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THE PREMIER HOUSE OF FASHION I | j ALBAN HOUSE, 16, 17 and 18, HIGH TOWN, HEREFORD. j AUGUSTUS C. EDWARDS & SONS. < < I ABSOLUTELY CORRECT AND DISTINCTIVE FASHIONS I ( In MILLINERY, j In COSTUMES, } In DRESSES, In WASHING FROCKS, In DRESS FABRICS, In PRINTED VOILES, In COTTON CREPES, In COTTON POPLINS, In BLOUSES, In SPORTS COATS, V In EMBROIDERED COLLARS, ) In LACE GOODS. ) I SPECIALISTS IN HOUSEHOLD AND FANCY LINENS, j SPRING FOOTWEAR! AN ENTIRELY NEW STOCK of Up-to-date Footwear can now be seen at GEORGE OLIVE R'S Cricket and Tennis Boots and Shoes. BROGUE SHOES FOR GOLF. Fashionable Patent Leather, Glace Kid and Box Calf Boots and Shoes in all shapes, for all purposes. REPAIRS A SPECIALITY. LOWEST PRICES. « SUPER" QUALITY. LOCAL BRANCH— Leicester House, Homend Street, Ledbury. 150 BRANCH ESTABLISHMENTS. For BEST COAL! Send to- Jo & N. NADIN & Cong LTD., COLLIERY PROPRIETORS, < LEDBURY STATION. « CYCLES! CYCLES! CYCLES! ALL NEW MODELS NOW IN STOCK. From £4 17s. 6d. to c-Cl4 14s. Od. CASH OR EASY PAYMENTS. Agent for the following makes: B. S. A. JAMES. ALLDA YS. M & JWIIX. RUDGE-WHITWORTH. SUNBEAMS. ARIEL. ROBIN HOOD. FLEETS. Large stock 8f TYRES. ACCESSORIES of every description. Edr-REPAIRS A SPECIALITY by Experienced Workmen. H. C. CECIL, Swan Cycle Works, HOMEND STREET, LEDBURY, WALL PAPERS! WALL PAPERS! Now showing New Patterns for 1914, From 2id. per Piece. About 50 odd lots, 1913 patterns, to be cleared at reduced prices. Great Bargains for.early purchasers. PICTURE FRAMES! A large quantity of Photo and Post Card Frames in stock from 4id. each. Post Card Frames to hold 3, from 6-21d. 4 from Is.; 5 from Is. 3d.; 6 from la. 6d. PICTURE FRAMES made to order on the premises by special machinery, which ensures accuracy and best finish. Over 100 patterns of Mouldings to choose from. TO AMATEURS.—Mouldings, Mounts, Glass, Backing, etc., supplied at lowest possible prices. Toys and Fancy Goods. PENNY BAZAAR. CIRCULATING LIBRARY. WILLIAM PREECE, Homend Street P.O., Ledbury. POULTRY REARERS AND FEEDERS Use MEACHAM'S DRY CHICK FEED Bqual -to any on the IVIzir-koi: and Cheaper. The Best to Rear Chicken on. The Beat to Rear Young Turkeys, Pheasants, Ducks, and Guinea Fow on. 2d per lb. 7 lb. Bagis for h. 16s per cwt. Agent for Spratt's Poaltry a Chicken Meal, JJlb. bags for 8d Spratt's Cbikko, 71b. bags la 4d. Spratt's Fattening Meal, Silb. bag 6d, 71b. bag lid Spratt's Pellet@, 3ilb. bag 6d, 71b. bag Is. Flint Grits and Oyster Shell, 1411M. for Is, II per cwt. Tkorlej's Spice, 15 packets for Is, 27s per cwt Ovum 13 packets for Is. WATE8 CLASS FOR PRESERVING EGGS, lib. tlM 4d., 21b. tins 8d, 41b. tins 10d. USE MEACRAWS JttUP AMD CAPE PH.LS, 6d. per box. Y. W. MEACHAM, Chemist, LEDBUEY. i, j 4 0/- CALVES 4 0/- WE ARE OFFERING 600 Cheshire Calves, Bred from Pure Pedigree Prize Stock, the Finest Strains in the County, at 4 0 each. This offer can never be repeated, and is made to show the Quality and Value we can supply. ————.—————-———— ——— Write at once for full particulars to- HAMILTON & Co., 41, DOUGLAS STREET, BIRKENHEAD, CHESHIRE. ■HBBnniHMmBBDBHIIBBnKnnHH WE STILL LEAD THE WAY IN HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE I Oar Furniture never fails to appeal. It is distinctive and refined. It is RELIABLE because the best skill is embodied in its production. It is ECONOMICAL because we are | content to sell at a moderate profit. I. Call and examine our immense stock, and see what STERLING VALUE we offer. I GLO'STER FURNISHING COMPANY, Broad Street, WORCESTER. DAIRY MACHINERY. CTSHi 'MELOTTE' CREAM SEPARATORS Skims Cleanest. Turns Easiest. Wears Longest. "J Patent Automatic Milking Machines. t 5583 Butter Churns. Butter Workers. Railway Churns. Dairy Utensils, etc. SH Sheep Shearing Machines. Grass Mowers. N t Horse Rakes. Haymakers. Hay Loadeis, etc. rjv.