Ross Gazette 9th April 1914 - Page 6
Ross Gazette 9th April 1914 - Page 6
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| Date | 09/04/1914 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Ross Gazette |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 9th April 1914 |
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NEW - HUDSON LADIES ' MODEL . Prices from £ 5 19s . 6d . PASSEY & HALL , CYCLE ENGINEERS , Limited , CENTRAL CYCLE WORKS , ROSS . Agents in Ross and District for the popular NEW HUDSON CYCLES . For many years Official Repairers to the O.T.C. NEW - HUDSON GENT.'S MODEL . PRICES from £ 5 19s . 6d . to the Board , as that would be her last meet- ing owing to the change in her residence . He was sure the Board would lose a most valuable servant , especially on the Boarding Out of Children Committee , upon which Mrs. Curtis's services would be very greatly missed . Mr. PREECE seconded , and it was car- ried . Mrs. CONSTABLE CURTIS replied that she would have liked to have continued her work on the Boarding Out Committee , but she was afraid she would not be allowed to . She wished to thank Mr. Cooper and the members of the Board for their kind vote of thanks ( applause ) . Ross Rural District Council . SURVEYOR'S SALARY . This Council met at Union Offices , Ross , on Thursday morning , when Ald . T. Preece ( Chairman ) presided , with Mr. J. Murdoch in the vice - chair . Other members present were Col. O. R. Middleton , Mr. M. K. M. Power , Mr. F. W. Herbert , Mr. D. A. Mere- dith , Mr. J. Grundy , Mr. J. Day , Mr. H. Hone , Mr. C. Freer , Mr. F. S. Collins , Mr. J. T. Stone , Mr. J. W. Robinson , Mr. A. Herbert , Mr. G. W. Jones , Mr. E. W. Pre- vost , Mr. W. Lloyd , Mr. A. G. Evans , Mr. T. A. Lock , Mr. C. Hitchings , Mr. J. Parr , Mr. R. Pashley , Mr. J. G. Protheroe , Mr. F. W. Bull , with Mr. J. Fred . Arnold ( Clerk ) , led , and that the Committee which inspected his hedges considered them kept in a satis- factory manner . FIRE EXTINGUISHING EXPENSES . The CLERK reported that he had received from the Alliance Assurance Co. , a cheque for the sum of £ 11 5s . 3d . in settlement of the extinguishing expenses in connection with the Bill Mill fire . The announcement was received with great satisfaction , and on the proposition of the CHAIRMAN , seconded by Mr. COOPER , it was decided that the Clerk should write to the other Fire Office concerned , pointing out that they were now the only company that had refused to pay all reasonable extinguish- ing expenses . INCREASE IN SALARY , & c . The CHAIRMAN reported that the Fin- ance Committee had gone into the question of giving a grant to Mr. Ricketts of £ 5 to- wards his travelling expenses , and although the Sanitary Committee had recommended this , the Finance Committee were opposed to it . He proposed the adoption of the report . Mr. MURDOCH seconded . Mr. PREVOST , the Chairman of the Sani- tary Committee , expressed great surprise at the decision of the Finance Committee , and after speaking in high praise of the ' work done by Mr. Ricketts , and the amount of work he had to accomplish , moved as an amendment that the grant of £ 5 he given . Mr. PROTHEROE seconded , and Mr. POWER and Mr. MEREDITH supported the amendment . On a vote being taken , the grant of £ 5 Mr. J. Lewis , and Mr. A. B. Farr ( Sur- towards Mr. Rickett's travelling expenses was granted , veyors ) . A REMINDER . Mr. HERBERT drew the attention of the Council to the untidy condition the men left the places where they drew up the steam roller and vans to stay for the night , and thought they should do their " house work , fill in the holes which they dug out before leaving , instead of leaving their litter about . The Surveyors said they would see that this was done in the future . FINANCE REPORT . Mr. MURDOCH presented the Finance re- port , which showed a credit balance of £ 2.252 15s . 2d . , less unpresented cheques of £ 109 Os . 6d . , leaving £ 2.143 5s . 8d . They requir- ed that morning £ 541 2s . 5d .. and when paid there would still be a credit balance of £ 1,602 3s . 3d . There was one unpaid call of £ 19 due from Hope Mansell , which would give them a total credit of £ 1,621 3s . 3d . He would therefore propose the adoption of the report . Mr. JONES seconded , and it was carried . STEAM ROLLER REPORT . After the Surveyors had presented their re- ports , which contained little of public inter- est , Mr. PROTHEROE gave the Steam Roller Committee's report , which recom- mended that two of the Council's steam rol- The CHAIRMAN then reported that the committee had also considered the applica- tion of Mr. Lewis , the Surveyor , for an in- should be given , as Mr. Lewis had been their crease of £ 10 , and this they recommended Surveyor for about 13 years , and during that time he had had only one increase , and con- sidering his long service , and the extra cost of living , the committee recommended the increase . Mr. MURDOCH seconded . Mr. POWER proposed and Mr. MERE- DITH seconded , that the question be again referred back to the Finance Committee . After a long discussion it was decided by 11 votes to 4 that the increase of £ 10 should be granted . the decision of the Council , Mr. Lewis thank- On the Chairman informing Mr. Lewis of ed the Board for their kindness . VOTES OF THANKS . THE ROSS GAZETTE THURSDAY , Ross Women Liberals . ANNUAL MEETING OF LOCAL ASSOCIATION . The annual meeting of the Ross Liberal Women's Association was held on Tuesday afternoon of last week at the Victoria Hall , when , owing principally to other engage ments at the same time , there was not a full attendance . Amongst the company present , in addition to Mrs. King and Mr. F. Exten ( the speakers , from Bristol ) , were Mrs. Henry Blake ( hon . secretary ) , Mrs. Bus- sell ( hon . treasurer ) , Mrs. Webb , Mrs. Bricknell Webb , Miss Blake , Mrs. Barter , Mrs. Bond , Miss Weaver , Mrs. Waites , Mrs. Hicks , Mrs. Moore , Mrs. Beavan , Mrs. Lodge and other ladies . Mr. EXTEN , of the