Abergavenny Chronicle

Restrictions en the movement of degs are 1 ito be relaxed at an early date.

The Marconi Company announce that wire- less messages for the United States can now be accepted for transmission by the Ireland —N ova Scotia route. The commercial rate is 4-d. per word less than "the Atlantic cable charge. Birmingham Wateh Committee has re- affirmed its decision that the police strikers should not be reinstated. Yudenitch is falling back from Pctro- grad; at Kronstadt a British hydroplane was shot down. Allied Fleet at Riga has been reinforced ny some large warships, and is heavily bom- barding the German rebels' positions. Mr. Geoffrey R. Gcddard, an under- graduate of Jesus College, Oxford, who in- iured his spine in a football match, has died. Mr. Jim Larkin has been refused pass- ports to return to Ireland from America.

I OTHER MEN'S MINDS. I I I dislike autocrats, whatever their name.- I Air. Tom Shaw, M.P. THE PROPAGANDA LIMIT. I It is time we ceased to talk in terms ot prop a,,and a.-Mr. Arthur Henderson. THE HUN SPIRIT. I Germany is now preparing for revenge I Her spirit is the saine.-Cardinal Mercier. OUR PREMIER. I The greatest propagandist of direct actios is Mr. Lloyd George himself.—Mr. Frank Hodges. DEMOCRACY TROUBLED. I Democracy in this country is troubled with an attack of swelled head.—Rev. W. Hopper (Ashby-de-la-Zouch). KEEP STEADY. I Now that we are returning to peace-time conditions, steadiness is as necessary as it was on active service.—Prince of Wales. I MILK AT A MAXIMUM. I The new price for milk is a maximum; it I is possible that in many districts conditions' may allow of a lower price.—Mr. G. H. Roberts. PLOTHOLDERS' CHANCE. I Allotment holders helped to defeat the German submarines, and are now ready to help to defeat the profiteers.—Mr. A. Smith (Agricultural Organisation Society). I A QUAINT TASTE. I I used to red drapers sale advertise-j ments.—Mr. McCurdy, M.P. I I FURNITURE PRICES. The present high prices asked for furni- ture bear absolutely no relation whatever to the wages paid to the workers.—Mr. A. Gossip (Furniture Trades Association). I THE HUMAN FLOWER. I The gentleman is a fine flower of our I civilisation.—Dean Inge. I NOT FOR THE BRITON. Englishmen of the best type do not want prohibition inflicted upon them, because they are self -respectiiig.-Sir. E. Hutton. I A FALLACY. "Direct action" could make a mess and a big row, but it would make nothing else of any good to millions of workers with mil- lions of votes. They can use thes^ and save themselves and their country.—Mr. Clynes. THE COMPLAINT. What the House suffers from-a want oi self-conlidence and a want perhaps of a sense of public responsibility. Lord Burn- ham. ALL AGREED. There is no greater scandaL in recent- political history than the unemployment of 60,000 building workers getting State pay for doing nothing—Mr. J. R. Clynes, M.P. GARBLED. I Mr. Lloyd George's speech clearly proves that the Government intended to make an attack upon the standard of life of the working classes, and railwaymen were to be singled out as the first to fall to that attack. —Mr. Cramp, president of N.U.R. THE WAY OUT. A few representatives from each, side meeting around a table would find a way out of the serious crisis to the industry of this country.—Sir Robert Hadfield. HOME P. t L P. Unless some modification in the Homa Rule Act commends itself to Parliament in the course of the next few weeks it will come into effective operation.—Sir J. Simon. SELFISH INTERESTS. The strike terminated in a way which gained the contempt of every thoughtful .Ii?hman, because nothing was at the bottom but the base and selfish interests of the railwaymen.—General Sir Edward Hut- ton. SOME COMPLIMENT. Mr. Clynes, one of the finest men in Eng- land.—The Bishop of London EASILY UNDERSTOOD. I have not been able to follow all the gy- rations of politics.—Colonol John Ward, M.P. THE VANISHING CYPHER. I had nothing when I went into Parlia- ment, and have less now.—Mr. F. O. Roberts, M.P. THAT FINAL TEST. That final test of sweet reasonableness, the House of Lords.—Mr. Herbert Samuel, M.P. EVER CHEERFUL. I have often been told that the cheeriest men in the British Army were the London 'busmen.-l\Ir. H. E. Blåin. SCRAP ROSYTH. Rosyth should either be scrapped or turned over to merchant shipbuilding and repair- ing.—Commander Ken worthy. STILL ALARMED. I am much more frightened about our country to-dav than I was during the whole of the war.—The Bishop of London. WOMEN ON THE BENCH. Administration of the la-w would gain strength by the admission of women of tried capacity to the bench.—Mr. Herbert Samuel, M.P. AN UNREAL REASONING. Few things have done more to make re- ligion conventional and unreal than the tradition that churches are for use in Sun- days only.—Archbishop of York. GERMAN AGRICULTURE. Can you doubt if Germany had pursued the same agricultural policy as we had pur- Bued, and neglected her agriculture as We had neglected ours, Germany would have collapsed within a year?—Mr. Lloyd Georoe.

