The Kington Times - December 1918
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Kington Times 28th December 1918 - Page 3
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| Date | 28/12/1918 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Kington Times |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 28th December 1918 |
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AYRES . The supporters of the proposal to establish a League of Nations at the Peace Conference asked that ministers should support the movement in their utterances on Sunday and at the Wesleyan Church , Leominster , the Rev. W. Ww . Ayres de- vated his sermon in the evening to the subject . Mr. Ayres based a powerful appeal for Christian support for the League of Nations upon the text " The unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace " ( Ephesians 4 , 3 ) . In an exposition of the text the preacher said that the Apostle declared to the great Roman Em- pirò that there was in the spirit of Christ a re- deeming force which could reshape a crumbling world , save it from division and unite it in the bond of peace . Here was a faith equal to situation and they who had passed through the dark calamity of war and even now were faced any Phul - nana , Shem - el - Nessim , Floro- per bottle , dora , etc. , etc. , 3/9 also 1 / - and 1/6 bottles . HOUSEHOLD RUBBER GLOVES , 2/6 per pair , SAFETY RAZORS , 1/6 , 4/6 , 7/6 , 10/6 , 21 / - ELECTRIC HAND LAMPS 5 / - , 7/6 . OPTICAL DEPARTMENT : SPECTACLES , Rolled - Gold , Rim- less or otherwise , from 12/6 to 18/6 . EYEGLASSES , Butterfly or Astigmatic Clips , from 15 / - to 21 / - RADIUM WATCH COMPAS- SES , 6/6 to 9 / - MAGNIFYING GLASSES , 1/6 to 5 % - & Son , Leominster . a difficult situation would be wise to give heed to it . In a review of the war he said they were compelled to face the fact that the forces , which they had trusted to hold the world to- gether were unable to do so . Tic after tie gave way , leaving them . in measureless a ocean of tears and strife . How frail were those ties , which they had hoped would secure the bond . of peace . TIES THAT FAILED . oneness The preacher went on to deal with the following ties that had failed , the of humanity , civilisation , commerce , the victories of science and education . He also spoke of the failure of the church to avert world strife ' owing to its sectional differences . From all these past failures to main- tain peace they must learn that the nations of the world could not be held together by any outward pressure or by any of those ties he had tioned . If these external bonds had failed they for something intèrnal bond , must look inner international spirit . Far above the red fields of war , down below the din of commerce , higher than of the spirit all nations , deeper thau all was the life mankind and by as much sects , men- some there all to common the as race was lead of that spirit would they attain enduring unity and peace . It was in unity of spirit that they found the bond of peace . It was in common reconciliation between spirit and spirit that all Spirits become one . It was in the acceptance of one law of that spirit that all nations were drawn together in unity . FEDERATION NOT EMPIRE . The one law of that spirit for the world to - day universal was universal federation , and not em- pire . As universal empire was impossible for the human race , federation became the only possible and true way to peace . Hence the leaders of the Protestant Churches had requested that that day should be given to the exposition and appeal for the League of Nations , recognising it as the way of the spirit based on righteousness , federation and good will . The League of Free Nations , which he heartily commended to their sympathetic interest and loyal support , was a proposal to police the world in the interests of the world . It would pro- vide a judicial board of arbitration to restrain the war passion for armaments , and unite to free the world from the power of any who would wantonly . break the peace , substituting reason for passion , and partnership for force , thus reducing the possibilities of war . The League must be based upon the free consent of the governed and 6us- tained by the organised will of mankind , pledged under no pretext to make war on any nation , but to submit any grievance to a representative tribunal . THE OBJECT OF THE LEAGUE . To put it in one sentence , the great object of the League of Free Nations was to guarantee peace and justice throughout the world by substi- tute for the pride of armies and secret diplomacy , a real world partnership based upon recognition of equal rights and enforced by the common will . There were three essential principles for which such a League must stand . First that aggressive . war was not legitimate state policy , but simply Second that such crime must be sup- a crime . pressed by the joint effort and resource of all peace loving peoples Third that all such peace loving peoples should organise themselves for the maintenance of the world's peare . If those essen- tial principles of the League were successfully to operate there were certain qualifications that must be conditions of the League . One qualification was that it must be a Leagae of peoples , and not of Kings or Emperors . That qualification had been forcibly stated by Presiden ' . Wilson in his message : " World partnership must be a partnership of peoples , not a mere partnership of Governments . No autocratic Government could be trusted to keep faith within it or observe its covenants . It must be a League of Honour . " NOT A LEAGUE OF WAR LORDS . They were agreed that it must not be a League of Princes and War Lords with secret diplomacy and scheming . Those rulers and their policy , they trusted , had passed away for ever . They had en- tered the day of