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WORK AND WORKERS. I GOVEKNJir.N T W e'tiints' I' E it A KDS—M A I? T ¥. E ENGINEERS' TIIKEATSNEN STRIKI:—RIIIAVAV- ME, AND STATE OWNERSHIP—METALY.'OKKERS' STHIKB ENOED—Bt n.ciX! TRAOL UWPlTE- TUAC:HKI:S" ST P. IKE. o A mec-i cfHeers from Slieffield. I-as. Cran.o:iliukler-s- field, ?Ja rich e-ior, Li.verjx.oi. Xottingiiam, Lincoln. Leice.-r.er, Burton, and other Cenires vras held in Sheffield on Saturday to pioicst. against the treatrmint they have received the Govern-me.it. Tltc speakers stated i. ;at they had been obliged 70 come out tee open, or there seemed little chain of their many grievances .eireiving attention unless they appealed direct to Parliament. A reso- lution was carried call ing upon Pu'rliament to grant a committee of inquiry into the in- tolerable injustices" prevalent iu the Cus- toms and Excise Departments. In spite of the rain some thousands of Government workers from Woolwich Arsenal, Kew Gardens, the Enfield Small Arms Fac- tory, and elsewhere marched in procession from the Embankment to Trafalgar-square on Saturday afternoon to attend a demonstra- tion in support of the demand for Inrrher wages. A number of Labour leaders, inc'u.i- Mr. Will Crooks, M. IV. addressed the gathering from platforms. A resolution was carried calling on the Government to con- cede to its employees immediately a minimum wage of 30s. a week, and to all piece and day workers an advance of 15 per cent., to ni"<-t the increase .in the cost of living; and -also calliitig upon tin* Prime M-nister, with heads of all spending Departments, to confer with representatives of the men elected by their union A strike of marine engineers is threatened unless cargo-boat owners grant advances of from 30s. to 40s. per month in wages, accord ing to rating. Deputations on the subject have from time to time been received by the Shipping Federation, writes a London corre- spondent. but. although there is no disputing the fact that the grievances are genuine, freights have so gone down tli :it it is almost, impossible at the moment for the tramp com- panies to thiok of increasing their expenses. The remuneration on the passenger lines has been raised, and the pay of deck officers generally has also been improved, but the engine-room staffs of cargo-carriers have so far received small consideration. Labour correspondent writes to the 1 orl- xhtre J'o.it: The terms of reference of the Roval Commission to consider the relation of the railways to the State being considered too limited by the Executive Committee of the I J\ational Union of Railwaymen, they have asked for an interview with the Prime Minis- ter to consider the de-sirabil'ty of the Govern- ment appointing a small Royal Commission which would take evidence on the questions of the safe working of the railways and the working conditions of the staff concerned. The Executive, it 's officially stated, hold the view that any Commission appointed to con- sider the relation of the railways to the State ought also to consider •questiciis affecting tiie safety of working and the general conditions of the railwav workers On the result of the interview will o'errrnd whether any to be given before the present commission on behalf of the National Union of Railwaymen. Meantime, ä. jooit poh.y has heeu adopted between the X. Li.it. and the Llaiiway Clerks Association in regard to the railways, to be carried out on 11, lines: I. The principle of nationalisation of the railways. 2. Ill the event of a change from private to public ownersh ip, mere should be a central governin g autnority r-ennnsible to Pari: i?n-e>it. 3. That such cctural autitority should have an advisorv committee, upon which body the workers should have direct representation of not less than one-third of the wtioie. 