Evening Post from Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England • 1

FOUR PAGES Nottingham Evening Post I '1 THREE HALF-PENCE. MONDAY, AUGUST 22. 1921. FOR TRANSMISSION IN THE UNITED FATEFUL WEEK OPENS. ILI be valeras reply Ornish a loophole? UD HINT TO THE TERRITORIAL FORCE.

51 we ek in the relations between this country and Ireland Dail Eireann commenced its deliberations on the reply ar riv cc Government's offer. Crowds cheered the Sinn Fein leaders as st ate Duolin ans io House. officially that the public session may not be held before ne 6 St th sn capital is that the answer will amount to a rejection, lntlmat ion will be so framed as to provide a loophole for further a Airiest 11 Harewood, Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding, speaksijt fo re referred to the war work of the Territorials, and added out to ts ut again within a very short time. a i Committee of the Irish Self-Determination League of in 0 nas sent a telegram to Mr. de Valera in support of his ac and expressing readiness to stand by him ne may take.

if 4 sit AVING THE R0A OPEN FOR FURTHER parl ey. session, ie now £ram- the Ulster leaders. If such an attempt has been oU rld i only Great Bhitain but the made it has apparently not produced any results. 6 of ti. Xl ouslv a -a In Dublin there is a growing fear that the reply Nb tl 1 8f Tl I which will be sent to the Prime Minister will be to Ult ln tantamount to a rejection of the proposals, but i rtl at the Mansion House, pre- everywhere there is a firm belief that the com-0 rar for the week's munication will be framed in suoh a manner as to LMj leave the road open for further negotiations.

1 01 HolT 5 011 is expected to ex- It may be that Mr. de "Valera will put forward th 6 week, in which case the reply counter proposals, or he may follow the advice George which has been put forward by the Press, and is si ntn favourably regarded by some members of Dail the speculation as to what has Eireann. that the country should be asked whether en meeting of the Dail on they will accept in principle the proposals of the ire Valera declared that they British Government. tne nat accept the terms. Mr.

Lloyd George's speech is regarded as concilia- Vto ian particularly concerned as to tory in tone, and, in view of Mr. de Valera's out- no emp hatic announcement. Dail spoken utterances, remarkably restrained. The thei Cons of the proposals Prime Minister's statement as to the measures an seoret session. which it would be necessary to take should negotia- ex anat; on for this in the tions break down is not considered by leaders on ree 'y circulated that Mr.

this side as a threat, and it may have a steadying Uh have during the past effect upon the more militant section of Dail efforts to get into touch with Eireann. IRISHMEN READY TO SUPPORT DE VALERA. t( 3 1 was sent to Mr. who has been in Washington for two years as Jy Standing Committee of representative of the "Irish Republic," landed at erri unatron League oJ Great Southampton on Saturday from the White Star liner 01 ic He said the Americans were all 1 fi Valera, Mansion House, anxious for the Irish question to be settled soon, Bu yd George states he has out the majority were of the opinion that it was a fr om any quarter in this question solely for the Irish people to decide and limit ritisn Government has not would welcome any decision come to by tihe Irli of Possible concession in its Ah. members of Miss McSwiney, sister to the late Lord Mayor ii of iile Self-Deter- of Cork, said she had been on an eight months' Great Britain, meeting tour of the States, finding all, with few exactions, tunity to advise you in agreement with the Irish.

She added. Peace nts Great Britain give will come when we have taught the English ser.se fi in 111 your criticisms of the and they can facts." are PreP" 6 to st BOMB EXPLOSION IN BELFAST. Sea Harvl General deUik of the affair are not quite clear, but 0 DTnix general secretary. Jt appoarg that th bomb thrown into Tyrone'Wa AN ENVOY ARRIVES, street Six persons were injured by splinters, and secretary to Mr. de Valera, had to be treated in hospital.

THE WORST COMES TO THE WORST? Sf(u 6 Un veiling of the war memorial at been seen in Ireland, and that is saying a great 4 0n Saturday, he Earl of Hare- deal. ant of the West Riding, rt- DARING PRISON ESCAPE. ne in tne war by Territorials, It is Teported James Staines, who was asra- Itori al Foroe may be called oit terned at Hare Hill Internment Camp, the Curragh, ft hHa or Wlthin a very short time. I co. Kildare, escaped on Friday afternoon and has tISX 5,1 aslf XpreBsin wi'ihes all here not been recaptured.