government for the people and by the people and it was only free peoples that could hold their purpose and prefer the interests of all mankind to any narrow interests of their weaker war a There was one OPTICAL DEPARTMENT . We make up all Prescriptions for Glasses from Medical Men or Eye Infirmaries , and Undertake all REPAIRS to SPECTACLES & EYEGLASSES . Ellwood & Son , 25 , Drapers Lane , Leominster . tion of armaments . Meanwhile this was worthy of the serious thoughts of progressive men , as once mankind would face it , it would be a more prac ticable scheme than reduction . Por under a pro- gramme of reduction the danger remained that each nation would suspect the others of secretly retaining more arms than their share . Under total prohibition carried out by a League of Nations these grounds of suspicion would be very largely removed . men SUPPORT FOR THE LEAGUE . It was true to say that millions of and women amongst all civilised peoples of the earth insisted upon the formation of this League of Nations . The Allies called for it with one consis- tent voice . President Wilson and Lord Grey had spoken for it with their usual lucidity and power . Neutral nations hoped for its formation and even the Central Powers spoke as though they not averse to it . They of the Churches favour it , support it and work for it . Let such an international league be now formed . Many pro gressive Liberals and Labour leaders had were must joined with President Wilson in desiring its incorporation in the Peace agreement . Though this League might not yet abolish all war for ever it would certainly make the risk of another war very re- mote , prepare for general disarmament , strike a blow at selfish autocracy , advance the reign of democracy , and open the way for the Federation of the world , the Parliament of Man . NOT AN IMPOSSIBLE IDEAL . The formation of this League of Nations was by no means an impossible ideal . We had been saved from private wars and duelling . It was now the moment for states to combine and co - operate to save the world from war between nations . We had achieved the one and we could accomplish the other . A supreme moment in history had arrived . The eyes of the people had been opened and they saw the hand of God laid upon the nations . would show them favour if they would but rise to the clear heights of justice , mercy and good will . There was a tide in the affairs of nations which , taken at the flood , led on to fortune . That He tide had now come and if allowed to pass man- kind might sink back into the old race for com- petitive armaments , and so prepare for an even more terrible war than the war from which we had been delivered . Now was the accepted time . Now was the day of salvation , after the desola- tion of death , after the destruction of war , after the waste of manhood and wealth , when everyone had become convinced that mankind must end war or war would end mankind . THE ANGEL MESSAGE . PATIENCE AND ECONOMY STILL NECESSARY . WHY FOOD ORDERS ARE ALTERED . FACTS ABOUT FERTILISERS . SPADES MUST BACK UP VICTORY . PATIENCE AND ECONOMY STILL NECESSARY . Professor E. H. Starling , British representative on the Inter - Allied Scientific Food Commission , writes : - in our If we are to glean the fruits of our victory we must be content to acquiesce yet a little while present inconveniences as regards food . We have been able to free the enslaved countries . of Belgium and Serbia , but our sacrifices will have been of no avail unless we can feed and build up the strength of the inhabitants of these . lands while they are engaged in the renovation of their countries . And if our enemies are to make full reparation and expiate their offences by working for the restoration of the damage they have in- flicted on civilian property and interests in all the Allied countries , they must be provided with , at any rate , a sufficiency of food . Thus , although the available tonnage will from this time forth continually increase , the demands of Europe both on tonnage and supplies will for a time increase to a still greater extent , so that we cannot look for any assurance of a return to normal conditions for many months . " During the last two years of the war we have had to practise economy in food in order to achieve victory . For the next few months we must con- tinue to exercise the same economy in order that we may enjoy the full fruits of this victory . " WHY FOOD ORDERS ARE ALTERED . An irresponsible critic recently averred that " the Ministry of Food is so badly informed with respect to available . supplies that it is constantly making vexatious and contradictory orders . " This statement is reasoning run riot . The fact is that it is because the Food Controller is so well informed of the available supplies that he finds it necessary to make contradictory orders at times . The whole question of food during the last eighteen months has been more or less of a gamble , because nothing is more uncertain than the ques- tion of supply . Demand depends on appetite , but supply is quite another thing . It is dependant on many things over which man has no control . In normal times the world's food depends primarily upon the seasons . Drought or flood can bring to nought the most promising harvest , and no farmer can with certainty count his sacks of corn until they are safely garnered in the granary . Added to the ordinary natural risks of food pro- duction we have had to contend with the destruc- tion and loss which accompany war . Everyone knows that the submarines have been busy for the last two years ; everyone knows that millions of tong of shipping have been lost , much of which has carried food ; everyone knows that millions of men have been drawn from the work of agriculture and food production , thus creating a world short- age ; and yet there are still people