The Kington Times - July 1917
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Kington Times 25th July 1917 - Page 3
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| Date | 25/07/1917 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Kington Times |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 25th July 1917 |
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Monday ; Before Sir Geoffrey Cornewall ( in the chair ) , Mr. W. T. Cooke , Commander A. J. Windebank , Mr. T. M. Dew . SCHOOL ATTENDANCE . William Lewis , smallholder , Norton Canon , was summoned for not sending his daughter Elizabeth , aged 12 , regularly to school . He did not appear . Mr. Evan Lewis , Attendance Officer , stated that the child was absent a day or two every week . The parents had been frequently warned . Fined 55 . THE It After the Bench had retired to consider the case the Chairman said they were quite agreed that they should convict in both cases . was a very serious offence and they would im- pose a fine of 50s . each and they would be given a month to pay or in default seven days . Defendant said he hoped they would allow a little more time than that . CORN PRODUCTION BILL . IMPORTANT DISCUSSION ON MINIMUM WAGE . KINGTON TIMES . Unless these JULY 28 , 1917 . it was decided to write Mrs. Greene on the 5d . per lb .; red currants , 24d . per b .; goose berries , 1d . per lb .; raspberries , 6d . per lb .; wimberries , 6d . to 7d . per lb .; apples , 3d . to 6d . per lb .; walnuts , 8d . per lb .; grapes , 1s . 6d . per lb .; carrots , parsnips , turnips , 2d . per lb. onions , 3d . per lb .; broad beans ,. 2d . per lb .; cauliflowers , 4d . each . to a higher standard of living . men were offered a sufficient wage to enable question . them to maintain life at the level to which they had become accustomed they would not return to the land after the war , and therein lay the greatest danger to British agriculture . ( Hear , hear ) . BARKER . 5 . child's head was placed so that it could not breathe and the cord was being pressed by the head , the child would die unless it was quickly delivered . FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR . H. T. On Monday at 1 o'clock the remains of the fore the child had a separate existence ? -Yes . The Coroner : Then death would occur be- late Mr. H. T. Barker , Broad Street , who It would be still - born ? -Yes . Sir F. E. Smith ( Attorney - General ) pointed dropped dead at Shrewsbury , were removed POULTRY AND PROVISIONS . The The Coroner : He says the child did not out that under the bill the question of fixing by road to Wolverhampton for burial . the minimum wage for each district was left coffin was placed in a motor - car . The mour- Ludlow , Monday - Fowls , 58. to 6s . per cry but that he noticed the feet move before to the wages boards . the body was delivered . All that the Govern - ners were two nephews , Dr. W. H. B. Moly- couple ; chickens , 7e . to 8s . per couple ; dressed ment said was that in no case should the neux , and the two servants . Witness : Yes , that would be . The interment chickens , 9s . to 10s , per couple ; ducks , 8s . to Dr. Robin- boards go lower than 25s . a week . took place at 3 o'clock . The funeral arrange 10s . per couple ; dressed ducks , 9s . to 12s . per son added that Mr. Bickerstaff told him he Mr. J. H. Thomas ( Lab . - Derby ) admitted ments were in the hands of Mr. H. Bessell . couple ; rabbits , 1s . 6d . to 2s . per couple ; separated the child and made efforts of arti- that 25s . would be a considerable advantage As a token of respect and esteem shutters were geese , 9s . to 10s . each ; turkeys , 12s . to 14s . ficial respiration which showed there must to some labourers , and it would give a start placed at shop windows and blinds drawn in each ; butter , 1s . 8d . to 1s . 10d . per lb .; hen have been a doubt as to whether the child eggs , 5 to 6 for 1s .; duck eggs , 4 to 5 for 1s .; was alive or not . to a small trade union . At the same time it the town . the cost of living . was miserably inadequate , having regard to pigeons , 1s . 2d . to 1s . 4d per couple . The Coroner : Can you suggest anything issue of this kind going to the country , but shall and Poole , auctioneers , offered for sale He was not afraid of an further on the point as to whether the child On Monday afternoon Messrs . Morris , Mar- was born alive or dead . what he was concerned about was that it would at the Feathers Hotel the highly desirable free not be the only issue if there was an election . hold property , being the reputed manor and He viewed with grave apprehension the effect estate of Upton , in the parish of Little Here of a general election at this time . Issues ford , the property of the late Mr. Henry Hor- School , Pontypool , where he had been sent for field ) said that those of them who knew the those who were risking their lives on our very desirable stock , grain , and fruit farm , on Wednesday morning , on the newly - born Bickerstaff's unskilled version it would remain would be raised which would be fatal to the ton . " The estate comprises a fine old Eliza- best interests of the country and ruinous to bethian manor house called Upton Court , a behalf . Therefore it was not right to talk consisting of some very choice orchards , sound male child of the Rev. A. V. I. Bickerstaff and for him to ask the doctor to make a post- glibly about an election now . ESCAPED FROM A REFORMATORY . HEAVY FINE FOR HARBOURING A BOY . Thomas Merriman , wagoner , Derndale Hill , Canon l'yon , and Maud Merriman , his wife , were charged under the Childrens ' Act 1908 , with harbouring Percy Herbert , a boy who had absconded from Little Mill Reformatory five years ' detention . They pleaded not guilty . Mr. E. Waddington , of Usk , prosecuted on behalf of the managers of the reformatory and stated that the boy was sent there on the order of the Blaenavon magistrates in July , On April 26th he absconded and came to his sister's , Mrs. Merriman , and there stopped working until he was found by the He was arrested and police on June 16th . from the statement which he made there was no doubt that his sister and her husband Defendants : We did not know . He never told us anything . 