The Kington Times - September 1918
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Kington Times 7th September 1918 - Page 4
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| Date | 07/09/1918 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Kington Times |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 7th September 1918 |
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4 Cut out and keep this notice . Show it to everyone in your household . Notes on Saving . - No . 4 . How to Save in the Kitchen . Never waste good pieces of meat , fish , cooked potatoes , cooked rice or vegetables . Make them into rissoles , fish - cakes , soup , potato- croquettes or other savoury dishes . Mashed potatoes can be used instead of suet for boiled puddings instead of lard for pastry . Don't fill the kettle when you only need a cupful of hot water ; don't use the stove when a gas - ring will suffice . A pinch of carbonate of soda in sour fruit lessens the amount of sugar required . Eggshells clean enamel ; lemon rinds remove stains from the hands , and from brass and copper ; tea - leaves clean bottles and lay dust . Saving Waste means Saving Money . Invest your Savings in THE KINGTON TIMES , SEPTEMBER 7 , 1918 . 15 NATIONAL L WAR SAVINGS ment War Savings Certi- ficates are a British Government Invest- 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 , E.C. 4 . Every Shilling saved and lent helps to win the War . LEOMINSTER RURAL DISTRICT TRIBUNAL . ONLY TWENTY EXEMPTED MEN OUTSIDE AGRICULTURE . A meeting of the Local Tribunal for the Leomin- ster Rural District was held on Friday at the Union Workhouse , when there were present : Mr. Cave , John Bazley ( in the chair ) , Mr. J. M. P. Mr. G. Butters , Mr. R. H. George , Mr. H. Lang- ford , Mr , J. Hughes , with the Deputy Clerk ( Mr. Gibson ) , and the National Service Representative ( Colonel Campbell ) . Lieut . Owen , of the Recruit- ing Office , Hereford , was also present . Mr. R. H. George applied for a renewal of the exemption granted to Alfred George Seale , B 1 , Vine House , Kingsland , general assistant to land He stated that Mr. Seale agent and auctioneer . had been in his employ 21 years . He assisted him in his work as a valuer and estate agent and was the only one to look after anything in his ab- sence . He was a volunteer and there being no corps at Kingsland he drilled regularly at Leo- minster . Temporary exemption to October was granted . 31st Charles Lewis Stant , Kings Head , Docklow , chim- ney cleaner and publican , applied for exemption . He stated he was 47 , Grade B 1 , and was working at the Hereford Factory . The application was not assented to , applicant being informed that he would be protected by his employers . The next case was that of George Albert Fran- cis , master baker and grocer , Wyson Stores , Briш- field , aged 37 , Grade 1 . The National Service Representative : already protected by the Ministry of Food . Temporary exemption to December 31st . LAWNS PUT UP FOR HAY . He is In the case of Price Lloyd ( 43 ) , Grade 2 , gar- dener , in the employ of Colonel Cardiff at Little was signed Hereford , the Clerk said the claim only by the man , owing to the fact that Colonel Cardiff was with his battalion . The explanation was accepted . Price Lloyd informed the Tribunal that he was engaged the whole of his time in producing vegetables for twenty people , also for the V.A.D. Hospital . They did not sell any , but gave it away . In reply to a member of the Tribunal as to the not kept up . lawns , the man said these were They were mown this year for hay . Temporary exemption to December 31st . Lieut . Owen said he would like to point out that in cases where the National Service Represen- tative agreed to exemption it was not necessary to . summon the man and waste his time . The Tribunal could give exemption without discussing the case . Colonel Campbell thought there were advantages in having the cases before them each time . The Clerk said the Tribunal might be inter- ested to know that at the end of July they had . only 20 temporary exemptions running in the whole area . The 193 conditional certificates which they had previously granted were wiped out by the regulations in regard to agricultural cases . LEOMINSTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL . OXFORD LOCAL EXAMINATIONS . LIST OF SUCCESSES . is Of these I cominster Grammar School again to be credited with a long list of successes in the Oxford Local Examinations which were held in July . Twenty - five pupils being were successful , nine seniors and sixteen juniors . three seniors and one junior appear in the Honours Lists . Mr. W. S. G. Drennan is to be congratu- lated upon the continued high standard of the The as disclosed in these examinations . school proportion of passes to the total numbers of the school is large and is an indication of the value of the education which is open to the children of Leominster and district at the Grammar School . The list of successes is as follows : - SENIOR CANDIDATES . Honours List . Second Class ( division two ) : Doris E. Nicholls . Third Class : F. Leslie Powell and Marion B. Price . Pass List ( senior candidates born on or after July 1 , 1899 , who satisfied . the examiners ) : Cecil S. Bale , Herbert E. King , C. John Wall , Margaret V. Goodchild , Audrey G. Hudson , Nancy K. Wood . JUNIOR CANDIDATES . Honours List . Second Class ( division two ) : Cyril F. J. Morris . Pass List : Harold E. Denby , Leslie E. Gough , C. William Hann , Harold A. Jackson , Fred Sim mons , John B. Storr - Barber , Gerald H. Walter , Gerald B. Walters , Hild V. Binge , Elsie O. Jone , Phyllis W. Pullman . Over age list ( junior candidates born before July 1 , 1902 , who satisfied the examiners ) : R. Dobney Smith , Roland L. Smith , M. Margaret Stedman , Winifred M. Taylor . PROTECTION FOR OUR SOLDIERS . FRUIT STONES AND NUT SHELLS WANTED . LEOMINSTER DEPOT FORMED . any as The war has opened our eyes to a remarkable degree the high value which to may be attached to apparently worthless material . A case in point is the urgent appeal which the National Salvage Council is making for supplies of all fruit stones , including date stones and hard nut shells . This material is converted into charcoal which is used in the manufacture of gas masks and protects our soldiers more effectively than other known The Leominster substance . Town Council have been asked to help and it has stones been decided that supplies of