Ross Gazette 18th June 1914 - Page 6
Ross Gazette 18th June 1914 - Page 6
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| Date | 18/06/1914 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Ross Gazette |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 18th June 1914 |
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LLOYDS BANK LIMITED . Ohairman : R. V. VASSAR - SMITH . Deputy Chairman J. W. BEAUMONT PEASE Capital Subscribed . Capital paid up Reserve Fund Advances , & o . Deposits , & c . -281,304,200 5,008,872 $ , 600,000 86,158,867 105,210,059 THIS BANK HAS OVER 850 OFFICES IN ENGLAND AND WALES . Colonial and Foreign Department : 60 , Lombard St , D. PARIS AUXILIARY ! LLOYDS BANK ( FRANCE ) LIMITED , 26 , AVENUE DE L'OPERA . HEAD OFFICE LOMBARD ST . E.O. Ross Board of Quardians . with house room , the five shillings is not sufficient , and I think it will be a good thing if the amount can be increased . SHOULD OLD AGE PENSIONS BE INCREASED P + LEDBURY BOARD OF LOCAL TAXATION . LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD AND MR . WEBB'S APPOINTMENTS . The fortnightly meeting of this authority was held at Union Offices , Ross , on Thurs- day morning , when Mr. W. B. Pilkington ( Chairman ) presided , with Mr. F. Cooper in the vice - chair . Others present were , Mrs. Maclean , Col. O. R. Middleton , Capt . T. Raymond Symons . Mr. S. H. Deakin , Mr. H. H. Child , Mr. R. Pashley , Mr. H. Hone , Mr. C. A. Scudamore , Mr. J. Parr , Mr. F. Gibson Fry . Mt. H. T. Blake , Mr. A. Mat- thews , Mr. E. Morgan , Mr. J. Murdoch , Mr. Lock , Mr. J. Griffiths , Mr. G. W. Jones , Mr. J. G. Protheroe , Mr. A. G. Evans , Ald . T. Preece , Mr. C. Hitchings , Mr. J. T. Stone , Mr. S. Birchley , Mr. C. Freer , Mr. E. W. Prevost , Mr. F. W. Bull , with Mr. J. Fred Arnold ( Olerk ) , Mr. E. W. Gent and Mr. A. H. Webb ( Relieving Officers ) , and Mr. H. L. P. Battersea ( Master ) : F. 8. Collins , Mr. H. Lickfold , Mr. T. A. RELIEF BUSINESS . The RELIEVING OFFICERS reported that they had relieved 244 poor persons during the fortnight at a cost of £ 54 5s . 2d . , and that with non - resident relief amounted to £ 56 18s . 8d . FINANCE REPORT . Mr. COOPER , in presenting the finance report , said the balance at the bank last Board day was £ 1,671 16s . Sd . The sum required that morning to meet their current liabilities was £ 118 19s . 10d . , and when all the bills had been paid there would still be a credit balance of £ 1,552 16s . 5d . The unpaid calls due came to £ 4,044 , which would make the total credit of the Board £ 5,596 16s . 5d . He ( Mr. Cooper ) proposed the adoption of the report . Mr. MATTHEWS seconded , and it was carried . CONTRACT COMMITTEE'S REPORT Three Mr. MURDOCH said the Contract Com- mittee had met that morning and had , dis- cussed the various tenders , and they recom- mended that of Messrs . Smith and Watson , Ross , at £ 15 16s . 9d . , for supplying and fix- ing six new grates in the house . tenders were received for the repairing of the boundary wall , and they recommended that of Mr. James Pritchard at £ 4 10s . 6d . , which was lower than the previous one . For the painting and decorating of the nurses ' and porter's room two tenders were received , and the committee recommended that of Mr. W. Baldwin , of Cantilupe - road , at £ 6 19s . He ( Mr. Murdoch ) proposed the adoption of the report . Mr. COLLINS said this was a matter which the Board ought to be very cautious as to how they proceeded . If they made the old age pensions contributory and lowered the age and allowed a man who had been thrifty all his life , to contribute a little to- wards this pension , then he should be quite prepared to support the resolution . Other- wise they ought to be careful before they interferred with the present arrangement . Mr. COOPER said he did not think they should interfere with the present scheme . He quite agreed with Mr. Collins that the old age pension should be contributory . The Board decided not to support the re- solution , but allowed it to lie on the table . LEDBURY GUARDIANS AND LOCAL TAXATION . The CLERK read the following resolution , in reference to local taxation , from the Clerk to the Ledbury Union and Rural District Council , and asking for the support of the Ross Board and Council in the matter . " ( 1 ) That this Board views the recom- mendation of the Departmental Commit- tee upon Local Taxation , in so far as those proposals affect the Poor Law , as highly unsatisfactory , and the increased grants in aid suggested thereby , as inadequate , in view of the importance of the adminis- trative work of the Poor Law . “ ( 2 ) .— That in view of the Committee's Report regarding rating , and the speed of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in intro- ducing the Budget , and his proposals to transfer the assessments for rating pur- poses for Local Authorities to a Govern- ment Department , it is desirable for Boards of Guardians to be alert when the Rating Bill is introduced by the Govern- ment . " ( 8 ) . That the Poor Law Union Associa- tion be requested to give the proposals of the Departmental Committee their earnest consideration at an early date . " ( 4 ) -That the Boards of Guardians throughout the country be forwarded a copy of the foregoing resolution , with the request that they will support immediate action by the Union Association thereon . " The following resolutions was passed by " That this Council protests against the the Council : - inadequate amount of the annual grant re- ceived under the Agricultural Rates Act , and is of opinion that steps should at once be taken to have the same readjusted , and based upon the present rateable value and rates . " The CHAIRMAN said this appeared to him to be a matter for the Poor Law Associa- tion , and not for that Board , and if they left it in the hands of the Association , that would be all that was required , besides which it would have more weight coming from the Association . He would therefore propose that the Clerk be instructed to write to the Ledbury Board and state that in the opinion of the Ross Board these resolutions should be forwarded to the Poor Law Association for them to deal with . Mr. MURDOCH : I think so , too . Mr. CHILD seconded the Chairman's pro- position , which was carried unanimously . OTHER ITEMS . The seal of the Board was affixed to the guarantee bond given by Mr. A. H. Webb Bridstow , the sum being £ 200 . as the assistant overseer for the