The Rhos Herald

A FIERCE STREET FIGHT. A fierce battle toolf" place on Monday night ijbefcvreen a small body of police and a large (J11ob in Wentwortli-street, Spitalfields. A policeman who cautioned two men was by a crowd, knocked down, and 04*veYt l\ kicked about the body and in the tnonth. He blew his whistle, and two detec- canic to his assistance. The crowd, .by -this time over 200 in number, brutally attacked the three officers. Again whistles Wowis, and Mr. Mulvaney, the superin- 'tmltkJJ!. of the division, and six constables arrived- The constables used their -truncheons freely, and Mr. Mulvaney wielded jbis wx-king stick to good purpose, but vn}.1 officers were knocked down and fucked, TJw police seized four of the men and fought their way foot by foot along Commer- /'ialfffcre-et, contending with a crowd now &rer 400 in number. i a larger force of police arrived the mob' molted away, and the nevs were taken to the police station. of the prisoners were treated for on wounds on the head. One police officer ■wag severely injured and seven others rc- ved severe blows and kicks.

A FAMILY GATHERING. A --veiy Christmas Eve scene was described t the North London Folic '•■mvt on Mom- 4ay. William Piatt (tifty-fuui-), a labourer, •was charged with assaulting llichard James .s)&}ín The latter said lie called on Christmas Eve .1..0 itee Jbdw mother., who lodged at Platt's ■%oUsf, and heard Piatt abusing Mrs. tfifwKnr He protested, and Piatt gave him 0 blsei eye and bit his finger. P)att called his son, who said that, hearing- j■k noise, he went out. on to the landing and ..jSaiW life- father end Mr. and Mrs. Gosling nigging on the floor. The old lady was ..standing over tlieni with the tongs in her Magits&rafccz A Christmas Eve picture! .,fVhat. did you do?—I went downstairs. Ttiit nothing?-Only went downstairs. Yhli i: BU,t for him they would have killed ■iff&G' Tlu magistrate said that Platt was evi- ,&e.nilf Christmassy, ard ordered him to pay :J8. fine &f 40s. with 15s. costs, or a month's :ij2iprmwme,at 0-

COOL SAFE ROBBERY. A daring robbery of a safe from the shop ,of Art Islington dairyman was witnessed by JKHB* t»oy« on Sunday evening. The premises- j&re tespi by Mr. Evan Evans, who on Sun- v: £ ay -evening left his place to go fcr a walk, .j»m? shortly afterwards some beys who were jpIaviujS near the 6hop noticed half a dozen ..ftten approach wiih a barrow. Two cf the SEnett óY}(inoo tho door, presumably by means ,pf » duplicate key, and entered the shop. t?,fhr tjMs l'eap[>caranee of one of them a later three others entered, the sixth outside. The boys looked on, and they saw the five' men emerge ar.d A weighty-looking object covered "with a ;1nackint4:1I'Ih on the barrow, and then depart. Jk little way down the street the men eooily 'Wsdkfd past -a constable. Meanwhile the boys had realised that a rJf»fcfcerj» had occurred, and informed the but by this time the meh had got .-away.- Ob the following morning the sale fesssid broken open in the area of an ..m,iy house in a neighbouring street, el >'wg been rifled of cash and papers. | — -o-

GIFT TO LANCASTER. Ob Monday Lord Ashton opeiicd the pahi- ■<tisl new municipal buildings which, at a cost 4Jf .e120,OOO he has presented to Lancaster, I m "tivle town. Every department of the f ,"rpora (YO, including the police and the fire forigade. Will have headquarters m the new ''fawoing*, a handsome block surmounted by tower 186ft. high. There is also a hall for blie. meetings able to seat 2,500 people. 1 1ft handing the building over to the fU»ycn. I#ord Ashton said his desire was to a building worthy of the eloquence '■■tie fee displayed in it. As a native he desired -4a ê Lancaster possessed of municipal ilbeoittling,w worthy of its traditions. I Indhxding the Queen Victoria static and -I,he Atfoftm memorial structure, the value of -,Urtt Alton's gifts to his native town in the ;lawt' few years amounts to nearly £ 250,000.

