The Kington Times - November 1918
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Kington Times 23rd November 1918 - Page 3
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| Date | 23/11/1918 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Kington Times |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 23rd November 1918 |
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J NEAR DISTANCE We make up all Prescriptions for Glasses from Medical Men to or Eye Infirmaries , and Undertake all REPAIRS SPEC ACLES & EYEGLASSES . Ellwood & Son , 25 , Drapers Lane , Leominster . GETTING BACK TO FARM AND FACTORY . ADVANCE GUARD OF WORKERS TO BE RELEASED FROM HE ARMY . a How the Government departments are tackling the task of putting the nation's industries on peace basis is explained in an official statement Issued through the Press Bureau on Saturday . This say's- war It is not believed that when all the adjustment necessary in passing from a state of war to a state of peace has been satisfactory completed any great difficulty will be experienced in securing employ- ment for either discharged munition workers or discharged members of H.M. Forces . the the Between moment , however , when machine stops and the moment at which the peace machine is fully restarted , there must intervene a period of re - adjustment which may , without the adoption of appropriate measures , lead to unem- ployment and its comcomitant hardships . Measures which the Government propose to adopt to tide over the period of demobilisation and resettlement for civilian workers have already been . announced in the Press . As regards the armed forces , responsibility for the details of demobilisation rests with the Services themselves . ORDER OF RELEASE . The new Civil Department of Demobilisation and Resettlement decides the general priority of re- lease , and takes over the soldier , sailor or airman he leaves the dispersal from the point at which camp . It is not yet possible to say when the re- lease of men from the Forces can begin ; but the Forces have agreed to release a limited number of men in advance of general demobilisation . These men will be men who are " pivotal " necessary for the re - establishment of industry , way for the reabsorption of and to prepare the labour . A provisional list of industries which , on the sole ground of national interests , are to share these men is nearly completed . It will not be possible to recover in this first batch of men every man who can rightly be described as pivotal . Preparations are also in train for regulating the general demobilisation priority of release when serving at starts . Forms will be sent to men home and abroad asking them to state the work whether they have a the wish to undertake , some particular of re - employment from their names employer , or whether they wish promise be submitted to an employer ... 10 LONG - SERVICE MEN'S CLAIM . These forms will be returned through the Em- ployment Exchanges , and if the employer named has asked for the man , a slip notifying the fact will be sent to the man's unit in France ; he is then known as a " slip - man " -that is , a man for whom a job is definitely waiting - and will ceive due priority when drafts are made up from his unit of men to be demobilised . re- for Employers will be invited to assist in this pro- cess by sending to Employment Exchanges post- cards , giving the names and regimental numbers and private addresses of mcn whom they wish to the employment re - employ , together with the wages offered . which they are required and These cards will be linked up with the forms filled up by the men in the Forces themselves . All the men in the Army have been classified according to their occupation , and it will be pos- sible for the Demobilisation Department to regu- late the priority of release with reference to the trades for which there is at the moment a demand in industry . While one of the first considerations must be the general national interest , it will be necessary also to take into account the prior claims of the men with the longest service in the Army , of married men , and it is hoped also of mes who , on grounds of special hardship , deserve carly release . A CITY OFFICE AS FORT . SECRETARY BARRICADES HIMSELF FOR THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS . After his engagement as secretary of the Central Association of Accountants had been terminated , Walter Tyson , is was alleged , barricaded himself With padlocks in the offices in Moorgate - street . and huge screw nails he fastened up the door and remained inside for three days and nights , defy- ing the officials of the Association to get him out . When he left , it was found that the office safe Court onl was empty , and Greenwich Police Monday Tyson appeared for the second time on a charge of retaining books , correspondence , etc. , belonging to the Association . at Mr. William Miles , President of the Association , said the articles were in Tyson's custody , and he was responsible for them . They included over 1,000 addressograph plates , five press copy letter books , the correspondence file , etc. Tyson : Is it a fact that the office was barricaded for three days ? -Well , you know ; you barricaded it . An order was made for the delivery of the goods or the payment of £ 12 , but the magistrate declined to allow costs . £ 10,000,000 FOR CHARITY . NEXT YEAR'S FOOD . GREAT PREPARATIONS . The fine open weather has filled the fields with animation , and autumn tillage is going forward with a swing . For a week there has been a new spirit in the