The Cambria Daily Leader

GAINS IN WEST li "Cg FRESH PROGRESS BY THE 1I BRITISH BOMBARDMENT OF RHElMS Paris, Monday.—The expert French ) Commentator, writing last night, says: "British troops continue unwearyingly to exercise victorious pressure on the enemy front. In the course of the last 24 hours they advanced their lines over an extent of three hik-metres east of the front Lag- nicoiirt-T,oaverval, north of the Bapaume --Cam brai road. On the rest of the front our Allies made several successful recon- naissance raids. In aviation the British continue to give proof of the most effective activity. On the French front the situation re- mains stationary. Apart from the serious blow struck by our troops in Belgium, in the neighbourhood of Lombardzyde, no infantry action is reported, except patrol engagements an.d coups-de-main on both tides. Artillery bombardment, on the contrary, continues to be intense, parti- cularly between the Sorarne and the Aisne and in Champagne. The Germans pursue with "fury their systematic work of destruction in open towns near the front, such as lheims and St. Queiitin. To those which their guns cannot reach, such on BeIfort, they send aeroplanes b drop bombs, so far, happily, without damage. THE OFFICIAL NEWS. The official reports are given below. Aviation has been dealt with separately: BRITISH. Saturday.—In the neighbourhood of St. Quentin our troops gained ground during the night at a number of points between the villages of Salency and Jeancourt, and have reached the outskirts of Fresnoy-le- Petit. There has been considerable artillery I activity on both sides to-day in the neigh- bourhood of Arras and in the Ypres sector. Sunday.—In the neighbourhood of the Bapaume-Cambrai road we made consider- able progress during the night on a front of about 3,000 yards north of the village of Louveryl. Our raiding parties entered the enemy's lines last night at a number of points and r,ecured several prisoners. In one case, south-east of Ypres. we captured 18 Ger- man prisoners. The enemy's trer.ches were found to have been greatly damaged by our fire. FRENCH. The French communique;; lor the week eod are distinguished by a series of re- port6 of the extraordinary and senseless bombardment of Rheims by the enemy. On Saturday night it was reported that 7,500 shells were thrown into the town during Friday and Friday night. Fifteen civilians were billed and many wounded. On Saturday (according to Sunday's communique) 1.200 bombs were dropped, killing one civilian and injuring three. There was no report of serious infantry fighting during the whole week-end. Only the guns spoke. The following item in Saturday afternoon's communique is of except,lon,tl iiiterrff:- In Belgium our troops penetrated at two pomts into the enemy's positions in the region of Lombartzyde. Many German corpses we-ro found in the trenches wrecked by our fire. An enemy attempt against one of our small posts south of the Passchendaele Cana.1 was repulsed by means of grenades.

THE LIBERTY LOVER KAISER PROMISES REFORM AfTER THE WAR Amsterdam, Saturday.—According to a Berlin official telegram, the Kaiser, in an order to the Imperial Chancellor, Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, requests him to sub- mit, certain proposals for tho Prussian electoral law, which he says will be dis- cussed and put into effect after the con- clusion of peace. The Kaiser also fore-I shadows the reform of the Prussian lJrpcr House. The text of the Kaiser's order contains th following:— "I am resolved, to begin building up our internal political, economic, and-social j life as soon as the war situation allows. While millions of our fellow-countrymen are in the field the conflict of opinion be- hind the front, which is unavoidable iii such a far-reaching change of the Con- titution, must he postponed in the highest interests of the Fatherland until the time of the home-coming of our warriors, when they fhem3eh-- will b) able to join in the deliberations and voting on the progress of the new era. But in order that. at the happy conclusion of the war, which I con- fidently hope is net far away, all that is necessary and appropriate to this respect can be done at once, I desire than prepara- tions be immediately concluded. The reform of the Prussian Diet, and the liberation of our entire inner political life especially, are dearest to my heart. h For the reform of electoral law of the Lower House of the Diet and preparatory work of which was already begun at my request at the outbreak cf war, I charge you now to submit to me the definite pro- posals of the Minister of State, so that on the return of our warriors this work. which is fundamental for the internal formation of Prussia, can be carried through by legislation. In view of the gigantic deeds of the entire people thoro is no room in Prussia for election by classes. The Bill. furthermore, will have to provide for the direct and secret election of deputies. The merits of the Upper House and its permanent significance for ttila Statc- no K i n, (-? the State no King of Prussia will mis- judge. The Upper House will be better able to do justice to the gigantic demands of the coming time if it unites in its midst, in a more extensive and more proportion- ate manner than hitherto, from various classes and vocations of tho people men who are respected by their fellow- citizens."—Router.

