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IR ? TF this year's Holiday is to be an ideal one, spend it in the beautiful Cornish f| ? J X Riviera. No other part of England possesses such attractive facilities «j for real enjoyment. The wonderful charm of landscape and seascape ?S ? of Cornwall, and the equable health-giving climate which prevails, make the || I "Delectable Duchy" pre-eminent as a holiday ground for tourists, ardsts, S  sportsmen, and health-seekers alike. ?' Let'" HoUda7 Haunts In the West of Eqland" help you to map out your holiday. » This Profusely illustrated guidc-book is obtainable at G.W.IL Stations and Offices. 3n ? price Id, or from Supt of the Line, Paddintt- Statioa, V? pnc< 2d. vnt <M? | 5 I ?  n THE HOLIDWLM I || r? t'< FRANK POTTER, GlBPALKaIC8P G& m??- MtAMt< POTTER. anZMt?MtMa? g&

SPORTS AND PASTIMES. I I Dr. W. G. Grace, the grand old man of I cricket, cok-brat-ed his sixty-sixth birthday on Saturday by playing for the Eltham Cricket Club. Despite his years Dr. Grace is still a good bat. but with advancing age he finds it aiei-essary to have a substitute to run for him tweIl the wickets. For many years Dr. iGraee was identified with the fortunes of Gloucestershire, whose team also included his two brothers. He was acknowledged to be the finest batsman of his time, and captained in numerous representative matches for Eng- aand and the Gentlemen. Since his retirement irom first-class cricket he has resided at Mot- tinghani, Kent. but he still regularly takes Saturday matches. remarkable performance in Saturday* -krieket, says was the bowling oT Drake, who, in taking five wickets tor six runs ■ Tn three overs, brought about the single inn- ings defeat of Derbyshire, after they had been ■ ^bnt 88 runs behind with nine wickets in hand. Drake did the" bat trick" for Yorkshire gainst Essx at Huddersfield in 1912, but this is the first time that the feat of taking four -wickets with four balls has been accomplishes > or the county, though the late George Ulyett ■ idid5 it for the' English team at Sydney 111 Wo. -In' the Esse* County athletic championship meeting at Southend on Saturday two local wecords were beaten. One was in the mile, ,which the holder (A. H. Nieholls, of the Surrey A.C. and Essex Beagles) won in 4min. 24eec., and the other in the two-mile ,walk; which the inter-Banks champion, A. A. Taylor, won in 14min. 24 4-5sec. The three- anile race for the Atalanta Cup went, as gene- xally expected, to the holder, G. W. Hutson -(Surrey A.C.), the mile and four-mile cham- i^jionj. iil ,14min. -.44 3-5sec. "Itfany of the metropolitan swimming clubs decided their annual championships on Satur- day. At Surbiton the Admiralty S.C. 440 yards was won by F. S- Lewis in 6min, 4/sec. L. Kaufman- won the Nine Elms S.C. 1,000 yards at Walton in 15min. Tne Southwark S.C.' 1,000 yards at Broxbourne resulted in a win for S. Vousden. A. C. Eagle easily won the Hornsev S.C. 440 yards at Kingston. F. Crowe, Holloway, won the Amateur Diving Association's graceful diving competition at Highgate, which was open to juniors -under -eixteen year of age, and a similar event for miemfcers ended in C. Berry and E. WiTkin- -son dead-heating. The half-mile swimming .championship op-en to the London banks took place on Saturday at Hichgate Ponds. The --K,iiiiier was L. Savage, Capital and Counties ifjahjt, who won in 13min. 46 4-5see. The Surrey Walking Club's annual walk 'trom' London to Brighton and back was won on Saturday by Mr. E. F. Broad, whose time- 19hr. 57min. 57sec.—is second best to the (record, held. by;Mr. Hammond. 'The old Sussex game of etool-ball is finding 'favour in the adjoining county of Surrey, and .several clubs have been formed. On Saturday a match was played between Little Bookham amd Rowledge on the ground of the latter flub, and the, visitors won by 172 runs against 43. Stool-ball is■. a modified game of cricket, :Arid is played- by ladies of eleven a-side. A metal disc affixed about 5ft. above the ground takes the place of wickets, and a short- "iiarfdled circular bat and tennis ball are used. The pitch is twenty, yards long, and matches iare-gov,erneA by cricket rules. F. Gordon' Lowe on Saturday won the lawn "tennis championship of Europe at Norwood. The previous holder was J. C. Parke, who vas unable to attend the meeting owing to the 1>avis rO»p- matches. A. E. Beamish figured in ,i,he final round against Lowe, but he was off Jiis ,game, and, playing below his best form, was beaten in three straight gets. fEhe fact that the]fe is pending n race for the .world's professional sculling champion- *('iiip betwec-li Ernest tBarry, the holder, and J«raes Padfton, the Australian champion and *:feaU«ng«r, Jias been almost lost sight of in tne present-day boxii-g boom. These rival rlu»npions are matched to meet for the world's title over the: Putney to Mortlake course on ".Monday aftejyioon, Septem,ber 7th. Pa&dtra is --a tremendous fellow, and, literally speaking, says the Sporting Life's mowing ^;»>rr««pondent, This physique puts Bar "in The .