Ross Gazette 2nd July 1914 - Page 6
Ross Gazette 2nd July 1914 - Page 6
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| Date | 02/07/1914 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Ross Gazette |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 2nd July 1914 |
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SECOND SHEES . half the ed in Eng . ade abroad . MATCHES England . buy means ORK FOR WORKERS . LOUCESTER . A LIGHT ALE For the Warm Weather is TENNENT'S LAGER BEER . RECOMMENDED . · WHITBREAD'S LONDON STOUT 4 . AND OTHERWISE ashier in ed back ! " " No , sir . " " When There ain't no clue bler is dead . " " Yes , and it's the e ever arrived at a definite con- ate Mr. Methuselah been a woman would never have known how old cas . " Don't cry , dear . Which one of it you ? Dear : " The one with ye . " enough to keep a woman in her ong as you remember that her the top . man were as valuable as he thinks e wouldn't be money enough in to pay wages . kinder to dumb animals than you your wife . " Well , you try being see how kind I'll be . " hat lawyer a rather extravagant By no means ! I've known him to uit last for several years ! " You seem to be frightfully busy gularly run off your legs . " Doctor sly ) : Yes , it's killing work ! " apologetically to caddie ) : " Missed ows I'm out of practice , eh ! " Oh , you have played before , then ? " m . your little brother ! " He hurt . How ! " We were seeing who out of the window the furthest , ay you're your wife's third hus- No , I'm her fourth husband . " man you're not a husband- abit . " t - door neighbours quarrelled , and hem exclaimed , excitedly : " Call man of sense ! Why , you're next idiot , te : Can't this case be settled out " That's Mulligan : what we the g to do , your Honour , when rfered . f operty Office Clerk : " Lost a parcel Can't you write ' em over again ! " es ; but there was a ham sandwich p in it . " Sandy Thinking of the future , No. " replied the Scotsman . ** To- the wife's birthday , and I'm think- present . " back for something you've forgot- ual ! " said the husband . " No , " re- wife , sweetly , I've come back for I've remembered . " are all these men doing here ? " visitor to the gaol . Most of nswered the guiding official . " are e for doing others . " " You must have 21 lot of trouble . our wife dressed up in the height of Griggs : Yes , but it's nothing to e I'd have if I didn't . " raveller : I see that some carriages n this line date back to 1851. " Faveller : Really ? I had no idea so up - to - date as that ! " lboy was asked to give his defini- optimist and a pessimist . He re- n optimist attends to your eyes and st attends to your feet . " ertiser in a morning paper claims to orked with Canadian cheeses . for on the We understand that found them very friendly . ke up last night with the feeling that gold watch was gone . The impression rong that I got up to look . " Well , Not it was going . " - one ! Which do you prefer - life in the or in the city ? " Dobbs : I'm not depends on whether I am in a mood acked by a cow or a motor - car . " you look at me , my dear , your ways have П stupid expression . " , without doubt . my dear , because " ays reflect your adorable image . Enright : Suppose I were to die , uld you do ? Mr. Enright : " Why , simply go crazy . " Mrs. E. Marry Mr. E. Oh , not that crazy ! " they are thinking of putting meters telephone . " It will only cause How so ! My wife will insist onth that she never said that much . " ' s the matter . little boy ! " " M- ne an drownded all the kittens . " dear . Now that's too bad . " " Yes , promised - boo - hoo - that I cud do it ! " now , according to a famous doctor , human family is likely to become a race . " said the pessimist . Well , ns fewer corns , " replied the optimist . Eard about poor Bill Sim- Dodge : " No. What's ' e done ? " Bin an died in ' is sleep . " Dodge : en , ' e don't know nothin ' about it yet . " thing I like about our new man , " ember of the firm to his partner , " is is reliable . You can always tell what oing to do next . " " And what is " Nothing . " r : There were two apples in the 1. Tommy , and now there is only one . hate Tommy who see no way out Well , ma . it was so dark in there I ee the other . " are you wearing that thing for ? " Mrs. Gabh , when her husband came th a band of crape around his hat . our first husband , " replied Mr. Gabb . rry he , died . " . of the house : " Why , you were here ks ago looking for a place as cook ! been out of a situation ever since ! " No , mum . Sure , an ' I've had three nee thin , m'm ! " ( in the cemetery ) : " This can't be ' s grave . The inseription reads , ardupp . " had Gillis : Yes , but you his tombstone , like his other ut in his wife's name . " said the girl who collects , " it is he best autographs I have in my col- " But are you sure it is genuine ? " e , I cut it from a telegram that his eived from him , with my own hands . " MRS . J INSLOW'S Soothes the For Children teething . DOTHING SYRUP . Over 60 years ' reputation . child . Allays all pain . Cures Wind Colic . Is the