Ross Gazette 5th March 1914 - Page 7
Ross Gazette 5th March 1914 - Page 7
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| Date | 05/03/1914 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Ross Gazette |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 5th March 1914 |
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T. Bannister & Co. , SPECIALISTS IN TAILORING and READY - MADE CLOTHING . Our Garments are out by Experts , in the Latest Style , and made by Practical Tailors . SUITS to Measure , from 21 / - to TROUSERS 6/11 to 99 99 FIT , STYLE , & QUALITY GUARANTEED . OVER 3,000 PATTERNS TO SELECT FROM . 63 / - 18/6 41 , HIGH STREET , ROSS . to take place .. tation THE ROSS GAZETTE - THURSDAY , names of Mr. J. Parry ( Chairman of the Ledbury Branch ) , Capt . P. A. Clive , M.P. , and Mr. Clement W. Parish . They , as far- mers , were delighted to see such a dis- tinguished and large number of farmers present , which showed that they took an interest in their doings : They , no doubt , recognised that the Union was something to be reckoned with , and that it was no doubt destined to accomplish great things in the future . He would therefore ask them to drink to the health of the visitors ( ap- plause ) . The toast was accorded musical honours , and Mr. PARRY , who was the first to reply , said they at Ledbury watched with interest the growth of the Ross Branch , and he wished to congratulate them on the strength of their branch . They , at Ledbury , often learnt a thing or two from Ross . For instance they were not so rich at Ledbury as they were at Ross , for they could not afford to pay their boys to go to school at Ledbury or give their girls teas ( laughter ) . They could not go in for luxuries . He often met the Ross delegates at Hereford , and he saw there that his friends , Mr. Taylor and Mr. Hone , and others , Dossess- MARCH 5 , 1914 . THE CENTENARY OF THE HERE . FORDSHIRE AUXILIARY OF THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE BOOIETY . The attention of all , throughout the county , who love the Bible and desire to see it spread , is called to the fact that on July 29th next it will be a hundred years since the Herefordshire Auxiliary of the Bible Society was formed . It is desired to give early intimation of how it is proposed to celebrate this interesting occasion , so that the sympathetic co - operation of all friends of the society may be secured . A CENTURY AGO . THE FORMATION MEETING . said : Many have been working faithfully in their own neighbourhoods , sometimes in isolation and discouragement . Now let them for once try what they can do by a simultaneous effort to call fresh public attention to the work of spreading the Scriptures , to evoke a more widespread interest , and to secure support of some who have held aloof or have never really been appealed to , so that the enthusiasm with which the movement was inaugurated a century ago may he renewed , and the second century witness a more ade- quate support of a great world - wide work . The lightest Bread , Cakes , BORWICK'S BAKING POWDER . THE DEPORTED NINE , At nine was ARMY CANTEEN CASE MR . SAWYER CROSS - EXAMINED . AN UNEXPECTED ANSWER . When the Army canteen case was resumed Bow - street Police - court , London , оп Friday , neither Mr. Ness nor Mr. Minto , the , two civilian defendants , for whose arrest war- rants have been issued , was present . The nine military and nine civilian defen- dants ( all the latter are connected with Messrs . Lipton , Limited ) are summoned for conspiracy under the Corrupt Practices Act . It is alleged that bribes have been paid to the accused officers by the civilian defendants on behalf of Liptons , Limited , in connection with canteen contracts . Mr. Travers Humphreys , for the prosecu- tion , read a long list of payments prepared in November , 1909 , to be made through various inspectors of Liptons to different regimenta . One of the inspectors was named Cunning- ham , and on counsel asking Mr. Sawyer , the chief witness for the prosecution , who he was , the witness replied , " He was the informer in this case . " Mr. Travers Humphreys : I don't mean that . Who was het The Witness : He was one of Lipton's in- Cross - examined , Mr. Sawyer said that , as spectors of the Portsmouth district . he understood , the practice of making pre- cents to quartermasters was followed . by all the other contractors . " Unless the pay- be ments complaints would made , " added witness , " and the commanding officer would get sick of us and turn us out . " FURTHER CROSS - EXAMINATION . The cross - examination of Mr. Sawyer WAS Counsel inquired if were made resumed on Saturday . Mr. Sawyer were engaged by the Canteen and Mess Co - operative Society at a very handsome salary . . " Not at all . I got a salary of £ 400 a year . I sacrificed over £ 1,000 in three years in the way of salary by leaving Lipton's . " private means ! I have private means . Can we take it you are a gentleman of not Did you personally know some or all of the military defendants ? -Some I did know until I came here . So far as you know , did Mr. Cansfield ever come in contact with any of the military Mr. Mitchell . defendants ? -No , I don't think so , except " A GIGANTIC BUSINESS . " When Mr. Cansfield came upon the scene an he was taking upon himself the management of what I may call a gigantie business ? -Yes , undoubtedly . Mr. Sawyer agreed that a man like Mr. Cansfield , going into enormous business considerable time to master and get a know- like Lipton's as a stranger , would require a ledge of the different departments . It was practically impossible to talk to him with out constant interruptions . over There were no personal differences be- tween Mr. Cansfield and himself , continued Mr. Sawyer . They only differed matters of business and questions of policy . Mr. Cansfield never expressed his approval of the system of giving presents . Did Mr. Cansfield say he would insist that no more payments should be made at all ? -Yes . HOW DIRECTOR'S INITIALS WERE OBTAINED . The British and Foreign Bible Society had been in existence only ten years , but it had already been realised that if it was to fulfil its aim it must be assisted by Auxiliary Socie ties in various parts of the country . These were needed , first , to bring the Bible within reach of every class of people , and partion- larly of the poor , in our own land , and also ed good business abilities , and could deal to secure the funds which would enable