The Kington Times - December 1918
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Kington Times 21st December 1918 - Page 4
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| Date | 21/12/1918 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Kington Times |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 21st December 1918 |
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T 4 , THE BEST GIFT THE KINGTON TIMES , DECEMBER 21 , for Peace Christmas There is no finer Christmas present - none more appropriate - none more patriotic- than a gift of War Savings Certificates . give them ALL GIVE each of your dear ones a 15/6 Certificate or some of those War Savings Stamps , which will help the young people to save for themselves in the coming year . You will thus make every Christmas gift not only a symbol of love and friendship and goodwill , but a real act of Service to your Country . Saving's War CERTIFICATES You can buy 15/6 Certificates and 6d . War Savings Stamps at any Money Order Post Office and at many Shops . Your country will add to the value of each 15/6 War Savings Certificate until in five years it is worth £ 1 . This is equi valent to more than 5 per cent . Compound Interest , free of Income Tax . The security is the best in the world- the guarantee of the British Government . If necessary , Certificates can be cashed at any time , with any interest due . FRAUDS ON HEREFORD TRADESMEN . At the Hereford City Police Court , on Wednes- day , a nursery governess , named Margaret Marsh , or Sear ( a1 ) , who was récently engaged at Yarts- hill , was charged with false pretences with refer- ence to purchases at three Hereford shops - Messrs . Edwards and Sons , drapers and furriers ; Messrs . Norton , hatters ; and Messrs . Heins , music sellers . She made extensive purchases at the establishments named , obtaining the articles on approval in the names of well - known residents in the district , and PRESTEIGN . CAPTURED GERMAN GUNS TO BE EXHIBITED . At a special meeting of the Presteign Urban District Council was held at the Shire Hall , Presteign , on Friday evening . The Clerk read letters from the Ordnance Office . offering two captured German guns for display in the town , pending the supply of others , as permanent trophies to be placed in the town . A letter was also read from the Lord Lieutenant stating that the War Office had suggested that a gun be provided for each of the towns of Llandrindod , Knighton , Rhayader , and Presteign , as a permanent memorial if the Council decided to accept these . had them sent to hotels and other places to be called for . She was sentenced to . six months ' im- prisonment on the first charge , three months on the second , and three months on the third , the sentences to run consecutively , and it was under- stood that permission would be given her to be decided to organise a collection for dependents of placed under modified Borstal rules . COWS MARKETS . Hereford , Cattle , Wednesday . - The market was somewhat small , the number of stock being fewer than last week . Sales , however , were good , store bullocks making up to £ 27 , heifers up to £ 22 10s . , barren to £ 31 105. , in - calvers 635 55. , and cows with calves from £ 14 10s . to £ 57 10s . Calves made anything from £ 1 to € 12 . Sheep sold well , lambs up to 50s . , and ewes up to 67s . Pigs gen- erally were in much request , stores making from 8s . to £ 5 5s . The market returns were : -Cattle 421 , milch cows 16 , calves 49 , sheep and lambs 442 , and pigs 227 . LIGHTS ON VEHICLES . RELAXING THE RESTRICTIONS . By the new Lights ( Vehicles ) Order made by the Home Secretary on the 16th instant the res- trictions on lights on vehicles have been consider- ably relaxed . Under the new Order , electric and acetylene lamps ( whether sidelamps or headlamps ) may be used unobscured , if the front glass does not exceed sin . in diameter , and or burner is within the prescribed limits ( 12 candle- power for electric bulbs and the bulb litres ( cubic It was decided that the guns should be . placed in Broad Street near Barclays Bank . The Council also soldiers , and also to suppoft Gratitude Week for disabled officers and men . FUNERAL OF MRS . MOSES . - We regret to an- nounce the death of Mrs. Moses , which took place last The funeral took place on Saturday , at Presteign , the Rev. W. Jones ( Baptist Minister ) offi- ciating . week . FUNERAL OF MR . RICHARD MORGAN , OF KINGTON . FOOD HELP FROM LABOUR . FRESH FRUIT COMING . FISH PROSPECTS . " One outstanding result of the work of Labour in the Ministry of Food was the establishment within the Ministry of a council representing the just interests of the consumers , " said Mr. Clynes recently . When he undertook the work of Food Controller he found that a large number of experts and business men were helping the Ministry with their practical experience and giving invaluable aid and advice in directing the food policy , but that the large body of consumers was unrepresented . He therefore decided to bring into the Ministry men and women to act as " watch dogs " of the