The Cambria Daily Leader

EX-SWANSEA PLAYER Cleverly Breaks Two Bones in the Leg. At the close of the match at Newport between Newport County and Nid-Ehtoudda. t Clevcrley, the Newport back (late of Swan- sea Townj, received an injury. In clearing tjio L,-tll fi-orn Carm L 1 J tho ball from Ca ranch ael both players met and dropped to the ground. The whistle went for time, aud Cieverley l sa.id, "My leg s gone." Assistance ivas pro- f cured, and it was fonnd that he had broken I two small bones m the lo?er part of the -tivo smtli bones in t.Cla '?o?.ver pa-t of the A SPECTATOR'S GRIEVANCE. I — Ought Swansea to Sign on More Piavers? Ine 1G.H?- ?tven below and signed "Aston ilia" (Hafod, .??-ajts?a.). c-xpLÜns itoc.'f :— "Dear 'Pendragon;Just a. fe?v Im?. &opin? you will ??ive them a little space in your paper. Being a spectator at ,tl-.e Vetch Field ever; Saturday, I think it tirr-ll t .someone comp-aineti of the, displays of the I Swansea Town Weldl Loague team. Satnr- day s match with E-ea-ding' and gamen like Û12. t will do more harm to the Soccer game in these parts than good done ir: the Oup-ti-efc. People were leaving tli3 field: bcforef half-time, disgusted. To charge Is. ¡, to se-a teiims lilje Blackburn Rwers ai l Newest»e GnHpd. and tljen chivrse €d. to see each games as that OIl Saturday i-s I imposing Oil the sporting public oi the town. I Kv/a-nsea loo? like having another year In tho Second Division, and I think people are geltirs tired of it. They a.re taking ?cre gate money h?'e than at any of the Southern League clubs in the First Division. Would it not pay them if they bought a few players to fall back on? It would stop-sni-h I dÜplays .'i? that ?n Saturday, and also the previous wek a.gN?.'a? ?a-uclly in .heHc??t W?Ies Cup. Hoping that they wiil try to  fetter tho g-amo in,<:tea.d of kilning  SWANSEA SWIMMING CHAMPION- e SfifP. Writing- to "Pendngol1" from n, training [ ca,mp in England, Driver Percy Plumb, of t the Transport Service, says:— r "I am afraid I will not be able to swim f again this year, now this war is on; so. I ) wonder who will be the champion in suc- cession to me" Yonng Plumb, of course, holds the cham- pionship of the Swansesa Club. j ABANDONED CHAMPIONSHIPS. I The council of the Amateur Swimming Association at ita meeting h'?t.ia?nia?y recommended tint t?c annual geieral meet- ing, fixed to bo held at York in March, r should b3 abandoned, and that all tho ¡ senior champioo-.>?hips should be postponed for uhe time being. The various district associations were a-Jked to consider the proposals, and ttny have come to a, definite agreement to sup- port the council's rft-,mmeiiciatioiis. Tnis means that there wiU be no senior amatew ewimming ohajnpiouKliipa ihij year. AMMANFORD BILLIARDS. I At the Ammanford Y.M.C.A. Institute on Saturday evening, au exeitinj biliiai-d match was pliyed between the Y.M.C.A. team by six game., to two, or an aggregate core of 1.191 to 1.093. During the progTej'j of the games the billiard-room was packed with interested onlookers, and, generally, some excc-llent playing was witnessed en l^t-h sides. In a previou-g game at- e-i.non the latter team won, so that iv.w we,e The score is fr. follow s:— AmmanfoiYl Y.M.C.A. Gorseinon. 150 Hiley Harries v. Ivor Phillips ISC (\iee-ca,ptain) (captain) 149 Arthur Main waring v. L J. PhillipfJ UI Arthur Clarke 150 | 152 Cled Morris v. Watkln 150 William J<JIH'a V. David Powell 135 150 Steve Da vies v. Trevor Davies 12,5 150 Tom 150 D. Emly Vau^han v. A. Poweil 116 1191 1091

I GOOD BECQUITING AT llAHElLY. During the poweek a party of about ninety men from the Carmarthenshire Bat- talion of the Welsh Army Corp: now in training at Rhyl, have been prosecuting a- vigorous recruiting campaign in Carmar- thenshire This battalion is now about 1,000 Strong:, -and effort:*? being made to lctit40, ip addition a re&ea-va company, about ) men being required. During the past week the party enliste:' about 60 Tecruits, two,). tliirds of whom were secured from Llanelly.

