The Kington Times - December 1917
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Kington Times 29th December 1917 - Page 2
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| Date | 29/12/1917 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Kington Times |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 29th December 1917 |
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Early entries solicited . £ 50 in Prizes , including £ 20 for best pair of Cart Geldings & Mares . Schedule and Entry Forms on application Note . All Farmers entering Horses must get a Permit to Sell from their respective County Agricultural Executive Committee . Auctioneers ' Offices , Leominster , Hereford and Tenbury . LEOMINSTER STOCK MARKET . TUESDAY , JANUARY 1st , 1918 . Office as a Newspaper for transmission in the United Kingdom SALES BY AUCTION . By Messes . JACKSON & MCCARTNEY . KINGTON STOCK SALES . MESSRS . JACKSON & MCCARTNEY will hold their next Sale of Fat and Store CATTLE AND SHEEP , SATURDAY , DEC . 29 , 1917 . | WAR TIME ALLOTMENTS . Up to this week the Food Production De- partment had received applications for 204,000 war time allotments from 1,095 dist- ricts and had provided plots under the Cul- tivation of Lands Order to the number of over 185,000 . AGRICULTURAL WAGES . CONSTITUTION OF THE DISTRICT COMMITTEES . to the numbers . At the second meeting of the Agricultural Wages Board , Sir Ailwyn Fellowes presiding , During the past fortnight representatives of the areas for which District Wages Commit- the Department have visited Manchester and tees should be established were determined and Liverpool and arranged for about 1,000 addi- recommendations adopted as tional allotments in each area to be provided of appointed and representative members res On THURSDAY , JANUARY 10th , 1918 . by the local authorities . At Camborne , Red - pectively to serve on each District Committee . Early Entries kindly Solicited . ruth , Truro , Coventry , Wolverhampton , West The number of District Committees was fixed Auction Office Craven Arms , Hereford and Hartlepool , Redcar , and Manchester , among at 39 , the area of each being a geographical Kington . other places , conferences have also taken county , except in a few cases where two or place between members of the inspecting staff more counties are combined . of the Department and the local authorities with most satisfactory results . KINGSLAND Horse Slaughtering YARD . The only place where animals can be sected within 14 miles of Leominster . NAT Cattle and Sheep , 10.30 a.m .; Calves , H. J. Pritchard FAT 11.30 ; Store Cattle and Pigs , 11.45 . Entries kindly solicited . EDWARDS , RUSSELL & BALDWIN Leominster , Hereford and Tenbury . HURSTWAY COTTAGE , EARDISLEY , Ten minutes ' walk from the Railway Station . DWARDS , RUSSELL & BALDWIN have EDWARDS with instructions from Lieut . - Col . S. Midgley , C.M.G. , D.S.O. ( who has gone abroad ) , to Sell by Auction , without reserve , THE WHOLE of the Excellent HOUSEHOLD . FURNITURE , on MONDAY , JANUARY 14th , 1918 . Catalogues of the AUCTIONEERS , Leominster , Hereford and Tenbury . Sale at 11.30 prompt . HEREFORDSHIRE . NO be Let from Candlemas next , " MORTI- MER'S HOUSE , " I mile from the Railway Station ( G. W. ) , and the charming village of Kingsland ( close to Watling Street and Battle Oak ) , adjoining the main road , 1 miles from Lucton School . There is good Fishing and Shooting in the immediate neighbourhood . The House is modern and substantially built of brick and tile and contains on the ground floor 3 pleasant Sitting - rooms , Kitchen ( h . & c . ) , Larder and Wash - house . On the first floor 5 roomy Bed- rooms , and excellent Bath - room with Drying Electric Bells , never - failing Water Cupboard . supply , and other modern conveniences . The Outbuildings include Two - Stall Stable , Coach House , Saddle Room and Coal Shed . There is a good Garden with South aspect ; also if desired about 4 acres of good Pasture Land or a small well - planted Orchard , both adjoining the house . For particulars apply to EDWARDS , RUS- SELL & BALDWIN , Leominster . By Mr. R. H. GEORGE . R. H. GEORGE , Auctioneer , Valuer , Land Agent , and Surveyor , PROPERTY and TIMBER SPECIALIST MORTGAGE BROKER , VALUER and ARBI TRATOR under the Agricultural Holdings Act , 1908. REPORTS , RECORDS and SUŔ VEYS carefully and personally attended to HOTEL and PUBLIC HOUSE VALUER . VALUATIONS for ESTATE DUTY , MORT GAGE . ASSESSMENT APPEALS , & c . PERIODICAL SALES of PROPERTIES Prompt settlements in all cases . ESTABLISHMENT 1880 . Offices : - Croftmead , Kingsland , Leominster Office - " Herefordshire . Corn Square . ST . OSWALD'S FARM , CHOLSTREY , LEOMINSTER . M R. R. H. GEORGE is instructed by Mr. II . Langford , to Sell by Auction , on the premises , on THURSDAY , JANUARY 3rd , 1918 , house , in 8 lots . wood . KINGSLAND . At Camborne there had been some feeling because of the issue of notice to quit to 25 allotment holders on the sale of a field of 2 acres . The Board's representative was able to secure the continuance of the tenancy . In this connection it may be mentioned that the allotment holders at Well Hall , who were ejected some time ago from their plots ( which were wanted as a site for a church ) have now been duly compensated for all loss and have been found other plots with which they express themselves more than pleased . The Food Production Department is always willing to enquire into grievances which may be communicated either by an individual or a society . PIGEON SHOOTS . Committees , consisting in each case of four appointed members , four representatives of employers , and four representatives of workers , were appointed to consider and report upon : - of ( 1 ) Suggestions received as to the names of persons to serve as representatives of em- ployers and workers respectively on each District Wages Committee . ( 2 ) The general principles which should be adopted as a has for determining the value at which the nt of cottages should be assessed in connection with the payment of a minimum wage . ( 3 ) The general principles which should be adopted as a basis for determining the value of allowances or benefits which may be reck- oned in part payment of wages . The Committee appointed to select the names representative members to serve on Dist- rict Committees was instructed to proceed on the basis that representative members of the Wages Board should be regarded as eligible to serve on District Committees , provided that not more than one representative of employers of workers respectively should be appointed on any one District Committee , and that no mem- ber should serve on more than three District Committees . Lord Deerhurst , on behalf of the Worcester- dis - shire War Agricultural Executive Committee , has sent a circular letter to the landowners of the county asking them to co - operate by means of organised pigeon shoots in killing off as many pigeons as possible during the winter . The Board considered the question of dele- These birds , as every farmer knows , are gating powers and duties to District Wages among the most destructive of farm pests , and Committees and of authorising District Com- the Food Production Department will be glad mittees to delegate powers and duties to sub- It was decided to delegate to to see the Worcestershire scheme generally committoes . adopted . Herefordshire and Gloucestershire District Committees and to authorise them to have already agreed to co - operate in simul- delegate to sub - committees , subject in eacn The day suggested for case to certain conditions as to review by the Worcester , Hereford and Gloucester , is the delegating authority , power of granting Thursday of each week , the first shoot taking permits of exemption nuder Section 5 ( 3 ) of place on Thursday , December 20th , and other the Corn Production et , and the power of shoots on every subsequent Thursday up to hearing complaints and determining arrears the end of March . Derbyshire has selected under Section 6 of the Act in respect of work- Saturday as the day for shoots throughout the ers employed on piecework . county ; but it is , pointed out that in many parts of the country this day would be in- Is now living at BROOMY HILL FARM , Letters and telegrams sent to the Yard would be dealt with promptly . Horse Slaughtering , Eto The only Horse Slaughtering License in Pritchard who North Herefordshire is now held by H. J. intends to carry on this Business in a satisfactory manner to all con- cerned . atneous shoots . All Carcases paid for in cash before removal . Letters and Telegrams : 33 , Bargates , Leo - convenient , minster , or Broomy Hill , Kingsland . as the farmers usually go to market on the Saturday . The important point is that over as large areas as possible shoots should take place simultaneously and regularly . In his circular Lord Deerhurst urges that to make the shooting effectual " it is necessary that someone should wait for pigeons coming into roost in every covert , " BAD FARMING . Acting with the Executive Committees of the counties the Food Production Department is making a determined effort to level up the and that " guns should be in their places at standard of farming all over the country . To least half an hour before sunset . " He asks this end it has authorised the Executives to the owners addressed to get