Staines and another prisoner ik Oll to join me in hearty wish got into two large partly laden lorries whioh were ll in off of the Government to leaving the camp. Staines got away unobserved, may be successful and and when the lorry was some distance from the Su seeing, as we certainly camp he dropped from it and ran across the fields. Us eff orts are not successful, the Ihe otiier man was discovered in the second lorry, fcv strife which has ever and was taken back to the camp KK ROUGH WATERS. MESSAGE TO Rphilly. ai 6 following message to rs auj Pull ether over tho us' Ye sna 80011 sa together over dr iv ered by Mr.

Lan Macphernd'uate 'uate meeting on behalf of the 8 NEW LEASE OF life. 4s ed outlook. jV. l(J at tleTnent of the ship inerB all shipyards have been th Vltl working by Wednesday. in th tlook furthOT rp the oi 2 ast furnaces are now an district.

To MAN 43 YEARS ON THE ars RAILWAY. of has retired 1 duties Mldland Company. Nl 1 to rZ as a Porter at Hucktiall, and VC saml a 1 he rose the position on at eWvT Great Northern Railway yik Ni. 'ir i roil sh. has been appointed I ra.i]\v_, at Doncaster.

He TV a nd as a junior clerk nt CO 6 he as transferred to Grantham ainod until 1914. when he 1 at Essendine. and four Fred Mr. Trot' onal Varnn er, who will remove (j Hot. Superintendent of the West REVEALED BY X-RAYS.

A Ge frus tbated. 1 at pj? by means of X-rays Ster Ben on Saturday, 1 in robho man vafi charged with and Oh of rmgs at Bethnal on r- rlamn iS that her con- Xani inatiL at Rochester he X-ray 7 two rings in ev en to hot ograph showed the that the settings. The Chief he rm 8s had since been ER 'S SUIT." er oy" to tness-box his a he tai of his coat OS i come ankles Thf dressed ke that?" if youngster produced a BUj out the words: To appear BATHING FATALITIES. YOUNG SWIMMER'S FRACTURED SPINE. Two bathing fatalities occurred on Saturday in.

St. Well Bay, Lavernock, near Cardiff. Ernest Millet, 18, Cardiff, was missed, and body recovered yesterday. Donald Kyffin Roberts, 17, son of Mr. Douglas Roberts, a Government auditor, on a visit to Penarth, plunged from a rock and struck the sandy bottom so violently that he fractured his spine at the base of the skull, and died yesterday.

LARGEST OIL-FUEL LINEB. CUNARD'S LATEST FLOATING PALACE. One of tho Cunard Company's latest types of liners, the Scythia, 20,000 tons, left Liverpool on Saturday on her maiden voyage to New York. She has been constructed with a view to providing the greatest possible comfort for passengers, and the furniture in her publio and staterooms is luxurious. In both the first and second-class quarters water is laid on to every bedroom.

This modern ocean-going palaco is one of four similar vessels being put in commission, and one of 12 post-war ships under construction for the Cunard Company. She is also the largest Atlantic liner built to burn oil-fuel. A SAD HOLIDAY. SCOTSMAN'S SUDDEN DEATH AT CINDERHILL. The death of a holiday-maker was the subject of an inquiry by tho Nottingham City Coroner (Mr.

C. L. Rothera) at Hyson Green to-day. Tho deceased was Charles Criohton Auld, 35, a bleacher's cashier, of Newmilns, Ayrshire, who was spending a holiday with his wife and children at Cinderhill. On Friday he came to Nottingham, 'but on his return was taken ill at Cliff Cottages, Cinderhill, where he was staying.

A doctor was sent for, but before his arrival death had taken place. According to the medical evidence death was due to syncope and commencing pneumonia, and tho Coroner registered a verdict to this effect. THE SILENT AEROPLANE. FURTHER RESEARCH TO APPROACH SOLUTION. Dealing with the danger of aeroplane fires in the air, the Aeronautical Research Committee say, in their report for 1920-21, that low flash petrol is one of the main fire risks.

Another is hot exhaust pipes. The risk, it i 3 added, is relatively small. Investigations into the sounds made by aeroplanes have not led to any definite result. It was considered that the first sound from a distant plane came partly from the engine and partly from the airscrew. The noise of the engine was greatly reduced, but it was not found to effect any corresponding reduction in the maximum range audib lity.

The problem of a silent aeroplane, say tbe committee, needs much further research before any approach to a solution can bo expected. On Saturday night a fire, involving £20,000 damage, cccurred at Bartlett's timber yara, Cardiff. THE ELITE OPENED. NOTTM. WELCOME TO THE NEW VENTURE.

