Ross Gazette 25th June 1914 - Page 5
Ross Gazette 25th June 1914 - Page 5
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| Date | 25/06/1914 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Ross Gazette |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 25th June 1914 |
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SECOND SHEET For the Warm LKS . SENT SEASON : - rêpes Ondulé , eto . de . 1s . 11d . yard . wide , 2s . 6d . yard . de , 3s . 113d . yard . Shantungs . Fancy Silk Ninons , C A ' LIGHT ALE WHITBREAU'S Weather is TENNENT'S LAGER BEER . RECOMMENDED . LONDON STOUT Soft Moirés and Shot Silks . ent wear . Crêpes de Chine , etc. mart Gowns . b 5s , 11d . a yard . e . Satin Mousseline , Satin Grena- owersby ( LIMITED ) ace , Ross . QUALITY , FOR VALUE . es . ' s mail : - m India- ill be interested to know that tle " Ford " is running satis- ly . I have just returned from mile trip , including 28 miles of end , wet and greasy , and radient . . . . The car has 3,000 miles since landing , no ouble at all . m Chorlton - cum - Hardy- ar you sold me is giving every ction . I am more than d with her ; am much obliged ur kind advice . HALL EERS DERS , ( LIMITED ) , Garage , k ! use it . tending purchasers , who can see , and Printing , & e . , any day in graphers is at your service . 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Health of body and the resulting elasticity of mind are of supreme importance to everyone living under the strenuous conditions of modern times . The person who is " out of sorts , " " off colour , " or " below par " is not in a condition to make the most of life . Now , the necessity of keeping the organs of digestion in a thoroughly clean and active state can never be too strongly emphasised , since they are the channels through which the body receives its nourish . + ment . It is therefore a wise , as well as a simple course , never TO BE WITHOUT Beecham's Pills . the tonic , corrective and curative properties of which , promote a healthy action of the liver , stomach , kidneys and bowels , thereby rendering the work of digestion and assimilation easy and satisfactory . It is a well - known fact that great and ever - increasing numbers of men and women in every walk of life owe their unvarying state of good health to the regular use of BEECHAM'S PILLS . Sold everywhere in boxes , price 1/1 ( 56 pills ) & 2/9 ( 168 pills ) . The These Pints STOUT , and LEMONADE , 1 / - per gallon , in 1 , 2 , and 3 - gallon jars or 6 - gallon easks . Stone Ginger Beer , in Sorew - stoppered Bottles , 1 / - per dozen . JUNE 28 , 1914 . The Ross Gazette . THURADAY JUNE 85th , 1914 . PERSONAL GOSSIP . A Polyglot Queen . Queen Olga of Greece , who is now visiting Eastbourne , is not well known in England , but she speaks our language perfectly . She NOTES FROM THE METROPOLIS . indeed , the linguist among Royalties , being able to douterse fluently in Russian , Greek ; Albanian , English , French , and Italian . A Russian by birth , she is a daughter of the Grand Duke Constantine , brother of the late Czar . Constantine was a High Admiral , and for that reason the late Czar paid Queen , Olga the unique compli- ment of creating her an Admiral in the Rus sian Navy - the only lady naval officer in the world . By bus Dombo ComPONDENT We do not bold care responsible for all the opinions exposed by the able watter of those notice . " Queen of the Poor . " CHARGE OF ARSON AT ROSS . WESTON - UNDER - PENYARD MAN COMMITTED FOR TRIAL . A QUESTION OF FOOTPRINTS . " At the Rose Police Court on Friday last , the house which was two hundred yards before Capt . R. H. Verschoyle ( Chairman ) , away . He could not say where Williams Col. O. R. Middleton , Col. Evan Thomas , Mr. J. A. N. Booker . Mr. T. Matthews , Mr. through the field in which he was in only at was going to . There was no footpath H. J. Marshall , and Mr. J. E. S. Hewett the lower end . James Williams , of Weston - under - Penyard , He asked Williams if it were a fire at Rudge . Williams replied : was charged with feloniously and maliciously " It looks as though there is something setting fire to a rick of wheat straw , the pro- wrong there . ' " He asked Williams if he perty of Mr. J. G. Protheroe , of Rudge would come over and see what it was , and Queen Olga was only sixteen when she Farm , Weston - under - Penyard , on June 12th the prisoner replied : " I will come if I can married the late King George . She had not last . do any good . " He ( witness ) and his wife been many years in her adopted country be . Mr. J. B Evans , solicitor , Ross , appeared started off to the fire . and Williams started fore she had earned by her devotion to chari- for the prisoner . table pursuits the name of " Queen of the with them . When they got to the firs Wil- Mr. Joseph George Protheroe , farmer , liams was a