4. The retention of full civil and industrial rights, and that support should "ot be given to -any .suggestions for compulsory arbitration. t4P.I)Y Ftsj'i t iasting eleven week s r. -e111: ni.ni. lias been chiv.tcd of a strike of Biack Country metal workers a, the es!abli-i.itr,< at, of ..Ue-sr-. Henry Hope aid with the trade unions have been conducted through the recruit iv-formed Midland Em- p loyers' Fed< rare. and the- farms arranged gl\(1 most of tin- s!;i:i.rd werkmen an advance of Is. to "2s on me day rate- whilst 'unskilled men also receive a sub-ian.ial increa -.<> :n wagets. Pi; ee workers are guaranteed inter day rate. At the Y.eavdue Steel. Coa^T' and Cok Company's Croxdalc C- iii'ry. Durham. 270 employee-, in udr;■>i;' officials, have received fourteen day-" mi i ice to cense work. I he men are princioa'ly engaged in the Little Bustv and in- I tultO:eanrs, where, it is 'stated, the output i'or r-?n' e?n-ider?b'?e time has been too low for the average wages paid. The week end found the parries engaged in the London building trade d-spe-te no nearer an agreemen. i"he :-rareme.:t issued by the men's federation thai one of the builders had withdrawn th-> pnnahy agn ein-ei.t and re- signed from th nn. '?'. :?e.?.?'' was de- :I\:(¡';()\ ï \(1,1111 ()\ii", :It li',r"[\ ;I: :'I: 1: (;: -s::i.\ t¡l: on Saturday. Oil the contra ry. iireie were more anpliea: ion for i- than- the ar-soeiatio-n had had for some time. Coin.nnnting upon the result of the con- sideration by the Court of Kcferees in the inr.i.er oh p. •. in the Lon-<!o-n huihkag di'"pn!e of iin-'njiloyod benefits under the 11\- surance -lei. y/?./?/?' Xnrsfitt y' "aJ: As the wordiiic -ta id s, the dr'C.s'.nii was r»m y to i;i,e (';(:"¡t:l::j -;l:lSit ;t\ \;y (c!,j/io question. A master may lock lus men out on allY pretext., even the ab-urd, ;wd then it becomes a trade dispute, and so no unem- ployment benefit h( r: he drawn. there is work for th.e Labour Party to obtain an amendment of the Act. that w iJ1 bring its ohevation infirf1 into the -pifit wnr^'St was in- tended when the measure was introduced. An unusual ease nmbr the Workmen's Cotnfieiisatlon Act h-a* been decided in the Bristol County Court. William Ho?ry Bryant, ?ged sixty-eight, a bricklayer's labourer, was I-,tt)oui-er, was man. White engaged on a cooling job Bryant fell through the roof and injured his back so badly that i? was incapacitated. He wed Brown for eomp; usation. the earnings of Bryant, :t v. -taled. wre ?4?.. and Brown stated th:n the net amon?t he li.mself earned was 26s. a w -ek. He was not insured under the Act as an employer, and he would have to pay any compensation out of his wages. 1 he Deputy Judye remarked that it was a hard case, but he had no alternative. He made an •>rder on the defendant to pay 12s. a week. Important meetings were held at Hereford on Saturday in connection with the strike of Hereiord-hirc certificated school teachers for the establishment of a .scale of sa]a>n«M, and the result was a decision of "iit) "I rr,-iiiler both on the part of the local education autho- rity and the National. Union of Teachers. A meeting of the Special Committee appointed to deal with the matter hy the local education authority met at the S.liirehaU. Hereford, but after discus.siug t-ha matter for more than two hours the Committee adhered to their decision to abide by the former resolution not, to a.dmit a scale of salaries, but to trea: each teacher individually and on his merits. An enthusiastic meeting of teachers was held in Hereford Town Hall, and was attended by over 200 members of the Union. The key note of the meeting wa.s. We shall win." A re- solution was passed, thanking the X.U.T. for its action in the eotrnty, and expressing loyalty and firmness to abkV by the N.U.T. decisions. Another resolution expressing con- fidence in ultimate victory was also carried.