SKATING FATALITIES. fTttf^rt»nately, several serious accidents £ re exported over the holiday season. At lam Colliery pond, South Wales, Mar- .jg&S&t and Martha Dyer, aged five and seven yeSfH-t fell through the ice and were .ItUWWIA. Richard Harris, a labourer, of was killed by a train on the jjr^CWn-MertJiyr Railway near Aberbargoed. A distressing double drowning fatality oc- «#ISffyed at Thrules, Co. Tipperary. Two little ..ilUlitl of Mr. Cornelius Carew, a well-known merchant, Michael, aged thirteen, .A :1amd, aged ten, were skating on a pond •wlwfi* the ice gave way, and the elder boy fe-Il Ju. Ifit brother went to his assistance aird I jTelt in ø,)j¡o. Both were rescued, but died ;;t:J1 afterwards from shock.

KILLED IN A THEATRE. A fesstol accident occurred on Monday night ;at the. Theatre Royal, Coatbridge. Early in tfee owning, just as the audience were jjMMwmMMjgr, a man fell from the gallery to ike wit twlow, and broke hi6 neck. How the occurred seems to be a mystery, as 4t, to be impossible that anyone Merbalance. A programme boy saw a I 1&11.. and this was followed by the body jsf ø. n. Only a few persons were in the .jg*JS#inr at the time. flMJ body was identified as that of Neilson I & labourer. The police are investi- g'Mfajfc One matter.

CHILD BURNED 70 DEATH. A 0-re, whicli, was unfortunately attended tv fom of life broke out at ten o'clock on jKotMtey night at a house in Clacton-road, Wglt"matow, where it. is stated that five 4^hilfw» were left alone in the building. lilw alarm was given, and one child, Viwic Peters, aged four, was found to have iweesve^ injuries of so severe a .character .Jbo. it was necessary to remove her at once I 40 the, Cottage Hospital, where isht died an IMHRT aitti- admission.

BUDGET BULL'S EYES. II (FROM THE BUDGET LEAGUE.) So much misunderstanding is abroad in the minds of certain timorous mortals that II it will be useful to consider in some detail how the Budget affects different classes of people. I To begin with, apart from the tobacco and spirit duties, licensing duties, super- tax, and the increased death duties, the Budget taxes are aimed not at possessions but at windfalls. They are, in fact, nothing more than deferred Income-Tax. Except for these taxes on windfalls and the taxes on intoxicating liquor, Mr. Bal- four, as .representing the Unionist Party, has told us if he were returned to power to- morrow he would make no change in the Budget. Therefore, the death duties, super-tax, and the tobacco duties are bound to remain unaltered whatever the result of the Gene- ral Election. There will be no reduction of such taxes on food as the Tariff Reformers are so fond of denouncing. Therefore, Tariff Reform does not mean cheaper food, for the alternative Budget accepted by Mr. Austen Chamberlain in- cludes fresh taxes on food. Tariff Reform, then, means an increase in the price ¡' of bread. » As the well-informed Voice" at one of i Captain Pretyman's meetings pertinently pointed out, he was the only one at his home who smoked tobacco, while thero were six who ate bread. The Budget taxes are meant to produce money to provide wages for shipbuilders; by means of Old-Age Pensions they in- crease the spending power of the poor with grocers, bakers, drapers, and the manufac- turers of those goods. They also relieve hundreds of, thousands of working men with families to support, who would otherwise have to give out of their earnings money which they could ill afford in order to keep their aged relatives out of the workhouse. The Lords rejected the Budget because it interfered with their luxuries, because there will be less money for game pre- serves and similar things, the like of which the poor never secure save at the risk of finding themselves brought in front of an irate county magnate on a charge of poaching. « The valuation scheme of the Budget will force landowners either to pay their proper proportion of taxes on undeveloped and other land, as well as on their palatial town and country residences, or else they must sell their land to others who will make better use of it. That means more work for builders. Consequently, more money to spend in other directions. Mr. Chamberlain does well to insist that Tariff Reform is the alternative to the ) Budget. We say that it must be made clear to the people of this country that the loaf which in London costs 5id in Berlin costs exactly double, llgl d., and the poor of that city have no alternative but to eat the—to the Briton—nauseating black rye bread, and that at 6|d.—a penny per loaf more 4 than is paid here for white bread. But attention has been so much concen- trated on the land clauses that it is often forgotten there are some points in the Bud- get which are not in the shape of taxes, but art,, relief from taxation. And that sug- gests the question: Why should the middle- class man support the Budget? He has an income ranging, say, from £ 250 to £1,500 a year. He may own a house or two—possibly the house he lives in and another. By careful management he may have saved some little with which he has purchased a few shares. Then the Bud- get comes down on him and says: On this investment you shall pay an extra 2d. in the f,. Such an individual is apt to think that he would gain by a Tory Government. Let us see. His investments bring him in from £ 10 to £ 100 a year. The extra 2d. means Is. 8d. to 16s. 8d. < » ¡ Had there been a Tory Government in power he would have been paying Is. on all I his income, earned and unearned. The Budget says: Earning income is a diffi- cult matter. Receiving profits which you do not work for is easy. The tax on the in- come difficult to obtain shall be reduced to 9d. That on the income easily got shall be increased by 2d." < | It is only necessary to know the income received under each head to calculate the saving made under a Liberal Government. I But there is another relief to which in- sufficient attention is paid. The struggle of the man of the lower middle classes receiv- ing from E200 to EBOO a year, being com- pelled to keep up an appearance equal to the amount of his salary, frequently gives cause for mueh anxious thought. Especially is this the case when there is a large and possibly increasing family to be brought up and educated and given a srort in the world. The Liberal Budget relievos such a parent enormously. It matters not whether the income is earned or unearned. The exemption limit is raised automatically by E10 for each child under twelve years of age. Thus a man with S240 a year and eight children, who under a Tory Budget would have had to pay B4 as Income-Tax, will under the Liberal Budget have to pay nothing -lat all—a welcome relief at a period of the year when expenditure shows an "naccountable tendency to exceed income. -< It is all very well to rail at the Sciper- t,i x. Blif, until his incoree is £ 100 a week, oy which time he -if :J(\ very well en :ler\vr:; that the perio.' he. 1 when he or. ;;ht to be eonieone vise. ox lliat people si. id pay iris taxation •xv him. a middle-class have spoken of L, infrequently owns the horse he lives i i. He need have no ii-ar of being ail.. eked by the undeveloped land tax or th, reversion duty. Of curse, they do not concern him. -if But opponents of the Budget will try to make him believe he will be mulcted in heavy loss if lie desires to sell that house and make a big profit on the price he paid for it, although that profit is partly due to the fact that he has done his share in assist- ing to develop the neighbourhood. Clause 8 of the Finance Bill says: "Be not anxious. No duty shall be paid by you, for you have earned a happy release from imposts which others ought to feel proud to be called upon to pay."

