Eggs
Eggs 6/-, Chicks 12/- per dozen, from selected Utility Birds; good colur and type - BRED-TO-LAY.
Rhode Island Reds, Light Sussex, Buff Rocks. Doris M. Livings M.S.P.B.A., Mill Farm, Great Munden, Ware.
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28th December 1928 - Old Boys' Club
Old Boys' Club
While rain descended in torrents on Saturday evening last, a fine goose was drawing dancers to the Benson Hall for an evening's dancing and to participate in the chance to secure the fine bird for a Christmas dinner.
The event, which was in aid of the Old Boys' Club, was most enjoyable, and what gave the dance that atmosphere of Yuletide was the decorations in the hall; these looked remarkably well, holly, ivy and other evergreens being lavishly displayed.
Mr Blakiston again won admiration as M.C., and so did the goose, which had been offered as a lucky ticket prize, and which went to Mr T. Hummerstone, of Westmill.
The Mavis Dance Band played some spirited selections, and one of the members, Mr Whitehouse, secured the bottle of port which was raffled for during an interval.
21st December 1928 - Christmas Show and Sale of Poultry and Eggs
Christmas Show and Sale of Poultry and Eggs
The Christmas Show and Sale of Poultry and Eggs took place on the Market Hill on Monday last, this being the first occasion that the show has been held separate from the fat stock show.
There was an excellent display of birds, the pens of turkeys being particularly fine, and numbered 57 in all. Some of the best birds realised £1 11s., the lowest prices ranging from 14/- apiece. As will be seen from our list of awards (which is appended), Mr T. Vigus secured the first prizes in each case for the best pen of three cock turkeys, three hen turkeys and the best killing cock bird. These exhibits were some of the best birds in the district.
The supplies of hens and cockerels more than exceeded those of previous years, the number of birds penned being 355, of which 195 were cockerels. These made a fine show as their crowed out their last notes, and the majority will be heard no more, but seen in another guise during next week!
There was a good all-round trade for the birds, some of the cockerels realising 12/6 each, the hens being knocked down at 7/. The geese numbered 45, the highest price which these realised being 10/-. There were also a good many ducks and rabbits penned, the latter being for sale purposes only. The eggs classes were also well filled.
The judge of the poultry was Mr G.H. Hankin, of High Cross, the well-known local expert.
List of Awards
Three cock turkeys - 1 T. Vigus, 2 J.H. Glascock, 3 J.H. Glascock
Three hen tukeys - 1 T. Vigus, 2 T. Vigus.
Killing cock turkey - 1 T. Vigus, 2 T. Vigus, 3 C. Warren.
Killing hen turkey - 1 J.H. Glascock
Four geese - 1 E. Howard, 2 J. Poulton, 3 A.W. Gray.
Four killing cockerels - 1 H. Piggott, 2 C. Chappell, 3 W. Burrow.
Four killing hens - 1 J. Cogan, 2 J. Hale, 3 J. Russell.
Four killing ducks - 1 F.W. Gatward, 2 F.W. Gatward, 3 A. Macarthur.
Three score hens eggs - 1 E. Brett, 2 E. Brett.
21st December 1928 - Buntingford Market
Buntingford Market
Mr G. Scarborough-Taylor reports as follows:
For the annual poultry show and sale supplies more than exceeded previous years' entries, with a good all-round trade.
57 turkeys penned, realising from 14/- to £1 11s. 45 geese, ranging from 6/- to 10/-, 195 cockerels from 2/3 to 12/6 each.
160 hens from 1/9 to 7/-, Ducks from 2/9 to 5/-. Tame rabbits to 2/- each. Wild ditto to 1/7 each.
Eggs - Hens eggs from 3/6 to 3/10 per score, average 3/8 per score.
Pigs from 47/6 to 76/-, Tegs to 68/6. Calves - Weanel calves to 18/-. Fat calves to £3 3s.
13th August 1926 - Passing of a Good and Faithful Friend
Passing of a Good and Faithful Friend
What appears to have been one of the most sensible and faithful dogs that has lived in the town of Buntingford died last Friday night, at the advanced age of 14 years.
