The Kington Times - October 1918
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Kington Times 26th October 1918 - Page 4
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| Date | 26/10/1918 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Kington Times |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 26th October 1918 |
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Cut out and keep this notice . Show it to everyone in your household . Notes on Saving No. 11. How to save on Odds and Ends . When you get a parcel , untie the string . Don's cut it . Keep both string and paper . ve all de Save all clean newspaper . You can sell what Your tradesman can tell you you cannot use . the address of the nearest Paper - Dealer . Make spills to save matches . Even in summer they are useful in the kitchen . Never throw away an unbroken bottle . The chemist needs medicine bottles ; the fruiterer needs jam jars and fruit - bottles . The Marine Store Dealer - the Rag - and - Bone Man wants empty tins , as well as rags and bones . Save them and sell to him . They will be used for making Munitions . Stopping Waste means Saving Money . Invest your Savings in NATIONAL 15 L WAR SAVINGS War Savings Certi- ficates are a British Government Invest- ment backed by all the wealth and power of the nation . Their purchase price is 15/6 each , and their value in 5 years time £ 1 each - this is equi- valent to compound interest at 5 per cent . , free of In- come Tax . You can get your money back in full at any time with any in- terest which is due . You can buy War Savings Certificates from any Money Order Post Office , Bank , or Shopkeeper acting as Official Agent . War Savings Certificates £ 1 for 15/6 £ 50 for £ 38 : 15 : £ 500 for £ 387 : 10 : If you have not yet joined a War Savings Association , it is your patriotic duty to do so . Apply to the Secretary of your Local War Savings Committee , or write to the National War Savings Committee , Salisbury Square , London , EC . 4 . Every Shilling saved and lent helps to win the War . Farmer Heavily Fined at Leominster . FOR WASTING GRAIN AND FAILING TO CULTIVATE PLOUGHED LAND . PROSECUTIONS BY THE WAR AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE . TEN SUMMONSES AND 490 IN FINES . The first case brought by the Herefordshire War Agricultural Executive Committee against a far- mer for disobeying their ploughing and cultiva- tion orders was heard at Leominster County Police Court on Friday . The defendant was Richard Edmunds and the charg s related to four farms , of which he is both owner and occupier , namely Moor Abbey Farm , Middleton ; Nunupton Farm , Brimfield ; Upper Drayton Farm , Brimfield ; and Bilbury Farm , Richards Castle . Of the ten summonses two were issued at the instance of the Ministry of Food , the information being laid by Sybil Campbell , assistant enforcement The first officer ( Birmingham ) Midland Division . of these charged Richard Edmunds that between the 20th of May and the 20th of August at Bilbury Farm he permitted to be damaged one bay of bar- ley whereby the same was rendered less fit for the purpose for which the same is reserved under the Barley ( Restriction ) Order 1917. There was a second and similar charge in respect of two bays of wheat at Bilbury Farm , the summons being issued under the Wheat Rye and Rice ( Restriction ) Order 1917 . The Magistrates were Major Chambers ( in the chair ) , Alderman Farr , Mr. G. E. Wright and Mr. A. Duncan . Mr. Wadsworth , of Hereford , appeared for the prosecution in all the cases and Mr. W. P. Levick , Leominster , appeared for Mr. Edmunds . ALLEGED WASTE OF GRAIN . Mr. Wadsworth in stating the case for the prose cution in the charges relating to the grain at Bilbury Farm , said the proceedings were taken by the Divisional Commissioner in Birmingham for the Ministry of Food . He read the orders under which the summonses were taken , these showing that anything which was done to render the grains mentioned less fit for seed or the manufac- ture of flour was an offence . Proceeding to re- late the facts of the case , he said defendant was the owner and occupier of Bilbury Farm . On the farm was a barn . in which two bays contained wheat and one barley . On August 19th three wit- nesses for the prosecution were going over the farm and saw three bays . It was obvious that great wastage was going on . The stacks were full of rats and rats could be seen while the wit- nesses were there . There were signs that poultry had scratched at the grain , which was not pro- tected . They knew that it was difficult to keep rats out . That was not the great fault of defen- dant . The whole point was that it was 1917 grain and defendant had threshing tackle on the spot and yet up to August 19th , 1918 , he had not threshed the grain and necessarily every day there was extraordinary waste going on . The witnesses would estimate that there should have been anything from 160 to 200 bushels in cach of these bays . The grain was eventually threshed under the direction of the officers of the Commit- tee and the total amount obtained was 149 bushels ( 83 bushels of wheat and 66 of barley ) instead of between 500 and 600 , as there should have been . Possibly it was not a first rate crop , but the far- mer must make the best of it . The defendant . was not far wrong in an admission he made to the Divisional Inspector . The latter told defen- dant he had wasted half the grain . Defendant replied " I do not agree with the statement that more than half the quantity has been demolished and spoiled . It was harvested in bad condition ead much of it was shed because it was badly laid . In my opinion the damage done was not more than third the total quantity . " one Mr. Wadsworth pointed out that even on this reckon- ing there was a waste of 75 bushels and he sub- mitted that it was a serious case of gross neg- lect on the part of the defendant . JN A FILTHY CONDITION . Greville Phillips , agricultural valuer , on the staff of the Land Valuation Department , and now attached to the Food Production and an officer of the War Agricultural Committee , was the first witness . He visited Bilbury Farm on August 19th in company with Mr. Openshaw and Mr. Bray . He saw a French barn , two bays containing wheat and one of barley . All the way round there were signs of rats . Fowls had been scratching there and the straw was littered round for 8 or 10 yards . The grain was in filthy condition and stunk when they got near it . Later he had authority to confiscate it and have it thrashed out . Cross - examined by Mr. Levick : I do not remem- ber if August , 1917 , was excessively wet . If it was it would get the grain down and damage it . If it was cut by hat grain would be shed . The grain was being wasted because it was being des- troyed every day . There were fowls on the corn and round it . George Herry Briy , Dormington Court , farmer , estate agent and valuer , and inspector for the War Agricultural Executive Gommittee , stated that the bays were 15 by 18 by 19 feet high . There was a quantity of poultry there and the whole place was infested with rats . A good deal of the grain had been scratched out into the rickyard . He estimated there ought to be 160 to 200 bushels per bay . Cross - examined : It is usual to estimate the con- tents of a bay by measurement . He did not re- member August , 1917 , as a wet month , His own corn was not spoilt . If the straw was short it might show it was a bad crop . Re - examined : The reason the straw was short was that it had been cut by vermin . The crop might have been bad , but if it