Free Trade Union , Bristol , said he had only come to the town the previous day , and had not arrived ten minutes before he had been approached to preside that afternoon . His political as sociations with Herefordshire went back now for some four years , and had always been of a pleasant nature ( applause ) . His first intro- duction to politics in the county was on the occasion when he was the guest of Mr. Harry Webb at Kynaston about four years ago . Proceeding , the Chairman said that was the fifth annual meeting of the Ross Liberal Women's Association , which showed that the branch had been in existence long enough to have become fairly well organised , and from what he gathered that was the case , and he also understood that they had con- tributed a fair sum towards Mr. Parish's building fund ( applause ) . Speaking of the value of women's associations , Mr. Exten remarked that there were undoubtedly many places where such associations were keeping things going where the men's associations were getting slack ( hear . hear ) . He did not know whether that was the case in Ross , but whatever their opinions might be as regarded women's franchise , the time was surely gone when women could not take an active part in politics . There were many questions which came home to and affected women just as much as men , and because of this he did not see why women , as well as men , should not take part in politics ( hear , hear ) . Ross Rifle Club . APRIL 9 , 1914 . ANNUAL MEETING . The annual meeting of the Ross Rifle Club was held at the King's Head Hotel last week , when Major Kelly presided over a fair attendance , including Dr. Ll . B. Green , Mr. I. D. James , Mr. E. James , Mr. C. Turner , Rev. C. H. Payton , Mr. T. C. Sherwood , Mr. H. N. S. Thomas , Mr. F. H. Hill , and others . SECRETARY'S REPORT . Whitchurch Rural District Council . The monthly meeting of the above author- ity was held at the Monmouth Workhouse Board Room last week , when Mr. J. Her- bert presided , and also present were Messrs . H. Webb , V. Wade , W. F. Davies , J. Jones , and R. Bendon , with the Clerk ( Mr. J. Smith ) , the Medical Officer ( Dr. Lloyd Smith ) and the Surveyor ( Mr. R. Howells ) . NEWTON . MEASLES AT WELSH The Medical Officer reported some cases of measles at Welsh Newton , in consequence of which the schools had been closed for a month . TRACTION TRAFFIC . In the course of the meeting , attention was called to the damage to roads by trac tion engines , and Mr. Davies said if it continued . like it was it would be a great expense to the Council in the future . A TORN - UP ROAD . A letter from Messrs . Elliott Bros. re- ferred to the state of the road from Crock- ers Ash to the Doward , which , owing to heavy traffic , had been torn up and made im- passable for motor cars . It was understood the Council would take the usual steps . sug- THE ARMY MANOEUVRES . A letter was read from the Martley Rural District Council with reference to the forth- coming army manoeuvres , enclosing a gestion to the War Office to give instruction to the soldiers to avoid hops and fruit trees , and asking what steps should be taken to The Council took no action , as the matter would not concern them . secure compensation . HOUSING RETURNS . The Local Government Board wrote asking for returns under the Housing of the Work- ing Classes Act , 1901 , Mr. HILL , as hon . secretary , gave a re- port of the winter and summer work accom- plished by the members of the club , which , on the whole , he said , had been very success- ful , despite the fact that the club member- ship had somewhat fallen off owing probably to other attractions . They now only had 25 members against 50 previously , which made a considerable difference to the amount paid in as subscriptions , and also in the sale of ammunition . The Club also had the misfor- tune to lose both the Rev. H. C. Carden and Mr. Hedley Blake , who were serving the club as hon . secretaries at the time of their leaving the town . He ( Mr. Hill ) felt very grateful indeed to the Captain and Commit- tee for the help they gave him through the season which passed off so successfully . Dur- ing the winter , eighteen postal matches were shot with other town clubs , and Ross won NO DELEGATE . thirteen , drew one , and lost four . Nine The Council decided not to send a repre- club spoon competitions were shot for , and snetative to the conference at the Rural Dis- for these some excellent shooting was wit - trict Council's Association . nessed , the new method of scoring , viz .. the centre of shot hole for deliberate shooting , and the introduction of a rapid shoot at the green time - limit , target , made the competi- tions much more difficult , but very interest ing . The winners were Mr. T. C. Sherwood ( 2 ) , Mr. Hedley Blake ( 2 ) , Mr. E. James ( 2 ) , Mr. I. D. James ( 2 ) , Rev. H. C. Carden ( 1 ) The winter championship medal , kindly pre- sented by Dr. Ll . B. Green , for the best six scores ont of seven spoon competitions , was won by Mr. Hedley Blake with 1,741 points , being closely followed by Mr. I. D. James , 1,736 , and Mr. E. James , 1,795 . During the summer session the County Association Sum- mer League . 