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i SPORTS AND PASTTMES. I JSTORKSHIKE CRICKET CLUB—HOCKEY TRIAL MATCHES—CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNING—NEW PRIZE TOR LADY SHOTS—FOOTBALL: BIG GATES CUP COMPETITION SOUTHERNLEAGUB MATCHES; F.A. AND A.F.A. RECONCILED— SPORTS COMMITTEES AND JUMPING COM PETITIONS—WINTER SPORTS—LUCKY OWNER. — -♦ Presiding at the annual meeting of the Yorkshire Counly Cricket Club at Sheffield Lord Hawko, in proposing the adoption of the Teport and accounts, said that although the county did not manage to hold the champion- ship, 'they had done a good season's work, especially having regard to the many serious accidents that had befallen their players. The efforts of the older players were worthy of Yorkshire's best, and the county had some joung ones of great promise. Kilner had got over his operation for appendicitis and would soon be strong again. Lord Hawke paid a high tribute to the work done for nearly twenty years by Schofield Haigh, and said that Winchester SchooL to which he was going, were lucky in getting such a -foach. The inter-divisional hockey trial matches at Cheltenham and Manchester resulted, as anticipated, in victories for the visiting teams, the East proving greatly superior to the West, "Whom they beat by 6 goals to 2, and the Mid- lands snatching a narrow victory over the North by 6 goals to .5. Cambridge University, .deprived of the services of the greater part of their team through the claims of the East, were just strong ello, ito beat Southgate, but the Dark Blues met more than their auateh in the Navy whose form is always something of an unknown quantity. There was an important inter provincial game at Dublin, where Ulster and Leinster drew after » fast and clever encounter. At Cambridge, on Saturday, the South London Harriers beat the University, after an exciting contest, by one point only. Morfey and Telfer ran neck and neck for more than lialf the course, but the former stayed the better, and won by fifty yards. The first six anen home were: R. J Morfey (S.L.H.), 43mi-n. 19see-; A. C. Telfer (Cambridge Uni- versity), 4omin. '29sec. L. G. Housden. <S.L.H.), 'a. "] -<-»•. J. D. Byrne-Johnson (Cambridge University), 44min. 2sec. H. HaR (Cambridge Ujvive-rsi-tv), 44min. 18sec;; J. L. Churchill Out Saturday, -At iPutuey, over a course of shout eight miles, Oxford University heat Ilanela-gh II-, scoring twenty-two points to Thirty-three. Ranela-g-h might have done better but for Lrntott being seized with stitch two miles from home. The first six men -were: H. S-heltou (Ranelagh), .jOmin. Is,-e.; F. R. Kerr (Oxford University), 50min. 16 3-f»see.; T. G. Pocoek '(Oxford University), fiOmin. J50 3-5s;ec. J. E. W. Bath (Oxford Univer- sity), 50min. *5 J. F. Lintott (Ranelagh II.), dOmin. 55 2-nsec. E. W. Faber (Oxford University), oOrniii. oGsee. In a good fk:"ÛJ SheHon 'beat Kerr by a liu-Je over fifty vard-, The shooting of the ladies in the miniature chubs has, in recent years, made rapid strides, but there are not many competitions open to Sadies only, and it is satisfactory to find that the Sooiety of Miniature Rifle Clubs is about to run a ladies' competition for a very handsome if.ilver rose bowl, presented by the B.S.A. Co. This prize will he woJ! outright, and as the conditions have been earefuliy drawn up it should be very popular among the ladies who are members of clubs affiliated to the X.R. A. S.M.R.C. There were nearly IraTf a million spectators at the matches ¡n' the second round of the Football Association Cup competition on Saturday, the average receipts being well over At Bolton and Sheffield the t crowd numbered 50,000. while 40,000 people •watched the dairies at Birmingham and Liver- pool, and "gates" of over 25,000 were plentiful. The ties in the si-coml round of the Cup competition produced some keen struggles, as anticipated, on Saturday, 'but in no case was "the result in the nature of a surprise. The Southern teams on the whole fared badly. Tottenham Hotspur add Swindon Town, the ehief "hopes of the Krvvjth," were both (l- •fpnted, as were also Plymouth