in touch not only take possession of over 20,000 badly farmed with their own farm tenants , but with other acres of land which the Executives are now farmers or persons in the neighbourhood likely cultivating themselves or have let to good to be interested , or to help in any way . " As farmers . Furthermore , arrangements have it would be of great interest to know the num- been made with landlords to get rid of bar ber of birds killed , " he concludes , " I would farmers on 24,000 acres of land and to re - let to be very much obliged if you would send me a better farmers . Again , about 30 farmers have postcard at the end of each month stating how been prosecuted and fined sums ranging from many have been shot in your area in order that 5 to 100 for neglecting to comply with or I may publish the results . " ders for improved cultivation . Last week Orders authorising landlords to determine un- satisfactory tenancies were made in respect of about Soo acres , and 3 orders were issued by the Board direct determining the tenancies of nearly 600 acres . FARMERS AND ALLOTMENTS . SEED COST OF TEA . HIGHEST PRICE FOUR SHILLINGS A POUND . By the Tea ( Provisional Prices ) Order , No. 2 , 1917 , the Food Controller has made further regulations as to the prices of tea , pending the and the previous Order may arrival of Government tea . The effect of this be summarised as follows : - until December 30 : Maximum prices at which teas may be sold Per lb. Class A Class B Class C Cluss D Uncontrolled 24 2/8 to 3 / - 3 to 3/4 4- Class may be sold up to 4s . in Ireland . On and after December 31st the maximum prices will be : - Class A Class B Class C Class D Uncontrolled Per lb. 2/4 2/8 to 3 / - 3 / - to 3/4 3/8 28 PARCELS FOR PRISONERS OF WAR . A WARNING TO FRIENDS . POTATOES . Gardeners , allotment men , and other small growers will be interested to know that the Food Production Department is repeating on Class C may be sold up to 3s . 8d . in Ireland . a larger scale the potato distribution scheme The new Order provides that on and after which was so generally appreciated in the Janlary 15 control tea may not be sold mixed spring and early summer of the present year . with uncontrolled tea , and that , if control tea A certain amount of anxiety seems to have of two grades is mixed , the mixture must be From all over the country testimony con- been made with landlords to get rid of bad sold at the price applicable to the lower grade . tines to reach the Food Production Depart supply of seed potatoes ; but we are assured The Order gives effect to the policy announced ment as to the great change which has taken by the Department that small growers gener- on November 5. to the effect that a reduction place in the attitude of farmers towards allot - ally need not have any fear on this score . ments . Formerly , as is common knowledge , some counties at the moment it is uncertain as from January 1 , 1918 . In in the maximum price of is . would be made many farmers objected generally to allotments whether the distribution will take place as and in particular to allotment holding by before through Urban , Rural , District and i their own men . The war has made an enor- Parish Councils and similar bodies , or through mous difference to the feeling of the farmer the medium of approved agents engaged nor- in this matter . At the Nottinghamshire Com - mally in the trade . The important point is mittee meeting the other day the question of that the Department has arranged that seed providing more allotments was raised , and in liberal quantities shall be available in the local Commissioner mentions that the good time for planting next season . Committee ( consisting chiefly of farmers ) took up a most sympathetic attitude . " It is gratifying , " he adds , to be able to report that this is typical of what one finds elsewhere . It arises . in part from the members ' apprecia- tion of what has been done on allotments that be very scarce ; and pigs should be limited to have come under their observation , and in part the smallest amount consistent with a reason- froin the manner in which the movement in able rate of progress . Green stuff alone will the towns and urban districts has been devel- generally form a sufficient maintenance ration , oped by the Press . " The Commissioner cites and this , together with household scraps and a personal letter from Sir Hickman Bacon as a pound of meal per head per day , on the evidence of the value of allotments . " The average , should be sufficient to bring wean- only direction , " writes Sir Hickman , " in lings to live weights of about 160lbs . at which one can feel sure of increasing food seven months old . production is by increasing the area of town allotments . They have had 28 acres during this year at Gainsborough , and I expect a further to acres will be fixed up before the end of this month . This is additional to the large area which existed previously . All the added land was formerly permanent except three acres which was arable . " THE LAND WOMEN . grass , PIG RATIONS . J Free by post per quarter , 1s . 