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BEMERSYDE FUND. PEOPLE'S TRIBUTE TO EARL HAIG.
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CRITICAL DAYS FOR EGYPT.
EL AZHAR IN THE OPEN. TEXT OF INDEPENDENCE DEMAND
Lord Allenby's reply to the protest of
the soldiers naturally excited and irritat; ed at being stoned by students from within, followed their assailants into the university. This was done in the excite ment of the moment
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OFFICERS' PENSIONS
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NEW SCALE PROPOSED. MORE FOR WIVES AND CHILDREN The Times Partinuentary correspon
pensions for aficers and dependents are Substantial increases in the rates o pade in the Second Report of the Select Committee on Pensions, which was laid on the table of the House of Commons Yesterday. The new scheine had only ] been finally approved by Sir Montague Barlow's Committee at a meeting in the
morning
King and Parliament have, according to ancient custom, made acknowledgment El Athar against the entry into the predent wrote on December 24th- of the nation's debt to the Commander-in-cincts of certain British soldiers say's that Chief of the British Armies in the most perilous and arduous war which our country has ever fought. There is yet! neet, says the Daily Telegraph, that Te personal way. the people, each of us by our own choice and according to our powers, should have the chance of showing their gratitude to Field-Marshal Earl Haig To devise what form such + tribute should take might have been a matter of difficulty and dispute. But circumstances com bine to suggest ono gift as signially appro priate, a thing of unique value to Lord Haig himself, and in its nature embody ing the warm personal feelings of those who join in the gift. Everyone knows that Lord Haig comes of an old Scottish family. When he was raised to the pee rage he chose to be enrolled what he was by blood, Haig of Bemersyde Good Scotamen and all those who have a friend- ship with the stories which gather round Sir Walter will remember the lines:
Tyde what may botyde,
Haig shall be Haig of Bemersyde.“
THE SCHEMES.
OF
nu intention to pollute the sanctity of the He gives his assurance that there was
The Committee has gone into the ques mosque noe to offend the dignity of the tion of officers' pensions with great thor Rector, his colleagues, and the peaceable change in the present flat rate of disabili
oughness It does not weommend any. qudents, and expresses regret for the it is the duty of the El Azhar authorities that the 20 per cent. bonus should be occurrence. He points out, however, that pensions for temporary officers who are' unmarried, It is suggested, however, to prevent their premises from being used treated as a permanent addition to pen- for the commission of illegal acts Aznar declaration of us demand for in the cost of living. The Committee de
The following is
gions, subject to variation in either direc the text the Elion in accordance with the rise or fall dependance when as beeu presented to elded against any increase in the fat the Sultan and Lord Allenby :-
rate because it was anxious not to make The Ulema desque and the incubera of the High Council of the University officers and meu, who were not recruited 41.1 further differentiation between El Ashar, in view of the present cir from different classes to the same degree the country, which have attained a degree the Committee appears to have aimed at as in previous wars. Generally speaking of gravity that can no longer be passed maintaining ratio of two to one be by in silence, consider that, it 1.3 twean the subaltern and the man in the
Juved duties, ranks.
cumstances and calamities brought upon
one of their most
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AUCTIONS
PUBLIC AUCTIONS.
BY APPOINTMENT. HUGHES AND "HOUGH,
AUCTIONENES -TO THE GOFIENIENT AND ADMIRALITI,
General Auctioneers,
'Share, Coal and General Produce Brokers
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tions to sail by Fallic Anoticu,
The Undersigned have received instrue.
February 7th, 1920, at 103 A3, at their (For Account of the Concerned), TO-DAY (SATURDAY), Sales Rooms, No. & Dea Vaux Read, Corner of Lee House Street. SEVERAL PRISMATIC AND FIELD GLASSES
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(SUITABLE FOR THE RACKS); ALSO
A small consignment of Turkish Towels Bath Sheets, Hemstitched Sheets, Embroidered Bedspreads, Table.
and Suit Cases, Covers, &c.,
Several lots of Leather Travelling Trunks
AND
A number of lots of English Silk in
(Just arrived in the Colony) Terms:--Cash.
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posedon them by od,. Dut 20 A new scale is proposed for disabled Relengths of 15 yards each.. neglect their mission, which is give such ice and direction as may
tugular officers, It shows slight increases for junior officers and very substantial secure pouces on earth and strengthen good one in the higher ranks. relations between nations and peoples on the solid basis of harmony and justice in conformity with God's ordinance and all the inspired laws, especially the Holy Islamic Law.
