The Brecon County Times Neath Gazette and General Advertiser for the Counties of Brecon Carmarthen Radnor Monmouth Glamorgan Cardigan Montgomery Hereford

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SREOOM SWIMMING CLUB Satsíactorv Position Disclosed at Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the Brecon Swimming Club was held at the Green Dragon Temperance Hotel on Thursday evQping. Captain Molyneux F. -Thomas presided and among those present were —Dr Colston Williams, Messrs. J. L. Williams, Gwynne Powell, Ewart Wise, W. Jones-Williams. Reg. Phillips, Fred Phillips. W. Vaughan, W. J. Knight, A. V. Williams, hon. secretary. &c. The statement of accounts showed a balance in hand of JE47 Os. lid., which the Chairman said was very satisfactory. It was stated, however, that during the past whiter the pavilion had suffered from the heavy floods and wilful damage by trespassers and that the estimate of repairs came to X 14. The statement was adopted and on the suggestion of Mr Gwynne Powell the question of pro- viding a boat for the use of members was referred to the committee. A long discussion ensued as to the advisability of raising the subsciiptious. Ultimately it was agreed to raise that for > odult members from 2/6 to 3/G, and that for juveniles from l/O to 2/- The Mayor of Brecon was unani- mously elected president for the ensuing year, and the following were elected vice-presidents Lord Tredegar. Col. Cole-Hamilton, Captain Conway Lloyd, Messrs. J. D. D. Evans, D. W. E. Thomas, M. F. Thomas, Lewis Harpur, John Price, W. Jones Williams, J. M. Brookes, E. J. Hill, S. Garratt and J. Hando. Mr Reggie Phillips was appointed captain, Mr W. Jones-Williams, vice- captain, Mr E. J. Hill, treasurer, and Mr Chas. Willis, auditor. Mr A. V. Williams was unanimously re-appointed hon. secretary and thanked for his past services. The following were appointed the General Committee — Messrs. W. Yaughan. J. L. Williams, E. J. Hill, W. J. Knight, T. Gwyn Powell, Ewart Wise, F. Phillips, Morgan Davies, Vernon Coppage, S. Garratt and Deputy Chief Constable Steven Jones. There was a diversity of opinion as to whether the club should affiliate with the Welsh Amateur Swimming Associa- tion. Upon a show of hands the voting was equal and the Chairman gave his casting vote in favour of the proposal. Mr J. L. Williams said as the result of representations made by him on behalf of the club, the General Sports Committee of the Peace Celebrations in Brecon had co-opted the committee of the club for the purpose of arranging the aquatic sports. This was considered very satisfactory and was an appreciation of what the club had done in fostering swimming in the town. Mr Jones Williams, in proposing a vote of thanks to the Chairman for pre- siding said they hoped to infuse more interest in swimming during the coming season and that he (the Chairman) and all the old bathers in the town would again honour the club by their presence in the morning as they used to do before the war. The club was in a good finan- cial position and they were anxious to do all they could in the town to foster swimming. Mr J. L. Williams seconded the vote, which was carried with acclamation. The Chairman thanked the members. It had been a great pleasure to him, he said, to preside over the meeting, because he looked upon himself as one of the oldest bathers in the town. (Hear, hear). Last time he had the pleasure of using the pavilion was just before the Avar, and he hoped this summer to renew his acquaintance with it. (Applause). It was an excellent thing to see when one was away from home that nearly every Brecon boy could swim. (Hear, hear). They certainly had the advantages there for fostering swimming and with a club such as that to encourage it. 80 or 90 per cent, of the boys of Brecon should be able to swim before they left school. (Hear, hear).

LLANBEDR. Partrishow Preaching Cross. The well-known preaching cross in Partrishow churchyard has been restored by private benefaction, and was recently dedicated by the Bishop of Swansea, in the presence of a large number of people. A service was held in the church by the Rector of Llanbedr (the Rev. T. C. Wyndham Lewis) and a procession was formed the cross, the Bishop of Swansea preach- ing a powerful sermon from the steps. The top of the cross is of beautiful design, and on it are carved the following I figures S. Ishow, Crucifixion, Baldwin (Archbishop), Virgin Mary and Child.

