Abergavenny Chronicle

INFLUENZA. I 1,2S8 DEATHS IN LONDON.. I • Mr. Hayes FisheT, President of the Local Government Board, stated in the House of Commons on Wednesday that the measures feUen bv the various sanitary districts through, their local mcdical officers, in the opinion -of the iioard, were sufficient to spread information as to the prevention and treatment of influenza. The Board, he added, do not think it necessary to increase taeir medical "taft. The extent to which it had gripped the country by the official figures of the Ecgistrar-General fer last week. The number of deaths recorded as, from influenza in the ninety-six great towns was 4,482, out of a total from all causes of 9,816. In Lon- don the deaths were 1,256, as against 17, 80, a ,.Ji :71 in the preceding three weeks and an average of 5. Figures were given in Parliament of deaths' in certain of the home camps .during recent weeks. Dr. Macnamara, Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, said that there had been 120 deaths among the men at the Crystal Palace dariiig the last six months. Of these 117 were from pneumonia following, in- lfuenza, one from cerebral spinal menin- oTe from cerebral disease, and one from Addison's disease. The average num- her of men at the Crystal Palace was 5,600. During the course of six months the number of men infected by influenza was over 1,000. Maior Baiid, Parliamentary Sectetary to the Air Yiinistry, stated that an epidemic broke out at Blsndford Camp on September 21, and during last week the cases increaeo-l to 252. There are 15,000 men in the camp, and the total deaths from this cal-iw have been fifty-nine. Additional doctors and nine- teen extra nurses have been sent to the camp to deal with the situation. The draft- ing, of recruits to the camp has been stopped for a week. Reports from Woolwich t-tate that th,e tpldemii; has passed itri worst stage, and at .Coichooter the outbreak appears to be well in lWlld. The medical officer of Greenwich inf<Hme<! his town council on Wedne.-day tliat iufu'.nza is abating in the borough.

I LESS LIGHT IN SHOPS. I Lighting rations in the hotels, restau- rants, md {arge shops of London and the big provincial towns are to be reduced by another 25 per cent. At a meeting of representatives of Lon- don stored and big shops, it was agreed to try to reduce the lighting, in premises open to the public, to one half the number of lamps in use in 1917. Ah arrangement has been made by the Coal Cuntrolle-r with the principal electric light undertakings that the minimum charge shall be extended over the year and not be a fixed charge for each quarter as formerly. For example, where the mini- mum charge is 5s., if a consumer at tho September quarter has consumed only 3s. worth and in the succeeding quarter burns 7s. worth, the 2s. excess paid will be de- ducted. This arrangement started on October 1 with the current quarter.

I DOUBLE TBAGEDY IN A FLAT. The bodies of a man and woman, identi- fied as Arthur Diprose and Winifred Hunt, were found in the top flat of Kensington House, Turnham-groeji-terrace, Chiswick. Complaints had been made to the owner of the flat., and an c, itty was forced. The' bodio. were found in the kitchen, lying on a mattress, and covered with an eider-down quilt. The couple had taken the flat tv/o Eioiifhs ago in the name of Diprose. That ol ?l? ago, in the n-,ii is the man's correct name. He is married, and his wife lives at Hamilton-road, Bed- ford Park. Diprose was employed at t.he D-u Cros works, Acton. Nothing had been see- eiibcr of him or the woman for a fort- night. The windows and doors of the flat I hrd been covered with towels and the taps of the gas 8tove in the kitchen had been turned on. ————- 9' —————

I AN AEROPLANE MAIL I Mr. Field a.ked the Postmaster-General whether he has any official information showing that an aeroplane postal service, is about Yo be starfcad between New York and C(ii ago a yil T,,Iaefxier. he will consider the advisability of' starting an aeroplane mail service' between* London and Dublin. Mr. Pease replies in the Parliamentary papers: X aui awire that mails are being by aeroplane between certain cities in ibe United States. The question of es- tablishing aerial mail/ services between places in the British Isles is being kept in view, but 1 cannot ?ay when it will be pos- aiblc to bring any services into operation.