NEW ALLOWANCE FOR OFFICER'S WIFE. The hard position of married officera who have been disabled has been very: sympathetically considered
The most Report is an entirely new, wife's allow ance of £30, decreasing, in accordance striking recommendation in the whole
with the usual practice, with the extent of the officer's disability. This will place officers in the same position as other ranks
The Undersigned have received insure tona to sell by Public Anction,
February 9th, 1930, at 10.30 AM at The (For Account of the Concerned),
Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf & Qodown Con On HONDAY,
Premises Godown 17.
Eight Coils Steel Wire Rope. Torma: --Chah, ?
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers.
tions to all by Public Auction,
The Urdersigned have received instrue
(For Account of the Concerned). O MONDAY,
A Small Chocolates.
Sales Rooma, No. 8, Des Vaux Road, Corner of Ice House Street,
Consignment of Superior To be sold in lots to suit buyers. TERMS:-Cach.
HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers.
a prophetic couplet which has the mystic legendary authority of Thomas the Rhymer. Tyde what may" is the
The Egyptian nation has unanimously family motto of the Haigs, never more adhered to its legitimate right to complete aptly borne in all the centuries than by independence, and, has, insisted on this the Field Marshal who began the war a claim by all legitimate means at its dis Mons and at Mons ended it. But it happens that the ancient rhyme is true Pool without there appearing any dis to fact. After seven centuries there is position of recognition of this right on still a Haig, Laird of Bemerayde
the part of the British Governnieat. Several concessions are proposed in the Thus uneasiness has arisen in the public scale of allowances for the children of the innumerable towers and castles in the. Scottish border counties, round which lies, resulting in the continuance of disabled officers. Chief of these is the re- such glamour of minstrelsy and legend, unrest ad interference with public and commendation that the present limit of Bemersyde is the only one which has
private affairs.
230 a year for each child should be in- Consequently the signatories are of the creased to £60. been. from the days of David the Saint through seven centuries. in the hands of pinion shat the sole way of establishing are also proposed in the maximum scale Considerable increases the same family, and still is theirs to-day. peace in the country and reconciling the of maintenance and education allowances. two parties, while safeguarding the in- The great Abbeys hard by on the Tweeterests of each, is for Great Britain to the need of a reform in the scheme of February 9th, 1920, a3 11 AM at their.
The Committee has been impressed with which boast a like antiquity, lie in ruin redeem ber pledges and to recognise the pensions for officers' widows. It advises but the tower of Bemerayde stands yet, complete independence of a country which the Government to abolish.the intermedi. and a Haig lives there still.
is distinguished by a glorious heritage ate rate awarded for deaths due to ex- and a peculiar position of predominance posure or injury in the performance of The present representative of the in all the Orient. Thereby will come an duty. Bemersvde family is Lient-Colonel 4: B, end to the violent measures of which the widows should in future be divided into It proposed that Officers' Haig, C.V.O., O.M.G., late R.E.. who deplorable effects have been felt for two classes was born in 1840, and succeeded to the long a time and so regretthly. The entire Committee, all widows with children and Under the scheme of the property in 1787. Colonel Haig served population will then return to normal all who have reached 40 years of age as Equerry to the late Duke of Edin-calm and tranquillity without harbouring would receive in pension two-thirds of burgh, and has been Extra-Equerry to the slightest feeling of resentment against the fat rate scale for officers. Childless King Edward and King George. It has the British Government, having safe widows under 40 years of age would re been ascertained that he is willing to guarded the interests of that Government main in receipt of pension at the present dispose of the historic house, its contents, in-same manner an those of other Powers.scale. and its land, in order that they may be given as a people's tribute to Earl Haig A valuation has been made, dis regarding all "sentimental reasons for special value, which fixes the fair market price of the property at £53,700. The funds subscribed will be devoted to
This statement, which has created no this purpose and to making such arittle stir has been followed by another rangements as will ensure that the gift document, couched in stronger terms and op its acceptance calls for no outlay on signed by about 100 officials and religious the part of the recipient. It is intended establishmonta, demanding British eva that the name, address, and amount of cuation and complete independence. contribution of every subscriber shall be inscribed upon a scroll, which will be presented to the Ficid-Marshal, together with the title deeds of the estates, and the ancient charters and imuniments. in the family charter box. {
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Such is the trust that God has confided
us, and which we have fulfilled in accord ace with the duty incumbent on religious ministers. We take God as our witness, It is He who is the best of all witnesses.
A PROVOCATIVE DECLARATION.