8d . , payable in advance . SIX happy schoolboys , Out for a slide , One said " my boot hurts , " And then there were five . FIVE happy schoolboys , Determined for more , One wrenched his heel off , And then there were four . My tale is near ' told , NOW reader please , hearken , The " NO TROUBLE " boots By Ross's were sold . MILK PROBLEM . FEEDING STUFS MUST BE SUPPLIED . NO MILK FAMINE THIS WINTER . The Committee on Production and Distribu- NEW YEAR GREETINGS . PRICE ONE PENNY . FOUR happy schoolboys , Fair ' wild with glee , One wore his soles through And then there were three . THREE happy schoolboys , Left of that crew , No. 3 had some bad luck !! And then there were two . YOU too should wear them , So walk in and see The style that just suits you Inspection is free . WOLVERHAMPTON CATTLE DEALER A kingly father , a right royal mother true , HEAVILY FINED . Willenhall on A cattle dealer in a large way of business named Rowland Caddick , of Court Road , Dun- stall , Wolverhampton , was at Monay summoned ( 1 ) for contravening the sheep - dipping regulations of the Staffordshire County Council , and ( 2 for allowing a number of lambs to come into contact with other sheep before being dipped . Later they And from their great example England gains her courage new ; As in the Homeland Britain's dauntless women spin The destinies of men , who will the glorious Crusade win ; Say now shall England's men the greater to us be , bend the knee ; As they to God and God's good women Ariseth from the gloom and darkness of our night , A simple cross with vision clear and bright . So shall Old England lay at God's throne fair , Her offering of Love and Sacrifice and Duty fair ; tion of Milk ( on which are represented the Boards of Agriculture and of Local Govern- ment of England and Wales , of Scotland and of Ireland as well as the Ministry of Food and the Labour Party , under the Chairmanship of Major the Hon . W. Astor , M.P. ) have just The evidence showed that early in October issued a second Interim Report . This report deals in the main with ( 1 ) pos- sible milk shortages ( 2 ) the changing condi- and placed them with 102 sheep belonging to the defendant brought nine lambs from Wales tions of British dairy farming ( 3 ) the preferen- Mr. W. Mellor Heath , at Westcroft Farm , tial distribution of milk and ( 4 ) the establish- Cannock Road , Wolverhampton . ing of milk - collecting in dairy districts . The Committee do not anticipate a milk famine this winter , though local shortages will eral of the lambs showed signs of scab disease . occur . The adequacy of the milk supply be- The police were notified , and a veterinary sur ing dependent partly on the supply and distri - geon , who was called in , found that seven of Led by our King and Queen through England's the lambs were suffering from scab . bution of feeding stuffs and partly on the price were thereupon slaughtered and the hides dis- Our Union Jack shall stand ' tis dipped in which producers obtain , they recommended in June that the supply and distribution of con- centrated feeding stuffs should be controlled , the War having reduced the actual and prospective supply of cake , offals , maize etc , to a serious extent . The Committee also recommended the ad- mission of the prior clais of dairy catt'e in the allocation of the very curtailed amounts of these feeding stuffs . They advised that owners of Cows should , during the winter months , be entitled to a minimum daily allowance for each cow in milk of 2lb of cake and 4lb of offals or maize ; and that town dairies with no land attached should be entitled to double offals or mize per cow per day , ration of 41b of cake and 8lb They further recommended that an adequate supply of oats , beans and peas grown on the farm should , as far as possible be left to stock owners . minimum of were transferred to Hilton Park , where sev- infected . They On defendant's behtlf Mr. R. Tildesley said he would not willingly and knowingly do any- thing to contravene the law , but though he was in a big way of business he had to con- fess that he was not aware the regulations ap- plied to sheep brought from Wales . On the first summons the magistrates ' de- cided to impose a fine of £ 20 . The second summons was dismissed on payment of costs . MILK