... SPEAKING Y.F.C.'s Semi-Final Contest Five Young Farmers' Clubs competed in the South Devon semifinals of the County Federation Public Speaking Contests held at the Buller Hall, Exeter, on Tuesday. The Judges were: Mr. F. H. Shap.and (vice-chairman of ...

... ??? TO SPEAK. The ••Times understands thai the Govern m.'tit are considering tin- ad-' v antHMtnciilfl their ii-power ])i'i»gi to secret se>- pion the House Commons next week. Tile Prime Mioi-tei will make it general statement war the motion for the ...

... SPEAKING South Molton Y.F.C. Success South Molton Y.F.C. won the county finals of the Devon Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs' speaking competition in the Buller Hall. Exeter, on Friday. Each team spoke for 15 minutes, and had a chairman, speaker, proposer ...

... SPEAKING CONTEST. East Devon Junior Imperial League. COLY VALE WINS PRELIMINARY ROUND. A preliminary inter-branch team speakinir contest was held on Tuesday night at the New Hall, Sidmouth (by kind invitation of the Sidmouth J.I.L. Branch), in connection ...

... SOME SPEAKING. Interviewed last night her recent electioneering experiences in Cardigan, Mrs. Lloyd Georg© declared that she had thoroughly enjoyed the contest and was not fatigued, although she addressed about 65 meetings in six days-, speaking at less ...

... PUBLIC SPEAKING Swimbridge Y.F.C. Success Swimbridge won the Devon Young Farmers' Clubs public - speaking championship for the second successive year Exeter on Friday Exeter was second, Buckland Brewer third and Plymouth fourth. Mr. D. H. Amory, M.P. ...

... SPEAKING CONTESTS North Devon Wins Premier Honours The team frbm the North Devon Parliamentary Division carried oft the premier honours at the Devon Young Conservative annual speaking competition in St. David's Institute, Ex;ter, on Saturday. The subject ...

... PLAIN SPEAKING. Spoiling Village Life. Flamboyant and Excitable Young Women. VICAR OF IPPLEPEN AND BAD EXAMPLE. Key. R. D. Cooke, vicar of lppiepen, who for of the years' existence of the Cottage Garden Society has been its president, expressed the ...

... The Dead Speak Sir Humphrey Gilbert, the great Devonian navigator, used these words to Queen Elizabeth over three centuries ago, and the apply with striking force today: He not worthy to live at all that, for fear of death, shunned his country's service ...

... VERSE-SPEAKING. NORTH DEVON AWARDS. The results of the Poetry Society's Jyorth Devon Centre verse-speaking examinations, carried through at Bideford February 22nd and 23rd, under the direction Mrs. Annie C. Braund, the Hon. Organiser for North Devon, ...

... PLAIN SPEAKING. Sptakin? Tynamouth last night, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach said was impossible believe that Franc® could maintain that she 'had poihfHcal rights at Fashoda. Might not ask France to'do us on the Upper Nile had done fc«r in West Africa? He believe ...

... Public Speaking The final contest in the oublic speaking -series held by the National Farmers' Union, in connection with the Young Farmers' Clubs, will rje held Exeter Theatre Roval next Friday. March 23rd, at 2 O.m. Chagford. Honiton. Ivybridwe. Swimbridgi' ...