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THE DERBY RESULTS. Questions in Parliament. .1 ARMLETS TO BE PROVIDED FOR THE REJECTED MEN. In the House of Commons on Mon- day, Mr Pennefeather asked the Under Secretary for War whetlier he was aware that men who had volunteered for ealisti-nent and had been, rejected for medical reasons were now, in con- sequence of not being given armlets, faced with the dilema that they had eitiher to submit to being regarded as shirkers or to explain generrally to die- tails of their phyaical condition which they might not desire to disclose, either for private reasons and for fear of injuring their prospects of employ- ment, and whether, in view of this, the Government would re-consider the recent decision not to give armlets to men rejected on medical grounds. Mr Tennant: Armlets will be given to those candidates who have been re- jected on medical grounds, subject to certain conditions, which are shortly to be published by the War Office. An Hon. Member: Will armilets also be given to men who have been dis- charged from the army on account, of ill-health during the present war? Mr Tennant: I should like notice of that question, but I think the answer is Îln the affirmative. Mr W. Thome: Does not. the right hon. gentleman think that there has been a great deal of waste of material in regard to the aimlete ? Mr Tennant: That depends upon the size of arm. (Laughter). Mr W. Thome: But I mean in the width. (Laughter). Mr Pennef eather: May I ask whether the armlets to be issued to re- jected men will be identical to those issued to men who have been attested and put into groups? Mr Tennant: I would rather not give I an obsolute pledge on that subject, but I think the answer is again in the affirmative. REQUEST FOR FIGURES. I Lord Strachie has gi ven notice to ask the Secretary for War in the House of Lords whether he can give under the Earl of Derby's scheme— The total number of unstarred men; The number canvassed The num ber of men enlisted; The number willing to enlist; The number willing to be grouped; The num ber who refused to enlist or be grouped; The number rejected; and if he will staiJthe total number in each of the .above classes who are married or who are single men. CALLING UP OF GROUPS. I WAYS AND MEANS FOR THE I CABINET TO DECIDE. One who is closely in touch with the entire organisation responsible for tihe scheme stated in an intervew on Mon- day that, taking the aggregate figures of the returns to date, Lord Derby's appeal has been amply realised. "It will take some time to ascer- tain the exact strength of the various groups, but, heavy as is the work, the Parliamentary Committees, assisted by tihe military authorities, &hould be in a postion to tabulate the latest results by the end of the week OT ten days. "It is, however, quite untrue tha4 any scheme has so far been devised as to the manner in which the groups will be called up. That-is a matter for the miliftary authorities and, finally, for the Cabinet to decide. "It has to be remembered also that before even the earliest groups can be called up the accommodation now oc- cupied by Regulars and others already serving has to be extensively vacated." AN UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS. I The air of confidence generally ap- parent (says the Press Association) bears out the assertion of Mr Arthur Peters, the joint secretary of the Par- liamentary a.nd Labour Recruiting Committees, made to a representative OIl Monday. "Beyond all question," he said, "the scheme has been an unqualified suc- cess, and, notwithstanding the short time -available, the whole of our com- mittees, with the splendid co-operation of the military authorities, have worked their, very hardest to achieve the desired result."

WAR AND CHILD TRAMP. I "Speaking at Manchester on Sunday, I Mr lloheirt Parr, director of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, said since the out- break of war there had been a marked decrease in. the nugiber of cases of dhiId-neglect. With the co-operation of workhouse officials the ebild tramp had beem diminished to an almost negligible quantity. The highways to- day were practically free from the dis- tressing siight. Whereas in April and May, 1914, 140 tramp cases were re- ported, in September and October of this year only 17 came to the notice of the Society. I

