Surrey Times and County Express from Guildford, Surrey, England • 4

PIMM SON NIORT1H ST FOR CHEAPEST GUILDFORD AND BEST PERAMBULATORS fiLBPHONK 385 GUILDFORD FATE the mujtabt ED4t SURREY AND THE WAR 393 Telegrams: Oates Guildford High-class Groceries Provisions NEXT BANK (Within a few yards of the old site) SPECIAL THIS WEEK DELICIOUS BUTTER 1111 From Time after time his apparatus was knocked out Each time he got it going again in spite of all so that Fritz could not beat him try how he In a letter hi parent received last Sunday morning Operator HoJdershaw said: I do so much only helped our battery commander to fire on 38 old Fritz bat- teries I think they want a bit of mending up now I have enclosed the testimonial which the Brigadier-General A sent me You may guess I was' glad to know I had a bit Please take care of it for me Holdershaw is the second member of the Woking Post Office staff to gain the DCM the other being Sergt Neal the Queen who won the distinction in Mesopotamia KEPT THE GUNS GOING 34 HOURS Bombardier-Fitter Pain RFA whose home is 83 Boundary Road Woking has from the Major-General commanding his brigade the following testimonial which he has sent to hi wife I wish to place on record my appreciation of your continuous good work during the heavy bom-hardment Owing to your skill and unceasing efforts you kept the guns in action for 54 hours thereby greatly assisting all Bombr Fain who ha been in the Army two years and has served in France for 18 months without any home leave will be remembered as captain of the seoond eleven of the Wood ham Crioket Club VILLAGE HEROES Pioneer Donald Bennett RE who killed in action on July 15th was a member of the Pharmaceutical Society and before joining up in April last year for about twelve months carried on the business in the High Street Cranleigh which is now in the hands of Mr Chton He was of a cheerful disposition and well liked by all with whom he came in contact After three suspense Mrs Cooke of Waterbridge Farm Cranleigh has received an official notification that her husband Pte Cjboke has been missing since April 2lrd The British Red Cross and Order of St John Inquiry Department for Wounded and Missing state that they have had a report from a Pte Gurr of the same company Pte Cooke who says On April 23rd we made an attack beyond Oroiee4 the direction of Fontaine) and got into the German trench I know Private Cooke got into the trench for he spoke to me there The Germans however were on our flank and they had a machine gun so placed that they could fire right along the trench In the end we had to make a dash for it across the open to get back to our own line I did not see Pte Cooke again after he spoke to me so we know if he got taken prisoner or if he got killed in the trench or in trying to get back across the The department is making further inquiries Before joining up Pte Cooke was head gardener to Col Perreau late of Flexford House He was called up on May 29th 1916 proceeding to France on October 23rd last Mrs Cooke would be glad of any further news concerning him Pte Frank Head third son of Mrs Head Yealdhurst Wonersh who joined the in September 1914 and was subsequently transferred to the Royal Berks was reported missing in July 1916 and has now been officially reported to have been killed on or since the 19th of that month Made in our own Guildford Dairy Churned fresh daily Also We stock all the well known brands of MARGARINE Which are now REDUCED IN PRICE DISPATCH OF PARCELS to Officers and Soldiers at the Front a speciality second bar to the has been 7 on December 21st 191 M6dal Stone and Corpl nd haV0 each medals granted on Ocwak 11th prober have a st Uth igJ? their aoa Pip Corpl Brooks pi Ber A Chilman PteGI' r' Cox Lance-Corpl Pt Corpl Fletcher: Pl Vp BaneL Sergt A Frost Ptl nc- Kent Corpl Ki rV' K( pSf Lawson Pte it J'ane-Corni 7 A Lance-Corpl Pte Roffey Pte Sen-R Corpl A E- W- Lance-Corpl Broker East SurreyT-PVe Corpl Betf- Bolton Pte vV Callingham Sergt Coghlan Pte jr' Cm)4-J Adick PtcsHFc5'i rancV wte'ffiiiGapteer-RPtj W- Gcit MBA Pcte' Landvmom motnS Osborn Corpl Toten' Ptcj01 h- Wan SURREY COUNTY WAR AGRi culturalcommittEE important notices Labour for Harvest Work A TtT number of soldier or civili l1ledlabourers ar? tePec ted to be for harvest work be made in the Application prescribed form which can be obtained either from Russell 82 Victoria -Street wi M- ton Watson co The Officer Cmn! Distribution Centre Stoughton 11(1 Guildford or from any 0f the named in the list below The form tion wheu filled in must have endorsed a recommendation by 0no of the gentlZ1 whose names are given in the list below by some member of the Countv War i cultural Committee (a list of whom obtaincdf rom 82 victoria Lennox Russell The form of application when duly filled and endorsed as above should be sentt Paxton Watson at the address riven Farmers likely to require are ad vtsed to apply at once and not to pSstZ application tall the men are actually required List Mr' F- Cask Chambers Kingston-on-Thames Mr Finn