NEWBRIDGE-ON-WYE. Resignation of Old Church Official.— Owing to ill-health and advanced age Mr Samuel has resigned his post at All Saints' Church, ISTewbridge-on-Wye, an I office which he has held for nearly 50 years. It will be remembered by some that the Church service was originally held in the Day School, and afterwards an iron church was built near the centre of the village, which then belonged as a church to the parish of Newbridge and Llanyre. It was here that Mr Samuel first undertook his duties as clerk, after- wards succeeding to All Saints' Church. He was one of the first who took part in the choir singing, and when the new church was erected he rendered assistance on alternate Sundays by reading the lessons in the evenings. He was also a member of the Church Council.

0_ SCIENCE NOTES AND NEWS. TREES THAT ENGULF ROCKS. A trip through the rocky hillsides oi Missouri, says a writer in the Missouri j" Botanical Garden Bulletin (St. Louis), re- veals many interesting features of th< adaptation of trees to the environment. One of its pictures shows an old bur oak, with a limestone rock weighing fully one. half ton embedded in tissues of the tree. Says the writer Apparenty during the early stages of the growth c* this tree, the trunk was wedged tightly against a ledge. The con- tinued pressure of trunk-growth against the rock caused a wound, arresting sap activity at this point and forcing the cam- bium tissue to envelop the rock in its efforts to find proper -.t,om for expansion. The tree finally died, and a portion of it with the embedded rock has been trans- ferred bodily to a position similar to its natural surroundings in the reconstructed Linnean House [in the Missouri Botanical Garden]. A feature of more common occurrence, noticeable throughout the various ledge- formations, is the mechanical force exerted by the roots of trees in cleavage and ele- vation of huge rocks. A root reaching a fissure in the rock is able to crack the stone and shatter it by its furttier thicken- ing. It has been estimated that a weight of two tons may be lifted by growth of a root only ten inches in diameter. Accord- ing to Kerner and Oliver, this' burden is small in comparison to the weight lifted by the roots of old trees. The large super- ficial roots which creep over the ground oi the forests were not always situated in this position. The underground reots have gradually come to the surface, lifting with them entire trees which often weigh several tons. The elevation of the trunk may be explained in a simple manner. The first embryonic root growing down verti- cally into the ground dies off, or its growth is so retarded as to force lateral roots to develop, which spread out hori- zontally in a whorl around the trunk. Similar to the trunk, the roots form suc- cessive layers of wood, gradually thicken- ing with age. The pressure exerted by these roots is lateral, compressing the soil below while raising and bursting open that above. In this manner the thicken- ing root gradually emerges to the surface, raising with it the entire trunk." SOLAR ROTATION. The problem of solar rotation is re- viewed in a paper by C. St. John, in which, says the Scientific^ American, he assembles the large body 6f data.thus far obtained by means of spectroscopic mea- surements as to the linear velocity of solar rotation at the equator. The data, ob- tained by several observers, extend over a period of twenty-one years, and the values range from 186 to 2-08 kilometres per second. Measurements of the speed of the sun's rotation are complicated by the fact that the sun is not a solid body, and its rotation varies with latitude; also, aa