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OUR LONDON LETTER.1
OUR LONDON LETTER. 1 [From OUT Special Correspondent.] i London. Peace has been signed. The war is actlio ally as well as technically over. From first to lasi Germany'^ perfidy has cost the world little :urt of lave years of conflict and deso- lation. This is a time for rejoicing. It is also a time in which good citizens privately and publicly should make acts of faith in peace. The world is not merely weary of war, it has come to understand the waste and horror of it as men have never under- stood them before. Everywhere among free men there is an cariiest desire, which should become an invincible determination, that I the world shall never again be scourged by such bloody conflicts as those through which we have passed. However difficult it may be, we must now make an effort to appre- hend the necessities of peace not less thoroughly than we gave ourselves to mas- tering the needis of war. The dispositions of war-time must not be carried over into the time of peace. With the signing of the Peace Treaty it has become an obligation on all the parties to it-on the Allies and on those who were eur enemies—to make that Treaty a reality, so that out of it there may grow a new world order in which Reason shall be solidly established in the place so long held by Force in the councils of the nations. This generation will hardly be able to justify itself at the bay of history if it does not now devote itself resolutely to the working out of that salva- tion of the nations from war which it has spent so much blood and treasure to attain. PARLIAMENT REASSEMBLES. "The House met," to quote the official Parliamentary Debates, "after the adjourn- ment on the 6th of June for the Whitsun- tide Recess, at a quarter before three of the clock, Mr. Speaker in the chair," on June 24. After a pretty heavy question list had been got through the House went into Committee of Supply, and listened to a very remarkable speech from Mr. Kellaway, who moved the vote for the Ministry of Muni- tions. I think it wa.s Dr. Addison who de- scribed the orig-in and development of that Ministry as a romance, and certaiiilv tne more one hears of its extraordinary achieve- ments the less one is inclined to quarrel with such a description of it. Mr. Kplb. ay, who sits for Bedford, has made a great impression on the House during the war, and his speech as Deputy Minister of Muni- tions on this occasion was his greatest Parliamentary effort, and earned for him general congratulations. I cannot quote here anv of the statistical information which Mr. Kellawav gave to the House, but there is no doubt he expressed the common view when he said that the war proved that when we are brought face to face with threat to our liberty there is no limit of human effort beyond the capacity of British in- dustry. NATIONALISATION. I Too much attention ought not to be paid to suggestions now being made about poli- tical movementvs against the adoption of Mr. Justice Sankey's recommendations. Talk of a possible political crisis is, I find, dis- counted in all responsible quarters. Prob- ably the wish is father to the thought in the minds of many of those who suggest such a development. There is ,no doubt that men of all parties are not of one mind on this matter. But there never was a question in considering which it was more necessary to put the interests of the nation before those of political association and sectional prejudices. There will be plenty of denunciation of one side in this controversy bv the other during the weeks that are ahead. Probablv nationalisation would not lead us to the industrial El Dorado predicted bv some of its advocates. It is equally pio li- able that it would not prove "the end of all things," as is asserted by some of its oppo- nents. The business of the Government and of sober citizens is not to ta,ke sides as be- tween these verv vocal partisans, but to seek a wav out which shall be best in the interests of the whole community. There is little doubt that such a way out will be f( nd without any such political crisis as is now being suggested. THE WOOLLEN TRADE. I I hear of an interesting suggestion which, if it is adopted, will do something to re- lieve the strained situation with regard to woollens. At present the public is angry at high prices and short supplies, charges of profiteering ag-ainst spinners and manufac- turers are common, and, in this, as in most trades, the workpeople are wanting more wages. Some arrangement is needed where- by the consuming public could obtain some benefit from the Government wool contracts and the issue of wool at reasonably fixed prices. To re-impose the Standard Clothing Scheme is considered undesirable. It is, therefore, suggested that the worsted trade, top-makers, spinners, and manufacturers, combers and dyers should voluntarily com- bine to convert a definite portion of the wool released by the Government at fixed prices into a serviceable type of cloth, stan- dardised in quality and weight, and suit- able for men's and women's war. This mighsfc be called "Victory Cloth," and its production would be calculated to greatly ease the present unsatisfactory conditions in this trade. It will be interesting to see whether anything comes of this sensible suggestion. I WArt MEMORIALS. I A good deal of discussion is going on just now as to the best form which wai memorials can take. Memorials are con- templated by towns, parishes, schools, and numerous organisations to those associated with them. Generally speaking, I think there is much to be said for the view that civic memorials should take a useful and practical rather than an ornamental shape. For smaller memorials I have not heard of a better plan than that which has been adopted by the well-known Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith. It intends to raise a Memorial to those of its Old Scholars who have fallen in the war. and is fortu- nate in 1 eing able to count on the assist- ance of Mr. Frank Brangwyn, R.A., who is a Governor of the School, in the designing of the Memorial Tablets which it is pro- posed to erect in the School Hall. This ensures that the Memorial will be worthy of the School's record which is a fine one. Thirteen hundred of its old scholars are known to have served during the war; one hundred and llinety-eig-ht made the great sacrifice. It is the youthful who fall in war-time, men whom it would seem have had no time or chance to bring their names to public notice, but it is remarkable to notice in the list of fallen men how many names appear whose fame—more notably, of course, in the world cf sport—had passed bevond the barriers of local reputation. The school wishes to keep their memories green. DUBLIN'S Boss." I A remarkable figure has passed trom the business and political life of these islands by the death, which took place in Dublin the other day, of William Martin Murphy. A Cork man, Murphy early began big business undertakings. He had large railway and tramway interests in Great Britain and Ireland, on the Gold Coast, and elsewhere. Also he had numerous concerns in Dublin, and his paper, the "Iri^h Independent," wielded under him great influence. A Nationalist, who at one time was in Parlia- ment, Murphy was rather a dark horse in Irish politics. He was one of the many examples of the combination of extreme nationalism with a conservative, not to say reactionary, outlook on domestic politics. It was the great Dublin strike that made him the best-hated man in Ireland. He stood up t to Larkin and Connolly, and, in the end, beat them. Even Ireland has never seen more misery and terror than that strike brought to Dublin. But the indescribable agony of the Dublin poor did not move Martin Murphy. Privately he was a charit- able man, but against the syndicalist, move- ment of the Irish Transport Workers he was adamant. As I have said he broke down the strike. As an inrlustri:d "boss" )..rurphy had a giant's strength—and used it like a giant.