1914 . knew . these people knew that the lad had run away Mr. Waddington said he contended that from school . If they persisted in their state- fent he would put the lad in the box and he would say that he told his sister within couple of days that he had run away from the school . The defendants produced certain reformatory clothes to the policeman which to If they did not his mind settled the matter . know he came from Little Mill they must have known that it was some reformatory school . He was asked by the managers to point out that these cases were very serious and if the Bench were convinced by the evi- dence that these people were guilty he would ask the Bench to mark it with a sufficient The information penalty to put a check to it . was laid under section 72 of the Children Act , 1908 . F. E. Craven Jones , Superintendent of the Monmouth Reformatory , Little Mill , Ponty- pool , gave evidence . He produced the order of detention in regard to Percy Herbert from the Blaenavon Police Court , dated July 28th , 1914. He was ordered to be kept there for On April 26th this year , about 11.30 a.m. , the lad was reported missing . He police at Blaenavon and other places . He went to Blaenavon but The next day he could get no information . sent a letter to the lad's father and two married sisters at Blaenavon , stating that the foy had absconded and informing them that under the Children's Act they would be guilty if they harboured or concealed the boy .. He had no reply . In May he had posters issued but without result . It was not until June 17th that he received information as to the boy who was brought back on the 19th . the next day the boy made a statement to him in the presence of the Schoolmaster and the other boys . He produced a cord tunic , cord vest , cord trousers and a pair of boots five years . informed the also enclosed an extract from the Act . He On week . 30s . PROPOSAL DEFEATED . There was an important discussion in the House of Commons on Monday , on the Corn Production Bill . The House resumed discus- sion on Mr. Wardle's amendment proposing that the minimum wage for agricultural labourers shall be 30s . instead of 25s . per Sir T. Courtenay Warner ( L - Stafford , Lich- counties in which agricultural labourers were badly paid looked upon the minimum wage as an innovation of such great benefit and im- portance that they could not dare suggest that a bill containing that provision should be sac- rificed for the sake of the amount to be in- serted in the measure . He quite agreed that the 255. a week at the present standard of the cost of living was an inadequate wage , he looked upon establishing the principle of the minimum wage as of such importance that he considered the other point to be secondary . Major E. Wood ( U - Ripon ) said he should welcome with all his heart a proposal to leave wages , and allow these things to be arranged out guaranteed minimum prices and minimum Mr. Prothero ( President , Board of Agricul- in the districts . but The Labour party put down the amendment because they did not want a minimum fixed which would reflect injuriously on town workers . the labourers . was PROPERTY SALE . For washing at INQUEST AT HATFIELD . CORONER'S COMMENTS . The District Coroner ( Mr. C. E. A. Moore ) , conducted an inquest at The Rock , Hatfield , Mrs. Bickerstaff which died at birth on Tues- day morning . person . Dr. Robinson said it was asking him to give an opinion on facts observed by an unskilled He could not give definite evidence without a post - mortem examination . The Coroner said he wished to consult the jury as to whether they thought the child was born dead . If they could not accept Mr. mortem examination in order to ascertain if the lungs were expanded . The foreman said he should say the child was born dead and the jury agreed . and productive arable lands , rich feeding mead- ows and pasture plantations , ash beds , com- modious farm buildings , two cottages and a The Coroner , addressing the jury , said the facts into which they had to inquire were They water corn mill , the whole containing an area had no hostility to the Government . and never of about 212 acres . Mr. B. B. Poole conducted short necessitating only the evidence of Mr. the sale and the estate was put up in one lot . Bickerstaff and Dr. Robinson . It appeared The Coroner : You accept the evidence of intended this to be a wrecking amendment . Mr. Ramsay Macdonald ( Lab . - Leicester ) There 1. good attendance . Bidding from what he had been told that Mrs. Bicker- Mr. Bickerstaff that the child did not have a argued that bad wages , led to bad farming . started at £ 5,500 and rose by £ 50 and £ 25 staff gave birth to the child