District Valuer on-Thames Mr A Eggar Castle Street Farnham Mr Hutchinson Driver Melrose Cota Horsell Woking Mr A Reffell co Messrs Hewett ami Lee High Street Guildford Mr Tringham Hillside W-cross Chertsey Mir Apps 1 Bury Street Guildford Mr Bailey Colley Farm Eeigate Mr Young Barrow Green Oited Mr Hooper Ko6eneath Reigate Hill Mr Lillico Coombe Hill House Croydon Mr Still Addington Surrey Mr Pilditoh District Valuer's Office 4 Wellesley Court Road Croydon TO DEALERS FARMERS AND OTHERS Tractors Ploughs Presses Cultivators Threshing Machines Farm Harness Any person in the County of Surrey who not being a manufacturer of such articles his any of the above for sale whether new or second-hand is invited to send to Mr Lennoi Russell at 82 Vibtoria Street London Sff1 full details of the same (1) Name and address of owner (2) Description of article (3) Whether new or second-hand (4) Name of maker (5) Price at which owner is prepared to sell CARTRIDGE LICENSES The Board of Agriculture have notified in future licenses will not be required for purchase of cartridges and no licenses therefore in future he issued for this purpose by the County War Agricultural Committee THE NEW PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION Mr Parting Shot Mr Ernest Crundwell CC reporting the Farnham Rural District Council on nesday upon the recent inquiry posed new Parliamentary Divisions oi said two or three suggestions were ma the part of Woking by which certain pa -now going to the Guildford Division transferred to the Westerniyision into the Pr0 compensate the Guildford Division mill Dockonfield and Frensham wo transferred from the Western Division was supported so far as Shottcrmill Edgeler (chairman of cerned by Mr all left thinking that everything was it appeared from the papers that Mr-made another speech as a resident 1 mill a Mr Knight: you there-The Clerk: No We thought it over but Mr Edgeler waited until and then let this speech off He had his opportunity but I suppose they OH Oflpor- Col Chrystie: Perhaps he saw Ms The Chairman (Mr S-tho most remarkable thing about was the general support given to mendations of the Commissioners Both the Epsom Urban Council aM Epsom Board of Guardians have support application to renia Epsom (Mid-Surrey) Parliamentary division WEATHER REPORT For the week ended July 25th Observations taken at Abbotswoo ming at 8 am 'rnermometar Grass July Bar out- Mur Min Min 1917- sain Sue fall- 85 76 73 135 96 10 33 n3 sw NE S- level Mrs Gilbert 124 Stoughton Road Guild ford has received news to the effect that her son Pte Jesse Gilbert the who has been missing since April 23rd is a prisoner o-war at Limberg in Germany The postcard is dated June 13th and states that he has been kick Pte Gilbert who is 31 years of age enlisted in September 1914 and went to the front in June 1915 He was wounded three times before being taken prisoner Mts Gilbert has had four sons in the Army Two have made the supreme sacrifice Lance-Corpl Albert Gilbert the who died of wounds in November 1914 and Lance-Sergt Alfred Gilbert Coldstream Guards who was killed in Sept 1916 The other son serving is Pte Frederick Gilbert who is in the RAMC KILLED WHILST ASLEEP Mrs Pratt of West Clandon has heard that her son Pte James Pratt Regt was killed in France on July 17th He enlisted in Nov 1916 and went to the front in April just after his 19th birthday Pte Pratt was a native of West Clandon and attended Clandon School He was formerly employed as a gardener at Mrs Du Buisson In a letter to Mrs Pratt Sergt Hall the says: I am very sorry to inform you that your son was killed in action on uly 17th by a shell He was killed while sleeping at 10 in the morning so he died a glorious death Having had him under me just recently I am very pleased to say that he was a most willing lad a laddie that you must be very proud of Being a Guildford man myself I knew him personally and I am very pleased with the way he did his bit under circumstances which have lately been extraordinarily rough We buried him on the parapet where he was killed putting a wooden cross om his grave with full particulars All the platoon send their deepest sympathy and we are all sorry to lose such a good comrade I am sending his watch (broken) a letter ring and purse and money which were on him at the DORKING AND EPSOM DISTRICT Able Seaman Percy John Mackrell who went down with HMS Vanguard on July 9th is a Dorking man being a son of the late Mr Robert Henry Mackrell who was for many years employed in the printing establishment of Mr Rowe Deceased who had been in the Navy eight years1 has five other brothers serving with the colours Pte Barnes (RWS) Regt killed in action on June 26th was the second son of Mrs Barnes Forge Cottages Holm-wood He joined up in Feb 1916 going out to France early in May being wounded in July He used to work at Minnickfold Holmwood and was a member of the Holni-wood Fire Brigade Four other brothers are with the forces Pte Stanley Horace Knights (23) youngest son of Mrs Knights 39 Adelphi Road Epsom has been