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Northern Advocate, 13 June 1931, Page 14

■ When a proposal was \pnt forward at the annual meeting of the Guiseley Cricket Club (England) that a beer bar should be established, the members of the ladies’ committee turned up in large numbers and voted it down. Guiseley Cricket Club- is largely kept alive by ■women, who during the last six .years have cleared the club of a big debt and plac'ed it in a sound financial position. At the annual meeting they easily outnumbered the 1 ' men hnd refuged to bear any plea to establish the bar. The proposal for a beer license was put forward by a teetotaller on the ground that it would create ’ greater interest in the affairs of the club.

During a visit to a fowl fattening establishment in Sussex, a representative of “The Poultry World” noticed men throwing handefull of fine loam into the feeding troughs. On inquiring why, this was' done, the reply reeeived rvjjs that it prevented f.eatherpicking, which, is one ‘of the great troubles, especially during hot •weather, with birds put- into .cages for fattening. The birds were picking at the mould with great avidity', and .apparently- had a craving which the earth satisfied. SEASONABLE. Pat (in furniture dealer’s shop): I want to buy a bed. Dealer: A spring bed, sir, Pat: No! I want one that I can sleep in all the year round.