I REGISTRATION FOR TEA. I Tile Ministry of Food calls attention to the fact that persons registered .with re- tailer? for tea must renew their registration as soon as possible by depositing with the rctaikr the pare counterfoil 2 on leaf 7 ot iheir -ew ration bOQks not later" than November 10. It is not enough for the re- tailer to fill in space 6 on the back of the book. He must aiiio be given-the counter- fOll p'cper?y ?I:cd up, as persons who have not their cou-aterMla. may not b?  ab!e to obt?ia supp!i<?

A. GENERAL ELECTION. I Speaking at an Eisteddfod at- Blaenavon, Moumou'.lishire, Mr. Reginald McKenna, M.P.) said that everybody in the- country almost tnthdut exception was opposed to an elmtior- at the present time. In Jtjia opinion, the qU%tlOlI whdher they had an election defended du -the speed of th^ warV- If peace cairfe qiirt'Kly: 'there "woald election at- blit if -the yvsr continued into Noveiaber and through December. then he believed there would be a.n election, even if it "was against'-the pulilic wish.. -4

'I The War. F,;Iv,) its- yolicv is to find 1 home i'or "men oysr fqrty-tv»;o. who have Bcrve'd two, or three yepiw on any front, I but .the number- efyo?g-i- substitutes is ti?t:t"d. Dr. Courtney Ivonney hae reeigned the (,f ETig- land

VALENCIENNES "WHOLLY IN OUR POSSESSION. 1 BELGIANS NEARING GHENT. On Saturday the folk-wing telegrams from Sir D. Haig were issuer- Saturday, 11.0 a.m. The fighting yesterday south of Valen- ciennes was of a very severe nature, and was continued until this morning. OnftHe' battle iront of six miles large numbers of the enemy were killed, many hostile counter- attacks repulsed, and 4,000 prisoners taken, j The 17th Corps, under General FeTgttsspn, and 22nd Corps, under General Godley, gained the high ground south-east of Vaien- ciennes, and this morning pre-ssed forward and seized the village of Preseau. To the north the Canadian Corps, under General Currie, after hard fighting on the outskirts of Valenciennes, have now passed their troops through that town, which is wholly in our possession. Saturday, 7.30 p.m. Determined fighting of a local character has continued during the day. on the battle front south and east of Valenciennes. Our troops have made good progress north-east of -Mareschee and east and north of Preseau, capturing the hamlet of St.. Hubert and the farms in the vicinity. East of Valerciennes we hold the village of Marly, and cur advanced detachments have entered St. Saulve. In the course of this operation we have captured two tanks, which were used by th enemy in his unsuc- cessful counter-attacks yesterday, and have taken several hundrea prisoners. In a successful minor operation carried I out by us this morning west of Landrocies we advanced our line and captured a. num- ber of prisoners. I AT THE GATES OF GHENT. j r I I The fallowing, telegram t;as re&cived en Sunday by the NVir Cilice:- Saturday, 9^>0 p.m. The attacks delivered on October 31 and 1st inst. bv Second British Arrpv and Franco-Americsn Army of th.8 Flanders group bore fruit to-day. Pressed by. Bel- gian Army and by left of French Army, the enemy iias been ioreed to beat a hasty re- treat in the direction of Ghent and tht. Terneuxcn Canal. By the end of the day the Belgian and French troops had reached the line Eecloo- Waersehoote-La Liev.e Canal, while further south as far as .Seeverghem they advanced to within four kilometres (two and a-half • miles) of the outskirts of Gheut. The left flaek of the Scheldt is held as far iiorth as Everghern. During the three days of figiiting the Allied Air Forces have vied with one another in courage, and have maintained complete mastery of the air, bombing and machine-gunning troope and transport, &a well as hostile communications behind the front. They also attacked such patrols as endeavoured to bar their way. bringing down a number of enemy machines. The re- sults, obtained by the British aviators In particular were altogether remarkable. Sunday's Belgian communique, says:— To-day (Sunday) our troops continued. to pursue the retreating euemy. In. spite of the difficulties of progress through a country int('nevkd bv n?mei?us water courses and cana?- acros?. wbieh all the passage ha? canals, • across which all the passages hao bee-a. destroyed, we carried our front fOI:, ward m far as the line bordered by Katte 1 (l,50O metres west of Selzaete), evikt- of Ertvelde, west of Cluysen, western bank of the Ghent-Ternetizea Canal oppcsite Lunger- biuo-ge', Evergem, and Tronchieniies-—cap- tured after heavy tighting-app-roaclics of Ghent towards Aisne. and Zwynaerde, and- Seeverjrhem, on the west bank of t-he Scheldt. I 5,000 PRISONERS. J ON Sunday the following telegrams from Sir Douglas Haig were issued; — Sunday, 10.15 a.m. Yesterday evening the steel works south- east of Valenciennes, which the enemy had defended during the day with much deter- mination. were taken by our troops. Out line was advanced for a distance of one and a-half mile east of the town, and' the cap- ture of the village of St. Saulve was com- pleted. As the result of the two days' Eghting on this fro?t we have captured 0,000 pHsonera, four tanks, and a few gu-Rs. a Beyond local fighting and patrol ictions- during the night, there is nothing further to report from the British Front. I A FRESH RETREAT. ■ Sunday, 7.40 p.no- Following upon the severe defeat inflicted upon his forces on the Valenciennes Front' in the fighting of the past two. days, the enemy has to-day withdrawn from his posi- tions east and south-east of Valenciennes. This movement was at once observed, and our troops have pressed the enemy clcselv during the day, maintaining constxnt, touch j with the Gorman rearguards and talin-g- a number of Tirifcomns. Oiir' advanced' detach- ments have entered the villages of V i i • Pol, Jeniaiu, Gurgics', Estreux, and On-: naing. Local fighting has taken place to ovr ad. vantage east of Landrecies.

