Ross Gazette 28th May 1914 - Page 6
Ross Gazette 28th May 1914 - Page 6
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| Date | 28/05/1914 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Ross Gazette |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 28th May 1914 |
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During this Week , we are making A SPECIAL DISPLAY VICTOR and OF SUNBEAM Do not fail to get full particulars of CLES . famous machines . They represent the BEST VALUE obtainable . Prices , from £ 4 10 - or by Easy Monthly Payments . PASSEY & HALL " CENTRAL " CYCLE WORKS , ( LIMITED ) , 35 , GLOUCESTER ROAD , ROSS . to be removed on the day of sale , and the roads being much more now dangerous when it was dark owing to the motor traffic , it was advisable that they should be sold as early as possible in the afternoon , so that they might be got away before night . Mr. Smith had intimated that he would be delighted to make the alteration , and he was sure other auctioneers would do so if they were only asked . Mr. PROTHEROE said they always sold the live stock first in the county where he came from , and then went on with the im- plements afterwards . He had often seen & £ 70 horse sold in the dark , which was hardly the thing to his mind . After further discussion , it was decided to support the resolution that live stock should be sold first at farm sales in the future . PUBLIC WEIGHBRIDGE WANTED , & c . Ald . PREECE said he had been asked by some of the farmers in the neighbourhood to bring forward the matter of a public weighbridge in Ross . There seemed to be a feeling of discontent among the farmers that the railway company had no private weigh- bridge , and that all the stuff which goes to the station to be taken away has to be weighed over a private weighbridge . Pos- sibly the Urban Council might be persuaded to consider this matter , and whether or not they would erect a weighbridge somewhere on the road towards the station , which could be used by the farmers to weigh their pro- duce . It would certainly be more satisfac- tory if they had this weighbridge instead of having to trust to a private individual to find one . He thought they might make some representation to the Urban Council to provide some accommodation of this sort . Mr. EVANS thought it would be a good thing to approach the G.W.R. Co. They had weighbridges at practically all their other stations except Ross . Ald . PREECE said the weighbridge would be an excellent investment for the Urban Council . He eventually proposed that a small committee consisting of Mr. J. H. Sainsbury , Mr. J. Parr , Mr. J. Keene , and Mr. Preece be appointed to go into the mat ter , and report as to whether , they should petition the G.W.R. Co. or the Urban Council . Mr. PERCY PREECE also gave a brief summary of the business which was discussed at the annual general meeting of the National Farmers ' Union in London , at which most of the important questions affecting agriculture were discussed . Ross Police Court . FRIDAY . - Before Capt . R. H. Verschoyle ( Chairman , Mr. J. A. N. Booker , and Mr. T. Matthews . LICENSING MATTERS . The licence of the King George's Rest was temporarily transferred from Mr. Addicott to Mr. Matthews . In reply to the Clerk ( Mr. Morling ) the agent for the house said he hoped they had now got a permanent tenant , and that the licence would not change hands so often as it had been doing of late . Mr. A. T. Price , of the Green Dragon Inn , Ross , was granted an occasional licence to sell at the Pony Gymkhana at Courtfield on Tuesday next . NON - PAYMENT OF RATES . Edgar A. Hicks , painter , the Crofts , Ross , was summoned for the non - payment of his rates , poor and town rates . Defendant did not appear , and P.O. Gunter proved service of summons . Mr. A. H. Pearson , assistant overseer for Ross Urban , said the poor rate due from de- fendant was £ 2 0s . 6d . That rate had been allowed , duly published , and demanded in the proper form . Defendant was also sum- moned for not paying the town ' rate , 16s . 8d . Since the summons was served , Hicks had paid 18s . In the first case a distress warrant was issued , and in the second an order for the payment of the balance was made . Harewood End Police Court . MONDAY . - Before Capt . T. Raymond Sy- mons ( in the chair ) , Mr. H. W. Southey , Mr. J. Wyndham Smith , Mr. G. W. Davey and Capt . A. S. Trevor . THE ROSS GAZETTE - THURSDAY , MAY 28 , 1014 . having made four out of 110 , and the latter 77 out of 110. The father was in the asylum and the mother very poor . A fine of 1s . was imposed . HIGHWAY OFFENCE . William Probert , machinist , of Holme Lacy , was charged with working a steam en- gine within twenty - five yards of the high- way without a screen at Ballingham , on May 8th . PC . Hardwicke stated that on May 8th , at 10 a.m. , he was near Ballingham Court Farm , when he saw a threshing machine at work , about 8 feet from the highway . The engine had no screen . He had a pole and ladder over , the belt . Defendant said he was in charge . He asked why there was no screen , which was up over the belt . There was nobody on the road to assist with horses or to give warning . Defendant said he had always used a screen before . The Chairman said the Bench had decided to impose a fine of 1s . and 8s . costs . HEREFORDSHIRE INSURANCE COMMITTEE . LONGING ! When the chestnuts are in blossom , And the hawthorn trees are gay : When the blackbird in my garden Sings his best because ' tis May , All my thoughts go flying homeward To the spot that I love best , To the Wye land . Which is my land , Dear old homeland in the West ! When the city streets are stifling , And one seeks relief in vain From the breathless , endless jostling , Comes the longing once again ; Comes the memory of the meadows Where we tossed the hay with zest Oh , ' twas playtime In the day time In my homeland in the West ! When the autumn winds are blowing How I hate the busy town ! How I long to roam the woodlands Where the leaves are turning brown ! And I can't resist the calling Ohl the calling , " Come and