The Cambria Daily Leader

40 YEARS AT ONE PLACE I Death of Mr. John Roach. I The death took place on Thursday, at his residence, the School House, Dua- vant, of Mr. John Roach. The deceased had been master at the Dunvant School for over 4) years, and was highly respected and beloved by all ¡ who had come in contact with him.' As a public man he was in the fore in every movement and deserving cause in the district. He was a member of the Patriotic Society, the nursing fund, trea- su-erof the Food Production Society, an;] held many other offices. He was also a faithful member of the church at Dun- vant, where his loss will be keenly felt. He leaves a widow and grown-up child- ren. I

I A CLEVER MIMIC. One of the most acceptable mimics to whom a Swansea audience has had the pleasure of listening for some years is ap- pearing at the Empire this week in the person of Dan Harlow. He comes here for the ftrst time after a very successful Gulliver tour, and he told a Leader representative that he had found Swan- sea audiences most appreciative. Harlow is a comedian with a voice emi- nently suited to his special line of busi- ness. He presents a series of impersona- tions in a novel way, appearing in the role of a waiter. His impressions of such well-known characters as Sam Mayo, G. H. Elliot, Chas. Austin, Harry Whel- don and G. H. Chirgwin, are remarkably fine. His best effort is undoubtedly his impersonation of Harry Wheldon. Ver- satility is his special feature, and it can be predicted with confidence that there is a great future before him*

SIMULTANEOUS BURIAL I Funeral of Two Christ* I Church Sidesmen. At Christ Church, Swansea, on Thurs- day afternoon, there was a very unusual event of a simultaneous burial service for two sidesmen—Messrs, Adolphus Mabbett, baker, and Richard Austin, of Oxford- street. The services were conducted by the vicar, the ftev. J. Watkins .Tones, both at Christ Church and at Cockett, where each interment afterwards took place.

I If A FREE STEM." I Hauliers' Strike at Pentre I Colliery. The hauliers employed at Pentre Col- liery, Landore, struck work on Friday morning and the colliery is at a stand- still. It appears that Oe above, who are about a dozen or so in number) require what is termed at the colliery a free stem," that is, after the close of the work- ing shift they maintain the right of being brought to the surface first. To this the other workmen at the colliery will not acquiesce. The management did everything pos- sible to get them to work to-day. but they refused.

WAR PENSIONS. Gorsinon Ex-Service Men: and Local Committee. At the usual general meeting of the Gorseinon Branch of the N.F.D. and D.S. and S., held last night, the ques- tion of the present local War Pensions Committee was discussed. Some of the members were criticised owing to their attitude when the war was on. In view of the desire of the Ministry of Pensions that more ex-ser- vice men should lie on these committees, it was resolved that action should be taken on this matter, and that the branches at Gowerton and l'ontardulais be asked to assist the branch to take concerted action.

MEASLES OUTBREAK. Epidemic Not Serious Enough There is an outbreak of measles in seme parts of Swansea, and unless the epidemic abates there is some likelihood of the schools having to close. As it is the attendances are considerably affected at present. Dr. Evans. the Medical Officer of Health informs us. hoivever, that there is no immediate danger d the outbreak spread- ing. The epidemic of scarlet fever whicli oecured in the Hafod distridt some two or three months ago, has now practically disappeared. Apparently there is no indication of a recurrence of the Jflu which was so prevalent about this time last year.

MRS. H. A. CHAPMAN. I I Funeral of Well-Known j Swansea Lady. I The funeral of Mrs. H. A. Chapman, widow of the late Mr. H. A. Chapman, the well-known South Wales photo- grapher and ex-Mayor, of High-street, Swansea, took place on Friday afternoon in the family vault at Danvgraig Ceme- terv. There was a short service at the house ¡ and another at the same time iu the Gos- pel Hall, Orchard-street, tlicso being conducted by Mr. Basil Snclling and Mr. John Pearce. of the Albert Hall Mission, with which both Mr. and Mrs. Chapman were connected. The funeral left the house about two o'clock. The body was enclosed in a shell and unpolished oak coffin with brass fittings, bearing the inscription, "Eliza Chapman, died 11th November, aged Clh The funeral arrangements were in the hands of Messrs. D. G. Phillips and Sons, Dillwyn-street.

