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BY THE WAY.
BY THE WAY. On Amateur Gardening. If any young man who reads these vords to-day is contemplating --Larriage with an amateur gardener let him ponder on Lis course. Even if she is also an amateur gardener, the chances are they -will never agree as to the right way of planting a her- baceous border. But if his interests be else- where than among the calceolarias and the, icabbages he should beware the dangers which being unequally joked with the enthusiastic pruner and planter are bound ha in store for him. I speilk feelingly a a 3 an expert on this subject, for Margaret is &v amateur gardener of very pronounced tendencies and I am not. Hence my life is torn between the conjugal duty of helping her—especially in ) these summer days when it seems to me every thing that ought not to grow has a special license from Nature to spurt here, there and everywhere—and of doing those things which, probably under the circumstances I ought not to do, but are infinitely more con- genial to my less enthusiastic soul. Some- times duty gets the better of me, but I gener- ally repent my chivalry and swcr that the next house we take shall have only a paved backyard, Margaret, on her part, alas! has her eyea on even a larger garden-but let us not cross the bridge till we come to it. My present obligations are quite sufficent unto the day for me. For instance, shamed by the meticulous care with which cur ned, (loor neighbours (also amateur gardeners) keep I their patch spick and span, I promised Mar. I garet yesterday afternoon that, if she would let me have some of her new home-made i orange marmalade for tea, I would help her | weed the paths. With unusual r hness I even specified the length of path I would Ij guarantee to clear of vegetable obstruction. She swiftly clinched the bargain, and the jJ marmalade was forthcoming. While I ate it I tried sot to think of the price. But it would hover in the background of my mind, and if I lingered rather longer than i -:al over the meal I think it may be deemed i-ot alto- gether inexcusable. However, as the genial Gay has put it, in all such circumstances inevitably Comes a reckoning when the banquet's el er, The dreadful reckoning, and men smile no more and as we rfte from the table Margaret told me Isheul. find the hoe in the tool-house, and was to be sure to gather up all the grass and weeds aad put them id a basket. Alm-! tbe sun was still high in the heavens, and as I bent in the unaccustomedattttude of manual labour it blazed upon my aching back and rendered even so worthy a task a burden and a sore. Besides, the grass on the path I had elected to deal with was particu- larly obdurate, and I found that it took much more energy to dig it out of the gravel than I had contemplated. The result was that I was not quite so punctilious about every little errant root as I suppose an amateur gardener ought to be. Moreover, to add to my other troubles, I discovered that it was a very diffi- cult operation to work the hoe with sufficient energy and keep my pipe going at the same time, and this led to rather, frequent ..itervals of leisure during which I sat contemplating my work in retrospect and marvelling at the prodigious time it takes to make even moder- ate headway with such an enterprise as weed- ing a gravel path, < As luck would have it, it was during one of these interludes that Margaret came out into the garden to see how I was getting on. Her frst remark was the obvious one that garden paths do not get weeeledwhile-you sit down and smoke, but I let it pass, and, entering upon a alert of counter-offensive, which is al- ways best when you have no very sound de- fence, I pointed with some pride to the few yards of scuffled gravel which marked my half hoar's toil. Margaret said that no doubt I had been working very valiantly, poor dear, but, personally she was quite unable to dis- cern where I had begun and where I had left off. It was rather a disheartening criticism, but I admit that at a very short distance away it was rather difficult to see the results of my handiwork, and I accordingly proceeded to express, not by any means for the first time, my very decided opinion that the draw- back of gardening was that you might toil all night and have nothing really to show for it. Margaret retorted that it depended how you toilf4, but that if my method of cutting the grass (to say nothing of weeding) was any- thing to go by there certainly were cases in which what I said was only too true. How- ever, to prove that I had not been wholly idle I pointed to where I had thrown such re- fuse as I bAd been able to gather on to a corner of a flower bed., True, as I was pre- pared to-admit, my instructions were to put i this material in the basket and I had done so at the outset, but it is marvellous how in. conveniently out of reach a basket gets while you axe hoeing a path, and I had abandoned it for the rougher and readier method afore- mentiened. But rough and ready methods, apparently, do not suit the exacter forme of amateur gardening, and, though I could see no particular harm in this form of labour- saving, even if it was a little biJ; slovenly, Margaret, with a gesture of despair, exclaim- ing "How like a man," said she had better finish the job herself. I never like giving up what I have volunteered to do, but my efforts seemed to give her such anguish of heart and soul that I readily stood aside. As I watched her daft handling of the hoe and the rxke I was bound to confess to myself that my ""Y' of weeding a path are act her ways, and it was ones more borne in upon me that, What- ever little aptitude fate may have dowered me with, it is not such as ;;fti"p';g¡J lano,-j)ot even prch x srnr j? ? i A ?'- ?'. ?'?' ?'?? ? X?' ?K'? ? land as eatiotitute's the back garden of a semi- detached villa. # So I came into the house and, ote this article instead. I foun a j ore congenial, if 1 it a 1-ore congenial, if a far less worthy, førrll of occupation. A PaitoaoPHBK ON *K-3 PROWL.