con- sumers ' interests , and a council numbering more than twenty persons was appointed . " I did not appoint them , " said Mr. Clynes , " I left it to the great organisations to choose the most suitable men and women for the purpose . They very soon settled down to their work , and what they have been able to do should incline other state departments to bring themselves in the future into the closest possible touch with the outside public . " EGG REPRISALS ! It has been stated that poultry dealers have de- clared that they would rather pickle their eggs than sell them new laid at the fixed price of std . each , but it is difficult to believe that this feeling is general amongst poultry farmers . There never was a time when new laid eggs were more neces- sary than at present . There are still thousands of pends upon the quality of the food they receive , wounded men in hospitals whose convalescence de- and the virtues of a new laid egg as a builder - up are too well - known to need extolling . There are also hundreds of thousands of civilians still suf fering from the after - affects of ' flu , who depend on such light , wholesome food for the renewal of their strength . To deprive all these sick and suf- fering of the new laid eggs which are so bene- ficial to them is an action of which only the most callous and hard - fisted could be guilty , and we re- fuse to believe that our poultry farmers as come under that category . a class It has been stated - presumably in extenuation- that it is not so much the price of the new laid egg to which the farmer objects , as the fact that it is placed on a level with imported eggs . As a matter of fact it is not on a level - for pickled eggs , whether imported or home - grown , sell at 4d . each . The man who is stupid enough to preserve new Members of this Consumers ' Council were at- laid eggs at the present moment is cutting off tached individually to definite branches of the his nose . to spite his face . It is a bad business Ministry in order to see what was being done and proposition , for while he could immediately sell why certain things were being done . They were every available new laid egg at 5td . each , directly he puts them in pickle the value of the egg goes thus able to see the advantages and to understand all the circumstances whether for doing or for not down to 4ld . each , and in addition he has the cost doing particular things . The members of the coun- cil worked separately on definite branches of the Ministry , then came together collectively at weekly meetings and acted as a council , giving advice and guidance to the heads of the Ministry and placing their views before the Food Controller . Occasionally he was unable to follow the advice , but with a few exceptions he has been able to act in the most complete harmony with this advisory . body . H The existence of this body within the Ministry has gone far to reassure the public , and has been a guarantee to the mass of the consumers that particular classes of the community were not being favoured to the disadvantage of other classes . In short , the Consumers ' Council was a complete bar- rier against any such conditions of food adminis tration as made the work of the food controllers in Germany and Austria absolutely impossible . of storage . WHY FOCH ECLIPSED ALL PAST GREAT WARRIORS . GERMANS ' MEANEST ACT IN THE WHOLE WAR . Lord Coleridge , speaking in London on Monday , said that all through history the great warriors had had one thing before their eyes - success and their own glorification . It seemed to him that Marshal Foch had risen above this standard of almost all former conquering captains . " I will tell you why ( he added ) . He had the German Army in the hollow of his hand ; he could antici- pate without the slightest hesitation such a vic- tory , such a surrender as would put Sedan , Water- loo , and the great victories of the past into the shadow . He resisted the temptation because it would mean the sacrifice of more innocent lives . We are likely to have a chance to appease our That stamps him , to my mind , not only as fruit hunger in the near future , for , as FRESH FRUIT COMING . soon as it is possible to fetch them , quantities of apples and oranges will be imported . But we must not look forward too greedily for the ships are not yet available to carry fruit in unlimited quanti- ties . As every one knows , our own apple crop prac- tically failed this year , and the home supplies at present are not appreciable . It is hoped , however , that there will be fairly large supplies of apples from the U.S.A. and Canada , but it should be re- membered that the ships set apart for the fruit trade are not the ocean greyhounds , and many of them take a fortnight to come across the Atlan- tic . The earliest vessel is timed to reach England just about Christmas , and as some of the ships may be late we must not be surprised if there is no real abundance of apples till after the New Year . But , as we have all waited so long for reasonably - priced fruit , we won't mind waiting a a great warrior , but as a great , human , Christian man . " To my mind , the meanest thing in the whole war is the Germans ' abandonment and the giving up of their own Kaiser , the man that they ran after and made a god of : the instant fortune goes against him they spurn him as an outcast . That is a meanness that is only the sign of a degraded and barbarous race . Iet this war have one moral and it will do us all good - that is , not to think that power or might or success is the thing most worth striving for in this world . " ARRESTED AT A WEDDING . BRIDEGROOM WHO WAS CONFRONTED WITH FOUR WIVES . The Police Court at Wem ( Salop ) was crowded little longer , and the fact that gd . a lb. is to be when a curious bigamy case , that has caused great class , will help us to be patient . the maximum price for any apples , whatever their There should be no difficulty about an orange for interest throughout Shropshire , was ended . Lance - Corporal John Henry Ounsworth , Royal Army Medical Corps , stationed at Prees Heath military camp , was charged with bigamy , and faced his four wives as he was brought into the 1918 . WHAT MARCO POLO THOUGHT OF THE NORTH SEA . ADMIRAL BEATTY'S RACY FAREWELL TO AMERICAN SQUADRON . Drawing & Dining - room SUITES , In SOLID OAK and WALNUT , UPHOLSTERED in VELVET , TAPESTRIES and LEATHER . In the course of a racy speech to all hands on the Sixth American Battle Squadron before its de- parture from the Grand Fleet , Sir David Beatty German remarked : It was a pitiful day to see those great ships coming in like sheep being herded by dogs to their fold without effort on any- body's part , but it was a day everybody in the Grand Fleet could be proud of . I have received messages from several people offering sympathy to In SOLID OAK , SATIN , WALNUT , MAHOGANY , & e . the Grand Fleet , and my answer was : " We do not want sympathy ; we want recognition of the fact that the prestige of the Grand Fleet stood so high that . it was sufficient to cause the enemy to surrender without striking a blow . " Soon you will return to your own shores , and I hope in the sunshine which Admiral Rodman tells me always shines there you won't forget your " comrades of the mist " and your pleasant associations of the North Sea . This is a queer place , as you found , but you are not the first to find it out . There was a great explorer , Marco Polo , who after travel- ling over the world for thirty years , one day found himself in the North Sea - and then went home to bed , and did not travel any more . I trust it will not have the same effect on any of you . RELEASING THE HOTELS . A PROBABLE START TO BE MADE WITH THE METROPOLE . It is probable that the Hotel Metropole will be the first to be released on the demobilisation plan . " Our object , " said an official of the Ministry of Munitions , " is to so reduce our staff and so re- house the remainder that the greatest : possible hotel accommodation will become available for the commodity as soon as possible . We are reducing the staff every week , both as a natural development of events and because we fully recognise the claims of the public , and especially the returning soldiers , to the hotel accommodation . " Lieut . - Colonel John Buchan , the liquidator ap- pointed by , the War Cabinet , announces that the winding - up of the Ministry of Information is now completed , and that the Ministry has , vacated the Howard Hotel . The various branches of the work , other than war propaganda , which it is desirable to continue , have been transferred to other Departments of the Government . JOBS FOR MUNITION GIRLS . 1,000 DRESSMAKERS , 1,200 WAITRESSES . The resettlement of the woman munition worker in civil life is stated to be proceeding to the satisfaction of the authorities , and a tour of the London Labour Exchanges shows that women seeking the out - of - work donation are fewer than expected.kona " The girls realise that they cannot expect to receive the same high wages as on munition work , said a Labour official on Tuesday . " But they are loath to take the out - of - work donation when it is possible to earn money . " In the East End many girls are finding work in the clothing factories , others will soon be back jam - making . 1,000 vacancies for dressmakers , End employers have decided to give a week , with payment for holidays . In the West End the demand for the out - of- work donation has been small . There are over and the West 48 - hour Domestic ser- vants are in great demand , but service is not generally popular among the munition girls , although 617 from Woolwich have taken it up . Many here uilling to take engagements as " day girls , " at 3s . per day , with food . Over 150 have there are vacancies for another 1,200 . There is also a de- mand for laundresses . is a In the north of England the Government has decided to keep at least 500 girls at work in a great naval dockyard during peace . every child's stocking this year , though , like the apples , they will probably be more plentiful just after Christmas than before . Although Spain is court . much nearer than America , the oranges take Dorothy Ounsworth , who gave her address as The funeral of Mr. Richard Morgan , of the almost as long on their journey as the apples . 