The Cambria Daily Leader

WELCOME! i I Swansea's Honoured Guests. 'THE AMERICAN VISIT. T b e11 Cambria Daily Leader" j>yas yesterday and to day laced by -one of those problems which occur hnore frequentiy inside a newspaper 'Office than the public is aware of. "Early on Tuesday it was an open .secret" that American troops were t,expected in the town" during Wed- nesday, and as the afternoon, wore tii a full programme of hospitality i -—or as full a programme 3B the exigencies of time would permit- "-as drawn up to show them how [ S" allsca regarded our newest ally. Btit many considerations forbad e ■•'any direct preliminary reference io 'iies d a y ,t f ter- Hhe event durmg Tuesday after- Jrtoon, and we do not pretend that the camouflaged announcements in c)ur later editions were very satis- fying. But they were the Gerst we could do. t: The Mayor's statement has now I fended the uncertainty of the morn- ling hoars, and it remains for lV; all t-ake the disappointment of to- with good grape, and to see -that our visitors receive, to-morrow, la real Swansea welcome. A real l ,ibwansea welooriie is a great thing. f[Ws are a warm hearted Jot in this •ancient town, and we want, to shoi ft he Americans that we appreciwe tthel11. So let old Abe-rtawe put out ;,her tiagr,. Let the children be freed trrom school—the children must of jifcourse' see the spectacle—and let k>ur voices also give them greeting! f They^come here, these clean-cut ftond lithe sons of the great Republic, jTust after have been read- ling about the wonderful fight be- tween the Americans and divisions ijtof the Prussian Guards, the Kaiser's "track divisions. Our own men from ijWales have met these soldiers of :the enemy in close Sghb, and can itestify to their braver and stub- bornness. The epic story sent over ithe wires yesterday by the corres- or dent with, the American Army 'fchows the world that the fighting^' Wet-sTWtesfc -rings as truly as that of" Britain and bei Dominions "'■and her Allies. And the Westerners come into the scene fresh, detcr- • mined to. prove themselves as a-s the men who ave been facing the German beast "ior nearly four years. They come :into it as the deciding factor. The Glance in France ;< already be- ginning to sway to our side At the commencement of the year, with th caution bred of many disap- pointments, we did not dare dream that. America. would pour her men "across the ocean with such prodigal- ity, She has amazed us—and etaggered the Germans. She has solaced our hearts over the months during which we thought the tension would be greatest. Who among us believed that Juty would be a month of cheer. The utmost we anticipated was that we would be able to hold our own. i i. And perhaps nioro impressive i 1;h an even the perfurmanceJ of the Americans on the battlefield has been the spirit in which she has 'I ,} J ,\1 '? gone about her task. We see an America new to us. We cannot -put this in better words than those which were used by the Writer of a brilliant article in a recent issue of )," The Round Table." It is onl" tlowlv and with difficulty, he said, that any of us put away childish things; for the nation that his i^rfat possessions 1 as England her- tplf has found, it is particularly hard. We are wise if, in dark days, t we can fix our eyes- for a moment on hratli(!r tha)i achit- enjei,.t. I']"" t t t I The new America is not yet "mighty f through ill the Heart r-of her people and ot many of her I I. public men, she is alrectdy "bumble because of knowledge" And the new America has b'c:rn touched in • > these months by an admiration oi ¡' the new England: Until she has won ber spurs, she asks for no I • praise iQ return, but before the year 1:; out, she. will surely not need ■ to claim it- The is in fulfilment, i Chateau Thierry gave our new all v her baptism of fire. I he-passage 0f tllt Oureq revealed to us the nJanner of men who are coming Bcross the Atlantic ro their 'hun- dreds of thousands. Indeed even she need not claim our praise. • In ^le blood-soaked Salient of the she has proved herself of t'le Companionship ro Liberty.

18-YEA'BOLD SOLDIERS. i 111". the Under-Secretary for War, stotec! in House of Commons Tuesday; iri reply to Mr. Percy A- Ll the Army Council are eon- .<;erJl\g the y,-ithdra"'al of fr<.? ? ??Y)(.!?- The youtij?st c?'-& fa.U€d up for Mr- ?.? in I'l- lie said, i6 the 1919 the ^ragc ?? <'f which ? over 19 Te0r«- In Italy 1?? ?? ?S were put into ? ?<-HcI? ;?t y€?r and in this c?a??y. ?iBg to thp _?y which ?ro?' jdds of 1S? who Were suSiciont?y ?raij;d # elti ??.???1.? ?id in r?du?.?