the with the various subjects that were brought Society to send forth the Scriptures in var before them . He appreciated the compli - ious languages to distant parts of the world . ment paid to him very much , and thanked From 1809 to 1815 a movement arose for the TRADE UNION WELCOME IN LONDON . them for coupling his name with the toast the country . It took the form , in the main , establishment of Auxiliary Societies all over ( applause ) . The South African deportees were the chief Captain P. A. OLIVE . M.P. , said he was of the formation of County Societies , which glad to come and see such a large gathering were established with the active assistance of Agures at a trade union gathering of welcome leading men . These Societies usually had held in the London Opera House on Friday of farmers from South Herefordshire . He Mr. A. Henderson , M.P. , presided their headquarters in the County Town , but evening . gave the Union the credit for bringing var- tice being done to the farmers in many cases also wished to congratulate the Ross branch drew their support from all over the county . over the proceedings , which were marked to Then there was the on the great increase in strength that was ious agricultural questions before the Board through these sales . wards the close by uproar caused by suffra- of Agriculture in a proper way , through question of local taxation , which was of the manifested from year to year . It was to be A WAVE OF ENTHUSIASM gettes , who interrupted Mr. Keir Hardie and which they had not only got their voices greatest importance to farmers . There was regretted that the gentleman whom they This movement reached Herefordshire in Mr. Ramsay MacDonald . the matter of the main roads , and the ques - expected as a visitor was laid aside by 1814. The fearful struggle with Napoleon , portees , Mr. Bain , declared that there was One of the de- heard , but their opinion had also been taken , and he felt sure that if these questions had tion of education , both of which were burdens illness and therefore was unable to attend . of a National character , and it was through He had no doubt that if Mr. Runciman does culminated in his abdication and temporary them Syndicalists , and said he did not believe which lasted for many years , had only just nothing to warrant General Smuts in calling only been put forward by the Farmers ' come to one of their gatherings that they exile in Elba . Union before , they would have reaped a this source that they ought to derive a re- Waterloo had yet to be tremendous benefit before . The revolution - medy . It was unfair that such a large por- would give him a cordial reception whether ising of agriculture was only just beginning tion of the burden for the upkeep of their they sided with his politics or not ( hear , fought . The resources of the country were fifty men could be found in South Africa who drained dry . Corn was at famine prices . could be rightly termed Syndicalists . Public opinion was at the main roads should be put upon the land , for hear ) . Mr. Runciman had attained a very Yet there was room in the minds of earnest present time in favour of bringing back to it was only right that those people who high office as a party man , and he ( Captain men for the awkening of keen interest in a HYDE PARK DEMONSTRATION . England a greater measure of prosperity , travelled upon these roads from north to Cilve ) thought the administration of the spiritual cause , and no event of that period which had too long been allowed to go by . south and east to west in their motor cars , Board of Agriculture , so far as it was possible evoked a deeper interest than the inaugura- Hyde Park was on Sunday afternoon the This evidence , to a very large extent , was which tore up the roads , and who demanded for English politicians to do , Mr. Runciman tion of the County Auxiliary of the British scene of one of the biggest demonstrations proved by the feeling now shown by all par- good roads , that they should pay towards had set party aside and had administered his and Foreign Bible Society . ever held in London . Organised for the pur- ties in favour of the agricultural workers , the maintenance of these roads , and that the office impartially and well . He had a most of pose trade affording and he meant by that the great desire there money for the roads should be raised from difficult task to perform , and with regard unionists and was to improve the conditions of the agricul- other sources than from the land ( applause ) . to the foot and mouth disease , although he tural workers ( applause ) . Continuing , he re- The local taxation committee of the National as up against his Irish Nationalist allies , was formed was held in the City Arms Hotel , welcoming the Labour leaders deported from The meeting at which the County Society Socialists in the metropolis an opportunity of ferred to the burdens of the local taxation , Farmers ' Union had been discussing this he ( Captain Clive ) would like to have con- Hereford , on July 29th , 1814 , Colonel South Africa , it resulted in an enormous and said the great cause of complaint on the matter , and they desired to bring in a differ- gratulated him there publiely on the firm Symonds presiding , and many men of local gathering . The demonstrators marched to ent basis upon which the money should be ind he had made to try and eradicate this influence attending . A provisional Commit : the meeting place in two processions of im- part of the farmers was that they had to bear an undue proportion of the local bur- raised for national services such as the main terrible disease . He was glad Mr. Runci- dens , and the increase in the local rates , and roads , education , the cost of lunatics , and had closed the Irish ports until there tee , which included the Mayor of Hereford posing dimensions - one setting out from the and several gentlemen whose descendants are Embankment and the other from Cricklewood . they further complained that these burdens also the police . There were two or three " a clean bill of health as regarded this still prominent supporters of the Society in Those who came from the Western districts fell more upon the farmers than any other sources upon which the expenditure for en- f and mouth disease . This disease and the County , was appointed to make pre - arrived in time to hear the first of the members of the community ( applause ) . tirely National services could be raised , and swine fever was the great curse under