20 , Sea View , Murton , Northumberland , said she found employment as waitresses , and Engine Orchard , Kington , took place at Kington They come mainly from Valencia , which is right had known the accused since he was fourteen Cemetery on Thursday afternoon last . The de- round the corner of Spain , and they mostly come years old . He then lived at Murton , and she was ceased , who had attained the ripe age of 84 years , in very slow boats , which take from 10 to 12 married to him at Easington Registry Office on was an old and respected tradesman of the town , days to reach this country . The ships go direct November 6 , 1907. She lived with him for several having carried on business there for many years to the different big ports , such as London , Liver- months , and then went to live with her parents . a builder . The mourners included : Mr. Clif- pool , Glasgow , Cardiff , and Bristol , and the local After he went away she saw him in 1910 at Mur- Morgan ( son ) , Mr T. Barratt ( son in - law ) , distribution is quickly made . The present price ton , and had not seen him since until that day . There was Mr. J. Morgan ( brother ) , Master Richard . Morgan of 1od . a lb. may not drop immediately , but as one child of the marriage . She re- ( grandson ) , and others present included Mr. E. J. it is entirely due to shortage of supplies it is ceived no separation allowance from him . Ammonds , Mr. George Thomas , Mr. J. Wilde , Mr. certain to drop when the supplies increase , and Ivy Lillian May Cooper said she was married to J. Thomas , Mr. W. M. Price , Mr. W. Munslow , the we are not likely to see oranges at that price accused at Benwell Parish Church , Northumber- Rev. E. James , etc. again . land , on March 2 , 1912. He described himself as a bachelor , and there were three children , and she was receiving separation allowance from the army .. as ford The service was conducted by the Rev. R. S. Pelly . Wreaths were sent by his widow and daughters , Mr. C. Morgan , Mr. and Mrs. T. Bar ! ratt , Mr. and Mrs. Richard Morgan ( son and daughter - in - law ) , his grandchildren at Holmesdale , foot ) for acetylene burners ) . 14 Mrs. Morgan Jones ( London ) , Mr. Price ( Ivy use If lamps are used exceeding the above limits of size or of power , the whole of the front glass must be covered over with at least one thickness of ordinary white tissue paper or with paint , & c . , giving a similar obscuring effect . The electric bulbs exceeding candle - power and acetylene burners over 21 litres ( cubic foot ) is altogether prohibited . All restrictions on oil lamps are removed . These provisions apply throughout England and Wales , including the Metropolitan Police District and the City of Lon- don . 24 The provisions of the new Order with regard to the carrying of two front lights and a red rear light , and with regard to lighting - up time , are identical with the existing Orders . COATS TO PLEASURE HORSES . NONE EXTRA TO HARD - WORKED VANNERS . Oats , maize , and other cereal foodstuffs may now be given to carriage horses , hacks , polo ponies , and other classes of horses not hitherto entitled to be fed on grains . many corres- The new Board of Trade announcement makes no mention of the horses which , as pondents have pointed out , are underfed and over- worked . The horses get a certain amount of cereal foodstuffs , but in consequence of this work it is urged that they could well do with a larger ration . do with a The daily rations in oats or equivalent in other grain for horses not used for trade or business are : -15 hands and over 7lb . , 14 hands and over 6lb . , Ponies under 14 hands 4lb . Wheat straw whieh is unfit for food may now be used for bedding horses and also for packing purposes . It is no longer illegal to use omnibuses and char - à - bancs for pleasure . BIRTH - RATE FAR BELOW THE SAFETY LINE . Mr. and Mrs. G. Thomas , Mr. and Mrs. Munslow , Chimney ) , Mrs. Wakelin , etc. The coffin , which was of polished oak with brass furniture , was supplied by Mr. Deacon . The de ceased's eldest son , Mr. Richard Morgan , was un- able to be present , being in Egypt with the Royal Air Force . AGRICULTURE AND THE NEW PARLIAMENT . NATIONAL INDUSTRY'S INTERESTS TO BE FURTHERED . At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Farmers ' Union in London on Tuesday , re- I ports were received as to the efforts made at the recent election in support of Farmers Union candi- dates and those who supported the programme . One member , a candidate , said whatever the results might be the contest had been encouraging and useful in bringing forward the farmers ' programme and in pre- paring for a greater fight next time . It must now rest with the farmers to urge upon the newly - elected mem- bers that they should further the interests of farming as a national industry . The question of asking for the abandonment of con- trol over certain agricultural commodities was discussed , but deferred until certain