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NEW TREDEGAR. I KILLED IN ACTION -Information I has been received that Private Aqeu- rin George Watkins, South W?les?. Borderers, was billed in action in Mesopotamia on April 30. Twenty years of age, he was the son of Mr and Mrs R. J. Watkins; of 12, Queen's Road, Cwmsyfiog, New Tredegar. When he enlisted in 1914 soon after the outbreak of war he was employed as a. shackler at the West Elliot Pit of the Powell Duffryn Company, where his father also now works. He had spent his last three birthdays in the East. < OBITUARY.—We much regret to announce the death of Mr. Arthur Williams vThe Bungalow), who for many years occupied a lesponsible position under the Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Company, who passed away on Thursday alter a long illness patiently borne. General sympathy will be expressed with the widow and seven children in their heavy trial. Amid every manifes- tation of sorrow, the funeral took place on Tuesday, the remains being laid to rest at the Cefn Goleu Ceme- tery. The Rev. Gomer Davies, of the English Congregational Church, officiated, and the principal mourn- ers were:—Mrs. Williams and her children, Mr. J. Jones ,brother-in- law), Rev. R. H. Samuel nephew), Messrs. Tom Davies Abercarn), Willie, John, and Fred Davies (Tredegar), Mr. Tom Davies knanty- bwch), and Mr. J. Phillips (Monk- house) — 8

CARNIVAL AT BARGOED. I HUGE SUCCESS. I Unquestionably the most success- j ful carnival held in the Bargoed district was that which took place I on Tuesday last, in aid of the Bar- goed and Gilfach Welcome Home I Fund. The committee who had the matter in hand had worked most assiduously in the organising, and nothing was left to chance. The secretaries, Messrs. W. T. Clement and A. J. Barber, were untiring in their efforts for the movement, and Mr. Ben. Edmunds, the chairman j of the committee, with Mr. J. Ed- munds, treasurer, were equally as active in their respective duties. How well the meeting was organised may be guaged by the fact that the takings at the. gate of the Recreation Ground amounted to nearly £150. The procession was forined "ilear the Old Mill-Hotel, and" headed by the Bargoed Town Band, under Mr. H. Bbsanko, a march was made through the principal streets" toj Qllfach, returning to the grounds, ."r where the judging took place. Those who took part in the march were greeted- along the route by huge thtpngs oi people*. The dresses were novel, quaint, and in many cases very original, and caused end- less amusement. The president of the meeting was Mr. H. E. Thomas, M.E., and the judges were:—Car- nival Mesdames H. E. Thomas, T. Cule, Miss R. Edmunds, Coun- cillor E. Jones, J. P., Messrs. Sylvan Evans and W. H. Morris; Sports Rev. T. Richards (Vicar of Bargoed), Messrs. Josiah Edwards, J. Davies, and D. J. Evans. The hon. secre- taries for the sports were Rev. T. Goshen Evans and Mr. Josiah Edwards. CARNIVAL RESULTS. Children's Fancy. 1, May Jones 2. T. Cresvvelj; 3, Milly Barnas. Fancy Mounted (Lady's or Gent's), 1, Tom Prout Dick Turpin 2, W. Durmott. Historical Characters, 1, Miss Bebb, Gelligaer. Fancy Ladies, priza di- vided between Katie Carnes, Ponty- pool, and May Davey, Bargoed. Historical Gents', 1, Bert Jones, Bargoed. Comic (Lady's or Gent's), 1, Fred Champion, Bargoed. Fancy Gents', 1, Alfred Strange, Bedwas, John, Bull" 2, Cbarlea Collier, f3,t,goed, 'Black and White.' Foreign and Continental (an excellent, com-, petition); 1, Charles Harris, 'Zulu'; .2, Stanley. Shepherd. Special Prizes were awarded Nelly Morgan, W. Cypher, Biid was, and Dan Burnett, Bargoed. Tableau on Vchicle, 1, Mrs. Cos Jones, Back to the Land." Ditto special claw* for children, winners, Harold Barber and sister, and Morris Daries and sister. Decorated Vehicle/ 11, Woodward, Bargoed. Comic Ban d 11, Woodward, Bargoed. Comic B&cd? winners, Bargoed (coudactor,, lIr. S. Morgan). Tug of War (confined to members of R A.,O,B.), ], Dart team- (captain,. Mr. J Keafe, anii lralrlear, Mr (i-ivilyilt Jenk-lhs)-; 2, Hrinbtiry 4 (,Mr. Evan> White). Egg aud Spoon Race, 1, Armie Rook; 2, Oiwen Wjlliams. Sack Raco, 1, Dd. Roberts, B irgoed 2, Idris Harris. Boys' Race, 1, John Williams; 2, Leo Shankland Girls" Race, 1, Doris: Merriott, B it goed; 2, Elia Sherving- ton, Deii. -a:

