Digest of stories from The Luton News: Thursday, January 25th, 1917.

Digest of stories from the Beds & Herts Saturday Telegraph: January 20th, 1917.

At the conclusion of the ordinary business of the Luton Borough Tribunal on Wednesday evening, Mr Willet Ball, the well-known trades union official, made a statement which implied breaches of faith by the Saturday Telegraph, among others, in reference to the work of the Tribunal.

Luton magistrates had before them on Saturday [January 13th, 1917] the first prosecution under the Military Service Act in respect of the making of false statements or representations for the purpose of obtaining exemption from military service.

Digest of stories from The Luton News: Thursday, January 18th, 1917.

The funerals of the victims of the sad accident at the Chaul End Works took place on Saturday. The funeral of Horace Crump, of Ash Road, took place at Caddington Churchyard, and that of Herbert Andrews, aged,17, who lived with his parents at Cold Harbour, Harpenden, at Harpenden Parish Church.

Digest of stories from the Beds & Herts Saturday Telegraph: January 13th, 1917.

Digest of stories from The Luton News: Thursday, January 11th, 1917.

Pte Edgar Boxford, a Maulden man belonging to the Bedfordshire Regiment, in a very interesting letter says: "I have by now got accustomed to the sound of the guns, and can even sleep when the shells are flying overhead and machine-guns are chattering.

"I shall never forget the sensation the first time I entered the trenches or when, in the evening, I had my first glimpse of 'No Man's Land' - a veritable devil's playground. Those feelings, however, soon pass away, and one settles down to the serious business in hand.

Digest of stories from the Beds & Herts Saturday Telegraph: January 6th, 1917.

Dr Robert Bell, of Dunstable Road, Luton, has arrived from Egypt on sick leave, and brings back some very interesting news of the Luton boys out there.

Dr Bell accepted his commission in the Royal Army Medical Corps about a year ago, and after a little time in this country he went out to Egypt and North Africa. In Egypt he has been engaged on a medical board, examining and classifying men who have been sent to his depot from all portions of the Eastern outposts through wounds or sickness.

Families in High Town received war relics during a visit from Australian relative Major Frederick Parkes, who had never previously been to England but whose father [Frederick Charles Parkes] was a Lutonian emigrant.

Major Parkes, who was in command of Australian troops, brought battlefield souvenirs from Gallipoli and France to relatives Mrs Waller, of 53 Frederic Street, to Mrs Sturgess, of 61 North Street, and to Cassie Waller, the little granddaughter of Mrs Tarrier, of 151 North Street.

Digest of stories from The Luton News: Thursday, January 4th, 1917.

The sequel to a fatal accident at a Luton dyeworks was the inquest on Monday on the body of William Marsh, a dyer aged 44, of 110 Langley Street.

Digest of stories from The Beds & Herts Saturday Telegraph: December 30th, 1916.

Digest of stories from The Luton News dated Thursday, December 28th, 1916, but published December 29th.