liminary arrangements . A month later , on speeches . The tail - end of the Embankment Whereas the farmer had to pay ten years they tried to prove that the best system which farming was suffering at present platforms " . ago about £ 40 in rates , he now had to pay would be on the income tax basis , and by time . In spite of all the money that had August 29th , a meeting , summoned by the procession did not reach the park until the High Sheriff of the County , of all who had meeting was over . between £ 80 and £ 100 , which was distinctly that the local taxation would be considerably been spent in studying this disease with a was carried condemning . the action of the unfair , and it was paid for things which reduced . Then there was the very impor- vie to stamping it out , they ould not promised their support , was held in the Shire one for each of the deportees a resolution should he national charges , and it was in tant question of Parliamentary represen- t claim much success , but they honed that Hall . The attendance was large , and the re- South African Government , and calling upon solutions embodying the constitution of the these things that the farmers had to pay a in order that they might oh - he Minister for Agriculture would continue Auxiliary and appointing officers and com- the Home Government to withhold assent to tain redress with regard to agriculture . They to remain firm until they had cleared this mittee were passed with great enthusiasm . far too great a share . He then pointed out the Indemnity Bill " until the wrongs done . to the difference between the manufacturer and ought to make up their minds to get direct foot and mouth disease away ( applause ) . The Rev. John Owen , of London , one of the these and other workers in the recent dispute the farmer . The manufacturer could vary representation in order that their represen- There was one other thing he wished to Society's Secretaries , set forth the objects of are righted . " It was stated that the question of sending his price according to the cost of production , tatives could explain what they required , to , and it was one which fared pro- the Society in a speech of great length , of two or three British Labour leaders to South whereas the farmer had to take the price so that they might defend their interests , rrently upon the programme of ne Far- which the " Herefordshire Journal that was put upon the market for his goods . which would be for the benefit and in mers ' Union , and that was the outery against " So eloquent an address we have never Africa is under consideration . " Ben Tillett , Tom Mann , and Jim Larkin desire to go , ' Everything had gone up in price during the the interest of this country , and he hoped the intollerable taxation , and where National heard . " That the effort was widely and in- , " one of the speakers declared . Another inter- last few years . The National Insurance Act the farmers would contribute to their parlia- objects became a charge upon the local rates . fluentially supported is shown by the fact had put a large burden upon the employers mentary fund . He then referred to the good They had now got a promise from the Chan- that within a year a sum of £ 300 was sent ting announcement that the Labour of this country , but that the manufacturers work done in the House of Commons by Mr. cellor of the Exchequer that something to the Parent Society as a Free Contribu- that the nine deported men should be allowed Party were making an appeal to Mr. Asquith were able to recover from the articles which Thomas Duckham in the interests of agricul- should be done this year to relieve that tion to its funds , in addition to £ 270 in pay - to appear at the bar of the House of Com- they sold . Everything manufactured had ture . There was also Mr. Read . They were burden . They thanked the Chancellor for ment for Scriptures to be circulated in the mons and present a petition . The proceed- gone up in price because the cost of produc- the sort of men they required in the House his promise , and they looked forward with County . tion had increased by so much through these of Commons to - day , men who were prepared hopefulness to the result . But the money ings from start to finish were marked by the maintenance of excellent order . taxes . But it was different with the farmer , to stand up and fight their battles . They had got to be found somewhere , and it he for he was unable to put up his prices , and were men who knew what they required , and hoved those of them who represented the therefore in his opinion , the farmers had a knew how to defend their interests ( applause ) . agricultural interests to see that any relief just cause to ask for some special measure The motto of the Farmers ' Union of the burden on the local rates that such of assistance . With the enormous increase " defence not offence . " They did not money was not found in another way which . in the cost of the main roads , and other mat- want to interfere , but they wanted what was perhaps might put the burden upon the ters , it was impossible for the farmers to con- their just due . They did not want to place land ( applause ) .. They had enough of this tinue their business with any real prospect their just burdens upon anyone else , but burden , and he thought there was no greater Then with regard to the mini- they did say that they would not pay example of Christian endurance than where mum wage , he doubted if the workers as a those burdens which were not due from them , the farmers had tolerated this increased bur- whole would derive much benefit , while it and which ought to be paid by other people den of the road rates that had been put would certainly he injurious to some far- ( applause ) . If they wanted their own in- upon them through the increased motor He thought they had cause to ask terests looked after , then they must have cars , and through which they derived no their representatives to see that justice was farmers as their representatives to look after direct benefit , for the benefit derived was mented out to the farmrs when these ques- them , and they must make up their minds much larger in the other industries of the tions came to be thrashed out in the House to pay their subscriptions to the parliamen- country ( applause ) . The suggestion of Mr. of Commons . At Kington , he said he rather tary fund . They only asked for one shilling , Whitehouse that there should be a strong faxonred the suggestieon of the security of