WHAT MEN WILL WEAR Plain Clothes Succeed the Nut Era. The best-dressed man this 6pring will be a very ordinary individual. He will wear plain clothes cut to a stock pattern. There will be nothing extravagant or ec- centric about his attire, and he will avoid the ultra smartness which we used to associate in pre-war days with the 'nut.' Those views were expressed by a West End tailor who is an accepted authority on men's wear. "1 am not one of those who advocate absolute shabbiness," he continued, "but w, an be with out bcing ex- we can be well.dressea without bemg ex- Eccentric cut or design according to personal fancy or fad of the customer is always extravagant and should be Avoided. In peace times the trade was prepared to undertake the execution of these special orders, but in the existing conditions it is becoming impossible." Inquiries at other .sources confirmed the opinion that men would be better dieted this spring than last year, though pos- sibly more economically. The attempt to make a fashion ox shabbiness," said an expert, which was one of the phases of the earlier daya of the war, never had very much chance of success. To begin with, it was never necessary. Before the war men seldom realised what wonders the cleaner and repairer coiillo eilect, in a suit that had lost its shape. They-have learned their lesson now and aho appreciate the value of only buying quiet and substantial material. Those businesses which renovate and repair menJ6 wardrobe by contract have been doing tremendously well during the last year. They will probably be t?sicr than ever this than ever this spring.•

I Sunday labour and the clergy who sup- port it were caudemnol by Gloucester j farmer&

GREA TMRAmS i BOiBS ON ZEEBRUOOE, GHENT AND BRUCES TWO ENEMY DESTROYERS SUNK Press Bureau, Stinday.-Tlie Secretary of thQ Admiralty makes the tollowing I announcement:— j Vice-Admiral, Dover, reports: Attael-s were carried out on Zeebrugge Mole by seaplanes of the Koyal Naval Air Service j on the night ot the 7th-8th, and many bombs were dropped. Attacks were Hso made in co-operation with the military on ammunition dumps, on Ghent and Bruges. All machines re- turned safely. • Other operations were carried out off Zeebrugge during the same night, as the result of which two enemy destroyers were torpedoed. One of these was seen to sink, the fate of the second is not certain, but she was very severely damaged. We sustained no casualties, ———————,—————

< TINPLATE TRADE. I Dilution of Labour. As mentioned in our columns on Thursday, the process of releasing tin- plate workmen for munition and other work i? proceeding with the utmost pos- sible speed. Works at which employers and work- men have failed to mutually agree, or where no effort has been made to "comb out will be visited as soon as possible after the Easter holidays hy representa- tives of the workmen, military authori- ties, and Ministry of Munitions.

HUNGARY READY FOR PEACE F,erne (undaUd).-(,ount Tisza, the Hungarian Premier, writing in a Buda- pest journal, says:—Recent events in Russia have awakened the hope that Hun- gary may receive worthy recompense for all her gallant deeds, privations, and loss of life. Such a reward can only be founded on a true and lasting peace, which we are ever ready to conclude. Heavy trials and severe privations. Count Tisza added, must still be reckoned with. The last harvest proved to be a worse one than had ever before been experienced; and the people mud therefore be prepared I to continue to suffer as hitherlo.-Press Association War Special.

A CRITICAL PERIOD. iImpressive Easter Service at Holy Trinity Church. I Easter Sunday, the previous lestival of the Christian year, was especially notable at Holy Trinity Church, which celebrated, the event by the abolition of pew rents and the opening of the old building free to all The congregation at evensong was a large one, an3 there was a note of hearti- ness in the beautiful musical service of the choir, led on the organ by Mr. Louis Torr, in the in-,Iiezn, He is His en (Hy. Gad- sey). and in a powerful address given by the vicar, the Rev. E. D. Henry. They had reached, he said, a critical period in the history of their church, where there- was necessity for Christian love, for- bearance. and charity. They had broken with the past Did they realise the respon- sibility of the step they had taken How could they obtain success? Only as they were faithful to the will of God. There must ■ be- individual consecration, and brotherhood must reign supreme. They had lost the realisation of the tremendous power of love. There was a call of greater zeal No one must neglect his church in such a critical period as this. Mr. Henry concluded with an eloquent appeal for de- votion and sacrifice in which past experi- ences of the eld church, the communion of saint.s who have passed into their rest, and 1.{1e great needs of humanity were invoked. After the sermon, there were the Gloria" from the Communion Service, a solemn "Te Dcum," and a hymn for those in conflict and distress. The service concluded with a celebration of the Holy Communion, to which a very large number attended