had been threshed earlier more corn would have been obtained . John Watts Openshaw , farmer and estate agent , stated that he saw the bays on July 31st , 1918 . His attention was drawn to the fact that the ground outside was absolutely covered with the footprints of rats . A large quantity had pulled out by fowls . There was evidence of rats in great quantities both in the stacks , the build- ings and hedgerows . He made a report and on August 19th he went with Mr. Phillips and Mr. Bray . The bays were then in the same state as on the previous date . The straw that was pulled out was the ordinary length . There was also straw that had been chobbled up by rats . There were two threshing engines there and the box was at another farm . The fowls had made a hole of nearly five feet one bay The damage could have been prevented by having the grain threshed in reasonable time . been In reply to the Clerk the witness said the three bays contained the produce of 18 to 20 acres . The corn was tied with a binder . Cross - examined by Mr. Levick : August last year was a wet month . Mr. Levick : And a lot of corn spoilt ? Mr. Openshaw : Very little . In reply to further questions he said the corn was in sheaves and tied by a binder . The string was cut to pieces by rats and the sheaves cut to pieces by rats . Fowls wou'd always get into rickyards , unless kept out . He had seen bays Bushes would do to wired to keep out fowls . keep out fowls . He had seen many bays where corn was damaged . At Bilbury Farm Mr. Edmunds had four men . It might be that the man who drove the machine was at another farm . Mr. Edmunds had 660 acres . He had orders to plough It was not an excessive amount out of the land he had . 210 acres . done by motor tractor . The bulk of his land was It was not true to say that he had no chance to thresh the grain . It took 22 hours of threshing to do it . Pte . John Owens , Agricultural Company , in charge of the threshing machine department of the Committee , said he had been on a farm all his life . He superintended the threshing of the grain . was tied , some with strings by a binder and some by straw bands . The straw was in a bad state , due to damage by rats and not to the weather before it was stacked . They were two days threshing , about a month ago . By Alderman Farr : The colour of the was bright . It was harvested well . straw Mr. Bray recalled stated that 83 bushels of wheat and 65 bushels of barley were threshed out . Mr. Levick : Has an account been sent in to defendant ? Mr. Wadsworth : No , it is not his grain . Mr. Levick said it was the thinnest case he had heard of . There was no direct act in defiance of the Defence of the Realm Act . Defendant had neither done or permitted anything to be done where there would have been a case . One of the THE KINGTON TIMES . OCTOBER 26 , 1918 . was principal reasons why the wheat was threshed out was that he was overwhelmed by orders and his one man who did threshing was ploughing at Nunupton . How could he help the rats getting at it ? The wheat was badly laid and it turned out a very poor crop . Of all the corn they had they that the threshed out the best first and reason this corn was left . Richard Edmunds , in evidence , said the wheat in question was drilled too thick and when the wet came it went down in a heap and the straw They tried to cut some with the never filled . machine and finally it was cut with hooks and scythes . The grain was not harvested until Octo- ber . It was rubbish and he did not thresh it out were hard at work ploughing because his men and on the hay harvest . Defendant here duced samples of the straw . He said he had traps set in all the buildings . It was the water that brought them . The fowls did not do any great damage . He only looкed pon it as derelict stuff . He could not take his man off ploughing to do threshing , as he thought the former more impor- tant . pro- Cross - examined by Mr. Wadsworth : The thresh- ing could have been done . in two days . He was the short of labour , but he did not apply to Committee for labour . He always paid more atten- tion the stock than anything else . He was not short of labour for ordinary work on the farm . He sold 50 or 60 sacks of grain in 1917 . were threshing three or four days . THE DEFENCE . They said he NO GRAIN SOLD IN 1917 . Pressed by Mr. Wadsworth , defendant did not sell any grain in 1917. He had grain still unthreshed . He had not got any grain now . He had given it to the cart horses . There had been some wastage by rats . Henry Lloyd , an employee of Mr. Edmunds at Bilbury , said he had been acting as waggoner since Michaelmas . The weather in August , 1917 , was wet . It was a heavy crop . They had to gather it with a scythe . It came down before the grain filled and was damaged by the wet . It was not got in until October and was then half rotten . It was not all worth threshing out . Some was better than other parts of it . They had no time to thresh it , with ploughing and sow- ing . They threshed all the grain out , but this particular grain . The Bench asked for samples of the grain , and these were put in by Mr. H. K. Foster , Executive Officer . This concluded these two cases and the Bench reserved their decision until the whole of the cases had been heard . At one o'clock the Court adjourned for half an hour for lunch . PLOUGING CASES . War THE EIGHT CHARGES . Upon the resumption of the Court at 1.30 p.m. the charges brought by the Herefordshire Agricultural Executive Committee were gone into . The first information was that defendant was duly served with a notice from the Herefordshire War Agricultural Committee bearing the date 16th Janu- ary , 1918 , whereby the defendant as occupier of a certain farm and lands known as Moor Abbey Farm , Middleton , in the county of Hereford , was required to break up before 31st March , 1918 , 17 acres of temporary pasture or grass land , part of such lands known as Moor Abbey Farm , Middleton , and in due course of husbandry to till , cultivate and sow with wheat , peas , oats , barley , roots or potatoes , the said land so broken up , and that defendant had negligently failed to duly cultivate and sow the said land ploughed in pursuance of the said notice contrary to regulation 2 M ( 3 ) of the Defence of the Realm Regulations . The second summons charged defendant that on the 22nd of August , 1918 , he was served with a notice from the Herefordshire War Agricultural Committee bearing the date August 21st , 1918 , whereby he was required to forthwith cultivate certain fields at Moor Abbey numbered 336 , 391 , 440 , 442 , 397 and 423 in accordance with the regulations prescribed in such notice and that he had negligently failed to cultivate the fields numbered 336 , 397 , 391 and 440 as required by such notice . The third summons charged defendant with fail- ing to carry out an order dated January 16th to cultivate 12 acres of land at Nunupton Farm , Brimfield . The fourth summons charged him with failing to cultivate fields at Nunupton numbered 679 , 625 , 701 and 636 as required by notice dated August 21st . The fifth summons charged defendant with fail- ing to carry out an order dated January 16th in respect of 11 acres at Upper Drayton Farm , Brim- field . The sixth summons charged him with failing to cultivate fields numbered 596 , 593 , 583 and 613 at Upper Drayton Farm as required by notice dated August 21st . The seventh summons charged Richard Edmunds with failng to cultivate 20 acres at Bilbury Farm , Richards Castle , as required by notice dated Janu- ary 16th . The eighth summons charged him with