parish of The OLERK read a letter from the Local Government Board sanctioning the appoint- ment of Dr. T. Scott Shepherd as Medical Officer for one of the Union districts until July , 1917 . Mr. JONES seconded , and it was carried . Col. MIDDLETON said the House Com- mittee had inspected the stores and fourd everything satisfactory . The ironing stove in the laundry required repairing , and they recommended that a new section be obtained at a probable cost of about 15s . They had again inspected the boundary wall , and it was thought that the repairs should be done by tender , which they had now decided upon . The committee recommended that the Clerk should write to the owner of the adjacent property , and point out that this wall was the property of the Guardians and that the wall should in future be kept quite clear of any rubbish , as it was considered in the opinion of some that such might probably On the occasion of the last visit of Mr. have been the cause of the wall giving way . Power to the County Asylum , the CLERK The assistant nurse left the service of the reported that Mr. Power had discovered Board on May 30th , and that Nurse Waites that a man had been made chargeable to the had been engaged as temporary day nurse , Ross Union in May , but that no notification and Nurse Slater as temporary night nurse . had been sent to him ( the Clerk ) concerning Owing to the cost of this temporary night this . The man it appears was sent to prisen nursing the committee had requested the from the Ross district , and had had to be Clerk to look up statistics n view of in- removed to the asylum . He ( the Clerk ) was creasing the nursing staff . At present they now looking the matter up to see whether were paying at the rate of £ 1 1s . per week the man was chargeable to this union or not . with rations , and it is thought that if they It was considered by the Board that some had another permanent nurse to share the notification should have been sent to the work it would cost less money . The com- Clerk before this was discovered by Mr. mittee therefore proposed that the Clerk Power , otherwise the charge might have should make the necessary inquiries . Matron's report was considered as satis ability had been sent in . The gone on until the bill for this man's charge- factory . He ( Col : Middleton ) also thought the thanks of the Board should be given to the Master for getting the tables made for use in the infirmary for those patients con- fined to their beds . It was quite a unique arrangement . The tables were well made , and they answered all the purposes required for serving the meals to these patients . He would therefore like to incorporate in the House Committee's report that the tha ks of the Board be given the Master for having posed the adoption of the He therefore pro- got those tables made . whole . report as a Mr. BLAKE seconded , and it was carried unanimously . STILL REFUSED . The CLERK read a letter from the Local Government Board in which they stated that they regretted that they could not alter their previous decision with regard to the appointment of Mr. A. H. Webb as collector of taxes for the parish of Peterstow , and pointment . GROWS NEW HAIR IN 14 DAYS . LOCAL READER'S AMAZING EXPERIENCE . THE ROSS GAZETTE - THURSDAY , JUNE 18 , 1914 . Ross Rural District Council . THE WELL AND FOOTPATH AT LINTON . STONE HAULING FROM TRAM INN . PROPOSED NEW ROAD AT LEA . This Council met at Union Offices , Ross , on Thursday last , when Ald . T. Preece , J.P. presided , with Mr. J. Murdoch in the vice- ohair . Other members present were Capt , T. Raymond Symons , Mr. F. Cooper , Mr. S. H. Deakin , Mr. H. H. Child , Mr. R. Pash- tance round , and the old road would be more direct . He would therefore propose that this Council considers this an opportune time to approach the County Council with a view to repairing this old coach road , and thus doing away with the dangerous corner on the present stretch of road . A Longhope Wedding . Mrs. Stephens ( Gloucester ) -Embroidered card table centre Mr. F. Brooke ( Gloucester ) -Silver - mounted crocodile skin purse Mr. and Mrs. F. Bullock and family - Pair art fern vases bread fork PROBERT BRADLEY . Zion Baptist Chapel , Longhope , was crowd- Mr. EVANS seconded , and said it would ed to overflowing on Thursday afternoon for Mr. and Mrs. J. Birch ( Tibberton ) Silver be a good thing for the inhabitants there , the marriage of Miss Nancy E. Bradley , only Mr. Percy Williams - Breakfast ordet if this dangerous corner were done away daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Arm Mr. and Mrs. W. McArthur ( Devonshire ) - Silver inkstand with . It was close by the school , and all the strong Bradley , Brooklands , Longhope , to traffio passed by that way . Half the old Mr. Percival Wyndham Probert , only son Mr. W. Chalcraft - Pin cushion coach road was at present repaired by the of the Rev. O. E. and Mrs. Probert , of Mrs. Carrie Bullock - Pair vases Rural Council , and there were a few chains Pontypridd . The event created a great Mr and Mrs. F. Bradley ( uncle and aunt ) - Mr. and Mrs. that were not repaired . amount of local interest . Bradley and family are highly respected in the parish , and are prominently connected with the chapel , and the community seized the opportunity to show their appeciation of them . There was much floral decoration in Mr. COLLINS inquired as to how this old coach road came to be closed . Some of the members seemed to think that ley , Mr. H. Hone , Mr. O. A. Scudamore , Mr. the old road was closed just prior or at the J. Parr , Mr. F. Gibson Fry . Mr. F. 8. Col - time the railway was built . Mr. POWER thought it was long enough lins , Mr. H. Liokfold . Mr. T. A. Lock , Mr. J. Griffiths , Mr. G. W. Jones , Mr. J. G. before that . The CHAIRMAN said they might ask the Protheroe , Mr. A. G. Evans , Mr. O. Hitch- ings , Mr. J. T. Stone , Mr. S. Birchley , Mr. County Surveyor to make a report . After further discussion , it was decided to Bulleth Mr. J. Fred . Arnold ( Clerk ) , Mr. forward the resolution to the County Roads Freer , W. Prevost , Mr. F. W. F. Ricketts ( Sanitary Inspector ) , Mr. J. and Bridges Committee . Lewis and Mr. A. B. Farr ( Surveyors ) . SANITARY COMMITTEE'S REPORT . Mr. PREVOST presented the Sanitary Committee's report , which showed that the Medical Officer stated that no new cases of infectious diseases had occurred . The two cases previously reported were now convales