Ross Gazette 24th December 1914 - Page 5
Ross Gazette 24th December 1914 - Page 5
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| Date | 24/12/1914 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Ross Gazette |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 24th December 1914 |
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owersby's OW PRICES , of SAILORS ' Comforts ORIES . Ex Waterproof Sleeping Bags , ed throughout , 29s . 6d . each , ng Bags to order . 25s . to 95s . Wool Scarves , 3s . , 4s . 6d . , y soft and warm . ers , to wear under Tunics , Car- eaters , etc. , soft camel hair , ket Work Cases , 6 d . , ls . Od . , 11d . and Rubber - lined Holdalls , ach . Case , containing knife , fork , -corrosive metal ) and a tin- e rolls up into very small space , ding Khaki Case , containing st quality playing cards , three y matches , a good supply of s and postcards , and an in- il , 1s . 1114 . Leatherette Military Stationery ds up 7 x 4 ins . , containing 12 -fed rote paner , 12 envelopes 6 postcards , and a pencil , 6d . Toilet Cases . 61d .. 1s . d . , s . 111 2 11d . each . ters . . . each no petrol uch valued in the Trenches . parcels packed frase and de- the Front . any goods sent on request . ality Knitting Wools , in Natural . Grey , or Navy , 5s . ner ih , wersby ( LIMITED ) ce , Ross . ALITY , FOR VALUE . YOUR FAVOURS solicited . ALES . THE ROSS GAZETTE THURSDAY , DECEMBER 24 , 1914 . ECONOMY . Kindly bear in mind that a thousand £ 1 Orders are worth as much as one for £ 1,000 . YOUR appreciated . ORDERS W. E. HILL & SON , Grocers and Provision Dealers , Wine and Spirit Merchants , 5 , BROAD STREET , ROSS . STOUT . ay all Wheels " run smonthly . with Cuer a puncture to mar your pleasuro during the festive season hut , if you should have trouble , . . . you know where to find us . ANT TO FARMERS TROUBLES AND RELIABLE REMEDIES . CALVES ) USE LAMBLIN . COUR IN SHEEP- USE LAMBLIN . allon . Three gallons , 22/6 GAMTABS . blets , 1/6 ( by post 1/8 ) . IN - A SPECIFIC in CALVES . - A most successfu , and well recommended . 6 ; Half - gail . , 6 / - ; Gallon , 10/6 . RUM DRENCH , Colds , Chills , Blackwater , and after ach ; also a useful Purge . ld be in every Homestead . each ; 10 / - per doz . , QRUBRENS , Such ter Cure ; an improved compound farrier's recipe . Bach ; 10 / - per dozen . OLE MANUFACTURER- N FROST . ULTURAL CHEMIST , MONMOUTH CIGARS GIGARETTES ! own Brand at Manufacturers ' own List Ende variety of Tobacconists ' Fancy Shop Fitting The Trade only supplied rders a Scility . Send for Price List to F & COL Cannon St. Birmingham Published for the " Ross Limited , by GODFREY M. at their Offices , High - street h - street , Ross , in the County d . AY , DECEMBER 24 , 1914 .. The Ross Gazette . THURSDAY , DECEMBER 24th , 1914 . Hamid , was a consideration indeed . But the treason of the Khedive is perhaps the most remarkable incident of all in connection with the change of government . Abbas Hilmi , who is just forty years of age , is re- puted to have made a huge fortune by suc- cessful land speculation in Egypt . He stands to lose every farthing of it ; and it conviction or compulsion which swayed him in favour of the Ottoman . NOTES FROM THE METROPOLIS . will be interesting to now whether it was BY OUR LONDON COBRESPONDENT We do not hold ourselves responsible for all the opinions expressed by the able writer of these notes . What becomes of the ex - Khedive's Scotch estates now that he has gone over to the the little strangers within our gates . These mites seem to have much natural dexterity , and the gay boxes of cardboard necessaries for the game of " animal making " issued by Messrs . Raphael Tuck are just the thing for them . They are cheap , charming , and . instructive in the pleasantest possible fash- ion . The variety of pretty puzzles and games , expressed in really well - drawn pic- tures and models , also , is endless and most attractive . view of sending the child to a sanatorium , but he was informed that all such cases should be reported to an official who attended at the Ross dispensary , and this he asked Mr. Bolton to do . Mr. BOLTON also reported a case of a child being mentally defect , and in reply to a question , the CHAIRMAN said the County Authority had not yet made arrangements to deal with defective children in the county . The committee to deal with this matter was now sitting , and until their re- some share of help in the common cause , and ing . The London ladies ' club have done a hand - port had been presented they could do noth- The CORRESPONDENT reported that ing to notice that the first of them to admit Probationers will re- their examination from their head teachers . All approved pupil teachers from the ad- ministrative county area will be paid a sum of £ 10 per annum . ceive no salary , but will be given free ad- mission to a Secondary School . Continuing , the Correspondent said he had laid the mat- ter before the head teachers , and two girls had made application to take advantage of the scheme . It was also stated that there were no boys available . The CHAIRMAN said he thought the Managers should do all they could to en- courage this movement as much as apossible . The Board agreed , and expressed a hope A Call to Arms ! By H. Rider Haggard . In a speech he has just made at a recruit- ing meeting Sir Rider Haggard asked- WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR What is the position ? Why is this nation , for the first time for a hundred years , plunged into a great European war ? I will sible for it , right or wrong . By your votes you have selected a voluntary system with which to pit yourselves against the armed millions of the Continent . Now you have to justify yourselves . THE BRITISH FLEET . It is no use to answer , e rely upon the Fleet . The Fleet is mighty . If it had not been for our Fleet we should not be here to- night . If it had not been for that silent , watching Fleet of ours there would be no England left to - day ( cheers ) . It is holding up the enemy ; and if it has not sunk the enemy it is because the enemy does not ing for honour ( cheers ) . Belgium was about people in our community who have told us that we need not have a strong Fleet . One to be wickedly violated and wrecked by a does not hear them talking much to - day hostile host . Belgium relied upon us - upon ( hear , hear ) . That Fleet is doing its duty . our plighted word . Were we to abandon I know it . I have just come across the At- The happy Christmas of a century is de- enemy ? It may be supposed that , in legal do not weary in well - doing . It is interest none of the departments were entitled to the that the Press would make this widely tell you why we are fighting . We are fight- choose to come out to be sunk . There are nied us this year , and 1914 goes out with phraseology , they " escheat " to the Crown , the mere man and to own a smoking - room half - holiday , as the percentage of attend- known by making a note of the scheme . mourning worn for the . brave and innocent and that the Khedivial fields and farms has now established a hospital bed bearing ances was not up to the standard fixed by victims of a ruthless enemy . Not that this north of the Cheviots will in fnture be public its hold name of " Pioneer . " This club was implies a waning confidence . Here in Lon , lands , under the Woods and Forests de- formed 22 years ago by Mrs. Massingberd , a don there are crowds in the streets only dis- tinguishable from the normal Christmas " shoppers " by the soberness of their gar- ments . But , unfortunately for some trades , numbers of well - to - do people have abandon- ed the usual exchange of presents , and , as a direct consequence , the West End suffers considerably . On the whole , however , the partment . It may be forgotten that Abbas . Hilmi spent some years of his childhood un- der the tutelage of an Oxford don , and that it was not until he was sent to complete his education in Vienna that he developed a leaning towards the Ger nan elements of the Dual Monarchy . It is a good many years now since , at the age of eighteen , he sunc- tireless worker in the cause of temperance , o closed more than 7 public houses on her own estates . At first received with ridicule abstinence club seemed to suggest financial as a sure financial failure , the idea of a total disaster . Yet , amid the numerous bank- ruptcies of rival clubs with " cellars , " the " Pioneer " still maintains a steady if the Managers . XMAS HOLIDAYS . The question of the duration of the Xmas holidays was brought before the Board , and after a discussion it was decided that the 23rd , and resume again on Tuesday , Jan .. schools should break up on Wednesday , Dec. 12th . THE HEATING APPARATUS . The CORRESPONDENT reported that the H.M. INSPECTOR'S REPORT . The CHAIRMAN then introduced the question of the publication of H.M. Inspec- tor's reports on the whole of the schools . This matter had been adjourned from Belgium ? Were we to abandon France ? last meeting , when there were only a few Never ! We have not abandoned them . We rived at the conclusion that it was not ning ( cheers ) . Don't think , any of you , that Managers present . Personally , he had ar- have done our best , and we are only begin- desirable to publish these reports , and it was for this reason . The school during the there . ( " No. " ) . Never while Britain has will she lay down her arms until she lays them down in victory ( cheers ) . past year had been prejudicially affected by we shall cease because of a reverse here and lantic , dodging , coursed like a hare back- wards and forwards in the night , in a shrouded , silent food - ship , racing through the reek and ice with the boats ready and not a light showing . But we never should have won - through if it had not been for that silent Fleet , watching the ports of Germany . We owe much to our Fleet , God bless it ! Fleet . You have to defend yourselves on shore as well if you would be rid of this Teuton nightmare for ever . The Fleet , or some of it , may be worn down . It may be sunk by mines . Another ship went yester- day . Anything may happen . You have to be trade returns for the past month are not ceeded his extremely capable father . Tewfik . modest prosperity . Far from having fright new heating apparatus had broken down , the school strike , and the teachers had not a man , never while she has a pound to spend But you must not rely entirely upon the figures of three months since , they may be Egypt under the dual control of England debating club in London is still second to it right at their own expense . called satisfactory . While , if there is less and France , and was also the inheritor of a " fancy goods " buying and selling , money is very code the pristin of Egypts own