little way behind . Williams did Poor One of her earliest achievements Rudge Farm , Weston - under - Penyard ,, said not go past the firs . They went on a little hospitals in Europe , after nine o'clock , but at 11.20 p.m. he was ing back by the firs , about ten minutes later , most effusively welcome , and she gained to where men of all nationalities are made al called by William Hall . He got up and went they stw Williams talking to a man at the thereby a reputation for benevolence which rick of wheat straw burning , He could see Henry Wilkes . the rickyard . where he 88w a corner of the firs T man's name was has followed her ever since . Dress at Ascot . Was to found the There are weird the finest seamen vangelismos , " one of that on June 12th he had gone to bed just further . but not quite to the fire . In com- the fire from his bedroom window . The rick By Mr. Evans : Although you have not was assessed at £ 28 7s . As in his opinion known Williams yourself very long . your that none of the buildings or anything else and The Yes , that is so . Summer appears really to have arrived in London at last . After the unseasonably told weeks we have experienced until quite re- cently , the air in the City has seemed almost unbearably close during the last few days , There is a decidedly , thundery tendency , and the people who profess to understand these things harrow our feelings with threats of a prodigious heat wave to come . The river season promises well . The eccentricities of fashion are accentuated by the effort to grapple with the climate . spectacles to be seen in the parks , and the enterprising authors of revues will soon find that the dresses actually worn nave passed the limit at which any caricature is possible . The East - End Suffragists who declare themselves die appointed that the Premier did not at ace promise a Government measure Two of the most daringly - dressed women was in danger , he did not send for the bri- wife is an old friend of the Williams family ? of votes for women may pretty safely be as Drogheda and Lady Dalmeny at Ascot , says a correspondent , were Countess gade , but sent for the police constable . And she has had to do with the cottage in The latter With assistance they threw water on the ad- which you are now living for some years P Bumed to be talking with their tongues in their wore a skirt of black and white stripes of joining buildings to keep the fire from spread- For three years , and living there on and off . cheeks . Mr. Asquith's consent to see a depu startling breadth , a black satin Russian ing . He knew James Williams , who was Then your wife and Williams ' are neigh- taken in custody that night . When he saw tation at all is , I believe , regarded by Miss blouse , and a tight - fitting black satin cap Williams with the constable , the latter said bours , and it is nothing unusual to run from Sylvia Pankhurst's brigade as a distinct step dressed in a white embroidered Zouave jacket that he had arrested him on suspicion , turned up with white . Lady Drogheda was one house to another ? -It is quite a usual forward , and the tone of his reply was de andra black taffeta skirt , with a black cire that he ( witness ) better charge him . thing . cidedly sympathetic . His clauses were , of course , conditional , but optimistic women ribbon hat . These were the most startling next day he saw Supt . Broad and Tompkins surprised to see Williams P - No , I was not . are inclined to translate If the change costumes I saw . But for the most part the at his farm . They had a pair of boots with note was subdued . Even the footgear was not them , and those boots compared with the comes " a's " When the change comes . " Liberal feeling generally favours the Premier's so fanciful as it has been . The ostrich chal footprints by the rickyard in a little open declaration that if votes are given to women lenged the osprey in hat decoration . shed . He also saw the foot marks across they must be given on a democratic basis , and the fifty acre field which adjoins the orchard . the East End Federation of Suffragettes , it He had not the slightest doubt that the boots may be assumed , will not complain at this . produced corresponded with the foot prints de all woman Suffragists , of course , are not across the field and in the shed . In reply , to Mr. Marshall the foot marks corresponded democrats , and any such extension would in every way . The shed was some 45 to 50 meet with opposition from the more moderate body of Suffragist supporters . yards away from the rick . There were several footpaths about the farm , but there was no path through the orchard or the ad- joining field . There was a footpath by the T did not notice whether he was following . plantation . When he came along the field Henry Wilkes . labourer . Lea Bailey , said between 7.30 and 