best remedy for Diarrhess Contains no poisonous ingredients . Sold everywhere , Hlà per bottle . and Published for the Ross GAZETTE ITED , by GODFREY M. MORTON , st Offices , High - street and Church- et , Ross , in the County of Hereford . HURSDAY , JUNE 25 , 1914 . Increases in popularity because of its regularly good condition . THE ROSS GAZETTE THURSDAY , JULY 2 , 1914 . POULTON & NOEL'S Chivers ' Jellies , AND LAZENBY'S TONGUES IN GLASS MOULDS , 1/3 , 1/6 , 2/2 , 3 / - , 3/10 each . ALL KINDS OF POTTED MEAT Per dozen -pint bottles 2/6 2/6 Per dozen pint bottles per dozen pint bottles . " " 8/9 In 3d . and 6d . Glasses AND FISH , 81d . each . All flavours . Bird's Jelly Crystals , All flavours , 3d . each , Green's Jelly Crystals , All flavours , 21d . each . J. BARNWELL & SON , Agents for W. & A. GILBEY'S WINES & SPIRITS . FINEST QUALITY PRESERVING LUMP SUGAR , 2/3 per dozen lbs . JAM COVERS IN PACKETS PRINTING STATIONERY Grocers , ROSS . Price Lists on application . TO VISITORS- When in Ross drink the wine of the country , BULMER'S HEREFORDSHIRE CIDER . WE SELL IT . LAZENBY'S Agents for Whitbread's Ales and Stout , in Bottle . FRUIT SALAD . A SPECIALITE The Ross Gazette . THURSDAY , JULY 2nd , 1914 . PERSONAL GOSSIP . Mr. August Belmont . NOTES FROM THE METROPOLIS . brothers famous in the business and sporting Br oun LONDON CORESPONDENT We do not hold ourselves responsible for all the opinions expressed by the able writer of these notes . Glorious weather favoured the appearance of the King and Queen in Hyde Park to in- spect the rows of fireman , whose brass helmete Lord Wimborne's host at the great dinner that followed the winning of the Polo Cup was Mr. August Belmont . He is one of three worlds of New York . The list of his clubs gives sufficient clue to his interests , after office hours , saya the Sketch . He is a member of the Union , Manhattan , Democratic , Larch- mont , Knickerbocker , Harvard , New York Athletic , Racquet and Tennis , Meadowbrook Hunt , Atlantic , Yacht , New York Yacht , Coaching , Jockey , Coney Island Jockey , Westchester Polo , Turf and Field , and half a dozen more . It must not be thought that with president of three or four of them , Men of Many Clubs . · ROSS URBAN COUNCIL . MEDICAL OFFICER'S ANNUAL REPORT . HEALTHIEST TOWN IN BRITISH ISLES . IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROSPECT . THE FIRE BRIGADE AGREEMENT . The monthly meeting of this authority was Housing and Town Planning Act.- glittered in the sunshine . There was , as ever , him membership means nothing ; he has been held in the Council Chambers on Monday Steady progress has been made during the rumours the Dr. Burney's New Post . double ( Medical Officer ) . ing of the Act are more generally recognised , there has been less friction in the working . 104 Houses have been inspected , and eight closing orders asked for and made . FINANCE REPORT . Mr. DAVIES . Chairman of the Finance Sewage and Drainage . - The bulk of the which showed a balance in the hands of the sewage is conveyed by stone - ware pipes to Committee , presented the monthly accounts , They had passed the river , and discharged into it without any treasurer of £ 674 158. 2d . bills to the extent of £ 419 88. 8d . , which , preliminary treatment whatever . There are when paid , would leave a credit balance of still a few Privies in existence , but they are £ 265 6s . 6d . From that they had to deduct gradually being superseded by a more suit- for wages , £ 72 , able , Water - Closet system . The Council the Surveyor's cheque which would leave £ 188 68. 6d . to the good . Carte regularly remove the contents of Ash The committee were pleased to observe that Bins and deposit them on the Town tip . these accounts included the repayments on Artesian Wells Water Supply . From certain loans , or money borrowed by the situated at Alton Court . the water is very town many years ago . Two of those loans a considerable saving to the finances of the wells in use . Dairies , Cowsheds , and Milkshops . - There town . They had also had before them the estimate for the Ross Secondary School for are seven on the register . The milk supply the ensuing year , as presented by the Gov- is good . and is obtained principally from ernors of the School . Subject to the Clerk Farms close to the Town . The Dairies , Cow- to the Governors giving them an explanation sheds , etc. , have been frequently inspected , on a few items , they agreed to pass the esti- and found satisfactory . six Slaughter The amount required Houses - The Slaughter large and loyal crowd to welcome their Majestics , who cannot fail to be gratified at morning , when the members present were year , but notwithstanding the endeavours of the spontaneity of the reception which meets Col. O. R. Middleton ( Chairman ) , Mr. J. your Medical Officer and Sanitary Inspector , to improve the home conditions of the poorer them whenever they go among their people . To belong to twenty or so clubs in London Meredith , Mr. J. H. Hall , Mr. T. Watkins , people , a great deal still remains to be done . The inspection