shells and may be sent to Mr. J. Budd , Surveyor , Town Hall , who will forward Captain them to Ricketts , Southend Gas Works , where they will be at once used for the purpose named . When it is realised that upon the possession of an efficient gas mask depends soldier's chance of coming safely through a gas attack we feel sure that there will liberal response on the part of Leominster . be All the public are asked to do is to place on one side all the fruit stones and nut shells which would otherwise go into the refuse bin , and take them at intervals to the depot at the Town Hall . It sounds too simple to be of much national im- portance and yet upon the forethought of people of our at home may depend the lives of many brave men overseas . a NEWLY PLOUGHED GRASS LAND . Further evidence in favour of the general wis- dom of the Food Production Department's policy of ploughing out grassland to increase the area devoted to the growing of essential food crops is afforded by reports on a recent inspection of ploughed out grass in Gloucester , Hereford , an West Somerset . Most of the corn crops have been cleared and little was seen or heard of failures , on the newly broken land . The successes reported were numerous and the position is generally sat- isfactory . The important swede crop of the Cotswolds is poor , but mangolds are relatively good . 99 WHO CORRESPONDENCE . THE KING'S FUND FOR THE DISABLED . To the Editor of the Kington Times . WILL FOLLOW HIS MAJESTY'S LEAD ? Sir , His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to give not only his name , but also the magnificent sum of £ 78,000 to the Fund which was recently inaugurated to assist disabled officers and men of the Navy , Army , and Air Force to become useful members of the community again . We , the Trustees of the Fund , for whom I sign as Chairman , appeal to the humanity , the grati- tude , of every one of your readers , man , woman , and child , for a subscription which will help to find a new place in civil life for officers and men of His Majesty's Forces disabled in the war , and for the widows and children of officers and men who have given their lives for us . " Why doesn't the Government do that ? " some readers will ask . Briefly , a State Pension scale must be hard and fast . Outside that scale , there is a great human field which the King's Fund can cover , in which the officer , the man , or the dependent can be put on his or her feet , and given a sound establishment in civil life . re- A State Scheme must be classification acecord . ing to the type ; the King's Fund passes beyond classification , and acts , not as a public official , but as private friend . The present facts are : - We are receiving 600 applications a week . 2,500 cases have been dealt with thus far . Where the officer or man has been trained by the Ministry of Pensions , or where there is a business given up for War Service , which he can re - start , an adequate grant can be made .. The Fund is a Monument of Gratitude . It will cheer our gallant fighters to see that nionument rising to £ 3,000.000 - the amount aimed at . So let us , therefore , have the money -- and quickly . Urgent cases are waiting . The King , ' eads off with his great gift of £ 78,000 Who will follow the King's lead ? Contributions should be sent to The King's Fund for the Disabled , Westminster House , Millbank . S.W.1 . All cheques and postal orders should be crossed . For the Trustees , JOHN HODGE , Chairman . THE APPEAL TO CRICKETERS . To the Editor of the Kington Times . Sir , -A month ago you were kind enough to in- sert an appeal I made on behalf of C. E. Brown , an old Herefordshire cricketer , whom terrible misfortune has overtaken . The response from o'd cricketers and lovers of the game has been grati- fying . Possibly absence from home has prevented some who intended from contributing , and as I hope to close the fund next week I shall be glad to hear from any other sympathisers so that their names may be included among the list of subscribers . Yours truly , Herefordshire , Kinnersley , Eardisley , September 5th , 1918 . C. J. L. ABBOT . OUR AMERICAN COUSINS . HOSPITALITY IN BRITISH HOMES . LEOMINSTER ASKED TO CO - OPERATE . a With the entry of America into the world war many movements have sprung into being , having for their object the forging of closer links of friendship between the two great English speak- ing nations of the world . Among these move- ments American Fellowship , is the British society which was formed to provide British hps- pitality to American soldiers . The town and district of Leominster has many links with America and when the objects of the society are fully known there is little doubt that the residents of North Herefordshire will not be satisfied un- less the name of Leominster appears prominently in the scheme . Not only are many natives of the county living in different parts of the States , but the Hereford cattle industry forms a strong link with the transatlantic continent . When we remem- ber that there are far more pedigree Hereford cattle in the States than in Herefordshire itself , we cannot doubt that many American soldiers would visiting welcome an opportunity of the home of the celebrated Whitefaces . Ladies ' Raincoats Gents ' Ladies ' Burberrys Gents ' 9.9 LYONSHALL WORKMAN'S SUDDEN DEATH . COLLATSED WHILE PITCHING CORN . The Coroner ( Mr. C. E. A. Moore ) held on in quest Watkins , on Friday evering on William Upper House Cottage , Lyonshall , a labourer , wh died suddenly on Thursday . while pitching in a cornfield at Lynhales Farm . The inquest was the first held in North Herefordshire without a Jury , as provided by the Juries Act 1918 , which remains in force for the duration of the war and six months after . he Thomas Watkins , Mahollam , Kington , said was the brother of the deceased , William Watkins , aged 58 years . Deceased had always been strong . David Jarman , labourer , Lyonshall , stated that on Thursday , August 29th , he saw deceased at Lyn- hales Farm at about 6.30 a.m. Shortly afterwards they went to a field to lug wheat . Deceased pitched and witness loaded it . They loaded one waggon and had about half loaded the other , when a few seconds after deceased had put up noise like a person some sheaves , he heard a gurgling in the throat . He got down off the wagon and was just in time to see him breathe for the last time . He called for assistance and Dr. Fletcher was sent for and came soon after . Deceased died about a quarter to nine . He had not complained of being ill . Dr. Fletcher said he saw the body on the 29th in the field . He examined it and found no marks of violence . He was of opinion that the deceased died from heart failure caused by over exertion . The Coroner certified the death to have occurred from natural causes . a WEOBLEY POLICE COURT . Monday , before Mr. T. E. Williams and Mr. J. E Lewis . A TRIPLE OFFENCE . Joseph Harthill Thompson , Black Swan , Leomin- 1or uriving a summoned ster , was al motor car Stretford without the necessary sideligat , without rear light and also tailing to obscure a side- He pleaded guilty . lignt as required by the order . Duwyn , Police Sergeant Matthews , stationed at stated that on August 26th at 9.40 p.m. ne was he on duty in the hignway at Stretford , where saw defendant driving a motor car With only one Sidelight attached . He stopped him and then found that the one electric sidelight he had was not shaded and on going to the rear of the car tound he had no rear , light . Defendant said he did not know the sidelignt was out and that the rear light was burning when he started from Leominster . He had no excuse 1or not shading the sidelight . It was the right hand sidelight which was not burning . The Sidelights I were electric and witness pointed out that it was another 111 le offence to have electric headlights addition . The rear lamp . was an oil lamp . Defendant said he lit the rear lamp when started from Leominster . As regards the sideligut the bulb must have gone on the journey . Fined 5s . CYCLISTS FINED . Walter Harris , Great Western Railway Inspector , Mill Street , Hereford , 37 , was summoned for cycling without lights at Canon Pyon on August 25th . He did not appear . 21 P.C. Main said that on August 25th at 10.50 p.m. he was on duty on the highway at Longbridge in the parish of Canon Pyon . Harris was riding bicycle without lamps either in the front or rear . When stopped he said he had been to Pembridge fisning and stopped there longer than he , had in- tended to . Defendant was cycling in company with another gentleman who had lights . Fined 5s . Arthur W. Price , engine driver , Moorhampton , was summoned for a similar offence at Sarnestield on August 25th at 9.20 p.m. He did not appear . P.S. Matthews stated that . on August 25th at 9.20 p.m. he was on duty at Sarnesfield Oak , Sar- nesfield , when he saw defendant riding a bicycle without lights . When stopped he said he had no lamps . He had been to his home at Bicton , Yaf- pole , and had got a bit out of his way going back . Superintendent Weaver said defendant was driv- ing a motor lorry at Moorhampton and could not attend without causing others to be idle . Fined 5s . RISBURY . a ANNIVERSARY . - The Sunday School anniversary of Risbury Wesleyan Sunday School took place on Sunday last . There was good congregation , notwithstanding the heavy rain , and those present were manifestly pleased with the recitations and singing of the children , in which the children from Stoke Prior Sunday School rendered valuable to £ 1 . The assistance . The collection amounted service was conducted by Mr. F. J. Cooper , of Eckington , Sheffield . Drawing & Dining - room 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 . DILWYN . MEMORIAL , SERVICE . - A memorial service was held at the Church on Thursday of last week to the late Pte . Harris and Pte . Savigar . The service was conducted by the Vicar ( the Rev. F. Mellor ) . Mr. J. S. Arkwright's memorial hymu was sung . FRUIT COLLECTION . - The depot at the Scnools in connection with the fruit and vegetable collec- tion scheme is proving highly successful under the management of Mr. J. N. Wallace . Produce brought by cottagers and others last week was of the value of over 15 while the preceeding week the handsome sum of nearly £ 26 was paid , princi- pally for fruit . The bluckberry collection scheme has arrived late , but the children and others had previously been working hard at the gathering of the splendid crop , and the motor lorry has ceived no less than 14 cwts . from Dilwyn . LUDLOW . re- KILLED . Mr. J. Diggle , headmaster of the Boys ' National School , has received the saw news that his youngest son , Lance - Corporal . H. V. Diggle , K.S.L.I. , has been killed in action in France on the 22nd of August . The news was sent by Lieut . P. E. Bach , the offiecer commanding the company in which deceased was serving . He states that deceased was diverting the fire of two Lewis guns . He behaved with noticeable coolness and courage . The officers of the company knew and valued the deceased most highly and considered him one of the most promising of the younger N.C.O's . De- ceased was 21 years of age and at one time was a member of the Ludlow Company Church Lads ' Brigade . He joined the Shropshire Yeomanry soon after the outbreak of war and went to Egypt and afterwards to Palestine and was then transferred to France in May and attached to the Shropshires . Much sympathy is expressed in the town for Mr. and Mrs. Diggle and family . FACTORY TALKS . No. 49 . " Coming Events cast their shadows before . " JAM RATIONING . - It is expected that Jam will be rationed in the not distant future , and the 4 suggested quantity is to 5 ozs . per head per week . We have been approached by the Local Food Control Office regarding supplies for Hereford , and have promised that , excepting being debarred by circumstances over which we have no control , we will allocate a ration of 8 ozs . per head per weeк for a shopping population of 30,000 . This equals 60,000 lbs . of Jam monthly , and it will be allocated to grocers on the basis of figures supplied by the Local Food Office . The Jam will be delivered to the grocers during the third week in each month . in one monthly allotment . The public will know . that a liberal ration is being provided , and if a shortage occurs it will be due to the fact that distributors are selling to non - residents , to unregistered customers , or unfairly . BLACKBERRIES . - The Order came into force on the 28th inst . , but so far we have not been able to get a copy . We are authorised to pay up to 4d . per lb. to dealers for Blackberries put on rail or delivered to our factory , and are prepared to buy any quantity at this rate . We invite enquiries from dealers anywhere , but shall be better pleased to receive their ceonsignments . All packages . should be marked with sender's name and address and Account