8 p.m. , there were no foot- he remembered the night of June 12th , when marks there then . This track was leading he went out to look at the fire . He went away from the farm . The prisoner lived not through the little plantation to the firs . quite a mile away from Rudge Farm . He While he was there a man and his wife had lived there just over six years . A short time named Andrews came up . Mr. Evans : How long have you known after James Williams came up . He had him P - Witness : Ever since I have lived at some talk with Williams about the fire . He Rudge . knew prisoner quite well . Their conversation . was about their healths , and he told Wil- liams not to worry . When they parted Wil- liams went in the direction of His home . The fire was burning then . There are rumours of deep - laid plots which the W.S.P.U. is said to have in store for the long - suffering public . The ladies , by the way , are now back at their Kingsway headquarters again , not in a very chastened spirit appa- rently . They are talking , indeed , of taking proceedings against their disturbers . The W.S.P.U. in the rôle of prosecutors would be rather a novel spectacle , but perhaps they will decide against this appeal to man - made law . " The most serious suggestion that has been made is that the water supply of Lon- in the latter . Queen Alexandra . His Majesty is credited , says the Pall Mall Gazette , with the interesting idea of gather- ing round Queen Alexandra on the occasion of her seventieth birthday this winter as many of her descendants and relatives as possible . These include one son and three daughters , one daughter - in - law and one son in - law , six grandsons , and daughters , while Prince Arthur comes in as three grand husband of one of the latter , apart from the older relationship by marriage . " Many Relationships . On the other hand , Queen Alexandra's re- lationships cover all Europe , and include on her own side the Royal Families of Greece , Russia , Norway , and the Ducal family of related also to the Royal houses of Germany , Cumberland . Through her marriage she is Saxe - Coburg , Spain , and Sweden , apart from numerous smaller States and Duchies . If , as is being said , the Sandringham party in- eludes the Kaiser and Kaiserin , the Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden , the King and Queen of Denmark and of Greece , it will be the most notable Royal gathering since that which King Edward brought together.at Windsor . King's Private Secretary . Lord Stamfordham , who succeeded Viscount He has a way of strolling about the of the time of day ? I believe so . country and about the locality , irrespective He is a man who does not get about very quickly ? -I should not like to say that . I believe he can . Your farm is practically on the main road ? -Yes , it is , practically . And it is the main road leading from Ross to the Forest ? -Yes , it is . How far were these foot prints away from the rick ? About 25 yards . The foot prints could not be tracted in the yard because of the straw . These boots are a very common make for Knollys as private secretary to the King , labourer's boots , are they not P - I am not Thurs- much of a judge , and should not like to give celebrated his sixty - fifth birthday on day . Better , known as Sir Arthur Bigge , he my opinion . I am not going to give my has had a long connection with the Court , opinion on that . having been Groom - in - Waiting to Queen Vic- huma x long ago as 1880 , while he has held numerous other positions in the Royal House hold , culminating with his appointment private secretary in 1910 . A Responsible Post . as Probably you have seen similar boots to these before that day ? There are special marks in these boots which you do not find in other boots very often . This main road passes your house , and a considerable number of tramps pass from one place to another , is there not ? -We occas- ionally meet a tramp . So on this particular Friday you were not Williams came from the direction of the house ? -As far as I can say , he had , but he was at the gate when I got there . that night ? -Nothing I noticed , sir . Was there anything unusual about him He is not a very conversational sort of And he does not have much to say to you ? man ? No. I never had much to say to him . No , sir , he has not . When you and your wife passed , Williams was talking to Wilkes in an ordinary way ? - As far as I know . but we did not stop . You thought Williams was following you ? By Mr. Evans : You could see the fire quite well from where you were standing ? -Not then , as we were down out of sight of the fire . There is a public path running alongside this plantation ? -Yes , sir , there is . Where about were you when you saw Wil- liams ? -Right at the corner of the planta . tion . What time would that be ? -It would be