The Kington Times - February 1917
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Kington Times 10th February 1917 - Page 7
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| Date | 10/02/1917 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Kington Times |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 10th February 1917 |
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A CK . of satis- oes with Mat your se you to you are the 11 return " me r ngdom , or WNI of price d twenty What his land down to vas trying to grow aid that if the ey would not be ated . FARMERS UPPLY . TICISED . " of landowners of the Ross dis- the King's Head airman and other Herefordshire War discuss the latest ard of Agriculture and uncultivated er of Brockhamp- oject of the meet- est means of how be increased and sued by the Board to make it quite amittee wished to rather than to orce unless abso- stringent and very by the Board of ents in the past assist agriculture ; in a very serious as its food sup- had come to the he did not want was going to say ly fair to inform erts that had been utive Committee's ound to be negli- cultivate his farm take possession of arm produce , and elf or other land ,. elves . They also nd , and go so far . sers and make the farmer or occupier ow the Committee mer or occupier offender under the He understood the ity of labour , but y to the County uld do their best say that it would ed . " for they had n at resent . ber of the Execu- was a grim deter- of Agriculture to ated . The unfair knew long enough on in which the o tell the farmers . Lord Derby wher e would have " to- nd give him 30,000 army . That debt , rred under a total t of the tribunals . that Lord Derby t was a debt due unals . He said . ad " his pound of here was no more the farmers , and st majority of men ricultural , districts . ere was a lack of d of Agriculture and the land had it . He hoped the invitation thrown shire War Agricul- rate with them in that direction he the best tillage en , and that they land they knew " ield the crops they BE BROKEN . N INCREASED 1918 . of agriculturists- Food production in ugby on Monday spresiding . ontroller of Culti- Office was the plained the Army r the oats harvest peal to his hearers re a good harvest plenty of time for ould have , to drill year , but before e cleaned ; and if ally big increase of try in the harvest le did that a lot should be arable , employed than if nd cows . There of that sort , and hart fallow in the ed to start early to bit moving all the to be broken up months . THE ARMY . er hunt servants- liary service came 1. when the Essex their huntsman . said previous in- intenance of hunts General service to look after hunts . hairman said they y instructions , and RAM BUSE . to see her soldier at once . Dad is time . " showed Leave was that the ue . ined her 24s . It gave the military ceache , Tooth- e Pains , take onic . Never after the first / 9 , Postage 5d . LEOMINSTER .. A THE KINGTON TIMES . FEBRUARY 10 , 1917 . LLOYDS BANK LIMITED . HEAD OFFICE : 71 , LOMBARD ST . , E.C. WAR LOAN APPLICATIONS MAY BE LODGED AT ANY OF THE BRANCHES OF THE BANK . COUPONS AND DIVIDEND WARRANTS CASHED FOR HOLDERS WHO HAVE NO BANKING ACCOUNTS . Night Wings . BY MORICE GERARD . Author of " The Red Farm , " " Love in the " The Pursuer , P'urple , " " The Heart of a Hero , " " The Unspoken Word , " etc. AL CHARACTERS : PRINCIPAL Hon . Frank Charteris , R.E. , who is building in a secluded part of his estate a new aerial machine for the use of the British Navy . Captain Mark Grennan , his close friend , commander of the cruiser which is patrol- boat in the North Sea , living in anxious lays in the knowledge that the most ter- rible war of modern times might be declared at any moment . Rose Howard - Vance , his fiancée . Sylvia Van Annan , her friend and guest , a lovely girl , belonging to wealthy Dutch family . She captivates Charteris at first sight , and a hunting accident is the instru ment of her visit to Corford Hall , Mr. Charteris's beautiful home by the sea . As they are passing the aerial shed the new machine rises in the air , and Miss Van An- nan displays an emotion which greatly be- wilders her host . CHAPTER III . You are nervous , " Charteris said feelingly . I do not wonder at it . Even I felt shaken , more than I care to admit , when your mare pitched forward with you on her back , so what t must have been to you 1 can well imagine . " again those wonderful depths , as if the colour deepened further down , like the waters of a pool . Sylvia looked him full in the eyes , showing It is nothing to do with that , " she pro- tested . " It is what I saw the balloon ! I know the model . I have seen them flying , with officers in them , over my country . " " Please do not think too much of it , Miss van Annan . This is an age of aeronaut England cannot afford to be behindhand . In my profession - you know , as I said , I am something more than a soldier , an engineer well we have to be in the forefront . Preparation does not make for war ; it is the best surety for peace . " as was They were moving again now towards the Hall . Passing beyond a belt of trees , they came upon an open greensward , which , cut and tended , extended to the broad , white drive runing round the mansion . Sylvia van Annan visibly relieved , when they emerged from the shadow of the trees into the sunlight beyond ; yet she turned half - furtively to ascertain whether any part of the " workshop , " as Charteris called it , was still visibie . It was , however , absolutely hidden . A change came over her , comparable to the sunlight after the shadow and chill of the wood . She looked younger girl on the threshold of life , holding out both hands to accept the gifts Providence might have in store for her . " How charming ! " she cried ; " but what a great place to live in alone . " " I have never found it so . He smiled . You see , there is my housekeeper and the ser- vants ; they will help to fill it up . I have also friends staying with me when I am here , un- less I happen to be extremely busy , as I open and above - board in the presence of those whom they know they can trust . " She looked down , visibly pondering , her long lashes resting on her cheek . With her booted toe she stirred the gravel of the drive , making a little pattern . • Then she said , " You have left the general to think of the individual . Is not that so ? " She looked up at him . His trusty brown eyes met her gaze , which was as frank as his own . " It would take a great deal to make me believe that you were other than you pre- tended to be , Miss van Annan . " She made him a curtsey . " I appreciate that compliment , " she said . " It was not a compliment . If it were so , it would be valueless . It is a statement of plain truth . " " Yet our acquaintance has been so short , " she protested - three hours , is it ? " " Three centuries ! Knowledge is not to be measured crudely by the rule of thumb ; it is a matter of intuition , perhaps affinity - not a question of time . " He said , the word " affin- ity in a different tone . " You must have met so many people , Mr. Charteris . " People ? " " You have a habit of driving one into a corner - is it not what they call in the Law Courts cross - examination ? " " Your English is beyond criticism . " " You are laughing at me , " she said . " People ? " he repeated . She patted the ground with her foot . " Well , women - girls , I mean . " " I have had more to do with men . " He did not say " Yes until this morning , but something like it was in his mind . " Shall I say I understood them better ? " was the question he put aloud . better w " Then you do agree with me after all . " " I will tell you more later on , when our acquaintance has had the opportunity of ripening , and is no longer a matter of hours . " Their conversation was interrupted by the appearance of Mrs. Mason , who had obviously delayed a few minutes to put on her best bib She was of the old - fashioned and tucker . order of housekeepers , and wore a cap decked with purple ribbons , which well became her round , kindly face . She curtsied to the visitor . " Miss van Annan has met with an accident , Mrs. Mason , which fortunately nothing serious ; but she will be glad to remove the mudstains of her fall . " is " I am sorry , miss . I shall be pleased to be of service . ' " Sylvia had run up the steps ; she gave a hand to Mrs. Mason with a pretty grace . Thany you very much , " she said .. I could not go back to Shale Castle as I am . I fell near the boundary of the park , and Mr. Charteris suggested my coming here to be put to rights . " She turned and nodded her mute thanks to Charteris at the same time , then walked down the hall - place by the side of Mrs. Mason . Charteris watched her until she disappeared The along the broad staircase at the end . butler Sterry had appeared on the scene by this time . " Have some sandwiches cut , Sterry , and bring up a small bottle of champagne , not too Put both in the smaller dining - room . " dry . Charteris walked away , holding the bridles of Hector and Lulu , walking between them . He turned round the corner of the house and made for the stabling , which was of consider- able dimensions , separated from the Hall by a flagged yard , and had loose - boxes , coach- houses , and stalls running round three sides She nodded , and the shadow came back upon of it . The head groom came forward directly his her face . " I know - that dreadful balloon ! " " Yes ; it has taken me some time to make . master appeared on the scene . The man saw I believe it is the most perfect of its kind on at once that Hector was not affected , and his this side of the water , and I hope as trust - practised eye travelled over the mare's points . worthy , if not as large , as any on the other " Has the lady had a fall , sir ? " side as well . " have been lately . " . " I wish nobody had ever thought of the First one idea of travelling through the air . is killed , then another . Surely land and sea are good enough ? " It surprised Charteris . Her feeling was evidently so genuine , in a sense so personal . He wondered.