was picturesque in the ex- would be an eccentricity ; probably no Eng Mr. E. Morgan , Mr. J. Brawn , Mr. F. There are still many so - called Dwellings in treme , and the occasion was fortunately not liahman boasts more than ten . But such a list Cooper , Mr. T. Matthews , Mr. W. Butcher , the Town that are in no way fit for the marred by any of those unpleasant incidents is a commonplace of New York life . Mr. Mr. J. F. Davies , Mr. A. J. Knight ; with habitation of human beings . Work under which have recently marked Royal functions . August Belmont's brothers are all plentifully Mr. Ernest R. Davies ( Clerk ) . Mr. A. H. this Act requires much patience and tact , True , an energetic woman throw a few supplied , and probably Mr. Oliver Belmont , Pearson ( Surveyor ) . Mr. F. Ricketts ( Sani- and I gratefully acknowledge that , now the who belongs to several in Paris and London , pamphlets into the carriage , and it was found has more clubs than any other member of his tary Inspector ) , and Dr. A. J. Campbell reasons of , and the necessity for , the work- necessary to arrest her , but his Majesty was family . If it came to a careful calculation , quite unperturbed , and greeted the interrup- however , Mr. Harry Payne Whitney would in tion with a smile . I hear that there will be a all likelihood be the record - breaker . Lord brilliant gathering at the end of the year to for their womenfolk : his host's sister - in - law is Wimborne's friends , by the way , famous celebrate Queen Mother's seventieth the Mré . Belimont who runs Women's Suffrage birthday . A large number of foreign Royal in New York . guests have promised to attend , and the re- joicings on the Sandringham , estates will be on a grand scale . Queen Alexandra is a very An interesting appointment at Oxford is popular figure , as the success of Wild Ross that of Dr. Charles Burney to the coveted Day last week testified . Oriel Professorship in the Interpretation of The political atmosphere in town remains Holy Scripture . Dr. Burney is still a young man , having been born in 1888 , and , like most perturbed , with the dual controversies around of the Burneys , he has a naval connection , his would now be wiped out , which would mean pure , but hard . There are still a few private the Finance Bill and the Irish amending father having been Paymaster - in - Chief in the measure . Mr. Birrell's declaration that the Navy . He went from Merchant Taylor's to country will be face to face with an important St. John's , Oxford , and , having been Senior General Election before long is being vari : Scholar in 1893 , carried , off every available ously interpreted , and there are renewed distinction in Theology , including a of Government instability . Un- first in the Theology and Semitic Studies doubtedly there is great disappointment in Schools . Dr. Burney is a muscular Christian , and rides and cycles , besides having been a Labour circles at what has happened over the Budget . The relations between the Liberal performer on the cinder path . and Labour sections of the Coalition will , of course , play an important part in the next appeal to the country whenever it comes , The Prince of Wales has now completed and there is a considerable disquiet among two years at Oxford . An undergraduate cor- Liberals in this respect . Opinion among respondent sends a contemporary some notes Unionists in regard to Ulster at the begin on the subject . Viewed impartially , he says , ning of the week was that the Government the Prince's career has been neither better SANITARY REPORT . would agree to abandon the time - limit . The nor worse than that of the average titled Mr. WATKINS presented the report of real crux of the matter , however , is the ques - undergraduate . He has embarked on many of the Sanitary Committee , which showed that tion of option , and on this there are few in- the " manly sports " of youth , and excelled in the two houses in Edde - Cross - street had been dications of rapprochement . An outstanding none . Perhaps the best comment on his good put into an habitable condition . and were factor in the situation is the growing feeling spirit and lack of " side " was the fact that now highly satisfactory . If the owners of among moderate men of all parties that a he played consistently at Association football other cottage property in the town would peaceful way out of the difficulty ought to be with the Magdalen College second eleven . deal with their cottage property in the same found . For a long time he was the despair of his way , it would be a good thing , and be a great The proposal to move towards peace . in the equerry , Mr. Cadogan , who is an enthusiastic help to the Council to grapple with the are in a good sanitary condition , and are building dispute by a series of sectional con- horseman , but as a concession to popular question of dilapidated cottages under the supplied with water from the Town Water ferences spread something like alarm among opinion , expressed and unexpressed , he has Housing Act ( hear , hear ) . Isolation Hospital . - The District