Ross Gazette 5th February 1914 - Page 7
Ross Gazette 5th February 1914 - Page 7
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| Date | 05/02/1914 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Ross Gazette |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 5th February 1914 |
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HUDSO LA NEW - HUDSON , Ladles Model , THE ROSS GAZETTE THURSDAY , lage as they would consider fai rt othe teacher controlling a school of two or three fully - equipped departments in a town like Leominster . A GRADED SOALE . The National Union met the objection with an offer to grade the schools . They suggested the following scale : - Head Teachers . Women . Min . Max . £ Men . Number on Roll . Min . Max . £ 80 and under ... 120 £ 160 Prices from £ 5 19 6 . 81 to 120 .140 180 £ 100 120 121 and over ... 160 220 140 PASSEY & HALL , CYCLE ENGINEERS , Limited . CENTRAL CYCLE WORKS , ROSS . Agents in Ross and Distriot for the popular NEW - HUDSON CYCLES . For many years Official Repairers to the O. T. C. NEW - HUDSON , Gent.'s Model , Prices from £ 5 19 6 . Teachers on Strike . MANY SCHOOLS IN HEREFORDSHIRE CLOSED . THE FIGHT BEGINS . in the morning . Over nearly half the county the work of the elementary schools will be held up while the disputants compose their differences . It must be borne in mind , too , that the position becomes progressively worse unless the county authorities can immediately secure the services of a large body of teachers . The notices of masters and mistresses at about half the schools of the county expired on Saturday . Many more take effect at various dates up to and including March 31st . taken up by the county committee is a little surprising to outsiders . So far nothing they have done , not even the concession of in- shaken the solidarity of the National Union's creases totalling £ 1,730 a month ago , has forces . A large number of schools have been closed without any prospect of their being opened at an early date unless either dis- sension comes in the ranks of the teachers or the County Committee concede the principle of a scale and negotiate the details with the Union . It is inconceivable that an authority which succeeds in securing at most a score of teachers after two months ' hectic search can fill a hundred or more places in a week or two . Men ... Annual Increment , £ 5 . Class Teachers . 180 FEBRUARY 8 , 1014 . system of the county . In Leominster , the sibility is now thrown upon the Education most important of the county educational Committee of keeping the schools going . We centres , there are two schools comprising al- say they cannot do so . Unless the schools together five departments . The scholars are adequately and efficiently staffed the at- number about 700 , but the schools are closed tendance must suffer , and the grant will not to them , every one . The whole of the certi - be earned . It will therefore cost the Here- ficated staff , with the exception of one non- fordshire Education Committe more in this union assistant , came out this morning , and way than it would have done by granting the managers , who apparently sympathise the increase . " with the strikers , decided that no attempt Sir James said he thoroughly approved the should be made to keep the schools staffed .. action taken by the union , as did the great The Education Committee offered to provide majority of members . That organisation teachers from away , but the managers re- was now a powerful one , no fewer than 10,000 140 fused to consider the suggestion , preferring members having been added within the last 160 that the places should remain open so that year , with the strengthening of their finan- the strikers might resume them when this cial position to a corresponding extent . They unhappy dispute is over . When the manag- would pay the teachers not only their full ers refused the committee's offer it was sug- salary , but also the increases which were £ 90 to £ 150 Women £ 80 to £ 130 gested that the authority might appoint granted by the committee a short time ago . teachers over their heads , whereupon the In conclusion , Sir James repeated that he Annual Increment , £ 5 . managers of the undenominational school des- did not think the Herefordshire authority patched their correspondent ,, Mr. H. J. could fill the vacancies created , and in that Southall , to London , to interview the Board case they would be unable to discharge the of Education . It is understood that the duty imposed upon them of maintaining the Board of Education took up the matter with system of elementary education in the coun- the county committee , with the result that ty . If that happened , the Board of Educa- the latter body have abandoned their sum- tion would probably put the Defaulting mary proposals . I found Mr. Train , the Authorities Act into operation , and create headmaster of the Church of England school , fresh machinery for carrying out the work . enjoying a sort of ' busman's holiday in the But the dispute was at present in so early playground among the children . He assured a stage that it was perhaps not wise to me the Leominster teachers were solid for the speculate what course events would take . strike until the committee conceded a satis- factory scale , and the managers were gener- tation . The managers had also refused to ally favourably inclined towards their agita- follow the suggestion of the Education Com- mittee and gave him notice to leave the The scale sacrifices to some extent the minima which the Union have set up as a sort of " national programme , " but even then it was not put forward as an ultimatum . It was to be merely a basis of necognition . The County Committee would have none of it , and the first proposal which gave pro- mising ground for discussion was summarily rejected . As it stands , the committee are no doubt , tightly interpreting the wishes of their constituents in rejecting the terms of this proposal . According to a calculation Mr. Wiltshire has