The Kington Times - February 1917
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Kington Times 3rd February 1917 - Page 3
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| Date | 03/02/1917 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Kington Times |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 3rd February 1917 |
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nomy vantage to for olothes ur require- NS . ng rapidly , not gs and the many ing of Clothes . gh prices and Wool Yarns , Iterating their ade wools and goods although or . arce makes it ers in the busy sual , obviously , attention . 2 / 2/2 THE KINGTON TIMES . FEBRUARY 3 , 1917 . CEYLINDO TEA The Better the Quality the less you use . 2 / - 2/2 2/4 nomy dvantage to put Clothing necessi- being cheaper . ollen goods will owing to the by the immense othe the Allied NE order for 19 They will not the mills are on the remainder ving to lack of export are given e use . 24 INTERNATIONAL STORES THE BIGGEST GROCERS IN THE WORLD COFFEE :: GROCERIES :: PROVISIONS D 4 years after election of LOTHS , Serges , che alue . best N'T DELAY . amore , hes Maker , ffice , NSTER . ' E s . entry of fat cattle ; eks making up to £ 40 15s , buile £ 55 . calves , with . excel- 250. in - calvers £ 24 2s . 6d . Small en- rade , fat tegs mik- 103s . , and wethers aring calves up to t pigs with a capi- up to £ 20 bacons iet market , little ry firm . English Is . 8d . to 129. 2d .; o Sos .; beans , per oats , per quarter , er quarter , 24. to shel , 2Solbs . ) , best RKET . 4s . 6d . to s . 6d . to 8s . per couple , 6s . to 7s . 6d . per s .; rabbits , 2s . 6d . e , 8s . to Ics . each ; butter , 1s . 9d . to S , 5 to 6 per 1S .; pigeons , Is . 20. to 4s . 6d . to ss each ; ace partridges , 45 . toes , 25. 2d . to 28 . 6d . to 2s . per doz .; er doz .; Brussels , 3d . per bundle ; 3d . to 6d . per lb .; tnuts , 4d , per 1b .; per lb. carrots , lb .; onions , 22. to O WORKERS . ATERIALS AT A CTORY . rge visited a muni Midlands he set an g the danger zone , g materials and the pockets , and even rs . apparently be a workers , and at this proved unavailing , day sentenced five ment each for smok- of smoking materials s of 7,000 workers . d that in future would be imposed . THE ARMY . FORT TO MR . RO . held at Liverpool on by said he had cr nister of War on a to his predecessors . Committee , but Sir untry should know , B Tmy should know , was given to the en by a civilian , but ve ( Cheers ) . en the War Office the recent calling up Ts was one of them . but the War Office staggered , " if these for they were men on had been rejected were lent to agricul- of the year , end it of repaying the debt , oubtedly been called a pledge that they TEA WEOBLEY RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL . The monthly meeting of Weobley Rural District Council was held on Monday , when there were present : Mr. W. T. Cooke ( in the chair ) , Sir John Cotterell , Bart . , the Rev. H. B. D. Marshall , the Rev. W. Marshall , Mr. F. J. Berry , Mr. R. D. Snead , Mr. A. Matthews , Mr. E. T. Davies , Mr. J. Lewis , Mr. W. Pan- tall , Mr. W. Smith , Mr. H. L. Harvey , with the Medical Officer ( Dr. Wood ) , the Surveyor ( Mr. F. Gwillim ) and the Inspector ( Mr. Evan Lewis ) .. THE TREASURER . The Chairman in accordance with notice , proposed that Mr. R. Harding , the new mana- ger of Lloyds Bank , Leominster . be appointed , Treasurer to the Rural District Council . Sir John Cotterell seconded and it carried . was MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT . The Medical Officer said that one case of diphtheria had been notified which was inter- esting . There was a case of diphtheria three months ago in Brecon , and a visitor from the house came into Letton , and although she did not have diphtheria she gave it to a little child in the house . That was the only case of infectious disease . Sir John Cotterell remarked that it appeared to be a case of a carrier . It was a pity they could not take action in such cases . Dr. Wood said they could not isolate them .. The Local Government Board did not treat carriers as even suffering from the disease . Sir John Cotterell said they only knew when they discovered some other case . He supposed an examination of a carrier would not show anything.ation of a carrier The Medical Officer said they showed the microbe , but it was dormant and the person did not suffer from it . He thought he might report it to the Brecon Medical Officer . The Chairman : He could not do much . Dr. Wood : No , but it stirs up public opinion on the subject . Dr. Wood mentioned the case of a house , a butcher's shop , which was in a very bad state of repair . He had seen the agents and they had promised to do what was required . He did propose to proceed further . " THE RESERVOIR . The Inspector drew the attention of the Council to the fact that repairs were required to the bolt and cement work at the reservoir , from which the Weobley drains are flushed It must be done at once as it would be a very serious matter in the summer . It was decided to refer the matter to the Parish Council and to ask if they would un- dertake the work . SURVEYOR'S REPORT . The Surveyor : eported as to road repairs . He had submitted the return of main road expenditure to the County Surveyor and he had had a letter from Mr. Jack asking for an estimate for patching the main roads during the coming year , with the suggestion that he should use a small asphalt boiler , using hot asphalt after the holes had been filled with Several bad hedges had been laid and one on the Monnington Road opposite Portway WEOBLEY BOARD OF GUARDIANS . CHARGES FOR FUNERALS . The monthly meeting of Weobley Board of Guardians was held on Monday . when there were present : Sir John Cotterell , Bart . ( in the chair ) , Sir Geoffrey Cornewall , Bart , the Rev. W. Marshall , the Rev. H. B. D. Mar- shall , Mr. W .. T. Cooke , Mr. F. J. Berry , Mr. R. EL Snead , Mr. W. Pantall , Mr. H. L. Harvey , Mr. T. E. Williams , Mr. Smith , Mr. E. T. Davies , Mr. A. Matthews , The Clerk read a letter from the Hereford Board of Guardians inquiring whether there was any accommodation at Weobley for infirm inmates , the Workhouse at Hereford being required for other purposes . with the Clerk ( Mr. W. H. Grout ) . I.S. 90 FOOD SUPPLY PROBLEM . LOCAL WAR COMMITTEES ' WIDE POWERS . War Agricultural Committees , who are tee . GO TO MARCHANT BROTHERS FOR The Best Selection of New MILLINERY and Ready to Wear Goods In All Departments . Children's Millinery and Baby Linen . A Speciality . 1 , Broad Street , LEOMINSTER . GREECE'S REPARATION . FLAGS . An official telegram received on Tuesday GERMANY'S LAST STAKE . 3 AMERICAN VIEW OF THE END OF THE WAR A Morning Post " correspondent at Wash- ington writes : In quarters usually well - informed a strong belief exists that in the course of the next few weaks Germany will bring forward another . peace offer . I cannot ascertain that this be lief is based on precise knowledge , but it is founded on the conviction that Germany's economic condition makes it imperative that . she shall conclude peace before her people be come a gaunt and famished nation , incapable of further effort . The view is held in these same circles that the war which began on land , and which it was supposed on Aug. 1 , 1914 . would be decided on land , has now shifted to the sea , and that it is on the seas that a de- cision will be reached . Militarymen and historians now see more than ever an extraordinary parallel between the present war and the American Civil War . It was not the resources of the North her su- perior armies , her valour , or her military skill that defeated the South . It was the block- ade instituted by Lincoln with such splendid audacity , that forced the Confederacy to sur- render . Those persons who are impressed by this pa- rallel believe that the war will not end until there has been another naval engag ment , and following that , the greatest of all naval bat- tles - which they are confident will mean the destruction of the German High Seas Fleet- Germany will sue for peace . They expect a naval battle , because they yelieve it will ge the last desperate attempt made by Germany against her enemies , and German public opinion will force the Navy to fight , and the Fleet having fought and been destroyed . Ger- mans will then know that further resistance- is imposible . BRUTAL GERMANS . SHAVED ONE SIDE OF PRISONER HEAD .. Sixteen British prisoners , released from Ruhleben Camp , arrived at Gravesend on Saturday . One of the men , Samuel Orme , of Port Sun- light , was subjected to peculiarly brutal treat- ment when he was first interned at Senne- lagar . The Germans , " he told a " Daily Express " representative , " shaved the hair off my head , my moustache , and my beard on one side . The conditions were awful . I suffered from hunger and exposure , and my experiences took ten years from my life . " " Conditions at Ruhleben are better , " an- nounced another man . " Thanks to supplies from home there is plenty of food . " FIGHT FOR A CREST . THREAT TO THE ENEMY'S DVINA COMMUNICATION . Paris , January 29.