FOR CHOCOLATES . USE NOW FORBIDDEN . By a new order , which came into force on Monday ; the Food Controller forbids the use of milk , condensed milk , milk powder , dried milk , or any other milk preparation in the manufacture of chocolate . They suggest that information as to the best and most economical methods of feeding cows under the present circumstances should be placed before farmers , and they believe that the Government policy of ploughing up grass land by giving an increase in roots , straw and grain , will lessen the dependence of the dairy farmer on imported feeding stuffs ; also they hope that the fullest possible use will be made of manures suitable for grass land , so as to ob- tain improved pasture and better yields of hay cancelled , determined , modified as the next summer . The Secretary of the War Office issues the following- At the recent conference at The Hague be- tween representatives of the British and Ger- man Governments on the subjects of prisoner of war questions mention was made of the fact In the immediate future feeding meal will that damage to parcels and delay in their de- that their contents have to be very carefully for producers fair , and they hope that the livery to the prisoners resulted from the fact The Committee consider this winter's prices examined , as it is suspected that the parcels Food Controller will soon find it possible to lay contain objects for the destruction of life and down the guiding principles concerning milk property . prices for next summer and the following . The German Government has now issued at winter . They state that it would be in the prejudicial to the prisoners as a whole if such press notice declaring that they regard it as interest of the consumer if instead of having a flat rate for winter and summer milk it be- objects are included in any parcels whatever came a recognised practice to charge a higher sent to prisoners , and that they absolutely dis- price in winter when the cost of production approve and condemn such action . is higher than in summer , when it is low . They believe this would encourage winter milk production . SPARROWS & RATS . Considerable uneasiness has been expressed by farmers in certain counties containing large urban areas or big military camps as to the danger to their crops and stocks presented by birds , especially sparrows , and by rats . Rep- resentations have been made to the Food Production Department from Lancashire in The German point of view is entirely shared on the British side , and all relatives of British prisoners of war are strongly enjoined to take notice of this fact . BIG BETTING PROFITS REVEALED . WIFE OF EX - GOALKEEPER MAKES £ 5,000 A YEAR . Revelations as to the extent and profitable- ness of a business of betting on By the terms of the order any milk pow- der , condensed milk , dried milk , or any other milk preparation which the manufacturers . had in stock at the close of business last Saturday , or which was in actual transit to him then , Any liquid milk delivered to him before December 24 may also be used . Any contract which a manufacturer has en- tered into for the purchase of milk may be Food Controller thinks fit . may be used . or MANY MARRIAGE OFFERS . LIFE OF DECEPTION ENDED BY THE POISON CUP . A story of deception has come to light con- cerning John Dobson , who took poison at the South African Officers ' Club , Westminster , where he was employed as an orderly . right , So shall the Flag of Britain rise for truth and ghastly fight ; heroes ' blood , Who gave their lives to England in their . early bud . And as we journey by Thy great Omnipotent presence led , We pray Thee " Give us each day by day our daily bread . " O Thou dids't feed Thy people journying to Thy Promised Land , With manna from Thy great Almighty hand ; God keep Old England , brave , strong , loyal , true , O give her courage every day anew ; Britannia rises from the deathless fray so fair , A wreath of laurel crowns her radiant hair ; So shall she step from out the battle's fray Unto the glory of heaven's perfect day . ALICE FARR . THE DEPARTURE OF THE BATTALION K.S.L.I. FROM SOUTHAMPTON , SEPT . 