successor is Sultan since the days of the Pharaohs . being spent freely on presents for the troops - to quote a famous advertisement of our youth , " grateful and comforting . " The German Empire , and Berlin in parti- cular , is beside itself with delight at the splendid success of the fleets which bearded the formidable fortresses of Whitby and Scarborough . That the death - roll contains hardly a soldier or sailor does not matter . England has been given a lesson of " fright- fulness . " and that , apparently , is the aim and obiect of the German bombardment . Meanwhile , it is obvious that the peace talk in which our enemy freely indulged for so many years was utter sham ; and as for the pledged word of the German delegates to the Hague Conferences , where war was regular- ised by rules and regulations , the Kaiser has simply treated these conventions and undertakings in the same way as all other " scraps of paper , " to which his signature has been affixed by way of assent and agree- ment . is being systematically drawn by a commit- is being systemdatically drawn by a commit- tee of Experts , who have taken the evidence of many hundred eye - witnesses in Belgium . may not impress the gentle German or fill him with compunction ; still less it it likely to turn him from the error of his ways . Bnt it is a step in the right direction , taken for the enlightenment of the neutral states , es- pecially of those whose turn would necessari- ly come next if the Germans were to emerge victorions from the war . For some time past informal courts have been sitting , presided over bv barristers , to receive the testimony of our Belgian guests , and now the evidence thus collected is to be submitted to and re- ported upon hy a strong Government Com- mittee composed of Lord Bryce , Sir Edward Clarke . Sir Edward Pollock , and other ex- perts " learned in the law . " It has been said that Germany is running short of rubber , and the absence of the motor on the western front , so prominent a feature of the early days of the dash on Paris , tells its own unmistakable tale . We have it also on the highest scientific an- Bournville well as they would otherwise have done . The reports of H.M. Inspector were not none in the number of eminent men who The CHAIRMAN read the portion of the have given it the benefit of their wisdom or report that was presented to the County quite so favourable in consequence , but at brilliancy or both . LIFE OR DEATH TO THE EMPIRE . Authority on Saturday , which stated that the same time they were favourable consider- What does this war mean to us , to our this apparatus had not proved satisfactory , ing all the circumstances . He failed to see and that the contractors had undertaken to what possible good it would do the schools great Empire ? I tell you flatly it means in a position to hold your own independently put it in proper working order at their own or the town by publishing them , and there- life or death . The England you know is not of the Fleet . It is a coward's part to put expense . He thought they had better let fore he was going to propose that the re- the matter stop where it was . ports be not published this year . He might Mr. Blake , after giving a full description say that the report on the infants ' school of the whole matter , said it was extremely was excellent , which school was not in a way fortunate that this was not more serious so much affected by the strike , for it was than it turned out to be . He thought the contractors should be made to pay all extra expense , and also that they should remuner- ate Mr. Bolton for the extra work he was now put to . He had to light some seven- teen fires every morning , which necessitated him being at the schools at five o'clock in the morning and remaining later at night . Mr. Bolton also deserved the thanks of the Managers for what he did when the accident happened , for it was mainly due to his efforts Chocolate Perfect Chocolate Flavour Ross Council Schools . GOOD PROSPECTS FOR PUPIL TEACHERS . THE HEATING APPARATUS . ECHOES OF THE STRIKE . was held in the Boardroom at the Schools on The monthly meeting of this authority Monday afternoon , when Mr. F. S. Collins ( Chairman ) , presided , with the Rev. R. T. A. Money - Kyrle in the vice - chair . Others pre- sent were Mrs. Evan Thomas , Mrs. Watson , The Kaiser is certainly the best recruiting sergeant the British Empire possesses , just as he is the generalissimo most appreciated by the Allied armies in the field as the sure precursor of German defeat and disaster . At thority that this is not one of the products all events , the recruiting authorities have which German chemists can replace from no reason to regret the North Sea raid , and other than natural sources . A great deal the scenes on the Horse Guards Parade last week were quite reminiscent of the earlier days of the war . Whatever be the German of sound quality to put upon the market , it H. T. Blake . Mr. J. Meredith , with Mr. G. idea of these raids , one fact stands out clear is not from the laborities of the Fatherland B. Kemp ( Correspondent ) . and Mr. F. Bol- and unmistakable . The slaughter of women , that the stuff is forthcoming . In a war for ton ( School Attendance Officer ) . babes , and unarmed men will not terrorise which all other material had been prepared . Englishmen more than it has terrorised the in enormous anantities this