The Kington Times - April 1917
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Kington Times 21st April 1917 - Page 3
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| Date | 21/04/1917 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Kington Times |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 21st April 1917 |
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NS LUE ' s OCKS east 25 hediate olesale 1/6 1/11 2/6 War Prices . re minster . RE NAL . ASES . APPEAL ided at a meeting of rsday , when ' the fol ... decisions given : - rried , Golden Lion , , licensed victualler at Shrewsbury and ral Medical Board . -- be called up before r , married , grocer's of Mr. F. Radnor , Passed for general , 34 , married , prin- ploy of the Orphaus B 1 .-- Military appeal 7 , married , machine e Orphans Printing eral service . - Military called up before May , married , machine Leominster Printing C1 . - Military appeal gan 35 , single , grocer . y of his father , Mr. re , Weobley . Mr. W. pplicant . - July 15th . n , 25 , married , wag- er , in the employ of thope . - August 1st . 26 , single , tailor and ed for general service . peared for applicant.- ms , 33 , married , East on , cycle agent , s appealed for by the who said he could do t.could not dig the sed , not to be coal called single , shepherd and of his fatner , William es . - October 1st . 21 , single , waggoner , J. E. Nott Lewis , rned till May 1st for é communicated with . N OVER BY THE MENT . TO FARERS . 2 example the Govern-- he whole of this year's ouncil Order issued on no person shall sell raw own on sheep in Great he Isle of Man during luding fleece , wool and ol , otherwise than uding daggings , locks . to or on behalf of the racts . or take delivery of r of the description afore- accordance with the whether in pursuance into prior to the date their custody or con- of the description afore- ell such wool to any or on behalf of the tracts as may be re- is behalf , and to make ons in such quantities places as may be speci- behalf . or wind in any fleeces resaid brokes or any ings , or other matter the War Department . of the collection of the 1 be divided into the ar , with one exception . ies of Derby , Notts , and ing a separate area will unty of Yorkshire . The n fixed at 50 per cent . ces ruling in June - July . e list for England and lists for each area are n , and will be published of wool of the 1917 clip a census form giving in- mber of their fleeces and ed , and to return this Executive Officer before efusing to sell or deliver ted will render himself All holders of small s ( Wales 200 fleeces ) will er before July 31st . In- 5 per cent . will be paid o all persons who are in- ir wool after that date . COUNTRY'S FOOD . he Liverpool Assizes , on of setting fire to two Wigan , Evan Evans , a e Army Service Corps , Ir . Justice Bailhache to ervitude . His Lordship pre serious damage could , when the country was men , like prisoner going to stacks of wheat . ARE DOING FOR THE CROSS . rs Red Cross Fund has ork at home and abroad ances and transport of 1 recreation huts , con- nd curative workshops risoners of war in enemy on other Red Cross work get as pretty a picture can . " Photographer when this is touched up rself . " CEDLINDO TEA A PERFECT TEA THE KINGTON TIMES , APRIL 21 , 1917 . CEYLINDO TEA The higher the price per pound the less the cost per cup 24 26 2/8 International Stores THE BIGGEST GROCERS IN THE WORLD TEA COFFEE GROCERIES PROVISIONS WEOBLEY POLICE COURT . Monday ; Before Sir Geoffrey . Cornewall ( in the chair ) , Commander Windebank , Mr. W. T. Cooke , Mr. F. Whiteman and Mr. T. M. Dew . taken it . The mother in company with the boy then took him to a shed at the rear of the house and handed over the bag and coal . The boy said he put the bag in the pigs - cot on Saturday or Sunday and brought it home because they had no firing . He also admitted UNSHADED HEADLIGHTS . that he had taken coal on other occasions and Ivory Cedric Hedge , of Neath , was sum- that his mother had asked him to do so . moned for driving a motor - car with unshaded mother said she knew he brought it and was headlights at Sarnesfield on March 15th . He sorry anything had happened . She also ad- did not appear . mitted that on one occasion she asked him to P.S. Matthews proved the case . On March bring some wood or coal as she had nothing to 15th , at ro p.m. , he was on duty at Sarnesfield burn . Witness took possession of the coal Oak , Sarnesfield , when he saw the defendant and charged the boy with stealing and the driving a motor - car with two electric head - mother with receiving it , knowing it to have lights and two electric side - lights . The head- been stolen . He afterwards took