PROVEDHIMSELF A ífÊRO. ) WE R O. At ithe Milford Haven Cou.iw.il, Councillor Hancock called attention to the fAot, that Sergeant Bu-rder, of MiLford Haven, had been mentioned by Sir John French in his dispateh for a conspicuous act. of bravery. He desired to" know what tble Council in- tended to do to show their appreciation of S'i10h ga,'Van* conduct., ao Burderr had I proved hini,->c*U' a. hero. Chairman (CuijuiK'i.lior Whittow said, that- if the matter wow put. on the agenda for the iioxt meet- ing it. oouid be fully ooQ0id«r«d.

Divisional Inspector Knell, senior de- tective inspector in the Metropolitan Police, has jutfc retired after thirty yeai-s' service. Bells wee rung and a royal salute, was fired at Windsor on Saturday in honour I cf tits Princess Royal "3 ioTty-pightji birthday. General Sir II. T??Ho Ruiidic, who has just resigned the Govcrnc'r-<?neral6hip of Malta to tak0 cgmmaud o' one of i he new armies, will report t.imsoll at the Ww G?ice o-<l. i

BAD DAY FOR THE SWANS DEFEATS SUSTAINED AT HOUSE AND I AWAY. — EXTEHUATIHG CIRCUMSTANCES I WY "PEND RAGON,") I ic stands as a triouve to the Cur-fightinr; projteasities of the Swans that Newcastle L-riited, with whom they forced a re-play, I got through into the Fourth Rouud at the expenso of a team like Sheffield Wedues- ttay. Always a dangerous eide away from home, the Magpies on. Saturday put up cilwit the finest performance of the after-! noon. Their forwards, it is recorded, [ shoved a happy power in combination, ur.d Cooper, corning in for Douglas, who ia! crippled—this being the oniv change fiom; th;) side who played at Swansea a little over a fortnight ago-showed a -pieudid: turn of speed, and was never at fault with hi.5 centres. The attendances and "j:a{;e" j receipts for Saturday's Cup-tie-s were: Attendances.. £ Bolton W. v. Burnley 43,0iK) 1,3911 BlTml.ugham y Oldham ".¡¡,flOO 1,147 Manchester Citv v. Chelsea 39,000 1,039 S!?Hi.cUUr.itpdvPTadford 3C,M2 1,?4 -<u?u'HP<)rkR.v.EvMton33.(M)() l.Mt Shc?ld W. v Xc?M?tIe T:. 26,<K»0 80fi Bra<KcrdCityvNorwichC.;2i.M Til Southampton v. Hull City 1.3,500 ti81 j A Doitbis Event. Little iniporiance need he attached to |j the failure of both of the Swansea Town teams on Saturday. They were to a cer- tain extent the victims of circumstances, A premise had been made to Merthyrj that the strongest available team would' be sent up to oppoflo them in the Welsh League game, but a succession of acci- dents during the last, month or so pre- vented a representative eleven from taking the held, added to which the Directors I had to enlist the services of nine ama-I teurs for the friendly with Reading at the Vetch Field. It was not very sur- prising to tind the two teams being beaten under conditions such as these. The impression I formed at Merthyr was that some of the players did not treat tho engagement very seriously. The Swans are so badly placed in the Welsh Leagiie table that their chances of getting to the top of the list are. prac- tically Ttil. That their form did not favourably impress Merthyr folks was evident from the way in which they were chipped about their win. over Blackburn Rovers. It was a down right poor dis- play. Merthyr were not good by any means, but they were well worth their win, in spite of a very doubtful goal by ufcKie. The latter, by the way, was tho most interesting figure of the match. lie had been invalided home from the front. Hi,q next game will be a return n ,UT<iinst the Germans. McKie's Goal. I am quite satisfied that the sccond Merthyr score ought not to have been allowed. There was a meleo just outside. Clay and Mcliie made Hurst go down i and the ball, and it was successiuily I claimed for the latter that he had put through. It certainly did not look like a goal, and Hurst and several others pro- tested; but there, Swansea were so palpably a beaten team that it