The Kington Times - May 1918
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Kington Times 18th May 1918 - Page 3
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| Date | 18/05/1918 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Kington Times |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 18th May 1918 |
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Under the auspices of the Ministry of National Service an open air meeting was held in the Corn Square , Leominster , on Friday last . Prior to the meeting the town was paraded by the Boy Scouts and the van in which the pictures were shown . The sides , back and front of the vehicle were em- bellished with arrestive and striking mottoes such as Fight on , Work on ; for King and Country , etc. By 8 o'clock a huge crowd - one of the largest seen for many years - had gathered to hear what our soldiers and sailors are doing . His Worship the Mayor of Leominster presided . He said he was present on behalf of and at the request of the Ministry of National Service to introduce Lieutenant Tiedman who had been to the front and would tell them of some of the atrocities which had been perpetrated on the people of Belgium and France . He desired to say one or two words , before so doing he would read them an extract from a letter received from the husband of a member of his family who is at the front . The writer said : " the sadness of it all comes home to one when vou see the people , for the most part the old and children of the poorer classes , evacuating the villages and leaving their homes and household goods to the mercy of any- one who comes along . Thank goodness our own country does not suffer in this way and we can go on without any anxiety as to the safety of our dear ones at home . It is a great help to us out here and leaves us free to face our troubles . " Continuing , Councillor Dowding said that is a instance of what we have escaped and what , had it not been for our boys , we might have had to face . Did it not appeal to them to do their very best to keep back the hordes who were respon- sible for such things He would say no more , but would call on Lieut . Tiedman to address the meet The Lieutenant is by trade a turner and a member of the Society of Amalgamated Engineers . He went through the South African War , winning the King's and Queen's medals . In a private and in 1914 he joined up as August September of the same year left for France . rose to the rank of Regimental Sergt . - Major , be- ing finally recommended for a commission on the Through the effects of gas poisoning he field . was invalided out of the service in 1916 and since that date has been employed as an examiner in the Aeronautical Inspection Department . ing . fitter and He was was of WITNESS'S EVIDENCE . AN EYE great audience Lieut . Teidman Addressing the said he was reminded by the letter of the Mayor of the time when they were retreating from Mons and the roads were filled with refugees of all kinds . Those were sights never to be forgotten . He was convinced that I , cominster was a loyal town , but they had enemies to face even in Eng- land who were not less dangerous than the Ger- there can beat them - but mans abroad - we another enemy they had to beat at home ; it the people who go about preaching the gospel were saying that the pacificism . These people soldier was fed up with the war - he is fed up with , it so much so that he is prepared to put He is an end to the husiness once and for all . prepared to continue until that end is accomplished . As a worker himself he had fought on their be- half and would do so again , but he could not ad- use that vocate strikes at the present time , to traitorous to the country's weapon interests . If the strikers had been to France and seen what he had seen they would not cease work . The cry of pacificism did not come from the older men , but it was from the younger men they heard that gospel . There is no such thing now was as a conscientious objector . We had a cure for the man so called , I , et a rifle be put in their hands and then sent over the top and we should see how would remain conscientious objectors . long they There were many who because they were rationed thought they were hard hit . He went to Castres town . after the Royal Warwicks had taken the It was his duty to search every house . The first place examined was an estaminet . He went upstairs room were two girls absolutely naked ard in a These unfortunate women fastened to a wardrobe . The des had been violated by German officers . truction of life and property was bad enough , bht In another there was something worse than that . house he saw a young child with one arm band- Upstairs there was a aged by a British soldier . When he got and when woman in a faint and screaming . the her round she said : Allemande came he had drunken all he wanted he violated A German child who cried Mammy ! Mammy ! officer canic up and hearing the child crying cut off its arm . At Louvain , the same kind of thing happened . There were some atrocities unmention- able . They found a girl who in front of her hus- band had been violated by six German oficers . After they had done this they cut off the husband's head . There was a certain amount of discontent in the country , but let them remember what others . had suffered and what Tommy was going through to - day . The soldier and sailor could not win this war by themselves . They needed everybody's help . Let them tell the conscientious objector that He could understand skin preserver . was only he a man from religious principles refusing to do certain forms of war work , but the man who had only just discovered that he had any convictions he could not understand . And he could not under- stand the young fellows in munition factories who were earning , or rather getting big wages , making such a fuss . He was proud to see the Boy Scouts present . They were as fine a troup as he had seen . anywhere . The pity of it was that that spirit had not been cultivated before . If it had we should not have been caught napping . Before leaving the platform he wanted to ask what they were doing to help on the war . The older men need not trouble about going into the Army . They did not want them in the ranks . We want the younger men and we mean to have them no matter what they say . There was going to be a comb out and the first place was in the Army itself . Sir Auck- land Geddes that . The going to see to dressed up dolls in khaki would have to take their place in the firing line ; they would have to leave their cushy jobs and relieve some of those who had done their share . He would appeal to the older men to join the V.T.C. and learn how to use a rifle and bayonet . In regard to the ladies , they had done well , but it was up to them to do They could help to see we had food , let more . was them join the land army or if they were not strong enough the Red Cross . He would make a final appeal , let them unite to drive out of France and Belgium the greatest tyrant on the face of God's carth . ALDERMAN GOSLING'S STIRRING ADDRESS . Alderman Gosling next addressed the meeting .. Ile said he thought his time of public speaking was done three years ago , but he had been asked by Major Macdonald to move a vote of thanks . a He esteemed it a great honour to be asked to do so . We ought to thank everyone of our soldiers and those of our Allies . Since the battle of Amiens they had heard what the French soldiers had done - three battalions had held out against an overwhelming number of Germans . It was in- teresting to know how people changed their views . Before the war the labourer was regarded as loafer , but he is a hero in khaki . He did not think we appreciated what our men were doing . If our town was subject like others to the German bombs we probably should appreciate the soldiers and sailors more . In the recent onrush of one