but if they could give more , they could give ratepayers ' union was an admirable one , for Up to 1814 the Bible Society had issued land tenure . He still held to that , because whatever they felt they could afford . They the ratepayers did require some protection only a little over one million copies of the if a farmer was given the security of tenure , should be determined to bring forward can- against the increased burden that was con- Scriptures , and its issues in that year num- he would certainly invest his money in that didates , and to see that those candidates tinually being put upon them . He thanked bered just over a quarter of a million . Last holding and would cultivate that holding were carried successful at the top of the poll them for their kind invitation , and he wished year its issues had reached the record total better . He had been rather criticised for ( hear , hear ) . In his concluding remarks , long and continued prosperity to the Far- of almost eight millions , while the total his speech there , but what he would say was Mr. Thompson dealt at length with the ques- mers ' Union , because as a landlord in this issues up to date were no less than 244 million that if they could get any suggestion from tion of the minimum wage , and the suggest counts if the farmers strengthened and im- copies . any Government that was in favour of agri - ed Wage Boards , which would have to be proved the agricultural industry , the land- in about 45 languages ; now it has made 457 culture , they should endeavour to get that thoroughly representative Boards ; he also lords , too , were likely to derive some benefit languages the vehicle of Divine truth . The suggestion carried into law . What they spoke of the advantages to be obtained also ( applause ) . slupport rendered to the Society shows no wanted to do was to keep agriculture abso- through the insurance scheme , which the Mr. CLEMENT PARISH said with regard corresponding advance . During the first ten lutely above and beyond party politics ( ap - Farmers ' Union had taken up with Lloyds , to the absence of Mr. Runciman , no one was years after the foundation of the County £ 300 DAMAGES AGAINST LIEUT , WILSON . plause ) . They wanted to deal with this ques- the premiums under which were considerably more sorry than Mr. Runciman himself , and Society , Herefordshire contributed , apart tion , as Mr. Whitehouse had said , in a helow the rates offered by other companies , it was only the attack of influenza which from what was paid for Scriptures , £ 2,070 , National character , for it certainly was a besides which they would be reaping an ad- prevented him from keeping his promise . that is , on a naverage £ 207 a year . During the President of the Divorce Court and National industry , and it was of National vantage for the National Farmers Union At any rate Mr. Runciman had further pro- the last ten years , Herefordshire has con- special jury , was concluded on Friday evening , also . He would urge them to study this mised that he would attend a meeting of the tributed £ 2,958 , an annual average of £ 296 , when , having considered the evidence for should be built up again , and he contended question for themselves , for it was to their Union either at Ross or Hereford if they an increase of less than 50 per cent . , despite three - quarters of an hour , the jury found that that all such measures that were obviously in favour of those earning their livings upon plause ) . own particular interest and benefit ( ap- were agreeable sometime in June or July the great growth of material resources and Earl Roberts headed the deputation , whose Lieutenant next ( applause ) . Mr. Thompson had referred the vast enlargement of the opportunities H.M.S. Racoon , now stationed at Malta , was mission was to urge upon the Premier the the land that they should be supported and Mr. MURDOCH then submitted " The to the question of the minimum wage . That for the spread of the Bible in the world . A not guilty of the cruelty and misconduct which view that the Navy alone is not sufficient was a matter which would be practically forward movement is evidently much needed . his wife alleged against him . They further national defence , and that , in carried into effect by consent ( applause ) . It Town and Trade of Rsos , " and said that ander present conditions to provide for was a very difficult matter to get agricul- during the time he had lived in the neigh- dealt with by the various wage boards which found that his wife , Mrs. Eveleen Maude compulsory service should be established in consequence , tural matters properly decided between two bourhood he had found that the Ross trades- would be formed by the representatives of Muller , of Torquay , and Lieutenant Douglas regard to the Territorial Force . parties , because sometimes they had good men were a good class of men , and that they the masters and men , who would go very Henry Vernon Wilson , now of H.M.S. Glory measures brought forward by one party and could serve them as well in Ross as they thoroughly into the matter , and justice , he On May 14th , 1918 , by invitation of the at Portsmouth and formerly of the Ariadne , opposed tooth and nail by the other , and could elsewhere , or even at the stores . He thought , would be done to both parties . Lord Bishop of Hereford , a conference , to which was frequently mentioned in evidence , therefore if they could only manage to get was sure they all wished success to the town Mr. Parish concluded by telling the company which the chief workers for the Society in were guilty of misconduct . the legislation to manage these things by and trade of Ross , and with the toast he one or two amusing anecdotes , and by thank- the County were invited , was held at the The jury had to give further consideration consent , it would be a grand thing . He was would couple the names of Mr. W. H. Barn- ing the farmers for their kind invitation to Palace . The attendance was large , and in- to the question of damages , and they awarded much in favour of the Hops Substitute Bill , well and Mr. L. P. Mew ( applause ) . and he had been hoping to have had the cluded many influential supporters . A £ 300 against Lieutenant Wilson . Mr. TAYLOR gave the health of the unanimous desire was manifested to give the The President granted Lieutenant Muller a pleasure of hearing what the President of " Chairman and their Hon . Secretary , " and Centenary a fitting celebration . As an out- decree nisi , with