information had been ob- tained . It was agreed to ask the Food Production Department to announce their policy for several years hence if possible , and to ask the authorities having the disposal of lorries and other war material to give and Spanish grapes are likely to be cheaper . and more plentiful than last year , but they will hardly come within the reach of the average housewife ; while such " fancy " fruits as peaches apricots will be practically non - existent . There are plenty of these delicious fruits in South Africa and South America , but unfortunately they can only be carried in refrigerator ships , and at present all the space on such ships is needed for essential foods , such as cheese , butter , and meat , so the luxury fruits must wait . NO MORE JAM YET . Optimists are hoping each day for a little more jam to spread on their bread , believing that now the armistice is signed the Food Controller immediately release an unlimited quantity . fortunately for the sweet - toothed this can Un- is not a fact , and there is no immediate prospect of the jam ration being increased . It is true that more tonnage is now available for bringing food to these shores , but naturally the essential foods will take precedence , and as jam can scarcely be termed essential , it is not considered that the quantity imported into the country will be anything like sufficient to affect the ration . ng like suficient Housewives who are hoping to use up their sur- plus sugar for marmalade will , no doubt , be dis- appointed to know that all bitter oranges are still consigned to the Government , and there are not likely to be any available for the present . HIGH PRICES IN GERMANY . Reports from Germany of the food conditions existing just prior to the armistice show the failure of the German Food Administration and explain the consequent collapse of the Home Front in the Fatherland . Those of us who are inclined to grumble at our must the farmers an opportunity of securing such material | own . high prices and trivial shortages as is useful in agriculture . realise our good fortune by a comparison with the lot of the German people . LUDLOW THE DROPPED GLOVE . CAPTAIN CHARGED WITH ABDUCTING GIRL OF 14 . Bedroom Suites , John Holmes , 2 Corn Square ONLY , LEOMINSTER . * CHRISTMAS PEACE HYMN . 1 Oh God , the Prince of Peace , we bow In gratitude most deep , That this , Thy gracious season now In longed - for Peace we keep . 2 Our Christmas joy - bells this year bring An echo of new mirth , Peace on the earth to - day they ring , As at the Saviour's birth . 3 Where angels sang on Bethlehem's plains , In agês long ago , That sacred land now freedom gains , From infidel and foe . 4 In battle those who sought Thy wing , And trusted in Thine arm , Thou , when it came , removed death's sting , Dispelling it's alarm . 5 Midst awful war's wild stormy blast , Midst all its pain and tears , Thou in Thine arms didst hold them fast , And smoothed away their fears . 6 On those whose lives henceforth may prove A dreary painful night , Oh shed the fulness of Thy love , The glory of Thy light . 7 To those bereaved dear Saviour give Thy healing balm of love , Grant with their loved ones they may live With Thee in realms above . S Thy righteousness we only learn When judgments are abroad , Thy service still the world will spurn And bring the avenging sword . 9 Now Victory crowns our Empire's arms , 10 Let all remember this , Thine arm outstretched mid wild alarms ☐ In silence worked our bliss . Glory to God ! War's banner ' s furled , May evermore His Peace Be granted to a chasten'd - world , Resolved that ills shall cease . S. L. BAMFORD . Wigmore , 1918 . Tune 10 c.m. Hymns A. & M. ( For a service , verses 6 , 7 and 8 may be omitted ) . Surplus Profits for the Hereford Hospital Penny Creswell Fund . Single Copies 1d . 9d . per dozen . Copies to be had at the Leominster Printing Co .; or at The Vicarage , Wigmore . DISEASE - STRICKEN PRISONER CAMPS . onl GERMANS REFUSED TO SUPPLY DRUGS AND , SURGICAL REQUISITES . About 400 repatriated men arrived in London Monday morning . The great bulk of the prisoners were taken in , 1915 , and most from West- phalian camps . They had been compelled to work long hours daily in the coal and iron mines , and it was a general complaint that , although they were supposed to have been paid at the rate of came Louisa Edna Tyers stated that she went through abduction on Monday against a captain in the had been made . months no payment a a form of marriage with accused at Rearsby Par ish Church , Leicestershire , on May 24 , 1917 , and had one child . She lived with her parents , and defendant sent her money . Maggie Roberts , aged 20 , Coton , near Wem , said she was employed at Prees Heath Camp , where accused was stationed . She met him at a Christ- mas party last year , and they " kept company , " accused telling her he had had a wife , but had divorced her . She was married to him in Novem- ber at Whitchurch . Sergeant A. C. Edwards copies of the marriage , also a cused admitting the offences . Police constable Diggory said that rds