-M. Claude Anet , writing to the " Petit Parisien " from . Petrograd , says : " To understand the character of the latest battles fought south - west of Riga we must know the nature of the ground on the right bank of the River Aa and in the sector be- tween the Tirul marsh and the Aa . The last Russian offensive drove the Germans from the crest of the heights between the marsh and the river , and placed them in a dangerous position on marshy soil , where they run the risk of being engulfed when the snows melt . They are , therefore , making desperate efforts to retake the crest . HALF - HEARTED RAIDS BY THE ENEMY . marsh the Germans have carried out a fruitless At Schmarden , north - west of the Tiral British Headquarters in the field , January offensive . HOW OUR MEN STAND THE KEEN WEATHER . " By its position six versts ( four FARMS MAY BE COMMANDEERED . The Secretary of the Board of Agriculture has communicated to War Agricultural Com- mittees in England and Wales copies of a regulation under the Defence of the Realm PRINCE ANDREW SALUTES THE ALLIED Act , conferring certain powers on the Board with the object of maintaining the food sup- Lands Order delegating all these powers to the the ceremony of saluting the Allied flags in has been in the grip of a frost which seems to Schmarden offers a serious menace to the rear W. ply of the country , and of a Cultivation of from Athens , says Reuter , announces that at 26. - During the past week Northern France miles ) from the railway Windau - Tirul - Mitau . quired each to appoint an Executive Commit - part reparation for the events of December readily , more severe , notwithstanding the of the German lines at Mitau , and a Russian The advance here would cut the only railway line 1st and 2nd , Prince Andrew of Greece himself bright sunshine of the last three days . led the cavalry in the march past . result has been a considerable increase of ac- mony was carried out in the most satisfactory hard surface of the roads has furnished an the Germans to improve their positions . " of supply from the Dvina front as far as tivity everywhere along the line . The iron- Jacobstadt . The last offensive did not enable The public was not admitted to the actual material and guns which could not be moved opportunity for the transport of much heavy ceremony , but the behaviour of the crowd at all during the previous weeks of mud . that collected in the neighbouring streets left is true the progress of railway building and nothing to be desired . All the other demands road construction has been somewhat retarded of the Allies are being met in a manner by the difficulty of digging the ground . thoroughly satisfactory to the Allied Ministers . The relations between them and the Greek severe spell remarkably well . Government may be regarded as pointing to field hospitals revealed the fact that there ( says a Daily Express correspondent at The It was decided that the Guardians should give all the assistance possible and a Com mittee was appointed to go into the matter . THANKS . The Master reported that the Ladies ' Visit- ing Committee gave their annual New Year's tea to the inmates on January 3rd , the event being much enjoyed by all . A vote of thanks was passed to the Com- mittee for their kindness . THE TREASURER . Mr. R. Harding was appointed Treasurer to the Guardians in place of Mr. J. A. Daggs , who had resigned upon retiring from the managership of Lloyds Bank , Leominster . CHARGES FOR FUNERALS . the for 30 Mr. Pugh writing with reference to funerals , which he had carried out years , said he could not do it for the same as in the past as the charges for the sexton and bearers were more and he would require £ 1 in the future . The clerk said the charges now were 12s . 6d . , which included taking the coffin to the differ- ent parishes and paying the bearers , sexton . and fees . He reckoned 4s . for the bearers , 2s . 6d . for the sexton , and 1s , for the clergyman , the remainder being what he got for a horse The That iad been up to now . and man . sextons now asked for more , and Mr. Pugh also had difficulty in getting bearers at ' s . The sextons had told him that in future they would not do it for the money . The Master said he had received several complaints from the sextons . The Rev. W. Marshall said that no sexton could dig a grave under 3s . 6d . Mr. Smith said the Dilwyn sexton told him he lost 1s . to 1s . Gd . on each one . This Executive Committee will be the body authorised to exercise on behalf , and at the expense of the Board in each administra- tive county the powers conferred . and their action will not be subject to confirmation by the War Agricultural Committee . Under the regulation the Board may ( 1 ) ( a ) Enter on and take possession of any land which in their opinion is not being so cultivated as to increase as far as practic- able , the food supply of the country , and do all things necessary or desirable for the cul- tivation of the and or for adapting it for cultivation ; and for such purposes enter on and take possession of any buildings on the ( b ) take possession