- " Why do you worry about such things ? " he asked . " Leave that to the mén . Just en- joy life . " " That is what you men always say . We are not to understand . Yet who is it that suffers ? Have you not a saying you English , that it is the woman who pays ? We pay in fear , in tears , in apprehensions , while men go out and live their lives . It is not so hard as it is to suffert " at i He still thought her anhinged by the recent accident . Dishevelled and mud - spattered as she was , her beauty was great , and the longer they were together the more he admired her . Before them stretched the long line of the Hall . At one end was a conservatory ; the back of this a balcony , before the windows of the first storey , supported By row of pil . lars , each a monolith . Ivy covered a great part of the frontage - cut back , kept trim and heat , especially round the windows They came to the broad pathway , and , pass- ing round it , reached the flight of steps before the hall door . A manservant , hearing the sound of horses , came forward from the interior of the hall- place , the door being wide open . Ask Mrs. Mason to come here , Walters . " " Yes , sir , and shall I call a groom ? " No , thank you . " He turned to Miss van Annán , and said : " I will take the horses to the stable myself , and have Lulu's legs thor- oughly examined , to see if there is any injury done " Yes , Myres ; but fortunately nothing seri- ous - a shaking and a little mud . I brought the mare here , to make sure she has not " sustained any injury , and to have her groomed . She belongs to Miss van Annan , who is staying at Shale Castle , with Miss Howard - Vance . " Myres had been in the service of the Hall from boyhood , and was a much - trusted servant . He passed his hand carefully over the more vulnerable parts of the rare , commenting the while on the excellence of her points . " There is nothing the matter , I feel sure , sir , which a bucket of water and a hard brush will not see to rights . " " That is what I think , " Charteris agreed . He stood and watched Myres perform the An under - groom had toilet he had suggested . stripped Hector , and led him to his box , where the manger was supplied with oats and chopped straw , mixed . " The mare is a bit stiff , sir , and her knees are slightly swollen - will be better for a day or two's rest and a little massage . the " Give her a feed , and walk her to Castle some time this afternoon . Have the dogcart brought round in half an hour ; I will drive Miss van Annan back myself . " Having given these orders Charteris left the yard . As he emerged from it he noticed two of the labourers on his estate , under the direc- tion of the head gardener , cutting down a tree which had been condemned for time . He went towards them and stood watch- ing the operation , intentionally giving Sylvia time to put herself to rights before his re- turn . After a few minutes ' conversation with the gardener Charteris turned his steps to wards the Hall . some Norwich Union Fire Office Founded 1797 With which is incorporated the Narwish London Accident Insurance Association Head Offices : Norwich & London . FIRE . ACCIDENT . MARINE . Sickness . Employer's Liability . Third Party . Fidelity . Burglary . Plate Glass . Hailstorm . Property Owners . Motor . Loss of Profits following Fire . Live Stock . PROMPT & LIBERAL SETTLEMENTS AGENT : J. B. DOWDING , LEOMINSTER . For High Standard Tailoring - at Popular Prices , - You cannot do better than give us a trial : Our Garments are Dependable - Distinction outside , Dependence Inside - Value both ways . Suits and Costumes from 42 / - : Made on the premises . J. WELSH 3 , West Street , LEOMINSTER . SUPPLY AND SALARIES OF perceive this ? TEACHERS . planning to meet If they do , what are they this great difficulty which pendreds of men , who left their schools to What are the Board and Educa- Authorities going to do in this There is but one remedy . They The only way know that as well as we do . to keep up a supply of teachers is to make the profession of teaching better worth while . If no adequate quantity of teachers can be ob- tained , quality in teachers become thing that can no longer be taken into con sideration ; standards of examination will be lowered , and the half trained and makeshift will become the one stand - by . What of the schools then ? What of the effect upon the populace ? There is but one remedy or else the schools must close . will a BY SIR JAMES YOXALL , M.P. fight in this war are dead ; perhaps