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THE DAY'S DOINGS. ASSOCIATION LIGHT YOUR LAMPS. To-night 6.26 6.25 'To-morrow night BUFFETED BY THE HURRICANE. THREE LIFEBOATMEN DROWNED. Lloyd's Plymouth steamer message dated transport says from Havre to Newport in balthe British Panama, last, previously of reported, the has now Government arrived tugs in the Sound in tow Industrious and She reporte that all her propellor blades were stripped off, and she lost an anchor.
While the lifeboat was passing the hawser to the tug the The lifeboat capsized, drowning three men. is remainder were saved. The steamer DOW anchored in the Sound. THE IMPECUNIOUS VICAR. CHARGE FRAUD ADDED TO CHARGES Norton OF Malton on Thursday, the Rev.
MISAPPROPRIATION. James I Whittam, vicar of Sherburn, was further charged under the Debtors Act with obtaining £72 by false pretences from H. Passmore, a money-lender, of London. The alleged that in applying for a Joan prosecutor defendant represented he had a private income and 1 that his 1 liabilities only amounted to £160, whereas at Scarborough Bankruptey Court he admitted he had no £1,600. private means and his liabilities were over MAJOR DUTTON'S DIVORCE SUIT.
CO-RESPONDENT PLEADS AN ALIBI. The Dutton divorce suit was resumed in the Divorce Court on Thursday. Mr. J. E.
Cheese, a clerk in the employment of co-respondent, gave evidence to corroborate Mr. Clark as to his. business occupying him and being away was on holiday on certain dates when he alleged to have three visited occasions Mrs. when Dutton. Mrs.
Dutton called at Witness to the office about business matters. On neither occasion was Mr. Clark there. Counsel respondent said he did not propose to call any witnesses. LIBEL ACTION AGAINST AN M.P.
ONE FARTHING DAMAGES. The hearing of an action for damages for alleged brought by Mr. Victor Bridgman against Mr. Alan H. Burgoyne, M.P., was concluded in King's Bench on Thursday.
In a letter to the Westminster Gazette Mr. Burgoyne was said to have imputed that plaintiff had been guilty of breach of confidence which defendant gave him, that he had made unauthorised use of a letter which defendant wrote, and that he had made use of it by way of bolstering up a life-saving device of his own. Defendant admitted writing the letter in question, which related to a life-saving raft invented by the plaintiff, but denied it was defamatory. In the end the jury found for plaintiff with one farthing damages. Mr.
Hawke asked for judgment for plaintiff. Mr. Marshall Hall. for defendant. suggested this was a case in which parties should pay their own costs.
Mr. Justice Lush said he would hear arguments on the subject on Friday, The death took place in Huntingdon Workhouse on Thursday of Rhoda Payne, aged 104. She had been an inmate for thirty years. She was a spinster. THREE YEARS FOR MANSLAUGHTER.
Charged at Stafford Assizes on Thursday with the murder of Frederick Leonard Bunting, a prominent footballer and ericketer, in November last, Josiah Humphries (42), labourer, was found three guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to years' penal servitude. The prosecution alleged the prisoner, after an altercation, knocked deceased down and stole his watch and chain. Bunting died from a fractured skull. Prisoner pleaded protracted feeble health, but the Judge said he had been convicted six times for assaulting workhouse officials and a policeman. CLYDE SHIPBUILDERS' STRIKE.
'The Clyde engineers' strike is assuming serious aspect. The trouble over the demand for 2d. per hour increase has spread to four large firms- Wear's, Catheart and Beardmore's, Fairfield, and Brown's shipbuilding yards. Members of the men's executive from London arrived in Glasgow on Thursday with an Admiralty representative, and the whole situation is to be discussed at a mass meeting. Important work may be delayed through the strike, but earnest appeals are being made for an early settlement.
An application by the allied shipyard trades for an advance of wages will come before a grand conference at Newcastle on Tuesday next. Fluctuations under the shipyard agreement must be of a fixed amount, five per cent. piece rates and 1s. week or a farthing per hour time rates. The signatories to the agreement include every shipyard trade except the engineers, and who work under a separate agreement, the federated area includs almost every shipyard in Britain.
THE PRINCE'S FUND. The National Relief Fund on Thursday reached of £4,660,000. AGED 104. CHELTENHAM BOARD OF. GUARDIANS.
The weekly meeting of the Board of Guardians was held on Thursday. Present: Mr. W. F. Hicks Beach, J.P.
(chairman), Ald. W. A. Baker, J.P. (vice-chairman), Mrs.
Jordan, Miss Roberts, and Miss Rowbotham, Miss Gwynne Hughes, Mesers. Brookes, Bond, J. E. Bendall, Barnett, Dodwell, Nott, Parker, Pates, Pratt, Pratley, Powell, Steel, Sewell, Taylor, Weaver, Westeott, and Yeend. The number of inmates WaS 404, corresponding week last year 413.
The number of casuals admitted during the week was 43, corresponding week last year 27. Gifts of a rocking horse from Mrs. Townshend, 2 Catherine-villas, Old Bath-road; magazines from Mrs. Brown, 18 Windsorstreet, and Mrs. Price, 14 Brunswick-street, St.
Paul's; and books, from Cavendish House were acknowledged with thanks. Miss Ida Wilson, of Westal, wrote resigning her post as librarian of the Union library. She did this with regret as she had been connected with the work for 16 years; but her father's continued illness entailed her being much at home. She suggested Miss Schuster, of The Park, as her successor, and enclosed a statement that of the grant of £5 made by the Board for books, £2 8s. 3d.
remained. The library was now over full, and it would be well to weed out some of the contents and obtain fresh. The Chairman propos acceptance of Miss Wilson's resignation, with an expression of gratitude for her work. This was agreed to, and the Board appointed Miss Schuster as librarian, and asked the lady Guardians to assist in selecting new books. A conversation took place as to the supplies of cheese and butter.
Mr. Pates roundly declared that these commodities were not fit to eat; he had tasted them and it made him feel "quite Bond and Mr. Pratley joined in these denunciations, complaints -The Master said there had been no about the butter from either the officers or the inmates, though the cheese was hardly up to Dodwell remarked that he, too, had tasted the butter (which was salt butter), and he could not wish for better. The cheese, he agreed, was unsatisfactory. Parker of remarked cheese that he which well remembered the sample upon the contract was chosen.
It was such nice cheese, he remembered, that he had a second go Chairman facetiously suggested that such at it, and made quite a disclosure of feasting would scandalise this stage forth in the the work- disthe cussion. Mr. Pratley went to house pantry and returned with small portions of the butter and cheese for the Chairman's judgment. Mr. Hicks Beach proceeded taste (Mr.
Pratley standing by with A to glass of water in case of accident), be not and solemnly pronounced the butter to Westcott supported this verdict, considering the butter not was resolved to complain to the cheese conbut no action was taken as to the tractor; butter. Nothing further of interest transpired. FOR FOREIGN connection with Missionary the juvenile Society connected with Wesley branches of the Wesleyan and Swindon-road, two very interesting meetings were held in Wesley Schoolroom The on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. entire programme was sustained by the collectors from the two churches, consisted of and of three tableaux representing phases feature foreign of each meeting was The building missionary work. The principal of a missionary in which about 40 of "the collectors took part, one each representing some part of the illustrating make-up of the a each part, and its application to the modern car, and by speech use of foreign missions.
From the intelliof work gent the way idea, it was evident that each in which they entered into the spirit of perrealised the importance of each one former thei to help the missionary cause. doing lit is due to Miss Bence, Miss Great ere and Miss Cheeseright for the in which each tableaux was Mansfield, splendid presented. The chair was taken on Tuesday way by by Miss Mr. Percy Nellie Hayman, Thorndale, and on the certificates and Wednesday the collectors by Mrs. A.