The Undersigned have received instrus- *ions to sell by Public Auction,
February 10th, 1990, commenting at 2.20 PM. (For Account of the Concerned),
at their Sales Rooma, No. 8, Die Vaux Road, Corner of Ice House Street, Binoculars and Prismatic Glasses, suitable A Few Pairs of
for the Racing Season,
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the Committee to devise a new scale of The adoption of this new principle lod allowances for the children of officers who have fallen. The chief recommendation under this head is a definite increase of Two Bellow Valines, Buit Cases, Kit Bags, the scale from: 224 to £36. At present the allowance for a widow and children can A Few Lots of Face and Bath Towels and be supplemented up to a maximum of Double Bed Sheeta
AND
£100. By a bold decision, the Committee has come to the conclusion that £150
(Full Particulars from Catalogue). Tez-Cash, should be regarded as the limit for a
HUGHES & HOUGH, widow alone, with an additional limit of 236 for each child.
Auctioneers. The Undersigned have received instruc- tions to sell by Pablic Auction,
(For Account of the Concerned), On TUESDAY, February 10th, 1920, at 5.30 r., at their Sales Boems, No. 6, Des Voeux Road, TEAKWOOD
Corner of Ice House Street,
AND BLACKWOOD FURNITURE, BRASS AND BRASS- MOUNTED BEDSTEADS, TEAK." WOOD TWIN BEDSTEADS,
Instructed Egyptians do not attach much importance to the El Azhar protest against the entry of British soldiers, of alternative pensions"
Concessions are proposed in the scale They point out that, if El Azhar offers widows: The Committee is of opinion.
for officers' sanctuary to persons who have offended that they should not be based, as at pre- against the public peace. it must be present, on the officer's pre-war income but Today, the fund is open to the public pared to take the consequences. Its treasurers are the Lord Mayor and Nevertheless it has to be admitted that as in the case of widows of other ranks.
on his pre-war income plus 60 per cent., Lord Glenconner, and it has bren
this action of an institution which has arranged that subscriptions will.
Some revision is suggested in the rates o large a prestige in the Moslem world, of pensions awarded to men's dependenta accepted by every bank in the country coupled with its militant and provocative The Committee is not in favour of in- and passed to a concentration, account in declaration which has doubtless already creasing the 55. flat rate, which does not the Bank of England. The secretary is been read out in every mosque in the depend on pre-war dependency or pre- Mr. Arthur Walter, who has his office at country, has complicated matters. The sont need but is awarded in every case. authorities are, therefore, faced anew There are at present two other forms of with a critical situation which calls for dependent's pensions-those given for skilful and prompt handling.
CARPETS, &c, sa, the Extremists has, however, cleared the Committee is anxious that both types of Folding Card and Occasional Tables, One
El Azhar's intervention on the side of for parents who can prove need. The pre-war dependency and a special scale
Comprising:- Chesterfield Bolas, Arm-chairs (new), air. It will now enable the authorities pension should be retained, and that theUpholstered Suite. Bedroom Furniture com has been throughout the focus and the 208, with a 33 per cent, advance in the small Wardrobes, Dressing Tables, and Chairs, to deal effectively with an element which maximum should be raised from 158. to pruning Teak wood Twin Bedstends, large and inspiration of the campaign of incitement ease of smaller amounts. and intimidation from which the country vision of all three classes of cases is ing Tables and Chairs, &c. Dinner Ser- A general reboards, Dinner Waggons, Extension Dins
Waabstands, de, (famed Teakwood),
Side- To the influence of this strongly urged. "
vice
Crockery, and Glass Ware, Cooking
the Royal Automobile Club. and it need only be said that the smallest contribu- tions will be welcomed, for it is desired to make the presentation thoroughly re presentative
BEMERS IDE.
J
There seems to me almost a wizard spell hanging over it," said Scott, sbow ing, as he loved to show, Bomersy do to his guests at Abbotsford, and we know is suffering. that "in his young days he most potent campaign is in large measure to be 18- The Committee considered the bard Stoves, Cutlery, &c. Bath Room Utensils, ly believed the prophecy of Thomas the cribed the present undisciplined condition case of officers and men disabled in pre Electro-Plated Ware.. Rhymer. And who shall say that trae of the students and other turbulent ole vious wars, and its recommendations Thomas was wrong? With Melrose and ments. The Times. Dryburgh hard by, with the waters of Tweed beneath its walls it stands on enhanced ground. The house is built on
great,
under this head will be generally wel- Teakwood Screens, & quantity of Blackwood Electric Reading Lampe, Blackwood and comed It is proposed that these men Furniture, Blackwood Fire Screens, Side and their dependents should be treated Tables, Chairs, Cabinete, Pictures, Carpeta in identically the same way as those who now and second-hand, alternative pensions.