should be sent net weight of fruit . each Saturday for the fruit despatched during the week , and we will pay weekly . before required , and ask for no more than they can use immediately . ELDERBERRIES . - We hoped - in this season of scarcity - to utilise large quantities of this fruit , but we seem to have scrambled our eggs before they were laid . There are two difficulties : - ( A ) For our purpose the fruit must be quite ripe , and , unfortunately , the birds seem to like them in that condition , and their facilities for picking them seem to be very efficient . ( B ) The berries must be picked clean from stalks , as we find that our machines used for strigging currants cannot handle Elderberries owing to the nature of the stalks . Under the circumstances we propose to pay 3d . per lb. for Elderberries , instead of the ad . origin ally suggested , but they must be clean picked and quite ripe , or they cannot be accepted at this or any other price . DAMSONS . These are now added to the long list of Controlled " items . The price is fixed at 40s . per cwt . for all varieties , and they may not be sold except for Jam manufacture , We are buyers of any quantity at the maximum price , from growers or dealers , and will be glad to supply empties . us that The Ministry of Food tell us to - day ( 29/8/18 ) that the price to be paid to pickers has not been fixed - this in spite of statements in the Press to the contrary . We suggest 3d . as a fair price for pickers , leaving d . per lb. for dealers . We therefore propose to pay this price from now on the collecting round . APPLES . Nothing new at the time of writing . Government price for small apples is 125. per cwt . The Apple Order controls all small fruit will go through a 2 - inch ring , excepting certain dessert varieties , for the Jam pot . We shall be pleased to receive any quantity from 1 lb. to 1,000 tons ! COLLECTION SCHEME . - Owing to the unfortu nate breakdown of a new motor , we are unable to make two weekly collections at present . In case of need , therefore , will Secretaries please arrange to put Blackberries on rail to Hereford . Carriage vill be paid by us .. We hope to secure another motor shortly and will make the second round as soon as practicable . EMPTIES . - Tubs for Blackberries are in great demand , and we hope all concerned will use whatever suitable empties they have and not retain our tubs longer thau possible . Dealers should apply for fresh supplies of tubs 4 days trolled in the near future . MARROWS . - We hear that these will be con Herefordshire Fruit Co. , Makers of Wye Valey Preserves , Mansion House , Hereford . Civil Aerial Helping To Win The War . Transport . By ENGINEER ) . The lines of the future development of British aviation may be ' argely influenced by the report of Committee , the Parliamentary convened to report upon the possibilities of Civil Aerial Trans- The existence of that committee is the reply to those critics , who , despite the paramount claims- of the fight for life in France , profess anxiety Tor peace time developments of aviation during CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR THE SOLDIERS . - On Thursday evening a meeting was held in the Council Chamber . The Mayor ( Alderman E. Shel- don ) presided . The meeting was called to consider the sending of Christmas port after the war . gifts to the Ludlow soldiers and sailors . There was a fair attendance . Ald . Valentine ( Hon . Treasurer ) presented the ac counts for last year , showing receipts £ 165 178. 4d . , payments £ 139 , 7s . 7d . , leaving a balance of £ 26 9s . 9d . , to which must be added £ 1 5s . refunded owing to inabi'ity to find addresses . About 240 letters of rcknowledgment were presented by the Mayor , who thanked the helpers and subscribers for the support given him . It was decided to hold a public meeting in October to consider the rais- ing of funds for Christmas , 1918 . Castle CONCERT . - On Thursday evening the Ludlow Entertainers gave a concert in the Harp Room , Church Street , on behalf of the K.S.L.I. Prisoners of War Fund . The room was crowded . An able programme was gone through . The fol- lowing took part Misses E. Walters , N. Eccle stone , F. Mason , E. Davies , and Messrs . T. Brown and D. Slater . PATRIOTIC FETE RESULT . - On Friday even- ing a meeting of the Comittee of the Patriotic Fete held on the Castle Green on August Bank Holiday was held in the Council Chamber . Arch- deacon Maude presided . The Hon . Freasurer ( Mr. Walter Harper ) presented the statement of ac- counts , showing receipts £ 447 178. and expenses The £ 73 6s . 11d . , balance in hand £ 394 16s . 9d . sum of £ 93 12s . 8d . will be given to each of the following objects : The local Red Cross , Queen Mary's Needlework Guild , Demobilised Soldiers and Sailors Association and the Local Prisoners of War Fund . The Mayor proposed a hearty vote of thanks to the Chairman for presiding and granting Hon . the Earl of Powis , and to all those who as- sisted on the day of the Fete . Councillor D. C. Campbell seconded . The Chairman returned thanks . Cheney's Eczema Salve the use of the Castle Green , and a'so to the Right 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 . PRESTEIGN . PETTY SESSIONS . - Tuesday , before Mr. Whit- more Green - Price ( in the chair ) , Colonel James , Mr. J. H. Wale and Mr. William Davies . - The license of the Radnorshire Arms Hotel was trans- ferred temporarily from Mr. M. Kemp to Mr. C. Symonds . CHILDREN'S COURT . - A Children's Court was held before the same Justices ,, when Edith Turner , Hereford Street , was charged by Mrs. Jane Preece , Back Lane , with stealing a pair of boots of the value of 10s . - Defendant admitted the ofience and was discharged under the First Offenders . Act , being severely cautioned by the Bench . suc- A SOLDIER POET - We are pleased to hear that Corporal William Millichamp , a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Millichamp of this town , was cessful in taking the first prize for poetry at one of the Y.M.C.A. France . competitions in The title of the poem was " Blighty , " and the adjudi- cator said the rhythm was absolutely correct and the words consisted of thoughts which came to most of them , but which they found it hard to describe . Congratulations to our soldier poet . We hope to publish the poem . BROMYARD . BROTHERHOOD . - At Sunday's meeting Mr. Frost presided , the lesson was read by the Rev. J. Jones , and Mr. Leonard Lewis , of Hereford , offered prayer . Miss Violet James , of Park House , " Home , Sweet Home " and " Come , gentle sang man , " her accompanist being Miss Amy Powell . Mr. Robert Macfarlane , of Birmingham , delivered an address on " Does God appeal to reason in matters of religion ? " EXCITING CHASE AT HEREFORD . CAPTURING AN ALLEGED CYCLE THIEF . At the Hereford City Police Court , on Friday , John Frederick Hill ( 46 ) , Millbrook Terrace , New- bridge road , Pontilanfraith , collier , was charged with stealing a lady's Raleigh bicycle , valued at £ 13 11s . 