He was known as "Boy Sparkes." He had numerous friends, and was not only known in the town but most of the surrounding villages.
He was a curly retriever and was reared on an Allenbury's feeding bottle, as his master had him at two days' old.
This dog had many singular ways. Here are a few of his tricks:
His master would send him to the Railway Station to meet a friend if he was busy and couldn't go himself, and the dog would bring the person home delighted.
He rescued a dog from the river round Pig's Nose, and would on being informed over night go to collect bones or anything from his many friends in the town and would always bring these home.
One evening his master had been to visit a friend and left his stick on the back of the chair in the room he was sitting. On walking home his master met another friend, and during the little conversation with him realised he was minus his stick, and said "I have left my stick up the street." The dog, on hearing this, went and barked and shook the door where he had been with his master.
When the door was opened he walked through to this room and got the stick off the back of the chair and brought it to where his master was still in conversation. The marvellous thing about this is that the dog was not told to fetch the forgotten stick, but simple [sic] overheard the remark.
"Boy" was a keen football and motorist. He was in a habit of gatherine flowers on his Sunday morning wals. Being so fond of flowers, he is buried in his master's garden near the bridge, and many of his old friends now visit his grave on which is a bunch of wild flowers, as he used to gather, bearing this token:
"In memory of a dear faithful friend, gathered from where he and his master used to walk, from his sorrowing master."
Goodbye, Black Chap.
15th October 1926 - Jumble Sale
Jumble Sale
A jumble sale, in aid of the funds of the Buntingford Bowls Club, was held at the George Hotel on Wednesday afternoon in last week.
Nearly all the articles sent by members and friends were sold, which resulted in a nett profit of £8 0s. 5d.
There was an assortment of articles from old books to golf clubs and live poultry.
10th December 1926 - Puckeridge Hounds at Corney Bury
Puckeridge Hounds at Corney Bury
The Puckeridge Hounds in full cry was a sight afforded a number of football spectators on Saturday, when a fox, found near Harestreet, ran to the top of the park, and later to Corney Bury House.
The huntsmen dismounted and searched the rooms and the roof, and it was while the hounds were inside the house, that Reynard slipped from his hiding place and made off towards Capons Wood.
The hounds soon picked up the scent and ran towards Capons before turning left, and crossing the High Road near Buckland finally losing their fox at Faulk Leys.
Earlier in the day they killed a fox at Harestreet.
3rd December 1926 - The Puckeridge Hounds
The Puckeridge Hounds
On Saturday, Nov 20th, the Puckeridge Hounds met at Buckland. They led off from Buckland to Reed Wood.
When about a hundred yards south of the entrance to the wood a motor car travelling from Royston towards Buckland unfortunately ran into the pack.
Four of the hounds sustained injuries.
28th January 1927 - Buntingford Petty Sessions
Buntingford Petty Sessions
Cambridge Undergraduate Fined for Dangerous Driving
Foxhounds Injured by Motorist
Friday last, before Sir Charles Heaton-Ellis C.B.E., and Captain H.H. Williams.
John Daniel Hawthorn (21), of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, appeared on a charge of drivinga motor car in a manner dangerous to the public, at Buckland, on 20th November.
The defendant, who was represented by Mr Grafton Pryor, Barrister, of Cambridge, pleaded not guilty.
Mr G. Passingham, Solicitor of Hitchen, outlined the case for the prosecution. On November 20th (the case had been adjourned till now, because of the defendant's absence in America), the Puckeridge Hounds had just drawn a wood, and were on the highway between Buntingford and Royston, when a car, driven by the defendant, appeared two or three hundred yards away.
The car was travelling at a very fast pace, and the huntsman held up his hands as a signal for the driver to slow down. The drive did nothing till he was within 20 yards of the pack when he put on his brakes and skidded into the hounds, injuring three couples.