Brunt presented to H. Smith. Each evening the and room Rev. was Percy well filled with most appreciative audiences THE WAR. FROM PAGES 1 AND 3.3 THIS AFTERNOON'S COMMUNIQUE.
MORE PROGRESS. ENEMY'S SERIOUS LOSSES. THE FRENCH MILITARY, HEAD. QUARTERS IN Paris, Thursday, 3 p.m. From the sea to the Oise there ie nothing to report.
During the night it is confirmed that the lucky coup de main which us masters of two lines of German trenches north of Arras (north-west of Rochincour) inflicted serious losses on the We captured a mortar and several enemy. hundred bombs. In the valley of the 'Aisne, in the sector Rheims, there was artillery fighting, in which our batteries assumed a clear advantage. In Champagne, in the region of Perthes, the ground taken yesterday and the day before was retained. Among the numerous 17 there were officers and men of prisoners which we made on February the Sixth and Eighth Army Corps of the active army and of the Seventh, Tenth, and Twelfth In the Argonne we also maintained Army Corps of the reserves.
our gains in the Bois de la Grurie (south of Fontaine-aux-Armes). We also made progress. in the region Bourevilles on Hill No. 263. Our success between the Argonne and the Meuse, reported in yesterday evening's made us masters of a wood south the Bois de Cheppy.
We also won depth of four hundred metres north de Forges. All these gains were mainMalancourt, and about as much south tained. From the Meuse to the Vosges there nothing to report. THE BLOCKADE. GERMAN CONFIDENCE IN THE RESULT.
ALL BRITISH SHIPS TO BE SUNK IN THREE WEEKS. Copenhagen, Wednesday the Gerreports to-day state that German people are certain that the new war against British shipping to be commenced to-morrow, lead directly to a decisive result of entire war' in Germany's favour. The enormous general confidence in German submarines is simply fantastic. All the Germans expect to see every merchant ressel bound for England stopped within three weeks. The newspapers have worked up people to a state of tension not known before during the war by proclaiming that the employment of any means is justified against England.
The English assertion that the German blockade proclamation is only bluff has made Germans still more furious. Neutral ships ought not to take the matter easily," the naval authorities, because this dead earnest." The German Minister at Christiania clared in an intervew that the dangers threatening neutral ships in the war zone cannot be regarded seriously enough. Germany, after Feb. 18, can give neutral shipno guarantee whatever since England decided to Ay neutral flags. That neutral ships are painted with national colours make no difference.
English ships may similarly painted, and the only way to be to keep out of the war zone. The German Minister stated that German mines would be place all round the English -Central News. DIVERSION OF TRADE. It is stated at Cardiff that as a result investigations of the Advisory Committee the Board of Trade on Congestion, a siderable amount of tonnage is about to directed from London and Liverpool. Chartering has been less active at Cardiff, and coal market the turn of comparative quietness is attributed to disinclination traders to await the outcome of the man blockade threat.
AMERICAN PRESS COMMENT. New York, the course of editorial article dealing with Sir Edward Grey's reply to the American protest garding delays in shipping, the Tribune friendly in tone, and adds: We do says the reply is entirely reasonable challenge the free right of search or pretty large discretion on the part of Great Britain declaring what is and what is not traband. It wi'l probably be conceded most Americans that the fact of Germany taking control of all food supplies eliminates the normal destination between food intended for the German armed forces and food tended for the civil population. All food well become contraband under such The journal says that all the United Government asks is the cutting of red and the prevention of undue delays through search. The "Tribune" continues: The issue not a major one like Germany's war proclamation.
In Britain's case we are ing with a Power which believes that tions affecting neutral rights will be within the scope of existing international lawe." Referring to the date when the war-zone comes into force. the Tribune says So The Day dawns at last, and a phase of the great war is entered upon. is a phase which brings the war closer to neutral nations than ever before. must face certain risks on the high which neutrals never faced before, but will not be intimidated into surrendering their rights. With that certainty in the nation which risks most in the unprecedented naval operations which are now ginning is The World declares that Britain's reply is particularly friendly tone, and that the facts quoted will impress the reader with the truth of the assertion that no effort is being spared to avoid able injury to neutral interests.
GERMAN PRESS COMMENT. 'Amsterdam, Thursday. The Gazette," commenting Wilson's on the German that Persident Note, says German point of view could not be explained in a more serious and at the same time ciliatory way. The Note meets the States views to the utmost by advising convoy of mercantile vessels by war On the other hand, the Note leaves no as to Germany being firmly determined defend herself against England's barbarism. Since neutral countries have shown selves either impotent or unwilling to pressure on England to respect the of international law, whoever, after Note, still misinterprets the sense and of Germany's conduct, steps, as far as we concerned, out of the ranks of Central News.
GERMAN REPLY NOT YET DELIVERED. Washington, Thursday. Mr. Bryan asserts that the German reply to the American Note regarding the German blockade of British waters has not been received, and if it has been delivered the German Ambassador has not apprised the State Department. -Reuter.
DUTCH GOVERNMENT AWAITS EVENTS. Hague, is semi- officially learned that the Dutch Government, after conferring with shipping companies, has deeided not to issue any instructions to shipping regarding measures to be taken in response to the German declaration of a war -Reuter. THE WESTERN FRONT. THE FIGHT FOR A MILL. tral News.
BOMBS DROPPED ON GERMAN HEADQUARTERS. Paris, Thursday. -The "New York Herald" Paris, the main Bethune to Lille road and the Vermelles road, where some of the fiercest fighting has occurred, stands a burnt mill, the sails of which have been carried away by shell, while the stones which are about all that remains of the structure are powder blackened and bullet marked. Around this mill sharp encounters still take place periodically. The French at present have possession of it, and from this coign of vantage are able to observe what is going on on the de Lelis Farm, where the Germans are fortifying themselves as if they are preparing for a siege of several months.
A high French Staff officer, discussing the general situation with a British Staff officer, is reported to have said: We can get them when, where, and how we want them, and the time when this will be carried into effect does not now seem to be long states that a large number of French aviators have been flying over various towns in Alsace, notably Portenheim, Habstein (where bombs were dropped on an aviation park), Guebviller, Colmar, Mulheim, Krazinger, and Chalombre. The airmen also flew over Homburg, and atacked the castle in which the German General Staff was News. MORE GERMAN WOUNDED. Amsterdam, Thursday. -According to the dE Maasbode of the 16th five long trains conveying severely wounded German soldiers from the front in Northern France passed Liege.
In the villages near Liege the Germans are removing the ruins of destroyed houses. War Special. HONOURING HIS DEAD COMRADES Paris, Thursday. -A letter from a soldier at the front gives an interesting account of a brilliant deed carried out by French Zouave. One of the French trenches held by the Zouaves was scarcely 250 metres from the Germane, and between the two lines were a number of dead cows and pigs, among which the bodies of French and German killed were lying.
In spite of all efforts to prevent him, one taking cover behind one or two bricks which he carried at arm's length before crawled along on his stomach towards the body, corpses. which In he this way buried--not he reached deep, it the is true, first but nevertheless he gave it the honour of burial. Meanwhile the Germans did not cease to fire upon his frail protection, which was gradually crumbling under the -bullets. This, however, made little difference to the gallant fellow, who made his way to second body, which he buried in the same way st distance of only 100 metres from the enemy's trenches. In face of such coolness and daring the Germans almost ceased their fire.