the coal to lights were ten inches in diameter , and con- Hill Top and compared it with the coal in the tained 16 - candle power burners . They were shed and found it was of the same kind . not shaded in any way . He spoke to defend- Mrs. Lloyd denied that she told the boy to ant and asked him if he knew he was commit- bring some coal . ting an offence by not having his headlights P.S. Matthews : You told me he had brought shaded . He said he did but was using them it on three occasions and that on one occasion because he was on a strange road and that he you told him to bring some wood or coal . did not think it would matter as he was so Mrs. Lloyd said she told him to bring some far from the sea . sticks , but never coal . He was fined 1os .. NO REINS . Albert Preece , labourer , Windsor Cottage , Dilwyn , was summoned for riding on the Shafts of a wagon drawn two horses , with- out reins , at Dilwyn , on March 15th . P.S. Matthews stated that on March 15th , at 4.20 p.m. , he was on the highway between Henwood and Stockingfield , where he saw the defendant riding on the shafts of a wagon drawn by two horses , without reins . He said he had only just jumped up to see what they were doing on the fields at Henwood . He saw defendant riding for a matter of 100 yards . Fined 5s . SCHOOL ATTENDANCE . 13.91 WOMEN'S LAND ARMY . HOW THE NATIONAL SERVICE RECRUIT IS SELECTED , TRAINED AND PLACED . SELECTION . MORE BARLEY FOR BREAD . FOOD CONTROLLER'S NEW ORDERS . MAXIMUM PRICES . Two new orders relating to wheat , barley , and cats , were issued by the Food Controller on Monday night . All barley other than home - grown which has not been kiln - dried is to be taken over . Following maximum prices have been fixed for home - grown cereals : Wheat , 78s .; barley ( other than kiln - dried ) , 65s .; oats , 55s . The Barley Order means that the Food Con- troller is going to commandeer all the imported 1. A recruit moved by the appeal of the Director of National Service will sign one of the forms to be obtained in every Post Office : 2. She will receive a summons from the nearest Employment Exchange in her district to appear before a Joint Committee of the Em- ployment Exchange and the District Selection and Allocation Committee of the Women's War barley , which will have to go to the millers to Agricultural Committee at a particular hour be ground up with the wheat to produce war on a certain day . Her railway ticket to the bread . place mentioned will be sent to her . Though the phrase " all barley " is 3. She will be interviewed by the District Monday night , was not certain whether the used , a Mark - lane merchant , when seen Selection and Allocation Committee , who will Order was meant to include cattle - feeding bar consider whether she is physically fit for work ley , which is also largely imported . on the land . If accepted for service the Com- mittee will then decide – ( a ) That she is sufficiently skilled to go straight to a farm as a paid worker . ( b ) That she is suitable for a bursary , i.e. , 15s . a week , and allocated direct to the approved farm on which she will work . ( c ) That she requires four weeks ' training at a centre . MEDICAL EXAMINATION . 4. The recruit is given a medical certificate which she must get filled in , either , if she so wishes by her own doctor at her own expense or by one of the doctors on the Committee's panel nearest her home . She is also given a measurement form for her equipment to fill in at once . She is then given her return rail- way ticket and told to await further orders . 5. The recruit's medical certificate is posted on The owners are required to maintain the bar- 30th to forward to the Food Controller particu- ley in good condition , and on or before April lars of their holdings . do not own more than 25 quarters of barley , The Order does not apply to persons who or to barley which is in the hands of millers . or which has been sold to the Wheat Commis- sion . As to the maximum prices , with respect to contracts shall stand so far as concerns any subsisting contracts the Order provides that grain which has been paid for or delivered , or which under the contract within one month from the date of such con- is to be delivered tract , but that otherwise the contracts shall be avoided . by the doctor to the District Selection and THE COMING SHORTAGE OF Allocation Committee ( whose Secretary's address . will be on the form ) . work , If the recruit is passed fit for land the Committee carries out its decision of the interview . RECRUITS IN TRAINING . FEEDING STUFFS . The President of the Board of Agriculture has issued a grave warning to farmers , and taken them fully into the confidence of the Government , on the subject of the serious shortage of feeding stuffs for live stock . It is indeed a shock to learn that there will be a reduction of no less than one and a - half whole amount of concentrated feeding stuffs on which farmers could formerly rely . Restric tion on imports accounts for a million tons while the milling regulations will put another half million into bread for man instead of food for beast . 