Papurau Newydd Cymru
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A SUNDAY AT THE FRONT
A SUNDAY AT THE FRONT THE FARM YARD COMMUNION I BLRIXD the line, we tried to make JO ourselves all tkings to aU men. We of the Y.M.C.A. had to be un- denominational not only as Protestants, but in our attitude towards the other great church of Christendom. Our huts, our ten., our barns, were the common l*»sesskm of all who worked on behalf of soldiers. I have not heard of Mass being celebrated on behalf of those who fol- lowed the Roman communion; on the Somme I knew they had the churches of the villages for their use. But our accom- modation was at their service as well as for others. On my last Sunday in France we had two celebrations, one in the early horning, by the Anglican Padre, the other in the afternoon by a Scottish Free Church chaplain, Dr. Lauchlan MacLean Watt, preacher of the Word, writer, poet, above all true Christian gentleman. As they are firmest fixed in my memory, 1 I may be permitted to describe one of these, for the first was conducted by a minister who held earnest and rigid views about confirmation, while the other was an open communion to which I was welcomed. The Church of England chaplain had met his communicants under shelter of the barn, which had been cleaned up by zealous orderlies overnight. The acces- sories were not imposing. Two biscuit bosee served for the altar table, and the walls were covered with pictures taken from the illustrated weeklies, and a collec- tion of Captain Bairnsfather's war cari- catures. A far cry from this dim barn to the ornate surroundings of our churches, but I do not think the sacrament lost thereby in power. The Scottish Padre placed his altar of biscuit boxes in the centre of the farm- yard. A plain covering cloth, and the vessels of the communion thereon, and the table was ready. I do not know how to v write properly of this service under the blue vault of heaven. Words, words, words, how can they convey the deepest feelings of the heart, how can they inter- pret the things of the spirit! I feel it will need closer concentration of mind, and greater detachment from the daily duties of life, before I can say what is in me to' tsay concerning this assemblage around the table sacred to Christendom. Here and now at best one can write only a straight narrative of superficial things. It was a quiet afternoon at the front, or so it seemed to us, for often a current of wind will prove a deadening power even to the sound of guns fired a few miles away. It was one of those rare afternoons when one could cherish the illusion that peace waa once more upon the earth. Traffic rumbled ceaselessly over the near- by road, but to this we were well accus- tomed, so well used indeed that we did not consciously hear it. The breeze was in the trees. A bird sang blithely. We might have been in the very heart of rural England. We had many Scottish soldiers at the ^celebration, killed soldiers grave of face, a.s beaming what is to the Northerner the most eoleinn event of worship. Some had just come down from battle, and some believed they had to go on the morrow. An officer came in the shadow of crushing bereavement. His brother had fallen up above," and 1 dare not look him long in the face so tragic it appeared. And there were English and Welsh among the com- pany who sat around the altar of biscuit Iwxfts. We looked the gate of the yard, for we wanted quietness. Or. Watt ked for th Scottish para- phrase. No« I discovered that these are eung with a Oeliberate slowness to which I was a straiger, and so the T'adre had first of all to coach me, at the piano, to the rhyfhm vith which his countrymen take their hynns. Thus, to hie beat, we sang the reras to which the Covenanters made the mom tain fastnesses of Scotland ring in old tine. The Led niy Shepherd is, I shall be well supplied. At the froit, the soldiers make none of the miserabfe pretence at singing to which we are acculomed at home. They let their voices, good bad, or indifferent, have their full effect. This afternoon, so quiet, with not a gun-onnd disturbing the air, the fllaw measured strains moved one to an exaltation which is beyond description. The paraphrase went, deliberately to its end, and a? we reached the last line an aeroplane, flying low over the farmyard, appeared to blend its note into our?. Another followed quickly, and we heard its musical hum long after it had passed the line cf visioii. No preacher who has aught to say is .tho,at a mptstl"o at the front, o padre who is certain oi his mission has to cast about in his ninrl for a suitable theme. He is surrounded by sermons. His oppor- tunities are more than he ran grasp. The enldier. as a rule, does not love compul- sory church parade, and when we bear at home of sanguine expectations that the revival of religion will come from the trenches we may discountenance thpm; the wi, is father to the thought. The! V, idipr no more wears hi" reliqion on his j sleeve at the front than hp did when at h6m». All that can he said with certaintv is that he is more susceptible to religious Appeal, and that he likes to attend the nn- official s-ervie". that is the services lie mav please hin^if about going roo He is an attentive. and sometimes an enlotional of thp T ord's Prayer without a trace of that be.shful reserve which result*, at home, in the whisperPd repetition. I have heard eight hundred men snv it together, with a wnnd liVo fhe rise irr! filil of the sea." This afternoon, although the Padre read, aud sooke with a fierce earnestness, wjfh a Celtic abandon, the congregation was as restful as the scene. Ther sang another 41 the old paraphrases, I to the hills will ttft mv eyps." nod before it through heard the guns again at their shatter- ing work. The guns were booming when the Padre took from hand to hand the bread and the vine, booming faintly but continuously. The anger of man-too grace of his Lord— The hell of his hate-the pow'r of His Word! Gun hla-sts, bodies torn, wreckage, agonies, —And here the sacred board! Another aeroplane winged its way above, like a silver gleam. In the farm-yard all was still; one wondered whether all around was not an evil dream which would pass away. And wheat they had sung an hymn, they went out into the Mount of Olives." When the Gordons had eung the last hymn, they went ont also; and before many days had passed they too had seen Gethsemane. J. D. W.