I MEN OVER 40 PUT BACK. ] When a tailor (aged forty-four,. Grade I.) apealed to the Law Society Tribunal against the local Tribunal's decision, that he must report for military service at on^e, the chairman said "We do not say that the local ? Tribunal was wrong, but in view of the pre- eent military situation, and of the fact that you are as married man with dependants, we will adjourn your case fcr a month. We I do this with the full consent of the National Service representative." To the next appellant (forty-three, Grde. II.), who stated that he would be forty-four in January, the chairman said "We may have reached a state of peace by then." Ad- journed for one month. The, TribuntH adopted a similar course in some other cases in which men of over forty appealed. The Edmonton Tribunal decided" either to" grant exemption to men of, forty-one and over or to adjourn doubtful casee for a month. The chairman. remarked that no more volunteers were required.

I In connection with the- Sir Waiter Raleigh Tercentenary, Sir Charles- Wake. field has. made a gift of £ 500 a year. for live • years to the -British Academy Co cstab-. 1k:h. a Raleigh History Fund. In recognition of fifty years of ATmy sM- tj ice, Major Mackenzie liogan. Director of Music to the Coldstream (siiardg, wiir, pre- sented with the honorary freedom of the Worshipful Company of lusicians.. Strawberries and a second crop of rasp- berries have been, gathered in a Bunting- ford (Herts) garden. Nottinghamshire school-children have col- lected 31,3321b. of blackberries for jam, and have been paid nearly ,t4OO..

