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Sales by Auction. By Messrs David A W. J. Price, (formerly David Price and Williams). MB. DAVID PBICK ] [MR. W. J. PIUCR Friday, June 14th.-Sale of I Residence and Farms at Brecon. 3 Monday, June 17th.—Talybont Auction Mart. June.—Sale of Farm and House Property at I Brecon. June.—Sale of Residence and Land at Llau- gammarch Wells. BRECONSHIRE. PARISH OF ABERYSKIR. Close to Aberbran Station on the X. & B. R. and within 4J miles of Brecon. Sale of a very attractive c- Residential and Agricultural Property. MESSRS. DAVID & W. J. PRICE are itistructed-to Sell by Auction, at the CASTLE HOTEL, BRECON, Qn FRIDAY, the 14th day of JUNE, 1918, at 2-30 in the afternoon. subject to conditions of Sale, as follows LOT 1.—The valuable and attractive Free- hold Residence known as PONT-AR-FRAN HOUSE AND GROUNDS, with convenient Outbuildings, together with 25 Acres of good Meadow, Pasture and Arable Land, let to G. Dobell, Esq., at the annual apportioned rent of £ 104 10s., Landlord paying tithes. Vacant possession of this lot can be given on the 25th March next. LOT 2.—All that."valuable Freehold Farm known as LLWYNMERCHED adjoining Lot 1, comprising Dwelling House and Out- buildings, together with 106 Acres of excellent Meadow, Pasture and Arable Land, let to Mr. Thomas Davies at the annual apportioned rent of Y,112 Is., Llandlord paying tithes. The land on this Lot runs down to the River Usk, and has a frontage thereto of a quarter-of-a- mile. There is excellent Salmon and Trout fiishing in these waters. LOT 3.—All that Freehold Fafm known as "LOWER FFINANT," comprising an ex- cellent Dwelling House and Outbuildings, together with 80 Acres of Meadow, Pasture and Arable Land, let to Mr. John Williams at the annual rent of 142, Landlord paying tithes. Appurtenant to the Farms is a valuable Right of Pasturage on the adjoining Common. I The River Bran, noted for its Trout Fishing. skirts both Lots 1 and 3. For further particulars apply to E. W. Reeves, Esq., solicitor, 11. New Court, Carey Street, Lincoln's Inn, London, W.C. Messrs. Jeffreys and Powell, solicitors, Brecon or to the Auctioneers, Bul wark, Brecon. TALYBONT AUCTION MART, MONDAY, 17th JUNE. BRECON AUCTION MART, T TUESDAY, 18th JUNE. SENNYBRIDGE AUCTION MART, WEDNESDAY, 19th JUNE. Auctioneers Messrs. David & W. J. Price. 6, Bulwark, Brecon. BRECONSHIRE. Parishes of Maescar, Senny. Glyn and Modrydd. Sale of a valuable Freehold Residence and Agricultural Property known as the Maskelyne Estate. MESSRS.^AYID AND W. J. PRICE are instructed to Sell by Auction at an 6arly date the above valuable Estate, which for purposes of sale will be divided into some 20 lots, comprising :— Glanwysk Residence and grounds Castelldu Houses, outbuildings and land attached Castelldu Cottages Castelldu Villa: Accom- modation Fields and Woodland, Forest Lodge Farm and Pentrenaboth with the noted sheep walks Van Frynych, Gyrn and Cyfartha Gwernllertai Farm, Blaenbrynich Farm, Senny Mill, Land and Cottage, Mynyddbach, etc. Further particulars will appear in adver- tisements, plans and particulars, which are in course of preparation, and may be obtained upon application to Messrs. Frere, Cholmeley i and Co.. Solicitors, Lincoln's Inn, London H. Phillips, Esq., Estate Agent, Castelldu Villa, Senny bridge or to the Auctioneers, 6. Bulwark, Brecon. -— v By Mr F. G. Price. .June 17th.-Hay Auction Mart. June 18th.—Talgarth Auction Mart. flAY AUOTION MART. PRANCIS GEO. PRICE will hold the above Mart oil MONDAY, JUNE 17th, 1918, For Fat and Store Stock. Grading at 9-30 o'clock prompt. The Cottage, Talgarth. TALGARTH AND DISTRICT FARMERS' UNION. AUCTION MART For Fat Stock only on z TUESDAY, JUNE lh, 1918. Grading at 9 o'clock prompt. FRANCIS. GEO. PRICE, Auctioneer, Talgarth. SWANSEA. Beautiful Sands, Scenery, Amusements and Safe Bathing. Guide and List of Apartments.—Postage 2d. PUBLICITY OFFICE. 