DEAR FOOD PROBLEM
DEAR FOOD PROBLEM BOARD OF TRABE COMMITTEE AND MEAT AND MILK TRUSTS MEATLESS DAY RECOMMENDED Municipal saops to break meat and milk trusts wherever they exiat is one of the drastic remedies for the food scandals re- commended by the Committee of the Board of Trade, which, under Mr. J. M. Robertson, has been considering the causes leading to the rise in prices during the war. The report deals with meat, becon, and milk only, leaving questions of shipping freights, etc., to a later stage. Other notable recommendations are- A meatless day a week. Restrictions to secure reasonable prices. Eoonomy in Army cooking and serving. Direct purchasing by Government. Maternity centres and baby clinics. Milk for babies. Dinners for mothers. The principle already adopted by the Government, of restricting the importa- tiun ol iess necessary commodities, should be carried out on a larger scale. STATE AS PUHCHASER. In view of the proved success of the policy of large scale purchase of meat by the Government, it is recommended that the Government should develop, as far as possible, those sources oi supply from which they can make direct purchases. In disposing of the meat which it pur- chases tor the civil population, the Gov- ernment should impose such conditions, not only on wholesale merchants, but also on retailers, as would tend to secure the sale of such meat to the ultimate con- sumers at reasonable prices. The Government should expedite the establishment of refrigerating stations and other necessary plant at Rio de Janeiro, Santos or Bahia, or some other convenient port, to open up the supplies of Brazilian meat. The Cornmiti-pe urge all those who are not engaged in severe manual labour, and who at present eat butcher's meat every day, to abstain front the consumption of butcher's meat on one day in each week. They believe that a large number of patriotic citizens are only waiting for clear and-authoritative guidance, and that such voluntary abstentaticn on the part of the more fortunate, while it will have no harmful effect on health, will appreciably enlarge the supply of meat available for tli" poorer members of the community. They, therefore, press this moderate measure or self-denial as a public duty upon all those who know they are in a position to carry it ont. MILK POWDER POSSIBILITIES. The War Office should bring under re- newed consideration the question whether economies could not be effected in the supply of meat to the Army, by improve- ments in methods of cooking and serving, without any redaction in the amount of meat actually reaching the individual soldier. If additional sammer milk could be im- ported from Iieland in any considerable quantity it should be considered whether it could be put on sale, under Govern- ment control, in poor town districts, at an across-countei price which would cover expenses, thputting cheap milk within the reach of tlx. poor without setting up an elaborate machinery of distribution. A scientific inquiry as to the possibility of obtaining desiccated milk ("milk powder") in large quantities in pastoral countries seems to be worth carrying out. Wholesale milk dealers should furnish the Board of with the names and addresses of the farmers from whom they have purchased milk and tbo estimated quantity and price of the milk supplied by each producer. LOCAL INTERVIEWS. Opinions on Committee's Recom- mendations. WiU, reference to the suggestions in cases where there is reason to believe that any group of retailers are using the pre- sent abnormal position in order to obtain excessive profits. that fresh powers to open municipal shops, for the sale of neces- sary foodstuffs," should he given to local authorities, Ilr. I-lo-ocl, secretary of the Grocers' Association, said: "There is no group in Swansea, Each trader is on his own responsibility. There is no attempt by retailers to exploit the public. In fact, to my knowledge, they are getting less profit on many articles than before the war. Xo such thing exists here, and I don't think it exists anywhere. I don't think that any great retailers' association uses its position in that way, or attempts to do it.JJ What about thp wholesalf- I can't say; hut my belief is that there is nothing of the kind Tn connection with the wholesale trade of the town." On the question of the Government taking over control of fnod stuffs, Mr. Hood remarked: "I don't know what that would do. Thpy made an awful mess of the sugar. If that's a sample, the less they do the better. If they hnd put represen- tatives of the retail traders on the Com- mission. they would have expert know- -of the trade. Didn't f,, There isn't a retail trader on either of the Commissions. From a retail trader Hify wo?ld have expert advice on diri- hufi?n and retail sale ef good and prices." THE CATTLE TRADE. On" of the largest cattle dealers in South Wales was questioned on the killing of animals in calf. "How are they going to prove it?" he asked. My experience is that yon can- not tell always." "That is a practical difficulty, hut otherwise you \Pf' i,ifh Vps. J don't think any beast should bp killed when in calf. T agree with that But. that regulation has been in force for nearly two years. Only a month aoo, a friend of mine was fined at Barry Court for killing n beasi in calf. It was in a pamphlet issued to butchers in Swansea twelve months aero." A«ked about Government purchases of meat f?rthp ciyU popul ation, h?oh?ery?d, "T canT My ?T. 4 binl on that." "How do ?on think it wouM wnrk?" "I don't think it would work at all; because it the dealers and butchers that fix the pricp of meat, but the demand I of the public. Eyprytbin? we buy is by I public auction." <. No association the prices?" "Our trade is perishable, and we can ha rdh- r ly on prices. There is no attempt to raise prices. We seil meat ehpaper in Swansea than in any part of Wales. Ours is the cheapest market in Wales." H Government control would make, no difference ?" "I can't see that the Government would do the public any good if they took it over.s far as the wholesale trader is concerned, he would be much better off with a fair commission. But I don't think j it would make any difference to the public. The public have the meat at as reasonable a price as it is purchased by butchers; it's only a bare living they are getin out o'f it to-day." t THE SUGGESTED MEATLESS DAY. On the question of a day," the dealer said: "If it could be done, it might do some good in holding stocks back, and cheapen (Continued at foot of next column.)
LOCAL POLICE COURTS.
