The Kington Times - May 1918
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Kington Times 4th May 1918 - Page 3
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| Date | 04/05/1918 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Kington Times |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 4th May 1918 |
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K AMPS . Times . Prisoners from 11 the farms are igarettes , etc. , prisoners no necessity the wily Hun mpathy of the the treatment o commodities soners . K. POSTER , POWER PLICATIONS : BSERVED . I all others whom nt Board have ons under the eference to the those who are Tribunals the all applications made by the these changes It is imperative ow of men for refore deal with Meetings should ry for the pur- ore serious than Three members nerally desirable not consist of may be claimea en , however , is must therefore so in the case egories A , B1 , a rule , that an e man has been may be made wishes to claim the latter also rounds , all the application . If an he must also ocedure of the changes as are of cases . 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Both 00 feet , when smashed the ich crashed to the lock in a returned . curve and fall re , over all ; rmore . lown so low on drear , flow ain by fear . e mind have no end , bless blind ding friend . ne and go ; and gleam , low ream . prisoner held sworn ; ispelled ap at morn . mes a joy se ; by uspense . PHILLIPS . Your Garden . Look to your Rose & Fruit Trees . TO DESTROY Lice , Aphis , Green or Black Fly , Psylla ( Apple Sucker ) , Apple Blos- som Weevil , Woolly Aphis , Scale Insects , Caterpillars , & c . Apply to Ellwood & Son , Seedsmen , LEOMINSTER . KATAKILLA , 1 / - packet makes 10 gals . Wash . MCDOUGALL'S GARDEN & FRUIT TREE WASH , 1/6 tin makes 10 gals . Wash . " A POLITICIAN AS MAN OF LETTERS . " ABOL . NIQUAS . ARSENATE OF LEAD , etc. , etc. " Occasional Addresses , " by Mr. Asquith , M.P. Macmillan 6s . Obtainable at Leominster Printing Company ) . So much has Mr. Asquith been politician that his activities and distinctions elsewhere are not His mental well known . versatility and high status in the best intellectual circles are not facts But this book throws a in common knowledge . other new light upon him , shows he has won while we have us that , laurels , and reminds watched him in the sternest of all arenas , he has a master's skill . been adding to literature with Now , he has a place among men of letters and his book will not be out of place in the best cata- We find this book 10 logues of English classics . be full of interest . The style is finished . There is variety of subject ; criticism is fair and exact ; numerous and well allusions and analogies are chosen ; there is a just sense of proportion and men and their works THE KINGTON OPTICAL DEPARTMENT . DISTANCE NEAR DISTANCE We make up all Prescriptions for Glasses from Medical Men or Eye Infirmaries , and Undertake all Repairs to SPECTACLES & EYEGLASSES . ELLWOOD & SON , Chemists . are ranked in their classes Drapers Lane , LEOMINSTER according to their value . These are features of a book whose only fault is its brevity . Four of the addresses were tributes to the mem- Mr. Asquith excels on such ory of great men . occasions . He betrays a depth of feeling denied to him by many , and emphasises qualities and pure their lives were often motives in others , which obscured by the clouds of political storm . It is the not difficult to imagine the solemn hush in House , when , this master of begoming elilogy rose to speak of Campbell - Bannerman and began by saying , " Mr. Speaker , -Many of us have come of in Westminster Abbey , fresh from the service where , amidst the monuments and memories great men , the nation took its last farewell of its late Prime Minister . " His tribute to Lord Kitch- ener concluded with- " few men that I have known had less . reason to shrink from submitting their- lives to those pure eyes , and perfect witness of was an honour , than which , all - judging Jove , " the great soldier had won no higher . In the other addresses he touches more directly on literary subjects , and is as interesting as Car- out his thundering lyle , when De QUEEN'S MESSAGE . WHAT WOMEN AT HOME ARE DOING . The Queen has sent the following message to the men of the fighting forces : - " To the men of our Navy , Army , and Air Force , I send this message to tell every man how much we , the women of the British Empire at home , watch and . pray for you during the long hours of these days of stress and endurance . in the cause " Our pride in you is immeasurable , our hope unbounded , our trust absolute . You are fighting of Righteousness and Freedom , fighting to defend the children and women of our land from the horrors that have overtaken other countries , fighting for our very existence as a people at home and across the seas . You are offering your all , you hold back nothing , and day by day you show a love so great that no man can have greater . We , on our part , send forth with lectures on full hearts and unfaltering will the lives we hold most dear . We , too , are striving in all ways pos- " Heroes , " or as Thackeray among the " Georges wide sible field . to make the war victorious . He covers a very and Humorists . " . while others are " I know that I are the lofty passages , am expressing what is felt by Many thousands of wives and mothers when I say that that few suggest pathetic , and not a they who we are determined to help one another in keeping heard them heartily laughed . We own to a sur- your homes ready against your glad home - coming . prise at some of his judgments on authors . In God's name we bless you , and by 1lis help we , Quincey he calls " one of the greatest masters of too , will do our best . " style in the whole range of English literature . " will make This is the sort of criticism which many turn to the Opium - eater again to see if he The address is worthy of such distinction . brilliant which De Quincey is mentioned is a analysis of criticism , and may well be a standard to many who indulge in that art without credit to themselves , and without fairness to others . In the reader is taken " Art of biography " the in along lines which make him wish he had gone there before , or feel pleased with himself for having already done what is there suggested . This is the most scintillating and fascinating treatment of Pregnant that great human art which we know . with personal expressions of taste , favourite books , choice stories , and in all , a guide to best books in this class . Mr. Asquith , like nearly good readers of biography puts Boswell , Lockhart and who Trevelyan in the front rank , and of those wrote of themselves , Rousseau , St. Augustine , and We are Dickens , because of David Copperfield . Gibbon surprised at his indifferent reference to and his exclusion of Wesley . It is impossible in our space to refer to each in them all , Mr. Asquith is happy chapter . whether addressing members of the Bar , or speak- ing at the 300th anniversary of the Authorised Version of the Bible , ar , pleasing Scotchmen by tracing for them the grand history of Edinburgh . Some as conspicuous as he in state - craft ,, have much and done it well , but none have written single volume ; added more to literature by any With such as Burke , Dis- than he has by this . raeli and Lord Morley he will be classed as a builder of our classics , as he will be with them as We recom- mend this book to the public ; who does not pos sess it , we pity ; who will not read it , we a master - builder of our legislation . GEO . ELLIOT LEE . CONTROL OF MILK . ALL CHURNS TO BE OWNED BY GOVERNMENT . State control of milk is being considered by a The main committee of the Ministry of Food . features of the scheme will probably be : - An official milk agent for every area . All wholesalers to become Government agents . Retailers to be controlled . All churns to be Government owned . churns The control of the retailers will economise trans- port , and the Government ownership of will , it is said , prevent loss and overlapping . MARKETS . Worcester , Monday , fat Cattle - Rather fewer cattle but more fat sheep than last week , at graded prices . Cows and calves in good supply , with keen trade from £ 28 to £ 50 , in - calvers £ 34 to to £ 26 , 44. two - year - old store bullocks sold up 158. , barrens £ 35 2s . 