BULGARS AND GREEKS. SIDELIGHTS ON- THE BALK- ANS BY A WAR CORRES- DENT. In a lecture at Ipswich on "Balkan History," Captain A. H. Trapmann, the well-known Balkan War Corres- pondc-nt- ,now an officer in the London Fusiliers, threw some interesting side- lights on the condition of things in the Balkans. In some references to the Turco-Bulgarian War, he said that Austria, was carried away by the bril- liant, Press campaign the Bui gars waged, in which they fought wonderful battles, none of which took place. After that Austria changed her whole Bal- kan policy, and it, would have been to the advantage of this country if we had watched Austrian diplomacy closely. The Bulgar boasted he was the Prussian of the Levant, and he | had made good his boast-, except that in everything where lust, cruelty, or debauchery were concerned, the Prus- saan, if even the worst we heard of hinn was true was a gentleman, by com- parison. He said that it was hopeless to try and bargain with a Greek. Captain Trapma.nn stated emphatically that from his personal friendship with King Constantine and the Greek statesman Venizelous he knew there were no two whit er men; by that he meant white in the true sense of the word. Veni- zeios was a. brilliant statesman, but not a politician. He was absolutely straight. King Constant in e was a great soldier, but no diplomat, no statesman, and he had very little tact.. "Believe me," remarked Captain TraipIlllaaln, in speaking of the Queen of Greece, "his wife has nothing to do with his present attitude. She is lititle thought of, even in her own country, and she is of no account whatever in Greece.

PIGS IN THE PARLOUR. GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONER'S ADVICE. Mr ohn Owen, Welsh Small Holdings Commissioner, addressing Mont- gomery farmers on the wair food prob- lem, said he Government was most anxious to encourage pig-keeping. Ie we copied Germany instead of Eng- land and Wales having only 2,482,000, it would have 16,000,000 pigs. We pa,id 218,000,000 a year for bacon, every ounce of which we could pro- duce ourselves. A/lderman C. P. Davies said all the Montgomery cottages used to keep pigs, but now there were scores of pig st-yea empty, due to too stringent bve- laws. Mr Owen said the Government' was at present, making an inquiry to see if it could not modify ibyelaws that hindered pig-keeping. "If you like, keep the pig in tihe parlour, if you only keep it clean," addeg Mr Owen amid laughter.

STRIKE OVER ONE NON- UNIONIST. Notices having expired on Saturday, about 300 men employed at Wernos Colliery, Ammanford, struck work on Monday. It appears that there is only one man left who has failed to com- ply with the request of he workers to join the Federation. It is not. antici- pated the stoppage will be of long duration.

VETERAN SOLDIER'S FINE RECORD. IN THE ARMY WITH HIS 49-YEAR- OLD SON. Some interesting particulars of a veteran, at. t'he front, for whom the re- cord age on active service is claimed, are sent home by Sergeant W. Flux, R.E., am old Volunteer belonging to Newport, Isle of Wight. He writes to a friend: "The most remarkable man in our company is one na,med BiN Hall, an oM soldier, who enlisted as 47 years of age, but when he produced his marriage certificate we found he was. married in 1861, and he has a son out here aged 49. He is a marvel for work and he has never once fallen out, though we were on the march once for five days."

YOUR GRAIN OR YOUR LIFE." GERMANS EXECUTE PEASANT FOR WITHHOLDING RYE. The Dutch newspaper "Tefegraa?" learns from Sas van Gent that last Sunday there was a German requisition of rye at Saefelingen. One)- peasant re. fused to supply rye, and threats being wlfthout result, the man ..was executed 1 in his own village.