killed in action He returned to France in May after being home for some time owing to a wound in the right hand Sergt Nash of Epsom has been mentioned in Sir Douglas latest dispatch for dis tinguished service in the field THAMES-SIDE CASUALTIES Capt Quentin Hewes Campbell Own Yorkshire Light Infantry whose wife resides at Hillfield Addlestone has been killed in action The gallant captain fell leading his men Pte Broomfield Machine Gun Corps whose home is at Manor Road Herkham has been killed in France Pte Foster London Regiment eldest son of Mr and Mrs A Foster of The Crescent Weybridge has been wounded For three days he was left in No Land it being impossible to succour him RIPLEY MEN AT THE FRONT Mr and Mrs Heath of the Forge Ripley have received news that their second son Pte Frank Heath of the Household Brigade was killed in action by the explosion of a shell in the front-line trenches in France on July 9th Frank Heath had only been in the Army some few months and had not yet reached his twentieth year Prior to entering the Army six months ago he was a valued assistant to his father in the well-known farriery in the High Street and was a general favourite in the village He had only been in France some two months and the first news of his death reached liis parents through a letter received by Mr and Mrs Wigman from their son Pte Wigman of Old Woking who is serving in the same company of the Household Brigade Lieut Gibbs of the 9th Platoon in a letter to Mr Heath says It is with the deepest regret and sympathy that I write to tell you that your son was killed last night (the 9th July) in the front-line trench at 1230 I was quite near him at the time when a shell pitched right into the trench near him and he was killed instantaneously We brought him out and he was buried by the side of some of our officers who fell in action on May 3rd I was greatly upset at losing such a splendid fellow who was always so cheerful and did his work with such goodwill under trying circumstances I offer you my most heartfelt Mr and Mrs eldest son who was serving in the Woking Company of the Territorials at the outbreak of hostilities has been a farrier in the ASC in France throughout the war Mr and Mrs Gadd of Newark Lane Rip ley have received news that their son Gunner Sydney Gadd RGA was killed in France on July 20th the sad intelligence being conveyed in a letter from Major Gordon the commanding officer It seems that Gunner Gadd had just come off duty and had retired to rest in a dng-out with other comrades when a shell from the enemy landed right into the dug-out killing Gadd instantaneously Gunner Gadd who was 21 years of age had been in France 10 months and prior to joining the Army was a gardener in the employ of Mr Wilfrid Stokes of Ockham Mr and Mrs Gadd have five other sons serving in the Army at the present time viz Pte Gadd RE Pte Gadd Pte Gadd RGA Pte Gadd Training Reserve and Pte A Gadd Suffolk Regt Trooper Wigman of the Household Brigade is in the 3rd Australian General Hospital at the front suffering from a wound in the forehead sustained by shell explosion in the frontline trenches in France on the 14th July Trooper Wigman in a letter to his parents attributes his escape to his steel helmet which was penetrated by a shell splinter Although he himself escaped with a slight wound all his comrades in the immediate vicinity were killed Trooper Wigman conducted the business of a fishmonger at Old Woking for some years Rifleman Andrew Gadd KRR who joined the Army on the outbreak of the war and has been wounded twice in addition to being badly mentions in a cheerful letter to a Ripley friend this week that he has met another Ripley man 'out Pte Ernest Cox who is serving in the AVC and who was well-jcncwn for many years as the Ripley and Woking carrier Bombardier Luxford of the RGA who prior to joining up 18 months ago was an assistant at Messrs and Tedder was badly gassed on July 14th and is now in hospital in France WHO SAVED THE INFANTRY Wireless-Operator Holdershaw RFC whose home is at Woking and who has been awarded the DCM is said to have worked like lightning and without fear the whole time He has earned' the sobriquet of A comrade writing to the young eldest brother said He did some grand work The talk of the line is how Sparks saved the infantrf on many occasions by sticking to his post Although the Huns tried their level best to put his apparatus out of action he stuck it like a brick in their journey to Switzerland for when travelling through Bavaria where the dialect is different from the Prussian tongue they talked to each other and on being challenged as they were at times they explained that they were Prussians Upon arriving in England they were very kindly received by the King who was interested in their experiences and hearing their testimony as to British prisoners and their treatment in Germany ROLL OF HONOUR KILLED Capt Campbell Capt Quentin (Addlestone) KOYLI Charlwood Sec-Lieut Champion Lieut (Horsell) London Regt Osborne Sec-Lieut A MacEwtan Sec-Lieut East