is still The Federation has for some time acquired some skill in the saddle , and with is Officer of Health also laid before the Com- felt the difficulty of keeping all the sections some of the standing which falls only to hunt - mittee his annual report , and this was con- without an Isolation Hospital . The Houses sidered by the committee as very satisfactory . are disinfected with Formalin Vapour , but HERBERT B. MEW , Telegrams- " Barrel , Ross . to the scratch , the masons in particular ing men at Oxford . It was very gratifying to find what an ex- there is no provision for the disinfection of showing signs of waning eagerness for the struggle . There was no very general surprise , cellent healthy condition the town was in . Bedding and Clothing except destruction by therefore , when it was announced that the That the Prince should take an equal foot He would like to emphasise the paragraphs burning . Factory and Workshops Act , 1901. - Under proposed conference with the two societies of ing with all in undergraduate life was , of in which the doctor stated that the town The general condition of carpenters and joiners was off . The most mili- tant spirit undoubtedly prevails among the course , an innovation , attended , as one might had had very few infectious cases , while the the Factory and Workshops Act 80 inspec whole country had been swept by an epi- tions were made . labourers , and the more ardent spirits accuse expect , by advantages and drawbacks . the leaders of weakness , and playing into the curious interest with which he was pestered demic of scarlet fever : also that the death the workplaces were satisfactory and call for in his early weeks soon wore off , but the rate was so small , and that Ross could be NOURISHING STOUT . hands of the masters . The Industrial Workers natural desire to be intimately associated considered as one of the healthiest towns in of the World - an organisation which , despite with & prince so easy of access was harder to the whole of the British Isles ( applause ) .. A the grandiloquence of its title , must not be kill . Magdalen Second last season proved suggestion was made that they should have wormed to include all the world's industrial far more attractive to many men than the several copies of the doctor's report printed , workers have formed a Syndicalist Building college senior team . Little or and have them circulated among the hotels Workers Industrial Union , which , they has been made to his royalty . and boarding houses . He ( Mr. Watkins ) claim , has been necessitated by the failure of Mr. HALL seconded . proposed the adoption of the report . A selection of Choice Fruits in Clear Syrup . Dainty . Refreshing . Ready . Ask for a Price List . Per Large Tin 1/4 . Also in bottles . Before sending any order for PRINTING or STATIONERY to another Town , enquire the cost of same in Ross . We will gladly give estimates at any time , and only ask for the opportunity to obtain orders on our merits in open competition . " GAZETTE " PRINTING WORKS Immediate Cash Advances . THE LONDON AND PROVINCES DISCOUNT COMPANY , Ltd. , pre - eminently he leading establishment of its kind in the ' ngdom - lende large sums of money daily to 11 classes Telephone - 59 , Ross . Hand - made Chocolates , 2 / - per lb. Obtainable at our Confec- Honery Branch- No. 8 , HICH - STREET . These Chocolates are equal in quality to those sold in many London Stores at double the price . BARREL BREWERY , ROSS . BRILLIANT ALES These Ales and Stouts give great satisfaction to those who enjoy a brilliant Beer , with delicate palate , and full of life . This is accounted for by the fine quality of the materials employed , the delicious flavour and aroma of selected Hops being very noticeable . A.E. Light Ale ... www 1 / - . " 1/9 Pinte " 33 " 3/6 " 11 1/4 Nutritious Stout - Half - pints 1/2 " " Pinta " 1/4 " 33 " Oatmeal Stout , { Half - pinta Pinta " the men . -01 The Prince at Oxford . An Interesting Phase of Life . The no concession On the other A. Recommended for family use per gall . 10d . Light Dinner Ale - Half - pints , per dos . 1/6 the Federation . I hear that the leaders of the hand , he has had a freedom and ease which he will never again enjoy ; he has mixed un- Federation , who , it is an open secret , are de- ostentatiously with people of all ranks he sirous of peace and discouraged at the G.A. Sparkling Bitter Ale has endured bravely and well the discomforts P.A. Very High Class 1/6 peated rejection of provisional agreements , of camp life as a private ; and he has been X.X.B. ( Double ) Nutritious Stout 1/6 are not at all averse to the masters ' pro- treated with a quiet , well - bred respect by X.X.X.B. ( Treble ) Nutritious Stout posal to see the men in sections . This does ( Recommended for Invalida ) . 