failing to cultivate fields numbered 284 and 286 at Bil- bury Farm as required by notice dated August 21st . As THE CASE FOR THE PROSECUTION . VITAL NEED OF FOOD PRODUCTION . Mr. Wadsworth in stating the case on behalf of the Herefordshire War Agricultural Executive Com- mittee , said these were the first prosecutions of the kind to be instituted in the county . the Magistrates knew . the members of the Execu- tive Committee included the best known farmers of the county , who had by their own success proved themselves to be good practical farmers . This Com- mittee were by the Defence of the Realm Regula- tions vested with very wide powers , but these powers were not exercised in an arbitrary manner . Every case that came before them received the most careful consideration and the Committee en- deavoured to carry out their duties without fear or favour in order to achieve the object of their existence the increased food production of the county . With very few exceptions indeed the far- mers of the county had supported the Committee and had rallied round them . There had been ar- guments it was true , but these had all been settled amicably and farmers had loyally accepted the advice and in other cases obeyed the instruc- tions of the Committee , There was no doubt that the result of the smooth working of the business had been most beneficial and the food productive capacity of the county greatly increased . The de- fendant was a gentleman who one would have thought had overloaded himself with farms . He was the owner and occupier of four farms , com- prising 650 acres . There was no reason why a man should not occupy 40 farms if he had the labour and ability to work them efficiently , but in these times food production was vital and everything must be done to make cre in the country productive , to its fullest extent . If a man insisted on retaining in his own hands more land than he was capable of farming efficiently then he had only got himself to blame if he got into trouble . In speaking of the farms of the defendant he felt it was right in saying that the farms all the way round were well farmed ; prac- tically models . As against these the four farms belonging to the defendant were now and had been Defendant a perfect disgrace to the countryside . had said that he had not more land than he could deal with and he had also said he was not short of labour . If that was so it disposed of his ( Mr. Wadsworth's ) contention that he was overloaded with land . If he could deal with it efficiently he should have cultivated it properly . He thought the secret of all was that he gave the greater part of his attention to stock raising and neglected the production of grain on his farms . Defendant was before the Committee in December , 1917 , and he was then cautioned by the Committee . His atten- tion was called to the bad state of the farms and he was warned that if a radical change was not made he would run the risk of proceedings . eve THE CHARGES EXPLAINED . Proceeding , Mr. Wadsworth said he had in front of him a list of the farms , the acreage , the notices which were served , the work done and the work hat was not done . He proposed to tell them what the position was .. Moor Abbey Farm , Leysters , comprised 263 acres and the arable in 1917 was 62 acres . On January 16th , 1918 , defendant was served with a notice by the Committee to break up and cultivate and sow with wheat , peas , oats , barley , roots or potatoes , 17 acres of pasture and the ploughing was to be completed on 31st of March last . The lend was inspected on August 19th , 1918 , by Messrs . Openshaw , Bray and Phillips asd it was found that of the 17 acres which defendant was ordered to break up , one field containing 7 acres had been broken up and even that was not planted or worked for planting , and was green with grass . On the 22nd of August defendant was served with another order by the Committee , and this order was the subject of the second charge in regard to Moor Abbey Farm . Within 21 days he was required to plough , clean and cultivate six pieces of land , 336. 397 , 391 and 440 , the last piece containing 7 acres to be first mown . On September 17th it was found that No. 336 had not been touched . No. 397 , which had been ploughed up under the January order , had been ploughed again but not cultivated . Nos . 391 and 440 were not touched . On this inspection it was found that 30 acres on the farm were derelict . EXTRA LABOUR AVAILABLE . They might be told that , because of the difficulty of obtaining labour defendant could not carry out the order in 21 days , but asked the Bench to bear in mind that any amount of extra labour to carry out these notices could have been ob- tained from the Committee . Within the last months the Committee had sent from the depot at Leominster 10 horses for ploughing and men in attendance . They could have supplied defendant with five extra ploughs if required . He would also point out that the labourers , whatever they might have been when soldiers were first put on the land , were competent experienced farm work , men , who had been withdrawn from the Army . The only attempt defendant made was to send for one motor plough , which was supplied at once . The tractor did some ploughing , but could not cultivate owing to the weather , but he pointed out that defendant might have had two or three other motor ploughs if he had asked and also five teams for horse ploughing . No application of any kind was made except one for a motor plough . POSITION AT NUNUPTON . Continuing , Mr. Wadsworth said that Nunupton Farm was 178 acres in extent , 67 acres being arable land in 1917. On January 16th , 1918 , defendant was ordered to plough up , cultivate and plant acres of grass land The farm was inspected on August 19th and it was found that two fields , 679 and 25 , containing a little over 13 acres , had been ploughed but had neither been worked or planted and were very dirty with weeds . He had ploughed one more acre than the notice required and had let it all become derelict . On the 21st of August he was ordered to mow and burn the charlock and then plough , clean and cultivate , and of No. 701 ( 12 acres ) he had to plough and cultivate 5 acres ; and was also to plough and cultivate 636 ( 4 acres ) , and 640 ( 9 acres ) . The result of the inspection on September 13th showed that on the 13 acres he had mown the charlock and nothing else . On the 12 acres he had ploughed two cops for the motor plough and nothing else and the same in regard to 636. No. 640 he had ploughed , but had not cultivated . They would point out that defendant was able to do some ploughing and if he had doubled his ploughing strength he could have done the rest . If all the land had been ploughed the Committee would have thought he intended to carry out the order . On this farm 23 acres were found in a derelict state . 12 Upper Drayton Farm was 45 acres , with arable in 1917. On January 16th , 1917 , he was ordered to plough , cultivate and plant II acres . On August 19th it he was found that had ploughed nine acres , but that it was left un- worked . In August he was given notice to plough cultivate four pieces , 596 , 593 , 583 and 613 , and total 11 acres . In September 596 , 593 and 583 were not touched , and out of the three acres in 613 ong acre was ploughed . On this farm 12 acres were derelict .. or- Bilbury Farm was 150 acres in extent and the arable 60 acres . In January defendant was dered to break up , cultivate and plant 20 acres . On August 19th it was found that No. 284 and 286 , total 10 acres , were ploughed but not worked or planted . No. 321 , 8 acres , had been ploughed and cultivated but not planted . This piece was not the subject of the charge . On August 21st he was given notice to plough again and cultivate Nos . 