Digest of stories from the Beds & Herts Saturday Telegraph: February 17th, 1917.

Lutonians will learn with pleasure that Co-QMS Arthur Andrews, of the Highland Light infantry and Luton's double D.C.M., has been given a further honour in the shape of a commission in that regiment, although he is attached to the Northumberland Fusiliers.

Lieut Andrews is the son of Mr and Mrs Andrews, of 110 Wellington Street, Luton, and his wife and four children live at 15 Adelaide Street. He received his education at Queen Square School.

In the early stages of the war he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, and in July 1915 he informed his wife of the double honour conferred upon him.

When he returned to the Front he found himself the hero of the whole regiment. Lieut Andrews has been in the Army nearly 14 years, and was promoted from the rank of sergeant to that of company quarter-master sergeant on going to the Front at the outbreak of the present war. He is expected to be shortly home on leave.

• As a police constable was patrolling along New Bedford Road on Thursday, he heard a dog whimpering as if in pain, and on looking saw an Irish terrier drag itself from the road on to the footpath. The poor animal had obviously been run over by a vehicle which was proceeding towards Wardown Park. The Town Clerk (Mr William Smith) was passing at the moment and found that it was his dog. It expired a few minutes afterwards. A corporal of the Royal Engineers at Stevenage later reported at the Police Station that a fox terrier had run into his motorcycle and was injured.

• Among appeals against conditional exemption by Military Representative Lieut Gardner at the County Appeal Tribunal at Luton Town Hall was that of a single 27-years-old veterinary surgeon for whom agriculturists and others in an area of 17 miles petitioned to be left. The Tribunal was told that thousands of heads of cattle and horses would be affected and the mating season was approaching when valuable mares might be lost. Lieut Gardner said he had received many strong letters urging the necessity for veterinary surgeons to join the Army, in which good horses were being lost for want of attention.

• The Postmaster of Luton reported that his staff being kept extremely by public demand for War Loans, and hours of issue had been extended by two hours to 9 pm. Luton's contribution through the Post Office and the five local banks now totalled £665,662 15s 6d.

• Owing to a shortage of players caused by several members joining the Colours, Luton's Granville F.C. have decided to disband.

• Owing to unavoidable delay in receiving wires, the Telegraph was unable to give its full report of London Combination supplementary competition match at Craven Cottage between Fulham and Luton Town. Both teams turned up with men short, but were complete when the game kicked off 15 minutes late, Fred Hawkes finally turning up a few minutes too late to be included in the Luton side. The stop press revealed that Fulham won 4-2 after leading 3-0 at the interval. Newspapers later in the week revealed that Simms and Butcher were the Luton scorers.