made , the adoption of this scale would have increased the salaries list the end of eight years by over £ 10,000 , equal to a fourpenny rate , and a largely increased contribution would have become immediately operative , since the proposals were to be re - schoolhouse . trospective to some extent . Statements made by the Union's representatives , however , show that this scale is not the irreducible minimum which would be acceptable to the teachers . demands of the National Union of Teachers as set forth in their scale the committee would have the ratepayers of the county behind them . . Monday . [ From Our Special Correspondent . ] The strike of Herefordshire teachers , for pay . A VICAR'S VIEWS . THE POSITION AT ROSS . CHAOS AND DISORDER AMONG THE BOYS . [ By our own Reporter . ] TIME IS GOING ! And so are the BARGAINS BRADLEYS BIG SALE . OF CLOTHING & OUTFITTING . HURRY UP ! SEE WINDOWS FOR BARGAINS . to . " Bradleys " rare fun and amusement . TAILORS CLOTHIERS COMPLETE FITTERS snaps can ROSS & MONMOUTH . It of non - provided schools with suitable candi- dates , and practically all the Council school appointments were filled . Eighteen teachers had withdrawn their resignations , and staffs The committee were were being filled up selecting and engaging teachers as quickly as the necessary enquiries could be made . Of course it took time , and the position in which the committee found themselves at the moment was owing to the fact that since the notices had been handed in they had hoped to be able to come to an amicable solution of the difficulty . Now that it was apparent that such an arrangement could not be made , they would go on and fill the places of the teachers who had come out on strike . He had no fear but that he would secure thoroughly sufficient staffs for all the schools in the county . On the other hand Mr. Nicholls insists that single member of the union has deserted , so far as he has been able to discover not a that their determination to go on with the failure of the county to secure teachers is strike is as steady as ever , and that the the teachers ' victory . Those standing aloof from the dispute can only hope that one or other will soon win . Dur- The position at Ross on Monday morning In Ivington , some twelve miles from Here- was a very lamentable one indeed , for the ford , the conditions are very different . It disturbance and chaos which prevailed in the It is hardly likely that , even if the scale is a scattered rural parish with one church boys department was at times really beyond system were conceded , the committee would school accommodating some seventy children . description . The reason of this is hard to be prepared to include all schools with from Mr. and Mrs. David , the headmaster and trace , but from inquiries made , it was ascer- 25 to 80 children in . average attendance in mistress , are on strike , and since they hand - tained that some jealousy was caused through the one grade , and in fixing their minima ed in their notices . Mr. David has secured the girls and infants departments being the National Union authorities appear to the headmastership of Shrivenham , a much closed , and the boys ordered to be opened at I have left a margin for inevitable concessions . better appointment , and consequently will the usual hour . Before dispersing on Friday But as the first scheme which has afforded not go back into the school whatever the evening , the girls and infants were informed reasonable ground for negotiation between issue of the present agitation . Sixty - two out that there would be no school , consequently the parties it does seem worthy of a more careful consideration than the County Com - sented themselves at the school this morning , ments put in an appearance at those schools . authorities see that they are not going to hopes of being able to supply the managers of the sixty - eight children on the books pre- none of the children in those two depart ratepayers began to kick , ' and let the ty were temporarily closed , but he had great mittee have so far given it . squander our money away in this way . " In a brief interview on Saturday , Mr. and the only teacher in attendance was Miss But when the bell was rung for the boys to Smith , the " supplementary , " who usually assemble , the excitement began . Before Wiltshire estimated the number of schools takes the infants . The Vicar , the Rev. R. going into the details of what followed , it was authoratively stated on Monday morning that a communication had been forwarded to which would be closed on Monday was about Horton , put in an early appearance , but might here be stated that the number of the Board of Education , asking them to send fifty . The teachers the committee had en- an Inspector down and intervene with a view gaged to take the places of strikers were of finding as he said that Miss Smith could do boys on the books was nearly 220 , and the an excellent class . Eighteen head teachers all the teaching that was necessary , he took only staff available on Monday morning when to putting a stop to this state of things , NO INDICATIONS OF A SETTLEMENT . under the committee had withdrawn their advantage of the visit to call at the school the school opened was Mr. W. G. Edwards , which was a disgrace to the county . house next door and ask Mr. and Mrs. David the headmaster who is a member of the During the course of a short interview resignations , and he believed the number Unfortunately there are at present no in - would be swelled considerably during the to move out forthwith - a request that was National Union of Teachers , and who has with Mr. W. G. Edwards . the headmaster , not complied with . THE UNION'S CLAIM FOR A SCALE . dications which encourage one to hope for an Meantime Miss Smith sent in his resignation , but which does not after school hours . Mr. Edwards said , " I next few days . The committee continued early settlement . A deadlock has been was ministering to the educational wants of expire until March 31st next