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SPORTS AND PASTIMES. I "LAWN TfiVMs TOURNAMENTS SOMERSET CRICKKI FINANCES—GOLF NOTICS—A SWIM- MING ASSOCIATION APPEAL BOXING- FOOTBXL.L. « A list of open lawn tennis tournament; which have already applied for dates appears in the official organ. The rota is, speaking gener- mucii the. same as last year, the cham- pi-oiislllil)s zit iiai-iii,- bven fixed to 4wgiii on liind. The fact that East- -urlleand Brighton have apparently both applied for the same date (heptember 7th) will doubtless be subject to revision by the Tournaments Committee. 111 view of the pe- itjon, fi-ee-ly signed by players last year, to make Eastbourne tho last grass court meeting of the season, it. is difficult to believe, says the Field, t'hit the committee would give East- Murnean earlier date than they have had "for twenty years. There is also the question of the referee, since Mr. Burrow, in control 4t Eastbourne, has already been booked for Brighton. If the Eastbourne date stands— -and we scarcely believe it will—the Brighton tournament would be seriously and perhaps irretrievably damaged. Just at a time when it was hoped that "uzity c-ricket in Somerset was on the mend eomes news of a bad financial year in 1913, -with a loss of £ 530. It is true, says Wan- derer" in the SjjorUman, that the club's -debts are only a half of those of twelve months ago, vis., £H but .special funds raised nearly £700. Every eco- nomy has been practised, but the decline in subscriptions and gate receipts, the latter in «pite of favourable weather, is indeed such as way give rise at the annual meeting to serious discussion. W. H. Home, the famous ^professional golfer, has been appointed to 'the Durban Club, South Africa. He is i-at present resid- ing at Littlestow-on-Sea, and will leave khortliy to take up his new appointment, -which has bee-n arranged by a prominent well- known amateur player. Home it; thirty-three years of age and is probably the tallest |player in the professional ranks, for he stands six feet high and is powerfully built. flia greatest achievement was the driving of a ball 388 yards at North Berwick in e greatest distance on record. Partnered by James Batley, he won the southern pro- fessional foursomes in 1909 and "Slashed seventh in the open championship at -Deal in the same year with an aggregate -of 996. P. H. Boomer, of Barten-cm Sea, 'Has been ,eppoiaited profefmioxwl to tlie new golf • club at St. Cloud, near Paris. A native of Jersey, Boomer is an ifiue player and a good coach. He competed in tite last open championship at Hoylake, but his aggregat-e of 164 did not enable him to qualify. Boomer has been professional to t he !Ba rton-on Sea Club for some severo years. Many rumours have ibeen heard lately as rto a possible discussion among the authorities eoncerned with the open 'golf Championship for revision of the qualifying condition* and general overhauling of the TegutatioDl. :A meeting has now actually been fixed. It wtll take place in London on January 17th, -When the committee which manages the open cham- pionship will confer with the -council of the Professional Golfers^ Association ''Jth the object of discussing new prgposals far the conduct of the event. The King has graoionsly acceded to the re- quest of the Clyde Yachting Club to send his yacht Britannia to compete during the Clyde Fortnight next summer. The committee of the Amateur Swimming Association met in London on Saturday uight, and among other matters discussed a.n appeal by the RoyaJ Life-Saving Society against a. decision of the Southern Counties Amateur Swimming Association. The latter body had decided to overrule the verdict of tiie judge in the King's Cup competitions at Highgate, and the Bath Club in July last., and compelled the society again to swim a heat in which Dr. W. Morrifj,, of the London Hospital, and G. Innocent, of the City Police, had tied. The order was that the heat should be contested again before .November 30th, but later the association re- opened the case on its tended the time to the end of February. The committee decided in effect that the Southern Association had evaded the rules of the asso- ciation proper by reopening ra case before any attempt had been made to comply with its order and thus settle an awkward case, inas- mucll as it might have 'become a.n inter- national one, the holder of the King's Cup, on the judge's verdict, being Oscar -Schiele, of Magdeburg, Germany. The supporters of Bandsman Blake, .the Great Yarmouth middle-weight boxer, have deposited 4:200 with the Spurting .Life to match him against Bombardier Wells, the contest to be for £ 200 a side. Dick Burge, on behalf of the proprietors of the Ring, London, offered a purse of £ 400 for the oontest to take place at their gymnasium. It may be pointed out that a -contest for the Lonsdale belt—the emblem of the champion- tihJp-mu-st take place at the National Sport- ing Club. Pat O'Keefe'a challenge to Blake will be accepted by the Yarmouth man pro- vided the side stake is for not le,s than £ 100. In recognition of his unbeaten record, And &1. all encouragement to Bandsman Blake, Dick Burge. having secured possession of Jem M;vc«'s Australian Belt, has decided to present it to Bandsman Blake. The presen- tation will take place at the Ring on Thurs- day, January lot.li, on which occasion the undefeated light-weight champion, Jack McAuhfTe. will box exhibition bouts witi, two other veteran boxers, Dick Burge and Jem Carn-ev. the gymnasium having been placed n.t. McAnliffe's disposal for that night. At the Crystal Palace on Saturday evening Mr. H. T. bumniett, president London and Southern Counties B.A., beat Mr. John ,-G-illespic, president English Bowling Asso- ciation, in a rink bowling match by 20 shots to 13. 'No fewer than 111 goals were scored oil Saturday in the First and Second Divisions of the Football League and the First Division of the Southern League. Perhaps the most sensational score was the defeat of Man- chester United by six goals to one at Bolton. CJhelsea's will against Oldham Athletic was Hot unexpected by their sanguine supporters, 4)0t the defeat of Tottenham Hotspur at Derby was most disappointing. Aston Villa dii(I well to carry away one point from Black- burn, but the Rovers still have a nice lead in the competition. At the other end of the table Manchester Citv improved their position slightly, and Newcastle United and Preston North End were both defeated. The defeat of otullty ju the Second Division by Birmingham gave Hull City, who -on their game against the Forest at Not- tingham, the opportunity of heading the table Twitn a fine goal average of forty goals to fifteen. They are closely pressed bv Wool- wieh Arsenal, whose victory over Wolver- hampton Wanderers at Highbury afforded great satisfaction to their supporters. Clapton Orient naturally beat Glossop, but their 5—1 victory was highly gratifying. Fulham failed at Huddersfield, but Leeds City, with a score of 5—1, ga v Stockport a rare trouncing. Swindon experienced their fourth defeat in the Southern League, Plymouth beating them f}.r 3—1. At one period they looked to be win- ning the championship in easy fashion, but, though they still lead Crystal Palace by 3 points, they will have to play better to retain 4heir position. The highest score in the whole series of League games was the 6-0 victory of Norwich over Southend United.

BILLIARD AND BAGATELLE TABLES A Lus. Stock of Ntw «od Somad-laud Tablaa always on hand; also Convertible Billiard and Dining b1..

I AMERICAN HUMOUR. I I THE MYSTERY OF IT. I Two darkies bought a piece of pork, and Sa., baving no place to put his share, trueted it th Henry's keeping. They met the next night, and Henry aaid: "A mos' strange thing done happen .a,t,ma house las' night, Sam. All myai'ry to me." "What dat, Henry?" I., well, Sam," explained Henry, solemnly, "dit mawnin' I go down to de cellar for to git a pieee of hawg fo' breakfaa', an' I put my ban' down in de brine an' feele roun', but dey ain't no po'k dar-all- gone. So I tu'n up de bar'l, an', Sam, sho's as preachin', de rats had et a hole ill'ar froo de bottom of dat bar'l an' dragged de meat all out! Sam was petrified with astonishment for a moment, and then said: Why didn't de brine run outen de hole? Well, yo' gc-e. Sam," replied Henry, dat .-do mywt'ry."—Pitttburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. I TAKING NO CHANGES. I Wemmandhaw: W-h-v do you always read the last chapter first, my dear? Do you like to see ,how the story turns out?" Mrs. Hemmandhaw: No, love; I justt want to make sure that the story is not one of those patent-medicine advertisements." I MA GRUMP SAYS: I Cheer up! A man that can't afford an auto- mobile is never bothered with tyre trouble. One of the things that make life miserable for a poor man » wearing out hitl old clothes. Why get upset over the faot that the new tariff fails to reduce the price of women's cotton ho6e? Nobody's wearing them now. Another disagreeable thing about the high prices of meat is the persistent and increasing vogue of Hungarian goiiiash.Peoria Journal. I NATURAL QUERY. I "This picture, he said, stopping betore cm* of bis early effort&, is one painted to keep t.he wolf from the door." "Indeed!" replied the woman. "Then why don'.t you hang it on the knob, where the wolf can see it? "—Houtf&tt Pott. I WHEN ETHEL GOT MARRIED. I When Ethel got married and left ue, I Our household was plunged into gloom. Her going of sunshine bereft U8; A sepulchre seemed her small room. When Ethel had promised to follow Her William to Hymen's fair land, Our eyes and our voi ces grow hollow, And grief filled our once happy band. When Ethel got married, how badly We mis6ed her bright smile at the dawn! At eventide, too, oh, how sadly We thought of the one who had gon* I When Ethel got married and left us, Our peace in 'her satchel she took. That day the gocfe surely bereft ue, For Ethel, my dears, wan the oook! —Judge.. I BRIDGET'S SCHEME. I I .? I Well, Bridget, you surely 0001 consider ,those windows wa-shed? said the lady of the. house, reproachfully. Sure, I washed 'em nicely efk tflie inside, mum, so we can look out," replied Bridget, "but I intentionally lift thim a fifctle dirty on the outeide so thim ignorant Jones children nixt door couldn't look in."