^ivade." ftte is .liW#y to prove "a,- very vortlhy opponent, and the fact that lie has beaten Vick Arnst in 'Australia is caleUlated to stimulate interest in his forthcoming with Boary. He has not so far attempted innch faiit. work; :n powerful sculler, it will be iite re sting to see how he Shapes when putting himself at full speed. Barry has had a fairly *iuiet time since his strenuous-exertions with R. Dibble at Main ley, liut he will soon be getting into harness. He -.vill, as usual, reside at Jarnes for a"t)out sis weeks, .and will train ;lroni Tom Ccrecui's b*>athouse. ^Colonel Sewfnrtmr Corkran had a jubilee ■ dinner party at the White Hart Hotel, 'Windsor, the other rnght. to -commemorate -the winning of Vvie Ladies' Plate at Henley, ) ri 1864, by the Eton eight, at which time .I!'q!nnel Corkran w-as eal)tain oT- the boats. Amongst those present were several of the rfjrew who Y' rowed in tfo-e races., including (-o!on((l Willan, Sir Arehibald Lamb, Mr. Marsdeti, Mr. J. H, Mossop. and the Rev. the Hi-iHi. A. Bertie. Other guests were the pre- ^tfs^^t ;Etow coach; Mr. J, P. R. Napier, this ye&j*'>8 eaps'ain of the boats; Mr. S.T. Fair- irn. second captain, and the captain of the lower "boats; also Major Corkran, Grenadier Guards., H"h& rowed in the Eton boat in 1893. Lookwg like a large white butterfly. Sir Thomas Lipkm's America Cup challenger Shamrock IV. started from Gosport on Saturday on the voyage across the Atlantic for the fourth sporting attempt of her owner fo lift yet another cup from the United States. Alihough under the ketch rig in which she is to make the passage she did not look quite so MKart as in full racing trim, she yet presented a sufficiently beautiful sight as she sailed be- -twen the grey lines of battleships at Spit- bad. to the admiration of the crews and visitors on board tne fleet. The Shamrock IV. ■was accompanied by Sir Thomas Lipton's steam yacht Erin. which was carrying some of the racer's spare gear. After swinging for adjustment of compasses the Shamrock re- turned to Gosport before leaving for Fal- mouth, the last port of call on this side of the Atlantic. Owing to stress of weather, how- ever, the Shamrock IV. put into Plymouth Sound on Sunday, intending to remain there until the weather moderated. The Kennel Club's Ninth Ttetriever Trials IIVill be held by kind permission of the Earl of Lonsdale over his estate at Lowther Castle, Penrith. on Tuesday, November 3rd, and fpjjpwincr darij The uidsrea ønospmtro: PIP A ''iivni (ro'fffr ^nnmnices, are the Esri f'f Lnns^^le, '1" Charts A. Phillips, and Mr. C. C. Eversfield. The Rev. Evprard nigbv. Vicar of St. A"? fit<5. 'F'hrrv, who nefed as M.C. in the W^l^-Bell. fight, in in interview p iven to y nr..h;rp J'nut at Sear- borough. sair1 thit his lli~hop had been very r'ce wirh him in preferring his formal re- f!t to withdraw his services as M.C. in the WeHvRitebie match, and he had been moved ir, obev the Bishop's iniunction because, as a sT)orfsma.n, he thoneht he ought to show his resnect for discipline and authority. The soort was as clean as anything could possibly and the preiudice against it was due only to is'ioranco. Mr. Digby said: "ham in this position: down Hoxton way Iwnave 2,000 v-oxing fellows who must be got at in some wnv. Attempts at educational classes and social gatherings have failed dismally, and sport appears to be the only way in which I can at first secure contact with them. Boxing smri'ests Itself becaii-e it requires no ap- paratus and costs nothing. It teaches men to discipline themselves, and keep thejr, appetites and passions under control. A man has to live clean to box well; but, apart from this, wTro am T, as a Christian minister, to concern. my.gf"J;f wit11-fhe respeetaWe folk, or the pub- liean and the sinner? I have no doubt what Christ's answer would I)e. atrd I aam -eointent.

