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——————»—————— RADICAL v. LABOUR.!
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—————— » —————— RADICAL v. LABOUR. For a considerable time it has been apparent to even the casual observer that the cleavage between the forces of Radicalism and Labour was widening. Mr. Churchill's attack upon the Labour party in the House of. Commons heralded the split, but many people were not disposed to attach much importance to the utterances of that volatile politician. Now, however, we have a pro- nouncement of much greater weight, from the Master of Elibank, the Scottish Whip for the Government, who makes it clear that the two parties who have run so far in double harness have arrived at the parting of the ways. It was no haphazard, irresponsible speech that the Master of Elibank delivered to his canny audience of Peebles Radicals on Saturday afternoon, for he took particular care to emphasise the fact that he spoke as Scottish Whip with a certain authority attaching to that position," also as one coming into daily contact with stern and strong workers in the Liberal party among the working classes, and with the rank and file of the Liberal party in the House of Commons." Having these excep- tional opportunities for observation, he stated that the Socialist party, by which he meant the Independent Labour group, had opened war on the Liberal party, and he was not very certain that it would not be necessary in the future for the Liberal party to embark upon a crusade against Socialism- The Master of Elibank confessed that at one Period he had been under the impression that there was room for union between the Liberal and the Labour ranks, indeed on one occasion he had supported a Labour can- didate in Lanarkshire, although he did not know at the time that the gentleman was a Socialist* but he now admitted that observa- tion of circumstances had convinced him that Liberals had now got to stand on their own legs. Liberalism, he said, had never thriven upon Socialism. Liberals, did not believe in the public ownership of the means of production, nor that Capital and Labour were necessarily antagonistic. They did not believe that it was the right of every man to obtain labour from the State, or that it was the duty of the State to give labour when there was not a demand for it." In conclusion, this candid friend proclaimed his belief that unless the Liberal party stood upon their own legs, their very vitals would be consumed, and they would fall between two stools, and disappear as an active force in British politics. This frank confession, although it will be bitter reading to many devoted adherents of the. Radical cause, cannot be denied the quality of honesty. The last General Election made it plain that the Labour party, or the Socialists, as the Master of Ehbank calls them, hitherto had not known their own strength. Up to then they had been walk- ing on crutches, by the help of the Radical party, but in the near future they too will insist upon standing very much on their own legs, to the discomfiture of the old- fashioned Radicals. Nobody knows better than the Socialist leaders that the present Ministry enjoy office on account of the sup- port of the Socialist party in the country, and that the moment they forfeit that confidence they are lost. The trial of strength between these two parties will be full of interest for the Unionists, who may thcu reasonably expect to receive their due- That many members of the Radical party are not prepared to go the whole hog of Socialism we are free to admit, and it is a mercy for the country that they are not, but when they come to stand up alone against the solid phalanx of Unionism on the one hand and the rampant forces of Socialism on the other, their position will not be enviable. No pity, however, need be wasted on them. They have made their own bed, they have coquetted with Labour and Socialism ad nauseam, and they must be left to fight their erstwhile allies single- handed. A
rOOH-LA W EXTRAVAGANCE.
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rOOH-LA W EXTRAVAGANCE. It is not increase of pauperism in the country that appals but the deplorable cost of it. A writer in the Times" this week, Mr. Gawen Gogay, points out that in LSG4 our 099.400 paupers cost the country while in 1904, when the paupers had diminished to 709,029, the cost had risen to £1:3,:3ûU,4:H. The price of officialism in 1864 for superintending 999,400 paupers was only £ 696,098, while in 1904, with 230,371 fewer paupers, the cost of officialism had increased to the expense of Poor-Law buildings is going up by leaps and bounds, the total under this head last year reaching to nearly a million sterling. What wonder that money is being poured out like water on Poor-Law build- ings, when we read that for a school to accommodate G24 children for the Poplar Union a sum of over £ 150,000 has been spent already, while it is stated that the bill will be £200,000 before it is nnished ? This latter figure would work out at more than £ 320per head, and Mr. Gogay not unnatur- ally asks what Eton cost. There can be no doubt that one fruitful cause of rash expenditure by Poor-Law Guardians is the election on these bodies of persons who r have little or no liability to rates. To many members it is a matter of indifference whether the poor rate is a sixpence or half- a-crown.
I -CHESTER CATHEDRAL.
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I CHESTER CATHEDRAL. SATURDAY, SBHTKMBKH 1ST!— Evening, 4.15 Service, Colborne in A; iltititeiii, Frovii the rising" (Ouseley). SUNDAY, SKITHMUKII -MI) (Itith Sunday after Trinity) — Morning, 8.0 Litany and Holy Communion. 10 30 Spnice, Hopkins in Vint.roit, hymn 813 Holy Com- munion, Bridsre in G preacher, the Lord Bishop. Even- in' 3.U: Service, Hopkins in F; anthem. "God is our 11: (Greene); hymn i07. 6.50: Magnificat, and Nunc l>i mitt is to Chants processional hymn, 545 hymns 2P8, M. A. (Collection for Universities' Mission to Central Africa.).