on Tuesday separate existence , that it was born dead ? At that time there was no one in The Foreman : Yes , sir . about a bargain , but he did not think that the to Mr. Smith , Stowe Acton , near Rusbury , the house skilled in midwifery to attend to The Attorney - General , he said , had talked bids up to £ 6,800 , at which figure it was sold morning . The Coroner : Then that will complete the inquiry . Dr. Robinson was summoned by tele- agricultural labourers were any party to that Shropshire . Mr. Gibb , firm of Messrs . Redfern her . Addressing Dr. Robinson the Coroner said bargain , and , therefore , the Attorney - General Hunt and Co. , Colman Row , Birmingham , and dead . Under those circumstances it was being engaged and , although in the opinion he had heard the evidence as to the nurse not bargain with the Government , had not con- had no right to quote the bargain as against Mr. E. L. Wallis , Hereford , were the solicitors and when he arrived the child was The farmers , in making their for the vendors . necessary for him to hold an inquiry to ascertain first of all if the child was born of the jury the child was born dead , he would sulted the labourers , and no doubt they cal- alive and if it was born alive what was the like him to state if in his opinion the child culated on tie 25s . being raised when a bill cause of death . If the child was born alive would have lived if with such a presentation came before the House . as feet foremost there had been skilled assis- Therefore he should there appeared only one verdict which could vote for the amendment . be returned under the circumstances and that tauce and the child had been quickly delivered .. Dr. Robinson said there was no doubt about was a verdict that the child died from want of The fact that the head was delivered proper and skilled attention at birth . If the it . evidence should point to such a verdict it without assistance made it strongly probable would be for them , and he would leave it in that even if a nurse had been there she would their hands , to say whether that want of at- have delivered it as a living child . tention was due to unfortunate accidental cir- The Coroner observed to the jury that they cumstances or whether it was due to any care- would see how those facts affected that case . lessness on the part of Mr. Bickerstaff to It was not an ordinary case of still - birth , provide proper skilled service at his wife's where the child was already dead before de- call He proposed to It Mr. livery commenced . was still - born by Bickerstaff first and if possible to hear from reason of the fact that the mother did not him as to whether the child was born alive have skilled assistance at the time . He would so as to save the necessity of having a post like to hear from the jury some expression of mortem examination made . In these cases he opinion as to why there was not skilled assis- had to make strict inquiries no matter in whose tance there . house it . happened and he proposed to follow in that case the course he followed in all other Mr. Hemmerde ( L - Norfolk , N.W. ) said high wages would mean high farming , and there was a real danger that the Govern- ment's minimum would become a maximum . There voted : - For the Amendment Against Government Majority 102 . 301 199 ture ) stated that the Government had decided that it could not accept the amendment . If it were pressed to a division they would stand Sir H. Dalziel said every member who voted or fall by the result , with all its necessary for the amendment voted for the destruction consequences . It was a very grave position , of the Government and for the destruction of and he would explain the reasons which in- fluenced the Government . The minimum the bill , which provided for the feeding of the ( Cheers ) . wage for the agricultural labourer affected not people . only the labourers themselves , but at this particular crisis affected the object of the bill , which was to increase corn production . The Government were convinced that an increase was vital to our existence , and vital not only to our own fate , but to the fate of the Allied cause of civilisation and humanity . These two points could not be separated in consider- ing minimum wages . It was said that 25s . would be of very little use to the agricultural labourer . He altogether differed ( Hear , hear ) . They must remember it as a minimum wage , and the irreducible minimum , a datum line from which the wages boards could work . It was quite open to a wages board to raise the The first wage or to grant a war bonus . great advantage of the minimum was that it was independent of the fall of prices , how- ever much they fell , and it was quite capable of being adapted to meet a rise in prices . It was independent of the law of supply and When they had three demand for labour . masters competing for one man he did not need the protection of a minimum wage . The time would come when there might be three men competing for one job , and then the minimum wage would protect the men from underbidding one another . an That was enormous boon . There were many low - paid districts where the wages to - day were consid- erably below the minimum , and in those parts of the country the labourers were looking ear- CIDER AS PART PAYMENT . Sir Arthur Black ( L - Bedford , Biggleswade ) moved that under no circumstances should an allowance of beer be regarded as part payment of wages in lieu of a payment in