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[ REVIEW OF THE CORN TRADE. The wheat gradient is now between the Midlands and the South Coast: Nottingham, 35s. lid. Devizes, 32s. 5d. range, 3s. 6d. Barley in the North shows prices which argue for a grind.ing quality, but in the Fen Country only the merest sweepings appear to. be left: Berwick, 26s. lld. Peterborough, 21s. lid. range, 5s. Od. Oats are fetching a good price in Kent, but are not at anything like a fair value for old and seasoned stuff either in the north or in the south-west: Canterbury, 21s. 3d. i, Salisbury, 18s. 5d.; range, 2s. lOd. No sales of barley were reported last week at Ipswich, Bury St. Edmunds, or Bristol,, three noted centres of the barley trade. No oats changed hands at Peterborough, Bristol, or Bedford. The averages, of course, are, confined to British produce. Old wheat is in much fuller supply than either oats or barley. -Mark Lane Express. I CURRENT PRICES OF BRITISH GRAIN AND FLOUR IN MARK LANK. LONDON FLOUR. (CALiih ex Town Mill.) Top Priea per 2801b. 31/6 Town Whites „ 29/6 Town Households II 26/6 N0. 2 25/0' Hungarian Process „ 34/0 Best American London Ground. 28/1 London Standard, 80 per cent. „ COOKTKT FLOUR. Cash at London TortTiinum.) But Price per 2801b. M/6 Good Patents 25/0 Straights „ 24/f Roller Whites. „ 24/0 8k>ne.){t.de. 24/0 BBITISB GBAIK (On STANDI). t. a. Wheat, White per 5041b. 36 to 38 Red 35 to 37 Rivet. 34 to 36 Poultry per 4801b. 33 to 34 Tailings per 4481b. 3Q to 32 Barley, Malting. per 4481b. 30 to 32 Poultry 27 to 21 Feeding per 4001b. 24 to 25 Malt, English, Best per 3361b. 43 to 44 II Fine 40 to 41 „ Ordinary „ 88 to 39 8eotch, Fin* „ 41 to 42 „ Ordinary „ 38 ko 39 Brown 31 to Si Black 34 to 3f Crystallised n 35 to 39 0. Fine Scotch 1912. 26 to 27 1913. 23 to 24 Good Gartona „ 22 to 23 Tartary „ 21 to 22 Winter, Old Black 23 to 24 „ Grey. 22 to 23 Common per 3121b. 20 to 21 Inferior per 3041b. 19 to 20 Beans, Pigeon, 1912 per 5321b. 52 t< 54 1913 „ 44 t,, 46 Winter, 1912. 37 to 38 1913 35 to 36 Spring, 1912. 37 to 41 1913 35 to 36 JTeaa, Marrowfats, Fine per 5041b. 81 to 85 Sound. 71 to 75 Common. 41 to 45 Partridge,Fine 41 to 42 Common 39 to 40 Maple, 1913 40 to 42 Dun 1913 34 to 36 Rye, Essex per 1801b. 28 to 29 Tares, Best Spring, 1911 per 5321b. 57 to 62 Good.. 1912 50 to 52 Fine, 1913 43 to 45 Common, 1913 35 to 39 Winter, 1912. 49 to 50 Fine, 1913 43 to 45 Common, 1913 35 to 39 Gores, 1911 99 to 111 „ 1912 83 to 91 „ 1913, Best „ 59 to 67 „ Common 1913, 43 to 45 Baekwbeat, Heavy. per 4161b. 34 to 35 Common per 400lb. 32 to 33 Liaaeed, Uncolumihire per 4241b. 52 to it Rapmeed, Best per 4161b. 74 to 74 Common 68 ko 70 Miatardmood, Brown per 4481b. 95 tolOO White „ 80 ko 88 Common 51 io 60 CMMyeeed.tMex per 4641b. 95 tolof Teuleeeed. Somerset per 1121b. 24 to 25 Snnfloworoeed, Suaaex per 1121b. 11 to 17 -M ark Lane Exprest.