did not matter. The be?t members of the losing tc?a? wero tho backs, and the goalkeeper, ?witt :\ud Nicholas worked with a will, sending the ball well up to the fOfw:\rrls, I' and breaking up seme gœd combination on the other side. Hurst had more to do than usual. He stopped a couple of drives bc-fore the interval, and got out of difficulties on other occasions, when the odds seemed to be all against him. Merthyr tested him. with some well directed long range shots, but it was close on halt-time before Weir beat him at close quarters, the goalio running out to try to prevent him from setting his boot to the balL I Weak Forwards. I There was a lack of coht?ron among the Swansea forwards. Some of their mid- .??ld work was good, but there was a weak- ness in front of -?oaL this being even more pronounced than usual. The be.se of thei live was again lJea-d. Beit Beynon was neglected by his inside men, and Lloyd. the amateur who deputised Amos of that ilk at outside left, was never equal to the bsk set him. He could not centre like Read, and his play ai a whole must have been affected by the strangeness of the company. Booth wis more prominent than Weir. However, he made the mistake of 'rrying to do too much on his own. The half-backs were uneven, both Heath and House being better than Webber. MeT- thyr tried a couple of promising local lads in Jones nnd Nicholas. The former dribbled splendidly in the first half, and showed much sound judgment. Nicholas, me of last season's schoolboy inter- nationals, will do better lwn. he puts on more weight, lie was up agaanst bigger tud more experienced men. A Summary. I The eighfc matches in the third round of th* Football Association Cup on Saturday were favoured with tine weather for the movst part, azui tho attendances wore wonderfuliy good. 'Hie results did not furnish any extraordinary surprise. | Against Oldham Athletic Birmingham oouid not maintain their first half suc- cess, and Everton were ahravs fancied to beat Queen's Park Bangers. In four i games extra time was necessary, and in the two that did not reach a decisive re- sult the achievement of Norwich City in drawing with their namesake of Bradford) was plucky, and the re-play in East: A-aglia may give them the right of entry to the fourth round; several fancied First Leaguers have come to grief at the Nest." ion are the only other Southern League side left, and they will have to visit Hull next Saturday to attempt to justify their advance by dis- posing of the only Second League club remaining. Sheffield United have not been beaten since the New Year came in. but they required extra time to defeat Bradford en Saturday. In the last of th i ei?ht games the extra hme aLso proved fatal to Burnley, the Cup-holders, who! lost by the odd .olil at Burnden Park. i Sheffield United is now the only repre-, eentative in the competition of the eight ejubc who figured in the fourth round last year. The important League result. of Saturday, apart from the valuable: couple of First Division points to Totten- ham Hotspur at the expanse of a low ]y piaeed rival in Notts County, were thoso itrthe Second Division, where the Arsenal won at Blackpool, Derby County wSro defeated at home in most surprising fashion by Clapton Orient, and Huddcrs- field Town. on their own meadow, could do no better than draw with Fulham. Watford have returned to the top of the Southern League table, and Cardiit City look like se-tting the pa-ee.

-=. THE VILLAGE GREEN. A dispute has arisen in tha littie parish J of Burton, on the .shores of Milford Haven as to the rights of the parishioners over a piece of land which has for many yea re been regarded as the village green. The j be,n i-c-ar(i,:?d as tlte, ,I-reen- or th<eTCawdor" Estate somTtime'"ago, and was bought by a Mr. Swift, who has since railed in the green, which had hitherto been ojxia.

