(SIX)


INDIA’S AID TO EMPIRE.


THE A. STIliKING AimCLE. Tlie wax lias provided a uuique opiMir-


iu u i tp for iiului io show her inward feel ings ipwards the Uni ted K.iugdom, ;md India has taken every means that Jay in h(*i* pow(*j* io demonstrate the dec'll alieclioii she cliei’islies for flie !vlii;x-.Miiiporoi" and Ills people. From the moment war became cer­


tain. to the t ime of wr i t iu s—almost ciglui'en months latei'- Or iental . Uepeudoucy st int iugly giving men. tioms, irxid-.stulVs, and


-Great Br i ta in ’s has been un- treasnre, miiui- raw and finished


juaterials. Slie Ims counted no saori- iiee too great th a t she could _ make to <m.snro the success of the Allied arms. She has always olfered more than


Br i tain could take from her. It. would imi>rovo Imper ia l .solidarity


if every Bri ton and every Brit ish- Bominioner would fonn a coriyct


ost.imate of what India has been doing


lor the. Empi re and what she wants to do. iii.stead of con.sidc.‘riiig isolated gifts aiinouiieed from lime to lime in .scant,i


iiewsi>aper notices. The extreme Ea s t and the extreme


W'l'st of A.sia, Xortli and Ea s t Africa, and France, Flanders, ami Giillipoli, Imvo piK*. uiid 11.11 wiliiLhSst'd htn’oic doods of Iml ians th a t will be related in song and story so long as human history


lasts. ’I’he devilish devices of the enemy—


his poison gas, for insianc;c-yhavc failed to daunt these men, dilferiiig so widely in racial extract ion, religious peisuasion, and physical chaj'actei'ist.ies. T lip rig'ours of cliiUtdo, tlio coltl, ^\ot, and nmd of 'France and Flanders, to wliicli they had never been exposed be­ fore. have, not damped (lic'ir mar t ial ardour. They have richly merited the admi rat ion of those', who lia-ve seen them hold thei r own agains t the foe at trouts so far se.]iarated as b ranee and 1 siiij.*’-


No other uni t of the Einjiire. save the


Uni ted Kingdom ha.s furnished a larger eoiitiugoiit of fighting troops than India has provided. Moreover, the Indians were the first among the over-sens eon- ti i igeuts to engage in batt le. Groat em­ phasis needs to be laid upon this point. 'I'lie rapidi ty with which troops were


ikil»


the T'urks in the “ Garden of FMen,” tind others to turn back the Teutonic tiile of aggression that wa.s sweeping across Flanders and Frnnee—-eonslittile.s a mi li ta.'v marvel. The V iceroy and (.lovi'nior-tleiieral indicated, some time ago, tha t 70,000 troops were sent by I i idia in the initial stage ot the war. Tha t iiumher does not .sound large now, whe.'i the strength of the Brit ish Ariny is being increased to 4,000,000 officers and men, but in the lat ter l iai t of fOlI it. proved a powerful factor in checking the German advance in the \ \ est. The. men who eaute f rom li idm to


mobilised in India and carried across the seas— .some to engage in fighting


bat t le for Bri tain bad been warriors all thei r lives, and mauv o^f them had more experience of l ight ing than any other soldiers then engaged in warfare.^ I t was a great thing' ior the United Kin g ­ dom, wliii'h, before the war, had a •tamli iig .'Vrmy of only 2u0,000, to oe able to lliiig into the Jiring-liiie siicli a large number of seasoned soldiers, whom India rnslied to t.lic liattle-lield with s]ieed and eiilhusiasm. The reader ’s s]iecial atteiilioii must


if! til


be called to the fact tb a t tlie .soldiers who liiive left llie Indian .shores to light for the King-Emperor in various jiarts of tliiee eontinenls are not all in the pay of British India. .1 large percentage of them ai'e in the service of fr iendly Jlajahs, who rule over large Stales and g’reat masses of jx'ople, and witli whose administrat ion the British (lo not inter ­ fere except in case of misgoyernnii'iit dur ing the minori ty of the Rajah. The eag'erness ol’ these Rajahs io help the Empi re in every iKjssible way shows tiow deeply aUac.lied they are io Uio


British Crown. So many of the Indian Slates have


si'iii out eoii tingeiits th a t it is not jins- sitile to name them in the eourse of so sliorl a review of the .situation as this. 1 may, however, jioint out th a t there


are ]ir:ietieiilly no States ruled by Indians of any eo11.set]ucnee which have not olfered their ent ire mi l i tary re­ sources to the King-Eiiiiieror. I may also ment ion prominent ly that