cash . Mr. Ackland ( L - Cornwall , Camborne ) sup- ported the amendment and argued that it should also include cider . Mr. Prothero said under the Truck Act it was illegal to reckon allowances of beer or cider as part payment of wages , and he did not think the provision was necessary , but he would consult the law officers on the point . The amendment was negatived . LUDLOW . BOARD OF GUARDIANS . Rev. G. A. Hale The usual meeting was held on Monday . which were handed to him when the lad came nestly to the bill coming into force . They when there were present : Mr. J. V. Wheel - r hack to the school . They were the working would not thank the supporters of the amend- ( Chairman . , Mr. R. de C. Peele ( Vice - Chairman ) , clothes of the home . Other clothes had been ment for sacrificing them to a mere imprac- Rev. D. E. Holland , handed to him by Supt . Weaver , including ticable ideal . It was said that 25s . was inade- Messrs . H. E. Whitaker , J. Bradley , J. All be - quate . That was a point which brought out Gwilliam , T. Wyile , G. P. Rogers , F. Parsons , shirt , handkerchief , pair of socks . longed to the Reformatory and most of them the impossibility of discussing this kind of E. Morgan , Mr. A. W. Weyman ( Clerk ) . bore the boy's number , 31. He produced a question in Committee of the House of Com- OUT - RELIEF STATISTICS . mons ( Hear , hear ) . copy of the statement made by Herbert . He had a pamphlet by PC . Main , Canon Pyon , said he received a the Rural Housing Association , giving the The coeft of out - relief for the fortnight was weekly budget of a labourer referred to in Ludlow and Clee Hill district £ 50 16s . , Diddle report on June 15th and the next day he went that pamphlet . A minimum wage which made bury district 14 11s . 2d . , Leintwardine dist- to defendants ' house . The kitchen door was ' open and the boy Herbert was standing in the the labourer independent of a fall of prices rict £ 6 78. 6d . , total £ 71 14s . 8d . Immediately he saw witness he and of the laws of supply and demand for bolted through the back . Mrs. Merriman was labour , which prevented wages from falling back into the old rut , which raised the rate kitchen . ran away and she said she did not know . He did . out that the clothes were marked . THE MATRON'S REPORT . on the 19th inst . and returned on outside washing . He asked her why the boy of wages in many low - paid districts , end there had been admitted to the House during The Matron ( Mrs. Davies ) reported tha went after the boy and found him in some which provided an addition to his former the fortnight 10 , discharged 5 , remaining n woods . He persuaded the boy to return to scanty food even in the middle of this great the House 69 , corresponding period lastear the house . He then asked Mrs. Merriman war , was worth doing as a starting point 69 ; vagrants relieved 47 , corresponding period if she knew where the boy came from . She ( Cheers ) . As to the statement that the farmer last year 43. William Breakwell , a serious ac said she did not know . She said he had been was being favoured at the expense of the cident case from Clee Hill Dhu Stone Quarry . there six weeks . He asked her what clothes agricultural labourer . He pointed out that was admitted on the 13th on the recommen la- he came in and she said " In the clothes he the possible liability of the State to the far- tion of the Medical Officer and was removed He asked her if he brought mer during the period covered by the bill was to Shrewsbury Infirmary on the 14th inst . is now wearing . " any other clothes with him and she said he £ 68,000,000 sterling , although the probable On the recommendation of the Medical Officer Against that William Inskip was sent to Salop Infirmary He asked her to produce it and she liability was nothing at all . produced a tunic coat , vest , etc. He pointed possible , but highly improbable liability to the 21st . The boy the farmer the minimum wage of 255. a week Magazines had been sent Overmead in her presence admitted he absconded from would mean an increase in the farmer's V.A.D. Hospital . The Matron applied for 10 the reformatory school . Witness arrested wages bill in five years amounting to days ' leave of absence . Would the Guardians If they raised the mini- give permission for a him . Witness interviewed Mrs. Merriman on £ 59,000,000 sterling . the 20th June and she admitted that she knew mum wage to 30s . they would impose upon during the Matron's absence . that the boy had absconded , but not until the farmers an additional payment in five of the Brabazon Committee proposed holding a years of upwards of forty millions of money . treat for the inmates at Ashford Hall by the fortnight or three weeks after he had been They might call it a total of £ 100,000,000 invitation of Lady Hereford on July 31st . The Chairman said the Cottage Hospital was there . He asked her why she did not report sterling which the farmer would have to pay it and she said she was afraid she would get and the possible but highly improbable pay- closed and Mr. King had promised to pay all He saw the husband and he ment to the farmer by the State was less than the expenses for the man whilst in the Infir- The farmer who had with diffi- mary . He considered the Matron did what denied knowing anything about it . On June £ 69,000,000 . was quite right . 