4, Prospect Place. Sales by Auction. By ressrs. Stephenson & Alexander, Under instructions from the Right Hon. Lord Glanusk. BRECON8HIRE. (Near to the town of Brecon, in the Usk Valley, and in close proximity to Talyllyn and Talybont Stations.) Valuable FREEHOLD AGRICULTURAL ESTATES KMCWX AS The Peterstone Court and Trebinshun Estates 2,500 Acres, 0 Roods, 0 Perches (or thereabouts). MESSRS STEPHENSON & ALEXANDER (F.A.I.) are instructed to Sell bv Auction at the CASTLE HOTEL, BRECON, on J FRIDAY, JULY 5th, 1918, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the above FREEHOLD ESTATES, which for the purposes of Sale will be divided into the following Lots, and comprise the Farms and Lands known as :— Lot a. r. p. 1 Penkelly Court Farm 143 3 1 2 Penkelly Mill 8 3 2 3 The Royal Oak Public House, Penkelly 0 0 29 4 Stable, Penkelly Village 0 0 5 5 Tyhewydd Farm 130 0 19 6 Dolymaes Farm 314 2 33 7 Meadow, Groesfford 7 0 25 8 do. do. 1 1 6 9 do. do. 2 0 34 10 do. do. 1 0 18 11 Meadows do. 5 0 36 12 Quarry Field, Groesfford 0 2 36 13 Land, Llechfaen Tyfry 3 0 4 14 Plantation, Dolymaes 10 1 38 15 Millbrook Farm 99 3 28 16 Millbrook Mill 11 0 26 17 Tramroad Cottage 7 0 0 18 Highgrove Farm and Wood 190 1 0 19 Greenway and Slade Farms and Wood 325 2 5 20 Manest Court Farm 317 3 24 21 The New Inn, Llanhamlach 4 2 16 22 Brynllici Farm 242 3 0 23 Land, Talyllyn 8 1 4 24 do. 2 2 11 25 Land. Llangorse Village 11 0 23 26 Rent charge JE25 per annum I B. & M. Rly. 27. do. 28 Middlewood Farm aiid-Wood. 197 2 1 29 Trebinshun Farm and Woods 205 3 21 30 Saw Mill Cottages 0 1 27 31 Meadow. Trebinshun 5 3 18 32 Land, The Allt 8 1 1 33 Land and Wood. The Glyn Valley • 62 3 22 The various properties are situate within,1 short distances from the market town of Brecon, are in excellent repair, are well farmed and comprise some of the best Holdings in the County of Brecon. All are well watered and are in close proximity to Talybont and Talyllyn Stations (Brecon and Merthyr Railway). Plans, Particulars and Conditions of Sale may be obtained upon application to Messrs. LEE Ar PEMBERTONS, Solicitors. 44, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C. J. H. FURMEDGE, Esq., Glanusk Estate Office, Crickhowell, Breconshire, or to the AUCTIONEERS, 5, High Street, Cardiff. By Sip. T. J. Phillips. Monday, June 17th.-Hay Mart. Tuesday, June 18th.—Brecon Cattle Market. Monday, June 24th.—Talybont Mart. Monday, June 24th.—Usk Hotel, Talybont, Traps and Harness. October 4th.—Annual Foal Show and Sale at Brecon. For Sale by Private Treaty. ABOUT 800 Oak Trees, also Alder, Ash, Elm and Sycamore, on Lower Tylecrwn, Llanfillo. Tenders to Mrs. Price, The Rosary, Llanfillo. Talgarth. J. E. NOTT & CO., LTD. CAN OFFER FROM STOCK Deering and Albion v Mowers » One and Two Horse. The Lightest and Best Machines obtainable. ALSO McCormick & Albion Binders which should be booked early to avoid disappointment. J, E. NOTT & CO., LTD., Brecon & Llandrindod Wells. THE SOUTH- WALES JAMS AND .MARMALADES. PURITY GUARANTEED. South Wales Jam & Marmalade Co., Ltd., CARDIFF. Sales by Auction. I By Mr. Arthur S. T. Lucas. I Sale subject to the Home-Grown Timber Prices Order, 1918 (Board of Trade). GARTH, BRECONSHIRE. TO TIMBER MERCHANTS, COLLIERY PROPRIETORS AND OTHERS. SALE OF VALUABLE STANDING TIMBER, Comprising approximately 2,142 OAK, 352 SCOTCH, 980 SPRUCE, GO ASH, 152 LARCH, and about 13 ACRES of ALDER, and a QUANTITY of SMALL PITWOOD, all on the GARTH ESTATE, GARTH, in the COUNTY OF BRECONSHIRE. iyi R. ARTHUR S. T. LUCAS has received • instructions from the Owners of the Garth Estate to SELL by PUBLIC AUCTION (in 4 Lots), at the Garth Hotel, Garth, on WEDNESDAY, the 19th day of JUNE, 1918, the above Good Sound TIMBER. » Sale to commence at 2-15 o'clock in the after- noon precisely. The Lots are situated near good roads, con- venient for jjemoval, and are within la Miles of the Garth Railway Station, on the Main' Line of the London and North Western Railway from the Midlands to Swansea. Intending Purchasers who wish to View the Timber must please apply to Mr. William Leonard, Garth Lodge, Garth, Breconshire or for Particulars and Conditions of Sale, and any Further Information, to Mr. Arthur S. T. Lucas, Auctioneer and Valuer (and Agent to i the Garth Estate), 6, Rutland street, Swansea, and at Mumbles. Established 1885. Tel. Swansea Central 230. GARTH, BRECONSHIRE. SALE OF TWO FREEHOLD COTTAGES i AND LAND IN ONE LOT. | |W| R. ARTHUR S. T. LUCAS has been j ■ instructed by the owners to OFFER for SALE by PUBLIC AUCTION at the Garth Hotel, Garth (subject to Conditions of