RED TRIANGLE BOYS' CLUB. News of the Week's Doings. I The draughts tournament at the Red Triangle Boys' Club is a great success. Over 100 boys have entered their names for the competition. The first eleven will play the second round for the Cup in the fifth Division of the League with Bryn United. Last evening Mr. Ken Jones delivered ai interesting address on Hudson Bay, or Why every boy should have a purpose in life." The singing class, under Mr. T. H. I Jones, has proved a trrand success.

THE CARDIFF MATCH. Tom Williams for the Three. quarter Line. There is still some doubt as to how the Swansea three-quarter line will be consti- J. tuted at Cardiff. The iSclection Corn- 0 nut toe met on Thursday cvtning, and de- cided to include Tom WilIÏéUllS ill ti:9 qunrtett# The ether three will bo selected from the following :-C. F. Rowlands, Eva a • Grey, J. Flynn and T. R. Thomas. The full-back will be Joe Rees, and the half- backs WilJie Jones and Ben Beynon. • The kick-off will he at three o'clock f

POOR CLERGY. Bishops on Holy Poverty." Th Bishop of Lichifeld (Dr. Kemp- t ho me >. addressing the Lichfield Diowsan Conference at Wolverhampton on Thurs- day, said that the most protein; problem in the diocese was lb' poverty of thq dry. They were now almost the worst paid section of the community. The arc:- afro pay of the beneficed clergy in too diocese was JB2S4-, and of unbeneficed clergy .£200. That was poor pay enoujfh before the war; now it simply meant hun- ger and cold and distressing anxiety. In face o-f such facts it was intolerable cant for comfortable people to commend holy poverty." A SCANDAL TO CHURCH. Bishops and clergy ought to set the ex- ampl e of simplicity in living, but it was a scandal to the whole Church if a par- don's children were cold and underfed. He suggested the combination of many small parishes, radical reform with re- gard to the tenure of parsonage houses, and redistribution of the Church's exist- ing resources. The fatal opulence" of biphops was one of the commonest butts of the scorner. In Lichfield the nominal income was £ 4,200, but ii-hen rates and taxes wore paH it was RZ,Coo. The payment of the diocesan staff, office expenses, travelling, postage, etc., accounted for £$00, .subscriptions etc., required another EC)Of). Thus < £ 1.200 was left to keep up the palace, which coat: at least £1/JOC n year. ===—— 4

SWANSEA GUARDIANS. i —————- 0' —————— Deputations Appointed for Coming Conferences. At the Swansea Guardians on Thurs- day afternoon, it was decided to eend the chairman (Mr. Dd. Grey) and the clerk to represent the Board at the 21st annual meeting of the Association" of Poor Law Unions in England and Wales, at the Connaught Rooms, Great Queen- street, London, on November 20tli and 21et. To attend a conference of the Central Association for the care of the menially defective, at tho Council Chamber, Guild- hall, London, on November 28th, Mr. Llewelyn Williams was appointed. Mrs. Lennard gave a report of her visit as representative of the Guardians to a conference re prevention of tnberculosi«, which was attended by delegates from tha United States and various countries in. Europe. The conference suggested op- timism as the failure. Mre. Lennard was much impressed with the speech of Dr. Addison, who held they should get down to first causes, and one of the chief of 1\ these was housing. lie urged the .do)oo i tion of larger schemes for stamping out the disease. The chairman tendered Mrs. J:.enna rct the thanks of the Board for her report. On the motion of the chairman, the fol- lowing names were added to tho Ladies Institution and Cottage Homes' Visiting Committee:—Mrs. E. Peacock, Miss Mabel Norman, Mra. Nicholas, and Misa Simons.

