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CRICKET. } Christ College Y. J. V. Evans' XL Played at Brecon on Wednesday, July 9th, and resulted in an easy win for the School. The visitors were soon dis- dismissed for 63, only Swash, who batted well, making any resistance to Williams and Roberts. For the School Evans and E. L. Jones made a good but quiet start, and after some failures in the middle of the innings E. D. Jones and Griffiths added 84 for the 7th wicket by vigorous batting, The total only just fell short of 200. Wilkinson bowled very well, but the rest of the attack was weak. Scores:— j.- v. EVANS'S XI. H. E. Thomas, b Williams 0 D. W, R. Thomas, b Roberts 11 G. Jones, b Roberts 2 J. V. Evans, c Griffiths, b Williams 0 B. deWynter, b Roberts 0 G. Wilkinson, c Holmes, b Williams 1 S. V. Swash, not out 32 S. R. Phillips, c Harries, b Williams 9 E. G. Jones, b Roberts 1 C. Ll. Morgan, b Williams 0 W. J. Osborne Jones, b Williams 0 Extras 7 63 CHRIST COLLEGE. I. Ll. Evans, lbw, b Wilkinson 23 E. L. Jones, b Wilkinson 25 R. T. Harries, c H. E. Thomas, b Wilkinson 5 E. Williams, c Swash, b Evans 13 N. S. Blackall, b Wilkinson 1 E. D. Jones, b Wilkinson 45 E. N. Morgan, c deWynter, b Swash 11 N. J. Griffiths, c H. E. Thomas, b Evans 40 E. H. Holmes, b Wilkinson 4 H. O. Davies, c Morgan, b Wilkinson 4 D. R. R. Roberts, not out 0 Extras 24 195

THE COLLEGE AVERAGES. TJle following are the Christ College Averages for the past season Matches played, 15 won, 10 lost, 5. BATTING. & "S §0 Name. n » £ aj o g 1 § ^8 o m en ;n £ <1 I. LI. Evans 18 373 86* 3 24-86 T. Ll. Price (Capt.) 15 34.5 104 1 24-00 E. L. Jones IS 325 89 18 04 E. Williams 17 268 47 1 16-75 E. D. Jones 13 187 49 14-53 N. J. Hriftlths 12 135 40 1 12-27 R. T. Harries 15 113 27 3 9 41 N. S. Blackall 17 110 22 1 6 87 E. N. Morgan 6 29 11 4-83 D. R. R.. Roberts.. 13 33 10 4 8.66 E. H. Holmes 7 24 9 3'42 H. O. Davies 13 25 6 5 3 12 Signifies not ouf. BOWLING. rD r.ÎJ oj 0 -w fcC Name. » 2 S3 0.0 OJ £ 0 £ c* O 3 M £ < T. Ll. Price 161 30 406 48 8-45 E. Wiiliams 234 2 39 694 70 991 N. S. Blackall 39 3 7 122 12 10-16 ff. 0. Davies 63-5 11 220 15 1466 D. R. R. Roberts.. 84-5 20 249 16 15-56 E. D. Jones 9 1 1 39 2 19-50 CATCHES. N. J. Griffiths (12), T. LI. Price, N. S. Blackall aud R. T. Harries (7 each), 1. LI. Evans aud E. H. Holmes (6 each), E. Williams (5), E. D. Jones, E. L. Jones and D. R. R. Roberts (4 each). E. N. Morgan (3), and H. O. Davies (1). FIIS. 1. L1. Evar.s 80 not out, 6G and 51. I' V.. LI. Price 104 and 57. E.

Extraordinary Goil Incident. To the Editor of the COUNTY TIMES. Siit,-Whilst driving from the first tee on the Brecon Golf Course one day last week my ball struck the old tree trunk some twenty yards in front, rebounded across the river, hit the iron railings 011 the other side, and again rebounded back across the river on to the tee and settled on top of the remains of the sand I had I originally used. I consider this a verv ullusnal occurrence. Don't you ? (We do.-Ei)., B.C.T.") I am, etc., VERITAS. Brecon. July 14, 1919.