between eleven and twelve . I suppose you have often seen Williams about there ? I have seen him on his farm , but not to have any conversation with him . You say you discussed your illnesses to- other ? -- Yes , and I recommended him not worry . Mr. Morling ( the Clerk ) : Was he worried ? -Yes , sir . He said he had got some land to work , and he complained that he could not do it . Mr. Evans : Did he say he had been work- am aware of . Protheroe were present . On his arrival he don may be tampered with . The Metropolitan Water Board has in its possession a letter indicating that this may be attempted , and , while the possibility of a hoax has to be borne in mind , I believe the police are treating the matter quite seriously , and the sources are being well guarded . The possibilities of in- jury to the public along these lines are very great . If any noxious substance were intro- duced into the drinking water it would be diff cult to reconcile the action with Mrs. Pank- hurst's oft - repeated guarantee that human life is to be respected . But the movement has long appeared to have got out of hand . There has been a rather large number of STOUT . theatrical failures lately , and short runs ap- pear to have been the order of things with most of the new plays . The past week has seen a number of revivals , including Vic- torien Sardou's " A Scrap of Paper ' and Dumas ' " La Dame with aux Camelias , " Lydia Yavorska as the principal protagonist There is room just now for a big " hit , " and the promise of a new play by Barrie has awakened curiosity . Some of the 1/6 old pieces go quite well . There appears no 9/6 immediate prospect of " Mr. Wu having to make way for " The Silver King " at the 1/9 Strand Theatre ; and Mr. Arnold Bennett's 9 / - " Great Adventure looks like going on - for ever at the Kingsway . Crowded houses are still the rule for " Pygmalion , " which is to be followed , I believe , by " David Copperfield . " Mr. Israel Zangwill is very pleased with his Stout clerical audience , and found the clergy ready for the most part to regard " Plaster Saints ' very kindly . From an artistic point of view , however , it can hardly be claimed that this is as good a play as " The Melting Pot , " which will be revived to run concurrently with it at the end of the month . Miss Horniman's com- pany concluded a very successful season at the Coronet Theatre at the end of last week . The Salvation Army has succeeded in im- pressing even the blasé Londoner by its great Congress . The interestingly - attired delegates from many lands have been familiar figures post of Chief Registrar , an appointment he had been a fire , it would have illuminated the hedge to the top corner until it came to n footpath , when it was lost . On examination the meetings have made it clear that , with Mr. Power : Would this man have to come he found these footprints to correspond ex- all its success , the Army has not ceased to classics , and are fully as authoritative as his along this track from his house ? No. The actly with the boots produced . His reasons strike its own distinctive note . Alleluias " contributions to the literature of archaeology . track was leading away from the riokyard . for saying this was that there were five nalis very frequent at the meetings , and William Hall , carpenter , of Rudge Cot- missing in the tread of the right boot . This In Command at Bulford Camp . fastidious ideas of reverence might well be tage , Weston - under - Penyard , said on the was seen in several of the prints , and that shocked sometimes if the sincerity and real Major General Hubert Hamilton , who has night of June 12th , he had been to a friend's corresponded with one boot . P.C. Tompking spiritual experience of the Salvationists were just taken over command of the Third Divi- house , and on leaving the house he saw what and Mr. Protheroe were with him at the not so unmistakable . The real nigger min - sion of the Expeditionary Force at Bulford appeared to him to be a fire in the direction time . That was the only track across this strels , with such refrains as When trouble Camp from Sir Henry Rawlinson , is fifty- of Rudge Farm . He went home , and think - particular field going in that direction . came in Noah's time , my ! didn't it rain ! " three years of age , and has nearly thi . -four ing it strange that cutch or bushes should be There were tracks of a lady's and gentle- have served to remind us of the Jubilee years ' service to the good , having joined the burning at that late hour , he stood and man's walk , but these he discovered were Singers and their quaint melodies . General Queens as a second lieutenant in 1880. While watched the fire from his home for some those of Mr. and Mrs. Protheroe , and they Booth evidently commands the same respect in Egypt in 1898 he came under the notice