The Cambria Daily Leader

THE DiSTRIOT i SEAT. I  I LOCAL MEETINCS. | t 1 OAilDIOATES ?mm!) FOR SAIMBAV'S sj RKAl SM. I LANOORE INCIDENT. tl '1"1  L f her" was a. big fa yo, ,iDral a; 1m- *I fiwyn Hall. N,ath, on Txtesday even"a,g for the purpose of aomiuating a canciial.;te for the vacaHf-y in Swansea District. Aid- Tlopkin Morgan, J.P., prcxsj'lcr!, and said he felt it almost nuuwessary to a ppøa I to a body of Liberals to mainteui good onær. Whilst ihej may have dif- forpnees of 0pinion, they had 1t ??? P?? g.mpranv manL?pd to expriS these opmi- | ons withmÜ giving oDen. He vae sun | that pTiiM-ip? would ?R < h?.rv?'! fba< | mght. (Hear, beaz?.) Th< ir 6rRt and fore- | moM duty va? i'? do rjst <h^ .<.nsjdpr?.? f ht in the political intfr?t cf the «oi- | 0h1, and h? wag particnlarly ^ircuva* | that they K.h??d pay due regard ? ?? f HBportancc of Ow work in vhich tb?'y | In.r' enga?ad- H' M?d ?'fH ramc?b?r 1 the time when ?u Henry Huzzey Viviar g r'-pT-?t?c?pd tb?m in Parliament before lw | va* made Lord Swansea. He was ;<u?- MedRd ?v Mr. Wm. WiH?ms and || Darjd Brynmor Jones, K-C- The latter | represented thf division for ID years, and hft f^]t fmre it would be their endeavour | to reaintain the high tone which had per- I meat<(d and cliaraeteri^ed their work tn I the past, Whoeror they selected, ht>. hoped it woiiid be a mau they could look | up to, and who would represent the divi- f fion wisely and well, and one wbn would I maintain the interests of the division as g well a & the intereste of the country at | large in the Hou&e of Commons- (A p- e u B I Mr", Masterman's Name Subnlitt"A. I j Aid, E. S. Phillips, -T.P.. submitted the name of Mr Masterroan, and in doing s'i said, he wasted to make it clear tQat he ad no ill feelig for other gelltleme-h whose, ramM had been mentioned. Never in the political history of the con^titu- taiey 'had they met to choose a Member of Parliament ir* cucli grave and serimlC uraes—a time when the nation was faced < -.vitti ?bc ?re-atRst pr?bleB? in the world's Mstory- Mr. YasteTmau was not -?he first Obinet Minister to lose his sent on tppcnntm«tit. Th#> late Mr. Gladstone— (appla-iisel — had the Mm* mirfortune. Mr. Masterm&K wac, a aiae. of brilliant gifts, keen intellect, a great debater, and a distinguished vri?r, whibt *th! ii?res hf bad few equal?. At the pie- j s-nt time th, (?oT?rnmpnt. needed him" and if, when th.y had the ebanee of ir,ertdii,ig him hack to Government, The t.ihe.ral-3 in the Swansea district rejected him it would be a rofleciion i on thp hstoTY of the past. A,c.uept him, and j tbev would be paying a fompliment to the Government, and a personal comph- ment to the Chaa-ce'?or ?f Hia Exchequer. (App?a.u?). H knew of no man wh.) I would be more likely ta thrlw h? heart and «ml int.? tha ec?st?'uency than Mr. !&sterlPan. ?nd with hip rare aM?i?