cent . Two samples of water were examined , one at Cotterell's , Bollitree Cottage , and the other at Bridstow , and both were found to be in good order . A third well at Gos- brook , Bridstow , was found to be polluted . Another letter written by Col. Dalzell had been received with reference to the well at Linton , called Talbots ' well . He again in- quires why the Sanitary Committee have so He apparently considers that the long delayed to cause the well to be put in order . death of a child living in the neighbourhood The was due to pollution of the water . Medical Officer of Health stated that the death of the child was proved at the inquest not to have resulted from bad water . The Clerk to the Council had been instructed to inform Col. Dalzell that of his latter state- ment , that the well had been under the observation of the Sanitary Inspector for some years , that the well was primarily in the hands of the Parish Council , and the Parish Council had not decided what steps they would take to prevent pollution . The Committee recommended that the granting of the water certificate to Mr. Begar , of Blythefield , in respect to the cottage on his farm . The Committee also recommended that water certificate should be granted to Mr. Barclay , of Weston - under - Penyard , in respect to a new cottage built in School lane , Weston . The drains at School house , Lin- ton , and at the schools in Hope Mansell parish had been put in good order . The com- mittee recommended that the statutory notice should be issued to the owner of cer- tain premises at St. Weonards to provide a proper system of drains . A notice to vacate & house at Sellack should be served on the tenants . In answer to the letter received from H.M. Inspector of the Factories , dated May 22nd , with respect to the lime - washing of blacksmiths ' shops at Llanwarne and Hoarwithy . the Clerk was instructed to re- ply that the matter was in hand . He pro- posed the adoption of the report . Mr. HONE seconded , and it was carried STONE HAULING AT TRAM INN . The CLERK read a letter from the Clerk The Trader who shows confidence in his goods by advertising their high quality and value will se- cure the confidence of the public , Continued adver- tising and the mainten- ance of the high standard of his stock will retain that confidence . Set of carvers Alleged Incendiarism at Weston . At a special sitting of the Rose Police the vicinity of the chapel . At the gate was Court on Monday , before Mr. Thomas Maf across Mr. J. B. Evans , solicitor , Ross , appeared on behalf of the prisoner , several members of prisoner's family being present . Costumes that Fit , that are New , that will Please . The Largest Stock in the County THERE IS NO BETTER VALUE . WAKEFIELD KNIGHT , HEREFORD . Bread and Tobacco . THE SHORT WEIGHT INQUIRY . the motto " God bless the bridal pair " ; thews , a man named James Williams , of were the words Weston - under - Penyard , was brought up in ' Ye old barn " God bless you " and out on the main custody charged with wilfully and malicious . The Select Committee of the House of road , on an arch of bannerttes , were ly setting fire to a rick of wheat straw , the Commons which is inquiring into the sub- more good wishes " Health and happiness " property of Mr. J. G. Protheroe , farmer , of Mr. Thomas Mitchell , the managing direc and " God bless you . " A company of Boys ' Rudge Farm , Weston - under - Penyard , on the ject of short weight sat again on Wednesday . Brigade , under Captain Stanley , lined up the night of June 12th . tor of a West - end bakery and a trustee of the National Association of Master Bakers , pathway strewn with flowers , fern , etc.- and acted as a guard of honour , which duty produced a number of loaves of varying was shared by children of the Sunday School . shapes , and informed the Committee that The chapel was very nicely decorated with P.C. Tompkins said : On June 12th at 11 the same weight of dough was used for each ferns and flowers , the work of Miss Ada p.m. I received information concerning a of the specimens , but the loaves differed in Davies , of Zion House . There were also fire at Rudge Farm . Weston - under - Penyard . weight owing to evaporation and the methods arches and bunting in profusion in the On proceeding there I found a rick of wheat of baking adopted . There was no loss , how- neighbourhood of Brooklands , this being the straw on fire , and I remained there and ever , in the nutritive value of the bread . made certain enquiries , stopping on the pre- If every loaf were required to weigh 21ha . work of neighbours . The ceremony was performed by the Rev. mises till 1.25 a.m. I then returned to Ross , the bread would be more moist and insuffi- E. O. Probert , father of the bridegroom , and at the bottom of Rudge Hill , about 500 ciently baked , and the proportion of English yards away from Rudge farm , I saw prisoner heat used would be decreased . It was easy assisted by the pastor of the church , Rev. J. Stanley . Mrs. A. G. Large pre- Williams standing by the side of the road . for a Scottish baker to secure almost exactly sided at the organ , and played Mendelssohn's got off my bicycle and said : " Hello . Jim ; the uniform weight of his closely packed and other wedding music . The hymns were is that you ? " He said : " Yes , Mr. Tomp- " batch " loaves : hut that was impossible " Deign this union to approve " and " The kins , I have been to see the fire . ! ' I replied ; with the crisp crusty loaves which were de voice that breathed o'er Eden . " The brides " You have not been to see the fire , or I manded by English consumers . To produce maids were the Misses Elsie , Florrie , and should have seen von there . " Prisoner said : bread of the latter class it was necessary to Edwina Probert ( sisters of the bridegroom ) , " I did not go inside the rickyard because present the largest possible extent of the while the best man was Mr. Armstrong the people might say that it was me who surface of a loaf to the heat of the oven , Bradley , Longhope ( brother of the bride ) did it . I was at home in bed , and I saw the and as a result the quantity of moisture The bride's dress was of ivory satin trimmed light throngh the bedroom window . " When left in the bread was diminished . To oppose with silk net and Chantilly lace . She wore asked Williams where he was last , just be- additional restrictions upon the trade by law a wreath of orange blossom and veil of em- fore