South Wales Weekly Post

— i "CONSCIENCE" AND SUNDAY. STAVING-OFF OF STARVATION. ALLOTMENT HOLDERS' ALTERNATIVE. According to a certain whimEical autho- tit-y, "the policeman's lot is not, a hapry one." Opinions may vary on that dictum, but there can be little question that at pre- sent the allottee's lot is not a. particularly "happy one. With the gardening time of the year close at hand, and the ground in the icy grip of winter, it needs' a very sunny dis- position indeed to view the matter happily. Of course, the man who has completed his digging will have the satisfaction of know- ing that his soil is getting a good weather- ing," bnt, with Easter nearly here—and an April Easter at that—even he will be getting perturbed over the lateness of the season. Still, he must possess his soul in patience, and hope for the best. The advice given to "make haste slowly" in sowing and planting has been abundantly justified during the last few days; as also has the advice to make haste quiokly" with digging and pre- paration of soil, and at the moment of writ- ing both still hold good. But oa.11 the advice be followed? there's the :ub "-for we have not the slight- est control 1 over weather, conditions, and when the plots are completely covered with snow, well, very little can be done in any ease. As the season is some six weeks late already (according to authorities), it is, getting a very serious outlook, particularly so as we needed an early season this year as we have never needed it before, and it would almost seem that there existed a secret treaty between the submarine and weather autho- ritiea (or is it authority?) to thoroughly starve the Britisher out of existence. The normal temperature of the soil at a depth of one foot for the months of January and February is given aa 40 degrees, and for April 41 degrees, but it can safely be said that at present the April temperature would not equal that of January, and at the time of writing there are no signs of improvement- ?<ta.? o? thiags that we must hope may be refy transient. We mnst be w*eftuy behind, too, in the matter of sunshine, which nor- mally would have been 42 hours for January, 65 for February, and 185 for March, whilst 160 hours are due in April. What should ba the attitude of the allottees under these circum- stances ? Should it not be a firm deter- mination to see that whenever weather per- mits not a single moment should be lost, and especially so in the ease of those who have hardly started—let alone completed—their plot? Is this being done? Candour compels one I to say, No, it is not." Take last week-end for instance. After every promise of a fine Saturday afternoon, and a corresponding opportunity of a good spell of work being put in on the various plots, rain supervened and put a complete damper on all outside work. Sunday morning, however, broke fine and clear; a little frosty, it is true, but liOthing to hinder the tuidug plots from being worked "on. Was it done? Ala.f!! no; not to any extent, at any rate—one man working on one extensive allotment ground; three or tour on Mother. It seems that at a critical time like this, when our old Britain, set in blown sea6 and storming showers," ie being Threatened with absolute starvation, I those who set out to try and avert that. catastrophe feel compelled to relax their efforts on the Sabbath because of what other Tooople-not allotment holders themseltee- rr.a.y think or say. Away with this false delicacy. A year or two &go you despised the soldier. What of him now? Before the submarine menace be- came accentuated you would have been ash&mgd of being seen with spade or fork. What of it now? In the present Mate of affairs a. fork or spake W as much an emblem of respectability on the Sabbath as I a prayer-book or hymn-book, and if the preacher himself would take & hand on the allotment grounds on the Sabbath, and. if he hasn't one of his own, assist those of his flock who have, he would only be doing his duty, and by precept and example bring practical Christianity 'nearer to the compre- hension and appreciation of thoae whom it is presumably sought to reach. Is it a matter of conscience? It's wonder- ful what a supply of that highly desirable function the war has developed. The rubber development has been nothing to it, although there are whispers that they are synonymous terms- When a man cannot possibly—owing to weather or other causes—manage to get the work on his plot done on week-days, will his conscience condemn him for doing it Oil Sunday? That is the point; and the maji who weighs fairly and squarely the tremen- dous issues involved for his family, for his cduntry, for himself, and for humanity at large (for the ship.sinkers must be taught not only that it dotsn't pay, but that it is useless), then he should have little difficulty in deciding where Lis duty lies, and no saueamishness as to what others may think or say should dissuade him from doing that iluty.

SWANSEA TRAVELLER Acquitted at Pembrokeshire Sessions. At Pembrokeshire Sessions, a Swansea. traveller, Joseph Jackson, (28), described as a Russian Jew, was charged with obtaining by false pre- tence from William Allen, Oamrose, £ 11, and from Martha Thomas, Roch, £ 6, with j Intent to oheat and defraud. Defendant pleaded not guiltv. Mr. Griffith Jones ?instructed by Messrs. 'Wi11jam and .IW'illia=V pro??ited, and Ookmel W. J. ?cnes, H??erforwest. defended. A number of witnesses were called to prove that accused called upon them and eolicittfd orders to make enlargements from photographs. When he called later with the proofs they paid him the money, but the goods had not yet been delivered. Accused, in the box, admitted that he $iad received in this way I I s. without delivering the goods. But on account of the difficulty of getting material delay d been caused in the execution of the B. G. Protheroe, J.P., a former Swansea, said he had known the IT about 10 years, and he was a spectable and very industrious witness added that he was much d at the. charge. ,ury returned a verdict of not. and -lwol was discharged.