Sale), on J WEDNESDAY, 19th JUNE, 1918, TWO FREEHOLD COTTAGES, Known as Penybont Cottages, standing on a portion of a Plot of Land fronting the Beulah road of about 249 ft., and the road from Garth to Llangammarch Wells and Treflys lane of about 300 ft., and a depth at the widest part of about 160 ft. The Cottages are situated near the Garth Bridge crossing the Dulais Brook, and about 200 yards from the Garth Hotel. Sale to commence at 3-30 for 4 o'clock in the Afternoon precisely. For Particulars and Conditions apply to Arthur S. T. Lucas, Auctioneer, and Agent to the Garth Estate, 6, Rutland street, Swansea, and at Mumbles (Est. 1885 Tel. Central 230); or to Messrs. Lewis Jones and Co., Solicitors, 33, Victoria street, Merthyr Tydfil (Tel. P.O. 20). By permission of the Ministry of Munitions of War. Dismantlement Sale of the whole of the Valuable Fixed Plant, Machinery, Buildings, and other Effects, at the Garth Brick Works, Garth, on the L 8: N.W. Hly, Breconshire. IV/lR. ARTHUR S. T. LUCAS has been 1 instructed by the Owners to SELL by PUBLIC AUCTION at the above Works on WEDNESDAY, the 2Gth of JUNE, 1918, the whole of the FIXED PLANT, MACHINERY, BRICK AND TIMBER-BUILT BUILD- INGS AND OTHER EFFECTS, as follows 150 1. H.P. high and low pressure cross horizontal condensing engine, Galloway boiler, 25 H.P. water turbine, brick-making machine by Alexander and Co., Gaudy bell elevator, 9ft. overdriven clay grinding pan by Whittaker and Co., double-action lever repress machine, GOin.. Keith fan. 30in. do., W.I. and C.I. piping, jubilee tip wagons, tanks, forge and tools, anyil, 2-ton lifting blocks, double-geared pillar drilling machine, W.l. and C.I. pulleys, wheel- ing plates, tram rails, turn tables, barrows, trolley, stocks and dies, grindstone, resin, belting, C.I. flooring plates, tanks, castings, ladders, etc., etc. Also several large brick and timber-built kilns, drying sheds, brick stacks, etc., small lot of office furniture and a nearly-new Remington typewriting machine, No. 10, black and red ribbon, etc., etc. There is a siding from the L. and N.W. Rly. Main Line into the Works. The Sale to commence at 2 o'clock in the afternoon precisely. I Terms cash, plus 5 per cent. on each purchaser's account as Lot money to the Auctioneer. For Catalogues or for any further particulars apply to Arthur S. T. Lucas, Auctioneer and Valuer, G, Rutland street, Swansea, and at Mumbles, Established 1885. Tel. Central 230. (Patents, Trade Marks and Designs Registered).—(No. 1644). FARM SEEPS. MANGOLDS, Prizetaker Yellow Globe. Sutton's Yellow Intermediate, &c. SWEDES, Lord Derby, Elephant, Best-of-All, &c. TURNIPS, Yellow Aberdeen. ALL NEW AND TESTED SEEDS AT LOWEST PRICES. j Alfred Quarrell, SEEDSMAN, BRECON. i Public Notices« I I BRECKNOCKSHIRE SESSIONS. NOTICE IS. HEREBY GIVEN that the next GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS of the PEACE for the COUNTY OF BRECKNOCK will be held at the COUNTY HALL, BRECON, on TUESDAY, the 2nd day of JULY, 1918, at 11-20 o'clock in the forenoon, at which time and place all Prosecu- tors and Witnesses must attend. At 11-20 o'clock the Justices will proceed to transact the County Business. All Petty Jurors, Appellants and Respond- ents must attend in Court at 11-20 o'clock in the forenoon of the above-mentioned day. HENRY F. W. HARRIES, Clerk of the Peace. County Hall, Brecon. 12th June, 1918. CHRIST COLLEGE. T HERE will be an Examination on July 1st and 2nd for a DAVID EVANS SCHOLARSHIP, open to Boys between 13 and 15 years of age, born in the Counties of Glamorgan or Breconshire. Several other Scholarships, not confined in respect of birthplace, may be awarded on the same Examination. For particulars address the Head Master. BRECON BANKS. Attendance at Agencies. Attendance at Agencies will be as follows, until further notice TALGARTH Fridays and Fair Days, 11-4. SENNYBRIDGE Alternate Wednesdays com- mencing 5th June, 12-4- Fair Days, 9-3. National Farmers' Ujiion. BRECON AND RADNOR UNION. GREAT PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN. PUBLIC MEETINGS will bo held as follows :— BUILTH WELLS at Smithfield- Thursday, June 27th, 1918 (Fair Day), r at 11-30 a.m. BRECON—Friday, June 28th, 1918, at 2 p.m. Speakers :— GEORGE J. APPS, Esq. fGeneral