25 yards competition , was arranged , and this was won by Ross ( hear , THE SECRETARY'S REPORT . hear ) . Out of the twenty matches shot , they The HON . SECRETARY ( Mrs. H. Blake ) won sixteen , drew one , and lost three , for presented her annual report , which was con- which a medal was presented to each of the sidered highly satisfactory , and adopted on winning teams , composed of the following : the motion of Mrs. BRICKNELL WEBB . Mr. E. James , Mr. I. D. James , Mr. T. C. Reference were made to an outing in the Sherwood , Mr. F. H. Hill , Mr. H. W. Blake , summer to Kilforge , by the kind invitation Mr. W. Newton , Mr. C. Moore , and Mr. C. of the Liberal Social Committee , when the Turner . In the Queen's Alexandra Cup branch were met by Mr. and Mrs. Webb , Mr. competition , four members of the club , viz . , Parish , and others . On Nov. 14th a special Mr. H. Blake , Mr. I. D. James , Mr. E. meeting was held , when addresses were given James , and Mr. T. C. Sherwood were award- by Mrs. Webb and Miss Robinson on current ed medals for gaining places in the county Mrs. Blake pointed out that they team which contested in the semi - final round . topics . had spent nothing on themselves in the way The annual club prize shoot for the Donegal Beneath the tide in Whitsand Bay of ontings this year . They had contributed Badge and S.M.R.C. medals , and certificates Some fathoms by the lead , towards the building fund , and had so denied took place in August . The club champion- Nine British sailors quiet sleep themselves their usual outing . She thanked ship was won by Mr. E. James with 291 Till the sea gives up her dead . the members , and especially the treasurer , points , with Mr. I. D. James second with for their assistance during the year . 290 , Mr. T. C. Sherwood third with 278 , and Their coffin is the submarino , The HON TREASURER ( Mrs. Bussell ) . Mr. W. Newton forth with 271. The win- The ill - fated A. 7 ; in giving the annual financial statement , said ners of the various medals were : Lord Their tomb . the sand in Whitsand Bay , the branch started the year with a balance Roberts ' Medal and " Daily Mail " certifi- Hard on the coast of Devon . in hand of £ 4 18. 51d . By members ' sub - cate , Mr. E. James ; Donegal Badge and Two officers , both skilled and brave , scriptions they had received £ 2 8s . 6d . , while Bell ' medal , Mr. I. D. James ; " Daily Ex- Three seamen brave and true , from the President and Vice - Presidents £ 1 press " medal , Mr. T. C. Sherwood ; " Daily Four engineers - dauntless men- 11s . had been received , making £ 3 19s . 6d . Telegraph " certificate , Mr. W. Newton . The This was the vessel's crew . altogether in subscriptions . Collections at above medal competitions were not well at- three meetings during the year after tea tended , in fact only the four above mention- amounted to £ 1 15s . 6d . They had left ed completed their targets , which showed over from the bazaar some articles which that the interest of the other members to Mrs Blake and other ladies had sold for wards the end of the season was almost gone . On the other side there were in- This last winter session had to fall through 14s . 11d . ended in the year's expenses the cost of the owing to want of an indoor range , but it was hire of the hall and the provision of tea on hoped by next year that such a range will be three occasions , amounting to £ 2 15s . 24d . , provided . The committee has been able to and subscriptions to the National Women's secure a piece of ground for the out - door Liberal Association £ 1 1s . Then there was range at Tudorville , belonging to Messrs . the sum of £ 5 given to Mr. Parish for Probert Bros. , and this they hope to have the building fund ( applause ) . The total re - ready early in April . On the motion of Mr. I. D. JAMES , ceipts were £ 10 11s . 8d . , and expenses £ 10 be done . The Surveyor was asked how he was get- ting on with the work , and he replied that he had got the forms . There was a lot to The Chairman : You must settle down and do it . The Surveyor : I cannot do it at once without help . • Submarine A 7 . • No more they'll ride the foaming wave Ready for storm or fight , Ready to grapple England's foes , Or meet the tempest's might . For low they lie in Whitsand Bay , Some fathoms by the lead , Sleeping their sound and dreamless sleep Till the sea gives up her dead . . • B A shock ran through the Kingdom As the grievous news was spread- Another submarine has gone , 18s . 9d . , so that they only had a very small seconded by Dr. GREEN , the report , as pre - Nine gallant men are dead . balance of 2s . 1d . due to the treasurer ( ap - sented , was adopted . plause ) . ELECTION OF OFFICERS . The next business was the election of all the old officers were re - elected with unani- officers for the ensuing year , and practically mity : - President , the Countess of Ches- terfield ; vice - presidents , Mrs. H. Webb , Mrs. Parish , Miss Williams , and Miss Parish ; treasurer . Mrs. Bussell ; secretary , Mrs. Henry Blake , For the committee , there were 12 vacancies , and 11 were re - elected as lollow : -Mrs . Lodge , Mrs. Waites , Mrs. Bricknell Webb , Mrs. Barter , Mrs. Moore , Mrs. Hicks . Mrs. Gay , Miss Blake , Miss Robinson , Mrs. Beavan , and Mrs. Bond . The Gloucester of Miss Bussell , and Miss Weaver vacancy was caused by the departure for was unanimously elected to take her place . ADDRESS BY MR . EXTEN . by Mr. JONES , the Chairman and Vice - portance that they , as English people , should On the motion of Mr. POWER , seconded Chairman were both thanked for their ser- vices during the year , and the able manner in which they had presided over the pro- ceedings . The CHAIRMAN thanked them for their ders should he hired to the County Council kindness , and also for the assistance they for a period of five months on the terms had given him during the year , which had agreed upon , viz .. 26s . 