BADGE OF WELSH ] GUARDS. I DRAGON, DAFFODIL OR LEEK. I THE CASE FOR THE DRAGON. (SPECIAL TO THE IL LEADER.") Whai is to bo the Badge o-f the Wol-vh Guards? The Dragon, t.hc Dairodil, or the Leek? Once again, Wales is faced w-ith the problem of deciding what is to represent her national emblem. It is not, by any means, the. first time has been asked to decide, and it will probably not be the Inst", for ell threo" emblems appeal very forcibly to the national insli uors of the Welshman, and each can call to its defence a host of admirers and .supporters, It would, however, bo hard for the leek i and the daffodil to present such logical and insistent claims to recognition ad 'those of the Dragon, and it is the case for the latter that I intend to briefly outline in this article. TJie Dragon and the Flag. Just about twelve months ago, Wales was very much -Is to whether or not the Red Dragon was to figure on her national flag. The question arose out of a made in the House of Commons by Mr. Ormsby-Gore, relative to the hesitation of the First Commis- sioner of Works to a How the Welsh Dragon to bo fiown oil Carnarvon Cast-le on St. David's Day. The Fire!; Commis- sioner. it seems, was not convinced that the Welsh Dragon was the National Hag of Wales. Wales began to ask herself had she a. national Hag? If 00, was the lied ) Dragon of Cadwaladr the correct emblem ? Strictly speaking, of course, it may bP. taken for granted that there is no Welsh National Flag, in the se-lle that the Union Jack is the flag of the British Empire; but in the Book of Standards the passant dragon is considered to be the standard under which Henry Kiehmond marched through Wales on his way to Bosworth Field, and it is said that his standards were afterwards presented to St. Paul's Cathedral on Ms arrival in London. What the Hera!d Bard Says. The claims of tho Bed Dragon to be the distinguishing badge of the Welsh Guards are the more insistent as, upon the authority of the Herald Bard, Mr. T. H. Thomas lulunydd Ponygarn), the national nag of WaK?g rep?'spnt? ? Red Dragon  q, Rfd passant on a ground of white and green. The ground," said Mr. Thomas in a recent inter vie >v, is really of no import- ance except thai white and green were the Hving colours of the Tudors, and a Dragon on white ground would be per- fectly correct." The Dragon," added the Herald Bard, "has always been looked upon as the Royal Badge for Wales." Tha True Dragon. ( Another argument in favour of tho Bed i Dragon is that when given to the Princ-s of Wales some years ago it was charged with a label of three points, that being the emblematic way of showing that it belonged to the eldest son. if it wero not the Royal Badge for Wales, it would not be charged with a label of thrh) points. It was furthermore announced on December 10th, 1901. that the arms of Wales be added to the Royal insignia." The true Welsh Dragon is a leonine dragon, and a very much nobler creature than tho spindle-legged dragon one No often see-s emblazoned. A powerful beast, he gives an impression of strength and courage that has to bo treated with respect. In the time of Heni- v VII., Henry VIII., Elizabeth and Mary, the Dragon was used as a supporter on the dester side of the arms of England, for the Tudors used ^he Welsh Drag-on as a reminiscence of their Welsh origin. In some instances one finds the Welsh Dragon upholding the flag. Let me, in further support of the Red Dragon, again quote-tho Herald Bard, who seems to harbour no doubt whatever in his mind as to the true emblem of his nationality. The flag of Wales," he says, I)raon passant on a white ground, and I consider that would be the right- flag to flv on OJAV castle in Wales." The Leek and Daffodil. Surely the purely sentimental claims of the Leek cannot stand alongside such historic claims as these: surely the mor- bid significance of the Daffod.il—the emblem of he Roman festival of tho dead —cannot, imbue our soldiers with that true spirit of inspiration, which is the path- way to glory. In all the ages that nro passed men have loved to band fhemsielv&s together under .some hedge of fraternity, which, whether in tho exerrtse of civil rights and justice, sportsmanship or war- fare, they have striven to hand down to posterity as something mellowed and imbued with the essence of courage and nobility. How much better is it then for tho Welsh Guards to hand themselves together under a badge that; -is a-lreadv impregnated with the virtuous memories of a. glorious past, rather than under the empty amulets of the Daffodil and the Leek. Has not btory taught us thai: men fight the better for the knowledge that in their keeping lies the untarnished record of their forpbe?r?? and do not our P -incl (1() Tlol; our daily by individual acts of courage and s-Mrihcc to add ?) the ?lorio? traditions nieir f.?.hors have humcd on the pages ofj indi?-id(;;il The Dragon of Carfwaladr. Even as truth must bend her head in silent corroboration of this fact, so is it only within the 'bounds oi' rational argu- ment that with such au ancient badge asj the Red Dragon of Cadwalarlr the Welsh Guards would fltep into the arena of war fortified by centuries of tra- i dition and warfare, that could not be beaten by the proudest regiment in the Army. H. H. B.