Secretary of the National Union), ALDERMAN MERVYN T. DAVIES, J. W. JONES, Esq., and several other prominent Members of the Union. -a Chairman :-0. W. DAVIES, Esq., Chairman of the Brecon and Radnor Union Executive Committee and Member of the National Farmers' Union Executive Committee. r NOW is the time for Farmers to Joiy Up It is a case of Get into the Union or Get Under." SURPLUS POTATOES. /N March 28th the Food Controller issued a Press announcement to the effect that on May 15th the Ministry of Food would purchase all sound ware potatoes, in four ton lots, in the United. Kingdom, for which the grower was otherwise unable to find a market, and that the price for such potatoes would not be less than £ 7 per ton for four ton lots f.o.r. The Food Controller now announces that growers who wish to take advantage of this offer must advise the Director of Vegetable Supplies, 100, Cromwell Road, S.W. 7, on or before Tuesday, ] 8th June, of the quantity and variety, of sound ware potatoes they have for disposal, and also give the name of the loading station and the names and addresses of dealers to whom they have unsuccessfully offered their stocks at not less than the base price. The Ministry of Food cannot accept any responsi- bility in regard to any potatoes, the grower of which has not complied with the above con- ditions, or who failed to render the statutory return called for on April 22nd last. Ministry of Food, June 7th, 1918. ?l GWILLIM'S MAGGOT LOTION. FOR MAGGOTS IN SHEEP. Kills instantly. Does not injure the wool and the Fly will not attack after itF; use. In handy tins, 1/9, 3/ 4/6, 7/6. ONLY Of iWaster Gwiffim, M-P.S-, Agricultural Chemist, BRECON. Agricultural Chemist, BRECON. Public Notices. BRECONSHIRE WAR AGRICULTURAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Agriculturists and Military Service y Important Notice to Farmers and 1 Persons Engaged in Allied Trades. A LL Agriculturists and Persons engaged in Allied Trades as mentioned in the Schedule hereto, who are of military age, are requested to make application to the Brecon- shire War Agricultural Executive Committee, The Elms, Struet, Brecon, AT ONCE for a voucher of Exemption from Military Service. No men who are or will be included in the quota of 325 to be found out of agriculture for Military Service will receive a voucher. SCHEDULE REFERRED TO. (1) Men occupied as farmers, market gardeners, fruit farmers, or dairy farmers in the production of food. (2) Men not within paragraph (l) occupied in agricultural work including men occupied as bailiffs, foremen, grieves, stewards, byremen, cattlemen, cowmen, liorsemen, stockmen, yardmen, carters, ploughmen, teamsters, waggoners, hinds, shepherds, farm servants, thatchers, stallionmen or leaders. (3) Men occupied as agricultural blacksmiths, agricultural farriers, or agricultural wheel- wrights. (4) Men occupied in the wholesale food- seed industry as experts or as heads of departments of the business, and men occupied in forest-tree nurseries as seed experts. (5) Men occupied in agricultural drainage work if they are experts or are skilled in and essential to such occupation. (6) Men occupied as retail saddle and harness makers or repairers who are wholly or mainly engaged in their trade in meeting the local requirements of the agricultural community. (7) Men occupied as erectors or repairers of agricultural njachinery, such as steam ploughs, tractors, or threshing machines, or as repairers of agricultural implements, or as attendants, drivers or mechanics occupied in the maintenance and use of such machinery for agricultural purposes. (8) Men occupied as land agents who are wholly or mainly engaged in assisting Agricultural Executive Committees or who are essential to the administration of agricultural estates, in order to maintain food production. (9) Men not within any of the foregoing classes or descriptions who are on or after the 28th May, 1918, engaged in an occu- pation which is or may hereafter be certified on the authority of the Board of Agriculture and the Ministry of National Service as being of national importance in connection with agriculture or the production of food.,