Woollen clothes, etc., should be washed is soapy water and rinsed in clear, and hung out to dry at once, to stop shrinking. Wet tea and coffee stains with cold water aid glycerine and let them stand for two or three hours. Then wash with hard soap and cold water. It is a great temptation when one enters the house tired to take off one's veil and fling it aside into a crowded drawer, letting it lie there, rumpled and shapeless, until next called into use. Nothing is so easily spoiled, 110 easily made shabby, as the dainty bit of gauze now universally worn. To preserve it properly it should be carefully stretched on the width and folded, preferably over a bit of cardboard or other stiff material. I Lace beots are much better for young children than buttoned footgear. The shanks of the buttons are apt to press on the instep or ankle, causing discomfort, while a maxi- mum amount of support is afforded to the ankles when it is possible to draw in the lacea at will.

BICK HEADACHES. Those who suffer from sick headaches should correct every habit and avoid all in- discretions which they know are likely to be followed by an attack. They should also over- come every derangement of the system which exists, if possible, and strengthen every part and function of the same. In fact, they should treat at first not the head and its aches, but endeavour to build up the general health. In the attempt to do that they must not indiscriminately dose themselves with drugs, but rather depend upon pure air, exer- cise, and sufficient measures of like charac- ter. One of the greatest essentials in treat- ment will be a careful selection of the diet.