LOCAL POLICE COURTS. I SWANSEA. I I Saturday.-Bofore Messrs. A. H. Thomas (in the chair), J. H. Eraser, and Thos. I Jones. I THANKFUL TO THE POLICE. I Charles Harrison was charged with being drunk and incapable in High-street on Friday. Defendant, who thanked the policeman who arrested him for tal,-ing care" of I him, was fined 7s. 6d. I A NIGHT OFFENCE. I Thomas Savage and Harriet Morris were charged with an oflenoe in Heatlifield-road on Friday night. Savage was fined 20s., and the woman was sent down for a month. i AN INCORRIGIBLE FEMALE. Rose Wallis was charged with that, I being a suspected person, was found loitering in King Edward's-road, supposed for the purpose of committing a felony, on Friday. P.C. Edgar IJloyd Da vies spoke to arrest- ing defendant at 11.40 p.m. near the Cricketers' Hotel. When arrested, she told witness that she was going to sleep on th? sands. ¡ R?pt. ??-itc ?aid that undoubtedly dcffndani was a Sil-IXV?w person. She I had been a rf?uiar pest in the St. Helen's neighbourhood, and in the Couniy Police Court tlt-ere was a charge against her of attempted suicide. Khe was then bound over. Defendant's mother had tried her best to keep her straight. Defendant wac, Gent to prison for one month. BOUND OVER. Frank Conteeri summoned Henry Wat- kins for assault, on September llti. I Complainant, who is a discharged soldier, having lost a leg, alleged that de- fendant hit him between the eyes. Defendant denied the assault, and said there was a quarrel between complainant and his (defendants) wife in his (de- fendant's) house. He then took hold of complainant and carried him out into the passage, where he fell. The parties wero bound over in the sum of tio to 00 of good behavious for 12 months, I COUNTY POLICE. I A BLACKPILL LICENCE. Mr. J. E. Fitt, th? Swane?a cate-rtr, ap- plied for the temporary traiisi',? rti -I- !iN'nœ of the Woodman Inn, DiackptH. t.' Police Inspector Davies offered no objec- tion, and the application was granted. I FIGHTING IN THE DARK. Daniel Enms and Win. Davies were charged witi fighting at Ilontiti-dulais on September 16th. P.C. (716) Roberts said the two men were fightvig on the road. When he at- tempted to separate them they tripped him up. Defendants said that they collided in the darkness, and each thought ho was at- tacked. Fined JOs. each. I MILITARY ABSENTEE. J Daniel jDlpkins, an Army absentee, I was handed over to an ef??cort. I LLANGADOCK. I Thursday.—Before Col. Lloyd Harries I and Messrs. Mervyn Peel, T. Roberts I I and T. Watkins. FISKERY PROSECUTION. Wm. John James, Plas, Carregsawdde, was fine(I 21s. for beitn; in unlawful posses- sion on the 11th inst., cf a gaff for the purpose of killing salmon. A MOTOR CAR CASE. Deputy Chief Constable Evans, acting I on instructions from the Local Taxation Committee, summoned Lewis Morgan, Junr., C-oedglassallt. Mothvey, for keeping and using on June 14th as a private motor car which would be liable to a six guineas license, a light locomotive tor which he only held a 15s. hackney license. Mr. Rhys W. Price, Llando\ ervv, cke- fendtd. I After a long hearing, in which other dates were mentioned, the bench said they had conte to the conclusion the defendant, thinking that only Sunday. 4th of June, would he the date dealt, with that, day. he might has been put at a (lisadvanta-P by the police dealing with other dates. Tfcey were anxious to be perfectly fair, and agreed to the case being adjourned to the next court. An application by Deputy Chief Con- stable Evans to anrmd the summons to include various other dates, was alEc granted. I TRANSFER. The license of the Rose and Crown, Llan- gadock, was transferred from the name of I the late Mr. Thomas Isaac to his widow. I '1_- PONTARDAWE. I i may. SALE OF A PISTOL. J. L. Jenkins, ironmonger, was fined £ 2 10s. for failing to enter the sale of a pistol on a register. He was also asked to pay costA; for supplying a pistol to a boy under 18. Mr. C. B. Jenkins defended.
IALIENS ACT CONTRAVENED.
IALIENS ACT CONTRAVENED. False Representation at Swansea. At Swail&ea County Borough Police Court on Saturday, Frederick Curtis was charged on remalci. that, being a person leaving the Port of Swansea on the 11 th day of August, he made a false statement, or false representation, to Thomas Arthur Scott, contrary to a section of the Aliens Restriction (Consolidation Order) 1916. Mr. T. A. Scott, aliens officer, -ai(i that 8-30 p.m. on August 11, he was at King's Dock watching the arrival and the depar- ture of the ships. The SÆ. Victoria was about to clear the locks. Defendant was standing on the quayside as though ho were about to embark. Witness ques- tioned him. and in reply defendant stated j tnat. his name wacs Courts, and that his father wm a detective-inspector at Scot- land Yard. Before joining the Victoria he had Jn oil the Norwegian 6teuiner Park Rook. Detective Constable Francis, Swansea, deposed to arresting defendant at the Law Courts, Cardiff, on September 26. Detective Sergeant John Davies. of .the Metropolitan Police, produced records of all detectives of any rank who had ever belonged to Scotland Yard. There was not one of the name of Curtis, but there was one named Albert Court, who joined in February, 1889, at the age of 23, and who retired on a pension on the 1st of March last year. According to accused's statement his father must have been only H years of age when he (defendant) was born. Defendant was fined iClO or two months. (
I iClO FINE. I I
I iClO FINE. I I I Llansamlet 0 Landlord's I Attempt to Bribe Police. I At Pontmdaw-e Polie-e Court on Friday, before Mr. G. H. Strick and others, David Thomas, landlord of the Railway Inn, Lonlao, Liansumlet, was summoned for selling intoxicating liquor during ille- gal hours., whilst John Davies, Lonlas, and W. J. Matthews, were summoned for aiding and abetting. Mr. JestTn Jeffreys defended. Inspector Gill (Skewen), said on Sept. 1st, at 9.50 p.m., he visited the Railway Inn in company with Sergeant Quartley. The house was lit up and the front door was open. In the tap room they saw mue men. There were no measures of drinks in front of any of the men. Witness next went out to the bac.k, and just outside the door Ite saw two men re..sting on the win- dow4. Witness asked what they were doing there, and they said they were only having a talk. Witness asked the landlord for a Light, and defendant replied that he did not have one. Whilst the landlord was away witness lit a match, and near the. men he saw two half pints of newly drawn I be^r. When the landlord returned wit- ness drew his attention to the measures, and asked who served the b^er. Defen- dant replied that he did not. Witness asked Mrs. Thomas if he had ecrved the beer, and she replied that the beer was served by her husband. Defendant there- upon admitted that he served the beer. The tvL, men were John Davies and W. J. Matthews, and they declared they were in the house before nine o'clock. Witness told defendant that he would be reported. Dd('ndant t?cn ran upctairs. and when he came down he took witness and Quartley into a private room. Defendant there said, Let's square this matter now. For God's :ake don't report me. I will never do it again." Defendant then attempted to bribe witness and Quartley by giving them money. Mr. Jestvn Jeffreys, for the defence, pleaded guilty, but asked for leniency on account of the long mwwiation with the house by the defendant's family. Mr. Jeffreys went on to explain that there was no wilful intention, as it was customary at country inns for customers to partake of their drinks in the open on summer evenings, and the beer had been drawn I before nine o'clock. After consultation, the Chairman said that Thomas would be fined JE10. For I' aiding and abetting, Davies and Matthews were fined 40s. each.