6d .; rearing yearlings £ 17 calves from 445. to £ 5 9s . Ewes and lambs in fair- Strong 758. 6d . supply up to £ 6 Is . , store tegs store pigs made up to £ 6 17s . , smaller ones 748 . Ludlow , Monday , General Market . - Fowls , 138 . to 15s . per couple ; chickens , 15s . to 18s . per couple ; dressed chickens , 166. to 20s . per couple ; ducks , 175. to 18s . per couple ; rabbits , s . od . to 45. per couple ; butter , 2s . 2d . to 2s . 5d . per lb .; hen eggs , 1 for 1s .; duck eggs , 7 for 2s .; pigeons , 1s . 6d . to 1s . l . per couple ; potatoes , id . per lb .; cabbages , per dozen ; 28. per dozen ; cauliflower , 4s . to 6s . artichokes , 2. per lb .; rhubarb , 2d . per bundle ; leeks , 3d . per bundle ; beetroot , 2d . each ; apples , b . per lb. walnuts , odd . per . ; grapes , 2s . 6d . ner lb .; carrots , parsnips . turnips , 2d . per ib .; onions , 4d . to sd . per lb. RESTRICTIONS ON THE SALE OF HORSES . The state Controller of Horse Transport desires to that that the dealers ' licenses are being issued by the Board of Trade are required only in the case of the purchase of farm horses . A dealer who licensed by the Board of Trade can pur- chase farm horses to which a sale permit contain- ing the name of the Controller of Horse Transport is attached , but he can sell such horses only to 1ersons holding a certificate to buy issued by the Controller of Horse Transport or to another licensed dealer . Traders and others requiring horses for essential work must apply in each in- stance , if farm horses are proposed to be purchaseds to the Controller of Horse Transport for a certifi- cate for the purpose , giving the reason why it is necessary to replenish the stud . N.S.P.C.C , AND CHILD NEGLECT . The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children investigated 3,143 complaints neglect and cruelty in England , Wales , and Ire- land , during the month of March . Of the 3.089 completed cases 3,000 were found true , affecting the welfare of 9,004 children and involving 3,748 offen- ders . Warnings were issued in 2,702 cases ; 117 were prosecuted ( resulting in all being convicted ) and 190 were dealt with by transfer or in other ways . From its foundation in 1884 the Society has dealt with 987,036 complaints involving 2,778,226 children . In the Hereford and County Branch during the same month 11 cases were dealt with , affecting 24 children . The local office of the Society is situated at Stratford , Ledbury Road , Hereford . KAISER AND THE OFFENSIVE . PERSUADED BY HINDENBURG AFTER OPPOSITION . The Paris correspondent of the Exchange , tele- graphing on Wednesday , says : - During a visit to Perpignan I was able to meet and converse with one of the most influential statesmen in Spain . He had just returned from Germany , and beyond doubt was admirably placed for learning the absolute truth concerning the internal conditions in that country , as well as that of Austria . " If the Allies can hold against their enemy in the north as the French did at Verdun , then Ger- many is surely beaten . " These are his exact TEN GERMAN PRISONERS ESCAPE . DESCRIPTION OF THREE MEN MISSING FROM EVESHAM . Three German prisoners who have been ployed on the land at Evesham escaped from cus- Information was given to the tody on Monday . police , and a search is being made for them throughout the Midlands . en- The first is Hugo Vekle ( 24 ) , 5ft . 3in . in height , fresh complexion , fair hair , blue eyes , dressed in corduroy jacket with grey stripes down the seams , and civilian peak cap . He is a Prussian soldier , and cannot speak English . The second is Reinbold Steffen 26 ) , 5ft . Sin . , fresh complevion , dark hair , grey eyes , tattooed on chest and arms , dressed in grey uniform jacket , grey tab on collar , grey trousers , civilian peak cap . He also is a Prussian soldier , and cannot speak English . The third is Auguste Helker ( 29 ) , sft . 5in . , stout build , fresh complexion , fair hair , grey eyes , tattooed on right arm , dressed in German naval uniform . He is a seaman , and speaks English well . Scotland Yard received information on Monday night that seven other German prisoners are at large , one having got away from Flowerden , near Winchester , and six from Glendevon , Scotland . THE ZEEBRUGGE FIGHT . GERMAN GUNS TURNED AGAINST THI ENEMY in Some vivid impressions of the Zeebrugge fight are given by Mr. J. Lewis Williams , R.N.A.S. , who took part in the encounter and escaped uninjured . He was in charge of the smoke apparatus on a motor launch , and patrolled for some hours front of the places attacked , smoke clouding for a number of monitors . The Germans , he says , were taken completely by surprise , and the British forces had got close in shore before the German start shells went up ; in fact , when the enemy woke up to our presence a good bit of damage had already been done . The British gunnery is described as having been remarkable , the first shots in most cases finding their objective . The German firing was not so intense as was expected , but they get the range of the motor - boats several times , nd shells fell in proximity to the craft . One shell exploded near the stern of the boat on which Mr. Williams was serving , and injured the propeller shaft , but the damage was not sufficient to put the launch out of action . The officers and men who landed had a hot reception , but the guns of the monitors and the destroyers killed every German gunner on the mole with the exception of one at the end , and the guns were turned by the landling party against the Germans themselves . The fight on the mole lasted for over two hours . It was largely hand - to - hand , and was of a particularly fiere character . The work of the which blew up the viaduct was described as being particularly daring . It was wonderful that fellows got away in time , for the explosion was simply deafening , and sounded like a peal of thunder , lasting for several minutes . After the TIMES , MAY 4 , 1918 . THE DIFFICULTIES OF FOOD DISTRIBUTION . KEEP THE ALLOTMENTS GROWING . PIGS AND POTATOES . EGGS FOR ALL . WHY YOU SHOULD GROW ALFALFA . The food problem , for which I , ord Rhondda is responsible , is to secure to every man , woman , and child in this country such an amount of food daily as will ensure their health and maintain their efficiency . So writes Professor E. 11. Starl- ing of the Food Survey Board .. Few people have any idea of the magnitude . and complexity of the task which is hereby in- volved . In ordinary times , i.c. , in times before the war , we could speak of an abundance of food in this country . The food was cheap in relation to the average wage and only in cases of extreme poverty was the individual unable to obtain suffi- cient nourishment . The problem in those days was not the provision of food but the prevention of poverty . The question