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-u RECHABITES IN COUNCIL. ( District Meeting at Brecon. The 29th annual council meeting of the Breconshire District Independent Order of Rechabites, Salford Unity, was held at the District Office, Brecon, on the lstinst. The officers and representatives present were :— D.C.R., Bro. W. Lewis, Hay, who presided D.D.R., Bro. W. I. Jones, Talgarth P.D.C.R. Bro. the Rev. W. Llewelyn. C.C., Llangynidr; Acting Secretary, Sis. A. N. Lewis, Brecon D. Trustees, Bros. J. Evans, Hay, and J. R. Morgan, Brecon D. Auditor, Bro. J. Evans, B.A., Brecon: Repre- sentatives of Tents — Beacon Tent, Bro. Murby Victoria Tent, Bro. Price Castle Tent, Bro. Dixon-; Mynydd Troed Tent, Bro. Pugh Cynidr Tent, Bro. Morgan Cadaru Tent, Bro. Williams. Bro. J. J. Pugh was elected minute secre- tary, Bro. F. H. Morgan Levite, ancLBro. H. Price Guardian. Letters of apology for absence were received from Bros. W. C. Watkins. D.S.J.T., and H. Lewis, D. Auditor, Builth Wells. The report of the auditors set forth the stability of the district, and also the efficient work done by the District Secretaries. The report of the D.S. showed that 14 funeral claims had been paid. eleven of these being in. respect of members who had died in the service of their country. At the close of 1917 the district funds showed a nett increase 2 2 1 16s. SJd. Bro. J. J. Pugh, Past. Prov. Supt. Juvenile Tents, gave an interesting report of the South Wales Provincial Juvenile Conference, held at Tonypandy in April last. Sister A. N. Lewis was elected to the District Secretaries' Conference, and Bro. J. J. Pugh, district representative to the Welsh I Provincil Council. I Bro. W. Lewis was presented with a P.D.C.R. collar. The following were elected as district officers for the ensuing year:—D.C.R.. Bro. W. I. Jones, Talgarth D.D.R., Bro. D. E. Richards, Llanwrtyd P.D.C.R., Bro. W. Lewis, Hay D.S.J.T., Bro. W. C. Watkins, Builth D.A.S.J.T., Bro. J. J. Pugh. Talgarth treasurer. Bro. F. Taylor, Brecon sec., Bro. R. Lewis, Brecon acting secretary. Sister A. N. Lewis, Brecon, trustees, Bro. Rev. W. Llewelyn, Llangynidr, Bro. J. R. Morgan, Brecon, Bro. E. Davies, Devynock auditors, Bro. H. Lewis, Builth, and Bro. J. Evans, B.A.. Brecon. It was decided that the next anuual District Council be held at Talgarth.
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TOWN m COUNTY. — u Someiuing was said in this column a fa1* night ago about the deplorable waste of tiloe and labour—a direct loss to food production h| that was taking place in connection with the exemption proceedings affecting young flfllI til hands coming under the Proclamation. Shice then the position has become worse. A nf*' order from the Ministry of National Sei'V^6 overrides what has been done by the War Ag*1', < cultural Executive Commitees and the County M Appeal Tribunals, and puts upon the formef bodies the responsibility of reviewing the case Iht all over again, and finding so many men for tb 1"0 army. If the position of the country were llOt so serious, one would be tempted to think tIOt some of the powers that be were inclined to farce. One cannot find a vestige of excuse for this waste of time and energy. When the Ministry of National Service called for these young men from the land in the first place, they should have taken them, if they meruit to ha,'e them. without giving local bodies the chance to exempt them. They must have known, or they ought to have known—for the facts have beeP common property—that the exemptions they as good as invited would be given.. Then wh)' = 't in the name of common-sense, did they pernin the possibility, if they did not intend to allo it to hold good when it became an actuality • The immediate result of this in and out running in Breconshire is that the War Agricultural Executive Committee are sitting again evert day. having farmers in scores away from their work for many hours at a stretch, and ordering to join the colours a number of young Inell whom they and the Appeal Tribunal declared ;1 week or two ago to be absolutely necessary 011 the land. The one satisfactory thing about It all is that some of the hundreds and hundreds of healthy young men who. since the ware brofce out, have become of such vast importance W the nation ai home will now have an opportunity of proving