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EWYLLYS SHON MORGAN.I
EWYLLYS SHON MORGAN. I (CHWAREUGAN MEWN DWY OLYGFA) I Gan "Glynfab." I CYMERIADAU: Shon Morgan( Datta, oddeutu dO occl) Dafydd Morgan (Mab Shon: Ysgrifwa.s) Mary Morgan (Gwraig Dafydd) John Jone." (Glowr: Wab-vii-ngviraitli Shon.) Golygfa: V.stafell yn nhy Dafydd Morgan. Amser te. Mary Morgan yn gosod y bwrdd. Shon yn eistedd mewn cadair freichiau yn y gongl ger y tan. glion: Ma Dafydd ar ol ei ainser heno, Mary. Mary: Odi. Datta. bach, ond fydd e' ddim yn hir iawn. Y mae cymaint o'r hyn y ma'r Sais yn ei alw yn "extra work" yn gorphwys arno y dyddi-au presenoi". Smociwch Datta, fe fvdd v te yn barod mewn eiliad. Ust, dvma Dafydd yn dod. (Dafydd yn dod i mewn). Fe ddaethoch cyn pryd heddyw, Beio, vmolehwch a thrwsiwch eich hunan, y mae Morgan ar y tan, ac wedi dechreu. canu. (Dafydd yn ymneillduo, Mary yn mynod i godi'r tegell, etc.. etc.) Shon: A ydw i yn y ffordd Mary? Mary (yn garuaidd): Yn yn ffordd i ? Datta. Nac ydych, chwi bia'r cornal—:c, chwi sydd i gael y He goreu yn y tv 11 wn. Yn fy ffordd yn wir (yn <-h worth in). (Dafydd yn dyfod i mewn). Dafydd: Wel Datta sut i chi'n teiinlo hcddyw ? Shon: Symol, oni bai am y lumbago, a rheumati: yma (yn rhwbio ei goes). Dafy" dd: "Old age does not come by itself, Datta bach. Nid roccyn i chi nawr ooftweh (yn cymeryd ei sedd wrth v bwrdd). • Marv: Treiwcfi godi Datta. i mi gael %N, ,-n d eich stol at y bwrdd (yn gwneud). Cydiwch yn fy mraich i, nawr d:jwth vmiaen (yn ei osod i eis- tedd). !•> gowch gwppanaid o de, Datta, cyniiesu, a fo fyddwch fel crwt ugain oed. (Shon yn siglo'i ben). Druan o Datta. bach. (Pa .vb yn bwytta. Mary yn of a! iis i roddi'r dallwithioll i Datta). Dafydd: Fuoch chi allan o gwbl Datta ? Shon: Am dro bach. Dw i ddim yn I hoffi trvvbwl i neb; 'dyw Maiy ddim Nt ca-1 chwareu teg i lanhau'r tv a. r:innau—lien gr:ppil fei w Î- vn v cornel. c l iwi Mary Datta! Nawr, peidiwch chwi a dwevd pothau fel yna cto. Mae'r lie goreu, y pethau goreu, a bwyd I ..g1)reu, i fod chwi tra byddo i byw. 0 odi. (Yn arllw\>. uv-. r i'r tepot) .Shon: Gwn, gwn, fy merch tacii 1: yr y'c.h, Mars-, wedi profi eich hunan yn ferch i mi mea gwirionedd. Duw Llwvddo. Am fy merch fv hunan Bessie,—wel, goreu po leiaf dclyw xl- ir am dani. (Yn syllu yn drist o'i flaen). Mary: Rhagor o ufen ar eich te, Datta bach, peidiwch a gadael i "Bessie, .a'r "common low fellow.' bnododd hi, •drvblu dim ar eich meddwl. Dafvdd: Ble buoch y boreu, Datta? Shon: Fe es am dro i office Mr Evans, v cvfreithiwr. (Dafydd a Mary yn syllu ar eu gilvdd vn s" vn). Dafydcl: Oh, oh (yn ehwerthin). Btdl oedd gan -Shon Morgan i'w wneud a chyfreithiwr, dwedweh Mary: 0, Datta, chwi fuoch yn sly (yn eh wertMn.) Cymerwch fara ymenyn. Shon: Wcl, fe es "no cr mwyn gwneud fy Fo' ddaw Mr Evans a hi VlEa heno. Rw' i am ym- adaal a'r byd, a phob peth wedi ei drefnu yn rheoiaidd, ac yna pan ddaw Mary: Hush, Datta, peidiwch son a in yiruidael: alia i ddim meddwl am wol'd eich stol yn -ilia i ddim— (yn sy. hu ei I'ygaid a'i cliadnch). Dafvdd: Mary, arferwch dipyn o ^vnwyr. Shon: Mary an wyl, pcidi.vch wylo: 'dvw gwneud ewyllya cldim yn golygu fod yn rhaid i fi farw. Dafvdd: N:-c rdyw, nac ydyw, Datta. b.a,c h, Shon: Does dim eisiau i <hwi ofidio, fe wnos bob pe-th yn iawn. Gadewais vr oil i chwi eich da.u. Mary: Datta. dw i ddim ;v.n glywed, --na, rw i wodi gofalu am danoch fol pe buasech dad i nii. Odw a fe wna. hyny oto hob ddi.sgwyl dinau goch: llafur carisd "yd oedd, a llafur cariad yw e nawr, a llafur car;I fydd e' yn "Y dyfodo!. Shon: yr ycych wedi gwncud eich rhan, a gobeithio y bydd i'r hyn wues i hcddyw, brofi yn ad-dillad