BOTULISM AT SHREWSBURY.
BOTULISM AT SHREWSBURY. LADY'S STRANG^ END. I I Some curious circumstances attending the death of Nesta Gregory, aged 30, wife of Edward John Gregory, licensee of the Otd Lion Tap Inn, Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury, were related before Mr. Coroner R. E. Clarke at an inquest at the Public Mortuary on Mon- day. Mr. William Lockley was foreman of the jury. Mrs. Gregory, early on Saturday morning, threw herself from an upstairs window on to the pavement below, and sustained such in- juries that she died the same afternoon. Dr. Godson, who had attended the woman before and during the time she was in Nurse Clay's Home, said she was suffering from the new disease of botulism, and that diagnosis was confirmed by Dr. Gardner. HUSBAND'S STORY. I The husband related how his wife had been unwell, and on Dr. Godson's advice he had her taken to Nurse Clay's Home. That was on May 27. On June 5, on her pleading, he brought her away. Witness admitted that just before he set off in a motor car to fetch her a note from Dr. Godson was brought to him saying "You are removing your wife at your own responsibility and entirel y against my advice. In my opinion, your wife ought never to be left alone." Witness admitted that he acted against the doctor's advice. Continuing, he said owing to his wife's state he had not for months slept.Att nights. They slept in separate beds in the same room and with their two childeEthe little one, 3) years, in a oot. On Friday night he was dis- turbed by the little boy coughing, and on his going to the cot he found his wife had the black silk scarf (produced) pulled round the boy's neck tightly, and was loving him. He released the scarf, took the boy away, -and sat up and watched her. Witness said that was about 2 a.m. he heard the clock strike six, and in a minute or two afterwards he heard a thud. He looked up, saw his -wife's bed was empty, and going to a window at the end of a passage looked through and saw bis wife lying on the ground, with her head in the gutter. Sh* was bleeding from the head. He carried her in and went for Dr. Matthews. -Rep,lyi.pg to the Coroner, witness said the window was 18 to 110 feet from the pavement. His wife had threatened to destroy herself. The Coroner: When?—Shortly alter our Last baby was born. He had heard that her father, who had lived in Ellesmere, was HentaUy affected. The Coroner remarked on a bl*«k ey« that the woman had, and, aaked. witness if he was in the habit of knocking his wife about.NLo, eir, said witness, never. Witness said the tragedy all happened in the two minutes that he dozed off, with his arm around his little hov. MEDICAL EVIDENCE. i Dr. Godson said he first attended Mrs. Gregory on May 8, when he thought she was suffering from influenza. -,s he thought she needed better nursing he advised her removal to the Nuroitig liome. Dr. Godson added that on May IS he changed his d agnosia, and decided that.be wos suffering from the new disease, botulism. Witness got Dr. Gardner to see her, and he confirmed his diagnosie that it was a case of botulism. On June 4, Nurse Clay reported to him that Mrs.Gregory had got out of bed and taken the whole bottle of medicine, and later the same day she tied her ""hair round her neck until she was blue in the face. Next day be saw her husband at the -Homo-lle (Gregory) staging be was going to take her away, Witness told him that his wife had more or fens attempted twice to take her life, and that if he moved her it was on his own responsibility and against his (the doctor's) wish Gregory told witness he did not know what waa the mat- ter with his wife, he did. I then told him," said Dr. Godson, "that I could not any further treat the case, and that he must get another doctor." Witness said he also told him that his wife must never be left alone, and confirmed those statement? in a written statement to him. The Coroner: In your opinion, if she had been properly looked after she would not have come to her death ?