costs , and dismissed the the Board of Agriculture had got to say spoke in most eulogistic terms of the good come , a Committee , on which every Auxil- wife's petition the damages to be paid into upon that , still he was hoping that that work both Mr. Caddick and Mr. Percy Preece iary in the County is represented , has been court within fourteen days . measure would he allowed to be carried by did on behalf of the Ross Branch . formed with Sir C. R. Lighton , Bart . , as The cross - petitious nad been at hearing for consent ( applause ) . In conclusion , Mr. Parry The toast having been accorded musical treasurer , and Mrs. Butterworth , of Here seven days , and twenty - nine witnesses besides dealt with the question of the arable land . honours , the Chairman and Mr. Preece suit- ford , and Rev. W. R. Bowman , of Stafford the parties were called . and further congratulated the Ross Branch ably responded .. on the progress it had made , and also for re- ( the District Secretary ) , as hon secretaries . It has been resolved to celebrate the Cen- ceiving that toast so kindly ( applause ) . tenary : - Mr. THOMPSON also responded , and in the course of a very long speech , congratu- lated the Ross Branch , and the success that of success . mers . importance that the rural life of England was their dinner . Mr. BARNWELL said it was a great pleasure to respond to that toast , because it gave one the opportunity of voicing in public the very kind feeling that existed between the Ross traders and the local agriculturists . He was a Ross man , and he had lived there practically all his life , and many of the gentlemen he saw there that evening had been known to him for many years , and he knew , too , what a real good sort they were . He would also say that if they took the whole country over , they would not find a better set of men than the South Hereford - Branch concluded with the singing of the They were men it had attained on behalf of the Union in shire farmers ( applause ) . Between the speeches some excellent songs were sung by Mr. H. G. Porter , Mr. C. H. Raymond , and Mr. W. Raymond , and the most successful dinner ever held by the Ross National Anthem . a summons that district . As Chairman of the Execu- who knew their business , farmed well , and tive Committee , he might say that they al- got the best they possibly could out of their EX - GUARDIAN SENT TO PRISON . Mr. Whitehouse had urged them ways got the representatives from the Ross farms . John Ferdinand Arnold , formerly vice- district to their meetings , and the reports to stick to their Union , and he should like they brought to them of the progress the to ask them where they would have been with - chairman of the Hackney Board of Guar Union was making in the Ross district were out their unions ( A voice : In the union - dians , who was alleged to have collected always of a most encouraging character . He laughter ) . As Mr. Whitehouse had also said £ 30 2s . 6d . for treats to workhouse inmates , thought he might also say that he could that young men , who wished to become far without handing the money to the Guardians , months ' im- congratulate the Ross Branch on the fact mers , should he taught agricultural science has been sentenced to three division at the that the proportion of the membership of the from their boyhood , for there was no indus- prisonment in the second Union in that district was higher than any try that required so much skill as that of North London Police - court on other district throughout England ( applause ) . farming if it were to be done well ( appluse ) . under the Vagrancy Act . As for the National Farmers ' Union , they Mr. Barnwell . also referred to the manner had often heard it asked , " What has the in which the Danish butter was produced National Farmers ' Union done ? " They did and the wonderful progress that had been not get any reports , and they did not see made in that direction , and concluded by the results of what the Union had achieved . thanking them for the kind way they had Since the formation of the Union , all the received the toast . great questions affecting agriculture and the Mr. MEW also responded , saying that he interests of farmers had been taken up by had lived in Ross about ten years , and he damages could be recovered by the owner in a the Farmers ' Union , and during its existence must say that those had been the happiest proper suit , " says the Law Journal , referring TRESPASS BY TELEPHONE . " To ring the telephone bell at another person's house in order to put pressure on some person employed there is not only a most offensive thing to do , but an insufferable trespass for which , no doubt , substantial the Union had been able to approach the years of his life . He never regretted coming to a moneylender's methods . Board of Agriculture and the Chancellor of to Ross , for he had made so many friends . the Exchequer on these matters , and the As for the trade of the town . Ross was Farmers ' Union had been consulted , which extremely well situated , but , of couse , the they had never been done before . Through prosperity of the town and trade depended their organisation , they had been able to upon the agricultural district around . GREEN - YELLOW PEA SOUP . A chef at the City of London Court said He that while working at a City restaurant on THE INTEREST SPREADS . Very soon an effort to form Branches of the County Society in various towns was in- augurated . The first branch to be formed was that in Ross , which was founded at a meeting in the Swan Inn in September of the same year . One by one all the towns in the County organised themselves on behalf of the Society . These organisations remained affiliated to the County Society as Branches down to 1868 , when they became independent Auxiliaries . There are now six Auxiliaries working separately in the County , and to these are linked a number of village and parish Associations . THEN AND NOW . In 1814 it had carried on its work THE CELEBRATION OF THE CENTENARY . SUFFRAGETTE ACTIVITY . DOGS EMPLOYED AS GUARDS AT SCOTTISH MANSIONS . The recent activities of the suffragettes in their campaigns of destructive propaganda in Scotland are being met by remarkable pre- cautions . The Mackintosh of Mackintosh has initiated a system of dog guards at his home , Moy Hall , where some of the finest Jacobite A large number of sporting relics are kept . dogs usually kept in the kennels have been distributed round the mansion , and they raise an alarm