* BY ALL BEST MAKERS. WRITE FOR LISTS AND LOWEST PRICES. R. A. LISTER & Co., Ltd., Station Road, Gloucester. Telegrams—" LISTER, GLOUCESTER Telephone-158. IN TRUNKS. There are lone to equal In variety, In design, In finish, and In that 8SS8.tlal qllality of absolute reliability, tho8e that are offered by HOLLOWAY'S, King St., Gloucester. Coals Coals I Coals SEND WIRE WRITE 'PHONE TO TO TO TO p? ||| p J. MEATES & SOIMS, Ltd., Whose Prices are low, and the Qualities of their Coals are good. w They will GUARANTEE to deliver BETTER QUALITY to customers at SIXPENOE PER TON LESS than any Coals advertised. or circularised. J. MEATES & SONS, Ltd., LEDBURY. rele.phone-14, P.O.. Ledbury Telegraph—MEATES, Ledbury. FOR ALL KINDS OF PRINTING GO TO THE "LEDBURY REPORTER" OFFICE. i qptbhurv itepmto AND FARMERS' GAZETTE. The acknowledged Advertising Medium tor the district covering the wide area of ground bounded by the cities of Hereford, Gloucester and Woi. cesfcer, which has a population of between 30,000 and 40,000. It is read by all classes, and there is no bettel Advertising Medium in the Ledbury District. Telgrams Reporter," Ledbury.

SATURDAY, JUNE 6. 1914. I Topical Tattle. As usual at Ledbury the Whitsun holidays "wen) ppeiu very qupetiv, so far as attractions in the immediate neighbourhood of Ledbury were concerned. The only public events locally were criiket. matches and the Picture Palace per formances, and the latter was largely patronised at three houses on Whit- Monday. There was a good deal of motor traffic through the town, and a fair sprinkling of visitors, but against this Ledburians largely patronised Malvern and Hereford, and a few went further afield. On Tuesday business was resumed as usual. The most interesting item of business at Tuesday's meeting of the Lebbury Urban Council, was that with reference to the swim- ming bath scheme. This matter has dragged on an unconscionable length of time, and with all due respect, I must say it is rather late in the day to begin opposing the scheme, which has been before the public more than three years. A tender has now been accepted for the construction of a bath 75 feet long by 25 feet wide, enclosed in a fence 6 feet high, and the contract has been given to a loeal firm for 1296, with the proviso that the work be completed in eleven weeks. There is a matter of about X80 in hand, raised by voluntary effort, the last local Budget provided for 160 more, and the remainder will prob- ably be raised at the same rate each half- year. I mtist say that, with Mr Preece, I fail to see any reason why tenders should not be opened in opem Council, and not in Com- mittee. The Guardians open their tenders in open meeting, and so do most other bodies, and why there should be any occasion for opening tenders for the construction of the swimming bath in Committee I cannot realise. As to the supposed opposition to the scheme, I am inclined to think with Mr Carless, that the ratepayers are lukewarm about it. When the bath is completed swimmers and would- be swimmers will be ready enough to use it in season. The next move should be for washing baths. The Ledbury Urban Council move slowly but surely and Tuesday's meeting chronicled further improvements in the shape of the repair of the road leading from Bye-street to the electric lighting works, and that a further portion of Happy Land is to be kerbed. These are improvements long overdae, but I realise that in a small town like ours we cannot expect everything to be done at once, and it must be admitted that the Ledbury streets are far different to-day to what they were when the Council was formed. It would be interesting to