The Kington Times - July 1918
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Kington Times 13th July 1918 - Page 3
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| Date | 13/07/1918 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Kington Times |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 13th July 1918 |
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K ון ed sh ry EV . H. S. MINSTER . FAITHFUL , loss of à valu- of apprecia wer and fruit- ul the Rev. he townl have Circuit of the which ht bas Superintendent b.aces in the ess , of change , Sallu Gauges ang an added of pitbie men nis trusted Mr. Ward he life of the chunusiasm lor Which and above . mpatus ce , abiny to put events 111 the town and the manding post- vn and marked 1 hold golden Amid the com- ations of the ssage of hope , been delivered is not an un- versely quiected nance of large Church is coll- peal which is n church Mr. eader in alue every upon the has supported ort . A suiking 1 the Suguay have been his were keenly well as by the uly thought for draw attention neration to the the Millward lad came 10 urch extension . sation . In re- e improvements . is the material Green Lane he ted and a new ed , in addition otal cost of the the ed completion . Circuit enjoys membership condition , most Mr. Millward e district meet- to Leominster acting as Sec- Committee . In n Mr. Millward an abiding in- anity has never to - day . Mr. those who have cction with the Iped towards a Nonconformist of the Leomin- ths e has carried Herefordshire S. On the occa- ulpits Mr. Mill- rches have been ker at various request . At the Corn Exchange wn were repre- ed to give the member of the iety , acting as elations between denominations in Leominster , h Mr. Millward will be recalled Sunday last year pulpit of the representing the of reading the Mayor and Cor- itive Methodist one occasion , a rd's services of appreciated by of church work he 1 , iberal Party this position for ber of the Free rs . Mr. Millward's complete unless de of the assis- Millward . They heir homecoming a reception and her charming ion in her hus tion and esteem at to the depar- led the regret at however , not d place in their ginning of their thplace of their ster after twice customary three the Leominster that they are on of one under red , while their ge that his gifts service and that future will be ces ' on Sunday expressive of the ed between min- et which his de- regation on Sun- ves of every de- nisations in the ded reference to nd expressed the devotion which . be given to EERS . who are his now en- ngland and Wales , Most of them ի . of some sort or o handling horses , ion Department on been described by orm of labour that ed for the farmer . lunteers have been er of forms which pplicants . An in- enrolment of one 24 HOURS . e evening , Joseph married her the ds deserted her , entenced on Mon- months ' second ga false declara- marriage license . GNS . ad Kauffman were y with using five rency a detective o Kauffman , who s . 6d . , " and then and silver in ex- under the section which dealt with he case was dis- " I leave it to what other action necessary . " POLICEMAN . istered at Beacons nder permits , was ng unextinguished was sentenced to sonment for trying ROYAL SILVER WEDDING . GIFTS OF SILVER FOR RED CROSS RECEIVED BY LADY EVELYN COTTERELL . SUGGESTED RED CROSS HOSPITAL , FOR LOMINSTER . to be EARNEST REPRESENTATIONS . Their Majesties Silver Wedding Day was recog nised in Leominster by the contributing of silver and gold coins and articles , which are devoted to the Red Cross . Lady Evelyn Cotterell attended to receive the gifts and she was sup- ported by Mrs. Kevill - Davies , Colonel Clowes and the Mayor ( Councillor J. B. Dowding ) . The Mayor in introducing Lady Evelyn Cotterell said Lady Cotterell , on behalf of the Burgesses of tais Ancient Borough I ask you to accept a united and hearty welcome , on this , your first visit of a public character to Leominster , and on behalf of myself , as Mayor , a grateful one , for your prompt and gracious acceptance of my most unceremonious invitation by wire to attend this function . My excuse for so doing was the snort time given me by the Central Committee . In or- ganising a Gold and Silver Collection to com memorate the Silver Wedding of our beloved King and Queen in the charitable and benevolent way they desired , viz . , gifts to aid the Red Cross Funds and thus help the great work that docs so much to alleviate the sufferings of the sick and wounded defenders of our hearths and homes , I felt we ought to have a representative and worthy receiver of the gifts from the donors . In your ladyship , the wife of the esteemed Lord Lieutenant of our county , we have both . In con- clusion we as loyal subjects would express our heartfelt greetings to their Majestics on this auspicious occasion and trust they will live to celebrate their Golden Wedding under joyful cir- cumstances , and ere long , they , our country , and Allies , may reap a golden peace from the last 4 years ' unstinted sewing of blood , sacrifice , labour , and tears , in this terrible war of stupendous slaughter , bestial debaunchery , devilish devices , cruel and wanton destruction . God save England and our gracious King and Queen . Apologies were sent from a number of ladies and gentlemen , among them being Lord Cawley ( Berrington Hall ) , the Hon . Mrs. Dunne ( Gatley : Park ) , Sir Robert Lighton , Bart . ( Litley Court ) , Sir Joseph Verdin ( Garnstone Castle ) , Mr. and Mrs. Collett - Mason ( Eardisley ) , Colonel Davidson Miss Wood ( The ( The Shrublands , Kingsland ) , Ryelands ) , Mr. and Mrs. Charlton Parr ( Staunton O'Connor Park ) , Mrs. Stokes ( Eyecote ) , Mrs. ( Ashley Moor ) , Mr. C. Norgrove ( Townsend House ) , Mrs. Bright ( Ivingtonbury ) , Alderman H. Gosling ( Ashfield ) , Mrs. Davies ( St. Ethelbert's , Lcomin- rleton ster ) , Mr. J. R. Hill nor ) , Mr. and Mrs. Sealy ( Pinsley House , Leominster ) . Lady Cotterell responding to the Mayor's wel- come said she was very pleased to come to Leo- minster at the kind invitation of the Mayor for the purpose of receiving the gifts on behalf of the Red Cross . It was characteristic of their Majesties that they would not think of a personal gift , but thought of the sick and wounded to . whom we all owed so much .. The gifts were then received . Miss Urwick made a record of each one , this being done , Mr. Baxter ( Town Beadle ) handed them to the Mayor , who gave them to Lady Evelyn . They were then arranged on another table by Mrs. Bartlett . The were exceedingly choice , gifts many of them having considerable intrinsic value . Among the donors were : - Mrs. Neild , Grange Court , Lcominster , silver tan- kard . Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Parry , adygrove , Birley , 1 , cominster , silver butter knife . Mr. C. Norgrove , Townsend House , Leominster , sovereign . Dr. W. and Mrs. C. A. Robinson , West Lodge , Leominster , silver flask , silver spoon , gold and knife , fork and spoon . Mrs. Davies , St. Ethelbert's , Leominster , silver match box . Miss Marris St. Ethelbert's , shillings . THE KINGTON TIMES . JULY 13 , 1918 . A COMPARISON IN FOOD Leominster & District CONTROL . Red Cross + Carnival FANCY DRESS AND Grand Fete ON August 8th . At 2.30 p.m. , on JAM FROM HEDGEROW , FIELD AND GARDEN . HENS MUST LAY FOR THEIR FOOD . 