Senator Poindexter has announced his candidature under Republican nomination for the United States Presidency. Edmonton County-court is still without a telephone, although one was applied for a long time ago. "It is one of the many ecandals which I hope in course of time will be removed," remarked Judge Crawford. Paris newspapers learn from Warsaw that General Piteudski, President of Poland, has ratified the Peace Treaty. Messrs. Forrest and Frews' muslin factory in Bridgeton, Glasgow, was gutted by fire, the damage being estimated at £ 60,000. Some 200 prisoners of war who have been quartered at Lewes Naval Prison since March, 1917, have left for Germany.

(ALL RIGHTS RBSBBVKD.^ THE LABOUR MOVEMENT. By FRED MADDISON. I Mr. Lloyd George may ha.ve made some impression on employers 'JY his Sheffield speeches, though that is very doubtful, but they have left most of the workers quite cold. This is unfortunate, for there is no gainsaying the imperative necessity of in- creasing production to the highest possible pitch consistent with proper regard for the worker. Distribution of wealth must be conditioned by its creation. This has been said over and over again by men whos( knowledge of economics and industry gives them far greater authority to speak on such a subject than the Premier. He and hi* colleagues in the Ministry have reduced the question to a parrot-cry, which falls mostlv on deaf ears. The audience Mr. Lloyd George had at the Cutlers' Feast needed an address on excess profits rather than a lec- ture on work for other people. What the average workman notes is that Ministers who urge him to do more could not them. selves do much less in that national economy which is their special task. Judged by what they have effected this last year they have indeed proved slackers. THE INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE. [ At the time of writing the threatened break-up of the National Industrial Con- ference had. happily, been averted, or rather postponed. It was hoped that out of this body would evolve an Industrial Council which would serve as a kind of Supreme Court of Appeal, never so necessary as now, when the Government assumes to such a large extent the responsibilities of em- ployers. If the cause of the trouble which has arisen is traced to its source it will be found to be the old one-a suspicion that the Government is tricking labour. First of all there was the revelation made by Mr. Lloyd George about the long preparatiolli which had been made to defeat a general strike. The body called together to help the Government in a crisis regained ir ignorance of them—at any rate, the labour men were. Then the deadlock over the in- clusion of agriculture in the Eight Hours Bill is attributed to underground influences in the Government, which may be excused seeing how the Conservatives preponderate. Probably by the time that these lines ap- pear Mr. Lloyd George "will have induced the reactionaries to give way and so savo the situation, but he will not succeed in creating real confidence in him. THE PREMIER'S PROPHETIC VISION. I To the delight of his audence of rich people at the Guildhall, Mr. Lloyd George took credit for the careful preparations tile Government had made to break the railway strike. Now, everybody knows that the main factor in these eftorts was the supply of food, and it is equally well known that it had been decided to wind up the Food Ministry, Mr. G. H. Roberts announcing in May that this was about to be done. It IS also common knowledge that it was labour pressure which ivas mainly responsible for the Department being continued. How does this fit in with the Premier's claim? This is the answer given by the official organ of the N.S.P.: "According to Mr. Lloyd George be foresaw the railway strike seven months before it happened, and three months later hf wanted to scrap the only means of seriously coping with the emergency which he clearly fore,c;a w We have not had a high opinion of Mr. Lloyd George, but we confess we have never appraised him so low as this. Ever if we believed all that he says regarding, his prophetic vision, all the greater condem- nation does he merit for allowing the rail- way negotiations to dra-g on interminably," I A RESCLT OF THE RAILWAY STRIKE. I My worst fears of the effects of the rail way strike on Mr. Pringle's chances have unfortunately, been realised. He has paic the price of holding what may be called th, middle position—the only one which realli fitted the situation. The Conservative almost invariably gains when the Govern ment of the day which he supports tak e< what is considered a strong line against < body of men who cause a good deal of incon venience to the public, unless, of course, i' is a constituency distinctively working clasi and trade unionist in ilfe composition. Tin I.L.P. candidate benefited by hi", indiscrimi nate support of the strike just because i wae a strike. By this a number of tradi liniomsts were drawn from Mr. Pringle b: a class feeling of loyalty to the railwaymen On the other hand' non-party votes weri lost to him