of any machinery or implements or farm produce or stock on the land , or which are required for its cultiva- tion ; and land ; and ( c ) provide housing accommodation for persons employed by taking possession of any land or unoccupied premises ; and ( d ) utilise any water supply or motive power ; and . ( e ) by notice served on the occupier of any land require him to cultivate the land in ac- cordance with such requirements as the Board may think necessary or desirable , and may prescribe in the notice . ( 2 ) An occupier of land may submit to the Board a scheme for cultivation in a manner not consistent with the contract of tenancy of the land , and the Board may direct that the land shall be cultivated in accordance with the scheme , subject to any modification which the Board may think fit to make . ( 3 ) An occupier of land on whom a notice is served or to whom a direction is given by the Board . under the preceding provisions manner . a return to normal conditions . The cere- It On the whole the troops are standing the A tour of the are very few cases of illness directly attribut- ter has informed the French Minister in dance of warm clothing , and constant exercise WOMEN IN TROUSERS . MUNICH THREATENS THEM WITH INSTANT ARREST . The military commander of Munich has threatening Bavarian women with severe punishments for " immodest " . behaviour . Paris , Tuesday . The Greek Foreign Minis- able to exposure . Plenty of good food , abun - Hague ) promulgated an angry - worded order Athens that the dissolution of the reservists are keeping the men fit . The trenches afford is being carried out by judiciary means . In a natural shelter from the keen edge of the regard to the armament of the reservists , the weather , and the frost keeps them dry and Greek Minister states that the latter no hard . Of course , there are little hardships to longer have any arms , having returned them be faced , such as the freezing of water sup- to the military authorities at the time of their disbandment . CORN FOR ITALY . Athens , Monday . The papers are officially informed that the Greek Government has placed at the disposal of the Italian Govern- ment a cargo of 4,000 tons of grain , which will be delivered immediately upon a partial raising of the blockade . BRITISH TROOPS DAY . " GREETING TO THE stuff up . KAISER . War Correspondents ' Headquarters , January who negligently or wilfully fails to cultivate 26. - The British Army ushered in the Kaiser's the land in accordance with the require- birthday in characteristic fashion in the tains . ments of the notice , shall be guilty of à sum- Somme area . mary offence against these regulations . It seems that a good many women and not a few young girls have taken to wear military trousers in public , and have even attended church in male attire . In future " all such persons who thus bring shame on Bavaria " are summarily to be arrested by the police . It was the same commander who , some months ago , issued an order providing for the arrest in Munich of any woman whose style of dress was deemed by the police to be " in- decent " or " excessive , " or who used an ab- faces , and were thus made conspicuous . As male garments are ordered by the Government to be worn by many women workers , the commandant's new order has be- come the joke of the day in Germany . £ 6,000 REGISTER BURNED . INSURANCE RECORDS LOST IN A FIRE . A fire late on Monday night in a four - storey drapery warehouse in Frederick - street , Cardiff , spread to a neighbouring five - storey block , and raged till Tuesday morning . Many docu- ments of the Glamorgan Insurance Committee were destroyed , including an index and medi- cal register , in compiling which £ 6,000 was spent in wages alone . Medical cards were blown all over the city . The fire was so fierce that the Cardiff Brigade had to get help from Newport , Barry , and Penarth . Small out- breaks were caused in other parts of the city by the sparks . plies , but this sort of thing just now is by no means confined to the war zone . The horses , immuned by being tethered in the open , which experience has taught to be the best way of maintaining them in condition during a campaign , and faring well on gen- erous forage rations , are standing the severe cold remarkably well . ☐ normal quantity of paint and powder on their As you will have gathered from the com- muniqués , there has been plenty of hostile ac tivity during the week . Although the frosty atmosphere is not good for visibility , sullen as it is , with brownish mists , the guns and trench mortars have been even more than nor- " MANY UNHAPPY RETURNS OF THE mally busy . The handling of shells and the slinging of big guns is good work for keeping men warm , and the hardness of the