It would have seemed as if they had been touched by SO much bravery. Then the heroic gravedigger stood up without arms, and carrying the spade on his shoulder made his way to third body. This one he silence. buried deeper than the others in unbroken When he had finished, he wiped the sweet from his brow and still faced the enemy without once turning towards our lines. He picked made up few pieces of wood from which he cross, which he placed upon the a grave.
minute This or done he again stood up and for two seemed to hesitate, as if he were looking for something, then saluted, and returned to French lines without having lost bair the 16 of his head Scarcely had he regained his him. trench In when spite a hail of bullets whistled past of the enemy's fire his comrades crowded round him and shook him by the hand amid deepest Being asked emotion. to explain his moment of hesitation after burying the third body, the of Zouave said I was looking to see if I had colours anything of the flag to place before the grave." with which I could make the three War Special. THE FICHTING ROUND LA BASSEE. EYE-WITNESS'S" STORY.
GERMAN POSTS CAPTURED. DUM-DUM AMMUNITION AMONG THE SPOILS. WITH SHOVEL AS A WEAPON, BRITISHER KILLS FOUR GERMANS. THE OFFICIAL PRESS BUREAU.I The following descriptive account which been communicated by an EyeWitness present with General Headquarters, narrative published on the 14th inst. of the continues and supplements the movements of the British force and the French armies in immediate touch with it February 16, 1915.
On Thursday, the 11th, and Friday, front the the lack of serious action on our continued. There was on both days A certain amount of shelling of points near centre of our line, and on the right our trench Friday. On Saturday our guns on the mortars did considerable execution registered several hits on a bridge, for- and line on the east of Givenchy was warned On the somewhat extreme to a more right our guns and favourable posiinfantry co-operated in an advance made the French. The German guns were active than usual against our centre left. On Sunday, the 14th, the German guns maintained heavy fire along the greaier part our front.
About 7 a.m. the enemy attacked our line a little to the carried south of short the length pres-Comines of trench. Canal, and This slight a success encouraged them to make a the second south attack of about 3 p.m, on trenches to they captured a portion of our line, but in the night objective. Here, too, the 14th-15th 8 counter-attack was organised, and the enemy was in the driven out second of assault, the though he still retained possession trenches captured a trench about 80 yards in length which been captured in the morning. In this fighting we took 13 prisoners, most of whom to belonged to the 1914 in clasa the and field.
appear During the following night, that of the only just arrived 15th-16th, another counter attack took place, we regained the whole of our line. Nothing of importance occurred during the of the 15th. Our heavy artillery made good shooting on the right. One shell landed full in a trench, and is believed to have destroyed some 50 yards of it. Some further details of the recent fighting the La area are now available.
will be remembered that on February 1, after re-capturing a trench which the Germans had taken from us a few hours before, gained by successive attacke two posts on canal bank. As a matter of fact, one these had been taken from us a short time before, and was not a German post, stated in the letter of Feb. 2nd. In the rush on the nearest work, one of those unforeseen but dramatic incidents occurred which often imperil even the best-laid schemes. As the storming party was on the point of dashing forward, just at the moment when delay might have been fatal, for might just have given the enemy (who were much shaken by our artillery fire) time recover, man dropped a box of hand grenades, some of which detonated.
For one instant there was bewilderment and some hesitation, no one quite knowing what had happened. Fortunately the officer ahead who and was leading the storming party rushed men followed him and carried the enemy's position at the point of the bayonet with very slight loss. After this the Germans were kept on the run. Our supports came up, and passing through the first line holding the recovered trench rushed the next post. Then the party which had made the original assault advanced through these again and captured second post.
During this fight one of our men showed most conspicuous gallantry. Charging ahead his comrades he took up a position on mound and shot several of the fleeing Germans at point blank range as they ran past him. He then ran on up to the barricade, where two of the enemy were manning machine gun and kept them in play until the rest of our men come up and captured In this quarter our infantry have gained ascendency over the enemy which was well shown in the next series of encounters, which took place among brickstacks on the 6th. During the bombardment previous to assault the Germans took refuge underground in their dug-outs, and our assault was so timed and BO sudden that when emerged from their burrows they found infantry on top of them. The result never in doubt.
Those who showed were at once bayoneted, but many, recognisthe hopelessness of resistance, threw their arms and surrendered, some crying mercy and offering their watches, money, cigars, or fruit in order to bayoneted buy their as he lives. One German officer was telephoning, presumably were for killed by one reinforcements, of and four Germans men, who was armed only with a shovel, they were trying to escape past him down trench. Amongst the spoils of war captured was large many cartridges in which the bullets amount of dum-dum ammunition been reversed with their bases outwards. is stated that when charging forward in attack our stormers maintained their dressing almost as if on parade. In spite of disclaimers that German activity on the Kaiser's birthday had no nection with that event.
some people Germany were evidently led to expect successes on that anniversary. Here is letter, dated 25th January, which was on prisoner It appears that for Kaiser's birthday there is going to be great attack. All the loose aviators and all Zeppelins will be let against France. On the one hand the engineers will do utmost, and on the other hand artillery, then a tremendous assault. Thus along whole line the French will be must write to us if this is true.
Lie in your trenches and do not put your above the parapet; it will only be a target for the enemy." The following will show what war means to the poor in Germany January Everything has risen and is stock frightfully is pensive. The rearing of live difficult, as the people have been forced declare all their stocks of fodder. The applies to corn and other cereals. We organising ourselves for a long war. will but it is not over by the spring it real misery for January in Germany it just as if there were a famine.
Food fearfully dear, and lack of hands is making itself very much Another extract tells of the calling up the older classes of the Landsturm: must give you sad news that my father been called to the Landsturm on the January. He has been declared fit service. Of the five who were called for examination three have safely returned here." Repeated reference to the rise in and the scarcity of foodstuffs is significant, for it is a feature which has only recently made its appearance. GENERAL DE WET. THE TRIAL RESUMED.
Bloemfontein, Wednesday. -The De Wet case was resumed to-day. Mr. Steen Kamp, who visited De Wet him from the rebellion, gave evidence as to with Mr. Joubert to endeavour to dissuade the speech of De Wet to his burghers, in which he said the Germans had always been their friends, and that when the Republic was restored they would acknowledge its independence.
They would only have to give Walfish Bay to the Germans, and it would be useful when the Boers had their own very fleet. Evedince was also given as to De Wet's proceedings at Winburg and as to addresses delivered by him to a commando near Ventersburg, and also at Vachtkop. have said At that the latter place he was reported to when they got to Johannesburg make they 'the would act like the Germane, and capitalist pay. The Court War Special. PRICE OF GERMAN BEER.
the owners 'Amsterdam. of Thursday. Berlin it was meeting decided to increase the price of beer. The managers of the gasworks at Charlottenburg intend to increase the price Berlin of gas, which v. ill also be increased in owing to the higher price of News.
FEWER RAILWAY FACILITIES. Several important changes in the Soottish train service are announced to take place on and after Monday next. The following trains between Scotland England will be from with drawn: a.m. and 2.15 p.m. trains of Edinburgh (Waverley), 1.15 p.m.
from Glasgow (St. Enoch), and 9.5 p.m, from Glasgow (Central) and Edinburgh (Princes-street). The 10.20 a.m. train from Edinburgh (Waver ley). will run only as far as York.
Euston, From 10.35 a.m. King's to Cross, and 1.30 p.m. St. London Sootland the 5 a.m. Panoras are Cheap fares and special facilities in connection with football matches, races, public holidays, and other special events will be withdrawn after March 1st.
Sunday-school excursion parties will not arrange- be ments may be made for the conveyance of conveyed on Saturdays, but special such parties on other days of the week. BREVITIES. An official Berlin telegram says the Kaiser has arrived in Berlin for a short stay. The Heidelberg 97 correspondent of the Berliner Tageblatt says the town of Heidelberg has decided to raise loan of £150,000 for the purchase of meat and foodstuffs. WAR ITEMS.
LOCAL WAR NOTES. heart the lesson they had received that night from the speaker's inspiring address. In the vote of thanks to the chairman and Mr. and Mrs. Jobbings, with which the proceedings closed, Messrs.