import appears much more fearlessly stricken Belgians ; to have failed the military and civil or- while it has alienated the last atom of sym - ganisations alike , and so long as England is pathy from among neutral nations . Italy mistress of the North Sea not an ounce of and the United States possess long seaboards rubber can be brought into German ports , thickly studied with unfortified towns and especially since the Scandinavian countries . villages . Holland , and Denmark have declared it con- traband . has been said and written on the subject of Rev. J. W. Kettle , Rev. W. A. Powicke , synthetic ruhher , but , if the article exists Col. O. R. Middleton , Mr. J. Meredith . Mr. VISITORS ' REPORT . minutes . A FUTURE FOR PUPIL TEACHERS . all England . There are many Englands be- all the work upon the Fleet . How then are you going to defend yourselves under our Yond the seas , and it so happens that I am voluntary system ? You are going to do it able to bring you a message from some of them . I have been for the last three years by men coming forward , inen , more men , and closed during the strike . The other schools of His Majesty . I have but two days ago ready to fight and die for their country . You travelling round the Empire on the service hundred thousand , by the million if need be , yet more men , until they pile up by the however , had not had a fair chance to acquit come back from Canada , and I can tell you can do it , and you will do it . There are themselves so satisfactorily . The report on the girls ' department was certainly very satis- what the Empire feels . The Empire means to stand with her mother to the last . Aye , day , travelling through Norfolk , I came to a some , of course , who are not yet awake . To- " factory , and in his opinion the boys ' report even unto the very gates of death , and if country town . In it there was a fair in pro- was also just as satisfactory after making the need be through them , the Empire will go allowances which they ought to under the with England . You do not fight alone . gress . There I saw young men , able - bodied extraordinary circumstances which occurred Across the seas there are many who will men , riding on steam horses . I saw other in February and March last ( hear , hear ) . guns . It is not pop - guns , but rifles , that Therefore he thought it would be unfair to fight with you , who will fall with you - nay , young men amusing themselves with pop- the teachers and the children to publish the who will win with you . Canada is awake . Englishmen should hold to - day ! ( cheers ) . I reports in extenso , and that he was going Australia is awake . New Zealand has al- with their hands in their pockets . saw still more young men standing about done . From the Pacific to the Atlantic she is astir . and before one is broken all must be broken . " WE WANT THOSE MEN . We want those men at the recruiting sta- to age has floated above your homes , I that the result was not more serious . The CORRESPONDENT stated that the to propose . question of paying incidenal expenses was Col. MIDDLETON : And by making no re - ready distinguished herself , and soon you left in the hands of the County Surveyor , ports the inference will be that the reports will hear something even from South Africa , our recent foe , whose hatred has turned to HIS MAJESTY'S INSPECTOR'S REPORT . whom , he understood , had the matter in , are bad . hand . The CHAIRMAN disagreed , and said the love . It is a question of slavery or freedom , On the motion of the Rev. KETTLE . reports were not so favourable as they would not only for England , but for all her colon- tions , and by Heaven , we will have them ies . If England fell ( as I had the honour of there ! ( cheers ) . I have said enough ( cries of seconded by Rev. POWICKE , it was decided have been had it not been for the strike . " Go on . " ) England stands at the crisis of Mr. Blake and Mr. Bolton , for their timely that they had fully considered the reports , The Rev. KETTLE said they might say telling Canadians the other day , I hope with that the thanks of the Managers to both some effect ) , where would the English Em- her fate . England depends on you ! I know services in this matter , be recorded on the and that in their opinion they were quite pire be ? It would no longer be composed of you will not fail her in her need . By the satisfactory . He would propose that that be democratic communities of men owning free spirits of your fathers , by the women who and honourable allegiance to Britain ; it bore you and the children whom you love , Mr. WINTLE : Any atepayer can go to would become but prison houses filled with by those who have already shed their sacred conquered slaves . This the Empire knows , blood for you , by the glories of your ancient The CORRESPONDENT reported that he Mr. Kemp's office and see the reports if they and never will it accept that fate . It stands story , in the name of the God who made you had received a circular from the County wish , I believe . We are not alone , we are many , free , and of the splendid flag that from age Authority in reference to the future of pupil The CHAIRMAN : That was so in the days with us . teachers . The circular set forth that the of the Old School Board , but now they would You know what we are fighting against . We charge each one of you to play his part to- Local Education Authority had