CAPTU RE OF MERRISII (Australians Score Again ADVANCE BY THE FRENCH. I TO-DAY'S RITISh OFFICIAL. British Headquarters, France, Wediiec,- day, 10.55 a.m. Several prisoners were captured by us during the night: in successful raids and patrol encounters in the neighbourhood of Lens, north of Betliune and on the northern sector of, our front. v A hostile raiding party was driven off by our fire south-weet of La Bassee., The enemy artillery ha« been active on both sides of the Somme and lias f-bown considerable activity about Merrie and in the Kemmel sector. BRITISH OFFICIAL. j France, Tuesday, 7.6'2 p.m. During the latter j>art of the night patrols of the 1st Australian division, wlJQ had etiterefl German positions about m erri,s, -Succer-kfull-r established them- selves east of the village, which was sur- rounded and captured. 169 prisoners and a number of trench mortars and machine guns were taken by us in the course of this enterprise. Our own casualties were remarkably light. A few additional prisoners were cap- tured by our patrols during the day in the Nieppe Forest sector. Hostile artillery has shown great ac- tivity to-day agalhst our new positions at Merris. 1 On the 29th inst., ground mist and low visibility interfered with artillery obser- vation, but our bombing and fighting I' machines carried out their usual xvtjrk. Eleven tons of bombs were dropped on enemy dumps and billets, and 14 hostile aeroplanes were destroyed, with the loss of two of our own mahln- During the night, in spite of unfavour- able weather conditions, bombs ■srere I dropped by 116 on Bray and Bapaume. All our machines returned. FRENCH OFFICIAL.. j Fans, Tu?day. 11 p.m.—On the n?ht bank of the Our? Icc?.l fighting enabled us to advance on the heights north-east of Fere-en-Tardehnoi- In the region of Sei^rywe maintained our gains against .several enemy attacks. South-west of Rheims the Germans counter-attacked on both sides of Ste I Euphraise. All their attempts to capture Ste Enphraise failed in 6piteoi a slight I advance made by them to the we»t of that I village. There is not!) in ? of importance to re- port on the rt of fh? front. '-f -OF d:& '"<

SCROLL OF FAME. I WOUNDED. Major A. L. Bowen, Lhrnelly, has been wounded. IN GERMAN HANDS. Mus. Jooeph Oaerefail, Pontar- dulais has received-news that her hus- band, Pte. Joseph Rogers, of the Durham Light Infantry, is wounded and a pris- oner of war in Germany. His father lives I at Bath-road. Morrieton, and he has been missing since May 27th. Pte. Brinley Rolwte, 1. Dynsvor-place, Swansea, is a prisoner of war. Corpl. Ivor James,, son of Mr, A. T). Gordon, 41, Cacbncks-road, Cwmbwrla, is in Geritian hands. MISSING- Bombardier Harry. Sterry, H.F.A., :05 .mjtsing. A letter from his commanding officer stated that he was wound ed in the thigh, and was last seen in a dressing station, and since then nothing hae been heard of him. and n>-1 wife, Airs. B. M. Sterry, 26, Cecil-road, Gorseinon, will he grateful for any information.

TWO TRAINS WRECKED. I COPE?. H AG E?/ W ednesday. Two railway trains ?ere wrecked be- I <.?een Schneidenuhl and Lands?rg. and a gas explosion resulted. Thirty persons wero killed. I

■■ COLLtER KILLED. I Buried Under Stone at Llandebie I Pit. David Da vies, of Wernant, Llandebie, collier, was killed almost instantaneously at the Llandebie Colliery on Tuesday, as the result of a iall of Atone. D+x^eaGed is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Davies. rgpl C-cttage. Ile leaves a widow and | -tgro c hildren. 1

ACCIDENT AVFRTED. What might, have been a fatal accident j was averted on the Brynhyfcyd tramway i section on Wednesday morning. When a 'i (ram driven by Mr. G. Box, No. 134, got I to Llauuyfpltteh-road, jnst in front of the Brynmelin Hotel, a little girl about vhree of Was seen running: right in th>nt of ° the car. The driver, j who was substituted bv an apprentice, jumped off the car and caught the, youngster ;ust afs. the guard was about j to strike it;, the ear at the time being I brought to a standstill.