REVIEW OF THE CORN THAVF. I Seldom has hc?vy land worked better t! an at the present lime, and the pVugh 'is cvrrv- w here busv. Th? grow ')' wheru ? m -r lc 1:))¡:' ]¡:lllttF' iI j:ll;u, 1 :'i (1(; look so thin as it- did a fortnigiu ago. 'J'he October-sown wheat is .of over aveiage pro- mise. Farmers have been so d'ssat sf'ed with prices for all but their best wheat samples that a good deal of the newly threshed is being used for feed in a givntr.d form. The inquiry for seed barley and oats is tl.()IV for spring beans and tare. More -early potatoes than usual are being planted. The straw from newly threshed corn is often being sold at an impu- dent ly low price. Tiie wheat gradient this wejlk is between the Midlands and the far north Birmingham, 34s. 2d. Berw ick, 2 £ s. range. 5s. 2d. Mar kets. where wheat has sold fairly well include Leeds and Manebeisier. Barley has fetched good prices nowhere: Burton. 29s. lid D evizes. 24s. Id. ratine. 5s. Kid. Oats have" had n lesser raie.'e. Very firr prices have been averaged at Mark-inc. and also at. Banburv. Chk heeler, and Wore •-tc-r "Worcester, 21«. '6d. He" tHs. 3d.; range, 3-; 3d. per (jr.—jlatl: 1, />/Y.V. CURRENT PRUNES (TF BRITISH GRAIN AND FLOCR IN MARK LANE. LONDON FLOCE. (Cash ex Town Mill.) Top Price per 280 lb. Town Whites 20 0 Town Households „ 6iO No. 2 MM Hungarian Process „ 33/0 Best American London Ground :t1 :0 London Standard, 80 per cent. « 2.j, G COOXTRV FI.OCR. Cash at London Terminus.) Best Price jier 2,So tb. 20 6 Gwd Patents 24/6 trllihts M 24 (I Roner Whites. ? <| Swne-Made 2.">'3 BRITISH GRAIN (OFF STANDS) lvbe:tt, Wiiite per fiO-1 lb. 34 to :;0 Red ,2 Rivetfcs per i.Sn P> ;JJ T,U .•> Barky, Fi?"-S(-o1 Corn )?)<i'?!i<<)? Malting ]x-r -H-lb :?3 to Mn Poultry 27 to 20 Fading .?<-t40un, 2i to ;¡ Malt, Eng!is)).)?t .)'.e':?'iH'.?'t<tt;; Ftoe Ordinnry „ Scotch., t'ilic t, Ordinary. t" :I Brown to T> Black 31 to •>) Crystallised 33 to •>7 Oats, Fini-Seed ('urn 24 to 3"2 Fine Seoti-h 20 to 27 l'.ii-'i „ 24 to 2*> Good Cartons, Old 23 to 24 New -o u. 22 Txj-tai-y, Old 21 to 22 New Winter, Old Ulack 23 to 21 -New -41 L,, 2. Old Grey 22 to 2 > N?w  .J ? ?t/.J)' Common, New 2t) Inferior. Xew p. r .>o! b. IS to Ht Deans, Pigeon, lull I, to 1012 -13 to 40 1! 11 43 to 44 Winter, 11(12 „ 3o to 37 1:ii:; ;n t<> 31 Spi,)Yig, 1!) 13,i ln;; q ;); t Peas, Marrowfats, FiliP Xew per ;>04lb. So to S!) Sound Xew 70 to >1 Yearling ,? ?)!?'' Partridge,Fine 3ti to 3S (/milium 31 to*31 M?p?,?!?. ,? :t.?7 ])till 1913 31 to 3 > .Ryp. Ksse\ pett8'?'2it.u 20 Tatt-?,!Spt)!'?.1'))l.p<?)?2t? (i! to "H> Fine, 1 '.113 „ tuto? Common, 1013 33 to 3i» W inter. 1!(12 40 to 17 Fine, 1013 I: to Ij Common, 1013 34 to 40 6 ores, 1!11 to 111 12 .HO to KS 1!H3 04 to 72 Lin&ced, Lincolnshire. per-4241b. f>2 to 54 Rapeseed, Best Xew per 4101b. 74 to 75 Common 1;8 to 74) Mustarciseed, White S8 t0 00 Common 74 to 78 Canary,seed,Kssex per -UiliO. 72 to 80 — Mark Lane Express.