for exactly the opposite reason His views on nationalisation probably madi the latter defection easier. Rusholme is I real disappointment. I WAR PROFITS TAXATION. That it is net only an incurable Radica who thinks that Mr. Lloyd George migh have more profitably to the nation dis 'coursed on profits rather than work at thi Cutlers' Feast, may be seen from this quota tion from the "Times": "What prospect i there that the plain citizen will listen to tho Government appeals to stint his already straitened expenditure, or that Labour wil abstain from continual agitation for in creased wages, so long as individuals are fa; with the immense profits of the war years and company, after company announces en hanced dividends on capital watered t< more than double its pre-war bulk?" AVh, docs not the author of the Limchouse speed I speak in that way? I TEACIIEES' STRIKE IN THE N ORTlI RIDING. 1 In the North Riding there has been strike of teachers for over three months and there is no wonder that some parent are getting tired of their children's educa tion being neglected. If there were any rea and widespread interest in the schools, &ucl a strike as this would have been impossible Unfortunately, ooucation is regarded b: great fhasses of people as a necessary evil and one may safely venture the opinion tha a good many of the North Riding electon would not mind if the schools never opened At the headquarters of the N.U .T. they an having a new experience. So clamorous an many of the branches for permission to us. the strike weapon to enforce their demanc that Sir James Yoxall and his colleague: have their work set out to restrain them There is little wonder at this restlesenes: when London women tram conductors ar. paid higher wages than female teachers, or for the matter of that, many males. I MR. HAVELOCK 'WILSON'S REMINDER. I I So completely has Mr. Havelock Wilson thrown himself into the arms of the reac- tionaries that a heavy discount is placed on his utterances by Labour men and his old friends generally. Still, we know that good things can come from unlikely quarters. Thus Mr. Wilson has iust made a strong point whidi trade union leaders would do well to take to heart. He tells them that they are continually crying out for Govern- ment help to accomplish objects which they could attain by their own efforts. That self-reliance which has been the strength of British trade unionism is giving way to de pendenco on the State, which means, in practice, a few Ministers. Mr. 'Havelock Wilson has been consistent in his opposition to the policy of Socialists in seeking to cur- tail trade union action and enlarge thE function of the State in things industrial.

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I CLUB WINDOW. The King of Spain who, with his coneorJ Ena, has paid England his first visit since the cessation of hostilities, may well be de. scribed as "The Merry Monarch." He always has a smile, and as a younger man was one of the gayest "boys about town," in the correct senRe of the term. Alfonso was always a great favourite with the late King Edward, and well do I remember frequently meeting the young King during his early married days, when the Spanish Royal family were staying at their picturesque sea- side residence, the Palais Miramar at San Sebastian, which is one of the most delight- ful places to be found in the north of Spain. Lord Furness, although only thirty-six years old, is already one of our leading cap- tflins of industry. He has just completed a deal involving £ 6,000,000, and on the death of the famous Christopher Furness seven years ago, he quickly showed that he had inherited his father's remarkable powers of organisation. He tells the story of a steam- boat which was stranded in the Mississippi. The captain could not get her off. Eventually a hard looking fellow came 011 board, and said he was a pilot. "Do you know where the sandbanks ar<> asked the captain. "No." "Well, how do you expect to get me out of here if you don't know where they are?" "I know where they ain't," was the prompt reply. I hear that Lord Howard de Walden is learning to speak Welsh. Better still, he is one of England's wealthiest peers, and is fond of a good yarn. One is told of two Irishmen employed to clean some high win- dows. and who had no ladder with which to reach them. "Kever mind," said Pat. I have an idea. Let us get a plank and put it through the window, and you sit on the outside and I will sit on the inside." All went well until Mike 'a;d, "Ili, Pat, I have let my window-leather fall." "Kever mind." said Pat. "You stay there and I will get it for vou." When Pat got to the front and found his mate prostrate on the ground he said: "Why, Mike, you here first. Which way did you come-" That puts me in mind of the story of "How Paddy stole the rope," which, no doubt, you all know. # # One "of the most successful music-hall mag- nates is Mr. Charles Gulliver, head of the combine of thirty-two music-halls. He now controls over forty halls, and yet only ten years ago he was earning a modest salary as secretary of the