-—No, I think she would have recovered. That she would have recovered if properly looked after 1-1 do. Witness added that when she was in the Nursing Home she was twory ill, but she wae improving. There were the two attempts I 4Dn her ffie he had given—witness adding that the disease of botulism gfwe the patient a meaw condition. Pr. Matthews «»td whfta he waa called m at 6-20 r*jp. an Safeffirdty, Mrs. Gr,,4.4pr)r vm uaeonsqious and in §r»*« danger of destli; nothing could be done for her. The cause of death was fracture of the bof the kuli. The black eye he thought arose from the in- juries to the skt^il. The jury reteraed 4 verdict of suicide during temporary insanity, and expressed the opinion that thero was nothing against the hneband, who appeared to have done all he could after she came home from the Nursing Home. >
THE ROLL OF HONOUR. I
THE ROLL OF HONOUR. I OFFICERS. i KILLE I) I Hughes, Sec.-Lieut. Ferdinand, M.G.C. Much regret was expressed by many friends on Saturday on receipt of the news that Sec.-Lieut. Hughes, son of Captain Lloyd Hughes. Harbour Master at Lagos, West Africa, and Mrs. Hughes, Victoria itoad, Oswestry. had been killed in action. Educated at Oswestry Grammar School, Sec-Lieut. Hughes entered the Mercantile Marine, in which he made rapid advancement. He was one of the officers ot a ship which transported troops to the Dardan- elles and subsequently, during a period of enforced inactivity he enlisted in the Liverpool Scottish as a private, taking part in all the heavy engagements his battalion went through in the earlier part of the war and coming out without a scratch. In 1017 he entered a cadets' training school, and re- ceived a commission and returned to the front some six weeks ago. He was a good athlete and was well known in junior cricket and football circles in the district. Considerable sympathy is extended to the deceased officer's parents and to his wife, to whom he was married several months ago. Jones. Lieut. Harold. The death in action is announced of Lieut. Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Z. S. Jones, formerly of The Cross, Grocery Stores, Newtown. He joined as a private early in the war and spent many months in France His only brother is serving. Wilson, Sec.-Lieut. Edward Barratt, M.G. Corps. Sec-Lieut. Wilson, aged 22, only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Wilson, of 169, Preston Road. Blackburn and formerly of Oswestry, was killed in action in France on May 27. He enlisted in the ranks in the Scottish Rifles in the beginning of September, 1914 before the following ChrisUmas had been promoted to Sergeant. He went out to France shortly after- wards and had been wounded three times. He reo ceived his commission in the Machine Gun Corps last year and was drafted to France again in Novem- ber and has served there ever since. Wynn. Lieut. J. E., R.WJF. In civil life Lieut. Wynn was Labour Master of the Wrexham Uuion. PRISONER. OF WAR. Huxley, Capt. H. W. Mr. J. Huxley, Llysftelds, Oswestry received in- formation that his nephew, Capt. Huxley, of Winni- peg, who has been missing since April 25, is a prisoner of war in Germany. Smith, Lieut.-Col. H. M., D.S.O., K.S.L.I, Lieut.-Col. Smith, of Shrewsbury, is a prisoner of war in Germany. On the outbreak of war he was in command of the troops at Shrewsbury Depot, K.S.L.I., and to him was given command of the, 8rst i service battalion raised in Shropshire. Col. Smith won his D.6.0., for service in the South African War. 1- h WODE AND PRISONER OF WAR. Xattbews, Sec.-Lieut. George, West Yorkshire Reg. Mr. and Mra. Matthews of Plas Cerrig, Whitting- ton have heard from their son &c.