—Everybody'* Magazine. I FLASHLIGHTS. I [ Jfrejudice m one ot the worst toes good jucig- -mient has to contend with. Nothing spoils a genius quite so quickly as 4the discovery that he Ls one. When her mother and father insist on occupy- ing the parlour Sunday evenings, a young woman" is always eager to take her sweetheart to church. Some ineii are courtedur, in the same way that they w«ar a dress suit—as though it hurts. It may be hard to please a woman, but that it no excuriC for not trying to occasionally. It is hard to convince a bill collector t-hat there is something more than money to think of in this world. Enthusiasm is what keeps a man at work when everyone else bus gone to the ball game. The wamem who marries for money sooner or later discovers that she would rather have at- tention. It is impossible to like everybody we know, but it is possible to confine our conversation to the people we do like. And it is unfair to condemn a man because we do not happen to approve of him.Desi-oii Tree Press. YES AND NO. I He: "Your friend, Miss Wabuh, is qtlitt chic. Miss Breezy. Miss Breezy (a trifle envioualy): "Y e8. Clara mav be a, trifle chic, but she is no chicken."— Harper's Bazaar.

GIANT LOBSTER. I A huge lobster, which weighed 91b. 3oz., and was 2ft. 4bin. long, has been brought ashore at Gotland Bay (I.W.) by a fisherman named Simonde. I I- I"

MARKETS. I IX)NDON CORN, MONDAY.—ENGLISH WMAI. —The market was not very active, but the tone wan rather firmer in sympathy with foreign lots: White milling, lots ranged up to 36s., and reds up to 36s. per qr. FOREIGN WHEATS.—There was a fair trade. American samples ruled fully Is. up on the week, and other samples were firm: No. 1 Northerns, 36s. lid.; No. 2 ditto, 35s. 7d. ex ship; Russian, 33s. upwards; Indian, 37s. 6d upwards; Australian, 38s. landed. MAIZE.—The demand was poor owing to the warmer weather, and prices ruled about 3d. cheaper on the week: Plate. 24s.; South Rus- sian. 23s. 6d. landed. OATS.Tiie market held its ground, though the inquiry was not brisk: Plates, 17s. 3d. Danubians, 15s 3d.; No 2 Canadians, 19s. 3d.: Chilians, 18s. 9d.; Petersburgs, 17s.; heavy Russians, 22s. upwards landed. BARLEY.—Grinding and feeding barleys ruled slow but steady: South Russian lots were held for 20s. 9d. landed. Malting and brewing de- scriptions were a quiet market at about late ra?«>s: English, 32s. to 42s.; Smyrna Yerli, 30s. to 37.; Danubian, 24s. 6d. to 28s.; Danish and Swedish. 31s. to 35s. 6d. per 448lb. BEANS AND PEAS.—There was a quiet trade at late rates. LONDON FIOVR. MONDAY.—There was a lierht trade at steady rates, the firmness of wheat 1 helping the tone: English Town-made Patents. 27s. 6d. to 29s. 6d.; ditto Country-made, 24s. 6d. to 26s. C)tf.. American Patents, 27s. to 28s.: ditto Bakers' 23s. 6d. to 25s. 6d. per 448lb. LONDON CATTLE, MONDAY.—Beast entries on to-day's market numbered 1,150, an increase of 220 compared with last Monday. Trade was quiet, and not so firm even for the best bul- locks: Devon*, 5s. 2d.; exceptionally, 5s. 4d.; Herefords, 5s. 2d.: Norfolks, 5s. 2d.: Irish, 4s 4d. to 4s. 8fl. There was a slow sale for fat slaughtering cows and bulls, the former clear- iutr at 3s.. lOd. to 4s., and the latter at 3s. i 6d. to 4s. Twenty milch cows offered, and the quo- tation for the best was X22 10s. each. Five thousand one hundred and sixty sheep were penned in the market, an increase of 2.400. Trade ruled (juipt and rather weaker: Best Down tegs, 6s. 4d. to 6s. 8d.; best half-breds, 5s lOd. to 6s. 2d.; best Down ewes, 4s. 4d. to 4s. 8d. per stone. Five calves offered, but trade was tou -mall to quote. Quotations per Sib. sink- ing the offal: Coarse and inferior beef, 3s. to 3s. 6d.; ditto second quality, 2s. 6d. to 3s.; prime large oxen. 5s. to 5s. 2d.; ditto small, 5s. 2d. to 5s. 4d. Coarse and inferior sheep, 4s. to 4s. 4d.: ditto second quality, 3s. 8d. to (s.; best Down tegs, 6s. 4d. to 6a. 8d.; best half- breds. 6s. lOd. to 6s. 2d. LONDON MEAT, MONDAY.-Trade quiet; supplies good: Beef, English, 3s. lOd. to 4s. 2.1.; American. 3s. lOd. to 4s. 2d.; Scotch, 4s. 2d. to 4s. 8d.: Argentine hindquarters, 3s. 2d. to 3s. 6d. Mutton, English wethers, 4s. 8d. to 5s.; ewes, 3s. 8d. to 4s.; Scotch ewes, 3s. 8d. to 4s., tegs, 5s. to 5s. 8d.; New Zealand, 3s. to 3s. 4d. Lamb. Australian, 3s. 8d. to 4s. Veal, 8d. to &. Pork, 4s. to 5s. per stone. LONDON PROVISIONS, MONDAY.—Butter quiet: Danish. 130s to 134s.; Normandy, 118s. to 130s.; Australian, 108s. to 116s.; Argentine, 108s. to 11.63.; New Zealand, 118s. to 122s.; Russian, 90s. to 114s. per cwt. Cheese steady! Canadian, 66s. to 70s.; Dutch, 58s. to 70s. per cwt. Bacon ifrm: Irish, 68s. to 80s.; Continen- tal. 60* to 74s. per ewt. Hams quiet: Ameri- can. 66s. to 72a. per cwt. Egg* quiet. LONDON POTATO, M.ONDAT.