J "Drink Itobs the Individual and the Stat Alike" RAGGED SCHOOL Gospel Temperance Meeting v Tmorrow (Saturday), at 7.30 p.m. Chairman-MR. W. D. WILLIAMS (Brynhyfryd). Speaker-Rev. Samuel WiHiami (New Siloh). Foloiefca—Messrs. D. It. Jones and W John. Master Cyril Gregory and Misses h. fcliat and N. M. Jones Duettifits—Misses Myfa^y Hopkins and E. Elias. Elocutionist-Master Hugh Lal-ze. .ccom1)ani){r. TJ .ToTlt"S, B.A.M. A..< I. -TonM. R A M- ». and Miss Myfamvy A t; All Welcome. A rteal Trent Gome. Next Week: Cantata. "Tlio Enchanted Glen," Unity 1,0,B, Juveniles J.. mm

MR. PUSSYFOOT. ] vl; ———— ———— Ragged by London 7 1 1 Students. I I Christened with Beer. I t i Fighting gamely, the liquor prohibi- tionist, Mr. Pussyfoot" Johnson was Thursday afternoon kidnapped, dragged off the platform, and carried out of &sex Hall and along the Strand to King's College by London medical and other students. He was eventually res- cued by the police in Oxford-circus little the worse for his adventure. The "rag" was the outcome of a de- bate arranged by the Overseas Club in order that both sides should be heard fairly. Mr. Johnson was to speak on the *T. one side, and Mr. R. Mitchell Banks, a barrister, on th3 other. OVERHEARD PLANS. I Long before the meeting the upper part ¡ of Ewx--street was crowded with students from King's College, University College, and St. Bartholomew's, Guy's, &nd St. Thomas's Hospitals. They made no secret of their intention to mob Pussyfoot." Every taxicab passing down the stroot was held up and inspected. While nearly a thousand students were looking for Mr. Johnson, he walked unnoticed through the crowd, listened to the plans made for, his kidnapping, and then walked un- molested into the hall. The students inside the hall greeted Mr. Johnson with jeers, cat-calls, and offers of bottled beer. Pussyfoot was the calmest man in the room. Wearing an indulgent smile, he trimmed his finger- ^Jiails. 'When he rose from his chair to speak and beamed on the U raggers" through his Pickwickian spectacles, the students m&do every noise of which the human Toice ;u capable. Through it all Mr,l, .JohB?on went on speaking in a quiet drawl. After two minutes he gave up the I etruggle. The raggers had now been leinforoed by other students, provided »*.«with bags of flour and disinfecting -'powder. Wi-t-ii these they bombarded the I 'platform. WE WANT I PUSSYFOOT.I Then shouting We want Pussyfoot," they stormed the platform. The battle I .was J'hort and sharp. Mr, Johnson, using lis eix feet of height and and fifteen isfaonea of weight, laid about him lustily. ^But the odds were too heavy, and he was parried out of the hall, resisting every I 4nch of the way. The raggers did no jharrn him, but oev-eral of their number Ottered from his feet and fijts. Outside Exeter Hall, Mr. Johnson, pale, hatless, and his jacket white with hour, was hoisted slaoulder high on a stretcher and rmhed at the head of a mob of students into the Strand. A force of poLiee was ^-ept aside by the students, using Air. johns,n on the stret-oher as a i;tterin6-raill. They forced their way into the main hall ot King's Collegt- lard, and, hoisting Nir. Juiuuon up tue stono stairway, propped him against tilt bedusttade and oiuercd hun tv" speak. CARRIED TO STREET. I There was then a cry of Police," and ..>.Ir. Jololl was in the air again, and carried along a corridor, down a narrow staircase into the street, where his ap- TearLtiiw was greeted with We've got Pussyfoot." «• Who got PLLSBYIW tp." Guy's got Pussyfoot." King's got Pussyfoot." ."Bart's got Pussyfoot." Jv We ail got Pussyfoot." Mr. Johnson was navigated over the Ikeads of the crowd towards the Strand. A clombined rush broke tne police cordon, iind up Southampton-street into Covent I harden went the students. A police at- ..tempt to get Mr. Johnson into liow-street faiLed. The procession, now 2,000 strong, •with the intentnon of taking Mr. Johnson .to Leicester-square, went down King- Street, Garrick-street, and Cranbourn- „ street. All traffic was stopped. Occasion- Ally Mr. Johnson looked at his watch, smiled faintly, and finally accepted a proffered cigaxetto from one of the students. CHRISTENED WITH BEER. One of the latter declared that Mr.1 ohnson was christened with beer and •iwhisky in the course of the rag, and all agreed that he took his capture in good "\)jart.' It is stated the escapade was organ- ised by the students at all the London -hospitals. After Pussyfoot's liberation ■A-ithe students marched to King's College, i'Where the..r dismissed. A short halt was made at the Piccadilly "Circus fountain, and then the procession, growing larger and more excited, headed for Regent-street and Oxford-circus. Here a force of constables made a determined rush, and after a sharp fight secured Mr Johnson from the stretcher. With rein- forcements, the police, half-carrying, half- sdragging Mr. Johnson, got linn into a private, car and drove off rapidly. Mr. Johnson, go says the "Daily News," is in bed -suffering from an injured eye- hall. Except for this injury to my eye. which quite blinded me, I thoroughly en- joyed, it," he said smilingly, to a press 4, representative, as he adjusted the surgical bandage in which the police surgeon had swathed him. H I got the blow just as the police rescued me. They comman- ,deered a motor-oar, and as I got into it someone threw a hard missile, which hit • V me square on the ball of the eye. J.4j I was quite blinded, and the pain was intense. The polioe surgeon says there is hemorrhage, and to-morrow I am to sep eye specialist. The doctor furnier says that I am to lie quiet, otherwise I may lo^e that eye. HAD A GOOD TIME. Outside of that," went on Mr. John- eon, laughingly, I had quite a good time. I didn't expostulate with them. At first .:{ scrapped a little. but when I found it was a rag then I played the game. It was not any of the students who caused the .injury to my eye, but someone in the erowd. Some folks kept throwing balls of flour, but mighty few of them hit me; most of it scattered over other people. The boys apologised for the throwing, and -,c aid. We are not doing that. It is some of the outsiders.' Oh I've no keeh on the bovs "I he n&-led,- jovially. U They had a good tilde, %„Rnd so did I until I was getting into the ""car, and the boys are not to blame for vhat happened then. The police worked .-it. very smartly indeed." I MR. JOHNSON'S EYE. London, Friday. Mr. W. E. Johnson (Pussyfoot), victim of last night's rag, passed a fairly good night, although his light eye. which was injured by a missile thrown by someone just as he was rescued by the police, still jpains him. some wliat.=Press Ai&wwtion.