one non- firm in their determination to resist the in- To think that feel that I am disgraced . reached , and between the two bodies no basis troduction of a scale , but they would treat a school of 62 children , ranging from the striker , but a regular member of the staff , strangers should be sent down to these CHAOS IN ROSS SCHOOL . exists on which a compromise can be affected . fairly each individual case which came up baby of rare school age to lads of thirteen and two emergency teachers sent down by schools , and for them to see such a disgrace A week ago , by the good offices of the Bishop before them . In a county of small schools who , one hopes , will soon be taking a useful the County Authority late on Saturday even - ful state of things going on . Although I [ From the " Birmingham Daily Post " ] of Hereford , the two parties were brought like Herefordshire an inelastic scale was un- part in the husbandry of the field and the ing . Being somewhat interested in these am almost powerless in the matter , and the The strike of the Herefordshire school tea- together , but after an hour the negotiations workable , and in resisting the extravagant farmyard . The school was certainly open , appointments , I at once made inquiries as to power of the Managers being taken from broke down on the question of a scale of were not more conclusive evidence of the how these two gentlemen obtained these nobody I chers began on Monday , and whatever may appeal teachers ' salaries . From the report of the effectiveness of the strike . Outside I had a positions , and I was informed that one of them , I have talk with the Vicar , who holds rather novel them saw an advertisement in the " Scots- Mr. Edwards , and under the circumstances One could not help feeling sorry for be the ultimate outcome of the dispute , the proceedings it appears that the teachers re- presentatives were prepared to go a long earliest tactical success will rest with the views as to the educational requirements of man , " to which he replied . That was some way in the concession of details if the Educa- the country dwellers He told me he came six weeks ago , but it was not until Thurs- would have been to close the school almost the right and proper course to have adopted strikers . In all these disputes between em- tion Committee would agree to the establish- to the school to see if his assistance was re- day last that he heard he was appointed to a ployers and employed a third party goes to at once , for Mr. Edwards was certainly ment of a scale , while Sir James Rankin and quired , and when I asked him why he had school somewhere in Herefordshire . He the wall . Generally it is the community Colonel Decie , spokesmen for the county not given it , he said he found the supplemen- came down from Glasgow and saw Mr. Wilt placed in a most awkward predicament . The disturbance caused by the elder boys that suffers most . In this deplorable dispute authority , would not treat unless the scale tary teacher doing all that was required . " You shire on Saturday , when he was sent down to were foregone . And , unless some outside continued throughout the morning . don't want a genius , an angel from heaven , take on duties in the Ross Boys ' School . between the school teachers and the County authority can exert pressure , the deadlock which the National Union have been prepar- to teach country children , " he added . " The When he came down , he had no idea that ing the dinner hour the boys continued their undeniable evidence of the inevitableness of Education Committee the first and pelting turf at the school windows , serious loss will be that of the children . The pick up when they go into the fields . " It coming into such a disturbed area , or per - shying their caps at the policeman and the new teachers . " Strike , boys , strike , " and strikers themselves have out - of - work benefits was the first evidence I had been able to find haps he would never have come . It also many other legends were written in chalk guaranteed to them to the extent of their in support of the charge of antipathy to edu- transpired that one new teachers was last em- all over the school premises , while even the salaries if the dispute goes on for five years . tural community of the country . I heard a cation so often levelled against the agricul- ployed in elementary teaching in Dublin , but coal cart and the harness on the harness ATLANTIC RATE WAR . in September last he went to Glasgow , where If they have to accept positions of a value good deal more of the charges in the course he had been engaged in insurance work . The standing outside the school during the morn- below the best the Herefordshire Authority of my travels . Rightly or wrongly the far- other emergency teacher came from Laun- ing was " decorated " with chalk signs , and Of CHEAP FARES IN OPERATION . the command , " Strike , boys , strike . " would give them they draw on their union for mer thinks the education given to - day in the ceston , in Cornwall , and his experience in the balance . No doubt , too , the members of schools diverts the supply of farm labourers , elementary work does not appear to be of course , the man with the camera was busy , and some very amusing the County Education Committee are having and to some extent at any rate it is this very long standing , not since he left St. were taken At present the Continental emigrant is being a very anxious time . They may possibly lose feeling which is behind his resolution to keep George's Industrial School , Liverpool , in of the boys who looked upon the strike as carried to New York for £ 5 , to other North something in the way of grants , and hard the expenditure on education down to the 1910. But the above gentlemen hold certi- cash must be going into their very spirited lowest point . ficates , one under the Irish Code and the Monday was also " pay day " for the teach- American ports for £ 4 15s .; the Atlantie efforts , to fill the vacant posts . But to At Stoke Piror , not far from Ivington , other the English Code . During the course ers , and all those on the staff of the Ross rate war has begun , says the Evening Stan- neither side does the strike bring the damage school was proceeding as usual , Mr. Tatam , of a conversation with a Union representa- ception of Mr. H. R. Phillips , who had to £ 2 before the shipping companies saw the Schools received their cheques with the ex- durd . During the last fight fares came down which must accrue to the thousands of chil- the head master , not being a member of the tive on Monday evening , these emergency dren for whom there will be no school bell been recently appointed to the head- lowing the usual course . The head master what was going on in the county until they who after due consideration declined the in the war before that , eleven years ago , you union . The Upper Hill School , too , was fol- teachers admitted that they had no idea of mastership of the Walford School , but futility of cutting one another's throats , and reaches the age limit in little more than a saw a placard in Hereford on Saturday , and offer and decided to remain loyal to the could travel to New York as a steerare pas- fortnight's time , and he has refused the almost agreed to go back if their expenses Union . When calling at the correspondent's senger for thirty , shillings . County Committee's offer of a three months ' extension of his certificate . In Ledbury and Turning again to the assembling of the the correspondent said . " Oh , I got no money talk of sticking together this time , limiting office for his cheque on Monday morning , the district round several schools were open ; boys in the morning , no sooner had the bell for you . " Without further ado . Mr. Phil- the area of the fight to Continental steerage As they have always done , the companies but in the town itself the attempt to carry rung than the disturbance began . The elder on the school with outside teachers resulted boys immediately congregated together , and lips took the next train to Hereford , laid rates , and avoiding aggressive " cuts , " but in the children rebelling against all authori- at once ran off through the streets , proceed- the matter before the Union officials , and a someone has always broken away in the past , ty and making some very disgraceful , scenes . ing along the Gloucester - road and High - cheque for the full amount of his month's and the chances are that someone will again , The crux of the whole fight is the Hamburg- street and Edde - Cross - street , shouting and salary was duly handed to him by the Union cheering . This , of course , seemed to arouse Officials , and it was eventually cashed . At Amerika Company's demand for a larger UNPLEASANT SCENES AT LEDBURY . the traders and others , and the town was the same time the Union took full details share ( at the expense of the Norddeutscher of what had transpired , and the course now Lloyd or the British companies ) of the trans- At the girls ' school things early took a ser- very soon plunged into great excitement . ious turn . Miss Creasey , the newly - appoint- Returning to school the boys were marched open is , as Mr. Asquith has said , " Wait Atlantic trade , and the duration of the and see what transpires . struggle depends on how much of its Huge ed mistress , arrived this morning , but as she into the large room , where the opening could not find the keys to open the desks and cupboards there was no roll.cally refused to be taught , and the disorder that attendance out of the 212 on the registers . burg - Amerika is the jumping of the Cana hymn On Tuesday morning , a much quieter atti - reserve fighting fund the German company is This was about tude was assumed by the boys when school prepared to spend . When in school the elder boys assembled , although there were only 148 in Up to date the strongest move of the Ham- noon the girls became very unruly . They are going to have our teachers back . " They sorts of tricks were resorted to . ink pots Miss Evans , a non - striker out of the Infants ' service between Hamburg and Canada . This dressed up brooms , and wrote notices , " We prevailed was almost undescribable . All The teaching staff was also augmented by dian trade by the establishment of a were overturned , several of the boys got then commenced playing the piano , overturn- ed all the desks , upset the ink , and threw through the windows into the street , and as department , but still the order on the whole will hit the British companies by diverting about the school books . was very good . After the boys were releas- the stream of Scandinavian emigrants , now On leaving the a matter of fact the top class became very school Miss Creasey was followed through number of them got out into the street , and ed at noon plans appeared to have been se- brought across the North of England to unruly and uncontrolable . Eventually a the town by a booing crowd . cretly made for the afternoon , and shortly be Liverpool in large numbers , to the German At half - past one , when the children were resorted to throwing missiles at the windows further disorderly scenes prevailed . fore 2 o'clock the boys broke out again , and port for direct shipment . So far the English lines have not retali- and scribbling all over the school premises . due back again , about 200 bigger girls assem- bled , and after a hurried meeting decided This behaviour quite naturally made the boys pelted them with turf , knocking their the same figures as the reduced Hamburg- new teachers were entering the schools , the ated , but they have cut Continental rates to tenching of the lower standards more farci- hats off , until the police had to come to they would all strike . When the new mis - cal than anything else , and it is difficult to her rescup . The front gate of the school hampaign is awaited Amerika charge , and the Norddeutscher- tress appeared she was greeted with booing , and the children said they would not allow say what a bad effect the outcome