1918 OR 1920?1
1918 OR 1920? Llanefly and tfie National Eisteddfod. A meeting of the Llanelly burgesses was held on Friday evening to consider the advisability of inviting the National Eis- teddfod to Llanelly m 1918, when the Major (Lady Howard), who presid-ed, said 'ki a 3-4 L. it seemed a very long time since Llanelly had the Eistecdiod, and it was a very successful festival. Now they were asked by the Cymrodorian Society and others to consider whether they would not like it to come again. What they had to con- sider was whether they should invite it here in 1918? If it was a question of in- viting it to Llanelly next year she would unhesitatingly say "No." They wanted the citizens of Lianeliy to express their opinion whether it would be right or good or whether there would be too much risk to ask for the Eisteddfod of HilS. Mr. Oven, Labour Exchange, explained that the Cymrodorion Society felt that Llanelly was entitled to send in an ap- plication, and that it was a town worthy of the honour of giving hospitality. He moved that the invitation ee extended to the National Eisteddfod Association to hold the festival at Lianeliy in 1918. Councillor E. Willis Jones, in second- ing the resolution, said the experiences of the past warranted Llanelly venturing upon the proposal. Mr. D. C. Parry, on behalf of the Tradesmen's Association, assured the meeting that the Association would do all it could in the matter, and subscribe to- wards the expenses. The Mayor seated that was very en- couraging. Councillor Dan Williams aid he was afraid he was not in harmony with the preposition, although he did not like to move a direct. negative. He would like to suggest—that it might meet with the views of t hose, vho were desirous of get- ting the Eisteddfod to Llanelly in 1918— that they should apply in respect of 1920 instead of 1918. (Applause.) He did not think that meeting was representative of Llanelly: if the people wanted the Eis- I teddfod in 1918 that hall would have been crowded. They would he asked to put their hands into their pockets, not only the employers and tradesmen, but Llan- elly people in general, and he. had no hesitation in saying that the prpsent, was not an opportune time for making the invitation. The Deputy-Mayor (Aid. D. James Davies), in seconding, said the reason why he did so was that if they were go- ing to invite the Eisteddfod to Llanelly it must be with enthusiasm and unani- mity. (Hear, near.) Inasmuch as Neath was in advance, of Llanelly in the matter, and inasmuch as Neath really made a claim at Aberfavenny in 1913, there was a possibility that if Llanelly made the ¡ claim now they would not succeed. Mr. Owen then withdrew his motion, It was then unanimously decided to in- vite the National Eisteddfod to Llanelly in 1920.
! WAR SAVINGS. *I
WAR SAVINGS. A Meeting at Aberavon. Major Richard Rigg, a commissioner of the National War Savings Certificates Committee, concluded a three days' con- ference in South Wales, at Aberavon on Friday night. The Mayor (Councillor P. j J. Jacob) presided over a gathering repre- sentative of the borough and the Margam district. Major Itigg, emphasising the impor-i tance of thrift in securing a lasting peace, said that if everyone of the 48 millions of this Kingdom were to become a Scrooge! tho money power M the British Empire wm¡ld be irresistible. All mony spent unnecessarily constituted a sin against tl? State; they must Ush?r ]nt? Britain "rD era of simplicity, and sacrifice luxury for the sake of the men who were sacri- ficing their all at the front. A t the close he paid a tribute to Mr. Black, tlao organising secretary for South Wales, for the manner in which he had arranged the conferences. Mr. Black, speaking on the practical side of the work, urged the formation of War savings associations in connection; with trade unions, day schools, lwlneu and friendly societies, as well as chapels j and churches. lie illustrated this by re- ference to the excellent work already done in other districts of South Wales. Councillor John Davie* moved a resolu- j tion-forming those present into a central war savings comluittee for Abiiravon and Margam. Alderman Smith seconded, and the motion wa& adopted. The Mayor of Abcravon was appointed chairman, with Mr. Ed. Lowther (air man of the Margam Urban Council). as vice-chairman, and the Town Clerk (Mr. Moses Thomas), and Mr. D. L Jones I (Clerk to the Council), were chosen joint ¡ secretaries.
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Lieut. D. C. Beck, R.F.A., killed in a croes-country flight last week, was the only son of Commander L. C. Beek, R.N.