6d . , also another lady's bicycle valued £ 13 , and a gentleman's bicycle valued at £ 8 . first bicycle was the property of Mrs. Moore , of Mr. John Moore , solicitor ; the second of Greenland , wife of the Ex - Mayor of Hereford ; and the third of an insurance agent , Mr. E. Edwards , Holmer street , Hereford . at The wife Mrs. Prisoner was seen to ride off on Mrs. Moore's machine , and Police - constable Lawrence cycled after him to Belmont , then followed him in a motor- car , chased him across some meadows , and finally caught him by the heels as he was endeavouring to get through a hedge . On prisoner's house being searched six bicycles were discovered . Prisoner , who admitted the charges , was com mitted to take his trial at the next Quarter Sessions . The Society has as its President the Rt . Hon . the Earl Feauchamp , K.G. , while the Chairman of the Executive Committee who originated and brought the idea into being is Mr. Arthur Carlton , Mayor of Worcester . The primary idea of the with enthu- society , which has been taken up siasm all over the country , is the adoption by English cities and towns , of citices and towns in America . These are already being linked up . Worcester and Gloucester , which have long been Worcester connected by ties of friendship with and Gloucester in Massachusetts , are adopting the officers and men from these two towns . Past generations of the inhabitants of Macclesfield have gone to live in Patterson , New Jersey , which is therefore being adopted by the Yorkshire town . Hereford , in the centre of a cattle breeding county , naturally " takes on " its namesake in Arizona , and so on , through a long list of cities , over a willing- hundred having already expressed their ness to carry out the ideas suggested to them . The method of working will be simple . A cen- tral clearing house in London will be advised by the American Red Cross or the Army authorities of men on convalescent or ordinary leave , and the local committee at the place of adoption , or in the event of special reasons , another town , will at once be communicated with , certain particulars regarding each soldier being sent them as some has guide to the nature of the hospitality desired . The Clearing House will possess full details of the number of residents offering hospitality in each district . These will be obtained from the various local committees , and care will be taken that the number of officers and men who can be comfortably received by any town is not exceeded . WHAT WILL LEOMINSTER DO ? This subject was discussed at a meeting of Leominster Town Council on Tuesday and it was decided to co - operate with the Rural District Council . We hope that- come scheme will be promptly devised , feeling sure that there must be many people in North Herefordshire who will welcome the opportunity of paying a tribute to our gallant Allies and will feel just pride in showing them our beautiful county with its ex- tensive agricultural resources . America is a land of agricultural production on an extensive scale and among the United States Army must be thousands of men who will be deeply interested in studying farming conditions in the old country and of seeing at home the finest beef cattle in the world . From " 45 / - to 75 / - 52/6 , 84 / - From 73/6 94/6 دو Owing to shortage of labour , I shall have a nice selection of LADIES ' and GENTS ' WINTER COATS , ready - to - wear . These will be of splendid value , as they were on order before the big advances in cost of materials . R. E. SCUDAMORE , Ladies ' and Gents ' Tailor , OLD POST OFFICE , LEOMINST EF KINDLY NOTE . - We Close from 1 to 2 o'clock Every Day . KIMBOLTON .. PROGRESSIVE FARMING . - Mr . E. T. Cave , New , House , and Mr. G. A. Treasure , Endale , show their up to - date methods of farm work by recent purchases of motor tractor ploughs . Mr. Treasure is already ploughing , and Mr. Cave has threshed part of this season's crop . A BIG CROP - Mr . J. Hutchinson , Grantsfield , a record crop of onions , in the aggregate about 600 lbs . Some individual onions weigh 1 } lbs . , and the average weight is about 8 ozs . VÍSIT OF THE BISHOP . - It is provisionally ar- ranged that the Bishop of Hereford will preach at the Harvest Thanksgiving service at Kimbolton at a date early in October . VEGETABLE SHOW . - The second annual vege- table show in connection with Kimbolton and Middleton was held at Kimbolton School on Satur- day , August 24th . Mr. A. J. Manning , H.C.C. , judged the exhibits , which he reported as of good quality . There were 20 classes open to competition for cottagers occupying dwellings having a rate- able value not exceeding £ 10 . The prizes were awarded as follows : -Runner beans : 1 , Master J. Harper ; 2. Mr. C. Jaine . Carrots ( long ) : I , Mr. C. Ryder ; 2 , Mr. Ellis . Carrots ( short ) : 1 , Master T. Millichip . Parsnips : 1 , Mr. T. Taylor ; 2 , Mr. J. Jones . Marrows : 1. Mr. J. Jones ; 2 , Mr. T. Taylor . Potatoes ( kidney ) : 1 , Mr. C. Jaine ; 2 , Mr. J. Jones . Potatoes ( main crop ) 1. Mr. J. , Jones ; 2 , Mr. T. Taylor . Shallots : 1 , Mr. T. Tay- lor ; 2 , Mr. C. Jaine . Beetroot : 1. Mr. T. Taylor ; 2 , Master J. Harper . Onions ( spring ) : 1 , Mr. C. Jaine ; 2 Mrs. Collcy . Onions ( autumn ) : 1 , Mr. C. Jaine . Broad beans : 1 , Mr. J. Jones . Peas : I , Mr. T. Taylor ; 2 , Master J. Harper . Cabbage ( white ) : 1 , Mr. C. Jaine ; 2 , Mr. Ellis . Cabbage ( red ) 1. Mr. C. Jaine ; 2 , Mr. Ellis . Turnips : 1 , Mr. J. Jones ; 2 , Mr. J. Jones . Prizes were given by Mr. E. T. Cave for best kept gardens of bona fidé farm workers and these were awarded to : I , Mr. J. Jones , Stockton , 68 points ; 2 , Mr. Thomas , Stockton , 58 points ; 3. Mr. S. Davies , Middleton , 36 points . There were 7 entries and the gardens were judged by Mr. H. Gill , head gardener to Mr. G. E. Wright , Pudleston Court . Mr. J. Hutchinson ( Grantsfield ) drove Mr. Gill round to the various gardens for their inspection . The subscribers to the prize fund were Mr. and Miss Hutchinson £ 2 , Mr. H. S. Willilams £ 1 , Mr. T. Burgiss 10s . , Rev. C. L. Edwards 7s . 