Jabour of the farms , and the sunshine has been taken full advantage of . The labourers are in- creasing as the soldiers get back . For threshing alone the War Office is releasing from the home forces nearly 300 machine drivers on agricultural furlough . at work in There is a big root - pulling to do , and the threshing of the great crops of this year . Skilled milkers have had to be sent to some farms for lack of other women to complete the threshing gangs . Land Army women in one part of the West Riding have lifted more than 235 acres of potatoes . The Government's steam tackle is cultivating , harrowing , and rolling over 16,000 acres and the tractors are ploughing upwards of 20,000 acres week . There were never so many women agriculture , but more are wanted . a In the eastern counties , the south midlands , and the west - country work is more forward than in the north . A large acreage of winter wheat and oats and rye has been sown , and plenty of fields are already green with the new crops . POSED AS STAFF CAPTAIN . ALLEGED DESERTER'S JOY - RIDES AND CHEQUES . In the Northern Police Court at Dublin on Mon- day John McDonnett , stated to be a deserter from the London Scottish , was charged with obtaining £ 200 by false pretences from the manager of the National Bank . The evidence showed that the accused obtained £ 200 on the strength of a letter written on Arch- bishop Walsh's notepaper , which he had stolen while in the Archbishop's house . He then went to Belfast , where he bought a staff captain's uni- form and engaged a taxicab to drive him to the Curragh , where he said he was going with a des- patch from the G.O.C. at Dromore . The night turned wet and stormy , and all the houses were closed the accused knocked up the police barracks , and a sergeant got him and his chauffeur into an hotel . as Next morning he cashed a cheque for £ 100 , re- presenting himself as the district inspector's son , and then returned to Belfast . Hiring another . taxicab , he drove to Newtownards , where a soldier asked for an extension of his leave . He brought the soldier to the barracks , where the adjutant at his request gave him seven days ' extension . Using the name of the town clerk of Bangor he cashed a cheque for £ 200 and returned to Belfast . Here he hired a new taxicab to drive him to Cork with despatches . Arriving at the Curragh Camp he told the officers there he was going to Cork with a despatch from General Hacket Pain , G.O.C. Northern Command , and had run short of petrol . At Tipperary and Fermoy he obtained petrol by similar stories . He was arrested at Cork , and it is alleged confessed to the police . The accused was remanded in custody . GERMANY ' NOT ' STARVING . U.S. FOOD CHIEF'S WARNING . New York , Monday . - Before sailing on Saturday for Europe , Mr. Hoover , United States Food Con- troller , declared it to be unnecessary for the Ameri- can people to deprive themselves of a single mouth- ful to feed the Germans . He was not worrying about Germany , which could take care of itself and was not faced with starvation . " Unless , " said Mr. Hoover , " anarchy is sup- Governmental stability obtained in pressed and the enemy countries there will be no one in these to talk peace with or to pay for the fearful des- truction in France and Belgium . " Mr. Hurley , chairman of the Shipping Board , also sailed on Saturday on a mission to consider the problems connected with the return of Ameri- can troops . FIGHT WITH A FLAG . SOLDIERS AND POLICEMAN IN MIDNIGHT STRUGGLE .. Two discharged soldiers , one of whom had fought with the " Old Contemptibles , " were charged with assault and theft at Epping Police Court on Satur- They were William Pearce and Cecil Pearce , day . and it was alleged that they assaulted two , police- men with Indian clubs , stole a large Union Jack , and damaged their cell at the police station . Cecil Pearce was further charged with assaulting a " special , " and his mother and sister were sum moned for obstructing the police when they were making the arrest . The story told by the prosecution was that at midnight on Monday , during the armistice cele- brations , the Pearces were seen in the possession been stolen of a large Union Jack , which had from outside a tradesman's shop . When spoken to by a special constable Cecil , it was alleged , struck the special with the flag pole . The special retaliated with his truncheon . For the assault on the special constable , Cecil com- Pearce was fined 40s . , and both men were mitted for trial for the assault on the police of- the pay ordered to ficers .They were further costs of the damage in the cell , and the two women to pay the cost of the summonses . LIBERATED BRITISH IN BRUSSELS . of 18. The British prisoners Paris , November war set free by German soldiers in Brussels num- bered quite 700. They wandered about the city for some time quite bewildered , but speedily gathered , and were aterwards escorted through the streets . by an enthusiastic crowd of citizens . A telegram from Nancy states that all hindrances have now been removed , and people can go freely in the direction of Metz . British , Belgian , and French prisoners are returning in thousands . Their condition excited the greatest commiseration . MYSTERY OF £ 300 BROOCH . Several claimants have come forward for the £ 300 diamond and pearl brooch , which was found New York , Sunday , -Mrs . Russell Sage , in her some months ago in the possession of a Tottenham flower seller . The woman said it was given to will bequeathed from £ 8,000,000 to 10,000,000 to charity . Her brother , Colonel Joseph Jermain her by , a Canadian soldier whom she met in the Slocum , gets 1,600,000 . The sum set aside for Strand , and the police detained it . One of the claimants says she gave the brooch soldier , to charity is divided among 30 religious , educational , a young Canadian and charitable institutions , with a request that it to her grandson , send to his father and mother in the Dominion . should be used to commemorate her husband . TIMES . NOVEMBER 23 , 1918 . 