It has now bnen published that Fpeeial constables are essmpf ixom der- ice on juries. i

NEST OF BOMB-l PROOF SHILTF-RSO i  SIEGE WARFARE. [ AR E. 1 WHAT THE fRENCH ARMY HAS k, Vii Cr P L i S H IL 0.  CH9.1i''RFUL j ? The-following is \;om a British observer with the French Forces in the held, who has the perniL-ion of General Joffre to send communiques home from time to time giving description^ of the work, &c., of the French Army which wiil be ol' in- terest to British readers. The allied armies have been stationary on the western front, for so long that their iine as given in myps issued by the news- j papers is drawn with considerable accu- iit-y. We know that it is something over | oOO miles in length, and that from the right of tho British line. not far from La Bassee, the remaining -ioO miles are held by French troops alune. Throughout the part which extends from ,out hc- 13a ?-t iN-h-?;cii Verdun, and St. Mihiel, to the MoseUc ;Ü Púnt-a-}[ouson--2íH miles—the trenches are practically continuous. At. very few points are tho lines more than three htm- j dred yards from each other. The o.!oseness j of the combatants in most of the trenches is shown by the large use of hand grenades, which cannot be thrown more than forty or fifty yards. One ds apt to think that these trc'ichcs ara rMUy a line which i? broken once a trench i? captured. In reality, the trench which one is only the front face of a woik respmbiing a small fort, a regular nest of hQ-m i)-p roc. shelters, machine-gun eta placements, and deep communicating trenches. It is this system of forts which, with trenches con- necting there, is known as the enemy's i front line of defence. This line is sue- ceeded by others of similar construction, although possibly less highly-developed, Method of Attack, During the last two months our allies have, made a number of attacks at differ- ont points in this first line of defence, but these, attack? have iMt been of the same tile-K, a".tacks ha.i-c r?o?.- I)e,l o.,tbc? made in November in. their endeavour to capture Ypres. In that caM it was the concentration of a large number of army corps, whose force was hurled against the allied forces with the intention of pushing through by sheer weight of numbers. These are small local attacks, launched with a yiev: tJ seizing some particular piece of front trench and of holding it and fortifying it against tha enemy's counter-attacks. The piece of trench attacked may bo chosen because the fire from it is particularly annoying to our own line, because its capture will make it difficult for the cdemy to hold on to some other bit. or merely because it Ls the easiest to assault, iitrt the advantage gained by taking a trench is that you make the enemy come out of their trenches and fight to get it back. Sometimes our allies have in the end been forced back to their original line, occasionally even behind it, but this does not lessen the satisfaction of having given tho enemy a good shaking up, brought them out into the open, and in- flicjed heavy losses. Districts where these small attacks have been most frequent arc those north of Arras, between the Soinnie and the Oise, along the Ai-sne, and between Ivheims and Verdun. In tha course of three weeks, between December 20th and January 10th. fifteen separate attacks wc-re made against differ- ent portions of trench in the last.-named area. Of these ten were successful, in that tho attacking troops managed not only to take the trenches, but also to hold them against counter-attacks and turn them into a part of their own first line. In the Argonre forest, north-west of Verdun, the fighting has also been very severe. Hero it had been the Germans who havo generally taken the offensive, perhaps owing to the fact that in this broken and heavily-wooded district they are less liable to suffer from the French artillery fire. French Army Advantage; A question which is in the minds of most peopte. whether they put it into words or not, ig what advantages have the French Army gained during the last few months since the repulse of the Ger- mans by the allied forces in Flanders. No battle of great importance has been fought. If gain in the smaller engage- ments thai have taken place is only to be measured by the amount of ground won the results are, indeed, i-miill. A few hundred yards north of Arras, a village .or two between Arras and the corner of the line nearest to Paris, a* belt varying from a miie and a half and two hundred yards in breadth to the east of Rheims. and a few miles cf what was German territory in Alsace. These acres are ail that have been gained, and the enemy's hold on Belgium and the eastern corner of France remains as strong ris ever. Yet the success of tho French army, though not apparent, is very real, and its work deserves the gratitude and the admira- tion of the allied Powers in the highest degree. To appreciate this one must tako a broad view of the situation. One must remember that the battle now being fought iu Europe k one only, that the fighting iu Poland, Guiicia, in Serbia, in France is a U part of tho san:H> hattle, that to beat the German Powers we shall need -more reserve:; than we have available at present, and that until j these reserves can make their weight felt the duty of the allied iiviuk1; is to j prevent the enemy from bringing about a decision favourable to himself. Kept Enemy Occupied. I It is m her fuil conception' of this duty and in the vigour which she Las put into its execution that France and her army have deserved our admiration. By her operations during the last two months she has kept the enemy fully occupied in holding his ground, pre- vented him from weakening his army on this side in order to deal a decisive blow elsewhere, and maintained his rate of casualties hy forcing him to fight some- times for days together under circum- stanoos which were not to his advantage. That is her first achievement. Her second is that during these months her; army has steadily improved, both in per-; I soaal and material. It is generally held that long periods of trcnch work have deleterious offer;t on infantry, that they lose their activity, their elan, and require a litt le time for getting this hack if they are to bo used for offensive operations, j This is not the case in the French Army, I Å ttacks are executed with great vigonr, I rwtorve divisions have nearly, if not quite, the same value as active divisions, which was not the case earlier in the war. ar.d Territorial troops—composed of men 110- hveen 35 and 45 ?-?ars ot a?c—are taking a I far m?7e considerable share in actinwork far con,;i(-.erable n active -,?,ork, Sicge Warfare. This siege warfare was at first new to t everyone.. and the success of the many small attacks reoently made has 1"N'H largely due to the care with which each effort has been studied and its lessons communicated to all, so that the whole army might benefit by the experience of! one commander and his men. As regards material, perhaps the greatest stride that ha-s been made is in the provi- sion of heavy artillery. The superiority of 0"1 '11 f: J. J u, ",1 '.i. the French field gun has long been ad- mitted. But against an enemy strongly entrenched, supported by long-ranging heavy batteries, the field gun is not suth- j- dent, and the want of heavier metal has j been deeply felt. This has now been pro- vided, and each week co-operation between artillery and in' n'rv becomes aj?re p?r-j fect. It may be conndcntly asserted that w1th. out this progress the operations, even i sucoe?sful. could oDiy have been earned out at the cost of losses entirely cut ct proportion to the results obtained. This is only one of the improvements that have been made. There are many others, and 'he result is thut the IIWmle of the a rlUYI' has never stood higher than it now does, the truth of this being pLain to the oyer-, of anyone who sees the French soldier, I whether in the trenches or tramping along tho roads in rain and mud.