of distribution hardly arose . The ordinary channels of distribution had been slowly evolved in the course of years and it was to the profit , and indeed a condition of the livelihood , of all engaged in the food trades to prevent any local shortage . a not ac- When the Royal Society made a census of the total food available in this country before the war they found that it was constantly about 20 per cent . greater in amount than could be regarded as absolutely necessary to maintain the health and efficiency of every individual . This does not mean that 20 per cent : was necessarily wasted . It is true that certain number of individuals ate more than they required , some of them to the detriment of their health . This would count for more than one quarter the surplus , while the other three - quarters might be regarded as the surplus necessary to ensure case of distri- bution . But since the war , and especially during the last year , this margin has disappeared . If such a surplus is necessary for freedom of distri- bution , we see that a diminution of even 10 per cent . in our total supplies might lead to local want , even though the total might be more than sufficient for our physiological requirements . The first effect of imperfect distribution is that all those who can afford it buy the necessary food at all costs . The consequence would be a great rise of prices and an increased inequality in dis- tribution . The rich would have sufficient to cat or even more than they required , while the poor would have to go without . The diminution of this 20 per cent . margin therefore necessarily involves the State assuming the control of the feeding of the nation . It is the office of the Food Controller , in the first place , to see that there is sufficient food to go fround , and secondly , to ensure that it is distributed equally at a reasonable price to all classes of the community . TUB 1/3 A Friend in Need PARA - QUIT KILLS PARASITES PQ9I the that the Government desired to discourage production of pigs , the pig population of Great Britain has , during the last eighteen months , shrunk considerably . and the cottage styes par- ticularly are largely empty to - day . An organised effort must be made in every county without delay to fill the styes of this coun- try . This can , best , be done by the formation in every village of pig clubs on co - operative lines , which will aim , not merely at insuring their members ' pigs against loss by accident or disease , but also at furnishing pigs and such concentrated food as is available ( after its purchase in bulk ) to the poorer pig owners . Cereal food , such sharps and barley - meal , are , no doubt , desirable , but they can be largely replaced by potatoes , peas , beans , parsnips , clover , and also barley specially grown on farms or allotments or in the garden for the purpose . Palm - nut kernel and coco - nut meal will also replace part of the barley - meal commonly used . as " The cottage pig owner has no longer any fear that the Food Controller will the commandeer whole contents of his pig - styes , for Lord Rhondda has given the definite assurance that the first pig , at any rate , shall be available to the cottager and his family for their own food requirements . " Until the produce of the garden or allotment is available in the late summer and autumn to the cottager for feeding his pigs , public - spirited far- mers and landowners would do good public ser- vice by allowing the pigs of their poorer neigh- bours to graze on a part of their pasture land . " Moreover , owners of woodlands that are suffi- ciently fenced would do well to admit pigs to them in the autumn for the conversion into ment of the acorns , beech - mast , and chestnuts , which may otherwise be wasted . " If there is , as indeed there is , a danger of our losing the war through lack of sufficient food , no one who is able to promote an increase of potatoes and pigs in his own neighbourhood and fails to do so will hereafter be justified in saying that he has done his bit ' during the war . " Let us see what the problem of distribution in- . volves . How are we to apportion to each man ac- cording to his needs ? The problem cannot be solved by apportioning to each individual through- out the country the same amount of food . HUNGER BEHIND HINDENBURG . We might as well say that they must all wear the The German Food Controller , General Shortage , same sized boots . Hardly two individuals are , as Lord Rhondda calls him , must be first cousin alike : we can to our old friend Mr. D. S. Windle . legislate for the average individual While the one hoaxed a bank the other banks on a hoax . How sex . but how are we to control the amount of food taken by the individual man , woman and child ? even the Germans can stand him much The human animal requires a certain amount of longer is somewhat of a mystery . For this wily Boche still feeds his people on promises and sub- food which varies according to his size , to his age and to his stitutes , of which there are hundreds now in exis- If he is exposed to cold , the tence . Food is coming , he tells them , from here , amount of food he needs is increased . If . he does physical work he again requires more food in from there , from everywhere ; but it never arrives . proportion to the He has them rationed down to their salt amount of work he performs . and The amount necessary for work is not in itself mustard , and is now cutting a slice off the tur - s the same for all individuals . We are accustomed nip portion . We waste him , no sympathy on though he is nearing the end of his tether . to say that so much food will give so much work , He but some men are more economical in their use looks forward to the merrie month of May with horrors of food - I mean economical by nature rather than Potatoes gone , meat gone , fat gone ; no by will . In thinking of the food requirements of fish , no eggs , no real flour ; only turnips , and those running very low . No wonder Lord Rhondda man it is helpful to compare them to motor cars . calls the Gertuan Food Controller General Short- A motor car standing still with the motor running will correspond to the condition of a man in bed . age , and declares that he is really the force be- Under these conditions a Ford car hind Hindenburg and Ludendorff , egging them on . will use less Victory is now in Germany If both cars the synonym of bread . run to Brighton at 20 miles an hour , the larger car will use still more petrol , although it does the same amount of effective work as the smaller Lady Constant , a In the same way a big man requires more petrol than a 6 h.p. Rolls Royce . car . more food to do a EGGS FOR ALL . white Leghorn pullet , has laid 332 eggs in a year at Bendigo ( Victoria ) , establish- ing a world's record . smaller man do That is surely something worth cackling about , and her " ladyship " by liv- ing up to her name in this generous manner has shown what a humble hen can do to help the food supply , Advance Australia ! Oh , that all our Leghorns , Orpingtons , Wyandottes , and their white , black , red , buff , speckled and spangled sisters were Lady Constants ! British eggs for British breakfasts , eggs for all in abundance ; no imports ; no foreign yolks ! The British hen , were she a Lady Constant , would be a public benefac- tor , and at the present time a few battalions of them would go far towards defeating the U - boats . The question " Do your poultry pay ? " so often asked nowadays would give place to " How much do your poultry pay ? " Lady Constant's record should encourage every poultry keeper to scrap haphazard