20Z . TEA - 30 CUPS . DISLOYAL DODGERS . MORE CATTLE - LESS MEAT . A COMPARISON IN FOOD CONTROL . Comparisons may be odious , but they are often very enlightening . It is good for us all at times to compare our own lot with that of others , and to realise how much cause for thankfulness have . The recent tales of Austria's food plight have given us very good reason for self - congratulation , and have made us appreciate our wonderful good fortune in having plentiful rations at moderate prices after nearly tour years of war . While we have been thinking ourselves rather hardly used because we did not have our custom- ary teast of fresh strawberries , or because our beef was not quite up to the usual standard , the people of Austria have been crying out for bread- and chying to ears that are eurned away . Of all the cynical stories of Germany's heart- lessness there is попе surpass her treatment of Austria . We have long since ceased to look for any signs of decency in her actions towards her chemies , but now she has proved that she has no sense of loyalty towards her own friends . She turned a deaf ear to Austria's plea for bread , and it was only when the Austrian Army com- mand stated that the civilians would have to have food at the expense of the army that Germany reluctantly agreed to send grain " on condition that it was repayed by July 21st . " One tries to picture Great Britain bargaining in food with France or Italy , and demanding a The Tennis Court and Meadow ck repayment of help given ; or America re- near BUCKFIELD , ( By kind permission of the Managers of the British Sy kind permission of the Mana Novel Attractions ! ! Handsome Prizes across the Atlantic till she is assured of some return . But the imagi- nation fails - although England is a nation of shop- keepers , America dollar - worshipper , is a and Germany is the home of Kultur ! There is nothing which marks more clearly the fundamental difference between Germany and the Allies than the handling of the food problem . The Allies it is true , have ocer fortunate in u possession of two great men as Food Controllers ; dis- but it is not ohly their ability which has tinguished Lord Rhondda and Mr. Hoover from the enemy's Food Controllers . Germany has able men , too , and men of great organising capacity , but what they have lacked all through is the will to do what is best for all classes of the com- munity . In Germany militarism obscures all else , and the needs of the civil population comes a very long way after the needs of the Army . German civilians have their value as part of the great military rachine , not as human beings ; and the civilians of their Allies are of still less impor- tance In this country the distribution of food has been so eranged that the humblest and poorest member of the community has an equal chance with the highest and richest to get the necessities of life . Behind the spléndid- organisation and For Munition Girls . forethought of cur Food Controller there is the will to do what is best for all , and pathy with the needs of the people . And above all here is an unswerving loyalty to our Allies , fixed determination to maintain a united and a front in food as well as fighting forces . for Archery - Up - to - date " Who'll be the Winner " ? Beauty Show Agricultural Competitions true sym- JAM FROM HEDGEROW , FIELD AND GARDEN . The failure of the orchards forces us to look elsewhere for our fruit . Those of us who know when summer is on the wane have no fear of lack of material for our jam - making . For Girl Farm Workers in something of the wealth that Nature offers us Costume . Leominster , five Watch Competition , Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hill , Orleton Manor , silver spoons and silver Ramequin . Colonel and the Hon . Mrs. Dunne , Gatley Park , Kings and , S.O. , silver filagree belt , silver Russian necklace , silver brooch , gold bangle , gold brooch , gilt Chatelaine , gilt pencil , silver cigarette box , silver sovereign purse . Mrs. O'Connor , Ashley Moor , Orleton , S.O. , Sovereign . Alderman sovereign . Gosling , Ashfield , H A 20 - Guinea Gold Watch for the Purchaser of the lucky Ticket . NOW ON SALE . Leominster , ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR Captain and Mrs. E. L. A. Heygate , Buckland , Leominster , silver butter boat , silver bonbonieres . Mrs. Stafford , Fairleigh . I , eominster , gold brooch , ear rings , and silver , thimble . Mrs Bright , Ivingtonbury , Leominster , Sovereign , ring , half Miss Froysell , 9 , South Street , Leominster , silver buckle , silver brooch and old coin . Mrs. Simson , South Street , I.cominster , half a crown . Colonel and Mrs. Clowes , Burton Court , Leomin ster , two silver vases . General and Mrs. King - King , Nordan Hall , Lco- minster , silver mirror , two silver bonbonieres , four silver vases , candlesticks , pair of silver silver card case . Miss Pryce Jones , Eaton , Hennor , Leominster , pair of silver salt cellars . Mrs. Walker , Hennor House , Leominster , 12 silver . spoons , 12 silver prongs . Anonymous , 2 silver thimbles , silver button . Mr. A. D. Barnett , Buckfield , pounds in silver . Houp - la ! Koker - Nut Shies !! Now if the country and district authorities will take the matter up there should be tons of black- berry Jam made with the sugar that careful fami- lies save from their ration and from fruit that is picked , not from the dusty hedges by the high roads , ' but from the hedgerows that border the pasture and arable fields to which only the far- mer and his workers come . A little organisation to ensure the proper use and careful closing of gates , a little care to see that hedges are not damaged and the full harvest might be taken . As a rule tons of this excellent fruit are wasted . The erab - apple may be met in many a field and lane . Those who do not neglect good things merely because they are unpopular know that the crab - apple makes an admirable jelly , or can be used for jam - making with blackberries , pears or quinces . The barberry ( berberis vulgaris ) may be found It in the garden , the hedgerow , and the wood . does best in light soil , but does not reject heavy ground . In the autumn the berries make an ex- Shooting Gallery !!!! cellent jam or jelly . The flavour is very delicate , Aunt Sallies !!! Admission One Shilling . Tickets purchased up Leominster , Five to Aug. 3rd , NINEPENCE Mrs. Bartlett , Fairfield , Leominster , 6 silver spoons . Anonymous , gold brooches , chains , lockets , etc. Mrs. Thornely , Old Hall , Eyton , Leominster , gold bracelets , match box , silver watch , etc. Mr. F. A. Dalley , Faulkner House , Leominster , old coin . Mr. T. Smith , sovereign . Withenfield , Leominster , half Messrs . Smith and Co. , High Street , Leominster , half sovereign . Miss Urwick , 9 , South Street , Lcourinster , gold brooch , gold ring . Miss W. L. Urwick , 9 , South Street , Leominster , silver serviette ring . Mrs. J. Smith , Corn Square , I , cominster , shillings and silver jewel . ten Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Sale , The Forbury , Leomin- ster , silver cigarette box . Mrs. Burton , Talbot Hotel , L.cominster , antique silver and old coins . Mrs. Chambers , Hatfield Court , Leominster , silver bracelets , scent bottle , gold bracelet and locket . Mrs. Mayor , Church Street , Leominster , gold and silver jewellery . Mrs. Williams , Church Street , Lcominster , antique silver . silver Miss Bradford , Eaton View , Leominster , jewellery , etc. Mrs. F. Taylor , Church Street , I.cominster , silver spoon , brooch , etc. Mr. F. Taylor , Church Street , I.cominster , crown piece . Miss Hall , Church Street , Leominster , five shillings . Mrs. Ballard , Peel Villa , Leominster , silver watch and silver brooches . Miss Ballard , Peel Villa , Leominster , old coins . Mrs. Greening , Peel Villa , Leominster , old coins . Mrs. Hughes ,, Lorraine , Leominster , old silver . Mrs. Powell , Pinsley House , I , cominster , old coins . Miss Bannister , The Gatehouse , Leominster , old silver . Mrs. Toogood , Westgate House , Leominster , two bracelets , brooch , 7 silver teaspoons , etc. Miss Coates , Eyton House , Leominster , gold brooch , coins and odd silver . Mrs. Johnson , Westbury , Leominster , 2 silver hat- pins . Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Evans , Eyton Hall , Leo minster , silver cream jug and silver bonboniere , silver and lockets , brooches , ear rings , etc. sugar gold Buy EARLY and Save your Threepences ! All Pay ( except Wounded Soldiers from Hospital ) .. No Half - Price . Come in Thousands At something quite out of the common . There are wild plums , the certain myrobalan or cherry plum being the best known and all too often degraded into mere hedge - making in some un- favourable situation . If it is planted where it will fruit well this much - neglected plum makes excellent jam , and so , too , do the black and red bullaces that can often be found growing wild and yielding a very late fruit that seldom attains maturity before we have had some frost . The " hips " of our wild roses , sweet briars ( eglantine ) , excellent jam when the carpels with their furry surround . have dog - rose and field rose make an been carefully removed . For all who have access to the moors the bil- berry or whortleberry is available and makes an appetising presevre . So do its near relations the dog whortleberry or bleaberry , and the cowberry that turns scarlet by September . Perhaps the cranberry is better used as a syrup than as a jam , but it will give a delicate and distinctive flavour to the many jams that have for their base the homely carrot or vegetable marrow . The moorlands provide all manner of autumn berries , the more plentiful varieties of which are of con- siderable worth in the house . Strawberries of the cultivated variety , arc scarce this year , but the wild strawberry ( fragaria veica ) . is a little fruit of exquisite flavour and has been enjoyed in England for upwards of a thousand It chooses a slightly sheltered position and demands a little search , and , being very small , considerable labour goes to the collection of sufficient fruit for the most modest jam - making . all the Happily the quality makes amends for trouble of collection . If the strawberry demands search , the elder- berry is to be seen by one and all . It is not roots popular in hedgerows , for its the town . They had tried to get a hospital sev- eral times but they had up to the present failed . Of course years . they had the Cottage Hospital which usually had some or 9 wounded soldiers . They owed the Mayor almost everything in respect to the Cottage Hospital and he was sure they had a supporter in him . He ( Colonel Clowes ) would ap- peal for voluntary recruits for the V.A.D. present no examination was necessary . All they had to do was to send their names to Sit Robert Lighton stating they would work half time , or in case they lived a distance away they could stay a fortnight at a time . Promotion would take place on the recommendation of the Commandant . The Mayor said he did not know whether Colonel Clowes was aware of the position in re- gard to Leominster . For months they had been trying to get a suitable house or mansion for Red Cross nursing , but at present they had not been successful . He would , however , assure Lady Evelyn and Colonel Clowes that the Corporation would back up anything that was contemplated being done for the Red Cross . Their present posi- tion was not due to difference , but to lack of a suitable place . If proper accommodation was found they would easily find the nursing neces- sany . Conncillor J. Watkins remarked that it gave him . very great pleasure to second a vote of thanks to Lady Evelyn Cotterell , who was doing so mag- nificently for the Red Cross . He saw lately a hospital train in the station and the sight of the wounded there appealed to him so much that he said by God's help he would do all he could to help them . The way we in England had treated sick and wounded was pattern to the basin , bracelets , our Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Parry , Etnam Street , Lcomin- ster , sovereign . Evelyn world . Lady Cotterell responding to the vote , which was carried with enthusiasm , thanked all for their cordial welcome . She felt whatever she had done she had not done enough . servers , 4 Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Burlton , Eaton Hill , L.comin- gold watch , silver ster , asparagus silver ladels , 4 silver bracelets and silver tongs . Miss Winnall , Church Street , Leominster , antique silver . Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Lloyd , South Street , Leomin- ster , silver cup and sovereign . Mr. and Mrs. Chattock , Rosedale , bury , frame . Leysters , Ten- silver candlesticks , spill holders and Alva , South Street , Mrs. Vaughan Taylor , Glen Leominster , five shillings . Mrs. Geo . Evans , Eyton Hall , Leominster , old silver . Mrs. Sanders , Highgate House , Leominster , silver pipe case , spoons , bracelets , and gold bracelets . Miss F. Sanders , Highgate House , Leominster , silver buttons . cup . Lord Cawley , Berrington Hall , Leominster , silver Lady Cawley , Berrington Hall , Leominster , gold tea guard . Rev. T. C. and Miss Westmorland , silver spoons , cheese table spoons , dessert spoons , scoop , butter knife , pickle fork , sugar tongues . Miss Wood . The Ryelands , Leominster , silver cigarette case , 2 fruit dishes , silver pin cushion , small silver box , scent bottle , hatpin stand , bangle , 11 foreign coins , gold wrist watch , gold necklace , gold bangle , gold pins . Miss Taylor , Colaba , Leominster , silver bracelets , brooch and cross . Mrs. Palmer , 4 Priory House , Leominster , silver watch and chain , silver pencil cases and spoon . Mrs. and Miss Buckle , The Parsonage , Eye , Leo- minster , silver bracelets , etc. Mrs. E. V. West , Eye , Leominster , gold brooch . Mrs. Dowding , Fairfield , Leominster , Jubilec Sovereign . Mr. and Mrs. W. St. G. Drennan , The Uplands , Leominster , silver spoon , gold locket and chain , si'ver medal . Mr. J. Watkins , Tan House , Leominster , sovereign . Reggie , Leslie and Stanley Marchant , Broad Street . Leominster , two shillings . Colonel Clowes said it was to him a great privi- . Mrs. A. E. Phillips , old coins . lege to ask the company thanks to Lady Cotterell . to accord a vote of not Though he was himself residing in the Leominster district he was none the less pleased to . be present day . that Lady Cotterell was the President of the County Branch of the Red Cross . She had been connected with the V.A.D. in the days when it was not supposed to go beyond the county boun- daries . She had done her best in every way . ago she got up a bazaar and raised . Her interests too were in a work centre , articles of clothing , etc. , were made for Some time ( 500 . where the soldiers . That work was still going on . Dur- ing the past few months their President had ar- providing ranged a draw which was the means £ 2,400 . It was easy to imagine what amount of organising work that meant . Referring to the Red Cross Colonel Clowes continued , the urgent need of the present money is increasing daily , expenditure is at the rate of 70 or So thousand pounds a week . That works out at about £ 8 per minute . This large amount of money was raised entirely by voluntary contributions . For the first time in its history there deficit on was EL At the Red Cross Funds in London . But this was due to the enormous expenditure incurred through the necessities of the last offensive in France . They had been asked to collect books for the wounded soldiers and he would make a special plea to all present if they had any suitable books to send them to Mr. Cole , Secretary of the Y.M.C.A. in Hereford . The County V.A.D. started many years . ago and was now doing a great and useful work . Beech- Soldiers were received at such places as wood and Hampton Grange . present they county had not sufficient accommodation in the hospitals to permit a special train coming direct from Southampton .. Instead , the wounded had to meant many more come via Shrewsbury , which hours of tedious travelling . However , they had been asked and were hoping to make such largements as would warrant the sending of a special train direct . They had hospitals at Ross , Kington , Leintwardine , Ledbury , Sarnesfield and Colwall . In reference to Leominster , had it not been for the unfortunat death of Miss Moody they would have had a branch of the V.A.D. in en- On the proposition of Colonel Clowes , seconded by Mr. T. D. Burlton , a vote of thanks was ac- corded the Mayor , whose indefa gable efforts had resulted in so successful a response . INCREASED HOME PRODUCTION . the a It would be a great mistake in any considera- tion of the developing of the allotment movement to regard it merely from the statistical or food production point of view ; it has most impor- tant social and hygienic possibilities , although this year the allotments will probably yield million and a half tons of food . It has meant already that hundreds of thousands of families have spent the Saturday afternoon and many of the evenings during the week together on the al'otment " helping father . " It has interested , practically in a healthy out - door hobby , an enor- mous number of women who formerly had little to distract them from domestic , worries . Its educational effect upon untold numbers of town children will bear fruit in many succeeding gen- erations . By common consent of close observers in numerous urban areas , it has made for an in- creased sobriety amongst the men , and has les- sened the war strain for a wide circle of anxious wives and mothers . Above all , perhaps , may be reckoned the civilising effect that it has had on Suburbia , for quite a number of people who are " something in the city , " and the most highly respectable of small shopkeepers , have been brought into the friendliest touch with the members of the working class in their neighbourhood , and for the first time in English history have swapped stories about giant marrows and incredible lettuces . Before the war there were no statistics about allotments in England and Wales that were even approximately reliable ; even now there must be a good deal of guesswork in any attempted calcula- tion . Probably before the war there were about and England and 500,000 600,000 allotments in Wales ; there are now close on a million and a half . Under the Cultivation of Lands Order over 300,000 new allotments have been created to date between by arrangement Production the Food various local authorities . Department and these are only a small portion of the additional allotments laid out . Many private owners have offered land or have supplied it willingly on be- have assisted ing asked ; the railway companies magnificently ; numerous great firms have laid their out land around almost works ; munition centre and military camp and Y.M.C.A. hut has its area of allotments . From returns cently obtained from various sources by the Food that about Production appears Department , it 850,000 new allotments have been created since the war broke out - probably more . But every re- A few examples may be given of the extraor- Returns from 69 dinary extent of the increase . out of the 81 counties in England and Wales over 58,000 , showed pre - war allotments of just present allotments upwards of 220,000 - an increase town Returns from 182 of about 280 per cent . councils showed pre - war allotments 41,000 , present allotments 100,000 , an increase of between 130 and 140 per cent . - and the end is not yet ! DATE AND RHUBARB JAM . the for To one pound of prepared rhubarb , take one pound of dates , half an ounce orange or lemon rind or root or essence of ginger , a little cochi- neal or carmine to colour . rhubarb thinly , stone and shred Slice the Soak the shredded lemon dates and peel . orange peel in one gill water for 24 hours , then boil until tender . Put the dates and rhubarb in earthenware a china or vessel in layers , and allow stand for 24 hours . Next day put all together into a preserving pan , Boil bing to boiling point , stirring frequently . quickly for 30 to 35 minutes , stirring carefully to to cool , prevent burning , pour into jars , allow then seal ard keep in a cool , dry place . This jam should keep for three or four months . are . very greedy and rob surrounding bushes of their fair share of nourishment ; moreover it grows loosely and does not resist intrusion . Against this vice the elderberry may claim that it has something valuable to offer us . Some people do not like the faint odour of the cream - coloured flowers , but they must be hard to please who do not like the two chief products of the ripe berry , wine and jam . It may be that the elderberry by itself is a trifle too rich and luscious ; certainly it mixes to very great advantage with cab - apple , and the writer has used it with the Catillac cooking pear to make a thoroughly satisfactory preserve . As a rule the elderberries are neglected and left to the birds . It is curious that while the medicinal value of the elder root , berries , flower and leaves old has been very freely , acknowledged by the herbalist , its value as jam has received very little recognition . Our fathers and grandfathers planted quince trees and mulberry trees in their gardens and orchards ; some of these trees survive . Perhaps the mulberry is not at its best alone , it serves better to flavour other and coaser material with its juice , but in any case the mulberry is worth special consideration this year because it would appear to have survived the inclement spring . Perhaps the late habit of the tree and the shelter that the leaves give the fruit are the cause of an immunity that is well marked . The quince , so often neglected in this country makes the most delicious of preserves . It is cut in to quarters and the core is boiled with the skin to make a lustrous jelly . Those of us who not only live in the country but endeavour to learn some of the forgotten secrets of times when the countryside was forced to be self- supporting , know how to make a certain number of preserves , cordials , pickles , and wines that have no market and a comparatively small area of appeal . The sum of our knowledge , if it could be presented to the public , would , probably , go far towards the creation of some new industries , or the revival of old ones , and would lead to the renewed cultivation of many trees , bushes , and herbs that have fallen into undeserved disuse . DISLOYAL DODGERS . The ingenuity which is displayed by people in their attempts to evade the rationing orders is quite astonishing , and certainly worthy of a better cause . On the whole , the public loyalty give their rules assistance to the smooth working of the which are made for the benefit of all ; but there are a good many people to whom crooked practices seem to come naturally , and greedy people will than generally find some way of getting more their share . When such people are caught they are prosecuted by the Ministry of Food and in many cases heavily fined , for cheating in food is an intolerable crime in these days . Both butchers and provision merchants are rc- ported to be in the habit , if they find the ration card still bears any coupons for the week im- mediately preceding , of detaching these . and keep- ing them as though they were against supplies out of their own stocks . By this means they hide increased supplies to favoured customers . It has been also found that , in order to avoid detection , waitresses in some restaurants ask for meat cards from regular customers , but return them without having cut off a coupon . If one has no sense of duty towards his neighbours , there may be a satis- faction in getting more than one's share of meat , for but it is a dangerous game to play , both customer and shopkeeper , and hardly worth the candle . into HENS MUST LAY FOR THEIR FOOD . The effects of the war and the world shortage of cereals have reached the poultry yard . Hens rationed . are to be Supplies of grain will be allotted according to cach bird's usefulness . Hens must lay for their food ; the best layers will get most at meal times . Haphazard hen - keeping must go ; the guardians of the National Granary cannot afford to feed birds