-Trade steady for light supplies. Quotations: Lincolne, No. to 75&. King Edwards, 65s. to 75s.; Kentø and Essex, 65s. to 70s.; Bedfords, 65s.; Blacklands, 45s. to 55a. per ton. BRADFORD WOOL, MONDAY.—'The better tone in the market is maintained, and there is a good business in raw wool; but combed t-opt are not so much in demand. Prices, however are quite firm at last week's level, though 11: advance can be made except in fortys J breds, for which 14Jd. is said to have been made. SAFE INVESTMENTS. I To those of our readers who practice thrift by investing in sound concerns we would call atten- tion to the Fourth City Mutual Benefit Building Society of London. The last report of this Society which was established in 1862, shows the amount in- vestd by Shareholders and Depositors approaches halfa Million of money. During its existence over 10 Millions in cash have been received. Applications for the balance of a recent issue of 500 Investing Shares are now being received which carry a guaranteed interest of 4 per cent, per annum until September 1915, when they rankfordividend with the Original Shares, upon which never less than 4 per cent. per annum has been paid, and for many years past 4i per cent. free of Income Tax. Deposits are also received on very favourable terms. The funds of the Society are chiefly invested in Freehold and Leasehold properties in the County of London and Suburbs, and are well secured by mortgages mostly repayable by monthly instalments. The Reserve Fund is £ 20,000. The Society has hitherto chiefly r lied on members and depositors introducing friends, but, now having many applications for loans 011 mortgage on excellent securities, it has been decided to make known more widely outside London the exceptionally good Interest, combined with safe investment, and copies of Reports, Accounts, etc., will be forwarded by the Manager, Fourth City Mutual Benefit Building Society,; 2. Coleman Street, Loudon.

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AGRICULTURAL NOTES. I BY A PRACTICAL FARMER. I A SURPLUS MILK SCHEME. One of the most interesting attempts yet made to deal with surplus summer milk is the co-operative scheme launched in 1912 under the title of the Cheshire Milk Pro- ducers' Depots, Limited. A milk factory nas taken at Balderton, near Chester. on the estate of the Duke of Westminster. Mr. Henry Tollemaebe president, hae juet tfeeooin-ted to subscribers their first year's ex- periences. He said they estimated having to rfeal with 1.000 gallons of milk per day, in- att-ad of which the quantity was 10,000 gallons. They were supplied with 1,250,000 gallons in nine months, and they had to start ten temporary depots. They paid scheduled prices for their milk, and he oomputed that in the first mont-li an approximate loss of £2,000 was made, while a substantial though smaller loss was made in the second month. A factory was ope-ned at Foiw Crosses, Mont- gomeryshire, and a further lose of ;Cl,ooo was sustained in depreciation in the value of a portion of the cheese. The financial position of the concern became serious, but fortu- nately landowners and farmers loyally came to the rescue. A balance-gheei showing a loss of £ 5,500 was presented at the annual meeting; but it was stated that in the half-year ended June 30th leA a net profit of £ 330 had been made, showing that the scheme is now on a sound footing. It was decided to raise £ 2,000 new shatre capital, which is to be entitled to divi- dends not exceeding 5 per cent, per annum. A large amount has already been subscribed. It is stated thai the opposition of the milk- dealero has vanished, and that they now use the depots largely to obtain" acoommodetion miJk." tt • • I INSURANCE OF LIVE STOCK. It was recently stated that there are in existence in England and Wales about 1,000 societies for the insurance of pigs, about 130 for the insurance of oows, and about half a dozen for the insurance of horses. In the month of June every year there are in the ooucti-y Approximately 3,000,000 pigB, which must be worth some £ 10,000,000. Less than 2 per cent. of that valuable property is in- sured (except against lose by fire). We aare told that the ordinary large live stock in, surance companies do not find the insur- ance of pigs a profitable business, and there- fore do not encourage it. In many parts of the country, however, the insurance of pigs against death from dis- ease or accident has been successfully under- taken by small societies formed by the pig- owners themselves. A society in an ordi- narily healthy country district might expect to have an average casualty rate of well be- low 5 per cent. of the insured pigs, and the actual average lose in existing societies, both registered and unregistered, is about Is. lOd. per annum per pig insured. As regards cows, the experience of eighty- six cow insurance societies in different parts of the country show the average death-rate to be about 21 