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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 274, 15 August 1919, Page 7

Two thousand Boy Scouts and Sea Scouts from al'l parts of Hampshire assembled at Winchester Cathedral for a Memorial service for 2(IH Boy Scouts of Hampshire- who fell in the war. Tho National Projectile Factory at '.l'tmpleborough', Sheflield, has 'been nc((•ired from tho Government by the Sheffield Steel Product?; (Limited, the recently formed ,£1,000,0(10 cutlery and allied trades combine. A gold cigarette caso lias been presented to Mra. Locko King, 0.U.1'!., vice-presi-dent of tho Surrey branch of the British lied Cress Society at Brooklnnds nnd Waybridge, in recognition of her work ia hospitals. So remarkable, has been the revival! in tlio silk hat trade that old men who had gone into retirement in tho Denton and Stockport districts are being asked to corao 'back and givo what productive energy they possess. Five thousand rats have been killed during three months in the Isle of Wight. Hie county council paying 3d. per rat 'destroyed. It has been decided to continue this system rather than to appoint an official rat-catcher. The Duke of Devonshire fci-" ngrceil to forgo for five years Hie annual nnynient of tho principal and interest on the purchase money for Urn famous baths at Buston, nnd will contribute .£3OO a year for the same period towards tho advertise-ni-'t of Hie town. Since tho removal of Government control n record price of 3s. 3d. Ncr lb. wholesale for veal lias been readied in the Isle of Wight. Henley Town Council, having been asked to sanction mixed bathing in the river baths, have referred the matter to the General Purposes Committee with power to act, It was pointed out that mixed bathing had taken place in previous years and that there had been no complaints.