LAST WORD IN TASTE AND DECORATION. The Elite Picture Theatre, Nottingham, opened, its doors to the public to-day. Occupying as it does one of the finest sites in the city, the handsome new building at the top of King and Queen streets may fairly be said to represent the last word in cinematographic architecture, and as far as furnishing, decoration, and technical equipment are concerned, the Elite is certainly far ahead of any other movie theatre in the country. The inauguration of tho theatre's activities was signalised by.a luncheon held in the Jacobean restaurant. Mr T.

Shipstone (chairman of the directors of the theatre) presided, and he was supported by the Mayor (Aid. H. Bowles), and the Mayoress, the Sheriff (Mr. J- H. Freckingham), Col.

W. H. Blackburn, Mr. W. R.

Nightingale (vice chairman of directors), tho directors of tbe theatre company and others. The restaurant was tastefully decorated with scarlet carnations and palms. Red and white carnations, bay trees, and hanging baskets of ferns predominated in the scheme of embellishments throughout the theatre. An interesting message was received by Mr. A.

E. Finch, one of the managing directors of the theatre. It is as follows: As personal in England cA the fouT greatest in the wortd, namely, Mary PirMord, Charlie Chaplin, Fairbanks, and I extend ito you and your associates my heartiest and best "wishes on this, the opening of one of best cinemas by one of England's best showmen. A. C.

BERMA.N, General Mamaew, Allied Artists' Corporation. BIG GAP FILLED. During 'the brief speech -making which succeeded the luncheon, the toast of the Mayor, Magistrates, and Corporation of Nottingham was proposed by Mr. R. Nightingale, vice-chairman of the Board of Directors, and responded to by the Mayor, who said, although we were often told things were lietter done on the Continent than in our own country, justice was administered nowhere in the work so fairly and impartially.

So far as the Coriponation wero concerned, he felt tbait in responding to the toast he was speaking on behalf of a city of no mean character. Whilst Nottingham had her faults and failings and certain things one would like to see removed, he was satisfied she yet remained the Queen of the Midlands." With regard to municipal matters he thought he could claim that Nottingham's affairs were administered by a body of men who in the main had no other purpose to serve than tho welfare of the city they represented. Whilst that spirit continued throughout the country England would continue as she always had done, in the forefront of all nations. Aid. J.

E. Pendleton proposed the toast of The Chairman," in a witty speech, and afterwards wont on to pay tribute to the new building- It supplied, he said, a requirement in the city and county that had never been catered for previously. One could travel to the continent and never see a nything more magnificent. Things might be elaborate, but the taste and decoration were of the highest order. The facilities afforded were wonderful, and he had not the slightest doubt that in a "very short time the Elite would be the centre of attraction for all the very best people in the city and country.

The Mayor having declared the theatre op Mary Pickford, in Pollyanna," was witnessed by the company, and at teatime the theatre was thrown open to the general public. FATAL FALL THROUGH WINDOW. LADY MASTERTON-SMITH'S FITS OF GIDDINESS. The inquest was held at Paddirtgton to-day on Lady Barbara Masterton-Smkh. Sir James Masterton-Smith, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labour, said his wife was 43- She had been in delicate health for the past 14 years, and frequently complained of giddiness.

Sir James added that his wife's sole interest in life appeared to be her children and home, of which she was very fond. She was of a bright temperament. When he was about to leave the house at Kensington last Saturday he heard crying and shouting, and someone called Sir James 1 Sir James! He ran downstairs and into the area at the back of the house, and there saw' his wife stretched out on the concrete floor. She was lying in a pool of blood, and his first thought was that she had had hemorrhage, but later it appeared that she had fallen from a window. His wife showed no signs of life.

The window sill in the room from which his wife fell was very low, reaching to just below the knees, and his wife was toll. The window was left open all night and day, as the room was hot. Witness's wife may have gone to the window for air, fainted, and fallen out. Other evidence was given that deceased was of a happy and cheerful disposition. Dr.

Edward Philip said the cause of death was instant shock, laceration of the brain, and fraeturo of the skull. The Coroner stated that he was satisfied that the window was so low as to make it easy for an accident to occur. He recorded a verdict of accidental death, and expressed sympathy with Sir James. TRAIN TRAGEDY. When an excursion train from Brighton to London was passing Forest Hill station last night a man fell out.

The train was stopped, and the man, when picked up, was found to be dead. A later message states that the man was James Kiddell, of Bermondsey. He was leaning against the door when it became unfastened after passing East Croydon, and he fall half way out. Another passenger seized his legs and held him until Forest Hill was reached, when he was forced! to let go and Kiddell fell on the rails. NEWS FOR THE KNUT.