TRIPLE ALLIANCE LABOUR m. NOT TO BE USED IN SHALL LOCAL DISPUTES. Mr. A. Bellamy, president of the National Union, of Railwaymen, spoka I art a mass meeting of railways workers at Battersoo. Town. Hall on the triple industrial alliance. The alliance, he said, was not going to he used lightly on any account. It I must never be used without it could be used effectively and without something arose which was of sufficient value to justify its use for the advantage of the workexs in one particular industry. They might take it that when it was to the advantage of the workers in one indusry it would be to the advantajge of the workei-s of the United Kingdom. "OUT hioends" he said "need not fear II that is going to be used wheneveD there is a little bit of trouble in a Little centre. Mr J. Birmingham, the organising secretary, said that trouble in the rail- way world was more remote now, if things were carefully watched, than it had ever been before. ——

I RAILWAY CONGESTION. I LABOUR PROBLEM BLAMED AT SWANSEA. Major Bedford Glasier, of the War Office, visited Swan sea on Tuesday and conferred with the South Wales Tin- plate (Employers) Association on the subject of representation which had been made as to railway congestion and shortage of railway vans, caused to a great extern t by the Government do- mands on railways. One suggestion made by the association is that soldier in training might be called n to makp up for the shortage of labour, whiob is alleged by the railway and dock owners as one of the causes for the congestion of traffic. The Tinpla.te Association also cotre- sulted with Harbour Trust representa- tives on the subject during the day. ————— ————

CHRISTMAS AT THE FRONT THOUSANDS OF PARCELS DE- FECTIVELY PACKED. The adaptability of the Post Office to the requirements of Imperial Servioo is demonstrated by the facility with which parcels for the front are being despatched from a new establishment opened in. Regent's Park, London. A (staff of 2,000, including 1,400 non- commissioned officers and men, is en- gaged. Up to the time of the greater pressure about 800,000 parcels a week were dealt with, but during the Christ- mas week it cannot be less thaai doubled. Night and day and all the Sunday the same busy routine goes forward. A special staff is engaged piecing together thousands of parcels v which have never reached the hands of those for whom they were intend ed, and this because of hopelessly defective packing. A large percentage are, of course, repairable for retransmission, but in far too many caaes no amount of ingenuirty could prove effective. Here and there the articles packed had dropped out of the envelopes. Many perishable things in the way of food became by this method of despatch ab- solutely useless.

TURKEY S 650 000 MEN. Mr Tennant, in a written reply, has informed Commander Bellairs (U., Maidstone) thaat it is calculated thafc Turkey now has some 650,000 men in the field, and that this number might possibly be increased to a million, with German munitions freely supplied.

MINER ENTOMBED FOR 17 HOURS William Pigg, a miner, at Hebburn- on-Tyne, was rescued on Saturday after being entombed for 17 hours by a fall of stone. Pigg had rushed to warn another miner who escaped, but was too late to avoid the fall himself. He is a recently time-expired soldier, a.nd was at the front ten months. '???*??' 

BRITISH RELIEF FOR FRENCH FARMERS. Since List July the Agricultural Re- lief of Allies Committee has sent to Farmers in the Marne and Meuse dis- tricts, who have lost their stocks in the war, 61 rams, 11 boars, 2 goats, 1,800 head of poultry, ducks, turkeys, geese, rabbits, ete., 20 binders, 6 j threshing machines, 40 harrows. 50 ploughs. 20 Canadian cultivators, and 15 drills.

ECONOMY AND FOOD VALUES. TJ-i-e AVoalwch CVrancil is circulating among the inhabitants of the borough advice as to how to be well nourished and save money. The ohief feature of the advice it; that dear foods are by no means the most nourishing. It is ac- serted that two pennyworth of bread and pea sorp or bread and cheese is mere nourishing than are six penny- worth. of sirloin atnd vegetables, and more wholesome and nourishing than I pastries costing 9d.