"CENJNEN" MIS EBRiLL. I Y mae Ceninen" mis EbriH yn Hawl) cyfosth gwerthfawr i'r meddwl Cymreig, effro ac awchus am wybod rhai o helvntion ei WiAd, a materion ersull o ddiddi rdeb i'n cenedl. Y m-^e yn anodd iawii nodi y goretion Me y mae pob cbru mor WbiLlifrlNl a ia ..it s Y mae'r Golygydd medrus, fel arfer, wedi sicrbaa yn y rhifyn hwu ddigon o amrywiaefh i gyfarfod a. ptiob chwaeih fed "ylioi nich a tyber. Ceir ysgriian ynddo gan yr awduron adna- byddus c,mJynù!: -Syr Vincent, ar Isaac Carter, Argraffydd y Llyfr Cymraeg cyntaf yng Ngbymru gan Isfryn, ar 44 Nefoedd Newydd a Daear Newydd gan y Parch. Adams, B.A. (Hawen) ar Bradychu Ymneilldu- aeth. Difyi a doniol a da yw Dafi'r Esger stori yn Nbafodiuei li Canol. barth eel edigion," gun Faelona, A l! ?l i on phwy na hoffa yr ysgt ifau g^ir yma ar Thomas Matthews, MA." gan D Rhys Phillip", a 44 Daniel Davies, y Ton," gan Abraham Morris, F.R.H.S., ar 44 Pan oeddwn yn Brrntii," gan Edward Rees, Y H. (Iolo Rhys), a lluaws eraill o ysgrifau o darnau o farddoniacth sydd yn llawn swyn a neges dda. Nid ops un chwarterol yn cyfoethocach a rhatach yn y farchnad na'r 44 Geninen," ac y mae rhifyu Ebrill yu duiivvng o'i i',ag0«*wiiyuuioLi j lluosog a da.

DANGER OF RHUBARB LEAVES I ANOTHER DEATH. I Recently several deaths have taken place in various parts of the country, from poisoning due to eating boiled rhubarb leaves as a vegitable., As I this habit is in vogue in the Rhymney Valley, it is well to point out what Dr. Spilsbusy, the Home Office ex- pert, stated at Enfield on Monday, in giving evidence in the case of the death of the Rev. W. R Colville, a Presbyterian minister, Dr. B. H. Spilsbury, who bad made a post-mortem examination, said taht there was fatty degeneration of the heart and liver, entirely due to the poison. Death was due to coma consequent on poisoning from oxalic acid contained in rhubarb leaves. The Coroner mentioned an instance in which sqyoq pursour, who. bad ?- eaten rhubarb leaves suffered pun and illness lasting a considerable time; and in another case seven soldiers in catnji were very ill for ten days. Ivo soda, was used when boil- ing the leaves. Dr. Spilsbury said that rhubarb cooked without soda was less in- jurious than with soda, as it set free the oxalic acid more rapidly. He wouM like to give a warning against the use of soda, as L4ere might be some risk ■

EX-BARGOGD TRADESMAN FINED, At the •CaerpbilSv Police Court. on Tuesday, B. H. Baker, formerly a painter, etc of Gilfach-street Bar- goed. now of Pontynool, was so mOl' moned under the National Health Insnrance with not having affixed? stamps to tb? inurance card, of an employee, Mr Hayden Jones, who proepcated said, that a man named George Hilsuy, wan in the dofoudant's employ from April 1914 to April 1916. When he left Baker handed him his Insurance Card upon which there was dne 13 sevenpenny stamps. It would be proved th.t defendant had deducted the 4d. eitoh week from the man'H wHges. Whatever may bj said as to payment in cash of the amount of thu stamps due, it was the employer's duty to sue that the stamps were affixed. The matter had been before the Com- missioners since August, and four letters had been written the defendant which he did not answer. It was also with difficulty that one of the Inspectors had been able to see him. Hilsby hud had one week's sickness and in conseq uence of his card not being fully stamped, he was paid only 5/4 instead of 10/ Evidence having been given by Hilsby, the dtcifdndant said he ha t given the witness the amount due for sr am pa and thougilt he had affixed them. Defendant was fined 20s. aDd 17s. cost

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Y.M.C.A. CAMP CONCERTS. Under t.be aut-pices of the Y M C.A. a 6mHll coaoert paity directed by Mr U, F. Nieholis, A.R C.O., Newport, are visiting the military camp3 in tho Pembrokeshire area. The compauy include — Miss Gwladjs Naisb, L.R.A-.M., Cardiff, s jprano; :\Ii,<Annie Thoroas, Rhymney, couteidto; Air. Alfred Lewis, N ewpnrtil ten.w; Mig Daisy Goldsack, Newport, society en- ter tainer. The first concert was givoll iu tbe Y.M.C A. Hut, i. Pembroke, on Saturday evening. Three eaered eoneort* were given: Sunday, in different military cMtnp^ and each day during the week, various districts will be visited. The tour will con- clude- at Tenby on Friday evening Much "enthusiasm Is di^|>lf»yed by the audionces and the party have hd a fine reception, —— »—a—o I