Argvle, Gill- as'vjham. and Exeter City, by Northern <rr Midlard tennis, and Crystal Palace and Clap- ton Orient by rivals in their own part of the country. ??n\a? "-cored a meritorious victory <'?r"' B-adford City, and will, with Qneen's .o,ver B,i(ifor(i -ii?d '%i: it'll 'QLlec!li*s 'J*v>Mo!i tlla,!ti 'Uiiit(,i], .i I i d S«nith in t'-e third rmvul. Blackburn 'Rovers. A-tobi Vii'a. a I'd W?.»t Bromwieh Albion were all -■•eessful. other past "holders of the trophy wh\ will figure 111 the third round being" Sheffield United. Maix-hf-ster City. Pres- loti North End. and either Sheffield "Wednes- ,dav -,ni- Wanderers. Three m: belies in the Southern League torik -place on Saturday, and two of the results "were important. Reading, searing three goals to none, got v.it-bin a point of C so that these two clubs and Swindon win have «a most interesting fight for the championship I-ow that all three of them have lost in- terest in the Cup. Watford, the victnns nt. Heading, and Merthyr I'cv;ii. who had five jroals to one obtained against them by Ports- mouth at Fratton Park, are badly placed at f.h bottQm of the competition—a. serious mat- ter now that- reduction and promotion proceed automatically at the end of each season. At last, nfter an interval of nearly seven <vears. rrco.npi'h'.rion hrtr-< en ihe Amateur Footbr.il A,(,vi:()1I a:sd th-e Football Afso- ?iation 's r'f?i<-3Uy an :tccn:"p?shed fact- At a s??'n? E ''cral m<:eL1J IK Id ?n London, the A.F.A. de"!(?d. by a Jar'" ma inr:t\ I@ <?fn!:?te to )h<' P'.A.. so ending a !o,lg (I vez?y If,.Ilnn"v chanter in the history of Associatioa F-■]. F. M. Welw!-?r **i H-ul ••<• nton AJ'tyozinr, 41¿) a man in devote hours of careful <f!tnne'ii and prae.iee to jumping, w tFtt he may urofioiency. and then -only hive chawed of competing perhaps n dozen times '11 the year. That these really scientific and delightful events arc not nuope popular 11always been a matter of v.onii^r re me, for tliev are truly pleasing "both to wa-tch and take part ill. The reason M probably to be fonndi in the fact that the governing body of sport is almost, exclusively **»mposed -of ex-track athlete* who have no interest in 'Held events. Also of late years the pnMie -have :»o a large extent lost interest in waiehing t)r-se contests, ''because the jumps are usually held -sfi far from the stands that •visitors cannot, follow the jumping closely enough to appreciate the finer point.s of the methods employed; and yet a little fore- thought on the pnrt of jyiorts coitimittece would obviate ,,1<1 Tn ord,r -t-a kl-rtoy winter xpoffs to the full. it is really neefviary. advL--os the Viehl, to go to a <x»untry -in which SHOW and ice have come to be regarded aa natural resources to be exploited for profit, and it is further to be honed, aiitl earn 1)9,r(liv -ik-. (loubt,4c], 1-hat people lw ho desire^to enjoy them quietly and inexpensively will be given -as ample .o'lnortunitíes for the gratification .of their «irnple tastes 1\,<; those who like romping and .oote-ntahous extravagance. The attempt to discover an Alpine hole! which is not too like « bear garden, or in wlitch women do riot vie Iwrribly with each other in the variety find eostlinesa of their evening draw*. hM Utterly been a little difficult; but the diffi- culty will doubHe<ts be overcome with the effia-z of time. Mr. August Belmont. the President; of the Mendow Brook Club and Chairman of the Jockey Club, had an enviable racing experience last year. His total winnings on the turf aggre- gat-e over £ 24,000. which Itia horses earned on the principal racecourses of England. France, and America, placing 31r. Belmont in the front, rank of winning owners in each of these coiiutrVs. It comes to few men, 111\oyti the Polo Mo nth hi, to win the St. Leger, #<eil one thoroughbred for £ oO,f>O0. refuse ior another, to. Aay nothing of *end- to England a stallion bred in America that commands a fee of over £400.

GERMAN AIRSHIP FOR BRITAIN? I Lne t new!!p8ppr announce, says a Berlin I that the British Government have orde'red another airship from the p«rsev«| Company (Qr uw PMfMlbie cf fioatilltr on water.