6d . per day of nine enabled him to carry on the work satisfac- hours inclusive of everything . He ( Mr. Protheroe ) proposed the adoption of the torily . report . Mr. MURDOCH seconded and it was carried . ASTON INGHAM MATTERS . The CLERK read a letter from the Aston Ingham Parish Council in reference to the Well at Rigs Cross , accepting the offer of the Council , and the Surveyor was instructed to extend the drain as arranged . The Council decided not to alter their future decision with regard to Hope Brook . FOOTPATHS . The CLERK read a letter from the Ross Rural Parish Council complaining of the con- dition of the footpath from Tudorville to the Vine Tree , which required repairing , as its present condition was very unsatisfactory and inconvenient to foot passengers . Mr. LEWIS reported that the path had been repaired . Mr. PASHLEY drew attention to the con- dition of the path down the Bollin Pitch . As this was a main road , it was decided to refer the matter to Mr. Jack , the County Surveyor . HEDGE CROPPING . The CLERK read a letter of some import- ance from Mr. E. C. Elliott with regard to the cropping of his hedges , and resenting the action of the Council in sending him a notice threatening proceedings if the hedges were not trimmed . In the course of his remarks , Mr. Elliott said that if he received notice from his landlord , he should claim damages from the Council . The CHAIRMAN said that he , with Mr. Murdoch , had , as requested , inspected these . hedges , and he was bound to say that they had very little to complain of respecting Mr. Elliott's hedges , which were in really good order . The notice that had been sent to Mr. Elliott was sent upon the report they had received from Mr. Farr . They also saw Mr. Collins , and he promised to get part of his hedge done this year , and the remainder next year , and that they considered satis- factory . It was certainly a mistake to send Mr. Elliot a notice at all , and it was an in- justice to Mr. Elliott . Mr. POWER thought the Clerk should write to Mr. Elliott and explain that the notice was sent to him through the report that they had received from the Surveyor . After further discussion , it was decided , on the motion of the CHAIRMAN , seconded by Mr. POWER , that the Clerk should - write to Mr. Elliott , stating that the notice was sent to him through the Council being mis- Mr. MURDOCH also responded . Irma Campbell . Brighton . This little girl had coughed from birth , yet Veno's cured her . " My child was three years old , and had been delicate from birth , when I first gave her Veno's . She had wheezing , and was so feeble and wasted that a dreadful cough and it was thought she could not live . She ate hardly anything , and seemed rapidly sinking in decline . There was every appearance of consumption - night sweats , wasting , and per- sistent cough . But I was advised at last to give her Veno's , and can honestly say that in an amazingly short time she was entirely eured . " Mr. Campbell , 10 , Jubilee - street , North - road , Brighton . Awarded Grand Prix and Gold Medal , International Health Exhibition , Paris , 1910 . For Coughs and Colds , Bronchitis , Asthma , Influenza , Catarrh , 9 d . and all Chest and Lung Per Bottle .. Troubles in old or young . Larger Stees The surest and speediest remedy 1/1 & 2/9 VENO'S known . The CHAIRMAN , before calling upon Mrs. King to address the gathering , spoke a few words in relation to the land question . There was no doubt , he said , as far as the land question was concerned , it was of vital im- take the matter up . Whatever their politics might be , it had become necessary to deal tion of the food supply and the increase in with the land ; necessary because of the ques- prices taking place every year . When he said that the food question and that of the price of food were of importance , he meant with the increase in the prices of food , there it was a serious question , because , alongside had been no corresponding increase in the rate of wages , and it had become much more difficult for the women to spend their house- keeping money than economically it used to be . It was extremely difficult now . for some people who had not before experi- enced that difficulty to make both ends meet . THE ACCOUNTS . Mr. HILL then presented the balance sheet , which showed an increase of £ 12 16s . leaving a credit balance of 3s . 2d . , with 800 11d . , and an expenditure of £ 12 13s . 9d . , rounds of ammunition carried forward at 9s . 9d . Dr. GREEN proposed , and Mr. SHER- WOOD seconded , that the accounts be pass- ed , which was carried . ELECTION OF OFFICERS . tion of officers , which were appointed as fol- The meeting then proceeded with the elec- lows : -President , Col. O. R. Middleton ; all the addition of Capt . Robert Allen and the vice - presidents were re - appointed with Commander Coates ; captain , Mr. E. James ; hon . secretary and treasurer , Mr. T. C. Sherwood ( Mr. F. H. Hill resigning , his re- signation being accepted with regret ) ; com- mittee , Dr. LI . B. Green ( Chairman ) , ' Major Kelly , Mr. I. D. James , Mr. H. N. S. Thomas , Capt . R. G. Yates , Mr. W. Newton , and Mr. F. H. Hill , with the officers as ex- officio members ; auditor , Mr. H. N. S. Thomas . DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES , & c . The Chairman then distributed the prizes , most of the names of the winners appearing in the secretary's report , and the meeting closed with a hearty vote of thanks to the Chairman for presiding . OLD PARK'S COTTAGE . MAN WHO LIVED IN TEN REIGNS . Old Parr's Cottage , which is situate in a It was a question that they as politicians sequestered dingle in the Breidden Hills , on must face . Mr. Exten proceeded to criticise has been restored on antiquarian lines under the Shropshire and Montgomeryshire border , We waited , trembling , fearing , Then confirmation came , The names of nine more seamen Were , on the roll of fame . They " looked death in the eyes , " T'was in discharge of duty , Tt is the wont of Navy men ,. When that way duty lies . For still our pallant seamen thrill To the signal Nelson flew- England expects and England knows She sunk , to rise no more Their duty they will do . T'was in the mimic battle . Then sadly homeward bore . The little squadron searched in vain , Britannia craved her noble dead , The Exmouth strove to move the wreck ; The divers worked amain ; But all , alas ! in vain . The surging billows fought and won Lashed hy the sea wind's breath , The ocean held them in their life , It holds them now in death . No column marks their resting plage , No marble shows their grave , Only the heaving wave . Only the moaning of the surge , With solemn pomp and circumstance Steamed out to Whitsand Bay The cruisers and submarines The last sad rites to pay . PICTURES . PICTURES . PICTURES . And