which don't feed us . So that the limited quantity of poultry food may be equitably distributed and the better strains of poultry encouraged , the Ministry of Food , acting with the Board of Agriculture , is putting practice two systems of rationing . " Rations of 4 oz . per day per bird will be pro- vided for birds of the best utility breeds up to an aggregate amount of of feeding 50,000 tons stuffs for six months .. Birds qualifying for the 4 oz . ration are those which by most careful breeding and selection have reached a high standard of utility , ensuring their laying from 200 to 300 eggs a year . As the ordinary hen lays only 100 to 120 eggs a year , it obvious that this rationing scheme , which means the survival of the best fillers of the egg basket , is to the advantage of the country . The owners of other fowls , having hen birds . hatched since January 1 , 1916 , and not receiving rations under the 4 oz . scheme , will be able to obtain certificates entitling them to purchase up to an amount per head per day ( which will be less than 4 oz . per day ) to be fixed from time to time according to the quantity of foodstuffs . available . In order to obtain a special ration of 4 oz . a day - half grain and half a mash in dry form- fowls will be classified into first - grade and second- grade breeding stock . To come within the first category fowls must be : - is Utility breeding stock for egg production or of high utility quality , and of pure - bred stock . The standard of health of the flock must be high For a period of at least two years the stock must have been bred to meet the above requirements . Selective breeding must have been practised in the flock . Second - grade birds , which must be bred from proved layers , will only receive rations after the requirements of the first - grade have been satisfied . A certain proportion of the allotted foods will be reserved for the preservation of the best utility stocks of ducks , turkeys , and geese . Owners of poultry coming within these condi- tions must apply in due course on prescribed . forms to the secretary of the Feeding Stuffs Com- mittees of their area , and if their applications are accepted they will receive certificates en- titling them to certain amount of feeding stuffs through the retailer whom they have nominated , and with whom they must deposit their certifi- cates . 20Z . TEA - 30 CUPS . It is surprising how many people regarded the order to register for tea as a blow aimed at their caddy pots , and cups . With dismay they pictured themselves with greatly reduced supplies , driven to squeeze the " teapot for a second cap Of course this conclusion is not at all in accord with the facts . The new basis of supply which takes effect on July 14th will be 20zs . of tea per head per week for all persons . including children , and this is our average pre - war consumption . The Tea ( Dis- tribution ) Order , 1918 , which includes the regis- tration of customers , is really intended to adjust tea supplies and avoid unequal distribution . Two ounces per week per person doesn't sound a lot - and when weighed out it doesn't look a lot - but it produces as many cups as ought to satisfy the average person . Few people know how many cups 2 ozs . represent , for the old custom of a teaspoonful for each person and an one for the pot is the guiding principle in most households . extra Tea blenders , when sampling their tea , allow the weight of a sixpence ( not six pennies ! ) for each cup - but this makes it about double the strength that is partaken of by the ordinary tea drinker . But even on this basis our 20zs . would provide 20 cups - for 20 sixpences weigh approxi- mately 2 ounces and while taking into account the extra strength we might reasonably get 30 good cups from our couple of ounces . Thirty cups a week would mean an average of four day- or two cups for breakfast and two for tea - for cach member of the family , including young children . Surely this is sufficient for anyone - in the fourth year of a world war that has long since rendered the almost belligerent countrics . tea - less ! We have good reason to be content with our assured weekly two ounces of tea at 29. 8d . per lb. when some neutrals are paying 40s . a lb. - and are very uncertain of supplies . THE FRUIT CROP . can Under the Order controlling the sale prices of soft fruit , black currants bring the top price of 460 per ton ; while the best varieties of straw- berries follow at £ 44 per ton , the second qualities commanding £ 40 . The raspberry crop , which offers a more hopeful aspect this season than , the other soft fruits , will fetch 37 per ton , and red cur- rants are priced at £ 32 . In a matter of such wide and far - reaching interest , these decisions cannot , in the nature of things , be expected to call forth universal rejoicing and content . It has to be remembered that no higher standard be set up than the greatest good for the greatest number , and the Government prices have been arrived at only after long and careful consulta- tions with the Board of Agriculture , the princi- pal growers and the trade , who have given their heartiest co - operation and support to arrive at a modus operandi which shall be as fair as pos- sible to as many as possible . Disappointed indi- viduals there must be , for it is obviously impos- sible to frame special regulations for those who specialise in some particular quality of one kind of fruit , but , taken " long and large , " the fruit prices are fair view is to generous , and this taken by the people most closely concerned , those who are to receive them . The suggestion that fruit will be left to rot , sooner than be disposed of at a low profit , is most unfair to the growers , who can be counted . on solidly to do their utmost that nothing shall be wasted , while every possible assistance will be given by the Government Departments , concerned to each case where difficulty of gathering and transport arises . The growers are just as far- seeing and patriotic as anyone else , and stupid selfishness and waste need not be anticipated and cheerlessly prophesied . Unfortunately the stone fruit crop promise very , very badly . Untoward conditions in the spring , extremes of temperature and heavy rain which apparently washed the pollen off the blossoms prevented fertilisation ; insect pests and lack of labour for the spraying so urgently necessary made a poor prospect a great deal worse . Condi- tions appear to be at their worst in Kent , where one large grower was lately heard to say that he would gladly accept five pounds for all the fruit on his plantations . Small - holders who have no capital with which to weather such storms of fate are turning to munition work to enable them to carry on till better days . Prospects are a little brighter in the Wisbech , Evesham , and where a Worcestershire districts , half - crop of egg plums may be counted on , but damsons , one of the most valuable of jam fruits , are a complete failure , and it is certain that we cannot hope for any large quantity of tree fruit this season . MORE CATTLE , LESS MEAT . can Scientists exactness determine with the value of foods to the person whom they feed , how much of the body - building and body- supporting constituents each food has , and how much of each of these constituents man needs to keep him in health and work . Science has been brought to so fine a mathematical point that it is possible to say exactly what amount of body - building material any food possesses what its effect will be in building up or fatten- ing the individual . Another side of this knowledge is that which applies similar calculations to the building up or fattening of cattle or pigs and which can therefore say with precision how many pounds of vegetable food , for example , a pig cou- sumes while acting as a producer of a pound of fat . and These studies have never interested the public very much , but now , with a shortage of food threatening every meat - eating nation , the science of food values becomes of importance to everyone . The great point for everybody's consideration is this - if there were not quite enough bread and meat , caten in the accustomed proportions , to go round , which would it be better to sacrifice , the meat ? The bread or the answer that most people would make after reflection would be that with perhaps they could little less of both . That is really quite a scientific reply , though it does not go far enough . It is possible for nearly all the meat - eating peoples to eat a little less meat than they did formerly and to make up They with bread or the equivalents of bread . must have a certain quantity of fat . Now if meat sacrificed there will be more bread to go round , because the animals which we cat as meat It takes us for it . five are competitors with pounds of the vegetable -stuffs which animals and both eat to produce one pound of meat . Consequently , it is evident that as long as we do not reduce our weekly meat ( or still better our weekly fat ) to too low a figure , we may , by re- which fusing to maintain cattle are in effect rivals for our daily bread , arrive at a point where we can balance our food budget and have enough to cat and life - sustaining in quantity , bulk , not be of the properties , though the food may kind and proportions to which years of plenty have accustomed us . It is the business of the food what the valuers to say proportions should be , and how far the animals should be encouraged to compete with us . is men All cattle , all stock , are dangerous rivals in a In Germany the pig straightened food supply . has been made to furnish an illustration , the outlines of which were very clearly set forth in an article by Herr R. E. May in the " Berliner Klinische Wochenschrift . " to On Herr May first examined the numbers of pigs They raised annually in Germany . amount , or rather formerly amounted , to between twenty and thirty millions . He then , painstaking with a attention proteins , carbohydrates and their equivalents in calories , estimated how much these pigs ate . They ate a great deal - in weight . the other hand they produced fat , 468,000 tons , a useful figure . But on the balance they ate more than 8,000,000 tons more weight of food than they produced , and Herr May's final verdict is that the German swine eat more than would support 36,000,000 German citizens . " If we hadn't any pigs , " he observes , " we shouldn't have had any of these food troubles . " The pig is , in short , a symbol of that waste of human food which becomes disastrous when , as probably will be the case after the war , there is But a shortage of all the vegetable foodstuffs . there is another aspect of it which is applicable be ex- to all stock , pigs or cattle ; and it can pressed in one phrase , " the more cattle the less meat . " If the pig , or the bullock , competes with man , man conversely competes with the pig for food , and if , as is probable , the pig suffers a shortage as well as the man , then the pig will fail to fulfil the first reason for its existence , that of thriving and fattening . The effort to maintain country can nutri- larger heads of cattle than a it tively afford starves man thins the animal too . of his bread , and CRICKET . The annual match between the Leominster Gram- mar School 1st XI . and a Parents ' Team took place on Thursday , July 4th . A very interesting match resulted in a win by the Parents on the first innings by 2 runs only . For the Parents ' Team Mr. W. St. G. Drennan batted well for 30 and Mr. T. Wood accounted for the majority of the wickets . A. James played brilliantly for the School and made 40 out of the total of 55 , a performance for which he was heartily applauded . G. B. Walters and James bowled well . Appended are the scores : - PARENTS XI . Mr. Craddock , played on , b Walters . Mr. Drennan , b Walters Mr. Firth , run out Mr. Chandler , b James Mr. Hankinson , c and b James Mr. Paxton , b James Mr. Wood , b Walters Mr. Harding , b Walters Mr. Edwards , b Walters Mr. Hammond , not out E. Bewley , A. James , Extras Total SCHOOL XI . Mr. Drennan Mr. Chandler , b Mr. Craddock ... Mr. Bisson , b Mr. Wood G. Walters , b Mr. Wood Crimp , b Mr. Drennan Simmons , b Mr. Wood T. Brunt , run out R. Owens , b Mr. Wood E. Reynolds , c and b . Mr. Wood C. Morris , b Mr. Wood W. Hann , not out Extras Total 70600-09ONN15 A U - BOAT'S END . RETIRED ADMIRALS WHO RETURNED TO FIGHT THE PIRATES . In the work of fighting the U - boat no better service has been rendered than that given by ofli- cers , many of them Admirals , who had retired before the war but returned , often to take junior positions in the service . One of these retired officers succeeded very prompt ly in " putting up the number of a German U boat . When the submarine was sighted the first shot struck the base of her conning tower . The Ger- man commander had evidently hoped by dexter- ous action to run alongside or nearly approach the British vessel , for men had come out of her conning tower with a bag of hand bombs ready to throw . The shell caused these to explode , how- ever , the conning tower was blown to pieces with the men on deck , and another shot sealed the submarine's fate . There is a touch of irony in the fact that be- fore the war the officer in command received the thanks of the German Government for services rendered to a German mail , steamer which was in distress . NAVAL SECRETS IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE . INDISCREET ADMIRALTY CLERK FINED £ 20 . Indiscreet conversation about naval a railway carriage led to an Admiralty clerk be mg prosecuted at Bow - street on Saturday , and nued £ 20 . Marsden Maitland , of Greenlees - road , stow , was summoned by the Director Prosecutions for communicating certain tion as to the movements of snips . Cecil Jones , another Admiralty matters 111 Waltham- o Public informa- SALES BY AUCTION . 3 By Messrs . EDWARDS , RUSSELL and BALDWIN . THE MOUNT , LEOMINSTER . instructions from H. A. Cross , Esq . ( who is leav- DWARDS , RUSSELL & BALDWIN have received ing the district ) to Sell by Auction , on THURSDAY , JULY 25th , 1918 . a portion of his HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE , Etc. Sale at TWO o'clock prompt . DA WANTED . AY GIRL , or MORNING WOMAN Wanted at once . - Apply , Mrs. JEFFERY , Alderman's Meadow , Leominster . WANTED , Young DAY GIRL , just left school , for Kington . W housework . - Apply , Mrs. PARMEE , Lyndhurst , ANTED , OLD ARTIFICIAL TEETH , any con- dition , for cash.-E. MORGAN , Jeweller , Drapers Lane , Leominster . WANTED , strong BOX , as Apprentice to the Ironmongery . - Apply , TAYLOR AND WARD , High Street , Leominster . W ANTED SECONDHAND CYCLES , price given according to condition . - Apply , COLSTON DAVIES , 18 , South Street . Leominster . clerk , who was in the same compartment of the train travelling to Chingford on June 25 , said the defendant was talking to a man who appeared to be his friend . his Maitland , the witness added , mentioned friend that he and this naturally drew the witness's attention to the conversation . He heard Maitland mention the Extension telephone No. 9800 Victoria , No. 11 , which was the number of the administrative ofhi- cer of the Directorate of Ship Repairs . Other evidence was given that the defendant of the Directorate had been in the employ Shipping Aftairs since April 30 last . His salary was £ 300 a year . He had signed a memorandum stating that he had read the Official Secrets Act . He was a Grade 3 man and had been granted exemption from military service while in the em- ploy of the department . was employed in the Admiralty , WANTED , 500 Gallons of good CIDER ; also 500 of Maitland entered the witness - box , and described , himself as Assistant Officer in the Directorate of Shiping Affairs . He said he was formerly a sales manager . His friend in the train was a colleague who , like himself , was in the City Special Police , and they spent the time mainly discussing police duties . He could not remember having said any- thing about H.M. ships and denied the charge . The magistrate said he accepted the evidence of Mr. Jones entirely . The offence cause of the seemed to have been the all too common one of vanity , a desire to pose before other people as one in the know . " At first the magistrate imposed a fine of £ 50 . and ten guineas costs , but subsequently he said he understood the consequences of the conviction might be very serious to the defendant , and in these circumstances he had decided it was not necessary to inflict such u heavy penalty . He therefore reduced the fine to £ 20 and ten guineas costs . INFLUENZA DEATHS . 