OUR SHORT STORY.I
OUR SHORT STORY. I SAVING THE SITUATION. I Leghorn-avenue was a place of no reputa- tion. It broke the speculative man who bought the land and laid it out as an avenue, and it smashed into a genuine bank- luptcy the speculative builder who built the hcuses on the land. And it ically cecmed that the financial ill-luck which had dogged the laying out of the avenue and its equip- ment with houses had, in some subtle way, been passed on to the tenants of the houses Three had had sales-more or less compul. se ry, and more "more" than "le& five had moved by moonlight and plain pantech- nicons; and four had had the bailies !n for unpaid rent! Not all at usw, you under- stand, but spread over a spell of three or four years. And the last victim was Mis. do Broun. She came to the avenue; she spia»he<I; she Roundered; she fell. And^tvei*, Ih", was a gentleman "in" for unpaid rent. For a broker's man he was really quite decent and agreeable, but--well, he w:;s iu p<>ess:<>n just as much as if he had been brtry atid disagreeable. He was an intruder, out not an obtruder, if you follow me. Mrs. de Broun was sure he had been a gentleman, and she hinted as much to him. lie did not deny the cliir-le, nor did he admit it. He merely s:i!e-l and murmured a deprecating protest the while he peeled potatoes for himself—and the de Brcuns. Lie was that sort of man—very gentlemanly and most obliging. And it was those qual'ties that put an idea in Mrs. de Broun's hcid. She had ex- pected a broker's man; s" e knew that it was inevitable that o"3 would come but she had not anticiped tt."t the one who did come would come as as he had. And the bother of it was that his presence in the house threatened to bring to con- fusion a dinner party she was giving to her dearest enemy, Mrs. Robinson and the Misses Robinson. Mrs. R. had been saying nasty things about Mrs. de Broun and Mrs. de Broun's finances, and—jusi to prove that she was financially alive—Mrs. de Broun had invited the Robinsons to dinner—a iinal, and swagger, dinner. At that dinner Mrs. de Broun had intended to ten ark, quite casually, that the doctor had ordered her to live at Harrogate, and that, as she could not possibly take all her heavy furni- ture, she was going to arrange for some to be sold! A retreat, with colours flying! But the broker's man was in the way. The servants, tired of waiting for the I.ilzh wages which did not materialise, had de parted. But there was a sort of char-cook who would come in for the day and prepare the dinner. But the char-rook was a local institution; she knew everybody and every- thing-a terrible person to let loose in a kitchen wherein sat. a broker's man So Mrs. de Broun talked to Mr. Hopkins, the broker's man. Would Mr. Hopkins be so very kind as to pooe as a guest, a visitor, just for the day and evening of the dinner party? She would !> so grateful. There was a dress suit of J. de Broun, Esn. (de- ceased), which she felt sure would fit him. Mr. Hopkins was willing to oblige, and when he was rigged out he looked, as Mrs. de Broun said, quite a gentleman. And if the necessity arose he was to be a friend of her late husband's—from Australia. Tho Robinsons arrived, and Mrs. do Prom: —th-H two Miss de Brouns were in the draw ing-room with their father's friend- "pened the door with a smiling. "Do come dear Mrs. Robinson! We've no maids, you know The last two went on -\Toiiclay So incon- siderate of them! We shall have to get Chinese, I suppose Mrs. Robinson—Robinson had struck it rich over paraffin or prunes, or some il.tii iig-- with the qualification that to keep one's maids one had to offer them high wages and pay them, agreed. Mrs. de Broun felt the prick of the spite- ful and pointed "pay them," i;t smiled doprecatingly. "Yes: I tried thai, but— my parlourmaid simply pushed 'el- sixty pounds that I laid on the kitch. t •' hie to induce her to istay. And that, d a." Mrs. Robinson, was not wages It was just a bonus! But do come to the draw- ing-room. We are all alone except for an old friend cf my husband's. I must intro- duce you. He's from Australia, and most interesting. Overflowing with money, too!" The introduction was made, and Mr. Hop- kins behaved as to the manner born. Mrs. Robinson, very short-sighted and disdainful of pince-nez because