bychan. Fo gewch wel'd, paji ddaw'r Ewyllys. fy mcd wedi gadael y cytan i chwi, rywbeth fel wyth cant o bun- au, R.wvf wedi gorchymyn i Mr Evans roddi yr c'.Tyliys i'ch gofal personol c-hwi. (Mury vn syllu mewn synded i lygaid oi gwr). Marv: Dw i ddim yn foddlon fod vn cae! ei gadael allan c'r ewy" llvs Datta.ond dyna fe ofala i am dani hi druan. Rhagor o "Welsh f oakes" Mrs. Thomas, Datta P Dim rhagor? Wei trowch at y tan, a dynia gwar'e- (j facco Ringer i chwi i gael "real enjoyment." (Shon yn codJ. Cvdiwch yn fy mraich i, Datta* ba?h. D  yn eistedd yn ci ff.. (Shon vu cistedd y-n -el i g¡;ngJI. Xow Rest in Peace. Dafydd (o'r neilldu): Mary, rha.id i mi fyn'd yn ol i'r office am awr (yn tnvned i vmofvn ei got fawr ai hat: yn dod yn ol. Mary yn brysio i glirio'r bwrdd). Galwaf yn office Mr Ei,ans. Mary: Datta, mae Dafydd yn gorfod myn'd yn 01 i'r office am awr, a rhaid i minnati dalu ymweliad a'r shop. Fe ofa-lwch am danoch eich hun. (Mary yn gwisgo ei hat. Shon: Gwnaf, gwnaf. (Dafvdd a Mary yn myn'd allan). Mary: Dafvdd anwyl! Dyna beth oedd Santa. Claus ship-wyth cant! (yn ..cau v drws). (Shon yn <-odi ac yn myned at y ffenestr i syllu ar ol y ddau). Shon: Dyna ddau mor hapna a.'r gog; wel, yr wyf wedi gwneud fy I rhan. Beth? (yn syllu yn bryderus o'i amgylch). Glywais i ryw un yn dweyd —Bessie. Dyna fe etto! (yn agor y drws). Na; does neb yna (yn myn'd i'w sedd). Bessie, ie. Bessie! Ond fe ofala Mary am dani hi. Diwedd yr Olygfa Gyntaf. YR AIL OLYGFA. I (Yr un ystafell yn mhen chwe' mis. Shon yn ei sedd arferol ger y tan, a bwrdd bychan crwn yn agos iddo. -Mary yn brysur barotoi y bwrdd, yn disgwyl ymwelwyr; yn gosod y tegell ar y tan yn taro yn erbvn Shon Morgan). Mary (yn sarug): Yn enw pobpeth, Datta, fe fydd arnoch eisiau yr vstafell i gyd i'ch hunan cyn bo hir. Dyma'r ail dro y bum i bron syrthio ar fy mhen i'r tan. Shon (yn addfwyn): Mae'n ddrwg gen i, Mary, oiid mae'r hen goesau yma bron m'11d yn ddiffrwyth. Mary: Diffrwyt-h yn wir, cystal i fi canu cloch, er mwyn i chwi gael amser i dynu'ch traed i mewn. (Yn brysio at y ffenestr). Dyma Miss Williams yn dod (yn rhedeg i agor y drws). Deweh i mewn (yn ei chusanu). Take your things off. Ble mae Miss Rees ? 0 dyma hi'n dod. Dewch i mewn, darling. (Miss Rees yn canfod Shon Morgan). Miss Rees: Cystal i mi siglo Ilaw a Mr Morgan. Mary: Na hidiweh, he's a hit of a nuisance—you know-girls. Dw i ddim yn gwybod i ba ddyhen y mac lien hobl vn cael caniatad i fyw. Miss Rees (yn dynesu at Shon). Mary: "Leave sleeping doys lie," ferched. Ond os oes rhai i chwi. Miss Rees: Sut ydych chwi, Mr Morgan? Mae main ma, yn danfon ei cliofion c\Ties attoch. Shon: Mae'r hen gyma-lau yma fel astyllodd; mae yn bryd i mi fyn'd o'r byd. Aroswch, Blodwen fach ydych chwi ? Miss Rees: Ie, Mr Morgan. Marv: Dowch, Miss Rees, come my dear, he is not a very interesting ob- ject now. Shon: Cofiwch fi at eich marnroa, Blodwen. Mary: Twt, twt, dowel 1 yn mlaen, Blodwen. Miss Rees: 'Dyw Mr Morgan ddim yn cae l te, Mary ? Mary: Ridiculous. Na fe gaff (le ar y fo)rd fach round y mae fel habi wrth V bwrdd. (Y tair yn cychwyn i fwynhau y te, etc. Dafydd yn dod i mewn). Dafydd: Prydnawn da, ladies. Halo! Dyw Datta ddim yn cael te? Mary: Afternoon tea yw hwn: 'dyw Datta ddim a.m ei de cyn yr amser arferol. Gadewch idclo, v mae wrth ei fodd. Eisteddweh. (Dafydd yn I eistedd—ymgom gyffredinol ar destyn y dydd); Y to drosodd—Miss Williams a Miss Rees yn parotoi i ymadael. Dafydd a 'Mary yn eu hebrwng. Mary: Datta, fe ddown yn ol yn mhen awr, a chwi gewch de at- y ford fckch. Y pedwar yn myned allan. Shon yn mvned i syllu drwy'r ffenestr, yn myned yn ol i'w sed d)'. Shon: Yn mhen