million Germans they had read how the fair fields were laid waste and villages destroyed , while the people were turned homeless on to the roads . They should always remember that theirs cushy job compared with the soldiers . was a Was He was fed up with the people who were always criticis- ing . He had seen recently in one paper " Lloyd George must go , " the following day he saw in another God save Lloyd George . " Which right ? He for one believed Lloyd George was not going . Then there were others who asked what is our Navy doing . The feat of heroism at Zec- brugge ought to be a sufficient answer to that . He would advise them not to listen to those who were always talking about a crisis . Let all de their best that would prevent a crisis . He hoped North Herefordshire would not do what South Herefordshire had done . He could understand the contest at Keighley where there was a pro - German candidate , but he could not understand a lot of men going canvassing and wasting time that was badly needed for other things . For such people they needed a kind of annexé to that establishment about miles outside Hereford . Let there be no mistake , we were going to win the war . Germany never had been a colonising nation . Let them look at Alsace Lorraine , the same thing will happen in regard to Belgium and Courland . He wanted to tell Mr. Pessimist that it was the military spirit against which they were fighting . He may be old fashioned , but he would say , trust our soldiers . England had become a military nation in face of the greatest difficulties . He was sorry to say that they were not lessened by some members of the Episcopal Bench and some Ministers - not all of them , because some were as good as ever made . Fancy talking about no reprisals bombs had been dropped in London as some of them had done . He would exhort them to help Some he knew were hard hit , but generally it was these who gave most liber- ally , but there were others who had got money by their money . were after and it was like a surgical operation to get a Remember our soldiers are Denny out of them . If giving their services practically for nothing . they ( the audience ) desired to win the respect of the women of England they must be prepared even to offer their lives ( loud applause ) . COUNCILLOR H. J. SOUTHALL AND AN HISTORICAL , PARALLEL . Mr. Southall said they had heard a speech from a man who had been at the front and who knew a great deal which they could never know . Mr. Southall ) came from a family who in the He one past had had a strong objection to war . For him- self he would return to that objection more than ever when the war was over . But for the time being we felt that our country was in danger and he thought we ought to put our beliefs on side . We were experiencing what our country did 100 years ago when that great statesman William Pitt was subjected to scorn and obloquy , but he stuck to it . At that time Napoleon governed half Europe yet we , fought him to a finish . If we failed in our duty to - day it would take us at least half a century to recover our position , if indeed we ever did ; depend upon it if we lost this war the Sceptre of the world's righteousness would pass into other hands . When he heard Lieut . Tiedman he felt proud that he was an Englishman . trusted that no one would fail to do his or her utmost in this hour of the country's need ( hearty cheers ) . He MR . A. J. HUTSON'S ILLUSTRATED LECTURE . The next feature was an exhibition of realistic war pictures , which proved to be very popular with the audience . Mr. A. J. Hutson added to the interest of the pictures by a series of illuminated remarks . Mr. Hutson is an ex - councillor of the age Borough of Lambeth . He is over military enlist- and has presented nimsen turce . times lor ment and was rejected on medical grounds . l'oi two years he lectured in Brockwell Park on Sun- days and collected 350 for the Daily Express " Comforts Fund . His only son has been knied at the front . The hrst picture showed the German Empero and his chief oicers , who Mr. Hutson remarktu were responsible for the outbreak of war . In turn came pictures of " Foxy " Ferdinand , king of Bulgaria ; then the Sultan of Turkey , who must young be driven out of Europe . One act of the Bul- garians would never be forgotten . They gathered together 00,000 Serbians and drove them into the -mountams where they perished . Next was shown a picture of the Berlin - Bagdad railway . This was of a piece with the German dream world domination . If that dream had been rea lised even our Australian colonics would have been lost . of Thank God the dream had been shattered for the British had entered Bagdad . An interest- ing picture displayed General Allenby reading the King's Proclamation in Jerusalem . He ( Mr. Hut son ) was proud to think some of their Herelord- shire lads were there . A representation of Presi dent Wilson , whom the lecturer called the greatest democrat in the world , evoked loud cheers . He said the American people were now one with us , before the end of the war he expected there would be 3 million Americans in France well provided with aerial and other craft . In turn followed pictures of the Lusitania sunk with 11,000 men , women and children on bourd , and the Tuscania that never THE KINGTON TIMES , MAY 18 , 1918 . with 2,00 American soldiers as passengers , 200 of whom were drowned . Speaking of Sir Auck- land Geddes , the Minister of National Service , he said he was a remarkable man . He received his training in Glasgow . University , leaving his studies to take part in the South African War . Showing the foresight of the Minister he said that when he became professor of anatomy in Macgill Uni- versity , Canada , and he insisted in a clause being inserted in the agreement to the effect should war take place with Germany he should be considered at liberty to join the Army - that was seven years before war actually broke out . His motto was Equality of Sacrifice . He intended- to have the young men and rightly so . Thousands of our best lay under the soil of France and Bel- gium while young men were secure in munition factories getting big which wages they earned . These should be made to take their place in the lines . The last picture of the series was of the Union Jack which of all others was hated by the Kaiser because it was the flag of freedom . Very interesting was a beautifully illustrated poem which had been composed by a well known Here fordshire gentleman . The poem read as follows : - THEY SHALL NOT PASS . In this great hour of final things ,, Scornful and clear our challenge rings They Shall Not Pass . Should long despair give heart of grace To meet us in the old sea ways They Shall Not Pass . Where tempests tear the shuddering land , Firm we have stood and firm we stand , They Shall Not Pass .. Nor theirs the Empire of the skies , No murderers ' triumph that way lies ; They Shall Not Pass . In forge and factory , mart and mine , Where runs our dauntless battle line , They Shall Not Pass . Nor shall a dauntless people yield For any toil in fold or field , The clarion voices of our past Ring high above the battle blast , They Shalt Not Pass . " Not Conce or twice did God arise To scatter all our enemies , " They Shall Not Pass . He is in Heaven - All will be well , The powers of darkness and of Hell , They Shall Not Pass . A series of films was next . thrown on the screen giving a vivid representation of what the soldiers are doing in France . The meeting closed with thanks to the Boy Scouts , whom Lieut . Tredman again praised , and cheers for the King . The enthusiasm displayed and the large number present must have given complete satisfaction to the organisers of the effort . PRESTEIGN . RED CROSS ENTERTAINMENT . - On Saturday evening last a very successful entertainment in aid of the Corton Red Cross Hospital was held in the Assembly Rooms . There was a