20th he received back other clothes ( pro - culty reconciled himself to the minimum wage The Matron was allowed leave and the would not accept that huge addition . duced ) . three of his sisters came to visit her about a into trouble . ran away In the endowed . from nurse to be engaged The ladies of It was a home Soako is perfect and costs 2d . POTATO DISEASE REPORTED . ALARMING OUTBREAKS . URGENT ADVICE TO GROWERS . Although the weather generally has been favourable to the potato crops in most parts of England serious outbreaks of disease are re- ported from Devon , and several other counties . It is most important that measures should be taken to ring - fence such outbreaks by promptly spraying crops in the surrounding districts . All crops that have not yet been sprayed should be sprayed at once ; all crops that have been sprayed once should be sprayed again within about three weeks of the first spraying . This course is dictated alike by enlightened self interest and by patriotic feeling . The first outbreak reported this year , in Pembrokeshire , was checked by immeidate at- tention to the crops in districts adjoining that wherein the outbreak occurred . Isolated cases in Somersetshire and Dorsetshire have been dealt with on the same lines . Should a period of damp warm weather set in , no doubt out- breaks will occur in other counties . There is a fairly liberal supply of horse - drawn , knap- sack , or hand sprayers of one kind or onother in most districts ; and there is no shortage in the supply of chemicals . can obtain them at once by applying to Mr. R. Growers who desire chemicals for spraying Woodcock , 50 , Queen Street , Exeter , who is acting on behalf of the Food Production De- partment . Cheques should be made payable from any part of the country for a single case , to him ; not to the Department . Applications will be immediately dealt with price 24s . carriage free by goods train ( enough to spray one and a - third acres twice ) or for any number of cases . If delivery by passenger must be forwarded when ordering ; and cash train is desired the additional cost of carriage must be sent with all orders . blight " is spraying ; it is not too late to spray The only safeguard for potatoes against " late now ; the process of spraying is simple and cheap and the grower who loses his crops or imperils the crops of his neighbours by negli- can hardly he held blameless should the magnificent promise of a bumper potato crop fail to be realised . In cases where the foliage has made excep- tional growth a boy or girl walking ahead and a stick will holding the foliage back with greatly facilitate the work of spraying . winter . MARKETS . CATTLE . A confinement . cases . tion . The Rev. A. V. I. Bickerstaff identified the body as that of the child to which his wife gave birth on Tuesday morning . Unfortun- ately at the time he was alone with her , the servant , children and their nurse and between 7 8 o'clock in the morning his wife woke him and said that since three she had not felt well but He was not expecting could not be certain . anything and said it must be a little indiges- Suddenly the pains changed and he recognised what it was . He got up at once and asked Mr. Poiner to send a telegram to the doctor to come at once . He could do no more . In the interval the child was delivered . The child did not cry . There was no sign of animation . The Coroner said he was informed that wit- ness told the doctor that it did . Witness replied that he told the doctor that the child came feet first and that there was movement in the feet which he put down to presence of life . Delivery did not take place until a full half hour after the last movement had ceased . an The jury deliberated in private and the Coroner afterwards informed Mr. Bickerstaff of the result . He said the Jury's verdict was that on July 24th this newly born male child was born dead and they were of opinion that had there been skilled assistance at the birth the child would have been delivered alive . Continuing , the Coroner addressed Mr. Bickerstaff as follows : We think it is ex- tremely unfortunate that you did not make better arrangements . You laid stress on the fact that you made arrangements for emergency nurse in case the other nurse could not come in time but even at the best it is . shown by your own evidence that from the time it came to your knowledge that your wife was about to be confined it took as much as three hours before that emergency nurse In my opinion that was . could be got here . not proper provision at all and you ought to have made better provision especially in view of what the doctor had told you , that he expected the child to be born on July 24th which in fact it was . I am sorry to have to make these remarks and especially to you Mr. Bickerstaff , a gentleman in charge of a parish , and especially at a time when so much has been done to try and assist in saving infant Continuing , witness described how he separ- lives which are so much needed . I am very ated the child and said he tried to restore the sorry to have to do it but as I said to the child by rubbing and applying hot and cold Jury in opening the inquiry I can make no water but it was perfectly useless . They had distinction as to whose house I am in . I engaged Dr. Robinson about the middle of have a duty to perform and I am sure it has June . They thought the time would be from been a very unpleasant one . August 15th to 20th . The doctor thought it Mr. Bickerstaff : What else could I have done ? would be July 24th . He also discussed with the