per oont. per annum of the cows insured, and the average loss, after de- ducting income from sale of carcases, well under 5s. per cow per annum. Of course, there is always the possibility that, owing to a succession of bad years, the losses may considerably exceed the insurance contribu- tions of those vears, and in such a case it may become necessary for the society either to draw upon its reserve or to make a levy upon its members. But the secret of these small societies' ability to pay their way in most years is the olose supervision which they are able to have over their members. BRAN AS A BULLOCK FOOD. Bran is not much ueed in this country as cattle food, but experiments undertaken by the Edinburgh and East of Scotland College of Agriculture, with the object of contrasting the feeding value of Jinseed cake, wheat bran, and a complex mixture which contains both of these ingredients and others as well, indi- cate that, on the whole, the most profit is •btained by the use of bran. Forty-eight bullocks were tested in the ex- periment, Lot 1 having 31b. Bombay cotton cake and 21b. linseed cake; Lot 2, 31b. Bom- bay cotton cake and 31b. bran; and Lot 3 a mixture of two parts of Bombay cot- ton cake, three parts of bran, and one part each of decorticated cotton cake, linseed «ake, and maize meal. In addition, the cattle for the first four weeks received 981b. of yellow turnips. The bran was fed dry and the turnips were fed whooe or cut rougMy in the troughs with » chopper. The roots were served twice a day, morning and afternoon, and the concentrated food was also given twice, one-half as a first feed in the morning and the other at midday. Ten pounds of oat straw was served long in racks. The ration was gradually increased until the finishing period, when Lot 1 got 44b. Bombay cotton cake, 51b. linseed cake, loolb. swedes, 41b. oat straw; Lot 2, 41b. Bombay cotton cake, 71b. bran, 1091b. sfwedes, 4Tb. oat straw; Lot 3, 91b. mixture, as above, 1091b. swedes, 41b. oat straw. The live weight results indicated that the increase per head in the case of Lot 1 was 2-0031b.. of Lot 2 2-0091b., and Lot 3 2 0361b. The outlay for feeding per cwt. of live weight increase for the respective lots was linseed cake 43s. 4d., bran 40s. Bid., and the mixture 42s. 4d. The bran-fed cattle killed slightly better than the others, having been fed over 6s. a head cheaper. Bran was thus more profitable than linseed cake by 21s. 3d. per ton. Thus, when the consuming ralue of lin- seed cake is £ 6 15s. 6d. per ton, that of bran is stated to be £5 3s. 9d., so that when the respective manurial values are added bran appears to be worth £ 6 10s. as compared with linseed cake at f-8 6s. 9d. The experiment is claimed to have resulted in the discovery of a concentrated feeding stuff 12s. per ton cheaper than a mixture 01 equal parts of tin- seed cake and Bombay cotton cake. THE RURAL EXODUS. I This has recently been the subject of a ) careful inquiry, and many interesting facts have been elicited. The normal movement to the towns and to industrial life, which has perhaps rather diminished than increased, is supplemented to « very large extent by a movement to the oversea dominions. This is attributed to eeveral causes, the most gene- rally mentioned being the activity of emigra- tion agents in advertising the allurements of Colonial life. They appeal to a generation which has become accustomed to the modern I disregard of distance. Canada to-day seems < u near to the young countryman as London did to his father. 1 The freer life, the easy facilities for b(. coming a landowner, the wider scope for energy and enterprise, and the higher wages for ManU& labour, are the prospects which appear to be the chief inducements to our rural population to emigrate. These pros- pects appeal especially to those who do not wish to leave the land, but do not see in this country a reasonable chance of living by it. The low wages in the rural di?ricts are men- tioned as a canae of discontent, but it may be doubted whether this in itseW is so oowex* IUL a raetor as tne taejl 01 opportunity, ana in fact there appears no evidence thbt emi- gration is greatest in districts where wages are lowest. Many who emigrate would prefer to stay at 3tome if they could see a reasonable prospect of advancement in life. Better education, and, as is described by some. a kind of edid- eation which gives a distaste for oountry litf, is referred to, while the desire for shorter hours of work, for free Sundays. and for more holidays is also mentioned, but these are causes for leaving the country which are more likely to lead to migration to the towns than emigration to the Colonies. The lack of housing accommodation is frequently men- tioned as influencing men to leave the vil- lages. In this connection the compelition of the townsmen has aggravated the situation* and allusion is made to the turning of eofc- tages into "villm and to the increasing tendency fostered by bicycles of urban workers to live in rural districts.