Packer and the joint organising secretaries, were associated. The former paid a well-merited tribute to the clergy of the various had districts for the hearty manner in which they invariably sought to strengthen the recruiting meetings promoted by Allcott the Parliamentary Committee; and Mr. put in a good word for the home defence forces, as a means of defending our hearths and homes which yet might prove very valuable indeed. DANCE FOR THE 9TH GLOUCESTERS. 'The 9th Gloucester Town Regt.
have arranged for a dance at the on Friday evening, the 26th inst. ROUTE MARCH OF 9TH GLOUCESTERS. Weather makes no difference to the 9th Gloucesters when duty calle. Having arranged a route march for Wednesday to Birdlip, the battalion, headed by their band, started off shortly after 11 a.m. despite the wet weather.
They covered about 17 miles during the day, with a short halt for refreshment. The return to Cheltenham, reached at 4.45 p.m., was favoured with sunshine. A COLDSTREAM DESERTER. Private Walter Henry Partridge (19) was brought before the Cheltenham magistrates on Thursday on the charge of deserting from the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards. stationed at Windsor.
Prisoner admitted having been an absentee for a fortnight. On the application of Supt. Hopkins. he was re manded to await a military escort. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES.
A supplement to the "London Gazette' of Tuesday was devoted entirely to a despatch from Sir John French, bringing to the notice of the Secretary for War the officers and men whom the Field-Marshal had found reason, up to January 14, to recommend for gallant and distinguished service in the field. About 2,400 names, filling 54 columns, are mentioned. The names in the 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment are Blunt, Lancaster Captain A. St. 1st Battalion York and (attached); Rising, Captain R.
action); D.S.O. Wetherall, (died Lt. of wounds received in (temporary Captain) H. E. de Baxter, Lieut.
D. Long, No. 4913 Company Sergt.T.; Major Dutton, No. 9566 Private Faulkes, New, No. 8376 Lance-Corporal No.
7951 Private Parry, No. 6668 Private M. Robbine, No. 7671 Private E. Taylor.
No. 9669 Private 0. Williams, No. 7828 Private J. In a preliminary inspection of the other names we notice with pleasure that of Major A.
Divisional Maurice Ammunition Cockshott, Park. No. commanding 176 12th Co. (M.T.) Army Service Corps at Cheltenham. Owing to the length of the list and the time involved in searching it, our list of local officers mentioned therein is held over until to-morrow.
IN GLOUCESTER ARTILLERY. The London Gazette" of contains these notifications: Territorial -Royal Field Artillery-Ist South Midland (Gloucestershire) Brigade: The Tadermentioned to be second-lieutenants: Geoffrey John Henry Lascelles, John George Fielding, Heighington and Lance-Corporal David Phillips Bland, Private Cheslyn Morgan, from the 5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. OFFICERS IN FOREST BATTALION. The "London Gazette of Wednesday I lar contains the -13th folowing Battalion (Forest of Dean notifications -ReguPioneers) Gloucestershire Regiment: The undermentioned to be temporary captains: W. H.
Drummond, Captain E. M. Swan, from Territorial Force Reserve General List (Jan. 1); to be temporary lieutenants: G. M.
be Palmer temporary (Jan. 14), E. second-lieutenants: Hayward (Jan. H. 20); R.
Howman (Jan. 1), R. E. Cornwall (Jan. 8), F.
G. Fraser (Jan. 11), W. C. Moss (Jan.
21). Some weeks since we announced that DEATH OF LANCE-CORPL. WEAVIN. Lance-Corpl. W.
H. Weavin Weavim, (Grenadier Guards), son of Mr. and Mrs. of it Emmanuel Cottage, Naunton-crescent, had been seriously wounded at the front. Shortly to afterwards parents received an intimstion from the War Office of the death of Private Weavin." They naturally hoped that the notice had been sent to them mistake, but any theory of that kind WaS precluded by the receipt, on the 10th from the Grenadier Guards' Record Office, Buckingham-gate, S.W., of statement that the late No.
16,496 W. H. Weavin, was buried at Rue Petillon, near Sailly-sur-la-Lys, France." STAVERTON RECRUITING. A WELL-ORGANISED MEETING. In our report of the proceedings at Leckhampton on Tuesday night, we ventured recruiting to a predict that Wednesday night's meeting at Staverton would be of a much more lively and interesting nature than a many of these gatherings have been during the past month or 60.
Local organisation, in fact, was brought to bear upon the fixture 60 efficiently that the sehoolroom WAS a crowded with a cheerful and expectant a special word of thanks is due to Mr. A. E. throng of villagers; and for this happy result Jobbins, the schoolmaster, who had sent the Boy Scouts' buglers round the lanes to fetch an the people in, and had also provided a choir of girle to sing the National Anthems of the Allied Powers. Mrs.
Jobbine, too, helped to the make the evening a pleasant one by singing Miss 3 couple of patriotic conge; and well Phillips and Master Tarling each contrithey buted an inspiring vocal item to the musical our programme. was fight presided, and in his very brief introductory The Rev. R. L. Hodeon, curate-in-charge, statement he made it clear that Staverton away had sent a very the respectable in number of to young the for fellows to army proportion population of the district.
As a matter fact, he subsequently supplied the informawas tion that no less than 27 recrnits had joined Kitchener's New Army out of the 750 persons our who reside in the united districts of Staveras ton and Boddington. Mr. Harry Whitehorn, in making. his sixth address upon the war in the Cheltena ham neighbourhood, idea that begged his had hearers and get rid of the John Bull quite had an easy task before him. The fact that the It call to arms is as loud and insistent now, this he said, 18 it was six months ago, should convince the most thoughtless among that England is up against the stiffest job she has ever had to tackle.
But while it con- in severe testing time, it is equally certain true that we are passing through very that great the future is full it is of hope inconceivable for the Allied Cause. Indeed, that found flagrant a lapse into the condition of the savage as is seen in the case of Germang'ar insolent challenge to Europe should fail the provoke and ensure an adequate punishment: The burglar and murderer may escape their long many as their identity glories is in her unknown; brutal but Gerand and impudent actually breaches of international excesses law, the and would seem to have assured hereelf You advance that the people's she is down are at her mercy. Let menacing head to their every opportunities, man woman, according true to their country at this hour; and England will be able to supply her adversary with the necessary corrective to this lessly inaccurate estimate of her power to ex- fend her own liabilities and curb the very to warrantable ambitions of her unscrupalons same Mr. H. M.
Cardew, of Churchdown, are had been inspecting a body of Home Defenee if Volunteers early in the evening, proposed mean vole of thanks to the speaker; and in doing 80, said a lot of people seemed to think is the war was very much like the annual is struggle on the Thames between the Oxford and Cambridge crews. It doesn't matter great deal to many of he said, which of crew wins one year, As the beaten boat have another chance next year. But there has will be no next year' for England if she 19th beaten now. Hope keeps us on the move, for however, and I am sure Staverion is doing out its best in the matter of finding recruits. There are doubtless some few remaining should be with their friends and acquaintances prices in the Army; and if these could be persuaded that without them the Germans will not defeated, I do not think they would hesitate another moment." Mr.
Cumminge, in seconding the vote thanks, said Staverton would not rest tent until every available man had secured for the defence of the country; he felt sure the young people would take A meeting of the Cabinet was held at 10 Downing etreet at noon on Thureday. CHELTENHAM COUNTY COURT. Thursday. Before Judge Ellicott. ADMINISTRATION ORDER.
John E. R. East, Queenweed Villa, Prestbury, builder, sought an administration order, offering to pay 5s. in the by 5s. month on his debts, which were stated to be! to three creditors only, Mr.
Mac Powell, Vitie, plumber, Gwinnell, and builders' merchants, £4 £38 and the Hyde Brick El Mr. Wilfred J. Millard (R. E. Steel behalf and Millard) opposed the application on Mr.