ground greatly facilitates the progress of getting the It also enhances the destructive effect of the bursting projectiles , since these no longer bury themselves and spend a pro- portion of their energy in throwing mud foun . The crop of raids during the past few days has been responsible for a pretty heavy aggre- well as gate casualty list to the enemy , as a considerable number of prisoners . The Ger- mans have attempted several of those expedi- tions , but the half - hearted way in which they are usually carried out is conclusive testimony to the ebbing moral of the troops . prisoners admit there is no stomach for raid ing , and that although the parties are speci- ally picked men it is often a matter of for- cible persuasion to get them to go across and face the British . I do not suggest this is in- variably the case by any means . There is WOMEN WORKERS OBJECT TO THEIR still plenty of gallant fight left among the oc- cupants of the German trenches , but that this In general features the attack appears to is a steadily declining quantity is beyond account tions which , have several times recently been In curious contrast to our army , which described . It is gratifying to find that the scarcely ever discusses all the current talk was enveloped in flames and considerable The " Lokalanzeiger says that thousands of spirit of our the troops remains so indomitable about peace , German prisoners have damage was done before the flames were ex- families are suffering from the cold , and adds under the stress of this terribly severe frost . scarcely any other subject of conversation . tinguished . Next day Arnold was stated to that the problem of transports is becoming " Many unhapy returns of the day " to the They still cling to an honourable peace , " have called out that " she heard footsteps out- each day more difficult for Germany to solve : Kaiser has been the trench slogan all along which apparently means escaping defeat for side , " and when the cook again proceeded to The stations of the large towns are blocked our front , and judging by the activity of the Germany , but they all agree that the the courtyard she saw that the gun room , with goods , and there is a complete shortage British artillery this has been expressed in must come pretty soon . which formed a portion of the main buildings of the means of transport . There are neither terms which his subjects cannot fail to under- It was decided to agree to the increased charge . CASTLE FIRES IN SHROPSHIRE . ARSON BY SERVANT GIRL .. There was a sequel at Shrewsbury County Police Court , on Tuesday , to two fires that occurred at Rowton Castle , near Shrewsbury , the residence of Major Lees , when Gertrude Arnold , a young servant girl , was charged with arson . One afternoon , it was stated , Arnold went In the broadening dawn our guns thundered ( 4 ) If the Board at any time wrthdraw out a message of death .. A long line of troops from possession of any land of which posses- suddenly poured from the British trenches sion has been taken under this regulation , and went across No - Man's Land with that de- they may recover from the person then en- liberate precision which has formed such a titled to resume occupation such amount as feature of these recent operations . represents the value to him of all acts of cultivation executed by the Board . BERLIN CRYING FOR COAL . TWENTY - THREE SCHOOLS CLOSE THEIR DOORS . The enemy seems to have made but a poor fight of it , though it is too early as yet to get full details of the affair . What really matters is that heavy losses that heavy were inflicted upon the Boches and that about 250 of them surrendered . Our own casualties , I understand , are very light , the machine - gun fire of the enemy being kept well under by our gunners . Paris , Jan. 29. - A Petit Parisien " report had been done . Most of the road work was into the housekeeper's room and called out , from Zurich states that 23 Berlin schools have have been very similar to the kind of opera- question " The castle is on fire . " On hastening to been obliged to close their doors on the courtyard the cook saw that the laundry of the shortage of coal . held up by " frost , except ditching and eart hing . At the same time the frost was a god deal better for the roads than the mixed weather the usually had . The Surveyor also mentioned that he had had an application from the County Surveyor who wanted to know if they could hire him a sing van . He suggested is . per day and he aed Mr. Cooke if he might hire out their vair which they were not sing , and Mr. Cooke saw no objection . Then had not yet gone . It was decided to agree to hire the van out on a month's notice and on the understanding that the same was kept in repair . ROADS AND