6. Take first the case of the recruit who is to be sent to a four weeks ' training at a centre . All particulars of the recruit , with her ad- dress , her medical certificate , her outfit million tons about one sixth part of the measurements , are sent up to the Instruction and Depot Committee in the County Town . That Committee decides where to place her and issues instructions to her , also enclosing a rail- way voucher . ( Note . - In cases where a further expenditure is necessary for conveyance , the recruit must recover from the Finance Com- mittee in the County Town ) . 7. The same Committee arranges that the Superintendent who has charge of the County Store of outfits receives the measurements and despatches an outfit direct to the Training Centre . REPORTS ON PROGRESS . Farmers must face the situation , and lay their plans accordingly . The President does rote wish to enforce compulsory rations for animals ; but they can only be avoided if the good - will of all concerned - stockmen in the one instance of milch cows , the food of than farmers - make them unnecessary . Save no less all classes of live stock must be cut down , and the greatest use made of all home grown sup- 8. After a fortnight the Instructor at the plies . There will be no fat - stock shows , and Training Centre sends up a report about the no fat Christmas beef this year . At present recruit's progress to the Instruction Committee , the number of live stock is large , and , as the and if the report is satisfactory that Commit - year goes on , a reduction must be made . In tee refers her papers to the Selection and Allo- the interest , of our future flocks and herds , cation Committee who arrange to place her young breeding stock must be saved , but other animals be got ready for market , and sent ro the butcher in a leaner condition than in happier days . upon a farm as soon as she is ready . ( The farm and the accommodation will have been previously reported on ) . BURSARY " ( See 3 b above . Once she has started work the reeruit is paid by the farmer . District Selection 9. In the case of the recruit whom the and Allocation Committee think suitable for a bursary the same proce- dure is adopted as regards medical certificate We have learnt to eat less ourselves , hitherto with nothing but advantage to our health . Perhaps we shall find that our live stock can But , however that may be they must do with do likewise , also with no harm to themselves . less , for the best of all possible reasons - the food is not forthcoming . MILK PRICES . named Savigar and his wife . Witness said candles up . " " He said " No , it was before 1 " Then Savigar must have seen you pick the went down . " He added that earlier in the evening he had been to a field near Moorhamp- ton Station to attend to some colts and com- ing back a parcel fell from underneath his fell out and that was the first he knew about The District Selection and Allocation Com The arm . When it fell it burst and the candles and outfit measurement form . them . Witness asked him where he got the mittee endeavour to place her locally , and if parcel from and he said he did not know . this is impossible send her papers after receipt Witness left him to make further inquiries and of the medical certificate and to communicate with the Superintendent . He forms , to the County Selection and Allocation returned to Moorhampton and arrested defen- Committee . measurement At last the Food Controller , has inade con- dant at 5.30 p.m. and conveyed him to Weob- cessions to the dairy farmer in the amend- ley . He charged him and he made no reply . whichever Committee deals with her and also Winter contracts are to be extended from Marca Her railway voucher will be sent to her by ments to be made to the Price of Milk Order . Geoffrey Colley , son of Mr. Colley , coal a requisition for her three weeks ' allowance , 31st to April 30th , and April prices are to be agent , stated that on Saturday , April 7th , be- which must be countersigned by her employer calculated by reference to the prices which tween 6 and S p.m. , he saw Walter Jones walk- before she can claim the money . ing along the road towards Upperton Farm . arrangements at a fixed Billeting prevailed in March , 1914 ; also it appears that He saw him throw a package over the hedge made either with the