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Major Rudcliffe has been appointed chief Conservative agent for North Wales. Katharine Duchess of Westminster is at the Grand Hotel, Eastbourne, with her daughters Lady Helen Grosvenor, who is now much better. Mr. Henry Neville Gladstone left Liverpool a few days ago on a visit to Canada. The marrsage of Captain Coatcs, 15th Hus- sars. A.D.C. to the Viceroy of Ireiand. and Ladv Cclia Hcrm.one Crewo-Milncs wiil take place at St. Paul's Church, Ejiightsbridge, on Monday, the 8th of October. VIr. Thomas A. Koikes, fourth son of the late Right Hon. II Cecil Raikos, was married at St, Saviour's. OfoelsHNi, on Thursday, to Miss Jean Bairxl. daughter of the late Mr. John Baird. of Knoydart, I riven less-shire, and niece of Sir Alextiider Baird, of Uric. Lord Robeits, accompanied by Lady Robert drove into Chester on Wednesday by motor-car from North Wales. They stayed over night in Chester, and left on Thursday by motor-car for Scotland. Lord Roberts was not recognised in the streets, and there was no demonstration. A marriage has been arranged, and will take place in November, between Ottiwell Frank Watorfield. The Oakiaikds, Ila-etford, Cheshire, eldest surviving son of the late Ottiwell Charles Waterfield, Nackington. Canterbury, and Con- stance Manners Sutton, eldest daughter of Col. Chichester. late 5th Lancers, and Mrs. Chichester, West Mains, Sunninghill. Berks. The Duchess of Westminster left Eaton on Monday for Ireland. The Marquis of Anglesey is entertaining a shooting party at Plas Newydd. The secretary of the Chester General Infirmary begs to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of a donation of B5 5s. from the Chester Co-operative Society, towards the new laundry. A communication has been received from Mr. T. H. W. Idris, M.P.. who is on his way to India after his recent motor-car mishap in Flintshire, stating that he is making satisfactory progress towards complete recovery. Mrs, de Knoop gave birth to a daughter on the 25th inst., at Calveley Hall, Tarporley. Mother and child are doing well. Many happy returns of the day, says The World," to the Right Hon. George Wyndham, M.P., who was born on August 29th, 1863. Sir Theodore Martin continues to enjoy remark- ably vigorous health at Bryntysillio, where he has been resting for the past month and where he will remain to celebrate his ninetieth birthday on September 10th. The treasurer of the Chester and District Hospital Saturday Committee begs to acknowledge with thanks the sum of £ G. Is. 5d., proceeds of Chester Football Cltib trial match (per Mr. Coventry). Colonel E. T. D. Cotton-Jodrell, who has com- maxded the 2nd Cheshire (Crewe Railway) Royal Engineer Volunteers for more than eighteen years, has been appointed Assistant Director for Volunteer Services on the staff of the Director of Auxiliary Forces (Major-General W. H. Mackinnon). The coming of age of the Hon. E. Mostyn, son and heir of Lord Mostyn, f Mostyn Hall, will be celebrated in North Wa.es next month. Llan- dlldno has decided to hold its fete on Monday, the 10th. On Tuesday Lord and Lady Mostyn are to give a garden party of Gloddaeth Hall, and on Wednesday Lady Augusta Mostyn entertains the tenantry to luncheon. A series of presentations will be made by the tenants on the different estates and by the townspeople of Llandudno. The Earl and Countess of Denbigh, with their children, are spending the autumn at Neunham Paddox, their seat in Warwickshire. A pro- gramme of festivities had been arranged for the celebration of the majority of Viscount Feilding, Lord Denbigh's heir, a few weeks hence. The rejoicings, however, will have to be curtailed or postponed, as the family is in deep mourning Owing to the sudden and tragic death of Mgr. Feilding, Lord Denbigh's youngest brother. CYCLE ACCIDENT.—Jolm Edw. Murphy., a boot ajid shoe dealer, of Rose Vale, Liverpool, when cycling aJong the Liverpootasoad on Suu- day afternoon, at the Bacbe, collided with another erpotist named Thos. Marri, of Upton Heath. Both machinee were budded. Morris escaped with only a few scratches, but Murphy was not so fostunate, and sustained a scalp wound and a sprained arm. He was removed to the I'n.Oimiari, whene his injuries received at- tenuom- Afterwwnfe he was allowed to team WELSH CLERICAL INCOMES.-Mr. J. Eldon Bankes, K.C., has this week entertained a large gathering at Soughton Hall, to hear addresses from Mr. Lawrence Brodrick and Mr. W. B. Yates, Cilcen Hall, in advocacy of the claims of the St. Asaph Clergy Sustentation Fund the object of which is to augment the stipends of the poorer clergy in the diocese. There are in the diocese of St. Asaph a large number of livings the income of which doe. not exceed £ !«) per annum. PLUCKY RESCUE FROM DROWNING.— About 1.30 on Sunday afternoon a boy. living in Commonhf.h-street, fei! into the river from near the Queen's Park end of the Suspension Bridge. A crippled man tried to reach him with hie. crutch, but the lad' s struggles carried him too far from the bank. Mr. Edward Arthur, boat proprietor at the Groves, went to the rescue in a Kinall boat. He had only one scull, and. think- ing his progress too dow. Ire sprang into the water and swam to the drowning boy and brought him to the bank. This is the twenty- second person Mr. Arthur has rescued. MESSRS. FRANK LLOYD'S HORSE SALES.—Meesis. Frank Llovd and Sow; are holding a t wo days' sale of hoiscs on Wednesday and Thursday next. Sept. 5th and 6th, in the North Wales Repository, Wrexham, for which 500 arc entered. On tho first day 300 high-class harness horses, hunters, hackneys, show cobp and ponies will bo offered, a very fine selection including many winners 'llniisckiy's sale com- prises 201) powerful town, lurry and van horses, nearly all direct from the Welsh breeders. Two days' trial is allowed on ail horses for work. C{t,IOlIf may 1)(0 had from the auctioneers. 1IALKYN MINING COMPANY.—The 63rd oidinary meeting of the Halkyn District Mines Drainage Company was held at the offices of tho company, Chester, on Wednesday, Mr. John Thornpscn presiding. The directors' and manager's report and the statement of accounts were presented, and the Chairman moved, and Col. II. R. LJoyd Howard .seconded, that they be adopted and that a dividend for the half-year at the rate of 16 per cent, per annum, free of income tax, upon the paiid-up capital of the company b" declared payabic forthwith. This was agreed to. CITY-ROAD WESLEYAN P.S.A.-At the meeting on Sunday the pree-ident described tho effect produced by We'sh singing in Riiuddlan Castlo on the occasion of a visit. by 1fr-s, Ormis ton Chant. Tho address was given by Mr. Nixon, who took for his subject "The unehangiy ablencss of Jesus Christ." In Jieu of a soloist, the members sang heartily "Oh. safe to the Rock that is higher than I." Mr E. J. R.a b'Y read the lesson, prayer being offered by tho vice- p-iesident. The musical arrangements were in the hands of Mr. R. Butterworth (organist) and Mr. G. Joneo (choirmaster) LOCAL ART SLT0CESSE3.