284 and 286. On September 19th it was found he had ploughed No. 284 and partly cultivated it . No. 286 had been merely rolled . On the farm 10 . acres were in a derelict state . .NOTICES OBJECTED TO . Greville Phillips , an officer of the Committee , was the first witness . He stated that it was his duty to send out these cultivation notices and he ' produced pressed copy of the notices in ques- tion . Mr. Levick objected on the ground that the service of notices could not be proved in that Committee had way , He said the sent out hundreds of Lotices and were not able to prove the service of one of them . They had no dupli- cates . Mr. Wadsworth read the the regulations on subject of notices , which showed that they could be sent registered post . This course was fol- lowed in these cases . He pointed out that they had given notice to the defen - lant to produce the originals . The Clerk ( to Mr. Levick ) : Are you going to produce them ? Mr. Levick : Do you think I am going to pro- duce documents to my own undoing ? ( laughter ) . He contended that the service of the notices was not proved . In a civil court notice was given to produce documents and then counsel was at lib- erty to put in secondary evidence . But that did not apply to criminal cases and they could not accept secondary evidence . He pointed out that under the Documentary Evidence Act & document was either a public or a private one .. The Clerk ( Mr. C. E. A. Moore ) said the notices in this case were not cocuments within the mean- ing of the Documentary Evidence Act . Mr. Levick proceeded to quote at great length from the Acts of 1868 , 1882 and 1895 as to " Proc- lamations . Orders and Regulations " issued by various departments , including the Board of Agri- culture . He contended that these rotices were served as though they came from the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture and the service must be proved under the Documentary Evidence Acts . There was only one way in which it could be proved and that was by means of a certified copy . Mr. Duncan asked Mr. Levick how this was helping his case . Either defendant received the notices or he did not . Mr. Levick : If you cannot prove the documents you cannot go on with the case . I am prepared to go to appeal on this point . In reply to the Clerk , the witness , Mr. Phillips , said that the printed form produced when placed under the pressed copy formed an exact copy of the notice he posted to Mr. Edmunds . Upon this the Bench over ruled the objection and ordered the case to proceed . DEFENDANT WARNED . Continuing , the witness , Mr. Phillips , said he was present at a Committee meeting on December 18th , 1917 , when defendant was called in before the Committee and warned that he must improve the state of his farms and bring the portion of his arable land that was the derelict under plough . He made out the notices in regard to 17 acres of grass at Moor Abbey , 12 at Nunupton , II at Upper Drayton and 20 acres Bilbury . The defendant appealed against the order in re- gard to Bilbury and the Committee confirmed the order . On the 19th of August he went with Messrs . Bray and Openshaw to Moor Abbey farm . They found that he had ploughed the field 397 but had done nothing else . The field was dere lict and was covered with scutch . At Nunupton defendant had ploughed two fields comprising 12 acres and had apparently harrowed them , but the land was in a derelict state , the same as the other except that it was yellow with charlock . Defen- dant had ploughed fields at Drayton , but they had not been touched since and were derelict . At Bil- bury he had ploughed 18 out of 20 acres in three fields , 284 , 286 ( these were neither worked nor planted ) and 321 ( where he had carried out the order and planted barley ) . As a result of the in- send spection he was ordered to out further notices . 12 The order for Moor Abbey was in res- pect of 24 acres which were derelict and when he again inspected the farm on September 17th acres were still derelict . At Nunupton on August 19th 32 acres were derelict and 23 were still derelict the following month . At Upper Drayton 10 acres were derelict in August and seven in Sep- tember . At Bilbury 10 were derelict in August and in September the order had not been complied with . same Cross - examined : The " 80 ACRES PRODUCING NOTHING . " Asked by Mr. Wadsworth as to the general state of the farms from the cultivation point of view , witness said the whole amount of land in connection with the orders was 79 acres . The hop- yard had not been touched for several years . It was a mass of filth and other fields were in the condition . The land which had been ploughed had been turned over by tractors and not touched since . Altogether when he first inspected the farms there were 80 acres of arable land pro- ducing nothing . Defendant could have had more tractors than one if he had wished and he could have had plenty of ploughs , horses and plough- men from Leominster . signature of Alderman Preece on the duplicate notices is copied and D. Parr is one of the clerks in the office . The de- fendant ploughed 49 out of the 60 acres he was ordered to plough and only cultivated 6 acres . His total arable would not be one - third of the total - about 2bo . I Out of the land ploughed by him defendant added another 43 acres of derelict land to his farms . The second orders were served at once in order get the land into reasonable form or there would be nothing produced for the following 12 months . In August no further or- ders were given for ploughing sward . Some of the fields at Moor Abbey might have been ploughed out of sward . but to the best of his belief they were arable . The orders at Nunupton substanti- ally related to the land which defendant ploughed under the January orders . Defendant had a trac- tor . He admitted the weather was bad , but as defendant was able to plough 10 acres by hiring one tractor he could have ploughed the lot by hiring three or four . The tractor driver said it was impossible to cultivate in such weather as the land was so filthy and he moved to another farm , where he went on with his work . Some of the soil was heavy ; other was lighter . Defendant could have carried out the ploughing and cultiva tion within 21 days . He had 13 fine days out of that period . Mr. J , W. Openshaw corroborated as to the state of the farm in August , 1918. The only field that was ploughed up out of sward at Moor Abbey was 397 , seven acres No. 442 was foul ; 423 was not sward . He corroborated the evidence of Mr. Phillips as to the number of derelict acres in Sep- tember . Cross - examined by Mr. Levick : Moor Abbey farm was formerly owned and occupied by Thomas Edmunds , who died in December , 1916. This threw another 250 acres upon the defendant , but , added witness , he was not obliged to occupy them . He had five men on July 31st , 1918. On that date he made no complaint to Mr. Edmunds . The men were hay making . There were three men work- ing at Nunupton and they had to work Drayton as well . The total acreage of arable was something like 80 acres . He saw plenty of horses running about . At Upper Drayton the arable land had not been worued for years . It had been ploughed several times , but not cropped Mr. Levick : What object was served by giving . him these notices in August ? Witness : Because he had failed to carry out the