EGGS FOR THE WOUNDED. Mrs. Edith Byrne, wife of Mr. T. Byrne, Grand Theatre, writes us:— Your kind insertion of my appeal has borne 'fruit. To-day Mrs. Holland called here with 400 eggs, collected by her in the St. John's Ward (MY.nseiron district), assisted by tho Misses Hannah and Gwyneth Francis, Winifred and Nellie I Holland, Doris D&viss and Masters Reggie Brice and Cyril Holland." The eggs are for the wounded at the base hospitals, and the appeal is a special Easter one. Most of the sufferers they j are intended for are seriously wounded.

BaEAD. j BSEAD■ QUEUES BEGINNING I THE NEE. OF CREA T CAHErULHESS | The food questicu is serious, and the sooner people reai-;e that simple but elusive fact the better. The trouble is two-fold (says ths Times.") In this country we have bem to long accuetomed to abundant and (!IVal) food that we find it difficult to realise that there is auy real scarcity. Whe people do begin to understand it, they are apt to get wrong ideas into their heals about the articles of food which are rwl] v scarce. This is not wholly their hult. The first es- eential is that the authorities should be completely irank abcut the food scarcity, very much franker, in fact, than they have been hitherto. The real fact is that the country is short of wheat en flour- very much shorter of that than of any- thing else. Economy in wbeaten flour and its products—biead, pastry, cakes, and things of that kind—is absolutely necessary. THE BREA3 QUEUE. How the Rich Can Hot? the Poor, -< ilia bread queue appeared at bdmonton on Saturday. The coal queue and the potato queue have bfitcme familiar, but until now it has not been necessary for the police to marshal people waiting out- side the bakers' shops, lor a long time there has been little or no outward sign of shrinkage in the supply of flour, other than the steady growtl of the price of bread. The periodical revision of the standard of ifour, and tho increase not only in the percentage extracted from the wheat but in the proJlOrtion of admix- ture from other cereals, have helped to defer the pinch of reduced imports; but it is now beginning serioiwly to be felt, and the warnings and appeiis of the Food Ministry are being given, a new force. During the next few critical months it is strongly urged that all who can afford to buy other foods should curtail to the narrowest limits their consumption ot wheaten Hour in any form. The appeal obviously cannot bo addressed to the poor. Bread is their staple food. It is for their e-ake especially that those who are able are a,kcd to eat less bread. MER7HYR SOLD OUT. The Demand Increases. There was a big demand for bread in the iieitkyr district on Saturday, and to- wards evening some shops found it im- possible to meet it. 2\1a.!}y shops, in the Dowlais and Penydarren areas especially, were unable to supply intending pur- chasers, many of whom had but little to carry them over the week-end. A pro- minent member of the local Master Bakers' Association told a Press repre- sentative that the demand had been in- creasing throughout the week, partly, he thought, on account of bread being sub- stituted for potatoes. The rush on Satur- day was probably due, ho believed, to the fact that people were liIlcL'r the impres- sion that no bread would be obtainable on Monday. I AMERICAN WHEAT YIELD. Winear Crop Below Expectation. Tilo Agricultural Department's estimate of the condition of winter wheat has cre- ated a great sensation in the grain trade, and may lead to measures of Govern- mental action (says tho New York corres- pondent of the Morning ilost "). The report gives the lowest April percentage since the Department estimates began to be issued. The grain trade had expected slightly over 70 per cent. of the normal yield, whereas the Government estimates it as 63-g per cent. The price of wheat for autumn delivery has advanced four- teen cents. The indicated yield is 65,000,600 bushels below 'that of a year a.go, without allowing for the acreage lost during the winter, which was apparently lafge, be- cause of the extreme cold without any snow covering. The bad outlook for the winter crop does not, however, determine the total wheat yield. Chicago advices report that the greatest possible efforts are under way on the part of farmers, bankers, and business men to ensure the largest acreage ever planted with spring wheat and also corn, barley, oats, rye, and vegetables. The indications favour a bumpo acreage of corn and oats. The" New York Evening Post recalls that the winter wheat crop of 1912 was smaller than the present indication, yet the spring crop was so large that the total yield turned out the third largest ever barvested.. THE LOAF AT 3d.! Taibach Co-op." and Miller's | Ultimatum. Speaking at a co-operative eisteddfod j. at Taibach on Saturday, Mr. H. S. Batey, president of the Taibach and Port Talbot Co-operative Society, eaid a firm of millers at Swansea has refused to sup- ply them with flour unless the Society sold bread at Is. instead of 9d. per 4 lb. loaf. But they were not going to bow down to the masters. (Applause).