WORK AND WORKERS. I LONDON BOTLDIXG TRADE DISPUTE—HERE- FORD TKACHKRS ON STRIKE—TEE KINO AND His LABOURERS — POSTAL SERVANTS AND MILITARY SKUVICK—DUBLIN BTJILDERS' MBN AND SYMPATHETIC STRIKES MR. RAMSAY M MCDONALD ON UNAUTHORISED STRIKES—SHIPS' OFFICERS' DISPUTE ENDED —NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY CLERKS' DE- MANDS—EMPLOYERS AND EVENIMJ SCHOOLS. The demonstration of the London building trade workers in Trafalgar-square on Sunday afternoon ended in the enthusiastic adoption of two resolutions. One reaffirmed the men's determination to resist the masters' attempt to destroy trade unionism., and the other registered an emphatic protest against the actioll of the, South African Government in declaring martial law, confiscating the books and money of trade unions, and deporting trade-union leaders without trial. It was an imposing demonstration. Thousands of workers from all parts of London, affected by the building trade dispute, filled the square. A number of firms not belonging to the London Master Builders' Association put the agreement, drawn up by that body before their workmen on Saturday. The agreement was not generally signed, and the men de- clining to accept its terms were not re- engaged. There is. an increased number of men out of work, and the dispute extends artisans at present unaffected, such aBmill eawyers, will be idle. Eighty schools have been closed and 5,000 children are on holiday in Herefordshire in; consequence of the strike of teachers em- ployed by the County Education Committee. A6. the struggle develops these numbers will 'probably be doubled. The teach-ors are de- manding a scale of salaries comparable with that paid in the city of Hereford and other education areas in the country. The average annual salary of headmasters in Hereford- shire is £ 120 per annum and for headmistresses £ 93. The National Union of Teachers, which has a membership of 85,000 and a big fighting fund, is supporting the teachers on strike, and is prepared, if necessary, to pay them full shire is £ 120 per annum and for headmistresses County Committee has declined to give the scale demanded, several conferences have been held and failed to produce a settlement, ami the present- deadlock is the result. The Board of Education has been approached, and questions are to be asked in Parliament. It is stated that the King has decided to increase the wages of his Sandringham labourers, to give them a Saturday half- holiday, and in addition to grant six months' security of tenure to cottage holders on the estate. His Majesty's great interest in all agricultural questions is well known, and coming at a time like the present, the new as to further improvement in the conditions of employment on an estate which is run on model lines is exceptionally noteworthy. The Sandringham farms have been described as the best in the country, and the housing of the tabourers on the estate has always been exemplary. Speaking on Saturday night at the prize distribution of the Post Office Rifles, the Postmaster-General said that shortly before Christmas there were rumours of possible friction within the department, and one rumour took the remarkable form of an alle- gation that the Government had resolved that, if by evil chance a dispute should occur in the postal -service, to embody all those members who belonged to the Territorial Force, and. under the Military Law, put them to whatever form of employment would be in the interests of the postal service. He could assure them that the subject had never even been considered. A few years ago it was the practice in the Post Office to dismiss a great number of boy messengers when they reached the age of sixteen, fly,(] no fewer than 4,000 were on the average dismissed from the service each year. Now, by improved organi- sation, they were able to absorb within the service the whole of their boy messengers, and that would mean that the classes of tele- graphists, sorters, and half of the postmen and porters, would in the future be recruited 'from ex-boy messengers, the other half being recruited from ex-soldiers and sailors. 'None üf onr members will remain, -or be- come in the future, members of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union, nor ■take part in or support any form of sympa- thetic strike. They will hividle all materials, no matter from where or how delivered, and carry out all instructions given to them in the course of their employment." This is the undertaking given on 'behalf of 2,000 men in the buildins: trade of Dublin who were -re- suming work on Monday, Mr. Ramsay 'MacDonaid. M.P.. speaking on Sunday night at Glasgow, said last week's conference showed for th" first time in the his- tory of the Labour movement in this country how united the various sections of the party were. Direct action could get into a dispute, but could not get out of it. Direct action must be supplemented by Parliamentary action if the civil rights of men engaged in in- dustrial disputes were to be safeguarded. So far as I am concerned," he added. and ■ ? say it without hesitation, the Labour Party and the political Labour movement must in future be far more careful about getting them- selves mixed up in unauthorised strikes thaii in the days that have passed." The terms of the settlement of the disput# between the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail- way Company (the Goole Shipping Company) and the officers, employed on their fleet, have not been officially disclosed. The mates aked for an increase of 10s. a week, an annual fort- night's holiday, and Is. 6d. n. day for "food lilt, 'is informed on good ;n1.thor:t, that captains have received an ifts. per week, and the mates 7s. €d. per week. One week's holiday per n-'iium is to be given to chief mates only; there is to he no "food money" and "shift- ing" is te be abolished. The movement for increased* salaries by clerks employed on the North-Eastern Rail- way continues. At a delegate meeting held at York on Saturday, a resolution was unani- mously passed expressing extreme dissatisfac- tion with the present scales of salary, and re- affirming the desire of the staff that recogni- tion should be accorded to the Railway Clerks' Association. The resolution also con- tained a protest against, the institution of a "debased scale" for telegraphists, and urged that in the case of telegraphists and clerks in the mechanical engineering department there should be a modification of the arrange- ments in connection with examinations so that all who have the requisite years of ser- vice may reach the scale maximum without having to undergo a special efficiency test or examination. Another portion of the resolu- tion protested against, tire exclusion of the shop clerks from the regulations for appoint- ment and promotion of the clerical staff in the mechanical engineering department. A-s the result of the examination of the em- ployers' books under the Scottish manufac- tured iron trades conciliation and arbitration agreement, a reduction of 5 per cent, in the has been made. The audit ,wo,r k ert;' wate- brought out the net selling price at the works at PA 17-8.. 5'03d. per ton. Mr. J. H. Reynolds, of Manchester, de- clared to the members of the Association of Technical Institutions at the Cloth Workers' Hall ou Saturday that there were consider- ably more than 1,009,090 youths between four- teen and eighteen years who failed to use their leisure either to fit themselves to earn a decent or better livelihood or to prepare themselves for the right discharge of their duties, public or private. He suggested that some arrangement should be made by which the employer should give, out of the time during which the child was employed, an op- portunity of continuing education. It was utterly unreasonable that a child, after work- ing hard during a long day, could be expected to give two or three evenings per week in attending continuation schools. There/ore, I the employers must help them.