the fire and the time he went to bed , would place a premium upon the output of broidered silk tulle and carried a sheaf of he said : " I went along the footpath to the insufficiently cooked and indigestible bread . The stile , which is close to Rudge Farm , and I Mr. J. Blackledge , of Bootle , said that lilies , the gift of the bridegroom . during a dry east wind bread lost greater dresses of the two elder bridesmaids were of then went back home and went to bed " pale green taffeta , trimmed with real lace . I saw that Williams ' hoots and trousers were weight than when baked in moist weather all soaking wet . I then said to him : I Mr. William Rennie , managing director of The youngest sister wore a dress of cream don't believe you have been in bed at all . " the Imperial Tobacco Company , gave evi- silk . After the ceremony a reception was held Prisoner replied : " No , I have not been to dence to the effect that there were insuper- able objections to a rule that tobacco should by the bride's parents at the Latchen Room , bed , but I only went as far as the stile . " which was prettily decorated for the occasion . When asked how he came to get on to the in all cases be sold by weight . It would Mrs. Penwarden , Wallbrook House , kindly road where we were standing , Williams said : mean that packets would have to be opened " Through the orchard at the back of and the contents weighed before delivery to lent plants , eto . Without any further the customer . There was the further conse- All the guests were conveyed to the farm buildings . " Henry Houston , advertising agent , Wilfrid present . Dixon and Charles Towler pleaded guilty at the wedding ceremony and to the reception Devon Assizes on Saturday to charge of by motor , and the bride and bridegroom conspiring to publish tickets in a lottery motored to Gloucester on the way to Llan- and The most direct profitable means of adver- tising is afforded by the columns of the Ross Gazette . " DERBY SWEEPSTAKE FINE TICKETS FOR A MILLION AND A - HALF , called the " John Bull Derby Sweep , 1914. " Tickets for the sweepstake , it was alleged , were sent about the country by the hundred weight to be posted , and if only those printed by the printer concerned in the present case were sold the promoters would have received £ 1,500,000 sterling , though the prizes offered were only £ 50,000 . It was not suggested that defendants had anything to do with the actual promotion of the lottery . Houston was paid £ 10 a week , Dixon tenpence an hour and Towler 9d . an hour . Mr. Justice Coleridge said it was unsatis- factory that the promoters were not before him , but he hoped they would be caught . As Dixon and Towler had promised not to offend to the Hereford Rural Council , which com- Houston , plained that the Ross Council were hauling again they would be bound over . considerable amount of material from Tram who had evidently been much nearer the em- Inn Station to the roads which were much ployer than the others ; would be fined £ 100 nearer by several miles to other railway sta- and would have to pay the costs of the tios than they were to Tram Inn . The haul- prosecution . " ing , the letter continued . had done consider- able damage to the roads of that district , and he ( the Clerk ) was to ask that the Ross Council should take such steps as would put an end to what appeared to the Hereford Council to be the unnecessary using of their roads by the Ross Council . The Hereford Council were quite aware that at the pre- sent time Wilton Bridge was closed to traffic , but the hauling complained of had been carried on previous to the closing of the bridge . It was therefore hoped that as soon as the bridge was completed the cause of the complaint would cease . Mr. FARR reported that this hauling was done for the County Council , and not for the Ross Council . Mr. COLLINS : Then we are entitled to an apology ( laughter ) . The CLERK was instructed to reply to the letter , and state that it was a matter between the Hereford Rural Council and the County Surveyor and County Council . THE LINTON FOOTPATH . Col. Dalzell also wrote with regard to the footpath at Linton as follows : - " With refer- ence to the preservation of the right of way over the footpath leading from Burton to Lea , your attention was invited to this as under the Local Government Board Act of 1894 Rural District Councils are vested with the duty of protecting all public rights of way , and it appeared advisable , in this par- ticular case . to refer the matter direct to the higher authority . Am I to understand DEATH OF WELL - KNOWN WELSH LADY Thomas , of Llwynmadoe , Breconshire , whose family trace descent from the Welsh Princes of Fferllys , it is disclosed that she was an anonymous giver of many thousands of pounds to South Wales philanthropic institutions . King Edward Hospital , Cardiff , in ten years thus benefited from her benevolence to the In connection with the death of Miss Clara extent of £ 16,000 . One donation to that in- stitution was £ 10,000 , and she anonymously gave another £ 10,000 to the Swansea Conve lescent Home . Miss Thomas died in London in her seventy - fourth year . For Oakes , Pastry , Puddings & Plan BORWICK'S BAKING POWDER . ANGLING NOTES . ING SEASON . About 70 guests were dudno , where the honeymoon will be spent . The bride's travelling dress was a brown Bedford cord costume , with hat of white Mr. and Mrs. Probert's future residence tulle trimmed with small roses . will be in Liverpool . The following is a list of the wedding pre- sents : - Bride to bridegroom - Gold ring Bridegroom to bride Gold chain with gold pendant set with emeralds and pearls Bride's father - Cheque Bride's mother - Household linen Mr. Armstrong Bradley ( brother ) -Cheque / Mr. Oswald Bradley ( brother ) -Barometer and dessert knives and forks Bridegroom's father and mother - Walnut clock with Westminster chimes Misses Elsie and Flossie Probert ( sisters ) - Epergne Miss Edwina Probert ( sister ) -Poker work velvet table centre Miss Rose Williams ( cousin ) -Antimony tea caddy Mrs. Williams ( grandmother ) Cheque , silver tray , forks , teapot , eto . Mrs. Bradley ( grandmother ) -Cash spirit lamp Mrs. Geo . Wright ( aunt ) -Brass kettle and Miss Lily Wright ( cousin ) -Pen - painted Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Large ( uncle and aunty velvet cushion -Hall brush set aunt ) Table centre questioning prisoner said he came along the quence that