produced cerf certified statement by ac- a statement . to Maggie Roberts's home at he proceeded Coton Wood November 23 , and when the wedding party arrived arrested accused , who replied that he had got a divorce from his wife . Ounsworth was committed for trial at the assizes . FURY OF DESPAIR . GERMAN OFFICERS SHAKE FISTS AT BRITISH CAVALRY . Paris , December 2. - The correspondents state that the Germans at Spa , who communicate with Berlin by wireless , live in the upper storeys of the Hotel Britannique . Last Friday a number of them ap- peared at the windows in order to watch a division of British cavalry go by , magnificently mounted and equipped , going towards the Rhine . They thus had an opportunity of comparing those troops , full of vigour and in splendid health , with their own troops , who had beaten a hasty retreat on the same road ten days before . CLUE OF THE IRON BAR . an The correspondent of the " Petit Journal " gives a graphic account of the behaviour of the German officers on this occasion . They stiffened suddenly , Some idea of the prices paid in Germany can he says , and looked as if they had tasted a dose be obtained from an account of the personal ex- of bitter medicine . A shudder ran through them periences of an American business man who only all , and a major was so affected by the spectacle MILITARY FUNERAL - On Sunday afternoon the left Berlin a few weeks before the cessation of that it seemed as if he was going to have . funeral of Pte . Henry Thomas , of Steventon New hostilities . According to him , money could still apoplectic fit . Several of the officers were seen Road , a member of the R.D.C. , who died at North- buy food , but he had to pay thirty to fifty shil- to shake their fists with the fury of despair . wick , after an operation , took place in Ludford lings a pound for coffee , tea , or cocoa , twenty - five Churchyard . A firing party was provided by the shillings a pound for butter , twenty - five shillings local company of Volunteers under Sergt . Diggle . for a small chicken , five pounds for a goose , The mourners were : deceased's wife , brother - in- twenty - five pounds for a medium - sized ham , and law , and other relatives . The service was con- shilling and threepence for a fresh egg . ducted by the Rev. Dr. B. Molyneux ( Vicar ) . ( Some unreasonable folk at 5d . After the service at the grave three volleys were ble folk consider - eggs a each too dear 1 ) . Of course only the rich could afford to pay such prices , and the fact that money and influence could purchase food outside the rations , and thus deprive the poorer classes of their fair share of the sum total of food , naturally called forth out- bursts of recriminations against the futility of the age of foodstuffs it is notable that deaths from food administration and the unpatrioffc selfishness digestive diseases last year were half those of 1914. of the rich . At a meeting of the Babies of the Empire Society in London , on Tuesday , Dr. F. Truby King said the national birth - rate was far below the safety line , and if it went on in this direction it fired over the grave and the " Last Post " meant national annihilation . Mothers must go back to their own homes . If the child had been sacri- ficed we must make up for it , and give every chance to motherhood . We were faced with the same problem which faced ancient Rome , and far greater advantages and privileges would have to be given to parents . Useful sounded by the bugler . was Dr. Kerr , medical officer of Newcastle , in his annual report remarks that in view of the short- Xmas one Presents . IF YOU REQUIRE SOMETHING USEFUL , OF GOOD QUALITY , THAT WILL GIVE SATISFACTION IN WEAR . SHOP AT SCUDAMORE'S . Khaki Goods . Scarves , Shirts , Socks , Handkerchiefs , Gloves , Mittens , Puttees , Cardigans , Spencers , Ove rsocks , Collars , Ties , Silk Handker- chiefs . Civilian Goods . Woollen scarves , Handkerchiefs , Silk Scarves , Mufflers , Dressing Gowns , Rugs , Pyjamas , Shirts , Soeks , Stockings , Collars , Ties , Gloves , Mitts , Gauntletts , Vests , Pants , Hats , Caps , Cardigans , Umbrellas Juvenile Goods . Wool Gloves , Leather Mitts , Jerseys , Cardigans , Handkerchiefs , Scarves , Hose . R.E.SCUDAMORE OLD Tailor , Hatter and Hosier , POST OFFICE , LEOMINSTER . HOW THE POLICE TRACKED DOWN A CALLOUS MOTORIST . A neat piece of detective work was told in court in on Monday . Recently a young woman was cycling along the Bath - road , near Hounslow , when a motor - car dashed into her and killed her . She was carried along for some distance by the bonnet of the car , and thrown into the roadway . The callous driver ONS went off without stopping . Beneath the girl's bicycle the police found an oil receptacle for a motor lamp and a piece of iron rod . With these slender clues the police tracked down a Hounslow man named Brewer . He denied that he had been in an accident , but an examina- tion of his car showed that a piece of iron bar , similar to the one found , was missing . At the Old Bailey on Monday Brewer was sen- tenced to 18 month's hard labour for