CARDlFFS COMPLAINT
CARDlFFS COMPLAINT — ATTACK ON SWANSEA GOAL EXPORT'S COMMITTEE At a meeting of the Cardiff Chamber of Commerce on Friday, Mr. S. lnstone asked the president (Mr. T. E. Watson) whether the eham ber could do anything to protect Cardiff shippers against the Swansea. Coal Exports Committee. He understood the Swansea Committee had decided that Car- diff people should be entirely excluded from the shipment of anthracite coaJ, which should be kept solely for Swansea, people, who hard probably not shipped an ounce of anthracite before the war. lie had a case of a firm at Cardiff who had an order to ship Anthracite, and the order had been taken away from him and given to Swansea without any compunction whatever. If that was the attitude Swan- sea was going to adopt towards Cardiff then Cardiff should retaliate and prevent Swansea people from shipping Cardiff coal. M r. John Andrews said the action of the Swansea Committee happened to be brought home to him in a special way, and the Cardiff Committee held that it was utterly unjustifiable. The President advised Mr. In stone to make his complaints to the Swansea and Central Committees, and failing redress, he could bring the matter up again to secure the Chamber's support. Mr. Instone said he would do so. MR. T. P. COOK'S VIEWS. Mr. T. P. Cook (Chairman of the Swan- sea Coal Exports Committee), interviewed by our Docks' representative in reference to the Cardiff complaint, said The obse- vations made at the Cardiff meeting are absolutely without foundation. The Swan- sea Committee have' come to no such reso- lution as is alleged, but. on the contrary, a large number of authorisations for anthracite coal have been approved by the Swansea Committee for Cardiff exporters. Evidently the complaints made at the meeting were from a few exporters who felt they had a grievance, but the Swansea Committee have only acted absolutely on the lines laid down in the selipiiile." --1.
MEDICAL-BOARDS. I
MEDICAL-BOARDS. I Men Must be Examined in I Their Own Areas. At the Carmarthenshire Appeal Tribu- nal at Carmarthen, the case of a butter merchant at Llangadock, who went to be examined by the Swansea Medical Board and was passed for Cliis6 C 3. again came up. The case had been adjourned in order that Capt. Cremlyn might produce his instructions in support of his con- tention that the man must go before the Medical Board in his own area, which was at Carmarthen. Capt. Cremlyn produced a new regula- tion issued on September 20th, which, he explained, stated that anyone applying for medical examination was to get a card from the recruiting ocer in the area in which he lived, and must go before the Medical Board in that area. The reason for that regulation was that people who were examined by the Medical Board in their own area, and were not satisfied with the decision, went and got re-exam- ined by another Medical Board outside their area. The regulation was issued to put a stop to that. Mr. David Evans (a member of the Tri- bunal) Prior to September 20th could a man be examined by the Medical Board he liked? Capt. Cremlyn Yes, but he had to get a card from the recruiting ocer author- ising him to go there. Mr. D. Evans: Could a man be exam- ined by the Medical Board without the consent of the recruiting officerr Capt. Cremlyn W^ll, he, was not sup- posed to do it. but I think in practice it was done, and this regulation was passed clearly for th epurpose of putting a stop to it. Of course. I do not know anything about the Medical Board at Carmarthen, The Tribunal adjourned the case for seven days in order that applicant. should be examined by the Medical Board in his own area. THE SWANSEA BOARD. The Recruiting Medical Board finished tliei- labours at Swansea to-day, the last day for the voluntary re-examination of previously rejected men. In future men from the Swansea district having occa- sion to go before the Board will have to o u i- to Cardiff. When a Leader" reporter looked in at the Old Training College between ten and eleven o'elor-k this morning there was a long queue of men waiting for examina- tion, and the Board had been kept busy since half-past nine, but there was no big last-hour rush, such as might have been expected. The time limit fixed for the Board's duties on this last, day at Swansea was one o'clock.
" ENEMY TOO STRONG."
ENEMY TOO STRONG." German Somme Commander's Confession. Rotterdam, Friday. Our troops have! don-e all they could, but the enemy was too strong." This frank admission oomes 1 from no less important a personage tIlsn the Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, the German upper commander on tbe Somme fronL It was made to the correspondent of the H Berliner Tageblatt in an interview ap- pearing in that journal to-day. There are other almost equally remarkable pass- a,es. Tlje Somme offensive," said the Crown Prince, brings us about every six days an attack of extreme fury. The enemy has gained some ground by his at- tacks which began in July, but there is no question of their having obtained a decision. One cannot say how it will go further, but this much is certain—that everything was so well foreseen by us be- forehand that we could quietly await j events. However it goes, th offensive j will certainly not speedily come to an encl. I It can be reckoned upon that the offensive will be of long duration. There will be more heu Q- attaeks preceded by unheard-; of expenditure of ammunition. 1 WILL HAVE TO FIGHT NEXT YEAR.! Our troops have done all they could, but the enemy was too strong. I am firmly convinced that the enemy here and in this year will attempt to obtain a de- cision, but in that he will not be success- j ful. He will have to accept a winter cam- paign as well, and fight on next year.1 That is my firm conviction." In the same, issue of the Berliner Tageblatt," Major Moraht also openly ad- mits defeat. He suggests that the only means of saving the position is by an en- de.avour to stop neutrals supplying the Allies with ammunition. He writes: "The' general attack on the Somme has brought! the French and English considerable loeal advantage. Our enemies are technically very strongly equipped. In two years of war they have placed themselves in pas- j session of all necessary materials, and with the help of an army of labourers run- ning into millions, which they found L'1 Europe, America, and Asia, have procured j for themselves all possible means of war, i which we at this moment must attempt, to make powerless. If our Government has sufficient means at hand to oppose this lending of help by neutrals, then it must not delay a single moment in making use of it. The blood of our brave soldiers now being spilt upon the Somme is too valu- ?ouime is too va l u- able and costly a treasure not to take every means at hand that could lead to I diminishing our losses.—Eeuter.