rest In the Wye land , Which is thy land ! " Sweet old homeland in the West ! London , May , 1914 . ATTEMPTED TRAIN CITIZEN . WRECKING . DASTARDLY ATTEMPT AT HEREFORD . STATION INCIDENT . APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT CLERK . A meeting of the Herefordshire Insurance Committee was held at the Offices , St. Peter's House , on Tuesday afternoon , when there were present Mr. E .F . Bulmer ( Chair- man ) , Mrs. A. M. Barneby , Mrs. G. E. Mines , Mrs. C. Allen . Mrs. L. K. Bailey , Mrs. M. L. Gladstone . Mrs. A. Elford , Miss E. Krabbe , Miss A. Boden , Alderman J. Farr , Messrs . G. Page , J. Thomas , J. H. The citizens of Hereford generally and the Dowding , E. W. Langford , D. J. Walton , G. travelling public in particular will hear with J. Caldwell , A. Bird , W. J. Powell H. consternation of a dastardly attempt at train Ingleson , G. H. Gooding , Archdeacon Win - wrecking perpetrated just outside Barrs nington Ingram . Dr. E. Morris and Dr. E. Court station precincts in the early hours G. Hamilton Williams , with the Clerk ( Mr. of Friday morning . The obstacles placed on Z. Ping ) . the line were two pieces of iron known in railway parlance as fish plates that is a flat piece of iron about 15 inches long and four inches wide . Happily the engine of a fish train which struck it knocked it aside into a harmless position on the ballast . NEW APPOINTMENT . Out of 49 candidates for the position of ac counts and general clerk , at a commencing salary of £ 80 , rising to £ 100 , the following had been selected by the General Purposes Committee : Ernest Newton , Cherry Orchard , Shrewsbury ; Percy E. Yates , Bath - street , Preston and Alfred C. Lane , Baysham- street , Hereford . Mr. Yates had since withdrawn . The two other candidates were interviewed , and the meeting decided to appoint Mr. Newton , who formerly held a similar position under the Durham Insurance Committee . SANATORIUM BENEFITS . Out of bare justice to the Suffragetter it should at once be stated that no suspicion rests on them . In railway circles the ont rage is regarded in a serions light , and the reticence of the line officials on the matter rather points to something being behind it , and suggests that someone is taking a wicked and diabolical revenge . SIGNALMAN'S STORY . THEFT OF WOOD . The particulars which a Press representa- The Sanatorium Benefits Committee report- ed that since the last meeting three insured tive has gleaned show that the attempt was James Hodges , labourer , Whitchurch , was persons ( one male and two female ) had re - made at Barra Court innction , on the north charged with stealing a quantity of wood , turned to their homes after treatment at Ride of the station . Mr. Charles Suddrick , value threepence , the property of James Fur- Cranham Lodge Sanatorium , each much im- the signalman on duty at the adjacent box , ber , of Whitchurch , on May 17th last - proved , and , it was hoped , permanently bene- save that when the 2.15 a.m. down goods James Furber , a mason , deposed that he fited by the treatment received . They were train passed it made a noise as if striking an had a cottage and some land at Whitchurch recommended for domiciliary treatment with unusual iron object . Two other goods trains unoccupied . On Sunday , May 17th . he was dispensary supervision . The vacancies had travelling in the same direction on the same there at 4.30 , when he saw the defendant been filled by three male insured persons re - when the 8.7 a.m. fish . express from the rails went by all right at 2.27 and 2.46 , but there . He saw Hodges in the garden before commended institutional treatment at the he got to the cottage . The man was taking last meeting of the committee . Seven new North went by it made a loud noise at the up some old staves of a vessel . When asked applications for sanatorium benefits had been points . what he was doing , Hodges dropped the received , and were recommended treatment . wood out of his hands . The wood was worth The report was approved on the motion of about threepence . Defendant lived about a the Chairman . quarter of a mile away . MEMBERS ' EXPENSES . The Chairman said defendant would be The Committee decided to adopt a scheme fined 2s . 6d . , or in default go to prison for suggested by the Commissioners with respect seven days with hard labour . to the payments to be made to members for A subsistence allowance of 2s . 6d . will be granted where members are away from their homes more than four hours , and an allow- This , however , cannot be claimed by members ance of 3s . 6d . will be made for eight hours . who are less than two miles away from the place of meeting . Payment for loss of munerative time can only be claimed where a member actually loses wages or salary . FINED FOR STEALING . Sidney Howells , cowman , of Llanwarne , was charged with stealing about six pounds of sharps , and one butcher's knife , valued at 1s . 6d . , the property of William Pearse , farmer , of Pencoyd , on May 20th last . James Jay , a shepherd , at Old Hall , de- posed that on May 20th he was at his work when he saw the defendant , about 11.30 a.m. , go up into the granary and afterwards come down again and go into the cider mill . Howells also took his jacket up into the gar- den . On the defendant going up into the harn , he ( witness ) went and picked up his jacket , and in doing so saw a bag in one of the pockets . He took the jacket to the house . and gave it to Miss Pearse . William Pearse , a farmer , of Old Hall , Pencoyd , said he went to Hereford on May 20th , and when he returned his wife gave . him the coat . In the one pocket was a bag of sharps and a butchering knife , the latter being his property . There were sharps in his granary , and in the Mill House . The stolen goods were worth about 1s . 