6d . Mr. T. Taylor refunded 5s , of his prize money as subscription . As a special feature , illuminated certificates signed by Mrs. Clowes , and given by the Hereford Food Production Committee , were presented to all winners of first prizes . Special praise is due to Master J. Harper , 14 years of age , who has cultivated his garden ( his father was re- ported missing about Easter ) , and to Master T. Millichip , aged 10 years . The prizes were pre- sented by Mrs. Kevill - Davies , who came specially . at the invitation of the Vicar ( the Rev. C. I. Edwards ) , Chairman of the Committee . Mrs. Kevill - Davies , in a well chosen speech , compli- mented the exhibitors and suggested that a special class be made for women at the next vegetable show . During the afternoon the exhibitors were entertained to tea at Kimbolton Vicarage by the Rev. and Mrs. C. L. Edwards . The success of the . show is most creditable to the organisers Mr. F. Chandler , Hon . Secrcetary for Kimbolton , and Mrs. C. L. Edwards . Hon . Secretary for Middleton . GREAT MARSTON . CONCERT . - A most enjoyable concert was given in Mr. Riley's granary on Tuesday evening in aid of the K.S.I.I. Prisoners of War Fund . The programme was arranged by Miss Jessie Riley , I..R.A.M . , of Scarborough , who delighted a good audience by her brilliant playing and artistic singing . She was ably assisted by local artistes . Mr. F. J. Cooper , of Eckington , near Sheffield , presided in a genial and humorous style . The total amount realised was £ 4 5s . , a sum of which this small hamlet may justly feel considerable pride . Programme : Piano solo , " Rustle of Spring " ( Sin Ling ) , Miss J. Riley ; violin solo , Annie Laurie , " Mrs. Price ; song . " When You Come Home , " Miss I .. Dukes ; song . " The Laddies who Fought and Won , " Lance - Corporal F. Lewis ; piano solo , Prelude in C sharp minor ( Rachmanin- off ) , Miss J. Riley ; humorous song , " Simple Aveu , " Mrs. Price ; trio , . " Soft Moonbeams , " Mrs. Lewis , Miss Riley and Miss J. Riley ; song , " Let the Lig World . " Mrs. Price ; duet , " Night of Stars , " Miss J. Riley and Mr. Cooper ; song , " The Broken Doll , " Miss L. Dukes ( encore , " The Long Long Trail ) ; song , " Those Evening Bells , " Miss Riley ; song , " Dreamboat , " Miss J. Riley ; recital , " The Cossack , " Mr. Cooper ( encore , " Old Timbertoes " ) ; violin solo , Incidental music to " Henry VIII , " Mrs. Price " Roses of Picardie , " Miss Riley ; song , " Good - bye - ee , " Lance - Corporal Lewis ( encore , " Arizona " ) ; National Anthem . song , J. F. HARD FACTS ON THE GOAL SITUATION . 1. Coal is the Key Industry of Great Britain and the Allies . 2. The coal outlook is much more serious than . is generally realised . We are on the danger line . 3. After due allowance for the coal that will be saved by rationing , we shall be many millions of tons to the bad .. 4. Stocks are not only not being accumulated , but have been and are being eaten into . 5. Gas and similar undertakings should have t least six weeks ' supplies in hand . Those sup plies do not exist . 6. The causes of the shortage are : - ( i ) The calling to the Colours of 75,000 miners to meet the peril of the German offensive ; and ( ii ) The almost complete stoppage of the French mines as a direct result of the German advance in the . West . 7. We are so short of coal that we have not been able to fulfil our coal obligations to our Allies and neutrals . 8. In consequence of the coal shortage , production in important British . industries has decreased and the wage - carning capacity of workers has been reduced . 9. The mirers ' leaders have promised to do their utmost to induce the men to increase the out- Fut . 10. If the output is not increased , and if consump tion is not greatly decreased , the cutlook will be ' very black . II . It is a race . against winter . Miners , mine managers and owners can help the country to win through . The public can help by cutting . down consumption to the lowest possible limits . Every consumer should try to manager on three - quarters of his rations . The quarter saved will go to keep our soldiers warm . POTATO SPRAYING . SOME INTERESTING REPORTS . Potato " blight " this season is severe in parts of Sussex , Suffolk , Yorkshire , and Wales , and it is spreading rather rapidly in the Fen districts of Cambridgeshire . There is a certain amount of disease in most of the other counties , but there as a rule the outbreaks up to the present have not been very serious . In the West Country as a whole there seems to be less blight this year than usual . as A large number of interesting reports have been received by the Food Production Department to the effects of spraying the potato crop . Gener ly , where spraying has been done once only the crop has been attacked with disease if adjoining crops were affected ; but where two or three sprayings had been given the results in the large majority of cases have been excellent . A number of firms this year have been pushing vigorously the sale of various proprietary mixtures , and from time to time the Department has been asked whether it can recommend one or other of these mixtures . Broadly , the experience of the present season so far endorses the wisdom of the official refusal to advise the use of any but the official mixture - Burgundy or Bordeaux . Several experimentalists with certain proprietary mixtures have written to the Department complaining of their ineffectiveness Burgundy or Bordeaux mix- ture certainly appears to give a much larger measure of protection than any of the other mix- tures with respect to which reports have so far been received . Dealing with one of the latter Pembrokeshire report mixtures , a declares that , although it was applied by the local Council , it is " useless . " From Hampshire it was reported that another mixture was easily washed off by rain , and that its efficacy compared badly with 1 per cent . Burgundy mixture used on adjoining plots . These are sample reports from a consider- able budget . On the other hand where Burgundy or Bordeaux has been intelligently used the bene- fits are almost invariably very marked . WOMEN'S TRAINING SCHEME . In several Women's counties a number of farmers have taken a very public - spirited attitude towards tle Land