methods which are largely to blame for empty or half - empty nests . Utility must be the watchword of the poultry keeper . Only by careful selection of his breeding stocks , a check on the egg output of each individual hen , by trap - nesting , and the mating of only the most prolific layers can he hope to rear birds of the Lady Constant type . food to keep him alive and certain amount of work than ing the same amount of work . The big man probably has the advantage that he can perform greater feats of strength than a small man but these feats play a very small part in the ordinary working day . The average woman is smaller than the average man , so that 100 women doing a cer- tain kind of work will require less food than 100 men doing the same amount of work . Moreover , a woman is a somewhat more economical machine and her resting expenditure or consumption of food is rather less than that of a man of the same weight . Children being smaller require less food , but we find that , in conséquence of the fact that they are growing , they require , in proportion to their size , more than an adult . Thus the girl the amount of food required increases steadily up to 13 , when it is about equal to that of a grown up woman , at which amount it remains . In the boy the amount of food required increases with that of the girl up to 13 and then increases fur- ther to such an extent that a boy of 15 to 18 requires absolutely more food than a grown man . There is the problem for the Food Controller . How is he to adjust his distribution of food , to all these varying needs ? It will be seen at once that any complete scheme of rationing must be inde quate as applied to the individual . If we could ensure men living in groups or in large families , we could their requirements and average allow for local adjustment within the group according to the varying sizes and necessities of the indi- viduals . Perhaps in some future socialistic age this may be possible , but under present conditions no scheme of complete rationing , that is , one in which all foods are rationed , entirely can give satisfactory results , no matter how complex we make it . a KEEP THE ALLOTMENTS GROWING ! Once again the cry has arisen in France " come over and help us , " and once again ther ready response from England .. Politicians may squabble and wrangle and waste time , but the men of the country are just waiting for their marching orders . Amongst those who will now be joining the colours afe many thousands of men who have been doing their bit in a humble but most im- portant way - the allotment workers . Food is sec ond in importance only to the fighting force - if indeed it is even second ; and every man who has been producing food has been helping to win the war . Now the need of the fighting force is more immediate and vital submarine than any other , and the allotment workers must drop their spades and take up the rifle . our fight the motor launches were engaged in picking up survivors . Throughout , says Mr. Williams , the whole of the men exhibited great courage , and the extremely hazardous nature of the expedition did . not seem to occur to any of them . Mr. Williams who is the son of Mr. J. Lewis Williams , of Harbourne , was formerly engaged as an analytical chemist by the Dunlop Rubber Com- pany . He has been in the R.N.A.S. for two years ENEMY'S RESULTS MUCH LOWER SUBMARINE LOSSES DOUBLED IN PAST SIX WEEKS . Paris , April 29.-M. Maurice Barres , writing in the " Echo de Paris " on the subject of the sub- marine warfare , says : - " The results obtained by our enemies during the month are much lower than what they have been hithert . What secret have the Allies found ato bring this about ? " There is no secret , but it is due to the collec tive measures and the resources they have been able to co - ordinate which they have learned from too long experience . This is not to say that our adversaries do not possess a redoubtable weapon , but they recognise now that the submarine can- not obtain a decision in the war . " Rome , April 29. - The Zurich correspondent of the " Idea Nazionale " telegraphs that , according to information from a trustworthy German source , the losses of submarines during the past six weeks have been more than double the rate of January and February , and that the number of submarines in active service is being steadily re- duced . In spite of official statements , the opinion pre- vails throughout Germany that the submarine war- fare has been a comparative failure . In this warfare Austria has been able to give practically no assistance . MILLIONAIRE'S SUICIDE . INTERNED GERMAN'S DREAD OF REPATRIATION . At Douglas Detention Camp , Isle of Man , on Monday , an inquest was held on the body of Frederich Charles Brandauer , 56 , the millionaire steel pen manufacturer . He , had been interned since January , 1917 , and recently received a notice that he was to be repatriated . He had lived in England for 30 years and had been naturalised , but he had let his naturalisation lapse by returning for a period to Germany . He was much de- pressed by the prospect of leaving the Isle of Man , and frequently declared that he would rather die than return to Germany . On Sunday morning his valet found him unconscious , and he died a few hours later . A glass containing traces of veronal was found near his , bed . In a letter addressed to the camp commandant , Brandaur said the agonies of the death struggle would be nothing to what he would have to go through if he submitted to the repatriation order . He directed that his body should be cremated , and charged the clergy- man officiating at his funeral to confine himself to the Lord's Prayer . His Before internment he lived at Maidenhead .. sister is the wife of the German General von Schorer . POTATOES FOR FEEDING PIGS . The Food Controller announces that he will grant licenses freely for the movement of chats . or seed - size potatoes into South Wales and the south - west counties of England from the castern counties of England , for the purpose of feeding pigs or other stock . Applications for licenses should be made to the Directon of Vegetable Sup- plies , 100 , Cromwell Road , London , S.W.7 . words to me . " The Kaiser did not approve , and does not yet approve , of the tremendous offensive which Hindenburg and Ludendorff and the Crown Prince are conducting on the Western front . This effort was forced upon him by them aud by the military party . They promised him that , although . it would cost an enormous sacrifice in human life , it would have a determining effect on the war - in fact , that it would end it , and that it would mean the crushing of the British and French armies in a brief time by the huge Hin- denburg masses . " " Now , " added my informant , " it is known that the Germans aimed at three objectives . The first was the capture of Amiens , which , if it did not enable them to march upon Paris , would at least have put them within easy bombarding dis- tance , probably of twenty - five miles , of the capi- tal . The attainment of this second objective was , in the eyes of Hindenburg , the last card he would play . Paris destroyed , in his opinion ; would mean the end of the war . The third aim was the break . ing of the connection between the British and French armies and the attainment of the sea coast , probably at Calais . It was promised to the Kaiser that this would be achieved before May 1 . Now the people sisted of Germany apparently realise- of this there is not the slightest doubt - that , des- pite fearful losses , this plan is very far from suc- ceeding , and , indeed , may