JOINING UP. I A FIVE HOURS' JOB. I By T. J. Williams. I We were marshailled in a queue, like oolldere waiting to receive their lamps. There was no shelter, and the rain pelted down. Little rivulets formed on the sidewalk, and gave us "cold feet," wfoilo the water from the umbrellas of men in front trickled down our necks. There were a few hundred of us, standing outside a suburban shop which had been converted into a re- cruiting office, and we were a non- descti pt lot. Postmen, fishmongers, afliop a'saiataint, civil servants, bank clerks, journalists, gardeners, casual labourers, Gity men, and a newspaper seller--all answering Lord Derby's call to the mem of the nation. We waited outside for two hours in the dismal drizzle, passing the time with desultory talk and jests. 4. "Gawd," said one middle-aged man, "This aint nothing. Ah remember the talim Ah was in the 'Igh Baraet militia. Didn't arf put yer through it, tihey didn't." "Gaim," said the newspaper seller (who had only one eye), "when yer jines they'll shove yer iin the Land- sturnn." There was general laughter, while the gardener racked has brains for a suitable retort which didn't come at tfhe momemt. SMALL TALK. We talked about the weather, can- vassed the chances I conscription, wondered what "those blighters" in the recruiting oiffce wereva.bout to be so slow, discussed the position of the Anglo-French army in the Balkans, aired our knowledge of conditions at the various camps round London, and generally pow-wowed about any old thing that cropped up. Then a street-urchin came along with a companion. He had on cap Boone sdzes too large for him, the peak point, ing away over his right ear. For overcoat he wore one of his father's coals, the SiBC v xa back tuixcl showing a few inches of cltily liming, one of the pockets h^ngi ng down in a soft, dilapidated way, suggestive of a d-chslrund's ear. With the quick wit of the Cockney lad he divine the mean- ing of the queue. "Gorblimey, look at 'em," sa.id he to his mate. Then he lifted up his stacca,to Utile voice in song. I didn't raise me dad to be a soldier. Whereupon we were all obliged to laugh. THE GARDENER SCORES. Soonrufterwairds the gardener, who had been thinking 'hard, provided an- other light interlude. "Say mite," said lie to the newspaper seller (who had one eye), "Yer said they'd put me in the blahrsited Laindsturm. Tell yer where they'll shove yer. In the E.L.H. He-he-ha-ha. "E.L.H. remarked the newspaper seller (wfho had loSt one eye), "E.L.H. Wot the 'ell's tfriat ?" "England's Last. Hojpe," replied the gardener, and laughed till the tears rolled down his cheeks. From sheer infection, we shared his merriment. Time had passed.. We had been standing in the rain for nearly two hours. At longish intervals the door opened, a few men jostled fli4eiir way imo the office, and the ranks in the queue moved up. Finally I squeezed through, amd surveyed the scene. IN THE OFFICE. It was a smallish room, with a smoke-laden atmosphere that recalled to my mind meetings of the Western Minora District with all the delegates puffing Ringer's best. The clerk was I a. cioMptoral and he sat at a small table, ion which were some buff forms, blue forms, an inkwell, a pen, and a bicycle lamp. An unsighted, partly- smoked cigarette was stuck behind his ear. He was a blithe soul, and he immed- iately began to chaff the newspaper- seller, who was obviously deficient in tihe matter of optics. "S'elp me, old chum," (he said, with a smile, "the Germans won't arf bunk wfhen