Surreys Annetts Corpl (Woking) RE' Barnes Pte (Holmwood) Bennett Pioneer (Cranleigh) RE Broomfield Pte (Hersham) MGC Buss Pte (Haslemere) Gadd Gar (Ripley) RGA Head Pte (Wonersh) Royal Berks Hill Pte- A (Gomshall) Royal Fusiliers Knight Pte (Epsom) East Surreys Mackrell Able Seaman (Dorking) HMS Vanguard! Morris Lance-Corpl A (Dorking) MGC Poulton Sergt (Cranleigh) RE Pratt Pte (West Clandon) Queen's Williams Gnr (Compton) RFA Cpl John Annett Royal Engineers lived at Woking On the 19th inst Mrs Pain received a letter from a chaplain saying I deeply regret to say that your son Corpl Aimotts died at 845 pm on July 15ik through a shell burst He was not conscious and was with us only a few hours I commended his soul to God and) he passed away peacefully His body lies at Lyssjenthook Military Cemetery two miles south-west of Poperinghe He succumbed to the shock of a shell bursting beside him though it did not actually wound him God bless and sustain you in this great DIED Ward Sec-Lieut A German Lance-Corpl (Guildford) AOC Sec-Lieut Allan Dudley Walter Ward who died on July 23rd of illness contracted in the trenches aged 22 joined the Inns' of Court OTC in Sept 1914 was wounded on the Somme in July 1916 and was missing for eight days He was -the only son of Mr and Mrs Fred Ward Homelea Coombe Road Croydon and grandson of the late Mr Jesse Ward founder and proprietor of Croydon Advertiser and associated newspapers with which business Lieut Ward was connected WOUNDED Bacon Lieut A (Guildford) Surreys Bundy Pte (Guildford) Foster Pte (Weybridge) London Regt Wyman Tpr (Old Woking) Household Brigade Pte Bundy The was wounded in the right hand by shrapnel on 7th He had been previously wounded in the foot and is now in hospital at Cheshire His home address is 6 Bellfields Road Guildford DIED OF WOUNDS MacGregor Sec-Lieut (Walton-on-Tliames) ASC MT Sec-Lieut Rhoderic MacGregor enlisted in the ASC MT on Aug 12th 1914 and was sent to France two days later with the original Expeditionary Force He was through the retreat of Mons and remained in France nine months He received a commission in the RGA (SR) on August 5th 1915 and was transferred to the ASC MT in December 1916 apd went again to the Front last February He was wounded in the head and blinded on July 9th and died on July 23rd He was the youngest son of Mr Walter A MacGregor of Amesbury Walton on-Thames late of Baldrie House Folkestone PRISONER 0F WAR Gilbert Pte (Guildford) Queen's MISSING Cooke Pte (Cranleigh) LIEUT CHAMPION KILLED IN ACTION News has been received of the death in action on July 18th of Lieut Champion Scots Guards youngest son of Mr and Mrs Champion Heatherside Horsell Lieut Champion was one of the most brilliant boys of the Guildford Grammar School He entered the school in 1904 and in midsummer 1909 gained the London Junior certificate with honours In midsummer 1911 he took the London University matriculation honours certificate and in 1913 added to his matriculation subjects advanced mathematics and magnetism and electricity obtaining distinctions in both He was captain of the school during his last year 1912-13 and left with an open scholarship at Jesus College Oxford 6f £100 per annum for four years county major scholarship of £60 for three years being second on the list and a scholarship of £30 a year for three years After twelve months at Jesus College Oxford he joined the University of Oxford OTC and about Christmas 1914 obtained a commission in the London Irish Rifles afterwards being transferred to the Scots Guards Two other sons of Mr and Mrs Champion are serving with the colours Mr Champion with the Indian Forest Servicej and Lieut Champion the Lancers The latter formerly belonged to the Indian Police DEATH FROM HEAT STROKE Much regret will be felt in Guildford at the news received this week that Lance-Corpl Jack German Army Ordnance Corps died in hospital at Basra on July Ilth from heat stroke The deceased who was 24 years of age was an orphan his only relative being an uncle who lives at Crewe He was in the employ of Messrs Gammon Bros until a month or two before the outbreak of war when he removed to Portsmouth During his residence at Guildford he was closely identified with the 1st Guildford Troop of Boy Scouts of which he became Assistant Scoutmaster and he was extremely popular with the boys He enlisted at Portsmouth in September 1914 went to Alexandria in the following February and proceeded to Mesopotamia in March 1917 Miss Davis of York Road Guildford on Thursday received a letter from Lance-Corpl German dated June 9th in which he It is some heat and no mistake At the present moment it is 147 in the sun and 110 in the shade You should see us when we are at work We wear gun helmets spine pads and goggles and if we are at work in the open we all carry large khaki umbrellas It looks very funny to see about 50 men all carrying gamps I am going to excite your curiosity I am going in for a certain' thing which if it comes off will surprise you so look out for my next few SURREY ATHLETE WOUNDED