I A RECORD YEAR. Annual Report of WSossrs. Ben j Evans, Swansea. The animal report of the difcetors of Messrs. Ben Evans and Co., Ltd.. ?hich will 00 submitted at the annual meeting of that body on April 17tli, points cut that th- cornpaiv's trade during the 1'1st year has ag-ain eittnded, and the retu,v. were in excess of any rrevious year. A profit had been mat5 of £ 19,96;, and af'er mak- ing deductions for interest, preferaise divi- dend of £ 1,200, interim dividend ou ordin- ary shares of 5 per cent. per annua, there was a balance of £ 9.238, and the lirectors recommend a dividend on the Ordinary shares of <11. per cent., making, with the 2i per cent. already paid, 7 :per cent. for the year. They lusher recommend a (ividerd of 12s. fid. per share on the foundeis fhares, absorbing £ 1,875, leaving a balance of £ 299 to be carried forward to the credit of the founders' shares dividend account. Mr. G. B. Brooks has been appointed a dirlCtor of the company in pl?ce of Mr. A R Gery, j a;d the retiring director" Mr. W?ter J. Burt. offers himself for i-e-electioli.

SELGIUM AND TRAITOIS. I Havre. Saturday.—The Belgian Gtvorn- ment has just issued a decree, punching with from live to twenty years' card labour, traitor6 who shall hava cooper- atd with the Germans in Belgium in the so-called Flemish movement, or wio in any way whatever have entered into (compacts with the enemy. The pial- ties will be imposed by military tri- i bunate.

NEW WELSH ADMIRAL I 6API. CE8REE HOPE PROMOTED j ?APT. GEORGE HOPE PROMOTED PRESS BUREAU, Saturday. The Secretary of the Admiralty an- nounceg Admiral Sir Richard Poore, Bart., K.C.B., C. V.O., has been placed on the retired list from April 3rd at his own re- quest in order to facilitate the promotion of junior officers. The following conse- quent promotions have been made from the same date:— V ee-Adniiral Sir Charles H. Coke, K.C.V.O., to be admiral. Vice-Admiral Hugh P. Williams (re- tired) and Vice-Admiral Charles E. Kingsmill (retired) to be admirals on the retired list. Rear-Admiral Charles E. Anson, M.Y.O., to be vice-admiral. Captain George 1'. W. Hope, C.B., A.D.O.. to lie rear-admiral. REAR-ADMIRAL HOPE'S CAREER. Rear-Admiral Hope is the second WTeish officer af this rank to distinguish himself in the war, the other being Adzairal Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas, of Neath associa- tions. As captain of the Queen Elizabeth, Admiral Hope was prominent in the Dar- danelles operations, and was specially mentioned by Admiral de Koebeck, vliki hosited his flag in the famous battle cruiser. The gallant Admiral's career in the Navy has been one of steady and unfail- ing success. Prom the first he has spe- cialised in gunnery, having held in suc- cession important positions on the Junior and Senor Staffs of the Excellent, the Naval Gunnery School at Portsmouth. He was at one time an Assistant Direc- tor of Naval Ordnance at the Admiralty, and he has also served on the staff of the War College at Portsmouth. He was twice flag-captain to Admiral Sir f £ Neville, and just before the war broke out he was in command of the Superb, a super-Dreadnought. I He is the second son of the late Rear-, Admiral Charles Webley Hope, who died .1 on active service as Admiral-Superintend- ent of Devonport Dockyard in 18SU, whost father was a post-captain in the Navy. ONE OF NELSON'S CAPTAINS. Many close ties bind the Admiral to Wales. His grandmother was a daughter of liear-Admiral Webley Parry, oiNoy- add Tcfawr, Cardiganshire, who was one of Nelson's captains, and his mother was the eldest daughter of the late Mr. Geo. Bowen Jordan Jordan, of Pigeonsford. Llangrannog, who was for many years in the Pembrokeshire Militia, and was well known in Cardiganshire, Pembrokeshire, and Carmarthenshire. Captain Jordan changed his surname from Price on in- heriting the Jordan property in Pem- brokesitire from hic, n-Lotlier. On his father's side Captain Jordan was of a very old Cardiganshire and Carmar- thenshire stock, and his grandfather, Mr George Price,. was High 1 heriff of Cardi- ganshire in 17(53. The Pigeonsford ostate6 are owned by Admiral Hope's brother, Mr. C. W. Webley Hope.