awr; te ar y ford round; a beth glywais i Mary yn ddweyd-a nuisance, a: lumber. Y mae weùi cvfn-ewid-braidd nad oes chwant arnaf ddweyd fel yr Hen Simeon—"Attolwg yn awr, Arglwydd, cymer dy was mewn tangnefedd. Dyma rywun yn dod. (Curo). Dewc-li i mewn. (Dyn ieuane o wisgia.d hardd yn dyfod i mown). Prydnawn da, Syr. Pwy ga i ddweyd ydych chwi? Y Dyn Ieuanc John, gwr Bessie. Shon: Beth? Pwy? John, gwr Bessie? Eisteddwch, eisteddweh. Ry'ch chi wedi gwisgo yn grand iawn, yr y'ch chi yn fachgen lluniaidd. John: Ie. Mr Morgan. (Yn gwenu). Shon: 'Ron nhw'n dweyd wrtho i mai ryw banner blaggard oedd gwr Bessie, rhyw Shoni o'r gweithe, yn meddwi, yn tyngu a rhegu yn-yn-. John: Mae "nhw'n" dweyd llawer o bethau, Mr Morgan, ond dyma fi- John Jones, Head Manager, PwH Cwmharris, gwr i un o ferched glanaf, anwylaf a lIlwvaf darbodus Sir Ben- fro, Bessie eich merch chwi Syr. Shon: Ydych chwi wedi cael te? Dw i ddim, ond os arosweli am awr fo ddaw Dafydd a. Mary yn ol mae yma ferched wedi bod yn cael beth na nhw yn ei alw yn "afternoon tea." John: R'wyf wedi cael te., diolch i clmi, Mr Morgan, 'rwyn aros yn yr Hotel. Nid dyma'r tro cyntaf i Dafydd a. Mary yfed te heb eich cwmni chwi. Shon: Nage, nage; eitha' gwir, v mae pethau wedi cyfnewid oddiar pan y rrwnes i ————— John: Eieh ewyllys, onide ? 'Rwyn gwybod y cyfan; v mae gan Bessie a minnau ddigon o arian, ond yr wyf am i Dafydd a Mary gael gwers. Mae'r ewyllys gyda Mary dan glo, v mae yn sicrhau iddynt wyth cant o bunnau pan fyddwch chwi farw. Hyd nes i'r ewyllys gael ei gwneud, yr oedd Mary yn rhoddi'r He goreu yn y ty i chwi. Erbyn heddyw, rwy'n clywed ei bod vn dweyd eich bod yn "lumber" ac yn "nuisance." Shon: Mae'r ewyllys yn ddiogel. John: Does dim gwahanaeth, fe fydd yn eich dwylaw chwi yn union, a phan y cewch hi, taflwch hi i'r tan. Shon: Sut y caf ti yr ewyllys, a hithau dan glo.? John: Gadewch hyny i mi, a peidiwch dweyd gair. Dafvdd a Mary yn dyfod i mewn yn ynu wrth wel'd t- dyn ieuanc. Jem yn codi). Dydd da. Rwvf wedi dwvn newydd dda i'r hen frawd, shon Morgan. Mae y shares oedc ganddo yn Mhwll Cwmharris wedi troi allan yn "good investment." Gwerthwyd hwynt yr wythnos ddiweddaf am bum' cant. Mary: Eistediiveil, Syr. Pum cant! Glywaoch chwi, )atta bach? Shon: Do, Mfry; ond 'doedd ond brith gof gon-nyu am danynt. R'wyf braidd yn sicr nad oes gair o non am danynt yn yr evyllys. (Mary yr brysio i gyrchu'r ewyllys). Nac oes, Dafjdd, rwy'f braidd yn sicr, a diolch i -hwi, Syr am fod mor garedig a dod a'; newydd. (Mary yn dyfod i mewn I ewyllys). Shon: Gadewch i fi gael golwg ami hi, Mary, 'rwyn gwybod y man i roddi I bys arno—os-—oes &on am y shares. (M?rv vn estyn yr ewyllys. i Shon). Ma,e arnaf ofn nad oes. Y mae dipyn yn dywyll (Shon yn proccio'r j tan). Dyna welliant. Mary: Datta bach, does dim eisiau i chwi drafferthu i broccio'r tan, fe ddo i a chanwvll. Shon (yil parhau i broccio'r tan): Na, Marv-, fe ffeindit i ffordd i gael goleuni heb ganwyll (yn gwthio'r ewyllys i'r j fflamiau). Dyna dan, Mary! Dyna, dyna dan Dafydd! Fe ddywedir yn y Beibl am buro trwy dan, a gobeithio y bydd tanio'r ewyllys, yn foddion i'ch tanio chwithau i wneud eich dyled- swydd tuag at hen bererin, deg a thri- ugain oed, pa un a. fyddech yn disgwyl arian ar ei ol a'i neidio Mary: Datta. Datta! (yn. eistedd yn syn). John: Rhy ddiweddar Mrs. Morgan, Y mae yr hen frawd yn dyfod gyda mi, heno, i gychwyn ei daith i dy ei ferch Bessie. Ei gwr ydwyf fl, Head Manager Pwll Cwmharris. Chwi, Mrs. Morgans, wenwynodd feddwl Datta yn erbyn ei unig ferch, chwi hauodd an- wireddau am danaf fi. Ni fydd angen i Datta adael yr wyth cant i mi a Bessie, yr ydym, trwy drugaredd Duw, wedi ein