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WO UK AND WORKERS. I 'The MOITSC of Lords has delivered judgment ii-i an appeal under the Workmen s Cc-m-ponca- ..t.ion A-ct, 1006, irom the Court of Sci-sion in Scotland. A:ji:,r met v\<Lh an acoiden;. -from wLc. 1?.; v-?s l¡Ù Jo have recoveitd, but ;his enforced icLVness iucvcused bis ijatuta. tel!dtiEY io obeso y to "ne,) ¡w (-xtt?t tn«t b found it dl?uit.u/r.l:fwh.sc<u'?!'a'i?s:. Tniiter. Wh?: iie Teicovei'-cd from tlie f. the 'em'n.ove? .c€?spd ? pay corepc-• ration. bNt :he" e I .M?) that l?y were suM i;h:c tc .hs.n'è)1r \,t7;h:eid¡;;lt. j:rft fhe aceident. H? ?ad ?cccme too fat to do manual labour. The arbitrator under tlve Act had found th.at tlie 'incapacity from work nnd •c-eased, and he ended the .eom-iev.sation. The ;Conet. of Session, however, decided otherwise. Their Lordshins now held thnt tlie :arbitra- itor's :av;ard iou:jh± to be Testored. ,,or f- I ,,e 'The "Lai?ea<&"pe and Clie^liire Board Tor the regulation of -m;POTS' wages, at a meeting in Manchester, heard an application from the uren "for an advance o<f the minimum wage for coal getters from 7s. to 7s. '6d. a day, the claim being based largely upon the fact that the -present rate is as low as. if not lower than any in the English federated area. The employers would not agree to the proposed change, and the matter will therefore go be- fore the independent (Che.irm&u, :his 'Honour Judge "Mell&r, JLCL The Caerphilly magistrates gave their de- cision <on Saturday in the summonses heard against the manager and owners of the Sen- ghenydd 'Colliery. The prosecutions, which were instituted by the Home Office, followed upon the explosion at Senghenydd Colliery Ilast October, when 439 lives were 'lost. There were seventeen -summonses against Mr. Edward Shaw, the manager and agent, and four against the Lewis Merthyr -Consolidated Collieries Company, as owners. The whole of the summonses against the company were -dismissed, while only five eottvietiotts weEfs recorded against the manager, as follows: For neglecting to appoint in writing a person to examine all safety lamps on the surface, a fine of L2, or fourteen days' imprisonment i* the second division; for neglecting to appoint a person :in writing to Mnlock fifty lamps -at the lamp station, a fine of C2, or fourteen days; for neglecting to keep a book to enter the reading on the barometer, thermometer, and ihygxomebfe-r, zC5, or fourteen days; for failing to provide means for reversing the air current, £10; and for not reporting the pre- sence of coal dus't, £ 5. The Bench ordered Mr. Shaw to ipay five guineas costs on each conviction. Messrs. Lever Bros., of Port Sunlight, have raised the wages of several grades of their employees. -Labourers were raised from 26s. to 28s. per week, while process labourers are to have a minimum of 30s. Boys', youths', and girls' wages are to be increased, and girls over twenty-one years of age and with not less than three years' service are to be raised from 14s. to 16s. per week. This wel- come intelligence, when posted outside the works, caused much jubilation on Saturday, and cheers were given by the employees for Sir William Lever when he emerged from the works. A proposal is afoot for facilitating sym- pathetic strikes between the Unions affiliated to the International Federation of Metal I Working Trade Unions, and it is oiot-eworth-, remarks' Reynold■> that this idea, often sup- posed to be entirely a Continental one, has i"becii mooted from the British side, although unofficially. This important Federation in- cludes 1,200,000 metal workers of various grades, spread over forty-eight different ecoun- tries. When it was formed, some years ago, I tli-e .German metal workers were earning con- siderably lower rates than obtained in most other countries, and its principal work has been to supply information which has led to this evilpeinglargdy rectified, and to a gene- ral levelling of rates and conditions all round..Information as to the rates and other conditions, and Also as to strikes and move- ments for im proving conditions are syste- matically collected and redistributed to all affiliated .bodies, a&d now some machinery is desired whereby the levelling up process can be accomplished more thoroughly and syste- matically. Over 250.000 British workers are included in jlhe Federation. At 8, meeting convened by the National Federation of Women Workers in Southwark Park on Saturday a speaker said they had had enough of .being fin-ad 4d. for letting a person go out of a shop without buying any- thing, 2d. for laughing at the dinner-table, and 3d..for being late in the morning. A resolution was carried calling on the Govern- ment to fulfil its promise and introduce a Truck Bill, and further demanding the aboli- tion of fines, deductions, a-nd? the living-in system. Miss Mary MacArthur quoted cases showing the fines and deductions to which women workers were liable. For being five minutes late a collar ironer, whose proper wages were 5d. a dozen, was paid 4d. a dozen, her fine totalling 3s. 6d. Her wages were fomething like 3d. an hour, whilst the