know the amount of money the Council have spent on improving roads other than main roads during the 20 years of their existence. The meeting of the Executive Committee of the South Herefordshire Farmers' Union, held this week it Hereford, revealed the fact that although the meetings of the Ledbury Branch may aot be largely attended, they are productive of resolutions on subjects, which if only brought to pass, would mean a benefit to the members of the Union as a whole. I refer to the questions of the change needed in the Swine Fever Orders, and to the selling of live stock first at farm sales instead of last, as has been the practice hitherto. Both questions are being taken up in a manner that spells success, and I am quite prepared to hear that the movements inaugurated by the Ledbury Branch have been brought about ere long. ♦ The National Conservative League gather- ing at Ledbury on Thursday night in last week was certainly the most successful yet held under the auspices of the local lodge, due undoubtedly to the presence of the Member for the Division, Captain Clive, who delighted bis supporters with an address which served to demonstrate that as a public speaker be is vastly improving. I could not help contrasting this address of an hour's duration, with Captain dive's oratorical efforts of 12 years ago, w hen he first spoke in this district, and the improvement both in method of delivery and argumentative matter is really wonderful, and serves to show that Captain Clive takes a deep interest in his political work. It was easily the best speech I have heard him deliver. » I could not but think as I listened for a few moments to the Free Trade speaker who visited the town this week, of the many, many times, I bad read in Free Trade journals that Tariff Reform, or Protection, or whatever you are minded t9 call it, was dead as a door-nail. If I had not previously been convinced that such was not the case, I should have been after listening to portions of the speech, for as the speaker delivered himself of an argumentative address on what some of his political confreres have called a dead subject, then the thought came to me of slaying the slain. No, Tariff Reform cannot be dead, so long as Free Traders deem it necessary to attack it as the Free Trade Union continue to do. • A young couple were making the preliminary arrangements with a view to matrimony and the fair-or perhaps she is dark-maiden asked her beau to see the Clerk of the Church about publishing the banns of marriage. The following day he met the Clerk and asked him to publish the banns. The result was the following conversation The Clerk Is she a spinster ? The Married Man to be: No; she is a cook. ill • The uniform of Government is most attractive; everybody seems to tush for it. The other night a Free Trade public speaker was giving vent to much eloquence to at the time a very limited audience, when one of the gentlemen in blue came up to him and told him he was causing a block in the traffic. The speaker and a supporter dis- puted with the representative of law and order, and said th-ey were not blocking the4 traffie. And when the man in blue looked round he found that it was quite true, for his advent kad caused quite a crowd to gather round, and out of the way of the traffic.  At the date who: Colonel Wbitaker and those other unfortunates were making money out of private information," commissions on introduction of business, etc., it was nut so clearly understood 18 it is now that this kind of thing is very properly considered the prerogative of Cabinet Ministers and their relatives-a prerogative, needless to say, most jealously guarded, the infringement of which must be panished with most exemplary severity.—" The Bystander." I TATTLER.