who blindly ignore all these facts and wonder that the Food Controller cannot make rules to hold indefinitely . It is just because the food supply has varied from week to week that the orders have varied accord- ingly . It is because the Food . Controller has the whole situation in focus that he has seen the necessity for adjusting and altering rules by which it is possible to allot fair supplies of food to all . Without this intimate knowledge of the food position the machinery of food control would not have run so smoothly . but might have resulted in a chaotic condition similar to that existing in Russia . BLEND CAUTION WITH REJOICING . President Wilson warns the Allied peoples that with the signing of the armistice and the cessa- tion of hostilities their time of sacrifice , especially as regards food , does not end . While the surrender of the U - boats will at once increase shipping facilities and the armistice re- lease a certain amount of tonnage , it will be some considerable time before the shelves of our national food store will get heavier , because the extra sup- plies of food must be shared with the liberated peoples of France , Belgium , Poland , and Serbia- as well as of enemy countries . Dealing with the subject of " Food for Friends and Enemies , " Sir William Goode , K.E.B. , writes : - " The Central Alliance - Germany , Austria , Hun- and Turkey - has a population gary , Bulgaria , roughly speaking , of 130,000,000 . The majority of these people have undoubtedly been subsisting on greatly reduced rations . The complete disintegra tion of the Central Powers has still further re- duced the probabilities of better feeding , and it may well be that famine is impending . " The measures the Allies contemplate to meet such an eventuality if it exists or arises will not be dictated by sentiment , but by statesmanship . Hunger and madness in Central Europe together might throw the world as much awry as the war has done . If they were allowed to rage , the fight- ing men of the Allies might be compelled to remain and act as policemen for the peace of Europe - A long , laborious , and thankless task . " Those who hold food hold power of life and death . " While giving the rein to our rejoicing we must therefore continue for a time to curb our appetites , and not unreasonably to expect the food problem to disappear directly peace is signed . While it is impossible at this present stage do state how much extra tonnage will be available for the im- portation of meat , flour , etc. , the people of this country can rest assured that the whole probelm of supply and demand is being dealt with by the Inter - Allied Food Council , the members of which can be trusted to bring about as speedily as pos- sible solution of all food difficulties . a DON'T BE MISLED . There is a very real need for national economy to - day . While we are all hoping for a speedy end of our food difficulties and the heads of the Ministry of Food are working to that end , each one of us 1st ntinue to keep the pledge to waste no food and to use all food wisely . We must not let victory and the cessation of hostilities mislead us into believing that we can immediately dispense with coupons and food econ- omy . We must remember that the world is light- ly stocked with food and that until Europe is put in order and imports become more normal , we must not allow one crust от one crumb to thrown away . be Let us keep the banner of food economy flying with the victory banners in our homes until peace brings plenty and the land once again flows with " milk and honey , " and an abundance of the things that are now rationed . FACTS ABOUT FERTILISERS . During the winter , according to the " Journal of the Board of Agriculture , " every opportunity should be taken to apply lime , limestone or chalk to soil that needs it . There is still a surprising amount of land in the country requiring this treatment . Samples of soil are not infrequently sent in to the Rothamsted Experimental Station with a request for information as to why crops will not grow satisfactorily : one of the commonest causes of failure is lack of lime . on It cannot be too strongly urged that none of the artificial fer- tilisers now in use does away with the necessity of adding lime to the soil . Basic slag and nitrolim help in this way , but they are not sufficient . It is very desirable that the War Agricultural Committees should emphasise the need for apply- ing lime to the soil and organise methods by which this can be done . The difficulties are less when was Over the Roman camp of that hard old Roman world the song of the angels rang out like the bells of the city of God , proclaiming " Peace Earth , good will among men . " How far off it seemed in that day , and how far off it seemed when the earth was red with war and hate hang like a pall over the race . Nevertheless , it nearer to - day , and the angel song was no myth and no mockery , and we might yet live to see it fulfilled . The church could play her part in realis ing the angels ' song . Were they prepared to help ? Were they prepared to stand up and advocate a I , cague of Free Nations ? Would they pay a worthy part in the culmination of that world crusade ? Let the Christian Church champion once more the teaching of Jesus Christ and prepare for the ad- vent of the League , of Free Nations , which would help to guarantee the peace of the world for all time . STOLEN WAR SAVINGS SCHOOLBOY'S ESCAPADE . At Goole , on Saturday , a lad , aged 12 , was charged with stealing £ 10 from school . It was stated that he had seen a teacher take money from the children to invest in War Savings Certificates , and during the absence of the master and the scholars he abstracted it from the desk . The following day he went to Hull and spent the greater part of it at a fair in playing houp - la games and