London Theatres of Varie- I ties, Limited. Before he was thirty, how- < ever, Mr. Gulliver was appointed managing director, the business head of twenty-two variety theatres, with command of about < £ 1,500,000 of capital and responsibility for artistes' wages to the extent of '£1,2':>0:000 a year. Some record' to Have you heard of the discussion oetween three Americans as to who was the oldest man they had ever met Said the first. "I knew one old man whose beard was EO lon? it reached his waist." "That's nuihn?i said the second. "I knew an old man whoe beard was so long that he used to wag his chin and sweep the fh?r (1011 t call that long," retorted the third, ??'"V- an old feller I once met had a beaid of such length that, when he went to be shaved, the barber could never cut it off him, but had to cut him off it!" Miss Mary McArthur, who in domestic circles is known as Mrs. W. C. Anaerson, is D112 of the delegates to the International Labour Convention in the States. In her opinion the working girl makes the best wife. "When she marries" she said, 'she chooses a man who can be both her sweet- heart and her chum; she has gained the "masculine privilege of selection." Miss :1e- Arthur also says, concerning herself, that she takes politics like porridge. She always wanted to be a writer. As a girl she edited the school journal, and the proudest moment cf her life was when she first appeared in print, at the age of thirteen. L: Now that the news is coming through more reliably from Russia, it is clear that the plot among the old school of Germans to trick the Allies in Russia was no chimera. They aim at re-establishing Germany on the corpse of Russia and thus making" up for their defeat in the West by the Allies. We shall have to .keep a sharp eye on Yon der Goltz. But, as has been hinted before, there are other-! pulling the strings; and the thing to do is to not only "cut" the strings, but "cut off" the pullers! Fortune-tellers, necromancers, and other species of the same breed are having the time of their lives, since a recent police- court decision" allows fortune-tellers to prac- tise their arts provided they believe in their own psychic powers." Women, of ceurso, arc the chief, though not the only, victims, and stories of incaleula-ble mischief worked by the charlatans who prey on them could be told. Right oil the top of the de- cision comes a story from New York of a young girl who, "called to death by a spirit," committed suicide after one of these seances. One win watch the almost certain growth of the fortune-telling swindler with close interest. And perhaps, too, will the police A story is going the rounds concerning Mr. Arthur Henderson, M.P., who, rumour has it also, is to b<* the next Chairman of the Labour Party. It appears that he and a friend were walking along a newly con- cretd road, both deep ill political discus- sion. Presently Henderson tripped over one of those little pieces of wood that are inset into concrete while it is wet, and measured his length on the hard service. "Ah! said his companion, on helping him to rise, "that crmes from looking at things in the ab- stract." "On the 11 contrary," replied Hen- derson, "it comes from striking them in the concrete." « One laughs heartily at the farce of the supposed exclusion of certain German goods from this country. Smuggling' is going on wholesale, and if we want to stop it we ishall have to go back to some of the rigid war- time methods. Many of the articles on the prohibited list are small enough to be con- cealed by anybody with a grain of sense. Stories arc rife in all quarters of severai illicit kleals being made on a big scale, while others are being planned. » Wilkie Bard has had an exciting time iL New York. At his opening performance his reception was not exactly a success, thougl he scored a personal triumph. It was only when his wife appeared on the stage and embraced him that he broke down and showed how deeply he was affected. The fol- lowing night, however, he reap-peared with a new act, and scored a great and instan- taneous success. He received four curtain calls, and replying to the insistent demands for a speech, said: "I am confident that human nature, whether English or Ameri- can, will always respond to earnest efforts to entertain, and I am glad that you like me at last."

Father Francis Hays, on whom Pope Le-o XIII. conferred, in 1900, the title Apostle of Tcmperance, has celebrated the silver jubilee of his priesthood. The King, through the Worshipful Com- pany of Vintners, has presented two cyg- nets to "Bekhes," a property at Wivele- field, recently presented to the authorities of the Heritage Craft Schools, Clialey, Sus- sex, by Mrs. Douty. A quilt, the property of the King, was said to be among the goods stolen from a laundry at Barnes, The Government do not propose to make the anniversary of armistice day a B llk Holiday, said Mr. Bonar Law. Mr. Johnson, Pussvfoot," when he arrived in Dublim from Belfast, said in an interview he had not come to dictate to Ire- land what she should do in the matter of prohibition.