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Sir Philip Nash, K.C.M.G., C.B. (and several ether things), is one of the heads of departments named by Sir Eric G-eddes in his speeeh on the Transport Bill, Sir I Philip, the Star says, is a man of luck. He was plain Mr. Nash when the war be- gan, an engineer, employed by the East Indian Railway. He came liome on ieave; and v.-as offered a post on the Norti. Eastern Railway staff, but he had hardly accepted it when Mr. Lloyd George car. ried him off for his munitions work, ane presently he became Director of National Filling Factories.

BRECON GUARDIANS. Friday. Present: Mr Owen Price (chairman), Miss Philip Morgan, Miss Adelaide Williams, the Bishop of Swan- sea, Revs. R. M. Jenkins, T, Griffiths, A. E. Evans, A. Garnons Williams, D. H. Picton, Messrs John Jones (LlanShangel Nantbran), T. Griffith Jone, John Jones (Battle), Evail Jones, W. Morgan (Llanfrynach), D. Phillips, T. Daniels, T. Davies, G. P. Jones, D. Watkins, Tom Morgan, John Smith, Roger Price, T. R. Williams, J. Price, J. Ricketts Price, John Thomas, Jno Jones (Glyn), and Thos. Joseph, with the Clerk (Mr Molyncux Thomas) and other officials. VAGRANTS AND INMATES INCREASING. The Master of the Workhouse (Mr Peat) reported that in the past month 79 vagrants had been relieved, an increase of 58 compared with the corres- ponding period of last year, and that during the past quarter 284 vagrants had been relieved, an increase of 133 compared with the corresponding period last year. Mr John Jones (Nantbran) What is the reason for this increase at this time of year ? The Master: They are mostly men from 45 to GO years of age, who have been doing some sort of war work, and, now that the soldiers are being demobil- ised, are falling out of work and taking to the road again, Mr G. P. Jones Don't they get out- of-work pay ? The Rev. T. Griffiths: No, they would not walk the roads if they were being paid. The Master also reported that during the fortnight ended July 3rd there were 48 inmates in the house, an increase of nine compared with the corresponding period of last year. The half-yearly report of the Chaplain (Rev. M. G. Price) stated that the children were happy and had been well cared for, and as a result of catechising them on several occasions he was able to state that they had fair knowledge of the Gospel narrative. The moral and religious state of the inmates generally, so far as he could judge, was quite satisfactory, and the services OIl Sunday in the board room were well attended and appreciated. DIETARY IMPROVED. Dr. Fuller, a Local Government Board Inspector, visited the house on June 16th, and strongly remarked on the poorness of the diet, and suggested that every effort should be made to improve it. The House Committee reported on this that they had carefully con- sidered the diet and authorised the Master to improve it as far as possible. The Clerk said the Master had been able to effect a great improvement. The Bishop of Swansea asked if they might hear a little more about the dietary, in view of the strong comment made by the Inspector. Miss Adelaide Williams (president of the House Committee) replied that during the war they reduced the old dietary. Now they had returned to it, and the Inspector said it was quite satis- factory. She believed all the inmates were quite satisfied. The Master endorsed this statement. HOUSE RENOVATION. The House Committee reported that they had authorised the Master to purchase some cement, bricks, wall paper and paint for general repairs to be carried out by casual labour as suggested by him. 11 The Clerk stated that Mr H. Ll. Griffiths was unable to undertake the preparation of an estimate and specifica- tion for the renovation of the House owing to pressure of work. On the suggestion of the House Committee he had approached Mr B. L. Pritchard, who was quite willing to do the work. A thorough survey of the house was necessary, as the cost was sure to be over 150, and in respect to expenditure above that sum they were bound to advertise for tenders. It was agreed that Mr Pritchard should make the estimate and specification, and