HEALTH AND HOUSING.
HEALTH AND HOUSING. Sanitary Inspectors' Con- ference at Cardiff. The third day's meetings in connection with the above conference at Cardiff opened with a paper by Mr. Bailie J. Stewart, Glasgow, on Health and Housing. In the course of hie address Mr. Stewart pointed out that bad housing had much to do with infantile mortality. In Glas- gow the mortality for 1915 was 143 per 1,000, whilst in Port Sunlight and Bourn- ville, where the housing conditions were ideal, the rates were 40 and 37 respec- tively. What is true of infantile morta- lity, said Mr. Stewart, is equally true of tuberculosis and other infectious diseases. WheA are needed are State aided building schemes for the working classes, charging the latter only sufficient rent to cover cost in 60 years. You would then grad- ually reduce your death rate, your in- fantile mortality, your deaths from tuber- culosis, and the zymotic diseases. You would diminish expenditure on infirm- aries and convalescent homes; you would diminish drunkenness and improve mora- lity. Mr. J. Towy Thomns, Rhondda, followed an address on Some o.f the Accom- plishments and Aims of Sanitation." Mr. Thomas instanced the tremendous strides sanitation had made, more particularly during the last half century, and he main- tained that the aims of sanitary science in the future lie in an endeavour to under* stand the nature of diseases, their alIi- aiiccs, their mode of spread, their true dis- tinctive characters, the measures best adapted for their prevention. I HYGIENE IN WAR TIME. The atternoon s sersion opened with a paper by Mr. Charles Hockley, Barry, on Hygiene in War Time." In the course of his address, Mr. Hockley emphasised the fact that no war in history called for greater physical fitness and endurance than the present conflict, and we must, if we are to survive strongly and vigorously as a first-class nation, apply ourselves un- remittingly to our social and public! health problems. Neglect of these will weaken the fibre of the nation. The session concluded with a paper by Mr. T. G. Dee, hon. sec. of the Associa- tion, on Public Health: The Sanitary Inspector's Part Therein." Mr. Deo laid stress upon the important duties sanitary inspectors had to perform, and claimed for them greater security and a right to! be heard upon all questions that had for their object the public weal. At the close of the afternoon's session, the delegates visited the Western Sewage Station and Outfall Works.
i GOODBYE, SUMMER.
GOODBYE, SUMMER. I How Big Ben Will Mark Time for an Hour. The Home Secretary has appointed a Committee to inquire into the social and economic results of the Summer Time Act, 1916. and to consider: (1) Whether it is advisable that summer time should be reintroduced in 1917 and in subs-equent years, and if so, (2) Whether any modifications in the arrangements are required, and (3) Between what dates summer time should be made operative. BIG BEN'S ORDEAL. Time will hang heavily on everybody's hands before the fa.st is broken on Sunday. This is the last day of Sammer time, and at three o'clock to-morrow morning Green- wich time will be restored either by stop- ping the clock, or putting it back, an hour. Big Ben will be stopped for an hour," the secretary of Messrs. E. Dent and Co. said tp a Press representative. The pen- dulum, which weighs about 6cwt., will be left to swing freely, but the train,' or the running part, will be held up. Most of the big railway station clocks will be treated in the same way." About three million clocks would be a fair estimate, this authority added, of the number to be altered in London alone.
FELL 10,000 FEET. ,
FELL 10,000 FEET. Wonderful Escape of Famous Airman. Paris, Friday.—The Matin describes thus how Lieutenant Guynemer, the well- known airman, after having brought down three enemy machines-one in the, record time of three minut-had a fall which nearly cost him his life. He was 10,000ft. up, when a shell hurst full in one of the wings of his aeroplane and the frail bird seemed mortally wounded. The whole left wing was completely cut; in a few seconds there was nothing left on the frame but a piece of canvas the dze of a pocket-handkerchief, and thp machine fell with a crash through space. Guynemer declares he jj.-ive himself up for lost. The only thing he asked Pro- vidence l'or was that he should not fall in enemy territory. At U;OO yards.' he says, I determined to make a fight for it. The wind had brought me back into our own lines. I was almos-t happy. "Down I fell. faster and faster. I shut my eyes, then I opened them again and looked down. At something like 120 miles an hour I crashed into a pylon. There was a terrific cracking sound and a deep thud. I looked round, and found that. noth- ing was left of my machine. How is it I am still alive? I wonder myself. The airman reared with laughter", add- ing: It is an odd sensation,' and he was off on a new aeroplane to continue his exploits again."—Router.
UNDER RUGBY RULES.I
UNDER RUGBY RULES. I' 7'J1é M§-<?iat)cm- betwn the LIan?Hy and Ar;)D Ru?hy clubs vith the vi?w i of arranging a benefit match for Satur- day next at Stradey have been successful. ————.———————
! MILITARY FUNERAL AT -NEATH.
MILITARY FUNERAL AT NEATH. Corporal Owen, who died on Thursday at a military hospital in this country, was buried at the New Llantwit Cemetery, Neath, on Saturday morning, with mili- tary honours. The coffin, wrapped in the Union Jack, was covered with a number or floral tributes, and the hearse was fol- lowed hy a large nurnlxr of wounded sol- diers from the local hospitals. Capt. J. M Morris, superintendent of the hos- pital. the Mayor of Neath (Councillor T. .ones), and Chief Constable Higgins were also present.
