It would be shown that if the colonel had been in Chester, instead of spending week-ends with friends, important papers could have been signed without delay, but it was necessary to send men from Chester to London merely to wait a quarter of an hour while the papers were signed

North of Bethune British Troops Also Improve Their Positions—Successful Raids by the French. BRITISH OFFICIAL GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, Monday. 10.7 A.M. .A successful minor operation was carried out by us last night between the Somme and the Ancre Rivers west and southwest of Morla

and Views About Men, Women, and Affairs in General V.C. for Women.—A prominent staff officer says that it need surprise no one if the V.C. is one of these days conferred on women. Seine of them have done really wonderful things in France that cannot he yet recorded. A Digger.—Lor

s u pp 1 y Italian food markets. A report of this latest horror voyage was received in 'London yesterday by the International League for the Protection of Horses. It follows the disclosure in the Mirror last Friday of the deaths of eighty horses while sailing from North Africa t

you feel both proud and humble. It can also make you wonder whether you have thought enough about your family's future, whether you have made sure they will be adequately provided for—if you should die suddenly. If you want to know the best way to make the future secure for your

lan Spencer, 33, who is accused of murdering 14-year-old Elsie Frost last October, was remanded in custody for a further week at Wakefield, Yorks, yesterday. Spencer, of Thorneslane, Wakefield, was arrested on a coroner's warrant after the inquest on Elsie.

Can you tell me the rest of the verse and where MATERNITY it comes from ? Mrs. L. HAYLETT, of Ruck.- holt-road, London, E.lO, writes: Yes, ma'am. " Dare To Be A Daniel " was a hymn much loved by Salvationists and temperance workers at the end of the 19th Century. The complete ve

SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL ASSISTANT MATRONS Required in Boarding Schools for Handicapped Children ASSISTANT MATRONS required in a number of boarding schools for handicapped children, situated in beautiful country surroundings and within easy reach of near-by towns and London. The ess