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inanv of the .soldiers serving- in the contriigeniss furnished by Br i t ish India, were born in Indian States and were Milijisits of tbe Rajalis_, and th a t their enl istment in the Briti.sh-Tndian Army shows the eoidiiil relations exi.stiug be- i.weeii tile Indian rulers and tlie Britisli. .Ml the Ra.jiilis will) are beads of fight­ ing elaii.s, or rule over mar t ial races, are at iireseiil olVering- special facilities to the iiriti.sh to |■e(^rllii thei r suhjee.ts, and are us ing all the influence they po.ssess to make the', fit men come for- Ai'ard io join the colours. I may relate an incident to show the


desire, of the Indian rulers txi supply figliiers lo tlie lirifish. A body of wTmmied .soldiers recent ly returned lo T’at iala. the. capital of tlie State of tbat name in flic Bnnjab. TTis TTigliiip.ss Ibe Maharajah personally received them at the .station, ki.“sed the officers, and thanked the men in afl'eeling lerni.s for ■having fought val iant ly for the King- Emperor . He llien took lliem, in pro- ee.ssion, Ihrnngh the .streets of lii.s <'.apital, in the most .sumptuous coiiToy- aneo.s Ihe State passes.sed, and ordered tli.at the choicest food .slitohld ho given


to the men who had shed theii' blood on


the responsibility of paying the cost in­ curred upon th e soldiers she has sent out to l ight for his Majesty. 'Ibis state- iiiopt uioiiJis tliali li ri tisii-ii idiuiis, us well us the Bajahs, are hearing their


the battlefield. In d ia has most cheerful ly assumed


share of the financial burden. The spirit in which the Indian sub­


jects of his -Majesty undertook to do


this is s iguheaut ; b ut somehow or other it has not been pixiperly explained to


the British public. 1 may point out that the Government of In dia did not take the ini t iat ive in the mat ter , but llio Indians represent ing various in­ terests in the Imper ial Legislative Council—which suine day, i t is ex­ pected, will develop into a iull-fieilged Barllainent—jiroposed th a t the e.xpendi-


Since the Adiiiiui.stratmu


'r H E T I M E S . E R I P A Y ? F E B R U A R Y _^ LETTEllS TO THE EDITOH.


------------— — EIGUOl l B.ESTUICTIUNS. Sir ,—According to your issue of tlm


2Sth ins tant the Central Control Board lEiquor Tralfic) has now resolved to im­ pose fur thei ' restrictions on the whole oi Lancashire, and it is intended to en­ force the same houis and condit ions as exist in tho other districts which liaye


i'ur ther evidence, if any were reipiire. , of the ilelermiualiou of the Board, wliieli was created tor the inirpo.so of deal ing with certain e.xceptmmil iljs- tricts, to extend its opcralious to the


been scheduled by the Board. lliis is


whole, of the country. I t has been said by supporters amt


tore incur red upon tbe cont ingent .scut peoveii ientsin the districts to wlimli llu'> Br i t ish- lndia should be borne ;,pply. Such superficial reasoning is


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by the Indian, and n ot bjy the Biiti.sk worthy of the author.s of a iiulicy, which t'xclieqner.


of Bri t ish India, is conducted by the Bri t ish, and not by Indians, an action taken by the Government tines not. necessarily represent Indian piitilic oiiiiiion. When representat ive Indians however, jiriiposeil. ol thei r own aeeord,


to pav the cxpeiise.s of tlio Indian Lx- peditioiiarv Force, Ihe proposal hoi'e <m its face tile .stamp of united India s


national aspiration. Ib'sides ])aviiig the cost ol the I’-x-


pedil ionarv Force, Indians have sub- .scrilied liberal ly to varmns reliel I u ih Is , Imperial and Indian, aiul liave bmiglit War Loans. A slateineiil was made tile otlier day by the Finance Member of ibe Government of India ('xpressitig gridificalion because India has been bearing as miieli of the financial liurdi'u as slie*^eoiild. i ’arliameiiL has also ex- pre.sscd its gral i t i ide for Indian gener-


usily during- the crisis. i t seems tlial few persons in the


fn i le d Kiogdoui liave realised that Indian forces have goiu' lo fight at. the various fronts armed and equipped to the. last detai l, and th a t supplies ol mnni lioiis have been uneea.siiigly flow- i i ig ’ I j’oiu .Lii<.li:i to t lio


advocates of restrictions t l iat the ordcis ade by the Boai'd have eifcctcd un­


. ipi ioars never lo l iave been considered in nil its bearing.s. Ev en in Jnverpool and.oi lie r places in Ibis (.'Oiiiitry, wlieie t l ie res trictions have been ill loree lor a few mont lis, I lie authoritie s a lr cady a d ii i it tlmt evi ls Imve been ]imdi ieei as g r e a t as, or gioato r lhaii , lliose. ihey were intended to destroy, niid it is in the places wlu' i'e ri 'striet ions, have been longest ill force, t liat the fnilure is nio.st evident. Th e (jlnsgow nulliorities linve been t in k e r i n g with res lrictions lor