dauntless men choked back their grief Aboard the ships that day , As they looked upon the flood , ' neath which Their comrades sleeping lay . And listened to the glorious words From the book of Common Prayer , In the Heavenly Father's care . Or other words of hope and trust the Tory Tariff Reform policy , and pointed to the auspices of the Caradoc and Severn Then the three volleys rang out clear , the fact , as exploding the principle , that in those countries where tariffs were in opera- Valley Field Club , and it is to become a Telling to sea and land . tion prices of food were higher than they place of public resort . The cottage , which is That the last honours had been paid of the were in this country . Dealing with the good example in , " wattle and dab , " with Liberal land proposals , the speaker said that humbler sort of the fifteenth and sixteenth half - timber work of the houses nothing which could be done in the immed- centuries , has been fitted up with furniture iate future could at once decrease the price and utensils of the parish in which Old Parr of foodstuffs , because the prices had gone up lived . There is a brass mural tablet in Great so much . Other questions which were occu- Wolaston Chapel - a chapel - of - ease to Alher pying the Government's attention , Mr. Ex- ten said , were those of the wages and condi - bury Church containing the following in tions of labourers , which they , as a nation , Thomas Parr , was born at the Glyn , in the scription : " The old , old , very old man , could not allow to continue as they were township of Winnington , within the chapelry ( applause ) . Mrs. KING then delivered her address , which was listened to with much interest and greatly appreciated . SUGGESTED NETTING OF WYE GENERAL FISH . Matthews ' notes in the " Angler's News and The following appeared under Mr. A. R. Sea Fisher's Journal " : " Since I announc- of Wolaston , in the parish of Alherbury , in the county of Salop , in the year of our Lord 1488. He lived in the reigns of ten kings and queens of England - viz . Edward IV and VHenry VII , and VIII . , Edward VI . Mary , Elizabeth , James I. , and Charles I .; died the 18th , and was buried in Westminster Abbey November 15th , 1635 , aged 152 years and nine months . " Dudley Town Council have decided to pro- SAFE INVESTMENT Fourth City Mutual Benefit ed the fact that the roach , pike , chub , etc. , ceed with the scheme for building & Town in that lovely sport - yielding river , the Here- Hall , Museum , Art Gallery , and municipal fordshire Wye , were in danger of being de- offices at a cost of £ 40,000 . stroyed , to the detriment of the general body In the Wensum , at Costessey , Norfolk , an of anglers , the matter has aroused consider- unusual catch has been made in a splendid able attention , and I note that a suggestion golden tench , seventeen inches long , which is made that if the fish are netted they weighed three pounds , and is the largest ever should not be destroyed , but placed in other taken in that river . rivers . I don't think the fish ought to be removed from , the Wye at all - at any rate , from those parts open to the public . They are Wye fish and ought to be left for Wye anglers Another suggestion is that , if the general fish are removed , they should be re- placed by trout ; but to restock the Wye at all thoroughly with these fish would entail a great expenditure of money , and who is to provide the funds ? Place more trout in the Wye - already a good river for those fish by all means , but it seems scarcely fair and sportsmanlike that those anglers who de- light in using the roach rod and pike spinner should have their pleasures jeopardised and As I said before , many Waltonians are all - round anglers , and when salmon and trout are not in season they turn their attention to the pike , chub , roach , etc. , which often provide excellent sport in the autumn and winter . " FENO'S LIGHTNING interfered with . COUGH CURE Building Society 2 COLEMAN STREET , LONDON Amount to credit of Investors , over £ 500,000 SHARES NOW BEING ISSUED AT 4 % This Society during the 51 years of its existence has never paid less than 4 % per annum to its Shareholders . All Interest is paid by the Society free of Income Tax , DEPOSITS received at 3 and 4 % . Balance Sheet and Prospectus on application . J. HIGHAM Manager . To the gallant little hand . • Then borne upon the listening air The cadence rose and fell As the Last Post was sounded Farewell ... Farewell ... Farewell . And there , they lie in Whitsand Bay Wrapped in their dreamless sleep , Shall call them from the deep .. Until the pealing trump of God WHITE ENSIGN . TEMPESTUOUS LOVER . MAN'S 16 WIVES IN 15 YEARS . REALLY BEAUTIFUL REPRODUCTIONS . 200 SUBJECTS . 1 / - BEE WINDOW THIS WEEK . C. DEBENHAM , Art Dealer , Picture Framer , Artists ' Colourman , Gloucester - road ( opposite G.P.O. ) , MR . ASQUITH ON PEACE . ARMY . DUTIES OF THE ARM ELECTION SPEECH IN EAST FIFE . Mr Asquith , as candidate for East Fife in the by - election caused by his acceptance of the office of War Minister , addressed a meet- ing at Ladybank on Saturday afternoon , the audience being composed of delegates from all parts of the constituency . ROSS - ON - WYE refuse to obey that order . They would take any punishment for disobeying that order , be- cause their honour , conscience , and kinship forbade them to shoot their fellow - countrymen . MR . H. W. FORSTER . Ulster claimed neither ascendency nor privilege . She claimed to be governed by the same law that governed others , and she would fight to the last drop of her loyal blood to pre- serve the right that was her heritage . ICEFLOE TRAGEDY . 