DISTINGUISHED DOCTOR.. l I I Native.1 Carmarthen Dies in < London Th° dpath has occurred at 95,' North?ato, Regeut'e Pan, London, of Dr. Frederick T. Roberts, M,f).; F.R.C.P., B.Sc. (Ijondon), lion. D Sc. (Walc), a Fenow cf tbe, Vniè&itj' Ccllpg? Loncbn, and Emeritus.Professor of Medicine anl Clinical Medicine there. j Seventy .nine years of age. he was a Car- raarthen may and' a son of the late Mi" J- Roberts, ronmocger. Dark Gate, Car- ?N. Robrt, ronntor-ger, Dark Gate, Car- Educated a the Unierlty College, Lon. j don, ho had C, lirilliant career at the Uni- versity Hoepia) IiCttdon. Ho was a gold medallist, ant i/ad btaen in practice in Lon- <lo t for man; years. A mail of eminence in his profesaon; the late Dr. Roberts was formerly assent editor of Qaain's Dic- tionary of Mtlieine, and his publications included a "tandbook of the Theory and Practice of Medicine," which passed Uircugh ten y,hiines. His brother, Mr. Ar- thur Roberts. [sat. the Record Office, Cban- c(:l'f.:lC¡ .4 cc, <

THE AMERICAN VISIT. I Full Progratume for To-mo rrow II I' 1 L d" h J' t t t' t In last evening's "Lead er" we had to print a crvptic announcement that an important civic cerem-ony was to take place at the Guild- hall at 11 o'clock on Wednesday. That was all we felt ourselves permitted to say regarding the expected visit of the American soldiers. F or reasons into which it is not neses?M?' to go, Swansea s welcome has had to be postponed until Thursday morning. The announce- ment made last night brought into town an immense number of people, but we &re sure that tliev will bear their disappointment cheerfully, and that. they will determine to make to-morrow's visit all the greater a success. It mAY be taken as a.u absolute c-^taMty that the"full programme will be carried out to-morrow. The Mayor has given us the following time-table 01 event.;3 10.46.-Reception at the Guildhall by the Mayor. T'his event will will take place in the Guildhall yard. 11.15.-March to Drill Hall. Route: East Burrows, Cambrian- place, Royal Institution, Harbour-rd., Wind-street, Temple- street, Oxtord-street, and Richard son-street. 12.15.-Luncheon 1.20.M,arch of first detachment.to High-street. Route: Richard- son-street, St. Helen's-foad, Northampton-place, Heath- field-street, College-street, and High-street. The other detachments will follow. The Mayor makes a. special request to the citizens or Swansea to deco- rate their premises, especially on the line of route; and he is sure that Swansea wiil unite to gi-ve the Americans a warm-hearted Swansea welcome, •> SCENES IN TOWN TO-DAY. Thousands of Swansea irere disappointed at tlig non-arrival of the American troops, timed to be at tlll! Guildhall Yard at 10.30 to receive a civic welcome from the Mayor on behalf úf the burgesses on W'edti'peday iuorning. Although tlio notioe of their coming to the town was eaoeedingly brief, everj* evidence was forthcoming of a resl en- thusiaistic Wekli wkim« being fcecorded the viHtfjrs. There iva-s a lari-rh display of bunting from all public hnikiii>gs and 'business establishments in the- centre IIf the ioivn and at the dccks. The Guild- hall was on? splash of colour with Ameri- can, Engli&h, French and Italian flags floating QU the bn. whi?t thousands oV P?P? had assfmhl? to ghe th? Ssmmies a rousin? ch«er •wh^n ther put in an apptearam*. They patiently •waited until 11.3ft, when the Mayor, who iva-s accompanied by General Cuthbert. toi3. (We^ern Division), Major Bertie n l.?erk ills, '(C?uef Con. stabl-e). Deputy Chief Co?tahic Roberts, -'or*t a 1)' -I)er, of I the Corporation, Mr. A. E. W 117ynne 'president oi the Chamber of Commerce*, Mr. P. W. Phillips (manager Harbour Trust), and a number of military officers, announced from, a motor ear that he was e-x'oefedingiy &-).-rv to say that the prpgrnme arranged for that rooming I 1 could not be carried (nIt until Thurediy morning. He hoped that they would all. turn up at lfl.30 the following morning, I and the men a real Welsh welcome. (Cheers). The crowd then dispensed, and it goes I without fraying that althomgh keen dis- &p!??ntm&!it Wa6 felt at the Mayor's an- nouncement, the delay of a few hours will only enhance the enthusiastic welcome that trill greet the visitors, and give the citizens and tradespeople a better oppor- tunity of maVing a braver show in the matter of decorating the ronte of march than time, permitted cn t.Lie previous I day.