Years, even before th e war, and it nj pi'ei' isely in Glasgow that even D ’Aberiion, I lie Ch a irman of Hie Con- li'ol Board , has been compelled to admit t h a t t h e policy of res triction so fnr has


fai led. Al l illii.slrat.i«ni ui! iEs (‘flocUs m . ijiyof- ' .. ■ , •


her sons were engaged. 'I'lie. Mesopo­ tamia E.xpedilion lias useil slu'lls, sliol, and nmmunil.ion mnni ifaelnred in Indian arsenals and tlie numerous rail- wav and oilier taeluries tlial lla^e been turned into muni lion works for the


w ih 'TO I nmv mention that ihe l lajal is oi iii-


depeudeut States hiave e-iveii great facilities for muni t ion-making in order lo supplement the oulpul from Britisli


Indill. I t is not possible to eiiuiuerale. here


even the impor tant items of war equip­ ment th a t India has been furnishing since ihe war began. The reader mmsi bear in mind the fact l l iat large quan­ ti ties of cotton and jute are grown in India anmml ly. Cotton is al l -inipurlant in muni t ion-making, ami also in manu­ factur ing tents, etc., needed lor the Armv. .Jute in tlic sliajie oi gunny- bags, ropes, *jtc., is also iiidisja'iisable in modern warfare both on sac and la.iul. In d i a ’s vast agr icnl tnral re.-soiirees


espeeiaily lieeanse the closing' of the DardanelLes has kept lln.ssian and have also iiroved a boon lo the Allies, Ronmaiiian wheat from reaching the. I.’nited Kingdom. India may well lie proud of the jiarl.


I bat .she 1ms clioseii lo play in the war. So ahsfirlied is ' she, however, in the thought of doing more for the Emi iire tha t she does not show tlie least sign of e.xultation over what she has done. She is poor in money, but rich in men. She is anxious that the mi ll ions of Indians who are fit and eager to fight should be utili.sed for the Empi re at ilii.s ciisis. The Indian XationaL Congress, wliieli I'Lcently met in Bomliay and which wa.s attended liy lOJlUO delegates ]iro- fessing various creeds and residing in 'Various iiarts of the jioninsiil.a, ealletl ihe atleiilioii of the Fiiipire to file vast reserves of figliting men th a t the J)e- liendency iiosse.sses, and urged the Bi'ilisli Id utilise them for (he glory of


the J'hiqiiro ami tin' diseemfitiire of the enemy. Few Bri tons seem lo reali.se how


gigant ic i.s Ihe army tb a t India eaii fui'iiisli. According to the la.st (.'ensus, taken in 1911, there were IG1 ,T.3S,9t|.'’) male.s in India. I’ui l ing the pereonf- age of men able lo l ight a t one in ll iirly, a most eoiisei'vativo o.slimale, I ndia can jirodiiei' an a rmy exceeding .5,300,000 eomliiitaiils. This ininiher ot lighler.s can he enlisted willioiit any diflicuUy from the clams and e.a.sto.s, .such a.s the Sikh, Hindu, and Alnssnlmaii T.'iis, Rajputs, Malii'iiUas, etc., from wliieh reeruils are at iireseiil olilained by the Oovi'i'iiment of In d ia .—(By Saint Ailial Singh, in Iho “ Penny Pielor inl .’’


pfiol i.s f'uniisiuHl by tlio rcjKiri. ol ;in iiKiiu'.si' lu' ld on iln‘ dnl instant . :it IJoot lo. A sbi i ) 's firiMnaii and j inmboi ' of his friends, in order to avoid t h e re- .' iirictious inijjusi'd by ibo ( . (oi t rol jloard purcha.sed a q u a n ti fy of heer and other li(|Uors, a n d took l l iem to t i ie house of one of tile imrty to be comsumed (luring prohib ite d hours, with the resul t t h a t a woman and child were killed liv h u r n - iiig. Th e Coroi i i ' r in s ummi n g up, it wa.s a pity the Centra l Control


Board had not been tlmi'i' to li.'iten to the facts. To his mind legislation wliieli I'lmou 1 aged dr ink ing in tlm ] i r i \ae\ ot houses where no police or anybody else bad aiiv eimlrol, was had Ic'gislation. If he had his way he would enconi-age legislation which made- evryhody go to tlm iiuliiie-lionses where IIk'v would dr ink under the eye of a man who had a great deal of resiMiiisiliility ea.sf upon him. and where the iioliee eouhl always go. If ill days gone liy the legi.slatiii'e, uislead of dr iving I'veryliody out of the piililie-h(luse.s into private hoiisi'.s, b.ul encouraged and niadi' |inbl ie-hnn.-'es iiKire places iit n'crealmn with iilea.sant and niei' surinniiding's, (lii'y would have done far Imlii'r tlian they have done. Tills .-oil of ti ling emild not have lia)!-


peimd ill a )utl)lie-hinis('. ’rb(' elo.siMg- of ' 111111i('-li(Hise.s made


llu'se iieoiile Iiuv large inmnli ties of dr ink, and they g-ot hliml drunk, which lliey could not! do in a puhlie-Imnse.