69 MEN FROZEN TO DEATH . A St. John's ( Newfoundland ) message says : The Bellaventure arrived here on Saturday night with sixty - nine dead and fifty survivors of the crew of the sealer Newfoundland . There had , he said , been genuine misunder- standings and honest mistakes , but in his deliberate opinion there had been nothing ip any stage or any quarter which ought to VICTIMS TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS , throw the least doubt on the integrity or hon- our of those immediately or directly concerned . It was his duty , in the post he had assumed , to see that the Army was fit in the ever- shifting conditions for its primary and ele- mentary duty . The Army would hear nothing of politics from him , and he should expect in return to hear nothing of polítics from the Army . The responsibility for the preservation of domestic peace , he continued , lay with the magistrates and the police under normal con- ditions . The Army's aid could not and ought not to be invoked by the civil power . It was only in emergencies , which were happily rare , that any such call could be addressed to the Army . It was the duty of the soldier , as of civilian power when occasion arose , to comply with the demands of the civil power . Present Tory doctrines struck at the very root not only of Army discipline , but of the latter had gone on beard the Florizel , democratic government . to If they were who wirelessed the news , and the Stephano recognise the existence . of dispensing and returned so that the Newfoundland's crew discriminating power they must recognise it might rejoin her if they were not on board not only in officers , but in men ; not only their own ship . in the Army , but in every body of public servants , in judges and magistrates and in the Civil Service . Captain Rendell . of the Bellaventure , gave the following account of the disaster : " Tues- . The barometer day morning opened fair . showed no storm , and four ships put out over 1,000 mea to seek for seals . The storm began about noon . Most of the New- foundland's men went on board the Stephano , but the skipper advised them to rejoin their own ship , as he was starting to recover his men . They thereupon started to return to the Newfoundland while the ' Stephano went to where her men were working . Meanwhile AMIDST THE SNOW DRIFTS . " They had , however , wandered in the con- trary direction in the blinding snow drifts . The Newfoundland , having no wireless , her skipper supposed that his crew were on board the Stephano . " The latter was signalling by whistle for hours , and , no men appearing , she He believed that a settlement of the Ulster question by consent was in the interests of the country and of both of the great political parties . He was anxious for peace , but it must be peace with honour . They must secure the placing of a Home Rule Bill on the concluded that they had rejoined the New- Statute Book . They must see some process fondla applied with necessary variations , and applied The storm only abated on Wednesday without undue delay , to other parts of the night . At daylight next morning Captain United Kingdom , in the conviction that such Rendell sighted strangers coming reconstruction of our constitutional organisa - ship . The enfeebled movements of the nearest tion would lead to greater efficiency of local man caused forebodings , and these were con- and Imperial interests . firmed when he stated that 150 of the New- . foundland's men had been LONDON AND ULSTER . ARMY AND POLITICS . RECORD GATHERING IN HYDE PARK . The meeting held in Hyde Park on Satur- day to support Ulster and to protest against the use of the Army in the settlement of poli- tical differences was the largest demonstra- tion of English public opinion in modern times . It is estimated that over 200,000 per- sons were present . to ADRIFT FOR TWO DAYS AND NIGHTS . his Captain Rendell promptly hurried his entire crew to the rescue . This work occupied the whole of Thursday . The last man to be saved had been lost fifty - nine hours without food , but was practically unscathed , though he went blind the next day . Physicians , however , say he will recover his sight later . Most of the men are frostbitten , some frightfully 60 . One man has both feet gangrened from the ankles , and he will have them amputated . FROZEN INTO THE ICE . Many dead were absolutely frozen into the ice , and the bodies had to be chopped out with axes . Several died between the time the rescuers had reached them and before they could be got to the ship . Forty - three bodica were taken off three fragments of ice within a short radius . The resolution put to the meeting and in groups on level sheets of ice and planted The rescuers piled the dead passed , amidst a scene of intense enthusiasm , flags above them for the steamer to collect as was : " We protest against the use of the Navy she came behind . and the Army to drive out by force of arms distances before they succumbed ; they were Many had wandered long our fellow - subjects in Ireland from their full heritage in the Parliament of the United agonies they had experienced in fighting the found in frightful postures , the result of the Kingdom , and we demand that the Govern- cold before death . Of one party of fifty only ment shall immediately submit this grave , thirteen escaped ; of a second party of forty- issue to the people . " From twenty - one different points proces- sions representative of seventy - six constitu encies associated with Greater London con- verged on Hyde Park , where from fourteen platforms speeches were delivered by a num- ber of leaders of the Unionist Party , the chief of whom were Mr. Balfour , Sir Edward Car- son , Mr. Austen Chamberlain , and Mr. Walter Long . In all over sixty Peers and Members of Parliament were in the pro- gramme . The following are extracts from the chief speeches : three nine . Of a third party of thirty - three twenty - two escaped ; they had found a small berg , and sheltered behind it , and ascribe their safety to this . One Many men became insane and others BATTERED THEIR FACES AGAINST THE ICE , that they were almost unrecognisable . Some in walking or jumping to keep the blood in circulation and to resist the ice stupor stumbled over dead comrades , and , being too enfeebled