prove an utter failure . Public opinion in Germany is therefore getting nearer and nearer to what has been the mental attitude of the Kaiser . If the offensive has not vielded a definite result before May 15 the Kaiser will be stronger than ever with the people , while Hindenburg , Ludendorff , and the Crown Prince and their party will be blamed . " " What , then , will be the next change in the direction of affairs ? " I asked . " It will be the return of Von Bulow to power and the launching KECAUGHT AFTER FIGHT . Coming upon three escaped German prisoners in . the village of Burghfield , Berks , Police Constable Jordan seized one of the men by the throat . A fight ensued , in which the other two Germans joined , and Jordan was knocked down , the prisoners making their escape . On Saturday Jordan , as- by special constables , recaptured the Ger- mans , who were found hiding , in a spinney . Jordan was formerly in the Life Guards , and had been wounded in the head . GAVE TWO PINTS OF BLOOD . Describing how he gave a quart of blood for the sake of a comrade , Seaman R. Anderson , of the Naval Division , from Long Eaton , Notts , says in a letter to his parents : Major Walker called for volunteers . Yours truly answered Of course . ' I'm a bit weak now in bed , but the doctor assures But the work on the allotments must still go on , for we cannot afford to lose an acre of our home - grown food . And there is no reason why we should - while there are still hundreds of thousands of young able - bodied girls and women in England . The response of the in England has been magnificent , but there is still more for them to do . We have our Nurses , our V.A.D.s. , our Munition Makers , our W.A.A.C.s , our Wrens , our Penguins our Laud Army . Now we must have our , Allotment Army . women But how shall we get them , when practically every able - bodied woman is already doing war- work ? They must be recruited from the War - workers themselves - the thousands of girls in Government offices , and from the shops , the banks , and count- ing houses . The women who are already working 12 hours a day at out - door occupations or in hos- pitals and munition works cannot be asked to do market gardening ; but the girls who work 8 hours or less in an office can and should spend an hour or so each day , and a half - day a week on the allotments which the men have had to leave . It will not be very hard work - not nearly so strenuous as a game of tennis or hockey - for most of the digging has been done for this season , and the chief work will be planting and weeding . Already mapy business girls have their little allotments , and they all agree that there is no more soothing , medicine for jarred nerves than the quiet work of tending plants . There is always a healing grace to be found by contact with the good brown earth , and a healthy joy in making some green thing grow . The girls who spend their spare hours working in gardens have a healthy bloom on their cheeks which no rouge pot can lend , and in their eyes a bright clearness which never comes from watching moving pictures . It is good for their figures , too , for the gardening brings their muscles into play , and the knowledge that they are helping to save England gives them a right to hold their heads high . No girl need hang back from this new War work because she knows nothing of gardening . If she has willing hands , a stout heart , and an eye on Victory , she can render valuable help with spade , hoe , or rake . With the abundance of ad- vice to be found in weekly gardening papers and cheap gardening manuals any girl with an inter- est in this spare - time occupation and a true ap- preciation of its value can soon learn all about the cultivation of vegetables . Allotments need your aid - don't withhold it , This definite statement was made in a recent interview by Captain Sir Charles Bathurst , M.P. , Chairman of the Sugar Commission and one of the foremost authorities on agriculture . In mak- ing our selection it eminently desirable that we should play for safety , ' and in this connection especially provide against the contingency of a disastrously wet corn harvest . " We must also bear in mind that our ordinary farm stock , cattle and sheep , do not rapidly re- produce themselves , and do not yield any large proportion of fat , especially in the absence of cattle cake and other concentrated foodstuffs , which are now so scarce . And it must be remem- bered that fat is , from an energy point of view ( reckoned in calories ) , far the most valuable of all foods , and has unfortunately during the past few months been the scarcest in this country , result- ing in an undue drain upon the supplies of bread- stuffs . as a " These considerations point to potatoes and pigs as being with the possible exception of milk , the two products of the countryside upon which the activities of all classes of our agricultural popula- tion should be mainly concentrated and their pro- duction pushed forward matter of grave national urgency . " No nation can starve which grows enough potatoes . Chemically and physiologically they are the nearest approach to the whenten loaf , and can , without any risk to human health and efficiency , he incorporated in it to the extent of at least 25 per cent . , or substituted for it in the form of potato cakes . " The amount of food yielded by an acre of potatoes is at least twice that furnished per acre by any corn crop . The necessary plant for con- verting at least 2,000,000 tons of potatoes into bread flour is being provided by the Ministry of Food , and will operate mainly in Lincolnshire , which produces on intensive lines far more pota- toes than any other county . The greater avail- ability of potato meal and potato flour for the loaf will enable some portion of the less digestible by - products of milling , so much wanted for feeding the pigs . to be released from the loaf for this purpose . " As regards pigs , unlike other farm animals , they have families not of one , or an average of One and a quarter once a year , but of from eight to sixteen at least twice during the same period . Moreover , they provide an exceptionally large pro- portion of the fat , which has not only become a very valuable food , especially during the winter , but , owing to the scarcity of butter and margarine , is , and will continue to be , a scarce commodity . " Unfortunately , owing to the exceptionally high cost of all concentrated foods , the extreme and growing scarcity of milling offals , due to the of al new peace offensive , me I have saved the other man's life . He has a large milling extraction for the purpose of the which this time may be acceptable to both sides . " bit of colour in his cheeks now , so I am glad . " loaf , and especially to the unfortunate impression are In every poultry yard in the land there hens that ought to be combed out . It should be a case of the survival of the best egg producers only . Most people ignore the fact that after its second year ( or third season ) no hen lays profit- ably , yet in many poultry yards birds of all ages continue to eat their heads off . A hen's usefulness must be measured by the number of eggs it lays . Every nest must tell its own story ! Lady Con- stant Leghorn leads ; progressive poultry keepers must give her British cousins a chance to follow ! WHY YOU SHOULD GROW ALFALFA . The quickest way , writes Lady Glover , in which food . can be produced , either for the consumption of animals or human beings , should be of the first consideration at present , therefore alfalfa as a feeding stuff is a most important thing to grow in large