shooting . He also bought a pair of football boots and trousers . One new 10s , note he threw away because he thought it was bad , and he came to Goole with £ 4 . The boy's mother said he had gone wrong lately through wanting to play football . The chairman considered the schoo ! authorities had acted unwisely in not taking care of the money . The boy was ordered to receive six strokes of the birch and his mother was fined 40s . own . The second qualification was that it must be a universal League of Nations . Though for a time it might be necessary to limit the League of Nations to Europe and America , it must clearly include all nations eventually . reservation , however . Only after they had shown good will and absence of domineering spirit could nations be admitted and any that had erred in this THE WELSH CROP POSITION . respect must repent in reality and not merely in- form . There could be no League of Nations in the Last week's weather varied a good deal in dif- true sense until it was open to all and free to all ferent parts of Wales . In the south mist and for a League of selected nations would be the drizzling rain saturated the land and filled the forenunner of rival leagues tending rather to pro- rivers and very little tillage was possible . Gener mote than to secure peace . Smaller and ally , cultivations in the south are much behind- nations must be represented and their hand . The young wheat plants are looking ex- rights must be respected and upheld by the tremely well . In mid - Wales , except for showers , League . Then it must be moral Icague of the weather was favourable for agricultural work . Nations . By that he meant that it must rest upon A great deal of wheat has been planted . Plough- the solid basis of moral law and not expediency ing has been pushed forward , but there is a short- secret diplomacy . It must be something age of horse ploughmen and tractors are having to be used where teams of horses are running loose for want of labour . Many farmers are still busy carting roots , which are better crop than was generally anticipated . Mild weather has en- abled farmers to leave their stock outside longer than usual . In Montgomery and Cardigan there was some flooding early last week , but not much damage was done . Ploughing and cultivating on the heavier soils had to be suspended , but a little work was possible on some of the lighter , soils and side lands , A further small area of wheat was planted . All root crops , including swedes , have been the harvested and ordinary winter routine has begun . The mild weather has tem- porarily revived the grass to the benefit of the sheep . In Anglesey farm operations were more or area ploughed less at a standstill last week , the made with being small and wheat sowing . The ground here is becoming too waterlogged to allow of cultivation , except in the dryer districts . more than contract . It must be a creed . It must be something more than an attachment . It must be a bond of confidence and good will . not be a mere It must lawyer made agreement with covenants and penalties nicely framed to catch and bind unwilling members , but a natural brother- hood of people who believed that justice and not force ought to govern the relations of states as well as of individuals , and who honestly desired . to rid the world of war . THE RESULTS OF A LEAGUE . to Further , the existence of the League ought inspire sufficient confidence to render generally acceptable at least a reduction of armaments by general consent . He did not think it would be possible to come from that war straight into a condition of disarmament . He wished it were possible , for that would be the best , but they had not yet sufficient wisdom or courage to take such a plunge . However , total abolition of armaments international must be the ideal . Meanwhile an police force would need to be kept for the main- tenance of order in regions under the charge of the League . which to be were He knew there now 110 were colossal difficulties in the way of total aboli . OOK Out for the Tuesday NOT a was progress the work is carried out on a large scale than when . each individual farmer tries to do it for himself . The judicious use of lime , combined , when neces- sary , with attention to drainage , would help very considerably in the economy of fertilẞers . Having calculated the amount of fertilisers needed , the next step is to order without delay , even the fertilisers that will not be wanted until spring , and store them as directed . It has been men- tioned that either superphosphate or slag can be used on arable land , but in present circumstances there is a good deal to be said for preferring superphosphate : 1 ton of superphosphate goes as far as 2 tons of slag on arable land , and in some districts may prove more easy to obtain . It must not be supposed that the recommenda- tions given here imply any change of opinion as to the effectiveness of fertilisers . The need for careful economy arises from the fact that supplies are low and must therefore be used to the fullest possible advantage . As soon as conditions become more normal the whole case will , it is hoped , have completely altered . SPADES MUST BACK UP VICTORY . " Spades must back up bayonets " has , for two years past , been the battle - cry for the allotmen- teers and all engaged in food production , and right well they have rallied to the cry . Last spring , when things looked so dark for the Allies , with the German hordes pouring over French soil , and the Allies fighting with their backs to the wall , the allotmenteer carried on calmly and quietly with steadfast faith in Not the result . for a moment did a doubt of ultimate victory oc .. cur to anyone in this land , but one and all we faced steadily and seriously the difficult situation . The man on the land realised that upon him