to rise , met the same fate . jumped from an ice crag and killed himself . When the survivors reached the Bellaven- This is a resolution against coercion of ture their boots and clothing had to be cut off Ulster . As you would resist to the utmost to lessen their agonies . Several cases are very if threatened , so , believe me , Ulster will re- There are thirty cases in the hospital . grave . sist to the last being deprived of the rights None will die , but three will lose both hands and privileges which Ulstermen share with and feet ; five will lose both feet , while eight their fellow - countrymen on this side of St. will lose one foot , and cleven will lose one George's Channel . " hand or the fingers on both hands . MR . BALFOUR . SIR E. CARSON . " Another IN THE AGONY OF FROST - BITE . The Army belongs to you , and the question The process of identifying the bodies has is : Are you going to allow your Army or your been attended with harrowing scenes . Two Navy to shoot down your own kith and kin at bodies were found tightly e'nsped together . a time when the Government admit that they These proved to be father and son . are not prepared to appeal to the people to had the fingers on one hand severed . Later know whether they have the people behind one survivor explained that the dead man in them in this nefarious policy or not ? The the agony of frost - bite sliced off his fingers Government say they have a right to use the with a seaman's knife . Four bodies from one Army in any way they please . I deny that family were also found . right altogether . They have a right to use the Hospital patients toll terrible stories of Army in any way you please , but they are not their experiences , the sufferings endured be prepared to take your vote upon the subject . ing almost beyond imagination . Some saved We will keep the old flag flying , and it will be themselves from death by a brave man who will come to Ulster and pull it down . LORD MILNER . CUTTING OPEN SEALS , removing the entrails , and burying their heads P and hands in the seals ' stomachs , thus escap . The civil war with which they were threat : ing the worst effects of frost . Others used ened would present a , spectacle serious and dead bodies to shelter themselves ; but in no unnatural - two bodies of men , the Cove- case was evidence shown that any man had nanters of Ireland and the soldiers and removed the clothing from the dead . to help sailors of the Empire , fundamentally agreed himself . All of the sixty - nine bodies recovered on the same ideals . with the same attachment had their entire equipment of clothing , boots , for the Throne and Flag and Empire , hurled and sealing gear intact just as they were against each other in fratricidal conflict taken off the ice . At Fort Worth , Texas , the trial has begun owing to the sinister pressure brought to bear on the Government . by men who hated them That was an idea too monstrous and horrible to be contemplated . of Mr. Ludie Arnold , a rich planter , who is charged with violating the White Slave Act both . by marrying sixteen wives in fifteen years . Mr. Arnold , a man of magnificent physique , with wavy coal - black hair and keen blue eyes , MR . AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN . admitted , says the Daily Mail New York They were there to protest against any correspondent , that he had omitted to obtain attempt to use the Army not to maintain law a divorce from any of the numerous wives , and order , but to coerce men like themselves eight of whom appeared in court and testified out of their citizenship in the United King- against him . Another wife stated that he cried dom , and still more to coerce them to obey so bitterly because of the " death " of his another and an alien authority which they mother , who was in court on Friday very loathed and detested . much alive , that she could not resist him . He left her a few days after their marriage . third wife described his love - making irresistibly tempestuous . The Great Skin Cure ! A 8.5 BUDDEN'S S. R. SKIN OINTMENT will cure itching after one application ; de stroy every form of Eczema ; heals old Wounds and Sores ; acte like a charm on Bad Legs prevents Cute from Festering ; will cure Ringworm in a few days ; removes the most obstinate Eruption and Scurvy . Boxes , 7td . and 18. 1d . Agent for Ross : Mr. Matthews , Chemist ; Ledbury ; Mr. Freeman ; Newent : Mr. Whittles . MR . WALTER LONG . He was not a believer in the use of strong or thoughtless language , but he said , delibe- rately , that if the Government used our troops to force Home Rule on Ulster and bloodshed was the result , as it must be , then they would go to their graves with the mark of Cain upon their foreheads . MR . F. E. SMITH , that They had offered the Government there should be a referendum of the people of this country , and they would abide by the result . The Government would not do it be- cause they knew the country was against them . LORD CHARLES BERESFORD . There were thousands of officers and men in the Army and Navy who , if they were ordered to shoot down Ulstermen , would ANOTHER DISASTER FEARED . SEALER WITH 170 MEN THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN LOST . Another despatch from St. John's says the sealer Erik , from the Gulf of St. Lawrence , with 21,000 seals , arrived there at noon on nothing of the missing sealer Southern Cross , The Sunday . She reported having seen or heard Sir Ernest Shackleton's old ship . The com- mander , Daniel Martin , says the Erik and the Southern Cross were together on Thursday week , when the latter left for home Southern Cross had aboard 17,000 seals , and was so deeply laden that she had to stow her provisions and part of her bunker coal on deck , thus enabling every available space be- low decks to be filled with seals . accounts of the circumstances attending the Southern Cross mystery Captain Martin fears that the prospects of her survival are very poor . From GAMES FOR THE WINTER EVENINGS.