of minutes . He called his mother's attention to went in the direction to the farm and not The prisoner's trousers and boota as his honoured father did . At the memorial Lord Kitchener , who made him his military it , and the fancied she heard somebody call- from it . service for " officers promoted to glory " secretary in South Africa , and took him out ing . He then called his father and brother were quite web and muddy . There were also during the past year he made touching refer- to India in the same capacity when he was ap- to get up , and he went straight to Rudge pieces of buttercups on the boots , and there ence to his loss and the Army's by the late pointed Commander - in - Chief . Lord Kitchener Farm , which was about a quarter of a mile were buttercups in the orchard . General's promotion . It is not the fashion of had a very high opinion of his military secre- away . Seeing it was a rick ablaze , he called By Mr. Evans : These were very ordinary the Army to strike a minor key for very long , tary , says Truth , and both in South Africa Mr. Protheroe , whom he accompanied to the farm labourers ' boote , were they not ? -Wit- and the dominant note at the meeting where and India the two were inseparable friends . rickyard , and they then found it was a straw ness : I cannot say . mourning was symbolised by white instead of rick burning . He never saw anyone about black was one of triumphant assurance . until after the fire . He went for the police 100th constable at Bromsash . Few people realise the responsibilities and You get a considerable number of Fores - ing on the land that day ? -No , not that I hard work attached to the post , especially ters passing your house I suppose P - Yes , we Supt . Broad stated that on June 18th he during a time like the political crisis just do . If you live on the side of a main road , proceeded to Rudge Farm , Weston - under- passed , when he had to attend the debates in you generally see some people passing . Williams was then in custody , Penyard . the House , and return and give a concise ac- Have you any idea how long this rick had having been brought in by P.C. Tompkins ocunt to the King of what had happened His been burnind before your attention was call - early that morning . When arrested prisoner Lordship is the son of the Rev. J. 1. Bigge , ed to it ? I cannot give you any idea . The was wearing a pair of boots produced , also Vicar of Stamfordham , from which village he flames had got right round it , and I should the pair of trousers . He went to Rudge Farm takes his title ; he was educated at Eton , and not like to say how long it had been burn - in the afternoon .. P.C. Tompkins and Mr. later joined the Royal Artillery , in which he ing . served through the Zulu War . He married in By Mr. Morling ( the Clerk ) : Can you say saw two distinct footprints .. He examined 1881 the daughter of the late Rev. W. Neville , what time it was not burning ? I went to the rickyard and found that there had been and they have one son and bed a little after nine , and the rick was all a fire . These footprints were in the shed . right , then . I should have seen it if it had near to the rickyard . There were other Sir Edward Brabrook , who presided on the fire . been burning , for my bedroom window faced footprints going in the same direction some twenty - five yards away . He proceeded fur- Wednesday evening at the ladies ' dinner of By Mr. Marshall : And you could see no ther , and he picked out the track again in the Colquhoun Club of the Royal Society of traces of footmarks for some 25 yards . It the fifty acres field after crossing the orchard . Literature , is the great authority on friendly would be impossible for the straw and stuff . This track went straight up this field . socfeties . He acted as Assistant Registrar The Chairman : You say the rick was all There was no footpath there . On reaching from 1860 to 1801 , and then succeeded to the right when you went to bed ? Yes . If there the top the track was followed along under and Worthington's Ale and Guinness's ( own Bottling ) supplied at moderate prices . Families and Private Customers supplied with High - class Wines and Spirits . PLAYER PIANOS . daughters . Authority on Friendly Societies . in the streets for the last couple of weeks , and held until his retirement in 1904. His treat his bedroom , and I should have smelt it . ises on the law of friendly societies rank as World's Best . with every known improvement and modern efficiency devices . Instruments possess the most remarkable powers of variable tempo , expression are melody production , and ready interpretive facilities . PRICES from 48 GUINEAS . DALE , FORTY , & CO . , Ltd. CHELTENHAM . Also at Birmingham , Leamington , Cardiff , Stroud , and elsewhere . DENTISTRY . For Natural looking ARTIFICIAL TEETH and PAINLESS EXTRACTIONS VISIT D. GORE BOODLE & Co. , Ltd. , 43 , HIGH STREET , ROSS , EVERY THURSDAY from 10.30 a.m. A Lady always in attendance . to 6.30 p.m. Extractions First Hour Free . BRANCHES EVERYWHERE . Abergavenny . 