6d . When he saw Howells the next morning , he asked him how he came to have the sharps in his coat . The man said he put them there on purpose . Witness said he did not then know that the knife was in the pocket . About ten minutes later Howells came and asked him to overlook it , but he told him he could not . The Chairman said defendant would be fined £ 2 , or in default one month's imprison- ment with hard labour . THE DRINK . George Powell , labourer , of St. Weonards , was summoned for being drunk at Peterstow on May 17th last . Defendant did not appear , and service of summons was proved by P.C. Green . Sergt . Kendall stated that on the day in question , at 10.40 p.m. , he saw the defen- dant lying in a ditch asleep . On rousing him up , he found the man to be drunk . A fine of 1s . and 9s . costs was imposed . PIGS ASTRAY . charged with allowing a sow and a number Henry Williams , farmer , of Bolstone , was of small pigs to be astry on the highway near Bolstone Court on May 18th . Defendant did not appear . subsistence and loss of remunerative time . ROSS ACCEPTANCE . This aronsed Snddrick's suspicions . and he made an immediate inspection of the line . To his intense surprise and alarm he found two " fish - plates " lying near the metals at the spot from which the noise had proceeded . The facts seemed clearly to indicate that a premeditated double attempt was made , as two trains passed between the times of the two which created the noise that attracted the signalman's attention . Fortunately neither train jumped the metals , and no train was delayed by the incident . POLICE INFORMED . UNIONIST LAND POLICY LORD LANSDOWNE OUTLINES ITS PROPOSALS . ENCOURAGING OWNERSHIP . CANTEENS CASE FIFTEEN DEFENDANTS AWAITING JUDGMENT . After a trial which has occupied public at The June number of " Our Flag , " which tention for twenty weeks , the closing stage in will be published in a fortnight's time , con- what has been known as the Army Canteens tains a pronouncement by the Marquis of case was reached at the Old Bailey on Lansdowne on the policy of the Unionist Monday , when , before Mr. Justice Darling , a party in regard to the land question . The number of the civil and military defendants objects in view , says his lordship , are : - who pleaded guilty on Friday came up for Costumes that Fit , that are New that will Please . The Largest Stock in the County , THERE IS NO BETTER VALUE . WAKEFIELD KNIGHT , HEREFORD . ( a ) That the labourer should have a fair judgment . The case began at Bow - street on wage in his pocket , a sound house over January 17th , and until the latter end of his head , and a chance of rising from March , when the defendants were committed the ranks . for trial , the magistrate ( Sir John Dickinson ) ( b ) That the farmer , big or little , should devoted on an average two days a week to the so long as he remains a tenant , feel hearing . At the Old Bailey the trial has en- that he is secured in the enjoyment of gaged the attention of twenty - two counsel , in- his improvements , and that he should , aluding seven K.C.'s , this being probably the DISASTER TO A LIGHTSHIP . whenever the circumstances are favour- biggest Bar ever seen at that court . able , be given a chance of becoming owner of his farm . " The civil defendants who have pleaded guilty are : John Cansfield ( general manager ( c ) That the owner of the land should and director of Lipton , Limited ) , James C. feel that he , too , is secure in his Craig ( manager of the Military Department in ownership , and be encouraged to spend Ireland ) , Andrew Laing ( military manager for his money , not less freely than he has Aldershot ) , Frederick William Owen ( inspec- spent it in the past , on the improve tor of Salisbury , branch Military Department ) , ment of his estate . Edward A. Pegley ( inspector of Military De- ( d ) That the number of persons interest - partment in Colchester district ) , and Alfred ed in the land , not merely as occupiers Thomas Swain ( indoor shorthand clerk in but as absolute owners . should be Military Department ) .. largely increased . The military defendants who have pleaded guilty are : Hon . Lieutenant and Quarter- master W. J. Armstrong , Norfolk Regiment ; With a view to the attainment of these objects we have proposed : - 1. The encouragement of house building means of advances of public money , on the easiest possible terms , to- Local authorities , Properly constituted associations , and Solvent individuals , upon conditions framed so as to secure the public against loss . 2. - Grants from public funds for village reconstruction in cases where the local con- ditions are such that no local effort can be reasonably expected to meet the emergency . 3. - An enquiry into the wages question in low - wage areas by competent persons having the confidence of emplovers and employed . 4. - The advance of the whole of the pur- chase money to sitting tenants whose farms are sold over their heads by their landlords . This subject to the conditions laid down in the report of the Departmental Committee presented to Parliament in 1912 , which are as follows : - ( a ) That no loss should be incurred by ( b ) That care should be exercised in se lecting the tenants . ( c ) That the purchase price should in no Case exceed the proper market value . ( d ) That the annual payments in respect the State . of interest and sinking fund should not exceed an amount which the farmer could reasonably afford to pay . 5. Similar advances to the sitting tenant the owner to sell . This subject to the same in other cases where he is willing to buy and conditions as in paragraph 4 , and also sub- ject to a statutory limit- ( a ) Of the amount to be advanced in each case . " ( b ) Of the total amount annually ad- vanced by the State . Holdings Act so as to provide that a tenant 6. The amendment of the Agricultural who is dispossessed of his holding in conse quence of the sale of the estate shall be en- titled to compensation for disturbance under Section 11 of the Agricultural Holdings Act . 7. The provision of small holdings under conditions which , at the expiration of the statutory term , secure that the freehold shall pass to the occupier , instead of , as now , to the local authority . 