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14 THE DAILY TELEGIIAFH FRIDAY 3IAKCH 21 1930 FOUNDATIONS OF ST UNEMPLOYED IN AMERICA ENDANGERED BY NEW BUILDINGS TOTVL SIV VO BE OYER 5000000 FRANCE'S DESIRE FOR ASSURANCES MOTION TO ABOLISH THE ARMY UNIONS ATTACK THE AUTHORITIES SINGLE-PREMIUMS WARNING SUGGESTED CONTROL OF CONSTRUCTION The tendency for the construction of deep basements in the City and the control of such work near St Cathedral was raised at a meeting yesterday of the Representative Committee for the Preservation of the Cathedral It was decided to ask the City Corporation if such construction work near the Cathedral could be controlled The Representative Committee had before it the ninth report of the Works Committee which was appointed in March 1925 to carry out the recommendations of the commission of architects and engineers for the preservation of the Cathedral This report said that the re-erecting of the organ and the choir stalls would be completed by the end of April and preparations could be made for the opening on June 25 Other work to be done would not interfere with the services or the use of the Cathedral TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS The committee thought that the work should be done at fixed intervals and that the engineering and architectural survevs of the Cathedral should be kept up to date It was apparent that those parts of the structure outside the dome area would require careful watching The observation of the foundations was quite as important and should be as continuous as that of the building itself In addition to the plumbing and levelling of the building variations in the temperature of the structure throughout the year had been noted The committee recommended that steps should be taken to keep notes of the level of the sub-soil water as in their view the amount of water in the foundations was of the greatest importance to the stability of the building Any variation of the water level had an important bearing upon the supporting power of the sub-soil FURTHER DROP IN WHEAT PRICE On and after Monday next bread will be cheaper by a halfpenny a quartern loaf The decision to reduce the price was taken at a joint meeting of the Incorporated Society of Principal Wholesale and Retail Bakers Ltd and the London Master and Protection Society Under the old scale accepted mutually by the master bakers and the Food Council the reduction in the price of the loaf from 8d to 8d would have become due a fortnight ago when the price of standard straight-run flour fell below 36s the sack As The Daily Telegraph has explained the bakers are dissatisfied with the scale on the ground that it is no longer remunerative They refused accordingly to come below 8Jd when flour fell to 35s Now that there has been a further drop in what is virtually their raw- material they have seen fit to decide upon a reduction FUTURE UNCERTAIN The immediate future is full of uncertainties Under the discarded scale another id would come off the loaf if flour fell to 32s In view of the movement for a revised scale however it is doubtful whether the bakers would consider such a step before the price reached 30s a sack As a matter of fact an immediate further drop is held to be unlikely There is no promise at the moment of any substantial change in the condition of the wheat market if market there can be said to be in the strange circumstances that attend the continued hold-up of the North American grain combinations A slight rise this week in wheat prices does not carry special significance in the opinion of the best authorities on this side of the Atlantic conditions are not likely to alter substantially in the next month save under the influence of factors outside the economic sphere Political considerations have become so dominant however in this vital problem that they cannot be ruled out of account AN OFFICIAL CENSUS DEMANDED FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT NEW YORK ThuiHlay The Socialist and Labour unions are bitterly assailing the City State and Federal authorities for igmn: the distress of the unemployed die total of whom they place at a figure xeeed-ing 5000000 Seeing that official figures re jmling the total of the unemployed do not exist in the United States they demand that the police force throughout the country shall be utilised for the purposes of making house-to-house returns Mr Norman Thomas former candidate for the Presidency of the United States on the Socialist ticket says it- is no consolation to the increasing horde of jobless men and women to be told that their plight is part of world-wide economic One illustration of the prevailing distress which is described here by the chanty organisations as the worst since the crisis of 1914-15 was given last night when 1000 men deserted the "bread line in front of the Salvation Army shelter in the East-end of New York to raid two motor trucks loaded with provisions In the scramble which ensued bread and rolls jam tarts and cake were scattered over the street POLITICAL STRATEGY The Washington official statement declaring that things are on the mend and will he fairly normal within sixty days is criticised by many as political strategy which deceives nobody The temporary measures to relieve distress inaugurated by the Chambers of Commerce must be accompanied it is urged by accurate surveys of the conditions and by permanent correctors of unemployment Chicago is suffering most of all but