BILLIARD AND BAGATELLE TABLES A Large Stock of Now and Second-hand Tablee always on hand; aloo Convertible Billiard and Dinin* L Write for L>»t.G.]Mw»riU. mKmnlnd ltd.,trig  B B <f?* F THE FREE LIST. 7-1??q,gE BOX  :? >< K E%/V E FUND NR'VAL,\ pRobRAM^^E SELLER LLOYD GEORGE:—What to pay a blt^ Couldn't think of it, Sir. Against the principles of our management. You do the paying, they're on the free I ist. JOHN BULL: Hang yotw principles, the sooner we have a change of management the better!

CHIPS OF NEWS. Moorings are being laid in Southampton WnJer, where a flotilla of destroyers is to be based. The Austrian Emperor has conferred the Grand Cross of the Leopold Order on M. Venizeloe, the Greek Premier. The Rev. F J. McLoughlin Day. senior curate of St. Andrew's Church, Taunton, has, it is re- ported, decided to join the Roman Catholic Church. The bod." of a well-dressed woman recovered from the Thames near Twickenham Ferry w,t..i identified as that of Mrs. Stuckdale, of Leeds, who has been missing for a month. In succession to Mr. F. T. Bigham (eon of Lord Mersey), the new Assistant-Commissioner of Metropolitan Police, Mr. G. L. Craik (son of Sir Henry Craik), was appointed chief constable. Mr. William Howard, a foreman at the Lon- don and North-Western Tranship Depot at Crewe, was engaged in sorting railway invoices in his office on Saturday when he suddenly fell off his chair and died. During a terrific gale, the steamer Queens- garth, Runcorn to Cardiff, picked up the Copen- hagen steamer Siggwid, helpless with the main shaft broken, and towed her thirty-five miles into Fishguard Harbour. After twenty year,' hazardous work as a rider on the main haulage ropes underground, Wil- liam Beale, of Rhymnev, changed his avocation in the mine and .was killed after seven days at hiB: new: post. The Australian Commonwealth trade statistics how that the value of the imports for 1913 amounted to Ji79,712.000, being an increase of Jtl .553.000 on 1912. Exports amounted to < £ 75,113.000, a decrease of J6849.000. The Danish steamer United States, which met with an accident to her machinery off the West Coast of Scotland, arrived in the Clyde on Saturday. Iloi- 234 passengers were transferred to the Anchor liner Cameronia under dangerous conditions during a high wind with :heavy seas running. Coal of good quality has been found on South Side Farm, near Warkworth, Northumberland, and extensive mining developments are ex- pected. Sinking operations will be begun in a short, time :and a new coalfield will be opened out. Fllilingto get a, reply to a ring for shaving water. Mr. J. Harding, of Bloouifield Park, Bath, went downstairs, and found his house- maid. Eliza Jane Duckett, aged twenty two. lying dead in the scullery with a terrible wound in the throat. There was a tableJknife beside her. A St. Helen's police-constable named Thomas I.Grundy was assisting another constable early -on Saturday morning in arresting two men who had been lighting, when he dropped dead. It was stated at a Hackney inquest on Charles Reynolds, a toyseller, of Hackney., that his rent was 2s. -6d. weekly and that some days he got a8 much as 5d." by dling toys. The University of Athens has decided to for- ward to Mr. Pember Reeves, of the London School of Economics, and a member of the London University Senate, the diploma of an Honorary Doctorate. The Bishop of Southampton, Dr. McArthur, on Saturday consecrated St. Alban's Church, 'Copuor, Portsmouth, the second of the six new ■churches in the town provided for out of the Bishop of Winchester's special fund. A Reading man named Foster went to the ftolice-station on Saturday, .-aying he had come to proclaim himself King of England. He was •remanded for inquiries. The funeral of Mr. Frederick Morshead, of Lamerton, Devon, for thirty-eight years house- master at Winchester College and thirty-seyeq years a member of the Winchester Corporation, took place on Saturday afternoon at Winchester. Jasper Williams lig-htbouse-keeper at the Mumbles, died on Saturday after beiug in charge -of th' light for twenty-eight years. Wil- liams had been assisted for many years by his nephew, whose grandfather was the first keeper to burn oil lamps at Mumbles Head. A new system of charging 6d. in addition to the personal fare of all passengers on the North- Kasrern Railway carrying musical instruments JS being keenly resented by musicians in the North of England The Musicians' Union is being asked to take action in the matter. A voung miner of Horden (Durham) has writ- ten to the Sunderland Board of Guardians stat- ing that he is anxious to marry, but that as the girl. of of his own class are too independent and expensive he has decided to wed one from the workhouse. The matron has been de- puted to