BLACK AND YELLOW SOCKS FOR WINTER WEAR. Fashion's present tendency towards vivid colours is being extended to men's socks. Socks of lurid purple, rose-pink, and lavender are beginning to hght up the London thoroughfares. One of the smartest socks for wear during the winter months will be canary with a black clock at the side," says a writer in Men's Wear. Black and yellow is a particularly smart combinatiqn.

"Another shade is a beautiful tint of cerise, also with a black clock. Then there is a third fine tint of bright blue, which again has a black clock at the side." The Pope yesterday received the Bishop of Clifton jm audience. SMALLPOX OUTBREAK. ONLY ONE CASE IN FOUR DAYS IN NOTTINGHAM. A KIRKBY VICTIM.

There was better news for the residents of Nottingham last night, i that no further cases of 6maJlpox, since the removal on Saturday of a 16 year' old girl from the Meadows district, had been discovered, but as the Medical Officer of Health, Dr. P. Boobbyer, told a Post representative, it is not advisable to be too optimistic, as the city is not yet out of the wood." The case before that was reported on Wednesday. A case of smallpox has been notified at Kirkby, the victim being a young girl who has been employed in Nottingham. EAST AND VACCINATION.

In reply to Mr. Hayday 3 question in the Commons as to how long vaccination had been compulsory in Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay, and how many smallpox oases and deaths respectively occurred in the cities named during the ten years 1911-1920, the Secretary 0 State for India, has sent the following Vaccination has been compulsory in Calcutta since May 26th, 1880; in Madras, May 15th, 1884; in Bombay, September lst, 1877. The following are the figures oi deaths so far as they are available: Year. Calcutta. Madras.

Bombay. 1911 41 480 443 1912 77 106 979 1913 120 34 212 1914 1,038 66 252 1915 2,560 92 359 1916 53 476 1,021 1917 28 195 269 1918 515 272 1,024 1919 780 Indian sanitary authorities admit that compulsory vaccination has never been rigorously carried out. The zenana system creates difficulties unknown in the West. GALLANT MANSFIELD LAD. LIFE SACRIFICED IN EFFORT TO SAVE A CHILD.

A Mansfield lad, Alfred Glover. 15. whose home is at 6, Frisby's-yard, Portland-street, died in the local hospital this afternoon through being accidentally knocked down by a motor in Portlandstreet, when attempting to save a child whom he thought to be in danger. The motor, owned by Mr. J.

Dean, of the Crown and Anchor, and driven by Albert Dean, junior, was stated to be proceeding at about five miles an hour. Dean noticed some children playing on the road, sounded his hooter and applied his brake, and an eye-witness of the affair says that Glover appeared to see some danger to a child named Smith, and rushed forward to save him, When he himself was caught by the wheel of the car and thrown to the ground, injuring his head, which struck the road heavily. Dr. Tarachand was' called, and found that Glover was suffering from concussion of the brain. The lad was taken to the hospital by the doctor and P.c.

Collins. ANOTHER MISHAP. A motor accident occurred at the White Post cross roads, near Farnsfield, last night, as a result of which James Winfield, miner, of 45, West Kill-drive, Mansfield, received a compound fracture of the right leg. Sergt. Mainwaring went to the scene of the accident in a motor amibulanoe and removed the injured man to the Mansfield hospital.

CARS IN COLLISION. A collision took place late last night on the Sutton-road, Mansfield, between two cars which ere travelling in the direction of Mansfield. One of the cars, belonging to Dr. Ryan, of Scarsdale, Ripley, was standing on the side of the road when another, driven by Arthur Palmer, of the Greyhound, Hotel, Mansfield, ran into it on the near side. Both motors were damaged, but fortunately no one was hurt.

THE MAN WITH THE HATCHET. HARD LABOUR FOR A RACECOURSE PEST. At Kingston to-day Aaron Jacobs, described as a bookmaker's clerk, of East London, was charged with being a suspected person at Hurst Park races on Saturday. Detectives stated that they saw defendant on the racecourse with the handle of a wooden hatchet protruding from his jacket pocket. Subsequently ne walked along a line of bookmakers as if looking for someone.

Ho was seen to put the hatchet in a motor car, and when asked what, he was doing with it said it was. not his. Ho added that he was not mixed up with the Turf trouble. Detective-inspector Grosse said the accused was a racecourse pest and thief. He was regarded in the East End as a local terror.

Sentence of three months' hard labour was imposed. CHASE IN PYJAMAS. BOY SCOUTS AND THE NOCTURNAL INTRUDERS. A party of Sea Scouts, clad only in their pyjamas, were conoerned in an exciting chase of two suspects at Acton in the early hours of yesterday morning. a The lads are members of the 9th Acton Sea Scouts, and they were sleeping at their headquarters behind a row of detached villas in Gunnersbury-lane.