they didn't suit her. peered at him and gushed, "I'm sure we ve met before, Mr. Hopkins! Isn't that so?" Mr. Hopkins smiled. "I should hardly have failed to remember the honour, madam, but-- Let me see now Was it at Cairo? No? Then was it at the Embassy at Petrograd? No? In Paris, "then? No? Then I must proffer a thousand apologies, madam, but congratulate myself that I have met you, aiid"with a bow—" your charming daugh. ters, now!" Mrs. Robiuson smirked and simpered. "That is very kind of you, but—well. I'm sure we've met before! I'm going to think ever so hard until I remember!" At dinner Mrs. Robinson, who was not a lady, seemed to take a malicious deli^ ght in sending shaft after shaft into poor Mrs. de Broun, who was. A sample—and quite a mild one "Harrogate, eh? Oh, I should have thought you would have chosen a much cheaper place!" Another—and not quite so mild: "You find the tradesmen so very dis- obliging? I don't; but then I always pay them directly they send their ac- counts in. It makes such a difference, you know Hotter and stronger knocks followed, in- duced perhaps by the fact that the dinner wai not a failuyEF. Now and again Mr. Hopkins raised his eyebrows in astonish- ment—not at the dinner, but at the "knocks," and the barely veiled rudeness of them. He felt extremely sorry for Mrs. de Broun. A broker's man is a. fair target for rudeness, and she had never shot at him—not once! Occasionally Mrs. Robin- son would leave her hostess alone and turn to Mr. Hopkins. "I'm sure-surer than ever—that we've met hefore!" she said. Weren't you"—taking a leaf from Mr. Hopkins' swank book—weren't you one of the shooting party at Lord Tumbleton's last year? Confess now that you were!" Mr. Hopkins would not confess. But he suggested Iloinburg, Rome, Naples. Mrs. Robinson was a little dubious-one met so many people at Naples. Then she resumed her rudeness to her hostess. And Mr. Hopkins progressed from be in? sorrv to beinjr quite indignant. When the adjournment was made to the drawing-room h" so manoeuvred it that he got in a few quiet words with Mrs. de Broun, and that lady and himself, with an apology, then left the room for a few minutes. He returned and asked Mrs. Robinson if she would be so very kind as to go to Mrs. de Broun in the dining-room. "You will please listen to me, Mrs. Robin- son," said Mrs. de Broun. "I've some very interesting news for you. You've been wondering where you met Mr. Hopkins. You lived at New Eden, didn't you, before voit came here? And your house was num- ber twelve Laurel Grove, wasn't it? Ah. you may well blush. You told everyone that you'd been living abroad for some years so that your daughters could study under the best masters. Well, it was at New Eden that you met Mr. Hopkins. He was in your house twice—to distrain for rent! Once you paid him out,' so he says. Tllie second time you were sold up! That) y!hy all your furniture was new when you came here I've heard the spiteful "liei you have been spreading about me, and now, now, now, I can spread the truth about you!" Mrs. Robinson gasped out something that sounded like "Mercy!" and Mrs. de Broun rose and took a half-guinea picture off the wall. "Buy that for a hundred pounds!" she said, "and then I'll have mercy. No, I don't want a cheque. I want cash, and I want it now. You've boasted that you always kept a hundred pounds in your desk ready for any emergency, so you can send one of your daughters home to get it." Mrs. Robmscn, malting a supreme effort, pulled herself together, called her daughter, I and gave her the keys of her desk. "I'm buying a—a picture from Mrs. de Broun, dear," she explained. "Be quick.' Twenty minutes later Mrs. de Broun was richer by, a hundred pounds and poorer by a half-guinea daub. Twenty-live minutes later Mrs. Robinson and the Misses Robinson left, Mrs. Robinson explaining that she didn't feel well. For two days Mrs. Robinson lay in a scrfc of Eau de Cologne bath. Then, with start- ling suddenness, she revived and tore round to Mrs. de Broun. "I never thought of it until now, fool that I was!" she screamed, "but that man was in vour house to distrain for rent! I'll tell" "Oh, no, you won't!" said Mrs. de Broun, calmly. "Why not." Because if you do, I shall! That's why!" Mrs. Robinson went back to her Eau de Cologne.