—Candidates pre- pared by Miss A. Pyo for this year s examiiwt- t:ons of the Science and Art. Department, South KeJl,>ingion, have passed R.5 follows :lod..1 drawing: Marguerite E. Bayiey, 1st c'.atss. Drawing in light and shade: Mis.s" Marguerite g Bayley, 2nd cless Geometrical drawing: Miss Marguerite E. Bayley, 2nd clas-s. Free- hand drawing: Miss Marguerite E. Hay ley, Miss S. Hornby and Miss C. A. Williams, all 2nd cia/ss. Blackboard drawing: Miss M. E Rycroit, 1st c-a-s. the JYIii^sos M. A. l^aylcy, F. E. Howle. D. B. James. M. Lcwum. M. L Smith and I. Whallow aU 2nd class. A DANGEROUS' PRACTICE.—A cyclist named Clues. Aihnan, aged 23. of Clifton House, near Ncwcastlo-under-Lyne, mot with an unfortunate accident on the Paikgate-ioad, near Chester, on Saturday. He. was coasting along by catching hold of the rear of a motor- car, and haD t.ravdkd some distajioe when, in some unacoountable way. he was thrown from his machine. Ho bled profusely fiom the head and hands, and was removed in an unconscious condition to the Chestor Infirmary by the motorists He did not regain consciousness until !iloJJda" afternoon, but though still suffer- ing from tlio injuries to his head and hancU, hie condition is imnroving. CHESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY.—The fol- lowing is the return of the issue of books for the week ending August 25th, 1900:—Lending depart- ment: Religion and philosophy, 0; sociology, 5; arts, sciences, and natural history, 17 history. biography, geography and travels, 17; poetry and the drama, 0; prose fiction, 484; language and miscellaneous literature, 9 juvenile literature, 92; total, G2.1. Reference department Religion and philosophy, 0 sociology, 0; arts, sciences, and natural history, 22 history, biography geography and travels, 14 poetry and the drama, 0 encyclopaedias, dictionaries, etc., 21G; language and miscellaneous literature, 0; total, 252; combined total, 876; daily average (lending department), 125; daily average (reference department), 42 combined daily average, lht. FORBIDDEN FRUIT.—At an occasional Court held at Mr. Churton's office on Monday, before Mr. J. M. Frost and Mr. T. Wcollam, Mary Evans, an eldorly woman of no fixed abode, was charged with stealing 131b. of ap- ples the property of Messrs. Dicksons Limited. --Hariy Jones, employed at the Newton Nur- series, said lw was on duty ae a watchman on Saturday when he saw the prisoner picking apples off the trees. As soon as she saw wit- ness she started to pick the fruit off the floor. P.C, Whitby deposed to receiving the prisoner in custody and finding in her possession 131b. of apples. When charged with the offence she made no reply.—Sergeant Jackson said the prisoner was a native of Chester, and had been in trouble on previous occasions, recently ap- pea ring before the city magistrates on a charge of attempting to commit suicide. She came out of prison only a few days ago after serving fourteen days for larceny.—She was re- manded in custody until Saturdav. THE LIVERPOOL AND NORTH WALES A- D NOP?Tli WALES STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LTD.. announce the following amended sailings for their steamer La Maguerite on and after September 1st. La Marguemte will continue the daily "Ililigs up to and including Monday. 17th September, and returning at the following tin)cs:Nlenal Bri(]-(- 3.10 p.m., Bangor 3.20 p.m., Beaumaris 3.40 p.m., Llandudno 4.40 p.m., and due Liverpool 7 p.m. After La Marguerite finishes, the sail- ings will be taken up by the steamers St. Tudno or St. Elvies, leaving Liverpool 10.45 a.m. until 1st October, when the last trip of the season will take place. Afternoon excursions will take place on Satin days and Mondays until further notiice at 2 p.m. There are two more Anglesey trips announced, viz., 9.15 a.m. on Sunday, 9th September., and Wednesday, 12th September. These excursions have been very popular, and no doubt a large number will avail themselves of the closing trips. LAST OF THE PROMENADE CONCERTS. -Tho weekly band concerts in the Grosvenor Park concluded on Saturday, when the stand was occupied by the baud of the 2nd Earl of Chester's V.B. Cheshire Regiment, who dis- coursed the following ¡¡ejections :-March, "Seivad" (Anon); overture, '"Minerva" (Richard); selection, "Messenger Bo." (Caryl! and Monckton) gavotte, "Koing" (Roll) valse, "Undia Maris" (Margis) fantasia, "Happy Days in Dixie" (Bidgood); American sketch. "Down South" (Myddleton) regimental march; "God sa,ve tho King-" Throughout the season the attendance at these promenade concerts has been large, but, unfortunately, the public have not contributed as handsomely as they ought to haY0 done. Consequently the receipts have not met the expenditure, with the result that the deficiency will have to be met by a few inter- ested friends. The public owe a deep debt of gratitude to Col. Smith for the enterprising way he has arranged these concerts. A LUCKY TRAMP. Far-away Dundee was represented at an occasional court at Mr Churton's office, at Chester, on Tuesday' by a tall, well-built, and sun-burnt wan, named George Stephens, who was charged with sleeping out at Upton on Monday night. P.C. Allman said he found prisoner in an empty hut, situated in a field. On searching him he found Is. 5d. in his possession, and several cards of buttons, laces and pins.—The Magistrates' Clerk (Mr. Robinson) advised the Bench that .the charge of sleeping out "without visible means of subsistence" could not be proceeded with as prisoner had visible means. -Prisoner said he belonged to Dundee and had tramped south through Cumberland. Preston, and Liverpool. He intended to go on to Wrexham. The magistrates cautioned him. and allowed him to go on his promising to leave the town at once. Prisoner left the room scratching his rough head in an attempt to grasp the mysteries of the law which had led to his lucky escape from prison. I THE TATTENHALL SHOW.—The annual j dairy, hort-icukural. poultry and pigeon 6.how at Tattcnha-il will be ho.'d on Wednesday at the F-laeoa Fi?d, and promises to bo of unusual i rite re st. Spkndid entries in t.he cbef?c a,ud horticultural sections have been secured. The day's programme will condude with danc- ing in the. evening. Particulars appear in our advertisement columns. ASTON ESTATES TENANTRY.—On Fri- day, through the kindness of the Countess of Scarborough, mother of the heir to the Aston estates, situate at Wervin, Picton and Croughton, the whole of the cottage tenantry were presented with beautifully-made bun loaves and parcels of sweets. Mr. Emery, the resident agent, saw to the distribution, which, needless to say, was much appreciated by the children. SUCCESSFUL SCHOOLBOYS —Harold Wil- liams, a scholar at the Victoria-road British School. has just been awaided a scholars-hip at the King's School, while Kenneth Gordon and Thomas Dutton. also Brirish School boys, have won the only two Giosvemor sclioiarshaps awarded this yt,4ir at the TcchincaJ Schools to boys from tiro element-ajy <schooi!s of the city. QUEEN-STREET PS.A.— Mr. Osborne pre- sided on Sunday, when Councillor SaUVä.g(" of Wrexham, delivered a capital addiess on the subject "Christianity and Commerce." The soloist, Mis-s Wild, rendeied very Fweetiy the solos, "A rest in the Lord" and "'l'Îloe Angels Soug." Bio. Pugh read the scripture ]('&'O'Il, while Mr. Pulieri offe-ied player, Mr. Skeldon being organist. Bro. Nay lor also took part NATIONAL UNION OF SHOP ASSIST- ANTS.