BRIDGES . Mr. A. Matthews called attention to . the Toad from Bishopstone to Bunshill Farm . The road was in a terrible state and , there wstone by the side which had been there for three years . The Surveyor in stating that he would give the matter attention said there were not many bits of stone in the district now . Mr. H. L. Harvey called attention to the wooden bridge over the Arrow down Broome Lane , which was in a a dangerous state , board having come out . He believed it was called Hay Bridge . The Surveyor said he would attend to the matter . FARMERS MUST APPEAL IN TIME . At the County Appeal Tribunal , at Worces- ter , on Tuesday , Mr. Willis Bund ( Chairman ) , pressed upon farmers and others the neces- sit of appealing for their men before their certificates of exemption expired . If they wanted to keep a mau , and had not got a sub- stitute for him , they must apply . In a good many cases there had been an idea that a Found . If they did not appeal for their men of the castle , was in flames . When questioned horses nor men , and there are no trucks for stand . by the police Arnold practically admitted that consignments destined for the provinces . At she caused the fires , and that she did not know Berlin the coal merchants have informed their why she had done it . The damage was esti- mated at £ 450 . She was ordered to be sent to a Reformatory for four years . ENEMY'S SHORTAGE OF FOOD . NO POTATOES THIS WEEK IN GERMAN TOWNS . Amsterdam , January 29. - In Charlottenburg , a Berlin suburb , there will be practically no potatoes this week , and the population will be allowed a larger bread ration to make up for the absence of potatoes . Owing to the frost , no potatoes will be ob . tainable for the population of Hamburg this week , and bread and flour rations will be in- creased . According to the " Berliner Tageblatt , " the German Government , has decided to maintain the wheat monopoly after the war . The paper adds that it is not at all certain that the Reichstag will adhere to this proposal . THE DESPERATE POSITION OF BULGARIA .. clients that they are ready to sell their coni at the railway stations . The result of this arrangement is that for some days past the stations of Berlin have been encumbered with all kinds of vehicles . drawn by women who came to fetch a few kilos of coal . GRASS FOR MILK . ATTEMPT TO KILL THE KING OF SPAIN . OBSTACLE ON THE RAILWAY AND INFERNAL MACHINE . Madrid , Jan. 28. - An attempt has been made to wreck the train by which King Alfonso was travelling near Granada , a lead beam having beam was discovered and removed in good been placed across the rails . Fortunately the time , a disaster being thus prevented . shortage of milk through the breaking up of Alarmed at the prospect of an increased pasture land , a dairy farmer points out that not a single acre should have been ploughed The police raided several houses in Gran- up until the country had been surveyed and a ada , and arrested a young man who had been complete schedule made by a central rather living abroad , and who speaks French and English with ease . In his possession was than by local authorities . found a letter dated from Barcelona , but its contents were unintelligible . thus : He divides the pasture land of the country ( 1 ) Old pasture land ; ( 2 ) Land sown by the landlord with high class grasses ; ( 3 ) Land sown by the farmers , in many cases with hay - seeds ; The obstacle was discovered an hour before the time fixed for the passage of the Royal train by a slow passenger train Puente Genil , which was stopped just in time Indeed , ENGINEER'S CALLANTRY ON BLAZING SHIP . end KEPT ENGINES RUNNING FOR BOAT TO BE LOWERED . Mr. Joseph Conolly , third engineer of the steamer Vanellus , of Cork , has been awarded the Albert Medal for his gallant conduct whilst his vessel was in flames . In recounting his services the Gazette on Tuesday night stated : - On October 1st last , the steamship Vanellus , of Cork , struck a mine in Havre Roads , and the vessel , which was laden with petrol , im- mediately burst into flames . Owing to the rapidity with which the flames spread , it was impossible to clear away the boats , and most of the crew jumped over- board . Three lives were lost by the casualty . Although the engine - room telegraph was broken by the explosion , Mr. Conolly re- from mained at his post in the engine - room until everyone else had left the ship . He kept the to prevent an accident . Close to the line in engines working astern , and thus made it ( 4 ) Thousands of acres of wild fallow self- the vicinity was found another piece of lead possible for a lifeboat to be lowered on the sown arable land producing nothing of value . similar to the first . port side , and by this means a number of lives He contends that Nos . 