thousands Unrest among teachers is becoming openly of others will , because they fall , or because grave . The plain , blunt , eloquent letters they have learnt a more excellent way " s . d . express the situation ; teachers are de- of livelihood , will not return again to their termined to demand amelioration of the suffer- schools . ings caused them through £ s . d . The war tion and its prologation have brought wealth to matter ? many thousands in the community , and better wages to many millions ; to teachers nothing in that respect has come , but the contrary - an- xiety , poverty , privation , and in some cases absolute want . Teachers live upon fixed in- comes , always small and never adequate to their worth , work , or position ; during the war these incomes have remained fixed while taxes , and claims of giving , and the prices of commodities have not . In primary and in secondary schools alike the teachers not called to the Colours have had to work harder in school , with scanty supplies of material , and under more unfavour- able conditions than ever before ; to save taxes , the Education estimates have been scraped and pared ; to save rates , supplies of books , station- ery and staff have been skimped and starved . The estimates have been kept down , and the rates have been actually lowered , in places by Yet only a few several " d " in the " . " Local Authorities have improved the salary scale or granted an " s " in war bonus , and in some cases the bonus is illusory and mean . The War has hit the teachers ' pockets and made their work more difficult as well , and more unremunerative than before . This has been borne by teachers with , patience and pat- riotic abnegation ; but it has been borne quite long enough , and probably too long . un- PRESTEIGN LICENSING SESSIONS . One " The Last Glimpse " -A Puritan Idyll Original Drawing by W. G. Easten PURITAN SOAP pure by name and pure by nature Made by Thomas , Bristol , Soapmakers for nigh 200 years . BANKERS AND THEIR CLIENTS . CUSTOMER SUES BANK FOR DISCLOSING ACCOUNT . STATE WORK FOR ALL . 7 193 W his MR . NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN EXPLAINS NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME . 16 TO 61 MINIMUM WAGE 25s . At Hereford Assizes on Monday , before Mr. PREMIER ON POSSIBLE COMPUESION . Justice Horridge , George Ernest Morgan , wool Mr. Neville merchant , of Hereford , sued the United Coun- National Service Scheme at a meeting at West- Chamberlain outlined ties Bank , and a manager ( Mr. Arthur Chap - minster on Tuesday , at which he was sup- man ) , for damages for breach of an implied ported by the Prime Minister and Mr. Arthur agreement not to disclose the contents of his Henderson . account at the bank ; and as regards Mr. Chap- man individually , the plaintiff also alleged that he uttered false words whereby he suffered damage , and complained of slander . Mr. Bosanquet was for plaintiff , and Mr. A. J. David and Mr. Graham Milward defended . Plaintiff complained that the manager wrong fully disclosed his dealings in regard to his banking account , and not only disclosed the account , but gave ab Wrong impression of plaintiff's position . In consequence he suffered severe damages in an action brought against him , and he had to pay a considerable sum in costs . After the case had proceeded some time , so far as Mr. Chapman was concerned , judgment either side , and the question for decision was reduced to the bank's liability . was agreed to in his favour , without costs on In the course of further evidence it appeared Excepting ministers of religion and doctors for reasons which he stated , he appealed to all men between the ages of 16 and 61 to enrol for some work of national importance . He explained his plans for the transfer of men from one industry to another , and announced that a minimum wage of 25s . weekly is to he paid to those accepted . for service . Mr. Chamberlain's scheme is , in summary , as follows : - Volunteers as far as possible to be allocated to their old trades . War munition volun- teers not to be disturbed . Volunteers to be interviewed as to their capa bilities , and when accepted for work to re- ceive notice calling them up in seven days . Subsistence allowances up to 2s . 