-A mass meeting of this body is announced to take place in the Music Hall on Monday next, at 8 p.m. The speakers include r. If. A. Seddon, M. P., and Miss Margaret Boudtield. The meeting should prove particularly interesting to all shop workers. Full particulars will be found in our advertisement columns. CORPORATION CRICKET POSTPONED. -It, will be remembered that, owing to the death of the ex-Mayor of Crewe, the cricket nuUoh between thü Corporations of ('rewo and Chester, which had been arranged by Council- lor C II. Pediev. was postponed. Now. owing to the fact t-iiat. many of the Ohes-ter councillor's are holiday-making in September, Councillor Dodd.. the Chewier captain, is unable to get his team togetlur, and he has written to Councillor Pedley postponing t-he match until next. season. ROYALTY THEATRE.—An excellent list of engagements has been arranged at the Royalty Theatre for the coming season, and local theatre- goers will have an opportunity of judging the merits of some ;of the latest London productions. They will include The Duchess of D-jntzic, "The Country Girl," "The Spring Cllidæn," "Belle of Mayfair," "The Cingalee, "The Toreador," Oliver Twist." "Peggy Machree, "The Walls of Jericho," and visits by those old favourites, the Compton Comedy Company, and Mr. and Mrs. Benson's Shakesperian repertoire. CHESHIRE G OOD TEM PLARS.—Tho quarterly session of the West Cheshire District of the Independent Older of Good Templars WlS held at Upper Brighton Oil &tlJlday.-TIH: O.C.T. (the Rev. H. II. AM well) undented an exeoi'ont report, in which he euioyised tlie work of the different branches, and advised all to wo: k strenuously on Indiaif of temperance. It was stated that then- were 970 adult and 529 juveni le members, making a total membership of 1,499. A successful meeting was afterwards held. MR. YERBURGHS HINT TAKEN.— The Board of Education, with a view to adapting the instruction in ruial schools to the needs of those who are destined to follow a country life, have issued an improved syllabus ""h:(;1I eO!lta.iI15 numerous commendable fea- tures. In the forefront of the subject-matter recommended for instruction in reading in rural schools, we are glad to observe, the Board plaec co operation and agricultural credit. This is a great victory for Mr. Ycrburgh, who has been hammering away for many years past at these subjects us be Jng two of the soundest remedies to be applied to a decaying agricul- ture. To Mr. Yerburgh's activities in this direc- tion our columns have borne voluminous testi- mony. He has shewn by cogent argument and by the iln,futable logic of facts that it is in the best, interest of farmeis, of all cultivators of the soil, in fact, large as well as small, to com- bine for their common benefit. By dint of united action they can obtain better terms from the public carriers of their goods as well as a better price for their wares, saving the expen- sive intervention of the middleman, and bene- fiting themselves and the staple industry of the country in a hundred minor ways. He has shewn also that agricultural credit banks per- form, a no less useful service, especially to the small farmer, by tiding him over a bad season, or by making a welcome advance to meet some unexpected and unavoidable mishap. With reference to our article on the work of the Urban Co-operative Banks Association of fast week. we hope to see that movement taking definite shape in this district before long. ANTI-YAOOINISTS AT CHESTER—An open-air meeting was held on the Market Square on Monday evening in connection with a cru- sade whieii the Nafxmal Anti-Vaccination League is conducting throughout. the country. Mr. Geo. Jepson presided over a emit 11 attend- ance In a few introductory remarks the Chair- man described the question as a very vexed one. and argued that people submitted to vaccination very often not because their children received any special benefit, but because they did not care about appearing before the magistrates. Vaoc,nation, he admitted, was not compulsory, but the conscient ious objection clause was a farce. Fiequent.ly the applicant was submitted to great inconvenience, insults and imtation, and was called upon to pay the court costs.— Mr John H. Bonner, of Leicester, gave a kvngtby addoss exp'anatorv of the objects of the league, the Vaccination Act and t.he way it was administered. The vaccination question he considered one of the gicat social questions of tho day. All they wished to do was to bring about, a reform to prevent, at the expense of the public. compul-lorv vaocinat.on. which was t pH :IC. compu !'Ory Y8C"C)nat. on. w ,° ,J¡ was polluting the blood of the nation. Their mis- sion was levelled against vaccination being paid for out of the poor law fund They did not object to people be ng vaccinated, but the per- sons who submitted to it ought to pay the costs themselves. Narurc. he contended, provided j prope.r eafe-guards against small-pox and other infectious diseases without, the aid of vaccina- tion. Such diseases were to be picvenfed by cleanliness and efficient sanitation. Having dealt with the disastrous consequences of vaccin ation. he stated that it wa.s not right that vaocin- ation ,Iioiild bo forced down the throats of the people with the aid of the law. Other speakers also addressed the meeting. THE DUKE'S AFRICAN ESTATE. — Under the heading of "A Peer with Possibili- ties," the "Daily Dispatch" of Monday publishes an article- on the Duke of Westmin- ster's South African colonisation scheme, which contains some amazing jnaceuracic.e Two sentences, says the Chester Courant," will suffice to indicate the hopeless mora-ss of misrepresentation into which the [ writer has stumbled:—"His Grace, who is one of the richest peers in the kingdom, intends to amass yet another fortune by his fauns in South Africa. A far-seeing young man. he realised, when the war was over. that that, was the time to buy up the land, and then and there ac- quired the immense tracts which are now being farmed under his gtildliice." This is the re- turn which his Grace receives for his patriotic endeavour to people a district of the Orange River Colony with English yeoman farmeis. After the late South African war it was gener- ally recognised that the best guarantee for se- curing the future tranquility of that region was by the infusion of a large proportion of Briti8h blood into the new colonies, especially in the rural areas, where the Dutoh clement pre- ponderates, and it was with the view of pLantin.g British farmers on the South African soil that the Duke of Westminster conceived the idea of acquiring an estate there. Nothing was further from his intention than the idea of money- making by the venture; in point of fact, con- sidering the exceedingly liberal conditions upon which the new scttJere enter their holdings, the scheme cannot be viewed as anything in the nature of a lucrative investment. To speak, therefore, of his Grace's intending to "amass yet another immense fortune" by his South African farms is not only wide of tho mark, but is an ungenerous criticism, upon aji undertaking which was taken up from the highest motives of patriotism.