breintio a (figon. Digon tebyg y bydd i dlodion ein gwlad gael rhan dda o'r wyth cant. Deuwch, Datta, fel yr ydych, cewch de yn yr Hotel, cewch gysgu yno heno, a nos yfory byddweh yn Cwmharris, araelwyd I merch sydd er ys blynyddau yn hir- aethu am eich gwaled. (Distawrwydd tra I y symudai Shon dan fraich John i gyfeiriad y drws. Y ddau yn myned allan Marya Dafydd yn mud-syllu.) Mary: Wyth cant! (John yn ail agor y drws). John :0s bydd y newydd o un cysur i chwi, cystal ei ddweyd, "Doedd gan Datta DDIM Shares yn Mhwll Cwm- harris. (Yn cau y drwe, w yn myned ymaith.) LLEN. —
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Germany from Within.I
Germany from Within. I lsobted ?m the Outside 'i World, Depression of Public Feeling. I A neutral journalist, who is a trained observer, has just returned after spend- ing a prolonged period in various parts of Germany, and contributes to the 'Daily Chronicle' a graphic account of his im- pressions and experiences. He states :— The scarcity of men is so noticeable in Germany that the impression is left that the male contingent of the whole empire is already exhausted. The railway stations are gloomy all the way from the frontier to the German capit- al. Here and there one can only see small groups of soldiers with their war equipment. But they are either old men who can hardly bear their equip- ment, or very young boys of doubtful fitness for military service. There are no porters to be seen at the stations, and the traveller is obliged to attend to his own luggage. All trains are militarised, and very often passengers are requested to leave the carriages and wait for the next train. Owing to ttils lack of men trains run with long delays. Rolling stock and other material is very poor. Also the absence of motor-cars, taxis and motor busea has its origin in the lack of men., as well as the scarcity of petrol anl benzine. Restaurants and refresh- ment rooms at the stations are now closed, and very few trains carry sleeping-cars and dining-cars. All along the railway line one can see numerous munition factories working day and night. Workers are getting from 10 to 15 marks per day. Wagons laden with war material are a common spectacle along the railway line. YEARNING FOR PEACE. On reaching Berlin the visitor gets the impression that it is a dissolute city; there is more vice and degra- dation than was the case in Paris be- fore the war. The appearance of the German capital is still gay, but one is struck by the fact that the public opinion is very much depressed. The spirit of the people is really broken. One can see few soldiers in the streets, and their face denote a great lack of confidence in their strength. No one talks about victory at the present juncture, but everybody is dreaming and yearning for peace. It is easy to see that Germany- is hastening to ruin. She is not yet at the end of her tether, of course, but one can perceive manifest signs of ex- haustion. The violent desire for peace shown by everyone is a significant sympton. Oone sees clear traces of at- trition and weariness all over Ger- many. Had it not been for her organ- isation, which is really marvellous, a,nd for her iron discipline, revolution would have already broken out all over the Empire to stop the war. But the measures taken by the military power are so energetic that no one dares to move, lest he is shot or imprisoned for life. NO MOURNING ALLOWED I Mourning is absolutely prohibited in Germany; no wounded or crippled soldier is allowed to walk in the streets of the capital and of important towns. They can only show them- selves when they are able to wear their uniforms in quite