Mac Vitie, and Mr. W. J. Forbes APorbes and Haddon) on behalf of the other creditors. The debtor said he at had five labourers' children, and was now working work.
It transpired that some time since he was the contractor fee the building of A house for a Mr. Surman at Woodmancote, work and done Mr. in Mac Vitie sued him for certain this connection for him, but which he contended in defence should have been paid went for by Mr. Surman. Judgment, however, against applicant, who seemed to regard his -present position as the result of alleged the building Mr.
operations in question, and that Surman owed him. £24. He was questioned about the whole affair by Mr. Millard, and also about a house he had built on land which he said was bought by his wife, and in which the furniture also belonged to his wife. He was the tenant and had not yet paid the rates; but it transpired that the amount of the rates was not such as to bring his debt over the £50 Judge thought it quite clear that applicant could than he offered, and he agreed to pay more amend his offer to Gs.
8d. in the by 5s. 6d. month. A SOLDIER'S BROKEN WINDOWS.
Nellie Steel. Portland-street, confectioner, sued Private C. Hobson, of the Railway Co. of the 5th Gloucester Regiment, stationed at Strawford, Hants, to recover £1 of of which £1 7s. was in respect of rent a cottage and 7s.
for broken wife admitted the rent, but said the windows at the back of the house were broken by the man next door, who kept pigeons. order for the amount in full, at 4s. a month, was made. A BUTCHER'S CLAIM. E.
T. Drew, butcher, of Winchcombestreet, Cheltenham, sued Mrs. A. E. Winstone, an executrix of the late Chas.
James Winstone, to recover .215 11s. in respect of meat suppiled during the life of her A. T. Ivens appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. P.
Haddock for the Ivens said that Mre. Winstone was entitled to a very fair income on the Winstonian estate, a considerable estate in Cheltenham, which. gave its name to the Winstonian-road. There were various portians mortgaged and others unmortgaged, but there was a good margin of income to which defendant was entitled as beneficiary, and the house in which she lived, Forest Ferns, 18 All Saints'-terrace, was a part of the estate. She had told plaintiff she was in receipt of an income from the estate, and he had ascertained that it was .82 or £3 week.
He (Mr. Ivens) contended that she was liable as executrix to de defendant son tort. that her She had, however, written husband left practically no estate, and that at the present time nothing could be done discharge the account. If at any time she found herself in a position to discharge it. she would endeavour to do so, but could make no promise or assume any liability.
The point arose whether the will of C. Winstone, deceased, had ever been proved, and other points arising on which the Judge required definite information, his Honour remarked that the only evidence as to the estate was that of defendant's butcher, who was the plaintiff, and not a trustee or anything of that Ivene replied that he would like defendant (who was not present) to be there, and would, if the case were adjourned, her to produce the necessary application for an adjournment was granted. GIRL PREPARING FOR HER WEDDING. occasions before." Prisoner now was very sorry. AT MASTER'S EXPENSE.
At the Cheltenham Police-court on Thursday, before Mr. E. B. Wethered (in the chair), Major-General J. F.
Willoughby, Mr. F. B. de Sausmarez Mr. T.
Whittard, Annie Selina Harris (22), decent looking was charged on remand with young stealing woman, the moneys of Messrs. Edwinson Green and Son. Mr. Charles F. Green, of the Cross, Gloucester, said he was a gunsmith, carrying on business in co-partnership with his father, Mr.
Edwinson C. Green, at Cheltenham and Gloucester. Witness was in charge of the Gloucester branch. On Feb. coins 13 he were put three £20 4s.
in a bag. Amongst the sovereigns and two The half-sovereigns, sovereign produced which he specally marked. was one of them. On Feb. 14 he handed the beg to his father at his residence at Charlton Kings.
Mr. Edwinson Charles Green stated he specially counted the three sovereigns and two half-sovereigns in the bag, and he placed it in the pocket of his overcoat. Before he got into bed he again counted the overcoat money, and replaced it in the bag in his in the bedroom. On the following morning he found it all right, and went. downstairs to breakfast.
In an hour and a half afterwards he went upstairs for hie overcoat, and then found that in the money in the bag there was a sovereign and a half-crown short. Witness communicated with the Prisoner had been his servant for nine menths. With the exception of his wife, who ill in bed, there was no one else beside prisoner in the house. Detective Illes said he went with Supt. Hopkins to Mr.
Edwinson Green's house, and there saw prisoner, whom he told they were making enquiries about the loss of certain moneys from the house, and she said she knew nothing about it. He asked her what money she had in her possession, and she replied, "Three pounds and some silver." They accompanied her to her bedroom, and she produced from a box two sovereigns, one of those now produced. He asked how she accounted for it, and she replied I took it from Mr. Green's pocket in his bedroom." Witness then charged her with the theft, and she replied, I admit I took the money. I am very sorry.
I took five pounds on two pleaded guilty, and said she Mr. Edwinson Green appealed to the Bench to deal as mercifully as they possibly could with prisoner. He was exceedingly sorry to appear for the first time 89 a prosecutor. He and his wife had a most excellent character with prisoner, and she had been treated as one of the family and was A good worker. When the two five pounds were stolen it created great disturbance in his business, and unfortunately cost unworthy suspicione in innocent quarten.
The Chairman told, prisoner it was a sad case, and it was very generous on the part of Mr. Green to recommend her to mercy. The Ranch would give her an opportunity of retrieving her character. They would deal with her under the Probation of Offenders Act and bind her in her own recognisances of £5 to come up for judgment if called upon, and place her under the care of Mies Mortleek, to whom she must report herself periodically for two years. On the application of Supt.
Hopkins, and with the consent of prisoner, the Bench tered tlie money found on prisoner and a large number of various articles in her possession to be handed over to Mr. Green. These articles, ineluding blankets and we were. informed, were, in view of prisoner's wedding in May, purchased by her with the money taken from Messrs. Edwinson Green and Son, T.
Whittard. for driving a motor-ear without a light in Edward Peters, in khaki, was summoned Wincheombe-street at 7.10 on the night P.C.'6 of Feb. Mercer and Howe. facts were -Defendant said he had stated by an accident with his electric battery, and he cond not repair it until he got to the garage at -The Bench let him off on paying the cost Edgar Baglin, baker, of 5 Hungerfordstreet, was summoned for selling bread otherwise than by Taylor, Inspector of Weights and Measures, said he sent a persea to defendant's shop to purchase a loaf of bewad, and this witness found WAS 110zs. shert on said his wife, who the not bread.
-The Bench fined him 10s. and used to the business, forgot to weigh cents. William A. Toogood, baker, of No. 1 Jeroffence.
-Mr. Taylor stated that on Feb. 9 sey-place, was summoned for similar the sent a person to buy 0 loaf at defendant's shop. This, he found, was 11ozs. short on -Replying to defendant, witness said there were scales on his pleaded oversight on his part, as he was busy.
-The Bench fined him 10s. and costs. For not sending their children to school regularly, the following defendants Barra- were fined, on the information of Mr. R. dale, Attendance Officer -Mrs.
Frances Lewis, and John Badham, 2s. 6d. CHELTENHAM POLICE COURT. -Before Mr. E.
B. Wethered (in the chair), Major-General J. F. Willoughby, Mr. F.
B. de Sausmarez, and Mr. The death occured on Tuesday at Chipping Manor, Wotton-under-Edge, where he had lived since his retirement in 1900 from the vicarage of Northfield, Worcestershire, of the Rev. Canon George Langton Hodgkinson. 'The deceased, who suffered from heart trouble, was 77 years of age.
DEATH OF A COLLEGE MISSIONER. -The Rev. Frederick Bladworth Marsdin, vicar of St. Matthew's, Sinclair-road, West Kensington, has died at the age of 38. He- was a son of the late Mr.