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All the First Prize Dairies, including the Duke of Westminster's Special Prize of a Silver Cup, value £10. 100., for the best Exhibit in the Show, were purchased by Messrs. Thompson, Son and Clemence. Cheesemongers and ramily Provision Merchants. 10. Northgat-e-street; John Griffiths. 17, Easigatc-street; 16, Foregate-strcet, and Market Hall, Chester. THE BEST MOTHERS. —It is said that tho best mothers generally miss a great deal of happiness Late and early she is for ever putting this or that to rights, and always too busy to bother about her own needs. More fresh air, rest, and a little refreshment between meals is indispensable. The King's physician says that simple Currant Bread (White or Hovis), if eaten daily, provides the most nourishing and satisfying food imaginable. RUTHIN SHOW.-All the prize money awarded at the Denbighshire and Flintshire Agricultural Society's Show held at Ruthin, on Thursday, August 23rd, has been paid, except in the dog section, and this cannot be paid until the expiration of three weeks after the show. CHESHIRE AGRICULTURAL SHOW.— The Champion Prize Cheese and most of the First Prize D-airios, including the Duke of Westminster's Speoial Prize of a Silver Cup for the best Cheese in the Show, were purchased by Messrs. Thompson. Son &Clemenoe, Cheeeefactors and Provision Merchants, 10 Northgaet-Btreet, i 17, Bafitgate-street, 16, Foregate-street, and 1, Market Hall, Chester.
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MAZAWATTEE TEA MAZAWATTEE TEA MAZAWATTEE TEA MAZA W ATTEE TEA Recalls the delicious Teas of 30 years ago Sold by all GroerL
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EMM——B—BPWG—EGBS—PBMAKGA«M8»AS«U*. ■ ■ KITCHEN RANGES, GRATES & MANTELPIECES. These are a Speciality with us. A LA RGB AND COMPLETE STOCK TO SELECT FROM Range-, and Grates Fixed it desired hyour own men. ANDREW STOIIRAR & CO. (R. F. BUXIXGS & R. A. SQUIBB, Partners), MANUFACTURING IRONMONGERS, CHESTER. TurjEriiONE 0613. J. T. MILNE. BRIDGE INN, TARVIN ROAD, CHESTER, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT. ALE & STOUT BOTTLER. BASS'S PALE ALE. i PINTS. 2j. PY-R DOZRN. GUINNESS'S EXTRA STOUT, i PlN'l'S. 1/10" II PINTS (SCREW STOPPERS). BASS'S PALE ALE 3/6 PrR DOZEN. GUINNESS'S EXTRA STOUT 3 3 „ BIRKENHEAD BREWERY CO S DINNER ALE 2/6 FAMILY ALES, IN G. 9 & 18 GALLON CASKS, FROM 1/. PER GALLON. WHEN YOU BUY TEA, BUY THE BEST! So. as a Good Housewife you will insist upon being served with MAYPOLE TEA AT 1/6 Å lJB., THERE ARE ALSO Reliable "Maypole" Blends at: 1/1, 1/2 and 1/ ALL FULL WEIGHT OF TEA. "'If" D C. MAYPOLE DAIRY CO., LIMITED, 8, WATERGATE STREET, CHESTER. OVER 470 BRANCHES Now OPEN. LOOK OUT for Opening of another MAYPOLE BRANCH on Friday! Next at 81, BROOK STREET. I JOHN pOWER & SON'S I Old Irish Pot Still WliisUy, 10 YEARS OLD. 42/- PER DOZ. GEORGE BARLOW, THE OLD WINE VAULTS," BRIDGE STREET, CHESTER.