At tb<'ir next- meeting ih.> Wandsworth Boronci Council ill be a-ked io grant £ -1.000 towards the ourcliase ol the Crystal Palace. Five hundred ral. 11:(, been killed ill a ware- house ai lii.-wicii Dock, One penny a tail wa3 paid for the rats by tiie health oflicials. Suicide during Temporary msaniiy was Tne t-erdictreturt.ed on Edward Payne Press, forty- three.' a Bristol solicitor, whose mutilated body was found on the railway. lie had li- I I de- pressed, apparently for no reason, imagining be had lost his abdir.v. to advise clients correctly. James Murray lleid. chartered accountant, has died fro II I injuries caused by his motor-cycle colliding- with a motor-car at Step) is. near Glasgow. Contending that it is of public benefit, that upkeep should be as low as possible, the Post- master-Omiei al is u.-king local authorities to waive the annual rents of phone poles and lixuires. lh. Page, the American Ambassador, ve-ited the Elsvvick Works, New cast le-on-Tyno. on Saturdav. and afterward s lunched with the Lord Mayor. Mr. Gusiav Hamel completed two loops and an edge-slide in a heavy downpour of a tlw wind blowing at fifty-live miles an hour, a^ Eastbourne on Saturday. During dredging operation* in a stream at Marlow a piece of bone, two horns, and a por- tion of an antler belonging- to prehistoric ani- mals were found about 2ft. below the river bed. Two men engaged it) (Irillitig operations at Nanbain Colliery. Bristol, struck against a live cartridge which had been overlooked, and an px- plosion occurred, both men being severely injured. Fiftv thousand pounds' damage was done by lire at the New South Wales Government ioinery and timber yards at Rozelle, covering an area of nearly three acres, which were en- tirely destroyed. Blackpool Corporation's effort to counteract the evil influence of the penny dreadful" by forming juvenile libraries at tiie schools has proved entirely successful, practically wiping out the pernicious literature. Arthur Woodward, forty, a well-dressed man, who said that until recently he was an engineer under the Manchester Corporation, pleaded guiity, at Wille.'den, to the charge of begging, £ 1 id was remanded. A letter-box in the centre of Gl ag-ow, on being opened on Saturday, was found to eon- tain a cloth saturated with acid. Some of the contents of the box were damaged. The Duchess of Marlborough had Sir J. M. Rarrie and Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Shaw among her dinner guests at Sunderland House cn Saturdav. m ,■

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111c Kussian ico-lnvaker turno.aftfr n'ach- iii'jr the isl<>t of Seskar, has taken 011 board the 447 fishermen, with horses and fishing appli- ances, who were east ashore there after having drifted out to sea on an iee floe. Hemrlls how that on January 31st there were 5.009 patients in the London fever hospital*. There were 3,751 at the corresponding period of last year. Fifteen years after the disaster, the Whirvviek Colliery Disaster Relief Fund Committee have now completed their labours, and held the final meeting on Saturday. On Saturday the members of the t>ominio<is Royal Commission io inquire into tli,, trade atid resources of the Oversea Dominions left South- ampton for Capetown. For .-ixty-ihree years Mr. John Goodwin hoi officiated in the Smeeth (Kent) Parish Church choir. His father am i he have been connwled with the village choir for over 100 years. A party, it(,Iu(i iig Mr. Robert Smillie (preei- dent of the Miners' Federation) and one of the inspectors of mines, went down and inspected the Senglienydd pit 011 Saturday. Erected at St. Bartholomew's Hospital aa a memorial to the late Dr. Etheringron Syn th, the operating theatre and the ward for sick re- sident- med ical officers have been completed. An estimate of the OUT lav of the Public Health Department- of the City of London for the en- si.illl-- year is 1308.394. The revenue is set down at X50,799, and a rate of lid. in the £ will be required. There is no idace for ineffective Christians in the Church of God," said Bishop Taylor Smith, Chaplain-General to the Forces, at a conference for lay workers in Islington Parish Church on Saturday. Mr. George Jessup, superintendent of the northern district of the Great Eastern Rai!wav at Norwich, on his reti rement has recei ved handsome gftz; from the directors, chief officers, and colleagues. Wireless telegraphy i< being installed at Aylesbury Grammar School. Mrs. Eliza Gordon ha., died at Bowerchalke in her 102nd year. Alderman Sir William Dunn has been elected Master of the Shipwrights' Company. At a banquet at. Otilt.,>n Broit] a swan was served in accordance with ancient custom. Lieutenant Williams. R.N., and a. pilot- have made the first Jtsit paid by airmen to Crotner. An outbreak of diphtheria at Great WTaker- ing. Essex, is ascribed to no sanitation." .For the relief of one family, it is reported, the Marlborough Guardians have paid £ 404 6s. 2Ad. during fifteen years. Four men. it is feared, were drowned in Holy- head harbour of refuge during a. terrific gals Into 111 8aJu.'r1øv n i rht I