1/9 not , however , suit the book of the " Dia- Hards " among the men , and they have / - Casks of 4 , 9 , 18 , 86 , and 54 Gallons . brought pressure to bear . Although the Home - brewed GINGER BEER , GINGER masters are committed to a ballot on national lock - out , a disinclination to proceed to that extremity is still evident . for Invalids 1 " STOUT , and LEMONADE , 1 / - per gallon , in 1 , 3 , and B - gallon jars or 6 - gallon easks . Stone Ginger Beer , Ip Sorew - stoppered Bottles , 1 / - per dozen . For the first time in the history of the tram- Bass's and Worthington's Ale and Guinness's Stout way undertaking , the Finance Committee had The Among the ad- These vantages offered b the Company , the follow- ing deserve attention : - No preliminary charges whatever ; the despatch with which advances are completed ; the low rates of interest charged ; the system of small repay- mente extending over a period . - Address all applications ( in the strictest confidence ) to The Manager , W. SHIRLEY , 48 , STOKES OROFT , BRISTOL ; or to local agent , Mr. GURNEY , 101 , East Street , Hereford . Very Best MAYPOLE TEA 1/4 TOBACCO CIGARS CIGARETTES + own List Prices Endless variety Goods and Shop Fittings The Trade only supplied Opening orders Speciality . Send for Price List to BINGLETON & COLE , Ltd .. Cannon St. , Birmingham . YOU CANNOT AFFORD to be unwell . Health of body and the resulting elasticity of mind are of supreme importance to everyone living under the strenuous conditions of modern times . The person who is " out of sorts , " " off colour , " or " below par " is not in a condition to make the most of life . Now , the necessity of keeping the organs of digestion in a thoroughly clean and active state can never be too strongly emphasised , since they are the channels through which the body receives its nourish- ment . It is therefore a wise , as well as a simple course , never TO BE WITHOUT Beecham's Pills . the tonic , corrective and curative properties of which , promote a healthy action of the liver , stomach , kidneys and bowels , thereby rendering the work of digestion and assimilation easy and satisfactory . It is a well - known fact that great and + ever - increasing numbers of men and women in every walk of life owe their unvarying state of good health to the regular use of BEECHAM'S PILLS . Sold everywhere in boxes , price 1/13 ( 56 pille ) & 2/9 ( 168 pills ) . ( own Bottling ) supplied at moderate prices . Families and Private Customers supplied with High - class Wines and Spirite . PLAYER PIANOS . World's Best , with every known improvement and modern efficiency devices . Instruments possess the most remarkable powers of variable tempo , expression melody production , and ready interpretive facilities . PRICES from 48 GUINEAS . DALE , FORTY , & CO . Ltd. CHELTENHAM . Also at Birmingham , Leamington , Cardiff , Strond , and elsewhere , DENTISTRY . For Natural looking ARTIFICIAL TEETH and PAINLESS EXTRACTIONS VISIT D. GORE BOODLE & Co. , Ltd. , 43 , HIGH STREET , ROSS , EVERY THURSDAY from 10.30 & m . to 6.30 p.m. A Lady always in attendance . Extractions First Hour Free . BRANCHES EVERYWHERE . Abergavenny . 6. High - street , Tuesdays , 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monmouth , 12 , Ohurch - street , Fridays , 12 to 5. Hereford , 3 , St. Peter - street , Wednesdays , 11 a.m. to 6.30 . Chepatow , Tuesdays and Fridays . Gloucester , Every Day . BOODLE'S TEETH . E. Collins and Sons . Smallbrook , ROSS , PLUMBERS , HOT & COLD WATER FITTERS , GASFITTERS Makers of all kinds of Sheet Metal Goods . ESTIMATES GIVEN FOR KITOHEN RANGES , GRATES , BOILERS , BATHS , LAVATORIES , AND ALL BANITARY WORK ; SPOUTING , PUMPS AND WATER WHEELS , WATER SUPPLIES FOR FARMS , & o ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO . every member of the University .. Widow of Royal Duke . mate as presented . was £ 196 14s . 4d .. or a sum equal to a two- Houses have been inspected at certain in- penny rate . It was remarked with great tervals , and their condition has been found pleasure that this sum was considerably less good both for drainage and water supply . than last year . He ( Mr. Davies ) would pro- Bye - laws are in force for control , hut no action was necessary under the Sale of Food pose the adoption of the report . Mr. MATTHEWS seconded , and it was and Drugs Act . carried . Common Lodging - Houses . - The four licens- ed Lodging - Houses have been regularly in- spected , and no action has been found neces- sary for contravention of the Bye - laws . Offensive Trades . - There are trades carried on . no offensive Bakehouses . - The condition of the Bake- houses , of which there are nine , two of which are factory bakehouses , were satisfactory . Schools . - The Public Elementary Schools The Medical Works . no comment . OUR LODGING - HOUSE VISITORS , & c . Mr. F. RICKETTS , the Inspector , among other matters , reported that during the past month ending June 21st . the beds at the common lodging - houses in the town had been occupied no less than 2,256 times . that Dr. CAMPBELL further reported during the past month there had been no cases of infectious disease notified to him . and that the town was now free from infec- tious disease . Six cases of tuberculosis in its different forms had occurred . Mr. DAVIES said it was gratifying to see what a difference there was in the number of