218 IN LONDON LAST WEEK COMPARED WITH PREVIOUS WEEK'S 67 . The Registrar General's weekly return shows that there were 218 deaths from influenza in London last week , as compared with 67 in the preceding week , and As was the case in the an average of only 20 . previous week , the largest number of deaths occurred among patients 25-35 years of age . There was simul- taneously an increase in the number of deaths from whooping cough , the week's total 33 , being 20 above the average . The epidemic is reported to be abating in the Merthyr district , where 19 deaths have now occurred . Reports from several other parts of the country , how- ever , show no abatemènt . In Midlothian nine deaths within a period of twenty - four hours were recorded on Wednesday , and at Northampton it was decided to close all the elementary schools until August 1st . The Leicester Education Committee has decided to close all the elementary schools until the 17th inst . , with a view to arresting the epidemic . There are 7,000 children away from the schools with influenza . Gallons of good PERRY . - Apply , J. BASSETT , Radnorshire Arms , Leominster . WA ANTED , dairies well - cooled MILK , any quantity , churns found , full price and carriage ; bankers and farmers references . - GRANGERS LANE DAIRY , Cradley Heath . C MOTTAGE , GARDEN , ORCHARD or PADDOCK Wanted , suitable for keeping cow , few poultry , etc. , would take to stock , if any , and help on farm or garden if required occasionally . - Apply , " L.B , " c / o News Office , Leominster . WANTED , COTTAGE , dry , 4 or 5 rooms , water , garden , near church , P.O. , and 3 or 4 miles nearest station . - Apply , WALKER , 17 , St. Owen Street , Hereford . H TOUSE Wanted , with 4 bedrooms ; also garden ; in or near Leominster ; willing to pay rent £ 20 to £ 25. - Apply , " B , " c / o News Office , Leominster . WANTED , HOUSE , with 6 rooms , good garden , Bargates preferred . - Apply , " F.F , " c / o News Office , Leominster . Write , " A.N , " c / o News Office , Leominster . WANTED , useful HELP . age 18 to 20 , for house and assist in business , one lady , seaside.- Apply , " G.H.C. , " c / o News Office , Leominster . W H and deliver . - Apply , R. W. HATTON , 49 , Etnam Street , Leominster . ANTED , a young GIRL , as Housemaid . - Apply . Mrs. M. J. DENT , Cornhill , Leominster . TOUSE - PARLOURMAID Wanted , thoroughly trained in housework , good references essential . Apply , PROBYN , Kington Vicarage , Herefordshire . TANTED , WAREHOUSEMAN , man over mili- tary age or discharged soldier . - Apply , H. REYNOLDS , Broad Street , Leominster . EOMINSTER CHURCH INSTITUTE . - Wanted a CARETAKER , married , house , coal and gas free , pensioner and one accustomed to care of billiard tables preferred . - For particulars of duties and wages apply to E. P. LLOYD , Leominster . W to E. P. LLOYD , Leominster . ROKEN COLTS , 3 W years old or over , 14 to 15 hands . - Apply , COMPTON , Colt Breaker , Risbury . BRITISH WIN HOUR'S AIR FIGHT . WANTED , good GENERAL , or CHARWOMAN , SEVEN ENEMY MACHINES VANQUISHED BY THREE . SIX GERMAN PLANES DOWN IN ANOTHER COMBAT . , Admiralty Official , Tuesday . - Operations by Royal Air Force contingents , working with the Navy : During the period- July 4-7 bomb raids have been made with good results . Ostend Docks , Zeebrugge , Bruges Docks , and hostile , billets were attacked , and about six tons of bombs dropped . observed in the harbour good wages to suitable person . - Apply , BASSETT , Queen's Head , Leominster . WANTED BOX OF GIRL , for Printing Office.- W minster . Apply , STEVENSON , Printer , Kington ... ANTED , YOUTH , for Bakehouse , and deliver , in or outdoor . - Apply , HILL , Confectioner , Leo- FOR SALE , OR Sale , Three Choice SPECKLED SUSSEX entrance , powder factory , warehouses , and sheds along ; FPULLETS , high class laying strain , 12 / - each ; side the Bassin de Chasse , also in the vicinity of hostile batteries . At Bruges , direct hits were ob- tained on a submarine shelter , railway and merchant ships .. was The usual patrols have been carried out , and four enemy torpedo - boat destroyers and four torpedo - boats near Zeebrugge were attacked with bombs . Enemy aircraft have been fairly active . One of our bombing formations attacked by ( 16 hostile machines , three enemy machines being destroyed and three others driven down out of control . All our machines returned safely . Three of our large seaplanes on anti - submarine patrol were att seven hostile machines . During the engagement , which lasted 55 minutes , two also Prize - Bred INDIAN GAME COCKEREL , 30 / - , all 1917 birds , fit for show bench . - Apply , Mrs. MITCHELL , Brimfield . OR Sale , GENT'S CYCLE , real good condition . FOR Apply , GEORGE HINTON ,, Confectioner , Leominster . OR Sale , GENT'S ENFIELD CYCLE , 24in . girder tyres ( practically new ) , Brooks saddle , 2 splendid lamps , carrier and all usual accessories - Apply in the first instance , 18 , SOUTH STREET , Leominster . enemy machines were destroyed . Although damaged , Bromyard : Two COTTAGES , freehold , with our machines returned safely . RIOTOUS SCENES AT A PACIFIST MEETING . onl DISCHARGED SOLDIERS AND BOY SCOUTS IN ATTACK : kiotous scenes were witnessed at a meeting held Saturday night under the auspices of the Woolwich branch of the Labour Independent Party at the Co - operative Wood . Mr. Ramsay Macdonald was the chief speaker , and the en- trances of the Wood were strongly guarded by members of the I.L.P. and of the A.S.E. , who acted as stewards . Prior to the gathering an op- position meeting was held in the road outside . The meeting commenced quietly , and Mr. Ran- say Macdonald had been speaking for about twenty minutes when an attack was made on the gate . Stewards rushed to the spot just as a large crowd rushed on the field , having " carried " the gate . The attacking party , led by Boy Scouts , assailed the platform , and were met by stewards armed with sticks and chairs . A violent struggle ensued , in which the defenders for a time held their own . Gradually a number of chairs were wrenched from them , smashed up , and used as missiles . Mr. Ramsay Macdonaid had meanwhile left tie meeting by a back entrance . The fight remained equal for some time , the air being full of missiles . There were personal encounters between members of the opposing forces , and then a number of the invaders , having secured a form , used it as a battering ram with which to attack the platform . They charged , but time after time were repelled . Ultimately they obtained fresh supply of mis- siles , stones , pieces of wood , & c . , and succeeded in gaining the platform . By this time a good number on both sides were bleeding , and the de- fending stewards retired through the doors at the back . The attacking party , which included- a large number of discharged soldiers , then mounted the platform and held a meeting on their own account . SECRET THAT ESCAPED . ACCOUNTANT NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REVELATION . Mr. Charles Joseph Weld - Blundell , of Grosvenor- crescent , London , failed in his action