on the approach of any person during day or night . Since The Mackintosh has begun this system of dog guards , says the Standard , other owners of houses have de- cided to do the same , and almost every High- land mansion and shooting lodge has now its dog guard . NAVAL DIVORCE SUIT . The remarkable naval divorce case , before Arthur Gardiner Muller , of Weak Nerves Strong . Made London man oured of Nervous Break . down and Indigestion by Continuing , Mr. Sawyer said that in 1909 he was anxious to obtain something to pro- tect himself in case he was attacked . He was always a loyal servant of the company . There was only one solitary instance in which he got Cansfield's initials to a document relating to payments . On that occasion Mr. Cansfield was interrupted by somebody coming into the room , and so far as Mr. Sawyer was con- cerned Mr. Cansfield was absent - minded . Counsel : For that document obtained in that way you were prepared to pay £ 20 out of your own pocket ? —Yes . —Yes . And remain in the employment of the firm ? And you did remain in it for two years afterwards ? Yes . | He with - 1 Counsel referred to the fact , admitted by Mr. Sawyer , that in 1911 Lipton's brought an action against him for breach of agreement . The action , said Mr. Sawyer , was disposed of by consent on October 27th , 1911 . drew the allegation which he had made against Lipton's . Notwithstanding that he paid the costs of the action , he considered that he had the better of the bargain . The hearing was adjourned until Friday , March 13th . RIDE A B.SA BICYCLE and enjoy cycling under ideal- conditions . As a healthful re- creation cycling is unequalled . for it provides the right amount of fresh air exercise . ORDER A B.S.A. TO - DAY . Sole District Agents : PASSEY & HALL Central Cycle Works , B.S.A. Bicycle Catalogue Free ACCESSORIES . REPAIRS . ( LTD . ) . ROSS . $ 1 DOWN SECURES B.S.A BICYCLE CHIPS OF NEWS . The death is announced of Lord Minto , ad ministrator and soldier , in his sixty - ninth year . Prolonged difficulty has arisen in respect to the appointment of a pastor for the French Protestant Church in London . A daring robbery from a mail van took place in the business quarter of Paris on Saturday " Bourse sack " being morning , the whole carried off . General Carranza , the Mexican rebel leader , has refused to admit the right of the United States to inquire into the death of Mr. Benton on the ground that he was a British subject ... The War Office have issued a warning against military kites to aeroplane pilots Bying Farnborough . at The death is announced from Ottawa of the Hon . Charles Ramsay - Devlin , Minister of Colo- nisation , Mines , and Fisheries in the Quebec Government . He formerly represented Galway in the House of Commons . The King has approved the appointment of the Rev. Herbert E. Jones , Honorary Canon of St. Albans , to be Bishop Suffragan of Lewes , in succession to the Right Rev. L. H. Burrows , appointed to the Bishopric of Sheffield . In a disused well at Newthorpe , Nottingham- shire , a coal seam has been found . Some of Mr. Alfred Trapnell's famous collec tion of china is to be dispersed at Christie's . Working men contributed £ 20,129 14s . 10d . to the Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary during last year . Sir Frank Mappin has sent £ 1,000 towards the Sheffield Radium Fund , which now amounts to over £ 4,000 . Mr. Lloyd George has informed the president of the Cambridge Union Society that his Par liamentary duties will prevent his attending , as accordingly been cancelled . promised , on March 10th , and the debate has of the Messrs . W. H. Smith and Son , one largest employers of boy labour in the country . on have sent a cheque of £ 500 to Sir R. Baden- Powell for his Boy Scout Endowment Fund . Speaking at the annual dinner of the St. John's Ambulance , Brigade , at Ilkeston , Saturday , Colonel Seely announced that his Majesty had agreed to the appointment of a committee in order to try to effect a fusion of the work of the St. John's Brigade and the Red Cross Society . The police were notified on Saturday , of the death at Banbury of a thirteen - year - old girl named MR . ASQUITH & HOME DEFENCE . French , who was knocked down by a motor - car REJECTS COMPULSORY SERVICE . Mr. Asquith received a deputation from the National Service League at 10 , Down- on Friday at Mollington four cross roads . John Panther , aged sixty - seven , a commercial traveller , of Gubyon - avenue , Herne Hill , was taking orders at an outfitter's shop in Lower Marsh , Lambeth , when he fell dead . It was proved at the inquest that death was due to heart disease . ing - street , on Friday , and delivered an im- After being remanded no fewer than four portant reply to their representations . portant announcement that the Sub - Commit The Premier , in his reply , made the im- tee of the Committee of Imperial Defence clusion , the purport of which , he indicated , is have arrived at a practically unanimous con- that the Navy is as capable as ever it was to protect our shores from anything in the nature of serious invasion . denied , both from the naval and military Summing up the situation , Mr. Asquith points of view , that the country is less safe therefore , rejected the plea for compulsory from invasion than it has ever been . He , service , either from the point of view of military necessity or in respect to its physi- cal , educational , and moral aspects . 1. By holding a series of united com- memorative gatherings in Hereford on MISHAP TO A LINER . Wednesday , July 15th next . By kind per- mission of the Dean and Chapter there Exciting incidents marked the voyage from will be a special service in the Cathedral , New York of the American liner St. Louis , at which the Rev. Prebendary F. 8. Web- Two days after leaving New York , while the which arrived at Plymouth on Saturday night . ster , of London , has promised to preach . the sermon . A conversazione in the cabin passengers were at dinner , a fire was grounds of the Palace , by invitation of the discovered in one of the upper deck cabins , Lord Bishop and Mrs. Percival , will follow , but it was quickly extinguished . On Wednes and in the evening a public meeting will day in mid - Atlantic the crank - shaft of the be held in the Town Hall . Preb . Webster port propeller snapped , and the voyage Mr. Harold S. Morgan , of 57 , Welham completed at a speed of between fifteen and and Rev. Dr. A. C. Dixon , of the Metro- Road , Mitcham Lane , Streatham , London , sixteen knots . The St. Louis arrived about politan Tabernacle , are expected to be the S.W. , says " The trouble came on with thirty hours late . principal speakers . It is hoped that all loss of appetite , followed by severe indiges- friends of the Society in the County will tion . I was so plagued endeavour to be present . with flatulence and vio . DR . CASSELL'S TABLETS . 