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RIEVIEW OF THE CORN TRADE. I SOME PRICE FLUCTUATIONS. I Some price max-ima. and minima. for 19)3 I may thus be detailed Lowest. Highest, s. d. a. d. British wheat. 30»'per 4801b. 34 3 per 4801b. Fine Canadian. 1:10 per 1807,b. 40 6 per 4801b. Argentinemaize 22 0 per 4801b. 34 3 per 4801b. Russian barley. 18 (I per 44*01 b. 27 0 per 4001b. Russian 0ats. 15 0 per 3041b. 21 0 per 3041b. English oats 178per 3121b. 21 0 per 12Ib. Arg't'ne linsecd 38 6 per 4161b. 47 6 per 41frlb. Linseed oil 22 0 per 1121b- 29 0 per 1121b. Cottonseed 8 6 per 1121b. 10 3 per 1121b. Household flour 26 6 per 2801b. 29 0 per 2801b. These ten articles give a fair clue to wo character of the year's trade. The sales of British wheat at the 180- statute markets last week were good for the time of year and the Christmas truce was not extended much beyond the statutory holidayp-, Since September 1st, supply has been up to » full average and much above the short de- liveries of last season: This season*. 1,1,03,000qr. at 31s. per qr. last season, 873,000qr. at 32s. 2d. per qr. Barley has sold freely, and if the price is low there is at least a readv cash elearstsee thereat: This season, 2,332,000qr. at 28s. M.. per qr.; last season, 1,851,000qr. at 30s. 3d, Oats are in very meagre supply at market, for the use on the farm absorbs the greater portion of what has been grown: This season, 319,500qr. at 18s. per qr.; last MOb, 297,000qr. at 19s. 9d. Rye is very cheap; 25e. is about the average. -Mark Lane Express. I CURRENT PRICES OF BRITISH GRAIN AND FLOUR IN MARK LANK. LOHDOW FLOU*. (Oash ex Town Mill) Top Price 280 I 314 Town Whites „ 29.4 Town Households 2616 36/0 Hungarian Prooaas „ 34/0 Beat American London Ground „ 2e,18 London Standard, go per coul 37/0 CotTNTBT FLOtT.. Caah at London Terminus.). Bee, Price par 380 lb. 38/8 Good Patents t. Straights „ 2310 Roller Whites „ 33^8 Stona-Mada 2310 BsrriBH GKAIK (Orr STANDS). 8* w. whmt, White per 504 lb. 33 to 37 Red 1.1 32 to 36 Rivetts per 480 Th. 31 to 33 Barley Malting per 4481h 32 to 36 Poultry to 39 Feeding per 4001b. 23 to 25 Malt, English, Best per 3M lb. 41 to 43 „ Fine 36 to 37 „ Ordinary „ 34 to 36 Sootcb, Fine 3t 41 „ Ordinary „ 38 to 39 Brown SI to 35 Black 31 to 35 Orystallised „ 33 to 37 Oats, Good Gartona, Old „ 33 to 34 „ New. 20 to 21 Tartary, Old 31 to D „ New „ 19 to 20 Winter, Old Black. 33 to 24 „ New „ „ 20 to 22 Old Grey 22 to 33 New „ 11 19 to 21 Common, New per 3121b. 18 to 19 Inferior, New per 3041b. 17 to 18 Beana, Pigeon, 1911.- per 6321b. 52 to M 1913 „ 44 to 48 1913. „ 42 to 43 Winter, 1912 35 to 37 1913 33 to 34 S pring, 1913 „ 36 to 38 1913 „ 34 to 36 Peas, Marrowfat*, Fine New per 504lb. 93 to 94 Sound New 88 to 90 Partridge,Fine 37 to 39 „ Commas. „ 35 to 37 Maple, 1912. 35 to 36 „ 1913 „ 3r. 50 38 Don 1912 :w to 35 jtye, FD „ 1913 3S to 35 *ye, Fine per 480!b. %1 to 27 Poor per 4641b. 22 to 34 Tuei. Spring, 1912 per 5321b. 46 to 50 FIDe, 1t13 40 to 42 Common, 1913 38 to 36 Winter, 1912. „ 4:1 to 46 Fine, 1913 „ 40 to 44 Common, 1913 „ 32 to 38 Goraa, 1911. u 96 to 108 „ 1912 89 to 88 „ 1913 „ 72 to 80 Beekwheet. Norfolk. per 4001b. 31 to 33 Linaeed, Liscointibiro. per 4Mb. M to 06 Rapeseed, Beat New per 41Mb. 70 to 74 Common „ 66 to 68 Moatardaaed, Brown per 4481b. M to 108 wm. „ 88 to 96 Conunon Cbaaryaeed,Essex per 4641b. 78 to .83 -Mark Lane Exprest.