5th , 1915 . As we left the shores of Southampton at evening twilight fall , It was on the 5th of September that England needed us all ; It was with a queer feeling we boarded Mona Queen , To sail the briny ocean and face the glittering steel ; But we were all British Tommies , determined to do or die , For the sake of dear old England and her thousands of innocent lives ; We feared not the Germans , we feared not the steel , At the inquest on Monday a police - sergeant Our thoughts simply wandering homeward- to that little patch of green ; said the man was formerly a sergeant - major , Harve Bay , wife and family at Kimberley , he had become ius from the quay ; The problem of allocating supplies of milk , but had been reduced . Although he had a At last our voyage ended and we entered Le if the necessity arose to different sections of the community was examined by the Com - seriously involved with a number of women : To the sound of gallant voices that reached mittee , and after obtaining the views or various authorities and studying the scheme adopted in other countries definite recommenda- tions are made as to priority classification and rations for the different groups . by surprise ; He was living with a woman who thought he was her husband . He had lived with other At last we entered the trenches and it took us women , including the wife of a soldier in France , and had promised to marry a Woking It was like a puzzle garden - men fighting for their lives , girl who was 17 years old and take her to were bursting wide , The Committee point out the need of pre - South Africa . In another case a father brought . Their guns boomed and roared and the shells venting and reducing the existing loss of milk his daughter to the club and created a scene , which is produced in remote districts , and is football through souring and of dealing with milk with the result that Dobson promised to marry | But the gallant Battalion held on side by the used in butter - making and calf rearing instead establishment of her . side . As we thought we had lost earth's beauty and entered the haven of Hell ; But another call has come , sir , after two months ' fighting in France , A great deal of interesting information is favour of compulsory action , " in order to pre- reaching the Food Production Department vent serious loss of corn in the next harvest . " about 8,000 HOP POLES , stacked near the activities of the women of the Land Army , Executive Committee has appointed a special racing were made on Thursday in a prosecu from the different counties as to the diverse so strong is the feeling in the county that the matches by means of coupons and on horse- whose work , by the way , has recently been sub - committee to deal with the rat and bird tion for keeping premises for betting . Sale at 3 o'clock punctually . There was once a scene at the club through At last we are out of the trenches , some of in cheese - making To attain these ends the his mistaking one of the women on the tele- shown in some detail on the kinemia by the problems . terrible tales to tell , In the past twelvemonth various If not required for hop - work the poles can War Office and other films , and has been recommendations have been made by the an ex - goalkeeper for Manchester United , said milk depots where milk delivered from The defendants were Annie Moger , wife of Committee recommend the He had borrowed money from women the phone . easily be cut into suitable lengths for fire - warmly applauded in various towns and cities . Department for suppressing rats and the more to be a professional bookmaker , now in farms may be properly chilled soon after milk- with whom he had stayed . A report from Lincolnshire mentions that destructive birds ; and Sparrow and Rat Clubs Army , and her housekeeper , Mrs. Wardle . ing and then forwarded to centres of popula- his wife , who was struggling to bring up the The Coroner said a letter was found from a gang of women engaged on picking potatoes have done some very useful service . How- It was stated for the prosecution that the tion where it is required . They note the al- worked from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. , with half an ever , the situation undoubtedly calls for more Association English Football family , in which she said : were watching most universal adoption of hasteurisation as a hour for lunch , and earned 4s , 7d . a day each . I am starving half the month , but you means of improving the keeping qualities of The report of the Lindsey Women's War general action , whether on voluntary or on the case . The police raided Mrs. Moger's private milk collected at depots , etc. , at present , and never mind about me . compulsory lines . " I close my letter Agricultural Committee ( whose Organising house at Arley - avenue , West Didsbury , on point out such milk is not sold as pasteurised with a broken heart . Best love and kisses December 8 , and in one room found 135 foot- milk , and that this treatment should never be from the children and your forgotten wife . We shall meet again in Heaven - or in Hell . ball coupons and eight unopened envelopes . regarded as a substitute for cleanliness in In one envelope there was a postal order for handling milk . 