Official information has been received by his wife who lives with her parents Mr and Mrs Blowfield Stoke Road Guildford that Lieut A Bacon East Surrey Regt has been slightly wounded in the right thigh Lieut Bacon has been in the Army two years and was for some years assistant inspector of weights and measures at Guildford and afterwards at Wimbledon He is well known in the county as a fine athlete and took part in the famous episode when his regiment dribbled a football into the German trenches during an advance He is now in hospital in France Mr Joseph King MP voted with the minority of 21 on the Reichstag amendment to the War Credit Bill on Thursday LOST IN THE BUSH CHARMING A LEOPARD Thrilling Adventures in East Afriea Although he has only just reached his majority Lieut Garrood son of Mr Garrood of College Road Guildford has had some amazing experiences It will be remembered that during the Dardanelles fighting he was officially notified as having been killed and a letter of sympathy was sent to his parents by the King and Queen The young officer was left for dead on the battlefield He waq badly wounded and though he was able to see and realise what was going on he was unable to speak The dead were buried in a trench and Lieut Garrood underwent the great mental anguish of waiting for his turn to be interred Fortunately when his body was handled it was discovered that there was life in tit He was taken to a hospital and in due time recovered Since then he has been on active service in German East Africa and some three months ago whilst setting out to bomb German ambush on the south bank of the Rufigi River had another thrilling experience His aeroplane engine went wrong and landed in a bog where the grass was 6ft high In landing the propeller was broken and the gallant officer was stranded What subsequently happened is told in a letter to his sister Misa Garrood Adventure with a Leopard I pushed off knee deep in water towards some trees and in due course I reached them Hers I first observed elephant spoor I took a compass bearing to march on and must have completed a mile by dusk when my trek ceased rather suddenly owing to being confronted with an ugly black animal about four feet high with vicious tusk According to all the books I had read people in similar positions I felt sure would have climbed tree Thid I proceeded to do It was 730 pm now and dark thundering in the Uluguru mountains and raining a little already the mosquitoes were Jiving up to their reputation Hundreds of senseless thoughts rushed through my head as I hung on to my tree the bough I was Bitting on feeling more like a clothes line every minute Shortly after 10 I opened my eyes and saw something like two green eleotric bulbs about 30 feet from my tree The lights moved in a circle round my tree I thought of firing my revolver hut felt dubious of hitting the animal and terrified at wounding it Meanwhile it continued its circling and for 45 minutes my eyes never left it It did not snarl or growl and made no noise as it prowled round and round The tension was becoming unbearable I wanted to scream shout and yell all in one Instead I burst out with The with a full-throated bass I roared out the three verses No applause hut a reward the leopard slunk away Why had not I thought of it before? I went through my repertoire I laughed as I finished Two Eyes of It seemed so ridiculous Then I got on to hymns remembered four verses of God our help in ages and sang the Amen too The whole thing had jts humorous side I descended the tree at sunrise and at 558 am pushed off After an hour I crossed two streams in which it was necessary to swim andi at 830 was confronted with a substantial river which I also had to Crocodile and When swimming the river Lieut Garrood was pursued by a crocodile and in the extra exertion necessary to avoid a closer acquaintance he lost his tunic containing his compass revolver food water bottle and electric torch His only weapon of defence was a pair of nail scissors He continues: must have been standing hatching the scene of my late escape for some minutes when much trampling of bushes and trees on the opposite bank heralded the approach of some large animal The bushes parted and a huge hippo appeared snorting vigorously I watched it It was less than 15 yards distant It continued sniffing vigorously but being partially screened by bushes and its eyesight not being very good I studied it closely for some minutes when it departed as noisily as it had arrived I then tramped off now through the most awful bush imaginable My progress was heart-breaking about 100 yards an hour At last I fell down temporarily exhausted A machine passed overhead but endeavours to represent a windmill did not attract attention Shortly after mid-day I made another start and swam two streams losing my puttees in the second My legs were now bare to every thorn bush and sword grass I passed through to say nothing of myriads of flies That day 1 swam seven streams The Baboons and the Trousers About five I fell down again