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  The funeral took place last week of a well-known Huthwaite resident, Mrs. Millicent Barton, whose death occurred suddenly at 5, Unwin Street.
  The late Mrs. Barton, who was an outstanding example of a reliable and unostentatious worker in religious and philanthropic movements, was 66 years of age, and was born at Ironville (Derbyshire), but had lived in Huthwaite many years, being a consistent Parish Church worker. She was an old member of the Mothers' Union, and was connected also with the Nursing Association and the Infant Welfare.
  In all cases her cheery presence, kindly disposition and practical help were greatly valued and much sympathy is felt for the family at their sudden loss. A husband, one daughter and two sons are left.

  The Rev. W.L. Boulton conducted the last rites, which included a service in the Parish Church. The mourners were:- Husband; Daughter Kitty; George and Beattie (Skegness), son and daughter-in-law; Billie and Eileen, son and grand-daughter; Mrs. Goff and Mrs. Vardy (Nottingham), nieces; Mrs. W Barton, daughter-in-law; Sister Annie (Codnor Park), Mr. and Mrs. Taylor (Riddings), cousins; Mrs. G. Severn (Codnor), Mrs. E. Shaw (Sheffield), sister-in-law. Family friends were Mesdames Hinks, Dove, Beecroft and Mr. White, and a large number of the Mothers' Union members attended, with the secretary, Mrs. Brown. The bearers were Messrs. A. Evans, H. Oxley, S. Marshall and J. Maltby.
  Wreaths were as follows:- Husband, Kitty and Auntie Emma; George and Beattie; Winnie and Norma; Billie, Fred, Binkie and Barry; Eileen and Jack; Gladys, Doris and Roy; Sister Jane, Newstead; Huthwaite Church Mothers' Union; Neighbours; Mr. and Mrs. J. Marsh, Mansfield; Mr. and Mrs. Robotham, Nellie and Tom; Mr. Owen, Kitty and Elsie; Edgar and Matty; from Betty; Mrs. Swanwick and Nellie; Alice and Billie, Mansfield; Hilda and Charlie; Mr. and Mrs. Hinks, Sutton; Mrs. E. Dove, Albert, Laura and Wendy; Mr. and Mrs. Tuckwood and Harold; Mr. and Mrs. J. Adams; Meg. Jack and Kenneth; Mrs. Beard and Alice; Olive and Billie Raines, Whitburn, Northumberland.

 Signatures were appended on Monday to an agreement prolonging for a further five years the conditions as between the Notts. coal owners and the Nottingham and District Miners' Industrial Union.
  The agreement was signed at a meeting of the Notts. Wages Board at the Victoria Station Hotel, Nottingham, over which Capt. P. Muschamp presided. In attaching his signature, Mr. G.A. Spencer, agent of the Industrial Union, used the gold pen which was presented to him when the first was signed in 1926.

  It was expected that the agreement would have been signed a fortnight ago, but delay was occasioned by reason of the owners desiring to consider the wording of a new clause concerning the right of review in the event of other districts formulating agreements which reacted unfavourably in the Notts. coalfield.
  The wording of the new clause is as follows: ....

  ... The agreement also provides:
  (1) For the present basis wages, which are higher than in any other district in the country, plus 38 per cent., as the minimum.
  (2) For a subsistence wage of 6d. per day for all able-bodied workmen earning 8s. 3d. and under per day. No able-bodied workman shall be paid a gross-rate, including subsistence wage, of less the 7s. 11d. per shift per day. These rates apply chiefly to surface men.
  (3) For a division of proceeds (less costs of production) after the minimum has been reached, in the ratio of 85 per cent. for the workmen and 15 per cent for the owners.
  (4) For the owners recouping any deficiency which may have accumulated, owing to the owners having had to devote sums of money to make up wages when the proceeds did not provide it.
  (5) For any accumulated deficiency to be automatically cancelled when the month of April comes into the wages ascertainment.

  In the course of an interview, Mr. Spencer said the general importance of the agreement was that it gave a definite lead to the country in the retention of the present standard of wages. It was bound to have a great psychological effect on the attitude of masters and men in the other districts, and be of great service to those who were negotiating agreements on similar lines. It was an object lesson of what could be done if there were a disposition on both sides to arrive at a settlement consistent with the economic conditions of the district. Instead of the Miners' Federation criticising the Industrial Union they ought to acknowledge the great service it had rendered in securing an agreement of that character. ...

....   Capt. P. Muschamp said the signing of the agreement was a matter for congratulation to both sides. "We believe it will be to the advantage of the men, who still have the best wages agreement in the country, and to the owners, and that it will make for peace for the next five years. We are certain it will result in a continuance of the good relations between owners and men, which have existed since the agreement was first sighed in 1926. We hope it will be a lead to the country, and be an influence towards preventing any crisis arising in the industry between now and July 8th.

  In the Commons, on Friday, Mr. Cocks (Lab., Broxtowe) said what had happened in Germany during the last three months was the greatest menace to civilisation, almost as great as that which took place when Attilla and his Huns swept over the frontiers of the Roman Empire.
  Herr Hitler and the Nazi party were pledged to, and were seeking to carry out the policy of the union of all German peoples into one great Germany, the abolition of the Treaties of Versailles and St. Germain, the restoration of the German Colonies, and the extension of German territory. All their propoganda glorified the virtues of the profession of the soldier and the manliness of going to war.
  Against Von Papen's fiery speech, and many similar statements, they were asked to put Chancellor Hitler's speech. It was to have been a declaration of defiance but, owing to the pressure of Italy, the United States, and this country, it was toned down. People who knew Germany and the German people declared that the only two reasons why peace was no preserved were the armies of France and the fleet of England.
  He did not think that international inspection of armaments meant much serenity, and the manufacture of poison gas by Germany could not be controlled. His belief was that the greatest security for peace was a nation's own right arm and the goodwill of the rest of the world. There must also be a firm declaration that nations would settle every dispute by some definite tribunal.