A CANAL HOLIDAY. I Interesting Y.M.G.A. Lecture at Albert Hall. A racy and humourous lecture was deV-vered at the Albert Hall, on Thurs- day, under the auspices of the Swansea Y.M.C.A., when Mr. Edgar Bellingham spoke on The Cruise of the Defiance." There was a good attendance, and in the unavoidable absence of Mr. Arthur Andrews the chair was taken by Mr. Hugh Bellingham (the chairman of the Y.M.C.A. Executive Committee). The lecturer sal:ù that he had most amusing experiences with some of those people who professed to know all about his lecture. Lots of people were firmly convinced that he was, It not an admiral a ship's captain, and that the lecture on the crui&e described something in the nature of a world tour. As a matter of fact, the lecture was a highly interesting and amusing account of a fortnight's holiday spent on a canal barge. The voyage commenced near Blackburn, in Lancashire, and the ship proceeded into Yorkshire, pacing through scenery of in- describable loveliness. Slides of the?e Rcenes were projected o.n to the ecreen, and in regard to them the lecturer &atd tha. some of his friends had told him that he must have made a trip to FraDee to get some of the pictures. I* They could not believe that the scenes were really in Lancashire and Yorkshire. In the course of the evening Mr. Br'lingham dealt fully with a number of old churches, abbeys, and castles which were visited by hi.s party.

BAD LUCK. I Killed Whi!e Starting Flight. I Tragedy swiftly overtook two gallant I airmen who left Hounslow on Thursday oil the Australian flight. It wassat 11.30 a.m. that an Alliance aeroplane started to attempt the flight to Australia .or the Australian Govern- ment's prize of £ 10,000. It crashed a fv minutes later at Surbiton, and Lieutenant Roger Douglas, the pilot, and Lieutenant Ross, both of the Aus- tralian Inlying Corps, were killed. The machine was of the same type and fitted with a similar engine—450 h.p.— to that which recently accomplished the non-stop fusht to Madrid (900 miles) in seven and three-quarter hours.