of this will had been tied , and when school opened the the campaign is awaited with anxiety by the success of the strike . Teachers in more than these teachers have consequently sent in might be possible to give a more accurate es- gain , an entrance . was surrounded by the strangers are to remain as teachers , for the vast majority of the scholars refused to go mean enormous losses . The aeroplane is not yet available , or it her inside the school . She endeavoured to have on the discipline in the future , if shipping world , for these rate wars always timate of numbers of schools and teachers mob , and prevented . The children obtained boys appeared to be quite in sympathy with marking the registers had passed , I found affected by the strike than can be done here . the keys , and formed a guard at each door the teachers " on strike , " as was demonstrat- that there were only 97 boys in attendance school from that at the extreme south . East several fights , and all the doors and walls Thirty - eight miles separate the northernmost to prevent anyone entering . There were ed when they were seen in the streets . to west the county measures almost as much , were written over with chalk , " We want Information of what was happening was at classes looking absolutely deserted . On the out of the 212 on the registers , the various . once communicated to the Managers , or and in many of the more remote districts it our governesses back again , and we mean to reasonable distance of the school , but when rather to those Managers who lived within GYMNASTIC THIEF'S £ 2,000 BOOTY . police driving the boys from the school , they vices . In a full day the fleetest of motor - ly of parents , assembled outside the school told that their powers had been taken out dren attending that school had a warm re - end obtained entrance to a house in the dis is miles to the telephone and telegraph ser- have them . " A large crowd , consisting most- they arrived , I was informed that they were marched in the direction of the Gloucester- road , as if making towards the Secondary Hampstead detectives are anxious to find number of the 223 schools of the county ; but ed as though there would be trouble with of their hands , and therefore they could do ception while on the way to school . During trict by climbing up a waterpipe many feet cars brings you to only a comparatively small and watched the proceedings , and as it look- School , and I understand , some of the chil - gymnastic burglar who during the week- long journeys in two directions have shown the fighting , several took their children caused great indignation , and it is now ru- scholars , " armed with sticks , assembled out escaped with jewels to the value of nearly £ 2,000 , plete the disorganisation of the educational school effected me how widespread is the strike , how com- home . Some children who wished to attend moured that there is a " strike " among the side the Correspondent's Offices hooting and the afternoon a crowd of the striking in height at the risk of a broken neck , and an entrance unobserved through a window , but they were quickly The victim of the robbery is Mrs. Merry Considerable discussion was rife in town followed by the strikers , who took their hats jeering , and it was not until late in the lees , of Temple Hill House , West Heath- and coats from them . and threw them out when the news became circulated that these afternoon that the town again assumed a road ,, Hampstead . One of the bedroom win of the window . They then re - enacted the supply teachers were to be paid at the rate peaceful attitude . dows was left open , and the thief , entered by means of the waterpipe , pocketed all the street scenes of the morning . Miss Creasey of £ 180 per annum , salaries which far and portable articles of value in the room , and was helpless , and was surrounded by a how - away exceed those paid to the teachers now ing mob . The ringleaders called for cheers mand suggested by the Union .. " In fact , " " on strike , " or even higher than any de- IN THE COUNTRY DISTRICTS .. departed by the same route . His chief prize was a beautiful necklace consisting of three for the teachers on strike . South of the county town are many vil - nows of fine Ceylon pearls . The pearls were They were said some of the traders . " If this is the lage schools which have closed their doors 245 in heartily given , and followed by hoots for the sort of thing going on , it is quite time the Fownhope , Brockhampton , Linton Church while the necklace was fastened number , and weighed 636 grains . " blacklegs . " At 8 o'clock Miss Creasey saw it was hopeless to try to regain order , and so left the school . the mob . following . Two representatives of the County Council endeavoured to persuade the children to obey orders , but they again showed defiance , de- claring that they would not return until the old teachers were re - instated . The notices of the head teachers went in two months before Christmas , and it does not need much imagination to realise that there would be two months of unsettlement in which the best school work would not be done . Then came the Christmas holidays , and the work has hardly been resumed when again it is arrested and the children have their first lesson in the strike method , their pedagogue the obiect on which it is based . A edifying spectacle truly ! In our indus- trial disputes in which the consequences are not more vital , there is always the arbitrator , the peacemaker waiting in the background to be called up . The fact that anything more serious than extra halfpence on the rates , another five pounds a year for the teacher hangs upon the issue , does not seem to have occurred to anybody so far . The in- terests of the shildren demand an adequately remunerated instructor . but in our highly organised educational system one would have thought there must be some agency to attain that end without the violent fracture of school work which has certainly occurred . THE STRIKERS ' SCENES . day . Exactly how many many teachers obeyed the strike - call , how many schools are closed throughout the length and breadth of very conservative estimate of the county the county it is difficult to estimate ; but the authorities themselves admits the closing of fifty schools owing to the defection of over a hundred teachers , and from enquiries I have made in many districts , I think the numbers considerably under - estimated . On the com- mittee's own figures , the position is serious enough . At the lowest computation over . 