-Lieut. Matthews that he is a prisoner and is in hospital suffering I from wounds in both arms and the one foot. Lieut. I Matthews was reported missing on April 26th. I N.C.O'S AND MEN. j I KILL 01) Jr-ories, Fte. 1M.. Royal welsh Fusiliers. Pte. JoSes, eldest son of Mr. and MM. T. Joset, Kinton, Nemliffe, has been killed in action in France. He went to France with the original Ex- j peditionary force. Purglow, pte. Evan- lqews has been received that Pte. Purelow, young- est son of Mr. and Mra. Purslow, Short Cru- Leigfeton, was killed by an enemy shell while rest- ing in a billet after coming out of the firing line. He was 21 years of age, bad been on service since early on in the war and had seen figiatidg on many parts of the Western front. Two of his brothers are also in the army. One has served for seven years, all out of Bzgland-in Ireland, India, France, and )dacedonta-aud-is now home on sick leave. The other joined 3, years ago, went throi'M the Egyptian campaign, was wounded in the and nose in Palestine, and is now in France. Rooper, Mr. Ralph Bonfoy, Croix Rouge Francaise. Mr. Rcoper, second son of Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Rooper, Little Court, Speldhurst, Kent, and for v of the Elms, Greaford was killed in action in May j 29, while serving Wlil the Croix Rouge Fraiu-. He was 24 years of age, and was educated at Moor- iand House, Betwell, and at Charterhouse, after- j wards proceeding to New College, Oxford in if?1" taking an open history scholarship. He took his war degree in 1015, after serving for sime time in Flanders with the Friend's Field Ambulance Unit. He was rejected for the army by several medical and ?. went out again to France in May, boardst, o M?e with the B?aoh Red Cron. His un't has been in attendance on that part of the French army most heavily engaged in all the re- cent fighting since March 21st. He was much .in- terested in politics, and schemes for social better- ment, and took a great interest 'n the Boy Scouts being at on** lime, Assistant Com -liss'o 1i!r for Eht Denbighshire. His youngest brother. Capt. W. V. T. Rooper, R.F.O. was killed 'n France on Octof<er 9th, 1917. niTKD OF WOUNDS, I Eddies, Pte. Alfred, Middlesex Regiment. Official Information has been received of the death of Pte. Eddies, son of Mr. S. Edd'es, Higher House Farm, Whixall, from wounds received in action in France He joined the A.S.,C. in Feb- ruary, 1917 and went to France the following Sep- tember, being transferred to the Middlesex Regi- ment. He leaves a widow and 1 child. Gauge, Pte. George Edward, South Lanes. Regiment. Pte. Gauge ,who has made the supreme sacrifice at the age of 20, was a victim of the dasturdly air raid oil British hospitals it France. Only apn of Mr. and Mrs George Guage, The Ball Inn, %aesbury, Pte. Gauge joined up voluntarily on M^ 5, 1915 at the age of 17 and saw considerable Ifhting in France being wounded no less than four times, twice on the Somme. once at Messines, and once at Kwumel JIm. It was while being treated for this last wound that the air raid took place and his injuries, caused by a bomb explosion, were of a terrible nature resulting in death next day. The first llltimationreaived by the bereaved parents came from Lady Bradford, who is serving in the hospital, and later a letter was received from the matron, In which oceur the following passages:- I can assure you that he had every care and atten- tlon and was well'nursed by day and night by kind British nursing sisters. He wanted for nothing. He was too ill to give any message, but he sent his love to all at home. He was buried in a proper coffin and grave with the usual service and he was given the military honours over his grave which he well deserved- I enclose a piece of his hair with my sincere sympathy." Before enlisting Pte. Guage was employed by Mr. Tudor, grocer, Wem. A memorial srevice was held at St. John's Church, Maesbury, on Sunday, when the congregation in- cluded a large number of relatives and friends, many being members of the Perseverance Lodge ol Oddfellows, to which the deceased belonged. The Rev. Bben Evans, vicar, conducted the service, which was of a very impressive character, and special hyms were sung. Gibson, Pte. George, A.S.C. Pte. Gibson, son of Mr. John Gfbson, Chapel House, Cockshutt, has died of wounds raceive4 in action. 0weM. S?rgt. 1. I., hhitfl Regimentl^ &Tst. ?WMs, ?td? son of Jb. M?KM. Owens. M?rhon. B"cbnrch, iate of Bmside, Pant? Oewestry died on June 4 of wounds received in action in France. H eJo ined UP in June M15 &ad for sOm e. con6tdar*Me time w" stAtione4 at E»»tc<XaJl Gamp, C'0-e.