opportunities would be given for footpath to the stile and then up above the tampering with the packets . Smokers who stile and the farm . I told him that I did demanded a proprietary tobacco could not not believe him , and that I should arrest be certain that they would get it unless it him for setting fire to the rick . After were supplied in packets , and although each cautioning him , Williams said : " You have packet contained the full weight of tobacco got the wrong man . I would not do Mr. when it left the factory , there was some loss Protheroe any harm . If you will let me go . in weight owing to evaporation . He did rot I will go home and say no more about it . " think that loss would amount to so much as I told him I should take him to Ross , and he 10 per cent . in the course of a month . If then resisted apprehension . When I search- a man wanted to be certain of getting full ed him I found a box of matches in his pos weight of tobacco there was no difficulty ; he session , also a small piece of candle , and could buy it loose . In spite of that fact the several dead matches in his waistcoat pocket . purchasers of packets of tobacco were grow- Supt . Broad : On that evidence I wish to ing in number every year . ask for a remand until Friday next , in order to make further inquiries .. bail . Mr. Evans said he was there to represent the prisoner , and he wished to apply for His brother was present and would undertake to see that defendant appeared at the sitting of the Court on Friday next . The man was of a most respectable family , and very well known in the district . Mr. Matthews said bail would be allowed in one surety of £ 50 . Frederick Williams , brother of the prison- er went surety , and prisoner was allowed to go . " THE DOG IT WAS THAT - P " Mr. Montague Gluckstein , of the firm of Salmon and Gluckstein , agreed entirely with Mr. Rennie . In spite of the fact that men were absolutely sure of getting full weight if they bought loose tobacco , the taste for it was diminishing , while that for propriet- ary articles was growing . At the present time 75 per cent . of the tobacco sold by his firm was in packets and the proportion was increasing . The Committee adjourned . CHIPS OF NEWS . As a memorial to his father and mother Mr. J. T. Field , of Skelmanthorpe , has ANIMAL THAT DID SUMS FOR CHILDREN . erected several cottage homes for the use of aged persons in the district . Some really wonderful stories of a dog Cardinal Bourne , Archbishop of Westmin- from a German paper , Animal Souls , the day , when he conducted a confirmation ser Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bradley ( uncle and Rolf of Mannheim are quoted in the Times ster , visited Hitchin for the first time on Sun- Miss Amy Woodcock ( cousin in Chicago ) -of the Society of Animal Psychology vice at St. Michael's Church . and other sources . The Prince of Wales made his first public tion - stone of a church at Kennington . peech on Saturday , when he laid the founda Tatted lace Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bradley ( uncle and aunt ) -Silver cream jug Zion Baptist Sunday School teachers and scholars Devon ware salad bowl and servers and spoon Zion Y.P.S.O.E. - Dozen table knives and knife box Bride's Sunday School olass - Marmalade jar Carmel Baptist Choir , Pontypridd Three- tier silver afternoon tea cake stand Mrs. and Miss Hughes ( Pontypridd ) -Silver mounted glass preserve dish Rev. J. and Mrs. Stanley and sons - Case silver tea spoons and sugar tongs The Misses Hill ( Earl's Croo.ne ) -Silver and glass preserve and spoon Miss M. P. Constance - Silver vase Miss M. Constance ( Ross ) -Hanging photo frame Mr. and Mrs. John Parry - Rose bowl Miss Kate Parry - D'oyleys Miss Muriel Parry Set china cream jugs Mr. and Mrs. E. Parry - Silver - plated butter dish and knife Tea cosy that Madame Moekel , its mistress , having It is related of the dog by Dr. Mackenzie cause to suspect one of her children of getting help from someone in doing his sums , and not being able to get a satisfactory answer South London was swept by an astounding thunderstorm 0-11 Sunday afternoon . Six people were killed by lightning . arrived at Costanza on a visit to the King and Queen of Roumania . A new French Ministry under M. Viviani has been formed . from the child himself , determined to watch the children while doing their lessons . The The Czar , the Czarina , and their family result was quite unexpected . The two youngest children were seated with the dog , and hardly had they heard their mother draw near than they pushed him violently away ; exclaiming , " Be off , Rolf , here's mamma ! All three , said Madame Moekel , had the air The ad of guilty persons taken in the act . mission of the culprits confirmed the suspi- clons of the lady : the children made Rolf do their sums for them ! Six persons were drowned through boating accidents during the week - end . Record crowds watched the racing at Cam- bridge on Saturday . The Jesus crew retairi their place at the head of the river , and Last summer Rolf was visited by some twenty - seven bumps have been registered . mentioned , are practising Catholics ) who put coins and medals in the British Museum , and ecclesiastic ( the Moekel family , it should be Dr. Barclay Head , formerly keeper of the the strangest theological questions to him . of international reputation as a numismatist , They received the most orthodox replies , but has died . Herr Moekel , dissatisfied with the perform . shellace , himself asked the dog to tell him the source of his theological knowledge . Rolf , with his habitual frankness , immediately re- ( referring , no doubt , to the regular lesson in the Catechism of Herr Moekel's little boy , a lesson at which , as at all the others , Rolf was present and benefited ) . THE OPENING OF THE COARSE FISH- The Wye and its tributaries have been re- from you that the Rural District Council freshed and improved by recent storms and will decline to act unless the Parish Council considerable rain , and angling has been bene think well to make representation ? The prac - fited . Arrested salmon are moving and tical obliteration of this public footpath by fresh - run fish are coming up , and sport with the person or persons farming the land on rod and line in that department is once more Mr. and Mrs. W. Constance ( Hill Court ) -plied , " Catechism , Fritz ' each side of it calls for immediate attention . somewhat notable . Trouting is now good on The footpath is a very short cut from Burton the main river , and better etill on affluent Miss H. J. Evans ( Ross ) -Duchess set Station , and although , owing to Burton and other Welsh waters , and Lugg , Arrow , to Lea Church , and to Mitcheldean Road streams , particularly as regards Rhayader Miss Winifred Mann ( Keynsham ) -Pair silver salt cellars Court having been unoccupied for some years Morrow , and Dore . The Wye still abounds Mr. A. Fish ( Bristol ) -Pair_blankets it may not have been so much as at present , with chub , which are now taking the fly Mr. and Mrs. F. Clark ( Hereford ) -- After- it should not have been ploughed up , and in freely . The other day an angler , employing a some places entirely effaced neither , I sub- mallard spinner , killed and créeled sixty - two mit , should such action have been allowed by chub above Hereford . The fish , taken alive the officials responsible to the public . The on fords and deeps ranged from tlb . to 24lb . Parish Council is being approached on this Grayling are rising , and parr - to be treated matter . but I think it is as well that your tenderly - are lively and numerous . Council should also be put in possession of the facts of the case . " Mr. FARR said the portion of the path that run through his farm had not been ploughed up , and he knew Mr. Corbishley had not ploughed his portion up . noon tea cloth Mrs. C. and Miss A. M. Bullock ( Hereford ) -Pair embroidered cushion covers Mr. and Mrs. Luter and Miss Swindells- Handmade afternoon tea cloth Mrs. Crossley Tea pot Mrs. A. and Miss Virgo ( Blakeney ) -Inlaid tray with nickel gallery Mrs. Henry Morris ( Cheltenham ) -Silver sugar basin and sifters rests The angling season for coarse fish opened on Tuesday , and in the Bidford and Binton districts of the Avon the early conditions were more generally satisfactory than has been the case for several years past . With Friends in London Silver dessert spoons the exception of only a few days the river Mr. and Mrs. J. Prescott ( Dunster ) -Deer- Clerk should reply and state that so far as The CHAIRMAN said he thought the has been in good volume during the whole skin rug this Council knew the path had not been ploughed up , and if any complaint was made the right course was to make it to the Parish Council . Mr. COLLINS said if there was an ob- struction it should be reported to the District Council Mr. MURDOOH proposed that the Clerk should write to Col. Dalzell , and state that so far as this Council could understand . there was no obstruction to the path , and of the close period , and as the weather in Miss Julia Prescott ( Dunster ) -Silver carver the same period has been for the most part mild , with only a few frosty nights , the fish Miss Amy Morris ( Bicester ) -Silver " shell " spawned early , and under more favourable cake basket conditions than usual . brush Reports show that Mrs. Morris ( Fawley ) -Brass crumb tray and the fish are now in better condition than is ordinarily the case at opening time , and in- Mr. and Mrs. W. Penwarden - Antique clined to feed . The rain , which fell plenti- bronze slipper box fully in the last few days , has had a markedly Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Browning - Copper freshening and enlivening effect . Apparently eels have increased considerably in the river Mr. John Jackson China trinket set and its tributaries of late , as they have Mrs. R. Sterry - Pair china vases So far as roach and dace are concerned , it and knife crumb tray and brush THE LOST LINER . REVISED LIST OF THE DEAD , Mrs. Shrubsole , of Kingston - on - Thames , has bequeathed some jewellery to the Queen . The leading feature of the Horse Show at Olympia on Saturday was the Coaching Corinthian for a £ 50 cup , which was won by Mr. W. A. Barron .. After discussing the housing question for ten years , the Saffron Walden Rural District Council has decided to build cottages for labourers in ten villages . His Honour Judge Longstaffe , Judge of County Courts in the West Riding of York- shire , died at his residence in Headingley , Leeds , on Sunday . He was Assistant Re- An official recount of the dead and surcorder of that city . vivors from the wreck of the Empress of Ire- land , says the Times Toronto correspondent , rived in London on Saturday morning by an Mr. Edward Brook , Huddersfield , who ar shows that 1,014 were lost ; that 463 were excursion train , was seized with illness in saved ; and that there were 1,477 persons on the street and died while being removed to board . Charing - cross Hospital . Ventnor District Council have decided to A woman obtained leave , at the Tottenham to her boy . She said that she was too poor to Police - court on Saturday , to withdraw a summons against a schoolmaster for cruelty spend the half - crown which the issue of the summons would cost . Two thieves entered the shop of Mr. Wil liamson , jeweller , Moxton - street , Shoreditch , on Saturday night , and stole a tray of dia- mond rings valued at £ 200 . They made their escape in the marketing crowd which frequents the street . Pony boys at therefore they declined to sanction the apextraordinary improvement as a result of that the matter has been referred to the afforded lively sport in the past few weeks . Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Jackson - Bread board fire broke out . They themselves notified the protest against the long hours which , they SHOULD OLD AGE PENSIONS BE INCREASED ? of your readers who wish to . can try Parish Council for their opinion . This was seconded and carried unanimously FINANCE REPORT . is probable than for the ensuing week or two Mrs. F. Dowding Pair candlesticks gentles will be found a more attractive bait Mr. Walter Davis Fretwork backet trial . For the chub cheese may be tried Mrs. Emma Bullock - D'oyleys than stewed wheat , but a supply of the latter Mrs. George Williams - Antimony trinket should be carried and given an occasional box DEAR SIR , -A paragraph recently appear- ed in your paper in which a noted doctor recommended Lavona Hair Tonic for dand- ruff , falling hair , baldness , etc. , and , being a sufferer from these hair troubles , I gave apply for a Provisional Order empowering the preparation a trial . The result was really astonishing . After applying it for four days the dandruff decreased consider the provision and management of golf links . ably , and at the end of a week it had en- Wigan Town Council have