5,000 children are suspended from their studies , while the teachers and their employ- ers thrash out their differences as to rates of It is said that the committee have high hopes that the bulk of the teachers now on ark " schools . with accommodation for no The doors are locked alike of tiny " Noah's strike will within a few days repudiate the more than twenty to thirty scholars , and the Union and resume their service . " It is ex- handsome , well - equipped buildings which pro- ceedingly difficult to find any evidence to vide for Leominster's educational needs . In support that view . Eighteen teachers out the schoolyards the boys and girls are play- of something like 300 have withdrawn their ing football and hop - scotch . They them- notices , and is presumed where the schools selves are the ball and the scotch with which are not closed , continue their duties , but their mentors are to - day carrying on a less recent meetings of the teachers have shown pleasant contest , and they might be out on them to be firm in their determination to the countryside this unseasonably genial continue the struggle . They risk very much afternoon if it were not that they would take less than does the industrial worker on strike an early lesson in the strike method . They have at their backs one of the most There are , however , none of the picketing powerful unions in the country . It has a incidents of the familiar industrial struggle . large sustentation fund on which it is , with Even where the stranger is installed to carry the full approval of its members , prepared to on one depatrment out of two or three , there draw indefinitely to carry this Herefordshire is no picketing in the ordinary accepta- campaign to a successful termination . Each tion of the term . One or two of the Union of the members on strike is guaranteed full teachers visit the school in the course of the wages for five years . indemnity against any member being the ing between the newcomer and his charges . Beyond this there is day , but they have no intention of interven- loser should he or she have to accept a They disdain interference , and are content to position at a lower remuneration in conse quence of the dispute . report to headquarters the fact the school is being carried on in spite of the Union's veto . In several of the larger centres of the county there have been disgraceful scenes , the school license for horseplay , rebellion , and some- children taking the strike of teachers as thing approaching rioting . THE UNCERTIFICATED TEACHERS . be members of the Union , but for the success Uncertificated teachers are not eligible to of the strike it was thought desirable that they , too , should come out , and the Union have guaranteed them three months ' salary their cases to be reconsidered at . the end of For there is no doubt about the initial that period if the strike continues . Fifty of eighty schools did not take up their work on their notices . The National Union profess to Monday , and the enterprise of the county have made generous allowance for a protract- authority has failed abjectly to secure an ade- quate staff to fill their places . The National sustentation fund will still have a credit of ed strike , and declare that even then their Union of Teachers has distinctive and very £ 30,000 . In these circumstances the position effective methods of " picketing , " and the of . the strikers seems very strong indeed , county authority now prefer to keep their stronger indeed than that of a county com very few " finds " in the way of teachers mittee with small prospect before it of staff secret until the morning of the school open- ing its schools . ing . The 1902 Act gave the school managers the battle is to be fought out between two If force is to prevail , and the right of selection . but in the present antagonists , I think public opinion is right felt themselves justified in taking matters is not to say that public opinion believes the in assuming that the teachers will win . That into their own hands . and have made the teachers to be in the right . Public opinion appointments in Council Schools without con- is a little difficult to estimte , over the whole sulting the local managers . Managers have county , and while the teachers have a wide been informed that Mr. So - and - So has been and personal sympathy in the villages , the appointed to a school , and , to guard against committee's regard for the interest of the indiscretion , are kept in ignorance as to ratepayers receive a considerable endorse whence he comes . Apparently there have ment from the agricultural community in the been some disclosures . The appointments have become known to the National Union country districts and the middle classes in the cheerfully yield up their distinction of having towns . Herefordshire ratepayers will not the lowest education rate in the country . The Education Committee are not receiving a great deal of help from the local managers of the schools . In a large number of cases the managers have refused to consider the question of the appointment of successors circumstances the Education Committee have of Teachers , with the result that in a con- siderable number of cases such pressure has been brought to bear that the teachers con- cerned have cancelled their engagements : In several cases assistant teachers in the county have been offered headships carrying increases of £ 40 and £ 50 per year . One or two ac cepted so tempting an