quantities . It yields three crops in the year , nad is excellent as fodder in the green , as well as in the dried , state . When ground into meal it is invaluable for feeding pigs , rabbits , and poultry indeed , it will fatten pigs for pork if mixed with linseed in the proportion of eight pounds of alfalfa meal to one pound of linseed , and will take the place of bran - millers ' offal . In some parts of the world where the climate is more favourable than our own four crops of this plant can be taken off the laid in a year . It is not surprising that alfalfa ( or lucerne ) is popular , especially with people who do not possess a large acreage . Very good seeds can be procured from Sifttons , the well - known English seed merchants , but the best variety is considered to be the Kan- sas seed , which can now only be obtained from the United States in 12 - pound parcels by post at the cost of 6d . per lb. for postage . There may be , however , a delay to the mails which would cause inconvenience to growers . The seeds be planted in April and May in light soil , and about 15 lb. of seed to the acre . Excellent food for cattle can be made from a mixture of linseed and alfalfa meal . This can be done by the use of a chaff cutter and the alfalfa afterwards passed through a grinding machine and used in place of linseed cake . The great thing can to observe is to do farming on a business system , such as can be done , and is being done , in other countries ; many alterations in old methods must be made . The great beef - growing district in the Argentine owes much of its riches to alfalfa , and Kansas reaps its bountiful harvest of lucerne , which is a never - ending source of wealth . " An GIRL WIFE'S A WEEK . 18 - year - old wife , in applying at Tottenham for a summons against her husband for persistent cruelty , told the Bench that she earned £ 7 a week at a munition factory , adding that she had earned £ 9 a week . The trouble seemed to be that her husband , who , she said , worked at the same fac- tory , was not satisfied with what she gave him of her earnings . The Magistrate : Between you you are earning a lot of money ? -Yes , we are . The summons was granted . STANDARD SUITS TO MEASURE . Standard suits to measure from retail tailors are included in the scheme of Sir Charles Sykes , Director of Wool Textile Department . They will be made of strong serge , black or blue , at £ 4 128 . 6d . for a jacket suit . The materials will be ready about six weeks hence . There will be two grades . of ready - made standard suits - tweed ( grey or brown ) at 57s . 6d . , serge ( black . or blue ) at £ 4 . MAKING USE OF THE WASTE . Local authorities and housewives are urged by the Director - General of National Salvage to help in the work of utilising all waste materials in the interests of national economy . Among the materials scheduled as valuable to the nation are : Bones , condemned meat , fish and vegetable refuse , old tins , scrap metal , rags , waste paper , broken glass , and slaughterhouse waste . Housewives , it is pointed out , can give great help by keeping bones , fats and vegetable refuse separate from waste paper , rags and metals , and keeping all clean from ashes . Further details can be had from the Director- General , Caxton House , Tothill - street , S.W. REGISTRATION OF POTATO TRADERS . Potato traders in England and Wales who desire to sell potatoes by wholesale after May 31 should apply for the renewal of their certificates of regis- tration , not to the Ministry of Food , but to the National Federation of Fruit and Potato Trades Associations , Tavistock Hotel , Covent Garden , Lon- don , W.C.2 ; or to the Manchester offices of the Federation , 306 , Corn Exchange , Manchester ; or else to associations affiliated to the federation . Members of the Co - operative Wholesale Society should address their applications to the headquar- ters of the society . COPPER SULPHATE FOR POTATO SPRAYING . The attention of potato growers is drawn by the Food Production Department to the impor tance of placing orders at once for copper sulphate . for spraying potato crops . There is evidence of a large demand , and the supply of copper sulphate available is limited . The maximum price fixed for sales of not less than one ton for delivery from May to August by makers , free on rail , is £ 52 per ton . € FRANCE'S BIGGEST MERCHANT SHIP . Dunkirk , April 27th . - A cargo vessel , 450 feet in length , with total displacement of 19,000 tons and a carrying capacity of 12,500 tons , has just been launched here successfully . She is the big- gest vessel in the French merchant service . The Germans , aware of the fact that the ship was in process of construction , had endeavoured in by every way in vain to stop the work , notably nicans of bombardment by long - range gun and by air raids . CURED BY SHOCK . A remarkable story is told of a sudden recovery from what was regarded as permanent infirmity . Mr. Levy , of Ely - terrace , Stepney , after serving in the Army , contracted such acute rheumatism that for the past three years he has with difficulty dragged himself along on crutches . On Tuesday he had a vision of his daughter , who died when he was in the Army , and on jumping up from his seat he , it is stated , suddenly found his strength restored and he was able to walk nor- mally . FARMERS ' UNION . LARGE MEETING AT BROMYARD . A mass meeting of members of the Bromyard branch of the Farmers ' Union was held in Kirk- ham Hall on Thursday . Mr. W. F. Long occupied the chair , and the chief speaker was Mr. E. M. Nunneley , of Northamptonshire , the President of the Farmers ' Union . He spoke on the question of live and dead rates for stock , and said what the Executive had done by interviewing the Government in London on the subject . He spoke strongly on the question of security of tenure and contended that a farmer should be fully compen- sated when turned out - for disturbance . They at present were going to abide by the new income tax , but they were . by no means the profiteers some people imagined they were . All they asked . for was fair play and no favour , and the only way they could make themselves heard was by unit- ing and sending ' persons to Parliament who would really represent them . Mr. Langford , of Hereford , also spoke on the advantages of joining the Union and corroborated the opinions of Mr. Nunneley . At the close a vote of thanks on the motion of Mr. Godsall , seconded by Mr. G. Firkins , was passed to Mr. Nunneley . In reply Mr. Nunneley said they had now about 50,000 members , but he hoped by the end of his term of office they would have at least 100,000 or 150,000 . = 1 s . 8d . A WEEK MORE FOR THE SOLDIER'S CHILD . WIDOWS ALSO TO RECEIVE HIGHER PENSIONS . sol- Substantial increases in the allowances to diers ' children are sanctioned by a new Royal Warrant which comes into operation on May Ist . Concessions are also granted to widows and parents . The new children's allowances in comparison with the present are as follows : - 1st child . 2nd . Present scale New scale s . d . 50 68 s . d . 4 2 5 Others . s . d . 3 4 4 2 In the present scale the allowance for a fourth and other children is fixed at 2s . 6d . each . Pensions to motherless children are raised from 75. a week to 106. , and where two or more are maintained by the same person from 6s . each to gs . 2d . For illegitimate children the rate is in- creased from 5s . to 6s . 