23 BIGAMY CHARGES . PLEAS FOR DISREGARDING FIRST MARRIAGES Of the 51 prisoners for trial at the Manchester Assizes , which opened on Tuesday , 23 were charged with bigamy , and eight of these were women . Mr. Justice Lush said that unfortunately these was an unceasingly large number of these cases at every Manchester Assizes . Truman John Rhodes , 35 , wire splicer , who was sentenced to 12 months , had , the judge stated , be- haved very badly to the woman whom he had deceived . Francis Hopps , 43 , labourer , of Eccles , who said that he and his wife agreed to go their separate way , she declaring marriage to be a mockery , was sentenced to nine months . His second " wife " said he was good to her and the children . Mary Jane Hutchinson , 37 , who , the judge said , seemed to have been very badly treated by her real husband , was sent to prison for three weeks in the second division . She was described by while counsel as quiet , industrious , and moral , the husband was stated to be " openly immoral , drunken , and brutal . " Henry Bolton Cropper , 33 , farm labourer , of Haslingden , sent to prison for six weeks , appeared in khaki and was given an excellent character . He said he " married " the second woman after she had threatened to comit suicide if he ceased to keep company with her . Now he was anxious to go back to his lawful wife , as they were recon- ciled . Wentworth Jones , 29 , fire - beater , said his legal wife was in prison for bigamy , and he thought he He could marry again . was sent to prison for eight months . LEOMINSTER NOTES . The controllers of the Leominster National Egg Depot have received the following apppeal : We have just been notified by the War Office that the re - patriated prisoners from Germany are sorely in need of restorative food in the shape of eggs , and we have been asked if we can help in this direction . Please , therefore , ask all your sub- scribers and helpers to come to our rescue and to the help of those unfortunate men , many of whom have come back in a complete state of ex- haustion . In many districts it is impossible to purchase eggs locally , but no one should eat eggs in your neighbourhood while the necessities of these unfortunate men remain unsatisfied . Relying confidently on your immediate and energetic res- ponse to this appeal , Yours faithfully , F. Carl , Hon . Director National Egg Collection . P.S.- This request is , of course , in addition to the needs of our ordinary wounded in France , • The annual Choir Festival will be held at the Primitive Methodist Church , Leominster , on Sun- day next , when the preacher at II a.m. and 6.30 p.m. will be the Rev. J. M. Ridge . Special hymns will be sung and the choir will render Jackson's " Te Deum . " The offertories will go towards the fund for purchasing a piano for the Sunday School . • • • al There was a large attendance at the Hall , Etnam Street , Leominster , on Tuesday evening when . lantern lecture entitled " Women's work in the war " was given . The arrangements were made of the War by Mrs. Henderson , hon . secretary Savings Association in connection with the Women's Adult School . The excellent series of slides were explained by the President ( Mrs. Hubert Reynolds ) . The pictures showed the work women have been doing in the Red Cross , V.A.D's , Womens Legion , Q.M.A.A.C. , W.R.N.S. , Womens Land Army , Womens Volunteer Reserve , Women's Forestry Corps , and also the work of women on munitions , shipbuild- ing , the railways , post office , canteen work , etc. , etc. At The slides were well shown by Mrs. Bullen . who lent her lantern , Mrs. Jones assisting . the conclusion of a very interesting lecture a vote for of thanks was accorded to Mrs. Henderson making the arrangements and to Mrs. Bullen for her services . • • • The following were the contributors to the Leominster Navy Stall on November 15th , 1918 : Lord Cawley , Boys of the National School , Mrs. Thornely , Miss Hall ( Church Street ) , A friend , Mrs. Hutchinson ( Grantsfield ) , Mrs. Bates ( Bircher Hall ) , Mrs. Heygate ( Buckland ) , Miss Stokes ( Eye- cote Navy garden ) , Mrs. Saer ( Nordan ) . • On the occasion of the great united thanksgiving service in the Priory Church on Armistice Day , the licensees of the town were asked by Councillor J. J. Biddle , acting on behalf of the Mayor , to close their establishments during the hours of divine service , and it is pleasing to be able to record that the request was unanimously complied with throughout the Borough . • On Friday last 360 eggs were received at the local depot for the National Egg Collection and sent to the Central Depot , London . The collections were as follows : Ivington ( per Miss Hyslop ) 40 , Lucton ( per Miss G. Evans ) 9 , Leominster Town ( per Miss L. Norgrove ) 11s . 