EPITOME OF NEWS. Tinkering for women is a new Kentish village industry. Mme. Boutroux (63), the celebrated philo- sopher and cousin of President Poincare, has died. Austrian National Assembly has confis- cated the entailed Hapsburg picpertv. Cattle are being lest in floods in north- east Yorkshire. Colonel Hall Walker's title is Barcn Wavertree of Delamere. Three human skeletons have "been found under the floor in the Horse and Jockey Inn, Abingdon, Berks. Cotton operatives are concerned at the huge transfers of mills. For the murder of her three-yeai'-old child Elizabeth Williams (35) was sentenced to death at Liverpool. Kii(?cked cl uivii !I Knocked down by a tramcar at South- ampton; Miss R. Jellicoe (<-), a relative of Lord Jellicoe, died from injuries. Comrades of the Great War are organis- ing a procession to lay wreaths en the Whitehall cenotaph on armistice day. Found guilty after five days' trial of mis<1,ppropriating .£:24,000, John Scott Heron, solicitor, was sentenced to three years', penal servitude. Secretary to the Railway Clearing House since 1911, Mr. Harry Cuff Smart has died. "But for the Australians sticking it out, there would have been no victory "c -aid Mr. Hughes at Bendigo, with that modesty characteristic of the Australasian! The mother of Jack Cornwell, the Jutland Battle boy V.C., died in her sleep at her home in Limehouse. Duke of Rutland has decided to sell a considerable portion of the Belvoir estate. Mr. Ernest Blythe, Sinn Fein M.P. for North Monaghan, has gone on hunger strike in Mountjo f Prison, Dublin. Father of the late Stephen Phillips, the poet, the Rev. Stephen Phillips, hon. canon of Peterborough, has died. Mrs. Han 11 ay, mother cf Canon Hannay (George A. Birmingham), the novelist, has died at Wigan. German prisoners still engaged in agricul- ture number 9,325, but are being reduced as rapidly as circumstances permit. In daylight, thieves broke a large stained- srlass window of Petersham parish church, entered took brass candlesticks from the altar, and forced open several offertory boxes. Werner Horn, the German agent, who was found guilty of blowing up the international bridge of the Canadian Pacific Railway at St. Croix in 1915, and who was recently ex- tradited from the United States, has been sentenced to ten years in a penitentiary. Aground for two years off the coast of Eussia, a large ship has been got off by British seamen and towed to the Tyne for repairs. Padua, North Italy, is without water 01 light owing to the power station collapsing into a canal; the foundations had been un- dermined by three Austrian air bombs. Lieut.-General Sir William Furse is leaving the office of Master-General of the Ordnance shortly to take up a post under the Ministry of Pensions. Liev.t.-General Sir John Du Cane is appointed to succeed him. In a letter to Alderman Morris, of Ber- mendsey, Field-Maivhal Allenby, referring to Bermendsey men, says: "The 2-22nd Batt. London Regiment have every reason to be proud of their record, which is second to none. The trial of M. Pierre, the engineer charged wit the murder of his employer, M. Cadiou, the proprietor of an explosives works, in 1913, ended at Quimper, Brittany, bv M. Pierre being acquitted. Swedish State railways have ordered 38,000 tons of coal from Northumberland and Durham. Owing to the local committee going on strike the Ministry of Pensions has sent the staff from Cardiff to Neath to carry on the work. Senator Mau?eau" and M. Gail lard, a for- mer deputy, sent their seconds to each other after a very lively election incident at Avignon, says a Paris message. Owing to a wireless telephony discovery by a French scientist and General Ferric, the "Excelsior" predicts that within a short time it will be possibV to telephone from France to the U.S. Conservative clubs of South Wales have purchased a brewery at Merthyr. Princess Helena Victoria has invested Newport (Men.) y ,,1 .C .A. voluntary workers with the Red Triangle. Found guilty of misbehaviour in Epping forest, Major Louis Attwood, 34, solicitor, ■f Golder's Green and Chancery-lane, was at the Old Bailey ordered to be detained during his Majesty's pleasure. Major, it was stated, was hiM Christian name, and did not denote military rank. Owing to ill-health, Mr. Laurence Gin- nell, M.P., has been ordered several months' complete rest. In his annual report the Leicester Medical Officer of HtaUh wonders that more people do not eat horseflesh, declaring that on health grounds there is no objec- tion to it. Eighteen Workington miners had a miraculous escape when a set of tubs fell into the shaft on top of the cage, the sling chains of which checked the falling tubs and saved the miners. Mll". Ernest Blythe, M.P. for North Monaghan, has been sentenced by court- martial to a year's imprisonment foi having in his possession a document advo- cating persecution of relatives of the police So many mines have been encountered in the North Sea by the first passenger shij since the war to take the short Esbjerg. Harwich