6d . a day in , suitable cases ; appeals allowed to a Commis- sioner when the amount granted is not satis- factory to the worken . The annual Licensing Sessions for the Divi- sion of Presteign took place on Tuesday before Mr. J. H. Wale ( in the chair ) and Mr. G. W. Preece . The Chairman read the report of the acting Chief Constable which stated that there were in the Division 10 fully licensed houses and one grocer's license . He presumed that no application would be made for the renewal of the latter as the holder of the license had left the district and the premises had been closed for the past eight months . The fire is catching the heather ; the During the past rest is becoming grave . When the war began year 3 persons were proceeded against and con- the Executive suggested to the branches of the victed for drunkenness , as against 6 in the pre- National Union of Teachers that the steps vious year . By an order of the Liquor Control then afoot for procuring improvements in Board the hours of sale of intoxicating liquors scales of salary should be suspended , and out in this area had been restricted to 5 hours of patriotic feeling it was done . The Execu- per day , as from the 6th of May last . tive has now resolved to re - open the campaign licensee had been proceeded against and fined for improvements of salary for teachers , and for disobeying the order . He found that at to carry it on with all the energy and by all the Dukes Arms there existed a means of com- right means that can be used . It will now be munication with an adjoining house which seen whether it is practicable for the Board might be used for illicit trading and therefore he respectfully suggested that the Bench only of Education to treat the supply of teachers as something quite apart from the pay of teachers , renew this license on condition that the aper and whether a Local Education Authority here . ture will be blocked up . According to the there , and yonder can continue to put on that last , census the population of the Division was air of bland ignorance with which so many of 1,809 , which gave an average of 181 persons to them have watched the condition of the teach- each house ( exclusive of the grocer's license . Sergeant Higgins in reply to le Clerk said ers in their schools ; as a rule , they have done nothing to ease the disabilities and anxieties that the licensee of the Dukes Arms Hotel had of the men and women who do the work which ha dnotice of the present meeting . Education Authorities are charged to have done At a period when women and carried on . untrained for any vocation are earning money everywhere , for the first time , by default of available men , the pay of women teachers has Sergeant Higgins then gave evidence to the stood at its former level . Among men teachers effect that in the driving way entrance from 40 per cent . of the head masters , and 50 per Broad Street to the Dukes Arms Hotel there TURKISH TROOPS QUELL FOOD RIOTERS . There is , as far as possible , no intention te cent . of the class masters are receiving less was a part of the premises which was used as than £ 150 a year . Puddlers and mechanics a coach house . In the wall on the right side are making as much in a week as these teachers of this there was an aperture made by the re- do in a month ; boys of fourteen are earning moval of two or three bricks , which had been as much as some certificated teachers . Teach- covered with perforated zinc , and which led ers are busy as honorary secretaries of War to the premises adjoining occupied by A. R. Savings Associations , garnering in for the Saunders into the scullery or back kitchen . The Chairman asked whether this was on nation the surplus of wages two or three times as much as the teachers ' own pay . These dis- Saunder's property and Sergeant Higgins said crepancies cannot rightly continue ; they ought ho thought it belonged to the Dukes Arms . to come to an end ; if teachers act collectively In answer to Mr. Preece , he stated that the hole was sufficient for anyone to put a hand and energetically they will . through . The perforate zinc had been broken away . If the Board of Education and the Local Education Authorities can contemplate the de- population of schools , the strippings of schools of staff , appliances , and material , and the de- parture of bors of tender age into industrial occupations , ignorant , it is hardly a duty for the teachers any longer to strive to fill up this great gap in the dykes themselves . and taxes are so much more important than schools , teachers and education , why carry the schools on at all ? If the Board of Education and the Local Authorities will not , or at any rate do not , act in a way which shows under- standing and consideration in the matter with- Railway ser- out ; pressure must be brought . If rates The Clark said the statement in the report did not amount to an objection to the renewal of the license , but only as to the fitness of the premises . I as to the stress of the The Chairman said the Bench had decided to adjourn the renewal of this license till the next Court , on the 27th of February , so that this aperture might be bricked up . If it was there would be no objection to the license . The other licenses would all be renewed . Mr. R. BROMYARD . It was about half - past twelve ; the sunlight was shining full upon the house and the sur- rounding gardens and lawns . Charteris found himself looking at it from the point of view MEN'S OWN BROTHERHOOD . She shot him a