a. military way and with all decency. One does not see warworn a,nd dishevelled soldiers in Berlin. All those on leave from the front have immediately to change their campaign uniforms for clean ones. Living in Germany is fearfully expen- sive, and a small room in a modest board- ing-house cannot be rented for less than five or six shillings per day. Breakfast and fire cost two shillings extra. What Germans cailled breakfast now consists only of a cup of bad coffee and a slice of brown bread made with potatoes andi straw flour with a thin coat of butter made with beef fat. Good hotels are charging now from 16 to 18 shillings per day for the room only. No lunch can be had for less than five shillings, and no dinner under seven shillings, however modest they may be, and either in second or third class restaurants. The best scientific talents of Germany are engaged in discovering substitutes for everything that is lacking, and up to the present they have succeeded in many things excepts petrol and benzine. Wine is comparatively cheap. Bread is made of potatoes and straw or saw-dust flour, a.nd one cannot obtain a piece of bread with- out handing in the corresponding ticket. Everything tends to show at meat, milk butter, cream and lard are becoming ex- hausted, as tickets for these commodities too, have already made their appearance in Germany. Prices are rising steadily, and in a disquieting manner, and the people's anger rises in proportion with the rise of prises. Some, riots have al- ready occurred in different parts of Ger- many, but they have been suppressed with a firm hand, and rioters have been threatened with death penalties. Dealing with the publication of news, the correspondent says that nothing un- favourable to the Germans becomes known to the people, and attiibutes this as a proof of of the good organisation in the enemy's country. The military confiscates every newspaper and letter bringing bad news, thus leaving the German people in the greatest ignorance of what is go- ing on outside the empire. ENORMOUS LOSSES. I Recruiting all over Germany is going on very actively, and the 1918 class has al- ready been -called up for training. Men are admitted from 14 to 65, and even unfit men are compelled to join the army or to work in the munition factories. The movements of the troops are carried on very slowly; oontingents of about 100 men are sent to France only from time Sto time. The supply of men is becoming a difficult problem. for Germany. Opinion is pessimistic about keeping up the. effi- ciency of the troops. The losses have been enormous. Ger- many alone has to provide not less than 100,000 soldiers per month to replace casualties at the different fronts. The casualties in officers alone at the two principal fronts total about 150,000. Up to October last 350 lists of casualties were published officially in Germany, with a total loss of two and a half million men, the Prussian a-nd the Bavrurian. losses be- ing the greatest. The daily losses are so great that Germany is becoming very anxious about men, as every fit man is already on active service, and Germany is struggling to call every man she legal- ly can, in the hope to mobilise even 16 per cent. of her total population. The final classes of the second ban of Land- sturm are being incorporated daily to their regiments. Many of these men ap- pear to be from 45 to 50 years of age, and their physical appearance seems very weak and unsoldier-like. Even Boy Scouts of 15 and 16 years have already been called up. But in spite of these ef- forts the reserves of men are becoming exhausted. 