2. By raising a Centenary Fund of lent palpitation , that £ 900 as a special gift to the Parent sometimes I could Society on the occasion , thus doubling in hardly get my breath . this Centenary year the average support had pain over my given ' to the Society in the County in re kidneys , too , so acute , cent years . Donations to a substantial that if I stooped it was amount have already been promised . torture to stand up another effort . Yet Mr. Morgan , London . was " There is one troop of Boy Scouts in big industrial town in which the qualifica . tion for membership is that a boy must not know who his father is , and must not have shoes or stockings , " said Sir Robert Baden- Powell , Chief Scout , at a meeting of City men in London . Leeds Corporation will apply to the Local Government Board for authority to prepare town - planning schemes in Osmondthorpe , Hare- hills , Roundhay , and Crossgates districts . Several hundredweights of good honey have been found by workmen while renewing the roof of Castlehill House , near Ayr . The bees ' nest must . have been in existence at least fifty years . was murdered in General Villa's office before Evidence is accumulating that Mr. Benton being " executed . " 9. By securing the promise of new and again . enlarged subscriptions to the extent of trouble was sleepless-- £ 100 a year , thus increasing the County's ness , and finally came support to the Society from £ 800 to £ 400 nervous breakdown . for the future . The co - operation of all Everything became an collectors is urgently required in this effort . I tried all sorts of things , but noth- ing helped me until I got Dr. Cassell's Tab- 4. By the observance as Bible Sunday lets . Then I could positively feel new of July 12th next or if that Sunday he health and strength growing in me , and not convenient , of some other Sunday in to - day I am a model of fitness . " that month . It is hoped that the Cen- soup and sent it up . If he left a huge lump Cure after cure , even in the most severe several places near Cork , and orders have been of green colouring matter in the bottom of tenary , and the work of the Society gener - cases , have proved Dr. Cassell's Tablets to issued prohibiting the moving of cattle for , a the soup it was an accident . ally , may be sympathetically referred to be the surest remedy ever devised for Nerv - radius of twenty miles round the city . from many pulpits , and that , where pos - ous Breakdown , Anemia , Debility , Sleepless- sible , offerings may be given to the Cen - ness , Nerve Pains , Heart Weakness , Kidney their silver wedding on Saturday , and a presen Viscount and Viscountess Hythe celebrated and Stomach Disorders , Children's Weak- tation was made at Coatsbridge on behalf of ness , Spinal and Nerve Paralysis , General the tenants of the Normanhurst estate , Sussex . Vital Exhaustion , Brain Fag , and all run- Mr. Percy Harris , Chief Whip of the Pro- some green colouring matter into the yellow bring these things to the front . There were hoped the coming year would be a very good one occasion green pea soup was ordered . He a good many matters which affected agricul - year for the farmers , for if they had a had yellow pea soup on hand , and he put ture to come forward in the near future . The successful year it would mean success to the production of agriculture was an every day town and trade of Ross ( applause ) . requirement , it was of every day interest to Alderman T. PREECE then proposed a every citizen in this country , from the high- hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Parry and Mr. est to the lowest , and it was their duty to Thompson for their excellent speeches . They see that nothing was done that would injure were very much indebted to those gentlemen the prosperity of that industry which affect for coming to their dinner , and he thought ed the whole community . Proceeding , Mr. they should not be allowed to leave without Thompson referred to the sales of land a word of thanks . which was going on very largely throughout This having been carried with acclamation the country . question as to why these sales were taking ing . He was not going into the Mr. Thompson briefly responded before leav- place . In some places large estates were Mr. W. LEWIS then proposed the health being cut up , and spoke of the great injus- of " The Visitors , " and coupled with it the tenary Fund . A CALL TO UNITED EFFORT . Foot - and - mouth disease has broken out at MYSTERY OF POISONED PLANTS . Hill , Godalming , has offered £ 50 reward for Mr. J. R. Wildman , of Farleigh , Holloway information in regard to those who , he It is felt that the Centenary of the estab- down conditions . Send 2d . to - day to Dr. greasive Party on the London County Council , alleges , have destroyed chrysanthemums and lisment of an orgnisation that inaugurated Cassell's Co. , Ltd. , 418 , Chester Road , Man- has been adopted as Liberal candidate for the other plants with poison . Mr. Wildman has so widespread and permanent a movement , chester , for a free sample . All chemists sell Market Harborough Division of Leicestershire . a large garden , and he declares that he has in which Christians of every name unite , Dr. Cassell's Tablets at 10td . , 18. 1 d . , and been subjected to much persecution by the should enlist the interest and co - operation 28. 9d . - the 28. 