glance of appreciation , of someone else someone who had said that partly on behalf of her mare . Turning , she it was a big place to be occupied by a man Lewis presided over Sunday's fondled Lulu's muzzle , and stroked the hair alone.co Miss Beryl Williams , of Bromyard , which fell almost to her eyes . I am not Perhaps it was . It was a new idea to him , vants have received , in two bonuses , relief meeting . some " She is not and , in nxious about her , " she said . respects perhaps , not alto- from the present high cost of living , to the was the soloist , her accompanist being Miss The Vicar of Bromyard really hurt , only frightened , aren't you Lulu ? " gether an unsatisfactory one . There are dis- extent of 6s . per week per servant . We know Dorothy Williams . that this is said to come out of the National gave an address on the " Problem of Evil . " The mare nibbled at her hand , showing abilities which are capable of being removed . her great teeth . " I should like to have a photograph of you both now . It makes a pretty picture - the Hall in the background . ' DEATH . On Saturday evening Mrs. Edwin Powell , widow of Mr. E. Powell , of The Progress , who not , if they would . What we now ask , how- | died some three months ago , passed away after a short illness , only surviving her ever , is that the Board of Education show as Great sympathy is much solicitrde in this affair as the Board of husband three months . Trade did in the cther , and that if local edu- felt for the two young daughters . cation authorities do not , not to say will not , hard lot , that the ameliorate the teachers ' Board of Education should so act as to compel His eye traversed the main lines of the coffers and not out of shareholders ' pockets , building until his gaze was arrested . A cer- but that is immaterial ; we know that railway tain dainty figure , dressed in a riding - habit , servants could make the transport service , of the skirt of which was caught up in one hand , this country a ruin , and that teachers could " A picture ? " she cried , ruefully , glancing was silhouetted against the sky - line . Miss van a corner of the bal at her draggled skirt , and playfully flicking off Annan was standing in spot of dry mud from her face . " I should cony , to which access could be obtained from choose more opportune time for sitting , or the principal bedrooms . She was standing in I should like to be the only spot from which a glimpse could be standing , for my portrait . spic - and - span , fresh from a looking - glass - not obtained of the " workshop . " As he looked she turned round , and , pass- " I should prefer it - just as you are , " he ing through the French window of the room behind her , disappeared from view . insisted . as I am now . " A man again ! " she said . " Quite incap- able of seeing it from a woman's standpoint . " " That is why you are so much more inter- esting . ( To be Continued ) . Is it not the French who say the Schoolmistress : " Well , Freddie , dear , side ! " she what did you learn yesterday ? " unknown is the attraction ' ? ' New Boy POLICE COURT . Monday ; Before Sir R. Harington , Messrs . them to do so . The present state of things W. A. Guess , L. Enderby , J. Ernest Cooke and J. W. Millyard . cannot go on . LICENSING that a Mr. Wallis enquired whether certain money had been paid by cheque , in order that he could trace the cheques , but Mr. Chapman told him it was paid in cash . The jury found for the defendant , and judg- ment was entered in favour of the bank wit costs . GERMANY HAUNTED BY FAMINE . HOPING FOR MIRACLES TILL THE HARVEST . Evidence accumulates day by day that under our blockade Germany is approaching the breaking point . There is no longer any reason Food is to complain of lack of information . the one topic of discussion , private and public , in the Press and in public bodies throughout Germany . Employers may appeal against the calling - up : of men on the ground that they are already doing work of national importance . A minimum wage of 25s . a week . Help promised to the farmers as soon as the volunteers are organised No workers are to be taken from the land and put to other ccupations . Ireland to have the opportunity of taking a share in the scheme . Volunteers left temporarily out of work to re- ceive an allowance of 3s . 6d . a day for four nce of is weeks . suppress any trade , but if labour and material are not suffi.cient it will be necessary to retain both . The Employment Exhanges staff is to form If is to f the nucleus of the enrolment organisation . Agricultural and Industrial Commissioners to be appointed . Accounts in the Press of neighbouring neutral The Prime Minister , who endorsed the p- countries corroborate the impression that Ger- peal , expressed his confidence in the success of many's downward path has rapidly accelerated the voluntary effort , but announced that com- during the past few months , and that it will pulsion must follow if it failed . require a miracle of endurance and organisa- tion to endure until the next harvest . Herr Batocki , the Food Dictator , has failed He is the most attacked man in miserably . the Empire . His promise of a higher bread ration has been withdrawn . Berlin . Ludlow , MARKETS . CORN . Monday . -Business quiet . Little Supplementary , bread tickets have ceased in grain offering , demand steady . Wheat inclined firmer . Prices averaged English wheat , per bushel of 75 lbs . , 11s . 