fine worked out at £5 an hour. In another case a woman after doing eighty-three gross of pina was entitled to Is, 91d. After deduc- tions she received 31-d. Troubles over the eye test for North' Eastern railwaymen has led to further action, which thr-eateni to b-ring about a crisis on this vexed question. On behalf of the North JBasterD. F«d«rfiitjoB Nstiws] T njon J&JIAIW&jixivrn, J. c. Aller;, tile secretary, 'has sent out a circular convening a Confer- -ence of delegates at Darlington on August :23rd. Several improvements, he said, had accrued from negotiations by the Committee i46f the Conciliation Conference, but these re- fornus could not be regarded as sufficient. At the forthcoming Conference, he announced the delegates would be asked to formulate, a test, and make a simultaneous stand to have Tthsttest only. Seven hundred men employed at the Helsby Works, Chester, of the British Insulated and Helsby Cables, Limited, ha-ve come out oil strike for the redress of alleged grievances, rand upon this the firm hav-e locked ottt SfHl hands who remained at work. On account of slackness there have been suspensions, and the men allege victimisation of unionists. This the officials deny, and declare 'that there are no grounds for a strike. The Bishop of Chelmsford (Dr. Watts- T)itdhfield) presided at a conference held at Haverhill between farmers and agricultural labourers with a view to settling the farm strike in North Essex. A dozen farmers attended, and the men were represented by a labourer from each of the six parishes affected. After two hours' preliminary con- sultation the conference ended in failure, the 'farmers declining to di?eucs matters with some of the men's -representatives on the ground that they were the local village secre- ttaries of tbe Labourers' Union. Members of the 'Federation df "Master 'Cotton Spinners' Associations who spin American cotton have held a meeting in Manchester on the siibieet of running the mills short time. A resobuion was passed, almost unanimously, strongly approving the recommendation of the General Committee of the Federation that s-pinners Of American -cotton should stop their mil's for 16tj hours. exclusive of holidays, between July ?th and the end -of September. C-'r.-clarfc, with b ,?l l ot- p apers. 'ballot-papers, have been issued to ascer- tain if firms owning the i&ecesssnrv nercentage .of spindles (80 per cent.) are willing to cur- tail theirprodoucfion in accordance with the recommendation. The bnUot-papers arex re- turnable by July 29th, n nil the rcsuit is to be announced at the meeting :<!f the General Committee on Jufy 31st. Shortly "before -the Royal 'Mail Steam Packet Company's steamer Andes was due to sail from Southampton on Friday f o>- South America, over 300 men of the st^1c~boH, deck, and victuailincr department's-—-virtually the whole crew-walked orf ,the liner, owing to the presence- on board of a nm-un'onist. A con- ference was immediately it- rq (1, and eventually the situation was simn'ified by the non-unionist deciding pot to make the trip. The crew thereupon returned, and the ship sailed at the scheduled time.

CHIPS OF. NEWS. A motor-car driver who was fined at Strat- ford was so deaf that the evidence had to be given him in dumb motions. During a thunderstorm a firework factory near Castellammare di Stabia (Italy) was struck by lightning. The building was blown up, and a number of persons were buried in the debris. Ten bodies have already been recovered. After setting the signal for a fast train on Saturday afternoon, a signalman named Carter, employed on the Great Central Rail- way at Tuxford, Notts, was seen to stagger and fall. He died within a few minutes. Earl Beauchamp was installed at Dover as Lord Warden and Admiral of the Cinque Ports on Saturday. A handsome monument to the memory of 1 the late Lord Llangattock was unveiled in St. Mary's Church, Monmouth, on Saturday. A violent storm caused great damage in tLombardy, and in thfc vicinity of Lake A..ig- giore several victims :of lightning and floods are reported. Captains Waldron and Todd, and Lieuten- ants Martyn, Dawes, and Kelly, of the Royal Flying Corps, made successful flights from Scarborough to Montrose on Saturday. Lord Roberts had a triple engagement a; Plumstead on Saturday. After acting aa sponsor at a christening, he presented a flag to the St. Mark's troop of Boy Scouts, and then visited the 8th London Howitzer Brigade (Territorials). Apparently through a candle being over- turned, a house caught fire at Wye, and John Barwick, seventy-four, lost his life. He had lived alone for some years. The body was badly burnt, but it was apparent that de- ceased had been suffocated by smoke in his sleep. A five-acre field of excellent wheat has been cut on Scotsgrove Farm, Cliobham, Surrey, the property of Mr. F. W. Benham. This is the earliest wheat crop known in the district since 1864. The Earl of Meat; who. presided on Satur- day at the fannual meeting of the League of 'Empire, at Caxton Hall, Westminster, de- clared that the story about the English people being a cold people was an absolute myth. Daisy Day was celdírated