offer , but have since to the strikers , believing it to be the best withdrawn their acceptances . Such a one is interests of the schools that the differences Mr. Phillips , offered the headmastership at between the teachers and the committee Walford with an immediate increment of should be composed and the masters and resentment , too , against the Education Com- There has been some mittee's selection of masters over the heads of the local managers . In several villages demonstrations in favour of the strikers have been made , and resolutions of sympathy and support passed . £ 40 . Another assistant was offered an ad- mistresses reinstated . vance of £ 50 to take up a similar position , but he refused it . A Birmingham teacher , Mr. R. W. Parry , appointed to the head- mastership of a Bromyard school , has since intimated that he will not take un the work . Scotland the Education Committee found a more favourable recruiting ground than Eng- land and Wales , but several of those who The committee have shown that in their own way they are prepared to incerase their had accepted positions in ignorance of the teachers ' salaries , and I gather from recent circumstances have notified their refusal to utterances of leading members will go further fulfil the engagement . In these circumstances it is impossible to apprise the number or the class of teachers whom so far the committee have been able to secure . There is good reason , however , for saying that the number is not more than twenty . The class of teacher , according to Mr. Wiltshire , the County Education secre- tary , is excellent - a roseate in that direction in the future But - and each case must be considered on its merits . the " but " connotes the cause of the strike The teacher must prove that he has earned she increment . nothing to do with the scale system which The committee will have implies the teachers ' right to a periodical increase within limits unless he is proyed by estimation the committee or its agents to have been which cannot be applied to strike - breakers incompetent or guilty of unworthy conduct in other walks of life . Mr. Nicholls , who is And the opposition to this scale system at the head of the National Union organisa- which works smoothly with other authorities tion here , says that not a single member of comes mainly from the fact that Hereford- his body has accepted a position under the county since the dispute commenced , though a certain number have refused to tender their resignations in respect of the appoint- ments they now hold . shire is a county of many small schools and a few medium - sized or larger ones . Naturally enough , the committee are not prepared to give the same salary to the head master of a school of 25 or 30 children in a remote vil S A SURVEY . For INFANTS , INVALIDS and the AGED . A FOOD of great nutritive value , which can be " made suitable for any degree of digestive power by the simple process of let- ting it stand for a longer or shorter time at one stage of its preparation . 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The children refused to enter the school un- der their new master , and eventually the school managers locked the doors and the children returned home , In the district round several new teachers have taken up appointments or will do so during the week . There are other cases in which the teachers ' notices do not expire until the end of next month . The schools at Cradley , Stretton Grantham , Mathon , Storridge , and Larkhill are closed . VIEWS OF SIR J. H. YOXALL . THE STRONG POSITION OF THE TEACHERS . Sir J. H. Yoxall , M.P. ( general secretary to the National Union of Teachers ) inter- viewed at Coventry on Saturday , gave the strike his fullest approval , and predicted a successful result for the teachers . " I was very anxious , " he said , " that for the sake of the children and the schools some settlement should be arrived at before the outbreak of hostilities , but the negotia- tions broke down because the Herefordshire Education Committee steadfastly refused to adopt our enggestion . The teachers refuse to work on the terms offered , and the respon- were paid . 9.45 . was sung . nothing in the matter . Managers . This , of course , The Handy Suet ! Shredded ATORA For Puddings , Mincemeat , Plecrust . Ready for use . Pours from the Packet ! Saves timel " ATORA " is fresh Beef Suet with all skin and waste removed . It is the most wholesome and digestible of alffats ; so pure that it keeps . " ATORA " is sold also in Blooks for frying fish . It gives a sweetness and crispness undreamed of . It does not flavour the fish nor repeat or canse heartburn . Sold by dass Great Recipes in each packet . Manufacturer HUGON & Co. , Ltd , Pendleton , Manchester " As the in . On inquiries made after the time for new Colman D Picture Fram Of every kind done on 200 PATTERNS O Special attention given A large assortment of inexpensive ORIGINAL WATER - CO Gloucester - road ( opposite THE WEEK'S GARDENING . FLOWERS AND FRUIT . Glasses for bowls containing bulbs growing in water do not need to have the water changed , but more should be added as that in the vessel is absorbed by the plant . The added water should be raised to a similar tem- perature to that in the room - not icy cold .. The lesser periwinkle is a most accommoda- ting plant , forming a dense dark - green carpet among which the pretty blue flowers nestle ; these are borne over a lengthened period . It will succeed better under trees than most plants , while its evergreen character is also in its favour , and as a town plant it can be re- commended . There are several varieties , h cluding double , white , and variegated leaf forms . The larger periwinkle is also very b beautiful , but likes more favourable conditione . さ To maintain a supply of cut flowers during August and September for home decoration and also to brighten the herbaceous and shrubbery borders , there is nothing , to sur pass the perennial sunflowers . Few plants F d ea ti T ri are more