crowded house and the whole affair was very successful . The Chairman was the Rector ( the Rev. H. L. Kewley ) . The programme was varied and interesting one and the first part consisted of songs and solos by various friends , the following taking part : - Pianoforte solo , Mrs. Evans ; song , Miss Lambert ; recitation , Miss Sandford ; solo , the Rev. H. I .. Kewley ; violin solo , Miss Mangles ; Irish dance , the Misses Hudson ; song , Mrs. Lionel Green ; song , Mr. W. Thomas . The second part of the en- tertainment consisted of a performance by the " Caughton " Minstrels , a troupe organised by the soldiers at the hospital . The following was the caste : Mister Thomson ( White Chairman ) , Pte . Dickerson ; Massa Snowball , Sergt . Carney ; Sambo , Pte . New ; Jumbo , Signaller Erskine Massa , Pte . Price ; Uncle Joe , Cpl . Robins ; Uncle Ned , Pte . Saunders ; Ranzo , Pte . Staddon ; Massa White , Pte . Pyle . The following was the programme : Song and chorus , " Old folks at home " ( Massa White and Troupe ) ; song , " Good - bye , " by Jumbo ; song , " I want to go to Idhao , " by Massa White ; song , " Let the great big world keep turning , " by Uncle Ned ; song , " Samoa , " by Jumbo ; chorus , " When Padierwski Play " ; Rustic song , " Old Bridge , " by Massa White ; song , " There'll be joy bell , " by Jumbo . KIMBOLTON . SOLDIER FROM THE PARISH MISSING . We regret to hear that Mrs. Harper , of Grants official field , has received information that her husband , Mr. Joe Harper , who was well - known in the neighbourhood , has been missing since March 28th . We hope that she will soon hear that he is alive . He joined the A.S.C. in November , 1914 . After serving in that Corps for 2 years he was drafted into the King's Liverpool Regiment , and went to France in June , 1917. He was wounded in Aungst , but was able to return to the front in January of this year . CANDIED PEEL EXEMPTED . SWEETMEATS THAT MAY BE SOLD BY GROCERS . or to Though under the Order the sale of sweets will shortly be confined either to small shops those doing at least 20 per cent . of their trade in sweets , the Food Controller has issued a license allowing until further notice the sale of the fol- lowing articles free from any restriction : - Preserved ginger , candied peel , crystallised and glacé fruits , crystallised rose leaves , Angelica , Carlsbad and Elvas plums , crystallised violets . MAYOR'S PRESENTS FUND . The following letter . of thanks has been 10- ceived by the Mayor ( Councillor J. B. Dowding ) . for the Christmas parcel sent to Pioneer J. Beatley , Mesopotamia : - I was very gratified " and delighted to receive your most generous parcel this morning . I hardly know how to thank you as it was so unexpected , so will ask you to accept my deep appreciation . It is a great pleasure out here to know that the people at home still think of the boys overseas and most of all help a great deal to make them . comfortable . No doubt you are interested with regard to this part of the world and to know how things are going out here . Of course I cannot give you a very vivid idea , but I may say that at present things are rather quiet , and on the whole our time is very dull . The weather is breaking now , and in place of the cold and rain which we have been having we shall shortly have overpowering heat . Still Tommy will carry on if only for the sake of those at home , but one and all will be pleased when the day of our release comes . I am afraid this is not a very interesting letter , but you will understand how we are es tricted in this respect . I hope this letter will reach you alright and I must ask you to pardon such a short note . Once again I thank you for your kindness and wish yourself all and the people of Leominster all happiness for this New Year 1918 , and hope this is the last year of war . The following letter of thanks has been re- ceived by the Mayor from Pte . H. V. Maund , Meso : potamia I now take the pleasure of writing you these few lines to thank you and all the people who subscribed to your fund for us . I got quite a pleasant surprise in receiving such a nice and useful parcel of goods from the old home town . It is very nice to know that all at home are thinking festive of us especially during the season and . I wish to thank you all for the most useful articles I received and which I had great pleasure in sharing with my chums . I am sorry to say that I have not met anyone from Leomin- ster out here in the past two years . I am pleased to say that we had a fairly good time at Christ- mas and we were all thinking of the Homeland . Well , sir , perhaps you would like to hear how I and others are faring in this part of the world so I venture to send a few facts which may prove more or less interesting . Mesopotamia , of course , is very interesting from an historical standpoint , but from Tommy's standpoint it somewhat deso- vere the 1,000 late and very boring . We travelled up the Tigris on a flat bottomed river boat and eventually were put ashore at Shickh Saad , which place is chiefly noted for seven trees and a number of mud huts . From this time on our only means of transport considering " Shank's ponies , " and fact that we have marched between 700 and miles over very rough roads and often in a hot temperature , I don't think Shank's ponies " have done so bad . We have visited every place of in- terest on the left bank of the Tigris , and now are resting on the banks of the Diyala in front of date palms , orange and lime groves . The weather is all that could be desired and as far as circum- stances will allow we are having a good time . Thanking you all once again for the contents of the parcel . the The following letter has been received by Mayor ( Councillor J. B. Dowding ) from Drummer W. E. Davies , Herefordshire Regiment , Egypt : - Just a short letter to let you know that I have received the parcel quite safe and I enjoyed the contents very much . I think it is very kind of you and the subscribers of Leominster for think- ing of us 1 , cominster lads out here on active ser vice and I am sure all the boys appreciated the parcels very much . Thanking you once again . Special Clearance Offers of SEED POTATOES . SHARPE'S EXPRESS ™ FROM YORKSHIRE AND LINCOLNSHIRE DISTRICTS , GROWN FROM SCOTCH SEED . EARLIES : - ECLIPSE 14 lbs . ½ cwt . cwt . Ton . 1/9 6/3 BRITISH QUEEN ... 12 / £ 11 15s . MAINCROP : -- KING EDWARDS 1/4 5 / - 9/6 TERMS : Cash with Order . BAGS not charged ; but wherever possible customers should return same or provide their DELIVERY . Free on Rail . Within City and suburbs 3d . per cwt . , smaller lots 2d . Enquiries solicited for clearance offers of Direct Scotch Seed ( Arran Chief ) . Address : GEO . WRIGHT & SONS , Fruit and Potato Merchants , West Street Warehouse , Hereford . Lord Rhondda Sees Us Through . COOKING THAT COUNTS . WHAT TO GROW IN YOUR ALLOTMENTS . MAKE CHEESE . FOOD FILL THE STYES . FACTS FROM FAR AND NEAR . In time of war food is not for pleasure but for health ; it is the basis of efficiency and efficiency is the condition of victory , writes Dr. C. W. Saleeby , F.R.S. , Chairman of the National Birth - rate Com- mission . The fighting forces of the Crown , and the civilian forces also , fight upon a foundation of food . If that fails , all fails . As all the world - and Germany in particular - knows to - day , Lord Rhondda has been in charge ten months and has not failed . If we continue to back him as he deserves , wast- ing nothing and eating less as the weather grows warmer , we shall neither starve nor even suffer at all until the harvest . We have known , and shall know , no privations . a Our enemy thought we could not be disciplined . But at the hands of a man whom we trusted , and who has disciplined himself far more sternly than he disciplined us , we were willing ; and hosts of us are all the better for it - lighter , quicker - footed , and quicker - witted - and none of us are the worse . It may be replied that Germany also is pulling through . But there is tremendous difference . The Germans are keeping up a scanty supply for their workers , but they are doing so by starving their elderly , their invalids and their children . Such inhumanity is unthinkable here . Even the old and the ill , useless in our nation's crisis , must not starve . As for the children , Lord Rhondda , who did his utmost to serve them when he was at the Local Government Board , and who will serve them yet better . when the Ministry of Health , which the Premier promised him , is established , has not committed the horrible Prussian crime of saving the present at the cost of the future . In so far as lies in his power , he is saving the race as well as the present generation . I have taken occasion to observe that during the three completed quarterly periods from July 1 , 1917 , so far as figures are available , infant mortality has never been so low in the records of our coun- try . Those who know most of the appalling sac- rifice of young life in Prussia and Austria - where even milk has been : commandeered for glycerine for explosives - will best appreciate this achieve- ments I , ord Rhondda's success in this respect , upon which our national future depends , has been ob tained through orders dealing with the cleanliness of milk , the priority supply of feeding stuffs to dairy cows in milk , the prohibition of the sale of cream to us adults ( who are mostly quite fat enough already ) , the prohibition of the sale of milk to adults in restaurants , the establishment of national kitchens ( which we have been too slow in utilising ) , the fixing of the price of butter so low that it pays better to sell the milk whole than to make butter , and the purchase of thousands of tons of dried milk , which is supplied as need arises to infant welfare centres all over the coun- try . Ever since 1902 , I have been fighting for our in- fant life , and now I pay homage to the statesman who has contrived to do more for infancy in time of war and threatened " scarcity than all his prede- cessors could achieve in times of peace and plenty . Of course , this has meant that we adults have experienced , for instance , a shortage of butter , and have gone without the most delicious and digestible form of fat . But we are none the worse . For my- self , I have , bought no butter since the outbreak of war , being well - nourished with margarine in- stead . This excellent food is now being produced in fourfold quantity , compared with pre - war times , " and healthy adults get quite enough of it . As for the tuberculous , who specially need fat , this is hunfane England , where we are unkind only when as is not seldom - we are stupid ; and our Food Controller , with no beer and , I believe , no beef to keep him going , is anything but stupid . A tuberculous child of my acquaintance has just been allotted a pound of butter and five shillings worth of meat per week ; whilst the King gets one- quarter that quantity , like the rest of us .. This is an illustration of the ultimate , everlasting , and Divine principles for which we are fighting , and which are a host in themselves . Do you think the German Food Controller provides four times as much meat and butter for tuberculous children as for the Kaiser ? No , indeed ; and that is one of the reasons why we shall win . COOKING THAT COUNTS . In these war days , when we are all leading ab normal lives , it is most important that we should . make every effort to keep our energy and efficiency at as high a pitch as possible . Worry and excite .. ment and all the emotions resulting from the storm and stress of war are apt to lower our vitality and make us an easy prey to the microbes that are constantly lurking about . Our physical fitness , in these days of . rationed commodities , de- pends as much upon the thorough cooking of food as upon the quantity and quality of the food it- self . The recent cases of Botulism emphasise very strongly the necessity for proper cooking , so as to destroy harmful organisms in food . It must not be forgotten that cooking serves another purpose besides rendering food digestible and palatable . Cooking if properly carried out destroys any bacteria or micro - organisms which may be in or on the food . Practically all bacteria are destroyed in . , cooking provided , of course , the cooking is thorough . It cannot be too strongly urged , that meat should be properly cared for to keep it as free as possible from contamination . Heat and moisture are the two conditions which give bacteria the best chance . Meat which smells abnormally sweet or sour should be avoided . PICKLE EGGS NOW . If you want to make sure of a supply of eggs for winter now is the time to preserve them , for new laid eggs are more plentiful during May and June than in any other month . Lord Rhondda permits one to store à reasonable quantity for household use during the winter , and full advantage should be taken of the concession . To preserve eggs in water glass ( obtainable at grocers and chemists ) . is quite simple , and by following the directions on the tin successful stilts will be ensured . Ileed should be paid to the following precautions - to the re- No egg for preserving must be more than two or three days old . The preserving jar One cracked egg will spoil as crock full of sound eggs . when filled should be sealed and put away safely in a cool place , where it should not be moved until it is required to open it . eggs by at The water glass should cover the least two inches . If your desire to boil pickled eggs they should be pricked before being put into the boiling water . It must be borne in mind that under the Egg Restriction Order , 1918 , damage or waste of eggs is an offence . Also that households intending to . preserve eggs must notify the local Food Committee of the number they propose to preserve for use in their own household . A Food Control Committee has power to reduce the number applied for if they deem it necessary in view of the size of the household and the supplies available in their district . Subject to this reasonable limitation Lord Rhondda . wishes to encourage the preserving of eggs for household use during winter . WHAT TO GROW ON YOUR ALLOTMENT . The land is buzzing with the sound of the allot- ment workers ' spades , and on every available plot of ground men and women are working with keen enthusiasm at their splendid task of defending the home front . Many of the workers are experts now , having served their apprenticeship last year . But others are working on the land for the first time , and are still grateful for the kindly help and advice of the older hands . There are a great many " whys and wherefores " which the allotment worker should know nowadays . It is not enough to learn how to plant ; one must know what to plant , if one would be of real value to the country . For at the present crisis the ques- tion of nourishment is of the first importance , and tinte should not be spent in producing food that has little value , when more nutritive things , could be grown on the same ground . Some vegetables contain much more nourishment than others , and it is the first duty of every allotment worker to find out which are the most valuable and then to plant those which will do best in his own particular patch . The following list of vegetables and their food values should be cut out by every grower and kept in sight when he is ordering seeds . And let us hasten to add that no one need be afraid of the word " calorie . " It is simply the term by which , we measure energy and is no more alarm- ing than volt . It will be seen that the values vary greatly , but must be remembered that while greens are low in the list they have a special value , because they purify the blood . Cauliflower is the most easily digested green vegetable . it Name of Vegetable . Green peas and broad beans Potatoes Artichokes Parsnips Onions Beetroot Carrots Turnips Greens Rhubarb Tomato Calories in a pound . 