arrange the matter. A rent strike" by householders in Edmon- ton and Tottenham is threatened against in- creases recently made in the rents. A Tenants' Def ence League at Edmonton, besides advocat- ing resistance to the increases, is pressing for the erection by the Urban District Council of workmen's dwellings on the Brookfield Estate. The Nottingham magistrates placed on pro- bation for three years Edith Smith, aged six- teen. for stealing 30s. from her father. The latter stared that the girl had committed at least twenty thefts previously. She disappeared for days after the robberies, sleeping in outhouses. The Of, oman Ambassador in Paris has stated I to the French Premier that the transfer of Chios and Mytile/ie to Greece will not involve the breaking off of diplomatic relations between Constantinople and Athens. Changer are announced in ihe Government of Alsace-Lorraine, Baron Yarn von Bulach, the President, being succeeded by Count Roedern, from BerHn. An extraordinary 'n:\otur.ea" tragedy has oc- curred orl the Riviera, a wealthy German being shot dead while returning to San Remo from a trip to Mcntoue. wil(i weather is reported. A German barque h: been wrecked at Falmouth with the loss of nineteen lives, and a Fleetwood trawler with all her crew of ten has been lost in the Hebrides. A service, conducted by the Bishop of London at the consecration of St. Michael's Church, Golder's Green, on Sunday, was interrupted by suffragettes. The pit-shaft at Ettingshall is to be searched ill the hope of finding the weapon used by the murderer of Kent Reeks. Two portmanteaux, belonging to women pas- sengers fill a special boat train to Waterloo, have been found rifled on the railway line. Eighty schools have been closed in Hereford- shire owing to the strike of teachers. Mr. 11. Samuel has explained that improved drill if being given to hoy messengers in the postal service, and thus the standard of recruits for the Post Office Rifles will be raised. The death has occurred of Sir Thomas Snagge, County-court Judge for Oxfordshire. Linnets netted at Barking Marshes were ordered by the. Stratford Bench on Saturday to be taken back to the marshes and released.

MARKETS. I LONDON CORN, MOXDAY.—ENGLISH WHEAT. There was a light trade at about late prices, but top quotations were seldom realised: White miHins lots ranged from 31s. to 35s.; ditto reds, JO". to 34s. per qr. FOREIGN WHEATS.—Trade ruled slow, but quotations were about unchanged on the week: No. 1 Northerns, S6s.; No. 2 ditto. 35s. 6d. ox ship: Argentine. 36s. ex ship; Russian, 33s. up- wards: Indian, 37s. 3d. landed. MAIZE.—There was only a moderate trade to report, and prices were not very about 3d. less money being taken bn the week. but the decline was mostly on out-of-contlition stuff: Plate. 22s. 9d. to 23s.; South Russian, 22s. 3d. upwards landed. OATS.—The demand was limited, but holders made no further concessions, late rates being about maintained: Plates (new), 14s. 9d. to 15s.: Danubian, 14s. 9d.: Canadian, 18s. Od. White Libaus, 15s. 3d. Petersburg's, 17s. landed. BAULKY.—Grinding and feeding barleys met a faii sale at about late rates: South Russian, 21s. landed. Malting lots ruled sluggish but steady as follows: Kuglish. 28s. to 37s.; Hun- garian and Bohemian, ;44, 6d. to 42s.: brewing Califomian, 33s. to 368. brewing Chilian, 31s. 6d. to 34s.: Hama, 28«.; Dantzic, 28s. to 31s. per 4481b. BEAKS AXD PEAS. A light trade was reported at steady rates. LONDON FLOUR. MONDAY.r0nly a limited inquiry was reported, but prices held recent- levels, despite the unseasonably warm weather: English Town-made Patents. 27s. 6d. to 29s. 6d.; ditto Country-made, 25s. to 27s. American Patents. 26s. 6d. to 28,. 6d.; ditto Bakers', 23a. 6d. to 25s. 6d. per sack. LONDON CATTLE, MONDAY.—Beast entries on to-day's market numbered 820, a decrease of 10 compared with last Monday. Trade was sluggish, with the tendency in buyers' favour. A few Scotch beasts were quoted from 5s. to 5s. 4d.. but 'jarelv made the latter figure, Nor- folk and Devons, 5s. to 5s. 4d.: Shorthorns, 4s. lOd. to 5s. 2d. Fat slaughtering cows and bulls cleared quietly at late rales, the former rang- ing from 4s. lOd to 5s. 2d., and the latter from 3s. 6d. to 4s. Twenty-five milch cows offered, and the quotation fQi: the best was .£23 each. Three thousand ] five hundred sheep were penned in the market, a decrease of 850. Trade ruled quietly steady as follow?: Best Down tegs, (Is. 4d. to 6s. 8d.; best half-breds, 5s. JOd. to 6e. 2d.: best Down ewes, 4s. 4d. to 4s. 8d. half- bred lambs..7". 4d. per stone. Five calves offered, but trade was too small to quote. Quota- tions per 81b. sinking the offal: Coarse and in- ferior beef. 3s. to 3s. 6d.; ditto second quality, 2B. 6d. to 3s.; prime large oxen, 5s. to 5s. 2d.; ditto small. 