I I F T:GBEETING1 IIA'èREETÙVG. 111 Blood of our ancient blood, which flows again To this dear spot of earth whence came your siree, Whose stout: allegiance once, was lost by vaiii Stupidity of rule in English sb tres, Welcome, thrice welcome! while the holy firas, i Of love are lit in kindred hearts weighed down With heavy load of woe. The spirit tires, But never shall it quite be over- thrown, Though whelming floods of envious hatred seek our bourne. From out the western mist, Atlantic born, Where oft the serpent foe, perchance, I had lain I In ambush of the Ocecon wave, the I morn Has brought the breed of Britain back again,— ■ From Mississippi's shores. Ohio's plain, Or where the wooded Alleghennies roll, From broad Manhattan streets, Pacific main, Sons of estranged eons, to seek the goal Of troasurd honour, justice, purity II of soul, Not all unknown to ue the word he I spoke, I To v? horn his country's clear integ- rity Was more thufi life, what time the sudden stroke Of war broke on her deep tran- quillity,- At Gettysburg he spoke, — that liberty Should not depart from off-the face of earth; And e'er he thpt.frtttrnity had in Ira nee its agony and I birth; • From fire of br<^Her-Jiate came light III I of brother-woithv He. too, whom we have heard in rolling liM Sing out, a uiigjhty tidal wave of Èound, Magirian, Trum peter" divine, His spirit lives in you and shall re- bound From sea to sea, the whirling world around; The might 6f tyranny fhall not arail Againet alovê so wide, immense, profound. The feudal foes of Liberty shall quail; The earth is Main's domain; the People c-liall prevail. l D. Vaughan Thomas. I

MR. GODFREY ISAACS. At the Marconi Wireless Company's meeting on Wednesday, Mr. Godfrey IsaaM tendered hi-s resignation as inanag- ing director. The meeting, with one ex- ception, asked him to wntinue his office, ,w,iiie-li lie oousented. to Jo.

CEDED TO RUMANLA. According to a Cop?nha?en message r?-  illessilg," Mh'cd to-day, a BeT?in report states that an agreement has been ma.de between Rumania and r under which Bessarabia is ceded to Rumania. The Ukraine secures the commercial OOjlfiCS- !»o:n.Esoh{tngtlØJ.¡d.

German Field Marshal and I Adjutant. A Eenter'a Amsterdam menage ro- ceived to-day savis:— An official telegram received here, via I j Berlin, states than an af..t,-mpt-was made to bonab I ield Marshal Yon Eichorn, the German military dictator of the Ukraine, and his adjutant. Bath were very seri- ously injured. The would-be assassins and the cab drivers have been ¡¡.rreste<1. A later message says that Field Mar- shal lon Ekhorn and his adjutant are dead.

PREMIER AND WALES. I Welcome Message sent by Ammanford. The' Ammanford Qonncil on Tue^diiy 1'he' Am!Ylal1.ford c.oun-c-il 0n Tu"cby I decide!. u?n the initiative of the chair- m&n (Mr. -T. Evan Jones), to make efforts to get the Prime Minister (Mr. LIQyd, George) to visit Ammanford during his tour in Carmarthenshire, and to welcome him on the occasion on behalf of the town's people. The clerk (Mr. T. M. Evans) was in- struct/ed to get into communication with a Member of Parliament for the decision. Afr. T. Towyn Jonej; was to see if this could be arranged. Members of all shades of opinion Mib- scribed themselves to the resjlution, which, was enthusiastically passed. If r. Lloyd George consents, it will be not his first visit to th<- fawn, for-about ten yqars ago he addressed an open-air meeting on the cricket field, and there are hundreds of inhabitants who remem- ber to this day the vigorous speech ho de- livered dealing with education proposals.

