The Luton Voluntary Training Corps is making first-rate progress despite difficulties with which the members have had to contend.

We learn that commanders have been appointed and will probably be allocated to their various sections in a short time.

Able Seaman J. H. Green, a son of Mrs Green of the Cranbourne Boarding Establishment, Brook Street, Luton, has sent home a letter giving a very interesting description of some of the work the Australian Navy has been doing since war broke out.

The appointment was officially announced on Thursday evening at 10 Downing Street of Luton and South Beds MP Mr Cecil B. Harmsworth to be Under-Secretary to the Foreign Office, in succession to Mr Francis D. Acland, who has become Financial Secretary to the Treasury.

Luton Town Council was still insisting on going through the formalities of giving permission for a George Kent factory to fill fuses and detonators with high explosives near Chaul End crossing.

The following list of Bedfordshire Regiment casualties was issued on February 5th, 1915. Only names, initials and service numbers were notified at the time.

MISSING

Brown I., 7947

Gray F., 8740

Jaggers H., 9587

Ward F., 5176

KILLED

Bailey: Frederick, Pte 7469, 1st Battn, November 7th (St Julien Dressing Cemetery)

Stories from The Luton News, Thursday, February 4th, 1915.

Luton Trades Council, protesting against high price rises for food and other essentials, called on the Government to introduce powers to control inflated prices.

Who serves the King? More names.

Charles Frederick ADNAM: Mess 32, No 45, HMS Inflexible - 15 John Street, Luton.

F. ANDERSON: Rifleman 7492, C Coy, 1st Battn, Rifle Brigade, British Expeditionary Force - Luton.

F. W. BULLOCK: Sgt-Inst 7957, Beds Regt - 92 Reginald Street, Luton.

The following list of casualties was notified in connection with the Bedfordshire Regiment on Monday, February 1st, 1915.

WOUNDED

Alderton L-Cpl R, 10205

Bartholomew T., 8318

Boniface B., 8318

Bonnett J., 6545

Brazier H., 9580

Brewer F., 6809

Bridge W., 7231

Brown R. A., 8827

Butcher F., 6509

Byatt C., 6100

Calver A. S., 8116

Carey Cpl J.H., 8179

Cater H., 10282

Chapman S., 7457

Colgrave A., 7301

Copping W. T., 10263

Allegations of sweated labour in the straw trade and calls for a trade union were beginning to be voiced in the correspondence columns of The Luton News.

Light emitted from factories and street lamps in the event of an air raid was the concern at a conference attended by town councillors and representatives of Luton's electricity and gas undertakings and large factories on Friday, January 31st, 1915. And the public was urged not to be alarmed if the lights did go out.

Stories from the Beds & Herts Saturday Telegraph, January 30th, 1915.

Luton will soon be full with a reserve division of Territorials. It is said that schoolrooms and public buildings will not be commandeered to the same extend at in August and more men than previously will be billeted in private homes.

The January 30th, 1915, list of officially notified Beds Regiment casualties included the following.

WOUNDED

Anderson S.

Barrett G.

Brown W.

Davis J.

Denton P. F.

Flecknell F.

Holmes, Cpl R.

Kester A. W.

Parker G. B.

Parrott H.

Porter W. T.

Rainbow C.

Roberts I.

Vass W. J.

Walker H.

[Beds & Herts Saturday Telegraph, January 30th, 1915]

A letter found in a dying man's pocket led to a Luton mother being wrongly informed that her teenage son had died of wounds in France.

Stories from The Luton News, Thursday, January 28th, 1915.

The newly restored Someries Chapel at Luton Parish Church was dedicated by the Bishop of St Albans on Sunday morning in the presence of a congregation which filled the old church.

Who serves the King? More names.

Walter G. AYLOTT: 1719, R.A.M.C., E.M.B.F.A. - 267 Dunstable Road, Luton.

Harold V. AYLOTT: 2336, 24th County of London Battn, "The Queen's" - 267 Dunstable Road.

Pte Bernard ALLEN: 1845, R.A.M.C., Woodbridge - 29 Hastings Street, Luton.