other cities where prosperity was rampant a year ago are also in very baJ straits with breadlines everywhere The building industry is badly affected In January and February last year plans were filed in Brooklyn for new structures of an estimated cost of £21000000 DISTINGUISHED INVALIDS The following reports on distinguished invalids were received last night Mr Harry Gosling 31 Comfortable Mr Robert Courtneidce 3Iaking progress 3Ir Joel Going on well WINTER TO STAY LOWEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON Unusually severe frost followed snow and Polar winds and Wednesday night was in parts of the country the coldest of the winter Ross-on-Wye reported the lowest temperature on the grass 3deg and Kew and Aberdeen the highest 18deg Yesterday the thermometer rose in many places and towns on the South and East Coasts had from nine to ten hours of sunshine Ventnor leading with 102 The North Road from England to Scotland is blocked by snow-drifts on Shap Summit Many roads in Orkney are impassable and the mail-boat to Serabster in Thurso was unable to cross as usual yesterday morning Percy Fedger a cyclist aged about 30 was knocked down by a motor-lorry near West Worthing Station during a snowstorm on Tuesday evening and he died during the night There is no prospect of an early end to the wintry conditions FAST-RIDING POLICE NOW NEEDED MOBILE FORCE FOR ROAD HOGS The clause of the Road Traffic Bill abolishing the speed limit for private' cars and motor-cyclists was agreed to yesterday by the Committeee of the House of Commons which is reviewing the measure Mr Herbert Morrison declared that the effect will be to make the stationary policeman otit ot date He advocated the mechanisation of the police force time has he said when the police authorities ought to consider not as a vindictive and spiteful action but as a necessary action the organisation of a limited number of motor police either in motor-cars or on motor-cycles They must be free to go at a considerable speed to catch other fellow up I do not disguise the fact that if the bill is passed in its present form great responsibility will rest upon the police forces of the country I appeal to them to adapt themselves to the new circumstances I am more than ever convinced that the stationary policeman standing on one point or walking on foot will not be adequate for the administration of this bili when it beeomes law I would 'tike to see sufficient mobile police so that the motorist will know that he may be dropped upon by one of them MOST EFFECTIVE I think that is the most effective way of dealing with dangerous driving which every decent driver wishes to crush out I hope very much that the police authorities will take that suggestion into account In areas where the bill' is properly enforced we shall have a reduction of Mr Morrison added that he did not expect that the bill would in any spectacular way reduce the number of accidents It would provide means for getting at not only the dangerous driver but the man who did silly things Two proposals for the retention of a limit although higher than the present 20 miles limit were put forward by members of the Committee Mr Hall-Caine (Soo Fverton) moved t'iat there should he a speed limit of 40 miles per hour He cited the Chief Con--rabte of Leeds as stating that the prominence given to the proposal that the speed limit should be abolished had led motorists tj drive recklessly with the result that the number of those killed on the streets of Leeds had mounted up last year to nearly twice the number of the previous twelve months This bill Mr Hall-Caine contend'd as the primary reason why those eople had lost their lives VILLAGERS' COUNTER STEPS Dr Salter (Soc Bermondsey moved a an amendment to the amendment that there should he a limit of 35 miles per hour lie mentioned reports of undergraduates having travelled by motor-car from Hvde Park Corner to Cambridge at average speeds of 55 ant 60 miles per hour That he considered was most disgraceful In some villages the casualties from motor-car traffic were greater than the number of deaths and wounds suffered by the villagers in the Great War Villagers were protecting themselves by dumping Hints on the village roads It was the private ear which was the really dangerous and lethal instrument on the streets and roads In the centre of London where the congestion was diminishing speed ihe number ct accidents was decreasing The proper title for the bill he declared was the Murder Incitement There was danger of the public taking the law into their own hands Major Hills (C Ripon) was unable to see that any case had been made out tor retaining a speed limit The higher penalties would not prevent accidents and the time must come when they would have to have special fenced roads for motorists HOME OFFICE APPROVAL Mr Short (Under-Secret a Home Office) said that the Home Office favoured the abolition of the speed-limit High speed was uecessary on occasion to avoid accidents Major Llojd George Pembroke) mentioned that last motor casualties were four times greater than the casualties in the South African War The motoring associations might be given powers with regard to wild motorists similar to what the Jockey Club had in its own sphere Sir William Brass (C- Clitheroe) thought that it the speed-limit was abolished motorists would for a time go faster than at present After a while they would get back to about the same speed as at present The amendment to