their usefulness elsewhere. I After the young men, the young women How splendid they are by comparison. How they try to learn farm work. how they stick it And still Breconshire farmers, for the most part, are absolutely projudiced against them, and find all manner of excuses for refusing to give them a trial. If they are open to reason or conviction- they may be influenced a little by reading the report in another column of a wonieu-on-the- land meeting at Bwlch, which shows that pre- judice has already lost to Breconshire some skilled women workers. The only valid ground of objection to the employment of women by our lo-,al farmers that has yet been publicly stated is the difficulty of housing them. One suspects this is often used as an excuse rather* than a genuinely felt trouble but taking it as a real obstacle, yet there are Ways and meal1 of overcoming it, as the Bwlch meeting shoves- The formation of numerous small camos caIJ easily be arranged if only therfe is an outlet for the activities of women in rural Breconshii'e' Personally one cannot help thinking that the day is very near when the farmers will be cryinG out for women to help in the harvest. T^ are losing some of the young men they have s0 fondlv cherished, and when it is a case of women labour or nothing conversion will be rapid. NO Breconshire farmer is going to see money run' ning away from him, as it were, rather than allow a woman's little fingers to pick it up for him. Venturing on the rule of counsellor, the writer suggests to farmers that they will be well advised to send in their names for women assistants at once—unless theyj?ave plenty of labour-for assuredly if they do not they 'yiIl be clamouring for it later, when it may be too late to get it. Reconstruction is in the air, very much so. It is going the way of other projects depart- mentally blessed. District Councils are noW being called on to fill up sheet after sheet of particulars of the most extraordinary things— sheer waste of paper and time. They are also being told that they will be helped to build houses for the working men after the war. but they must not put up the simplest cottage with- out submitting plans to the Local Government Board As if a council which can be trusted to pass a plan for a £lO,Ci!)í) building has not enoijgh sense to build a decent workman's house. How disheartening to local effort, now almost strangled by departmental coifs which cost the country a great deal of money without producing any result worthy the name If only by the way of refreshing change. may one suggest a little bit of recon- struction (iuite at home. It is simply this, that the Brecon Town Council should make their public meetings more of a reality and less of a formal confirmation of their own acts in committee. By so doing one is con- fident they would increase their own dignity and enhance their reputation with the towns- people, if they did not do better work. Com- mittees are excellent institutions-for bLi-tness,- they choke off the man who plays to the gallery. for one thing—but they have their dis- advantages. One of these, in Brecon, is that the Town Council are commonly credited with doing things in "hole and corner way. One does not subscribe to this popular verdict, but one cannot pretend to be astonished at it and it is pretty certain that it has something to do with the acknowledged difficulty of getting the right sort of men to come forward when there are vacancies in the ranks of the councillors.
LOWER CHAPEL.
LOWER CHAPEL. Presentation.—OH Sunday, the 2nd inst., the Calvinistic Methoflist Church presented one of the members, Mr Willie Williams, eldest sou of Mr and Mrs Williams, Llethercynon, with a morocco bound pocket bible as a small token, of their respect and good wishes on the occasion of his leaving to join the colours. The minister. presiding, and the officers spoke of Mr Williams's willing- and cheerful disposition in connection, with the work of the church and Sunday school. and expressed confidence that- he would do honour to his Christian profession and to hIS country. It was evident that Mr Williams ap- preciated the kind feeiing manifested. lIe assured the friends that the Bible would remind him of the good wishes of; those at home.