Yours, rie. . rr. A. p icKi . rp .


•Tannary ‘»)tli. 191(1_________ ~SABDEN.


■ ST. AlARY’S CATILULIC SCHUUL. —Oil Saturday night a dance was a r ­ ranged by the mar r ied women. The proceeds amounted lo .£’


2. Air. (Jeorge


ITiggin.son was (lie piani.st. —-Vl the Baptist Clia])el a,


P.S.A .service took place on Sunday. The Rev. 'I. G. Thoma.s presided and an inleresl ing iuklress was delivered by Air. Gladstone Wood. Air. Birtwell was tlm soloist, Afi.ss C Wood tlm aci.-om- piani.sl, and Aliss Alary Hargreaves eou- t r ibuled a reeitalioii. H1SP1.TAL SUNl )AY. - - .Vt llm Wes-


li'Vaii Chapel e<.illections were taken on Sunday on behalf of Hie t ietoria Hos­ pi tal , ’ Burnley. Air. Wli itehead, of Bi l l ington, wa.s llii' preaelmr, and Hie collections amounted lo ,1'I 7s. (id. At SI. Melui las’ Cliiireh Hie annnal collec- Hons o i l bi'lialf of Hie Blackburn^ln- l i rmary amounted to £2 12.s. The (i(lii'iating elergynmn was Hm vicar, (he Rev. .V. E. Becii'ii, At.A. C.E. Social.— Under Hm aiisiiiees of


tlm Christ ian Endeavour Society a social g'atlioring was hold on Saturday 'even­ ing ill Iho Baii tist School. 'I’he arraiige- nieiit.s wore in the hands ol’ llm members of (he C. i i . Society, and Ihe event proved a gre a t suceess. .At Hm open­ ing ceremony, Air. Bober t Birtwel l , ol Brierlield, ]iresided, and his hrotlmr, -Mr. Jos l ina P. Birtwel l , of Nelson, gave the (limning address. Both geiiHenien


I were former .scholars and Chri.siian j Endeavourers, and paid a high trilinto I to the seliool, and its inllimime in their I lives.


i I provided. Hie arti.sli's being Al iss Ci.ssie .'Vn oxei'lleiit programme was


WHITEWELE. ----------♦ ♦ ♦ ----------


SUCCESSFUL SOCIAlw—On .Mon­


day evening in Radliolnie Laiinil large ball room, kindly lent by Mr. lay lo r , a successful social was held. The \ lear sail! the young ladies, the Misses Annie Wbai ley, -Mary, Bel la and Emi ly Nloore who organised iiiis eonversa/.ione i \eie woi'lliv of praise and eommendalmii . They did ihei r work (piietly and nmw- ti'iitatiouslV ami thei r object is praisi'- woi'tliy ; th a t is to send a parcel of gomls to eae'li of the soldiers who have left tins ili.sh'iet—twenty-one in iiitmber uii to tile iireseiil, and iiuire to follow, f .et ns th in k of (hose bravo men. Le t ns en­ courage ilicm, J.et ns pray for llu'iii. Some people object to these gat l ier iugs am.1 say we should have a collection in elntreh for such jiurposes. Blit ,Mip- [lose we had a collect ion m ehiircli. W'oilld tliose wild so will ingly iiaid tlieir


sbilliiigs to-night , eoiilriliiite individu­ ally a sbi ll ii ig to Hm olVei tory in eliureli ’


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1 trow not. Would limy al l be at (.diurelih Echo answers 1 I f i t were a pr ivate or parocl iial nnderl iikii ig many of us would not be bere tu-nigbt , liiit. _we are Imre to sliuw our sympat l iy and give our suppor t (o (hose bravo warriors wlio have gone forth to preserve onr heart]', and home. TTie meniory of those men is eiishi'iimd in tlm miutis .Pin Mater of MKiny present., parents, rehitives and j country cousLiis.’—I lm lour young j lailie.s were vei'y sticce.sslill in ihei r en- | lei'prise. Aiessrs. 1). Pye (.jiiaiiist), 1). i Pe t ty ,concei't inaist), and J . .1 Largreaves j (violinist), did thei r duty ellieienlly and I well, ami jileased those who e.xeieised i tho fai ilaslic toes. Mrs. Mei'cer gave | satisfuetion in the viaiul.'S prepared, as j was eviimetl liy the celerity of locomo- ] lion in wliieli they disappeared from tlm labh's ll irough Ihe proce.ss of masliea- j l ion and deglut i t ion. Tlm odieials were ; Alessrs. .lames \VlialLi*y, .Henry Afoore, and Wil liam Taylor, ju n io r .—(Con.) ;