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LOCAL & GENERAL NOTES. 1 I LOCAL & EERALNOTE8. Yet another of the Chester Unionist Women's picnics, that of St. John's Ward, has been favoured with unsurpassable weather. The river trip to Eccleston and Eaton on Wednes- day was held under sunshine conditions that fulfilled the most exact.ing expectations. As on the occasion of the other outings, the ar- rangements, perfcit in themselves, were carried out without, a. hitch, and the exclusion will be remembered by the hundreds who participated as one of the most enjoyable in their experi- ence. Not the least agreeable feature of the day's doings was the arrival of Mr. Yerburgh, who had travelled fiom Scotland specially to judge horses at the Cheshire Show and to attend this gathering of his women friends. That the Unionist Women's Association is already a power in the city has been shewn by the thice recent municipal elections, where three notable victories have been scored. Mr. Yerburgh also expressed the belief that the as-oeiation was capable of doing a good service for the Unionist cause Imperially, and he was venturing on no exageration, when he stated that, had that Women's Association been in existence before the last General Election, the result of the content last January would have been very different. Pioceeding in trenchant stylo to discuss the Radical allegation of ex- travagance against the lat-e Unionist Adminis- tration, Mr. Yerburgh asked how it was, if the Unionists had been spending too much money, if the country could not afford to go on as it had been doing, that the Radicals could pretend it was good policy for them to vote handsome salaries to themsel ves. It is a significant fact that every Radical memucr pre- sent in the. House of Commons when that, motion was put voted for it, while some of them said it was not enough and they wanted more. Another rather singular aspect of this ques- tion is that the present Ministry pose a" being a Government of mandates. For every con- ceivable fad under the face of the sun the sup- porters of the present Administration profess to have received a. mandate from the country, yet there arc few members of the House of Commons at the present moment who can say that they included in their election addresses a proposal to pay themselves a salary of JS500 a year. If the voters of Chester, who have been beguiled into voting for Mr. Mond had known before the polling da.y that payment of members would form an item in the Radical programme, they would have preferred to vote for Mr. Yerburgh, who states plainly that he would be no party to voting himself a salary. The system of paying electors for their votes has been stopped long a.go as a corrupt practice. If a voter is proved to have received even a. shilling or a pint of ale for his vote, a tremend ous fuss is made, and an election j>et.ition is lpdged, a thousand pounds being staked on the issue. It is, therefore, a curious satire on our Corrupt Practices Act that, while a. humble voter may not accept a pint of beer for his vote, a wealthy member of Parliament may vote himself a salary of C300 a year out of the pockets of the poor taxpayer. Mr. Yerburgh. in this connection, mentioned an interesting fact. Many years ago, it appears, he asked a question in the House of Commons on this very point, and he found that as a matter of law no member of Parliament oould claim wages from his constituents, although the constituencies are at liberty to pay wages to their members, if they choose. Mr. Yerburgh offered an excellent suggestion to the people of Chester, namely, to ask the present member, who has voted for a salary for himself, to test the legality of the present situation, by asking the electors of the city to pay the salary. Mr. Mond's apologists are never tired of boasting of his fabulous wealth—it is amusing to ob- serve the devout Ma.mmon worship in which the robust Radical indulges—and it would be interesting to note how the hard-working sons of toil in our midst would relish the idea of paying a sixpence or a shilling a week to help Mr. Mond to pay his cost of living in the hardships of London. The important appointment of Co!. Cotton- j Jodrell on the staff of the Director of Auxiliary Forces will give the greatest satisfaction through- out Volunteering circles in Cheshire. Than Colonel Cotton-Jodrell there is no one kttcI" i capable of undertaking this responsible work, and no 0110 whose heart is, so deeply absorbed in the welfaro of the Volunteer service. Since he concluded a successful career in the Army, he ha. done splendid service n.s commander of the Crewe Volunteer Engineers. C' The appointment of Dean Stublw to the Sec of Truro has a special interest in the diocese of Chester, with which his family name has a distinguished association. Born in 1845. the new Bishop is dosoended from the same York- shire stock as the late Bishop Stabbs, of Oxford, the former Bishop of Chester. i The old city was unexpectedly honoured this week hy a visit from Lord and Lady Roberts. The gallant Field-Marshal has been oil a motor- car tour in North Wales with Lady Roberts, visiting Llangollen and Bet-t-ws-y-cocd. They diovo into Oi tester on Wednesday, and stayed the night at the Grosvenor Hotel, leaving next manning by motor-car for Scotland Lord Roberts, who looked as fit as any man in his wils by the passc.s-by, and there was no demons; ration. Seldom has tlie historic Roodee bee*) the scene of so great an assembly of I!o! day ci v? d s as on cdnesday at the Cheshire Agricultural Show. Favoured by pN"fcct summer weather, the occ: 'on was a huge success in every tc?p?ct. both the volume of exhibits and the attendance of visitors eclipsing even last year's splendid rc- cord. There can be no doubt of the wisdom of the society's policy ill making Ch<#ler the "home of their annual show for five years, and the good fortune which has attended their enterprise at Chester ought to amply convince them that the county town offe.-s the best permanent head- quarters they can find. The Corporation, the tradesmen and the citizens 111Y be re.1ie,d upon to give the show their support, no better assur- ance of which can be given than the fact that its former visits to tin.' old city have on every oeca-s'an been a distinct success. Might not the sceictyin future consider the advisability of ex- tending their show over two days" Mr. Robert Yerburgh, whose inteiest in our picniior industry is well known, officiated as a. judge of hiintets. "Notwithstanding his many ,t,i I d varied interests in public affaiis. Mr. Yer- burgh lias found time to cultivate a practical acquaintance with agriouitinui life in itg differ- ent phases lhat comparatively fow can boast. No one, perhaps, more thoroughly understands the requirements of farmers. Speaking at the public JundwoiJ on the showground, lie empha- sised the importance of the cooperative principle in farming, which has liecri adopted with such successful IesUIts in many parte of the country. It is not too much to say that, but for Mr. Yer- bargil's persistent advocacy of that principle, the fanners of chis country wouid not now Le teaping t.h<' b?ncnts th?y enjoy und?r thc pie- sent system of combination lor trade purposes. We regret, to obseivo that the member foT Cre.we should have se zed occasion in his speech at the show luncheon to allude to a subject of political controversy. Mr. Tomkiuson cannot be. complimented upon the taste he displayed. a.nd lies political remarks were not welcomed by his audience, if we may judge by the way in which they were- received. Complaints have been made to its that the prize-money offered in the horticultural section was proportionately in excess of that given in the hois:* and cattle section, and the wisdom of such disparity is naturally questioned Such a question raises nice points of comparison be- tween the different sections. We find fiom the catalogue that a first prize, of £10 and a total offer of £ 21 wore allotted to one cJsss in the horticultural .section, namely, that for groups of miscellaneous plants. Chi the otJHr hand, £ 6 for the 1st prize and a lotal of £ 12 were offered for agricultural brood imuvs with foa-le at, foot- For a-:ricukumt breed mares foaled prior to 1P03 the tint priz? was £ 5 and the total award ?9. For hackney bro<xi man'? in foal or with foal at f<x?t. tun?' 