8. The grouping of small holdings , where ever possible . under conditions favourable to co - operation , common pastures , expert ad- vice , etc. As soon as possible after he had made the re - discovery . Suddrick reported it to his su- perior officers , and the Stationmaster ( Mr. W. Lambert ) despatched Railway Policeman Jones to inform the city police . The news was first conveyed to Chief Inspector Ovens at 5 o'clock , who with other detectives is 9. - A Department of the State to be charg- prosecuting inquiries in all directions . On ed with the development of rural industries , examining the spot the officer was shown two the facilitation of the means of transport , " fish plates " which bore evidence of train etc. wheels having passed over them . Marks 10. The reform of rural education , with were found between the points of the metals the object of instilling into the children of in two places near the junction signal box . the agricultural districts a taste for agricul- It is evident that the flanges of the wheels tural pursuits , instead of overloading their had levered the obstacles out of the way , ob- minds with knowledge which may be of no viating any damage being done . use to them in an agricultural career . The word of a neighbour stands for truth , and for this reason the following frank , out- spoken statement of a local resident cannot be questioned . Mrs. A. Robbins , of St. Mary's Cottage , Weston , near Ross , says : " I found it very difficult to straighten myself after bending , for my back was so stiff . The pain was sharp , and came on me suddenly . " I took some of Doan's Backache Kidney Pills , and I had good relief . My back has been all right since , I am glad to say . 1 have recommended the medicine to others ( Signed ) A. Robbins . " The kidneys lie beneath the small of the back . Their great work is to filter poisonous waste and surplus water out of the blood . But when they are weak they leave some of this poisonous waste in the system , and you begin to feel dull , heavy , and irritable ; you may get backache , gravel , urinary disorders , dropsical swellings . rheumatism , or sciatica . Doan's Backache Kidney Pills help the kid- neys to throw off the offending poisons and therefore reach the cause of the above symp- toms . Price 28. 9d . a box , six boxes 18s . 9d .; of all dealers or from Foster - McClellan Co. , Don't ask for backache or kidney pills - ask Oxford - street , London , " W. distinctly for Doan's Backache Kidney Pills , the same as Mrs. Robbins had . Wells - street , A PARIS MYSTERY . MAN PUSHED UNDER A TRAMCAR . 8 . P.C. Hardwicke said he saw a sow and A little after midnight on Friday three men were noticed crossing the Rond Point des thirteen small pigs on the highway near Bol- Champs Elysées , one of whom was completely stone Court , at 3 p.m. Nobody was with drunk . them . When he saw young Williams , he ad- mitted the pigs belonged to them , but that he did not know the law . The pigs were fifty yards away from the buildings . Ordered to pay 8s . costs . ABUSIVE LANGUAGE . Thomas Husbands , labourer , of Hentland , was summoned for using abusive language at Hentland , on May 7th . Defendant pleaded not guilty . P.C. Hardwicke said that on May 7th , he DRUNK AND DISORDERLY . had occasion to visit defendant's premises in Albert White , a stranger , of no fixed the morning , and on the same evening he abode , was brought up in custody charged way , and asked why he had been to his was accosted by the defendant on the high- with being drunk and disorderly in Ross on place . The defendant , became abusive , and Thursday last . Defendant pleaded guilty . he ( witness ) told him that if he had any com- P.S. Titoombe deposed that he saw the de - plaint to make he had better make it to the proper authority . After that , Husbands fendant at 11.10 p.m. on Thursday , sitting used very indecent language loudly . There on the pavement in High - street . When he were other persons on the highway . spoke to him , White jumped up and wanted to fight . He persuaded the man to get out Cross - examined : He did not say the man of the town quickly , and he ( witness ) walked made inquiries . was a big - headed fool . He only went in and with him as far as the banks in High - street . There were several young men standing by , and White became very abusive , his language being most filthy . One of the young men took defendant down past the Castle , but in a few minutes he returned and said he would have a go at him , meaning witness . fined 5s . , but the costs 9s . , would be re- The Chairman said defendant would be mitted . SWINE FEVER REGULATIONS . proaching , and his companions gave the A tramcar was simultaneously ap- drunkard a violent push , throwing him immedi ately under the car , and then fled precipitately . The victim was killed and horribly mangled His pocket - book was found to contain nearly £ 50 , though the man was dressed poorly , like a waterside navvy , and had no papers or clues to identity . The police consider that all the circumstances are most extraordinary , but they have failed up to the present to unravel the mystery . SMACK'S OREW RESCUED . LINER PICKS UP SEVEN MEN . The railway detective department of the Joint Company has been informed of the affair , but up to the present no arrest has been made , the whole incident being envelop- ed in mystery . DIVORCE COSTS . NEW RULES FOR POOR SUITORS . On the 9th of next month come into opera- tion new rules as to poor suitors which may have far - reaching effects , says the Times . Hitherto every litigant ( subject to a few exceptions ) has been required to pay at the outset and at subsequent stages of his suit certain fees - e.g . , 10s , on a writ and £ 2 on setting down for trial his action . He must also pay his solicitor , counsel , and witnesses . The total costs of an action necessarily vary much . In the Divorce Court the average costs of all undefended suits are about 230 to £ 85 . In the King's Bench they differ so much , according to the nature of the pro- ceedings , that no instructive average can be named . THE WORD " PAUPER . " 11. - A readjustment of local taxation , with the object of relieving agriculture from bur- dens which now press upon it with