LesMows* 7.27 pa. to 5.2 a.m. a k tt. LA At.tur DAt.% Oar'. NATIONAL ASSISTANCE UP National Assistance to be raised by 5s for single adult and 9s for married couple In ordinary cases. Commons told Appropriate increases in other rates. Hoped to bring new scales in by middle of du

7 Auction in the above halernems 400 Of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE Moan. lounge suite in uncut moquette. Mask rsalwasanY tants, cannel. moths. oak Oft, secnnalre dwarf bonhomie gent's mg 3n. bin, Stud wardrobe. divan att, red with spring interior mattresa pair aft. spring Ulterior matt

Birkenhead W.R.A.C. Tops The List SERGEANT PATRICIA REVILL. of 493 i Mixed, H.A.A. Regt.. T.A. (Merseyside.. won the highest marks for command of a squad at 4 A.A. Group's drill competition fur W.R.A.C.s at Peninsular Barracks, Warrington, yesterday. Sergeant Revilt is from Birk

T'HE Chancellor of the Exchequer is having consultations with Cabinet Ministers this afternoon in eonnexi situation. A Treasury spokesman said it was not yet decided when Mr. Butler would make a statement in the Commons on cotton. Representatives of the cotton trade unions to-da

Mr. Ben Pickup, President of Manchester Chamber of Commerce, has written to the President of the Board of Trade on the question of the new Purchase Tax arrangemenD on textiles and clothing, following Mr. Thorneycroffs statement in the House of Commons last" week that the Governm

you can see and hear all about the latest types work • saving, waste-saving and moneysaving appliances. For small expenditure you can have twice as much heat using no more coal »r. conversely, the tame amount of h«at using far less coal. The A.B COME AND SEE THE LATEST APPLIANCE

After further questions by the Official Receiver, the examination was closed of Levson Stanley Howell, of Howell's Garage, Langstone House, Sinah Lane, Hayling Island, who appeared at the last Bankruptcy Court.

job Well Done To be shorn of players of that calibre is bound to leave bare patches,” but it wouli be unfair to suggest that Beale. Plewin and Thompson did not provide good emergency half-back line. They did their job well, though it was chiefly confined to defensive football. It

Jackson and Ray Ransom won the men's doubles final against Stevens and George Brown, 21—19, 13—21, 21—16, 21—18. Among those who watched the play were the Mayor of Gosport (Councillor C. B. Osborn), and the Mayoress, who presented trophies. Organization has been in the hands of

GOSPORT’S annual table tennis championships came to a close on Saturday when semi-finals and finals the men’s singles and finals of seven other events were played at Privett School. Stuart Jackson, * ex-Welsh Junior champion, won the singles title against Peter Chaplin. the fina