PASSING THE GROUPS. ---


gronp.s called up Inive been joining Hm Army daily, and will be hnisiieil willi Hits week, ’i'lie next lour gronp.s will begin to come up on tlie Mil ii islanl. ^ Alaiiy of Uie men have been placed in , Hii; I’iasf Jjancasliires.


The Cli theroe men in the lir.st lour f t is stated Hiat tlm Bar l iamcniary ■ |


Becrui t ing Commit lee has decided io apfily the provisions of the .Military Ser­ vice Bi l l from Alaieli ’


Jiid, amt tliat- ,


oilieial int imat ion ot Ibis fact will sliortly lie publisimd. ConsoiiueiiHy single iimiticsted men liave the ojilioii of Joining voluntari ly uiiiil Alareli '.st. ■ l.lp to the iire.scnt each man has been


designated liy the Afedicai Board lor some sphere ot work, eillier si-rvice witli 1 a fighting uni t , manual laliuiir, e r a sedentary ucelipation. As Loi'd Jlip'liy pointed out in liis let ter, tlm ailllmriiies intend ul t imately to t ransfer lo ci-m- :


batant units al l jiliysieally iit men y.lio are otherwise employed, and to (ill llieir jilaces from Hm ranks of Hie iiew- eomers « ho are not, suited for service in , the tronelms. I f Hiere is no opening at the moment, for a man who is mai'ked for manual labour or clerical work Im is passed back to Hie Reserve unti l an opening for bis sei'viee occurs. 'L’lie instriiclions which have been


issued re.sxiectiiig medical re-examimi- tioii of limn wlio have been rejected re­ late only to tliose who desire armlets. Eord Derby ha.s set for th the various rea.sijus why Ibis procedure, is considered necessary. Tim author i t ies cannot , of coiiise, call up men who Imve. Iieeo re- jeeled as medically unl i t unless they aeti lal ly at tested under Ihe Dei'liy .scheme and in that eases the medical ex- aiitinalion was not regarded as final. Single men who were rejected liefoi'e A ugust , and who Imve not alte.s(ed,_ will come nndi'i' the operat ion of the Mi li lary Servii.'e Ael, and iinh'ss they are ex­ empted for some other eatisi' liv a ti 'ibunal they will in diu' lime be. ealleil up for a second medical e.xaminal iini. For men who enlist for iinnmdlale


service there is at present a iiossiliility of si'i'iiring' a jilai'e in Hm Royal F ly in g Corps or till' East .l,aiK'asliir(‘ Terr itorial I'higiimer.s.


.Men wi l l i special (|iialiiiea- GARNISHED GLORIES


OE THE ARMLET. ------ « « « -------


HOW 'I'O RFSTORE ITS BEAU'IT. Tho anilmhume train which has liccn Bold wearers of the Scarlet Crown


have been rudely awakened to tlm fact il iat al l the li t t le worrii's ineidental to the (iwimrship of tlm khaki armlet are not at an end.


.Vdmirable as i.s the .scheme ot besiow-


it upon men who are not af raid to back up thei r convictions by p u t t in g riiles on ^


thei r shoulders and going out Lo l ight , : and as ut i l i tar ian a.s tho Army Clothing


Factory may he, yet nei ther the scheme ; nor (he factory can design, or iiroduee, ‘ an armlet super ior to the ravages of I Di r t and (.Irime.


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fn other words, khaki armlels have, \ ill many inslances, lost thei r prist ine


cleauliue.ss, and the man-about-town ^ who regards his armli.'t wi th tlm pride ^ lluit a soldier bestows upon his tinifornt^ liadgi'S ami buttons, is considerably per- | turbed liotv to restore Hm glories of the scar let crown.