About 1 a.m. one of the scouts was awakened by footsteps, and, looking out, saw two men creeping along a garden. He aroused the scoutmaster, Mr. Edgar Smith, and the alarm given brought out all the scouts in their night attire. Tho twd men dashed off with Scouts in hot suit.

A patrol leader actually seized one of the fugitives, but was beaten off by a couple of heavy iblowa. Sticking to the trail, the boys followed the men for over half a mile into a slum quarter of South Acton, where the fugitives were lost. VANISHED IN MID-OCEAN. Mr. Julius Smoliri, aged 62, a New York merchant, who was a passenger in the liner Olympic, disappeared in mid-ocean on Wednesday last.

He was accompanied by his son, Mr. N. C. Smolin. who arrived at Cherbourg yesterday, and has left for Paris.

The harvest in the devastated regions of France equals the pre-war standard of the area, £160 PENALTY. BAD BACON IN NOTTINGHAM SHAMBLES. A SHOCKING CASE. Fines amounting to £160 were imposed at the Nottingham Summons Court to-day, by Mr. F.

Acton and Mrs. Ball, upon Jacob Berman, provision dealer, whose address was given as West Bar Green, Sheffield, and who appeared to answer eight summonses for having exposed for sale at his shop in the Nottingham Shambles on July 22nd becon intended for food of man, knowing it to be unsound and unfit for human consumption. Mr. R. A.

Young pi aded not guilty, and said the whole dispute of summons depended on the words exposed for sale and intended for the food of man. Mr. A. S. Drabble ex plained that the summonses concerned of bacon.

Inspector J. A. Sutton, thief meat inspector, spoke to visiting defot dant's shop. From one. piece of.

bacon about I4ilbs. on the front board, was oozing a irttle strongly-smelling fluid. A closer examination showed that the tissues inside were in an advanced ytase of decomposition. The fluid had oozed out evidently after the bacon had been cut. In the shop witness found two sides of smoked bacon on a wrapper.

The surface of the bacon was slimy, and gave off an offensive odour. Crawling maggots were present, many of them having reached the chrysalis stage. Five other pieces of 'bacon hanging on hooks in the shop were in a similar condition. Dr. Boobbyer modioal officer of health, thought tho bacon had been bad for some weeks.

It must have been manifest to the defendant that it was bad. Berman said he received four bales of bacon from Manchester. Three were good and the fourth was bad. Straightaway he put the latter on the far side of the shop and left it there, intending ti send for the inspector. It was not intended to be sold, it wan no.

tar sale, and if not intended for the food of man. Ho denied that any of tho bacon was exposed on the front board. DISASTER AVERTED. The Chairman said they had seldom had before them a case so serious in character and so important in the interests of the public. The Bench had not- the slightest doubt whatever but that tho bacon was intended for the food of man.

They were very glad indeed that it was seized as it was, and thus the disaster which might have followed had been avoided. They could not shut their eyes to the fact that defendant had previously been convicted of a precisely similar offence, amongst other convictions. He was fined £70 at Long Eaton only last year. Tho taw gave the magistrates power to send defendant to prison without the option of a fine. He (Mr.

Acton) was not sure they did not fail in their duty to the public if they refrained from sending defendant to prison for three months, whioh the Act prescribed. He thought defendant thoroughly well, deserved it, and he was of opinion that a fine would not meet thecase. However, his colleague was in favour of allowing defendant an alternative, and he was a lucky man to get the option of a maximum fine, as money in the case of a man like defendant, who had made great profit on trading in this way to the detriment of the public, was not a sufficient punishment. Mr. Acton said he could not understand why the Corporation, which had charge of the shambles, permitted defendant to be a tenant.

Mr. Young said on the latter point the defendant was already under notice to quit the shop; in fact, be had been for some time. Defendant made a request for time in which to pay the fine, but the application was refused. THIEVES' RTSE. DEAD MAN'S HOUSE ROBBED IN PARIS.

Whatever' else may be said about the French epidemic of and without which shows no, sign of abating, it certainly does not lack variety. The public is becoming almost accustomed to the abstraction of travellers' valuables on trains, and the account of an unfortunate lady who was robbed of her money and jewels whilst the train was passing through a tunnel near Lyons is simply headed in one newspaper. When Shall we Roach One At the present rate it will not take many months to attain that figure. For originality in the art cf thieving, a ruse adopted by two men who rifled a flat in the Avenue de St. Oven in Paris is hard to beat.