CAERPHILLY. LOCAL AEROPLANE. Captain Ivor Glyn Elias, 4th Royal Welsh Fusiliers, attached to the Royal Flying Corps, made 3, journey in an aeroplane from the Birmingham district on Monday, and alighted in a field near the Caerphilly Golf Links. The flight and landing attracted large crowds, it being the first aeroplane to descend in the town. Captain Elias is a son of Mr. D. Elias, manager of the London and Provincial Bank, Caerphilly, and prior to enlisting in September, 19x4, was champion of the golf club, a member of the Southern League Association Football, and a cricketer of note.

I FUN AND FANCY. I Miss Paesex: Do you think it is bad Aick to postpone a wedding? Mr. Batch: | "Not if you postpone it of tea enough." Magistrate: "I hope I shall not see you here again." Hard Case: "Not see me I here agaiu Why, you ain't going to resign, I are Y(-)u? Turke "I wonder where Scribblor got the character of that peculiarly detestable villain I in his new uovoi." Burke; "Oh that's a portrait of the publisher who refused his first book I" "Mamma," complained a little OM To- cently, "teacher won't let me sing any more, and I'm the fastest singer in school, too! Lady "I'm worried about my completion, doctor. Look at my face f" Doctor: "You'll have to diet." Lady: "I never thought of that. What colour would Buit me best, do you think? Teacher: "Now, children, if you want to learn anything' well you must begin at the bottom." Boy fat loot of cla8): "How about swimming, teachort Mies Huggins "My father is very good at reading facec. Mr. Kiasam: "Then I had I better not print any kisses on yours! "But, father," protested the swoet young thing, "you have to dress this way these days to catch a husband." "You stand a bett-er chance of catching oold," replied the father. He had ueed persuasion and argument it vain. At last he said in desperation: "Gladys, if you will marry me I will take out £ 100,000 of life insurance; if I die you will be safe from want." "Yes," was the reply, "but what if you don't diet "Mother doesn't think she'll go to the ¡ theatre with us to-night, Albert." crl8 that so 9. I have got three tickets. What shall I do with the third cnet "Give it" to the man you always go out to see between the ac-te. He can sit with us, and you won't have to go out to gee him." New Lady Border "Meroy What thick, heavy coffee cups they use here." Old Boarder: "Yes; the idea is that your arm will get eo tired lifting one cup you won't ask for a second." "Which eort of tea will you have, air green or black? said the shopman. Here I was a dilemma, but a bright idea came to the mere man-shopper. "Oh, we had better have black," he said; "it is for & funeral." Alfred "Dad, where is Utopia? Dad "Utopia is the place where people lire vp te the advice they givo others, my son." "I don't see Old Giles round at your hones at nights now." "You don't.' "How'e that? I thought he came every night to talk with you about the war? "He did, till his missus told mine that he always raked out their fire before coming to sit with me. I'm not having any feller oomin' sit- ting at my fire coal-saving." The Marketer: "Aren't you waiting & good deal of that steak in trimming it? The Butcher: "No, ma'am. I weighed it first." "I hope," said the governor to the de- parting convict, "that you won't go back to your old associations." "No, propose to associate myself with anybody who didn't have the advantages of just as good a prison as I had." Blayne: "A can picture—eh? A man lol- ling in an easy chair, and his wife leawng over him to light his cigar." Payne: You haven't seen the companion picture to it, have you?" Blayne: Why, no!" Psyne: "It's the same man savagely chewing the I end of a cigar and writing a cheque. "What is-the matter with your wifef I see she's got her hand in a slint. "Beet. lees driving." "Horaat" "No, nail I Mrs. Nexdoor: "How it old-Mr. BLOUQI- bnggs this morning? Mra. I haven't heard, but. I noticed that Doctor Bigfee looked" very gloomy when he jdt the Mor.evbaeffs' residence a little "while ago." Mrs. Nudoor: cr Ah then the dmz old gentleman is getting better." "My dear," said Mr. Hawkins to hie bet- ter half the other evening, "do you know that TOU have one of the best voioes in the world"? "Indeed?" replied tite deught-ed f Mr. Hawkins, with a flush of pride at the I compliment. "Do you really thiDk sot" i certainly do," continued the heartless nue- band, ( otherwiBe it would have been worn out long ago." Sandy and Pat were discussimf the war economies of their respective landladies. ln- dade," "ffspat, "the other day Oi eew that wumman OUjrjrady oenntfia' the to Put in the broth." "Och," replied Bandr, "thatV«aethin\ Where I am the landlady melte the margarine an* paints it oa yor bread wi' a brush!" The old soldier was again gfvlng  youngster accounts of the wondew he had exixrienced, e?speciall in the way of chmàt. Said }w: "I remember whe? we w^re In