430 427 328 2901 208 205 192 175 124 100 100 If really good vegetables are to be grown , allot- ment workers should keep busy with the noe , which is one of the most useful of tools . By con- tinuously breaking up the surface with a hoe a loose layer of soil is kept at the top which helps to retain the moisture in the lower part of the soil . If the surface is not kept broken up it is apt to form into a hard crust when sunshine follows rain , and if the sunshine continues this crust cracks , and allows the moisture in the lower soil to be drawn off . The job of keeping the surface- well hoed is one that can be left to the older or weaker people , for it does not require much physical effort . FACT AND FICTION ABOUT FISH . During the hearing of a case at Hull Tribunal last month it was stated that fish worth £ 16,000 had to be sent to manure works because there was not sufficient staff to cure it . Mr. Johnston , of the Fish , Game and Poultry Branch at the Ministry of Food , wishes to point out that this statement is not correct . The facts are as follows : - The fish referred to consisted of two cargoes of fresh herrings to be conveyed from Norway under Owing to uncontrollable circumstances , convoy . one convoy was delayed in arrival , and a late start £ 9 own . extremely bad was made . On the way across weather was encountered , one hold was swamped and the cargo very badly knocked about . On arri- val a large proportion of the herrings was found to be unfit for food ; and the rest so damaged as to make curing impossible . MAKE CHEESE . Milk is most valuable as a food when consumed fresh , but many farms are so situated that it is impossible for them to sell fresh milk , and they turn it into butter or cheese . As an article of food cheese is much more use- ful than butter . It is compact , durable , easily marketed , and contains fully two - thirds of the nutri- ment of the milk . The only important ingredient left in the whey is the sugar of the milk . Cheese- making can be successfully carried out with simple appliances on the farms , and even small surpluses of milk can be utilised in this way . The advantages of cheese - making as compared with bitter - making have been summed up by the Board of Agriculture as follows : - 1. It consumer a variety gives direct to the human greater proportion and a greater of the food materials contained in the milk . 2. It is usually more remunerative , al is likely to remain so in view of the rapidly in- creasing competition of margarine with butter . 3. It gives a more durable product capable of pro- longed storage ; and 4. The accompanying whey , though less nutri- tions than skim or separated milk , can still be sed satisfactorily for the purposes ) of calf - rearing or pig - feeding . If you cannot sell your fresh milk , make cheese . POTATO PARAGRAPHS . Potato Flour . - The terms of contract for the manu- facture of potato flour have now been settled by As the manufacture is a the Ministry of Food . novelty and a speculative venture in regard to the post - war period , it is proposed to obtain Treasury sanction to guarantee the firms that the rate of depreciation shall be such as to wipe out the cost of the plant in five years . In the event of the rate of depreciation allowed by the Inland Revenue Authorities not being sufficient , the Ministry of Food will make tip the balance by means of a grant to the firms . The Government Factory in Edinburgh has com- menced work . 100 tons of potatoes were delivered there last week .. Eleven units of potato flake machinery have been despatched to Ireland . The Director of Vegetable Preservation proposes proceeding there at an early date to decide upon the districts for the plants and the firms . Sliced and Dried Potatoes . - The experimental machinery , which was manufactured at Nottingham , has now been installed at Victoria Park , and has started its trial runs on the work of slicing and drying potatoes . Farina . - The Government Farina Mill , at Bray- ford , near Lincoln , is now completed , and is com mencing its trial runs . PREPARING FOR THE FRUIT HARVEST . Active preparations are afoot for making the most of this year's fruit harvest , and the Fruit Supplies and Preservation Branch of the Ministry of Food is arranging for more pulping stations to be es- tablished in the principal fruit - growing districts . The chief difficulty is to find premises suitable for the purpose , but so far about ten buildings have been selected , and arrangements are proceeding for the instalment of the pulping machines . An order for a million . fruit baskets has been given to the Employers ' Federation of Cane and Willow Workers , and been arrangements have made for the newly - harvested osier rods to go straight from the growers to the basket makers . Great care is being taken to use up all available utensils . In the towns near fruit - growing districts enquiries are being made for margarine boxes to have been be used as fruit packages ; contracts placed for 10,000 barrels , which formerly contained edible oil , to be despatched to pulping stations ; while 16,000 shell baskets which were once used to carry shells to France , but are now obsolete , are , being conveyed to a Government depôt to be used as fruit carriers . In the meantime . the despatch of fruit from existing pulping stations continues at the rate of about 80 tons a week , and it is expected that the whole of the pulp will be delivered by the end of May . FILL THE STYES . We must rear more pigs . The styes throughout the land must have their grunting tenants . Pigs much in the limelight of national im- are very portance just now , and rightly so , at a time when every ounce of fat is urgently required . Lard and fats lie light in the national larder , and we must make every effort to increase the supplies of these energy - producing foods . A pig in the home sty is worth two in America . The bulk of our bacon is at present coming from America , but ships which we can ill - afford are required to fetch it . By breeding more pigs at home we not only render ourselves largely indepen- dent of imported bacon , lard , and fat , but we save tonnage - and this tonnage could be used to bring more wheat or American soldiers . Pigs can be reared largely from house and allotment waste , and the advantages accruing from the keeping of pigs on co - operative lines are being more and more recognised by allotment holders . Village pig clubs are growing in popularity throughout the country , and the gathering of food by house to house collections is proving a profitable success . Every set of allotments should keep one or more pigs . More than one authority on the food- situation has repeatedly declared that with plenty . of pigs and potatoes we cannot starve . All who can should strengthen this safeguard against the U - beats . FOOD FACTS FROM FAR AND NEAR . Dog's flesh is regarded as quit : a luxury in North Germany , where it is sold at a very high price . Camel ' . flesh has lately been added to the meat supply , as Hagenbeck was obliged to dis- pose of four of these animals in his menagerie on Half - starved account of the shortage of fodder . camel does not sound an attractive sort of meat , but it has sold readily enough Germany . Bohemia is known as the " Kingdom of Famine , " The and the food situation there is very serious . bread in Prague is of the most disgusting descrip- tion , and there are many cases of meat poisoning . A short time ago a petition was presented to the Emperor by the Archbishop from a number of women , praying for help for their children , and in reply , three truck - loads of maize and semolina were sent to the starving children , of whom there are said to be 50,000 . The French Minister of Food has issued a cir- cular