no less than upon the men in the trenches de- pended the success of the Allies , for he knew that if the Food Front broke , all the gallantry on the battle front would avail us nothing , and so he settled steadily to his job to produce the food and hasten victory . his We had often been told that food would win the war , and while we knew that food alone could not win the war , we knew that without food the war could not be won . The food producers have all along formed the army behind the army - our last line of attack and resistance . While there was not the glamour of the battlefield attaching to the work of the man who produced potatoes and beans at home , and no decorations for prowess with the spade and hoc , he nevertheless has proved worthy of the finest traditions of his country . He never ceased to carry on and has earned the praise and gratitude of the Allied coun- tries , and even the what enemy recognised important factor the work of food production was in foiling the successes of the U - boats . A German paper stated some time ago that " the secret lies in universal hard work , in the patience and en- durance of the individual , and , in organisation which the Government bases on an intelligent and clear recognition of economic laws . " an Victory has come and the allotmenteer is entitled- to join in the general reioicing , but the time has not yet arrived for him to rest on his spade . Victory was won on the battlefield , but the fulness of peace can only be achieved on the home fields . Our swords must be beaten into ploughshares and spears into pruning hooks . The peace of the allotmenteer is " Spades must back up victory . " Our THE 1 - OZ . REASON . DECEMBER 28 , 1918 . A MUSICAL CHRISTMAS , I have realized that this year , more Musicwill be sung , played , and listened to than ever before . MY STOCK OF GRAMOPHONES , RECORDS & MUSIC is now complete with the LATEST and BEST . We shall be pleased for you to call and inspect same . Don't wait until the best are sold out . LARCOMBE'S Music Stores , Leominster . AGENT FOR " HIS MASTER'S YOICE . " out in ounces reflects credit on the impartiality of the Food Ministry , and is proof that as regards rationing of food we are all on the same basis of equality . The millionaire and the newsboy , the king and the cottager , cannot change their coupons for more than the I oz . The Food Controller may be regarded as an um- pire whose duty it is to see that there is fair play for all , and that those who break the rules of the game are severely penalised . IMMUNE POTATOES . OFFICIAL LIST FOR 1919 PLANTING . 3 and USICAL TUITION : Pianoforte , Organ Μ ' Singing . Pupils prepared for the Public Ex- aminations . - J . SIMPSON , 5B , Church Street , Leominster . WANTED . OLESKINS , RABBITS , FEATHERS , HORSE- Send for prices . - H . STUART & Co. , Alblon Buildings , Aldersgate Street , Lon- . don , E.C.I. MHAIR , Etc. , Wanted . YOUNG LADY ( 18 ) seeks post as JUNIOR CLERK , in Leominster , knowledge of typewriting . - Apply . " N.AT , " c / o News Office , Leominster . 7ANTED , at once , COOK - GENERAL , wages Waccording to experience . - Apply , Mrs. WORSEY , Bodenham Vicarage . WANTED , a good HOUSE - PARLOURMAID , 3 in family ; also CHAUFFEUR , willing to do ! garden , etc. - Apply , West , Lodge , Leominster . WANTED respectable YOUNG GIRL , for house . work , about 18. - Apply , stating wages re- quired , Mrs. HAIINES , 2 , Glen View , Park Terrace , Llan- drindod Wells . WANTED , good strong LAD , to assist with farm work , live in , comfortable home . - Apply , ECKLEY , The Pitch Farm , near Monkland , Leominster . * ANTED , APARTMENTS , for single lady , state terms . - Apply , " F. A , c / o News Office , Leo- 1 - W SEQUEL TO A RAM SALE . CURIOUS INCIDENT AT BRIDGNORTH . At Bridgnorth County Court , on Thursday , Edward White , farmer , Gospel Farm , Hall Green , Birmingham ,. sued Mr. H. Deighton ( trading as Nock , Deighton and Kirby ) , auctioneer , Bridgnorth , for £ 20 for breach of contract . It was stated that plaintiff sent 20 pedigree rams to defendants annual sheep sale in September , and they were catalogued in two lots , but when Mr. Booth , a servant of the defendant , came to the plaintiff's lots he said he sold for gentlemen and not for men like minster . W ANTED , LAD , about 15 years , to do odd jobs about farm , live in . - Apply , GARLAND , Park Farm , Brimfield . WANTED , good plin , Co. 2 in fam minster . maids kept . - Apply , The Brook House , Leo- MALL BUSINESS Wanted , in Herefordshire , pre- ferably a country inn or beerhouse , small in- going . Send full particulars to " R. W , " 25 , Dalton Street , Cardiff . The Food Production Department has issued this him , and passed on to some miscellaneous , lots . When W week its list of varieties of potatoes tested and ap- proved as immune from wart disease . " Copies of the list can be obtained free from the Department , at 72 , Victoria Street , S.W.1 , in return for an ap- plication made on an unstamped post card . Appli- cants should write their name and address very clearly so as to avoid possible delay and disap- pointment . The issue of this list is part of a vig- orous campaign undertaken by the Department to prevent the spread of wart disease , which unless checked must have most serious effects on the future of potato growing in this country . A Wart Disease of Potatoes Order , 1918 , was published re- cently and all potato growers should make them selves acquainted at once with its provisions . One of the chief of these is the prohibition of the planting in wart disease infected areas of anx variety of potato other than those in the official list . Blue . The early varieties in this list comprise Edzell The second early varieties include King George ( Butler ) , Great Scot ( McAlister ) and The Ally . Among the maincrops and lates are