doctor the question of engaging a nurse . Doctors had been a little previous on former occasions . The Coroner : I want to confine myself to this birth . You discussed the question with the nurse ? Witness There were several nurses in question . The Coroner : Had you engaged a nurse by it was almost made . The Coroner : I have concluded the inquiry . I have expressed myself and I have expressed the feeling of the jury also , I think ( Members of the Jury : Yes ) . I cannot go into it further . WANTED . yesterday ? -If the engagement was not made DAY GIRL Wanted , at once . - Apply , Mrs. Will you explain ? I don't know whether Mrs. Bickerstaff had written definitely or not . That was Nurse Lawrence . Have you ascertained if she had been en- gaged ? I could ask Mrs. Bickerstaff . ster . JEFFERY , Alderman's Meadow , Leomin- WANTED ARTIFICIAL THETH , any condition , for cash.-E. MORGAN , Jew- eller , Drapers Lane , Leominster . You have had some correspondence with WANTED , BOY for farm . work , one used Dr. Robinson ? -I wrote the first letter and then she took it up . The Coroner : Do you not think in view of the fact that the doctor had said he thought the date would be July 24th that you ought to have engaged a nurse before that date ? Witness did not reply .. The Coroner . Yen preferred your opinion to milking preferred . - Apply , W. A. BRIGHT , Scatterbrain , Leominster . Wapply , Mrs. ROGERS , Upper House , ANTED , young GIRL , for farmhouse.- Kimbolton , Leominster . a to work on WANTED , & BOY about 14 , ake himself to that of a professional man to whom you generally useful . - Apply , H. E. GRIFFIN , Bag- were going to trust not only the life of the ley Head , Dilwyn .. child but your wife's life . You should have taken some steps .. the Witness : That was guarded against by the fact that Mrs. Bickerstaff asked for the name of a nurse she could have at a moment's The Coroner said he could only repeat his to engage a nurse before July 24th ? Witness : before- I did not because in a case The Coroner : LADIES OUTFITTING , FANCY DRAP- ERY . Wanted , young LADY , with ex- perience liberal salary to suitable hand.- Apply , Misses COLWELL , Regent House , Leo- minster . near Leominster , COTTAGE Apply , " R.P. , " c / o News Office , Leominster . Hereford , Wednesday . - Average market . Percy Herbert , the boy in question , was long run good pay would increase production Board thanked the Overmead V.A.D. Hospital keener trade than last week for best beef , called to give evidence . But it would require nearly a gen- for the magazines and the Ladies ' Brabazon which made up to 1s . 5d . per lb .; cows 1s . to He stated that in ( cheers ) . April he from the School . eration before they could increase the efficiency Society for their invitation to the inmates . Mr. Parsons saii he should like to know why s . 2d . per lb. Hesitancy on the part of buy- ers was again noticeable in the Eventually he got to his sisters ' the day after . of production of some of the low - paid southern store trade , and supply was small ; the fixed prices , which notice . After he went back to the school in June he and south - western and eastern county agricul- the Cottage Hospital was closed . They would also have to public institution and was largely supported come into operation on September 1 , are con- made a statement to the Superintendent . He tural labourers . They were subscribers and sidered unfair to the " finisher , " who bought question . Did not witness think it necessary W with LAND attached , or separate field . change the farmers . The farmer in the south by subscriptions . dearly in the spring . and south - west paid his men badly because he they should know why it was closed . Owing to dipping and The Rev. Hale said that it was not a public the hay harvest sheep were again a small sup- paid himself badly out of the land he farmed . It was a private institution and ply , and trade was better than last week They would have to raise the whole farming institution . standard , and it would take years to accom- lambs , which were more numerous in propor- Mr. Parsons : We subscribe and should Until that had been done it would not be fair to put such a tremendous rise as a 30s . The Chairman said they would write and minimum wage upon the backs of the farmers . The farmers simply would not attempt the quire . It was of vital task of arable cultivation . importance to the nation that the home pro- There was one application for the position duction of corn should be increased . The of trained nurse at the Ludlow Union , viz . , late Government miscalculated the submarine Florence M. Johnson , The Infirmary , Pleck menace and the chance of there being a great Road , Walsall , aged 27 years . shortage in the world's supply of corn . could not afford another miscalculation . told his sister a day or two after he arrived that he ran away from the school . The Chairman : Did you say what sort of a school it was ? Witness : Yes , sir ; a reformatory school . plish . Thomas Merriman , on oath , denied knowing anything about the boy until his wife's three They told his wife about it but she did not tell him . He did not know where the boy had come from until the police came after him . The boy never spoke to him If he sisters came . about it nor to his fellow workmen . had known he would have sent the boy back . His wife was afraid to tell him for fear he should send him back . I The Chairman : When the boy came