3d . and 6 eggs , Ley- sters children , Mrs. Hawkins , Mrs. Chattock 12 , Eardisland Parish ( per Miss Greenhough ) 7 , Eardis- land School ( per Mr. T. Wood ) 8 , Orleton School 13 , Stoke Prior ( per the Misses Compton ) 5s . and 12 eggs , Humber ( per Mrs. Rowe ) 3 , Birley Parish ( per Mrs. Parry ) 7s . , Kingsland Parish ( per Miss Price ) 23 , Kingsland School ( per Mr. T. Wood ) 25 , Cockgate School ( per Mrs. Evans ) 2 , Navy Stall in Market 18 , the contributors being three friends , Master Pryce Jones , Miss Davies ( Arrow Mill ) . Gifts were also received at the depot from the Misses Williams ( Stocktonbury ) , Mrs. Coates ( Eyton House ) , Mrs. Smith ( Coxall ) , Mrs. Thornely ( The Old Hall , Eyton ) , Mr. George H. Evans ( Eyton Hall ) , Miss Wood ( The Ryelands ) , Mr. Sharp ( Etnam Street ) , Mrs. Hotchkiss ( Station House , Eye ) , Mrs. Powell ( Bircher ) , Mrs. Chambers ( Hat- field Court ) , Miss Chambers ( Hatfield Court ) , Mrs. Hill ( Orleton Manor ) , Mrs. Colebatch ( Kingsland ) , Miss Williams ( Holgate ) , Miss Pinches ( Yarpole ) . Bought with cash in hand 121 eggs . • Leominster will say " Goodbye " with regret to the munition girls , for it not many weeks since the first contingent was billetted here and they were just settling down in their new home when fortunately their services in shell - filling were no longer required . Many of the workers who have been living in Leominster come from the far north of the country and during the week in batches of from 20 to 50 they have left the town for their homes after having " done their bit " at the Hereford factory in keeping up the supply of shells . The departure of the girls also brings , to was run . WYE VALLEY JAMS . HEREFORDIANS !! You Have Supplied the Fruit . We Have done our part . Now eat " OUR " JAM . Herefordshire Fruit Company , MAKERS OF Wye Valley Preserves , Mansion House , Hereford . North Herefordshire and the War . PTE . J. ABBERLEY , K.S.L.I. Killed in action in France on October 23rd . Eldest Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Abberley , The Brook , Kingsland . WOUNDED IN FRANCE . He News has been received that Sergeant R. W. Page , Royal Field Artillery , of South Street , Leominster , was wounded in France recently . has a shrapnel wound in the left leg and right . foot . He is at present in Hospital in Bath and progressing favourably . He joined H.M. Forces in May , 1915 , and has since seen much service . abroad . Before joining the Army he was working with his uncle , Alderman George Page , West Street , Leominster . ASHTON MAN SEVERELY WOUNDED . Mr. and Mrs. A. Mapp , of Ashton , have received information that their second son , Pte . A. Mapp , of the 1/1 Hereford Regiment , has been severely wounded in the right knee , resulting in the loss of his leg , on November 3rd while serving with the Herefords in France . Pte . A. Mapp joined the Herefords in October , 1914 , and served with them at Gallipoli , Egypt and Palestine where he was twice wounded , once in the left thigh when the regiment was advancing to Gaza on November 4th , 1917 , and in the foot again on December 28th , 1917. He is at present at St. Bartholomew's Hospital , London , and going ou as well as can be expected . BRITISH TROOPS ' RETURN TO BAKU . CORDIAL RECEPTION FROM PLUNDERED POPULATION . The Secretary of the War Office announces.- On November 17th British and Russian troops occupied Baku . They were given an excellent reception by the inhabitants , especially by the poorer classes . Much looting was done in the town by the Turkish troops during the three days prior to their withdrawal . HOW TURKEY OBTAINED PEACE . THROUGH GENERAL TOWNSHEND . According to the " Daily Express " Turkey ob- tained peace by using General Townshend as " go - between , " unknown to the Germans . He was taken by a special train to Smyrna , and thence by a Turkish vessel to Mitylene . From Mitylene the party went on to Lemnos , where the fleet was , and here after some wiring to London , the Turkish otlicer was put on board a seaplane and hurried back to Constantinople to fetch the peace pleni- potentiaries . And that is how the hero of Kut took Turkey out of the war . 41 IN AN AEROPLANE . REMARKABLE FLIGHT OVER LONDON . BUILT TO CARRY SIXTY . An impromptu flight from Cricklewood acro- drome developed into a record on Friday afternoon , when a new Handley - Page biplane flew over London a height 6,000 teet , carrying 40 passengers addition to the pilot . at in The event was not pre - arranged . A party of visitors , most of them members of the Empire Press Union , and Lord Lisburne and several ladies to inspect the works . 4 At o'clock a new machine came out from its hangar , the engines were given a turn , and the aeroplane had a preliminary run round the course , almost touching the ground . Then someone sug- gested a passenger flight , and twelve minutes later 40 people , among whom were ten women , were speeding away over Hendon towards the Thames . They passed over the West - end , Buck- ingham Palace , and Edgware - road , descending at the Cricklewood aerodrome about half - an - hour later . The machine , which is the largest in the world , accommodated the passengers quite easily , and could have found room for 20 or 30 more . All the passengers were delighted with the trip , which broke all previous records in carrying flights . Mr. passenger Handley - Page remarked that they hoped shortly to institute an air service to Paris , in which the fares would compare favourably with the present rail and steam - boat service . The total weight carried in the day's flight was 6,6221b . Mr. Clifford B. Prodger , an American , who held the previous record , was again the pilot . He carried sufficient petrol for a six - hours fight . SALVAGE BY LOCOMOTIVES . BIG SHIP DRAGGED FROM THE SEA . Novelty attaches to the salving of the cross- KING'S APPRECIATION OF SILVER channel steamer Onward , which plied between a BADGE