in Manchester on Saturday, when scores of thousands of daisies were sold on the streets in aid of local .charities. Processions of Boy Scouts, morris dancers, and cyclists naraded the main .thoroughfares. Sir Thomas Barlow on Saturday opened the King Edward VII. Memorial Nurses' Home, which is erected in the grounds of Bolton In- firmary. The home, which affords accommo- dation for a staff of forty-one, has been erected at a cost of £ 10,000. A woman living in a humble way at Kings- wood, near Bristol, has received a letter from a solicitor stating that he believes she is the daughter of a man who died recently in America leaving her £7,000 if she should pre to be his child. Anthony McGinley, a miner, of Spring- burn, Glasgow, a passenger on board a steamer from Glasgow to Londonderry, fell overboard when the vessel was off the Mull of Cantyre on Saturday and' was drowned. His wife was by his side when he fell into the sea. The Boston Liberal Association has re- ceived a letter from Mr. F. Stapledon Hiley, the prospective Liberal candidate, withdraw- ing his candidature. He says business engage- ments call him abroad and necessitate his absence from the country for an indefinite period. A student named George Archibald Lewis Roberts committed suicide on Saturday by cutting his throat at his father's house at Wrexham. Mr. Roberts, who was twenty- three years old, had recently been in resi- dence at Bangor College, but the effects oi over-study obliged him to return home. All the agricultural labourers at Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire with one exception have accepted work fo, the harvest on the masters' conditions—that they leave their union. In North Essex harvest labour is to be imported. Beatrice Jane Petty, fourteen, factory hand, charged with stealing a purse and 9s. 4d. from a woman in a crowd at Nun- eaton, and her mother, charged with receiv- ing another stolen purse, were remanded at Nuneaton on Saturday. Having just left a tramway-ear in the North-road between Barnet and Finchley on Saturday night, Miss Georgina Howard, twenty-three, governess, was knocked down by a motor-car and died a few hours later in Finchley Cottage Hospital. While cycling at Poole, on Saturday night, Mr. C. J. Down, fifty-seven, of Merley Bridge, Dorset, a retired farmer from British Columbia, was run over and killed by a motor-lorry. Sir Christopher Nixon, ex-president of the Royal College of Physicians, Ireland, and vice-chancellor of the National University of Ireland, died on Sunday night at his Dublin residence. He was sixty-five. Minimum rates of pay In the tailoring trade, amounting to 6d. an hour for male and 3Jd. an hour for female workers, are to be proposed by the Tailoring Trade Board. Quarrelling with his fiancee a music-hall artist at Gleiwitz, Prussian Silesia, tbvew the girl out of a second-storey window, but she fell on soft ground and was not seriously | injured, v

MARKETS. LONDON CORN, MONDAY. ENGLISH WKBAT.—There was a steady inquiry for limited supplies, White lots ranging up to 37s. 6d. and Reds up to 37s. per qr. FOREIGN WHFATs.-The market, though quiet, was in advance of the recent lowest: No. 1 Northerns, 36s. 9d.; No. 2 ditto, 36s. 3d. ex ship; Indian, 35s. 6d. upwards; Russian, 33s. upwards landed; Australian, 37s. 3d. ex ship. MAIZE.—Trade kept firm, owing to the prospect of continued short supplies of sound maize, as the result of poor quality Plate lots: Plate, 27s. 6d. landed; Odessa, 26s. ex ship. OATS.—There was only a moderate de- mand but the market preserved a fairly steady tone: Ph tes, 16s. 9d. upwards; Bahia Blancas, 17s. 6d. Canadian, 19s. Gd. up- wards Heavy Russians, 22s. upwards landed. BARLEY.—Grinding and feeding barleys ruled slow but firm, at about late rates: South Russian, 24s. Canadian feeding, 23s. 6d. landed. Malting lots were firmly held with fair .buying of spot and near positions: Smyrna, 26s. to 32s. brewing Californian, 30s. to 32s. 6d. brewing Chilian, 29s. 6d. to 30s.; Indian. 28s. to 28s. 6d.; Chilian, 29s. to 34s. per 4481b. BEANS AND PEAS.—There was a light de- mand at late prices. LONDON FLOUR, MONDAY.—Trade ruled steady, but not brisk, without material change on the week, though the tendency is more in sellers' favour: English Town-made- Patents, 28s. 6d. to 30s. 6d. ditto Country-made, 25s. to 27s.; American Patents, 27s. to 29s.; ditto Bakers', 23s. 6d. to 25s. 6d. per sack, LONDON CATTLE. MONDAY.—Beast en- tries on to-day's market numbered 890, an in- crease of twenty compared with last Monday. Trade for bullojks, though quiet, was on the steady side Devons quoted 5s. 2d. to 5s. 4d. Herefords, 5s. 2d. to 5s. 4d. Midland Short- horns, 4s. lOd. to 5s. Irish, 4s. 8d. to 4s. lOd.; Dublins, 4s. lOd. to 5s. Fat slaughtering cows and bulls cleared quietly at steady rates, the former being quoted at 3s. 8d. to 4s., and the latter at 3s. 6d. to 4s. Three thousand seven hundred and ninety sheep were penned in the market, a decrease of 580 from last week. Trade ruled steady as follows, assisted by the smaller supplies: Best Down tegs, 6.s. to 6s 4d.; best half-breds, 5s. 4d. to 5s. 8d. best Down ewes, 3s. lOd. to 4s. 2d. Lambs, 6s. lOd. to 7s. 4d. per stone. Five calves offered, but trade was too small to quote. LONDON MEAT, MONDAY.