farmer or in the neigh- are to be based on the summer prices of 1914 , rate will have been the prices for the months May to September into the field . Witness went to the field and bourhood by the District Selection and Alloca- instead of those of 1913 as formerly stated . found a packet of candles , which he returned . tion Committee for the neighbourhood . These changes , made at the request of the Percy Field , Norton Canon , porter - signalman , fact that this type of recruit does not receive gave evidence as to missing the candles . wages from the farmer for three weeks must be Defendant , who pleaded guilty and said he made perfectly clear to the recruit and also was very sorry , was bound over for 12 months to the farmer . and ordered to pay the costs , 25s . 9d . Defendants pleaded guilty and Mrs. Lolyd on oath said that the boy brought the coal to her . She did not wish him to bring it . She asked him to bring wood and he brought coal . She cautioned him not to bring any more . said he would not bring any more . He The Chairman said the Bench considered it was a serious case . They thought that Albert Lloyd had stolen the coal and that the mother knew all about it , whether she prompted him or not . They would dismiss the case against the boy , and Mrs. Lloyd would be fined £ 5 and given a month to pay . SHORT - TERM CREDIT FOR FARMERS . BANKS TO LEND MONEY FOR PURCHASE OF SEEDS . PAID WORKERS . The 10. In the case of a recruit who is skilled enough to be placed straight on paid worker , the procedure as to the medical a farm as a certificate and measurement form is the same . If the District . Selection and Allocation Com- mittee can place her locally they do so . If who place her either in the same County or County Selection and Allocation Committee , they cannot , they send all her papers to the in another . and Fisheries has made arrangements with the The President of the Board of Agriculture leading banks for lending money to farmers for the . purchase of seeds and manures for tions must be approved by the War Agrical- a Welfare worker appointed for the purpose , growing wheat , oats and potatoes . Applica- placed at work the District Village Registrar or tural Executive Committee for the county in will visit her , and should any difficulty arise , 11. In all three cases when the recruit is FARM LABOURER'S THEFT . Walter Jones , farm labourer , Upperton , was charged with stealing 12 lbs . of candles , value The adjourned summons against Frederick Ss . , the property of the Midland Railway from which the applicant's land is situated , and try to help her . The name of this woman will of his children at school , again came before Spector Franzen , of the Police Department , the county , whose address is given below . Pearce , Bridge Sollars , for the non - attendance the Moorhampton Station on April 7th . In- should be addressed to the executive officer of be posted up in the Post Office .. the Bench . At the last meeting of the Bench it was stated that since November the children had only attended once at Byford . Mrs. Pearce said she could not afford to pay for the childrens ' clothes . The Attendance Officer ( Mr. Evan Lewis ) now stated that since the last hearing the children had attended regularly at Kenchester School . The case was accordingly dismissed . SEED POTATO PROSECUTION . SEQUEL TO A SALE AT DILWYN . Edward Hammond , auctioneer , of Leomin- ster , was summoned for selling seed potatoes contrary to the regulations - three half cwts . at 2d . per lb. , and cwt . at 3d . per lb. , o behalf of the grower , at The Quicksetts , Dilwyn , on March 26th . Police Sergeant Matthews , of Dilwyn , stated that on March 26th last he attended a sale at the Quicksetts , Dilwyn , which was conducted by the defendant , on behalf of John Winney . Seeing that he was about to sell some potatoes he asked him if he knew the conditions under which he could sell them . He replied that he did and said " Do you think I should start to conduct a sale without I knew my business ? I have seen a copy of the Order and I have got an abstract of it . I can sell up to 3d . a and I am going to . " Witness told him that he could not sell on behalf of the grower at that price and that if he did he would be committing an offence . Defendant proceeded to sell the potatoes , selling one half cwt . at d . per lb. to Mrs. Anderson , Weobley ; cwt . to a person named Abott at 2d . per lb .; cwt . at 2d . per lb. to a man named Reynolds ; and one cwt . to a man named Meredith at 3d . per lb. He then offered one cwt of eating potatoes as seed , advising whoever bought them to cut them througn and then they would do as well . He was bid d . per lb. for them by a man named Bridges