infectious cases in Gloucester , the report of which he had in his possession , as com- pared with the cases at Ross . In Glouces- ter , which , of course , was a much larger ALLEGED SMOKE NUISANCE . town , 50,000 population , they had 397 scar- Mr. RICKETTS reported that he had that let fever cases , and 154 oases of diphtheria , as against Ross nine and one cases respec- morning received a memorial from the resi- tively , with the population of 5.000 . dents in the lower parts of the town com- Mr. COOPER said he did not think they plaining of the smoke nuisance from the could compare Gloucester with Ross , or say Alton Court Brewery , asking that something anything detrimental to it , as there was might be done to remedy it . Mr. DAVIES said the report had appeared in the Press , and as there had been a good deal said about Ross of late , which was not altogether to the advantage or the welfare of the town , he thought they should speak a good word for it when they had the oppor- tunity ( hear , hear ) . really no comparison . Mr. MATTHEWS said as a rule the Alton Court Company purchased the hest steam coal , but just lately they run out and had to use household coal , which would probably account for a greater volume of smoke . They anticipated going in for motors shortly , so he did not think there would be any cause for complaint in the future . Mr. MEREDITH corroborated what Mr. The Duchess Marie of Saxe - Coburg - Gotha , moment , has been rarely seen in this country who is on a visit to England at the present since her late husband , still best remembered here as the Duke of Edinburgh , succeeded to the little German Duchies by right of his to report a substantial deficit on the year's father , the Prince Consort , more than twenty Her intercourse with the English working at the L.C.C. meeting on Tuesday . years ago Motor - bus competition must obviously bear a Court is , therefore , not very marked . But large part of the responsibility for this , she still receives £ 6,000 a year from the although other contributory causes were British Exchequer as the widow of one of cited by the Highways Committee , which our Royal Dukes , affording the only instance dealt at length with the subject . The more of an annuity paid to a Royalty resident recently electrified lines appear to have abroad , with the exception of the aged Dow- been particularly unremunerative . According ager Duchess of Mecklenburg - Strelitz , who to the committee , the way out of the situa- tion lies in consolidating and linking - up the George III . I paid £ 3,000 a year as a granddaughter of present tramways . The through running with This was seconded , and carried unani- other tramway services has been considerably Duchess Marle's Tragic Memories . extended during the past year . The sum re- The Duchess Marie has many tragic family HEALTHY ROSS ! presented by working expenses and charges associations , for she lost her only son in The MEDICAL OFFICER'S annual report months has been in excess of the revenue by and one of her brothers , the Grand Duke for the repayment of debt in the last twelve STREETS COMMITTEE - THE PROSPECT . Her father , Alexander II . , reads as follows : - early manhood . Mr. HALL , in giving the report of the Gentlemen , I beg to present to you my the substantial sum of nearly £ 90,000 , and Serge , blown pieces by the Nihilists this although there has been nothing carried hrge , were older brother , the late Grand to able to state that our Town not only the question of the classification of roads , and Annual Report for the year 1913. I am glad Streets . Committee , said they had discussed to the credit of the renewals fund . The motor- they had made a list of such roads which ' buses , meanwhile , appear to be doing a very the massacre of " Bloody Sunday " in St. Duke Vladimir , was mainly responsible for maintains , but yearly improves upon its re- flourishing business . cord of health , the death rate for the year should be included in classes one and two , The threat of strike Petersburg . She is the only Russian Prin- being only 12.71 per 1,000 , as compared with and the list had been forwarded promis has been got over by the signing of the new cess who has ever married an English Prince . Lord and Lady Fitzwilliam . It was proposed by Mr. WATKINS that 200 copies of the Medical Officer's report be printed and circulated , thus showing the healthy condition of the town . mously . Matthews had said , and added that often- times the Alton Court Brewery was blamed On the motion of Mr. BRAWN , seconded for other places in the Brookend . by Mr. KNIGHT . the matter was referred to the Sanitary Committee . concessions which the Union of Licensed a ratio of 13.95 in 1912 , and 14.89 in the County Council . As Mr. Wooler Vehicle Workers was able to secure . The coat year 1911 . The average for the last ten ed to keep Station - street washed down after years is 15.51 , so that we have this year a it had been tar sprayed , the committee con- to the London General Omnibus Company , I sidered that this street should be treated at The great