LIEUT. J. G. ABRAHAM, MILITARY…
LIEUT. J. G. ABRAHAM, MILITARY CROSS. Laeut. John (jrjbson Abraham, who, as we stated on Friday, and whose photo ap- pears on Page 3, has won tho Military Cross, left Swansea for South Africa in March, 1912, and joined the South African Mounted Rifles. He was one of the few eent from Pietersmaritzburg to Johannes- burg during the time of the riots in 1913. Ho was also with Botha when the first shot was fired in German South-West Africa and went t'hrough that campaign. After this was over lie came home to offer his servioes for tho Western front. Arriv- ing in Swansea last November, he attested with 36 hours, passed as medically fit, I and was at once offered a coramis-sion in the Welsh Regiment. He was gazetted in the Times on December 29th, and im- mediately went to join his regiment. In the early part of April he went on active service. The news that he has been awarded the Military Cross has given the greatest satisfaction to his host of friends.
I COMMERCE OF THE DAY. I
I COMMERCE OF THE DAY. BUTTER MARKET. Cork, Saturday.—Firsts. ?74s.; seconds 171s.; thirds, 16?.; fresh butter, 173s MEAT MARKET. Central Market, SsUurday.—Beef, Sootch: long, 6s. 4d.; ahorts, 6s. 4d. to 6s. 8d.; Eng- lish sides, 5e. Zd. to &s.; Irish, 5s. 4d. to 5s.c lOd. Mutton-ScotCh wethers, 7s. to & ewes, 5s. 4d. to 5a. 8d.; English wethers, 6s. 8d. to 7s. 8d.; ewes. 5s. 4d. to 56. 8d. Lamb; -English. 7s. 4d. to 8s.; Scotch. 6s. 8d. to 8s. 4d.: veal, English, 5s. 8d. to 8s.; pork.. steady. I BEN EVANS AND CO., LTD. Ben Evans and Co., Ltd., Swansea, intio mate 'that the dividend warrant* in pay- ment of an interim dividend at the rate of 5 per cent., per annum on their Ordinary* shares due October 2nd, 1916, have beecu posted. SOUTH WALES MARKETS. There has been a distinct renewal of no, tivity in markets during the week, witti every appearance of continuance of same. Coal and Iron.—Blaenavons have mafh- tauned their price under a fa.ir amount oi inquiry at 2ds. to 23s. 6d Consolidated Cambrian Ordinary keep firm at round 37s.. and should improve as the financial year- end draws near. D. Davis and Sons Li Ordinary show signe of increased anima- tion. the price continuing firm round SSs. to- 58s. 6H. for the £1 shares. A very active market is expected on the split basis of 5s. shares, and dealings have now commenced at, 14s. to 158 ex the bonus dividend. Tw\Y dividends of 10 par cent. each have Already" been paid. and the final, which will prob- ably bo at the same rate, would make the dibtribution for the current jear at leaefc 30 per cent. The 5s. shares are expected to ea,sily rise to about 20s. Oardift Collieries have remained quiet at 2. Celtics have eased slightly to 12s. 3d. Cynom have been negotiated at about 37s., and will probably improve in value in at few weeks' time, as the company's yeall ends on the 30th of September. A very ex- cellent report is looked for. Ebbw Valos. are easier at about 26s. 6d. Fernhills show little change, but keep firm round 42e. AV this price they give a yield of approxi- mately 9: per cent. free of tax, and should, imrove in value. Great Western Ordinary have strength- ened to about 10i, with good business pass- ing. The ew B share- also are better at 9A to Insoles have been quiet round 36s. 6d. Internationals a 1\ ra'r,her weaker at 8 to 8i. Lockets have kept steady round; 71 to 8. -N-orths.-There has been a very ac-' tive business in these shares, the pricw a "ain improving: to 43s and ihey are still- considered a good investment purchase. Oceane have kept fairly firm at from 12fr to 13, a.nd Powell Dutfryn? have maintained their price of 65s. There i.s no confirmation of the amalgamation rumours. Ehymney Irons have been changing fairly freely ati about 16s. 6d. Tredegar A' have eased.) soowha't to 27s. 3d., at which price they look a good lock-up purchase; the fuHy- paid B shares have maintained their advance to 39s. 6d. United Nationals show no change at about 41. 4Whev are, however, very firmly held. Windso.. Ordinary keel) steady at from 6; to 6i, the 10 per cent. 1st. Preference at 15 to 15i. and the 6 per cent. l'reforence round JEI4. Shipping .—Tim section has t>een quiet on I the whole, and there arc few changes to; I record. Loudon American Maritime s have strengthened to 38s. This company's report is now due, and will probably show excel- lent results. It would not be purprising to see a further advance of several shillings in the price of these shares. Britains keep. J firm ac about 24J. Globe Shipping also are! { steady at 18* middle. Maindys have come: to business at 23s. Tatems have further' i strengthened to 58s. middle, ivedcrofts have advanced to 46s. 6d. on some inquiry. Fnr., ness With ye have been very active in tbiai I market at prices ranging from 52s. 6d. to. it 538. 6d. Rails.-Ba-ry Deferred has been on th81 ¡ selling side at 83. Taff keeps steady at 58' to 58j. Mi--k--c,llaneoua.l his section romtiir" very Quiec, with no change to record. BUSINESS DONE. etc.-Port Talbot Ord, X16 2s. 6d. Coai and Ircn.-D. Davis and Son 5a. Ord.* 14s. 3d. (3 times;, 34s. IJd. (3 times), 14s. 4id. (twice). 