BURRYRT PARS. On .Tuesdav afternoon the mortal re- I,a.in, of the late Mr. J. > f<ebb £ 'f' teacher. Burryport, was laid to rest at the cld .PArish (*Ji!ii-eii Graveyard, i'embrev. The Micar of Pembrey oiffciated.. Among those present were the Freemason?, Urban '-onncillor^ and School Managers. The deceased gentleman was 43 year-? of age. Tlifl quarterly meeting of Zion Sundav School, Burryport, was held on Sunday evening, the pastor presiding. -Af.lwyn Ellis Williams, Burryport, son of thti.Tlev. H. Ellis William?, Burry]»ort. I has pafrstd his London Matric. He is a student at Taunton School.

LLANDOVERY NEWS. i A meeting of discharged eailers and soldiers .will be held at Llandovery on Monday evening, August 5th, to make ir- ¡ rangeiuents for the formation ot a local branch At the Llandovery Red Cross Hoipitil on Monday evening the visitors at TJan- wrtyd Wells handed over through Mr. A. Aldridge, Stationmaster, I;landovery, the t proceeds of coucertfc held at Victoria Wells last weekl 'to provide refreshments for the wounded soldiers. A venerable iigure and an earnest reli- gious',worker lia6 been removed by 'h e death in his 73rd year of Mr. Joseph l Jones. Blaencwmissa, the Halfway, near Llandovery. He became, a member -if Betheeda Congregational Church on its formation iu l £ Su, and for long had been a deacon. He was also its' present precen- tor and secretary.* The remains were in- terred at Cetna.etheii. The funeral took place at Cefnaithcn, near Llandovery, on, Tuesday, of Mrs. Morgan, wife of Mr. Thomas Morgan, Craigyrwyddon, a well-known farmer. De- The Rev. J. Volalrder officiated. ■y; :s;Sr

I A FURTHER RETREAT P I What Airmen Have Noted NEW GERMAN LINE I PIERCED. IRIS. Wednesday. The 1atin" to-day says that far Hbe- hind the present battle front our aerial observers have noted evident feigns of pre- paration for retreat, including the de- struction of numerous depots and large ifres. I NEW GERMAN LINE. ZURICH. Tuesday (received to-day). The Frankfurter Zeitang" oth- ciaily states that the German front is now definitely established on the line Soissons—Yillemontoire—Uar- tellnes-ur-en-Tardenois, This, in view of the latest French com- munique, is an admission that the new lino of resistance has been broken through. A 1 ienna paper says that the Rc-ad4 quarters Staff of the Crown Prince's Army ordered the retreat from the Marne because the aviators had reported that Focli had thrown numbers of bridges over the river between Soissons and Com- eigne.Exchange. TO-DAY'S FRENCH OFFICIAL. After strong bombardments the Ger- mans attacked our positions to the east of Oukhy-les-Chateau. We repulsed the assault of the enemy and maintained our lines intact. v On the right bank of the IL)ur,-q lively nghtmg took pla"e to the north-east of figlit,n, t,i k- )),,a,-e t,) t-ii-c- iiort l .-ed,-zt oi The village of Seringen paired from hand to hand, and was finally captured by an American counter-attack. Numerous enemy eurprise attacks near JSJesnil St. Georges, to the east of Mont- didier at Bois-Ies-Pretr«, on the right hand of the M use an d in the village were without results. On our side we carried out a raid into j thelernwn lin% to the north-east of Terthe-les-Houlus, and broiight back I't, r t lie -1 e ?, --19 u 1, is, an d broljgh ? back The^ night was c3hu. on the rest of the front.

STATE SHIPYARDS. j Sir Eric Geddes and the World's Tonnage. i Di;-e'iission on the national shipyards vra.s renewed in the. CODlllHms on Tues- day night in the Navy vote for personnel and shipbuilding. Sir Eric Geddes, the First Lord of the ¡ Admiralty, stated that a year ago world tonnage was declining at the rate of 550,000 tons gross a month, and tfiat thool ships of the Allies were being sunk at i such a rate that if it had continued a. point would soon have b-- e -n reached when we could not have carried on the j war. A remarkable contract was pre- s sen ted by the figures of the past quarter, when nn th?. average World construction exceeded tinkings by nearly 100.000 tons a iizoiith. As a result the Allied and neutral world were as well on on June 30, 1918, as it was in January, 191S.