One ])erby recrui t took to tlm , |


"Da i ly Sket i 'h’’ ollices on Tuestlay a ! rectangular slap which looked l ike a smal l Turne r landscape tha t had been


110 i led. From the ('.('ntii' emerged a i inmber


ol varying sliadi's of retl, which were gradual ly absorbed in a lii'ld of weak


liea-sonp colour. Tlm edges were serrated, and seemed


st rong eiKUigli and sl iarp euoii” |i (o Hiiongh slieels of galvanised iron. The rueful look i^f Hm armlet , for such the iibjcet proved to be, was only exceeded by Hiat on tlm eountenanee of Ho' owner. “ Tl iat ’s loiw it 1ms I'ome back from


tlm laundry, ’’ he said. “ Aly job is _a heal thy, tint not a eb'an one. and tlii'i'e s


a bi t o’ tar flying about a t tinu'S. “ I jiiit down wood blocks in llm


street, and siimelinw more tar seems to get (111 my armlet than on any otlmr


jiarL of me. “ Last week llm armlet looked like a


spot ted dog', so I sent i t lo tlm laundry, and this is the blmimliig result. .Vow, wha t ’s a man lo do':'’’ 'To solve (he i>rolilem a rejiresontative


found an infantry sergeant who, in the liarlani'e of llm , \ rmy , is a. “ fiulf-


st 11.*!\, pert at iiiriiiiig liimself out


whirlj ineaiis iliat- lie i.< an EX- '])ick ainl


span for jiaradc. “ I t ’s not use sending' khaki armlels


to Hm la u n d ry , ' ’ he said.’MJf eoiirse. tar is a I ronl ih'Sdme jirojiosition l(.ir any- li.'idy, and my advice to Derby armlet- wearers is to st('('i' elear oi it. “ lint, where an armlet, is .soiled, in-


even grease-stained, the remedy is simple. A li ltle siiaji and water aiqilied


’ with a nail-lirnsh to Hie alVected piece of khaki will soon remove (In' stain,


j “ But never, if yon can Imlji it, wet


tions are reii'.iircd in each ease. Filters, motor cyi'lists, carpenters, electricians, j aeetyleiK' welders, iiattern makers, in- , .s( rninent. repairers, wireli's.s ami | iiiei'liaiiiea 1 aiieratiirs. and tiiismil lis are needed for the F ly in g Coi'iis.


'I’lm j


Enginei'i's, wliosi' head(|uariers are at ( Seyiniiiir Grove, l ) ld T ral lnrd. ask ior


apjilicalions from smillis, lirieklayers. Iiieoniol i ve I'li gin e-drivers, plasterers, plumbers, saddlers, eleetrieians. fitters, ' lini'i's, painti'i's. shoeing smiHis, i nisons, tailors, wimelwrigl its, slaters, ( iipers. and olfiee lelegrapliisis. ft, is stated to be Hie intention of Hm "ar ()ffic(' 1(1 call nji the ri'inaining


Wood (seprami), Atis.s Emi ly Wood (eonlralto). Air. I ' ran k Wood (tinior!, ^ Afr. Jesse Parsons (liariloiie), Aliss S. ' E. Binks (('loeiilionist). Tlie Rev. •!. , G. 'rjiomas coni I iliiit ed two items en- titlc-d “ l lnmoi tr ot pulpi t , pew aiiiY p la t form, ’’ which were miielt appreci­ ated. .■\r,(ion song “ 'L'lio Hewer gir l ' and “ Tlm doll d u e t , ’’ were given l.y tho eliildren, under Hie direetion of Aliss C. 'Wood. “ Tho doll due l ’’ cnii.sod mneli aninsement , and was encored. All'. ■ AValter BatclilVe was the aeeomiianist, 1 and Iho enler lainment eonelnded wi th | a huimiroii.s dialoguo ontilled “ Hnelo | Toseph,’’ which eainsod I'oar.s pf laugh- | ter . The proceeds ivero in aid of the ext inct ion of the building- debt, and amounted to <£12 10s.


;. oiiiis of single men ni n very earlv i' lie. Th e y wi l l Hills all In' well ’irougli (lioii- training- liy .fuly. For


,!ie l ime being the armlet men, wimre no special preferenei' has been expi es.-x'd are lieing drafted into Ter r itor ial regi- meiits. ■’The War Office Imve now under ­


taken the process of ‘unreserving’ cer­ tain oeeuiial ions in agreement with the Board of Trade, which leserved these as a mat ter of jirccantion while the groii]) .systi'iu wa.s in pregress. A su]ier- vision of ri'served men will .shortly he


s('l up ill Hi(' AYar Office.’ “LINSEED COMPOUND " for CoiigliH, Cokls


(iml Uroucliiftt troelilcH. 9f(-l., I/l'l* 2/9. Of Clioiniets.


“ COAGUUNE ’ G Iabs, C t i in n , &c.


Transparent 6d.. & 1/-.


a ' H o l low a y I s P i l ls


an: of'pncclc'R i value in k/ tpui::’ rirorcr functional activity. 'I'licy


tlic blood fn.*o from iluiKiritii' ,uai [ tlio Liver. Stoiiiacll and Kidiu.-v., in ai'vc specily rt.-livf in case'of Head,


ache, UiliouRnefes, Nausea, nir/.iiiess, pnd cure the worst atses of Cousti- eatien. Females tind them without


qual lor iheic various ills.