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I LOCAL NEWS. I LEDBURY PARISH CHURCH. RECTOR REV. F. W. CARNEGY, M.A., R.D. CURATE REV. O. F. R. STRICKLAND, B.A. ORGANIST MR. F. A. HOBRO. LESSONS FOR SUNDAY, JUNE 7th. Trinity Sunday. MORNING. I EVENING. Isa. 6. to v. 11. I Gen. 18. 17. Rev 1, to v 9. Eph. 4, to v. 17. 8 a.m.-Holy Commwnion. 11 a.m.—Matins. Hymns 343, 160, 353, 163. 12 (noo.) Holy Commuuion. 6-30 p.m.-Evensong and Sermon. Hymns 22, Anthem, 160, 164, 550. > Thursday—St. Barnabas. Holy Communion 8 a. m, Matins 11. Evensong 5-30. Church Army (Captain Nash)-Church Room, Sunday evenings, 6-30 p.m. Daily Matins 10 a.m., except on Wednesdays Fridays and Holy Days, when it is at 11 a.m. Daily Evensong at 5-30 p.m. CATHOLIC CHURCH, Southend Street. RECTOR—REV. F. C. LYNCH. Morning-Masses 9.0 and 11.0. Sunday School held at 3-30. Evening Service and Benediction 6.30. Mass daily at 8. Catechism each morning at 9. Benediction and Sermon on Thursdays, 8 p.m. CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, High Street. PASTOR-REV. H. A. BARNES. Morning 11. Evening 6.30. Sunday School, 3 p.m. WESLEYAN CHAPEL, Homend Street. SUPT. MINISTER-REV. GEORGE DYER. Sftnday-IO-30 a.m., Mr W J Biay; 6-30 p.m., Mr H Bray. Collections—Circuit Funds. Wednesday, 7-30 p.m.—Rev G Dyer. SUNDAYS. Newent-11 a.m. and 6-30 p.m., Rev G Dyer. Staunton—11 a.m. and 6-30 p.m., Mr Davis. Pendock—11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Mr H T Warten. Redmarley-3 p.m. and 6-30 p.m., Mr T Bray. Birtemorton-11 a.m. and 6-30 p.m., Mr Hogg. Colwall-ll a.m. and 6-30 p.m., Mr Norman. Much Marcle-3 p.m., Mr Williams. Bosbury—6 p.m., Mr Gardiner. BAPTIST CHAPEL, Honiand Street. Sunday—11 a.m. and 6-30 p.m. Preacher- Rev W Pontifex. Sunday School—10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday-Praise and Prayer Meeting, 7-30 Friday—Christian Endeavour, 7-30

Useful and Decorative Antiques* in Furniture, China, Silver, etc., at reasonable prices. Prompt attention and cash to disposers of above.—W. A. Pennington, College Court, Gloucester. CASE DISMISSED.—At Upton-on-Severn Police Court yesterday (Thursday), William Gittins, Ledbury, was summoned for using indecent lauguage at Pendock. P.C. Kings and P.C. Edwards gave evidence. Thomas Gittins, Ledbury (no relation to defendant), said they were at Pendock Cross, when the constable came to them and accused William Gittins of using bad language, which defendant denied. The case was dismissed. HUGHES' TOBACCO STORES. The largest stock and variety in the town. See the windows. High class Hair cutting and Shaving Saloon. Razors ground and set. Umbrellas re-covered and repaired on the premises at the shortest notice. Second-hand bookseller. A large selection of second-hand books on all subjects. Any quantity second-hand books bought for cash. -76, Homend St., Ledbury. FREE TRADE MEETINo.-On Wednesday night Mr Ernest Young,a speaker from the Free Trade Union, held an open-air meeting in the vicinity of the old Town Hall at Ledbury, and spoke for an hour and three quarters on Free Trade and Protection. There was only a small attendance at the commencement, but as the speaker went on the crowd grew larger, untl it reached goodly proportions. At the close the Rev H A Barnes proposed a vote of thanks to Mr Young, which was heartily carried. George Lloyd (late James Lloyd), Chimney Sweep, Church Lane, Ledbury. Distance no object. Prompt and personal attention to all orders. J. W. STEPHENS, collector of FINE,, I ANTIQUE FURNITURE, China, Plate, etc. -26, Church Street, Hereford, Near Cathedral North Porch) Spectacles and Eyeglasses. We test the sight scientifically without any charge and supply the exact glasses necessary in wall- fitting frames at very moderate prices. Spectacles from 2/6 per pair. Satisfaction gitaranteed.- MINCHIN, Chemist and Optician, 15, Westgafre, Gloucester.

IW Will Secretaries of Cricket Olubs please forward their list* of fixtures for insertion in these colurnne.