I 89 U-BOATS FOUGHT. I LorcS RDbGr Ossil on Piracy] F^twrns. Pails, Sunday.—The "Petit Pari si en publishes an interview with Lord Robert Cecil, who eaid:— "It connot be denied that the lo.-ses sustained by merchant phippin^r are ¡!11- portant. I do net think, however, thai it is any exaggeration to say they pre considerably below what the Germans hoped to inflict upon r. It should net be forgotten also that, while we talk much about the victims of Teuton piracy, we say little cr nothing r. bory the losses sustained by the- pirates the /.selves. I can able to state, on the au /.loritv oF the Admiralty, that between February 21 and April 1 there were no fewer than forty-nine fights between British vessels and German pirate. If your bear in mind that, according to the returns sun-plied to the House of Commons by Sir Edward Carson, there were forty others between February 1 and February 21, this gives us a total of 80 combats in two months. "—Exchange.

A COLD EASTER. A cold, bleak, wintry morning brought ia Easter Monday at Swansea, but a bright surnshine later gave every indica- tion of a fine day. A large cumltcr of visitors from the surrounding districts came into the to,vii during the morning. Easter vestries were held in practically all the local churches

NEW POST AT SWANSEA. I The Carmarthen Board of Guardians on Saturday accepted the resignation of Mr. and Mrs. Rees Price, master and matron of Carmarthen Workhouse, who have been appointed master and matron of Swansea Workhouse. Members spoke in eulogistic terms of the services rendered at Carmar- then hy Mr. and Mrs. Prioe, and on the motion of the chairman (Rev. Jno. Her- bert) a resolution was passed congvatula- ting them upon their appointment. j

LAMB'S TAIL CUT OFF. | At li aver ford west, on Saturaay. [ j Eixiet Thomas, a. youth, 17 years of age. err ployed with Mr. Hunt, lower Thurston as summoned for breaking the leg of a ewe and cutting off the the tails of two Iambs- Evidence was given by Miss Emma Toombs to the effect that her sheep broke into Mr I Hunt's field. In trying to escape the ewe caught one of its legs in the hedge and de- fendant pushed it over into the field, and with a blunt knife cut off the tails of two lambs. Defendant, who admitted the of. fence, was fined £1, and warned that if he were again convicted the Bench would I nialie it very expensive for him."

A LLANSAMLET WEDDING. j: The wedding took place at Ebenezer Chapel, Swansea, on Saturday of Miss May Morgan, Brooklyn House, daughter of the late Mr. John Morgan, and Mr. E. Richards (A. P. Perllenog), Clydach. The duties of best man was carried out by the Rev. Alva Richards, brother of the bride- groom. The officiating minister was the Rev. J. If. Parry, Bethel, Llansamlet. The bride was given away by Councillor E. Daniel, ironmonger, Llansamlet. She was charmingly attired, her only orna- ments being a pearl necklace and gold and diamond bangle. After the ceremony the wedding party drove to the Hotel Monico, where the breakfast was tastefully ar- ranged under the supervision of Messrs. Richards and staff. Later in the day Mr. and Mrs. Richards left for Llandilo for a brief honeymoon. A large number of costly presents were received, including several cheques. i