; Hie searli't ciiiwii. iiilierwise you will j iiii'iir Hie risk of Hie scarlel dye sjiri'ad- 1 iiig ill the khaki . i “ .VII you need do is to pass a smear of ] drv lilaiii'o, or jiijieelay, over the erowii I all'll Hmn hrnsli llii' j i ipe clay olf with a slitV (Irv brush. You’ll then find the


, scarlet, as br ig ht as ever it was. “ Tliis is Hm way we used lo clean onr carlei tunics, and It never tails. '


^


iiuilt by the Lancashi re and Yorksliiie Jtailway Company to tlm order of ilm War Office for the u-se of the troops iii France was iu.spected at VicUiriu Stat ion, Alanchester, by hundreds of people. I t i.s iiieouceivalilo th a t any one


could traverse its length—and, divideii in two portions, i t occupied the whole of platJorms 9 and it)— wi thont being impre.ssed by th e ingoi iui ty and perfec­ tion of tho t r a in 's eousiruction and tlm wonderful completenos of its (.'quipmein. mid aecommodat ion. Tlm train ha.s Hi coaches, of which 10


COMFORT ON WHEELS.


& V RAILWAY AMBULANCi; EUI t FH.'VKCE.


t r a d e


, 11, . vv. b V l T e i WORK 1 ^


.yddre-ssiug-th e aui|


Bla. lcburnGhambm' 't:lithi'i’« ‘^


3,.viewed the pa.st ye Fi'om a p e r u s a l


trade maUer--' in In


(Manil’.oi’, 1' -HI Ij.yve not had a .-( i note in oe.r i


L.,g been a de.'i- When It " ’a.-:


tlio making o " " " ‘" ' Mr. fdoyd Gemg e .i


Hons. Hiis Clmmbe. burn. Town I on am


„i , .ot ing ol the Ln Making, noo h imli i


in-.ikiiiK’ i.„...e tind conipre


vvi j i lo y e t l


reqiiii’ei Progress


jj-ifte. Tl iis mcL'Un f„! These (l istriel : leaders wit h the nl l i


-ll’fT’.t i s ,Hn ■ riih thei r vvorkiienl


lar


d in the maki u i e i i l s f o r Hi: h i l l i c r l o .


-urate na ture ol


n.lativelv slow, nit next R’W months celeration in iirndrl


ihe ease of high lie expei'led vvjtli The past year tin. -aid, as a vvliole.


laetoi’y,. Hnmgh we is cause for eoiigr.'


are wards with 3(J cots ar ranged in three tiers. Two others have eighteen cots for iiiteetbms cases. Othi'r coaclm.s arc ■SO furnished th a t the medical ollieer.'-. nurses and stalV e;m live eiiliroly on thei r mobile liospitiil. There is an oper­ at ing theat re, a pharmacy, and com- jilelo domestic aiiartment.-. In Hu- French field ki tchens atlaelmd there arc iushnllcd condensers so tha t no stcau] shal l ('.scape as a ma rk to the enemy, and the electric l ight throughout is dupli­ cated by candle l ight in g for omergoncy purpose.s Tiici heat ing, l ight ing, and vent i lat ing '.c'laiigemonis, and the water siipjily aiipear to omi t nothing- that could lie desired.


VACCINATION FOR “FLU.”


------— ♦ V——— SUini.M AVINTKU COL33S.


i ’rofes.sur Castx'llanis’ “ s h oL g u u ’’ serum for “ mul t iple vaceiuat ion, ’’ de­


scribed in “ Tlie Dai ly Miiil’’ on Satur ­ day, while a t present limi ted cliietly to tropical diseases such as eholera ami plague, may in the near future, a medical corresiwudent wrote, bo adapted lo the common minor ai lments wliicli cause so much illness in this eouniiy every winter. “ i f a iirevenlivo Irealmeul to pre-


feet one agains t plague, fever, eholera. and dysentery can be given in the form of a single s e rum," the doctor argue', “ tliero is no reason why a .similar seruiii jiiejiared from the germs of colds, iii- tluenza, sore throat.s, and pneumonia, sbould not be used to iiroteet ns from lliese (lisea.ses. When (inee the germ is known and


isolated, a prevenl ive serum of greater or less etficieaey call lie elalxirafod. Now th a t fill' way is shown to preparing a mul tijile serum, which in one or two vaceimiiions will ward olt ha l f a. dozen ai lments, it will he worth while niidei- going the conseiinent sl ight fever and disemufort.


trtide ill Janmii-y, the “ Alanche.sU'i


I'HE COTTON TRADE. Reviewing the stale uf Hic cniuni


G u a r d i a n ” uu Tuesday stated :—The cotton trade, or large .'ectioiis of it. eon- l inues LO thr ive under many dil liculuc'. jierplexities, and menaeo.s, tind a yetif tha t must a t the best be a vei-y trying one has begun well enough.