previous orders and unless immediate steps were taken no crops would be secured for 1919 . In reply to further questions by Mr. Levick , witness said defendant could have planted the land up to May . Probably the land would be very hard in the spring , but some of the land at Bilbury was beautiful land and could have been sown any time . It It was not heavy soil there . would have worked like ashes . Moor Abbey land was not very heavy . Nunupton land was stiff and difficult , but he could have planted there up to the second week in May . He believed the land there was ploughed by tractor . He agreed that the weather in September was appalling and also promised that he would consider the matter . A fortnight afterwards he said he had altered his mind .. Mr. G. H. Bray corroborated the evidence of the other witnesses as to the various pieces of land and their condition on August 19th and Sep- tember 17th . Mr. Wadsworth asked for witness's opinion of the general state of the land . Witness : The farms were in a very neglected , uncultivated and derelict condition . I have never seen land so bad before . Mr. Levick : That has nothing to do with it . Mr. Wadsworth : It has all to do with it . It is suggested that we have given the defendant no time , but these farms have always been in a bad state . This closed the case for the prosecution . DEFENDING SOLICITOR'S SPEECH . Mr. Levick in addressing the Bench . on behalf of the defendant said the main point in this case was that it was not an offence to have a farm in a bad state of cultivation . These orders were the outcome of war conditions . Down to the out- break of war a man could farm his land in such a manner as he thought fit , especially if he was both owner and occupier , and he could be charged with no offence . Apparently Mr. Thomas Edmunds was indifferent as to his farm . He had bad health for one thing . At any rate there was no doubt that Moor Abbey was kept in a bad state of cultivation . The defendant Richard Edmunds had the rest of the land and he did not know any more than anyone else that we were going to have a war and be short of food . Farmers had not for years received any sort of encouragement from the Government to produce food and it was a fact that much of the land of the country was in bad state owing to this condition of things . He was willing to admit that much of the de- fendant's land was such . His land was heavy soil and difficult to work . With regard to the first orders , the whole thing was done in a panic . They were not sent until January and they required the land to be ploughed , cuftivated and sown , so that the crops should be available for 1918. It would have been far better if the orders had been issued in the previous October , but they made a simple rule , one third of the land must go under the plough . There was no time to consider whether the land was suitable as arable land or not and when farmers appealed against it their appeals were dismissed and sometimes more land added . The defendant had 60 or 70 acres additional put on to him . He was short of labour . The land I was in a bad state of cultivation and was there- fore more difficult to deal with than if it had been in a good state of cultivation . He appealed against one of the orders and did not receive a reply until February 13th . He wrote to Fryer's to send tractor , but they could not do so unless he could wait . The question then arose how much an ordinary ploughman could plough in a day . On heavy stiff land like that if a man ploughed half an acre per day he was doing very well indeed . Mr. Edmunds had only three teams and he should never have attempted the work .. If he had never attempted it it would have been far better , but he ploughed it all . He wished to know how it was that defendant was not charged with failng to plough under the orders . Mr. Wadsworth said they could not charge him with failing to plough as the six months had run out before they laid the information . were Mr. Levick said defendant was charged with negligently failing to cultivate , but why was he overwhelmed with orders and then a pistol held and at his head Police threatened with Court proceedings . Proceeding , Mr. Levick asked the Bench to dismiss the summons in respect of the January orders on the ground that they superseded by the August orders . When the sec- ond orders were issued they started de novo and he submitted the earlier orders were dead . As to the second orders he asked that the summonses in respect of them should be dismissed on the ground that the orders were not reasonable . They all . knew what the weather in September was . The rainfall in that month was seven times what it had been for 60 years . Again at that time of year a farmer was busy with his harvest . Yet they ordered him to plough this land and although it rained in bucketsful they took out these summonses . It was impossible for the de- fendant to do the work and he therefore asked the Bench to dismiss these summonses as well as the rst . The defendant , Richard Edmunds , in evidence said these farms were his property . He came into Moor Abbey Farm 12 months last December . He remembered the orders coming to hir . He had 4 men on the farm , a waggoner cowman and two workmen , one not being a regular hand . Mr. Levick : Is he sound ? The Clerk : We do not want this . We are not . a medical board . The contention of the prosecu- tion is that he could have had more labour if he had wanted it . or Continuing , defendant said he had three men at Nunupton and he had 79 acres of ploughing to do there and only one team and one waggoner . He tried to get a tractor to come out in the spring and they said he could have it if he would wait . He got Mr. Morgan , of Miles Hope , to come and plough some with a trartor . At Bilbury he had 4 men . He had 60 acres to plough there .. The waggoner at Bilbury had to do the threshing at the four farms . The whole of the 60 acres het was ordered to plough were ploughed . One two small lots were ploughed on in May , but a few acres were left at Upper Drayton . His men were ploughing right away into May and also cultivating and planting . It was too ate for him . to cultivate and plant it all . The land went like cast iron . In February one of the waggoners gave notice because he had 10 additional acres to plough at Bilbury , he said he would be ploughing until haymaking . The Moor Abbey land was not suit- able for ploughing . A portion was old hop ground from which they had to haul several thousand poles . They tried ploughing up . the roots but could make nothing of it . There were four horses there and two in the stable because he could not get a waggoner . His men worked well , but the land . was more than he could do . The men said it was a farce because when they harrowed or rolled it it did not make a mark in the field . At Bilbury he had a fence 200 yards long laid and in another field there was a fence 250 yards long I which had not been touched for 50 or 60 yards . That took about 3 weeks . When Mr. Openshaw came to Moor Abbey in July he did not make any complaint . After he received the notices in August he wrote for a tractor and few days . later he had a reply from Fryer's , Leominster , offering to do the work . The tractor came on September 1st . He also put three teams on . When there came a fine day he left the ploughing and got on with the harvest because he thought that was the most important . The tractor could not finish because of the wet , and could not go on cultivating because of the weather . He did his best to comply with the orders ; in fact they were ploughing when they should not have been . The Chairman : Did you get any manure for the íand ? a Defendant : I had five tons of manure and two of slag between the farms . In cross examination Mr. Wadsworth pointed out to the defendant that in the other cases the man was not threshing because of the ploughing or- ders . Now he was not ploughing because he had threshing to do . Defendant could not have it both ways . RECEIPT OF NOTICES ADMITTED . Replying to questions defendant said that when he received the orders he hoped to be able to He did not deny receiving the carry them out . He admitted that the old . hopyard had notices . not been touched . There were 12,000 poles to be removed . He had sufficient horses and ploughs . Re - examined by Mr. Levick : Having regard to the weather he thought he had ploughed all he could . Vivian West , 145 , Bargates , tractor supervisor under the Food Production Department , said that in August he received an application from Mr. tractor . A contract note was sent Edmunds for and Mr. Edmunds signed and returned it . tractor went on August 31st and ploughed seven The land was not very acres at Moor Abbey . A heavy , but full of rubbish . They then went to Nunupton and ploughed 23 acres in several fields . One field 13 acres would have been all right if it had been cultivated previously . The other fields were small , heavy , wet and banky and unsuitable for a tractor . The fields were up to the knees in rubbish . After they had done the 7 acres at Moor Abbey they went to another farm on Sep- tember 7th . On September 14th they went to Nunupton . Altogether they ploughed 30 acres . They also had a contract to do the cultivating , but could not do it owing to the weather . They ought not to have done as much ploughing as they did . It was impossible to cultivate the land within 21 days . Cross - examined : I am speaking of tractor ploughs . Horses might have done the work . THE DECISIONS . The Bench retired to consider the cases and after a somewhat lengthy absence the Chairman announced their decisions . He said the Bench had He wished to paid great attention to the case . point out to defendant that he was not owner of one farm , but the owner of four farms compris ing a total of 680 acres of land , of which 200 were arable . There was no necessity for him to have He retained all this land in his own hands . might have let it to other men who would have cultivated it and produced food for the country in the crisis through which they were now passing . Defendant preferred apparently to keep this land in his own hands . What was the result ? Not single bushel of food for human consumption had The been produced off 200 acres of arable land . country had lost a considerable amount of food owing to the manner in which defendant had car- ried on his farms . At a time when England was doing her best to provide food at home it was a serious case . This was the first case under these regulations in the county of Hereford . Defendant was an oldish man and they did not want to be too hard on him , but it was a very very serious thing . In the case they heard before the adjourn- ment the Bench decided to convict . They had let him off very lightly . In the case with regard to the two bays of wheat he would be fined £ 50 , and on the second summons ( in relation to a bay of barley ) they fined him £ 40 . Of the 8 sum- monses in regard to his land they dismissed the four which referred to the orders issued on August 22nd on account of the fact that the time was short and the weather from September 2nd was about as inclement as it could be and possibly there was not time for him to have cultivated . But they had come to the conclusion that there was not the slightest doubt that he negligently failed to cultivate and sow the fields he was or- dered to plough on January 17th and they thought therefore that those 4 should hold good . The maximum penalty which it was possible to inflict on him would be 100 on each Sum- mons and in addition six months ' imprisonment . The Bench did not wish to go as far as that as defendant was an old man . But they did inflict on each of those four summonses a fine of £ 100 and in default of payment the alternative of six months ' imprisonment . summonses Mr. Wadsworth applied for special costs . It appeared that the fines would go to the county , while the cost of the proceedings would be borne by the Food Production Department and the Minstry of Food . The Bench decided not to impose the payment of costs in addition , but directed that 4 out of each of the six fines should go toward the costs of the prosecution . would appeal Mr. Levick intimated that he against the conviction . that the weather was most important in agricul Cheney's Eczema Salve ture . Defendant , however , made no attempt to Many do anything . men had done double the work in the time . Re - examined by Mr. Wadsworth : Mr. Edmunds would have had no difficulty in finding tenants for his farms He suggested once to defendant that he should let two of his farms and he ANTISEPTIC . HEALING . For all kinds of Sores and Irritable Conditions of the Skin . PRICE 1/3 , Postage 3d .; SAMPLE BOX , 9d . , Postage 2d . CHENEY , CHEMIST , LEOMINSTER . Men's Winter Shirts & Pyjamas . Having purchased Winter Shirts before the big advance in cost of raw material , we are able to give you good value . Prices are under to - day's wholesale price . Stock is limited and not replaceable , so Buy Now . About 2 doz . OLD STOCK SHIRTS , some slightly soiled , at Old Prices . These are worth looking at . R. E. SCUDAMORE , Tallor , Hatts and Hosler , WIGMORE . Old Post Office , Leominster . Drawing & Dining - room PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH . - Anniver- sary services were held at the Primitive Methodist Church on Sunday last , the preacher , being Mr. G. Partington , of Ludlow . At the evening service , which was crowded , a special feature was the rendering of quartettes by Mr. W. B. Morgan and party with organ and violin accompaniments by Miss Betty Morgan and Pte . S. Hague respectively , the latter also contributing an instrumental duett . THE READING ROOM . - The Reading Room for the winter session was opened on Monday last and during the absence of Mr. H. A. James on mili- tary service , the Secretaryship is undertaken by : Master Trev . Morgan , with the Rev. W. Bamford as Treasurer . The Air Gun Club will be con- tinued as heretofore , under the supervision of Master Joe Morris . ALIENS ESCAPE . - Two interned aliens , named Chas . Rossuer '48 ) and Fred Leidart ( 30 ) , both Geinan Jews , escaped from the Camp on Satur- day evening , and were seen later making their way in the direction of Ludlow , where it is con- Jectured they would board , the mail for Euston .. The former is rather tall , bald and wears glasses , the latter being shorter , of thick build and very dark complexioned . Both are well dressed and cleaned shaved . and it is rumoured that the for- mer , who speaks Eng'ish fluently and was in charge of the canteen , took all the canteen money with him , in addition to the savings of some of his working fellow prisoners , which had been en- trusted to his safe keeping . BRIMFIELD . on Harvest Thanksgiving services were held October 6th and 7th at Wyson . The Rev. W. R. Price and Mr. Bache , of Tenbury , preached to large congregations on the Sunday . The sale was held on Monday evening ; the total proceeds be- ing £ 26 . On Thursday evening , October 10th , Wyson Choir , assisted by some friends , gave a concert to a crowded and appreciative gathering . £ 7 6s . 