9d . size being the most crease An official return states that the yearly in- wilful poisoning of valuable plants . of all supporters of the common cause . economical , declining . in the number of London lunatics is teen times , Pat Ryan and Pat Hegarty were , at Ennis , on Saturday , committed for trial at the Assizes , charged with murdering John Kildea at Derrymore on November 30th . Mr. Gustav Hamel looped the loop five times at Worcester on Saturday , with the Countess of Dudley as passenger . Once he performed the feat 200ft . from earth , & record . He also looped sideways .. At an inquest at Lambeth a medical man said that ptomaine poisoning was very difficult to guard against because the germs were not killed by boiling . Burglars who broke into a Strand shop had tea and a meal and shaved themselves before leaving . Hugh Wilson , the " father " of the Cameron Highlanders , has died in a nursing home at Paisley . He had served in the Crimes and in the Indian Mutiny , and was one of the two men rescued Lord ( then Captain ) Wolseley . who the rear . when dangerously wounded and carried him to Improvements at the Salterley Grange Sana- torium , Birmingham , have now been completed , the estimated cost being £ 1,700 . One hundred and twenty - eight more cottages are to be built by the London County Council upon its housing estate at Norbury . Two mountain leopards and a forest leopard , presented by Sir Thomas Dewar to the Scottish Zoological Society , have arrived safely . Newcastle Corporation Tramwaye Committee have confirmed the action of the chairman in granting £ 18,000 to the relief of the rates . At the annual meeting of the Derbyshire Church Extension Society at Derby , the Suf- fragan Bishop made an appeal for " church- atarved " Staveley . There was launched on Saturday the Cgengtu , A vessel of 2,500 tons , for the China Navigation Company , by Messrs . Dunlop , Bremner , and Co .. Port Glasgow . Forty - three thousand three hundred pounds has been subscribed in response to the Bishop of Winchester's appeal for the Portsmouth Six Churches Fund . Typhoid fever has broken out near Colne , four cases having occurred at Trawden and nine at Cottontree , neighbouring townships . cause of the outbreak is unknown . The Forty stacks of oats and barley were de stroyed by fire in the stackyard of the farm of the mill of Rathven , near Buckie , on Sunday . The fire is supposed to have been accidental . SAFE INVESTMENT Fourth City Mutual Benefit Building Society 2 COLEMAN STREET , LONDON Amount to credit of Investors , over £ 500,000 SHARES NOW BEING ISSUED AT 4 % This Society during the 51 years of its existence has never paid less than 4 % per annum to its Shareholders . All Interest is paid by the Society free of Income Tax DEPOSITS received at 31 and 4 % Balance Sheet and Prospectus on application J. HIGHAM Manager . 2 Colman Picture F Of every kind d 200 PATTER Special attention A large assortment of inexp ORIGINAL WAT Gloucester - road ( oppo HINTS FOR THE HOM CHILDREN'S EYES . Weak and sore eyes are not infrequen young children , and it will be found a plan to pour some tea which is all but into a saucer ( kept for this purpose ) , an this to bathe the eyes with . If both ey bad , one should be finished and dabbe before the other is touched ; and , fo second one , another rag should be used tea thrown away , and a fresh supply The rags should be thrown on the fire di they are done with . All old white har chiefs ought to be kept , and put wher band can be readily placed upon them in of emergencies , as they are fine and soft yet , being old , no one can grudge bu them . Sponges are not nice to use agai again for bad eyes or sores of any desori as they may become impregnated with m which even a disinfectant will not thoro dislodge . COFFEE AND BILIOUSNESS . Coffee does not as a rule tend to cause gestion or affect the nerves ; its ill - effect due to the fact of its causing biliousness Dr. Musgrove in " Nervous Breakdo People of what is known as a " livery " had better avoid it altogether , if they found it to have this result . Yet they as well ascertain first as to whether it wa coffee or the milk which they took wi which accounted for their discomfort . a mystery as to why people , who canno their own assertion take hot milk withou setting their lirers , should drink it whe taste is disguised by that of coffee . The is there just the same . and the after - e are bound to be as bad as if taken by i THE " NO - HAT " FETISH . While it is well to keep the scalp dry well ventilated and exposed to both light air , there does not appear to be any ground for the belief that going barehe particularly in the sun , in any real way motes the vigour of the hair , says Dr. W Hutchinson , in " Common Diseases . " Experts are unanimous in declaring the excessive exposure of the already thi hair to the direct rays of the sun will not not check the process , but often accele it . Like the shoe , the hat , while a good of a nuisance in many ways and a fred source of inconvenience , discomfort , and surd extravagance , is probably more he than harmful , not merely to the head , b the hair . USES OF EGGS . For burns and scalds , there is nothing soothing than the white of an egg , which be poured over the wound . It is softer . varnish for a burn than collodion , and . always at hand , can be applied immedia It is also more cooling than the " sweet oil cotton " which was formerly supposed t the surest application to allay the sma pain . The egg is also considered one of very best remedies for dysentery . Beater lightly , with or without sugar , and swall at a gulp , it tends by its emollient qualitie lessen the inflammation of the stomach intestines , and by forming a transien on these organs to enable Nature to ass he healthful sway over the diseased body egg taken like an oyster . with pepper vinegar , has been known to be retained on stomach when everything else has failed . CO П A SIMPLE COUGH REMEDY , The following is from a doctor conne with an institution where there are children , says the Family Doctor : " Ther nothing more irritable to a cough tha cough . For some time I had been so assured of this that I determined , for minute at least , to lessen the number coughs heard in a certain ward in a hosp of the institution . By the promise of rew and punishments , I succeeded in indu them to simply hold their breath w tempted to cough , and in a little while I myself surprised to see how some of the dren ntirely recovered from the dise Constant coughing , " continues the do " is precisely like scratching a wound on outside of the body . So long as it is done wound will not heal . Let a person , w tempted to cough , draw a long breath hold it until it warms and soothes , every cell , and some benefit will soon he rece from this process . The nitrogen which is refined acts as an anodyne to the mu membrane , allaying the desire to cough giving the throat and lungs a chance to h At the same time , a suitable medicine will Nature in her effort to recuperate . " MOTHERS AND SONS . Mother , do not be too ready to think t your boy shows a want of trust in you if occasionally keeps a secret or omits to tell Nichols En can Ch Plo BROOK FO F |