"IIIP /,tta, wife ot tbe ArchWuke Charles Francis JoHepli, gave birth to a dolughter at Vienna on Saturday. Disgraceful F(,en" were witnessed at the funo- ral of Harry Fragaon in Paris on Saturday. Tampieo is said to be threatened by The Mexi- can rebels. Enver Bev has been appointed Turkish Mtnia- ter of War. New York and the roast of the Eastern States adjoining have been swept by a severe xale. Writing in reference to the Kikuyu contJS*- rersy, the Archbtfbop of Canterbury «;u|r{rests that the disputants should lay down their pens and await the formal action that he mut tako. Mr. Asquith has stated that the question of Donsolidating and extending tb. Slave Trade Acts it being serioudy considered by the (Jov- trnment.

WORK AXT) WORKERS. I POST OFFICE WAGES—THE LEEDS STRIKE— FURTHER MUNICIPAL WORKERS' STRIKES LIKELY SOCIALISTS AND THE SOCIAL PROBLEM—INCREASED PAY FOR SHIPS' OFFICERS—PROPOSED LONDON LABOUR HALL In response to their request to the Post- master-General to recti ve a, deputation to discuss points in. the Holt Report, relative to their class, the Women Sorters' Association has received a reply from the secretary of the General Post Office in which he remarks that the Postmaster-General has consented to receive the deputation. It is stated on good authority that the Postmaster-General is not prepared to reopen the question of the adequacy of the scales of pay recommended by the Select Committee. The Postal workers of Sheffield at a joint meeting on Saturday protested against the Holt Report and demanded better pay and conditions. Mr. H. Monks, of the Post Clerks' Association, said the tension had reached breaking point. They all hoped, how- ever, that justice would be done so as to pre- vent those extreme measures which the Postal workers, no less than the rest of the country, would regret to see resorted to. Mr. N. A. Larsen, of the National Joint Com- mittee, said the policy of the Department would have to be fought, and how to fight it they had learnt from the Report. Reason was of no avail, and they had to rely on force. Their only weapon in the Vnfrare was the Strike. The Leeds municipal strikers are making vvigorous efforts to widen the area of the dis- pute and to bring about -a sympathetic strike ,of other trade unionists. On Saturday the -strikers7 officials were in communication with the officials of the carters, and during the day the following letter was sent out from the offices of the Gasworkers' and General Labourers' Union to the various trade unions who have members employed by the Corpora- tion: "Dear sir and brother,—At a mass meeting of the men on strike, held at the Albert 'Hall, we were especially requested to appeal to you to assist us in this great fight for trade unionism by at once withdrawing all members of your society who are in the em- ploy of the Leeds Corporation. This is a fight in which we should have the support of all trade unionists, and as the battle is not being waged simply for our men, but for the whole of trade unionists, we sincerely hope that our request will be acceded to, and await the favour of an immediate reply. Prompt action is what is required at this moment." In accordance with the recent decision of the Gaaworkers' and General Labourers' Union, writes a Labour correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, movements similar to those responsible for the strike of municipal workers at Leeds and Blackburn a.re to be ■undertaken in all towns where the wages of municipal employees fall below the standard aimed at by the Union. Wolverhampton and Nottingham a,re two of the towns marked down for immediate action, and other centres are expected to be affected later. The de- mand made is for an all-round increase of one halfpenny per hour in wages. It is also pro- posed to lau-nch in the near future a national movement in favour of an eight-hour day for gasworkers, but each district will be allowed to select the time and circumstances under which this campaign will be pressed. Practi- cally every important town in the United Kingdom is affected by this decision. Mr. J. Keir 'Hardie, M.P., speaking on Sunday night in Glasgow, said they were told that if they agreed upon a programme all t.he sections of the working-class move- ment would come inside. Political pro- grammes were the invention of the party politicians, and were a delusion and a snare. So far as fhe Socialist movement was con- cerned there could not in the very nature of things be anything like a political pro- gramme. Only Socialism would solve the social problem, and onlv an organised work- ing class could bring about Socialism. The Official result of the ball-ol; of the Weavers' Amalgamation on the subject of poli,tical action under the Trades Union Act of last year was announced on Saturday evening at Heywood, Lanes. Eighty-nine per cent. of the members have voted, and there is a majority in favour