shown by studies at Mt. Wilson, with alti- tude; i.e., different rates of rotation are found at different levels in the solar at- mosphere. Lastly, local convectional cur- rents in the sun's atmosphere, though they may have little effect on average values, make it difficult to discover possible short- period variations in the speed of rotation. Hubrecht has found evidence that there is a difference in rotation between the northern and southern hemispheres. It is very desirable to have an extended series of determ" tions made by the same ob- server and at the same time to keep the instrumental conditions unchanged. Such a programme has been under way at Mt. Wilson for five years, and it is hoped to continue it through a whole sunspot cycle. PLANTS AND THEIR LEAVES. The leaf in normal plants exhibit* a specialised and competent chemical labo- ratory, which is superior to the animal machine, writes Atom rn Everyman. All living organisms are chemical labora- tories. But in general the plant laboratory is concerned with synthesis, with the building up from simple elements, whereas the animal laboratory eannot deal with ele- mental things, but is chiefly concerned with analysis, breaking up. Plants breathe and drink and eat and grow and it is the leaf which performs those wonderful functions of food making, without which the animal world could not exist. The materials with which it works are water, the air, and soluble nitrogen compounds. It is only in the last case that plants seem to be a little less than perfect laboratories. They can draw all the carbon they want from the air. But though there is plenty of nitrogen in'the air, they cannot deal with it unless it is made soluble, as in nitre or ammonium salts. In some plants the bacteria .form colonies at the roots, which can "fix" nitrogen themselves—i.e., can and do ob. tain it from the air. Leguminous plants, such as peas and clovers, are among these more lusty members of the plant family. In the skin of the ordinary leaf are pores through which the carbonic acid of the air and oxygen are taken in. The latter forms the breathing by means of which the tissues are oxidised. The carbon dioxide is split up, and oxygen is expired as a by-product. Put this process only goes on during daylight; and ht night the leaves expire carbonic acid gas like a human being. In the protoplasm of the leaf cells are minute green bodies called chloroplasts, which through their colour- ing matter (chlorophyll) can tap the energy y of sunshine, and use it to energise their chemical processes to split up the car- bonic acid gas they have inspired from the air, and with the water drawn from the roots make starches and sugars. At night, with the motive, power of the sun in abeyance, the factory shuts down. But when the sun shines again the factory gets to work. It draws from the soil solu- tions of iron, of nitrogen, phosphorus, sodium, and potassium; and builds up complex substances proteids, which, with the carbohydrates, it stores in the stems and roots. The broad surface of the leaf is constantly giving off water, and unless the supply is kept up, the firm, full form of the plfct disappears. CREOSOTING WOOD FOR BUILDINGS. In one system of preserving timbers and boards used in industrial building, pres- sure is not used to foroe the creosote into the wood. Open tanks are employed in which a bath of oil i6 maintained at a tem- perature between 150deg. and 200deg. Fahr. The timbers are immersed in thti oil, and then transferred to a second oil bath in which the temperature is not ovei lOOdeg. Fahr. The cooling action of thti second bath acts by condensation of th,