- ments h1 ?ould be a worthy s?cc?s?r ba I the brilliant politirians who had repre- enl:ed their in"t8 in t? past—Lord I S'.v.t?6?a. Mr. WiHiama (Morrist'm), aod ?ir David Bmun?t' Jones. (Applaus). Hhorc-'h their late and distinguished • meao&er did-not visit -tliem a 4r4ftc-a us. they would like, HI) man carried innro weight in the House of Commone than Sir David- (Applause). It was said of Mr- Asqnith that he always put his hand on a ro-und man for a raiini hole, and a square roan for a wuare hole, anil wheTl he added Mr. Masterman. to his Cfl hind he ret^ognieed brilliancy and ability. That wa.s why ho proposod the nomination of Mr. Masterman, and he I felt wore at their strongest supjwt. (AppLauee) Mr. Morgan R. Morgan seconded, and said that, at the prcheRt tima. fLen the state of organisation in the constituency Waf; by no means pet-feet. tlleycoiild not Rupport a strongn candidate. He fully eC()gnisfd the Taiuf and worth of Mr.1 tastpyman. Hp (Mr. "M oran) was at 1 Bethnal Green during his recent CalU-¡ pai?n, and saw for himself the poweis of evi and inaction broag?t a.?inst; for< ee which l?d to the daf?t Df fuch a noble I | Ktt^;»t^»illiAnt Liberal and idealist. i,, ,t"\IJ!r, T J. Williams Mentioned. I f ,r'. Jhn Morri? submitted t?e name I of Mr. T. J- Williams, Maosy?e?'wen. He I was the son of a former member for the!  Swansea District and was a life member cf the Neath Liberal Club. &Dd had be?n ? & generous bser;l)er to i? since its in- J neption 26 y<?rB ago. (He<u\ hr.) It j w4b the home of LibcraHsm in the town.  Mr. Wi!U?iHR was a barrister at ?v, and so they could gather from that that ha was putting up no « mug:" (Laughter.) j He was born in the constituency, lived in it, and was one of the largeet employers of labour in the district. Mr. Parry Evans seconded, and spoke, of Mr- Wi!Ham'? constant loyalty to the Ncath Club, and to Liberalism in all its aspects. He was one who felt that it was I not necessary to go outside. I ( National SeintimEnt. j f Mr. John Arnold supported the nomina- iion of Mr. Mastcrman, and said it. itp- pea red to him that the last two speakers had allowed their national sentiment, to carry them too far. He claimed to be as true s Welshman as anyone in the room, and in ordinary circumstances 'would feat j that the best intcrrsstfi of the Principality could be served by a Welshman, but when they had the opportunity i of returning to Parliament one of thO ablest, one of the most brilliant and eminent Cabinet Ministers to represent; their interests, he felt justified in living above national sentiment. (Applause).! Mr, Masterma,n had been a. stuaent of Facial conditions; he lived in industrial' districts to interest himself in the people and democratie. principles, and it! 1,()uld be a reflection to cast him aaide. The Swansea District would bo an ideal constituency for Mr. Master man to ro- i prps-ent. 'I Mr. Kylvanins Phillips briefly pup- ported tho claiIM of Mr. T. J. WiHiaiM. The Division. I On a division. 56 voted for Mr. Easterman, and 41 fnr Mr. T. J- Wil. liame. The. result was received with ap- plause, and on the suggestion of Mr. l'arry Er-ADH, Mr. John Morris withdrew his nomination, and a unanimous vote vraf given for Mr. Masterman. 'iVontj-seven delegates wero then ap- pointed to 'itepresent JSTeath &I, Satur- (,;a y7t; meeting for the final se lecti-Si, ) with insJ^oc.tioas i# vote solid for Mr. Masterman as the first choice, and Mr. T. J. Williams as the second. j ————— —————