- Midget Bagatelle , Tumblette , Midget Golf , Motor Tour , Aeroplane Race , King's Scout , Philodex , Halma , Dominoes , Draughts . Price , 1s . each . Midget Croquet , Tidley Winks , Our Navy , Snap . Price , 64d . each . " Gazette " Office . - Advt . Nottingham the Raleigh . 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Rew has to tell us of t history and economics of British agricultu under the curious title " An Agricultur Faggot ( 1 ) bears closely on the use th land in this country has been put to in t past for the production of the nation's fo and the use that is being made of it at t present time . secretary to Mr. Rew , as assista the Board of Agricultur is responsible yearly for a valuable vell book on agricultural production , reple with informing statistics . Some of t papers comprised in the present volume ha heen read from time to time before scient bodies that on the " Nation's food supply was submitted at the British Associatio meeting at Dundee in 1912 . It is no p of the task he sets himself in these discour to join the ranks of those prepared with cut and dried remedy hy legislation for evils that heset agriculture , some of wh are not peculiar to Great Britain , but are most of the populous countries that ha developed industriously . Few will vent to affirm that the regeneration of agricult can be brought about without legislative , in any shape or form , but one thing N Rew insists upon , and his contentions in current controversy cannot he disregarde Whether the ownership of the land is remain in private hands , is to he rested the State or in local authorities , or is to transferred to the occupiers - and so m turns upon these alternatives in the politi discussion of the problem - the maintena of the land's fertility should , in the natio interest , he the paramount considerati Again , in a paper he read hefore the F mers ' Club in 1892 on the " Migration agricultural labourers . " he remarks , " It frequently suggested as a remedy t farm labourers should be paid higher wa It would he just as true and equally p tical - to say that the remedy for agricult depression is better prices . There is one -and apparently only one way - in which level of wages can rise , and that is by creasing the efficiency the labourer . " that view obiection may be taken . efficiency of the labourer has woefully clined during the last thirty years , par because of the change which has come o agriculture , partly because that devot which service on the land inspired a gene tion ago among men whose roots in soil went back into the centuries " no lon exists . Joseph Arch and the men associa with him in the formation of the Laboure Union were skilled workmen who could anything that was wanted on a farm ; t were capable hedgers , ditches , rick - mak hay - trussers , and knew all about live sto Can that he said of the present race ? and one explanation is that the best type man has died out , and his children h heen lured to the Colonies by prospects Old Country no longer offered them . heca the changed agricultural service in the sh provided no employment for their skill . forefathers , with all their efficiency . not command higher wages , thongh profits of farming made the payment of th more practicable . co It is not necessary to indicate the tra formation that has taken place , causing wages of the farm labourer to he inadequ as an inducement to stay on the land : to point out that increased efficiency craft would do little in itself to increase pay . The efficient man is he who wants change is status from that of a servant a small - holder if only he can manage Nobody disputes that the pay of the f labourer is small compared with the earni in other callings , and that it is not enou in a great many cases , for a man pronerly maintain himself and his household ; but profits of ordinary farming severely rest the amount the farmer is able to disburse wages . Wages have plaved a part in t conversion of arable land into grass to wh Mr. Rew calls serions attention .. " The alarming rise in the cost of fo stuffs in recent years has set in motion in United States , " states Mr. Charles W. D linger ( 2 ) . " a nation - wide movement hav for its object the regeneration of farmi the aim on the one hand being to m agriculture more profitable and on the of hand to bring about a reduction in prices of the articles produced on the far This author's hook is only pertinent to land problem in so far as it reveals culties not dissimilar to our own that troubling American thinkers . The la profits made in industry and the hi wages paid are drawing both wealth labour from the land . The entire valu the farm products of the Tnited State 1910 was $ 8,694,000,000 . This amount tells us , was earned on the the farm va tion of $ 40,991.419.090 , while the pro of manufacturing in the same year on a ca invested amounting to 818.428.270 reached the enormous total of $ 20.672.052 or almost two and a half times as muc the value of the farm products , on a cat less than one - half that invested in farm He lays stress upon the fact that in Eng the proportion of the area under cultiva is larger than in the United States , and the wheat yield per acre is only 14.1 bu against as he states it . 32.2 bushels in land and Wales . He wants the United S Government to undertake the proper e tion of the farmers : to use their infl to put the rural workers on the same scale as workers in town ; promote th tablishment of co - operative credit soci and advance money for the improveme land used for agricultural purposes . were possible for the rural worker to s as much pay for his labour as the m worker gets in town , there doubtless be little reason for complaining that the tivation of the soil was hampered by la labour . In this country the trouble is the land does not employ enough la not so much that labour is not forthed at the prevailing wage when there is mand for it . If it employed as much as it should do so that it was used t |