to the Prefects stating that his attention has been drawn to the fact that shopkeepers all over the country are in the habit of charging higher prices to the men of the British and American Armies than to French soldiers . This practice must be stopped and action taken against any shopkeepers or others found guilty of such action . The shortage of grain in Bulgaria is estimated at 100,000 tons , and there is great distress amongst the civil population . All provision . shops in Athens are required to exhibit lists of goods and prices , and local food officials have been punished for illegal proceedings . The average cost of living in Switzerland has increased by 97 per cent . since war broke out . No spirit has been distilled in Great Britain for purposes other than munitions for more than a year . WIREWORM AND LEATHER- JACKETS . OFFICIAL , ADVICE . Reports reaching the Food Production Department from several counties indicate that a considerable amount of damage is 1.eing done to corn crops on ploughed out by wireworm grass and leather- jackets , LEOMINSTER BOROUGH POLICE COURT . On Thursday last ; Before Messrs . T. Smith ( Chair- man ) , Harold Easton , E. Cole , T. Edwards and Dr. Steele . UNSHADED LIGHTS . Thomas E. Walters , of Pierrepont Road , was pro- ceeded against for failing to shade certain lights on the 8th May . Superintendent Rooke said that on the night in ques- tion he saw brilliant lights from two side windows , the front window was shaded , but the side lights were practically naked . He saw Mrs. Walters who said the room occupied by lodgers . 3 USICAL TUITION . - Candidates prepared for the M.public examinations in Music : 250 Certificates gained by former pupils . - Mr . J. SIMPSON , A.R.C.O. , Organist of Bodenham Church . Street , Leominster ; or The Homes , Bodenham . Address , 5b , Church WANTED . 7ANTED , YOUTH , to go with pony , and yard Wwork . - Apply . DEACON , Kington . ANTED , a young GENERAL , strong , some ex- perience , reference . - Apply , Mrs. WATSON , Mr. Walters disputed the Superintendent's description . WA he asserted that the light was not brilliant because there was a white blind down and the curtains were drawn . Beech Grove , near Kington . The same light had been there all through the winter and on the night of May 8th it was quite light . The case was dismissed with a caution . ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT OF FOOD ORDERS . LEOMINSTER GROCERS SUMMONED CASES DISMISSED . George Gough , grocer , of Broad Street , was charged with having failed to display a dated list of certain articles required under the Food Control Orders , Para- graph 12 and Section 12 . Defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges . Mr. T. A. Matthews , of Hereford , appeared to prose- on behalf of the Leominster Food Control Com- cute mittee . GENERAL SERVANT , 14 to 16.- HOUSEKEEPER , The Oaks , Berrington , Tenbury . WApply , with age , wages , references , to The ROCERY , Etc. - Wanted at once , ASSISTANT Gineligible ) , or YOUNG LADY , well up at counters and used to the trade . - Apply , GOODALL & SONS , Ten- bury Wells . YANTED , BOY , or MAN , live in . - HERRING , Berrington , Tenbury . W He said that every retailer of ham , bacon , ANTED , a PERSON to share a country cottage W and expenses with advertiser , near Kington.- lard and butter must show a list of prices , exhibited Apply , " W , " c / o Times Office , Kington . in a conspicuous place . The reason being that these articles are controlled and when the prices are dis- played they can be compared with the invoices . The facts of this case were so simple that he could not understand defendant pleading not guilty . They would hear that there was no list exhibited and there was no excuse for Mr. Mapp , the Executive Officer , had on several occasions told Mr. Gough that it was neces- sary . The Ministry of Food could not keep officers flying about explaining these Orders . ANTED , OLD ARTIFICIAL TEETH , any con- dition , for cash.-E. MORGAN , Jeweller , Drapers Lane , Leominster . Mr. G. J. Barnes , Divisional Inspector under the Ministry of Food , said that he visited the shop of Gough & Co. , at 2 , Broad Street . He there saw Mr. Carless , an assistant , who was in charge . He saw bacon on sale on the counter . From enquiries he also found that ham and lard were on sale . He further elicited that butter was on sale , but there was no list and dated statement displayed showing the prices . The assistant said he did not know he had to keep one . He told him that he himself was committing an offence by failing to show the prices . Mr. Gough : Did my assistant show you a price list In a broken frame ? -He did . By Mr. Matthews : Was there a statement exhibited prominently in the shop ? Witness : No. Mr. C. O. Mapp said he had had occasion to inform Mr. Gough of the Orders and of the penalties incurred if ANTED , strong BOY , as Apprentice to the Ironmongery . - Apply , TAYLOR AND WARD , High Street , Leominster . ANTED , GIRL about 14 , for farmhouse . - Apply . W NICHOLLS , Black Hall , Kingsland , R.S.O. W ANTED , occasional EMPLOYMENT , by woman , from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m .; also Employment for after school hours . - Apply , " K. F. " c / o News Office , Leominster . lad , PIA PHILLIPS , Lower Burton , Eardisland . DIANO and BEDROOM & DINING ROOM FURNI TURE Wanted , od price for right goods , private buyer ; send particulars to PRITCHARD , 18 , Clyford Crescent , Newport , Mon. ANTED , a BOY , age 14 or 15 , they were infringed , you warned me ; I say I have Willing to Go one able to never been warned . Mr. Mapp : I say I told you the lists must be displayed suitable boy . - Apply , H. GORE , Malt House , Kings- and there were penalties if the Order was not com- plied with . Mr. Gough : Can you give me the date when you warned me ? -I could not say exactly but it would be in September . The Clerk : Why did you tell Mr. Gough he would get into trouble ? -Because the lists were not there . The defendant said he did not want to make a long statement . He had carried on business for 27 years and this was the first time he had had to appear in what he might call a court of law . He had always endeavoured to do what was right . On the day the Inspector called he was in Hereford . The prices were on a chart and had been exhibited for two or three months . His manager told him that the chart had been knocked down and was broken . He , the manager , told Mr. Barnes that the board was broken and had fallen down ( the broken frame and list were here produced ) . There were several girl assistants and if their worships wished he would call one . Cross - examined by Mr. Matthews : You are quite aware it is not a dated statement ? -Oh yes , it is , the date is at the bottom . Do you suggest your assistant showed this list to Mr. Barnes ? - am not responsible for what my sistant says . as- Where do you suggest the list was ? -On the pro- vision counter . Why did he not point it out to Mr. Barnes ? -1 cannot say Mr. Carless , manager to Mr. Gough , said he took ex- ception to Mr. Barnes ' statements . Unfortunately the chart was on the floor . Mr. Barnes said it ought to be in view of the customers . I produced it and showed it to him . It was the fact that at the time he signed the statement put in by Mr. Barnes the list was not visible . It was last displayed on the Thursday morn- ing , April 25th . Miss Ivy Mills , assistant to Mr. Gough , said that last Thursday morning Mr. Owens knocked the form down two or three times . The last time he did not pick it up . She was in the shop when Mr. Barnes called and said there ought to be a ticket up about butter . He also said something about a price list and Mr. Carless said he was not aware that it was necessary to put it up . By Mr. Matthews : Could you see everything that was going on ? I did not take much notice . Did