tihey sees yeT coming. I'll write "fco Kitchepor about yer. I will, strito. Ought to give yer a billet on the btLahmed General Stawff, 'e did." CORPORAL AND CLERK. I The Corporal got to work. He was I Dot what you might call a handy pen- man, for writing was laborious in the extreme. But if he not efficient, he was cheerful, aind he had a kind word, and a jest for everyone. When I got to the table he said, "Wots yor nime? Fine I-,nstitcoti,ci(n the barmy. Gives yer plenty of Tickler's jam, they do. Where was yer born? Good Gawd, 'ow d'ver spell it. P Sounds like one of them there plices in Servia. In Wales, is it. Horful langwidge, Welsh. Sound like a corff and a sneeze a.nd Mowin' yer aose, bjirney if It don't. Willing to be vacc-inaiteq. old chum ? Married ? Aye, guilty. ¡ Wot's yer wife's name? 'Ere y are, sign 'ere." I cast my eye down the hlue paper, and noticed that the scholarly corporal had spelled my second Christian name, "Jeames." TO DEFEND MY KING. I signed my name in a. section read- ing: I swear y Almighty God that I rwill be faithful and bear true Allegiance to His Majesty King George the Fifth, His Heirs and Successors, and that. I will, as in duty bound, honestly and faithfully defend His Majesty, His Heirs aiid Successors, in Person, Crown, and Dignity, against all enemies, and will observe acrid obey all orders of His Majesty, His Heirs, and Successors, and of the Generals and Officers set over me So help me God. Then taking other papers with me I repaired to the attesting room. Here j an officer sat, at a. table, on which was an ash tray well filled with cigarette ends, burned matches, and tobacco ash. "inow tbern, gentlemen," he said, ffianguidly, "here are the Bibles. Hold 'em W. Hold your arms well up." He gabbled through the oath, we at- tested, and then, sat waiting for our registration cards to be stamped. j Then we made for the doctors' room. After a weary wait I was admitted. "Undress yourself," said the doctor, "Be quick about it." Soon, the room was like an annexe of a Turkislh bath, filled with strange, blonde beasts. MEDICAL INSPECTION. The doctor didn't feci my pulse, or tell me to show my tongue. He asked a lot of rude questions, made me stand j on a scale, tapped my ribs, passed a tape round my chest, ordered me to cough, and did sundry otiher things, Then he roerlib-bled,on my papers, and flung them over to a sergeant, who copied from them into a. book. The ceremony was over. I fought my way out of the crowded office into the street. It was ttwo o'clock when I took 'up my position in t,he queue, and it was now seven o>'clock. Five hours had it taken me to be- oome a soldier. But I was a soldier, and "some" soldier I assure you. I felt my bosofm swelling with martial ardJour. "God help the Landswrm," I said to myself, "if ever I collide with them. A COLLISION. When I got to dark places in the street, where I knew nobody could stc, I practised till. I w a-s, I doing it so well that. I got excited, until I was rudely brought back to reality by "bumping into some soft ob- ject. It was a man, and he said, 'Saw- right," to my stammered apology. I felt very foolish as we moved to- gether towards the light. When we did emerge from the darkness, I found that the person I had goose-stepped i into was. none otheir than my queue ac- quaintance, the newspaper seller, who was blind of an eye. "Hullo," I sa.id, "did you get at- tested ?" "Naw," he replied, with a gesture of disgust, "left me Win kin' registra- tion card at 'ome." ————— —— ——