&_¿- Rowley, Corpl. George, K.R.R.C. Yts. Rowley, Armeittia Road. Penycae has rece'v- ed the sad news that her son, Corpl. Rowley, died of wounds on his 21st birthday, May 25. Be aad been out in France 3J ye.trs. DIED OF BUR-Ilial Markey, Sapper T. A., Royal Engineers. Sapper Markey, husband of Mrs. Markey, Chain Cottage, Racecourse* near Oswestry died of burns in Bralo Hospital, Salonika on May 28, He enlisted in April, 1915, went to France in July and from there to Salonika in October, 1915. The following letter has been received by Ms widow from Chap- lain F. Reginald Evans: By this time you will have had the sad news of your husband's death which took place in this hospital on May 23..For some days be seemed to be doing well, until a 're- lapse set in and he became unconscious. The funer- al took place on the 24th in Bralo Military Cemetry. The service was most impressive, there being present scveralotlicers and a large number of his own com- pany and many others. There were 10 wreaths which will give you some idea of the high esteem in which he was held by his company and men of other units. Please accept my deepest sympathy with you in your great bereavement and may God comfort you in this, your great sorrow. A wooden cross will be erected on the grave in the course of a month or 80," An impressive memorial service was held in Selattyn Church on June 2iid. the Rev, R. Lloyd officiating and a number of relatives and friends attended. Sapper Markey leaves a widow and [ one child to mourn his loss. DlEi>. Titley, Pte. Percy. Welsh Guards. Pte. Titley, aged 26, sou pf Mrs. Titley, 4S, North Street,, Shrewsbury died at his home on May 13th, as a result of exposure while m the trehc.hes in France. He was buried in the ishrewsbury cemtt- ry with full military honours, the service being con- ducted by Rev. W. J. Farrow. Before enlisting in :May,191l he was employed as accountant's clerk by Mr. A. E. Cooper, St. John's Hill. Trapp, Dvr. Wm, Army Serv ce Corps. Mrs. Dax, Quarry View, -New Street, Shrewsbury, < has received information that her son, Dvr. Trapp, aged 37, has died, from rupture of a blood vessel, while working on the land in Kent. He formerly served in the Scots Guards and had been in the army two years. K Gregory, Pte. Ernest. K.S.L.I. Pte. Gregory, son of )Ir. J. Gregory, Cockshutt, Pte. Gregory, sonof .Mr. J. Gregory. Cockshutt, ing on the Western front, necessitating the am- putation of the left leg. He is now in Hospital at Rouen where he is progressing favourably- Pryce, Pte. Ben. Pte. Pryce, son of Mr. Ed. Pryce, Old Hall Cottage, 8arn., has been wounded anti is now ia hospital in England. Wright, Pte. F. Cheshire Regiment. Pte. Wright, son ox Mr. and Mrs. Wright, 14, Lea Road, Wrexham is in hospital at Cardiff. He was wounded on May 27th in France, whilst marching into battle. In civil life Pte. Wright was employed at the Cobden Mills. 'GASSED. 1 Bailey, Pte. EL, K.6.L.I. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey, Stocks Lane, Welsharopton, have received a letter from their son, Pte. Bailey. raying he is in hospital at Eastbourne having been gassed. Aged 21, he joined the army in May, 1915 and was drafted to France in the following Septem- ber. He was previously wounded last October. fiil brother, Pte. F. Bailey died of enteric fever in Egypt in April last. iHarris, Pte, Fred, Oxford and Bucks L. j, Pte. Karris, son of Mr. Thos. Harris, 17, Longden Coleham, Shrewsbury bas been gassed during the fighting m France. He has served in the army and before euHsting was employed at examiner on tM G.w.,R., Shrewsbury. Smith, Pte Ttd Pte. Smith of Copperas is now at a Reading hospital after being gassed In France. Williams, Pte. Edward Pte. Williams, son of Mr._ Rd. Williams, Barn- ftekis, Llanfair has been wounded and gassed ia France. MISSING Bennett, Pte. George, Sherwood Forester*. Pte. Bennett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Bennett, the Square, Pontesbury is reported' missing. He was not yet 19. Betore joining the army Pte, Bennett was a clerk at the Bog Mines and was assistant organist at the Congregational Church, Minsterley. Bisliop, Pte. Walter. v Pte. Bishop. 