Mr. Carless show Mr. Barnes the statement ? I could not say . By a majority of the Bench the case was dismissed . F. Radnor , grocer , Iron Cross was indicted for a similar offence as in the preceding case . He pleaded not guilty in the case of the bacon , but admitted the land TANTED , W GRANDFATHER CLOCK CASE , oak preferred , narrow build for 12 inch face . -HUSKISSON , Church Street , Dewsbury . W 3 ANTED , any quantity OLD GOLD & SILVER WATCHES and JEWELLERY ; also FALSE TEETH , good price paid . Send parcels . - HUSKISSON ,. Church Street , Dewsbury . ANTED , STRONG BOY , live in or out . Apply . WANTOR , STRONG BOX , live in WANTED urgently , JAM JARS , 1 lb. , 2 lbe .. lbs . , 4 lbs . , 7 Confectioner , Leominster . GEORGE HINTON , TOUSEMAID WANTED . Apply giving age , ex- perience , etc. , to Mrs. PITT , Lucton School , Kingsland , Herefordshire . WA ANTED , JAM JARS , glass or stone , 1 lb. 2 lbs . , 3 lbs . , or 4 lbs . Apply . - Mrs . KNOTT , Teme Street , Tenbury Wells . ANTED , a young GENERAL , about 14 ; or WANTED , B. About Lo minster . TANTED , CARPENTER , permanent W good wages Builder , Leominster . PPRENTICE to job and to the right man . - Apply , DAVIS , Drug Trade Wanted - Apply , ELLWOOD & SON , Chemists , Leominster . WANTED LADY'S SECONDHAND BICYCLE , in good condition . - Apply , " A.B.C , " c / o News Office , Leominster . W ANTED , at once , active , middle - aged WOMAN , to do work of small house in country , two in family , comfortable home offered to suitable person . -Apply by letter only , stating wages . required , to S. PRICE , Brick House , The Marsh , Wellington , near Hereford . WA ANTED , LADY'S BICYCLE , in good condition , cheap for cash . - Apply , " D.A , " c / o Mr. Cole , Post Office , Aymestrey . Mr. Matthews in stating the case for the prosecution . WA said Mr. Barnes , in company with Mr. C. O. Mapp . visited the defendant's shop ; his brother was in charge . Over a piece of Irish roll bacon was exhibited an ordinary ticket marked 2s , Id . per lb. The assistant said the bacon was on sale and the price was 28. 2d . per lb. As he was taking a statement from him de- fendant came in and said the bacon was not on sale . In reference to the butter no price was exhibited . Mr. Mapp . though it was not necessarily a part of his duty , had taken the trouble to advise the defendant - in regard to the lists . Mr. Barnes said he went with Mr. C. O. Mapp , to defendant's shop on the 25th April . He saw Mr. R. B. Radnor , brother of the defendant . There was half a roll of bacon on a cutting slab , upon which was a ticket marked 28. Id . per lb. He asked was the sale and he said " Yes , the price was 2s . 2d . " He reminded him that the notice said bacon per lb. 28 . Id . The invoice was produced . He did not know whether an actual sale had taken place . The assistant said they had butter for sale and when asked why the price was not displayed he said he did not know it Defendant told him the bacon had was necessary . only come in that morning at 9.30 and it was not on sale . He , witness , compared the ends and found they did not agree . Defendant said he had taken about 2lbs . into the house for their own consumption . Even if he took the bacon into the house he had sold it to himself and he would have to provide coupons for it . Mr. Radnor to witness : Did my assistant say he did not know the bacon was there ? No , certainly not . At the time he was at the door , two or three yards away ? should say so . You asked me if the bacon was for sale ? -Yes . And what did I say ? -No . Was the bacon on the back . or the front of the counter ? It was on the cutting board . Did you notice any butter and lard ? -Yes . Was not the bacon behind ? -No , it was not behind all . ANTED , in June , a strong BOY , leaving school , STEPHENS , Bank Farm , Kingsland . to look after cows and do odd jobs . - Apply , WA ANTED , at once , GENERAL SERVANT.- Apply , Mrs. RIDGLEY , Eyton . ANTED , Strong BOY , for farm work , good Weply , GRIFFITHS , Cholstrey , Leominster . ANTED , good SECONDHAND GENT'S WBICYCLE Apply , GEORGE HINTON , Confec tioner , Leominster . W TANTED , WAGONER , good wages , cottage and garden close to work . - Apply , T. E. DAVIES , Lawtonbury , Leominster . Y YOUTH , age 15 , strong , requires a SITUATION- Apply , R. MORROW , High Street , Leominster . IRL Wanted , for farmhouse , good wages given . G Apply , Mr. HOWELLS , Lower Ledwyche , Ludlow , S F MALL HARMONIUM Wanted - Apply , J. SIMPSON , 5B , Church Street , Leominster . FOR SALE . OR Sale , Three Tons of SEED POTATOES , £ 6 108. per ton . - Apply , JONES , Lower Field House , Collington , Bromyard . OR Sale , BROWN LEGHORN EGGS , 6 / - per doz . FApply , E. W. ROGERS , Waterloo , Sunset , Kington . ALLPAPERS ! ANY QUANTITY , anything at Bay we had not had any bacon for sale We applied WHOLESALE PRICES . since last WednesdayYes . And I told you I had no place to dry the bacon in ? -ing class reuired .- ( DEPT . 279 ) , BARNETT WALLPAPER Co. , Largest stock in Great Britain .. Write for patterns stat- I don't remember . Did I ask Mr. Mapp if he had examined my price LTD . , Manchester . lists and had passed them ? -I take it they were in order if he passed them , Mr. Matthews , to Mr. Barnes : Was the ticket on the bacon ? No , above it . F OR Sale , quantity of good SEED POTATOES ( " Up - to - Dates " ) .- MORRIS , Yatton , Kingsland . Mr. C. O. Mapp said he visited Mr. Radnor's shop FOR Sale , a few good clean Cake , Rice and Sugar BAGS . - Apply , " N , " c / o News Office , Leominster . MANGOLDS for Sale - Apply . W. C. BOULTON , Cholstrey , Leominster . with Mr. Barnes if bacon was on sale he would correct that he heard the inspector ask what was the price at which he was selling bacon . He said 28. 2d . When Mr. Barnes pointed out that the ticket was marked 28. Id . the as- sistant denied that the bacon was on sale . He . the assistant , would hear all Mr. Barnes was saying when he wrote the statement . In reference to the butter Mr. Twine Maker , West Street , Leominster .. R. Radnor said he did not know it was necessary to exhibit the price . The Chairman of the Bench : Would you say that the bacon was in fit condition for a provision merchant to sell ? -1 should not think so . By defendant : Did I ask you ,, Mr. Mapp , what the price of the bacon should be ? -- Yes . Did I say it would not be on sale for 3 or 4 days ? - You said 4 or 5 days . And I told you there were several orders incomplete because the bacon was not fit to cut ? -I do not re- member you saying that . You found no fault with my price list ? -No . Did you hear Mr. Barnes say to my brother " I will have it in for you ? " - " No , I did not . You heard me say to him " I did not give my brother any orders to sell the bacon and I can't understand him saying anything about the bacon ? " Yes , I heard that . Did I offer to fetch the piece ? -Yes . But you and Mr. Barnes would not stay ? -That is so . Can you prove any sale of bacon ? -No . And there is no need to display a list if there is no In cases where crops are in danger but have not been destroyed by these pests heavy rolling should , be resorted to at once . sale ? No. Where the injury is due In reply to Mr. Matthews , Mr. Mapp said the bacon was on view to the public . Conditieel , to Mr. Barnes : Was the bacon in such a as a trader would sell ? -No , not an honest trader . to leather - jackets the rolling should be preceded by double harrowing . Leather - jackets travel about in burrows from one to two inches below the surface , and the destruction of these burrows very greatly reduces the amount of damage of which the Further , grabs are capable . harrowing exposes leather - jackets to the attacks of rooks , starlings and plovers , which devour the grubs greedily . When barley or dredge corn is sown after a crop of wheat or oats which has failed , a tilth should be worked up with the disc harrow or