route that it is probable th< United Steamship Company will revert tc the Esjberg-Hull route. Lord Askwith is to speak on increased prcduction and industrial unrest at meetings organised by the National Party at Brad- ford. Women sleeping in the upper storey of a house in York-street, Walworth-road, find- ing their escape cut off in a fire, elimbec over the roof to an adjoining house. oil, woman jumped from a bedroom window, and was badly injured. f A chopping carnival is to be held at Rom- ford, Essex, to bring tradesmen and cus- tomers together under more favourable con- ditions. Thefts of wreaths from graves at Dun stable, Bedfordshire, "have led the borough I council to offer a reward of £ 1 for each cul- prit traced. Owing to the shortage of silver in Pans, stamps and underground railway tickets are given as change and accepted in payment in one of the large Paris stores. Herr Haase, who was shot on the stcp e of the Reichstag, has had his right leg amputated above the knee, the wound having caused- suppuration in the joint. Father O'Donnell, the Australian Army chaplain, who was detained in Richmonj Barracks, Dublin, for alleged use of sedi- tious language, has been conveyed to Lon- don. The tender of Ivlr. Martin Fitzgerald. wine and tea merchant, of Dublin, o: £;2,500 for the "Freeman's Journal was accepted in the Chancery Court at Dublin. Considerable correspondence for officers who served in the North Russian force awaits disposal at the War Office, and the officers concerucd should indicate their pic- Ront addresses. From May 1 to July 31, 191D, the sumj paid into the pari-mutuel on the French racecourses amounted to E9,086,719,* and the receipts for entrance money during the same period amounted to £ 292,502. An official statement issued- at Pretoria f.ays the Government has done its utmost tc find shipping srace to bri-g home the 4,000 South African- v '> Vavf 0 :1 stranded in Gieat Brituii. the armistice.

I NOTES ON NEWS. The Minister of Labour has given notice that he will introduce in the House of Com- mons a Bill dealing -with the position which will arise a.s a rasuit of the termination on November 21 of the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act, 191S, under which wages were maintained for twelve months after the Armistice at a 12vel not less than that at which they stood at that time. The Bill which Sir Robert Home is introducing will deal with the continuance of the principle of the Act until September 30 of next year, to the extent that the prescribed rates set up by that Act will be continued in force for this period. The Bill will deal also with the establishment of an Industrial Court to take the place of the Interim Court of Arbitration which was set up under the Wages Act. l An Arbitration Tribunal. The experiment of a centralised arbitra- tion tribunal—which proved so suceeceful during the war and has been succesful since -jiistifies the conclusion that the Govern- ment should establish an Industrial Court on a permanent basis. It is the considered opinion of the principal Labour leaders—an opinion which is shared by most employers— that "compulsory arbitration" is at the present time impractical, and in the pre- sent Bill what is proposed is that an Indus- trial Court established by the Government shall be available to settle matters, with the consent of both parties, which employers and workpeople have been unable themselves to .settle. This is in accordance with the general policy of the Government during the last twelve months, namely, that employers and Trade Unions should discuss and settle, so far as possible, matters that affect them- &elves and resort to other aids only when their own efforts have failed. Further, the Bill extends the provisions of the Wages "Acts 191S and 1919 to the extent of con- I tilJuins; until September 30, 1920, the pre- scribed rates current at the date of the Armistice with any subsequent modifications [ made under the Act. Doctors at Inquests. I The manner in which medical exaniina- tions are in some cases made was the subject of strong comments at an inquest held by the Southwark coroner. After asking several question-, and receiving unsatisfactory re- r;lie". the coroner requested the doctor to go at,alil. to the mortuary and make a further examination. "The slovenly manner in which some of these doctors carry out their examinations is amazing," he said, address- ing the foreman of the jury. "It is I, as coroner, who is held responsible to the higher authorities for any irregularities. The doctor, in the particular case referred to, completed the pcet-mortem, and on his return the coroner remarked that he would be obliged if, in future, doctors would cam- plete examinations before coming before him. War Memorials. In the cemeteries cf the various battle fronts where lie Britain's "glorious dead," the Imperial War Graves Commission has decided that either of the proposed forms of memorial may be used. The original inten- tion was to erect in each of the cemeteries