6d . was raised for the Red Cross Funds . EARDISLAND . The recent collection made by the Day School children on behalf of the , Y.M.C.A. amounted to £ 4 IS . 4d . Those taking part in the collection were Elsie Humphries 1 is . 6d . , Emlyn Davies 13s . 6d . , Tom Kington 10s . 8d . , Enid Owen 8s . 3d . , Lucy Roberts 8s . 3d . , Arthur Rawbon 7s . 3d . , John Prosser 6s . 11d . , James Taylor 5s . VEGETABLE DILWYN . AND FRUIT COLLECTION . - The depot at the School in connection with the County Marketing Scheme continues to do good work under the management of Mr. J. W. Wallace . The scheme has undoubtedly been the means of fur- nishing a quantity of rroduce toward the national food supply and in addition has been a source of considerable financial benefit to many of the vil- lagers . One item alone , blackberries - has been an important one and nearly two tons have been sent through the depot up to last week . Veget- ables also find a ready market and there is little doubt that such a means of disposing of surplus produce is a boon to the small producer . HARVEST FESTIVAL . - This event took place at the Primitive Methodist Chapel , Dilwyn , on Sun- day week , when the Rev. J. M. Ridge , of Leomin ster , preached to good congregations . The chapel was nicely decorated for the occasion . On Tues- day Mr. W. Russell , of Pembridge , presided at the annual thanksgiving meeting . The address I was given by the Rev. J. M. Ridge . Following the meeting a most successful sale was held with the assistance of young ladies of the congregation . The total proceeds from collections and the sale amounted to £ 4 10s . RED CROSS CRIB . - Mrs . J. P. Evans , of Perry- ditch , wishes to thank those who so kindly as- sisted at the Perryditch Red Cross crib during . hop - picking . The amount earned by these helpers was £ 4 12s . 6d . Part of this amount was spent in a croquet set for Sarnesfield Hospital and the re- mainder , £ 35S . , has been sent to the Commandant , Mrs. Windebank , for Sarnesfield Red Cross Funds . BROMYARD . FLAG DAY . - In aid of the British Red Cross Society a street flag day was held on Thursday last , when £ 16 was the result of the endeavour . The collection was made by local ladies . PARISH CHURCH . - At evensong on Sunday the Vicar admonished his parishioners for not attending in larger numbers the special war intercession . ser- vices held on Tuesday afternoons , and said it was a pity more could not spare half - an - hour for this purpose BROTHERHOOD . - On Sunday Mr. Frost presided , Mr. Mabley 1ad the lesson , and the Rev. G. H. Boggis offered prayer . Mr. George Willes , of Birmingham , gave the address , his subject being " In the potter's hands . " Miss Beryl Williams , of Droitwich , was the vocalist , her accompanist being Miss D. Williams , of Bromyard . PRESTEIGN . HARVEST FETSIVAL , SERVICES . - The harvest festival services in connection with . St. Andrew's Parish Church took place on Thursday last and were very successful . The sacred edifice had been tastefully decorated by the following ladies : Mrs. Debenham , Miss Debenham , Mrs. Griffiths , Miss Coates , Mrs. Wilson , and Mrs. Hodges . Services were commenced with a celebration of the Holy Eucharist at 8 a.mn. , Mattins at 30 , with choral evensong and sermon at 6.3b p.m. The preacher was the Rev. H. B. Martin , Rector of Pudleston , and there was a crowded congregation . The col- lection amounted to £ 17 15s . 1od . , and was divided between the local hospitals , the Royal Horticul Benevolent Institution and the British Red Cross Society . Many gifts of flowers , veget- ables and fruit were made and these will be sent to the local V.A.D. at Corton . tural THOMAS PUGH'S CHARITY . - The annual tea to the school children and their mothers under the will of the late Mr. Thomas Pugh , took place in the Assembly Rooms on Thursday afternoon . PROPERTY SALE . - On Saturday last Mr. Philip Davies , auctioneer , Presteign , conducted a sale of freehold cottage property , which comprised eight freehold cottages with gardens , situate in Broad Mrs. Street , Presteign , the property of the late Wakelin . The sale took place at the Radnorshire Arms Hotel , and the total rental of the property After a spirited bidding the property was £ 51 . was withdrawn at £ 450 , but we understand it was afterwards sold to the Misses Adlington , of Rad nor Buildings . PRESTEIGN PRIZE WINNERS . - At the annual show and sale of horses and foals last week at Leominster conducted by Mr. Philip Davies , auctioneer , Presteign , some local horses entered were successful in carrying off the prizes in their classes . In the classes for cart colt foals Mr. Oliver Walters , of Nash Farm , near Presteign , was awarded the first prize for his bay shire fóal , sire " Eminence " dam " Ashleigh Royal Countess , " whilst Mr .. J. H. Sparey , Fold Farm , Presteign , won second prize with his bay colt foal , sire " Heartsease Candidate " . dam " Stout . " In the shire filly foal class Mr. Oliver Walters again secured first prize with his bay shire filly foal , sire " Blaisdon Draughtsman " dam Lass 2nd . " ' Ware ' Boot , Is simply the logical conclusion of Superior Workmanship and Best Material To Produce FOOTWEAR that completely satisfies all the demands of COUNTRY WEARERS . Waterproof Leather with or without Nails , SUITES . In SOLID OAK and WALNUT . UPHOLSTERED in VELVET , TAPESTRIES and LEATHER . Bedroom Suites , In SOLID OAK , SATIN , WALNUT , MAHOGANY , & c . John Holmes , Corn Square ONLY , LEOMINSTER . ORLETON . MEMORIAL , SERVICE . - In memory of Charles Handley and William Thomas ( son of P.C. Thomas stationed at Orleton ) a special service was held on Sunday morning last in the Parish Church , Orleton , when a large number of parishioners were present , sympathising with the parents and fami- lies , of the two soldiers who have made the supreme sacrifice quite recently . Charles Handley was at one time a chorister in the church .. The Vicar ( the Rev. J. Shepherd Munn ) , who preached , made touching reference in his sermon to the sad ness of the bereavement in the two cases , and spoke words of comfort to the sorrowing present . The hymns The head that once was . crowned with thorus , " " Fight the good fight " and " Through the night of doubt and sorrow , " were feelingly sung , and Mrs. Shepherd Munn played " I know that my Redeemer liveth " ( Messiah ) as ones The opening voluntary . The congre- gation stood at the end of the service while the " Dead March " ( Saul ) was played . THE SCHOOL . - On Friday morning last at the opening of the School advantage was taken by the Rev. J. Shepherd Munn ( Vicar and Chairman of the School Managers ) to draw attention to the taking of Ostend and Lille by the Allies and to impress upon the minds of the children that October 18th ( St. Luke's Day ) would ever be a great day of remembrance owing to the victories recorded in the newspapers that day . The Vicar brought the Union Jack and the Belgian flag from the church , and while these were hoisted , the children , at the salute , sang " God Save the King " and the Belgian National Anthem . Then cheers were given for the King , the Navy , the Army , the Orleton Soldiers , the King of the Bel- gians and the Allies . The Headmaster Stubbs ) also spoke a few words suitable occasion . ( Mr. to the BLACKBERRIES . - Up to last week - end the children of Orleton Church of England School had gathered and despatched to the Herefordshire Fruit Company , Mansion House , Hereford , 1 ton , 4 cwts . 3 qrs . 