5s 2d. to 5s. 4d. Conre and inferior j sheep, 4s. to 4s. 4d.: ditto second quality, 3J. 8d. to 4s.: best Down tegs, 6s. 4d. to 6s. 8d.; best half-breds, 5s. 10d. to 6s. 2d. LONDON MEAT, MONDAY.—Trade quiet: supplies good: Beef, English, 3s. lOd. to 4s. 2s. American. 4s. to 4s. 2d.; Scotch, 4s. 2d. to 4s 6d.; Argentine hindquarters, 3s. to 3a. 4d. Mutton, English wethers, 4s. 8d. to 5s.; ewes, 3s. 6d. to 4s.: Scotch tegs, 4s. lOd. to 5s. 4d.; ewes. 3s. 4d. to 3s. 8d.: New Zealand, 2s. lOd. to 3s. 4d. Lamb, English, 6s. to 7s.; Aus- tralian, 3s. 8d to 4s. Veal, 4s. to 5s. 8d. Pork, 4s. to 5s, per, stone. LONDON PROVISIONS, MONDAY.-Butter steady: Danish, 124s. to 128s.; Normandy, 118s. to 130s. Australian, 100s. to 116. Russian, 100s. to 116s- New Zealand, 108s. to 120s.; Argentine, 110s. to 114s. per cwt. Cheese firm: Canadian, 66s. to 70s. Dutch. G(k. to 72s. per cwt. Bat on steady: Irish, 63s. to 80s.; Conti- nental. 60s. to 76s. per cwt. Hams steady: American, 66s. to 70s. per cwt. Eggs quiet. LONDON POTATO, MONDAY.—Trade ruled dull for big tupphes as follows; Lineolns, 55s. to 70s.: King Edwards, 60s. to 75s.; Kents and Essex, 50s. to 65s.; Bedfords, 5Se. to 70s.; Black- lauds, 45s. to 55s. per ton. BRADFORD WOOL, MONDAY. Though there is rather lets business doing than last ^«ek. the market is cheerful, and there is a dis- pasitiou to tùe a more houeful vicn.

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AGRICULTURAL NOTES. I BY A PRACTICAL FARMER. I THE ROYAL SHOW. The prize-sheet issued by the Royal Agri- cultural Society of England for live stock, poultry, produce, implements, &c., for the show to be held at Shrewsbury from June 30th to July 4 ill next, shows that the total value of the prizes offered (inclusive of champion prizes, special prizes, and medals) is Y-11,700, of which £ 2,188 are contributions from the Shrewsbury local committee, X2,606 12s. 6d. from various breed societies, and £ 793 10s. from other sources. As the show will be held in the district of Welsh ponies, Hereford cattle, Welsh cattle, Shropshire sheep. Kerry Hill (Wales) sheep, and Welsh mountain sheep, an extended classification has been provided for each of these breeds. In the horse section prizes amounting to £ 3,735 are offered, and the Coronation Challenge Cup, value £ 50, is offered for the best Suffolk stallion. The prizes in the cattle section aggregate £ 3,113. and those for sheep 92,171. In the produce section two new features will be prizes for bacon and ham, and also for bottled fruits. In the bacon and hams classes the exhibitors must be the curer and bona- fitle owner of the pigs, which must be bred in the United Kingdom. < < I SMOKE AND LIVE STOCK. Some interesting notes have been compiled on this subject as the result of investigations by the Agricultural Department of Leeds Uni- versity. Various farmers, whose misfortune it is to farm in a smoke-laden atmosphere, have reported that young stock of all classes are seriously affected. Foals, for example, do veiry well so long as they are with their dams. but lose flesh and grow weak as soon as they have to live on grass. Great difficulty IS experienced in rearing calves, and, like hor.-es, cows require extra care and feeding, the milk yield being injuriously affected. One breeder lia.s found it advisable to change his breeding stock every few years, a.s the smoke causes them to be more liable to illness. Sheep are so seriously affected that they are rarely kept in the smoky districts round Leeds. Not only is it found that injury is suffered by the impurities deposited on the grass, but the blackening of the wool causes a depreciation in the market value of the animals. Post-mortem examinations often s how the effects of both ingestion and in- halation of matter carried in smoke. Although this is a trouble that is most serious in the manufacturing areas, it probably applies to the immediate neighbourhood of all large towns, and is a consideration worth remem- bering when farming in such a locality is contemplated. MUTTER PEAS. A reference to these peas was made in the annual report of the consulting chemi-st to the llighlamdi and, Agricultural Society, a specimen having been submitted! to him for analysis. It was found to contain 1'76 per cent, of oil andi 34'09. per cent. of albu- minoids, and was. therefore, a good normal sample. He thought that it was well, how- ever. to remind farmers that under certain conditions the mutter variety of peae ex- hibits poisonou.5 properties. The active principle appears to be dissipated by means of heat, and it is held that after such treat- ment the peas may be taken safely for food. Quite recently an action was taken against a firm of corn merchants in Hull to recover £ 100 damages for the death of three foale and deterioration of live -stock, alleged to be due to the presence of a poisonous substance or poisonous substances in mutter peas. Lengthy evidence was given on both sides, and the defence was- that d-eath wa-s more likely to have occurred' from over-feeding of the animals. The jury disagreed, and the CMe against the defendants failed. In view of the fact that on several occa- sions suspicion bad beeh raised: against mutter peas as being quite -safe for feeding purposes, an investigation has been under- taken in order to ascertain the definite con- stitution of these peas, and what variation occurs in the proportion of active or poison- ous principles, if any are found to be present. WHEAT VARIETIES. I Comparative trials of varieties cannot fail to be of practical interest and assistance in these days of the unrestricted multiplication and booming of varieties. Trials were made last year by the Department of Agriculture for Ireland in continuation of some experi- ments made in 1912 to ascertain the value and ral suitability of the varieties Red Fife, BurgoyneV Fife, Red Chaff White, and Queen Wilhelmina. The two varieties of Fife represent what may be termed "strong" wheat or wheats of high milling quality; Red Chaff White, although of lower "strength," is a variety generally acceptable to millers, while Queen Wilhelmina is a heavy yielding white variety of inferior quality to the three others. The experiments were continued in order to ascertain the value of the four varieties in different soils, two centres exhibiting strong contrasts in this respect being chosen. The soil of one centre is described as a strong loam, and that of the other centre as a light gravelly loam with gravelly subsoil. As a re- sult Queen Wilhelmina produced remarkably good crops at both centres. It is inferior in quality to the three other varieties, but its high productivity on soils varying so much awakes it a variety to which the attention of wheat growers may be safely directed. Com- paring the two Fifes and Red Chaff White first, there was found to be only a small dif- ference between them in regard "to yield. This remark applies to the results at both centres. In point of quality. Red Fife is highest, and is closely followed by Burgcyne's Fife; Red Chaff White is inferior to both, and on ac- count of its equal yielding capacity is pro- bably a less profitable variety to cultivate. The experience gained in this and previous season's shows that Red Fife and Burgoyne's Fife produce the best crops when sown in the spring. Red Fife is an exceptionally poor tillerer, and it is therefore necessary to sow more seed of this than of the heavier tiller: ing varieties; on most soils eighteen stones per statute acre is not too great a quantity of seed. Queen Wilhelmina and Red Chaff White should be sown in the autumn, but the latter, on light soils, may be sown up to the end of February. # HELPING THE VETERINARY PROFESSION I Mr. Runciman, the President of the Board of Agriculture, did right the other day to draw attention to the fact that the British Isles arc freer from disease than any other, country in the world. There is not a single, animal affeoted with foot-and-mouth disease or cattle plague, and not a single case of pleuro-pneumonia, there being no other coun- try in Europe or America that can say the same. This is highly satisfactory, but, of course, we cannot rest content with this re- cord, and the present unrest about the ad- ministration of the Swine Fever Order and the Tuberculosis Order is a healthy sign of a growing desire to fight these and other diseases. The latter Order, by the bye, Mr. Runciman has promised to revise. It is satisfactory to find that this Minister thinks aonwt.bintf more ought to M dlm.8 foi me vest-unary profession. ne aisagrees witim the idea that as mcior-cars are coming morn into vogue the veterinary surgeon is likely to be swept out of existence. It would be' far cheaper to spend a few thousands a year more. on veterinary surgeons in order that they might help to stamp out swine-fever and other diseases, and thereby save tens of thousands of pounds in eonipei.sat'oi:. He had been con- sidering a scheme which he hoped to put before the Development Commission for strengthening the veterinary profession. it was absolutely necessary that greater assist- ance should be given from national funds in th-e education of veterinary surgeons. It certain that thj horse population was going down, but there was much work for veterinary surgeons to do witl: cattle, sheep, and pigs, and he wished to see professors on whom we could rely for doing that. research work in regard to animals which distinguished scien- tists had been doing for human beings.