undue severity . ANGLING NOTES . H FEARED LOSS OF OVER 20 LIVES . A wireless message from the steamer Duf- ferin reports that disaster has overtaken the new lightship , Halifax 19 , built for the Canadian Government and launched at Pais ley last February , and it is feared that her arew of twenty - five , all of whom are Glasgow men , have perished . Although official information is at present indefinite , says a Halifax correspondent , it Lieutenant and Quartermaster J. appears that the lightship was driven ashore Burns , 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars ; Hon . in a fog on Liscomb Island , about ninety Lieutenant and Quartermaster T. H. John- miles east - north - east of Halifax . The Dufferin son , 1st and 2nd King's Own ( Royal Lancas- first found traces of the disaster . On Satur- ter ) Regiment ; Hon . Lieutenant and Quarter- day morning she picked up three bodies off master W. Kelly , 1st Battalion Leinster Regi- Liscomb Island , and a quantity of wreckage ment ; Hon . Captain and Quartermaster marked " Halifax 19 " was found in the Quarrell , Suffolk Regiment ( retired ) ; Hon . vicinity . Captain and Quartermaster G. Mitchell , The Dufferin immediately reported by wire- Devon Regiment ; and Staff Sergeant T. Mill - less , and the Canadian Government steamer ward , Army Service Corps . Another military defendant , Sergeant- Major Bennett , and another civil defendant , Mr. Daniel Lynch , also pleaded guilty on Monday . Mr. Lynch had until now been lying ill in Dublin . TWO " NOT GUILTY " PLEAS . in- Stanley was despatched to join in the search for the remainder of the lightship's crew . Four other vessels also joined , and eventu- ally the lightship was located on Crooks Ledge , Liscomb Island . The vessel is lying practically bottom up , and two of her boats were found smashed were recovered . on taken on Friday , Colonel Whitaker , now ap The other defendant whose plea was not close by . During Saturday three more bodies The disaster presumably occurred peared with Mr. Minto as a co - defendant . Thursday night or Friday morning , and it The indictment charged them with conspir would appear that the lightship must have ing that gifts should be given by Mr. Minto broken up almost immediately . She was fitted and accepted by Colonel Whitaker as an with wireless apparatus , but no appeals for ducement that the latter acts in contravention of his duties , and that the boats were manned directly the vessel help were picked up . The probability is that he should show favour and refrain from show - struck , and that they were either capsized or ing disfavour in relation to contracts for driven ' on the rocks . The dead all appear to catering for the Army . " Colonel Whitaker pleaded should do certain have been killed rather than drowned , their not guilty , and Mr. Minto , who to this charge entered the same plea asing on the rocks . pleaded guilty on another count last Friday , heads being terribly bruised , as if from beat- Colonel Whitaker . Both defendants were now put on their trial . Before evidence was given against them a procession of commissioned officers passed in and out of the witness - box to testify to the had pleaded guilty to the charges under the characters of the military defendants who Bribery and Corruption Act . His Lordship said he would then pass sen- tence on all the defendants who had pleaded guilty if counsel desired . Sir Edward Clarke , K.C. , said it was de- sirable that sentences should be postponed until after the trial of Colonel Whitaker and Mr. Minto , and his Lordship assented . A MISSING DEFENDANT . against Colonel Whitaker and Mr. Minto . He Sir John Simon then opened the case said there was a third person mentioned in the indictment , a Mr. James Ross Ness , for whom a warrant had been issued . Sir John Simon then proceeded to read an extract from a letter of October , 1905 , written to Mr. Minto by the absent Mr. Ness ( who was Lipton's inspector at Molta at the time ) , saying : " Colonel Whitaker writes me to - day for his six - monthly cheque , stating that he wishes the matter kept as private as possible . He would like me to send cheque as before . This I have done to - day , £ 150 . " Sir John proceeded that the case for the prosecution was that five payments were made , and ac- cepted , in 1904 and 1905 , including three of £ 120 each and the one of £ 150 mentioned in the letter . The further hearing was adjourned . AVIATION FATALITIES . IPSWICH BY - ELECTION . MR . MASTERMAN AGAIN DEFEATED . The result of the by - election at Ipswich , caused by the death of Mr. Silvester Horne , was declared late on Saturday night as follows : Mr. F. J. C. Ganzoni ( U. ) Mr. C. F. G. Masterman ( L. ) Mr. John Scurr ( Soc . ) Unionist majority 6,406 5,874 395 533 A crowd numbering between 15,000 and 20,000 awaited the declaration at Ipswich , and there was great excitement when the figures were announced . CHIPS OF NEWS . Mr. F. J. C. Ganzoni , the Unionist candi- date , has won Ipswich from the Government with a clear majority of 137 over both the Liberal and Socialist candidates . Much anxiety and alarm is felt concerning the fate of Mr. Gustav Hamel , the famous aviator , who has been missing since Saturday . The suffragette headquarters in Kingsway have been raided by the police . Further out- rages occurred during the week - end . The Prince of Wales may quite possibly spend a third year at Oxford . A lightship has been wrecked on a voyage from Scotland to Halifax , and a loss of twenty - five lives is feared . The large steamer Transylvania , for the Cunard and Anchor lines service between Mediterranean ports and the United States , TWO GERMAN OFFICERS KILLED . was launched on Saturday at Greenock . She is the first Transatlantic liner to be fitted While flying near Wellendorf in a thunder- with geared turbines . storm at a height of about 4,500ft . on Satur- Mr. R. Dixon , of Brandesburton , East day , says an Osnabrueck message , an nero- Yorkshire , has sold privately , for exporta- plane piloted by Lieutenant Boeder , with tion , the whole of his yearling rams of