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ROYALTY AT BRECON. King Manuei Stays at the Castle Hotel. King Manuel of Portugal, after paying visits to the Prince of Wales and other hospitals in Cardiff and district on Saturday, motored with Sir J. Lynn Thomas and Mr Percy Miles to Brecon, intent OIl seeing the varied and beautiful scenery of this district, now at its best with the foliage perfectly fresh, though wgll advanced in growth. The visit was a purely private and informal one, and only a few people knew anything about it until it was over. The party stayed the night at the Castle Hotel at Brecon. Oil Sunday morning His Majesty at- tended Mass at the Brecon Roman Catholic Church, and then left for Buckland, where he was entertained to lunch by Mrs Gwynne Holford, C.B.E., returning to Cardiff in the afternoon. The story goes that our Breconshire air put an edge on his Majesty's appetite, and that he proclaimed the fact with evident satisfaction. He appeared to be greatly pleased with everything done for him by Miss Matthews (manageress) and the staff at the Castle Hotel. On Sunday morning he showed his keen interest in current events by buying two papers from a well-known local newsagent, Henry Williams, who is very proud of having been patronised by Royalty.

CRICKET. CHRIST COLLEGE v. SWANSEA WEDNESDAY. Played at Swansea in somewhat show- ery weather on May 21st. The Wicket was a much slower one than used to be associated with St. Helen's ground, but was not difficult. Swansea, for whom Teddy" Morgan arrived too late to bit, made 110. Boyle hit hard on the big side, but most of the other batsmen were cheaply dismissed, although the College bowlers, except H. O. Davies, were scarcely in their usual form. The School lost 2 wickets for 22 runs, but E. L. Jones and E. Williams added 66 by capital batting. Three wickets then fell in rapid succession, but E. D. Jones, after, making the winning hit, gave a dashing display, making a six and seven fours in his 40. The School thus won a very deserved victory. Scores :— J SWANSEA WEDNESDAY. G. R. Davies, c E. D. Jones, b Price. 4 R. S. Bancroft, b Price 2 G. L. Boyle, b Roberts .32 E. A. Tyler, Ibw., b Davies .17 W. Frayne, c Harris, b Davies 3 W. Jackson, b Davies" 5 D. Evans, c Harries, b Roberts 2 Pritchard, b Price .22 W. F. Rees, run out 4 H. P. Evans, not out 0 Dr. E. Morgan, absent 0 Extras .19 Total 110 CHRIST COLLEGE. 1. Ll. Evans, c H. P. Evans b Tyler. 4 E. L. Jones, c Boyle, b Pritchard .37 T. Ll. Price, c Bancroft, b Boyle 9 E. Williams, b Frai-iie .33 N. S. Blackall, c D. Evans, b Pritchard 0 E. D. Jones, c & b Boyle .49 H. T. Harries, c Morgan, b Divies 4 K. Y. Evans, not out • 2 II. O. Davies, not out (I N.J.Griffiths ) D. R. R. Roberts j' dld uot bai Extras i(i Total (7 wks.) 148

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I PROPERTY IN THE MARKET. Farm and Villas Withdrawn at Brecon Auction. At the Castle Hotel, Brecon, on Friday afternoon, Mr W. J. Price (Messrs David and W. J. Price), offered for sale by auction the freehold farm known as '•"Crngiau," or Crickie," in the parish of Llangorse. area 152 acres, 2 roods, 4 go perches, with grazing rights on Llangorse z, el !Z Common, tithe in 1918 f14 19s. 8d. He explained that there was no rental, as the farm was being offered on the in- struction of occupying owners, in whose family it had been for over 100 years. The biddings went up to £ 3,400. at which sum the lot was withdrawn. Two small plots of land catalogued with Crugiau were not offered. Under another direc- tion, Mr Price offered an enclosure of grazing land in the parish of Llanfrynach, area 22 acres, known as Coedca Janet," and carrying mountain grazing rights, and this was sold atjE205 to MrWilliams, Cwmcynwyn. Messrs. Jeffreys and Powell, Castle street, Brecon, were the solicitors for the vendors of these properties. Subsequently Mr W. M. Chadwick (Messrs. Straker, Son. and Chadwick, Abergavenny, offered for sale by auction four freehold villas, Nos. 2, 3, 4, & 5. Fronwen Terrace, Brecon. let on quarterly tenancies to Messrs. G. Keighly, H. R. Knight, A. Jolly, and Ithel Thomas, at the annual rentals of £ 21, £11, 922, and 921 respectively, tenants paying rates. Nos. 2 and 3 were withdrawn at JE450 each and No. 4 at 9475, and No. 5 and an adjoining building site were also then withdrawn. Messrs. D. W. E. and M. F. Thomas, Castle street, Brecon, were the solicitors acting in this case.

RHEUMATISM KIDNEY TROUBLE Rheumatism is due to uric acid, which is also the cause of backache, lumbago, sciatica, gout, urinary trouble, stone, gravel, dropsy. The success of Estora Tablets, a thoroughly harmless specific, based on modern medical science, for the treatment of rheumatism and other forms of kidney trouble is due to the fact that they restore the kidneys to healthy action and thereby remove the cause of the trouble, and have cured numberless cases after the failure of other remedies. Estora Tablets—an honest remedy at an honest price—1/3 per box of 40 tablets, or six boxes for 0/9. All chemists or postage free from Estora Ltd., 132, Charing Cross Road, London. W. C. Brecon Agent, Walter Gwillim. M.P.S.. Medical Hall Builth Wells Agent, T. A. Coltman, M.P.S., The Pharmarcy.