THE LANDORE WARD, I I Cely Liberals Allowed to Attend the I Meeting. A meeting of the Liberal elpt-for- of II X.andore Ward, in connection with the Swansea District vacany, was held in Old SHoh Schoolroom <?! 'T?c.s?a.y evpn- ing. The .R?'. D. B. R"cLiarij.;v a?d tho$&. prpsnt included ex-Alderman WiUiams. Councillor Ll"yd. Co?DcilIor 'v an Jones, and Mr. W. Clement (ew- 1 retary)* The Chairman reported on last Sat- urday's conference at Neath. They fØIlTId, hf said, that the 30 delegatea they ap- pointed was just the number allowed Landore on the basis of one for evory 100 electors. "We succeeded in doing what we were instructed to do la.st week/' he s?id. keep; the door open for the nomination of candidates until to-mor- row," The nomination of a candidate or, candidates was the, chief business that evening. According to the order at Neath two, or even three, candidates could he nominated by the different districts. Neath itominatad two last Saturday, and Aberavon and Port Talbot named two- Mr. Masterman and Mr. T. J. Williams. At the ont et Mr. Sidney Williams asked the chairman to put it to the meet- ing that all present were Liberals. Councillor Lloyd: I thought there was a true* Every party— The Chairman: Neverthele, th soul of the truce is this-that the jncoming member shall he of the ecuae politics as the outgoing member. Mr. Ben Evans (Caerealem); Are all thedelegatEiS Liberal? Mr. S. Williams: I think, Mr. Chair- mall, we might ask Mr. Evans for a re- ply. You are not, able to answer that. question. (Hear, hear). Mr- Evans did not vouchsafe a reply. At this juncture seven electors repre- senting Conservatives got up and left the roofio. Cewntinq the Votes, i Delegates were appointed tJQ attend I Saturday's conference, and The Chairman suggested that if any delegate in the meantime found himself unable to go he should be at, liberty to find a substitute- Personally, he was not certain, he would be able to attend. But everybody must accept • responsi- bility that there was one of the same I colour to represent the vote. Mr. Clement explained that in con- I versation with Mr. Harry Williams, sec- retary of the conference, the latter said II that in the event of any delegate failing to turn up at IN eat,h. the number of votes from the district would be counted the same. I The Chairman t&en invited somina- tione. Mr. R-. Steer proposed the nomination of Mr Dan Thomas, and Mr. H. Jones seconded. Mr. R. Abraham proposed Mr. T. J. Williams, and this was seconded. Councillor Lloyd: Will I be ill order to move that we don't consider an out- 8idu? I think Tva have been represented by outsiders sufficiently. The Chairman: You cannot move that. Ex-Alderman Williams pointed out that certain names had been suggested elsewhere, and that meeting had to vote ) on those which would be suggested to the central meeting. It Would save them I the trouble of coming there again at the end of the week if they voted on the three names which had been suggested. Mr. D. Whitta Davies moved that they nominate Mr. Masterman; this was 0 it (I c-d The ballot, resulted in favour of Mr. T. J. Williams. j In reply to Mr. Clement, the Chairman said the delegates would be expected to vote at Neath on Saturday according to the result of the ballot that evening.

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j At Pentrechwyth. A publie meeting in reference to the Su ansea District seat, was held at Canaan Schoolroom, Pentroehwyth, on Tuesday. The Rov. T. J. Rogers preaided, supported by the Rev. O. Cromwell Morgan, Mr. John Thomas, J.P., Mr- D. W. Morgan, Mr. M. E. Rees, Mr. D. Jv. Rowlands, etc, The Chairman explained^ the object of the meeting, and a short discussiorl fol- lowed W' It was eventually resolved that in the event of the Government desiring the seat to be filled by Mr. Maf?terman, the delegates should vote for that gentleman. Mr. T. J. Williams and Mr. Dan Thomas were also nominated. Delegates were I appointed, to attend a general meeting to be held at Neath nest. Saturday.

Neath Abbey. At a meeting of the Liberals of Neath I ÅOY, held last nht. it was una.niInnly I deeded to nominate Mr. T. Jeremiah Williams, of Morriston, the cartd4ate, and two deleg&tas were appointed to at- I tend the conference at Keath on Satur- day? to support this ncmin4?tion.

SWANSEA POLICE COURT. Wednesday.-Before Messrs. A. H. Thomas, J. H. Spsser, F. E. Beer, David Thomas, John Taylor and W. ,1. Lewis- Edward Foley <33), a labourer. was chfuged with being drunk: and disorderly in High-street- iffe was fined 7s. 6d. or seven days. COUNTY CASES. William Cooper, haulier, PforestfachJ wfws charged with being drunk and in- capable. He was discharged on promise i I ing to sign the pledge. The Gipsy's Warning? ophja Price. Liand?lo-Talyhr-ut? sum-' moned Joph Jones, a gipsy, of ?o &xed i abode, for assault- Complainant stated that she met the de- fendant on the road. He kicked hei-i without provocation.—Finod 10s. inclu- I ve I Gorstman Widow. Alice Horton, widow, Gorseinnu, WlUi charged witli being drunk and incapable in West-street, Gorseinon, on Tuesday,.— The case was adjourned for one lUouth. Helping B#er Tax? John Morgan (39), labourer, Pont&r-i dulais, wais charged with being drunk and dt?orderly in Swansea-road, Pontar- dulais, on November 23rd. ¡ Defendant was brought to court on a i warrant. having not appeared in answer to a summons.—He was fined IGs.

NEATH MAM KILLED. I News has been received at "eath of the death of Private William Llewellyn, of j penvdre, Neath, who was attached to the 2nd Welsh Regiment. Private Llewellyn was killed in one of the engagements in Flanders.

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DOCTOR AND SERGEANT. I PECULIAR ASSAULT CASE AGAIKST A SKETTY FATHER. I SUMMONS DISMISSED. A remarkable case of an alleged assault- upon a police sergeant wag heard, at the Swansea Police Court on Wednesday, when Thomas Locke, aged 67, a labourer. of Sketty, was charged on remand with assaulting Sergeant Thomas, of Sketty. The eaae was called on, hut; Locke said that Mr. Hinds, his solicitor, had not yet arrired Other cases were dealt with, and Mr. Hind not having then arrived, the case was immediately proceeded with. Sergeant Thomas, Sketty, said that on I Tuesday night, December Sth, Dr. Perkins tailed at the station, and asked him to come to Locke's house in Ha rris-streel, Sketty, to protect him. They both went to the house, aDd witness stopped outside whilst i Dr. Perkins knocked at the door. Mrs, Locke answered the door, and witness saw Mr. Locke on the stairs. The latter shouted out a threat to the doctor who called upon witness to come in. Sergeant Thomas went in and told Locke, that tlli. doctor had come to see his son, ) who was ill. and so asked him to be j quiet. Locke hit at the sergeant, who I found it necessary io put him in the! middle room. There Locke behaved like a madman," and kept trying to Rtrike the witness The- doctor was officially visiting the son, who had scarlet fever. Locke's conduct was so violent that the sergeant had to hold him down on the floor, where he kicked witness on the face. He became quiet after a. sh?rt time, and the o?&cer released his hol.lonl:p' I to receive a bad bite on his forefinger, so that tha nail rose up. Locke was then handcuffed, and with the assistance of another police officer was taken to the I Sketty Police Station Locke: Didn't I say to you, U What. do you want in my house again ? "—No. Didn't you fly at my throat like a mad- man ?—No. throat, has been seen bv gentlemen." P.C. William WaOdns said he wap attracted by a number of women outside the house. He went in. The sergeant was holding down Locke, who wait shout- ing threats at tie top of his voice. in his defence Locke said that he came home to find his wife very troubled owing to the son being in a. very high feverish condition. The doctor had been sent for. but did not arrive. After waiting for a long tune, he went to tlia doctor's house, where they owere very im- t pertinent to him. They said that thp doctor was engaged, and would come when it suited hup. He went to another doctor, who came to fhe house. Some time afterwards. Dr. Perkins came and "d t h' 'I « I t t I 'I:: said to his wife, I want to see Locke/' I went to the top of the stairs," said Locke, "and I said. Mister, please come inside, sir He came inside, and before Locke could say anything. Sergeant. Thomas came through the door. Locke Mid, U What do you want." The. ser- geant- Jhuttered something, and Locke said. You leave my housr- The sergeant then went for him. and assaulted him. Locke called his wife, who corroborated. and then Dr. Perkins. who had jusi arrived, was called. The Bench, after consideration, dis- missed the case. Locke, aftcy the decision was announced, started to say something, but the chairman told him that he had better be quiet and not say too much, I He was extremely lucky in getting off. as they bad a special Treason for dismissing the ease. I