the amendment was defeated by 45 votes to 7 and the amendment was negatived without a division By Our DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENT The Conference remains at a complete standstill There was no sign yesterday of any' of those measures for speeding up its conclusion even in the technical field to which Bnand referred on Wednesday night when announcing his departure for Paris The date of his return to London as of is wholly uncertain It ss no longer expected lor Saturday but for Monday or Tuesday at the very earliest there be any foundation for the rumours from Paris that the French Prime Minister does not intend to recrcss the Channel unless he is assured beforehand by Mr MacDonald that Italy has waived or beer made to waive the right to parity conferred on her by the Washington Conference the probability is that he will not return For the Italian delegation while prepared to maintain its offer to France of a temporary superiority of 100000 tons in battleships and of 57000 in over-age cruisers will not and cannot give way' on the Question principle Thus the one important conversation held yeste day between Mr MacDonald and Signor Grandi at- the House of Commons merely served to confirm the existing deadlock between the French and Italian standpoints INVENTION Mr MacDonald began by assuring Signor Grandi that the assertions in some French and British newspapers attributing to the Prime Minister a promise or intention to bring undue pressure to bear on the Italian delegate or on Signor Mussolini was pure invention and malicious invention He then explained his own position as chairman of the Confeienee with no desire but to be both impartial and helpful to all the parties almost on the lines forecast by me in The Daily Telegraph of yesterday Last but not least ne acquainted Signor Grandi with the nature of the work accomplished bv the American and British delegates on Wednesday afternoon when they' had before them carefully prepared comparative tables of the present and prospective naval strengths of France and Italy The purpose of this statistical exploration was not as the French may erroneously have assumed in the first instance to impose arbitrary tonnage figures on either France or but if possible to suggest in the most friendly and tentative manner alternative sets of figures for their mutual consideration and it was hoped conciliation I gather that what aroused resentment in the ranks of the French delegation on Wednesday was the report that the American and British delegates were still taking into serious account as a possible basis of discussion the Italian offer of a 157 000-ton concession to France This would leave the latter with nine battleships and six overage or over-age armoured cruisers as against only four Italian battleships and one armoured cruiser of this category FRANCE'S INSISTENCE France however insists on 's acceptance of a substantial inferiority in regard to under-age vessels or vessels now building in the light surface and submarine categories It is here that on the other hand remains adamant in her claim to practical parity with France on the following basis Light surface craft 226000 tons Submarines 81000 tons Total 307000 tons Moreover since Italy may not wish to France in the ever-expanding submarine programme she would require an option to transfer to the light surface category the surplus tonnage from trie 81000 allocated to submarines She would also be willing to accept any figure below 307000 tons agreed to by France It was rumoured that one American delegate would wish Itaiy to assent to an inferiority of some 50000 to 60000 tons in effective units But so far this personal view has not been pressed nor in the circumstances could it be pressed A NEW AMERICAN IDEA Now that little hope is entertained by the American Delegation of securing a Five-Power Agreement of any value one school of American diplomacy in order to save the Kapidan would like to urge on Great Britain either (i) An undertaking not to build beyond the Rapidan figures for at least a period of two years even though France proceeded with her full construction programme or (ii) Great endorsement of a Franeo-Italian The latter suggestion would encounter the unanimou opposition of British public opinion at ary tune It could not have been put forward more inopportunely than at this juncture when open or half-veiled references to a future war are becoming frequent in the Press and political lobbies of both countries concerned The former suggestion is one for the unfettered opinion of the British Admiralty In Japanese official circles it was intimated yesterday that the Japanese Delegation would liard'y be in a position to communicate reply and presumed counter-propcsals to the American Delegation until early next week The entire Japanese Press is now insistent on better terms from America AT A STANDSTILL FRENCH UNCERTAINTY From a French Correspondent In French quarters yesterday everything was at a standstill Dumesnil who was invited to lunch Mr Alexander the First Lord of the Admiralty discussed with him some points cf the French thesis and even some possibilities of a Franeo-Italian compromise They failed to make any headway (as the suggestions can hardly be reconciled with the Italian claim for parity But the ideas were alluded to again by Mr Ramsay MacDonald last night while dining with 31 Bnand It is realised that all this scheming is still too uncertain and changeable to