rr== T GWYN HALL, NEATH II :0:- I THURSDAY, FEB. 25th. jl II The Morriston Forward Movement Church Choir II ilWILL PERFORM | [d th P.. n I II [SIner, ue r "d im n II I — (The New Musical Drama by Rev. WILLIAM JONES, Yarriston), t, ij -:0: j; — CAST. — |j QUEEN ESTHER Miss May Harris, Swansea. ? PERSIAN KING Mr. W. Edmunds. Manselton. 'I i HAMAN Mr. N. Francis (Elocutionist), Morri?cn. iJ MOF.OiGAf Rev. W. Jones (the Author). MAIO J OF HONOUR Miss Annie George, Swansea. ZERISF FAiss B! O ? t, j II ZERISH Miss Biodwen Jones. Swansea. jj COURT SCRIBE Mr. Lewis Yeiiand, Morriston. Ii JEWISH HI G H PRIEST Mr. Gwyiym Jones. Morriston. .1 PROPHETESS Mrs. Cowman, Plasmarl. Fl GTI-I. CAN Mr. J. john, Morriston. II ZERiSH'S MAID OF HONOUR Mrs. George Gates, Morriston. Accompanist Miss LILY JONES, fMorriston. 1'1 o Deors Open at 6.45. To Commence at 7.30. ¡ II Carriages at 10. I II POPULAR PRICES — 3s., 2s., I s., 6d. j II I' DON'T MiSS THIS EXCEPTIONAL TREAT. Ii ) All communications to the Secretary, jj Mr. George Gates, 35, Martin-street. Morriston t __t