did not you ask him where he came from ? Defendant : He never told me a single thing . The Clerk ( Mr. Grout ) : Where did you sup- pose the boy had been living ? Defendant In Wales . I had not seen or heard anything of them for four years when I went up to bury his mother . The Clerk : Did not anything occur to you when you saw him wearing those clothes ? - I only saw the trousers .. The Clerk : They are unusual clothes for a boy to wear ? -No , Union boys wear them . Mr. Waddington : Have you seen anybody wearing such trousers ? " Defendant : I have a pair of cord trousers , the same colour , drab . If I had seen the whole suit I might have known , but I never knew that the boy had been to a reformatory . Did not his parents live in this district some time ago ? Defendant Yes , fourteen years ago . This lad had been working with you on the farm ? -Yes . Did you know why the police came to your house and made inquiries ? -I did not know until I went to my dinner . There were certain suspicions on the lad ? - Yes , that day . for ? But other things ? -What other things ? Did not the police tell you what they came Defendant : They only asked where the boy Did not they tell you there were complaints about the boy ? —No , sir . was Did not you know that the lad was behaving adly and that there were complaints about things missing ? -No , sir . We We had to grow all the food we could in this country . In December , 1916 , farmers were thoroughly disheartened . The farms were why it was closed . APPOINTMENT OF NURSE . ask in- The Chairman moved that she be appointol . This was carried unanimously . AN APPLICATION . A letter was received from Mis . Greene , The depleted of labour , fertilizers had been allowed Grove , applying for a grant from the Board to pour out of the country , manufacturers of for nursing the old and infirm poor . e tion , were down in vacues to about 1s . 3d . to 1s . 4d .. per lb. Well finished ewes and weth- ers were dearer than a week ago , and sold well at 2s . to 13s . per head more . Both rear- ing and veal calves were that much cheaper , working out at about 1s . 3d . per lb. , the hot weather having affected the demand . pigs on offer , porkers making 18. 3d . to 1s . 4 . per lb .; trade for small stores not quite so brisk at 30s . to 40s . per head . CORN . Few Ludlow , Monday . - There was little grain on offer . Government prices ruled the market . FRUIT AND VEGETABLES . Ludlow , Monday . - New potatoes , 1d . to 2d . agricultural machinery could not guarantee to nurse commences her duty on August 27th per lb .; cabbages , 2s . to 4s . per dozen ; toma- supply the needs of agriculturists , and the The Chairman said they did not subscribe toes , 1e , per lb .; green peas , 4d . to 5d . per 8d . each ; lettuce , 6d . Treasury refused to sanction the purchase of for these nurses . They did pay for any nurs- lb. cucumbers , ing done in midwifery for the Board of Guur- dozen ; young onions , 2d . per bunch ; rad- dians . American tractors . Mr. Runciman ( L - Dewsbury ) said these were grave accusations , and those affected should be allowed to reply . One Mr. Prothero said he would only say that agriculture was in a desperate plight , and there was every prospect of a great reduction in agricultural production . The Government had succeeded in reviving agriculture . of the terms in the bargain which had been made with the farmers was the minimum wage If that were altered now of 25s . per week . the confidence of the farmers would be des- troyed , the Government would be regarded as having broken faith , the War Agricultural Committees would probably refuse to con- tinue their work , and this Bill would be turned into a Grass Production Bill instead of a Corn : The Government would not Production Bill . accept the amendment , believing that it would jeopardise the food supply of the country when an increase of food production was of the highest value and importance ( cheers ) . If Mr. Runciman regretted that Mr. Prothero had thought it necessary to enter into con- troversial subjects based upon the respective ( No , no ) . merits and its predecessor . they were to discuss the amendnients in that spirit there would be an end to the good temper which had hitherto prevailed . There was only one of Mr. Prothero's accusations of which he had personal knowledge , and that The Chairman said he did not think that was with reference to sulphate of ammonia , was before them . and when he was at the Board of Trade he The Clerk asked defendant what he thought did everything he could to increase the sup- plies of sulphate of ammonia to the farmers . In his opinion it would have been better to The figure put no figure at all into the bill . the boy was doing there . Defendant said he thought the boy came on his holidays . Commander Windebank asked if the sisters ho visited Canon Pyon were the same people who were warned at Blaenavon . of 258. would be worth absolutely nothing in the North of England and Scotland , and even in the parts of the country where agricultural wages had been much below 25s . a week the The Superintendent ( Mr. Jones ) said that wo of them , Mrs. Eaton and Mrs. Merrifield , minimum determined upon by the Government received a letter from him and also an extract was insufficient having regard to the rise in from the Act two days after the boy had ab- prices and the amounts paid as separation sconded . Mrs. Alcott , the third sister , was allowances to the wives and families of agri- cultural labourers who had gone to the front . Hot warned as he had not her address . Mrs. Merriman said she did not wish to Many of these families had been drawing 28s . ive evidence . The policeman had said 6d . a week , and both they and the men who had served in the army had got accustomed everything . per dishes , 2d . per bunch ; black currants , 4d . to PRINTING ! You will get GOOD WORK AND LOW PRICES AT STEVENSON'S 33 , High Street , Kington . Billheads , Statements , Memorandums and all kinds of Commercial Printing in well - arranged and up - to - date style . Ledgers , Day Books , Cash Books , Letter Books and all Office Stationery in great variety . Note the Address 33 , HIGH STREET , KINGTON . EGGS weekly , prepaid if desired.