justify the early return to London of Tardieu The latter declared when he left (Continued on next column) BY OUR POLITICAL COR RESPONDENT Undeterred the reproof administered by Mr Arthur Henderson on Wednesday a number of Socialist belonging to the Left Wing of the party have tabled an amendment for Monday next when the Army Estimates are to be discussed to reduce the military forces by 100000 men On last over twenty members of the party voted for what amounted to the abolition of the Royal Air Force next week propose that the Army should be similarly dealt with Mr Henderson declared that unless the ILP was prepared loyally to accept the decisions of the party it should go outside The answer of some of the concerned yesterday was We are going on with our The contention of the Left Wing members is that members of the Government and not themselves have proved unfaithful to Socialist principles They are not in the least frightened by Mr threat to bring the question up at the next conference of the party That event is still a long way off If the breach between the Government and the Left Wing should be widened a number of ILP members might it is suggested be prepared to form a fourtti party in the House of Commons with its own organisation and Whips A minority Government cannot afford however to run the risk of losing votes and despite the fulminafions of the Foreign Secretary the Left Wing threatens to pursue its own course WILLIAM IT STATUE NOT TO BE MOVED As a result of strong opposition at yes meeting of the City of London Corporation the proposal to move the statue of King William IV from the London Bridge approach was taken back The proposal as was stated in The Daily Telegraph on Wednesday was submitted by the Streets Committee as part of a scheme for the construction of pedestrian subways at the junction of King William-street Cannon-street and Gracechurch-street Mr Ellis moving the reference back said that the statue was part of London Bridge which was opened King George IV and Queen Adelaide There wv no reason for the removal of the statue and no other suitable spot for it It was erected the citizens out of respect for the King and the figure of his Majesty was beautifully carved Deputy Sir Harry Bird said that to suggest the removal of the safety area provided by the pavement at the foot of the monument at such a dangerous spot was an outrage on the public Cheers followed the agreement of Sir Percy Shepherd of the Streets Committee to take the report back MARRIED HER STEPSON NEW YORK UNION From New York correspondent reported the wedding of Mrs Isabel Jane King aged 55 to her stepson Mr Herbert King aged 35 Such a union would be illegal in this it was stated at the offices of the Registrar-General Somerset House A woman may not marry her stepson nor a man his stepdaughter But a man may marry his daughter her former It is learned that Mrs Isabel Jane King is the proprietress of Brewery Co Syresham Northamptonshire Mrs King's former husband died in 1916 BEAUTY AT THE BAR £368 FOR WOMAN LAWYER From Our Own Correspondent PARIS Thursday The action brought by Mile Solange Mauelaire a barrister against Pougin a manufacturer for £1600 as aesthetic and professional damages has been decided in her favour The sum awarded her was however £368 Mile Mauelaire was waiting in a refuge for a tram motor-car dashed against the refuge and smashed a street lamp the splinters of glass hitting the oung woman in the face An ugly scar was the result of the accident and Mile Mauelaire considered that her beauty had been spoilt and her career at the Bar compromised (Continued from preceding column) last that he intended to come back on Saturday Two days ago however he made up his mind to postpone his arrival here till next Monday and yesterday he let it be known that for the time being he was not able to indicate any date As to intentions nothing seems to be known TOO MUCH RETICENCE LORI) COMMENT There is a great deal of reticence about the Naval Conference We know where the United States stands and we know where Japan and France and Italy stand but 1 don't know where we declared Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty last night Lord Beatty was speaking from the chair at the annual dinner held at the Park-lane Hotel of the Victoria Club the headquarters of the fraternity of bookmakers We are he continued that it behoves us to be reticent because the whole matter is sub judice but we want to know where we After alluding to Empire Free Trade Lord Beatty said that people were asking whether the Dominions would come in What I sayis he went on that unless we see that the Empire maintains its sea power the Dominions will not come in That is a question that has nothing to do with politics It is an Imperial question Has not the Prime Minister said The sea is us Among those present were the following gentlemen who were accompanied by their ladies Major Beatty Mr A Boutall Mr Joseph Compton MP Sir Reginald Kennedy Cox Mr A Cassini Major Crawlurd Mr Scott try Mr Fry Mr A Caitrev Mr A Goodrian Brigadier-General Kennedy Mi Holmes Mr H-Leader Mr Marshall Mr Parker Mr Thomas Oakley Captain Sharpington Mr Sutters Sir Mathew Wilson Mr Towler and Major Wymer SEQUEL TO VOGUE OF SHORT POLICIES There have been rumours for some weeks past that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is considering steps to prevent the saving of surtax through the intermediary of single-premium assurances The Daily Telegraph