that the House Committee should have power to deal with the tenders. I APPLICATION* rFUIm. An application was made by Nurse West for an addition of f5 to her present salary of £ 35. The House I Committee recommended that it be not granted, as they considered the present I' salary sufficient, having regard to the position and the responsibilities. Miss Adelaide Williams said they had t now two qualified nurses who were getting only £ 35, and to give one not fully qualified £ 40 would be uufair to the others. (Hear, hear.) Nurse West was given an increase only a few weeks ago. The recommendation of the House Committee was adopted, on the motion of Mr John Jones (Nantbran), seconded by Mr John Smith. The appointment of Miss Mary Owen, a fully qualified nurse, as general assist- ant at the house, at a salary of JE35, was confirmed. ONLY A NEW NAME. Formal notice of the transfer of the functions of the' Local Government Board to the new Ministry of Health was, received. I Mr John Jones (Nant braii) Putting' the same thing up in a new name, I I suppose, (Laughter.) Mr John Smith What's in a name ? PEACE THANKSGIVING CONCESSIONS 1 TO THE POO If. The Clerk reported that the Ministry" of Health had given authority to Guardians to make modifications in the discipline and diet of the indoor poor in connection with Peace Celebrations, and also to make a reasonable addition to the relief of the outdoor poor. He had received letters from several Unions with paupers resident in the Brecon Union authorising extra relief. It \vas decided that the inmates of th-) House should be treated as on Christmas Day, and that 2s. Gd. be give:* to adults and 2s. to children in receipt of outdoor relief. XEATH PROPOSAL TURNED DOWN. A letter was received from the Neath Union stating that the Guardians there had decided to pay outdoor relief to the extent of 10s. per head in addition to rent, and asking the Brecon Guardians to pay this to any Neath Union paupers resident in the district.- The Clerk said this would mean in one case in the district the payment of Y,3 ICs. per week to one family, as well as the rent. They were not bound to do it. Mr John Smith I think we shoud be very wrong if we did. Miss Williams They would have to pay the money ? The Clerk Yes, and I suppose the conditions in the Neath Union are very different to what they are in a country district like ours. It would create a lot of discontent in our Union if we agreed to do this. Mr John Jones (Nantbran) If we accepted this rate it would tend to pauperise the whole county. We are asked to encourage thrift, but it seems to me these people want to encourage pauperism. Mr John Smith I propose that we decline to act on this rate. Agreed. TO SOBER THE LABOUR MEMBERS. A notification was received from the Brecon and Radnor Asylum that owing to the increased cost of maintenance and the reduction of hours and additions to pay of employees, the rate charged to Unions for maintenance of lunatics had been increased from 20s. to £ 1 5s. per head per week from the 1st inst. The Chairman There will be another increase very soon, with this coal rise. The Rev. T. Griffiths I hope it will sober the Labour members.

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BATTLE. Men's Service.-The annual men's service was held at Battle Church on Sunday last, at 3 p.m. In accordance with previous custom, some 30 to 40 members of the Brecon Branch of the C.E.M.S., with other friends, made the journey out and were present at the service, which was conducted by the Vicar (Rev H. J. Church Jones, R.D.). The weather was all that could be desired, and most of the visitors, after partaking of tea in the Parish Hall, seized the opportunity of enjoying a few hours in the country, and remained for the evening service. This being the last occasion of holding the service under the present Vicariate, it was generally hoped that the new Vicar would see his way to making a similar arrangement in the future. An invitation to visit Builth also was very warmly welcomed, and, all being well. we have very little doubt that when next summer comes the plan will be carried out.