1, FLEETS TO GO THROUGH THE I DARDANELLES. 1 I RELEASE OF PRISONERS. I Turkey is out of the war. She has sur- rendered unconditionally, and an armistice, on terms imposed by the Allies, has been signed, and came into force, at noon en Thursday. The news was officially annoitneed in the House of Commons on Thursday by Sir George Cave, the Home-Secretary, who said: I ask leave to make a statement which 1 ko",w viill be of interest to* the'House. Some da,ys 'ago General Townshend was liberated in order to inform the British Admiral in command of- the ^Egean" that the Turkish Government asked that negotiations should be opened immediately for an armistice be- tween Turkey and the Allies. A reply sent that if the Turkish Government s-ent fully accredited plenipotentiaries Vice- Admiral Calthorpe. was empowered to in- form them of the conditions on which the Allies would agrte to a cessation of hostili- ties and sign an armistice on these condi- tions on their belialL The Turkish plenipotentiaries arrived at Mndros earl y thM week, and an armistice Vice-Admiral Calthorpe en was signed ,by "Allied Governments last night, behalf of the aii-d caiiie into operation at noon to-day. It. is not possible as yet to publish the fall terms of the armistice, but they in- clude A free passage for the Allied Fleets through the Bosphorus to the Black Sea. The occupation of the forts on the Dar- danelles- and the Bosphorus necessary to b'CCKBe their passage.. The immediate repatriation of all Allied prisoners of war. AT THE BACK DOOR OF GERMANY. I Speaking at the American Officer's' Club on Thursday night, Mr. G. N. Barnes, M.P., said Bulgaria was out of the war. Turkey was out, Austria was feeling her way out, and Germany was going to oe knocked out. If he were a German he should keep his eye just now, not only on the Western Front, but on what might be called the back door. rn! U t n me The Turks had been making overtures more or less officially for the last two months, but, at the same time we had been going to- wards Aleppo. We had cortaiu commit- ments with the Arabs; we had commiticd ourselves to them that there was, going to be,at free Arab State, and Arab country ruled by Arabs. Aloppo was the capital city of the Arabian area, and therefore we were in no hurry to get the. Turks out of the war until We had taken that city. We had now got Turkey out of the war, and that meant that we were going to get a fleet of war- ships up the Dardanelles. He was told that ,it had actually started. At any rate, we had been collecting ships at the mouth of the Dardanelles for some time past. There was nothing to prevent that Fleet getting through- the Dardanelles into the Black Sa and up the Danube, and to the back door- of Germany. Germany must, be loo l?:in.g wi therefore, be looking with apprehension at what was going, to take place. Not only had they to meet increasing pressure on the Western Front, but they had the appal- ling prospect, that if they were going to de- fend their territory., they would bavo to divide the remaining remnants of their forces between the Westers Front and the back 'door, at which we should be knocking as tHe result of getting through the')&Ta- I n< lies.. t ARMISTICE CONDITIONS. I The following is the text of the conditions I of the armistice ith, Turkey: 1. Opening of Dardanelles and Bosphorus qud ac-cess to the Black Sea. Allied occupa- tion of Dardanelles and Bosphorus forts. i ,2.po31tions of all minefields, toa-pedo- tubes, and other obstructions in Turkish waters to be indicated, and assistance given to sweep or remove them as may be re- quired. 3. All available information as. to mines in", the- Black Sea to be communicated. 4. All Allied prisoners of war and Arme- nian interned, persons and prisoners to 00 collected in Constantinople and handed over unconditionally to the Allies. 5. Immediate demobilisation of the Turkish army, except for such troops as are required for the surveillance of the frontiers and for tho maintenance of internal order. Number of effectives and their disposition to be-determined later by the Allies afiier COli- sultation with the Turkish Government. .6. Surrender of aH war ve«s<iels in Turkish, waters or in waters occupied by Turkey. These, s-hips to be interned at such Turkish port M .ports as may be directed, except such small vessels as are required for police or tsiiiiilar purposes in Turkish territorial waters. 7. The Allies to h:;ve the right to occupy any' strategic points in the event of any situation arising which threatens the eecurity of. the. Allies. 8., Free use by Allied ships of all ports a;id aachoragoe new in Turkish occupation, and, denial of their use by enemy. Similar conditions to apply to Turkish mercantile shipping in Turkish waters for purposes of tnldemd demobilisation of the army. 9. Use of all ship, repair facilities at aU Turkieh ports and arsenals. 10. Allied occupation of the Taurus tunnel system. 11. Immediate v,7ithdraw.il of Turkish troops 'from North-West Persia to behind the pre-war frontier has already been ordered and. will be carried out. Part of Trans-Caucasia has already been ordered to be evacuated by Turkish troops, the re- ,.Woinder to be evacuated if required bv the Allies 4 after they have studied the situation ,there. c telegraph aud cable stations jL2., 'to bd contr-oll.ed by*, the Allies, Turkish Government -messages excepted. 13. ]P'rohil>ition to dee-troy any naval, mili- tary, or commercial material. 14. Facilities to be given for the pur- chase óf" coal, oil-fuel, and naval material from Turkish sources, after the requirements of the country have been met. one of the above material to be exported. 15. Allied control officers to be placed on all railways, including such portions of the T rauR-Caucasian railways now under Turkish control, which must be placed at the f re" and complete disposal of, the Albcd authorities, due consideration being given to the needs' of the population. This-clause to include Allied occupation of Batomu. Turkey, will raise no objection to the occu- pation of Baku by the Allies. ,1.6, The surrender of all garrisons in the Hedjaz; Assir, YewerL,, Syria, and Mesopo- tamia to the nearest Allied Commander, and the withdrawal of troops from Cilicia except those necessary to maintain order, ns will be determined under Clause 5. ,17. The surrender of all Turkish officers in Tripolittyiia and Cyrendica to the nearest 'Italian garrison. Turkey guarantees to stop supplies and communication -with these .oJft- cers. if they do not obey the order to sur- render. IB., Tho surrender of all ports occupied in Tripolitania and Cyrenaica, including Misu- rat-a., to the nearest Allied garrison. 19..AU &us and Austrians, nayal, nylitary, and civilian, to be evacuated with- in one month from Turkish Dominions. Those in remote districts as soon after as mav lie possible. nr.. 0 ).k. 3fr. Complferce with, such orders as may be conveyed for the disposal of the equip- i ment, arms-, and ammunition, including transport of that portion of the Turkish army which is demobolised under Clause 5. 21. An Allied representative to be t- tached to the Turkish Ministry of Supplies in order to safeguard Allied interests. This representative to be furnished with ail necessary fcr this purpose. 22. Turkisli prisoners to be kept at the disposal of the Allied Towers. The release of Turkish' civilian priponpri-i and prisoners over military age to be considered. 23. Obligation on the part of Turkey to cease all relations with the Central Powers. 24. In case of disorder in the six Armenian vilayets, the Allies reserve to themselves the fight to occupy -any part of them. 25. HostiliKes between the Allies and Turkey shall cease from noon, local time, on Thursaay, October 31. 1P18. -«>