Undeterred by respect for the dead, one of the men endeavoured to obtain admission to the home of an old antiquarian, five minutes 1 after the funeral cortege of the latter had left, by representing that he had been sent to disinfect the premises. The concierge had not got the key, and told the man to return later. A quarter of an hour afterwards another man came to the house carrying a beautiful wreath, and appeared heartbroken on hearing that the funeral had already left. He talked of the dead antiquarian in moving terms, and kept the concierge in conversation for half an hour when he departed. The concierge then discovered that meanwhile the old man rooms had been ransacked and sparge sum of money, as well as jewellery to the value of had disappeared.

WHITEHALL'S ECONOMY. 20,000 REDUCTION OF STAFF BILLETS. Mr. Yoang states in Saturday's Parliamentary debates that the net reduction in the clerical staffs of Government Departments during the past twelve months had been 10,800, In addition, the number of industrial employees had decreased by 8.400. Anticipated reduction in staff by the end of the present financial year in consequence of the chancre in housing in 883.

costing in salaries (excb'omg bonus in the crfse of permanent officers) £253,000 per annum Of this number 320, costing £107.000 per annum, will have ceased to be employed by the end of next month. The change in policy would lead to a reduction in staff of andl an annual saving in salaries of The majority of the staff concerned will be discharged within six weeks. ENGLISH GAMBLER'S DEATH. An Englishman named John Perrin, said to be employed at the British Embassy at Constantinople. died in hospital at on jaSturday night.

Death was due is tttdmd, ifjf 1 rd of veronal. It dedared that had lost heavily in gatubimg Moato CHEAPER POSTAGE FORESHADOWED FOR EARLY NEXT YEAR. CALL FOR SUNDAY COLLECTION. The postal rates, which have suffered so many revisions since the war, are likely to be changed again early next year, but the alterations this time will be in favour of the public. The probability is that the Postmaster-General will find next spring that he is able to return to the three-halfpenny rate for letters and the pennyrate for postcards.

But in the meantime an immediate revision of the new arrangements affecting the week-end collection and delivery of mc Is will appear in some respects even more desirabh actually cheaper postal rates. Those arrangononts represent in themselves what is in effect dearer postage. Ln the provinces particularly (says The Times) they are proving inimical to mar! order business, and in many branches of trade they are causing delays that mean serious financial loss and widespread inconvenience. The question of week-end postal facilities has been taken up by the Leeds Chamber of Commerce, which is inviting traders in different industries to report on how the Monday delivery cf letters is affected by the changed conditions. It appears that there are numbers of cases in which traders post their mail on Saturday after the closing of the place of business, and owing to the dosing down of post office work between Saturday night and Monday morning the letters in question miss the early outgoing Monday mail, and in a number of cases are delivered only on Tuesday morning.

This slow process means the loss of an entire day to the trader. THE TRAIN POST. There has been no great outcry in the country against the abolition of the Sunday delivery of correspondence. But there is a very determined and widespread demand for the re-int reduction of the Sunday night collection. In.

a number of trades the post that to be received on Mondaymorning was the most important of the week. For medical men, chemists, and hospitals the end of the week has been, hitherto, the time when orders have been posted for the replenishment of medical stores. The old postal arrangements made it possible for such orders to be handled on Monday. Frequently the Monday morning post brought to the manufacturer of drugs and medicaments generally a host of urgent requests for his goods, and the articles required were despatched on the afternoon of the same day. In the present circumstances, such orders'W only rexeived either on Tuesday morning or so laic on Monday that they cannot be attended to on that day at all.

The suggestion that in urgent cases correspondence can be forwarded by train post is found to be almost valueless when the provincial Sunday train services have been studied, though there is indeed some prospect of its becoming a little more useful with the promise of improved railway facilities on that day. Another example "of the difficulties arising out of the abolition Sunday collections is provided by the catering trade. The week-end rush to holiday is inevitably followed by urgent orders on the part, of hotels and boarding houses for fresh supplies, which, owing to the delay in the delivery of letters, do not places where they are required until the better part of the day after they wanted. Difficulties of a similar kind are arising in replenishing stocks in public houses and even in maikng theatrical bookings. APPLES GOOD PEARS POOR." DISAPPOINTING SEASON FOR FRUIT.