temporarily beat I made a bed of leaves and sat with my back to a tree A lion roared at one time less than 500 yards distant and hippo grunted quite near my bed At daybreak not 50 yards from the tree under which I slept I had the annoying experience of surveying two huge baboons the size of small men quarrelling over my trousers now in threads and among the tops of 40ft trees During my trek I saw two huge buffalo herds of zebra reed buck and a family of giraffes Passing through most awful bush I picked a few leaves -and chewed them to assuage the pangs of hunger and was subsequently very sick 'After struggle through bog sad bush I passed another terrible night and the next day continued my search for a human habitation having to stop and rest every ten minutes or so often up to my hips in water It was while aimlessly struggling along very depressed that I encountered a kind of bamboo fence sticking up above the water The fence proved to he a form of rack to which were attached net baskets cleverly made of bamboo on a rat-trap principle I ruthlessly cut one free and found it to contain four fish about eight inches long I extracted two and killed them cut one open cleaned and filleted it and tried to eat pieces raw It not ai success and after the first mouthful I felt rather ill so sent up more Hulloas before it came impossible It was however an hour before two small natives appeared and conducted me to their village Their eyes seldom left me Undoubtedly I wa a strange sight my legs bare and bleeding my short vest sodden dirty and torn no trousers of course just a dirty sun helmet a short stick inmy right hand and my two mackerel like twins in my left hand with four growth of beard on my very dirty face Arrived at the village I was given a most hospitable reception and the next day a search party arrived in response to a message from a runner and after three rest I was passed on to hospital at Moro Lieut Garrood was detained in the hospital suffering from malaria ESCAPED FROM GERMANY Sip Brunner's Exciting Experience Sir John Brunner Bart of Silveriands Chertsey related to the girls of Chertsey Secondary School at their prize-giving on Tuesday the adventures of his grandson in effecting his escape from Germany where he had been a prisoner of war for eighteen months Undaunted by five frustrated attempts to escape he made yet another effort and this time succeeded 'He had a companion with him and the 170 miles which separated them from Swiss territory took 17 days to traverse For the last six days the venturesome young men had only about a score of potatoes apiece to allav the pangs of hunger Sir John errandson is a lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps and he says that whilst in Germany he learnt a good many things including a knowledge of the1 German and French languages The German he learnt from the orderlies in the prison camps and whilst it was fluent it was also strong and expressive But it stood them in good stead Per Lb sidy and this Mr McKenna calculated would reach the enormous figure of £38000000 a year an estimate that some think far too high and it has been suggested that it will not exceed £25000000 Still that is quite high enough and like the subsidy of agriculture under the Corn Production Bill it can only be justified by the exceptional conditions of living and certainly could not be countenanced on a return to peace condi tions We are glad to see that Lord Rhondda does not propose the setting up of elaborate and expensive machinery to carry out his proposals We fire not to have a repetition of the National Service fiasco But the scheme will need to be applied all over the country and the Minister of Food has harnessed the municipal and district councils who will appoint Food Control Committees whose duties will be to enforce the orders to register the retailers and fix variations in the scale of prices and to administer the new scheme of sugar distribution The appointment of these local committees will we believe give satisfaction to the public who would infinitely prefer the scheme to be administered on the voluntary principle to the creation of a further army of officials And we must add that so far as experience has shown the national work that has been carried out by local committees has been efficiently and economically performed The suggestion thrown out by the Surrey Times a fortnight ago that a united open air service of intercession on the anniversary of the war should be held in Guildford has been taken up in commendable spirit by all denominations in the town and we understand that the Bishop of Winchester who has promised to give the address has given his most cordial approval to the proposal The Mayor who held the view that any service on such an occasion being national and civic should be representative and united is making the arrangements and the order of service has been drawn up by a committee representing Church and Nonconformity Given a fine afternoon the congregation should fill the Chalk Pit in Shalfard Road A diversity