13 lbs . of blackberries for jam- making . MIDDLETON ( LITTLE HEREFORD ) . Harvest Home . was celebrated last Sunday and Wednesday . The Rev. J. Lindsay , of Ludlow , preached to large and appreciative congregations on Sunday . The sale was held on Wednesday . The total proceeds were over £ 40 . Half of this sum is being sent to the Soldiers ' Comforts Fund . IN A ROYAL AIR FORCE MESS . If a Colonel of Crimean days were to stroll into a present day Royal Air Force mess in England he would probably think that he had walked through Alice's looking glass . a a the A cheerful youth welcomes the veteran , and hospitably offers hini drink . From the old Colonel's experience this youth should be a second lieutenant . But on the cuffs of his well worn tunic , the Colonel notes with amazement badges of a Major's rank . On his breast , more- over , in addition to a pilot's wings are sewn the ribbons of the D.S.O. and the M.C. This young man's features wear an expression of mingled responsibility and dare - devil recklessness , and gradually , the veteran realises that he is speaking to the Commander of the Station , the owner of name famous for masterly organisation and heroic gallantry in fight . Near by lounges a grey - haired , somewhat portly man , who despite his uniform , wears the air of a prosperous city merchant . His sleeves carry , but one hand , so he is , a lieutenant . This is the Equipment Officer , and a past master in the art of producing all the spare parts needed to keep aeroplanes constantly in the air , and to keep a Squadron happy . The youthful C.O. evidently holds him in high esteem , and he seems on the best of terms with the youths around him . A few boyish - looking Captains are dotted about the ante - room , all with the look on their faces that a schoolmaster likes to see on the faces of his prefects . These are Flight Commanders and all are accustomed to responsibility such as does not often fall in peace time to the lot of men double their age . Another middle - aged , very well set up officer catches the veteran's eye . He wears his uniform as if born in it , and on his breast is the white- edged crimson ribbon of the Long Service and Good Conduct medal . He is the Quartermaster , now performing in the R.A.F. , the duties which for years past he has performed for a regular battalion of the Army . A less surprising figure is a captain of about 28 , with a bad limp and two wound stripes . He wears no wings , for he is the Adjutant , and in his dreams he is still with his infantry battalion in the trenches . Hafder to place is a second lieutenant , without badges or bands of any sort , bowed shoulders , and keen intellectual face . He proves to be the Mechanical Transport Officer , and what he does not know about economy to in petrol , repairs engines , and organisation of journeys is not worth knowing . The rest of the mess is made up of some youth- who ful instructors , and yet more boyish pupils listen modestly to the stories of the old hands " about battles with the enemy .. the A surprising collection of men they appear to old Colonel , but all are full of the right spirit , all animated by esprit de corps , and all are engaged in building up the traditions which are to be handed down to future generations of the Royal Air Force . . After being in their company for an hour or so the Crimean veteran would probably admit that he found no falling off here in the quality of the , youngsters who held the King's Commission . At the Easingwold Salvation Army harvest fes .. tival sale a double - yolked egg was sold and re sold by Dutch auction until it reached the record price of £ o.os . 6d . , which included 60 half - crown donations collected by Coun . Sturdy , the hon . treasurer of the corps . The egg was presented by a local lady . Printed and by published for the Proprietors A. T. Southall , at his Offices , 27 , Drapers Lane , Leominster . Weaver & Son , No. 1 , Drapers Lane , and Market Place , Leominster VOL . XII SALES BY A By Mess EDWARDS , RUSSELL LEOMINSTER HORSE NEXT S OF HEAVY and LIGH UNBROKEN COLTS Friday , Nov. 2 Entries Close Wednes Schedule and Entry For Note . - All Farmers ente get a Permit to Sell fro County Agricultural Execu Auctioneers ' Offices : Le and Tenbury . LEOMINSTER STO FAT TUESDAY , NOVEMB AT Cattle and Sheep , 11.30 ; Store Cattle an The Sale will include Three DAIRY SHORTHORN HEIFER bred by Mr. E. Shute , Upper N These Heifer are from a no I have their young Calves at foot . Entries kindly solicited . EDWARDS , RUSSEI Leominster , Hereford and E THE HALL FARM , Four miles from Pembridge a DWARDS , RUSSELL & BA by Mr. Davies , who is lea On SATURDAY , NOVE 8 Well - Bred HEREFORD C 35 Excellent Improved Radno 3 HORSES , 2 Store PIGS , A Gearing , etc. Sale at 2.30 o'clock Auctioneers Offices : Leominster WOODMANTON , SARNESF Two miles from Kinnersley Statio DWARDS , RUSSELL & B with instructions from M is retiring ) , to Sell by Auction MONDAY , NOVEMBE 73 Well - Bred HEREFORD Young Cows and Heifer 18 Bull and Heifer Calv 18 Yearling Bullocks , an Bull , bred by Messrs . 210 Capital SHROPSHIRE SHEEP , viz .: 110 Ewes and 2 Oxford Rams . 11 STORE PIGS , Brown Ca good worker , 6 COLTS , Agric other Effects , particularized in be had of the AUCTIONEERS , Le Tenbury . Sale at ONE o'clock THE TWYFORD PIE DWARDS , RUSSELL & B with instructions from Mr. by Auction , at TWYFORD ( 5 Pembridge Station , G.W.R. ) , on THURSDAY , NOVEMB 87 Magnificent Pedigree HE Chiefly descended from the str Court House Herd . Luncheon ( by Ticket ) at 11 a . T. Hinckes , President of the Society , will preside .. Sale at 12.30 o Auctioneers Offices : Leominster THE VICARAGE , Six miles from Leominster and EDWARDS , RUSSELL & BA instructions from the Rev leaving the district ) , to Sell by MONDAY , NOVEMBE a portion of his HOUSEHOLD Door Effects , including Useful K father Clock ( Brass Dial ) , Sil Articles , Glass and China , 8 M seated Dining Chairs , nice Walnu in good order , an exceptionally knee - hole Roll - top Birch Writ Settee , Antique Carved and Antique Carved Oak Refrectory the top 9ft . 6in . long , 2ft . 9in . wi one solid piece , excellent Oak dark Oak panelled Linen Chest , E Garden Tools , Carriages and Har Sale at 11 o'clock Catalogues on application , to minster , Hereford and Tenbury . MARSTON , PEME Two miles from Pembridge Ra EDWARDS , RUSSELL & BA instructions from Mr. H. 1 the farm ) to Sell by Auction the Dead Farming Stock , on THURSDAY , NOVEMB 39 Choice Pedigree HERE DAIRY CATTLE , 5 HORSES , SHEEP , 9 Large Black PIG Implements , Harness , Cider and Auctioneers Offices : Leominster HEREFORDSH IN THE PARISH OF LIT VALUABLE FREEHOLD DWARDS . RUSSELL & Eceived instructions to Se Royal Oak Hotel , Leominster , FRIDAY , NOVEMBE at 3 o'clock in the afternoon , T Meadow Land , known as situated in the Parish of Little H 14.373 Acres . The Land adjoins the main Ter intersected by the Tenbury an Close to Easton Court Railway Hereford Church and School . £ 23 per annum , to Messrs . A. R has been given , to expire at vacant possession , can be had . year 1918 is £ 2 9s . 6d . and the Way Leave of 5s . a year is pai water pipe under the line to sup trough on the lower field . T quality and would be a good site Holding . For further particulats apply to minster , Tenbury and Hereford , of the land may be seen . EARDISLAND AND DESIRABLE FREEHOL EDWARDS , RUSSELL & B to Sell by Auction , in 2 Hotel , Leominster , on FRIDAY , NOVEMBE at 3 p.m. , Five Pieces of God Land , situate at The Barr , adio Golden Cross to Stretford Bridg 6 acres , in the occupation of Further particulars may be h or Messrs . LLOYD & SON , Solic |