Army and have behaved most liberally to women desirous of qualifying them- selves for various forms of skilled labour An in- teresting experiment of this , kind has just started in Surrey , where ten women are to be trained on a fine farm in milking and dairy work . The owner of the farm has arranged to pay the women wages from the time they start training and to keep them at his place for two months or longer -until such time as they are efficient . The scheme is arousing great interest in the neighbourhood and already local farmers are bespeaking the ser- vices of the women at the conclusion of their training . the war . During the war , the Royal Air Force has , and must have exclusive control of all aviation ; but the establishment of the R.A.F. itself , as a separ ate service , was one example of the long view taken of flying by the British Government , and the appointment of the Civil Aerial Transport Committee is another . The report of the Committee , which is shortly to be expected , will be of the utmost importance in authoritatively directing the after - the - war pro- gress of British and Empire flight ; but it has another significance no less , important . and more in hediate . The existence of a Committee so stituted and so named - the Civil Aerial Transport Committee - is enough to confound those who remain sceptical , if any do , about the vast develop ment of aviation which will date from the end . con of the war . The leaders of that peace develop- ment will be the men who lead to day in war- time aviation . In this sense , the R.A.F. is a close corporation , and its members enjoy the superiority , which exclusive possession gives . The policy of Civil Aerial Transport will be decided by the Commit- tee ; its executive administration must come from In those who are members to - day of the R.A.F. can look ahead , lies one of this , for those who the most substantial rewards of service now , in any capacity in the Royal Air Force . It will admit direct to the " ground - floor , " of the great industry , profession , livelihood - call it what meet , will - which is quite certain to contraction depression , but ' expansion , for many long years after the war . you with comes or with one not vast ° MARROWS TO BE SOLD BY WEIGHT . SEVENPENCE TO BE THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR A SINGLE MARROW . The Food Controller has made an Order , which into operation on Wednesday next , fixing the following maximum prices for vegetable mar- rows : Per ton . Grower's price on sales to a licensed jam station ) £ 6 o manufacturer ( f.o.r. grower's Grower's price on sales to retailers ( deliv- ered ex market or to retailer's premises ) £ 6 io o Grower's price on any other sale except £ 5 10 retail sale ( f.o.r. grower's station ) Wholesale dealer's price ( delivered ex mar- £ 6 10 ket or to the buyer's premises ) . Retail sales id . per lb. or any part of a lb. , with a maximum of 7d . for any single marrow . charge for delivery is permitted . I , icensed jam manufacturers are liberty to purchase for jam manufacture in priority to other purchases any vegetable marrows in the hands of growers or wholesale dealers on tendering the maximum price . If the marrows are in market The Order 10S . per ton . this price will be £ 61 cancels contracts above the maximum price . Order preserved , does not apply to cooked , custard apply marrows , nor does the Ireland . at Order INCREASED ALLOWANCES FOR SOLDIERS ' CHILDREN . NEW RATES TO COME INTO OPERATION NEXT MONTH . о all COAL AND GAS BEING SAVED . Most encouraging reports are accumulating from parts of the country that the public arè realising the critical coal situation . In response to the appeal by the Controller , householders are studying the whole question thoroughly . A prominent official of the Coal Controller's Department , who has recently visited and con- sulted with local authorities in England has re- turned with the conviction that the spirit of the people is excellent and that as people have learned to be economical with food and other things they are now fully determined to save on coal , gas and electricity . Housewives , he finds , are , becoming alive more and more to the fact that the wishes of the Coal Controller that only three - quarters of the fuel ration should be consumed is capable of realisa tion without undue hardship . They are becoming familiar with the fact that we have to face a shortage of 36,000,000 tons , with all that it means . They realise that the drastic alteration entailed in our winter household habits will not be easily accomplished without watchfulness and ingenuity . But a careful study of the regulations and advice issued from time to time by the Coal Control'er will be an invaluable help . THE MODERN TREASURE SEEKERS . THE ROMANCE OF OUR MEAT . By Amy Eleanor Mack . To British people in the far distant corners of the world , England is the home of romance . It is the cradle of their race , and is hung with that glamour which belongs to half forgotten , far off things . It may never have been seen , or it may be only half remembered , like something in a dream . But the little green island set in the grey North Sea is the centre from which radiate all the highways of the world , and towards which is bound a never ending line of ships carrying to her ports the products of all countries , And East dr West , or in the far far South it is the Mecca of the race which all loyal men and women mean some day to visit . Yet it is these Colonials themselves who supply the romance of modern England . The twentieth century counterparts of Drake and Frobisher and Hawkins , and Captain Cook , and Franklin are the men who in every distant corner of the earth are seeking treasure for the little Homeland . It is not the gold of the Indies and the Spanish doubloons which they collect in this age , but the gold of the wheat fields , of the sugar cane , or the golden fleece of the pure Merino . They I have no hostile nations to fear , as had the carly settlers in their lands , but the fignt with the elements goes on for ever . Fire and flood , drought , and disease are foes stronger and more terrible than any Savage race ; yet year in and year out the men in the wide lands face and fight these foes , and snatch the precious treasures from their giasp . We who order our daily food from the stores and grumble when it is not quite to our liking , - wha : do we know of the struggle against great odds which the