8arnwho was reported missing has written home from Germany where he is a prisoner. WOTTNDED AND A PRISONER OF WAR. .J ones, Co.-Sergt.-Major G. II. Information has been received by Mr. and Mra. R. Jonea, Freeman's Place, Wem, that their eldest son, Cc -Sergt -Major Jones, reported wounded and missing on March 24, is' a wounded prisoner in Germany. Their only eon is also in France, having joined the K-SX-I. in 1815. Williams, Pte. Fred, Liverpool Regiment. Pte. Williams, son of Councillor C. B. Williams, Montgomery is wounded and a prisoner ot waf is Germany. I PRISONERS OF WAR. crown, ne, Aiirea, soutn.i<ancs. Regiment. Information has been received by Mrs. Morgan, Picton's Row, Newtown that her grandson, Pte. Brow,n formerly reported missing, is a prisoner of war in Germany. He enlisted in October, 1916 and went to France in the following April. Prior to joining the army he w-Drk,.P- at the R.W.W. Griffiths, Pte-John, K.S.L.I. Pte Griinths.son of Mr. E. Griffiths, 120. Belle Vue and husband of Mrs. Griffiths, 17, Longden Ooleham, Shrewsbury is a prisoner in Germany. He enlisted 'n February, 1915 and had been 2 years at the front. He was formerly a painter in the em- ploy of Mr. Mansell, Belle Vue, Shrewsbury. Jones, Pte. J. E-, Cheshire Regiment- Pte. Jones, son of Mr. Fred Jones, Pantybedd, Llanfair is at present a prisoner in Germany. Jones, Pte. Pryce, Cheshire Regiment. Pte. Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Jones, Kinton, Nesscliffe who was reported mirfing in France from April 10 to 20 has written home to say he is a prison- er. He joined the army in 1914 and has served at the front nea;rly S ytlllnJ. Headway, Pte. Eric, Wiltshire Regiment. News has been received by Mr. and Mrs. Mead, way, Gardden, Ruabon, that their son, Pte. Mead- way, who was previously reported missing, is a prisoner of war in Germany- The family formerly lived at the Grove Whittington. Rickers, Pte. B., Northumberland Fusiliers. Pte. Bickers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rickera, 2, Gordon Terrace, Rhosddu, Wrexham is a prisoner of war. His parents have received a letter from him in which be states that he is unwounded.
SARNAU,I
SARNAU, I CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.-Th, ackool amiivarsarj' was held on Bundaf, when the Rev. E. Jon- tI jweeeW morping and evening, a folowinsr took part. :-—jiCdith Thomas, Amwa 0 won. rtuth on, Vera Daviea, Araft M. Williams, Hilda Jones, Muses liezin Jones, Annie Jones, Elizabeth Daviea, Salu* Jones, Susan KvaaB, Kitty Thomaa, Mrs. WailiMrie, Messes. W. T. Williams, 1:P, M/Ed words, R. Pearce, R. E. Edwards. J. T. WiKiatM and J.,E. 0 es. The choir WM conducted by Mr. W. Thomu. and accom- i a&nista were Mise Bessie ThO m and Mrs. J. M. Edw»*dl*. Th? Bse?!? ,ft. w? ?tpde? Md  
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WraixigbMI tribunal passed resolu- tion declaring tb,t before mas of 4J and up- ward filllBS respo nsible pogitjojas are com- pelled to serve 1n the army there should be effected & much more complete bomb-out of younger men in Grades 1 and 2 now employed on munitions and, in other civil ?' S ..M .f: N  ?' ? ?. '? S a .? s?? n S' t & ?-' .? l'-? 
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The Coalition candidate has been elected in a three-cornered contest at Graveseud. After a hearing lasting more than nine months the Immingham dock case -aded on; Saturday, when the jury found thfee of thli accused guilty, though they thought one acted uuder pressure. Brotherton, the manager, was sentenced by Mr. Justice Atln to twenty months' imprisonment in the second division and Walker, the assistant manager, to six months in the second division. G. w. Smith, a Grimsby timber merchant, was sent-need tc eight months in the second division, for con- wm 1 t C?M» i '.p .c: