South Wales Weekly Post

'Allies' Great Offensive. 22.6M 6ERMAMS TAKEN PRISONERS Big Bites in Enemy's Lines. -1 1 BIGGEST SUCCESS S)MEIHEMMME The new Franco-British offonsiTe in the west started so brH- <iMt!y Is being spiondidjy maintained. Oc Saturday (as reported on Sunday), the British troops cap- tured trenches on a five-mile front south of La Bassee, took the viUage of Loo$, and at places advanced 1,000 yards, or two and a third miles. The first day's captures are 2,MO prisoners, nine guns and Beverai machine-guns. The French troops have made important progress towards Lens, Md have taken Souchez. In Champagne, on a front of over fifteen mNes, they have forced the enemy back to his second line, about, two and a naif milss in the rear. la all over 22,700 prisoners have been taken in two days, while the French captures in field guns number 21. PRESS BUREAU, Sunday, 11.30 p.m. The foiiowing report has been received (rom air John French:— Sewere hghting took piace to-day on the ground wcwt yesterday, the enemy making determined counter attacks. Except north-east of Leos we hold all the ground taken yesterday, including the whofo of Looa ttseif. This ewening w, retook the quarries north-west of HuHuck, which were won and test yesterday. The number of prtsoners cotteoted' after yesterday's fighting now amount to t,6M, nine guns, and a constderaote numMr of macn'ne guns. I The following appeared tn a special w&r <edt<4oa of the ".Post," issued pa Sunday tftternoon:— PREM BUREAU, Sunday .3TEm MEL? <MAR?ttAL. CUmMAND- P<!G?T'tE JURiTiSH iURCE? REFURiJS AS FULLOWS:— 9.50 a.m., Sept.. 26. GENERAL HEADQUARlERS. YESTERDAY MORNING WE AT- TACKED THE ENEMY SOUTH OF LA I BA88EE CAÀL, TO THE EAST OF GRENAY AND VERMELLE6. We captured his trenches on a front ef over nwe nutes, penetrating his Hnes !n tome ptaoe< to a dtstanoe of 4,000 yafds. We captured the western outskirts of HuHuoh, the wtttage of Loes, and the minmg works around It and HH! 70. L OTHER ATTACKS \\ERE MADE yORTH OF LA BASSEE CANAL, WHICH DREW STRONG RESERVES! OF THE ENEMY TOWARDS THESE POINTS OF THE LINE, WHERE HARD I FIGHTING TOOK PLACE THROUGH- OUT THE DAY, WITH VARYING SUCCESS. ¡ AT NIGHTFALL THE TROOPS OF XTHE CANAL OCCUPIED THEIR POSI- TION OF THE MORNING, f WE MADE ANOTHER ATTACK ;NEAR HOOGE, ON EITHER SIDE OF 9TIE MEN1N-ROAD. THE ATTACK NORTH OF THE ROAD SUCCEEDED IN OCCUPYING THE BELLE WAARD FARM AND BIDGE. BUT THIS WAS SUBSE- UBNTLY RETAKEN BY THE ENEMY. THE ATTACK SOUTH OF THE i I!.OAD GAINED ABOUT 600 YARDS Ot THE ENEMY'S TRENCHES. WE HAVE CONSOLIDATED THE SROUND WON. ) Reports of captures up to the present *nc<ude about 1.700 prisoners and eight <tuns, besides sewerat machine guns, the twnber of which is not yet known. Tne report in Friday? German oo!a- m::¡ue that we attempted to make ait o.tta« on the previous day south of La Ius;wo CanaJ, which broke down under tnst!le artillery tire, is false. No attack W" attempted.

I THE NEWN AT NEATH. I The great Anglo-trench victory was nr&t r tnade known atNeath on Sunday by a spe- tiai edition of the "Post," which, placed at the disposal of Mr. A. H. Ricu<M-d6, the weU- Dawn Ioc<J newsa-gent, acid out before the "epecMje" of ajiy competing newspaper t frivod.

11 I ItRoutwIs war servios.) ) PARIS, Suwhty. 1 T"Ilght's omaial cwnmunique r*PWts turtjw progress north ef Arrat. W*) have ooeupted the whole of the village j of Seuohez. Purther south we have reached La Fone, and have pushed ferwtfd to Ohctun. m the course ef tht< fighting we htw« taken i,wo prisonem In ChMHptene, after crossing on tt- <tMt ttM Whole front whteh tto be- .ween AubwwMtw and VHteeaatour, we tdwanotd nefthwM'd, cempetHng the Ow<mzn troops to fatt back on second tMtttton trenches three of feur. tttte- metrM tn thereaf. ) The en?ny <unered Mry cenatderabt? «MM. Th* prisoners exoeed M,000, andw. h*we otntured :4 netd guns, ) ¡ CAREER CAPTURES MAtMTAtMED. t (Preae Association Wax Service.) PARIS, Sunday, 5 p.m. The MJowing French ontciaj communiqne Jlfaa Moued here thit afternoon: I In -krtr)ix wa mumtained in the course of j '<the night the positiona we captured yexter- day, in4cluding the oMtle of Carleui, the eeOMtefy of Souchez. and the last trenchea I whicb the enemy atiil occupied to the east I W, the fortified po&iMona known under the I' tMUBe cf the Labyrinth. In the Chtunpafme there wae obetmate I aghting aJ! &long the front. Our troopa penetrated the German line <Mt t front of 26 MometreN, and for a depth n from one to four kHonMtrss. In the course of the night they OMMtained «U the ca-ptored positions. ¡. The nomber of pntiMwe a'ot.tuBy counted 13t,000 men. Nothing to report on the rest of the front, except a &uj-pnsc action <m the paxt of our &.tHJ.e.l'Y duected agamst the Gel.nl&a woriw in the Launois district, sn Baa-deSapt.. The following appeared in the special W&r Ed!)tion of the Post on Sund&"v after- noon — (Press Association War Service.) I" A.tt.LIj, isaturaay, 11 p.m. I The following o&oiai comtnutuque is tssued to-night:— Oa the Belew- coast our batteries co- operated with the British F!eet in bombMd- mg the GeTmsHi positions at Westeitdc and Middlekwke. British troope euccessfoiUy attacked the enemy's positconfS to the wast of Looe and H ulluch. OTH t'rooJ aclug in conjanctioc with the BrctLsh Army, delivered to the aorth o: Arras an energetic attack which pennitted theo! to set foot on eeveraj points of the enemy's lines. the Somine and the bomb, &íedaJ torpedo, <ma petárd' figbf;í took place jjr the aect<a' of OtnnystUTnatz, and tnjo' srtmery exploded ac ammunition depot in a strongly foTtiStd baiMing at Beauv. raioff. Champagne Trenches Captured. I In Ghamtlagne, after a new a.nd very violent bombardment of the tr&nchcs shei- Mrs, bla-6chousez, and batteries of the enemy, our uifajtt-ry stormed the Gennan lioea between the Sujppe and the A'sue The enemy's hrei. iliac positM)M were occa- pled on nearly the whole of the fr<Mit attacked, Our progTpM coctinaMt. In the Woevre and Lorraine arti-iiety nghting contmues, &Qd in the Vosge-s. in the vicinity of L& Chapetotte and of Sehratzmaen,-Ie. NAIVE GERMAN ADMISSION OF THEtR CONStDER- ABLE LOSSES. (Prssa AsBooi&tion War Spe<aaJ.\ A ? 11?, ) AM&iJSKDAM, Sunday. The onloial obnummique m Berlin toay saya;— Battles in oont1nua.v;pn of the French and Bnt<tah oaiensive, wh:ch have been prepared for months since, progressed without brioc- !ng the aa.sa.ilants to any extent nearer to the-tr atQt (Anothe.- version saye, to any extent worth mentioning. ") On the coast Bi-ctjsh warships attempttd to hafMs ue with their nre, especially off Zeebrugge. but without any result. la the sector of .Yprcs the enemv Ninered heavy losaM and thieved no eucceM. South-west of Lile TheerMfmyaucoeeded m repujaMg one of our d?ioas aw Loos from its advan?d line of <?fence to?e iron? :? Jme, ??.?y, ?. badc<?i<? ?ble ? Ni men Md .1? .n m?nai of ? kind3 whMh ?y between ?ur two po?tioM. Our counter-atte(-& M progreseing favour. &bly. < We I VetuntarMy evacuated the ruine of SouchM. I Nomeroas other attacks on this front were easily repulsed at several points with very I ce&vy doases for the enemy. The 39th Begi. ??? of Landwehr especi&Uy dMtingu?hed M?eit. fhM ? the oame regiment which. during M&y suatatLned the principal attack north of Neuvitile. In the strugglM betwean Rheim" and the Argonne and north of Perthee a German di v1.sion WM! ODII8ed to evacuate !t$ adwance pMittan. W¡U<H "&Kl oeen rumed by an untiaterrupted bombardment lMtiog during 70 hows, ancl Mtdre to meoond position, &ituated two or Muoe Mometree behiad the Sr<t With the exceptiQn of th.Te, however, aa attempts to break thnMgh ftikd. The battlè was etubbom north of MortNeloB Ie Grsnde and c!oM t-o the Western Argonne Here OUT brave troops made the enemv SeT tiM heaviest loeses. The North Gcr- man and Heaaian Landwehr fought excet- lantly. ELEVEN TRAINS OF I PRISONERS. r PLEASING SIGHT FOR THE I FRENCH. PARIS, Monday. The following appears in the "Petit P&ri. ?g?ien" to-d&y:— The railway junction of Le Boai?et has during the !fMt 24 hours recovered the a-s. pect it had during the grand M)d glorioua daya of the Marne. Eleven trains carrying unwounded pnson. ers passed during yesterday. These trains only stopped at Le Bourget for a few minutea.

XEPPEUN OUT. I (rr<M AaaociaA.on %N ar Special.) I AMSTERDAM. Monday. According to a takgrram to the Niews Van D4 from Vr,ebM, .& Zopleelin WM observed there y<etord&y fonowj tmm <mst tn waa.t.

i i RUSSIANS RETAKH I, PORTIONS. I, I DESPERATE HGHT!NG ALL ROUND. (Press Association War Special.) I PETRWRAD, Sunday. {'Received Monoay)) me tMnciat conmiuDique to-Mght says:— The position is a little quieten on the iront cf the Dvinsk position. Yesterday the Germaop were driven from Drisvia,tz, (m the Vilia, above ViJeika; des- perate actions contmue, and we captured Rccterka.. AH German attacks near Vileikn were re- pulaed. North-wed of Viletica We carried Ostroff with the bayonet, ajm l'ecapllQ\cd Ghirty. <J.it the bmorgon front hgnung oontmues. In the Laizdujiy district the enemy Go- veloped a violent fire and we evacuated Yttie. We crushed the German resistance near Podgurir, ea6t of -Novogroden, takiug 92 prisoners. In attacks near Old Koltohitzy we took 600. prisoners, machuM-guss, two supply colunms, artillery, ajnmuninon, w8AgOUS amd ammunit-ion. On the Strumene we drove the Germans b&ck acroes the river. The enemy, who abandoned numerous wouncLed ajtd a large quajitity of munitions, bumed the bhttge Meat- Sliatitcheli.. South of Pi-ask there were no incidente of note. Un the front south of Pripet, or in the Galici&n theatre, in actions whidh w<! have recently fought Bayonet attacks ha/ve become ur?u?y ?Lc?ii?fioes with tHir troops, and are the best prool of tl?eir mill* t&ry courag'e. 0? the ot?er hand, :tt is very aigniScant tha,t in the recent German com- muciques the natrtber of prisoners which tihey have t&ken from us &re very modest, and the successes of our troops, when they are not altogether concealed, &re too con- acieintiousiy and too grea-tly deprecated. In the eolovtize district west of Tchort- koR twenty of our cavalrymen charged a party of AustriaiM who wem working on the defences of & position, and M.byed eighteen men and an omoer, and took others, najneiy, an officer and 47 men, prisoners. Uur horse. men ha.d only two of their number slightly wounded. At another point a smaU Russtan patrol attacked an Auetrian carrier pc,L of 00 men, took nine of them prisoners, and eaorod otherr,

I ONCE TOO OFTEN. WIFE PROSECUTRIX APPEARS THIS TIME. At. Sw,nU on Monday John Sayce (47), labourerj, wM charged with unlawiully M. saultiog aad woujMung hit wife, Martha 8auce,. cy striking her on tb,ç head "ith a tin and also ktcktfng her, at No. 26, Charles street. Complainant, who appeared with her head &nd hands in bandages, said that on Satm. day night her husband came home the worse for drink and began threatenmg her. She left the house In fear. When she returned defendant Mid to her, "Go out from here, you _— ——, and kicked her. She faint- ed, ard when she came around and got up from the floor defendant again told her to go out MKt threw her out. Defendant again m the afreet struck her down with his net and with a tin. At the Centra! Police Station defend<mt aaid he did not kick her. Defcooant told the magistrates that he was & good father to his children and h&d not been there for anything like that before. Supt. Roberts said defendant had been before the court three timas before, once for druNjttenoef.s amd twice for aesaattmg his wife, but there w&a no appeMWoe ic those twojactsunimpNeett. Sayce wae sent to pritson for a month

THE ONLY SONS. D!STRESS!NG DOUBLE I J.\&ITY MOTORISTS "HiJULED NEAR I i,ur(T f A distressing motor accident, resulting :u two de.tHM, L<.cut-rcd on ['ul'day n.gnc aL i-viargani, uear fon j'att)oi.. 'iwo you-ig men, -or.rley Claj-k (19), sou of ,NJr. 6,d,v4fd UiMK, ot me hotel, Cwmavou, nd \juin'r W hlttil1gt.cn (.21), of I'any,,rvz-stieet, Port 'i*atboL, both o. whom a4-e erop-1J.)YOO as Eiupuroker's clerks, ieft be'n)e o(m attev feveu o'clock ior a inotor-cy<de ride towards Bridgeod, Whit- L.ngLon r]<ting on the cair,er beomd. ,s they turned s road nsaj; a p!a.ce known as Hole in the Wall," at Yl.argi1U!, they coLidcd With a motor-lorry owned by Mr. F. Mills, furo.ituj'e remover, of Aber- av&n, whio'i wa.s proceedmg homewa.rds. The motor-eyelets Dashed !ntc the lorry I tVTtb Mtch LJ;j.¡¡ c-ot.h young men were thrown on to the ba-M at the side of the ro:td The lurry was inul1ediatel' stopped, and the driver, on returnmg to the spot., found, that both young men were dea,d, wtth theJr head badiy ba-ttered, and dea-th must bare bf;iln instantaneous. The KK/tor-cycJe "vas smash ed. The driver of the motor-lorry at once pro- ceeded to Port Tajbot and.gave informa-tioB to the police. Inspector Kees and several ecnstabos promptly proceeded 00 the pla<?e where the &œÏ1d':llt h&d occurred and re- d i<he bodies to thecj homes. The sad aSaur cast qu:te & gloom over the district where the two young men r-osaed, and were only sons.

I A'U N ITED. -ACTION." I SWANSEA RAILWAYMEN'S I MEETING. SUPPORT TO EXECUTIVE PLEDGED. I. A mass meeting c-{ raUwaymen belong- ing to the -Natif.,nal Union of Raiiwaymen was held at the Workicg Men's Club, Rwan eea, on Sanday afternoun, to consider the wage propo&als. The meeting was convened by Nc. 1 Branch, Swansea, but an invita- I tion was extended to the members in the dis- trict, and, as a reeult, representatives were present from Port Talbot, Swansea Valley, etc. Three hundred wore present. The proceedings, which were strictly pri- vate, lasted from 2.50 until after five o'clock and weM presided over by Mr. J. Sweeney. The chief feature was an address explaining Hie portion by Mr. E. Charles, a member of the Executive Committee. It will be recalled the men, at a previous meeting, decided to urge a 10s. a week a 'crease. Now, as the result of the explana- tions on Sunday, and the general position, '¡ the men have decided to fall into line with I the Executive Committee's action. What this will be definitely was not stated on Sunday, nor is it finally known at aLy rate, Swansea will support the Executive Com- I mittee in the general movement for an ad- vance. The rMolntaon, carried practically unanimously, was as follows:— That this meeting of raHwaymen of I Swansea and district appreciates the ex planat:on given by our Executive Com- mittee member, Mr. E. Charles, relatiye tt) our present demands made to the rail- way companies ca our behalf, and pledge Our support to the Executive Committee I in future negotiation?. Conversations 'with railwayman show that the men are now air agreed that any action, apart from the general movement, would I be inadvisable, and that the chances of success and publK: support Iay' in nmtcd action on reasonable lines. A few ex- I tremists are still, it ie understood, in favour of promoting dattna on the Imee of the: former decisiozri- -bi'-t they are now only a very few, and th'eirinfluence will not inter- fere with the more moderate majority who are anxious to keep public support- I At one time Swansea threatened to be- come notorious in excessive demands, but now failing into lioe they wi]l support the general movement, But what this will be i is, as stated, not yet definitely decided. I. The Executive Committee are formulat. ing demands.

TACTFUL MINERS' AGENT ADVISES RESTRAINT IN AVON VALLEY, I The Afon Valley Miners' Association held then- montMy meeting at Port TaJbot on t Saturday evening, Mr. William Davies t (Cwmavon) pre"ng over &n attendance representing 6,900 members. Mr. WiUtMn I Jenkins, J.P., the maneTs' &gent for the'dLS. trict, pemarked that the present was a most importajtt period en the history of the coal- neM, when price-Hets under the new agree- ment were being framed and adjust'ed, and it behoved every cSici&l to exercise the! greatest care an i caution. He regietted to nnd that already unnecessary trouble and (' friction was I-)eir z <:aueed at certain col- Liene& in .the ¿st,d through the indiecrc- tion of cel'"¡,' ?tup-loyers and managers. While in S,7- nstances managera pa;id the ) proper and cair.ed out th&j agreem-t, l to the letter, yet at, the eame calliai,et. thes-e very same nianagers- refused to pay certaan workmen acccrd.ng to the terms of the new agreement. The workmen I, consequ.r,,ntly goL,i=-.table, and were tempted to break the contract. He (Mr. JenkLns) strongly adrcsed tbee-e men TO RESTRAIN THEMSELVES. despite the provocation of their employers, as be felf: sure that then- organisation, I through the of&cials, were quite capa-bic of securing all that they were entitled to ui:der the agreement without resorting to any I a,brupt stoppages. Ho wa<& pleaeed to aunounoe that yrao ticaUy aU the eMgnnemen and stokers in had joined tlie South Wa.les ManeM* Fe(leratiuii. Three new branches v6 ere apPly;ng that day for pormiEsion to join, and the eame waa granted. CompHainta received from Bryn- coch, Glenavpn. and Corrwg Rhondda. Col- I Uerh.s against iioa-uaiicnists, ajid applica.. I tions ware made for perniiBsIon to tender I notices. The agbnt urged patience, and stfcugly advised a house-to-houae can,&w befo-M they took ench drwtk steps.

I I" WILLIAMS T'HE WERN. 791 INTERESTING PRESENTATION AT LANDORE.  t The member of Biloh Coa?re?ational Camrch. Landore. have reco?oiaed by & pre- Kantation the Ions and remarltable service of ex.AldermaJt WiUiam WitUam? J.P.. to the church, denominttioa. a?d neighbourhood. Mr Williams. who is in his 79th year. became & member of Silob Church in hK boyhood, and hae acted as Sunday school teacher for 66 ye&M. !M:d been a de&coo for M years. He I hM been & member of the committee of the Conzrefa.Hoa&t Union of Waleq, and was pre- eident of the Gla.mort:an Conirrega.tiona.1 Aa. ¡ 1Jooia.tJon. On Saturday eveniTi? there was a rema-rtc- ¡ able tratherin: of members and friends of Siloh Church, some coming from lone di<)- ta.ncec to *how theiT appreci&ti m of Mr. Wil. Hfuns' aervicea. funoMr these being Mr. D. Mor:a.o Reea. J P.. of Whytchurch. The f pastor, the Rev. Samuel WiHia,m9. presided. Mrs. W. Williams, who h&a .lso been an active member of the church, was handed a silver tray. inscribed, by Mrs. Samuel Wil. 'liama, and the senior deacon, Mr. David iTMchards, handed Mr. WiUi'ms a check for a aub.?tantia!l amonct Mr. Williams feelingly ;thanked friends who. he eaid, had always I' ehown him grett ttindness. Mr. Richard Martin S'reatly !ntoreeted the Ka.therinz with hia recollectioTM) of Mr. WU. liama* øerv1(';e!. mentioninef that he was the pioneer of the penny readings which became eo poputar in the district; he was pioneer ¡ atso of the movement which resulted in the eatabliahine of the British School at Bryn- hyfryd. I Eulogistic speeches were ajNo deHvered by Mr. T. D. ?cshee, secretary of the church. j Mr. Wm. Jones and Mr. T ?* Ht?he? !deacoDS etc

TANGLE OF THE STANDAIZDS VERSION OF THE I OWNERS. The anthracite collars threat to down toots ou Mu'Yd&y weeK over tne wage rates Nou,d be, it. cs stated, contrary to the .'ecentiy signed agrMmteat, vrnich pi'e- ->Cfw.:S — No notice to terminate ocutracts shall he give.n by e;t11e¡' OIVn<l'S or workmen before the panlJ,llar 9.U-çstlOJJS m ci,sv)ute bhiiU have been comja.red oy the or by the committe'e appomtfd in &ccoru- ance with the fOl egr-ng procedure, and the Bo.ard <M' Cciniiii,tbtt, ellaW hane faii'e<t to arrive at aji agleement." THE GOVE&ME.NT AWARD. I Mr. C. Ciesves, interviewed on Monday by the Dcniy Post," stated:— it i.s dif5cult to under&ta.nd the attitude of the anthrap-4ie men. They ha.ve taken paft in the negotiat <'ns eUilmôw,t lng in the new a-gt'eement, embodying the Government terms. In tb!:s agrecm.cnt it stipulates that new standards are to be estabh&hed by ad'd.ing 50 pey cent. to the 1879 standard. Any gta.nda.rd in cperatn)Q oth&T than the 1879 standard sha'U be conespoudiogly adjusted. The anthracite standard i& dinerent to the 1879 &t.and&rd, a.a<j b.M to be altered by adding les.s than 50 per ceot. The amount vaiiies sUghtly at different owing to the fact that the standards are sli'ght-ly different, b.ut generaHy i.he percentage would be 45.78, but !f there is any question as to wha,t is the proper amount to add to the standard, the proper course i5 ?o refer it to the Conci'Liation Boaj.d. There is ABSOLUTELY NO JUSTIFICATION j lor me tnreat of a general stoppage, anct ETich a threat shows & di&regaid for the petition. It is true th&t the Government award also provides fcr an enquiry into thp anthracite rats, but that is no reason why in the meantime the standard should not be adjusted even if they bavs to be altered lai-er oh, and tha.t tba Conciliation Board agreE-:d tha.t they should be altered is shown by the fa.ct that they )&su.ed only oa 2Cth September instructions that for the future the u.aw 1915 standard should appear I on th<} pay ticket.. GeueraUy spea.1cing, where the new 1915 sta.nd&i'd has been mtroduced dt has been done after arrangement with the men, and the presant portion appears to be created by tliose who do not understand the whole facts. Besides, there is a speaiaj joint sub. comctittee of both sides of the Conciliation Bcarcl especia-Hy to deal with ??? a pcint as thee. Why is it not referred to that oody ')ÍOl"e making threats of a general stoppage, which is surely totally unjustiBed at this thne by such a question as that now raised!" The Wages Rates. I As regards t-0'e Aages a iveli-iinovrn bwa<n- eea- auth'ority told the Pozt that the 5 per cent. question wa.s to he enquired into, and that the agreement bearing on the rates was clearly defuied in the foUowing tenDB:— Ln lieu of the standard ra.tes prevailing at the respective colUenes priot' to the 15th July, 1915, a new standard shall be estab- lished except as otherwise hereinafter pro- vided by adding 50 per ceut. to the 1879 standard. Any standard moperatioN othr atandard. Any standard ?6 be oorrespond. thaa the 1879 ttan4lard ah. be correspond. iogiy adjusted. in The question of rate far the anthracite colMMTiee sus compared with those for other ooitLiertes shall be subject to enqmry (that is J the 5 percent, questicaj known amongst the I men as the lost 5 p?r cent.)" rne Reat fesmcH. I I According to a<u authority me foUowic? ? the poaition:—"According to the decision the anthj?acibe standard wag to be ra?ed by such an amount that with 18.33 per cent. abided their wages would be the same ae their present standards plus 55 per cent. Figures have been ".ÜcufutM, and an addi- tion to the stajid.aj'd rates of 45.78 per cent. complies exactly wuJi the agreement tb&t h&e been signed by the coaJowuers &nd the re'pres6nt.a.tjve.s of the workman. There is a question of an tMiditiojnaJ 5 per cent. which the callers daam, but which the coHMrs claim but which the ooalowTiexs sa.y they ha.v€ no cla.im to, ajid this 5 per cent. is to be enquired into &ad settled. i What the coUiers are azking for is that, 50 per ccct. shaJl be added to the st&ndae'd immediatoly M i! the 5 per cent. they cia.Mn h&s a! ready been a-wardcd them, or as an alternative tke old standard should remain &nd gli per <ent. ba paid upon this standard until the 5 per cent. in dispute is anally agjeed upo<n. Centers' EanMnss and Lost ThM, I The fohowuig cxnacts are taKen from a. i t largê am.hracite RolHehes' books:— Week endmg Sept. 18bh: 89.89 per cent. AnbH:er pi't: 86.81 per cent. working. Week ending, Sept. Uth: 87.5 acd 84.84 per cent. working. Week ending Sept. llt'h: 85.51 and 86.09 pea- cent. working. Wages selected &t i'ajid<Mn from wa.ge- eheets at in anthracite. coIIiMy are M M. Jows (the 4,,nre,s in parenthesis are thoi workers' a.gcs):— Repairer 8s. 2-¡d. per Jay (58) Collier 8s. 4d. (.5) CoNiar bov 5s. 7 d. (15) CoUier Us. 4 d. (27) ColUer Us. 7 id. (33) R-ipper 15a 5 d. (40) Collmr 7s. lOl d. (24) Conier Us. 1(1. (22) CoJjiar boy 5a. 3id. u., (15)

'HNPLATERS\ TRtENNtAL DOCKERS' UNION SECTION I MEETS AT SWANSEA. The Triennial Contefence (postponed h-om last September) of the tinpiiite eecnon of the DocKers' Union was ceid at the J)QCJœfS' HaU on Saturday. when .Mr. Charles h.owellx (J.oya.ue.» pre&iaed over a deiegaU'on repre- iseuMog j ,(A/J me:i. I The SecretMy (Mr. W. Pugh), in his re- port, sa.d they were meeticg under circum- stancee wAich were most expressing, i?any members ha<d lo&t friends &nd reiatives in t?e terrible war, ?nd to those sioMre sym- pathy w&s tendered. Meantime it was up to tne workers to t'ee that, the maimed a4d crippjted warrior returning from the war was not to be allowed, M in the past, to Mek shelter in their workhouses, or, as in too many CMee, to be buried ic a. pauper's grave. From September, 1914, )t was found that from 65 to 6d per cent. of the mUle were at work, but all legitimate claims for out of work benent ha.d continued to be met. Since the date of the last triennial conference in September, 1911, the 1'nanclal reaources of the special fund i.&d been drawn upon to a larger extent than had been found neces- sary since its estabIisluneRt, but the secre- tary pointed out that the fund was never intended to meet a dispute of the magnitude brought about by the coal strike of 1913, and it was & most tjixioue period for the committee, wbówere responsible for the administration of the mnd. The possibility of the cash available for "ut of work benefit becoming exhausted was an ever present con- tingency, and the danger of the committee having to dispose of the Swansea Harbour St<M:k in vestment at a toss was very sen- ously considered. PERSONAL APPEAL. I The becretary ma.de a person*! ap- peal to the fxecutive in London for a loan of Bl.OQO to tldft over the di&. I culty and this was unMimoasJy agreed to, the amount to be repaid when times became I more norm&I. The establishment of the special fund had undoubtedly been more than jus- tined and it had been of real assist&nce to the members In periods of tr&da depression. From June, 1930, when the fund was estab. iithed, to December, 1914, upwards of I J318,000 had been paid out, aod this sum included £8,066 cut of work benent, 22,,36C) gr&nts, l,a.;o dispute pay, :Sl,5e6 trade oonferencee. 21,163 funeral bene6ts, P,2M dtMMeinent boneite. ;i)623 -&3,larieE, and ) B5,623 printing, uditin_e, special p'Mt< delegations, The report waz adopted.

ACTED IN IGNORANCE." NEATH LANDLADY AND THE NEW ORDERS. j FIRST CASE TO BE HEARD, LOCALLY. I fa.rucrite Court, proprietor of the Oxford Ion, Wind&nr-road, was at Neath on Mon- day gummoued for allowing beer to bp. con- sumed during prohibited hoitrs; and Geo. Parsons, Leonard-street, and .!ohn WUlianss, Locdon-road, were charged with conanmmg beer on the premises during prohibited t hours. Mr. A. Jestyn Jeffreys, representing I the defendants, pleaded guilty to a technical I offence. P.C. Wathan deposed to visiting the Ox- ford at 10.15 p.m., and there found Parsons aad WiUiaaos drinking in the bar. The outer doors were closed. Cross-examined Mr. Parsons was the son-in-law of Mre. Court, who had adopted his child. The house had always been ad- mirably conducted. Mr. Jeffreys said this was the first case locally unde; the new regulations, which, he was afraid, were not yet properly under- stood .by licensees. Mrs. Court had kept the house for 45 years without a single com- plaint. On this occasion her son-in-law and his friend, Mr. Williams, had stayed behind to supper. AH had acted in ignorance of the new orders. Mrs. Court was nned 40&. and Parsons and I Williams each 10s. I

-SOME" TANGLE. MAGISTRATES GIVE UP 1- A .I BAD JOB. I A tangle of relationship pojezled acd I &mused a bench of magMtrates at Mortlake. John Kelt;¡bie was summoned for cot send- ing a child regula-ny to school. His wife, who answered the summons, said the child wa& related to her "in a roundabout way," which she could not. explain. The cierk suggested that she was the child's grandjnotaer, but this she denied. Sir James Szlumper: Are J au her Btep- 1 grajidmother ? The woman did not ucderstand this quee- II tion. The &chcol attendance officer explained that the mother of the ciuld was dead, and taat the father hac ? away, but the child ha.d always lived w¡i:,h the Kelsbies. Sir J. Stumper: Is the father of the child a son of the defendant? Mrs. Kelsbie: No, the father of the child ie called John Edwards, and the mother was Smith. I am the defendant's second wife. The Chairman (Sir C. Rugge Price): Then it is the child of a daughter of John Kelsbie by hie firet wife? I suppose Kelsbie married Mra. Smith. Mrs. Kelsbie: No. Sir J. Stumper: Ha.d your husband &ny children by his nrst wife? Mrs. Kelsbie: No, but she bad four step- daughters. In the end the Bench gave up the attempt to unrarel the tangle, one of them saying it was the funmest story of relationship he had ever heard. The defendant was fined 2s. 6d. aa guar. dian of the child.

FUNGUS FOGIES: MYCOLOGISTS MASS AT I SWANSEA. A wondernu coHect:oa, as a. result of 27 I years' labour by a clever lady who, with her husband, is simply devoted to the science of mycology 1 Thin will be the concensus of opinion the Swansea public will pass during the next few days upon the exhibition of some 1,500 beautiful water-colours of British fungi tha? Mrs. Rea, of Worcester, the in- coming president of the British Mycological Society, has painted ia order to further the study of this interestmg subject. The society is holding its rungus Foray at Swansea this week, commencing on Tuesday' morning with a visit t<. Clyne. The vitit- ora, most of whom are either professors or I demonstrators of bot&ny at British universi- ties, have already anived, aad a '"Daily Post" maji was privileged to see some of the I drawings at the RoyaJ Institution of South Wales, where a room has been placed a.t the disposal of the society for a week. "They include," said Mr. Rea, in refer- ence to his wife a drawings, "about 100 new additions to the British tiora and thirty or forty Rpecimena of fungi that are alasolutely new to science—that is, have never been described by aciantists." Mre. Roa. at tthis time wa$ busy mr&oging the collection, and her husband, who is the treasurer and secretary of the society, went <?! to explain that it WM the 19th year of the society's existence, and that it holds the spring and autumn forsys. It is the Brat visit to Wales of the society for </he reason that no invitations to tour the various woods and plantations of the Priincipalitv had been made them. Thanks to the enthusiasm of Mr. II. R. WakencJd, the president, and the members of the Swansea Ftdd Naturalists' Society, an excellent Swansea programme, had now been arranged. Mr. Rea added that the importance of the study of my- oology was that it enabled one to disLi lUish between food and poisonous products of! fungi, though other branches of the so- ciety's work included plant life. The headquarters of the society during the week are at the RcyaJ Institution of South Wales.

NEATH CtRL OUNCES. I The Nea.th Girl Gujdos, to me number of 200, were en Saturday inspected at Owrt Her- bert by Colonel Crais, the omcer in conumaod of the Neath recruitiog depot. Amons thoae present were Sir GriiBth fhomaa, the Mayor (Mr. Matthew A-rnold), Mr. CnrtiR (town cterk) a.nd Mre. Curtip. The Girl Gnidee, under the command of Mr. Fred Snow. credibly per- formed ambula.nce work. and went through & aeries of exercieee. There was t ci'ictat match, followed by sporte.

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KEIR HARDIE DEAO. PICTURESQUE FIGURE DISAPPEARS. Mr. J. Keir Hw d Mr. J. Keir Raidie. the weU'kBOwa Socialist member of Parliament, died some- what suddenly on Sunday afternoon at a nursing home in Glasgow, the cause of death being pneumonia. Born in Lanarkshire, in 1850, he worked in a coalmine from his seventh to his 27th year. He entered the Rou!'p of Com'none as an Independent, Labour member for Sout.h- Wcst Ham, in 1892. and was escorted to Westminster by a band and parties of sup- porters in vans. In his ear!y Parliamect&ry days Mr. Keir Hardie was marked out by the unconventional style of his dress, which consisted usually of a smt of tweeds, a cloth oap, and a red tip. In 1883 he foundpd the Labour Lea der," and from 1893 to 1900 he presided over the Socialist body known as the Independent Labour farty. In 1906 he became 6rst chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party, nntil 1903. During the mine strike riots in South Walee a few years ago he was the chief defender in the House of those who had taken part in the dis- turbances. When the preset war broke out he was one of the handful of member!! who held that his country ras in the wrong, though ha did not advertise his views to any great extent in the House of Commons. But, while his voice was fe!dom uplifted his pea was busy, and in Xovembcr last Mr. Edgaf JoHes. his Liberal colleague in the repre- sentation of Merthyr, felt compelled to call attention in the IIon&e to certain articles cublished by Mr. Hardie in a local paper. In these articles he eflf'"ct..d r.n the conduct. of our French AHies, sneered pt the mvalty of our Indian troops, stated that GenerA Eotn< wo'-r) was .-It t, br the Precs with havin? opened the Kates of tho lie factoTy in which tal" of German. "trocitic" are 'made to froer." and made a -iisparaginar rpf'*t'?nc<' to

B!G MUMBLES FUNERAU INTERMENT OF LATE MR. WM. CLEMENT. The funeral took plaice at Oyst"rmoQta Cpmetery on Saturday of Mr. Wm. Clement the eldest son of Mr. J. K. Clement, the well. known contractor. and Mrs. Cement. Church Park Cottage. Mumbles. The young fellow. who was in hie Z5th year. was formerly in the o&ce of Mr. T W. James, solicitor. Swaa. sea. and had lately been engaged in the Transport Service at Pembroke Dock. wher* he died after an operation for appendicitis. His unaffected nature and unfailing cour- tesy to all had gained for him a host of friends m Swsmsea, and Mumbles, and the huge crowd which assembled a-t the cemetety was a. tribute to his universal popul&rrty. The bearers were workmen in his father's employ, ".nd the service was conducted by Hr. Arohiba.ld Rees. CardiN Christadelphiane. The chief mourners were: Mr. J. K. Cle- ment (father), Mise Clement, B.A. (CardiN), Misses Katie and Usrion Clement fsistere). Makers Clifton and Edward Lincoln Clement (brothers). MessrE. John Ma,tthews a.cd E. M. BeheBsa. (unoles). Mrs. Williams and Mrs. CroM <tmots\ Mre. Thomas. Mrs. Miae Hayward (cousins). Messrs. E. &. BehenM, Walter 'Hayward and — -Luc6 (cousine). Misa May GrifBths. Private Ohartea' Grimths. Miss Maonamara and Misa J. Bey- non. Bo many beautiful floral tributes wer* sent that a apeoial vehicle had to be utilised to carry them. Amons the number were wreaths from Mr. T. W. James and the odce staC; his brothers at the front, Jach and George: MiES May GriSths (his Sancee). CoL Wycn, Provost Marshal (Pembroke Dock), Captajn Xorton E. Peel ttranspart Denote Pembrohe Dock). Mr. Cole (foreman), "Arti* ncers, drivers and worsen of the South Sab- Transport. Pembroke Dock." Employea of Mr. J. K. Clement." "The Mumbles Paocient* Society." "Members of the Meant Zion Chapel," Mr. and Mrs. Beddoe. and Mr. and Mrs. Masters tpembroke), Mr. E. M. Behenaa, etc- The procession from the house to the cemetery was headed by Mr. J. W. Jamea and his chief clerk. Much sympathy is felt for Mr. and Mrs. Clement, whoso two 60BB. Jack and George. joined the Colours at the outbreak of the war, and are now fighting iN France.

THIRTEEN CHOIRS FOR CHIEF EVENT AT AMMANFORD. A successful cba.ir eisteddfod was held .M tbf PaLtce Thea-tre. Anuuaaford, on 6a.tur- ftxy in a.id of the looal coldiera* and sailorse fund. No fewer than fourteen choirs entered for the chief choraJ competiticn. of whom thirteen sang. Mr. C. E. Cleevee, Swansea, addressed the t&thenng during the prooeed- ings, cxtoHing the 8;ood object of the eiatedd- fcd. It wontd. he stid, 'diow the men wbo were nghtim their ha.ttie< at the front that they were being kept in remembrance. Mr. T. W. Lewis (conductor) stated that Mr. CleeTea' house had been turne i into a. hos- pital. Awards: Sop''amo eolo—MiM Hannah Williams. Cly- dach. Cootralto solo—Miss G. Roderick. Gwynfe. Tendr eoto—W. Tanapr, SwanM-m. B&&3 solo-E. R. Evanq, AnnBaniord. Cham- pion eolo—Misa Hannah wniiajne, Clydach. who sang I will extol Thee." PeniUioa emxinfc with the harp—Divided between Gomer Williams and Rees WiUiams, Brya- amman Violin solo, under 17 ye&ra of age.- W. Hughes Simon, Hajielty. Instrument4 quartette-1. Burry Port; 2, Cwanjnm&n. Pia-noforte 6oh, tmder 17 yea-rs—Irene A3h< ford, M&nMlton, Swansea,. Conaolatioa prizt —Elsie Thomas. Swansea unict u-norai. Thirteen cno.rs \;Ow.Vt:.à in ice cnMt choral competition for cbors net under 36 in cumber, the test piece being "Blodeuyu Ol&f." The a.wa.rd of £8. with a. silver cup for the conductor, wa4 woa by Ca'tnn.rthen (Mr. W. Jooee). which choir scared S! marks oat of a total of 106. Othera were: Amma,nford. 90; ReDdy, 90; Hermon (Brya.tmm&n), S3; Tyuywero. €2; YBfaJyfera.. 30; Gowertoo. 79: Fforeet-fMh, 79; Tiryd&:l, 79; Bettwa United. 78; Tyoroes, 76; Gamaat. 76; NQdt Drefach, 7<. In the competitiou for children's choire only three choirs competed. The prize WM won by Bettwa Juvenile Choir (Mr. Moeee). Bcoring 90-marks. Other choirB were Brya' amma<n. 88; and Garnant. M. ChatrPrtM. Composition ot not tet:s Lean 150 Hnea on ,,Belgium." The chair offered vma won by Mr. D. R. Griatha. Bcttwe, who <vM chaire4 with the usuaj ceremocy, eoelynija being recited by Gwili." Gwilym Myrddio." Irlwyn," Mr. T. W. Lewis (conductor), and othera. M&dfuoe Beesie Morri*. Ammaoford, M,m. Four eight line versea on Ni ddye<ra.nt rhyfel mwyach "-Harding Reea. LIane'enneoh. Recitation, children under 15 ye&rs, Eti- fedd Nanhoron "—1. Morgan Bobe.ts, Gitm' ajnma.n; 2, MiUiceat Reee. Penybank. Opea rMita.tion. "The Chairgc of the Li?ht Brigade"—Chair. T. Gibbon Dav)ea, Axanuwi. fe,rd. EMay on '.Modern Veatilattoyi ia Mmea" (14 entries)—John Da-Tiea, Sunayba.nk. Peny- grope.

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HUXTABLE—YEO. I INTERESTING WEDDING AT ASTS¡.uJ:j.. BEST MAN STRAIGHT FROM II ijdE On Monday morn.ng, &t St. Thomas, ôwansea, rnucn wc<s evuk&d m tat; ot Editii -Ntaud let) (Nvho, Witu ner t.a.tiii!i y a!e so weii-knowu ¡JJ tjie <1lStl"c,-), oujy caugii&r oi Mr. ùobert (aud the laM Mis.) leo; butchoi, &o Air. Gecrge liuxtable (a.t oub nme attached to the lep,;rtiiag s.aS of t-,o l JLtaUy P,iat und¡;;r tne nom-d.plume c. Ihe Aamb,er "), o!Uy sos of Mi'. George duxtable, rieet-sU-eet, .Swansea. The wedciitjg tOOk place &.t. Bay C-onglegat,,ojiai Chujcn, the ceremony being periofmed by the Rev. John Matthews kpw,stor). White aowers .md pLU- lit', <teo&- taLed the sacred ed.ace and wstiding marches weie played by Mr. Waters the organise ihe IJ-riJe was given aw&y by her father, and was charmingly at+'>,1 in a gownoi jVŒ;Y crepe de chine, the corsage being prettily trimmed with choice lace and pearls. A Brussels net ve'l, an-anged as a cltn was caught ia with a wreath of orange Modems and a beautiful bouquet of white ca,rna' ti.ons. chrysanthemums a.T)d foliage was carried. Atteadmg the bnde were two tmy brides- maids, Mis& Violet HaxtaMe and Mi&s Rose C'urti8 (nieces of the bridegroom). They wore dainty frocks of whiite silk adorned with blue riblion, with mob caps en suite, and-carried baskets of roses and chrysanthemums. An interestcng fea,ture of the procesdings was that Sapper Frank Ash Yeo. Royal Engineers (brother of the bride) had come from the front expry for the event, and acted as best man. After the ceremony the wedddng party repaired to the Grosvencr Hotel, where lun- cheon was served, and later Mr. and Mrs. Huxtable left for their honeymoon, which wUI be spent in Chelteohajn. Both were the recipients of many beaati- fo.l presents.