8d . With respect to widows alternative pensions will be mlculated on the basis of two - thirds , instead of one half , of the alternative pension that might have been payable to the husband had he survived and remained capable of earning . parents a The Warrant embodies a concession . to which was granted some time ago . Formerly , pension was awarded to parents only if there had been pre - war dependence , or if the son had been a scholar or apprentice ; but now parents may re- ceive a pension if they are incapable of self - support from age or .nfirmity and are in pecuniary need . PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH . WEST MIDLAND DISTRICT SYNOD . " Through the problems created by the shortage of food and railway travel the meeting place of the Synod was changed from Leominster to Black- heath which is central for all the Birmingham area . The Rev. J. Bissell was appointed Chairman and Mr. W. J. Short , Vice - Chairman . The Rev. W. C. Ball acted as Secretary . An increase of 131 was reported in the membership of the District and 220 increase in the number of Sunday School scholars . The following Circuits are recommended for trans- fer to the Shrewsbury District : Ludlow , Leomin- ster , Craven Arms , Church Stretton , Presteign , Weobley , Hay and Leintwardine . The reports on the whole were full of cheer and confidence . Pub- lic questions - Temperance , Peace ; and the Man Power Bill , -were discussed . Strong resolutions on behalf of prohibition and a call to consider peace by negotiation were passed . The next Synod is to be held at Bristol Hall , Birmingham . The General Committee Delegate will be the Rev. T. A. Kelley , formerly of Leo- minster and now of Bishop's Castle . The follow- ing were elected as delegates to Conference Revs . A H. Kynaston and G. Forstner , Messrs . C. L. Lowe , W. Jones , W. J. Short , R. Bayley and C. M. Honor . The Rev. A. H. Kynaston , of Ludlow , had charge of the business and won golden opinions by the expeditious manner in which he got through the programme . EASTERN CAMPAIGN . HEAVY BLOWS AT THE TURKS . OVER 2,000 PRISONERS TAKEN . War Office , Wednesday . - In the early morning of Tuesday our force east of the Jordan advanced to the attack of the enemy holding the foothills south of Es Salt . Our mounted troops , moving north along the east bank of the river and turn- ing eastward , were within two miles of Es Salt by nightfall . Up till 12 noon 260 prisoners had been taken . Information received from the Arab forces op- erating in the Maan area shows that 550 prisoners were taken in the course of the recent attacks on the Hedjaz railway in the vicinity of that station . West of the Jordan our line was advanced to a maximum depth of a mile in the vicinity of Mexrah , the village itself and the high ground to the west of it being occupied after slight enemy resistance . FURTHER PROGRESS BY GENERAI , MARSHALL'S FORCES . War Office , Wednesday . - On April 30 our pursu- ing troops had advanced as far as the Tauq River . Twelve more field guns were captured on the 29th , and the number of prisoners which have been taken now amounts to a total of 1,800 . UNPILOTED AEROPLANE . LONG FLIGHT OF MACHINE AFTER AIRMAN WAS KILLED . " It is not exceptional for aeroplanes to continue flying when their pilots have been killed , " said an officer of the Royal Air Force on Monday to " Evening Standard " representative . " There have been cases of machines continuing until their petrol has been exhausted . We have captured Ger- man machin.s with their pilots dead . " an In a recent case just brought to notice , the offi- cer explaine : 1 , a Bristol fighter ( two - seater , with guns fore and aft ) , started at 1.30 p.m. in good flying weather . At 3,500 feet the two airmen , running at 80 miles an hour , attacked a German Albatros . Three other machines , two of them German , joined in the action , " The Bristol machine hung on to its quarry , and eventually got it well under the nose , the German crashing down . Immediately our machine mode a sweep south . " It had lost height in maioeuvring , and was rocking badly as if out of control ; but it kept steadily on until it was lost to view . " A little before 4 o'clock the machine fell to earth nearly 20 miles west of Arras . Both its occu- pants were found to be dead from bullet wounds , which had struck them in the back . The petrol tank was found to be empty . " There is no doubt that the two men were shot immediately the German Albatross , fell . The Bris- tol machine , which is the best and most perfectly controlled fighting machine known , of its own volition swept on a fairly even keel to a distance possibly ten miles from where the battle took place . " Then , from some reason that will never be known , the controls were shifted and a circle was made . As the total distance covered must have been under 160 miles , the machine seems to have lost speed and height gradually - possibly due to some minor but not vital injury to the engine . For over two hours the two dead men were in the air before the final crash to earth , " 3 FARMERS AND INCOME TAX . In commenting on the increased assessment of farmers to income tax under the new Budget , the Agricultural Gazette points out that although prices are fixed the ex- penses of production continue to increase , and rents , tre going up . Most farmers now have no option but to keep strict accounts and claim to be assessed under Schedule D in the future . It will be no great hardship to be obliged to keep books , it points out , and the result may be well worth the time to the farmer himself . Objection is taken to the evidence of continued vacillation in the Govern- ment policy towards agriculture , and to the tendency still to truckle to the uninformed cry of politicians , simply be- cause they have the weight of numbers behind them , while the agricultural vote is not worth considering . Do the Government really expect the farmers to grow more potatoes when they can see no prospect of obtain- ing , the labour necessary to cultivate or harvest them and very little possibility of profit should the season be at all unfavourable ? Do they expect the maximum of pigs to be bred or milk to be produced , as a patriotic duty by men who feel themselves suffering under an injustice ? LUBLOW . THE LATE LIEUT . - COLONEL CLIVE . On Wednesday at mid - day muffled peals were rung on the bells of St. Lawrence's Parish Church in memory of the late Lieut . - Colonel the Hon . G. H. W. Windsor Clive , whose funeral took place at Woking that day . EYE . Pte . S. Beech , on wishes to thank all kind friends of Eye for the Christmas parcel which he received on March 31st and which was much appreciated . active service in Palestine , Parish USICAL TUITION . - Candidates prepared for the Mpublic examinations in Music ; 250 Certificates gained by former pupils . - Mr . J. SIMPSON , A.R.C.O. , Organist of Bodenham Church . Address , 5b , Church Street , Leominster ; or The Homes , Bodenham . W WANTED . Berrington , Tenbury . live in . - HERRING , TANTED , a PERSON to share a country cottage and expenses with advertiser , near Kington.- Apply , " W , c / o Times Office , Kington . HELP , kept , one accustomed to poultry preferred.- ROBERTS , Overbury , Aylstone Hill , Hereford . Fred . W WANTED , YOUNG LADY ASSISTANT ; also ASSISTANTS to the Dressmaking . -Apply , BON MARCHE DRAPERY CO . , Kington . YANTED , OLD ARTIFICIAL TEETH , any con- dition , for cash.