8d . to 12s . 2d .; barley . 76s . to 80s . per quarter ; beans , 70s . to 728. per quarter ; black oats , 23s . to 21s . per quarter ; white oats , 24s to 26s . per quarter ; flour , per sec- sack of 5 bushels ( 280lbs . ) , best 66s . onds 65s . These and other measures show that the stocks of grain and flour are runing danger- ously short in view of the remoteness of the next harvest . A DANGEROUS SHORTAGE . Owing to shortage of fodder , arrangements have been made for the premature slaughtering of animals which can no longer be fed . This will reduce still further the slender sup- plies of meat , fat , milk and butter . Worcester , quiet market- wheat nominally 78s . to 79s . per quarter ; bar- ley 70s . to 72s ; oats , 46s . to 48s .; beans , 77s to 78s .; peas , 80s .; maize , Plate 68s . 6d . at port ( the Government regulation as to flat maize The potato crop has been a disastrous fail- makes the maximum about 66s . per quarter ) . ure . This affects the whole nation , depriving Feeding stuff's Sharps £ 15 10s . to £ 16 per both the population and the animal stock of ton ; bran , £ 14 10s . to £ 15 10s . a staple food The human ration ( of potatoes ) has been cut down to Blbs . a week . The feeding of animals with potatoes has been prohibited altogether . FRUIT AND VEGETABLES .. Ludlow , Monday . - Potatoes , 2s . 4d . to 2s . 6d . per peck ; cabbages , 1s . 6d . to 2s . per dozen ; cauliflower , 4s . to 6s . per dozen ; Brussel per bundle ; sprouts , 3d . per lb .; leeks , 2d . The Imperial ration of meat is only a quarter In most towns even this , beetroot , 2d . each ; apples , 4d . to d . per lb .; of a pound a week . walnuts , 5d . per lb .; chestnuts , 1d . per lb .; cannot be obtained save rarely . The bread ration amounts to an ordinary grapes , 1s . 2d . to 1s . Gd . per lb ; carrots , pars- Englishman's breakfast allowance . Butter or nips , turnips , 2d . per lb .; onions , 2d . per fat is given in a ration of ounces per week . Milk is not procurable . That there have been serious food riots , ac- lb. The Superintendent of Police reported that HAY AND STRAW . Worcester , Saturday . - There are no material during the year there had been 13 cases of drunkenness , as compared with 16 last year . companied with loss of life , in Kiel , Luebeck , changes in prices , retailers getting about All the houses had been well conducted . All Hamburg , Munich , Breslau , and other towns , per ton for best samples ; wheat straw 50s .. The license of is now established beyond doubt That the costs of war can be paid for by the cheeseparings of peace is one of the foolish dreams of ratepayers not even the total closing of schools could redress the balance percep- to suppose that the It is a dream tibly . schools can be carried on on the cheap , and what can be said of the fitness of members of the licenses were granted . ( after deep thought ) : Education Committees who propose to save the King's Arms was transferred from Mr. J. flatter yourself , " he you teached me . " the country financially by skimping the coun- Davies to his father , the former being in the try's schools ? That way lies national down- Army . ASSAULT . fall . The same arts that did gain a power must " Yet it applies to only one flashed at him . He laughed . " You said . " You think there is nothing unknown on our side . We men are as open as the day ; as clear , perhaps as shallow , as a brook . " Do not put words in my mouth " No. which my brain does not frame , or my lips But the difference is there , all the utter . same . You do not conceal , because you dare to be your natural selves . We women , on the contrary , are bound to disguise much of what It is the we think and nearly all we feel . years of servitude which lie at the back of us ; they are responsiule for what we are now- given to concealment , if not to hypocrisy . " Charteris's thoughts went back over the last hour , during which Sylvia had certainly communicated to im the feelings which had been uppermost in her mind , even the thoughts which had accompanied them . There had been neither concealment nor hypocrisy .. Are there not exceptions to every rule " he asked . " In what way ? " " Women who dare to be themselves do not necessarily wear their hearts on their sleeves or daws to peck at , but at the same time are You ought to know NOSTROLINE TRADE MARR CLEANSES NOSE AND THROAT . A moment's reflection will convince su terers that local infection in nose and throat can best be overcome by local treatment . When your nose and throat are obstructed with germ - laden mucus , " Nostroline " instantly relieves the stuffiness and destroys the microbes . In Head Colds , Nasal Catarrh , and Influenza , it main- tains continual disinfection , clears obstructed air passages , and softens and brings away crusts in the nostrils . Make up your mind to use " Nostroline . " Get it to - day . Tubes 1s . 