applied to the tirely disappeared , leaving my scalp per- fectly clear . Local Government Board for sanction to bor I continued the treatment , row £ 50,638 for a sewerage scheme . and in another week the hair had not only It is proposed to erect a joint isolation hos- ceased to fall out , but I also noticed a dis- tinct growth of fine downy hair where pre- pital for the districts of Morpeth , Ashington , and Newbiggin at a cost of £ 30,000 . Yously my scalp had been almost bald . My friends are continually remarking upon the Reigate Hill cricket pavilion was destroyed by fire on Saturday night . Two ladies were the Hazlerigg Colliery , seen coming from the building just before the Northumberland , came out on strike as a my using this excellent preparation . Any Lavona Hair Tonic without risk just as I pelice , but rode away without giving their names . said , the animals had to work . They resumed The CLERK read a letter from the Wards- did . You simply deposit the price of a Horace Caldicot , employed at Messrs . Cam- on the understanding that the management worth Union in reference to the suggestion bottle and the chemist gives you his per- mell , Laird , and Co.'s works , Shefeld , was would remedy the matter . that the old age pension allowance should sonally - signed agreement to return your Finance Committee , which showed a balance Mr. MURDOCH gave the report of the lled on Saturday by the fall of a large piece be inoreased , and that the age should be deposit intact , if , after using the Tonic , you Two boys , named Clayton and Dickenson , of armour plate , weighing twenty - five tons . were drowned in the River Irwell , at Brooks- reduced , and asking the Ross Board to give don't feel perfectly satisfied . I know for a their support to the following resolution : fact that several chemists , including Albert at the bank of £ 2,452 18. 8d . , less unpresent- with good effect when other baits fail , and Mrs. B. Davies - China sugar castor Towards the establishment of a University bottom , near Bury , on Saturday . They were College in Sussex , £ 10,000 has already been playing near the river when Dickenson fell oushion covers The committee are asking for into the water . Clayton overbalanced while of living , rent , etc. , especially in large Tonic under this guarantee , and I strongly counts , and when those were discharged their by the steady growth in membership of towns and cities , have increased by more advise any sufferers from hair trouble to London University . shell sugar basin and cream jug Mr. C. T. Scott's pony dropped dead on than 15 per cent . since the Old Age Pen- give it a trial at once . credit balance would be £ 2.371 74 , 4d . The nearly all the clubs having water reserved Mr. and Mrs. A. Simmonds Mother o ' pearl walking home to Wirksworth from Derby , a ham , on Saturday during a tournament . Mr. J. K. Fritchley died on Saturday after the polo ground at Prestbury Park , Chelten- unpaid calls due came to £ 825 , which would for their own use . For a time a little diffi- handled bread fork make a total credit of £ 2,696 7. 4d . He Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Constance - Embroider - train . Death is believed to be due to exhaus Saturday evening , Constable Mrs. A. E. Browning distance of fourteen miles , through missing & Directing traffic at Camberley , Surrey , on would propose the adoption of the report . Freeland was Mr. LOOK , seconded , and itwas carried . The deceased was well known as a foot- knocked down by a motor - car and badly ball referee . injured . PROPOSED NEW ROAD AT LEA . A deputation from the Gardeners ' Com- Mr. PROTHEROE said he wished to bring pany of London , comprising many well- before the Council the question of the dang known Englishmen and several London Coun- erous corner at the Lea , and he thought thin cillors , has been visiting the horticultural Council should petition the County Council , establishments in Orleans . now they were likely to receive these grants osmove all obstructions ; also ours Anmmin , and towards the repair of the roads , with a view rause no injury ; to the married or single are to getting them to repair the old coaching invaluable . From most chemists , or by post , road at the Lea . If that were done , it would under cover , 1/1 or 2/9 , from Horton & Co. , the road leading to Lea Church and the Birmingham . Lying - in Hospital ) , Dept. 10 , Anton do away with the very dangerous corner in Chemists ( Chief Dispenser from the Inte school . The old coaching road was not so Manor , Birmingham . Bold over 50 years . long , as the present road , and the cost of adles should send penny stamp for a free sample repairing it now would be saved on the re- of Pills , also Improved Sanitary Towel , and in- pairs of the other road which was a long dis - teresting booklet post free . ed cheques of £ 55 38. 7d . , leaving £ 2,396 bream may for a time show a preference for Miss Ada Davies - Pair hand - embroidered 176. 8d . They would require that morning small red worms or gentles . That angling is subscribed . " That , in view of the fact that the cost Porter , 13 , High - street , sell Lavona Hair £ 25 10s . 4d . to pay their outstanding ac- becoming more and more popular is shown Miss M. E. Edgell Silver stand with china £ 50,000 . The College will be allied to the endeavouring to reach his companion . sions Act came into force , representation be made by this Board to His Majecty's Government with a view to securing a re- vision of this Act by which the maximum Yours . " GRATEFUL . " FRENCH AVIATION FATALITY , ( 5s . weekly ) at present allowed , be raised A fatal accident occurred on Saturday even- to 76. 