3,000,000 IN TRAINING.. I Still, Germans say they have at present ) three million men in training who will be ready next spring, though they con- sider that from this contingent only two millions will be quite fit for fighting. Another fact which causes great anxie- ty is the lack of good offioers. Munitions, on the other hand, are plentiful. Large quantities of copper reach Germany from Sweden, and all war material factories are working day and night. To make up for the lack of metal all the nickel coins have already disap- peared and substituted with iron coins coated with zinc. All the copper coins have found their way into the munition factories. To conclude, the lack of men is easily detected by Ike fact that tramway con- ductors and collectors are women wait- ers in cafes, restaurants and hotels are either very young boys or old men. All the public works are carried on by women and young girls. These facts go far to break the morale and spirit of the people and to depress public feeling to a great extent. The people bear their losses sadly. These add- ed to the prostitution and vice prevalent all over Germany, and the disquieting proportions which the rise in prices is assuming, create a situation which can- not be tolerated for more than a few months longer.
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COALING AT SEA. t There are a .large number of British battleships guarding the shipping routes on the high seas which must not relax their vigilance for one moment. On this account some means has had to be devised to supply the vessels with coal without the necessity of steaming back to port. As the wardens cannot come to fetch their fuel, the fuel has to be taken to them, and by means of a very ingenious device tons of coal can be transported on to our battleships whilst they are tra- velling without their activities being in any way interfered with. A collier packed to the hatches with coal gets into touch by wireless with a battleship whose bunkers need replenish- ing. On sighting the mother vessel tlle supply ship manaeures until it is about 40J feet astern of the battleship. The collier then dispatches a small boat which carries cables, one set of which stretches from the masthead of the supply vessel. The lines are paid out as the boat ad- vances, and when it reaches the warship the cables are made fast on the port and starboard sides of her stern. The lines being brought to the required tension, the two ships travel in a straight line fas- tened together, whilst from the mast of the collier to the deck of the warship stretches a transport cable for carrying coal bags. Sacks of coal in loads weigh- ing a ton, are hoisted from the foot of the collier's mast to a platform at its head, below which a net is spread to protect deck hands from falling pieces of coal, which might happen to come loose before the sacks are dispatched. By means of wheels running on the cable the load is forced by automatic winches along the sloping transport line at the rate of 3,000ft. per second. On reaching the deck of the battleship the load is auto- matically released, and the transporter starts on its return journey to the col- lier. This apparatus enables sifCty tons of coal to be carried every hour across the gap of water separating the supply ship from the battleship. The great ad- vantage of the system is that both vessels during the operations can move at the rate of twelve knots per hour. The move- ments of the loads of coal are controlled by two transport winches mounted on the collier, a single lever operating the forward and backward journeys of the carrying device.
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BRITAIN'S MEAT BILL.