Fvzardum we used to toMt our bread in the siiii, and-" Youngster (interrupt- ingi Yes I know, and you were supplied with corkscrews to draw your breath. An inspector was visiting a country school- He was asking some of the children quee- tions. After a while -he said to a junior class: "Now, I want some of you to ask me a question that I can't answer." After a few vain attempts a small bey said, COPloage, sir, if you were stuck in a pool of mud up to your netk and a brick was thrown at your lead, would you duckt" H: "I understand that a doctor and & chauif Me suitors ?r Miss Shapely« hand? She: "Ye?, md she nn<? it awfully hard to choose between them, for thej vi both audi killing HARMLESS PEOPLE. If, with the bofet intentions, we can only manage to dec-erve the epithet of "harin- it I' hardly worth while to have lived iu the world at all. A man, if he is a must in some way or shape do a UX'H work. If after making all the effort tu.^t- his strength of body and of mind per- p^ite, he yet hoiiourahiy fails, why, he still is entitled to a certain share of respect be- he has made the effort. But if he Q"' not make the effort, or if he makes it hilf-hc.irtcdJy, and recoil from the labour, th-o risk, or the irl,sniiie monotony of his why, he has forfeited all regard to our i, and ha s -,ho,,vu himself to be a mere lumberer of theseirtli, It is not given to us all to succeed, but it is given to us all to strive manfully to deserve success.— j'h-rrKloro Roosevelt. THE LAW OF LOVE. Each tender deed and tone. Each wo-d, thought, sacrifice, that helps the world By loving kindness, iige, and eharity; Nav. "even one cup of water"— so He said. Given in "My Name"—brings glimpse of God. and leads Nearer and nearer to the law of love, Which shall be justified, when all is known, And the Eternal Wisdom whispers low Ita secret to the soul. —Edwin Arnold. WITH A LIMIT. No man is ever good for much who has not been carried off his feet by enthusiasm between twenty and thirty but it needs to be bridled and bitted.-r,roude, I LIBERTY. Personal liberty is a right of doing what- ever the law permits and if a citizen could dc what the law forbids, he would be no longer possessed of liberty. ENTHUSIASTS. What should we do were it not for the enthusiasts? How slowly the tired old world would move did not the enthusiasts keep it rushing along! Columbus, Harvey, Galileo, Wirherfc-rce, the Pilgrim Fathers, John Bun- yan were enthusiasts—fanatics, and met the fate of such. -Do you thank heaven you are not a fanatic? Don't do that It may be TOU could not be an enthusiast if you would. [leaven is not particular when it wants a weathervane-; almost any man will do for th-.it. But when it wants an enthusiast, it look., rery c-arefully for the be6t man in the community. Pofore you thank Heaven you aro not a fanatic, examine yourself care- fully. and eee what is the great deficiency that debars you from such promotion.—R. J. Burdette. A FLOWER. Flower in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower-but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I shouki know what God and man is. -Tenn,Toon. ONE EDITION ONLY. Life is a book of which we have but one edition. Let each day's action, aa they add their pages to the indestructible volume, be such as we shall be willing to have an aii- sembled world to read. PRAYER. That prayer, sooner or later, is answered, to all who have prayed earnestly and con- stantly, is, in different degrees, a matter of personal experience. They who never prav, or who never pray with the humility, confidence, and importunity that wins its way to the heart of God, cannot speak from experience as to the effects of prayer; nor are they in a position to give credit, with generous simplicity, to those who can. But at best, on such a subject as this, the voice of the whole company of God's servants may be held to counterbalance a few a priori sur- mi,,(\ or doctrines; and it is the very heart of humanity itself which from age to age mounts up with the Psalmist to the Eternal Throne—"O Thou that heare6t prayer, unto Thee shall all flesh come."—Liddon. LET 00 ME WHAT MAY, 0 let the solid ground Not faH beneath my feet Before my life has found What some have found so sweet; Then let come what come may, What matter if I go mad, I shall have had my day. Let the sweet heavens endure, Not close and darken above me Before I am quite Mire That there Is one to love me; Then let come what come may, To a life that has been so sad, I shall have had my day. Tennyson. SENSE OF EASE. There is iio sense of ease like the ease felt in those scenes where we were born, where objects became dear to us before we had known the labour of choice, and where the outer world seemed only an extension of our own personality; we accepted and loved it as we accepted our own sense of existence and our own limbs.-George Eliot.

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