PENSION PROBLEMS: HOW TO SOLVE…
PENSION PROBLEMS: HOW TO SOLVE THEM. I By AN EXPERT. I Some Facts About Training Facilities for Apprentices What the Ministry of Labour is Doing in Other Directions- The Usefulness of the Employment Exchange Some Thoughts on the Declaration of Peace. i FREE ADVICE TO OUR READERS. ) 1 The schemes which have been approved up to date for assisting young men whose apprenticeship was interrupted by service in the Forces include the following trades: Engineering, furniture, shipbuilding, coach motor-body, van and wheelwright, Scottish baking, printing, ironfounding, electrical contracting, building, brushmaking, silk, bookbinding, and machine ruling. Other schemes are in course of prepara- tion by national joint industrial councils and other bodies representative of employers and workpeople, all of which provide -hat an apprentice on reaching the age of 21, shall, for the first year, receive not less than three-fourths of the journeyman's rate (in- cluding war bonus), and for the second year not less than five-sixths. Towards this pay- ment the Government makes a grant of one- third of the journeyman's rate 'including war bonus). Provision can also be made for training in a technical institution. Puiier information and application forms can be obtained at any employment exchange. # # The training department of the Ministry of Labour is excessively busy at the gigantic task of expanding its machinery to the utmost extent, so as to be able to cope with all possible demands. Roughly sneak- ing, there are at the present time .50,000 men who are already either in training or desirous of training. First claim on all national factories has been secured, and the No. 2 Rifle Factory, Garrison-lane, Bir- mingham, and Exhibition Hall, Manchester, have been acquired. At the same time, nearly all the Government Instructional factories, formerly used for the training of munition workers, have been taken over, and in certain cases extended. Eleven thousand disabled men are now actually in the training factories. New schemes are pouring into headquarters from the Divi- sional Directors of training, who are assisted by local committees. The cinema trade has proved such an attractive field for training that a few months ago the National Trades Advisory Committee decided that such training should be discouraged in order to avoid overcrowding. It is believed that the tailor- ing trade could absorb a large number of trained men. Bricklaying, masonry, joinery, wood-machining, painting, plumbing and plastering are recognised as suitable for training disabled men. All inquiries regard- ing training should be made at the Employ- ment Exchange. So as to aid the work in all its aspects the appointment of local technical advisory committees is energeti- cally encouraged. Already these have been set up in 20 centres, and five more are now being formed. For the successful starting and carrying out of these great schemes of training and re-employment there must be an enthusiastic co-operation of employers' associations and trade unions. No Govern- ment department could do this job on its own; not is it desirable, for the obligation is a national one, and the nation as a whole must take its due share of the responsi- bility. When the ratification of Peace comes about many good things will follow in due course. The cessation of hostilities, and the demobilisation of a vast number of men led many people to think and act as though peace had been declared months ago. But an armistice really means a state of suspended war-it meant a condition of uncertainty, bad for trade, bad for us all. Peace with our enemies will bring back the Prime Minister to the helm, and his un- rivalled powers can then he devoted to after-war problems at home. I know of no public man who can equal Mr. Lloyd George in "gingering up" all the efforts and tendencies that make for our general well-being. His vision, his driving power, and his democratic sympathies are to me, as to countless others, a priceless national possession. Peace will further speed up demobilisation. When there is evidence that peace is being carried out effectively, the Rhine Army will be reduced. Although the declaration of peace will not automatic- ally put an end to our difficulties, it will make for a quicker solution of them, and a gradual return to normal conditions. What we need is a union of hearts as well as of brains, and to turn the cold, 6tern eye on senseless nagging. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. I S. C. (Brightling).—Make application in writing to the secretary of the nearest War Pensions Committee for a dependency pen- sion, stating full particulars. The Com- mittee exists to vouchsafe all such assist- ance. R. D. T. (Hythe).—Apply in writing to the Secretary, Board of Agriculture, 72, Victoria-street, London, S.W. 1. A. E (Bayswater, W. 2).—You can appeal in writing to the Director-General of Military Services, Ministry of Pensions, Millbank, S.W. 1. But as a matter of J' course, I think your case would be reviewed before the expiration of the six months. Lose no time, however, and communici te the facts to headquarters. Our Pensions Expert is anxious to assist sailors and soldiers and their wives and de- pendents in dealing with intricacies of the War Pensions System. Address your queries to Pensions Ex- pert," c/o Editor of this paper. All essen- tial facts should be stated as briefly as pos- sible, such as name, number, rank, regi- ment of soldier, name and rating of sailor, particulars of families and separation al- lowance and (in inquiries concerning civil liabilities) pre-war or pre-enlistment in- come, present or war income, and full lia- bilities. Do not send any documents, birth certificates, or discharge papers, etc. Will correspondents please make a point of sending their regimental number, rank, name, and regiment? j
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From July 19 all London banks, City and Oounty, will close at 12 o'clock on Satur- day. Mid-Glamorgan tinplate workers repu- diated the wages agreement of their Indus- trial Council. Boys broke open vaults at Gillingham, Kent, churchyard, and- lowered themselves on to the coffins. In the tornado at Fergus Falls, Minne- sota, recently, 65 persons lost their lives, and more than 100 received personal in- juries. The minimum pay for Birmingham police was fixed at 4:3 10s.
FLYING THROUGH SPACE.I
FLYING THROUGH SPACE. I Some inter-esting data has recently been published which illustrates the enormity of our solar system. For instance, supposing an airplane could travel through inter- planetary space at the unslackened speed of 200 miles an hour, it would circumnavigate the earth in a little over five days and would leach the moon in seven weeks. A trip to the sun, however, would require 5c years. After travelling for fourteen and s fraction years it would pass the orbit oi Venus and 18 years later the orbit of Mer- cury. If one preferred to travel outward from the earth in the direction of Mars and the outer planets instead of towards the sun, more tran 27 years would elapse before the orbit of Mars would be crossed. An airplane journey to Jupiter would be a matter of more than 200 Years, to Saturn 450 years, to Uranus nearly 1,000 years, and to Neptune about 1,500 years. To cross the solar system oh the diameter of Neptune's orbit would be a. journey 01 more than 3,000 years. The sun's attrac- tion reaches far beyond Neptune's orbit, however. There are comets belonging to the solar system, compelled by the sun's attraction to accompany him on his travels through space, that return periodically to the immediate vicinity of the sun from regions far beyond the orbit of Neptune, and there is also the possibility that one or more undiscovered planets may travel around the sun in orbits exterior to Nep- tune's orbit, says the writer.
I.CAPPED !