6d . weekly , and the age limit reducing at the Toul Aerodrome , an seroplane , ed to 65 years . " with a corporal of the Aviation Corps and a sapper , falling from a height of 50 metres owing to excessive " banking . " The corporal was killed , and the sapper , who was taken from under the motor , was in a hopeless con The CHAIRMAN : What do the Board think about that ? BLAKE : I think it is a very good pro- position ! dition . CHILD FALLS FROM A TRAIN . The CLERK : We have certainly benefitted through the Old Age Pensions . The increase will also save the old age pensioners from coming into the workhouse . Five shillings a week is not sufficient to keep them out , es Robert Gander , aged five , who was return pecially in the winter . ing with his father to Haslemere from Ports eta after a visit to the Royal Counties Mr. BLAKE : Unless these old age pen - how , fell from an excursion train near Petersfield on Friday , and was killed . sioners have friends who will provide them culty will be found in the standing mowing grass , which bars access to some of the favourite stretches . Horton's BENEDICT PILLS Free to Ladies . In a few days correct all irregularities and All ed afternoon linen tea cloth Mrs. Hawkins - Milk jug Miss Nellie Constance - Preserve dish and stand Mrs. Henry Stephens - Bread tray Mr. W. Harris ( Pontypridd ) -Pair silver vases Mr. H. Isaacs ( Pontypridd ) -Pair silver vases Mr. and Mrs. H. H Gibson ( Pontypridd ) - Silver fern stand with four vases Mr. and Mrs. D. McArthur ( Pontypridd ) Linen table cloth Mrs. Sanders ( Pontypridd ) -China augar basin and cream jug Mr. and Mrs. J. Green ( Huntley ) -Book , ] The Ideal Christian Home " Beautifies the teeth and the gums , FLORILINE Renders the teeth pearly white . Arrests the decay of the teeth . Acts as detergent after smoking . Renders the gums hard and healthy . le the best Liquid Dentifrice . The favourite over 35 years . Sold everywhere , 26 , 6d . per bottles FOR THE TEETH . Vice - Admiral Lewis Bayly was on Saturday invested by the King at Windsor Castle with the insignia of a Knight Commander of the Bath ( Military Division ) . The Duke of Teck left London on Saturday for Germany to represent the King at the funeral of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg- Strelitz , the Queen's cousin . were In a sailing match on the Thames off Erith the yacht Vanoya capsized , and Mr. Oscar Stone and Mr. Richard Graham drowned . The two other occupants , Mr. Percy Stone and Mr. J. Allen , were saved by a barge . ESTAB WILLIAM P DISTI Wine and Spirit Mercha Elast - street , 48 , Broad - stree And OII HIGH - STR Foreign Wines and Spirite Imported direct f Bonded E DISTILLERS , PULLING'S PUR Manufacturers of all kinds of Fine Retail and Trade Lists Post Free on applica Finest Special Reserve Whiskey , 50 / - pe Bole Consignees of TIRANT and 00 . All other Champ FACTS AND FANCIES . CANDLESTICK AND TINDER - BOX . Much less than a century ago a tinder- was an absolutely essential part of the equ ment of every home , but so suddenly a completely did it become cd d appear from the list of necessary things . th even to men in middle life its name is red lent of antiquity , and few could with con dence give an account of its shape or u writes J. T. Herbert Baily in the Connniaset One that was rescued from a hop of une sidered trifles in a Suffolk farmhouse was parently an ordinary deep candlestick . su as may still be found in common use . In t case , however , the candle holder could lifted off , and the tinder box , complete w its accessories of damper and steel , was vealed . Of this handy and convenient co bination few examples now exist . though was once , no doubt , a fairly common type . GIANT WIND MOTOR . A wind motor claimed to be the largest its kind in the world is in use at Harling Friesland , for draining a tract of lowland deemed from the sea by high embankmen with an area of 1,850 acres . This machi which has steel sails and is mounted on a st tower , has a diameter of 50ft .. and is said be capable of ' dealing with 64.000 to 70 , cubic feet of water an hour . WHAT IS A JUMBUK ! There are some curious terms in the Aust lian bush vocabulary , a writer in 7 ' . F Weekly tells us . Here are a few : seas are " A hatter is a man who works alone a lives a solitary life . A fossicker is a dig who turns over ground that has been pre ously worked , in the hope of finding preci metal that has been overlooked . An outla may mean a horse that is untamable , and sheep is a jumbuk . ' New arrivals from o new chums , ' and one of these works on a sheep or cattle station to gain perience , for which privilege he someti pays a prenom . is jackeroo . " We h the plain turkey and the serub turkey , neit of which are turkeys . An illicit , grog shop a sly grog shanty . " The bush is cour on which the natural vegetation still rema and is synonymous with unpopulated coun The irrespective of its vegetation . ring of a shearing shed is the man who has sh the greatest number of sheep at that s during the season . A buckboard is a f wheeled vehicle without spring . adapted for rough country . " MARRIAGE LAW CURIOSITIES . and In West Virginia a man may marry his ceased wife's sister , but is forbidden by law marry her step - daughter . In Massachusetts deceased wife's sister , but is prohibited f wedding her grandmother . a man may marry In Maryland whites and negroes or mu toes who intermarry are deemed guilty of infamous crime , " and are subject to ten ye imprisonment . But if they go across the der , into Pennsylvania , and get married t and return to Maryland they are not breal the law . to B FORTY - TWO STOREYS HIGH . The highest building west of the Mississi says Popular Mechanics , is in Seattle , W ington . The tower rises 450ft . above st level , and is so conspicuous that it is used a beacon by mariners in making their way The building covers Puget Sound . that is 108ft . by 120ft . The main struct is twenty - one storeys high . and this tower adds twelve storeys . In addition to there are two storeys below street level . height to the lantern at the top of the to is equivalent to forty - two storeys . The four tion rests on 1,276 concrete piles driven In buil depth of 50ft . below the surface . the foundation 4,000 barrels of cement more than 1,000 tons of steel were used . the foundation piles a total weight of 76 gross tons is carried , the steel for the su structure alone weighing 4,732 gross tons . OLD NURSERY RHYMES , Some of our favourite nursery rhymes be traced back many hundreds of ye " Sing a Song of Sixpence " was popula Three Blind Mi the sixteenth century . was sung in the reign of Jatues I. The and the Mouse " amused the children in " Girls and 1 days of Queen Elizabeth . was well known in Come Out to Play immo reign of Charles II .. and the " Humpty Dumpty " perhaps is of the grea antiquity . THE WORLD'S COAL RESERVES . The total coal reserves of the world as mated in millions of tons are : Oceania , 170,410 millions . Asia , 1,279,586 millions . Africs , 57.839 millions . America , 5,105,528 millions . Burope , 784,190 millions . Total , 7,397,553 millions . It is evident that there need be no about the cheery fire in our time . FOREIGN MATCHES ENGLAND'S a M ENGLAND BI |