WARRIP'S PET- MONKEY, I .Tacko. the pet monkey and mascot of I the men on board H.M.S. Loyal, is dead. Ee was washed overboard and drowned during the gale whifih raged hUit; week- end. The vessel was on patrol duty, and it was quite impossible to effect a rescue. i Jacko was a. battle-sgasS-ed veteran, who hftd seen much active service. Jacko was in the Boxer Rising, and in the present w?r Jacko went ?ron? the battle of 11 the Bi?ht. and subsequently 00 was on board his ship when the vessel, ,Tifb. 'I others, and led hy the Undaunted, sank the four German destroyers. On this I occasion, it may be reca lled. Jacko bp- trayed more nervousness than usual, so I much so that he took rsruge in a fish kattle.

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 OELMAIES' EXPENSES. I MUMBLES COUNCIL AND A LACK OF UNIFORMITY. The monthly finance meeting of the Oystermcmth Urban District Council was held on. Tuesday, Councillor Rnssell Pea- cock presiding. The Clerk, in his report, stated that the treasurer's account showed an adverse 3&. 5d. Monthly bills to the amount of £5f\!i 11s. Sd. were passed for payment. Arising out of a bill for 15s. expenses, which was sent in by the Chairman of the Council, and the c4eTIc respectively, for attending a meeting at. C^rdi" The CIprk suggested that sn .uniform wale of charges Rhonid be ma?. ?no-rher official of the CounNl had ?nt in ,i uin for m- Councillor Frank Beer remarked that if members wished to give their (services to tbo Council in attending outside com- riiitte.es, their out-of-pocket expenses ihivold be paid by the Council- An interesting discussion ensued, which ended in Messrs- Beer, Jarvis, and the Clerk being appointed as a committee t<j deal with the matter, and to d.eeid upon a scale of charges for councillors and the officials. The Chairman said that he wished to call the attention of the Council to the faet that tho expenditure for the .<ca\tng- ing of the streets, and the expenses in connection with the waterworks were far above the average. Diddling the Rate Collector. The rate collector stated that during the month he had received bad coins to the value of 5s. lid. from different ratr+: payera. Ue did not know wiw tho people were. Councillor Peacock propound, and Coun- cillor D. Beynon seconded, that the ac- count be debited with that amount.- Carried. A meeting of the Waters and Sewers Committee was held subsequently, Coun- cillor F. Beer presiding. Battery Enteric Outbreak. The Clerk stated that, he had received a roport from the Medical Officer of Health dealing with the outbreak of en- toi-it- lever on the Lighthouse Battery. He had also received a letter from the Swansea Harbour Trust asking that the Council's surveyor and sanitary inspector accompany their inspector to an inspec- tion of the sanitary and other arrange- .nartt-. on the batipry. with a view of reo- oouunp/iding some alfceratiois and im- provements. The request of the Swansea Haroour Trust was acceded to. A report wac- also read from the in- spector of the Local Government. Board.

JERSEY MARINE S FIST CONCERT. On Tuesday evening, in the ohurch room, Jersey Marine, the teachers and scholars of the looal Council schools gave a concert in aid of ths Prince of Wales Fund. The building was filled to overflowing, and much interest was manifested in the proceedings. The Boyal Engineer who bad been hilletted there prave assistance in arranging the plat- form, cfc.- and it was regrettable tha.t these soldiers who had looked forward to the event wer« unexpectedly called a way just prior to the concert. The parents of the children had thoroughly e-ntered into th4 spirit of the affair, and dressed their little girls in red, white and blue caps, while the boys wore tricolour sashes. The accoui- panist-s were Miss Maasey (headmistress) and Mr. J. Davies (headmaster), and the cm-fiuotors Blade (assistant mistress) and Mr. W. Howelln !assistant master). The action song arid playlet, Merry Little Sailors," was ^ociferou&l.v cheered. T'ua "Marseillaise" was given, and also a, Swedish song and danoe by the infants. "The Village Blacksmith." an action song, was thoroughly enjoyed. whilst the patriotic Fairy and Father Ohrwtmas were the objects of much wiosity. The omicpi-t i —the first to be held at Jersey Ma.rme. was a huge success, the proceedings closing with the singing of "Een Wlad fy Nhadan." Lieut- Mprei efficiently fulfilled the duties of chairman.