I CAPPED During the Oxford Commemoration week, Marshal Joffre, General Pershing, Sir Douglas Haig, and Admiral Bentty were "capped" with the degree of Cr.il I.,w at the Oxford University. The honours were conferred by Lrrd Curzon of Kcdlcston, Chancellor of the University. The celebration in connection with the "week" occupied all previous records.
jAN EXPENSIVE TRAIN RIDE.…
AN EXPENSIVE TRAIN RIDE. I A costly game of auction bridge was that described at the London Bankruptcy Court, when Mr. John Edmund Lord applied for his discharge. It was stated that last year he lost £1,000 at auction bridge in the train between London and Manchester. He paid £300 at the time, and accepted a bill icr Y,1,500 for the balance, payable in six months. The holder gave him £232, which he lost the next day, and subsequently dis- counted the bill with another of the players. Mr. Lord, who was described as of the New Oxford and Cambridge Club, Pall Mall, for the ten years prior to his bankruptcy had an from his lather. He obtained a commission in the Army in 1914, and was invalided out in May. bIt). His liabilities amounted to < £ 3,439, and the assets to He attributed his failure to betting and gambling, and interest payable on" Lor- iiitei-est payable cii l?or- Mr. Registrar Franckc suspended Mr. Lcrd 's rli-charge for two years and six months.
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President Wilson, during his visit to Lou- val n, was made an honorary doctor of the university, the ceremony taking place among the ruins cf the famous library which was burned by the Germans. It was stated at a meeting of the Horn- church (Essex) Parish Council that a num ber of returned soldiers are unable to rejoin their wives and families owing to the shortage of houses in the district. Mitcham Fair will take place this year in. August on the old site in the centre of the town. the offer by Mr. Mallaby Deeley, M.P., to have it removed to a more con- venient place having been refused. "Edith Cavell" national projectile factory at Overnewton, Glasgow, is for sale. Under a new system the despatch home of cadres of units over-seas has been greatly accelerated. A child who fell into a sewage disposal tank at Upton, Worcestershire, has dc- veloped typhoid. All the British prisoners captured by the Kurds on the Persian border at the end of last month have been rescued. Returned Turin soldiers have passed a resolution favouring capital punishment for profiteers and food speculators.
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r Soathwark wants to be made a city. 50,000 farms are awaiting settlers in New Quebec. Mr. Imre Kiralfy left £ 136,680. Panel doctors' war bonus is to be sub- stantially increased. Thieves cleared the stock of fruit and vegetables out of a Mite,ham shop. To introduce a Bill into Parliament for national rat destruction will be one of the first tasks of the Society for the Destruc- tion of Agricultural Pests. A negro seen in London was wearing a straw hat, frock coat, light trousers, white buckskin boots with brown r-pats, aid smoking a briar pipe.
EPITOME OF NEWS. I
EPITOME OF NEWS. I Pears are prolific in East Kent. The Navy wants men. Concrete barges are now being built at Warkworth Harbour. Mr. Selfridge has flown to Dublin on business, his pilot was Captain Gathergcod. Isle of Wight-Portsmouth steamer service is to be extended. Dr. Barnardo's Homes dealt with 14,385 boys and girls last year. In Marylebone a muzzled dog was seen carrying a large parcel by the string. Colonel Wedgwood M.P., is leaving Eng- land on a private visit to Eastern Europe. Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Miss Seddon, and Mrs. Seddon Woods have reached London from New Zealand. Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox has so im- proved in health that she hopes soon to sail for America. At Christie's a rope of 315 pearls was sold for Y-41,500, after an opening bid of X20,000. The writ for the election of a member for East Swansea, in succession to the late Mr. T. J. Williams, has been issued. The Lord Mayor of London is indisposed. Through a railway bridge fire Clactcn was temporarily isolated. 0 The King has conferred the Ordei of Merit on Marshal Joffre. IRIO a day is made by local men engaged in the mackerel fishing, says a Yarmouth message. A doctor stated at Southwark County- court that an ordinary finger iiail i-lpacled maturity at six months. A mysterious fire destroyed the Ship Canal warehouse at Manchester, with large quanti- ties of cotton, rum, and sugar. Flying through the Tower Bridge is for- bidden. Under arrest for the alleged murder of his son, Samuel Eason, a collier, is said to have hanged himself in his cell by means of his bed sheets. Brighton trains will be speeded up from July 1. Lincolnshire-grown strawberries are sold at Y,80 a ton (nearly 9d. a lb.). Four years Mayor of Worthing, Mr. E. C. Patching has died, aged 78. There has been a run on the savings banks in East Prussia by an excited crowd. French Sextuple Alliance" declines metal workers' demand for a general strike Glasgow police band pipers are to have new uniforms for the first time in 15 ? .'ars. His collection of British naval medals is being sold by the Marquis of Miliord Haven. Coal Controller has authorised the export from Humber ports of 100,000 tons of coal per month. No indication can be given of the date when railway fares are likely to be reduced. Middlesex County Council demand the restoration of the flower beds at Hampton Court Palace. For land for housing, for which the owners asked CIOI,600, the Government paid in valuation £ 69,800. Liege is to present a golden statue of Victory to M. Clemenceau, a state sword to Marshal Foch, and a gold medal to Presi- dent Poincare. All temporary officers of the Royal Navy will be demobilised this week. The Belgian Government proposes to give State railway workers a share in profits. Hair tonic containing 60 per cent, of alcohol has become a popular beverage in Porto Rico. The strike of South Wales colliery clerks is settled. Commercial staffs are to