The yield of the bardv fruit crops, as revealed by corrtu'ehensive by correspondents in all parts of the British Isles to the Garaeneri Chronicle, is disappointingly small, and is stated to be scarcely better than that of last year. Cherries showed a slight improvement, and in many districts the reports concerning apples are decidedly good, but, on the whole, 1921 will rank as a very unsatisfactory year to fruit growers. Conditions at the end of the winter were in favour of largo crops, and by the law of averages the year should have been one of plenty, but this weather at blossoming time was unfavourable to the setting of the fruits and the blossoms of pears, plums, and othe stone fuits felt the full effects of the weather in May. Srawherries and raspberries were damaged by frosts, and tho failure of the raspberries was emphasised by the lack of rain. With regard to apples, 121 growers report an average crop and 62 an over-crop, out of a total of 224 returns, leaving 41 ith a yield below the average.

Plums appear to be the worst crop of all. Out of 216 returns, 187 show a deficiency, and onlyfour a return more than the normal yield. Peaches and nectarines show 77 averages 12 over, and 64 under crops. Apricots are very scarce, for out of 122 returns. 98 report crops under the average and only one over.

Pears, too. are disappointing, as 145 growers have a crop below the average, 72 an average, and only six better than the average. The prolonged drought, the journal states, has had a marked effect on all fruit trees, which have made very little growth, and there is a danger that if rain falls freely in the late summer and autumn the trees may make late growth that will not have time to become sufficiently matured for bearing, and many of the potential fruit buds may start to grow into wood growth. HALO OF THE DYING. SPIRITUALIST VICAR'S STRANGE EXPERIENCE.

The Rev. Charles L. Tweedale. Vicar of Weston. Otlev.

for the last 20 years, who after setting out to expose the of spiritualism, himself became a convert to the cult, has written for light on account of an experience he had about a month ago. Mr. Tvveedale with his wife, daughter, and a nurse, were watching at the death -bed of Mrs. Barnett, his mother-m-law. before her death." he writes, "a kind of mist, formed over the bed.

It deepened and deepened, until it formed a rich purple halo round the head of the dying woman. I have never seen anything so wonderful. I found myself wondering whether it was the aura or spiritual body about to be released from its material environments." The reverend gentleman had another weird experience some time before this, when, at the moment of an aunt's death many miles away, warning of the event was received at the vicarage. His aunt's favourite hymn. Peace, perfect Peace," was sung in one of the bedrooms, and was followed by a crash.

When the bedroom was entered the wardrobe was found lying on its face, and some distance away a dressing table had a piece torn from it. CIVIL LIABILITIES. THE ONLY PERMISSIBLE APPLICATIONS AFTEB SEPTEMBER. The Secrotairy of the Ministry of Labour announces that applications for civil liabilities grants madio after September 30th next will not be considered, except in the cases of (a! Men who joined H.M. Forces for the duration of the war and have been retained after July 31st 1920, owing to lack of transport or through being in hospital.

Such men may apply within 12 months from date of discharge or within six months of termination of treatment under the Ministry of Pensions, if this commenced within 12 months of date of discharge. fb) Men other than those referred to in (a) above who commenced treatment under the Ministry of Pensions within 12 months of date of discharge, or not later than September 30th, 1921, whichever is the earlier. Such men may apply within six months of date of termination of in training under the Industrial Training Scheme- Grant 3 will be governed by the existing conditions. At least 20,000 pilgrims are now gathered at Lourdr-s for the first national pilgrimage since the war. A Nottingham young lady, leaving Bournemouth on Saturday after a fortnight's holiday, remarked to an acquaintance that she had lost poands since she went there.

Oh, said, the friend, do you know where you left iil FOOD TRAINS STORMED. 8,000 TONS ON THE WAY TO RUSSIA. 22,000,000 PEOPLE LIVING ON HERBS. News has' reached Paris that Russian railway employees and the starving population are storming the first trains bringing food for Russia and that by- common accord prayers were offered up on Saturday in the cathedrals and churches of Moscow' for relief from famine and cholera. A correspondent of the Chicago Trthtmr states that during two hours' drive through Moscow he was unable to find a single restaurant where a meal could be obtained.

The Bolsheviks, he adds. up to the present refused permission to any foreign correspondents to proceed to the famine' stricken districts of the Volga, giving as their pretext that they might erroneously attribute the tragedy to the Bolshevik regime. Senor Larrrbo, the newly-appointed Spanish Minister of Finance, who has been on a visit to the Russian frontier, is reported to have declared that Lenin had refuses to allow him to enter Russia on the ground that Soam had not recognised Bolshevik rule. A Riga telegram states tha'; critics of the Bolsheviks are to be summarillv shot and their denouncers rewarded with A message from Rigs received in Copenhagen, and quoted by the Exchange, that an agreement between Russia, and America was signed on Saturday in reference to help for the famine victims. Permission is given the American committee to enter with unrestricted movement into Russia.