Ohas. Hodges' Bread, Standard or White, purity and quality guaranteed. Daily deliveries.*—42, Bye Stieet, Ledbury. G. W. R. -The G. W. R. announce cheap facil- ities for week-end excursions to various stations on their system. See advert. HARTPURY AND DISTRICT HORSE SHOW.— Schedules and entry forms can now be obtained for this show, which is fixed for Thursday, July 30, in the grounds of Hartpury House, from the secretary, Mr S A Kilburn, Hartpury, Glos. Carpenter'S'. Ltd. Ales and Stout are always reliable. Brewed for family con- sumption only.-Ledbury Agent W H Alleyne, New-street. Ou Tuesday Mr E H Hopkios, C.C., who had for the past month been an inmate of Ledbury Cottage Hospital, where he had undergone two operations for appendicitis, was removed by motor from the Hospital to his home, the Royal Oak Hotel. Nurse Laxton, Clarence House, Worcester Road, Ledbury, wishes to announce that she is at liberty to undertake Maternity Cases, privately, at the low fee of loi. (working class), town and country, within a radius of five miles. Also any general case of sickness can be attended for a very small fee. Every case strictly private. —Advert. I.O.G.T.—The usual meeting of the Ledbury Freedom Lodge was held on Tuesday. The chief business was the installation of officers for the new quarter. Bro. H T Warren presented his report as representative to the East, Mid, and North Gloucester District Lodge May meeting at Dursley. A special feature of that meeting had been the welcome and congratula- tions accorded to Bro. J W Hopkins, of Gloucester, on his appointment as Grand Chief Templar of England in succession to Bro. Joseph Malins, who first introduced the Order to England. Brief speeches of congratulation were made by representatives from each Lodge in the District. In his reply the Grand Chief Templar appealed for fidelity to the principles of the Order, loyalty to its constitution and methods, and enthusiasm in the work. With that the grace of God was all they needed more. The remainder of the meeting was of a social character, the ladies entertaining the gentle- men. John Haines and Sons, Practical Chimney Sweeps, Houend Street, Ledbury. All Orders Promptly attended to. Distance no object. Established 1830. THE BICYCLE IN AMBRICA.-The older cyclist will remember the invasion from the United States in the early days of the "safety." Al- though the American machine was good enough in its way it attained merely a temporary popu- larity, and that only because of the high price of the British cycle. Now the latter has secured a footing in the United States by virtue of its own excellence and despite hostile tariffs. The following extract from a letter to the Raleigh Co, of Nottingham, speaks for itself:—"The Modele Superb which I got from you last Sep- tember has given me every satisfaction on all kinds of roads, and I may add that it has been well tested, for this has been one of the most severe winters for years. I have ridden over a big stretch of Long Island, Staten Island, and other parts of New York State, also parte of New Jersey, and it has attracted notice and admiration everywhere I have been. It is ad- mitted by all cyclists they have never seen any- thing like ib." The Long Island correspondent is only expressing what everyone in the British cycle trade knows; our machines are of the highest possible standard, and were it not for the high tariff they would be even more popular is the United StaHa.

I OUR WEEKLY CALENDAR. Events advertised in these columns or for which. we have received printiug orders. TO-DAY (FRIDAY)- Picture Palace, Royal Hall, Ledbury, 8 p.m. TO-MORROW (SATURDAY)— Cricket Matches (see fixtures). Picture Palace, Royal Hall, Ledbury. 2-30.. 6.30, and 8.45 p.m. SUNDAY- Churcii Services. Ledbury Brotherhood, Town Hall, Ledbury* 3 p.m. TUBSDA Y- Ledbury Guardians and Rural District Council, 11 a.m. WEDNESDAY- Ledbury School Managers, 5-30 p.m. Colwall Parish Council, 8 p. m. THURSDAY- Ledbury County Court. SATURDAY- Cricket Matches (see Fixtures). FORTHCOMING EVENTS. Jane 22-Sale of Household Furniture and Effects. at the School House, Stretton Granaison, for Mr J P Osborne, by Messrs Pope and- Smith, at 2-30 p.m. June 25—Garden Fete at Canon-Ffrome Court. June 30—Sale of Coddington Court Estate at the Feathers Hotel, Ledbury, by Messrs Pope July 3-Prize Sale of Horses at Hereford by Messrs Jackson and McCartney. July 18-Annual Ledbury and District Lodge National Conservative League Excursion to Portsmouth. July 25-Annual Summer Outing of the Here- fordshire Lodges National Conservative League to Bryngwyn. July 30-Hartpury and District Horse Show, Flower Show and Sports. August 3-Redmailey and District Flower Show.