f OIL FROM FRUIT SEEDS. The k(;'r:ttJs :f.' tbe E('eds Qt tone.f:'u1 The kerjni^ls -of • the seeds ef s t one-f: uit«, finch as the peach, the p!um. e aprieet,• and the cherry; are rich -m -oil. But-, the Be- have exited until recently serious .practical obstacles in the way (If, obtairir,y this readily and economically. These were the difficulty of cracking the stones without crashing the kernel, and separating the kernel from • the shells. A perfect nut-crack- ing machine has been invented, however, according to the "Bulletin" of the National Institute of Agriculture, and at the s-n:e time an admirable method ha- been devised for the rapid separation of the shells from the kernels. Tliis is based \:pon the fact that there is a difference in the density cf the two, that of the kernels being 1.05 and that of the shells about 1.18. The mixture of shells a:;d kernels is thrown into a solu- tion of calcium chloride or magnesium chloride having a density of 1.15. • There- frcxa the shells sink to the bottom, whi]e the kernels float Qn top. The latter are then washed and dried and subjected to pressure to extract the oil.- This is somew hat cloudy, but scon clears. Its taste is agreeable at first and then becomc-s somewhat bitter, re- calling "hat of bitter this flavour is easily removed cither by aera- tion or by heating to 160 degrees C.

I DO FISH FEEL PAIN? I General opinion appears to be that fish are almost insensible to pain. A keen angler, who has had considerable experience, states that, in his opinion,. which has been arrived at after most careful observation, fish are almost; totally unable to feel pain as we uuderstand.it.When as a boy," he says, "I was fishing on the Leitb, it was a coniraoE occurrence to hook, cast after cast, ,a voting salmon, which, according to the fishing regulations, we w-er,, required to throw back into the river. As we were fish- ing for trout, these young salmon became a great nuisance, and in consequence were not removed very carefully from the hook. Some of these, therefore, were rather badly wounded when thrown back into the water, and one would have thought that they would lie low until they had recovered. One I day when I "was fishing this river I actually I hoiked the same fish on no less than three different occasions. Since then I have gathered a considerable amount of similar experience, nud am firmly convinced that fish are practically insensible to pain."

I WHEN THE SUN EXPLODES. I Scientists say that the sun will one day olow np. All* subs, they tell us, shrink as they cool externally, and curs has been cool- ing and shrinking for untold myriads of millions of veal's. There was a time when the sun was big enough to till np all the space ciear to where our earth now -is, and further. To-day it is ninety-three millions of niiles distant from us, owing to its having shrunk so enormously. But as it shrinks and cools externally, so does the heat of the interior core increase with the pressure brought to bear on it. Some day this pressure will become too great to be borne any longer, .end the, 6un will explode. There will then be no longer any sun, but in its place an inconceivably enormous mass of superheated incandescent gas, .a, white- hot fog that will reach to the extreme limits of the present- solar syskm. Caught in this flaming maelstrom our earth will flash once like a bursting shell and disappear, shrivel- led to nothingness in an instant. But that will not happen yet awhile.