—Trade quiet; supplies moderate: Beef, English, 4s. 2d. to 4s. 4d.; American, 4s. 2d. to 4s. 4d. Scotch, 4s. 6d. to 5s. Argentine hindquarters, 3s. lOd. to 4s. 4d. Mutton, English wethers, 4s. lOd. to 5s. 4d.; ewes, 3s. 4d. to 3s. 8d. Scotch ewes, 3s. 4d. to os. 8d. tegs, 5s. 6d. 6s. 4d.; New Zealand, 2s. 8d. to 3s. 4d. Lamb, English, 5s. 4d. to 6s. 4d. New Zea- land, 4s. to 4s. 4d. Veal, 4s. 8d. to 5s. Pork, 3s. 8d. to 4s. per stone. LONDON POTATO, MONDAY.—Trade slow for good supplies. Quotations: Old Scotch, 60s. to 80s. New English. 90s. to 110s. per ton; Jerseys, 5s. St. Malos, 4s. 6d. per cwt. LONDON PROVISIONS, MONDAY.—But- ter firm: Danish. 126s. to 130s.; Normandy, 100s. to 120s. Irish, 100s. to 120s. Aus- tralian, 100s. to 116s. New Zealand, 114s. to 120s. Russian, 100s. to 106s. per cwt. Cheese quiet: Canadian, 62s. to 64s. Dutch, 60s. to 64s. per c'wt. Bacon firm: Irish, 60s. to 76s. Continental, 50s. to 74s. per cwt. Hams firm: American, 70s. to 82s, per cwt. Eggs steady. BRADFORD WOCJL, MONDAY.-The mar- ket here presents little in the way of any new feature, business continuing to be of a hand- to-mouth character, with quotations un- changed from last week. There is most in- quiry for merinoes, and for these full rates have to be paid. English fleeces are slow, but prices continue steady. Yarn spinners are still complaining of lack of orders for either cross- breds or botanies, and are mainly working to stock.

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IAGIZIC ULTURAL NOTES. I BY A PRACTICAL FARMER. I A LOST TIMBER MARKET. This country's expenditure on imported timber each year is enormous, and little has been done hitherto in any systematic way to increase the home production. As an instance of the opportunities that are missed I may mention that the Postmaster-General recently had to place contracts for the supply of up- wards of 100,000 wooden telegraph poles, in addition to those deliverable (some 65,000) under the annual contracts given out last autumn for the normal tieeds of the service. It is a matter for the greatest regret that British forestry has had no share in contri- buting to this supply, especially as the annual requirements of the Post Office in the matter of wooden poles amount to many thousands. But the yield from British sources has been a few hundreds only. In the opinion of the de- partment's expert officers two descriptions of timber stand out before all others as most suitable for the purpose in question, in re- spect both of weat-lier-resisting properties and general shapeliness-that commonly known as red fir or Scotch pine, and larch, which are both easily and commonly grown in the United Kingdom. Failure to meet the re- quirement of length and thickness combined have, it is said, led to the rejection of much of the British timber offered by growers whose supplies the Postmaster-General would otherwise have been glad toO accept at fair prices. In this connection it is interesting to find a statement in the first annual report of the forestry branches recently constituted in the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Office of Works to the effect that there is a very large area in the country which might with advantage be afforested. Steps are pro- posed to be taken to place the State at rela- tively small cost in possession of still further information necessary to decide on the de- sirability of carrying out a systematic scheme of afforesting the uncultivated land in Eng- land and Wales. I RISK IN SPRAYING POTATOES. The spraying of potatoes for the prevention of disease has abundantly proved its success; but recent experiments in Lancashire show that the risk of injury to the crops has to be reckoned with. Spraying with Bordeaux mix- ture has been recommended, not merely as a precaution against disease, but also as a stimulant to increased production even when no iisease existed. In the past few years, however, the use of the Bordeaux mixture has been found to result in rather serious damage to the crops, especially in seasons when no dis- ease occurred. The sprays employed were of normal strength—121b. of copper sulphate with 61b. of quicklime, or 2211b. of washing soda in 100 gallons of water-but last year the yield was less from the sprayed than from the unsprayed plots, and there was positive evidence of the effect of the fungicide in checking growth and in causing damage to the foliage. The injury at some centres prove* to have been more pronounced than at others. Trials were also made with dry spraying, but this was as injurious to the leaves as the liquid dressing. These experiences suggest the need for further inquiry into the circum- stances that lead to a harmful effect of the spray upon growth. iNo doubt the risk of damage by spraying is far less than the risk of loss by disease. But it is desirable to ascer- tain whether some other mixture or other treatment will not have an equally strong pre- ventive effect against disease while remaining