a sharp- tined ordinary harrow and the land heavily and repeatedly rolled . Lack of consolidation is the chief cause of failure of corn crops on turned grass , and , provided a The defendant said : I received on April 25th a bale of bacon . It had been on the way for 15 days . naturally thought it would be fit for sale . I opened it I and found it was not fit for sale . I said to my brother " there will be no bacon to sell for a day or We had an argument as to the quality ; to test two . it I cut a roll in two and cut a piece or so off . When I came intn the shop I saw Mr. Barnes and he asked me what price I was selling bacon at . newly- I said I was not selling it because it was too wet . sufficient tilth to When my brother contradicted Mr. Barnes he got a bit nasty . cover the seed can be secured , it is almost impos- Mr. Mapp when he was at the shop the night before there would be no bacon for sale for several days . was an oversight in respect to the butter . I had 57 articles marked up , and this was all the Inspector could discover wrong . I think it is a most trivial thing . sible to roll too heavily . In those earlier districts where the time for sowing barley and dredge çorn is over , corn crops which have failed may well be followed by pota- toes on rich loamy soils , and by linseed on most other soils . For late sowing on poor land buck- wheat is recommended . Potatoes are often attacked by both wireworm With and leather - jackets in newly turned grass . strong - growing varieties on good soils , however , the risks are not considerable and are worth tak- ing . Linseed is not destroyed by wireworm , and it is believed to be free from the attacks leather jackets . Buckwheat , which may be sown at the end of May or in June , grows very rapidly and is also likely to escape injury . of Farmers requiring seed of Buckwheat or Linseed should apply immediately to the Supplies Division , Victoria Street , Food Production Department , 72 , S.W.I. CROPS FOR DAIRY FARMERS , Among the recent leaflets issued by the Food Production Department and obtainable from the Land . " Board of Agriculture , 3 , St. James ' Square , London , S.W.1 . , are " Fertilisers for Farm Crops in 1918 " and Suggestions to Dairy Fariners on the Break- ing and Cropping of Grass The latter pamphlet contains some useful suggestions with reference to the preparation of the ground for swedes , marrow - stem Kale Kohl - rabi , and thousand - headed Kale , Kohl - rabi ( preferably the short - topped green variety ) is useful crop usu- ally drilled in April which may well be tried for Swedes are sown in May and a present sowing . June ; marrow - stem Kale from the middle of April till the end of June ; and Thousand - headed Kale from March to late May . Kales are usually more dependable than swedes in the southern and south- large bulk of use- eastern counties and provide a ful green forage for the early winter months . Thousand - headed Kale , of course , may also be drilled in July and August for use in the follow- ing spring and early summer . Maize is likewise recommended . The seed bed for this should be prepared as for roots . " Suggestions to Dairy Farmers " leaflet include Vetch Mixture and Linseed . Other crops dealt with in the I told It By Mr. Matthews : You say the reason why Mr. Barnes got nasty , was because your brother contradicted him , was it not because he tried to shift his ground ? No , I don't think so .. You say the bacon was not in the usual place for sale . Then why did not your brother point out to Mr. Barnes that the price did not refer to the bacon underneath ? -Mr . Mapp and Mr. Barnes were in a hurry , they had hardly time to say good - morning . Mr. R. B. Radnor said the Inspector and Mr. Mapp came into the shop and when they got to the bottom Mr. Barnes said What have you been selling bacon at ? " and he said 28. 2d . He said " Is this the bacon you have been selling at 2s . 2d . ? " to which he , Mr. Radnor , replied No. " By Mr. Matthews : Why did you think Mr. Barnes wanted to know the price of the bacon ? I don't know . Did Mr. Barnes say when you produced the invoice " You are charging , too much ? He did not . You knew what he was checking it for ? -Yes . By the Clerk : You say you had been selling at 2s . 2d . per lb. , then why was this ticket marked 2s . Id . ? It did not refer to that which was immediately on sale . VERDICT . The charge in reference to the bacon was dismissed and a fine of 2s . 6d . wa simposed in respect to the butter . POTATO SPRAYING . As the season advances interest in the potato- spraying propaganda of the Food Production Department is said to be increasing in a remark able manner . Many Gardening and Allotment and similar societies , which had previously refused to take any action in the matter , have altered their decision after studying the pamphlet on the sub- ject issued by the Department giving the results of last year's work . The spraying representatives . are becoming busier week by week in lecturing and demonstrating , and societies desirous of secur- ing their services before the spraying period is reached should write the Department at once or they may be disappointed . UY Enoch's notable Strong SEWING THREAD . BUY Enoch's notable Strong SEWING THREAD FOR , Sale , LADY'S CYCLE , in good condition.- Apply , 29 , Cranes Lane , Leominster . NOOD DEAL TABLE , on castors , 5 ft . by 3ft . 2in . G. BENTLEY , Drapers Lane , Leominster . T TO LET . 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 TENBURY , SHOP and Street , reusonable reduction of rental for duration of war ; a position seldom available , last tenants 30 years . - Apply , WEBB - PRITCHARD & Co. , 15 , High Street , Cardiff . 10 and water . - Apply , " D , " c / o News Office , Leo- minster . O Let , about 10 Acres of GRASS KEEP , shade ODGINGS , good , for Two Schoolgirls . - Apply , " E.Y , " c / o News Office , Leominster . NO Let , at once , good COTTAGE and GARDEN , at Eyton . - Apply , RIDGLEY , Eyton . то T O Let , FURNISHED COTTAGE , on Bircher Common . - Apply , " J. " c / o News Office , Leo- minster . THE FLOUR GARDEN . WASTED FOOD FOUND BURIED IN FIVE PLACES . Mrs. Daisy Tritton , 159 , Maida Vale , was fined £ 30 and £ 2 28. costs on Friday for wasting flour , or permitting it be wasted . The inspector of the Paddington Food Committee on searching the garden , found 12 to 16lbs . of four buried in five , different places . Mrs. Tritton said that she found it was bad , and accordingly buried it . A hoard of wine and foodstuffs was discovered by the police in the house and garden of a rail- way guard at Dartford . The wine had been buried in a hole in the garden , and the food was found under the floor and in hiding places in various parts of the house . It consisted of cases of but- ter , tins of cocoa , bags of tea , and other articles . The guard , his wife , and a shunter were remanded at Dartford on Friday . FOOD CONSERVATION . Close upon 6,000,000 glass jars for fruit bottling have been ordered this season by the retail traile through the Ministry of Munitions under the food preservation scheme of the Food Production De- partment . Last week samples of dried and bottled . fruit and vegetables prepared by the Food Produc- tion Department's experts were shown at eight local exhibitions and 73 public demonstrations in This bottling , drying , and canning were held . branch of the Department's work is being greatly extended under the new schemic of . County Horti- cultural Sub - Committees . More demonstrators have . been trained and " will be attached to the Sub - Com- the mittees for systematic instructional work different counties . The Rev. C. R. Norcock , Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Hereford , will preach , in Leominster Priory The Church on Sunday morning and evening next . Bishop will hold a Confirmation on Sunday week , Máy 26th , at three o'clock in the afternoon . A |