MEN . French port and a southern port on the English coast . The boat was moored at the English port , and at about II o'clock at night , for no reason that could then be discovered , the fore part of the ship burst into fierce flames . In order to prevent the fire spreading to the quay the Onward was towed a little distance away and scuttled . She 3 Drawing & Dining - room SUITES , In SOLID OAK and WALNUT , UPHOLSTERED in VELVET , TAPESTRIES and LEATHER . Bedroom Suites , In SOLID OAK , SATIN , WALNUT , MAHOGANY & e . John Holmes , Corn Square ONLY , LEOMINSTER . THE NAVAL SURRENDER ADMIRAL MEURER RECEIVED BY SIR DAVID BEATTY ON QUEEN ELIZABETH , PRESENCE OF ZEPPELIN AND U - BOAT COMMANDERS . Ten German battleships , five battle cruisers , and six light cruisers were to leave German ports ou Monday morning to surrender to tue , Navy under the terms of the armistice . British It is anticipated that all the German naval units covered by the terms , including the whole of the submarines and 50 destroyers , will be handed over by the end of this week . of The German cruiser Königsberg , with the naval armistice delegates on board , left the Firth Forth on Saturday on its return to Germany . The concluding discussions with Sir David Beatty took place during the day , and the Germans were given their final instructions regarding the methods be employed and the routes to be followed in the surrender of the warships . to ON THE QUEEN ELIZABETH . Admiral Meurer , the expert adviser on behalf of the German Republic , and his stall were received on board ' H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth , the flagship of the Commander - in - Chief ( Sir David Beatty ) оц Friday evening . The German light cruiser with the delegates and Admiral Meurer was met on Friday afternoon at the rendezvous at sea , uxed by wireless , and es- corted to the Firth of Forth . Here H.M.S. Oak ( the Commander - in - Chiet's destroyer ) was waiting , and Admiral Meurer and his statt immediately went on board and were taken to the Queen Elizabeth . Admiral Meurer , who was piped aboard , " saluted the quarter - deck . Awaiting him was the Captain of the Fleet ( Commodore the Hon . Hubert Brand ) and other officers of the ship . The German Admiral was escorted to Sir David Beatty's cabin , where a conference took place which lasted until the early hours of Saturday morning . The German Admiral sat immediately opposite Sir David Beatty , and it is interesting to note that in front of the British Commander - in - Chief was a model of lion ( a momento of Sir David Beatty's famous flagship , H.M.S. Lion ) , while on the wall of the cabin immediately at the back of Sir David was a fine picture of Nelson . The conference I was resumed on Saturday , and concluded that evening . Among Admiral Meurer's staff were a Zeppelin commander and a submarine commander . The civilian delegates remained on board the Königs- burg . Mr. F. W. Jackson , General Secretary of the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilised Sailors and Soldiers has received a telegram from Lord Stamfordham dated Saturday , expressing the King's appreciation and thanks for the loyal mes- sage on the occasion of the mass meeting held by the Federation . listed and rolled on to her side in comparatively The message continues : " It is Then the salvage men and especially gratifying to the King to be greeted this afternoon by the men whose valour devoted services have so largely contributed to the glorious triumph of the Allied cause . The occasion to which the above letter refers is described in a London paper as follows : - While the Americans were marching into the Horse Guards another procession was wending its way along the Mall . This was the first big or- ganised victory procession , in which 100,000 de- mobilised men of the Soldiers ' and Sailors ' Assoc- iation took part . was a close the welfare club recently started in Burgess Street . The arrangements had been got into thorough working order and the building largely patronised by the workers for whose bene- fit it Among those who have enter- tained them lately are Mrs. J. L. Watkins and who Mrs. Bounds whist gave a concert , while drives were promoted by Mr. E. Hammond and Mr. H. J. Southall . The munition girls continued of coming to show their joy last week at the peace by processions in the streets . On Saturday night they attracted a huge crowd by the announce- ment that they were going to " burn the Kaiser . " The effigy of the dethroned monarch was duly hissed and booed and finally consigned to the flames in the Grange amid much enthusiasm . By the collection which the girls made in the streets on the previous Wednesday the sum of £ 7 10s . was raised and this was sent to the local Red Cross depot . A dance has been arranged to take place at the Parish Hall , on January 9th , 1919 , for children and adults . Fancy dress optional . The proceeds are for Dr. Barnardo's Homes . Tickets , including light refreshments , will be 15. each for children and 2s . 6d . for adults . A few tables will be pro- vided for the game of whist . For further particu lars , application may be made to the Hon . Sec- retary , Mrs. I. D. Pullman , the Poplands . [ Advt . ] the A whist drive and dance will be held at Parish Hall , Leominster , on Thursday next , Novem- ber 28th . The proceedings will commence at 7 p.m. punctually , and tickets , which are 2s . 