CIFTS TO NEWSBOYS. MR. DANFORD THOMAS TO PRESENT IIffM WITH MUFFLERS. I In accordance with his custom, Mr. Danford M. Thomas, of the Three Lamps Hotel, Swaugea, will this Christmas pro- sent the local newsboys with muffibra. Last Yinter Nli-. Thomas gave 1M away. It will be remembered that, at the tillH) he staled that tho boys who could pro- duce the old ones, no matter what their condition, -would have them replaced. Mr. Thomas told a Leader repre- sentative this morning that ha would announce later on upon what day the, distnbution would tÆi1;A plane. For the Sixth Welsh. In his preparations for Christmas Mr. Thomas has not. forgotten the 6th Welsh- The members of his staff have lately been busily engaged in knitting. As a result of their effort Mr. Thomas is giving one dozen mufflers, and a dozen J&irs of mittens to the Mayor's Fund for distribution among the Sixth WAlf,h. A few weeks ago Mr. Thomas eqnipppd I the Glamorgan Yeomanry with Rugby 1 football jerseys.

I PECULIAR PORT TALBOT ACCIDENT. I This morning a Norwegian sailof named R Kealf, of the s-s. Ada., in dock at Port Talbot, sustained severe injuries to his eyes, and had to be removed to Swansea W Hospital. He was passing over the lock gates when a steam cock bm-gt. < and the steam flying into his eyes caused serious injuries.

I I THREE KINDS TO MEET. An historia meeting of the Kings of Norway, Swtuien, and Denmark has been arranged tor December 18-19 at Malmo. on the initiative ol the Swedish monarch, to cement the unity of the Scandinavian people, and further to proclaim their neutrality in this war. The three kings will also discuss the means of dealing with the economic diffi- culties created by the war in the three countries. The Swedish King's initiative gives a special pleasure to Norway and Denmark, •whose neutrality has never been in doubt. Germany from the first had designs 011 Sweden, hoping to win her sympathy if not to drag her into the war. Her hopes I are now finally dashed to the ground. The kings will meet at the residential house of the Lord Lieutenant at Maluio., laccompan-ied by their foreign Ministers. I This will be the first time the three Scandinavian monarchs have met since I the dissolution ox Jiorway and Sweden in ISOo't# discuss State matters. They were I all present, however, on the sad occasion ol' King Frederick VITI. of Denmark's funeral in 191. :c.

I LOCAL COMMISSIONS. The London Gazette" last night eon. tained the following:— War Othce, December lath. Regular Forces—Memorandum. The undermentioned to be temporary lieutenant—Frederick Kinsev Oram Peile, late Lieutenant of the Welsh Regiment (11th November). Special Be«erve of Officers-—Infantry. The undermentioned cadet or ex-cadet of the Officers' Training Corps to be second-lieutenant (on probation) (16-th December)-—Alfred Panter Bellhouse, 3rd Battalion Welsh Regiment. I Army Service Corps. Welsh Divisional Train--lisic)r Rich- ard C. Dykn to be lieu tenant-mionel (temporary); dated 4th December. Eoyal Axniy Medical Corps. Thi-d Welsh Field Ambulance.—Tlic underrttPntioned to be lieutenants—Rich, ard James Isaac ctth November), Harry Masmanus Soden oith November), Joseph Olrnll. M.B. (ISth November), John Joseph Porter (16th November); Uric Gaskell Floyd to be quartermaster with the honorary rank of lieutenant (3rd November) James Herbert Harris to be transport oiffcer, with the honorary rani of lieutenant (5th September).

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