14 . and 2 , 9d ,, most Chemists , or post free from makers H. E. Matthews & Co .. Chemists , Clifton , Bristol . Local AgenLE Leominster : H. R. CHENEY , Pharmaceutical Chemist , 21 , High Street . Presteign : A. R. DAVIES , Chemist , a , High Street . Kington : J. W. CAUNT , Chemist . HOPS . £ 7 In Munich the German troops refused to fire and oat straw £ 3 per ton . on the mob , and Turkish soldiers from a neigh- bouring camp had to be called upon . Worcester , Saturday . - The recent intimation These outbreaks are isolated but frequent . as to further restrictions on brewing have had The authorities by censoring reports and other the effect of paralysing some pending transac- methods prevent a general movement . tions , not a pocket passing the public scales it maintain , " 60 Marfell warned his Annie Elizabeth Smith and Elizabeth country , and who will say that it is not the Taylor , married women , Milvern Street , had Famine in the strict sense there may not be , during the week . Yet prices are firm at from schools which had prepad by the vast effort a dispute , with the result that Elizabeth Taylor and it is conceivable that Germany may con- £ 7 10s . to £ 8 15s . per cwt . , in view of a re- hit Mrs. Smith , for which she , had to pay trive to struggle through the next few months duced acreage and the absence of importations . 78. 6d . country which began in August , 1914 ? Yet we are now until the next harvest . But that there is well on the way to become a hooligan nation DAMAGE . universal and serious malnutrition is beyond for a whole generation of the populace . The result is a weakening of not Starved schools are not the worst and most Arthur Sam Tandy , a native of Birmingham , all doubt . fateful element in the prospect ; half starved who had been working for Mr. Pullen , of the only physical strength , which is affecting the teachers are not the worst and most ill - boding Huntlands , split a grindstone in half and cut output of the munitions factories , but also of element in it ; the worst and most fatal feature a 70 feet tree rope in eight places . Sentenced the moral strength of the nation . in the prospect is that before very long there to 14 days ' imprisonment . LIGHTING ORDER . For breaches of the Lighting Order the following were fined the amounts stated : Thomas Rivers , farmer , Much Cowarne , 10s .; will be no supply of teachers for the schools . That the supply of men teachers has been dwindling has been known for years ; now and henceforth the supply of women teachers will dwindle also . It is now no longer the case that teaching offers the best opportunity of George Smith , Whitbourne , 2s . 6d .; William employment to certain classes of girls . The Corbett , waggoner , Cradley , 2s .; Edith Hill , HEALO you have a Bad Leg.Eczema.Old Sores , Wounds , Ringworm , Cuts , Burns , Scurf , or any skin affection , send to Maurice . Smith & Co. , Kidderminster . for a free sample of HEALO Ointment . Try it , you peed not send for a large box . A Shifnal lady says it is worth £ 5 a box . HEALO allays . all irritation , reduces inflammation , prevents festering , soothes and heals all bad legs . Don't say your case is hopeless without trying HEALO . Boxes 13 and 3- Local Agent : - POULTRY AND PROVISIONS . Ludlow , Monday . - Fowls , 4s . 6d . to 5s . per couple ; chickens , 5s . to 7s . 6d . per couple ; dressed chickens , 8s . to ; 10s . per couple ; ducks . 6s . to 6s . 6d . per couple ; dressed ducks . 10s . to 11s . per couple rabbits , 2s . 8d . to 2s . 10d . per couple ; geese , 8s . to 10s . each ; turkeys . 10s . to 12s . each ; butter , 1s . 10d . to 2s , per . lb ; hen eggs , 5 to 6 for 1s ; duck eggs , 4 to 5 for 1s .; pigeons , 1s.3d . to 1s . 4d . per couple ; hares , 5s . to 5s . 6d . each ; pheasants , 8s . to 9s . per brace ; partridges , 1s . to 4s . 6d . per brace . FEW CALENDARS For Sale at Half- Price , at THE LEOMINSTER PRINTING CO . , war has altered all that ; girls can now choose School teacher , Froome Hill , 2s . 6d .; George between a dozen avocations hitherto thought Price , farmer's boy , Much Cowarne , let off to be employment for boys and men only do with a caution for leading a horse without a J. W. RowE , Chemist , High St. , Leominster . Drapers Lane , Leominster . not the Board and Local Education Authorities light . |