-E. MORGAN , Jeweller , Drapers Lane , Leominster . WA WANTED , strong BOY , as Apprentice to the Ironmongery . - Apply , TAYLOR AND WARD , High Street , Leominster . or WANTED , for cash , any kind of SECOND- PURNITURE , ancient modern , good price given . -Apply , F. M. FAULKNER , Waterloo House , Broad Street , Leo- minster . TANTED a few SECONDHAND CYCLES , W cheap for cash.apply , COLSTON DAVIES , 18 , South Street , Leominster . W WANTED , WITHY and ALDER , or any other kinds of PIT WOOD ; also LARCH . State quantity and price to " F. W , " c / o News Office , Leo- minster . W ster . ANTED , small COTTAGE , in or near Leomin- ster . Apply , " S.H , " c / o News Office , Leomin- CIRCULAR SAWYER , to take of rack and push benches , constant employment , liberal wages . - A . W. GILLUM , Osborne Farm , Leomin- ster . WANTED , STRONG BOY , just left school . GEORGE HINTON , Confectioner , Leominster . WANTED : FEMALE to share 2 rooms , first or second week in May . - Apply , " F.E , " c / o News Office , Leominster . W 7ANTED , UNFURNISHED ROOMS , without at- tendance , state terms . - Apply , " S. T. " c / o News Office , Leominster . ANTED , LODGINGS for a schoolgirl , in or Wear Leominster - Apply , " P.H , " c / o News Office , Leominster . TOUSEMAID Wanted . Apply by letter to SMITH , Monkton Court , Withington , Hereford . WA ANTED , end of May , Experienced GENERAL , for Midlands , 2 in family , good wages . - Apply , " M.M , " c / o News Office , Leominster . B ° OY , strong ( respectable ) , 15 , Wanted for work on small farm , live in , good home , -Apply , JAY , Ashwood Park , Ashton , Leominster . WA minster . W ANTED , young Girl , about 15 , farmhouse . Apply , Mrs. ROCERS , The Lea , Kimbolton , Leo- 7ANTED , a young GENERAL SERVANT . Mrs. FARR , Bryn Glas , Bargates , Leominster . quired for 4 children , country , nursery maid kept . Apply , Mrs. RUSSELL , Westonbury , Pembridge , Here- fordshire . ANTED , GIRL about 14 , for farmhouse . - Apply , W NICHOLLS , Black Hall , Kingsland , R.S.O. ANTED , occasional EMPLOYMENT , by woman , WANTED , cop.m .; also Employment for lad , after school hours . - Apply , " K. F , " c / o News Office , Leominster . farmhouse .-- Apply , PHILLIPS , Lower Burton , Eardisland . MARRIED COUPLE for Post Office , man to do estate work and act as carter , good references required . - Apply , MAJOR CHAMBERS , Hatfield , Leominster . ADY requires Furnished ROOM or COTTAGE , no attendance , moderate . - Apply , MAY , 46 , Lynwood Road , Redhill , Surrey . L WANTED . Lady's Secondhand BICYCLE , in good condition . - Apply , " A.B.C , " c / o News Office , Leominster . P IANO and BEDROOM & DINING ROOM FURNI TURE Wanted , good price for right goods , private buyer ; send particulars to PRITCHARD , 18 , Clyford : Crescent , Newport , Mon. W WANTED , GENERAL , experienced . - Apply , Mrs. BROOK , The Lindens , Perseverance Road , Leo- minster . COMING COLLAPSE OF GERMANY . WA FORMER RUHLEBEN PRISONER SAYS THE ANTED , Strong BOY , able to plough , and one 15 for odd work . - Apply . SMITH , Bidney . YAPABLE HELP Wanted , 3 in family , good salary , FOR SALE . DAY IS NOT FAR DISTANT . " Germany is desperate , " declared Mr. L .. Pyke , MOORE , Shucknall Court , Hereford . speaking in London on Wednesday on his Ruhle- ben experiences . the " When I last saw Berlin . population was starving . Everything had been sac- rificed for the army . Twenty - seven articles of food were supposed to be rationed , but the Ger- man housewife , although in possession of her cards , could seldom get supplies . Sewing cotton was sold at 3d . per needleful , and coal , such as could be obtained , was £ 30 per ton . The wounded soldiers had their injuries covered with paper bandages . " I am convinced that in the end - and I believe the day is not far distant - the internal position in Germany will collapse like a house of cards . The war broke out suddenly , the war will end sud- denly , and we shall be able to dictate our terms of peace . " BUTCHER FINED £ 150 . Dinah Wade , butcher , Bethnal Green , was summoned at Old - street Police Court on Monday for selling meat above the maximum price , for selling to a customer not registered with her , and for selling meat without de- taching a coupon . Fines of £ 50 and two guineas costs were imposed on each summons , making £ 156 68. in all . CHILD'S MEAT CARD . If Food Control Committees require proof of age be- fore exchanging a child's meat card for an adult's card , or for the arranging of the extra allowance for a grow- ing boy , a certificate of birth can be obtained for 6d . but the applicant must have a certificate from the Food Control Committee that the certificate of birth is re- quired .. HERRINGS FOR MANURE . F OR Sale , Three Tons of SEED POTATOES . £ 6 10s . per ton . - Apply , JONES , Lower Field House , Collington , Bromyard . F OR Sale , BROWN LEGHORN EGGS , 6 / - per doz . Apply , E. W. ROGERS , Waterloo , Sunset , Kington . SEED POTATOES , for Sale , 2 tons of " King Edward " and " Arran Chief . " - Apply , STANT , Docklow , Leominster . W ALLPAPERS ! ANY QUANTITY , large or small , supplied at WHOLESALE PRICES . Largest stock in Great Britain . Write for patterns stat- ing class reuired .- ( DEPT . 279 ) , BARNETT WALLPAPER Co. , LTD . , Manchester . F OR Sale , quantity of good SEED POTATOES ( " Up - to - Dates " ) .- MORRIS , Yatton , Kingsland . DUCKLINGS for Sale , 1/6 each ( including loan of hen ) . Apply , DIGGORY , Stoke Prior , Leominster . OR Sale , a few good clean Cake , Rice and Sugar MANGOLDS for Sale . -Apply , W. C. BOULTON , Cholatrey , Leominster . OR Sale , DONKEY & CART . - Apply . T. SQUIRES , Fabet Bank , Bircher . day thate 216,000 made at the Hald Tribunal on one FOR Sale : Two GALVANIZED TANKS ; also large worth of fish been turned into manure during the past fortnight . A member of a firm of Hull fish curers said there were about 6,000 boxes of herrings worth from £ 3 a box . They were all right when they arrived on the Monday , but owing to the scarcity of curers there was nobody to deal with them until four days later , and by that time they had gone bad and were sent to the manure works . to DEATHS ON ALLOTMENTS . Two deaths have occurred , due , it is thought , over - exertion allotment digging . Lieut . Colonel Casimer A. Bourne , aged 63. retired , after putting in a day's work on his allotment was found lying dead on his plot . His death is attri buted to heart failure . Mr. Andrew Webb , 52 , a Bath chorister , collapsed and expired whilst in the act of digging . His plot was two miles from his home , and he had to climb a steep hill to reach it . SOLDIER'S THREE MARRIAGES . " Perhaps the police will be able to trace some more wives , " said the magistrate at Old - Street on Saturday in remanding Pte . Charles E. Elmes , A.S.C. , on a bigamy charge . It was stated that Elmes had been married three times , but he said he had not seen his first wife for years when he married the second . quantity of PIPING and OLD IRON . - Apply , MISSES COLWELL , West Street , Leominster . FOR Sale , about 10 to 12 tons of sound MANGELS , R at Showers , Kingsland . - Apply , MORGAN , Showers , TO LET . ESIDENCE to Let , unfurnished , by year or longer- to suitable tenant , 6 bedrooms , 3 sitting rooms , bath room , stabling for 2 horses , garden , pig styes , coach - houses , excellent water supply by gravitation , 4½ acres excellent meadow and small orchard , cottage ; near post office and telegraph , 2½ miles from Fencote Station . Apply , MAJOR CHAMBERS , Hatfield Court , Leominster . NENBURY , Teme Street , To Let , good HOUSE attached to business premises , separate entrance . hall , 5 bedrooms Apply , WEBB - PRITCHARD & Co. , 15 , High Street , Cardiff . NENBURY , SHOP and good HOUSE To Let , very best position , Teme Street , reasonable reduction of rental for duration of war ; a position seldom available , last tenants 30 years - Apply , WEBB - PRITCHARD & Co. , 15 , High Street , Cardiff . |