COAL PRICES. I Sir A. Geddes' Hope of I Reduction. The question of coal prices was dis- cussed in the House of Commons on Thursday. Sir Auckland Geddes, hilst main- taining that the Government estimates of coal production were generally cor- rect, and pointing out that the figures Submitted by Labour members had left holidays out of the calculation, in arriv- ing at a possible 17* million tons increase over estimated output, still held out the prospect of some reduction in the price of coal. Thus if he could feel sure there would be no falling off of present rate of output, the Ministry could take the risk of recommending lowering of price, but pilot to the extent of the 6s. He also announced that a short bill was being I brought in to limit the coalowners' profit to Is. 2d. during the ensuing financial year. HOUSING JUESTION. In the House of Lords an estimate I was made of 20 millions chargeable to the taxpayer if 2U0,000 houses—a mini- I mum requirement—are built at the cost on present tendering of £ 800 per house. I In Commons the figure was placed con- -iderablv lower, namely, average loss per house kl,) a year, or £ 750.000 on 50,000 houses, which would mean t3,000,000 on 200,000 houses. 11h:; Lord Chancellor could not admit- that the scheme had broken down, and said the Government were already con- sidnring helping private building enter- prise—a suggestion now made i .y Lord Salisbury. The Aliens Restriction Bill passed the report stage, the Government accepting extension of the period of the tan on landing of enemy aliens in this country without permission of th.p Home Secre- tary from two to three years.

SHOP ASSISTANTS. I Mr. David Williams' Views I on Direct Action. Mr. John Turner, general secretary of the Shop Assistants' Union, addressed a public meeting in the Central Hall, Swansea, on Thur&drjy evening, at which Mr. J. Phillips presided. Mr. Turner, lamenting a small attend- ance, remarked that confidence end con- viction were wanted. Twenty-seven years ago, when there was practica/lly no shop assistants', union in existence, they had crowded meetings at Swansea, but this was because football was not so popular and cinema.s were unheard of. And shop assist- ants, with little money, came to cheer and pass drastic resolutions-and went home expecting the Millenium in the morning- Mr. Turner went on to. show benefits which, in addition to pecuniary ones, had resulted from the Union's activities, including the bringing in of shop assistants under the Trade Boards Act. t MR. DAVID WILLIAMS. I Other speakers were Mr. David Williams (St. Thomas), Mr. Vodden (the Union's new permanent secretary at Swansa), Mr. Hewins (Neath, a National Executive Mem- ber), and Mr. Hughes (South Wales organ- iser). Mr. David Williams said he welcomed the opportunity of wdre63ing them as a constitutionalist. He was boomed" in the Swansea East election as a direct actioRMt, but that was hardly true. There might be a time when direct action would have to be used under certain circumstances, and he did not like the idea of possessing a weapon that he was going to keep shelved in all circumstances. I Mr. Vodden said some of the wages still paid to shop assistants in Swansea I appalled him.