6 , High - street . Tuesdays , 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monmouth , 12 , Ohurch - street , Fridays , 12 to 5. Hereford , 3 , St. Peter - street , Wednesdays , 11 a.m. to 6.30 . Ohopstow , Tuesdays and Fridays , Gloucester , Every Day . " BOODLE'S TEETH . E. Collins and Sons , Smallbrook , ROSS , Oldest Living Poet . You have known the defendant some time , I presume P - No . I did not know him until he was arrested . The constable would known himP - Yes , Tompkins would know him . With regard to this fire , the rickyard is quite close to the road ? -It would . be about 20 yards from the road . M. Fertiault , in honour of whose By Mr. Evans : What time was it when birthday the Société des Gens de Lettres is organising festivities , may be presumed to be you first saw the fire ? -Witness : Between a the oldest living poet . He was born when quarter and twenty past ten . It took me Napoleon was in Elba . The year in which he about five minutes to get home first . Are you in Mr , Protheroe's employ P - No , came to Paris to seek his fortune was the year A considerable portion of the Rudge Farm in which Chateaubriand produced " Moise , " sir . I am not . Reginald Cole , postman , Portshill , deposed is on the side of the main road P - Yes , but Thiers was admitted to the Academy , and Ellsler and Marie Duval made their that he was standing by his house at Lea where this rick was burning it would be on débuts at the theatre . It was in a bank that M. Bailey on the night of June 12th . He knew the lower part of the rickyard next to the Fertiault made his own début , says the West- Williams , and he saw him on the Dancing orchard . the minster Gazette , and he worked in that bank Green near the house , about 10 o'clock . He " Good - night . " Obviously it would not be very difficult for from the age of twenty to the age of ninety- walked to a path that might lead to Rudge . anyone to get from the road into the farm two . One of the customers for whom he He knew where Williams lived . Prisoner vard P - I should not say so . Of course , there cashed cheques was Alfred de Musset . It was was not going in the direction of his home , is an entrance into the farm from the main only in the evenings that he cultivated litera- but away from it . He spoke to Williams , Forest road . no But he got ture , and he has not even yet ceased to culti- saying I suppose you have not heard anything vate it . A visitor found him , only the other answer . Williams was alone when he saw about the defendant scuffling on their farm that day ? -No , prisoner never said anything day , busy with the proof - sheets of a volume him on the Dancing Green . of poems composed in his 100th year . By Mr. Evans : How long would it take to me . Williams to walk from where you saw him to You have not been on Williams ' farm P- Rudge P - Witness : I could do it in five No. only on the road . Honorary Surgeon to the King . Surgeon - General William Babtie , V.C. , minutes easy . Mr. Evans : I only say that because there The Dancing Green is on the edge of the has been some scuffling going on there . C.B. , C.M.G. , M.B. , has been appointed an P.C. Tompkins said : On June 12th at 11 Honorary Surgeon to the King , in place of Forest of Dean ? Yes , sir . Surgeon - General Sir W. L. Gubbins . Sur- Do you know defendant well ? -Yes , very p.m. I received information concerning geon - General Babtie , who is a son of Mr. well . fire at Rudge Farm , Weston - under - Penyard . John Babtie , of Dumbarton , entered the Is he a man who walks quickly ? -Not as On proceeding there I found a rick of wheat straw on fire , and I remained there and The programme of the first International New Thought Convention , which opened on Sunday , is rather a staggering production . Doctors and persons with all sorts of myste- rious letters after their names discourse on a variety of subjects , from " The Secret of Eternal Youth " to " Healing by First Inten- tion . " Concern for the physical body ap- pears to be a large part of the New Thought if one may judge from the syllabus , and there are healing meetings " at Knightsbridge Hall . The number of socie- ties represented is surprising , and their ability to find polysyllabic names to describe . themselves is quite interesting . There is a large number of ladies among the lecturers , and it is not surprising to find that most of the delegates come from America The founder of the Alameda Home of Truth ( situated , inquirers may be glad to know , in California ) explains " The Rich Mentality , " and another lady has made the cheering dis- covery that " He Can