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TOPICS OF THE HOUR, Th6 Prince of Wales is not to be over. done with greybeards in his Canadian trip, which is a wise decision. His equer- ries, Lord Claud Hamilton and Captair Piers Legh, are both in the thirties, and Admiral Halsey, Chief of the Staff, is a .typical Navy man of the class that doesn't grow old. The Prince doesn't need shep- herding, adds t),,e Star. The annual meetings held this week in London of the Society of Chemical In- dustry, of which Professor Henry Louis, of the Armstrong College, Newcastle, is president, will be unusually interesting, owing to the presence of a number of foreign members of the Inter-Allied Chemical Federation, one of whom, Pro- fessor C. Moureu, is to give an address on Tuesday at the Mansion House on Sir William Ramsay. Other fixtures include a soiree and reception at the Imperial Col- lege of Science, conferences on the pro- duction and consumption of sugar in the British Empire, power plant in chemical works, dye-stuffs and synthetic drugs (at which Lord Moulton will preside), the annual dinner at the Savoy, and, on Friday, an excursion to Windsor and Taplow. If certain trade unionists want to put themselves wholly in the wrong with the public they will adopt the line of the Elec- tricians' Union, which is threatening to prevent illuminations on July 19th, so fai as it is able to do so, remarks the West- minster Gazette. On the one hand we have large bodies of trade unionists de- claring themselves so anxious to celebrate the Peace that they will not work on the most essential services without large ad- ditions to their pay, and, on the other, we have the electricians saying they will do what lies in their power to prevent any- body' celebrating Peace. Trade unionists, like other sections of the community, may be asked to adopt some consistent 'line in this matter. It cannot, as to one section, be so anxious to rejoice that it will not work, and as to another be determined not to rejoice or to give anybody else the chance of rejoicing. Even before the war, writes Mr. Harold Cox, miners were a relatively well paid body of men. They were much better paid than agricultural labourers, and even the sons of local farmers often preferred to work in the mines rather than stay on the land. During the war the wages of miners have gone up by leaps and bounds. I Before the Commission .came into being miners were earning from k,5 to. £10 a week as compared with the recently estab- lished wage of about £2 a week for agri- cultural labourers. When the agricul- tural labourer or the eotton spinner or the city clerk buys coal he in effect is paying the wages of the coal miner, and he is entitled to ask why he should pay so high a wage -to a workman who is not more skilled or more industrious than himself. In order that the miners may enjoy ex- ceptionally high wages and short hours of work other men are to be thrown out of work altogether. That is the issue now before the country. It is not an issue be- tween Government control and private enterprise; the real issue is whether a particular group of workmen who have secured a strangle hold upon the nation's coal should be allowed to use their power to ruin the nation's industries. Everyone is indignant and alarmed at the six-shilling increase on coal, writes a correspondent, but the rc-ally serious thing j is the effect upon the poor, who buy by 1tile hundredweight. At present coal Ii bought from the trolleys costs 2s. 4d. or 5d. in London. The six shillings lll- crease works out at threepence and three- fifths of a penny, and it is to predict that it will work out in practice at the round fourpence. There are very many homes in London where 2s. Sd. or 2s. 9d. a hundredweigiit is an impossible price for coal. It is in fineness of character, saya Wayfarer in the Nation, that Lord Robert Cccil shines in a governing world from which this quality seems completely banished. He is clearly in earnest, has a bold and thorough intelligence, and, hav- ing seen what Europe is and may soon be- come, must have begun to divine what a mission of rescue must cost in the sur- render of old or dying things. He speaks viitl increasing acceptance," and from n mind which is loosening itself freni the mere traditions of his party and class. Like Gladstone, he seems not only inter- ested in such matters as the structure of the Church, but also to care about its life and thought. Beyond doubt, he is our uio:>fc intellectual politician; and one. is Ciad, in such days, to observe a growing trust in and even attachment to him. Mr. Leonard J. Martin, the bold young speculator who bought 42,000,000 yards of Government linen, has got in ten different towns a three years' world supply of linen. Every country is hungry for linen, and be- fore long, if all goes well, there will be tablecloths and sheets made from aero- plane linen in houses all ovr the globe. I The "Linen King," as he has been called, does not anticipate much difficulty in getting his stuff on the ships. At the moment, unfortunately, very little export trade is being done. "If," he says, I can send a large amount of this linen abroad it should have a good effect upon our exchange, and will provide the ship- ping companies with additional cargo whew they might be Sending out their ships half empty."