be repre- sented on the Joint Wages Board. The Housing Bill contains provisions enabling local authorities to acquire large empty houses for conversion into flats. The Hen. Arthur L. Sefton, the Cana- dian Minister, has arrived in this country. Forty-eight men rescued from the Frencn barque Georges Clemenceaii off Newfound- land have arrived at Copenhagen. The twentieth meeting in connection with Mrs. Booth's motor tour was at Clacton-on- Sea. a spot sacred to Salvationists, the "Army Mother," the late Mrs. Booth. having died there. As the Local Government Board has re- fused to sanction a loan fcy Crediton (Devon) for a recreation ground and war memorial, the £ 2,000 is to be raised by public subscription. Several Sinn Fein Volunteers' houses in the Bantry district have been raided by the police and a quantity of literature and volunteer regalia seized. Coal is exceedingly scarce and dear in Norway, and there is little h6pe of the situation improving. According to the United States Navy bulletin, the American flag waves over 33.7 per cent. of all tonnage afloat; Britain has 33.5 per cent. Professor Norman Kemp Smith. of Princeton, has been appointed to the Chair of Logic and Metaphysics in Edinburgh University, vacant through the retirement of Professor Pringle Pattison. M. Clemenceau and Marshal Foch are to !)•• made members of the ftcademie Fran- ca i --e. John Hannah, a recently demobilised soldier, has died from injuries received through being gored by a bull at Kilmal- colm. Excavations in St. Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury are to be resumed, the previous search having yielded results of great in- terest and historical importance. Paris disabled soldiers may have priority in using public conveyances on presenting a special card. The colours of the 12th Battalion Sher- wood Fciesters have been handed to the Nottingham municipal authorities for safe keeping. A house purchase scheme has been esta b- lished in the Iron and Steel Trades Con- federation by which members can borrow on fair terms 75 per cent. of the purchase price. The Court has returned to London after an absence at Windsor of twelve days. Field-marshals, generals, and colonels, when dismounted, are instructed to wear swords on all ceremonial parades and at official ceremonies. Surgeons, doctors, and nurses are needed to serve under the Russian Red Cross in Russia, and Princess Christian appeals for such helpers to come forward. Women ambulance drivers are urgently needed by the V.A.D. for service abroad. Official record shows that the June drought in the Peak district was unparal- leled since 1897. "Closed to-day. Getting married," This was the notice posted on the door of a well- known City tobacconist's shop. Liege will receive President Poincare with great ceremony when he visits the town. A gold statue of pVictoi-y, by the sculptor Petit, will be presented to M. Clemenceau, and a sword with an ivory handle to Mar- shal Foch. Mrs. Milling, at Westport Quarter Sessions has been awarded E6,000, her full rlaiin for compensation for the murder of her husband, a resident magistrate, in March last. Sir Thomas and Lady Wrightson, of Neas- ham Hall, Durham, entertained the estate tenants and villagers to celebrate their golden wedding. The United States Shipping Board has established offices in New York for the sale of ships by the United States Government to private interests. Mr. Edwaid H. Hur- ley, the chairman, says that certain foreign Governments are negotiating for the pur- chase of 150 ships. W est Carmarthen farm labourers an. I nounce that they will not work after 5 p.m. on any terms.
WANTING TO DIE. I
WANTING TO DIE. I EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF CALLOUS I MURDERER. An extraordinary story of callousness comes from New York, where it is reported that Gordon Fawcett Ham by, smuir r anc debonairo, displaying less feeling than the spectators in the court room, heard a jury bring in a verdict of "Guilty of murdei first degree," which automatically carried the death penalty, as unconcernedly as pos. sible. Hamby had been oie of the number concerned in the robbery of a Brooklyn bank and the murder of two bank employees. The judge declared Hamby to be the most unusual criminal lie had ever seen. When the jury remained away for 45 minutes lie- fore reaching a decision, Hamby said: "They should have found me guilty in ten minutes. They must lie having a smoke." PLEASED WITH VERDICT. I He seemed genuinely pleased when the verdict was returned, and intended to thank the jurors, but decided that this would ap- pear as pure bravado, so he abandoned the idea. Throughout the trial Hamby insisted that he was guilty, and would not permit his counsel to make any defence or interrogate witnesses on his behalf. lie even assisted the State Attorney in preparing a case against himself. When sentence was passed Hamby said:— "I want to die in the electric chair, but I'll take the name of my confederate with me. "They caught -me. let them catch him." Hamby said he was born in Canada, and had a college education. He admitted many other crimes, including murders.
I CHILDREN WITNESS SUICIDE.…
CHILDREN WITNESS SUICIDE. I Two children have experienced a terrible happening. They were standing by a rail- way embankment when they saw Winifred Carrick, 28, a V.A.D. nurse. climb a fence, lun up the bank of the Midland Railway, and throw herself in front of a train. At a Tottenham inquest it was stated that Miss Carrick had served with the V.A.D. in France, and latterly at Bethnal Green Hos- pital. "Suicide whilst of unsound mind" was the verdict.
I DUAL TRAGEDY AT ROCHESTER.J
I DUAL TRAGEDY AT ROCHESTER. J Two boys, James and Thomas Kember, sons of a cement worker at Borstal, near Roches- I ter, hearing gun shots, went downstairs into the front room, where they found their father, mother, and an ll-months-old baby. The father had cut the mother's throat and his own and afterwards shot himself. The baby was unhurt. One of the boys stated that his father had been "nervy," and suffered from heart disease.