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AGltfCULTURAL NOTES. I BY A PRACTICAL FARMER. I' BABLEV OX A SANDY SOIL. I ;im asked what, artifii ial manures I re- commend for barley on n. light, sandy .soil. One always hesitates to specify exact quanti- ties of artificials without knowing a good deal more about the particular soil and its litoial treatment t h an my correspondent's letter furnishes. He will, however, be a»si«.red by the following account of it, priva.o experiment made ia*. year in connec- tio!yith the 111Ull1rillg of a field of light, sandy soil for a crop of barley which fol- lowed oats. About a week before sowing iinee quarter- acre piot? were car?fuUv marked off *dde by side on a uniform part of the Held and treated per acre as follows: (I) No arti- ficials; (2) Jcwt. sulphate of ammonia, 3e\Yt. superphosphate, 2ewt. kamit (3) Jewt..sul- phate of ammonia, 3cvvt. superphosphate. In each case the liunurc.s were carefully mixed together before application. The rest of the field v as done with superphosphate alone. An inspection of the field just before the cutting of the crop showed that of the dif- fered. treatments the complete dressing of artificial* on plot 2 had given the best re- sults. The plot exhibited not only a thicker' add J})'il'e uniform crop with larger ears, }nt also a taller and more vigorous straw, especially as compared with ihe untreated plot, and- had every appearance of yielding at more grain than the untreated plot and -Jqr. more than plot 3. which re- ceived no kainit. Another nqtieeable feature of the results, however, was the appreciably earlier and more uniform ripening of the crop on plot 2 than elsewhere in the field. In comparison with the untreated plot and the rest of the field, plot 2 was ready to cut at least ten days earlier, and about a week as compared with plot 3. I CLYDESDALE HORSE SOCIETY. The report presented at the thirty-seventh annual meeting of the Clydesdale Horse Society confesses that the year 1913 does not show such a marked advance in all features of prosperity as the three years preceding. But the Council are able to congratulate the members on a membership increased by 128; an increase in the amount of invested capital, which now stands at over £ 8,80(1; the issue of the largest volume of the Stud Book yet pub- lished. as far as numbers of entries are con- cerned the largest number of affiliated societies vet enrolled-—viz.. iffty-five; an ex- tended distribution of gold and silver medals abroad, and a satisfactory export trade. Clydesdale horse societies, 011 the model of the home society, have recently been formed in New Zealand and Australia. In South Africa the breeders of Clydesdales have also made a movement towards organisation, and the long-established societies in Canada and I the United States are in a sound condition. At home remarkable prices have been paid at public auction for foals of both sexes, and the demand lor big, sound, commercial geldings has seldom been keener. The outlook for the breed generally is cheerful. « it I .n. CENSUS OF PRODUCTION. 1 lie Hoard of Agriculture is engaged ii) CcA- lecting information in connection with the census, of production which is now again being taken for the compilation of another report on the agricultural outpiu of the eOUlI- try, similar to that issued for the year 1908. A large uuniber of forms of inquiry all various points have been sent to occupiers of land, who will, it is hoped, as on the previous occasion, assist the Board by furnishing the information re(itiire(i. The particulars asked for are solely for use ii) ilie Statistical Division of the Board for this purpose, The report is one of great inter- est, and gives an idea such as no other source of information can furnish of the present posi- tioil of the country's agriculture