decided to have to obtain permission from the County , are fighting against the greatest military day . And what I say to you I say to every select annually , after suitable examination Authority . man in Britain who is young and strong ( academical and medical ) about 30 boys and Mr. MEREDITH said he was quite satis- power in the world . For years and years , The Rev. J. W. KETTLE , in giving the train as teachers , each for four years . last meeting . They had had so many changes foolish denied it . But now the hour has girls between the ages of 14 and 15 years to fied with Mr. Edwards ' explanation at the all my life , Germany has been preparing for enough to hold a rifle or to drive a bayonet this bloody stroke . The wise knew it , the home . report of the visitors , said there was a very These will be divided into two groups - in the teachers , and that , with the very un- God save England ! God save all of us ! had leakage in the roof over a classroom in urban and rural . God save the King ! the girls ' school . The water was coming in spend the first two years at a Secondary teachers a chance . The urban roup will fortunate strike , did not give the other struck . The great nations are at each other's He would second Mr. throats , and the whole earth shakes beneath ( Loud and long - continued cheering ) . on both walls , and in consenence the children School as probationers , and the remaining Kettle's proposition . their strugglings . The Angel of Death ap- had had to be moved . The plastering was two years will be divided equally between Mrs. THOMAS : We have had about pears in a dawn of blood . No such battle has coming off , and there was also a pool of an elementary school in learning how to twenty changes in the last two years . been known in history as that between the Horton's BENEDICT PILLS The first fruits of the war for Turkey is water in one of the cupboards . This should teach and a Secondary School in qualifying The CHAIRMAN said there would be no German Empire and her ally and England and her allies . the end of whatever sovereignty the Sultan The quaint toys made cleverly by our Bel- be attended to without delay . for the qualifying examination . During the advantage gained by publishing them . The Correspandent was instructed to have time spent in the elementary school , the possessed over Cyprus and Egypt . The loss gian guests are deservedly popular . Many Col. MIDDLETON said his idea was that of the lovely island , however , is as nothing London ladies have held drawing - room sales this work done at once . pupil teachers , if they have not already pass- as they had always published the reports in compared with that of the country which of them , with excellent pecuniary results , ed the qualifying examination , will attend the past , if they did not publish them now ILLNESS AND THE ATTENDANCES . England has built up from the debris of and an opportunity for a little quite cheer- the Secondary School one day a week in the people would come to the conclusion that Turkish misrule and Pashadom in the Delta . fulness in the way of tea and talk , signifi- Mr. BOLTON presented his attendance re - order that their lessons may be examined this year's reports were bad ones because For , whereas Cyprus paid a nominal tribute cantly apt to run in the direction of wool port , which showed that there were various and their work set for the following week they were not published . He thought it to the Porte , Egypt was good for three and the difficulty of getting enough of it . infectious diseases among the children in the The rural group will be apprenticed as pupil would leave a better impression if they were quarters of a million sterling annually , and We buy toys from the Belgians , but are different departments , which had affected the teachers for four years , dividing their time published , but he was only giving his ideas . equally between learning how to teach and that , to the depleted exchequer of the Young naturally preparing to give other toys to attendances during the past month . After further discussion it was decided not The CHAIRMAN reported a case that he Turks , and previously to the private purse the tiny refugees already able to laugh and in studying for their examination . These to publish the reports , which the Managers will receive instruction in preparation for considered as satisfactory . of that great and good monarch , Abdul play in the kidn Join pst for had before the County Committee with a Free to Ladies . In a few days correct all irregularities and remove all obstructions ; aleo cure Anemis , and to the married or single are pause no injury From most chemists , or by post , EVERY GERMAN A SOLDIER . Every capable man in Germany is a soldier . There they have given that fierce attention invaluable . to military affairs which we have devoted to under cover , 1/1 or 2/9 , from Horton & Co. , well , other things ; I will not mention Chemists ( Chief DP ) , Dept. 10 , Aston them ; you know them all . The result is Birmingham Lying - in Hospital ) , Manor , Birmingham . Sold over 50 years . that they have millions of trained men in arms . We English have , on the other hand , adies should send penny stamp for a free eam pla chosen a voluntary system . You are respon- of Pills , also Improved Sanitary Towel , and in- sible for that . The whole country is respon - teresting booklet post free , All |