of opinion exists as to the best steps to adopt in regard to schools in the event of an air raid It seems to us that the Guildford Education Committee took the right line on Monday when they decided that upon warning being received school should be suspended and the children sent home That this can he done expeditiously has been proved by a test which was carried out at one of the schools Within a minute and a half of the whistle being blown there was not a child within sight of the school and transpired that every child reached home in five minutes although some had a considerable distance to traverse Scattered in this way the number of casualties is likely to be far less than would be the case were a bomb to be dropped on 'a school full of children We trust however that step will be taken not to give needless warnings An air raid on the East Coast for example ought not to lead to the closing of schools at Guildford but if the raiders come inland and danger approaches a few minutes will suffice to ensure the dispersal of the children The farmers in the neighbourhood of Guildford have every reason to be satisfied with the result of their recent effort on behalf of the British Red Cross Fund After paying all expenses there remained a balance of £3191 18s 7d for the fund and £480 9s 6d for the Star and Garter Home for Disabled Soldiers and Sailors The latter amount was a supplementary effort by the Mayor (Councillor Shawcross) acting on a suggestion of Mr Horne MP A year ago the farmers raised some £1300 so that they have done exceptionally well this year In matters educational Woking intend to be up and doing Although subordinate to the County Education Committee the local committee are not content merely to say ditto to proposals from Kingston but have decided to institute a thorough inquiry into the educational needs of the district so os to be prepared with a definite scheme to take full and early advantage of the educational changes that are likely to be introduced by Mr Fisher Representative bodies in the town are to be asked to nominate persons to serve on the committee of inquiry One of the things which Woking will undoubtedly press for immediately after war as Mr Skeet indicated at the Secondary School speech day is a Secondary School Other towns will do well to take a leaf out of book The value of good schools is a great asset to any residential town AND SWR DIVIDEND The directors have declared an interim dividend for the first half of the year 1917 on the ordinary stock at the rate of 4 per cent per annum The dividend on the preferred converted ordinary stock will be at the same rate 208th YEAR OF THE SUN FIRE OFFICE The Oldest Insurance Office in the World Fovnded 1710 dwd im on the following risks: DAMAGE Bent and Profits Fibsonal Accident Sickness Diseasb Fidslity Gdabantbi Bdbolaby Flats Glass Insurances effected FIBS leiultant Loss of MFLonHS Liability id Com-mbatioh including ocmaMTB to 'OXBBTIC SaSVADTB ddtatono Ldenhot agshot 1 OAFRQN and SPARKES 1 Bwbank and Co Foster and Wells A Brickwell Barclay and Co Ltd Camber ley ft York Town Mean Sadler and Baker If Ann A Iveg and Co Bfcto Office 64 High Street Gamberley Cbertsey Mr I Biidwell Mr Coding Step- Ghiddingfold Mr Castle Bdleme Cofcham Mr Steward Core Mr Wearer Malabar Bhn Rd Fleet Cranleigh Mr George Weller junr Park House Farm MBnClvnm Mr West Farnham Meeere Potter and Crund- weU Femhurst Mr Obese Hill Greet Frimley Mr Bdwin Morgan fiod aiming Means Whately and Debehham Irayshobt Mr 0 Harrison flolmwood Mr Crofts Hademere Mr 6 Brennett KmaphiU Mr Rnglys Milford Mr Thus Bishop Hollo way Hill Godaiming Firbrirfit Mr Jno Faggetter junr fEfrf Mr Green IWeltcn-on-iiiamee Mr Edmund Jordan Bridge Street Messrs Waring and Co Railway station WnEhu Messrs Crowe Bates and 11 Weekee Railway Appr THE WITH PEN AND PENCIL LORD PLAN Jheaper Middlemen Eliminated Red Cross Air Raid and United Service at Guildford Bread at 9d per quartern loaf joints of neat reduced in price by 6d per lb and a nore squitable distribution of sugar are the lUtstanding benefits held out to a patient and ong-suffering public by Lord Rhondda who is ividently determined to tackle the food ques-ion in a much more drastic and effective a aimer than it lias hitherto been handled Iis policy will go far to remove the growing iscontcnt at the high cost of living Profiteer-ig is to be very severely dealt with No man to be allowed to exploit the needs a this crisis in the national welfare and here illegal profits are made the punishment dll not stop at a fine but imprisonment will pressed for in all cases of sufficient gravity Lord Rhondda hopes to effect his economies irgely through eliminating the middleman nd bringing the producer and consumer to-etlier It will not be possible to carry out iis idea abeolutely but- to a large extent it be done and the niddle profits saved ill go to the benefit of the consumer riefly the plan is to take those articles over nidi tile Government can secure complete ntrol at every stage and fix prices on the rinciple