is informed that a number of life offices have now intimated that they are not prepared to issue these policies for the present while others will only do so on the understanding that they uo not hold out any hope that the assured will be able after the introduction of the next Budget to save surtax by this means These policies benefit those who are liable to surtax at the higher rates and have been issued since about 1916 though their popularity only dates back about ten years The assurance is paid for by single premium of which a large percentage 90 per cent or even more is immediately borrowed from the office on the security of the policy The interest payable on the loan thus created is a charge on the income for the purpose of assessing surtax and therefore reduces the liability under this tax On maturity of the assurance the balance of the sum assured and bonuses payable after the deduction of the loan may represent a return ranging from 7 per cent to 15 per cent or more according to tiie type of assurance and rate of surtax payable on the net cost of the policy SHORT-TERM INCREASE Tiie Daily Telegraph understands that in life assurance circles it was generally believed that when the rates of surtax were lowered in 1925 and death duties were increased these policies had been taken into consideration in deciding the alterations and that the Exchequer considered that the loss in surtax would be compensated by the increased death duties which would accrue on the sum assured and bonuses During the past year or so however there has been an enormous extension in the use of sinking fund policies for a short term five or ten years in this connection and under these there is of course no death risk The return either on death or maturity is merely the premium accumulated at a low7 rate of interest and there is no compensating element to offset the loss of surtax It is in all probability the extent to which this latter type of assurance has been issued which has brought the matter again under review The issue of assurances by sinvle premium is a normal part of a life business and numerous leaflets were issued even in pre-war days illustrating the advantages of such a policy at a time when the return on them was not by any means so good as it is at present Many people who are not subject to sur-tax utilise the proceeds of maturing endowment assurances in this way and these policies without loan have an additional attiaction for the man in that the return on maturity in excess of the cost of the policy is capital and therefor'- not liable to tax A life by paying the full single premium on a policy does therefore tax as compared with an investment in securities and this operation is not one can in any be regarded as a method of evading liability to taxation ANNUAL PREMIUMS SAFE The statement has been made in some quarters that the whole of the allowances in connection with life assurance are under review and that the rebate on annual premiums may be withdrawn The Daily Telegraph understands however that this is not so and that there is no intention of interfering with what has been described as the Government subsidy for This allowance which in general amounts to 10 per cent of the annual premium has been given with only a short break since 1799 and was first introduced to assist taxpayers incomes were not certain to provide for their families As its benefits are appreciated by all strata of society and the relief is now given also in respect of compulsory contributions under the Widows Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act any proposal for its aboliiion would have but small chance of obtaining serious support WIPE ALLOWED TO TRAVEL IN WARSHIP Mrs Bevir the wife of Commander of H3IS Renown recently flew to Paris to catch the Madrid express in order to arrive as quickly as possible at the bedside of her husband who was seriously ill in the Gibraltar Military Hospital She left for Engle nd yesterday afternoon with her husband travelling by special permission in HMS Renown says a Reuter telegram Our Nava Correspondent writes Only in the most exceptional circumstances are ladies allowed to travel in HM ships A man-of-war has none of the amenities of a liner and cabin accommodation is strictly limited Even the commanding officer of a ship is not allowed to take his wife on a cruise In the days of old members of the female sex were sometimes found on the lower deck but under modern conditions the Navy is a purely masculine institution There is it is understood no precedent in recent years for the wife of an officer being given passage in her ship ATIONAL PO RTR A IT GALLERY A NEW TRUSTEE The Lords Commissioners of the Treasury have appointee Mr John Smith Clarke MP to be a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery in the place of Sir Herbert Cook who tias resigned Clarke who represents the Maryhili Division of Glasgow as a Socialist has been a sailor circus hand jockey and farmer and a traveller in East Africa and Russia and is now a journalist and lecturer He is a regular contributor to Forwant and is the author of Russia under the Red Marxism and An Epic of Robert Burns and his and Satires Lyrics and Mr Clarke is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and an authority on arms and armour Northumberland and Durham for ROMANCE RECREATION Your holiday will be complete in this restful land amid varied coast and inland scenery away from the bustle of everyday life