Robert Gardner, the Huntsman of the Puckeridge Hunt, said he was in charge of the pack on the day in question. The hounds were on the road when he saw a car about 200 yards away, and put up his hand as a signal to the drive to slow down. The driver did not try to stop till he got within 15 to 20 yards, when he put the brakes on, and the car skidded into the pack. Three or more couples were knocked over, one hound being pinned under the car.
Cross-examined by Mr Grafton Pryor: It was a wet day and the road was greasy.
P.S. Dean, of Buntingford, said that the width of the road at the point of collision was 17ft. 6in.
James Hewins, 1st Whip, corroborated the evidence of the Huntsman. While the hounds were being extricated from under the car, the defendant admitted that he saw the huntsman hold up his hand.
Arthur W. Griffin, the seocnd whip, also gave evidence.
Mrs E. Hargreaves, of Royston, said she was riding directly behind the pack on the day in question, when she saw a large motor car coming down the road at great speed. The came right on top of the pack, and the hounds were howling and screaming, some being pinned under the car. Some of the hounds were carried along on the front axle.
The defendant, in a statement made from the witness box, said he was the owner of the car, which was a 30-98 Vauxhall. It had four-wheel brakes, and was known as a "super-sports" model. On the date of the accident he was driving from Royston to Ware, and his speed was about 35 m.p.h.
As he came over the rise, he saw a man on horseback and thought he was meeting a detachment of soldiers. He put on his brakes, but the car kept going as the brakes would not hold. The hounds took up all the road, and there was no room for the car to pass. As soon as he realised what he had done, he jumped out and apologised. He had been driving a car for nine years, and had never been charged before.
Anthony Patrick Adamson, of Jesus College, who was riding in the front seat with the defendant at the time of the accident, also gave evidence. He said that the defendant did all in his power to pull the car up.
Jeffrey Thomas, another undergraduate, of Trinity Hall, who was sitting at the back of the car, said the defendant applied his brakes as soon as he saw the Huntsman raise his hand.
Addressing the Bench, Mr Pryor said that no one regretted the accident more than Mr Hawthorn. The defendant was not in the habit of driving at great speed and, as the Bench had heard, he had been driving a car for nine years, and had not been previously charged. The brakes of the car were defective and the weather conditions were bad. He (Mr Pryor) hoped that the Bench would "temper the wind of the defendant because of his clean sheet."
The Bench retired for ten minutes, and on returning, the Chairman said the charge against defendant had been proved. He wished to say that it was a very serious offence indeed to drive a high-powered car on a slightly foggy day down hill at the excessive speed of 35 miles per hour, whether there were sheep or hounds on the road.
The Bench had very seriously considered whether to suspect the defendant's licence for a considerable period but after what his Solicitor had said they had decided to inflict a fine of £5 and £3 7s. 0d. cost.
The defendant's licence would also be endorsed.
Ardeley Fowl Stealing Charge
H.G. Stroud, of Wood End, Ardeley, appeared on a charge of fowl stealing at Ardeley. The defendant, an Ex-Sergt. of the Garrison Artillery, had an excellent record, which saved him from prison, the Magistrates imposing a fine of £5 and 15/- costs.
Evidence was given by William H. Livings, a farmer of Gt. Munden, who said that on January 12th he received information that his fowlhouse at Orange End had been broken into. He saw footmarks near the house, and later found that 28 fowls were missing. These he valued at 10/- each. The defendant had previously been to him and asked for work.
P.S. Dean gave evidence of interviewing the defendant in company with Inspector Herbert.
Defendant at first denied all knowledge of the matter, but later told the Sergeant that he had taken 12 fowls, and hearing that the police were making enquiries as to their loss, he took them to a field and released them. The Sergeant and the Inspector went to the field, but there was no trace of the fowls.
Supt. Wright said the defendant had served 11 years in the Army, having served in France from 1915 to the end of the war. After the war he obtained work as a temporary postman, and later was employed at Woolwich Arsenal, where he was discharged in September, 1925, with a good character. He was a married man with two children.
The Chairman said it was a dreadful thing to see a man in defendant's position. Here was a man with a excellent character stooping to petty foggy stealing. He, the Chairman, saw no reason why the defendant should not go to prison.