Septimus Marsdin, of Ganstead Grange, Holderness, and was educated at Cheltenbam College and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1899. He was ordained in 1902, and for geyen years was curate of the Chelteubam College Mission at Nunhead. and He WAS afterwards curate at Crayford Gillingham till 1911, and was appointed to St. Matthew's in the following year, 'MONEY MARKETS. CHANCES ON 'CHANGE.
Latest (After Closing) Prices. LONDON, 3 P.M. BRITISH FUNDS. Consols, 68 In 1. 835x Ind.
711g Do. Ac.21gk. Irish Land Loan, 6712 Trans. 8912x Lal. Loan, 81x W.
Stk, 77x L.C.C. 771 War Loan, 94 HOME RAILS. C'donian Df. 11 L.aN. 119 W.Df., 291 Cent.
Pr. 1754 1 1g Do. Df. 9 Metro.Ord.. 2912 9 G.E.
Ord. Do. Dist. 1712 G.N. Def.
Convt. Ord 45 Mid.Df., 664 6 G. W.Ord. 109 Do. Pf 554 Mull Barnsley, N.
Brit. 1954 47 9 N. E. 1174 12 L. Y.
Ord. 78 712 N.Staffs. 79 L. B. S.
Coast, Ord S. E. 2812 67 Taff Vale, 69. L.C. D.On.
91g 9 Under. 15 Do. 82nd Do. Inc. B'nds, 831 CANADIAN.
Canadian Pacific Ord, 10 16478 12 Do. 3rd 235 12 AMERICANS. Amal Cop National 1et Atch. 14. Pref, Balt.
Ohio, 7112 693 N.Y.C't. Ord, 881 Chic. M. St. Paul, Pensylvania 0rd.54 14 Chesapeake, 4312 Do.
Ont. 38 12 Reading Island, Ord, 7412 4 Denver, 612 Rock 78 Erie 2212 1g S. Pacific, 9712 612 Louis Nash 124x S. Rail. Ord, 167g Mis.
Tex U. Pae. U.S.SteelOrd,50 Ord, 12312 278 11 FOREIGN RAILS. Antofagasta Bolivia D1. Cordoba (C.N.S.) 113 Pref.
67 Argent.N.B.Ord., 25 Entre Ilios, B.Ayres&G.S.,9312 Guayaquil, 3712 Leopoldina, 3512 Do U. Havana, 6712 Do.W.. 94 Mex. It. 1913 Brazil, 7 1st.
Pf, 66 5 Do.2nd 39 Ord. Cent. MexicoN.W. Cent. U'guay, 67 1712 FOREIGN STOCKS.
72 1910.4%Bds., 711 1909, Brazil, 1910. 54 312 65 1914, 75 412 Peru Corp. 64 312 D. Ayroe, 4512 Do. Pref.
23x Chinese 1898 90 Portuguese, 53x 96 1912 83 1912, 83 80 Bds 84 Japan, Span, Turk COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL. wth.42/3 Mex. T'ms, Timber, 35 Ass. Cem, 41g Millars Braziliau Traction, 5114 12 Do. Pref, Steam Brit.
Amer. Tobacco, 31516 Nat. Car, Conte, J. 578 P. 0., 27712 8 Furnees Withy Royal Mail, 851g 5 Gramophone.
Petrol. Transpt. 4516 Hudson Bay 7 12 Spies Liptons 1316 Union Cold Storage, Lyons, J. 192 Ural 11532 Caspian, 114 Marcoui, 158 Do, Canadian 49 4,6 VandenBerghs 2510 American 96 Maypole Dairy, VickersMaxim Official fixed minimum prices. MINES.
AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND. Amal. Zinc. 1132 Gold. Ass.
N. Bik, 4,9 Gt. Honlder, 16.3 Brit.B'kenHill, 25,6 25 Ivanhoe, 2516 Kalgurli 13 Brok'o, HillPr. 12532 3 35 6 Lake View, 10- 2516 Mt. Morgan Do.
Blk 10. 1316 Sons Gwalia, 1332 Do. Ntb, 2116 Waihi 2 116 Do. 63 Zine Corp, NIGERIAN. AngloContin, Naraguta, Tin, 27:2 Nigerian 38 Benue, Rayf'ld.
Disichi 716 Ropp, 78 Champion, 932 Tin Areas, Jos Tin, DIAMOND, LAND, EXPLORATION, ETC. CondGoldfields, S. A. Jagers't'n, 2 11532 Ocer Da Cone. De Beers, 10 91516 Prep.
Def, 35. Gen. Fin. B.A. 193 JobanInvest, 15.6 Trans Con.
LEODESIANS Cam Motor, Lonely Reef, Minos 1 11 Chartered, Shamva Eidorado, Zambesia, Tanganyika, 138 G'nt Mines, Globe 196 WEST AFRICAN. Abosso 716 G.C. 2533 Askanti G.F., Prestea BkA. 2582 Taguah. TRANSVAAL GOLD MINES.
2132 Do. Deep, 13116 1116 Apex, C'tral pan, Ming, 2.58 57 Do. 41732 City Crown 4 278 Rand Mines, 412 Randf'o, 2532 3 Bast 13g Robinson Deep, 1318 Geduld, Knighte, 31g Village Ma'rf, 13 COPPER AND MISCELLANEOUS. Anaconda, 59:6 Mexican Mines of El' Cape Copper, 23 Mt. 312 CampBird, 7,6 41g Casey Cob'lt, 7.6 Mt Mysore, Lyell, 438 Cordoba Cop, na'te, 3712 Itio Tinto, 585g Russo-Asiatic, 4 G1.
Dolcoath, Cobar, 9.9 Russ'n Mining, 1518 Hampin. Cp, 1732 316 158 Siesert, Siamese 1116 Tin, S'thern Sban, 38 Kirkland Kyshtim, 214 Tromoh. Tanalyk, 112 516 23g Lena Malavalam 158 Tin 1716 Z'aplaatsTin, 1510 Mawehi Tin, CLOSING REPORT (3 p.m.). passing There in is the fair Colonial amount Government market, of investment the dealings in Consols and War Loan moderate scale. Irish Land Great marks Western Home Rails are dull, 1081, 1 North- Western 118 5-8, Midland 66 1-8.
Americans are also easier. Southern 87 3-8, Canadas Among Trunks, First Prefs. mark 661, 23 3-8. Foreign Rails quiet. Central Argentine 91, poldina 26.
Rather more business is doing in the oil Shelly active at 1 5-16. Rubbers quiet. Prices well maintained. PARLIAMENT. House of Commons.
JAPAN AND CHINA. Mr. Stewart asked the Foreign Secretary whether the British Government had received the text of the demands put forward by whether the in Japanese that case he Government was in a to position China, to communiand cate them to the House, Sir Edward Grey said he was not at present in a position to give the House information on the subject, which had been given to him confidentially by the Japanese Government. RUSSIAN LOAN. Mr.
King asked whether any conditions of a political nature had been proposed in connection with the Russian loan, and whether this bond of common objects shared by the Russian and the British Empires would be made the occasion of less restricted trade and intercourse between Russian and British subjects. Sir Edward Grey said the answer to the first part of the question was in the negative, The chief bond of common object between the two Empires at present was the prosecution of the war. He could not make any statement as to the permanent trade arrangements now. CEREBRAL MENINGITIS AMONG BLUEJACKETS. Dr.
Macnamara, replying to Mr. Ronald McNeill, said there were at present 6,578 otticers and men billeted at the Crystal Palace. Fourteen medical officers were attached to the force. There were on Tuesday 184 men on the sick list. There had been 15 cases of cerebral meningitis up to date, the first orcurring on Jan.
