The Dewsbury Chronicle, and West Riding Advertiser. — 1895-05-01 (Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England)

LIFEBOAT SATURDAY FOR THE SPE N VALLEY.— A preliminary meeting of gentlemen representing Cleekheaton, Liversedge, and Heckmondwike was held in the room of the Liversedge District Council on Saturday for the purpose of organising a Lifeboat Saturday for the Spen Valley. Mr. William Hirst presided, and Mr. A. J. Boyle (organising. secretary of the National 'Lifeboat Institution) attended and gave an interesting account of the Lifeboat Saturday movement. Letters expressing sympathy with the movement and wishing the local effort success were read from Mr. T. P. Whittaker, M.P., Mr. Frederick Ellis (Dewsbury), Mr. H. Heaton (chairman of. the .Liversedge District Council). and the :Rev.. J. Connor (Moravian minister, Heckmondwike). It was resolved, on the proposition of Mr. S. Charlesworth (Liversedge), seconded by Mr. T. Newcome (Heckmondwike), and supported by Mr. It. Parkin (Heckmondwike) and. Mr. Joseph Cleg. (Cleckheaton), to organise a Lifeboat Saturday for the three townships in the valley, and, on the suggestion of Mr. Boyle, the 29th of June was fixed as the date. Mr. Edwin Charlesworth (Heckmondwike) was appointed the general secretary and the Hud derstielcl Banking Company the treasurers. A list of local gentlemen who had expre:sed their willingnesS to serve on the slommittee was read from each township, and it was agreed that these should form the committee, with power to add to their number, the chairman of each District Council to be the chairman of the respective committees.  • The young Queen of the Netherlands—Wilhelmina Pauline—accompanied by the Queen Rego- t, arrived in England on Saturday morning on a short iisit to her aunt, the Duchess Albany. The Queens drove through London on Monday morning, inspecting various places of interest. In the afternoon their Majesties visited the British Museum. Sher Afziil, the chief who invested Chitral until he was ford to retire by the advance of Colonel Kelly, has been captured, and, along with his three brothers and 300 followers, has been brought a priaoner into the British camp. Eighty-one rifles were taken from the party. The Khan of Du rendered great asiistance to the British in the capture of the fugitives. The Tartar Prince, with Jabez Balfour on board. arrived at Las Palmas (Canary Islands) on Monday morning, and sailed later in the day for Southampton, where she is due to arrive about the sth of May. Balfour, who is vigilantly guarded, is in excellent health and fairly good spirits, but is not very communicative, although he adheres to all statements made by Um regarding the Liberator before leaving Argentina. It is understood that the defence of the accused will be conducted by Mr. John O'Connor, formerly member of Parliament for South Tipperiny. At a meeting of the Central Chamber of Agriculture in London on Tuesday, the Railway Rates Committee presented a report recommending that the Board of Trade should be urged to introduce a bill defining the law on the subject of differential rates. The Dairy Products Committee submitted a suggestion for a legal standard of purity for milk, and also recommended precautions against the introductton of disease in imported milk. The report was adOnted with modifications, one of which was that there should be an "appeal to the cow" in prosecutions for adulteration. The tittle village of Woodburn Green, near Maidenhead, was thrown into a state of great excitement on Saturday afternoon by an extraordinary attempt to murder. The assistant schoolmaster of the a illage went to the barber's shop to be shaved. The barber's assistant, a young man named Abrahams, attended to the customer, and, after lathering his chin, Abrahams suddenly forced back the schoolmaster's head and drew the razor across his throat, inflicting a serious, but not necessarily a fatal wound. Abrahams, who appeared either to be insane or under the influence of drink, was taken into custody. Speaking on Monday evening at a general meeting of the English Church Union, Viscount Halifax said the objects of his recent visit to Rome were as simple as possible. Through circumstances quite outside his seeking he had an opportunity f doing something which he could not doubt might tend to the peace of the Church, and in the future; with God's blessing, might be a, step in the direction of the reunion of Christendom. He expressed his profound thankfulness kr the letter of Leo