IMEDICINE FOR TELEGRAPH POLES…
MEDICINE FOR TELEGRAPH POLES I E h- Experience in the Austrian Government Telegraph Department has shown that zinc fluoride is a good preservative for telegraph poles. A partial application is effective) if complete impregnation of the wood is not | desired.
WATCH YOUR CHANGE. I
WATCH YOUR CHANGE. I In a Guildhall case, in which two e- i soldiers were remanded on charges of utter- ) ing base coin and passing 27 counterfeit half-crowns, the police stated that there was a very large amount of base silver coin in circulation.
ICLUB WINDOW. I
I CLUB WINDOW. I The Prince of Wales, who has just oele brated his 2oth birthday, is looked upoi by his Army chums as a regular sport. He always did want to see things for hmself. That is the Prince of Wales all over. The writer can speak from personal experience that when on the La Bassee front in 1915 the Prince was never content to listen to other people's experiences if he could go and get the experience for himself. W hen he went to France he chafed very much at not being allowed to take part in the aitual fighting: and grumbled so much that he was allowed to go occasionally in the trenches. That didn't satisfy him, however, and one afternoon, to the consternation of the General Staff, he was missing. • • • Their consternation may be imagined when they learnt that he had joined the Grenadier Guards in one of their periodical attacks and gone over the top; H-.w re- lieved they were when the J "ij},e, flushed with victory, came hack, need hi idly be said. On another occasion the Prince was s<'en. quite unconcerned, riding-1 bike along r the road where plentv of shells were drop- ping round. He took the risks of war the same as any other soldier. So little was allowed to transpire during the war, indeed, about the Prince who 1 earns for himself," that it has only been during the last few months that people are waking up to the fact that he is a very different prince from the average. As soon as he heard of the housiug problem and the terrible conditions under which thousands of people are living, he promptly, started slumming on his own account. • They were talking of the war and its effect. Said one: You chaps talk about nerve and keeping cool under fire, but I've seen a finer bit of presence of mind here in humdrum old England than any of you men who have lived in the thick of things. I was motoring with a friend, and as he was driving through a village he lost control, of the car. It dashed into the post-office, smashed through the plate-glass window, and finished up by turning on its side and burying the postmaster. My friend picked himself up, advanced to the girl who was standing behind the counter—or what was left of it—took out a penny and said: 'Two ha'penny stamps, please, miss.' With all the distraction caused by the agreement of the Huns to sign the Peace Treaty, it is well to cast our thoughts on Holland. What is the ex-Kalser doing there? In certain well-informed quarters in I London a highly dramatic move on the part of the ex-Kaiser is thought to be imminent. Within the last fortnight a series of con- sultations has taken place at Amerongen and elsewhere in which the former Empress has played a leading part; and there has also been a mysterious secret meeting be- tween the Kaiserin, the Crown Prince, and two confidential representatives of the Dutch Government. It. is believed to be not at all improbable that Wilhelm II. may make a conditional offer to surrender him- self for trial. One can only wait and see. It is rumoured that a well-known peeress intends to open a cafe in the West End of London, and to manage it in person. During the war she was busily engaged in canteen R-ork, and was immensely popular with the soldiers She found the occupation so con- genial that she has decided upon going into the business as a serious "commercial propo- sition. The cafe is to be run on the popular prices basis, but several original ideas are to be introduced. Whilst-referring to refreshments, it is in.; teresting to recall the many strange stories told of ex-King Constantine of Greece. One is to the effect that, forgotten by old frieneia and lacking the society of his wife, he spends the greater part of his time in the silenc of his own room at Lucerne, consum- ing cocktails in surprising numbers. Fallen royalty is faced with a hotel bill of nearly £100 a day, and, bv all accounts, is able to meet it only with the aid of the enterprising Greek "financiers" who followed Tino into exile. st the many good stori% told by Amongst the many good stories told by Sir Frederick Bridge in his recently pub- lished volume of reminiscences, is one con- cerning a little actor who was bald. Also he was noted for his fiery temper. One day, while playing "Faust," a super whose duty it was to whisk away the hero's stage wig and white beard, so that the young and I joyous Faust, relieved of the trappings of old age, shall step forward into the lime- light in the bloom and beauty of youth, overdid the thing, and dragged away the I actor's own private wig. Mad with rage, he searched all over the theatre for the offen- der, who presently appeared—a huge man of brawn and muscle—and said, "Hullo, sir. do you want me?" At the sight of the man the actor's bellicose intentions vanished, anq, looking his opponent up and down for a second, he gasped out, "Yes, sir. Con- found you, sir"-and ran. Mr. Robert Smillie, who so strongly criti- cised the dukes at the Coal Commission, will no doubt live to see them members of the Labour Party. Needless to say, there are many well-known titled people who have joined, and the Labour Party expects many more to enter its ranks in the next few years. Earl de la Warr, We Earl of Kim- berley, and Brigadier-General Sir Owen ¡ Thomas are members of the Party, as well as Lady Henry Somerset, and the Countess of Warwick, our best-known titled Socialist. Many famous people, in fact, are coming round to the views of Labour. In the Church, Dr. ifford is a member, as are Dr. Gore, Dr. Wicks, the Pishop of Lin- coln, and the Rev. T. Rhondda Williams, the famous preacher at Brighton. A weekly scribe, who is evidently a con. noisseur of things aquatic, asks: Is the American idea of sun bathing "catching on" at some of our more fashionable seaside resorts? I asked myself this question when at I saw a lady strolling about on the sands in a bathing costume of sensational seldomness. When I observed a man with a camera taking her photograph I became interested, and on inquiring what it was all about he told me that the lady was an artist's model who was posing for a well- known firm of bathing costume specialists. The "costume" she was wearing is being advertised at ten guineas. It seems an awful lot for so very little, he adds. ? li'ave vou Taica of the stage are legion. Have you heard this one about the famous showman Lafayette, who met his death by fire e-o tragically at Edinburgh some years ago? When a lion broke loose from its cage behind the scenes and roamed about the stage the attendant was sent for. The linn at last entered a dressing-room, which it had entered by patting the door open with Its nose. The only occupant of the room was a charwoman. She. was quite uncon- scious of the lion's presence, and the atten- dant whispered, be quid" Then the charwoman turned round, noticed the iion, and snapped, "Don't you bring- that thing in 'ere I 'ates 'em "The lion was so disgusted," says the teller of the vara 'that he w-ent back to his caoe
FUN AND FANCY.