'l't! only two p:i?<t<. one of £ 5 and one?f £ 3. The Tarporley Hunt Club, lKl"H'Hr'l offer prizes of LIO, L5 and J?2 in two cia&ses. one for hunteir brood mares and the other far foals by "Johnny Morgan." It is impossible to strike any real comparison between brood mares and plants, because they have nothing in (x)rittiion. itidg(-,d on it.s merits, a winning group of plants is none too highly prized at EIO, It must occupy a space of twelve foet by nine foct,. the exhibits ate. drawn from the best ganlcl and houses in the country, a.nd each individual plant is valuable. In addition to that, the artistic skill of tlle gardeners is tested to tlie utmost in the. arrangement of trie exhibits, a.ud the "triumphs of ingenuity displayed on Wednesday make it. hard W begrudge the offt i-ed rewards. The fact that the Isorticiiltnial section is controlled by a special local commit- tee. and not by the general exwuthe commit tee of the society accounts for any disparity in the allotted prize-money. Without reference to this section, however, t here is just ificat-ion for criticism of the amount of the priy.es offered in important horse and cattle classes, and Mr. Yer- burgh. himself a judge, pointed this out at the luncheon. He remarked that if they wished to enicourage farmers to keep t heir brood mares in cciiiit.fv. t-lien, must offer them handsome prizes when they exhibited animals. The flp- p'ause which followed shews that th-c &uhj,t is in is -,oiii-L, ;it-,d it will no doubt recei ve the consideration of the com- mi ttee. Mr. Edward Arthur, a member of the well known firm of Cook and Arthur, bont proprietors at the Groves, Chester, enjoys the distinction of having .vaved no f-C\l than twenty-two per- SOli" from drowning in the Dee. his ia,tf><>t mcllü having lieeu performed Oil Sunday As Mr. Ar- thur is still a young man of about thirty, no limit can be set to his future usefulness in this heroic role, but people are beginning to wonder when the Royal Humane Soc,;<"tv win take notice- of his unique record. Up to the picsent he has rc>civ.,d no recognition of Jli courageous conduct., and we are glad to loam that a move- ment is afoot for securing some suitable ac- knowledgment from the Humane Society. The ;tssocia1.i;;iJ, we know, are rather chary of award- ing their coveted medal, and rightiy so but this is a case that should not be met with one of their honorary parchments Mr. Arthur ought to receive the medal of the society, which he has? earned so richly. As an expert waterman, Mr Arthur is equally at home on or in the water, and when he cannot reach a struggling human being with a boat, ho docs not hesitate to plunge into the river to the rescue. This latter course he took on Sunday, with happy results. It may not occur to the non-aquatic mind that it is no small personal inconvenience as well as risk to take a dip in the Dee fully clad Be the swimmer never so skii- ful, he is certain of ruining a suit of clothes and of damaging his watch, besides the probability of contracting a. chili. The Royal Humane I Society exists largely for the express purpose of recognising courageous actions of this da" and the local public will lie givvit-ly disappointed if they do not come forward readily with their medal to this lilucky son of C-estria. Mr. W. E. Meek, of 109. Park street, Den- mark-road. Ohorlton-on Medlock, Manchester, wrote as follows to Mr. Arthur:Aug. 29. Dear sir,—Referring to your p)u?y rescue from drowning of a little boy in the rivm Dee 01111 Sunday laat, I learn ft?m the Press t.!?t the matter is to be brought to th-c notice of the Royal Humane: Society. May I state that niv- self and party witnessed your brave and gallant' conduct throughout, and any assistance we oan rwider you or too persons in Chester who are: taking the mutter up with the Humane Society ■ will be most willingly given? Such heroio deeds! ano undertaken without a thought of penzoaial risk, and should not be lefit uiinotioed or for- gotten by a grotejjjj) oublia" Cestri-ans will have observed with interest the new car which has been running on the tram- ways during the last- few days. It ha-s been pur- chased by the Corporation, and specially built to their specifications for the purpose of experi- ment. in view of the addition to the rolling stock which will be necessary on the completion of the Boughton extension. Having no upper deck, this ca. is so constructed as to require no conductor, and a further economy is claimed for it in respect to its consumption of current. It is said, indeed, to require only three-quarters the amount of current that is used by the or- dinal j" car. Another advantage which it. seeing to possess is a system of control so perfect a-s to reduce liability of failure to the lowest pos- S'ih'e minimum. Fifteen miles an hour is the maximum speed piovided, and this cannot be exceeded even on strep gradients. The great objection urged against the demi- car is that if the driver, being the sole man in charge, were to becon?t incapaeitakd suddenh whi)c on duty, an accident would be inevit?hie. Th'? !>Coms to be overcome, however, by the provison of an ingenious brake system for 9uc.h an emeigency. By lifting up a. bar which blocks the entrance to the (--a, while in motion, any passenger immediately can bring it to a standstill. On Monday the chairman and member of the Tramways Committee had a trial run oil the new ca., to Saitncy and I Kick. Mr. Ra worth, the son of the patentee, being the driver. The efficacy of this brake wa.s then tested with success. Whiie the car was running at full speed along Hough Green, it was stopped within its own length. In a few towns the demi-car has been found convenient and economical for use when fotiii-ci c-cnvciilc.-iit tiid (,oi?o,i!cal fr)r use the is not lai-gt?. Its is liti?ill, twenty passengers. When the new ear is pat into public service in our streets, the Tramway Committee will be able to decide whether ve- hicles of th same type will meet the require mcnts of the Boughton route. A contemporary publishes a statement that owing to the fall of one shilling per sack in flour dining August, reductions in the price of bread have been made in certain towns. Our repre- sentative. making inquiries among local bakers, finds no sign of cheaper bread in Chester. Ihe books of a well-known baker shew that flour has not varied in price at all since the first week in Februaiy. It now stands at 27s. a sack, and according t-o the standard the 41b. loaf costs s'x- prneo for the best quality and fivepence for the household bread. Flour must fall from one shilling to eightee.npence a sack before any ic- duet.ions wi'! be made loe:Civ. Bakers corn plain that they have every reason for keening up prices, because lIeadv a 11 the best customers a: e on holidays, and they arc selling very little bread The obvious conclusion to be drawn this is that Big Loaves do not come in with Radical Governments.