a replica of the Whitehall Cenotaph bearing the inscription: "Their named liveth for evermore." This memorial is constructed tc withstand the ravag es of time. The cress designed by Sir Reginald Bloomfield, how- ever, appealed to many on account of its ( dignity and beauty; but it is less durable and is not so likelv to give satisfaction tc everv faith. The erection of both memorial* wherever that course is practicable, should give satisfaction all round. A Democratic King. In illustration of the democratic tenden- cies of King Alfonso, it is interesting to re- cord that he, accompanied by members of his suite and British officers, attended tht Chelsea v. Bradford football match at Stamford Bridge. Arriving just before thE time of the kick-off, King Alfonso was re- ceived by Mr. Claude Kirby, the chairmar of the Chel&ea Club, and conducted to a seat in the directors' stand. The band of the Coldstream Guards played the Spanish National Anthem, and his Majesty smil ingly acknowledged the repeated cheers oi the 40,000 spectators. Whilst out driving in his car, King Alfonso noticed the crowd lined up to greet the Shah. He thereupor left his motor and took his place among thE crowd as an ordinary spectator, quite unre- cognised by the general public. Many monarchs would hesitate before acting in su:h a perfecly "natural" Q I Study the Nurs.s. The nurses intend to form a trade union, and now further trouble is reported, which is to the effect that a revolt of nurses at Redhill Infirmary has been prevented-at, least temporarily-by the promise of thE Guardians to request the Works Committef to find new quarters for the staff, to pro- vide them with goloshes and cloaks, and: moreover, to themselves raise a fund for the purchase of a piano. The chief grievance of the nurses was that the sitting-room was. used as a rness-room all day long, and that ljianv of the staff were compelled to retire to tneir bedrooms if they jvished to rest in privacy. They also pointed out that protec- tion in the way of extra clothing was neces- sarv, as the infirmary was removed from the nurses' quarters. At present, it waf added, the staff when off duty spent then time in grumbling and looking for new situations. In view of the splendid work which the majority of the nursing profes- sion perform, it seems that drastic action on the part of these devotees of Florence Nightingale should be rendered unnecessary by the foresight of the authorities. 01 I England's Beer. In quite a "rush," the brewers' exhibition and market opened at the Royal Agricultural Hall. Large entries had been received fot the beer competition in addition to thoec for the barley, hop, and colonial wine. New labour saving devices were exhibited, rang- ing from the latest labelling and bottling machinery to cash registers. At the Press luncheon, Mr. Frank Flinn, one of the judges, said that the first four prizes in the barley competition had gone to Ireland. and the fifth to Scotland. Major 'Itobruff* one of the hop judges, asked for the continu- anc-e of the control of ho ps, Mr. Toolon said that some of the beer samples looked as if they had been put in the water tub. That was not the fault of the brewer. The British public wanted their beer, and the control of beer ought to be stopped. What will the Pump-Puritans say to this expres- sion of opinion? Lord Beresford's ',Recollections." Admiral Lord Beresford, son of the fourth Marquis of Waterford, left unsettled estate ( value £ 13,122. He left the oil painting of the action between the Safia and the fort Wed-el-habishi on the Nile and all his medals and decorations to his younger daughter, the Hon. Eileen de la Poer Beresford. His hunting and sjwrting trophies to his -nephew, the Marquis of Waterford. His arms, swords, and cups to his wife for life, with remainder to his nephew, the Marquis of Waterford. He requested (but created no trust in th-e matter) that the above be- quests should be regarded as heirlooms. He left £ 2,000 to his brother, Lord Marcus Beresford, and, after a few other legacies, the -remainder to his wife, together with ill his MSS., letters, memoranda, and private papers of literary, biographical or historical interest, which are to be collected and published. during the Shell-Shocked. I Manv instances have been chronicled of cures by suggestion, one of the latest being a remarkable instance reported from Exeter. Lance-corporal J. H. Miller had been help- less for two jears suffering from shell shock and not only had to be lifted from his bed to his bathchair, but he trembled so much that he was unable to hold anything in his hands. At the end of August he was re- moved on a stretcher to Mount Pleasant Hospital. He is now back at his old job sorting letters. He was cured chiefly by suggestion. A medical officer stated that provided there is nq organic trouble and that the disability is functional, there is no reason why the majority of shell-shock cases cannot be very largely benefited, even if not entirely cured, by suggestion..