accommodating as to soil and situa tion , though deep digging and liberal manur ing , if the soil is poor , will be helpful . They are so free in growth , and increase so rapidly , h that it is worth while lifting the roots late in October each year , at the same time freely . stirring and manuring the ground . of B 2 to fa h ai sh 50 Box edgings , when neatly trimmed annu- ally , surpass any other live edging , whether used for the edges of flower - beds or borders , or on each side of the walks in the kitelien garden . But when allowed to grow . without restraint they are not only an eye- sore , but also harbour all manner of pests . Any hedgings in this condition should be dug out , and only the young rooted pieces planted thickly in their place . This work may be done at any time now when the weather permits . Now is the proper time to plant the tubers of ranunculus and anemones to bloom in May or June . They delight in a rich soil , if not too heavy , and it should be deeply dug in and well broken up . Some well - rotted manure may be incorporated , but it must be put down eit deeply , not to come in contact with the roots . which should be planted two inches deep . the soil is heavy , leaf - mould and sand may be put under and over the tubers . If frost occurs after planting a covering of litter will be a great advantage , in pe ro 501 Wa If Gr gr fla ro op of cat ve Th The vinter heliotrope ( Petasites fragrans ) is worthy of more notice than it sometimes re- ceives . The scent is very pronounced , some - t what similar to the well - known cherry pie all ( Heliotropium peruvianum ) , and if grown in Fots and placed in the greenhouse or sitting- room when in flower very few plants afford o rich perfume , although perhaps the peculiar almond - like scent may not be agreeable to all . 1 Although highly valued for the fragrance of its blossoms produced now , precautions should be taken when , introducing it into the flower egg border . A good plan is to enclose the roots in gar a large flower - pot plunged in the soil , or the the roote will spread . Ornamental shrubs are often grown in the herbaceous or mixed border , but it is desir able to check their roots each winter , other wise they will rob the soil of much touri - h ment that ought to be available for the mee legitimate occupants . lon cat sur to and of Ap mo mis A will The thrusting of 2 pin sharp spade well down into the soil all round is the shrub , and nearly as far away from the pla main stem as the branches extend , is a roughi but simple and effective method of attaining this end . Chrysanthemum leaf rust shows itself in the form of numerous small brown or snuff- coloured spots on the leaves . If allowed to be come really abundant it interferes with the functions of the leaves and kills the plant . All the spotted leaves must be promptly removed and barut , and the healthy foliage should be thoroughly sprayed with B solution of ten tabl WAS to with mor Th como this . an else The next move in ounce of sulphide of potassium in two and a- half gallons of tepid water . Both sides of the foliage should receive the spray , and if the soil about the plant is well sprinkled with it the spores by which the pest is perpetuated It will be destroyed . is ju to se as it ence . thing the , THE VEGETABLE GARDEN . . exter highe Some onion growers , and especially those tude who grow for exhibition , favour an autumn sowing for spring transplanting , but the good every BURGLAR CLIMBS WATERPIPE . with an charms attached , of England Linton , Gorsley Endowed , Aston oblong dark blue enamel snap with a din- Ingham , King's Caple , and Little Dewchurch . mond heart centre . There was also an extra At Brampton Abbotts the Rector assisted enamel and diamond snap for use in one the one supplementary teacher who alone row . The other articles stolen included nine turned up , to open school . A new master brooches , an antique gold ring , an old Rus presided over the Mordiford Council Schools . sian neckchain with The attendance of children was small . At brown cameo of a woman and Cupid in gold , Hope Mansell the emergency mistress ap- and a number of rings . pointed there had not been in the teaching . profession for the last seven to nine years . The school at Whitchurch was opened , the master there having withdrawn his resigna . tion at the last moment . Walford school is closed as is also the one at Goodrich and other parts of the Ross district . The teachers appointed by the County Committee who have taken up their new posts are comparatively few . In one case , according to Mr. Nicholls , of the National Union , a master who entered upon his duties this morning approached the strikers in the dinner hour , and in classic language explained that his poverty and not his will consented . to take up the position of a strike breaker -a role he was quite prepared to abandon if the N.UT. re - imbursed him for his ex- penses ! THE AUTHORITY FIRM . At the end of the first day of this pitiful contest . Mr. Wiltshire , the secretary to the Herefordshire Education Committee , told me he was still confident of victory . The committee , he said , were still firm in their attitude to resist the demands of the teach- ers for a scale . and he was convinced they would still succeed in staffing the schools . He agreed that about 50 schools in the coun- • Smallpox at Tampico , in Florida , has already caused the death of one foreigner , and Rear- Admiral Fletcher reports sixty - four cases . hospital ship Solace has arrived . The Six hundred and ninety - five sacks of letters and seven sacks of parcels for New York were left lying at the Queenstown Railway Station , as the Lusitania was unable to put in there owing to boisterous and thick weather . ALWAYS WELL , ALWAYS BRIGHT are those who regularly use Iron - Ox Tablets . They tone up and strengthen the system , enabling you to resist the disorders which are ever ready to attack you when you are run down . 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