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I REVIEW OF THE COJtUN TRADE. The price of wheat and barley of the home crop keeps up fairly well in London as com- pared with the Shires, but barley is a singu- larly poor trade at Mark-lane so far as pr;<-? go. None the less it will b? seen that ..?'s have been about 1,:2{)Qqr. weekly, and have been maintained with some steadiness. The wheat gradient is between the Leeds, which has been a high quality wheat market all this season, and Berwick, which has beeu decidedly below the average in its prices Leeds, 33s. 4d. Berwick, 28s. 5d. range, 3s. lid. The barley gradient shows no markers whereat 30s. is made, and in the far North prices are very low, though surpassed in tb. respect by some Midlands Exchanges: Bui- ton-on-Trent, 28s. 7d. Leicester, 22s. 4d.; range, 6s. 3d. The gradient for oats is between Notting- hamshire and Essex: Nottingham. 22s. 2d.; Chelmsford, 17s. 8d. range, 4s. 6d. per or. Rye has scarcely any range; the Sussex markets show a few samples at 26s. and Essex a few at 24s., while in London seems to be about the average bid. English buckwheat is Is. per qr. dearer at the few markets where it is on offer. Rye re- mains cheap for English. Some English rape- seed is on offer, and the black sort is in very good request.—Mark Lane Exprt' CURRENT PRICES OF BRITISH GRAIN AND FLOUR IN MARK LANK. LONDON FLOCR. (Cash ex Town MilL) Top Price per 280 lb. 311(1 Town Whites Ha 2tiO Town Households ..a 26/0 24/6 Hungarian Process Beat American; London Ground „ 28/0 London Standard, 80 per cent. 26/9 COUNTRY FLOTJS. Caah at London Terminus.) Best Price per 280 lb. 26/6 Good Patents „ 24/5 Straights „ 24/0 Roller Whites „ 23/0 S to as-Made „ 23/3 BRITISH GRAIN (OFF STANDS). s. a. Whaat, White per 004 n.. 34 bo 36 Red 32 to 34 Riretts per 480 lb. 31 to 33 Barley, Fine Seed Corn per 4491b 34 to 40 Malting per 448Th 32 to 34 Poultry 27 to 29 Feeding per 400Th. 23 to 25 Malt, English, Best per 336 lb. 41 to 43 Fine 36 to 37 „ Ordinary „ 34 to 36 Beotch, Finw „ 39 to 41 Ordinary 38 to 39 Brown 31 to 35 Black. 3J to 3!j Crystallised 31! to 37 eats, Fine Seed Corn „ 24 to 30 Fine Scotch j;<12 26 to 27 11 1913 „ 24 to 25 Good Gartons, Old „ 23 to 24 11 N ew 20 to 22 Tartary, Old 21 to 22 11 New „ 20 to 21 Winter, Old Black. „ 23 to 24 11 New to 20 to 22 Old Grey on 22 to 23 New „ „ 20 to 21 Common, New per 3121b. 19 to 20 Inferior. New per 3041b. 18 to 19 Beans, Pigeon, 1911 per z)321 b. 52 to 54 1912. 44 to 48 191 3 42 to 45 Winter, 1$12 „ 35 to 37 1913 „ 33 to 34 Spring, 1912, 36 to 38 11 1913. 35 to 37 r. Marrowfats, Fine New per 6041b. 86 to 90 Sound New 80 to 82 Yearling" 50 to 60 Partridge,Fine ,,37 to 39 Common. „ 35 to 37 Irlaple. 1912. 36 to 37 Dun 1913 34 to 35 Itye, Essex per 4801b. 24 to 26 Saras, Spring, 1912 per 5321b. 46 to 50 Fine, 1913 40 to 42 Common, 1913 33 to 36 Winter, 1912 45 to 46 Fine, 1913 „ 40 to 44 Common, 1913 „ 32 to 38 Goras, 1911 96 to 10S „ 1912 80 to 88 „ 1913 „ 72 to 80 Baekwltoai, Norfolk a" per 4001b. 32 to 3S s, Liueed, Lincolnshire per 4241b. 52 to 54 Bapeseed, B_s New per "16Ib. 74 to 75 68 to 7Oo lisstardsead, Brown per 4481b.96 to 108 White 88 to 9& Commoa 74 to 7& Oaearyeeed,Essex per 4041b. 64 to 76 ) —Mark Lane EzprtM. J

ildr. Clement K. Stredwick has been appointed b, the Prime Minister to the post of Assistans King's Proctor, vacant on the retirement of Mr. W. Brown. Ginger-wine is an intoxicant, said the chair- man of the Kingston Bench, who is a chemist, to a defendant who pleaded that he had only drunk ginger-wine. Yarmouth herring-boats that have started the winter fishing at Stornowav are making large catches, and one- -the Jeyburn—on Saturday 10- ported a haul of 140,000 herrings. For riding on tubs at a colliery a number of Elswick miners were fined at Newcastle on Saturday. One set of rubs, it was stated, when under way developed a speed of ten miles an hour. Signor Isidore de Lara, the well-known com- poser, has been appointed a chevalier of the Legion of Honour. During a recent engagement in Morocco, in which the Spaniards defeated the Moors, the former lost one officer and fifteen men killed. Smallpox at Tampico, in Florida, has already caused the death of one foreigner, and Rear- Admiral Fletcher reports sixty-four cases. Tba hospital ship Solace has arrived.