Mr Livings said he was prepared to assist the defendant, whereupon the Chairman said that defendant would have to pay Mr Livings £5 and the Court costs 15/-, further than that the defendant would be placed on probation for 12 months.
"Mr Livings has treated you very leniently," said the Chairman to the defendant.
4th March 1927 - Eggs
Eggs
Eggs & Day-old Chicks - Rhode Island Reds (Golders), Light Sussex, White Wyandottes and Light Sussex Cross Barnevelder.
Eggs 6/- dozen; Chicks 12/- Eric Gray, Ardeley, Stevenage.
12th Nov 1926 - National Rat Week
National Rat Week
There is a thoroughness throughout the Buntingford Rural District area in the preparations for Rat Week, which commenced on Monday in last week.
The apt circular that has been drawn up by the Sanitary Inspector has been distributed to farmers, poultry keepers and others. Last year the effort made an appreciable diminution in the number of rates infesting 16 parishes comprising the Buntingford Rural District.
Good results in the warfare against these rodents are again anticipated this year. Rats detroy millions of pounds worth of food each year, and are moreover most deadly in their activities in carrying disease of various kinds that have been traced to them.
When it is remembered that a pair of rats may in three years multiply to a ravaging hoard of 600,000, the urgent necessity for concerted action for their destruction is overwhelmingly obligatory.
19th Feb 1926 - To Let and For Sale
TO LET
Good shop and house in Buntingford. Apply, Box No. 48, "Gazette" Office, Buntingford.
FOR SALE
Eggs for Hatching - R.I.R., White Wyandotte and Light Sussex. 4/- sitting; 30/- 100. Ellis Mildren, Buckland, Buntingford.
Ducks pay better than chickens - Khaki Campbell's eggs for sitting, 4/- per dozen. A. Dray, Riverside, Buntingford.
For early spring-cleaning we have the stuff you want. 7lb. tins paste Distemper, colours 3/-; white 19. 3 1/2 lb packets (dry), colours 1/8. Attwood & Son.
Wallpapers from 4d. roll. Paints 7d. per tin. Grate black (with brush) 1/- Floor stain 1/6 per tin. Attwood & Son, Buntingford.
5th Feb 1926 - Hormead Women's Institute
Great Hormead
Women's Institute
AN OPEN MEETING
The February meeting of the Hormead Women's Institute was held at the Parish Halll on Wednesday evening last.
The meeting was an open one, and in additional to the members, there were several others present, and a most enjoyable evening was spent.
MALAY
An interesting lantern lecture on Malay was given by Mr S. Coddington, of Hormead Bury. Mr Coddington, who has spent many years in Malay, referred to the customs of the native and the industries of the State.
The pictures of cocoanuts [sic], tin mines and rice growing were excellent, and the school children present must have enjoyed Mr Coddington's reference to the elephants and monkeys, the later being used largely to pick cocoanuts.
At the close of the lecture Mrs Kitchen proposed a very hearty vote of thanks to the lecturer for his interesting address. She was sure they had all enjoyed it immensely. The vote was carried with prolonged applause.
Tea was served to all present, after which there were various competitions and games. There were for entrants for the competition for the best cleaned shoes.
5th Feb 1926 - For sale
For Sale
Garden forks, for prongs; warranted quality, from 4/3 each. E.P. Borsberry, Ironmonger, Buntingford.
Eggs for Hatching - R.I.R., White Wyandotte and Light Sussex. 4/- sitting; 30/- 100. Ellis Mildren, Buckland, Buntingford.
5th Feb 1926 - Letters
Dear Sir,
Lovers of cats will deplore the fact that many of these animals meet their death through being caught in rabbit snares. The black cat, referred to in last week's "Gazette," who was trapped in a snare for nine days, was lucky to escape.
Several cats have been lost from Norfolk Road and Newtown, and the name of one person connected with the loss of a grey tabby cat is known.
It is stated that the skins of the animals are worth from 1/6, and this may account for the disappearance of some of our cats.
There will be trouble for one gentleman before long.
Yours faithfully,
"Fluff".
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