MOTHER, YOUP, CPILD HEEDS A,' LAXb,I'IVE i If Tongii.) is Coated, Stomach Sick, or the Child is Cross, Feverish, Constipated, give C..¡¡fGnja Syrup of Figs." -up of Figs. Don i' scold your fretful, poevish child. See if the tongue is coated; this is a sure sign tha.t the little otomach, liver and bowels are clogged wjth bile raid imper- fectly digestpd food. When lisdess, pale, feverish, with taiaten breath, a cold, or a Rore throat; if th? 'chJd does not eat, sleep or OC? ?Mur?ily, or has stomach-viche, ?ndigo." tioa or dMi'rh<jM. gln a te-aFp?onlul 01 California Syrup of Figs," and in a few hours all the waste matter, bile and fer- menting food will pa?s out of the "bowels, and you haYe a healthy, playful child dgdn. Children love this harml('.s H frui laxative," and mother. can rest easy after giving it. because it never fails to make their little insides" sweet and whole- some. Keep it handy. Mo,her! A little given to-day aves a sick child to-morrow, but get the genuine. Ask your chemist for a bottle of ? California Syrup 01 Figs," whi?h has directions for babies, children ?i I Iages, and for grown-ups plainly on the bofie. Remember there aTO counter- feits ?old here, ?? look ?ud s?e <hat your bott!a h?arr the name of the '?<?nior?i! Fig Syrup Company." Hand back with I contempt any other fig syrup. All leading chemists sell California Syrup of Figs, per bottle.

WALES' GREATEST FRINGE. I Prof. J. E. Lloyd, M..A., Bangor, whose Ulrtory of Walw" is accepted as a stan- dard work, delivered an interesting lecture oil LItwelyn Fawi" (Llewelyn the Great, tho Wcifch Prince; before the Carmarthen C'ymrodorion Society, the Mayor (Mr. John Lewie) pratihling.i. Llewelyn Fa-wr, eaiil Prct. Lloyd, won lor hiiuseif a. position supreme imone the Welsh Iteroc: of the Middle Age3, and he ?ne undou?t?-U.v th<? "rea.txxT of the  ef Wa-;Ci? princes. Unlike other hero-princes of W3U0 Llewelyn liv?d to see h8 wishes and idea"- ^-ealuKxl, and Wales a reaccful and united natbn. Nothing could be more militarist j than the poetry cf this period, for ,-he sound of battle rang tilrouç-h it. everiast- ir.gly. lists pond insr to fj vote cf thanks, Prof_ Lloyd epoke of the historical interest ct Carmarthen, .saying be hoped that ]-)eforp long the work cf writing its history wcuhl be undertaken by tciaeoae..1

1ST WELSH IN ACTION. The 1st Battalion of the Welsh Regi- ment, which returned from foreign ser- vice some months ago, were in action in Flanders last week. Last night's casualty J lists include the- names of three officer^ killed (Lieutenants Pope and Evan Jones and Captain Lloyd) and ono wounded (Lieutenant Davies). Cardiff is the home depot of the Welsh Regiment. The 1st Welsh went- to Egypt in December, l'cm. under the commard of Colonel 11. ScLoifehl, and the;* were quar- terfd at Cairo for two years. Then the battalion was split, up, a portion proceed- ing to Khartoum and another to Cyprus. In 1910 Lord Kitchener presented them with their new colours, the old ones being afterwards deposited in Llandaff Cathe- drnl. It is noteworthy, too, that when the regiment was at Cairo it was visited at manTCUvre,s by the Crown Prince of Gcr- many, and later the King of Saxony paid an unofficial visit to the battalion. From Egypt the battalion proceeded to India. the command of the battalion from Col. } Lieut.-Ccionel T. 0. Msrd?n took O,0r ¡ Schofiel i in December. 19?. and after "pending two years in Cbukrata and Agra. they returned to England towards the end of last year. They were quartered tor a I tine in Winchester, and within the past, few weeks were drafted to the front. J

At Carmarthen on yov!:hs ?-Jamee Davies, Elhenpant., David Shrxir.ich t T>avki\ Piencuwc, and Et-njamin Seom itiehl, Kla^npaut, in the TreSech district-, committed for trial, eharged Prices Iu:idles, a fsuna secT-ani.