the Lieutenant Bernhardt as passenger , fell , both Lincoln long - vooled breed , the transaction officers being killed instantly . being one of the largest and most important in the history of the breed . Whilst engaged shunting waggons at Fish- WYE SALMON AND TROUT . The Wye Board returns concerning salmon and trout for last week show that above Builth two salmon were taken by rod , from PARACHUTE FATALITY . Builth to Hay 81. Hay to Hereford 29. Here- ford to Ross 30. Ross to the sea 13 , giving a Mr. Robert Cowan , an aeronaut , who had guard Harbour on Saturday , James Phillips , not yet acquired much experience , fell into twenty - three , was caught between the buffers total of 99. The trout returns were as fol- the river at Alton ( Illinois ) , on Saturday , and and killed . He had just previously bought lows : -Rhayader , some very good catches , was drowned , owing to the balloon in which some cigarettes , and said , " This is my last , " largest fish 2lbs . 2oz .; Penvbont . some good he was making an ascent dropping into the but that remark was made owing to his being catches ; Erwood , several taken ; Hay , several stream . under orders to go to Port Talbot on Monday . takes : Garth , 27 taken ; Builth , several Aaron Robinson , thirty , a Sheffield insur- good baskets : Staunton , several taken : Leo- minster , 84 brace taken ; Ross , several taken ; ance agent , was found drowned near Notting- and Lydbrook , 8 brace taken . ham on Saturday . " MR . CHURCHILL AS AVIATOR . Mr. Winston Churchill is making good pro- gress towards qualification for an aviator's certificate . He has reached the solo flight The River Wye and its tributaries are stage . He practises at Eastchurch on again low and bright , after the drought Gnome motor . It is believed that if the First Bristol tractor biplane driven . by an 80 - h.p . and the storm of last Friday . Sal- Lord's other engagements permit he will ob- mon angling is comparatively quiet , tain his flying brevet and trouting , affected by next during the the Bum- three weeks . merlike conditions . has been most sud- cessfully prosecuted in the evening . Rad- killed salmon are now averaging about forty to fifty weekly . Trout have been creeled at Rhayader , Penybont , Garth , Builth . Three Clocks , Erwood . Monnington , Hoarwithy , and Ross ; also on Lugg and Arrow , in the Leo- minster district . The May - fly has been seen An attempt is now being made to introduce and employed on Frome and Leddon , and in England a similar system . The person ap- the drake season may be expected to set in plying to be admitted as a " poor person " very shortly , if the present fine weather con- the old offensive word " pauper " is dropped tinues . must declare that he is not worth £ 50 . His application will be referred to one or more According to the rules to be superseded next month , any person is permitted to sue or defend as & pauper " provided he is not worth £ 25 and he obtains counsel's opinion that he has a reasonable cause of action or defence . The system works badly . Ever since 1424 there has existed in Scotland a system which works well . A memorial to the late Captain Oates , who died in the Antarotic , was unveiled at the School Hall , Eton , on Saturday . Eight men were overcome by fumes during a fire on the German wheat - laden barque Elfrieda at Bristol on Saturday , and several had to be detained in hospital . Thomas Owen , lock gatesman at King's Dock , Swansea , slipped and was crushed to death between a steamer and the quay wall on Saturday . He leaves a widow and five children . PLUCKY BIRMINGHAM LAD . TWO RESCUES FROM CANAL BASIN . Mr. James Thomas Woodhouse , thirty - two , of Goole , second engineer on the British Two plucky rescues by a lad of thirteen steamer Burma , lying in Boulogne Dock , was basin of the Birmingham Grand Canal at Bilston . crushed in some moving machinery . He was were associated with a bathing accident in the killed on board on Saturday , his head being fourth , named Robert Hawkins , thirteen , of Three young boys got into difficulties , and a married , and had four children . Bilston , with great courage , fumped in to the first time had a fight at Eze on Batur- Maurice Maeterlinck , the Belgian poet , for their rescue . He brought all three to the sur day , piloted by M. Malcon . On landing , M. sollitors or counsel willing to sot , who wsport in the streams in the Worcester area . thirteen , of Bilston , lost his hold , and his in the airman's book , " It is a morning The past week has been productive of good face ; but one , named Horace Richard Ford , Maeterlinck expressed his delight , and wrote report whether and upon what terms he ought The conditions have been more favourable . body was not recovered until an hour and a The minnow - favourite with many anglers Hawkins brought the other two safely to the marble cross was unveiled over the grave of prayer in an asure cathedral , " half later . At Charlton Cemetery , on Saturday , -has done creditable work , and through the 1 agency of the fly , too , many a handsome bank , and they were restored . trout has been brought to the bank . The been for his plucky act all three would have drowned in the Sea Scouts ' ketch disaster in to be admitted . a Had it not Christopher Henry Witt , one of the Scouts water just now is on the low side . A day's for proficiency in swimming . lost their lives . Hawkins holds a certificate October . It was erected by the Old Boys ' INQUIRY AS TO MERITS AND MEANS . In place of the present futile preliminaries there will be an inquiry likely to elucidate the merits of the case and the means of the suitor . The court may , upon reading the re- rain would be useful , and with the tempera- The master and six of the crew of the port , make an order admitting the applicant ture unchanged , there should be a continu- French fishing amack Emile and Joseph , of to him a solicitor and counsel willing to act . stone fly , alder , and yellow dun . as a poor person , and there will be assigned ance of the sport . Gravelines , arrived at Leith on Saturday . Up to last week 