- FLETCHER , Dairyman , Corporation sional man with reference to the coming con- Apply , But you consult a profes- WANTED , 20 or 30 dozen NEW LAID finement and then go against his advice as to Road , Cardiff . Why the likely time of the child's birth . have you opposed the opinion of the doctor ? Witness : I have not opposed it . WA ANTED , FREEHOLD COTTAGE ( six rooms ) , with out - buildings and an acre The Coroner But you have not accepted it . or two of land attached , lowest price for cash . Witness : Hitherto I have acted upon it and -FLETCHER , Dairyman , Corporation Road , had a nurse in the house for weeks before- Cardiff . hand . Why not in this case ? -I could not have a nurse in the house waiting for weeks before- hand . You say that Nurse Lawrence was the nurse to be engaged . WANTED , ter . DAY - HELP , temporarily.- Apply , Mrs. BROOK , Lindens , Leomins- Did you take any steps to WANTED , young GIRL , as Companion- Help , private house , small family , ser- send for Nurse Lawrence when you knew be- vant kept . - Apply , " R.S , " c / o News Office , tween 7 and 8 o'clock ? -My wire contained Leominster . the words " Bring nurse " which the doctor They had also got the name of a nurse He thought that did . in case anything happened . was adequate preparation . livered ? -About 9 o'clock to 9.15 . FOR SALE . LADDERS , OAK At what time was the child completely de- WHEELBARR FENCING POSTS read- for delivery . - C . NORGROVE , Saw Mills , Leo- And what time was the doctor here ? -About minster . 10.15 to 10.20 p.m. The post office did not open till nine . I should have asked Mr. FOR Sale , COTTAGE , GARDEN , FURNI- Poiner to ride to Leominster if I had known . THE DOCTOR'S EVIDENCE . TURE , BOOTMAKER'S TOOLS , as per inventory , at 24 , Castle Hill , Kington ; adver- tiser will interview applicants any Thursday . Dr. Robinson stated he was engaged in June - Apply , FRED . PHILLIPS , Claremont , 155 , by letter from Mr. Bickerstaff to attend his Bargates , Leominster . wife's confinement . In this letter he asked him if he knew of a woman who could come in . He asked if it was a nurse he wanted . TO LET . He found it was a nurse and so he gave him TO Let , on Monkland Common , COTTAGE the name of Nurse Norton . He mentioned and GARDEN . - Apply , TURNER , South this to show that there was some delay . Nurse Bank , Leominster . Norton was in communication with him for up . CORNER COTTAGE and GARDEN , in some time but finally was unable to get fixed To Let , from the 2nd August next , the He then sent the name of Nurse Law- the village of Kingsland . - Apply , JOHN ED- rence , of Kimbolton , and she was in communi- WARDS , Kingsland . cation with them at the time the confinement occurred . They seemed under a misappre - Hill , splendid views and scenery , ideal NOTTAGE to Let , furnished , on Bradnor hension as to the date . He believe he advised them as to the date . He wrote to the nurse holiday spot . - Apply , " J , " 34 , High Street , stating that the date was July 24th and he Kington . entered the date in his books . Mr. Bicker- staff had asked him if there was any nurse he Church Street , Kington , moderate rent.- OUSE to Let , pleasantly situated in could get in an emergency and he told him about Nurse Jenkins , of Leominster . When he received the telegram he did not know Apply , B. THOMPSON , Stationer , Kington . NO Let , COTTAGE and GARDEN , No. 7 , where Nurse Jenkins was but he knew where To North Road , Leominster . - Apply , MOORE Nurse Lawrence was and so he picked her up . He found that the child had been delivered AND SON , Solicitors , Leominster . and was dead . Let , GOTTAGE and GARDEN , in Mill " The Corener : Mr. Bickerstaff tells us his TOT WAINS , Tan House , Leo wife spoke to him between 7 and 8 o'clock and minster . told him that since three o'clock she had been feeling unwell and very shortly after that delivery commenced . He also tells us that KINGSLAND . from September 29th , next , the body was born feet foremost and that from t " LORNE HOUSE , containing Entrance the time the feet first appeared to the time Hall , Dining and Drawing Rooms , 9 Bed- the whole body was delivered was half an rooms , Domestic Offices , etc. , with Garden , That being so would that be sufficient Outbuildings and 84 acres of choice Land , hour . of itself to cause the child to be born dead ? within a short distance of Church and Station . Dr. Robinson : It depends how much of the body was born . The Coroner : The head and shoulders re- mained . Dr. Robinson said the point was that if the -Apply , to HENRY F. RUSSELL , Estate Agent ,. Leominster . NO TO LET , COTTAGE - Apply , " L.A. , " c / o News Office , Leominster . |