I ELECTION LITERATURE. I Regulations have been issued by the Pest- t castei-GenTTa! regarding the free transmis- ?ioH of ParHameatary candidates' communi- cations to kctors. Copws are bein? dis- I trihuted by the centra! liolitical 3()cja- t'ons, and can also be obtum?d by candi- dates or their agents on written application to the "Secretary, G. P.O., London, Dublin, Or Edinburgh." A?y candidate may c?c?ni one free portal communication not exceeding "oz. to each re-gj, elector ?cr the constituency. EsTly porting i.? ?p?ciaUy recommended in the ca/se o £ communications adressed to al)- sent voters serving afloat or overseas, and warning is given that communications can- I Dot be -delivered to voters serving ill distaut phiccs where voting by proxy is permitted. Agents ar.2 .requested to communicate at once with the Paper Controller eta ting the number of voters in their division. They' will then receive an authority- entitling their printers to > obtain at f.l'í'd prices quantities of certain paper according to scale Two qualities will be supplied, one suitable for the election addresses and the other for handbills. A folding card and one envelope wil! be aHo?d for each voter. I A'p?Hca-fioMS should be made immediately. j & ———.———

MARRIAGE hADE EASY. When a Siamese girl attains the age of thIrty-Sve without marrying she is labdJed aHd placed "in 3 privileged c!ass under the I Special care of the King, who bmds him.s?* to find a hnsoand for her. His method is dp!Ightfuny simple. A pripp?cr in any oi;e j of the S iamese jails may gain his pardon I o? 'ihe jails may gain bis pardou a ndr(>lca by marrying one of the mature, maidens. Whether he is already married or not is of no great consequence, for in Siam a mah is not restricted to one wife. a mah Pot re-rieted to oue wife.

j INTELLIGENT MAGPIE. I A remark able instance of a bird's illteJJi-¡1 ?cnce may be seen daHy in Kensington Gaideu? w hero lady resident of the dis- trict has made friends with a magpie. She VIsit" the gardens daily at about cleven o'clock with her collie. The latter is to)d to bark for Joey, and J?ey (the ?agpie) duly ? appears to be fed with the choice mor- sels of 'boiled eggfi and. meat. I

For stealing £ 150. tl^ life of cr j otf roan, a, fisherman trashed Taylor v-ta eetit-euced to twenty-one nlc)ttls" hard I lohour at • Grimsby. ''Taylor bpent I11t)<;t of j the money ie a fortnight. I There ?i? 312 approved institutic?", ckli?- j t'?un? 12,441 1xds, for the treatmei?t d 'j tubercul?is. The LQCa1 Government B(iald I has also approved of 377 tuberculosis dts- peusunes.

THE 8ADGE OF THE SEAFORTBS. I Three regiments of the Bri-h Army have ^fee distinction, of -tavo collar badges, the Seaforth Highlanders, lie Boyal Irish Euri- liers (old 87th and 89th), and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (old &l?:t and li -rd). The Seafortbs' collar bodges are fte letter t F, the cipher of the old Duke of York, le-t- mg upon a scroll inscribed with the Gaelic motto, "Caber Feidh/' meaning "Aittxens of the Deer," and the Elephant, conferred for the regiment's Ipdian service. Auotler motto is "Tulloeh Ard," i.e.. the High, Bin, I MaC I,4?U7;e the slogan of KiDt&H, a Mack?nx? ch?f- j tarn. The bad?e prcper is rather cur.o'.?, bt?n? the had and nnt}?i? (?f deer, b.?w?-n | the branches beimg L, the .initial of the 1.'¡'A Prince LecpoJd, Que?n Jctun.. S y'cur:?? Bon, while und?r is a scroll with a.Hl Gaelic mctto, "Cuidigh'n Righ" (Be)}- to the King). Far back in the thirteenth c n- tury, Alexander II. of Scotl aid. whil € fcur-t- ing, was in great danger from "a v.ounurd Et.ag. From this peri! he was rescued by the Mackenzie chief, and in g-at tude granted him the stag's he;vd and antkre as a creft. with the Righ."