from Pembridge , but he withdrew them from the sale and declined to sell them at that price . After the sale witness saw Mr. Ham- mond . He told him he was wrong and showed him the Order and he said that the Order must be an older one than the Order Witness told him it was the he had seen . only Order in existence and that he would be reported . Mr. Hammond's defence was that he had no intention of breaking the law and was un- der the impression that he could act as a re- tailer . At Hereford potatoes were being sold at 3d . and 34d . per lb. The Bench , while considering that an offence had been committed , held that Mr. Hammond had no intention of breaking the law and dis- missed the case with a caution . ALLEGED THEFT OF COAL . WOMAN HEAVILY FINED . Albert Lloyd , a boy , of Dilwyn , was charged with stealing a bag of coal from Hill Top , and Mrs. Frances Lloyd , the boy's mother , was charged with receiving the coal well knowing it to have been stolen . S. Matthews , Dilwyn , stated that on the 9th inst . , about 5 p.m. , in consequence of what he heard he went to a pig's - cot situated at the rear of the coal house at Hill Top , oc- cupied by Mr. Lamb , where he saw a bag containing coal , now produced . visited the pig's - cot at 6 p.m. when he saw He again that the bag and coal had been taken . then went to Mrs. Lloyd's house , where he saw Albert Lloyd and his mother . He told them that he had come to make inquiries respecting He some coal and a bag stolen from the pigs- cot at Hill Top and that he believed they had l Swansea , appeared for the Railway Co. 12 , If the recruit , now a War Land Worker same President of the Board of Agriculture . will give some much needed encouragement to the winter dairymen in their patriotic task of maintaining the milk supply , and will help them to realise the importance of the milk producing industry is fully recognised by the authorities at Whitehall Place . At the time , too much stress should not be laid on the idea that the profit obtainable High summer prices are obviously a on summer milk should recoup the dairy far- mers for the losses sustained during the winter . greater during the summer , than to those who aim at greatest proportion of their output of milk advantage to those farmers who produce the a uniform output throughout the year . Never- theless , it is the latter from whom the town which deals with summer prices only , does not consumers must draw the bulk of their daily supplies . Any change in the Order , therefore . make sufficient provision for the supplies for next winter . A promise has been given by the Food Controller that the prices to be fixed next winter will be considered so as to make the maintenance . of milk production certain , and commercially profitable in comparison with other branches of farming , and only the lit- eral redeeming of this promise can ensure a regular supply in the future . P.C. Main stated that he received a wire from If the grant of credit is approved by the UNEMPLOYMENT . committee , the applicant will be able to or- the Superintendent on April 10th at 12 a.m. , and upon which he went to Moorhampton , and der the seeds or manures required , and the from information he obtained he went to bill will be paid through a bank on the is dismissed her employment through no fauit applicant signing a promisory note under- of her own she communicates at once with her Walter Jones . He told him he was making in- Upperton Farm , Yazor , where he interviewed taking to repay the amount within nine District Representative or Village Registrar , quiries respecting 4 3 - dozen packets of candles months with interest at the rate of 5 per and can , if she so desires , be sent straight to The policy of making tlie which had been taken from a box in a truck at The following are the executive officers above ing to return to her own home at her own returns in the cent . per annum . the County Depot . In the event of her wish summer compensates for the lack of profit in Moorhampton Railway Station . He denied all alluded to for the winter cannot but aggravate the the Midlands - Birmingham : expense , this can be done only with the per conditions of a surplus in summer , and a scar- present knowledge of it , but afterwards said he found C. Napier Clavering . 