harmless to the plants. MEAT SUPPLY. That the steady rise in the meat prices of the world is likely to be checked is not the opinion that will be formed as a result of the perusal of facts about the great stock- raising countries. It is quite startling to find that Australian stocks diminished during the past year by 9,348,000, the equivalent of 10 per cent. There is, of course, still an enormous potential grazing area in Argen- tina, and pasture enterprise in that fine country continues to radiate in all directions, from Patagonia to Paraguay. Cattle disease made serious inroads on the herds of Russia and the United States during the past year. Reviewing the situation in the chief meat-ex- porting countries of Europe, it appears that, while cattle have increased by four and a half millions, sheep have declined by twelve millions, and pigs have just held their own. It is estimated that for each hundred in- habitants in those countries in lDlO there were 34 cattle, 49 sheep, and 13 pigs, but by 1911 these figures had been reduced to 33 cattle, 42 sheep, and 12 pigs. South Africa is, however, expected to become a material contributor to the meat supplies of this country in the near future. With diminish- ing flocks at home, the reduction in our over- seas supplies of (meat amounted during the past decade to about lilb. per head I OX WARBLE FLY. I This is one of those insect pests that un- doubtedly cause as much loss as some of the notifiable diseases. Yet nothing has been done in a systematic way to check it, and one man neglecting to fight it on his land may render almost ineffective the great efforts made by his neighbours against it. At the recent meeting of the Central and Associated Chambers of Agriculture Mr. Sadler moved: That, in view of the heavy annual loss sus- tained by cattle owners in consequence of the attacks of the ox warble fly, which loss is preventable, it is desirable that preventive measures to deal with the scourge should be made compulsory on stock owners. Such compulsory measures to consist of the dress- ing of the backs of the cattle during the months of October and November with a suitable preparation, in order to kill the eggs which have been laid in the previous summer." Mr. Sadler said that the experi- ence of Cheshire farmers was that the ox warble fly could be destroyed in a perfectly efficient manner. If these measures were applied compulsorily throughout the whole country the ox warble fly would be extin- guished in three years. He hoped the step he had suggested would be taken to destroy this virulent pest, which was causing no end of loss. It was pointed out, however, that until I they were sufficiently well-informed it would be unwise to go in for compulsory measures. An amendment asking the Board of Agricul- ture to make investigations with a view to I discovering a remedy was then carried by a large majority. I CONTAGIOUS ABORTION. Thanks to the prominence given to this dis- ease a few years ago by Chambers of Agri- culture and other farmers' organisations, it has been actively investigated, and much valuable information on the subject obtained. To prevent the introduction of the disease into a healthy herd the farmer should en- i deavour to trace all new purchases, and if. he cannot do so he should isolate the animal till its condition is certified by means of the ag- glutination test. Every case of abortion should be treated as if it were contagious till otherwise proved, and Sir John McFadyean assures us that the agglutination test providea a ready means of early diagnosis. He adds: The premises should be disin- fected, and the foetus and membranes should be burnt. The manure and litter should not be spread on grass land. If isolation can be practised it should be adopted, but otherwise the cows should be. vaccinated one month after caIvijM. and such cows should nnt be f-IULo to tne nuji Tor tnree months. Vaccination is the injection of living or dead artificial cul- tures of abortion bacilli under the skin. It ifl probable, however, that this is of little valua for conferring immunity, and it is sometime a dangerous practice with pregnant cows. In dealing with an infected herd it is not wise to sell off the cows that have aborted because it seldom recurs, and also fresh members of the herd are very liable tovtake the infection. In diagnosing one must bear in mind that some diseased cows Tyl-ty carry their calves the full time, because the disease has not reached the structural development necessary for the expulsion of the foetus. The absence of any symptom of disease and the almost effortless expulsion of the calf are common signs in cases of contagious abortion. A bacteriologi- cal examination in the first two days aftei birth of the matter expelled would enable aft expert to give a reliable opinion as to whethei the case was due to contagious abortive."

A creditor of the late Lieutenant Gerald A. E. Denny, of the Connaught Rangers, was granted letters of administration in Sir Samuel Evans's court on Monday. It waa mentioned that the Lieutenant fell out of a boat in Nigeria and was carried away by, #I shark.