social event of Thursday night drop of practically 8 per 1,000 . The town hear , will be nearly £ 200,000 per annum . " in town was Lady Fitzwilliam's party to may also be congratulated on the longevity a cost £ 6 . With regard to the Prospect , Mrs. Besant has completed her strenuous of its inhabitants . the total number of the committee approved of the new lettering six weeks in England . This year's visit has meet the Unionist leaders . There is no more been a more than usually exhausting one , for , popular couple in society , writes a correspon deaths was 60 , and 39 of these deaths were for the notice boards in the Prospect , and they wished to draw the attention of the in addition to a programme of public lectures dent , and few houses better fitted for such an of people over the age of 70-60 per cent . I have again to deplore the still steadily public that the Prospect , in accordance with in London and the provinces which is occasion than that which they own in Gros- the terms of the trust deed . could only be Both Lord and Lady Fitzwil- decreasing birth rate . In 1911 the rate was venor - square . used as a walking place , so that cricket and nothing short of marvellous in a lady nearly liam belong to great north - country families , 21.28 per 1,000 , last year it dropped to 20.71 , seventy years of age , she has been very busy for he has behind him all the history of the and this year it is at the rate of only 19.27 such like games were prohibited . The terms in addressing private meetings and carrying per 1,000 inhabitants . of the trust were : - " That upon trust that out organising work in connection with the Wentworths , and she is daughter of Lord The efforts made by legislation and in the same be by them ( the Council ) at their Theosophical Society and various contingent Zetland , and all Yorkshire made holiday when the long - awaited heir made his appear other ways to lessen the great mortality cost laid out and for ever kept as an orna- associations . On Thursday evening she ad dressed a meeting of the Brotherhood of Arts , ance on the last day of 1910. The present amongst babies is yielding good harvest mental garden and walking place for all per- and I am told she has made visits to oo Lord has been a soldier and won his D.S.O. only one infant under the age of one year sons whomsoever , and that the same shall not at any time or times be used for any games Masonic lodges , Fabian groups , " Temples of in South Africa , has travelled all over the having died . We can also congratulate ourselves on the or for any public meetings or for the assemb the Rosy Cross , " and a variety of agencies of world , has done some treasure seeking , has which the general public hears nothing . There sat in Parliament , and is keenly interested in slight incidence of infectious disease in the ling of persons or for any other purpose Town during the year . While the whole than as a walking place , and that no build- has been the additional worry of her legal mining engineering . country has been swept by an epidemic of ing , wall , or any other erection shall be built struggle , and the complications arising out of or erected or anything done which would Scarlet Fever , Ross has been let lightly off the building dispute , which the resourceful Earl Kitchener . create a nuisance or be a nuisance . " The lady settled by engaging the Field - Marshal Viscount Kitchener , on whom with only nine cases of Fever and one case special committee presented its report as to directly . Before she left Mrs. Besant had the King conferred an Barldom the other of Diphtheria . It is possible now , under the new regula- flower beds being made in the Prospect , and personal interview with each of the workmen day , received congratulations from a wide engaged upon the Theosophical headquarters , circle of friends and admirers on Wednesday tions for the proper notification of Tuber- the Town Surveyor was deputed to obtain es- and they cheered her heartily at the close . on reaching his sixty - fourth birthday , his Lord- culosis Disease to estimate the prevalence timates of the cost for scheme number three , In spite of these exertions she looks remark - ship having been born on June 24th , 1850. and increase , or otherwise , of that complaint . which should be placed before the committee . ably fit , and declares that she was never in He entered the Royal Engineers in his twenty only eight cases of Pthisis occurred during A letter was read from the Rev. Father better health . A large gathering saw her de- first year , and after one of the most brilliant the year a percentage of 1.69 per 1,000 Moore , asking if direction signs could be to the Catholic Church , which was situated parture from Charing Cross on Friday even - careers in the Army was promoted to the people , a very small proportion ; but three placed on various lamp poste directing people ing . She is returning to India . rank of Field - Marshal five years ago . Shortly deaths were recorded . The deaths from Cancer show a slight in- in a part which it was most difficult to find . There was a tremendous enthusiasm about afterwards he became his Majesty's Agent , the Queen's Hall audience which gathered to Consul - General and Minister Plenipotentiary crease on last year , 1.90 per 1,000 , as against He ( Father Moore ) would pay for the signs . 