3s . , and on being shown this Mrs. Moger said The depots recommended should be conven- the sending of cash must be a mistake on the iently situated for the producers and with . I part of one of her agents . A journal which good communications to the cities . By Messrs . E. HAMMOND & SON . E. Hammond & Son Secretary is the wife of a Louth farmer ) shows Auctioneers , Valuers , House , Estate , and Insurance Agents , Conduct all classes of SALES BY AUCTION VALUATIONS FOR PROBATE , Etc. , RENTS and BOOK DEBTS COLLECTED . Attention , Prompt Settlements . ESTABLISHED 1881 . Personal Offces : Highbury House , Leominster . By Mr. JOHN NORTON . MARKET HALL , LUDLOW . that 2,317 women have been working whole- time on the land in the district this season , and 2,711 part - time . The local land women . have a Boot Club in each of the rural districts and have been supplied so far with over 350 pairs of boots . THE FOOD HOC . MR . PROTHERO DESCRIBES HIM AS A ! NATIONAL CURSE . ( a ) Quantities of milk sent to towns would BRITAIN'S TRIBUTE . God bless the King and Queen of Britain's land so fair , O guard them , bless them , as they journey everywhere , Who left his palace when the dark grim foe's advance Came daily nearer on the distant fields of . France ; Who risked his life to cheer his soldiers as they fought , To the aid of brave little Serbia the gallant Shropshires advanced ; So we started on our journey , in a cattle van train so cold , But still we did not mind , sir , for we thought of the soldiers of old ; For eight hundred miles through France ' ere we entered the port of Marseilles , Once more we boarded the Martha to sail the briny sea Thousands of miles from Old England , the home of the brave and free , After nine days on the briny we entered Salonica Bay ; It was on the 5th November , we shall never forget that day , Onward we marched - gallant Shropshires , into the Balkan Peaks ; The cold was something terrific , we could but hardly speak . The rain came down in torrents , we were right wet through to the skin ; I be regulated to meet the needs of retailers . To over - ride the enemy and bring their plots But the Shropshires never faltered amid the sure And when our heroes come from the dread to naught ; fight so strong , wrong . the police took away showed on examination The Committee are of opinion that a com- So great is the interest now being taken in We should be hard pushed to get through that from Janlary 19 to December 1 the money prehensive scheme such as would be necessary the women's Institutes movement that meet- the year up to the next harvest , said Mr. received was £ 7,115 and the expenditure to cover the country could only be completed " ings have been booked for all the available Prothero at Aylesbury on Saturday . We £ 2,521 , leaving a profit of £ 4,594 for 11 after the war , but that in certain districts , organisers up to the end or February ... Par- should probably be so pushed that we should months . In another room 536 coupons repre- the loss of valuable food material acruing ticulars of these most useful organisations be obliged to cut off the supplies of corn to sented bets amounting to £ 259 7s . 6d . , and for under the present methods of handling and ( whose double aim is the increase of food pro- all except the horses actually at work and the December 8 alone there were coupons rep- utilising milk , justifies and necessitates the duction by women and the improvement of cows actually in milk . The message he had resenting 397 bets and £ 35 3s . 6d . in stakes . initiation of such a scheme as a war measure . the conditions of village life ) , can be obtained to bring was that peace or war , submarine or For the defence it was stated that this was Other advantages which would follow the on application to the Woman's Branch of the no submarine menace , food was going to be a perfectly legitimate bookmaking business , establishment of such depots are : - l'ood Production Department .. scarce , here and throughout the world , not carried on on the credit system , and that " Rallies " of women land workers have only in 1918 and 1919 , but probably long after- Mrs. Moger did all she could to stop people been held recently in Wiltshire , Somerset , wards . sending money with the coupons , but that she At He did not want to create exaggerated panic . could not prevent it coming through occasion- R. JOHN NORTON is instructed by Dr. Yorkshire , Pembrokeshire and Suffolk . MR . B. Morris , to Sell by Auction , on these meetings badges were presented to pro- But there was the position . In these circum- ally . bationers in the service , and stripes to women stances economy in