Abundance ( Sutton ) , Tinwald Perfection ( Farish ) , Dominion ( Poad ) , The Lochar ( Farnish ) , and Templar ( Wil- som ) . All the foregoing maincrops and lates are white . rounds or ovals ; the following are coloured rounds : Kerr's Pink ; Rector ( Wilson ) , Irish Queen ( Strain ) , Shamrock ; Flourball ( Sutton ) , Langworthy ( Niven ) , Golden Wonder , and Majestic ( Finlay ) . that The Department points out many of the varieties tested at Ormskirk and included in this list are new and difficult to obtain . Therefore the more important varieties known to be on the mar- ket in quantity are indicated by black type . Many of the varieties , moreover , are practically synony- mous , and this similarity is also pointed out in the list , where details are available that will en- able the grower to select his requirements and to identify different varieties by the shape , colour , eye , haulm , flower , & c . A short selection of varieties recommended for planting " on most classes of soil " gives Edzell ( seed of which Blue , first early ; King George should second Pink , Golden be sprouted ) , Great Scot , and The Ally , carlies ; and Tinwald Perfection , Kerr's Majestic , The Abundance . types , Lechar , Wonder , and Langworthy , maincrops and lates . " BANK OF ENGRAVING " NOTES . NUMBER SAID TO BE IN CIRCULATION LONDON . IN was des- large minster . ANTED , Useful HELP , assist house and dining 100ms . Apply Mrs. HILL , Drapers Lane , Leo- $ 3 a head when the rams were sold elsewhere . There WANTED . WAGONER , live in , good ploughman ; Romer , Bockleton , Tenbury . Mr. Deighton came along he tried to sell the rams , but they did not reach the reserve price , and as a result plaintiff alleged that he lost between £ 2 and were about 100 people round the ring when the other rams were being sold , but after the miscellaneous lots : were put up very few people remained . The action of Booth was attributed to the fact that in February Booth was subpoened by plaintiff and the Great Western Railway Company to give evidence in a case at Birmingham County Court , but was not called , and although he was paid £ 3 1s . he was not satisfied , and asked for two or three guineas more , which plaintiff , " In the interests of the public it was very irable that it should be made known that a number being of Bank of Engraving ' notes are passed in London , " said Sir John Dickinson , at Bow - street on Saturday . The magistrate dealing with the case of Gunner Thomas R. Coles , of the Australian Im- perial Force , who was charged with being con- cerned with another man , not in custody , with at- tempting to steal £ 4 189. 11d . by means of a trick . According to the prosecution , Coles and another soldier went into the Eagle ( American Y.M.C.A. ) Hut in the Strand , and , in payment of two supper tickets , tendered a £ 5 note , which turned out to be one of the " Bank of Engraving " variety . When the worthless character of the note was detected Coles himself Cole's companion disappeared and was given into custody . His explanation was that Colonial soldier whose acquaintance he it was a made casually , who passed the notes . Coles Detective Narel said that when rested a similar note was found inside the lining of his hat . All the notes appear to bear the same number - S 1856 . was air- Sir John Dickinson bound Coles over to come up for judgement if called on , believing that he had been the tool of another man . SLEEPING CHILDREN'S ESCAPE . MOTHER INJURED IN HEROIC ACT OF RESCUE IN WRECKED HOUSE . Five children had a narrow escape from death at Goole on Saturday , when the house , in the upper part of which they were sleeping , was wrecked by a gas explosion . While awaiting the return from work of her hus- band , a docker , Mrs. Colledge found that gas was escaping from the front room . When she closed the door there was a terrific explosion , followed by a fire , and in pulling down a blazing curtain she was en- veloped in flames . Her hair was burnt off , and she sustained serious bodily injuries . Mrs. Colledge is lying in Goole Hospital in a critical condition . None of the children were injured . SCHOOL NOSE DRILL . 800 BOYS ELUDE " FLU . " A remarkable record stands to the credit of Christ's Hospital , White Horsham , where the 800 boys not a single case of influenza has curred , although in the immediate neighbourhood the epidemic has been bad . among OC- About two months ago more than half the boys were inoculated by the school medical officer , Dr. Friend . The process was suggested for all , but the parents objected in a number of cases . For the whole of the boys there has been 17 systematic daily washing of the nose with a weak solution of permanganate of potash , and instruction in the blowing of the nose , in order to keep the passages free . To these measures , even more than to the inoculation , the immunity of the school from influenza is attributed . WIDOWER WHO COURTED WIDOW FOR HER COUPONS . How rationing and coupons interfered with the course . of true love in the case of a widower of 72 and and a widow of 60 was told at West Ham Police Court on Friday . The widow was Charlotte Free and she was summoned When Mr. on the advice of his solicitor , refused to pay . After consultation in private with the judge , it was . announced that the claim had been withdrawn and each party would pay his own costs . The judge expressed the hope that the parties would be able to continue MARKETS . FRUIT AND VEGETABLES . Worcester , Thrsday . - Apples , 58s . 4d . , jam ditto 20s . per cwt .; mistletoe , 158. to 36s .; holly , 16s . to 268 .; parsnips , 38. to 5s . 6d . per cwt .; artichokes , 1s . 6d .; cabbages , 18. 3d . per pot ; potatoes , £ 3 10s . to £ 6 per ton ; turnips , 1s . 6d . to 2s . 6d . per cwt .; celery , 2s . 6d . to 48. per doz .; tomatoes ( green ) , 4d . per lb .; cabbage : ( pickling ) , 18. 