150 solicitors and 120 counsel Useful flies are the May , The Cory liner Harpalus picked up a boat had given in their names as prepared to act . containing the men twenty miles off Cromer . The total number of applicants was no fewer The men state that the smack sprang a leak than 817 , of whom 418 were in London and and that they were unable with pumps to keep 404 in the provinces . the water under . They then took to the boat , saved their effects . pioked up by the Harpalus . The Frenchmen and after rowing for a couple of hours were MAYORESS DIES FROM INJURIES .. DIVORCE CASES . NEURASTHENIC DANGERS WIFE'S SUICIDE AFTER ILL - HEALTH . The Mayor of Bacup acted as foreman of the jury at an inquest at Newchurch , near Bacup , on the body of Ann Layland , forty two , wife of a furniture dealer , of Turnpike , William Ellis , aged ifteen , were drowned George Henry New , aged fifteen , and Association of Lombard Wall L.C.C. School , Charlton . while , bathing in the river Taw , at Barnstaple . Ellis shouted for help , and New went to his assistance ; but both were overcome and sank . A PRINCE'S MISFORTUNES . At Bankruptcy Buildings , London , on Mon- day , the statutory first meeting of creditors was held under the failure of Prince Serge debtor says that he is a Russian Prince , and Ouroussoff , of Half Moon - street , W. that he came to England some five or six The His wife , who is a Turk , possessed property in Constantinople . This she has realised as money has been required , and they lived on the proceeds . His liabili During artillery firing practice at Nowry Targ , Galicia , three men were killed and two injured through the bursting of a breech . A sum of £ 3 accompanied by & slip of paper on which was written the word " Conscience , " has been received at the L.C.C. Education Offices . Lambeth was identified on Saturday as that The body of a man found in the Thames at of William Bradley , twenty - one , a clerk at the Admiralty . " Of the total no fewer than 883 , or little short of one - half , were desirous of taking proceedings in the Divorce Court , a fact which confirms the evidence given before the Mrs. MacCoy , the Mayorese of Gateshead . Divorce Commission as to the prohibitive Newchurch , who died on Wednesday under years ago , and has been without occupation . General , was William Arthur , labourer , of Garway , was died at Stanhope , Durham , on Sunday , from character of the costs of divorce proceedings . mysterious circumstances . With charged with failing to deliver a licence to remove pigs up to the police in accordance dent the previous Sunday . with the law , on April 16th . the effects of injuries caused by a motor acci- She was motoring P.C. Green deposed that on April 16th , with her husband , who is in his second term defendant had a licence to move two pigs to Mayor of Gateshead , when the ear ran into his house . He did not deliver up the licence the bank on a steep curve , and the occupants were thrown out . Mrs. MacCoy , who was the assistance of P.C. Morgan , the man was taken to the police station and detained . White was drunk . Defendant said he had been out at work on a farm , and had a drop of cider . When he came into the town , he had some stout , and that got over him . The Chairman : You will be sent to prison for ten days with hard labour . EJECTMENT ORDER . On the application of Messrs . Dampier , Footitt , and Bennett , an ejectment order was made against Thomas Williams , of the Old Gloucester - road , who refused to quit the house at the expiration of the notice that had been served upon him . PRINTING . All classes of commercial Printing at lowest cost for reliable work at the " Gazette " Office . - Advt . to the police in accordance with the regula elderly and in delicate health , was injured in tions . When asked why he had not done the leg and suffered a severe shock , which so , defendant said he thought he had to keep proved fatal . it for twenty - eight days . and did not read the licence . Defendant said it was a misunderstanding , A fine of 6d . and 9s . costs was imposed . SCHOOL SCHOOL CASE . Alice Bick , of Whitchurch , was summoned for not sending her children , Ada and May , regularly to school . Defendant did not appear . The School Attendance Officer gave the particulars of the attendances , the former VILLE - on - Sea POURVILL Near DIEPPE . Five hours from London . Three hours from Paris . A Charming Holiday Resort . The GRAND HOTEL & CASINO - arely rebullt all modern comforts , Electric Light throughout , Motosing Garage , Golf ( 18 holes ) , Tennis , Sea Bath- ing . Mod . Terms . Write Pierre Gras . Proprietor . day , and it is probable that when the rules Fresh applications are being made every come into force there will be nearly 1,000 cases . While riding with the German Emperor , General Von Scholl , Imperial Adjutant broke his collar - bone . thrown from his horse and The Chancellor of the Exchequer attended the funeral at Richmond on Saturday of Alderman W. Thompson , of Ruislip , chair man of the National Housing Reform Council and a pioneer of town - planning . The Grimsby trawler King Erik sank id the Humber on Saturday . She was reported The woman had been a victim of neuras thenia , and had been under medical treat ment . On Wednesday while sitting in a chair ahe collapsed , and died about an hour after . early on Saturday morning , but were dia taining the drug in the house , but he had have to another person ; but the bills and ed The husband stated that about six years tios , which he estimates at £ 1,400 , are in Burglars tried to enter Maiden Erlegh , Mr. ago he suffered with his heart and secured aspect of accommodation bills and pro- S. B. Joel's country house near Reading , drug called digitalis . There was a bottle con- turbed by a watchman while they were fore been unable to find any trace of it since his missory notes , the proceeds of which were not been met , and the debtor was sued ing the lock of the palm - house , and escaped . wife's death . Work was offered by a Church Army evan- by the holder , who obtained judgment . The to have had