16. He gretted to say eight of the cases had proved fatal. A special medical officer with expert knowledge of the disease had been a appointed to take charge of the cases, and special Palace bacteriologist for the had purpose of elucidating the been attached to origin of the discase there. Apart from cerebral meningitis the general health 2 of the men had been good, an average of only per cent. being on the sick list.
CIVILIANS AND BOMBARDMENT RISKS. Mr. Hogge asked the Prime Minister whether the Goernment could offer any guidance to the publie in the matter of insuring against risks of enemy bombardments from any kind of nostile ship on sea or in the air, or whether the public could rely that the committee set up to deal with the be kept in being for a similar purpose, if recent damage done on the East Coast would necessary, until the end of case the war. Mr. Asquith said each as it might ing of relief from public funds, and of relief arise, dealing with the question of the grantwas granted the nature of the machinery to be set up would be considered on its merits.
Mr. Hogge: Are we to understand that what is given is relief and not compensation? Mr. Asquith: I prefer to use the word relief. VOTES FOR FIGHTING MEN. Lord Charles Beresford asked the Prime Minister whether he would consider the desirability of arranging that every man who had volunteered for the war and so risked his life in the service of and defence of the country should be entitled at the age of 21 to a Parliamentary vote during his lifetime, irreMr.
Henry Terrell, in 2 similar spective of other qualifications. question, suggested that those men who, not being unfit for service, had refused to serve their country in the present crisis, should be disfranchised. Mr. Asquith said the suggestions would be duly considered. NEXT WEEK.
Mr. Asquith, replying to Lord Talbot, stated that on Tuesday the Government proposed to have a discussion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's statement regarding the financial arrangements with France and Russia. ARMY QUESTIONS. The House proceeded to the consideration of Votes passed in Committee of Supply on the Army Estimates. The Vote of 3,000,000 men for the army was agreed to without discussion, On report of the Vote for army pay, Mr.
Tennant, in answer to Col. Yate, said an increase of pay to officers was sanctioned last year. He did not know if any new scheme was in contemplation, but he thought it was a question which should be left until after the war. STROUD AND DISTRICT. PATRIOTIC CONCERT.
hides justify now Belgian. all tha Anou pome snut A of and eyes Europe 8 5 3 aswer noun when The yorya States. Belgian Western pue uo North around replied rights. NOILVAINILNI says, 1 fros The same other ou Government its jo to jensn applied tennou Wilson WATERLOO CUP. SECOND DAY.
The WATERLOO CUP (with Cup, value £100, added by the Earl of Sefton), for 64 subscribers, at £25 each; winner £500, second £200, two dogs 150 each, four dogs £30 each, eight doge £20 each, gixteen dogs £10 each, the Waterloo Purso and Waterloo Plate £360; total £1,600, SECOND TIES. Happy Challenge beat Songstress, Balderdash beat Jawleyford, beat Hopeful Still. Nip Near beat Rataine. Brummagem beat Tablespoon. Winning Number beat Hedda.
Hadfield School. Dionysius beat Woodstapler. THIRD TIES. Happy Challenge beat Balderdash. Nip Near a bye, Junco drawn through distress.
Winning Number beat Brummagem, Hadfell beat Dionysius, The WATERLOO PURSE of £215, taken from the Cup Stakes, for the 32 dogs beaten in the First Round of the Cup; winner £75, second £30, two dogs £15 each, four dogs £10 each, eight dogs £5 each; total £215. FIRST ROUND. Gobby beat The Monarch. Jules Mumm beat Earlston. Legal Letter beat Harrogate Waters.
Bryn Genial beat Once Australia. Horstead Harvey Sauce beat Alva, Adventurous beat Eula. Hopeack beat Real British. Marconigram beat. Clamour.
My Maecot beat Eskimo. Delver II, beat Musical Cry. Lusory beat Nubia. High Lech Panther beat Littleton Star. Enoch beat Singlestick.
Cartoon a bye, Simla drawn. Dainty Lynchpin beat Ballot Box. Martini beat Prodigal. The WATERLOO PLATE of £145, taken from the Cup Stakes, for the 16 dogs beaten in tho First Ties of the Cup; winner £75, second £30. two dogs £10 each, four dogs £5 each; total £145.
FIRST ROUND. Babylon beat Tattenhall. Dubiet: beat Glen Mist. Quite Happy a bye, Full Speed drawn. Falso Forecast a bye, Leucoryx not qualified.
Captain Largo beat Basque, Bugleman beat Phidias. Harmonicon beat Scratched. Scors Guard beat Tomahawk. BETTING ON THE GROUND (After Second Ties). 11 to 4 agst Winning Number.
3 to 1 agst Dionysius, 5 1 agst Nip Near. 6 to 1 agst Happy Challenge (t o). TO-DAY'S SPORTING. OFFICIAL SCRATCHINGS. Bestwood Park Plate, Nottingham (March 30): Irish Rose.
Preston Handicap, Plumpton Kodak. All engagements in Mr. J. W. Larnach's name: Crepe.
Wetherby 'Chase: Ballyhist. Kempton engagements (February 19): Alfred Noble, Agnes and Royal Turk, the at Ties) S. home (First from Tuesday at 1xeu IVIHOLINHAL Jo 12 Smith, invalided SEM Gloucesters this morning. accorded him Cemetery, Waterloo Purse AL home eq NVHNALITHO 'M the of band died his at will funeral Cheltenham beat Legh Enoch, CLIOMS Letter High beat was beat Legal beat Cartoon Wimborne Ireland. Gobby, Adventurous Hopsack Delver Lord beat Sauce, beat beat Lusory, Dainty to-day INCUMOrT Mumm Genial, Mascot beat Dublin Jules 'Harvey My Martini At 60 Llanelly), was at the annual meeting of the Wye Board of Conservators at Hereford on Wednesday re-elected chairman for the ensuing year.
It was decided to make a rate of 4s. in the on the fisheries for the year. Receipts were estimated at £470 for rod licencos, against £630 the previous year, and it was stated the Board had 8 sufficient margin if their expectations did not mature. The Board decided to request the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to hold an inquiry next October into the proposed alteration of bye law No. 5, altering the close season for rods in the Wye district, to commence on October 26 and end on January 25; except the area between Monmouth Bridge and Hay, the close season.
for that district to be Oct. 1 to Dec. 31. The inquiry was put off last August owing to the war. WYE SALMON FISHERIES.
PROPOSED ALTERATION IN CLOSE SEASON. Sir Stafford Howard, K.C.B., (Mayor of 013M company Lone one Albanians meeting pouro! pas that 000 of Turkish from losses. pus 000'13 Very 5 3 have "H'N 10 quadal 101 colours The 9A To-day's Markets. Liverpool Corn. -Wheat on spot prices, steady with wit quiet bout change enquiry.
and Flour at in only yesterday's rotail enquiry, prices firm in only unchanged: demand, prices firm: Plata 7s. 10 d. Bakers' grade 488. sack. Maize cental.
quiet Oats firm and inactive at late prices, per Beaus Bristol firmly but in short supply: Best held, little doing. to secondary 778. per cwt. descriptions 828. show of sheep: Beet Downs A light moderate wethers heavy ewes 8d.
to 81d. lb. Pigs a moderate supply: Baconers cattle 12s. per porkers 119. 9d.
per score. A thousand at about late rates: Mich cows from £15 up to Birmingham smal supply of beasts, £24 each, trade dull: Best sorts sold at 9id, fetched per and and others down to 7d. Mutton from 82d. to per lb. A quiet trade in pigs, which were fairly plentiful; sizeable bacons 6d.
per sold at 138., small Bristol pigs 12e. Corn. English wheat in score. moderate and sows 10s. supply and firm at last week's of and 58e.
to values 599. per quarter. Foreign in fair Grinding demand barley in prac- good request at about late rates. Maize steady withtically unchanged. out change.