of political action of 22,265. The official figures were: For political action, 98.158; against, 75,893; neutral, 18,490; spoilt votes, 367. Increases in the pay of ships' captains and officers are announced by the Imperial Mer- chant Service Guild. The Guild also learns that increases will be made by other large steamship lines in the near future, which, when the details have been settled, will be made retrospective from New Year's Day. Among the new increases is a very substan- tial one in the pay of officers of the Cana- dian Pacific Railway Company's fleet sailing from London, Liverpool, Avonmouth, and Antwerp. For the class of vessel these officers will now be amongst the highest paid in the Atlantic service. A similar increase has also been granted officers serving on the steamers plying between Mediterranean ports and Canada. Subsistence allowance whilst the ships are in home ports has been granted. as well as an annual bonus, three weeks' holiday on full pay each year, and special allowance to Royal Naval Reserve officers whikt tierving in 'H.M. ships. The Elder Dempster Company has inaugu- rated a new pension scheme applying to all members of the staff at home and abroad, including captains, officers, and engineers. -Sir Alfred Jones's estate contributes £ 20,000, the annuity fund under his willi another £ 20,000, and the company E16,500. The Seamen and Firemen's Union has stopped the strike pay of it-s members still engaged in the Dublin strike. On Saturday, however, the Liberty Hall strike committee paid the men 5s., hali of their previous allowance from ,their union. Mr. J. Bancroft, secretary of the London. District Committee of the National Amalga- mated House and Ship Painters and Deco- rators, lues received a letter from the Office of Works stating that with reference to the deputation which attended that Office on November 19th last the Board have given instructions that all men employed in Lon- don on work which is commonly regarded as skilled painters' work shall be paid at 9!d. per hour. The strike of farriere or .horee-shoeina smiths in Manchester which had continued ,t,t, l ed. The for the past iwonth has been settled. The men have obtained an advance of 2s. a week in wages, and also a reduction of working hours. Considerable progress has been made with the proposal to build a London trades and labour hall as a centre for the workers of London, and at a meeting at the Co-opera- tive Hall, Little Newport-street, attended by delegates from trade P unions, the prospectus waa finally approved. The approximate cost £!O.{)}J, whi.]e the pmpo-s-ed site is at the corner of High Holborn and Drury-lane, or some alternative site in the neighbourhood. The president is Mr. Robert Applegarth and the chairman of committee Mr. John Stokes. Mr. Percy A. Young is the organising secre- tary. The scheme has the official support of the London Trades Council. The Insurance Commissioners announce that they desire to bring to the notice of em- ployers that contribution cards will in future be current for a period of twenty-six weeks except for the period commencing on Mon day, January 12th, 1914, for which the carda will have a currency of twenty-five weeks.

A proposal tor a tunnel under the Kersey "ting .£S,OOO,OOO has aroused much interest in Liverpool. In memory of Major Bridges Webb. r he late chairman of the Baltic Kxcl-ange. a handsome silver-gilt processional cro.s has been presented to the London City church of St. Andrew Undershaft. You are old enough to know better," Mr. David Howard aemarked to a woman who was charged at West Ham with drunkenness, and the lady answered: Of course I ant; I know that." A waste building site in Liberty-street, Ken- nington, has been lent to the Church Army to make into the eighth of its "city gardens" of free plots for poor married working men with familios. An alarm of fire was given at Colchester by the explosion of a soda-water bottle, one of seve- ral standing on the mantelshelf of an old stove that had been boarded up for thirty-five years. The mantelshelf was found to be burning owing to a heavy oak beam over a fireplace having ignited. While a lodger in the house was showing her a revolver, a girl named Cee,.I-.a Adams, aged seventeen, was shot dead at North Strand, Dublin, on Sunday. The weapon had gone off accidentally. The bullet lodged in the girl's brain, causing immediatf death. In all Scotland the strangest "firt-foot" was a swan which on Ilogmanay (New Year's Eve) swept down on the station IItaff at Clydebank. The bird fell on to the roof of the platform, and was captured by the porters. Mr. W. E. Home, M.P., is arranging for all the workmen on his estate at Shackleford, Surrey, to have a weekly half-holiday, and to those who prefer not to take it he has promised a bonus of a penny for every ihilling el their weeklv watrea.

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