her condenser door blown off and Dr. Somerville , who made a post - mortem debtor discloses no assets . gelist to 103 men whom he found sleeping in examination , said the cause of death appeared present position to lack of income to meet ex- He attributes his the water immediately filled the engine - room . London parks , but only twenty - two to be poisoning by digitalis or some other him , and to the inability of his wife to provide The crew were saved . peared at the labour depot , Ave of whom were drug , and the jury found that the woman farther financial assistance . The meeting was penses , to the failure of relatives to assist too old for hard work . poisoned herself by digitalis while of unsound mind . The London County Council has prepared a scheme for the treatment of non - insured consumptives . It is proposed to rent 400 beds for adults and 150 for children at hospitals PHOTO FRAMES . For the largest solection and sanatoria at a cost of £ 1 108. a week for of new patterns call at the " Gazette " an adult and 1 for each child . Office . - Advt . adjourned until June 24th . Lieutenant - Colonel Tyssen Holroyd , who served The death is announced at Colchester of through the Crimea and Indian Mutiny , THE MEXICAN is not a dye . HAIR RENEWER Throughout the World , price 31. 6d . Prevents hair falling off . Restores it to its natural colour . Prevents Dandruff and is The best Renewer known . Should be on every toilet table . Of all Chemists and Hairdressers ESTAB WILLIAM P DISTI Wine and Spirit Mercha Blast - street , 43 , Broad - street And OID HIGH - STR Foreign Wines and Spirits imported direct Bonded S DISTILLERS , PULLING'S PUB Manufacturers of all kinds of Fine Retail and Trade Lists Post Free on applica Finest Special Reserve Whiskey , 50- Sole Consignees of TIRANT and CO . All other Cham WORDS OF WISDOM . Duties put off till to - morrow bear interest No man can ever rise above that at whi he aims , This world is given as a prize for the me In earnest . Fear as to results need never deter us fro Hoing right . If you have anything in the world to do , St - CARLYLE . You reap what else - but that . you sow - not somethi We must be as careful to keep friends . to make them . Each man's own duty is the thing most i portant for him . This span of life was lent for lofty dutie not for selfishness . It is a most glorious thing to leave gloriously . - EURIPIDES . Liberty and duty . are inseparable terms . I ought , I can . - KANT . We don't want illusions , but we are off sorry to part with them . . I would rather be beaten in right than s ceed in wrong . - GARFIELD . Worthy ends come not by wishing . Woul thou ! Up and win it then . He never has a good time who lives o that he may have a good time . Who does the best his circumstance allo does well , acts nobly . - YOUNG . Act for the best , hope for the best , take what comes . - GEORGE ELIOT . We cannot improve the world faster t we improve ourselves . - CREIGHTON . The finest natures like the truest steel m be tempered in the hottest furnace .. It is more deadly to break your word yourself than your word to your friend . The measure of man's life is the well spe ing of it , and not the length - PLUTARCH . Every action of every man has an ances and a posterity in other lives . - DRUMMOND . The wise man does not pretend indiffere to pain ; but he can endure it with courag Those who bring sunshine to the lives others cannot keep it from themselves . - J . BARRIE . When anyone has offended me I try to r my soul so high that the offence cannot re it . - DESCARTES . There is only one real failure in life sible ; and that is not to be true to the one knows . - FARRAR You do not educate a man by telling what he knew not , but by making him w he was not . - RUSKIN . Trust men and they will be true to y treat them gently and they will show th selves great . - EMERSON . FORTITUDE . The light and shade , the happiness and unhappiness of a man's life , depend upon disposition with which he regards it . An alloyed contentment of mind cannot bought by man , it is the golden gift Heaven . But it is within the reach of a soften himself to the rough shocks of lif this world . He may receive them cour ously , sustain them patiently , and by his dence alleviate or turn them aside ; but if his mind be unequal to these exertions need not , as is the case with too m exert itself to annoy itself . FAITHFULNESS . The diamond is one kind of crystal and is another . But , on the whole , though . diamond is beautiful , the world would ra give up its diamonds than its coal . More pends upon the coal - far more . Genius i shining as the diamond ; faithfulness to is often as dull as the coal to the eye . B is the latter , after all , that helps the world A LIE . A lie , in its stricter senee , is the affir by word or by action , of that which is true , with a purpose of deceiving : on denying , by word or by action , of that w is true , with a purpose of deceiving . Bu suppressing or concealing of essential from one who is entitled to know them , $ purpose of deceiving , may pract amount to a lie . The purpose of dec Con enters into the character of a lie . ment may be , or may not be , of the n of deception . Concealment is not right disclosure is a duty . Concealment of which may properly be concealed is ne itself wrong . Efforts at concealment mu order to be right , be kept within the Co of strict truthfulness of statement . ment for the purpose of deception is realm of the lie . HEREDITY . Who knows what seeds each man livi earth leaves behind him , which are destined to come up after his death ? Wh say by what mysterious bond a man's bound up with his children's , his de ants ' , how his yearnings are reflected in and how they are punished for his er IVAN TURGENEV . HARMONIOUS HAPPINESS . Happiness is a word very lightly used may mean little , it may mean much . word happiness I would signify , not th mantary joy of a child who gets a play but the lasting harmony between our i tion and our objects ; without this h we are a discord to ourselves ; we are pletions , we are failures . - LORD LYTT |