Who Knows He Can . " The rejection of the third provisional agree- ment designed to bring the building dispute to a much - desired end has not created any very general surprise . The feeling in favour of standing out is less strong among the men Army Medical Service in 1881 , and in the a rule , sir . than it was , and it has become evident to the last South African War was staff officer to How are you able to place the time at 10 made certain enquiries , stopping on the pre- more thoughtful of them that the dispute the Principal Medical Officer of the Natal o'clock - By the time I had been to a cer - mises till 1.25 a.m. I then returned to Ross , and at the bottom of Rudge Hill , about 500 cannot go on for ever , and that its settlement army , being present at all the actions for the tain place and the time I got back home . must be on a basis of compromise . Only in - relief of Ladysmith , and the subsequent Williams was ort a public road when you yards away from Rudge farm , 1 saw prisoner saw him ? Yes , sir . curable optimiste expect the counsels of the fighting in Natal and the East Transvaal . Williams standing by the side of the rosd . more thoughtful to prevail in these matters , Was there anything unusual about Wil- I got off my bicycle and said : " Hello , Jim ; however , and the officials of the unions were Won V.C. for Bravery .. liams when you saw him ? -Not that I saw is that you ? " He said : " Yes . Mr. Tomp- quite prepared to find their advice disre- For his excellent work there he was men- of , but it was nearly dark . kins , I have been to see the fire . " I replied : garded . There is a general disinclination to tioned in despatches , got the medal with five How far would it be from Williams ' house " You have not been to see the fire , or I believe that the masters will proceed to clasps , was promoted to be a Lieutenant- to your father's house ? -It would not be should have seen you there . " Prisoner said : ballot on the proposal of a national lock - out . General , and obtained the Victoria Cross , five minutes walk to anyone who can walk " I did not go inside the rickyard because The very doubtful nature of the response He gained the last - mentioned coveted honour well . the people might say that it was me who from the provinces is recognised , and a vote Charles Andrews , a gardener , of Hanley did it . I was at home in bed , and I saw the by heroism in succouring the wounded , - in which went against the proposal would be a Weston - under - Penyard , deposed light through the bedroom window . When face of the fire of the enemy , at the battle of Cottage , grave tactical The worst Colenso , and for his assistance in attempting that on June 12th , he was with his wife at I asked Williams where he was last , just be- wife called his attention to a fire on the He said : " I went along the footpath to the course , the wives and children . The fund successfully , Earl Roberts's son . Rudge Farm . That would be a quarter of a stile , which in close to Rudge started by South London Liberal M.P.'s is ow mile away straight across the fields , but he then went back home and to bed . " being liberally supported , and I am told that the street collectors have found the public could not say how far it would be round the I saw that Williams , bonts and trousers were path . He had only lived there a week and all soaking wet . " I then said to him : " I very sympathetic , but , even so , a cessation of work for twenty - two weeks is bound to hit the had not known Williams very long He saw don't believe you have been in bed at all . " Williams that night . They were looking at Prisoner replied No Lay not been to families pretty hard . the fire , when they heard a noise in the field bed , but I only went de far as the stile . " close by their garden . He went to see what When asked how he came to get on to the it was , and he found it was James Williams road where we were standing , Williams said : there . As far as he knew Williams was Through the orchard at the back of coming down the fields from his gate towards the farm buildings " Without any further adid PLUMBERS , HOT & COLD WATER FITTERS , GASFITTERS Butterers from this unfortunato affair are , of with Captain Congreve to save , though un- his front door about 10.30 p.m. , when his fore the fire and the time ko wont to bed , Makers of all kinds of Sheet Metal Goods . ESTIMATES GIVEN FOR - 1 KITOHEN RANGES , GRATES , BOILERS , BATHS , LAVATORIES , AND ALL SANITARY WORK ; SPOUTING , PUMPS AND WATER WHEELS , WATER SUPPLIES FOR FARMS , & c . ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO . HIGH - CLASS NOTE PAPERS at lowest prices . Largest and choicest stook in the district to select from at the " Gazette " Office . Advt . C bale FLORILINE FOR THE TEETH . 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