Oats firm and some descriptions Cd. dearer. Birmingham Corn. -Dull market, buyers the week. holding off.
Foreign wheat 1s. up on English wheat unchanged at 22s, 6d. per Sharpness. quarter. Plate Grinding maize barley slightly easier at 37s.
6d. Sharpness. unchanged at 359. 9d. English oats 33s.
per 312lbs. English beans steudier at 17s, 9d. per bag. Built-Leonard's Cheltenham Shilling Direetory for 1915 is to hand. It is well information, printed, full of most useful and reliable and splendid value for the money.
Mr. R. V. Vassar-Smith was fulfilling when a Masonic duty on Wednesday at Leeds, as he Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkinstalled Mr. Richard Wilson, of Armley, chire.
The Australian Native 'Aesociation, while the opinion that the response to the call to the colours is satisfactory, has expressing resolved to inaugurate an active campaign urging the necessity of aiding in the defence of the Empire. The Amsterdam Telegraaf quotes 3 statement appearing in the Lokalanzeiger" to the effect that Major-General von Flotow, director of the artillery works at Charlottenburg, is dead A concert on behalf of the and relatives of men serving wives, mother, country from the parish of Holy and Stroud, was held on Tuesday evening Trinity, Schoolroom of the Old Chapel. kindly the by the trustees. An excellent had been arranged by the Vicar programme H. Ireland (C.E.M.S.
secretary W. the following contributed Miss Elsie which L.R.A.M, (songs), Miss Mary Moore Lusty, (a tion and Belgian pianoforte lady, solos), Madame Page, and Messrs. songs), E. W. and Moore, Christine Waufaurd Ireland, H.
Suffill, H. Tinney. A H. Breezy was given in play, manner by Captain and Mrs. a Burra, very able were loudly applauded.
A vote who the promoters of the concert of thanks to formers was proposed by Mr. the per. seconded by Rev. E. H.
Searle, heartily carried. and SEVERN SIDE TEWKESBURY (COUNTY COURT. POLICE -Before Mr. W. Meath the chair) and Mr.
J. S. Sarge But.or a Frank bicycle without Pemberton, of Newtown. for a light at A-hehurch riding Feb. ordered 2, on the evidence of Gamble, to pay 2s.
6d. was drunk Hubert and Marston. disorderly of Norton. at The Leigh fur being night of Jan. 30, was fined 2s.
6 on the costs. Fluck proved the wind 10s 60. Ernest Richard James was charged, mand, with stealing a fowl. valued at rethe property of William Feb -William Jackson, farmer. Albion on Farm, 12.
The Leigh, said that deferdant labourer working on his farm and was cottage on the farm. With Living in a house on his farm, and trad a fowl. missing on the above day. Witness A fowl strange foctprint near by and al-, found a field leading to defendant's the next Fluck said that Thursday cottage on morning, 12th Mr. Jackson reported the loss.
He immediately went to the to hun his examined the fowlhouse. Near the place and ness found footprints door witand several others close proximity similar to defendant's in Near by witness picked up the feather- boots. duced, defendant's the three front last of which wer lying near prodoor. Witness valed defendant and sow his daughter. Witness on the picked up kitchen.
two In more feathers under a chair in pot on the firs was the carcase of a fowl, part of which witness duced. Witness met defendant sear Leigh- prohim, house and after looking at his boot- arrested Later, in company with Inspector Lane, of compared the footprints with the he nails the boots and found then. identical, was Inspector fined Lane in default -Defendant or seven days im prisonment. has the 12th, the the on right our tion. by 'is more and deof will be their safe small of all of had of con- be have in and Ger- of day some an in re- It and not we the of conby as first inmay States tape is zone dealques- his settled new It home They seas they of view, be- Great in it.
avoid- Cologne reply the conUnited the doubting to thembring dictates this nature are GLOUCESTER CITY. RIVER SEVERN RISING. In consequence of the recent heavy rains, the river has swollen to a considerable extent, but the opinion has been expressed by one who is able to judge that we are not likely just yet to get a repetition of the floods of a few weeks ago. Before the incoming of the tide on Wednesday morning the water at the Docks was 15ft. llins.
It suh. sequently rose to 17ft. and on making inquiries on Thursday morning we ascer tained that the registration was 17ft. Sins. BRITISH WOMEN'S TEMPERANCE ASSOCIATION.
The annual meeting of the Gloucestershin Branches of the British Women's Temperanci Asscciation was held in the Raikes Memorial Hall on Wednesday afternoon, Miss Session (the president) presidng over a large attend ance. The reports of the various branche were submitted. That of the Gloucester Branch showed that the membership was 251 a and slight during decrease the on that 100 of the previous year, year persons had beer enrolled in the League of Honour, a league formed for the duration of the war. The branch had combined with the National Union of Women Workers and the Soldiers and Sailors' Families Association in opening rooms for the wives and mothers of soldiers and sailors. The district visitors had paid over 4,000 visits during the year.
The financial statement showed that the balance in hand was £12 7s. as compared with £15 5s. 5d. the previous year. It was reporter that both the Tower House and the Wye branches had been doing work for the soldiers, the former having sent 100 shirte and the latter a number of scarves for distribution in the Army.
The report of the Cheltenham Branch stated that there had been an increase of 12 in membership, they sent a guinea to the Mayoress' linen fund, and had made articles for the troops. That of the Lydney Branch mentioned that 308 had been raised and sent to a fund for the relief of Belgians in Belgium, Mrs. Brown, a former president, in the course of an address alluded to the action Russia in prohibiting the sale of intoxicants although it brought in 8 revenue of 94 millions. She thought it was time this country took action in a similar way. business but on marking Pacifica Thirds Leo- market.
THE VECETABLE PRODUCTS COMMITTEE. ford and District Farmers' Branch of this Committee, writes us as have now received the Committee report to Feb. 3, 1915, from the Head Office; Alderman's House, London, E.C., setting out in detail the great work that has been accomplished since its inauguration in September last. The number of branch depots has now increased to upwards of 1304 By means of these branches, which are supported by an aggregate of about 5,000 contributors, an average of about 40 tons of fresh vegetables and fruit products are each week consigned to the fleet. Some hundreds of letters have been received from the admirals commanding and other naval officers and members of the ships' thanke com- and pamies expressing their warmest grateful appreciation.
The Medical Director of the Royal Navy, Sir Arthur May, in a tester addressed to E. Jerome Dyer, the Hon. General Secretary, writes as follows from the Admiraty Looking at your work from medical point of view, it is difficult to overestimate its value; the supply to the ships' companies of really good fruit and vegetables, locally practically unobtainable, is in my opinion of the greatest benefit, and is, I feel sure, an important factor in the present most satisfactory low rate of sickness in our ships of the Grand Fleet. I feel personally deeply Mr. E.
G. H. Maddy, Compton Abdale, S.0., the hon. sec. of the Andovers grateful for the help given by your Come mittee in the prevention of "The Committee also wishes of to the record splendid its most grateful appreciation and patriotic work being done by those whose names attached are to this connected report, and warmly thanks with the list of branches all those whose kind help and generous gifts have contributed to the success of those branches.
readers to learn that the It may Andoversford branch your up to date has fori interest warded to Dingwell, 10 tons swedes and two tons turnips; Harwich, two tons swedes and five tons turnips; Yarmouth, four tons swedes and three tons turnips; Aberdeen, two tons swedes; and some 20 tons more are will promised, kindly Anyone wishing to contribute be pleased to communicate addressed with me. labels and consignment I shall supply note." According to a telegram that the from conditions of Berlin, the Lokalanzeiger second German war loss says the will be issue made of the known at the end of February. The loan will bear 5 midway per between the raie cent, interest, and be issued at a rate of issue of the first war loan and par. Late Advertisements. To morrow (Friday).
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