FUN AND FANCY. Sanitarians are making extensive prepanu tions for fly-ewatting and are practising a Song of Extermin-Hate! A baseball match between the two cham- pion teams of America has been played in New York. All the next-of-kin have been informed. Magistrate: "Six mcnths with hard labour." Tramp: "Can't you double the time, and cut out labour, your worship?" Solicitor (consulted concerning divorce): "And why have vou not spoken to your wife for six months?' Client: "I didn't like to interrupt her." A New York correspondent cables that Lieutenant Jim Europe, the inventor of Jazz music, has just died. We are not sur- prised to hear it. The Huns still tMnk we are a nation of shopkeepers, and no doubt even Herr Scheidemann will shortly say, "Don't tear it. W e'll take the Peace." "Where do stars get to when they are rot out' "? asks an inquisitive little boy. They iret theatre and music-hall engagements, laddie An American scientist has proved by ex- periment that goldfish are fond of alcohel, and drink it greedily. It is said that one old goldfish, after drinking beer greedily, was seen clinging to a piece of moss sing- ing lustily, "Another little drink wouldn't do us any harm." "They who work with their hands chould have a higher share :n the fruits of life,' declares Lord Bnrnham. Even hct-hnuse grapes at five shillings a pound and pine- apples at a guinea- a-pieee! "Dead men tell no tales," observed the Sage. "Maybe that is the reason why 8C many widows manage to marry again," com- mented the Fool. It was a deathbed scene, but the him director was not satisfied i-th the acting. Come on!" he cried. "Put more life in your dying" Dances at the parisil rooms have led to many marriages. At the same time one can- not help thinking that there is still some. thing to be said in favour of dancing. Mr. Edison has expressed the opinion that the English people are the highest type, physically, morally, and intellectually in Europe: and doubtle-s our friends the enemv in Germanv are of the opinion that this is the most remarkable invention that the veteran scientist has ever made. Miss Marie Coreiii having declared thnt people have no right to take their own lives, we understand that there is some talk ■ i making suicide a punishable offence. Miss I'assay: "Children nowada ys do not pay the proper respect to age." Miss Pert: "And I suppose that annoys you a great "Did I understand you to say, sir, that you had a wife and six children living n Edinburgh, and had never seen one of them "That's eo." "Weil, how can it be. sir. that you never saw one of them?" "Because one of them was born after I left —savvy?" and the Court roared. The fond mother was showing the baby to the visitor. Isn 't baby the image of his father?" "Absolutely," replied the visitor. "Same lack of expression, same red ncse, no teeth to sipeak of, and, by George 1 pre- maturely bald, too!" Polite Shopman (showing goods): "Here is something I would like to call your atten- tion to. madam. It's the very latest thing out. Mrs. Hounder (absently): "If there's anything out later than my husband l il take it, if only for a curiosity." "My dear," said Mrs. Strongmind, "I want you to accompany me to the town hail to-morrow evening." "'What for?'' queried the meek and lowly husband. "I am to lec- ture on the Dark Side of Married Life.' explained Mis. S., "and I want you to sit on the platform and pess as one of the illus- trations." Mr. Laggard "Do vou-er-think-er- that—er—your father—er—would—er—er— kick me out if I were to—er—ask—him for your hand?" Miss Ready: ".No; but I'm i afraid he will if you don't hurry up and ask him pretty soon." "It's no good mincing matters," said the doctor, "you are very bad. Is theie any- body you would specially like to see?" "Yea." rephed the patient faintly. "Who is t!" queried the dc ctor.. Another doc- tor, please," whispered the invalid. "NVealtli," qucth we, "does not bring happiness." "It hins it fully as often as poverty does," replied the man who had no reverence for ancient saws. Hub: "I thought we had agreed to prac- tise economy for a while." Wife: So we did. I went down and countermanded the order you gave your tailor for a suit and bought a hut that coei, only half the amount." Defeated Pugilist: "I weighed in all right before the tigln." Manager: "Maybe you did. The trouble is vou didn't wade in duriag the lio-in.
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