of allowing a reasonable pre-war rate this end the selling price of cattle has fixed and it is so graduated as to entile farmer who has bought store stock li rates to sell without serious loss and uee the retail price by 6d per lb at the the year In regard to bread and the sale of a quartern loaf over the for ninepence will involve a State sub GALLANT OFFICERS Honours For Surrey Regiments Another long list of Army honours published yesterday (Friday) A bar to the DSO is awarded to Capt (temp Maj and Actg Lieut-Col) Alfred: Percy Bulteel Irwin DSO East Surrey Regt Owing to heavy casualties amongst officers he personally took command of his own battalion and men of other units at a critical moment during an attack and captured and held the final objective under very heavy fire When compelled to withdraw after five hours he did so with great skill showing at all times a fine example of personal gallantry and1 coolness (DSO gazetted October 20th 1916) TLieut Frederick James Gaywood MC East Surrey Regt receives a bar to the Military Cross He accompanied and supported the assaulting battalion with his trench mortar knocking out two enemy machine guns and accounting for a number of the enemy When retirement became necessary he rendered his gun useless and assisted in reorganising the infantry (MC gazetted April 17th 1917) The recipients of the Military Cross include the following: Sec-Lieut (temp Lieut) Ronald Stanley Brewis East Surrey He led his company forward under heavy fire against a strongly-held enemy position and captured 140 prisoners His able leadership and fine example were most praiseworthy Temp Sec-Lieut Edw Maddison Dove Surrey Regt For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when commanding his platoon during an assault The other officers having become casualties he led his company to the final objective where he held out for four hours inflicting heavy loss upon the enemy His coolness throughout was most marked Sec-Lieut Bernard Scott Bvans 4th Batt RW Surrey Regt He led his platoon with great courage and coolness By his splendid leading he was mainly responsible for the success of the advance during which 500 prisoners were taken Though wounded in the head he stuck to hi work Capt Hubert English Harrison RW Surrey Regt Spec When Brigade transport officer he twice in one gay brought up limbers of ammunition at a gallop overground swept by enemy barrage and shell fire delivering his stores and returning through the barrage without losing man or horse His own horse was wounded Temp Lieut Charles Russell Holmes East Surrey Regt For conspiaaous gallantry and devotion to duty in leading his platoon to its final objective where he dug in and maintained his position for five hours with his in the air When compelled to retire he fought a very gallant rearguard action He was the only surviving officer of his company and he has oirall occasions Shown great coolness and resource in daegeroa situations Sec-Lieut Adam Gordon Howitt East Sur-rey For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in leading a raid upon enemy trenches The success of the raid was due to his good leadership and oool judgment He personally reconnoitred No Land afterwards to make sure that everyone had to our lines Temp Lieut George Geoffrey Morse East Surrey Regt For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in leading his party to its final objective Later he conveyed orders from his commanding officer at great personal risk went into the open to attend a wounded officer and showed great bravery in rallying and reorganising his men during their retirement He was the only surviving officer of his company In the despatch of Lieut-General Milne Commander-in-Chief British Salonica Force published on Monday the following are mentioned for distinguished Staff Capt- Hart (tho The Keeling Sec-Lieut (temp Coipt) Bird Temp Lieut A Farrar No 27509 Co-Sergt-Maj East Surreys Marshall Lieut (temp Capt) Carpenter Lieut (temp Capt) Dell Temp Sec-Lieut Pothecary No 9069 Pte (acting Lance-Corpl) A Brevet Lieut-Col (temp Brig-General) Elies DSO RE son of Lieut -Generai Sir Elies of Guildford has been awarded the Ordre de la Couronne (Com-mandeur) by the King of the Belgians for distinguished services Major (temp Lieut-Col) Lee SO the receives the Offioier class of the same order Mr Arthur Spurgeon member of the Surrey County Council has joined the Royal Commission on Paper and Paper-making Materials sea Barometer reduced eter maximum an from the ground sheltered on the grass fully exposed shine observations by Mrs Ly Remarks aIl ideal Tbe weather this week has been nature fine and balmy fa grand: cool breezes The wai nature if few storms of rain of a ve rej on the 21st a very heavy ram not a drop Charterhouse hill but a fell All kinds of I baTE well and free a COOK F-B 0 S- Castte bowk Is on Wednesday th ling Club- luxuriant and promise riL and be never seen hops promisin- Grounds on Wednesaav- team defeated the Cra jj re6 83 points to 45 Cranl return match will be piao Wednesday ot.