FUN AND FANCY. -0 My friend," said the debtor to the bluster- ing bill-collector, "have you ever stopped to think that if all fellows like me paid our bills regularly you'd be out of a job?" Client: "This bill of yours is exorbitant. There are several items in it that I don't understand at all." Lawyer: "I am per- fectly willing to explain it, but the explana- tion will cost you two guineas." His Honour: "You are charged with steal- ing chickens. Have you any witnesses?" Prisoner: "I have not. I don't usually steal chickens before witnesses." "The telephone is certainly a great inven- tion. Think of it! You can talk to your wife fiftv miles away." "That may be your experience. All I've been able to do is to listen." "Did you ever," said one preacher to an- other, "stand at the door after your sermon, and listen to what people said about it as they passed out?" The other replied: "I did once"—a pause and a sigh-" out I'll never do it again." Mark Twain once missed the train which should have taken him to his work. He did not wire any excuse. His telegram to his employer took this form: "My train left at 7.20. I arrived at the station at 7.35, and could not catch it." Irate Customer: "Look here, young man, I bought this hair tonic from you and it is absolutely worthless," Clerk: "We can't help that, sir." Irate Customer: "But you guaranteed each bottle." Clerk: "Exactly, sir, but we didn't guarantee the tonic." Rising Politician (whose friends have given him a brass-band serenade): "My fellow- I citizens, this spontaneous tribute touches me deeply. I am at a loss to find words to ex- press my thanks. You have laid me under an obligation I shall never, never be able to repay." Leader of Brass Band (in alarm): "But dis vas to pe a monish dransaction, mein friendt I" Rhymster: "True, sir, I have not much ready money; but I own £2,000 worth of per- sonal property." Her Father: In what shape is this prøperty 1" Rhymster: "In manuscript poems." Harry: "They told me Blanche was deaf, but when I changed the conversation to dia- monds she heard every word." Arnold: "I don't think she is stone deaf." Lawyer: "Do you swear. positively that you know more than half this jury?" Wit- ness: "Yes, sir; and now that I have taken a good look at 'em, I'll swear that I know more than all of 'em put together." First Student: "I thought you said that you'd got a very rare MS. to show me?" Second Student: "Yes; that's it." First Student: "Why, that's only a receipted tailor's bill!" Second StudentWell, that's a MS., and a very rare one, too, isn't it!" A pitman once had occasion to visit hit mate, who was confined in a local asylum. Whilst talking with him in the reception hall be noticed that the large clock hanging on the wall was an hour slow, and re- marked: "That clock's not rcet, Geordifi." "No, lad, that's the reason she's here!" An actor, who recently was "taken" whi!p on the stage by cinematograph, was greatly pleased with the result. Talking about it to a prominent dramatic critic, he said:—"It was the most extraordinary experience I ever went through-actually to see myself act- ing." "Now," replied the critic, "you will understand what we have to put up with." A sentry, an Irishman, was on post duty for the first time at night, when the officer of the day approached. He called, "Who comes there?" "Officer of the day," was the reply. "Then what are you doing out at night?" asked the sentry. "Ah, my lad," said the stranger, with an encouraging smile, "I can see that you were cut out for something big." "That may be, mister," replied the diminutive farmer boy; "but it generally happens that something big is cut out for me." "For you?" "Yes, dad's trousers. These are a pair I have on now." To a 'bus conductor who was calling Hangel and 'Ighgate, Hangel and 'Ighgate!" an old lady several times put the question, "Are you quite sure you go to the Angel?" The man's answer came at last. "Well, mum, it's writ all over the 'bus and I've been callin' it for the last 'arf-hour, so I believe we do but I'll ask a policeman, if you like," "I wish, John," said the editor's wife, "that you'd try not to be so absent-minded when we are dining out." "Eh? What have I done now?" "Why, when the hostess asked you if you'd have some more pudding you re- plied that, owing to a tremendous pressure on your space, you were compelled to decline." There was a suburban lady whose house one summer was quite overrun with moths. A tramp told her that, in return for a square meal, he would give her an infallible moth cure. She set a square meal before the tramp; he devoured it, then he said: "All ye need to do, ma'am, is to hang yer moth- filled clothes and carpets and things on a line and beat 'em with a stick. Good-bye to yer moths then." "Will that kill them?" asked the lady. "Yes, if ye hit 'em," said the tramp. Mrs. Tiptop: "I am sorry you were not at my 'receptipn laist evening." Mrs. Highup (coldly): "I received no invitation." Mrs. Tiptop (with affected surprise): "Indeed? It must have mj^arried. I had among my guests three foreign counts." Mrs. Highup: "So that is where they were? I desired to en- gage them last evening to wait at table at our card-party supper, but the employment agent told me they were out." A Scotsman had been persuaded to spend a shilling on tickets in a raffle at a church bazaar. He won first prize—a bicycle but, on being told of his good fortune, instead of hugging himself with delight, he said: "WeeL that's jist ma luck, buyin' twa ticket# whin wan wad 'a' dune. It's jist a saxpenee wasted."

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