SOLDERS' H/.?. 11.. t\ A.U,. It is one of the pieculianties of m:(?c?n days that hair is n:L?r at a ui?c'mit "hce lighting-nieii are cuncevneu. llowev»i- you may have prided, yourself on your finv.'ii>g locks when, you wore civilian garb, you n"st "get your liair cut when you join up. j Why? Short hair does not spell courage, for we read in classical history how the three hundred Spartans vho held the PaS8 of Thermopylae, and thus- woa au im]T-<r<? lame, were seen ccmblitg* 'their long hair, [ making themselves look smart, because they were going to fight to 1he death against invaders. If the pictures our artists give lis of th.e Vikings are at alt like the ii- at i thing, those sea warriors, wore their hair long also. It is Vnute certain that th& Cavaljers. who fought for Charles 1. -)-o abundant locks to distinguish them frora the Roundheads of Crcmweii, who went wE-ni cropped. Our own soldiers come back from; the Crimea with beards and bug "hair, and they did more than anything else to br,cg beards again into fashion.

Rev. Dr. V,j;;ian; '{..n'r, ag,d Ji:Dd'V Rev. Dr. V.iiliaB: Taylor, aged ninety- five, has died d Cor-t.?phirx-, Mi?ctb?an. He was one of the founlors of the Scvittith Evangelical T?nion in' the 'forties. c. r t,, e.!?. Owing to the important work which they are performing, 2\1-1. Hayes Fishernac3 sug- gested to Tribunals that Volunteer duties. fehould not be imposed on special constables. Lady Rhoiidda presided over a prhate meeting of won.-ex interested In maternity, welfare to discti'is the propone-d Ministry of Health Bill. The meeting cielted a strong executive to watch the Bill.

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IIN FACE OF CERTAIN DEATH. u 1.' f: h t{HC Joj .Ú' —— 0- ——- TANK COLStfEL'S MAGNIFICENT BRAVERY. The story cf an officer's magrifieeut bravery, wnich, at the co"t of his Hie, re- sulted in the defeat of a hostile attack, is told in a mpplens^nt to the "London Gazette" announcing the awaid of th* Y.C. to Capt. <A/Lt.-Col.> Richard Am;e-"ev Wvet, D.S.O., M.C.. "ate Netfh Iri.-li lIûlo-e (Cav. S.R.) <ud T??k C?T?. When our attacking infantry k':t fhÓr bearings in a log, Cc?cnei ?Ye?t r.t(:HÙsed bea ri n,s in 3.' them" to tL'? ar.v i-jen ),)e c<)i;.? d fir,,d ,nd ic4 tiiem- t-, tL-e machine-gun lire: On a subsequent occasion he was in com- mand of a battalion of h?!* !nn]c? which --nand of a lidt,a"-ioii ol. ,11;1?;.?! %Ntiieh and lieavy tauk a-tt?c?. '?I<- i??'tc?. vent forward' an<l arrived ai the H :e wh*tf the enehty were-coiifit.r-atrack'u^ 1hc in- fantry "baLtaH?'n h?d 6.?'e'<d heavy 'Ld c?.uSitK:?, and it& flanks \\<-? pxpc?ed. ColoueJ West at once roue t-ut in fror-t of thoe La ttaliûn under cxtrerueiy hea-»y ma- chine-gun and rifle-fire ar,d rallied the men. In tipite. of the fact that the, enemy were close on -him, he took charge of the situation and detailed non-commissioned oEcera to re- pla ce officer casualties. • He then rode up and dc-vn in front of them in face of certain deatk, earr-vira^ing t-he men and calling to it, men: show them fight; and for Go<! .)k put up a good fignt." He fell riddied by machine-gun bullets. His conduct at the critical moment inspired the "infantry to re- doubled efforts, and the hostile attack was defeated. Other winners of the Cross are:— Lt. Cecil Harold Sewell, late West Kenta, attd. Tank Corps. Lt. Alfred Edward Gaby, late A.I.F. Chief Petty Officer Geo. Prowse, R.N.V.R^ (Landore). Corporal (Lance-Sergeant) Walter Simpson,, Lincolnahire Rgt. (Bolton). Sergeant Reginald Stanley Judson, D.C.M., M,M., Auck-laiid Regt., N.Z.F. Private Samuel Needhain, Bedford R-egtw (HUH).