3 and 4 should be A message from Bilbao reports that a were saved . ploughed up first and Nos . 1 and 2 left to the machine found in a wagon of a Franco - Belgian Before finally leaving the ship he again went Mr. Conolly was badly burnt in rendering the services . Rome , January 29. The " Giornale d'Italia " last , for the reason that the permanent pas company has been exploded in a field by ex- below and stopped the engines . ex- man could not be taken until a substitute was is informed from a Bulgarian source that the situation in Bulgaria is decidedly worse than Lefore their exemption expired ; the military that of either Germany or Austria . The could wait until that time , and then take the treme scarcity of even the ordinary means of He would not say it was playing the subsistence is causing much misery and great game , but they were strictly entitled to do it , discontent , both against the Bulgarian authori and he hoped it would be widely known , ties and the German military regime . nient . ture affords feeding right through a dry perts , who declare that the explosion would summer , and is the first necessity of milk have blown up a train . production and of healthy cattle free from tuberculosis . Dairy farmers should know that Mr. about the Prothero has issued a caution ploughing up of grass lands . " In a county For Neuralgia , Faceache , Toothache CROWN PRINCE RESUMES THE VERDUN COMMAND . HUNS FOR FARMS . COMPANY . A proposal to obtain 75 German military and civilian prisoners for farm work at Wal- ton - on - Thames has caused much resentment among women workers on the farms . At the local War Agricultural Committee on Tuesday Councillor Denyer , the Chairman , said that the dislike of women who had lost relatives in the war to work with Huns was only natural . Several other members said that they did not wish to lose the women , who had become very useful , and it was decided to take a vote of the district farmers . PARIS EXPLOSION . The Paris correspondent of the Daily Tele- graph says : By an accident at Massy - Palais- teau , near Paris , a powder factory was blown up after a fire on the premises , and one man was killed . He was not employed in the factory but was a local gardener , who was hit by a stray piece of iron when the explosion occurred . Among the few . wounded was by extraordinary ill - luck an army surgeon , who had come up with a Red Cross train . He was severely injured in the head by a piece of iron thrown out by the explosion . It is feared two or three more deaths may have been caused by the accident , which was due solely to an accidental fire , which broke out in the factory , and which , in spite of all endeavours , spread to the powder store . The explosion shattered houses near . INFLUENZA CURE ! A workman appearing at Barrow munitions court said he had cured himself of influenza . The Chairman asked him the remedy , and he replied : " Half a bottle of rum , a hot bath , and about twenty hours in bed . " . The soldiers refuse to obey the orders of where milk production is of such importance and all Nerve Pains , take Lane's Neuralgia resumed the command at Verdun , and has Legs ; is infallible for Piles ; prevents Cuts carry out therwise the experience of January 1st , when their officers , who sympathise with the men , large numbers of men were called up , would the disciplinary repeated on March 31st , and the discontent and refuse to would be greater , only in this case the Board measures prescribed by the German authorities . In particular grave disorders have broken Agriculture and the War Office would not e to blame , but the people themselves who out when Bulgarian regiments , have been or- had not appealed to the tribunals . dered to foreign fronts . he said at Newport , " it seems to me quite wrong to break up good pastures . " And Mr. Trustram Eve , the Controller of Cultivated Areas , has said that it is not pro- posed to plough up a single field which feeds a bullock or a cow . Tonle . Never fails to give relief after the first few doses , Bottle 1/9 , Postage 5d . CHENEY CHEMIST LEOMINSTER . the day . Rome , January 28. - The Crown Prince has addressed to the troops an arrogant order of The shortage and bad quality of food are spreading epidemics among the armies of the enemy the Western and Eastern fronts . on both THE GREAT SKIN CURE . BUDDEN'S S.R. SKIN OINTMENT . It will Cure Itching after one application ; destroys every form of Eczema ; heals old Wounds and Sores ; acts like a charm on Bad from Festering ; will cure Ringworm in a few days ; removes the most obstinate Eruptions and Scurvy . - Boxes 9d . and 1/3 . Agent or Leomiuster : Mr. H. R. CHENEY , Pharmacist , 21 , High Street . 1 |