LIKE UICII COWS MILK. I SOYA BEAN FLUID FEATURE OF VEGETARIAN EXHIBITION. I There have been many converts to I vegetarianism of late--on grounds of ■economy rather than as a matter of priivj pde in most eases perhaps-—so tlhat the exhibition of food for war time which the London Vegetarian As- ttOcia.tioM held ? t.h? Memorial HaLl on S??N'd?y made a wider ?appe?l than ever bcafore. Pine kernel cutlets and lentil saus- ages have losng ceased to cause mirtJh among the lunregenerate, but, it strikes one as a sign of weakness t'lli -at vegetar- ians should still fashion their dishes to imitate flesh and fowl. Among the ex- hibits was a most convincing roast turkey garnished with sausages, as the principal item in a specimen vegetarian dinner, but one was rather glad to see that the first, prize was Carried off by a, collection of dishes which were os- tentatiously vegetarian and did not pretend to b.@ anything else. A good deal of attention was at- raeted by samples of Solas, the new synthetic milk, the basis of which is the soya bean. It is now being made on a considerable scale, a.nd as ts analysis, according to the "Lancet," is identical with that- of idh cow's milk, I it seems to have a future before it.

SHORTAGE OF SHIPS. STOPPAGE OF COLLIERIES. MINERS APPEAL TO HOME OFFICE. A meeting of the Executive Council of the South IVales Miners' Federa- ticm was heild at Cardiff on; Saturday, Mr James Winstone presiding over a full attendance. Mr Thomas Richards, M. P., secretary, Mr Alfred Onions treasurer, and the Right Hon. W. Abraham, M.P. (Mabon) were also pre- sent. i Intimation was received respecting tihe irregular work of many collieries, j especially in the Western District, and, j it was stated that a large number of j workmen were u'nder notices to termin. ate contracts. I was resolved that the general secre- tary write to the Home Secretary call- ing attention to these stoppages, and also to some questions in the Hou&e of Com mom respecting the shortage of British ships consequent upon their being employed in foreign trade. A BLAENAVON DISPUTE. A deputation attended the Coun- 1 oil from the Blaenavon and Vanteg Hill collieries, calling attention to the dispute with regard to the electric lamp, and seeking permission for the Bfliaenavon workmen to tender no consequent upon "bé long delay whicth has token place in getting a settle- meTht of this matter. It: was resolved that the Joint Con- ciliation Board be asked on Friday next to re-appoint Mr Nicholas and Mr Manning to make a further at-temint to set tie this dispute. Several cases of disputes respecting the payment of the 5s. rate to surface workmen were discussed, especially the payment of these terms to young men, and it was resolved that inasmuch as the Joint Committee appointed to deal with these cases had net arrived at a settlement, permission be given to -each district to enter cases for non- payment in the County Cour. A report was read from the depu- tatiion that had waited upon the Home Office frith regard to the employment of for^i.gnws a Abererave Colliery. The terms of settlement: hayill'g been inspected by t4he Council the aejpluta- tion was authorised to lay it before the Vorkman at the colliery.

TIIE- I L P AND THE WAR. I MR. PBILIP SNOWDEN, M.P., ON THE BASIS OF PEACE. Mr. P. Snow-den, M.P., addressing an Independent Labour Party meeting at Gkisgcnv, said ho was net there to justify the attitude of the I.L.P. After the war labour would have to resume the class economic struggle when it had been weakened by the sacrifices which it had willingly made at the call of patriotism. The governing classes were piling up a terrible industrial and social legacy after the war. The future would justify the I. L.P. in all they had done. The I.L.P. during the war had never j said stop the war, because 'they had real- ised it took two sides to do that, and when two parties were at war it must go on until both agreed to stop or one was vanquished. They also declared that they would not have an inconclusive peace. He was quite sare that there was not one man in England or Scotland who wanted this war broken on such condi- tions as would inevitably in a short time lead to a further outbreak on a. more colossal scale. They wanted no patched- up peace. } They believed that the conditions for that oxistfd now. If the people who iy the past had been fooled by diplomats, Kings and Kaisars would say-This is our busi ncis, and ",e will take this affair out of the hands of those who were respon- sible for it, they would establish a peace that would ensure the future peace of all Europe. This war was a condemnation of diplomacy, and he argued tha.t it was the peoples of European countries who should have controlled foreign affairs, and not Kings and diplomats. j

TREATIG IN THE COM- j MONS. ———— Mr Lief Jones, M.P., speaking at a temperance conference a.t Bishop Auckland expressed regret that the House of Commons had not followed the rest -of London in the matter of no treating. There wias very little treat- ing there, as a mjattar of fact, but the question was not trifling from the public point of view. Great Britiaiin fihould have followed the example of Russia. They might have made regu- lations similar to those of the Boaird I of Control, but operating throughout the country instead of a scheduled area. -.jCZk-

FREE OCEAN POST FOR CANADIANS. The Canadian Postmaster-General announces that Government defrays the cost of tran'sport in Canada and across the Atlantic of postal parcels for soldiers serving in Belgium and France, postage being charged only from England to the front.This means a reduction of more than a half of the present pa,reels post rat-es from Caniada to France.