Significant Figures in National Saving. I According to a recent return we find 1that deposits in the Post Office Savings Bank, which, in 1915, totalled 18G millions, now stand at 242 millions, while in the same period, the deposits in the trustee savings banks have risen I from 51 millions to 62 millions. Since the middle of last December the increase in the deposits at this bank is a million I pounds, and. what is most significant, ) the rate of expansion in the 4ast few I months is double what it was a year ago. ) The establishment of the National Savings Movement did not starve other organisations for thrift. It stimulated them. The now famous war savings certificate is a very 'great attraction to all the various classes of small investors. But the National Savings Movement has not flourished at the expense of its friends. It has flourished with them, and the stability of the country has been, to that extent, more firmly placed.

AN INTERESTING COMPARISON. Yorkshire contains 3,721,246 a-eres. Ac- cording to an official of the British and Foreign Bible Society, the Bible contains 8,566)480 letters, so that the acreage total of Yorkshire is in excess by 154,766 over the letters in the Bible. The Bible con" tains 810,697 words, 31,173 versep, 1,189 chapters, and 66 books, 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament. The longest chapter Ik Psalm cxix. The shortest and middle chapter Psalm cxvii. The middle verse is Psalm oxviii. 8. j

THE LATE MRS M CWILLIAM, EROOD. I v An Appreciation. The whole district laments the death of Mrs Jane McWilliam, of the Hall. Erwood, the oldest inhabitant- of the i village and a saintly character. She was j a native of Crinan. where her father, Mr j Montgomery, held a position of honour j and trust in the Civil Service. Crinan and Oban are beauty spots on the western I' coast of Scotland, where Gaelic is still spoken. To a Welshman it was always very interesting to compare Gaelic and I Welsh. In due time Miss Montgomery was married to the late William I McWilliam. and they had a son and daughter," who died unmarried. Miss M. A Roberts, a friend and schoolmate of Miss McWilliam. became an adopted daughter to the widowed mother. bereaved of her own children, and minis- tered to her with devotedness for many years, faithful to the end. which arrived on the 10th inst.. when Mrs McWilliam was over 94 years of age. The deceased lady lived portions of her very long pil- grimage at Tredegar, Merthyr and Lon- don, and about 40 years ago retired to I her beautiful and pleasant home at Erwood Hall. Wherever she went she made new friends and retained her old ones. She had rare tact and common sense and a lot of practical philosophy. One felt at home with her at once. In her company there was always a feast of reason and a flow of soul." She loved her Burn's, her Bible was her treasure house of truth, and Sir Walter Scott and Shakespeare were to her "wells of water undefiled," of which she drank very freely indeed. I remember how fond she was at one time of the Royal game of chess. She and her sister, Mrs Alex- ander, and her brother, Mr Thomas Montgomery, were noted for retentive memories, and could recite a wonderful amount of poetry. She travelled a great deal in her time, from the highlands of Scotland to the Isle of Wight and Corn- wall, and from London to Chicago. About 30 years ago she and Miss Roberts spent 12 months in America with various friends, and visiting the chief places of interest on that great continent. About 20 years ago she had a bad illness, which impaired her vitality to a certain extent, and left the body more frail, but it did not in the least degree sour the milk of human kindness which abounded in her nature. Everything she could think of she tried to do to increase the happiness of those who were lucky enough to be brought in touch with her. School treats, picnics, charities, concerts, church restoration (and chapels, too) were ob- jects she gladly assisted at all times. Christmas and Hogmanay (New Year) were her high days, and noue were forgotten. She reminded me always of the poet's true and perfect knight who would speak no slander nor listen to it." Many interesting people used to meet at Erwood Hall from the four corners of the four kingdoms, and likewise from America now and then, some of them writers, and all more or less lovers of literature. For nearly 40 years it has been my happy lot to know and value her character. She gave me her counsel. sympathy and encouragement and valuable help in my work for about 20 years as the clergyman in charge of the parish. I write this because I have been asked to do it, and because the "memory of the just is blest." We buried her in the family vault at Tredegar on Thursday. May 15th, with her husband and son and daughter. At the house we read the 15th and 23rd Psalms, and sang New- man's hymn Lead, kindly light." Then a dozen of us went in four motors to Tredegar, and sang over the grave For ever with the Lord." The words of the 23rd Psalm were about the last words she bad been speaking, consoling herself out of God's Word. She, as a Scotch- woman, was naturally very fond of the Scottish practical paraphrase verses of the Psalter. Hers was what we may venture to call a joyous Christian burial. She died the death of the righteous." because (in the words of the Prayer Book, which she loved) she had tried her best to live the godly, righteous and sober life." At Gwenddwr the previous Sunday we sang Now the labourer's work is o'er." Wreaths beautiful and abundant went with us. They wilt and wither, but our memories of a sweet and fragrant devoted life will- not fade, tho' we may live to see the good old age of our departed sister, who was approaching her century. In the Diamond Jubilee year. Mrs Mc Williams laid, amid loud acclamations. the foundation stone of Erwood Market Hall. The stone has a suitable inscrip- tion recording the fact. Our Baptist Minister then said Victoria is Queen of the British Empire, and lives and reigns in London, but Mrs McWilliam is our local queen." We all agreed with him. and tho' she lives no longer in our beau- tiful valley, we trust she lives in a better and more beautiful country, where death hath no more dominion and where there is no night of doubt and sorrow." W. GORDON WILLIAMS. Gwenddwr Vicarage.