"UP TO ITS NECK" UNITED STATES' WAR PREPARATIONS • GABLE PLOT I ("Times" War Telegrams, per Press I Association, Copyright), New York, 'Sunday (received Monday).— A naval patrol to-?a- seizl the yac?t -?ie d its cileltv lulli I I Sparrowhawk and arrested its crew on a charge of plotting' to cut the Trans- Atlantic Cable lines, ou the Massachu- I setts coast. UP TU ITS %i'ECK." I The United States L:s entered the war  i L-.ii t L,,?,L,,cl t-iie -irat in no hall-hearted manner. The Wash- ington Correspondent of the "Morning Pest says that America-has gone into it up to its neck." The NVtir Department, ha, gone far be- yond the President's original suggestion, and, with his approval, will submit a scheme to C&nsrMs pi"cvidmg for the ?rg'anis?ti?n of a great Army. '1 The Regtrlar Army and Militia -LT-e 'j be increased immediately to voluntary enlistment, or by draft sh'/u]^ there be any delay in the respon-e-and tl) first additional army of 500,00/> is to be raised by selective conSKcriptie^ Of men between the ages of nineteen add twenty- five. In addition to the, « £ 7(UJ»000,000 which Congress has been appropriate for the first year's cost of the ivar-rhich is only the beginr^ng of the financial i arrangempnts—th?re is talk of a loan of a billion pounds tf?be made to the Allies at the same rate '&f interest which the Gov- ernment itself will have to pay to raise it on bonds. COMPULSORY SERVICE. I The uovtrnment s plans are to be laid before Congress in a series of Bills this week, and these will include one provid- ing for compulsory military service, while the scope of the preparations suggests tli*- nonsibijity of the despatch of an army to Europe. CUBA AT WAR. Cuba is the Ally of the Entente, both the Senate and the House of Repre- sentatives having adopted a joint resolu- tion declaring that- a state of war exists between that country and Germany. Panama also has decided to act un- reservedly with the United States in. the 1 defence of the Canal. GUNBOAT ELOWN UP. To iivoiu surrender i-ly- (Jonuiin pun- boat Cormoran was b.)wn up by her Ci'eW. Seven men perished rend 363 are prisoners 1 he Cormoran wjvs a Tlm"-bn steamer (the Pjaesan^ coptivml by the Enid en. BRAZIL'S ATTITUDE. l i i r E. Caomst Meeting h:;j During Weekend. Rio do Janeiro, iViday.—The Brazilian Chancellory is considering the measures to lie taken. There will not be disclosed until a aecision been reached bv the Foreign Minister and Di. Wenee-slao Braz. tho Preyd-ent, who will probably cnll a Cabinet^ meeting to-morrow. The Government refuses to pass over the destruction of the Parana. — Reuters Special.

e .17 r. r HIQHEU AGE LiMIT. Hovj 'ihs 51iD;U'30 Kici May II Bs Found. A spec;il correspondent of the Daily Mail r.»r;/es:— C niece a uew and practical-),- scheme of National Service can he injfociuced and ,,ot iiito -i,;orlziiig -dei- at snce, co as to provide rapidly suitable substitutes for men at, present employed in munition factories and other indispensable indus- lrips, tb2 military authorities will be compelled—and before many weeks—to call for the raising of the age of military service to 50. It is useless to wait for further results from the present scheme of .National Ser- vice. Enormous sums have ai;>dy been spent upon advertising it, without suc- cess. Five hundred thousand men are wanted by the Army. Of thc-se perluips 100,000 inuj* be found by the Revision of Exemptions Act, just passed. The remain- ing £ .00,000 are fully engaged in essential work and cannot be taken until substi- tutes are found for them. The present scheme of National Service should have found these substitutes. It has not done so. A complete measure of compulsion for all men under 31 is required. For such young men there should bo no tribunals. There can be only one test for the man under 31 to-day: Are you fit? Nothing else should be considered in face of the present crisis, which is unquestionably more serious than most people imagine. The motto for the nation to-day should be: Young men to the front; older men to the factories; women to the land.

GOWER FARiVi TRAGEDY Sad End of Svlrs. Beynon, of i Hunt's. A sad story was told at an inquest held at the Beauiori Arms, Pwlldu, on Satur- day, concerning the death of Mrs. Eliza- beth P-eynon, wfe of Mr. Wm. Beynou, of Hunt's Farm, Bishopston, who was found dying at her home on Wednesday evening. Tho Dereaved husband stated that early Oil Wednesday afternoon a note was found on the door of the farm house in Mrs. Boynon's handwriting to the effect that ehe had gone to the Mumbles, and would be back at four o'clock in the afternoon. As she had not returned by 5 p.m., the house was entered, and Mrs. Beynon was found in a dying state on the floor of her bedroom. She was lifted into bed, but succumbed before medical aid could ar- rived. A cup of tea that had contained liquid was on a chair beside the bed, but, it was stated, that the quantity was in- sufficient to show what the contents had been. It was stated that the deceased had been depressed for sometime past, and that 12 years ago she attempted to take her life. Medical, evidence showed that a post- mortem examination was neld by Dts. A. Lloyd Jones and F. de Covcriey Veale, Mumbles, with the result that con- clusive evidence was found that de.th was due to poisoning. The lL- CJ:S, however, were unable to say what the poison was, and the con- tents of the stomach had been sent for analysis. A verdict of suicide during temporary insanity was returned by the jury, of which Mr. Harry Morris, Beaufort Arms, Jj Kittle, was foreman