the consumption of food The prosecuting solicitor said credit betting THURSDAY , JANUARY 3rd , 1918. farm workers of longer experience . " Such had become a national duty of the highest | must be done through the post or by wire , The food hog was a national and the act of any agent of the defendants in Genuine Antique and Modern FURNITURE . marks of distinction are greatly prized , " we importance . Inlaid Chinese Cabinet , on stand ; Inlaid are informed , " and do much to foster a feel- curse , and the waste of food national treason . going to the house was " resorting " to and Mahogany Sheraton Side Table , serpentine ing of membership in a national organisation . " Economy , however , would not save the situa- using the premises illegaly . The magistrates were divided in opinion , Application has been made from Cheshire tion , and the only remedy was to grow every front ; Jacobean Oak and other Tables , Carved could in and defendant's solicitor then amitted a tech- Oak Chest , dated 1676 , old 30in . brass Cheese- to the Food Production Department for the pound of wheat and meat that we making Tub , Chippendale and Sheraton Single to be staffed entirely by women working under was not to consider what pays best , but what and the Bench imposed a fine of £ 10 on Mrs. ( d ) Better hours could be obtained for the For in our every sorrow they have nobly borne supply of a complete set of threshing tackle this country . The rule farmers had to follow nical offence in respect of the 3s . postal order , Chairs , Oak Bureau Bookcase , Oil Paintings the Women's County Committee . Moger and of 5s . on Mrs. Wardle . and Water Colours , Mezzotints , Oak Gate The prosecution said the police were pre- It is reported by the Devon Women's W.A.C. Table , Chippendale Mahogany Card Table with that 116 women who have " passed their Phyllis " You don't act as if I were the pared to have carried the case to the High cabriole legs and ball and claw feet ; a Crom- trials " are working on the land in the county . first girl you ever kissed . " Henry " If I Court . wellian Single Chair in oak , Antique China , Fine Old Cut Glass , substantial Modern some 250 girls of the Land Army now working do you know I don't . " When at Devises ( Wilts . ) Mr. Prothero met am the first man who ever kissed you , how in the county and took the opportunity of She " I heard you singing this evening . " Catalogues from the AUCTIONEER , Imperial making an urgent appeal for further recruits - He : " Oh , I sing a little to kill time . " She Chambers , Ludlow , and Tenbury . " You have a good weapon . " especially for instruction in milking . Furnishings . " The real man rises before his handicap . " " Before ? " " I rise before mine . " Yes , she makes me get up and get breakfast . " ( b ) The gross milk production of the country would probably be increased as farmers . would , through the depots , have a market for the whole of the milk they could produce at all seasons of the year . ( c ) Surplus milk could ge dealt with near the sources of production instead of in towns and cities , thus avoiding the risk of loss and the deterioration of this milk for cheese making . Further they would be available as food for pigs . milkers . In order to carry out this scheme the Com- mittee suggest two alternative methods , either through tse Agricultural Organisation Society of the respective counties concerned , by means of Government loans repayable on easy terms , or by the Boards of Agriculture as has been done in the case of the establishments for the drying and preserving of fruit and vegetables . terrible din ; Bravely the handful of British fought , out- To right the evil and to stamp out blatant numbered by twenty to one ; The enemy slew in their thousands , but , hard luck , had to retreat . Then the command rang , out « Retire ! " for the Shropshires to cover their retreat ; And nobly every man responded to their Commander who knew not defeat ; Our King and Queen , give them a loyal welcome true , As on their breasts our heroes medals rise to view , Pinned on by royal hands and kingly heart , their part ; They charm the wounded with their tender . smile , c The weary hours of pain their presence doth beguile ; And when the fight raged hot , and fierce , and long , To Britain's cause they gave their loved ones fond . So listen ! ye women of England , we Tommies love you all ,. For the noble work you are doing since we answered our country's call ; And now we are hastening the day with good tidings to you bring , And march you off in triumph , and sing " God Save the King . " . ( Pte . ) HERBERT THOMAS , K.S.L.I. , of More- ton , Eye , Leominster , now serving in Salonika . |