NEATH CANAL TRAGEDY. Early on Sunday morning. P.C. Davie* recovered the dead body of a man from the Neath Canal at Cadoxton, near Neath. The body was identified as that of Samuel Edwards, aged 52. tinworker, ti, Canal Bank, Aberdylais. Tie was a widower without children, and lived with an,.i I* Te(i w 'tb his mother. He left home on Saturday mid-day for .Neath, and his watch found or. the body was stopped at a quarter-past iii. There were no marks on the body. and it is pre- sumed that deceased fell into the canal whilst returning home along the canal bank.

u MASTER HAULiER S TRAGIC END. The circumstances attending the death oi Mr. Wm. Daniei. Princess-street, Ua-nelly, -a well-known master 'haulier, which took place suddenly on Friday evening, were in- quired into hy the Coroner, Mr. W. W. Brodie. at an inquest on Saturday. Deceased was assistins to remove a bil- liard table, wbich be bad conveyed from Swansea to the residence of .Mr. John liogers, at West Hottse. Goring-road. The table had been taken half way up the stairs deceased wae hanr:o a re?t. when l:e suddenly fpl1 over backwards over a rail on to the floor of the passage, and death occurred soon aftc; wards. Medical evidence showed that droth was dnr- to syncope, accelerated hy th** fr«P. and the jury returned a verdict accordingly

CANTATA AT FFQRESTFACH. On Saturday evening, a well-attend ed concert was held at Bethlehom, Cadle. Mr. W. Morgan, Forest Hall, ably presid- ing. The first portion cf the programme consisted of the performance of a sacred cant at a. entitled Gwaredwr y Plant," bv the Band of Hope children, twsif'ted by Misses W. Mai 11 waring, C. Campbell. E. Roberts, P. Thomtt-s, and E. John, under the oonduv-forship of Mr. W. Jenkins. The children did the work excellently, and much credit is due to Mr. Jenkins, who had left no stone unturned in the bring- ing of things to a successful The second part was rendered by the .folowin: artistes: Soprano, Mi Ol wen Davies. Cwmbwrla: contrailo. Mis.- C. Campbell, Waunwen; elocutionist. Miss Polly Nicho- las finre quartette, Mr. Tudor Williams end friends; baritone, Mr. Glyn Ju-ne-. Miss Polly Thomas accompanied through- cut. Frizes were awarded the followin-- ehildren for work d<mo:—T). Roes Thoiua* Harold Williams, Glvn Thomas, Johnny Gear, Emrys Davies, Elver Richards, OW. ford Jones. Trevor Thomas. Trevor Wil- liams, W. LI. GrifliMts. Gwladys Mainwar- ing, and Beatrice Thomas

BRAVE NATION'S STORY. A work iiiitt is certain to oe in great .Icma.nri is "Belgium the Glorious: Tier Country and Her People," which Messrs. Hutchinson a.rrd Co.. Paterao.^t-cr-row, et-e about to publish in 14 fortnightly parts at 7d. each. Thia sioiy of a brave nation ,in b; written by well-known authorities and edited by Mr. Walter Hutchinson, MJL, P.R.G.S.. F.S.A.I. Dr. Charles Saroiea. will write the introducfory a-rt-icie. A snperb 10s. 6d. photogravure picture (27in. by will hp- given to each buve- of the Ir.t- 50.000 copies c-l Part I.

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FALLING HAIR MEANS DANDRUFF IS ACTIVE, i YOUR HAIR! GET A ?1?' 'SAVE YOUR HAIR! GET A t/1-' BOTTLE OF DAN DERI N E TQ-DAY/ loin, Brittle, colourless, and scraggy liaii, is muto evidence of a neglected scalp: of dand,-iiff-th.-it nwfiil scurf. There is nothing tOO destructive to the hair as dandruff. It robs tha hair of its lustre, its strength, and its very life, eventually producing a fevcrishness and itching of the scalp, which if not remedied causes the hair roots to shrink, loosen and die—then the hair falls out fast. A little Danderine to-night—now— any time will surely save your hair. Got a lilt bottle of Knowtton's Dan- derine froIn any chemist;, and after the first application your hair will take on that life, lustre, and luxuriance which is so beautiful. It will become wavy and fluffy, and have tho appearance, of abundance, an incomparable gloss and softness; but what will please you most will he after just a few weeks* use, when you will actually see a lot of fine, downy j hair—new hair—growinsf all over the scalp. ,f