's advance was 50 per cent . VOL . XI SALES BY By Messrs . EDWA BAL LEOMINSTER HO NEXT Friday , Ma SHOW A OF V HEAVY and L Leom Schedule and Entry Entries Close W Note . - All Farmers get a Permit to Sel County Agricultural LEOMINSTER FAT TUESDAY , A AT Cattle and Sh 11.30 ; Store Catt Entries kindly solic EDWARDS , RU Leominster , Herefor LEOMINSTE N order to comply Ministry of Food , be held . Every For the Sale a FAT STOCK F STORE STOCK will every alternate Tuesda The next sale of St 23rd . EDWARDS , R THE CRAIG , BARG EDWARDS , RUSSI received instructi of the late Mrs. Hund On TUESDAY , the useful HOUSEHO Effects . Removed for the con CORN EXCH Fully described in the AUCTIONEERS , Le Tenbury . Sale at 11 STAGBAT Two Miles fr ANNUAL GR . DWARDS , RUSSI Ereceived instruc Holland , to Let by Hotel , Leominster , on TUESDAY , AI al 30 1.ot. 1 . Acres of Excell 2 convenient day of Februa Description . Pasture Meadows 2. Pasture Meadows Sale at 3.30 For further particul to Mr. JAMES HOLLAND , or to the AUCTIONEERS and Tenbury . VALUABLE FREE BOROUGH OF EDWARDS , RUSSE received instruct Yates , to Sell by Aucti Leominster , on FRIDAY , AP at 4 o'clock in the af FIVE EXCELLENT ING HOUSES , being ETNAM STREET , erected , with slate roof 2 living rooms upon gr upstairs ( No. 64 has als The Property has a f Side of Etnam Street of 112 feet . The Property is in Smith , Messrs . Vale , the Owner , at the esti Landlord paying rates There is an excellen and access from each with 2 furnaces , and coalhouses . The Town Water an Out - going Land T NOTE . There is a ri the house No. 64 , ov from Etnam Street to the West side thereo For further particu LLOYD & SON , Solicit AUCTIONEERS , Leomins bury . LEOMI DESIRABLE FR BE SOLD BY EDWARDS , RUSSI Royal Oak Hotel , Le FRIDAY , the 3rd at 4 o'clock punctuall subject to Conditions All that FREEHOL Summergalls , " situate Out - Parish of Leomins the centre of the town ing House , brick buil kitchen , back kitchen 4 bedrooms , also large buildings , comprising cot , shed , barn and 1r . 19p . ( more or le Orchard and Arable I of Mr. William Jukes Vacant possession March , 1919 . The Land is of go adjoins the rivers K which there is good tr The property being in Town of Leominster good tenant and is 1 occupation or investme The Land Tax is £ 2 Tithe for 1917 was £ 1 S 19s . 7d . Further particulars AUCTIONEERS , Leomin LLOYD & SON , Solicitor of whose offices a pla be seen . |