9d . to 4s . 6d . per pot ; leeks , 3½d . per doz .; horseradish , 4d . to 1s . per bundle ; onions , 21s . to 24s . ( pickling ) 268 .; beetroot , 3s . 3d . per cwt .; shallots , 6½d . per Ib ,; walnuts , Is . Id . per lb .; carrots , 4s . to 78. 6d . per cwt .; cauliflowers , Is . gd . to 2s . 6d .; savoys , 10d . to 1s .; Brussels sprouts , 3s . 3d . to 3s . 6d . per pot ; swedes , 3s . 9d . per cwt .; parsley , 9d . per sieve ; raspberry canes , Is . 6d . per dozen ; poultry- cockerels , 5s . , 8s . 6d . and 11s . 6d . , hens 3s . 10d . , 4s . to 4s . 6d . each ; turkeys , 2s . 2d . per lb .; geese 1s . 3d .. 1s . 4d . and 1s . 5d . per lb .; ducks , 6s . 9d . each ; rabbits , 3s . 3d . to 7s . 3d . each . FARMING IN MINIATURE . BACK GARDEN ACHIEVEMENT OF LABOUR LEADER AGED 85 . As an example of what can be done in the way of small stock rearing in a suburban garden the Food Production Department quotes the achievements of Mr. Robert Applegarth , one of the oldest English labour leaders , now in his 85th year . He lives at Parchmore - road , Thornton Heath , and has transformed the greenhouse and ground at the back of his house into a miniature small - stock farm . , He has 60 fowls , two buck rabbits and eight does , three of which at the present time are rearing handsome litters .. Although prior to the war Mr. Applegarth had no experience of live - stock management , this experiment has been most successful . In a little over three years the fowls have laid nearly 20,000 eggs , most of which have been given to the wounded soldiers in the local hospital . L DISCHARGED SOLDIERS WHO BEG . WARNING FROM THE MINISTRY OF PENSIONS . The Ministry of Pensions forward the following . for publication : - A number of discharged soldiers , wearing silver badges , have been seen in the public streets appealing for alms . Those men ( with few exceptions ) can adopt other and more honour- able methods of carning a living , apart from and par- also BOY as Cowman . - Apply , J. BEMAND , WANTED . BOY , 16 to 17 , to help with cattle.- Apply , MOORE , Hunton , Lyonshall . FOR SALE . OR Sale , Five strong STORE PIGS .-- Apply , Hobby , Little Hereford . OR Sale , a few Tons of SWEDES .-- Apply , S. GOODWIN , Marlbrook , Leominster . OR Sale , Harrison McGregor HORSE GEAR ,, with intermediate motion , nearly new . - Apply , EDWARD CAVE , Drum Farm , near Leominster . FOR OR Sale , SPANIEL BITCH , 6 months old . - Apply . JOHN RUDDY , The Bridge , Kington . TO LET . APARTMENTS , with or without board , suitable for lady in business , comfortable , highly recom- mended . - Apply " R , " c / o News Office , Leominster . MISCELLANEOUS . RABEETLES ATS . MICE , MOLES , COCKROACHES , and greedily cat HARRISON'S " RELIABLE " RAT POISON . Cats and Dogs will not touch it . Vermin dry up and leave no smell . Price 6d . , 18. , 2s . 3d . and 3s . 8d . Postage 2d.-G. W. HARRISON , Chemist , Reading . Sold by Chemists Agent for Leominster , J. W. ROWE ( late J. Buckham ) . Chemist , High Street . M : ESSRS . J. HARMSWORTH ( Ltd. ) , One of the largest , cheapest , and most reliable financiers in England , GRANT LOANS FREELY , from £ 20 to £ 20,000 , on simple promise to repay , without fuss , bother , or delay . Absolute secrecy guaranteed . NO FEES OF ANY DESCRIPTION . Write or call , Messrs . J. HARMSWORTH ( Ltd. ) , 17 , Charing - cross - road , London . ' Phone 1,354 , Gerrard . A CHRISTMAS SHOPPING NOTE . FOR Sweets and Chocolates , Biscuits , Oranges , Children's Games and Toys , Dolls , TRY WEST END STORES , BARGATES , LEOMINSTER . THE DENTIST'S COCAINE . WOMAN CHARGED WITH STEALING DRUG . Virginia Dahmann , 30 , daughter of a naturalised German , pleaded guilty at Liverpool on Friday to stealing a bottle of cocaine , value 5s . She was re- manded for seven days . Detective - Sergeant Purrows said that after hav- ing a tooth attended to Dahmann questioned the pension . Persons appealed to should , before giv - dentist as to what drugs he used in his profession . ing moncу , endeavour to confirm She particularly asked , if he used cocaine . the man's After story by ascertaining his name , regiment , she left the surgery the dentist found that a bottle regimental number , and submitting these of cocaine was missing from a shelf . ticulars to the local War Pensions Committee . Through this agency in cach district , disabled ex - service men receive free medical treatment if the disability is not due to their own fault , and if pensioned and unfit to follow their previous occupations free vocational training with sion at full rate and allowances . The local com- mittees also help disabled men to find employ- ment . GALLIPOLI GRAVES . DESECRATION BY TURKS . pen- The War Office states that a telegraphic report has been received that the cemeteries on the Galli- poli Peninsula have in many cases been grievously molested and desecrated by the Turks . On receipt of a detailed report an explanation will be demanded from the Turkish Government , which has previously given frequent assurances that these grayes and cemeteries should be care- fully safeguarded . Meanwhile immediate steps to rectify matters are being taken by the Graves Registration Unit composed of British , Australian , and New Zealand officers , which landed on the peninsula on Novem- ber 10 . " I HAVE DRUGGED . " GIRL'S CAREER OF FRAUD . " It is an extraordinary case , if there is any truth in- her statements at all , " said Sir R. Wallace , K.C. , at the London Sessions on Wednesday , in ordering a medical report to be made by the prison doctor as to Winifred Langton , alias Dora Vane , 26 , who was charged with obtaining and attempting to obtain articles from Har- rod's Stores by false pretences . Mr. Huntley Jenkins , prosecuting , said that on October 7th she obtained a khaki shirt , collar and tie , a pair When questioned