ORDER REPUDIATED. Verdict tor Defendants in I Swansea Assize Case. At the Glamorgan. Assizes at Cardiff on Thursday the Lamson Paragon Supply Company (Limited), paper manufacturers. London, sued Meeere. Fred Morgan and Co., wholesale grocers and provision dealers, of Swansea, for ;e3!0 Ss. 3d. for goodu supplied.—Mr. Ivnejln Ewd (in- structed by Messrs. Sterns, London) ap- peared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Trevor Hunter (instructed by Messrs. Howell and Williams, Swansea) represented the de- fendants. Mr. Lincoln Reed said the plaintiffs were paper manufacturers in a large way of bus;ness, and their Swansea represen- tative war a Mr. Quick. The firm received through Mr. Quick an order for a special kind of greased paper, and the goods were despatched to the defendants in the ordi- nary course of business. The defendants repudiated the order and returned the uooda THE DEFENCE. I The defendant's in tlicb,.r defence stated i that they never ordered the goods, and never authorised anybody else to do so on their behalf. I Mr. Quick went into the box and gave details of the transaction. On July 2S h" telegraphed defendants that he had a ton of imitation gresee-proof paper to dispose of, but not receiving a reply, he jaw Mr. Fred Morg'an on August H. He said the price was 2.. 2d. per lb., and Mr. Morgan made a counter-offer of 2s. Witness i*aid he could not accept that without instruc- tions, and he wired ht, firm, who replied that a reduction in view of the supply and demand was impossible. This infor- mation was convoyed to Mr. Morgan, who stated that he could buy at 2s., but he supposed he bad better take it. He added, however, that he did not want it for 28 days. The orde- was accepted on those terms, and the goods were. forwarded in due course. In answer to the Judge, Mr. Lincoln Reed staged that the paper when deLivered was returned to the plaintiffs, who re- fused to accept it, and it was now in the possession of the railway company pending the result of this action. Mr. Morgan went into the box and deived the allegation of the plaintiffs' traveller. He denied that he refused delivery because the price was going down. I JUDGMENT FOR DEFENDANTS. Hie Lordship said he was not satisfied than there was any contract, and, in his opirion. there wiv-; no acceptance of a definite contract. He, therefore, gave judgment for the defendants, with costs.

Swansea Swimminc Bath—Pea?on Tickets I Five Months (November 17. 1919. to Aoni 17. t ?); Adult, ICs.; YQl:I. 6d.

r -u_n_ FINANCIAL NEWS. I FOREIGN" EXCHAN(3iBS. I A QUICK turn x-ouiul occurred in the for- eign exchanges, those upon Allied coun- tries—with the exception of Amet-icti-ta-il. ing rather sharply, and those on other Cc n- tiiiental centres moving up. The fluctua- tions in the Paris rate were quite violent, there being a rapid faU to nearly in the morning, followed by a sharp upwara movement in the afternoon, but on balance the franc hd improved in value at 36.70. The Italian and Belgian rates were also lower on < balance, itaiy falling to about 50.00, whilst fepain, tv.vitzerland. and Scan- dinavia moved decidedly in our favour, -\ew York also advanced to 4.33J. German marks were quoted above 150. I GOLD AT 109s. AN OUNCE. I The. cash price of bar Silver remained at I 69d..per ounce, but the forward price fell gd. to 66J. on some profit-taking, and the tendency ol the market was uncertain. The bar Odd available in the market was taken for India. at slightly below 100s. per ounce. BAXK RETURN. I i Tnere was a moderate contraction in the I notiJ circulation of the RanK of England during the past week, and as this wa.s only slightly offset by a decline in the coin and bullion, the reserve was £ 83,742 higher at £ 20,533,591. Other movements were of little importance, apart from a decrease of £ 6.&03,430 in private deposits, a movement which, taken in conjunction with the in- crease in the reserve, was mainly respon- sible for an advance of 0.6 per cent, to 16.4 per cent. in the proportion of the reserve to liabilities. NO CHANGE IN BAXK RATTv I As was expected, the Directors of the Bank of England made no change in the official rate of discount on Thursday, wfeich therefore remains at 6 per cent. In spite of this decision the money market re- mained uneasy and disturbed, and it is feared that the course of events may com- pel a further advance, from normal causes, a short time hence The banks continue to buy bills but sparingly, and under these circumstances the market may be forced I to go to the Bank of England, and so cause our central institution to advance its rate in order to protect its position. MINING MARKET ACTIVITY. I The Stock Exchange is preparing for I great activity in mining shares and other speculative investments, says the Financial Standard." This being so, those with available resources will hnd it advisable to anticipate coming market rises, one of which is sure to be the shares of the South African Mining Syndicate, Ltd., which posessiges a rich gold property in the Muschison district of the Transvaal. Considerable money has been spent on developments, resulting in important discoveries including very wide ore bodies, the gold contents of which mining engineers assay to be worth 68s. per ton of quartz, over a big reef. As gold values of alxiut half that amount pay well to work, these 5s. fully- paid shares are in demand and are likely to rise much higher than the present Stock Exchange quotation of about 4s. 9d. AT THE DOCKS. ( Arrivals and Sailings of Vessels. I KING'S DOCK. ARRIVALS.—Earlswood s, 1480, Rouen; Roee, 129, St. Servan; Moorby s, 1673, Bor- deaux. SAILI,NG,S.-LTIf s, 799, Odense; San Mateo 8, 726, Las Palma*. PRINCE OF WALES DOCK. ARRIVALS.—Roy an s, 831, Caen; Yukon s, 565, Bouen. SAILINOS.—Skandia s, 799, Rouen; fiigne a, 696, Rouen; Rene.e Marthe, 724, Rouen. XOSTil DOCK ARRILH. .oiiioy s, '67, Guernsey; Sapphire S, 156, Glasgow; Al a, 66, Bridge- water; St. TudwaJ a, 99, Dungarvon. 99, La Rochelle; Mango s, 124, Dublin. SOUTH DOCK. ARRIVALS.—Northern Coast s, 516, Bris- tol; Velocity, 79. Avonmouth; Suzaky, 370, Brest; Astree, 427, Caen; Ltikos, Co, Sea, ash; Labore et Honore, 42, Sea, fish; Law- renny Castle, 100, Sea, fish. SAILINGS.—Teviot, 443, Glasgow: Gloria, 24. Sea, fish; Spitfire, 29. Soa, fiB11; Cambria. 98, Sea, fish; Margaret Hobbley, 97, Cher. bourg; Dale Castle, 92, Sea, fit.b; Mtwslade, 107, Sea, fish; Cardiff Caatle, 83. Sea, fish; Oxwich Castle, 79, Sea, fish; Velocity, 79, I Avonmouth.