as compared with the position of previous years. Some farmers object to these inquiries, and boast of having refused information. What satis- faction this can give them J cannot under- stand. but it dojs provide material for those critics and accusers who love to ridicule the British farmer. j PURE SEEDS A\D SEED-TESTING. I Undoubtedly much feeble and impure seed finds buyers amongst us. and we are disposed to blame everything except our lack of judg- ment or carelessness in' ever acquiring suc-h poor stuff from -which to raise a crop. The remedy usually suggested for this unfortunate condition of certain sections of the seed market is a seed testing station controlled by the Government. It is significant that the best- known firms of seed dealers support this sug- gestion for they know that they have nothing to lose and everything to gain by it. They really require what may be called a Govern- ment hall-mark for thell" feeds. Referring to this qy-estion at the London Farmers' Club recently. Professor R. H. Biffen. of Cambridge University, said that this would undoubtedly be of value to some who do a large export trade, as it would put them on the -,amp footing as the Continental merchants when guarantees were demanded by the buyers. Moreover, in the home trade it would be of value, for it would be authori- tative and beyond dispute. Seed-testing is ex- pensive, and a station with a Government subsidy might carry out the work more cheaply than the professional seed-tester, who has to make his living in the four months or so of the year during which the "season lasts. 011 the other hand, it may be said that if 11 great demand existed for a central and authoritative station the trade themselves could well have founded one by now. Fur- ther. it is doubtful if the small dealers are uffieielltly interested in the seeds they supply to avail themselves of the services of such a station, consequently its mere existence would do little to mitigate the evils we have to com- plain of. But the foundation of a Govern- ment seed-testing station, together with a uni- versal guarantee system, would soon drive the t grades of seed off the market. For ii,i, purpose the two must go together, but I whether the seed trade as a whole are pre- pared to put up with the inevitable Govern- ment interference in their business which this wcT'd necessitate is for them to decide. necessitate for them to decide. CO-OPERATIVE DAIRYING. I Although the co-operative idea gains ground somewhat slowly in this country, par- ticularly amongst producers, some progress has nevertheless been made in recent years in the formation of societies to deal with special conditions pertaining to the dairying industry in various parts of the country. Some deal with whole milk only, and are fitted up with up-to-date plant for cleansing and cooling the milk as received. Others exist specially to deal with surplus milk, converting it into cheese and other products, including separated milk powder. Two societies exist primarily to manufacture Stilton cheese in the summer months, finding a market for the members' milk in winter. Several butter-making socie- ties exist, and substantially reduce the cost of manufacture to tiie farmers, saving waste, and producing a more uniform butter. One society receives its members' butter and blends it with a specially-installed plant. A society in the North of England has specialised in the sale at its own depots of milk bottled elml gaarameeu co nave oeeu prooucea UIj(;CC strictly hygienic conditions. In these and olbor ways the co-operative method has been fou: J, when given a reasonable chance, to increase- profits and to relieve the farmer of rn-14 h worry and trouble with marketing. It is equally true to say that no branch of agriculture, when efficiently conducted. is more highly scientific than dairying, 3Jld I hat none requires more intricate and explo- sive machinery to maintain eon-si steni quality in the produce. Hence f):, calls for a. high degree of training and a heavy outlay of capital to conduct the business according to modern ideas and on profit-earning liw"3. It. is certainly the exception to find a. fariror who can equip and staff a dairy out of his own resources. But by co-operation between the dairy-farmers of a district, who. after all. have much to gain and liftle if any- thing to lose by joining hands, the costliest machinery and the highest skill and ability can sooner or later be commanded.