by the police Dalimann said " I took the bottle because I was distracted and I wanted a long sleep , but the stuff ran out of the bottle into my pocket . I afterwards placed it in a dustbin . " Dahmann had been living away from her parents for several years and had occupied a flat in Upper Parliament - street , Liverpool . She seemed to have had a quarrel with a man , and it upset her . In reply to the magistrate . never meant to commit suicide . Dahmann said she " My mental condition is all right , " she added . " I know what is the matter with me . " BRITISH BORN WIVES OF ENEMY ALIENS . RELAXATION OF RESTRICTIONS . An Order in Council was published in the " London Gazette , " amending the Order under the Aliens Restriction Act , so that from such date as may be fixed , and subject to directions in any particular case , an enemy alien who , being a ried woman or a widow , was before her marriage a natural born British subject , shall be liable to comply only with such provisions of the Order as apply to alien friends . mar- TERRIBLE TREATMENT OF KUT PRISONERS . SEVENTY PER CENT . OF DEATHS ON MARCH TO BAGHDAD . Friday morning's arrivels , of repatriated prisoners in London numbered only 135 , the smallest total of any . day since the work of repatriation began . Most of these men who had been in the hands of the Turks , and fully a fourth were men who had been taken at the fall of Kut . All had horrible stories to tell of the brutality of their captors , and several declared that if it had not been that they were made to work under a German company they must have died . " German brutality was bad , but it was not so bad Counsel added that she persistently went from de- as that of the Turks , " said one " The Turks partment to department , swaggering about and saying used the bastinado for any cause or even no cause at all , that she had a motor car outside . The form of theft while the Germans chipped us with their rifles ; but the of driving gloves , and two bottles of perfume , and attempted to obtain a pair of shoes and a gold cigarette case worth £ 20 . On later dates she obtained other articles and when arrested said " I really did not mean to do those things , but the woman I quarrelled with to - day seems to exercise such an influence over me that when she asks me to get these things I feel I must . " She said she was a clerk in the Women's Royal Naval Service . man . for illegally detaining a gold watch and other articles , which she had committed was becoming very prevalent Germans were able to give us some food and the Turks in large West End houses . People got to know that could not . The march from Kut to Bagdad was the most there was a genuine account standing in a certain awful thing of the war . Nearly all our men were name , and represented that they were entitled to use suffering from dysentry , yet the only food they were that account . able to get was a hard biscuit which seemed to aggra- vate their complaint . men on that terrible worth £ 10 , belonging to George Moore . cry Moore lost his wife in August , 1917 , he began courting Mrs. Free and gave her certain articles towards fur- nishing their home . The marriage was arranged , but the lady changed her mind and , when Mr. Moore de- manded the return of the ' articles , she refused to give them up . In addition to the articles , Mr. Moore said he gave Mrs. Free £ 104 . In a Lon lon tea - room the other day a girl was overheard remarking to her companion in indig- nant tones , " Just fancy , my dear , only 1 oz . of butter a week ! Isn't it mad ? " These two enlightened young women , to whom the reduction in the butter ration seemed to be a dire calamity , and uncalled for at that , indulged in quite a lot of criticism of " these ridiculous food laws " that are constantly robbing some of our favourite foods and creating a great deal of annoyance . us of A different story was told by Mrs. Free , who said the articles were presents , and declared that she broke off the engagement becauseMr . Moore another lady at the same time .. was courting " I met him , " Mrs. Free added , when he wanted If these critics of the Food Ministry had followed the food situation as closely and keenly as they someone to cook his food , and when rationing came in follow the fashion in hats , they might not have he wanted my coupons and I wouldn't let him have been quite so sweeping in their condemnation , them . why for they would have understood the reason That was the only cross word I had with him . " The Clerk : It was a case of cupboard love . the butter allowance was cut down to 1 oz . This reduction is absolutely necessary simply Holding that the case was one for the County Court and not the Police Court , the Bench dismissed the sum- mons . ninster News Next because equal distribution will not allow a larger ration . The very fact that the butter is doled sover " We lost 70 per cent . of our Detective - Sergeant Bishop said Langton was bound at Marlborough - street on May 8th , on condition that she entered a convent , for incurring a debt of £ 4 march . When men dropped out they were chipped on 6s . 3d . by fraud and for furnishing false particulars to to their feet again , and it was only when they were She had run up a debt of £ 40 at the Langham unable to stand up that they were put on camels . Hotel and £ 30 at another hotel . She left the convent There was generally room for fresh men on the backs hotels . many men were continually and went home to Exeter , but came to London again to of these animals , as 80 join the Women's Royal Naval Service . Her parents thrown off dead as we marched along . " were respectable . Her statements involving other per- sons had been investigated , but there was no corrobora- tion . The Judge : Is there any question of drugs ? 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