manslaughter . DESERTER'S TOUR OF THIEVING . STEALS BICYCLES AND BREAKS INTO SHOPS AND HOUSES . A long confession was made by John Kerr , of the Royal Air Force , who was charged at Sheffield on Monday with being a deserter , a ticket - of- leave man , and failing to report , and with three . acts of shopbreaking . He said he deserted at Wendover about the end of August , walked to Chesham , and on the way stole a bicycle . At Barnet he took another bicycle , which he found outside a chapel , Some miles from Barnet he broke into a house , and when the occupant asked , " What are you doing here ? " he answered , " Just amusing my- self , " and bolted out by the front door . He tered another house and had a feed , and , return- ing the following night , he stole £ 2 10s . and rode on to Coventry . There he stole some discharge papers , and from the station ' master's office at Smethwick he took an attache case and an Army badge . At rick he took an attach en- Sheffield he broke into the railway station and several shops , and elsewhere he stole goods , and money , provisions and jewellery . Kerr was sent for trial at the assizes Emily Law , of Normanton , and Eilzabeth Rogers , of Castleford , employed at Barnbow Shell - filling Factory , near Leeds , were each fined 40s . on Tues- day , for stealing two 18 - pounder shell cases . The defendants , who had been employed at the fac- tory for two years , said they wanted the cases souvenirs . as The dropping of a glove by a girl of 14 in the one mark a day , this sum was reduced by half , streets of Nottingham led to a serious charge of and for the last few at all " A lot of men died for lack of medical atten- tion , " one said . " No German doctors could be spared to attend us ,, so some English R.A.M.C. offi- R.FA. , who is 41 years of age . The accused is Captain George Beer Brockeńshaw , who holds an appointment under the Ministry of Munitions , and the girl is Margaret Kennedy , who lived with her cers were brought to the district to do what they medy , who lived with her could when epidemic disease broke out . They parents at Nottingham . an It was stated that the captain's duties took him appealed to the German authorities to be supplied to Nottingham , and one day the girl dropped her with drugs and appliances , but were refused . No glove , which the captain picked up and returned medicines , and no surgical apparatus not even to her . A conversation ensued , and he walked bandages , were available . Everything had to be home with her . improvised as occasion demanded . Pieces of paper Then they wrote letters to each other , the cap- served as bandages , and splints were fastened with tain signing himself " Elsie , " in case the girl's cords of grass . The doctors were powerless under mother intercepted the letters . on The letters two or three epidemic diseases , and one of them both sides were told me that in one camp alone at least a thousand written in passionate terms . Two which were produced ended " Thine for ever " men had died unnecessarily . Had there been only and " Yours passionately . " One of the letters a small quantity of drugs available these asked the girl to go to London , but warned her have been saved . that the streets were not paved with gold . " It isn't good enough , " he added , " to say that Another ran , " It seems too good to be true that the Germán people were not responsible for what I shall have you all for my own , even for a little the authorities did Right up to the last they while . " supported the authorities , called us English swine , ' . and told us they had no sympathy , because the blockade was the sole cause of our suffering . At became the end , however , the English swine ' Kamerades . ' " The captain met the girl several times in Not- tingham , and eventually she went to London and stayed at 70 , Carlton - mansions , Maida Vale , the captain's flat . The girl's father went to the flat and took her back to Nottingham . When arrested by Detective- Sergt . Burns the captain said : " I did not abduct the girl . She wanted to come to London . I was going to obtain a place for her . She told me she was 20. " btain a place for her . She told me The girl , in cross - examination , admitted that she powdered her face and painted her lips and that she had smoked cigarettes and had drinks with the captain . The hearing was adjourned . £ 30 - A - WEEK FISHERMEN . EAST COAST DRIFTER EARNS £ 10,240 IN ONE SEASON . rs available these could COUNTESS'S WEDDING ANNULLED . LOVE AFFAIRS OF THE SON OF A FRENCH MARQUIS . A strange marriage story was told in the Divorce Court on Monday , when Countess Florence de Montaigu , otherwise Stanners , petitioned for a de- cree of nullity of marriage against Count Rene de Montaigu . There was no defence . Counsel said petitioner was living at Ballinrobe , county Mayo , in 1912 , when respondent , son of a French marquis , asked her to marry him . He had previously been married in 1909 at Rugby , but , hav- Great sums have been earned during East Coast ing married without the consent of his parents in herring fishing by