ALSO : Piano by Challen & Sons, One Ensmelled
FRENCH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
Bath,
TREXS: Cash.
HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers.
tions to sell by Public Auction,
The Undersigned have received instruc
(For Account of the Concerned) O THURSDAY, February 19th, 1920, at 10.30 AM, at No. 1, Knutsford Terrace, Top Flat, THE
The result of the French municipal elec-VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE tions requires some explanation. While in
therola contained, Paris the elections leave the party posi
Comprisi g Fumed Teakood Hallstand and Dining
a rocky blaff which hangs over one of singular tree-of that long-lived species suffered in the recent war, except for "On the greensward in front is a the fairest reaches on the Tweed."~~**
The stream here flows, summer and rugged, warty trunk, surmounted by a
the Spanish chestnut-with a winter, in a full, deep current, coming twisted crown of black and guarled training, the Committee is so impressed On the question of treatment and down between richly-wooded banks those boughs, on which even the greenery of with the difficulties to be faced that it (Fall Particulars from Catalogue). on the north abrupt and precipitous, and June has a faded look. This is the covin suggests its reappointment next Session shagged with oak and birch and hawthorn troe-that is, the company or trysting to hear further evidence. to the water's edge.. On the opposite tree-beneath which in bygone times it bank, and all but surrounded by a cir was the habit of the hospitable old lairds entirely the recommendations on men's The Government adopted almost in its cular bend of the river, is the shrine to meet and bid welcome to their guests. pensions made in the first Report of the forsaken promontory of Old Melrose, the It is anid by, tradition to be as old as Committee. There can be little doubt apot on which the Saxon disciples of the house itself, and to have been planted that the precedent set then will be follow Aidan, more than 1,200 years ago, up at its foundation; and in reality it looks now, lifted the sacred symbols of Christianity if it had stood there through the sung The older portion of Bomersyde House, and snows of a thousand years. Its posi- which, with more or less of necessary tion still serves to indicate the place of change in ita fabric, hus been occupied the old gateway or barbican that led in by the Haigs for more than seven ben ancient times to the tower within the turies, consists of a tall, narrow, castel-walls; though the walls themselves with tion more or less unchanged, in the pro- lated tower, finished with high crow-step the usual outbuildings and offices which vinces the Socialists have made notable Room Furniture, Morocco Leather-covered ped gables in the style of the latter half such fortified places contained. were victories, and in some cuaca the resulta aze Chesterfield Sofa and Arm-chairs, Fictures of the sixteenth century, and is similar removed over 200 years ago, and in their in complete contradiction with those of Ornaments, and Sundry Blackwood Furni in size and appearance to the neighbour stond is now a green lawn, broken up into the elections for the Chamber of Deputies. tare, large and all Teakwood Bedstende ing fortrom of Smailholm: The upper flower-nlots and bounded by a line of Thus, at Lyons M. Herriot has carried his Wardrobes, Dressing Tables, dc, Bed and portion underwent considerable modifica magnificent old hollies and yews. tion about 1800. Again in 1756. small The extate consists of 1,360 acres from through to complete trizmph in the including Targe Dinner Service complete, fellow-members of the Clementist bloc Table Linen, Cutlery ahd Plated Ware building in modern style was added to hold; and, good land. Since it is to be a Parliamentary, elections, but he has been New Aluminium Cooking Utensils, Bath the east end of the tower, and a larger pift from the British peplé, let us add beaten as candidate for the office of Mayor Room Utensils, wing was built on the west side in 1859; that it offers also good opportunities for of Lyons. The municipal councils, either but the old tower is still in use equally sport. The kernels of the Duke of Buce directly or through delegates, are votera with the new portion. It is surrounded leuch's hoends are two miles away. There in the Senatorial elections, and it may by a brotherhood of ancient trees," is excellent shooting, for wild duck frewell happen as the result of municipal sintely becebes and small eims, in whose quent Bernorsyde Moen. The fishing, is definitely more Conservative than its pre- windy tons the kindly rooks have long famous, over a mile and a quarter of the decessor, the Senate may number for the that, while the new Chamber is established a clamorous colony.
best water in the Tweed. (Continued at fool of next column.)
In one year first time one or two definitely Socialist Colonel Haig had a bag of 303 fish. members.
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Sewing Machine and ong Large Hal Cock
Pot Plants, Electric Fittings Singer', (Fail Particulars from Catalogue)...... Terms: Cash.
HUGHES & HOUGH,