FUN AND FANCY. A woman is as young as she looka-biii not always as young as ehe thinks che looks' Wife: "I think that taxi-ca b man was under the influence of liquor." Husband: "I know that he was. He gave me back the right change." If You want a thing well done, don't do it yourself unless you know how. Old Man: "So you want my daughter— eh! Suitor: "I do, sir." Old Man: "Have vou any money?" Suitor: "A little. What price do you put her X.: "You may win a beautiful girl with soft nothings," Y.: Well! X.: "But you can't whisper that sort of stuff to the butcher." Housewife (to tramp): "Are you the same man that ate my currant cake last week?" Tramp: "No. ma'am, I'll never be the same man again." Wiseman: "Money doesn't always bring happiness." Cynic: "c" but it will enable vou to tell the waiter what you want and have him bring j t I" One: "Too. in a battle of tongues a woman can always hold her own." The Other: "Perhaps she can. But why doesn't sbc P" l So many people seem to think that optimism consists only of seeing the silver lining to other folks' clouds. Sylvia: "When a man courts a girl, it is deeds, not words, that count." Flossy: "Yes, especially if they are freehold pro- perty deeds." Gertie: "Where does Dora get her fine complexion from—her father or her mother?" Bertha: "nb, from her father. He's a chemist." Young Hopeful: I)ad. what is diplo- macy?" Father: "Diplomacy, my boy, is the art of convincing a man he is a liar without actually telling him so." "Little Robby shows great determina- tion." said the boy's mother. "\es-" queried the proud papa. "Yes. He spent the whole dav making soap bubbles and try- ing to pin one to the wall." Bob: "Mv father is a veteran of the Zulu war." Beatrice: "What about it?" "Oh. nothing, except that my father has a. hickory leg." "That's nothing; my sister has a cedar cheet." He: "Good-day, where are you going?" Rbc: "Though it's no business of yours, I am following mv rose He: "Oh, I see! You are going up in the lift?" "I have just seen Hunter, and he looks pretty bad. What's the matter with him. do vou know-" "Compound fracture." AV h.-i t.- He's broke, and Miss Rose, dis- covering it, broke her engagement to him" Johnnie: "Equine is a horse, isn't it, fa t h e r Father: "Yes, my son, it is." "And cow is a kind of ox, isn't it?" "Yes. sonny, a scrt of ox." "Then what is an equinox, f;lther" Boreleigh (at 11.45) "Ah, Miss Critic, you have such a sweet, retiring disposition." Miss Critic (yawning): "I must confe to a slight disposition to retire." "My husband has such an exasperating habit of talking in his sleep." "Disturbs your rest, doesn't it:" "Oh, I don't mind that. But he mumbles so I can't understand a word he says." Father: "I wonder what's the matter with Nellie this morning? She acts like one pos- sessed." Mother: "She probably is. I noticed a new ring on her LzLger when she came downstairs." First Sweet Young Thing: "They say Tack's quite an expert in the art of self- defence. Her Chum: "Hardly! Mabel •nade him propose iy just a wpek Ismail Bûv: "0-c ;>L I b-b-broke a plate!" M'thcv (busv writing an article on home-life): "I be disturbed just now. run and ask father if he'll be kind enough to spank you for mo." Head of Firm: "How long do you want to be awav on your wedding-trip?" Hinks (timidly) "Well, sir—er —what would you <IV" Head of Firm: "How do I know? I haven't- see:: the bride. Cora: "What induced you to tell Mr. Morritt I went to the party last night with George?" Little Johnnie: "A shilling." Tcm: "Shall we "live with your parents ,fter we are married Ethel: "The ques- tion is, can we live without them?" I The mistress of the house entered the dining-room just as a burglar was in the act of purloining the silver. "What anp you doing?" asked the lady. "Oh," returned the thief, "I'm at your service, madam!" "What's the matter with Briggs's face?" "He was getting shaved by a iady-barber when a mouse ran acroes the floor." Nervous Youth (sitting out the second dance): "He, lie! I always—ha—feel rather hv with pretty girls, y'know, but I'm quite at home with you."