BRITAIN'S MEAT BILL. Some idea of the enormous quantity of foreign meat conslimedlill Great pritain may be gathered from the returns of foreign and Colonial meat received in Liverpool during 1915. In the last quarter 331 meat vessels ar- rived, carrying 2,285,168 sheep and lamb carcases, 115,133 pork carcases, 518,49C boxes of meat, and 2,055,000 quarters of beef. This shows an enormous increase in pork compared with the first quarter, but a decrease of over 1,000,000 sheep and lamb carcases and 1,000,000 quarters of beef. The decrease is to some extent due to the difficulty of securing ships and to the fact that the Government has taken over many of the regular carrying vessels. ——————
LLANELLY VICTIM OF GERMAN…
LLANELLY VICTIM OF GERMAN CAMP TREATMENT. News has reached Llanelly of the death of Mr. Clifford Lewis, a young man who suffered great hardships whilst detained for a. year in a camp for prisoners of war in Germany. Lewis was a civil prisoner in Paderhom, Germany, for a year, and was released' last August in a. practically dying condition, and quite beyond the.- hope of recovery. Deceased was about to leave Austria at the time of his arrest, being detained* on the eve of his departure. Whilst in the prisoners' camp he contracted tuber- culosis, from which he has now died. He was the son of the late Mr. E. Lewis, schoolmaster. His elder brother is in the trenches, and another in training at Porthcawl.
CLERGY AS SOLDIERS.
CLERGY AS SOLDIERS. The Bishop of London has received a deputation of the unbeneficed clergy, who. presented a petition signed by 1,000 Lon- don clergy of military age, asking that the clergy should to be allowed to enlist or take up such war work as they might be considered most fitted for. It was suggested that the various dio- ceses should be organised so as to release as many as possible for war work, and that the Bishop should oensider whether it would not be possible t4, waive the- rule which prohibits clergy from serving in the ranks. The Bishop gave the depu- tation a sympathetic hearing, and pro- mised to send a written reply. ————— ————
MILITARY FUNERAL AT BRYNCOCK
MILITARY FUNERAL AT BRYNCOCK A large concourse of people assembled at the fuimral on Monday of Private- Issaiah Edwards (R.A.M.C.), whose death from dysentery was recently re- ported in our columns. The remains, en- folded in the Union Jack, were conveyed to Dyffryn Churchyard by a detachment of the Neath V. T. Corps, under the di- rection of SeTgt.-Major Percy, who were preceded by the firing party, formed from A Company of the 50th Provisiona- Battalion, commanded by Sergt. T. Rees. The officiating clergy were the Rev. J. C. Thomas (vicar of Dyffryn) and his col- league, the Rev. A. R. Da vies. The llsutil Welsh and English hymns were sunf" anil the church organist, Mr. Joseph Thomas, played a requiem, and the "Dead Mari, in "Saul. After Benedict'on. tlu..€e» volleys were fired over the n lined grave, and the "Last Pogf <)\ v~ bugler followed. ————— —————
FATAL CAT'S SCRATCH. I
FATAL CAT'S SCRATCH. I At an inquest on Mary Elizabeth. Jc-ne., (37), of Rhyd-y-Mardy House, Gorseinon, deceased's husband stated that his wife had been scratched by a cat, and suffered pains in the arm. Dr. Trafford Mitchall attributed death to septic pneumonia and. peritonitis, brought about by Wood poison. ing through the scratch. Verdict accord- ingly.
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W. A. WILLIAMS, Phrenologist, oan be consulted daily at the Victoria, Arcade (near the Market), Swansea Primed am Published by "Llais Llafur" Co. Ltd., Ystalyfera, in the County of Glamorgan, Jan. 8, 1916
TEN THOUSAND MILES OF TRENCHES…
TEN THOUSAND MILES OF TRENCHES I A dispatch from Mr H. Warner j Allen, special correspondent of the British Press with the French armies, says:— The western boundary of the Allied lines which protect a front of 500 miles, with a maze of well over 10,000 miles of trenches, is a natural one, and it is easy to understand how the trenches of either side—the Germans no doubt have their 10,000 miles of trenches as well as the Allies-star. from a line so clear and definite as the cost of the North Sea. It has been said that a man could enter the great ditch, which is the rampart of civilisa- tion, at the North Sea and could make his way along it always below the level of the ground, until after many days ho came out on the Swiss frontier. Strictly speaking, the feat is an im- possible one, as the continuity of the trenches is broken in consequence of geographical conditions, but for prac- tical purposes it is a sufficiently ac- curate expression of fact.