ELEY Sporting Cartridges Guaranteed Eley loaded and Always Reliable. My ••Pheasant" Brand SMOKELESS CARTRIDGES, Specially manufactured for me. 8/6 per 100, Or loaded with Smokeless Dianior,(" Powder, 9/6 per 100. Also other Smoke- S I less Caitridges from 7,6 per TOO. I, VAL PALMER, i IRONMONGER, 8, High-Street, LEDBURY. )

I MARKETS. LONDON CORN, MONDAY.ENGLISH W;TE\T. —Trade, though quiet, ruled rather liiTi er, m .\rnpath:v itlt foreign samples. Offerings were •till good White milling lots ranged up to 3> and reds up to 34s. per qr. FOBKIGN WHKATS. -There was a fair trade,, and prices ruled 3d. to 6d. higher smc- ip-t market dav and on tin- week: 1 36s. 6d. No. 2 ditto. 36s. i No. 3 ditto. 35s. Cd. ex -hip: Plate Ru'~?:an, 87s. 6d. upwards lauded. MATZK.—The market was rather firp.ier in tone, but the slunaisinie-s of Hade checked any advance: Plate. ::2 9d. to 23" CM 22s. 6d. landed. OATS. n the week, but price.- were no better, nnd iho coin- try demand remains very poor: Plates. 15s White Libaus, 15s. Dunubians, dians. 18s. 3d. upwards: Chilians. 1". 9d. hiev d. t),ARI.F,Y.Gi-;iid; z;iid fading" lots w ere e :J for fully recent raie. though ihe warm w.v-ir r held back buyer-: Odessa. 21s. to 21. 3 J. landed. Maltim? and bvwing hav'eys steady without change: English, 2Ss. to 37s.; st,,a d v tli?)iii Smvriia. 30-. to 35s. Ovtchak and Anatolian, 29s. to 36s.: brewing: Chilian. 31-. 6d. to 34s.; Cbe\ alier Chilian. 33s. to 37,. Danish a;; 1 Suecli.-h. 31s. t0 35s. BEANS AND PF.AS. -There WAS only a light, ■trade ai unchanged prices. LONDON FLOUR, MONDAY.-The market was on the fil.f)l (IV, helped by the upward ten- dency cf wheat values. The demand remained lijrht: Attiti- ciii Patents. 26, to 28s.: ditto Bakers'. 23s. Gel, to 25s. (R English Town- made Patent-. 27s. 6d. to 23s. 6d. ditto Coun- try-made. 26s. 10 27,. per sack. LONDON CATTLE. MONDAY. -Beast entries on to-day's market numbered 800, a decrease of 20 compared with last Monday. Trade was slow, and prices were not fii-i-it for bullocks. No Irish offered, and only a few Scotch: Scotch ouoted 5s. 2d. exceptionally, 5s. 4d. Devons, ss. to 5s. 2d. Norfolks, 4s. 10d. to 5s. 2d. Shorthorns, 4s. lOd. to 5s. 2d. Far slaughtering cows and bulls were dull at late rates. The for- mer fetched 3s. lOd. to 4s. 2d., and the latter 3s. gd. ti 4s. Twenty milch cows offered, and thp quotation foi- the best was £ 23. Three thou- sand fifhthundrfd and fifty sheep were penned ii) the market, an increase of 350. Trade was steady as folio* Rest Down teprs, 6s. 6d. to 6s. to 6s. 4d.: bt,t Down ew es, 4s. 8d. ro 5s. half-bred lambs. 7s. to 7s. 4d. per stone. Five calves offered, bat trade was too small to quote. LONDON MEAT. MONDAY.—Trade steady supplies moderate Beef. English. Scotch. 4s. 2d. to 4- 8d.: American, 3s. lOd. *-6 4s. Argentine hindquarters, 3s. 2d. to 3s. 6d. iMutton. English wethers, 4s. lOd. io 5s. 4d. ewes. 3s. 8d. to 3s. 8d. to 4-. tens. 5s. to 6-. New Zealand. 