... mostly in praise of Preston. Mrs. Harness's was adjudged the best. The Rev. P. Holmes, who was at on¢ time chaplain in Dartmoor prison, gave an account of his work there. The prison Governor’s aim, he said, was to find the ** good streak * in the prisoner ...

... Jaques presiding, an interesting lecture was given by the Rev. P. Holmes, of Stratford-on-Avon, on his work as chaplain at Dartmoor prison. He was thanked by Mrs. Warmington. Winners in the competition for most potatoes grown on one root were Mrs. Harris and ...

... DARTMOOR SHADOWS EX-CONVICT'S FIGHT FOR REHABILITATION On Sunday a new series of the intensely interesting articles on Dartmoor Prison by the famous ** Jock of Dartmoor will commence in the News of the World. The millions of News of the World readers ...

... REV. P. HOLMES TO RETIRE Methodist minister moving to Clifford Former chaplain at Dartmoor Prison and for the past five years superintendent minister of the Stratford-on-Avon Methodist Circuit, the Rev. P. Holmes is to retire on Ist September. His successor ...

... Noteworthy in their fixture list are Plymouth Hoe, source of the Admiral (let’s-finish-the-game-first) Drake legend, and in Dartmoor Prison precincts. My latest news from the tourists suggests that I assure the bowls widows of Stratford that their men will come ...

... Superintendent Minister of Stratford-on-Avon Methodist Circuit, gave a moving talk on his experiences as chaplain at Dartmoor prison. Competitions were won by Miss 'Deakin and Mrs. Tant. Novel competition at Binton Mrs. Watton presided at the monthly ...

... surely do well to note this. W. B. K. Mr. S. N. Roberts, governor of Birmingham Gaol, has been appointed governor of Dartmoor Prison. A 100-tons bridge to carry the L.N.E.R. line over the Stort Canal at Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, was rolled into ...

... 5, WOOD-STREET, STRATFORD-ON-AVON. Two convicts named Thomas Ellis and Alfred \ Parish, both Londoners, escaped from Dartmoor prison during a thick fog on Tuesday. Their shoes and stockings were discovered later on the Okchampton road. They were re-captured ...

... PICTURE HOUSE. Address by Rev. KINGSCOTE GREENLAND London (late Editor of The Young Man), entitled « CONVICT LIFE IN DARTMOOR PRISON, OR THE FAILURE OF THE CONVICT PRISONS.” Soloist @ 3 Miss NORAH HIGGINS (Birmingham). Chairman : Mr. G. W. EVERARD, J ...

... and other purposes, recently mentioned, has been purchased by an Anglo-American syndicate. A serious riot occurred in Dartmoor Prison on Monday. On leaving the Roman Catholic chapel reveral convicts attacked the warders, tbrowm them down and pelting them ...

... cancer of the liver whilst the police watched his house. At the trial at Devon Assizes of the two men who escaped from Dartmoor Prison, the Treasury counsel appealed for severe punishment as a waraingto other convicts. Sentence was deferred. At Bolton on ...

... an anti-war meeting. Several persons were roughly handled by the crowd. p ) b = The convict Yaxley, who esca{w‘l from Dartmoor Prison, has been recaptured. When hiding in a wood on a farm occupied by Mr Yeo he was disturbed by adog. Mr Yeo and his sous ...