You will be thrilled with the Romance of wonderful links with the past The Roman Wall Bamburgh Castle Durham Cathedral and Castle and many other places of great historic interest while Recreation of every description will be readily found at the holiday resorts on this picturesque coast part of The Drier Side" Full details of these enchanting North Eastern Counties are given in a beautifully illustrated booklet "NORTH EAST ENGLAND" which may be obtained FREE from 7 Passenger Manager LNER Liverpool Street Station EC2 LNER York or Waverley Station Edinburgh Traffic Superintendent LNER Aberdeen or LNER Stations Offices or Agencies TWO EJECTED FROM THE COMMONS WOMAN IN A SCENE Two people both stated to be Communists were ejected from the House of Commons last evening Just before seven when Mr Jones (Soc Silvertown) was addressing the House a man named William Henry Long-mead aged about 30 who was in the Gallery flung some handbills to the floor of the House He made no resistance on being bustled out About half-past nine a woman named Olive Budden also about 30 was concerned in an She rose from her seat in the Gallery and shouted Release the Indian prisoners Both interrupters were detained by the police until the rising of the House AND KNIFING TEACH Ell ATTACKED Some boys of Camden-street School Glasgow whose ages are ten or eleven have admitted to the headmaster that they formed the Rose-street and that if one of them had knifed his teacher Mr Junior that one would have been promoted to senior rank as the performer of a heroic deed The inquiry followed on Mr punishment of a boy on Tuesday and its sequela- First the comrades threatened to knife the teacher Then later Mr Junior and a fellow-teacher were walking from the school and several missiles including a piece of flint were thrown at them The teachers rushed into a tenement close and from an upper window saw three pupils disappearing over a wall YOUNG BARONET FINED MAGISTRATE CAST-IRON FOOLS I have never heard of anyone who made such cast-iron fools of themselves as said the chairman of the magistrates (Colonel Barker) at Wokingham Police-court yesterday to Sir Charles Thomas Mappin 21 of Upper Brook-street and Stephen Congdon stated to be a Rhodesian farmer They pleaded guilty to window breaking and damaging a putting-green at Crow-thorne Berks and were fined £10 each and 'ordered to pay damages of £4 15s lld They were also charged with stealing sabres from the Royal Military College Sandhurst They pleaded not guilty and this charge was dismissed FROM ALL QUARTERS I Six cases of parrot disease have been reported at arrow Lady Haig opened a bazaar in aid of the British Legion at Hull John Edwards a miner was killed at a Jarrow colliery on his birthday Viscount Grey of Eallodon has been reelected president of the Eighty Club A woman was injured when two trams collided at Temple-avenue Embankment A girl saw her fiance killed when he fell over the cliffs at Budleigh Salterton Devon A shop and dwelling house in Grove-road Upper Tooting were badly damaged by tire An official of the Hibernian Bank was held up in his car and robbed at Arva near Longford A verdict of accidental drowning was returned on Victor George Bronsdon 16 of Parkstone Dorset In the Bench Division a witness declared that a motor-car crashed into another car like a A girl who slipped off Newcastle quayside was heroically rescued by William Jappy an able seaman of Leith The driver of a goods train found the mutilated body of a man hanging from Ins engine near Pitmedden Aberdeenshire A by-law framed by Hull Corporation bans wireless loud speakers and gramophones which cause annoyance in public Hemsworth Board of Guardians went out of existence yesterday with miners owing them £113230 from the 1926 coal strike The RMS Balmoral Castle which sails to-day for South Africa is taking a package of radium for the Johannesburg Hospital THE HOLIDAY HAND300K 860 PAGES comprising many holiday pictures in photogravure street plans and maps and extensive lists holiday accommodation The Complete Guide to all the laces of interest and seaside resorts served by the NER On sale atany LNER Station Office or Asency or from all Booksellers and Bookstalls CD Price HAVE YOU GOT YOUR COPY? LIFE LOST FOR HER CHILDREN BRAVE ACT After handing her five children to safety during a tire a mother lost her life at Thurmaston near Leicester yesterday The woman was Mrs Mills the wife of a shopkeeper and the heroic action which led to her deatti was described by her husband who said that shortly after one arn he was awakened by a smell of smoke He found the shop full of smoke and shouted to his wife to close the bed-room door Unfortunately in her excitement she must have forgotten to do so Smoke pouned into the room and his wife handed the children to him when he climbed on a lean-to outhouse He passed them to a neighbour on the ground His wife then disappeared He endeavoured to get into the room but had to return on account of the smoke He ultimately' succeeded in getting in but could not move his wife Firemen got into the room and brought her out unconscious She died apparently from suffocation on the way to hospital MEN PROPOSE WAGES CUT To prever the threatened closing down of the Becker Steel Works at Willich near Dfisseldorf the employees Reuter states have proposed to the directors that wages be reduced by 15 per cent all round If carried out the proposal would effect a saving in the wages bill of £5000 a month.