ICHESTER SALMON PISHING. -_▲
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I CHESTER SALMON PISHING. ▲ I REVIEW OF THE SEASON. Net fishing for salmon in the Dee fishery (Es. trict closed yesterday (Friday) at midnight. It cannot be said that the season btts been pros- peious, although a few boats have done very well. The large majority of tho fishermen have received little reward for their labours. "Luck" in fishing is generally evenly distributed, for although a few may mako. large catches at first, they have. their bad times, and aio no tetter off tlian their fellows in 1 lie end. This year luck has been most irregular, and tuic season has proved poor. A redeeming feature was the grilse harvest, which yielded well, considering the low and very unfavourable state of the water. Tliere has also been a better supply of sea trout than has been seen in the Dee for a number of years It is always regarded as a heaithv sign to have a large stock of grilse, and it is doubtful whether the Dee has been so well favoured in this par- ticular for some years. All that was required was a flood or a little fresh water in the rivei during the grilse ha-rvesi but it occurred just at a time when tho river was very low. Conse- quently. the grilse and other migratory fisii turned back oil moet-ing the numerous pollutions of the water. It is difficult to see why the Dt-e should not improve and regain its old, cliaracte-ristie pro- ductivejiess. Everything in the way of hatch- ing and feeding fry is being carried out year by year. Last year, we aie informed, over 25,000 ycarliltg salmon wore turned in from the Fisliery Board's fry pools, and the average size was from three to five inches Although this is not a great number compared with what the stock of a river really is. it is appreciable. Even if only five per cent of the number of fry were to survive, and afterwards ascend the river as grilse or salmon, that. in Itsklf would be a considerable item in relation to the number of fish that are being taken out of the Deo an- nually. Many good salmon rivers lx>th in Eng- land and Scotland have been ruined entirely by pollution, and the D<(!, is likely to share the same fate unless drastic measures are taken. The fresh water that tho river has received during the last. fortnight has freshened it con- siderably. and a gr<>at number of sea trout, and a few grilse and a salmon or two. have gone up to the salmon casts in the middie waters of the Dee, and have afforded some sport. If the water keeps fre-sh for a few days after the net fishing season closes, som good augling is to be anici, pa,ed from Bangor-ixy-eoed to Llangollen.
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WESLEYAN METHODISM. I NEW LOCAL MINISTERS. The annual appointments of ministers in tho., Wceleyan Method 1st Chuich were announced on Thursdav, and these involve some 800 changes tli rougbout the oounfcry. The new junior at Cne^ter is Percy H. Simpson, who hai just been ordained at the end of his four years1 probation. lIe hE spent two years in the Sus- sex Mission, and comes from London (Totten- ham). where he has spent the la-st two years. He follows William A. Prune! removed to the Bradford (Eastbrouk) Mission. The new second at. Tarporley is John R. Langstaff, who comes from Bingham. He has previously been at Spennymoor and Loughborough, and two ycars on supply since leaving college in 1895. lie succeeds Heffield G. Wilkinson, who has gone to the B ngh:im Circuit in Mr. LangrtafFi place.
¡GERMAN GYPSIES AT CHESTER.
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¡ GERMAN GYPSIES AT CHESTER. I OBJ ECT TO CAMERAS. Another band of the German gypsies who arw being escorted from county to county through- out. the country psussed through Chester on Thursday. It is o:i y a few weeks since the first- baud was escorted through the city, and it is probable that these lak-r ones are endeavour- ing to caldl up to tll" firm band. The itinerants on Thursday were handod over on HooLoioad to the Chester police, who acemopaniod thorn through the city. The gypsies travelled in four vans, and during their passage through thr streets they bogged from pfdestrians. On tht Wiexham-io-r.d when tho band was being tiana ferred again to the county police, an amusing incident occurred. An amateur photographer was innocently snapsbo tt iug the party, w heal ho was ruddy set upon by several men. who bran- dished sticks and attempted to smash th camera. They were evidently under the impres sictti that the photographer should pity them fo' tlie. privilege of securing tlieir picture. Nothing serious occurred. 1 jowever, though the camera man secured more striking plxxographs than lie anticipated, as his instrument, recorded the rici raising their sticks to attack him
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HORSE KILLS ITS GROOM. A -r SAD WAVERTON ACCIDENT. The West CJbeshjre Coron; r Mr. J. C. Bat-M held aji inquest at Wavciton mi Wednesday evening touching the dea-tn of Wm. Reece Wool ley, 20 years of age, who was employed as a groom by Mr. Wilson Williams, of Rowton. Win. Woollev. a foreman platelayer living at Vicar's Cross, Chester, identified the body as that of his son. Allen Wilson Williams said the deceased had been in his employment as a groom for about two years About 5.55 p m. on Tuesday he took one of witness'' horses out for exorcise*, and the next he hoard of Wool bey was that he was dead. Win Bennett, an ex-superintendent- of the Birkenhead Borough Police, who resides near Egg" Bridire. W avcrton, said that about 6.15 on Tuesday eveninc he was sitting in the garden | opposite his house, when he saw the dec-ea.soo riding past on horseback. The horse was very restive, and when nesar witness garden it plnng-txl a.nd began to gallop. Dec-eased tried to pull the animal in. and it swerved into tho middle of the road, and both the horse and rider came down. Deceased attempted to rise, but again foil. Witness went to deceased's assist- anoe. but found him unconscious. He removed him into his summer house, and sent for Dr. Giffen, of Chester, but when the medical gentle- ma.n arrived death had ensued. Deceased had been iuiconscious tlie whole of the time, and died from a fracture of the b-ase of the skull. Tlie jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death.