GREAT BRITISH ADVANCE. Villages Stormed an Captured. Fraiic/ att-a<ck>e>d at 3.30 this m, on a wi<3« front fro msoutb of to the south of Tiens. Our i-ro( everywhere penetrated the linefc and are making oonidd grat all points. In the dir C^mbrai we hare stormed th. of Herrniefc and Bourse?, ari, pepetratod into tlic Barring WOM- V: 1 5 r, v In the direction of St. Quentm nfc1 h a -e captured Fre&ney le Petite, jln; hare atlranoed our Line touth-eaet of k Verymi«r. Ko estimate of prison^s, tabeta can yet bs given: but consider ábll; lurv* n "ap+urH. BttAZ7L'S ATTfTUOE. Rio de Jangdr- Monday.—T~po-a tha. Cabinet mooting yesterday, the Presi- dent, after explaining the f.¡tuati( arising from the torpedoing of IjiA Parses-, declared himsoif determined to aet with the spirit demanded by -national di?n?y. He add'?j tha? h? only 6iW t'h r'lt of an o&cda.' inquiry eeiabljehicj the fad and eir- cur-uta.tcas trndecr 'n inch the chip was runt.-— Iteatar. I r

A quarter of a million men had rolun, I teered for National Service up to noon on Saturday. j Hongkong is considering a proposal ta exclude all Germans for ten years aft;{> the war, and only to readmit them th under strict licence. Bermondeey Guardians have agreed 11 add X4 each to the salaries of seven ean«ij ployp, in place of beer allowance. Complailung of a bunion, a B! man wal. refused exemption at Willesd?n Tribunal A case of !?ri beri has occurred a? Newport (Mon.). At the Lloyd George wedding break- fast. Baroness de Belare. sleter of the bride, was hostess. It is interesting to note, no alcoholic beverage was 6trved. The Duke cf PortJ?K_ has decided that no potatoes "hall be ctn>-umed at Welbec-k during: the present food crisis, and he is distributing the surplus stock among the poor and old-age persiouers. Sir John Roberts, clerk to the Carnar-I vonshire County Council, died at Carnar- von on Saturdav in hi* 75th veer. He was mayor of Carnarvon in 1911. the in- vestiture year, when he was knighted. He was a personal friend of the Premier. Monmouthshire Congregationalists, meet-' ing at New Tredesrar, passed a resolution! strongly depreciating the movement for| Sund.av labour on the land. While engaged on repairs two brick-l layers were killed Oil Saturday evening sa the West Cannock Colliery. Ilednesford.j by falling down the pit shaft. i The petition for the reprieve of a lee! Ba.kerlis. the Greek seaman condemned! for the murder of Winifred Ellen Fortt, which had been largely Mpned by hi! fellow-countrymen at Cardiff, has failed, and it is now certain that the capital sentence will be carried out st Cardiff Prison at eight o'clock on Tifeeday morn- ing. A speaker at a Rhondda Chapel had! delivered a long and eloquent lecture on Memory; Hints on its Development." A quarter of an hour after the audience had dispersed he was seen returning to the building, having forgotten his umbrella!

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DRESSED AS A BOY. Cil-!Is Strange Escapade in London. A decidedly curious ease cam before | She West London magistrate on Saturday. The previous week a slim, girlish youth, giving the name of Harry Eric Taylor, aged 16, described as a chauffeur, was charged with obtaining board and If dg- ing by false pretences. I Detective Sergeant Robinson then stated that the prisoner had been masquerading in feminine attire. The prisoner was re- manded and sent to Brixton Prison, where the amazfng discovery was made that he" was a girl, and she was then sent on to Tlolloway. Now the girl pp- peared in the dock wearing a blue seige suit and a man's coat, and when asked by Mr. Boyd, the magistrate, what" as her real name she replied Ethel Billing Taylor." The evidence showed that the girl, smartly dressed as a man. obtained l odg- ings at flerber-street, Hammersmith. She represented that she was a chauffeur to ft captain in the R.N.A.S.. and was wrecked in the Laconia. She left the next morn- ing, taking awav half-a-crown arid a photograph if the landlady's daughter. She was subsequently discovered trying to obtain lodgings in the next street t y similar statements. When arrested, she admitted that she lied not been on the La coma. but came from Canada as a th irt'-clars paSsejiger. Prisoner was remanded for further in- quiries.