The foods from America remnin America.ii property. Oily children and sick persons are entitled to help from the committee, the foods otherwise distributed having to be paid for by the Soviet, It is understood 8.000 tons of'food provided by America has reached Hamburg. REAL CAUSE OF THE FAMINE, According to a Berbn message the Russian delegates to the Red Cross reported that between the Caucasus, the Caspian Sea the Black Sea 22.000 000 are living on herbs and bark of trees. Ihe real cause of the famine, they said, was that the Bolsheviks fed their armies last year on the harvest of the region, refusing to ray the peasants for the food requisitioned. I his year, therefore, the peasants grew only enough crop for themselves and the-r families.

The Polish paper Goto? Jiw.u states that negotiations for concessions connected with the rebuilding of Pctrograd and Odessa have been opened between German, English, and American capitalists and the Soviet The parties will meet in Berlin on August 26th. A great trust of the most important textile orga-msations in to be formed says a Moscow newspaper quoted by Router The trust would inchide 17 organisations in the indusitrial regions of Kosboma and Meurotu, the direction and exploitation of which would be entrusted to private initiative- The administration of tne trust would not be suhieoted to the control of the Workers' and Peasants' Inspectors, and would have the right to purchase on its own account in Russia and abroad machinery raw materials, and foodstuffs for the purpose of feedings its workers. It would ako have the power to dispose freely of the products of the factories; that is to say, to sell them in the open market or exchange them for goods of which it might be in need. The Friends' mission in Poland ca'biles that the Russian famine is rapidly intensifying the refugee problem there, and that a constructive agricultural programme has been outlined. Further funds are needed.

NAVAL WAR COMPLEXITY. ADDED TO BY INTRODUCTION OF That the battleship still the backbone of ihe modern navy is the decision embodied in the report of the American Joint Commission of Navy am. Army Officers on the recent bombing of warships, including the former German Dreadnought Ostfriesland, by aircraft. The report says: -The aeroplane, instead of furnishing on to the abolition of the battlwaip. merely added to the complexity of naval warfare.

i lnr of drawing Ihe report exact conclusions as iTli th rf 0 I rerSt to hit surface vessels, as the ability war conditions, but as certain that th. of Secthits under such conditions were relatively however, was done by the BMft fW negligible. In coast defend operations, says ttw 1 factor in such 3 of anti-aircraft armament ano vie equipment ircra ft carriers are consuing aeroplanes borne definitely to limit fleets at sea by heavy bombing machines. A ROYAL ADMIRAL. HONOUR FOR GREAT NAVAL CHIEF.

It was announced last night by the Admiralty anniwed the promotion as a ttJS the. Marqui. of Milford Haven to the rank of Admiral ot the Reel on the retired list services (as Pnnco Louis of Battenberg) as First Sea Lord, both before and after the outbreak of the war. The marquis, who is better known to the public as Prince Louis of Battenberg, was the son of Prince Alexander of Hesse-Darmstadt. His late brother Prince Henry, married Princess Beatrice.

Controversy arose out of the prince's foreign origin and before the war was three months old he resigned the post of the First Sea Lord His skill as a naval tactician was aoknowiedgca throughout the service, and his love for England was never in doubt. jHe once offered the throne of Bulgaria, and received the delegation in a British warship. Pointing to the White Ensign, he said: Gentlemen, do you see that bit of bunting? Weil. I would rather serve under that than wear any crown you or anyone else can offer me." FLYING CARAVAN. BRITISH MERCHANT'S NOVEL REQUEST.

Caravaning by air is the latest flying idea. A inn of British aviation engineers has asked by a merchant to re-desjgn a pas- RCT plane for use as a luxurious private aenai caravan. British air expresses is 6 for the Purpose. The big. long cabin being used for tne i TOmforto ble immature to.

be inverted and a drawing-room, wii. traveller can conduct his bureau, at i hj 100-mile-an-hour correspondence caravan is wi be comfort- At the rear or the owner and able wh en for has in the machine and to necessary and made gg on the spot. "LIGHTNING STRIKES SEASIDE HOTEL. CHILD'S ESCAPE. A fierce thunderstorm broke over Lowestoft last evening and tyro hours.

The Suffolk Hotel- a large bui ding in the centre of the town, was struck by lightning umished the main chimney, na-sed through The roof of a whence a child of the prot, a a few minutes before been removed, in the cellar, fusing nd cutting off the water supply. were Srea shght outbreak, of firs duxing tha storm- a aper A VVith the If ocal p. Attr tty 11 A FOR LATEST CRICKET SCORES SEE EVENING POST.