A branch of the Workers' Union has been formed at Ystradgynlais. Breconshire choirs did well at Half- Way (Llandovery) Eisteddfod. Trecastle won the Ladies' Choral and Cwmdwr United the Chief Choral.

GIRL GUIDES. I BRECONSHIRE RALLY AT j FFRWDGRECH. A Breconshire Girl Guides' rally was held at Ffrwdgrech. by invitation of Mrs J. D. D. Evans (commissioner for Breconshire) on Empire Day, May 24th, and the large attendance showed how d, rapidly the movement has grown in the | county. It was a glorious day and the party had a thoroughly happy afternoon, j Arriving at 2-15 p.m., they saluted the flag and were inspected. Then followed a display of country dances bv lha Builth Company, singing by the Brecon Com- pany, a signalling display by the Devy- nock Company, patrol, games and competitions. A bountiful tea was I I' welcome after the exertions of the after- noon. Miss Behrens, deputy chief commissioner for the North of England, afterwards gave an address and there was a march past by the whole body of Guides, who left for home at 5 p.m. The following companies were present —1st Brecons, 2nd Brecons, Devynock, Builth and Abercrave, also patrol feaders from Brynmawr.

BRYNMAWR. Housing and Lodging House Troubles.— At the last meeting of the Urban District Council, the condition of the local lodging- house was discussed. Mr H. Harris said he had a fairly vivid imagination and had seen slums and buildings in a deplorable condition, but he hatl never seen any- thing so bad as this house both from a legal and moral standpoint. It was a menace to the town. The Council re- solved to close the house at once. Dis- cussion also took place on the condition of the property in Miles Row. The Clerk (Mr D. Gibson Harris) reported that the owner had given a definite promise to remedy the defects within a month. The lease of the property had expired and a new fease had only been ottaiued from the Nantyglo and Blaina Iron Company at a cost of JE24 5s. a year ground rent. The rent-book showed that when the owner had paid this ground rent and the rates and taxes, his yearly income from the eight houses would only total 17. In addition to this, he had to pay a bill of f, 23 lis. for the drawing up of the new lease. The action of the company was strongly condemned by the members, aud it was decided to acquaint Mr Smillie with the facts of the case.

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neatea air ana moisture to assist 111 caus. ing the atmospheric pressure and capillary attraction to drive the oil into the wood The periods of immersion in each bath depenjl upon the thickness and the grain of the wood, the time varying from one lioui to fifteen minutes per inch of thickness. A second form of treatment consists in sprays ing the wood or applying the oil with a brush or mop. The process is particularly valuable in buildings in which a high de- gree of humidity is maintained. The roof timbers of such buildings, if untreated, are liable to'decay in a period of a few years. Treated roof timbers have been found to be in good condition after nine years of acrvice.