Lowestoft drifters . France , the latter had the marriage declared null , in the French courts on the ground that it . was clandestine . The respondent also got a decree of the Catholic Archbishop in London early in 1913 declaring the marriage null Neither decree was valid according to English . law , but the petitioner believed him to be free , and married him in February , 1913 , at Notting- ham . Generally speaking , the , controlled price of £ 6 6s . per cran has been given for the herrings , as against an average of 30s . per cran in pre war days . One drifter secured the record earnings of £ 10,240 , another £ 9,800 , and several averaged £ 8,000 . Some fishermen for three months ' work took from £ 350 to £ 400 , whilst it was a common thing for a lad to take over £ 100 for a three months ' voyage . FARMERS MAY RETAIN THEIR SOLDIER- PLOUGHMEN . Farmers who are employing the soldier plough- men released by the military authorities on two months ' agricultural furlough need not fear that In the same year the respondent's previous wife took proceedings in the Divorce Court for deser- the tion and misconduct with someone , else , not present petitioner , and a decree was granted . The respondent later went to France ; never returned to petitioner , and had not supported her . decree of ul . Mr. Justice Coleridge granted a they will lose their services . The Food Production lity , with costs . Department state that the War Office has indefi nitely extended the agricultural furlough to all . Printed for the Proprietor . by A. T. SOUTHALL , at his these soldier ploughmen . Offices , 27 , Drapers Lane , Leominster . 6 Ware ' Boot , Is simply the logical conclusion of Superior Workmanship and Best Material To Produce FOOTWEAR that completely satisfies all the demands of COUNTRY WEARERS . Waterproof Leather with or without Nails . Weaver & Son , No. 1 , Drapers Lane , and Market Place , Leominster TI VOL . XII . N SALES BY AUCT By Messrs . EDWARDS , RUSSELL & E LEOMINSTER STOCK M TUESDAY , DECEMBER 31st TORE SHEEP and LAMBS at PIGS and CALVES at 11.30 a.m CALVES at 12 o'clock , STORE CATTI ST ES at 12 o'clock , STOP EDWARDS , RUSSELL & BAL Leominster , Hereford and Tenbury .. By Mr. R. H. CEOR R. H. GEOR Auctioneer , Valuer , Lan and Surveyor , PROPERTY & TIMBER SPECIALIS BROKER , VALUER and ARBITRA Agricultural Holdings Act , 1908. REPO Cand SURVEYS carefully attended to . HOTEL and PUBLIC HOUSE VAL VALUATIONS FOR ESTATE GAGE , ASSESSMENT APPEALS , & PERIODICAL SALES OF PROPER Prompt Settlements in all Cases . ESTABLISHMENT 1880 Offices : - Croftmead , Kingsland , Her Leominster Office MR . • Co CROFT CASTLE ESTAT R. R. H. GEORGE will hold the COPPICE WOOD , at Mortim Kingeland , on TUESDAY , JANUARY 7th , at 5 o'clock in the afternoon punctur Conditions of Sale , when about 2,200 Lu COPPICE WOOD , in the School W ham Vallett Wood , will be offered in lots , the whole containing good O Standards , suitable for colliery purpo Rods and Heads . JAMES PRINCE , Lucton Lane , Kingsland lots , and Catalogues may be obta AUCTIONEER , Kingsland , Herefordshire ; OFFICE , Bircher Knoll , Leominster . EYTON HALL ESTATE OAKE R. R. H. GEORGE will Sell by Comere Inn , Kingsland , on THURSDAY , JANUARY 9th MR . at 5 o'clock in the afternoon , subject t Sale , about 1,000 Lugs of Capital CO standing in Oaker Wood , about 2 miles Railway Station , in 11 convenient lots cellent Oak Standards and Crate , rods JAMES PRINCE , Lacton Lane , Kingsland the lots , and Catalogues may be ob AUCTIONEER , Croftmead , Kingsland , He MR . HEREFORDSHIRE . PARISH OF KIMBOLTO R. R. H. GEORGE will Sell by Royal Oak Hotel , Leominster FRIDAY , the 10th Day of JANU at 3 o'clock in the afternoon punctu Conditions of Sale , a Desirable FREEHOLD DWELLING - HO with Garden , Outbuildings and BIT ORCHARD , situate at Cogwell's Broo of Kimbolton , about 2 miles from , Le occupation of the owner , Mr. Willia containing about 2 roods , 3 perches . Further particulars may be obta AUCTIONEER , Kingsland , Herefordshire : HAROLD EASTON , Solicitor , Leominster . By Messrs . E. HAMMOND E. Hammond Auctioneers , Valuers , Hous and Insurance Age Conduct all classes of SALES VALUATIONS FOR PROBATE , Et BOOK DEBTS COLLECTED . Per Prompt Settlements . ESTABLISHED 1881 . Offices : -Highbury House , Of Special Sh Milliner and Costur New Goods for the Season St now being delivered . Pri Don't fail to see the Ladies ' and Child Outfitting Depart Where there is a full range of N Marchan Broth 1 , Broad Street , Leon WE MOVE WITH THE T Piand By the Leading London M GRAMOPHON CASH or HEINS & Co. EASY PAYN HEINS & Co THE ALL - BRITISH FIR Broad Street & Widem Hereford Owen De PRACTICAL ENGINEE Motor and Cycle ACCUMULATORS CHAR BICYCLES , TRICYCLES , LAWN M SEWING MACHINES of all descripti Repaired . Estimates given for a HOT AND COLD WATER CYCLE ACCESSORIES . 22 & 24 , WEST ST In Stock or obtained on the Short LEOMINSTER . SIR D. HAIG THANKS THE C Children of the Empire have collect halfpennies and pennies over £ 13,000 f the troops this winter , and a message Sir Douglas Haig has been sent to ever |