3 , New Street , Birming mission of the District Representative or Vil - city in winter , and the only way by which some on the road coming home on the Satur- ham . Gloucester G. H. Hollingworth , Shire lage Registrar . day night previous . He picked them up and Hall , Gloucester . Hereford H. K. Foster , 3 , regular supplies can be assured to meet the 13. When the Land Worker reaches a Depot , demands of the town consumers is by making longed to some boys . threw them over the hedge , thinking they be- Offa Street , Hereford . Salop : ( Secretary ) F. the Superintendent at once notifies the County | winter milk production profitable in itself , in- what time he went to Moorhampton Station J. Hotchkiss , County Education Offices , Staf - deavour to place her as quickly as possible . summer . It seems as if this fact were being He then asked him Crowte , Shire Hall , Shrewsbury . Staffordshire : Selection and Allocation Committee , who en- dependently of the prices received during the and he said 9 o'clock and that he left at 10 ford . o'clock . Warwick B. Bull , Martin , Rugby . While in the Depot she will be expected to realised by those in authority . Only by realis- from the public house and he said a man Worcester . He asked who came up with him Worcester : S. Lander , 3 , Sansome Place , help with the house work , and with whatever ing it can they make sure that children will work in the garden , etc. , is organised . get the milk they want negt winter . Keep Your Eye On 3 T.PORTER Hay , Corn and Seed Merchant , Leominster . Seed Oats . Garton's Abundance , Black Tartarians , & c . Seed Wheat . Cook's Wonder , Webb's Challenge , & c . Seed Peas . Grey Jacks . Goldfinder , & c . Seed Beans . Seed Vetches . Clover , Cowgrass Rye & Mixtures . Mangold . Champion Yellow Globe , Golden Tankard , Mammoth Long Red , Etc. Swede . Victory , Lord Derby , Model , & c . OUR MANGOLD and SWEDE SEED have great results given wherever grown . T. PORTER FRYERS ' Overtime Farm Tractor . Hay , Corn and Ploughing at 10 miles an hour ! This is what it means to you to possess an Overtime Farm Tractor . Four furrows at once ; and 8 to 10 acres per day of rough ploughing . If your horses could take the plough along at ten miles an hour , they could do And one man or boy can operate the whole outfit . more . The Overtime Tractor will do this at a cost of 1/8 per acre for paraffin and oil . It will also draw Harrows , Culti- vators , two Binders , Harvesters , etc. , and draw and operate the largest Thresher and Elevator 24 h.p. combined . We have a machine in our showroom which we will be pleased to show you any time . Write us now for particulars of demonstration and also name of nearest user . Write for further details . 39 cwt . The running the cost of Overtime Tractor is where it scores . We have the 64 Acres in 3 days at less than £ 5 handling of a large A wonderful performance was put up by a purchaser of the " Overtime " number of Tractors Tractor . Being pushed for time , he and his brother , relieving each and can give intending purchasers Expert Advice on all Models . other , worked continuously day and night and got 64 acres done ( 4 - furrow plough ) in 3 days . The cost for paraffin was less than £ 5 . The Overtime Tractor pulls Ploughs , Harrows , Cultivators , Binders , Harvesters , etc. , and drives the largest Thresher and Elevator together " Seed Merchant , Leominster . RATIONS FOR ANIMALS . NO CORN FOR PLEASURE HORSES , AND LEANER MEAT . Owing to the restriction of imports and the new milling regulations the farmer must be prepared for a reduction of feeding stuffs for live stock to the extent of 1,500,000 tons this year . This represents about one - sixth of the total at his disposal before the war . It is only by the willing determination of every farmer to subordinate his own require- ments to the general weal that a serious dan- ger can be met , says the President of the Board of Agriculture . There will be a large call for home - produced meat , and it will be necessary to effect a sub- stantial reduction in the head of live stock re- fore next Christmas can- All fat stock shows should be at once celled and the practice of offering prizes at the Christmas auction marts should be entirely abandoned . These are the definite suggestions which the Presidents makes : - All pleasure horses should be turned out to grass as soon as the season renders it possible . No corn can be spared for horses not engaged in productive work . Cattle should be sent to market in a less . finished condition than has been customary . Lean meat and a smaller proportion of dead Call and see this Machine and get further weight are more economical to the nation thaa particulars ; also names of neighbouring users . FRYER , Ltd. , Leominster prime beef , which under present conditions is an unpatriotic luxury . With sheep , leaner meat and earlier slaughter is necessary . Pigs can be very largely fed upon green stuffs , roots , silage , whey , scraps and waste generally , with a minimum of meal . No more poultry should be kept than can be maintained upon scraps and waste food , with a very small supplement of " tail " corn . |