BAYONET AND BUTT. .——— „——— I Epic of American Infantry. A graphic story from the American j front, dated July 30th, and received to- day, describes Monday as a day of cease- ) less fighting' in -which the attack of the ) Germans was backed by the fire of field guns witli the ragged barrage on onr second line and batteries from the 10,V6 and loirs, the enemy's gun positions above Cierges being well placed lor a flanking tire, which the hokiens of Sergy found moot trying. They were at last forced to withdraw "frolll it and i,ii back across tlje river. The enemy was per- mitted a few unpleasant hours of occu- pation during which he did his best to better his defences. He even daringly brought eome field guns towards the brow of the hill above it, but they were de- tached and apparcrtly found the price of their daring a good deal too high, and the American gun fire a gbod deaj^o ac- curate. for their disappearance was Shore rapid than dignified ) BAYONET AND BUTT. J Shortly after the recapture of Sergy American troops tothe left of it, who had forced the passage of the Ourcq Lhe night before, advanced up the narrow valley which divides the hill behind- Fere from that behind JSergy, and succeeded, after a liand to hand fight, in which the bavonetalld butt almoet alone wpre used, in taking Mourcy Farm, which lies about a mile up the valley. This was a prelimi- nary to the attack on ySeringes. The wien forded the river as steadily its though merely doing piece of drill. It was a wonderful performance for any troops, astounding for troops who have ¡ only so recently been blooded. ISome few Germans fled into the Foret de Nesles; the remainder are where they will re- main—in the vilh?c: The Jat8t success I of the day waG the capture of the Hill "!? above Sergy, which can now b?i held on much more secure terms. I o once mora the line has been re-estab- lished. though the Germans are etill ap- parently occupying a pocket of it at Cierzs.

TO-DAY'S ALLOTMENT HINT. I The blanching of celery, whether by paper bands or earth, should be regularly continued, as once the stems become green they are never so crisp and tender as those 1 that have been grown in the dark. There ¡I is rtill time to make a final planting if strong and sturdy plants of a good led variety can be obtained, but it is not necessary to make a trench for these, as thc-y will do quite as well planted on the level, and earth up with the surrounding soil. If protected during the winter these late plants will last until other salads come in the spring. As soon as the plants, are seen to be growing they should be 1 pushed cn as fast as possible by frequent dressings of manure, -so as to get as much growth as possible before winter sets in. and the earthing up regularly attended to. This should be done in such a manner that the ruw or rows may be protected by a covering of straw or fern during very wet or snowy weather, as these elements often do more harm to the crop than frost. I — ,(' Vrovye-r..

——————.—————— ——————————— SCHOOL CHILDREN AND VIS!T. -Space, will be reserved at the Boyal Institution to-morrow "morning for the school children 1D our Am- ori gan visitors. TODAYS S TALI AN CFFICIAL, Enemy Advance Post and Garriscn Captured. D iving the oar Jrlpini, in the Da one Valley, captured an enemy advance post and < garw^on. In Porenta V-alley during the night of 29th-30th, after violent detractive fire extended to the fhnk, the enemy launched an attach with force on most of our line on the Coro:r.io (:-outh slopes of Sassc Rosso). Our troops, in a decisive counter-at- tack, completely repulsed the assail- ant.?, capturing guns, firing VI0j£(:ils and j few prisoners. In air lighting 'five hostile machines were brought iown. f' IN PARLIAMENT. House of Commons, W?dnc?dar.— Mr. Macphpri-on taid 3 l,5r'0 prisoners had been captured by the British force since Marh 21-st on the Western front.. NO PEACE PROPOSALS. Mr. Balfour said no enemy Gov- etmii'iit or any other Government had made any proposals for negotia- tions for peace. NEWMARKET MEETING. 1.3.—HIGFET-CLASfi TWO-YEAR-ULD SEI-L- I-NG PLATE of 200 80", F've furlouse. HOI-BOEX 1. FA3.N:;E GEAL C 2 WEb MOX 3. Also ran: Richer. Trowbridge, rvlsrar Ocean Greyliouud Leopolis. Run? I n. Bcn- volio. Summer's Joy. Laila f. Su?"rtT.?"t- JU?HC. RettiriR: t 111 Faine Cieai c. 100 to 3Q 1101- born, 4 to 1 Cyltrar. 10 tc 1 Trowbridge a:ai Summer's Joy, 103 to 7 others. Head 1ell,:¡J and a half.: ?.f{-ROSE\rAr 1. SXIKXY KilVUE 7. vr. L'llEAM 3. Also ran: Elsinore Matric Prince. Uonr1 Fire, Irish Lake. Stape can. Marcuise, Backha nip ton. For, th, llmboda. Hold Boy. Torchlet. Hettinsr: 5 to 1 Ropeway and Beckhararj- toii. 5 to 1 Vain Dream 6 to 1 Ramboda ? to 1 Ekinore, Magie i'rinee. and Home lire. 20 to 1 others. Neck: head. 2.50—TAGRAG 1. KTLLADOON 2. SALLY CRAG o. Also ran: Siller. Clan Gate, Watergruel. Cloudir. Minstrel. CTown Again. Desmond O'Connor. C.P., Andreas Laud. Archway, Linen. Shoemaker. Double Deck. Donblcvin. Yuick Thrust. Jack Hole, Tom Fool. Pot Herb. Bettimr: ? to 4 C:P.. 6 to 1 Minstrel. 8 to 1 Quick Thrust. 100 to 8 Shoemaker. Liiif-ii. 100 to 7 Archway. Kilra-doon 100 to 6 Tacrrasr. 20 to 1 Clap^ate, Sally Crag. 25 to 1 others. Lenrth and a half: throe-;)arts. 3.0-LLAXS LUCRE 1 DIAZ 2. JOYLESS 3.