14s. lid. (twicc); Bla-enavon Ordy.. <.3s. 3d.; Great Western Colliery HB," £10: 13s. 9d. (small lot); Lambert Bros. Ord. 41s. f A.. 41s. 6d.; Ocean Coal and Wil&ons Ord. -2 l?c. (twice); North's Navigation Ordy.. I f42,s..3 time?i. 4?. 3d.; Ebbw Vale Prefs, 44 I '.6s M.; Celtic Ord., 126. 6d. f Dock and 8hipping.-W, and C. T. Jbne? S.S., 49E.. 49s. 6d. (3 times); Field Lines. 37s. (small lot); Globe S.S. (10s. paid), 1811.; Car- oigAn S.S., 28s. lid., 28s.; Britain S.S.. 24 xl. Misee-lianeous.gpillers and Bakers Ord. 466. 9d.; Spring .Mincs. 6œ. 4fcL; Malang Ruh. bers. 2s. 5d.; Moss Empires Ord., 70s.; Spiell Aatroleum. 15s. ld.; Alaiedic Rubbers. 2s. < 2., 2s. 3d.; Bodi ,Bubber Estates, 2s. 5Jd. i 2& A MITCHELSON AND CO." A. AIM CASTLE BUILDINGS. Also CoIuju B Id gs. SWANSEA. Pinner's Hall, < Cardiff. London, f TelephoLes- T-elrams- 8Z8 Ocnt. Swansea (2 Lines). f Mitchelaon. Swanses." i ?M Cardiff (6 I?ines). "Mitchelson, Cardiff"t {f 7680 London Walt (2 Lines) 7:\Chelsonmit, ???-" WE HAVE BUYERS OF- 1 50 Great Weet-rn Colly R," Ði; loo London-American Maritime, 37e. 100 Stepneys; 1S Penrikyber Colly Ordy.. 144- 50 Port Talbot Ely Ord.. 15. and 50 Prefe. 74; 203 Celtic Colly Prefs., 8. 7a-d.; IOD R. E. Jones Ordy., 26s.; 300 North's CoHy. Ordy.. 4Si., 55 Ben Evans Ordy.. 17s.; 30 Weavers. Ordy. 10 Pref 1CJ; 50 Main Colly Ordy. lOll; 50 Pre 11; 200 E.G. Speltens. 426. 6d.; 10 S.S, 20: 300 Ben Evans Prefs., 19s. 6d' £500 Swansea Harbour "A;" 200 Ebbw Vale Oril 26. 3d.; SS Cardigan S.S., 27s. 6d.: ISC Baldwin Ord.. 40s. WE HAVE SELLERS OF- 401 BriTonferry Chemical Ordy. Ms.: 3M Hacnton & & 24?. 6d.: 200 Channel Dry DocH 3?. 6Q.: 50 Cynonf. ?7g.. 200 Se1Ja S.S. Xc. 6d: 100 Trpd?ar-A." 27s. 6d.; 3M Maindy S.S ?._ ?)o LoDdon-American Ms?rjtimfg 38a CIiWin5t11 ?-'S" ?- 100 Spelters, 43s > 100 Gloho 17,, 9d- 2 Town Line? ?0.3 100 ?loho ?.S. Britonferry g:t?J. 371 2M 0011- F)fld Line; ? ]98.: MO Oairn Line S.S, 676 M. 2M ? North?s Ordy. ?s.: 5 G.W. C?Iy -B? i £ i0 life 3d.; 500 GOT;. Ca.mhria,n Prefs.. 19s. t
AI lACK THAT FAILED.
AI lACK THAT FAILED. Rome, Frid:To-clay's communique says:—In the Arlige Valley the activity of i the enemy's artillery and infantry detach- ments IS increasing. Our batteries replied effectively. In the Astico Valley we continue to keept; the summit of Monte Cimone under artil- lery fire. )?er-t-crdav afteiDon ('nem forces under i cover of thick mist attempted a strong -;ur- I prise attack against ;i,it advanced position., north of the Gardinal at tht,, head of tho. Vanoi (Cismon-Brenta) Valley. They wertv decisively driven back, as wa- also an at- tack made by Kaiser Jager detachments against our positions on Punta Del Forame at the head of the Felizon (Boitei Valley, On the Carso repeated attempts which, the enemy made during the past night to approach our lines completely failed..
A FFORESTFACH OFFICER.
A FFORESTFACH OFFICER. Capt. Glyndwr L. Andrews, of Rhos, Fforosftfach, is home from France on sick leave. Capt. Andrews joined the colours as a private eoon after the outbreak of war and has seen considerable service. He contracted trench fever and has been laid up in a. military hospital in France. He hopes to be well enough to return to the trenches in the course of a week or two.
FATALITY AT SWANSEA WORKS.
FATALITY AT SWANSEA WORKS. A fatal accident occurred at the Phoenix Fuel Works, Prince of Wales Dock, Swan- sea, on Saturday morning. It appears that whilst a man named Elsworth, of. St. Helen's-avenue, Swansea, was follow- ing his employment, he was struck by-, some buckflts, which fell from an elevator. The ambulance was soon upon the ecene, but Elsworth was dead when taken away. An inQuest will be held on Monday.
SWANSEA STREET ACCIDENT.
SWANSEA STREET ACCIDENT. While crossing the road opposite the Elysium, High-street, shortly after nine o'clock on Friday night, an elderly man. named Eli Payne, living at 8, John-street,, Swansea, was knocked down by a motor car owned by a Mr. Gregory and driven by a young lady. The car passed over the man. but in some miraculous way he es- caped very serious injury, the injuries apparently being confined to cuts aud, bruises about the face. A big crowd collected, and the unfortu- nate man was taken into the Elysium, where Mr. Jack Watson, the popular manager, and members of the staff, to- gether with a nurse who happened to be amongst the evening's patrons, attended to him. Mr. Payne was later able to pro- coed to his home
DEAR FOOD PROBLEM
the prices; but I don't see how you can en- force it. The better class of people have their own refrigerators, and wouM keep over what meat wanted. Even if it were an Act of Parliament, it would be difficult to carry out." But if voluntarily carried 4mit. for patriotic motives?" It would reduce the demand and hold meat in the country, and it would come down in price. It is the big farmers, the big feeders, that are reaping all the bene- fit, they are the people who are reaping the benefit of the big prices of meat." Would not Government purchase be sensible here?" If they could enforce reasonable. in- stead of exorbitant prices, there might be an advantage in that way, it's true."