1 per 1,000 the year before . The Committee recommended that they could hear the Strauss concert and the Munich in Egypt . The very small and extremely satisfactory not see their way to accede to the request , composer can hardly have failed to be grati- death rate , the small amount of Infectious but thought that Father Moore should apply Disease , the great age of nearly 60 per cent . to the owners of the private property to ask of those who died . show that for the year their permission to erect these direction 1913 , Ross can be considered as one of the plates . H ( Mr. Hall ) proposed the adop- Mr. BUTCHER seconded . workmen their way clear to accede to Father Moore's The total population at the census taken request it would be a great help to the on April 1st : 1911 was 4,682 , and the esti- visitors : mated population on June 30th , 1913 , was 4,720 . fled by the repeated recalls which fol- A Famous Trainer . lowed his conducting of the orchestra To racegoers of a couple of generations through a programme taken entirely from ago the name of J. Osborne , who train Mozart and his own works . Dr. Strauss does The Guller , the winner of the " Pitmen's healthiest towns in the whole of the British tion of the report . not look the typical musician . One would set Derby , " or Northumberland Plate , at New Isles . him down rather as a doctor of medicine . But castle on Wednesday , was well known as that The area of the District comprises 484 Mr. MEREDITH said it was very difficult there is a suggestion of great reserve of power of a prominent jockey . Mr. Osborne , who is Acres , the number of inhabited houses being for visitors to the town to find this particu- about his strong face , surmounted by scanty eighty - two , was riding in classic races fifty- 1,150 ; average number of inhabitants per lar place of worship , and if they could see and close - cut hair . His " Eulenspiegel's seven years ago . In 1869 he won the Derby house 4 . Merry Pranks , " which concluded the pro on Pretender , and in the same year was first gramme , evoked a climax in the way of bois- in the Two Thousand Guineas on the same . berous applause ; but the contrasts of his sym horse .. Mr. Osborne rode the winning horse Mr. BUTCHER thought that they should phonic poem , " Tod und Verklärung , " were in the Guineas on three subsequent occa- adhere to the committee's report . The mat- altogether delightful . Miss Elena Gerhardt Births . The nett births ' were 91 , giving a sions . Despite his great age , he is still hale ter was carefully considered , and if they was characteristic , which is to say that she and hearty , says the Globe , and often rides ratio per 1,000 of 19.27 . granted this request they would not be able was in excellent voice , and her interpretation his horses at exercise . Deaths The nett number 60. a ratio of to refuse other applications from other places . of Strauss's " Cäcilie " made a repetition 12.71 . There were 36 deaths in the institu- of worship if they felt disposed to make such aimply inevitable . tions , most of whom were non - residents , an application . while in seven cases inquests were held by the coroner . death Infantile Mortality - Only one during the year , the cause being premature birth and debility . Mr. Ford , the millionaire motor - car manu- Mr. Roosevelt has been told by his doctor facturer , has notified his intention to present to keep quiet and take the best care of his the General Hospital at Detroit with several health for the next three or four months million dollars to form & fund for a great as " his system is filled with malaria and he campaign against cancer . has an enlarged spleen . " During a funeral service at an Eastbourne What is thought to have been a part of church a lady was robbed of a handbag con- Gustav Haibel's aeroplane a piece of wood taining about £ 30 on Saturday . to which was attached with copper nails come Windows were shaken and furniture moved fragments of white cloth - has been found at from its place by severe earthquake shock , Le Portel , close to Boulogne , says the Petit which caused considerable alarm at Leipsic on Parisien Saturday ... Infectious Diseases . - Nine cases of Scarlet Fever and one of Diphtheria , no deaths .. Of Tuberculosis , in all its forms , nine cases occurred with three deaths , the ratio being , 68 per 1,000 . Cancer was responsible for nine deaths , the ratio being 1.90 per 1,000 , Mr. DAVIES , agreed with Mr. Butcher , and said although they sympathised with Father Moore , yet the committee felt they could not make this distinction . Mr. MEREDITH proposed that Father Moore's application should be granted on the grounds that it would be of great assistance to the visitors : Mr. KNIGHT seconded . On a vote being taken , the amendment was lost . With regard to the Prospect it was de- |