RULE GRANTED. IVSr. Trueman's Application to High Court. On Wednesday, before Justices Darling and Lufch in the Divisional Court, Mr. Maddoeks moved, ex parte, for a rule nisi for. a. mandamus directed to Judge Mor- gan, of the Neath County Court, to s.how cause why he should not supply Ifr. Ch,- ment Robert Trueman, liock Cottage, I'enrhiewtyn, Ivcath, with a note of the proceedings recently hard in a case of lav 8gainst Trueman. Counsel said it was provided by a sec- tion of the County Courts Act that a note might be supplied to a litigant, if desired, but the judge had refused the note. The fco" i'citor for Trueman had applied to the registrar for a copy of the notes, and was refused. The action against defendant was for the recovery of possession of a house occupied by him, the dispute being whether the tenancy. was w eekly or monthly. • Defendant desired to appeal to the* High Court on the judge's refusal of a new trial and on the ground that the judge misd irected himself as to the edùenoe. lordships granted the rule.

OPERATIONS iN SALONIKA. (WAR OFFICE REPORT). On July 21st a Greek patrol ambushed a Bulgarian patrol near Cifilidzck (threa i-Spiles west of Demar-Hissar), capturing a.. few prisoners. During the period July 17-26, we have destroyed seven hostile aeroplanes, and brought down three out of control.

AMMANFORD I' -lie Ammanford Philharmonic: Society, whose conductor is Mr- J. Harries- Tbomas. A.R.C.M., prior to Ü01np"tiDci at the National Eisteddfod, rendered the test pieces at a special concert in the Palace Theatre, on Monday night, and were warmly applauded upon their efforts. There was a miscellaneous pro- gramme, which included some iiret-cda** itpme. Violin eolos were rendered bv Master Horatio Jenkins, and Mr. R. J. Thomae (Penybank). aud songs by Mr. IH. Evans (Glanainman), Miss Blodwen Williams (Ammanford). Madame Gwen Thomas-Williaxns (Ammlnford). Llew Cib" (Llandilo), Mr. \V. H. CamDbil Pantyffynulln), Edith Hughes (Am- manhnn. Mr. W. J. Anthony (Tycroes'), Madame Beesie Morris (who. with a beau- tiful operatic selection, was encored). Mr. Tom Wiihams (Ammanford). Miss Annie- Davits (Ammanford). and Miss Blodwen Rees (Garnant). Miss Maudie Williams (Llandilo), joined with Llew Cib" in a. duet, as also did Mr. Tom Williams, and the last named two combined with Mdm-e. Morris in o trio, "0 Dduw Bydd Dru- garoR." Mr. Eddie Parry (Tycroes), con- tributed \1 dramatic recital. Mr. T. W. Lewis. M.E., presided, and Mr. J. Har- ries-Thomas conducted throughout, be- sides contributing gome nM pianoforte M- compariimej  •: 4