THE FIRST CUCKOO. The cuckoo was heard in Bifhopstou on Good Friday, end several times since.

COOL FARMERS! Burryport Farmers and the Schoolj Children. LI At a special meoung <ji uio romnrey School Managers, Mr. David Evans in the chair, the Clerk reported that the County Education Committee had (submitted the list of applicants for the two vacant posts of certificated assistants at Burryport Girls and Trimsaran Schools. For Trim- i pa ran Schools the ballot resulted: Miss Williams, 15; Miss Griffiths, 10; Mr. \Valton, 5. For Burryport: Miss Annie Jones. 9; Miss Powell, 6. The Chairman reported that complaints had heen made to him tha? when certain farmers wanted hdp at liiiged 8chcol. 1 hey knocked at the door, and imme- fliately the children wero sent to help him. Mr. Llewellyn Owen: That is a good thing to do. The Chairman: It is not fair. They thculd first of all obtain the consent of the parents. It was resolved that in future no child should be sent from the school without the consent of the parents. Mr. D. Thomas complained that the children of Trims-aran School were worked too hard at the school garden.

NEATH ViOLINSST. Wonderful Payhâg by SVSios Tesse Thomas. The second appearance of Miss Tessie Thomas, of Neath, at Queen's Hall was (says the Reteree") another wonderful exhibition of musical precocity. On this occasion she was heard in the concertos by Tchaikovsky and Brahms. On the 27th ult., it will be remembered. Miss Thomas played in the concertos by Mendelssohn and Eigar. These works are tho unique productions in this form by their respec- tive composers. They each put all they knew into them and wrote passages which have been the despair of hundreds of mature violinists, technically and inter- pretatively. Yet hero is a girl of fifteen executing this music with apparent ease, and, if not plumbing its depths, giving readings that vert full of charm and sig- nificance and certainly that reflected the spirit of their composers. Miss Thomas's shortcomings were little more than arose from lack of physical strength inevitable at her age. At times youthful feelings were evident where not contemplated by tho composer, but these occasions im- parted a freshness to the readinga, and had a charm of their own. Perhaps one of the most, promising signs for Miss Thomas's future career was her keen per- ception of sensitive passages. These 6he construed with genuine womanly delicacy and sublety. Miss Thomas's progress trill be watched with interest.

CROSSING FATALITY. I | Sad Sequel at Clydach to a Run- away Horse. A lad named Ivor Osborne Davie.s (13), Lown-street, Clydach, was killed on Satur- day Da vies, it appears, a,-conipani,d another boy who was delivering groceries, and during the absence- of the latter the horse took fright and bolted. Davies was later found lying on the railway, his body being terribly mutilated. The horse had da&hed over a crossing on to the rail- way lines, threw the led out, and some trucks passed over his body.

j SUMMER TIME. Fewer Errors Over Change This Year. Summer Time entered* upon its seccud season on Sunday morning, and it meant that every one who went to bed at the usual time on Saturday night lost en hour's -Ieep-tJiat is, if he got up by the clock on Sunday morning. In the Swansea dÜkriet most <?f the people wore reined to the change, and indeed, there ivore very few mistakes. They g-ot to church as though no alteration had been mad?, and the day ended as though the old time were still in existence. This year the introduction of Summer Time took place six weeks earlier than last year, but it will end a fortnight sooner—on September 17th, instead of Sep- tember 3Cth—which means that there will be an increase of about 30 hours' day- light orar last year. A Coekett farmer made the change too soon; in fact he forestalled the new time by a week. On the Saturday night prior to Palm Sunday, lie put his clocks on, with the result that en the following morning milk wa3 sent round to cus- tomers before they had got up. On Easter Sunday a couple of commu- nicants arrived at St. Peter's Church, Coekett, exactly an hour too late, having forgotten to put on their clocks. One of the deacons of a Swansea Baptist Church forgot to put on his clock on Sat- urday night, and. entering the chapel an hour late on Sunday morning, looked pro- foundly astonished when he found that the sermon had ended. At one Burryport chapel, when the pastor was just finishing his sermon, four members marched in and took their seats. They wero greatly surprised to hear that they were an hour late. Better late than never," aid one of them.