I MR STANTON'S SUCCESSOR i APPLICANTS FOR POST OF AGENT. t No fewer than sixteen applications I ha.ve been received for the post of suc- cessor to Mr C. B. Stanton, M.P., Who resigned his position as Agent for the I Aberdare District prior to coTii-esting the Merthyr vacam Noah Ahlett, Hardy. Idrie Davie?, ^ferthyr. Roderick Do A, Aberdare. John Evans, Nantyffyllon. Isaac R. Jones. Mountain Ash. C. H. Nicholas, Abercwmboi. Owen Powell, Cwmamman. John Prowle, Gadlys. William Rees, (Cwmamman. GwiJym Richards, Hi<rwa,in. Sydney H. St-ejphens, Aberamman. E. S tonelake, T recynoin. Idwal Thomas, Trecynon. Noali Tromans, Mountain Ash. John Williams, Blaengarw. Joshua Williams, Blaenlilechau. The executive decaded that all the ¡ names should be snibmacted to a ballot 1, of the miners, which will take place on I the Ilth inst., the night men to record I their votes on the previous evening.

MOULDER!* IÑ KHAKI. I WHY SKILLED MEN HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM THE ARMY. In the House of Commons on Mon- i day, Mr Llewelyn AVilliams (R., Car- marthen District) had asked the-Minis- ter of M-uni-tions whether he was aware that a number of moulders who wear the King's uniform are employed at "a national munitions factory; whether he was aware that there are many local moulders out of employment who are atvaila-ble for and willing to work at I the factory, and whether, in view of the urgent demand for national econo- my, he would direct an investigat-ion into the way in which public monev is wasted by employing men on munitions work away from tih eir homes when there are plenty vorkmen available who would not req dre a subsigtance allowance. Dr Addison (Parliamentary Mumi- tions Secretary) in a written answer, says that the men referred to as having been released from the Army for work at a munitions factory are experienced steel moulders. Before steps were taken to obtain the release from the colours of these men it was ascertained in accordance with the usiiia pracice of the department, that no suitable steal moulders possessing he requisite skill were on the registers of the Lab- our Exchanges in the district. There are many different classes of iron, steel, and brasg moulders, and these classes are not necessarily inter-changeable.

ABERDARE IN DARKNESS. I Aberdare was in darkness over the week-end, owing to. a strike at the local gasworks. Services were suspended at most of the churches, on Sunday night, although candles were used in some cases. Lamps and candles had to be used also in railway stations and signal boxes. As a matter of fact the men'" de- mands were granted on Saturday, but they refused to start until the new terms were embodied in a fresh agree- ment. ——

A CHARMED LIFE. I BORDERER'S GALLANT ACTION. I As he himself aptly puts it, Pte. R. Nuttland, 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers, seems to have "a charmed life." for besides having been wounded c? two occasions in France, he was one of ?e survivors of the bospital ship AngKa, which was sunk by mine I a8t. mo-,kth. Nu?tland, who is rapidly recovering in a Leicester hoapi?-aj, from his second wounds received at tihe front, and the shock sustained through the sinking of the ship, re- sides with his wife at 19, AVarnc- street, Fleur-de-Lis. When tihe Anglia foundered, he was in the wotet for 40 I minutes, and was instrumental in saving the life of a nurse, an act of I bravery, which has been brought. be- fore the notice of the proper authori- ties. NutJland 'is one of the most higMy respected residents of the I village, and was one of the first t'o I respond to his country's call. ————— —————

LUSITANIA'S SUCCESSOR? I According to information published by the "New York Times," the Staten- diam, a triple-screw 32,500-ton liner, which has Veen built at the Harland and Wojff yards act Belfast for the Holland-America line, may, after the war, take the pla.c.e of the Lusitania in t'he Cunard service. The Stetendam was Hearing com- pletion when the war broke out. Work was then stopped on her, but it was later resumed. The Statcndara is 740ft. long, 83ft. 4in. beam, and 43ft. depth of (hold. She was expected to steam nineteen knots..