6d . each , include refreshments . • • Full programmes of first - class films will be screened at the Leominster Picture Palace next week . On Monday , Tuesday and Wednesday , " The Circus Dancer , " an the exciting drama , heads also series which includes a Charlie Chaplin comedy and other fine pictures . During the second " Captain half of the week Kiddo " ( featuring little Marie Osbourne ) is the great attraction , and the programme includes other pictures of merit . • P Mr. C. J. Humphreys , of Great Malvern , is to Rooms , be the special preacher at the Waterloo Leominster , on Sunday and Monday next . His subject for the evening service on Sunday ( 6.30 ) is , " How to meet the burglar , " On Sunday afternoon at 3.30 and Monday night at 7.45 , his subject will be " The return of our Lord in relation to His bride . " As on former occasions his visit is keenly anticipated , and good companies are expected . [ Advt . ] . • • • We are compelled to hold over several reports until next week owing to the absence of a large portion of our staff through indisposition . In accordance with the statement made in the House of Commons by the Food Controller on the 13th inst . , it has been decided to increase by one half the quantities of millers ' offals to which pig clubs and small owners of pigs are entitled under the Cattle Feeding Stuffs Distribution Order . The present allowances for ten weeks are 2 cwt . of offals or pig meal for sows in farrow , and 5/8 cwt . of offals or pig These meal for store pigs . allowances will be increased by I cwt . of offals during the period for sows in farrow and by 35lb . for store pigs . The extra allowance must be taken in the form of Millers ' Offals and not as pig meal and will commence to be available in the course of a few days . • The many friends which Mr. T. Ashworth Brook , the Lindens , has made during the time he has held the position of Excise Officer at Leominster , will regret to learn that he is shortly leaving the town in order to take up a position in a firm of woollen manufacturers in the north . His depar- ture will be a distinct loss to the town from a musical point of view . As secretary of the Leominster Choral Society he very ably organised . the high class concerts which were formerly given under its auspices . During the war he has placed his organising and musical abilities at the disposal of every good cause , his services in this One of his direction being greatly sought after . latest acts was to organise with great success an excellent concert at the Munition Workers ' Club , and in connection with the Leominster Red Cross Fete and Carnival he rendered splendid service . Heartiest good wishes for the success of his future career will follow him from Leominster . LAST MINUTE CHANGE OF MIND . At Manchester on Tuesday Miss M. G. Smeaton , 25. of Lightbowne - road , Moston , was awarded £ 50 . damages for breach of promise against Arthur Charles Thomas , a munition worker at Coventry , whose parents live in Muriel - street , Broughton . He was formerly a night policeman at the Man- chester works of Messrs . Mather and Platt , where Miss Smeaton was also employed . It was stated that a few days before the date fixed for the wedding a letter was received from Thomas intima- ting that he had changed his mind . At that time not only had the wedding ring been bought but the defendant had engaged rooms at Blackpool for the honeymoon . They started from Cleopatra's . Needle on the embankment , and marched to Trafalgar - square , where a resolution was passed conveying " respect- ful and hearty congratulations to his Majesty on the glorious triumph of his arms in a righteous cause , and to those of our comrades in the Ser- vices our thanks and admiration , together with the assurances of a cordial welcome home at the conclusion of a victorious peace . " Mr. Hogge ( President ) , who addressed the men , said that the association would run a large number that of candidates for Parliament to make sure whatever Government was in power it would be compelled to carry out made the promises to soldiers . The men who could carry a rifle in the war were quite able to carry out a programme at the general election . They were prepared to fight for King or for country , but they would not have charity from either . The discharged soldiers , many of whom rode in lorries , were accorded a tremendous reception ps they went slowly along the Mall , waving their . flags , en route to Buckingham Palace , where they halted again and cheered the King . The King has expressed a desire to review Silver Badged men on Saturday afternoon , and the Sec- retary of the War Office asks that those intending to be present will send a post card addressed , " Headquarters London District , Carlton Terrace , S.W.1 . " shallow water . got to work . Alongside the quay is a railway track , and the idea struck them of using locomotives to rise the sunken steamer . Strong wire ropes were fastened round the derelict hulk and worked through tripods fixed on the quay . These ropes were attached to the locomotives , which commenced the task literally dragging the big ship into position . an of It upright The five railway engines put on full steam and commenced to tug with all their strength . was a tremendous struggle . The locomotives panted , snorted . and strained , but for a time were unable to move . Eventually their combined ef- forts began to tell . The vessel was slowly heaved from her resting place , and with the aid of tugs kept clear of the quay and dragged into an up- right position . She was patched up temporarily and towed to the Thames for repairs . that Mystery still enshrouds the origin of the fire . The fierceness of the outbreak indicated thermal bombs had been thrown part of the ship . It treachery . into the fore an was probably AIRMAN IN THE THAMES . act of RESCUED FROM DROWNING BY AN OLD FISHERMAN . A Canadian airman , with his aeroplane , fell into the Thames on Monday afternoon near Hammerton's Ferry , Twickenham , but fortunately got clear of the wreckage before the machine sank . Hurry Can , a waterman and fisherman , aged 70 , was fishing near by in a punt , and went to the assistance of the airman , holding him up until Mr. Walter Hammerton came along in a ferry- boat . House GERMANY'S DEBT TO FRANCE £ 13,600,000,000 . Paris , November 16. - The " Matin , " in a long article , estimates Germany's debt to France as at least £ 13,600,000,000 , which may be analysed as follows : - ( 1 ) The £ 200,000,000 extorted in 1870 , which made Germany , and which , together with The airman's clothes were so heavy that it was found impossible to get him into the boat , and he was therefore towed ashore . One of his eyes was injured , and he was taken to Richmond Hospital . BERLIN TERRORISM . REPORTED ATTEMPT BY SOLDIERS TO SEIZE COUNT REVENTLOW . Amsterdam , Sunday . - Terroristic bands are avail- WANTED . TOLESKINS , RABBITS , FEATHERS , HORSE- Send for prices . - H . STUART & Co. , Albion Buildings , Aldersgate Street , Lon- don , E.C.I. MHAIR , Etc. , Wanted . W to ANTED , an IMPROVER and APPRENTICE Dressmaking . - Apply , Mrs. PRICE , Burgess Street , Leominster . 32 , MOTHER'S HELP Wanted , at once , or GENERAL SERVANT , age 16-18 . - Apply , News Office , Leominster . W ANTED , COWMAN , no milking . - Apply , JAMES , Stretfordbury , Leominster . 6 WANTED , strong active BOY , 14 or 15 , to attend to pony , trap , and garden , live in , all found . Apply , stating wages , to Rev. CHILDE - FREEMAN , Edwyn Ralph Rectory , Bromyard . WANTED Smart LAD . - Apply , THE LEOMINSTER PRINTING Co. , Drapers Lane , Leominster . ANTED , COOK - GENERAL , Housemaid kept . WANTED & strong young WOMAN as assistant in Farmhouse , comfortable home and good wages to suitable person . Mrs. C. H. POTTS , Middleton Farm , Little Hereford . W AGGONER Wanted , good wages to reliable man . - Apply P. E. PUCH , Uphampton , Shobdon . ANTED Strong GIRL as General , now or later , W good wages . Apply . STANLEY , 81 , South Street . W minster . W ANTED COWMAN , no milking , good cottage and garden . - Apply , JAMES , Stretfordbury , Leo- ANTED , GENERAL . - Monkland Vicarage . WANTED , a Respectable Working HOUSE KEEPER for a small farm house , one used to poultry and dairy work , also to take charge of two children . Good home for respectable person . Apply , PUGH , Stanley Bank , Kimbolton , Leominster . DRAPERY : Wanted at ance YOUNG LADY for General Drapery . - Apply with age , experience , etc. , to J. F. BEST & CO . , 24 , High Street , Leominster . WANTED & MAN to feed threshing machine in Yarpole and Orleton district , good wages given . - Apply , PERKS , Bircher . W Office . W minster . ANTED , a GIRL to assist in desk and light housework . - Apply , " E , " Leominster News ANTED , a Good General SERVANT . Apply , Mrs. C. P. SMITH , 20 , South Street , Leo- South Street . - Apply " B. " c / o News Office , Leominster . WANTED MAN for Warehouse work , used to horses and make himself generally useful . - Ap- ply H. OLIVER , High Street , Leominster . PLENDID opening for Gentleman or Lady as Agent and Collector ; cyclist . - Apply , F. FISHER , Supt . , Britannic Assurance Co. , Limited . , Ludlow . W ANTED BOY , about 14 or 15 years , able to milk or willing to learn . Good home for suitable boy . - Apply , H. GORE , Malt House , Kingsland . FOR SALE . FOR SALE , Three or Four STORE PIGS , 5 months old - MOORE , Hunton , Lyonshall . OR Sale , STRAWBERRY PLANTS , Royal the fortune to Germ reckoned at 5 per cent . , gives ing themselves of the more or less chaotic situation Sovereign , " 4/6 100 , carriage paid . Apply . P. a total of £ 240,000,000 . ( 2 ) France's expenses during the war amounting to about £ 5,600,000,000 . in Berlin to indulge in various acts of unauthorised Zeitung , " violence . This morning's " Rheinisch Westfälische in a Berlin telegram , relates how last Tuesday morning a non - commissioned officer , eight men , entered the building of theer with ( 3 ) The pensions for the disabled and for the families of those who have been killed amounting to £ 1,600,000,000 . ( 4 ) The of the damage done , which is difficult to Reventlow . state precisely at present , but which may be estimated at £ 4,000,000,000 . value GERMANY MUST PAY FOR THE WAR . The Council of the London Chamber of Com- mence have passed the following resolution : - Council of " That , in the opinion of the the London Chamber of Commerce , representing over 8,000 merchants , manufacturers , and traders , no De acceptable which do not in- peace terms will clude the repayment by Germany to Great Britain , the Dominions , and the Allies , of their costs in the war . Failure to enforce this repayment would involve Great Britain , the Dominions , and Allies in years of excessive taxation , which would cause dis- content and poverty among the whole population , would cripple industry and commerce , and would indefinitely postpone the requisite public expendi- ture on necessary themes of social improvement and reform . VISITS TO WAR GRAVES ABROAD IMPOSSIBLE AT PRESENT . The Secretary of the War Office wishes to inform relatives of fallen officers and men that , owing to the very large number of enquiries regarding the possibility of visiting war graves and cemeteries . in France and abroad which are now being ad dressed to himself , or to the Director - General of Graves Registration and Enquiries , he very much regrets that it is not possible to reply to them individually . He wishes to make it known generally , to pre- vent disappointment , that at present and probably for some months to come it will be impossible , owing to military reasons , to make these arrange- ments by which these visits could be permitted . It is desirable that any application on this sub- ject , or regard to the location of individual graves , should be made in writing . FALL IN PRICE OF HORSES The first batch of horses from the Government Remount Depot at Bristol was offered by auction on Tuesday . The animals , 195 in number , were all sold after brisk competition , but prices were nothing like those ' prevailing during the war . The amounts ranged from 30gs to 50gs . , and the top price was £ 72 9s . Tageszeitung " and demanded , in the name of the Workers ' and Soldiers ' Council , to see Count " This demand , " says the paper , " was made in such a manner that there could be no doubt that R. BATEMAN , Leominster . TOR Sale , Two ELM TREES , at Sollers Dilwyn.— F Apply , W. BAGLEY , Corner House , Sollers Dilwyn . OR Sale about Two Tons of Pig POTATOES , in large or small quantities , 4s . 6d . per cwt . Apply PRICE , Knoakes Court , Leominster . OR SALE , LADY'S CYCLE , condition as new.- The Workers ' and Soldiers ' Council was communi- Apply , 18 , South Street , Leominster . cated with , and sent a patrol . eight soldiers had disappeared . Meanwhile the KAISER'S LAST CONFERENCE . HINDENBURG REFUSES are ΤΟ FIGHT . ex- a flat compartmented specially suitable filing papers . -BROOK , Lindens , Leominster . TO LET . FOUSE To Let , one room up and one room down convenient shed . - Apply W. STANS . Hand a BURY , Risbury WO Unfurnished ROOMS To Let would like widow or soldier's wife to share cottage . - Mrs . TWO MISCELLANEOUS .. FATEFUL DECISION . Amsterdam , Saturday ( delayed ) .- Interesting de- tails concerning the events preceding the Kaiser's arrival in Holland described in Hague telegram to the " Berliner Tageblatt . " The correspondent says : " It was not till the very last days that a conference took place at Main Headquarters , when for the first German time the true state of affairs was disclosed to the Kaiser . Field - Marshal von Hindenburg , the Crown Prince , and the gentlemen of the Kaiser's imme- PAINTER , The Brook , Kingsland , Herefordshire . diate entourage , including General von Plessen and Admiral von Hintze , attended this conference . " The Kaiser discussed at great length the mili- tary possibilities which still remained to him . Field - Marshal von Hindenburg , however , refused to sacrifice any more men in any circumstances and for any purposes whatever . The entourage en- eat greedily treated the Kaiser in the same sense , and adduced " RELIABLE " RAT POISON . Cats and Dogs will hundreds of reasons for their entreaties . " Admiral von Hintze , supported by General von not touch it . Vermin dry up and leave no smell . Plessen , insisted on the plan of crossing into Price 6d . , 18. , 2s . 3d . and 3s . 8d . Postage 2d G. W. neutral territory , and for this step Holland alone HARRISON , Chemist , Reading . into the question . Sold by Chemists . No other possibilities , he said , were practicable . Agent for Leominster , J. W. ROWE ( late J. Buckham ) , " From the way in which his advisers brought Chemist , High Street . home to him the real state of affairs the Kaiser must have realised that he no longer played any rôle in the destinies of his country . readiness to be content with the title of King of Prussia if the situation of the country could thereby be alleviated was settled by the swift course of events . " came RATS MILES MOLES : COCKROACHESON His former M RECENT RIOTS IN BRUSSELS . 100 FRANCS FROM A BANK . Paris , Saturday . The correspondent of " Le Journal , " who has got into Brussels , reports that the rioting on Sunday was caused by 200 revolu- tionaries , who arrived by special train from Ham- burg , and immediately opened the prisons and set free German soldiers and others . The correspondent says : The German soldiers in Brussels made a demand upon one of the banks for a million francs , and actually obtained 100,000 . NO SALE FOR ZEPPELIN AT £ 12 . Paris , November 18. - During the past few days the Soviet which was organised in Strassburg was occupied in selling German war material at what- ever price it would fetch . Purchasers obtained IRON CROSSES A HALFPENNY EACH . rifles for Ifr . each , mitrailleuses at 5fr . , and an aeroplane was bought for 125fr . Amsterdam , November 18th . - The " Telegraaf " A Zeppelin was offered for 300fr . , but no buyer states that iron crosses are now being sold in could be found . Germany for five pfennig ( about a halfpenny ) . BEETLES ESSRS . J. HARMSWORTH ( Ltd. ) , One of the largest , cheapest , and most reliable financiers in England , GRANT LOANS FREELY , from £ 20 to £ 20,000 , on simple promise to repay , without fuss , bother , or delay . Absolute secrecy guaranteed . NO FEES OF ANY DESCRIPTION . Write or call , Messrs . J. HARMSWORTH ( Ltd. ) , 17 , Charing - cross - road , London . ' Phone 1,354 , Gerrard . THE WRONG COFFIN . A pauper's funeral was taking place at Chorley Cemetery , and the coffin had been deposited along side the grave , when the gravedigger observed that it was empty . FOR A SHILLINGSWORTH OF APPLES . For stealing a shillingsworth of apples and tomatoes , Edward Walters , who had been 31 years in the service of the London and South - Western Railway Co. , was fined 40s . at Westminster . j |