I GORSEINON CONCERTS. I The decision of the Gorseinon War I Memorial Committee, not to hold any Welsh items on Saturdays, has met with the general approval of the public, since the majority of the patrons on Saturdays are English-speaking people. The Landore Variety Entertainers will visit the town on Saturday, and judging from the Bill a treat is in store, as some of the finest West Wales Artistes the announced to appear. It should also be mentioned that the Brighton Hall has r.ow been fitted out with up-to-date heat- ing appliances.

ALL RUPTURE SUFFERERS ARE INVITED. We want the difficult and troublesome cases as well as the slight cases. No rup- ture too difficult for us, and every case we undertake we guarantee satisfaction. Private consultation1; daily 11'-to 6. but if, you cannot call, write for consultation form.—Rich, The Chemist, Ltd., High- street, Swansea,

I TINPLATE BOOM. Opportunity of South Wales. All Mills Might Starts j (By Our Trade Correspondent.) Owing to the unrest in the Cnitod .1 States—the steelworkers' strike and now; the miners' attitude—American competi, tion in the tinplate trade has been, fox; the present, completely knocked out, and the opportunity of a lifetime is afforded to South Wales to capture new; markets and others which have beeni lost. SWANSEA PRICES UP. I Jmven during this week, Swansea prices for tin have gone up by Is. 6d. per box, and the" boom" is so unmistakeable as to make it a matter of impossibility to oope with the demand by the present output. Taking the area embraced by the four counties, Glamorgan, Carmarthen, Mon. mouth and Gloucester, there are about 650 mills utilisable, but onlv two-thirds of them are now at work, and efforts are being made by active meu among ein. ployers and workers to get the whole lot set at work. so that the output might ba increased by at loast one-fourth. VOTE OF WORKMEN. A vote of the workpeople employed is being taken to ascertain whether they are prepared to meet the boom and take advantage of the splendid oppor- tunity now afforded, by undertaking to work eight hours per day instead of t-he existing limit of six hours. If they consent, the output would oh- viously be about one-fourth more, and it would be the means of re-starting th« mills which are now closed down. SWANSEA'S INTEREST. Swansea, as the great metallurgical centre, is naturally deeply interested in the position, and the possibilities of th* tinplate trade, and the response of the workmen is erfgeriy anticipated, with a sincere hope that it will be favourable to an important proposal involving such, a magnificent prospect for the trade of the district.