producers of that food have had ? When we No complain of the toughness of our chilled meat , how many of us ever send a thought to the men in , the lonely places who have . rearcel that meat ? Do we ever think of the solitary horseman droving great herds of cattle through unpopulated districts ; of the long tiring days in the saddle beneath the burning sun ; of the camp fire , and the bed on the ground at night ; of the days and days without the sight of a human face or the sound of human voice - no company but his dog ? What do we know of the burnin thirst when the water holes are far apart , or of the blinding dust when the dust storms come raging over the plains ? What do we know at all about the endurance and quiet courage which go to the con- rearing of that meat which we treat so temptuously ? When we see our own sleek , stall- fed beasts in our green meadows , do we think of the thousands of cattle wild roaming the vast pastures of the new lands ? Dy we think of the hundreds of miles the cattle travel by road to the sea ports ? Do we think of the thousands of miles the meat has to come by sea , braving perils un- known to and lubbers ? Do we think of the hidden seamen hourly facing death from And do we ever spare a thought for the who are giving the last ounce of their power , thinking and planning day and night , so that at long last the cattle reaches our butchers ' shops in the form of the frozen beef at which so many of us " turn up our noble nose in scorn ? " The or to An Army Order issued on Saturday provides that from October 7 and during the remaining , period of the war the following additions shall be made to the weekly rates of separation allowance for children ( other than motherless children ) under 14 years of age of soldiers who are classed for allowances in Classes 15 to 20 inclusive : - Number of children ( under the age of 14 ) in family one , increase ....... Two such children or more 2s . 6d . 4s . 6d . For motherless children under 14 years of age of soldiers of all ranks an addition shall be made of 3s . for each child living singly , and where two or more childern of the same family live together of 3s . for the first and 1s . for each child . Grants for children over age , i.e. , 14 , will tinue at the same rates and under the same con- ditions as at present . COMMITTEE FARMING . 1 con- Reports continue to reach the Food Production Department showing excellent results obtained by County Committees that have taken over farms in a bad condition of cultivation and have managed them during the past year or two . An instance may be mentioned from Norfolk , where the Com farm of mittee in February , 1917 , entered upon a 350 acres , most of it in outrun leys or derelict , managed The farm , is only 12 acres being ploughed . by the Executive Officer of the County , with the Fifty - five acres remain in assistance of a bailiff . permanent grass . The cropping this year is : Wheat , 85 acres ; barley , 39 acres ; oats , 70 acres : acres . Crops are roots . 59 acres ; other crops , 41 looking well and there is little doubt that the financial results , of the Committee's . occupation will be most satisfactory In another case a farm practically derelict was taken over last year , when only 50 acres out of a At present there are total of 420 were ploughed . over 400 acres under food crops - 111 acres of wheat , All the 83 acres of barley , and 57 acres of oats . crops look well , and , as official report says : " The marked general improvement effected in so comparatively short time is an excellent illustration . of the national importance and value of efficient farm management . " an ' 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 . brave foes ? men mental If we thought of all these thousand and one diffi culties which lie between the cattle roaming the our dinner far distant plains and the beef on table , the food which we find so dull would have a rare ambrosial flavour , and we should spare a little praise and admiration for the efforts of the Food Controller , who by careful planning and ceaseless work has brought the meat across the long leagues of sea and delivered it safely at our doors . HIGHER CORN PRICES . NEW RATES FOR WHEAT , RYE , OATS AND T BARLEY . Maximum prices for Britsh corn of the present harvest are fixed by an Order published to - day . The present average price for wheat will not be disturbed by the variations of the scale , for where- as the carlier prices ar higher , the later prices are lower than the controlled prices of the 1917 crop . The price of barley remains unchanged through- out the season , and no difference is made between barley for milling and malting . Wheat and Rye . - Per quarter of 504lb . , from now to December 31 , 75s . 6d .; from January 1 to March 31 , 76s . from April 1 to June 30,776s . 6d . Barley . Per quarter of 440lb . , 67s . Oats . Per quarter of 3361b . , September , 47s . 6d .; October , 48s .; November , 48s . 6d .; December , 405 .; January , 49s . 6d .; February , 50s .; March , 50s . 6d .; April , 51s .; May , 51s . 6d .; June , 52s . by Printed and published for the Proprietors A. T. Southall , at his Offices , 27 , Drapers Lane , Leominster . No. 1 , Drapers Lane , and Weaver & Son , Market Place , Leominster VOL . SALES By EDWARDS , RU LEOMINSTER NEX OF HEAVY and Le Friday , Oc Entries Close Schedule and En Note . - All Farm get a Permit to County Agricultura Horses of 5 y now be sold to of Hereford . Auctioneers ' Offi and Tenbury . LEOMINSTER FAT TUESDAY , S AT Cattle and II.30 ; Store Ca Entries kindly so EDWARDS , Leominster , Here E HORKESL Three Mile DWARDS , RUSSE instructions from district ) to Sell by Auc MONDAY , SE a portion of her Excelle and Out - Door Effects . Catalogues of the Au and Tenbury . Sale at 12 By Mr. R R. H. Auctioneer , V and PROPERTY & TIMBE BROKER , VALUER a Agricultural Holdings Ac and SURVEYS carefully HOTEL and PUBLIC VALUATIONS FOR GAGE , ASSESSMENT PERIODICAL SALES Prompt Settlements in ESTABL Offices : - Croftmead , Kings Leominster Office By Messrs . E. H E. Hamm Auctioneers , Val and Insur Conduct all classes VALUATIONS FOR PE BOOK DEBTS COLLE Prompt Settlements . ESTABI Offices : -Highbury M CORN SQUAR ESSRS . E. HAMMO Sell by Auction FRIDAY NEXT , S a Flat Solé Cart in good Double Furrow Plough , rows , Turnip Cutter , 35 Casks , Hathaway Churn Machine , etc. , the owner h Sale at THE PARISH H SALE OF EXCELLENT on an E E. 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