against Mr. James Henry Stephens , a chartered accountant . Mr. Stephens had inadvertently disclosed a letter written by Mr. Weld - Blundell , and the latter had had to pay £ 1,869 as damages for libel . He claimed damages for alleged negligence . In giving judgment on Saturday Mr. Justice Darling said the case raised a new question which it was difficult to decide . He had come , to the conclusion that the defendant was not bound to keep secret all his communications , and therefore he had committed no breach of contract or dere- liction of duty . Plaintiff would not have been made liable if he had not abused his privilege by writing the libellous letter with malice . PRISONER WINDOW - SILL ARREST . DROPPED 19FT . INTO ARMS OF THE POLICE . Arrested by being droped cut of a window into the arms the police , Ernest Dawkins , 27 , seaman , was sentenced , at London Sessions on Tuesday , to 21 months ' imprisonment for receiving stolen furs valued at £ 160 . It was related that while two police officers were searching his room the prisoner attempted to jump out of the window , but Detective - sergeant . Ward caught him by the leg and clothing and held him suspended out of the window . The other officer came to his assistance , and on the arrival of two other policemen the man was dropped into their arms , a distance of 19ft .. Detective Fox said the Commissioner of Police attached great importance to this arrest , as there had been a large number of burglaries in St. Luke's , where the furs came from . A woman with whom the prisoner lodged was wearing a silk gar- ment , which had been identified as part of a recent £ 2,000 robbery .. GIRL PRISON - BREAKERS . WARDRESS GAGGED AND LOCKED IN A PANTRY . TO Be Sold . - Little Common , Grendon Bishop . well - fruited Gardens and small Orchard , suitable for disabled soldier , moderate price . - Apply , E. L. CONNOP , 7 , Coley Hill , Reading . IT T is easy to rear every chick to lay at six months old if you sprinkle Karswood Chicken Powder , containing ground insects , regularly over their soft food . Packets , 2d . , 6d . , . 1 / -From MOYLE & SON , Corn Merchants , Etnam Street , Leominster . OR - Sale , Pure - bred Pen of WYANDOTTES ( Cam Barron strain ) , Cockerel and four 1917 pullets.- Apply , S. A , " c / o News Office , Leominster . FOR Sale , STORE GILTS . Big White - Apply , 2,000 GRIFFITHS , Wall End , Stoke Prior , Leominster . EXTRA eggs from only 26 hens were obtained last year by one poultry - keeper . who used Karswood Poultry Spice , containing ground insects . Everybody delighted . Packets 2d . , Try it . 6d . , 1 / -- MOYLE & SON , Corn Merchants , Etnam Street ,. Leominster . F OR Sale , Five or Six Hogsheads of CIDER.- Apply , TUCK , Swanston , Dilwyn . M. FOR Sale , THATCHING STRAW .-- Apply , J. F P. CAVE , Monkland . OR Sale , COCKEREL , Rhode Island Red , 4 months , 7 / 6. - Apply , Monkland Vicarage . THE ALLOTMENT . Snowy or White Fly This pest , which is a very bad enemy of cabbages and tomatoes , does not seem this year to be confining its efforts to these . Its presence is easily . determined when plants are often disturbed , as it rapidly rises , being seen in quite dense white clouds . Syringing with a soft soap solution often proves most effec- tive , but the best remedy is to remove ali affected leaves when first discovered and destroy straight away by means of fire . A good preventive is a dusting of lime round the young plants . Another sign of the presence of this pest is the leaves of the affected plants being seen to turn black and yellow owing to the sucking done by the pest on the under side of the leaf , where it settles . Celery Fly This is appearing badly , and resort where it is troublesome the remedies already advocated . Further , destroy all docks in the neighbourhood , as they act as host plants . to SEED SOWING . Endive : A sowing of Endive should be made about the second week of July , and another towards the end of the month . For those who have not the protection that can be afforded by frames , the round - leafed kind will be the most suitable to sow , as they will be found to stand the best , and give better returns . French Beans : A row of Dwarf French Bean seed , nut in tow in a sunny position and in good soil should yield bounteous supplies of tender pods in late summer long after the ordinary crop is They may take the place of a erop that is over ( early peas , broad beans , early potatoes , etc. ) and can be now cleared away . over . now Other Seed to Sow Now : A number of other vegetables that may advantageously be sown are early varieties of cauliflower and cabbage , car- rots , globe beet , turnips and swedes , parsley and fettuce . The last named should be sown thinly where they are to mature , and should not transplanted . he PLANTING . Continue to plant any Brassicas ( Greens ) avail- able on any spare ground from which crops of early potatoes , peas ,, etc. , have been cleared , so as to ensure a plentiful supply of green vegetables during late winter and early spring . WORK FOR THE WEEK . Watering It is as well again to advise the necessity of thorough soakings at intervals rather than light sprinkling . each day . The former takes no longer in the end than the latter , and is far more beneficial . Hoeing and mulching : The frequent use of the hoe to help and conserve the moisture in the soil cannot be too often emphasised . To further assist in the direction of moisture conservation mulch where possible . PESTS . Three girls who broke out of Duke - street prison , Woolly Aphis and American Blight is unusually Glasgow , after gagging a wardress , were on Mon rampant this year . It is attacking young and day sentenced to twelve months ' imprisonment . old apple trees that have been quite free in the According to the evidence , they attacked the past , and be taken to prompt measures should wardress , then tied and gagged her , stole her eradicate this troublesome pest . One of the best watch , nioney and keys , and locked her in a pantry . remedies is to dissolve two ounces of soft soap Securing clothes from the press , with the aid of in a gallon of warm water , and to add to this a mixing well wineglassful of paraffin , together keys , the girls succeeded in walking out of the the following prison When applying to the trees One was arrested . three months later , in London , and the two others were caught in method to keep the liquid well mixed up : -One Glasgow . syringe - full should be squirted over the tree , and the next one shot back into the containing vessel . Carry out this method of one for the tree and one back into the vessel until all the liquid is used up . to Aphis need 55 HELPLESS A second innings was started , when the Parents made 61 for 1 wicket , Mr. Paxton ( 32 ) , Mr. Ham- mond ( 29 not out ) . The boys then batted and when stumps were drawn had made 58 for 6 wickets , Walters ( 23 not out ) . During the interval the players were entertained to tea by the parents in the School Hall . E. E. Bewley ( School Captain ) thanked the parents on behalf of the School and Mr. Drennan replied for the parents . AUSTRIANS under . use continuous work keep them ANNIHILATED . Rome , July 7. - Information from the front shows that the Austrian disaster on the New Piave was as grave as that which they sustained on the Montello . For five days twenty of the enemy's regiments were subjected to an infernal bombard- ment from both earth and sky , and during that time they could neither receive help nor retire . In the house of Sarah Ann Pilbeam , aged 75 , who Entire units were annihilated . The famous Eas- lived alone at Hastings and was found dead from heart tern corps , composed of Mussulmans from Bosnia failure , £ 135 in gold and a quantity of jewellery was and Herzegovina , ( was reduced to less than a found . A doctor at the inquest on Wednesday stated thousand men . that her body was very emanciated . OLD WOMAN'S GOLD HOARD . |