3., to 3s. 4..1. Lamb. English, 6s. 4d. to 7s. Australian, s. 8d. to 4s. Veal. 4s. 4d. to 6s. Pork, 4s. to 3d. Jwr .ton(>. LONDON PROVISIONS. MONDAY. —p.utt.rr ouiet Danish. 122s. to 126s. Normandy. IIS- to ]30, .\tt-traliall. 100s. to 116. Russian, 100s. to 116s,: ;C\\ Zealand. ItfK to 120s. Argentine. 113s. to 120s. per cwt. ( iee-i> steiidv Canadian. P6s. to 72 to 70s. per ewt. Bacon 'lull Irish, 64s. to ;0. Continental. 60s. to 76s. per cwt. Hams quiet: American. 66s. to 70s. per cwt. Egs^s quiet. LONDON POTATO. MONDAY. —^Trade fnled steady for jrood supplies as follows: Lincoln*, 65s. to 75.: Kents and Essex, 55s. to Kinsr Edward-. 70s. to 75s.; Bedfords. 6i), to 65t; Blacklands. 45s. to 55s. per ton. BRADFORD WOOL, MONDAY.—The merket, continues firm and conifdent, and though thenj i" not thp same activity a? last meeting, there is a nice business in all descriptions. For a sixty-fours top the general quotation is 2. 5d., and for fortvs ]5d. is now rock-bottom price. English wools are better to sell, but it is diffi- cult to make any advance. The outlook in the yarn trade is rather better.

yueen Alexandra and I'rincess H-rOr1 were present at Olympia on Saturday, when the Earl of Lonsdale presented a new horse to Mile. Schreiber. Mgr. Benson has predicted that Mr. H. G. Wells, who began as an agnostic and democrat, will end as a Roman Catholic and a feudalist. The Home Secretary and thp Lord Chief Jus- tice have visited and inspected Wormwood Scrubs Prison. At Vancouver on Saturday MiSE, Marie LImed whipped the editor of a local newspaper that had published what she regarded as insulting criticisms of her songs. The German Crown Prince may make a trip. to Africa in June. Mr. P. A. B. Widener, an American million- aire, has purchased the Panshangrr Madonna bv Raphael for £ 140,000. Mr. Churchill, despite a storm and driving rain, flew on Saturday in a seaplane from Til- bury to the Isle of Grain. Sir A. Conan Doyle has asserted that bv com- promising with regard to divorce and institut- ing separation immense harm has been done to the social life of this country. Seventy schoolchildren engaged in a street collection for a society were detained by the police at Gloucester for a time on Saturday. The GolâjJljthl" Company is defraying the entire cost of the engineering extension of tho Tmuerial (Jol'ep-p of Science, f-stxnnte.) Ht J'fi" 000.

"An MccliMt FoeA. admirably tdtpte? t? wants of Inf<a«':— if  Sir Chaa. A. .trn.A"D'e ØeŒ.EôOd J??? U?M B<?.H.t"H:.t..t?t B.by"?.? SOmPle ? ?? P"tace. M?tM. thM p.p?. IOSIAR R. NBA VB A CO., Foresoridge

I MILLIARD AND BAGATELLE TABLES A Large Stock of New and Second-hand Tables always on hand; also Convertible Billiard and Dininc Tabl. Write for List, G. Edwards, IUKingskud Rd.,N. I I THE WORKER'S PROTEST.—— — p ? ??t?-?' v"S-??e???? f'? b' '?, ?'?? ? ? ??. S l  | ONF- E I Cz ,4 -Y E FRi F, |  _?  B'RTT!SH''WOR?M'?N Why should ?ay?ve?yti?'.? ? W?Y ?o?t vo? set something out of those foraign fellows who use ou? rVia?kets?ee and rob me and my mates of our work and wages ?