\ \ e a f


ge t t ing so much accustomeil Ui tilinorni- alitie.s th a t a jog- trot Irade would seem (lull, iintl ye t the general asiieet at things is surpr is ingly normtiL Ml course it is m the nature, of things tlnit ill war-l ime both; supply and demand shonld deerease, tuul the eoUon iiidii'try ahs been saved from disastrous disloeti- lions by the liappy eoineidenee of tlu'.-i' doereases. Lah o n rh a s heeii taken ironi tho mi lls, but if it had not been "’f should litive had thiiusaiuls of opera- lives to sni iporl in idlene.s.s; large slice'' (if eiir trade have hoon cut oil, 1ml d Ihey had not hoon we eonld not luive sii])plied our eustinners. who would liavf had even greater indueemenls than (hey now' liave to linil frc.sh .waurees of suii'|)ly.


'i-.vr f , 1'H o H o w a y ’ s , O i n t n i e ’i i t ' o ,


- r i s ■ A-(;hli.dly. 'a- le iu e d /f to -ktdip alw'ay.s ill tho house. _.With a large family it is always useful. Apply it to liruiscs, Uunis, Scalds, Cuts, W.iuiids, noils. Abscesses, eic. n also prouiptly lelicvcs and


cures llroiichitis, Asdiiiia, Sore Threat, gliliusy atld other atVeetioils of the Throat and Chest.


I At. present there is stnne slaekeiiiiig' m demand, tind in tho weaving trade the onl islmeut of operat ives has nnt so lai’ lieci'i more rajiid than tho trade eaa hear. This is in pa r t beeanse [M Hie groat diseonhigcinen(.s lo Irado in the high priee.s of cotton and goods and m tho souroity and conseqvmnt high priee'


for freights. Cement, Pos t free for


hiive het tered our 'I The year 191-5 is ci l Hie great ly in<'iTas.|


niodilies. \V of- of jii-odin-liim ha


1 leased. ill the length nf 1|


jilKSsitlle to give a the more impi'i la National I iiilnsl ric


being Hie lat.gc'i Farmers, desinle inj ' tul i’s. owiii.u' to bik fur thei r jirodnels, had a jirospertni.' yijj th a t move exleiisiv,"


Bri tain miglit ie| jirn.sperity. and eli ami militiiial se rnr i j jinreha.se of fiHid s i ' l ihe various h a n k in g isfaetor.v. Good jiaid anil sul istanl l jihieed to Hie rf r ie a r in g Tltnise rei | jirovement on IDUtl


TRADF. l i i i j i i i r t I


i ' t l j . £G97.'Ki2.lS 1915.


The bui lding tn l


have almost eeas, in wages anti the i | of all mater ials coil giving out o l l.’<| worthy tluit Cor I peml iug thei r bui ld I 19 ii dear th uf boil will ereel them vvii pevts. There wi l l after t.he war. vvliel though it is noi l i l l basis of price.' will I sniue oousitlerable i | Tho Cfitton nmn'l


u;ug trade is the district. In the i Chamber


there


230.000 looms aini | The district of Bh etinsidei'ahl.v th ro u | urdei-s, and about 90.000 loaiiLs liave bl out the year. Th-j ItKvm.s could be adai orders have tlone b war eoml it ions. sbol way delays. inere;i.| sai'v maleii ti ls, lie.p the jirict's aUaimi lf have been lean aiil In this connect ion [ tiidijin market ha ' I Ihe difficultV


adyersely alVected ,'iiirtings. 11 i> ea at li'jist. 200 iiiilliti have been despatclj spinning iuduslry blur moiitlis slitiwi vviHiiii Hie l imi ts . iHit ficcasitined bv iB jailed tibtive. Sjie-' in.Hie uon-reluri i i I'lie jirini'ijial eii I


Would bp w-pjl to future trndo of 1| silgg'o.st very bri inefliods bv wliielii Hie wor ld’s eommo| leadiiig position, "land for a Afini-sti ".ever more iinsisteil i lie numbe r ;ind


maeliine nnikiiig l'| li t t le tii'dinarv' t raill 1 n.g' under ( inventnl me largely empln.vf muiiitifiiis. Rractil 'Pare hiHie has b. Honed, firiiis in nu aside the i r own 1 tu'der tlmt ilie mil first h|. served, rol ler steel and in lierieneiug nniireil chiefly owing' to i l l nieiit ref |ui renient ' l 111 drnwing' to


.£is.5-i.UUU.([ ’. (vhaii’inaL


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