... To Mrs. Kilvert of Poolquay, near Welshpool, goes the distinction of being the first woman to be trained as a rat exterminator. She is a member of the Woman’s Land Army and is now taking a course under the direction of the Montgomeryshire War Agricultural ...

... to represent women's interests at the Ministry of Agriculture. and was the first woman officer 'se appointed. She was one of the prime organisers of the Woman's Land Army. ,and her war-time appointment has now ,been extended indefinitely. PORTEICOMING ...

... Bod SITTINGROOM, partly furnished suit business people.— Box Banbury Guardian. THE WOMANS LAND ARMY would be grateful for offers of BILLETING ACCOMMODATION for Land Army Workers, parricularly near Adderbury and Bloxham.—Write : The Secretary ...

... LAND ARMY .0 THB BDITOR OF TUB ADVBBTIBBE. Sir.-M w» . through the courtc-sy ol your paper, appeal tor recruits for the Women’s Land Army? the event of emergency the nation focid supply would of vital importance. Any woman who joins the ...

... work on the land, I suggest that any woman between the ages of 18 and 40 who is physically fit, rrepared to adapt herself to country | ife, and has not yet taken up any war work should seriously consider whether enrolment in the Women’s Land Army is not the ...

... NORTHAMPTONSHIRE WOMEN'S LAND ARMY. AN APPEAL FOR RECRUITS We have received from the Countess Spencer. Chairman of the Northamptonshire Women’s Land Army, the following appeal for recruits. Sir, —May we, through the courtesy of your paper, appeal for ...

... unkind things that had been said by unkind critics of the new woman—that the land girl, though she wore breeches, looked after the stock, groomed the horses, and taled the land, was still—a woman. The procession proceeded to the Town Hall, where the farewell ...

... along with a woman, he called for a pot of beer. He then put half an ounce of laudanum into the liquid, drank half of it, and handed the remainder to the woman. The land- lord, who had noticed the affair, snatched the beer from the woman, and calling ...

... SEA • SICKNESS. A woman passenger on a Hamburg•Americsa liner which recently arrived at New York was driven mad on the voyage by sea-aiekness. She tore up all her money (which was in dollar and threw the fragments into the sea. WOMAN ATTACKED BY LEOPARDS ...

... box was opened, and the corpse of a woman found in it, with a cord tied tightly round the neek. A medical man was called in, who pronounced the woman to have been dead at least twenty.foar hours. The deceased woman, named Ann Goss, acted as Mr. Muslin's ...

... least 1,000 soldiers a week from this source. very large proportion enlist as soon they land. In fact, the recruiting officer is the first friend they meet before they land. To the above we add a few other items of amusement and interest:— VERT LIKELY ! Mexico ...

... CASTE IN THE ARMY. The Madras dthea zaa gives the followingu the proportions which the different castes bear to each other in the three armies of Bengal, Madras, and Bombay : Bengal. Madras. Bombay. .. 1.118 I,6•'+'l 252 12,699 15,790 .. 1.020 Brahmins ...