MEATLESS AND I PO,TATO!E-L,ESS DAYS. NEW ORDER BY FOOD CONTROLLER. The Food Controller on Wednesday issued his new Order, which comes into force on April 15, on the further food restrictions in "public eating places." The main features an .• — Meatless day—Tuesday in London pro- vinces, Wednesday. No potatoes except on mestlesa daya and Fridays. Amount of meat, sugar, .bread, and flour fisfcd—12oz. per day meat; Sox. bread. (Voluntary ration is 2 £ lbe. meat a week; 41bs. bread.) No account taken of any meal which be- gins before 5 a.m. or after 9.30 p.m. Provisions do not ippiv to railway sta- tions ^except in case of petal-- • ncc to boarding houses where fvadicorns do not exceed 10; or public eating place where no meal exceeds Is. 3d. (conees- sion to poorer class). Managers must keep a register, invoices, etc., with reference to foodstuffs bought and used.

FIS,H AS FOOD. PROPOSED TAKING OYER OF THE INDUSTRY. Wihib a sub-committee of the Empire Re- sources Development Committee a8 con- sidering the possibility of increasing the fish siipply-a problem which a Board of Agri- culture Committee is now tackling—Lord Dunraven, its chairman, invited his col- leagues to a dinner at which the three fish courses were Pacific salmon, which had been cold storaged for six months, and sole and turbot for three months. The two last- named fish, it was agreed, might have oome fresh from Grimsby by the morning train. Lord Dunraven's Committee suggests that the State should take over the whole fishing industry. The present consumption aver- aged lioir per person per diem. Increased to 6oz. the augmented supply, although more cheaply procured, Avould secure a profit to the State of Id. par pound, or a total of several millions a year. Trawler's £ 6,246 Catoh. The catch of fish for Easter by one Eng- lish steam trawler realised on Thursday on the wholesale market L5,246, This is a world's record, the previous highest total be- ing 24,646. The catch was largely composed of cod.

THE DAILY TOLL WEST WALES LIEUTENANTS SUFFER. The following are the latest official local casualties: Killed.—King' s Liverpool Regiment: Pte. E. Willis (43098), Briton Ferry. Died of Wounds.—Rjfle Brigade: Lance- Corpl. E. Doran (8643), Swansea. Wounded.—Pi.oyal Horse Artillery Act- ing Bombardier R. H. Lewis (213), Swansea. South Wales Borderers: Pte. E. Williams (27826), Ystfclyfera. Welsh Regiment: Pte. P. Evans (29286), Swansea. LlanefEy Sapper. News reached Llanelly on Tuesday I the death in action of Sapper Oswald Jones, son of Mr. T. Daniel Jones, organist at Capel Als. Deceased tvas only married last summer. He was em- ployed as a. carpenter by Mr. J. B. Va'?t" and was also a 'cellist and mem- ber ofapl Als Choir. I Four Llartelly Officers Wounded. Information reached Llane iy on Wed- nesday that four loca l, officers had been wounded in the recent fighting. The officers are Captain Hubert John, R.E. (son of Mr. D. John, Glasfryn), Lieut. Li' e u t. Trevor Humphreys, Welsh Regiment (son of the Rev. B. Humphreys, Felmfoel), Lieutenant T. E. Jones (son of Mr. Evan Jbnes, Bay View, and nephew of Colonel W. Bramwell Jones), and Lieutenant H. E. R. Lidgey, New-road, Llanelly. Details as to the nature of their wounds j have not up to the present been received. I Cwmavon Lieutenant. I Lieutenant Vivian G. James, son of the late Mr. Lewis James, of the Copper Miners' Tinpla-tc Company. Cwmaron, was killed in a. recent eiiga-gement in Mesopo- tamia. lieutenant James was Only re- cently married on his return from Egypt on leave. He was 39 years of age. had a highly successful career, and had won his B. Sc. degree at Aberystwyth Col.'ege. He held a mastership at. Callington, Cornwall, A pa- thetic feature is that the telegram contain- ing the sad rAw- wa# only hounded to his el<v»st brother --Mr. Fred W. Jam*;—at the aravesid? cf another brother—Mr. Ivor t'lilym J&nle-A, 31 years of &ge—?-hilat the funeral rites were p?rform"d. by the Vicar of Cwmavon.

I i ABERAVON PATERNITY APPEAL. At the Glamorgan Quarter Sessions on Wednesday, David Same el Evans, of Aber. avon, appealed against an order of the Aber- avon justices adjudging him the father of the child of Mary Ann Hobhs, of George- street, Aberavon, and ordering him to con- I i Ru?,6 ? h 1 tribute 4s. a week. lr. Hugh Jones (in- structed by Mr. Harold Lloyd) was for the appellant and Mr. Lovat-Fraser (instructed by Mr. Bryant) f6r the respondent parties. --The appeal was dismissed.

T N [, i If you enclose one penny stmp to Mr. Agar; Kaputine, Ltd., Manchester, you will receive by return FREE SAMPLESof KAPUTINF. for HEADAOHE or NEURALGIA, which all sufferers say are worth a "GROWN" es-ch DOSE.

I COLD BUT FINE. GOOD FRIDAY IN WESTI WALES. I MANY MUSICAL EVENTS IN I DISTRICT. First of the holidays of the year turned out to be rather cold, but gloriously fine.  holiday cr&wd? about in Thewe were no big holiday crowd? about in Swansea and West Wales^ and for two rea- t £ us'+ Tfe va#iriea of the Clerk of the II neather nad been so pronounced of late that people would not trust the climatic con- dit-io", and-this was probably the reason -—there were not onlv no railwav excursions, but the fares more or less prohibitive. Sketty. most ot the men of Skettv on Good riday, taking advantage of the exhilai,tt,- ing weather, were astir early, and kept ousy on their gardens or allotments until evening.—rThere was a large congregation of ladies intermingled with a few of the sterner sex present at the impressive three hour. service from noon until three P.m., conducted by the Rev. J. n. btewart, B.A.. in Slsetty Church. There was a good attendance also at the lantern service in the evening, at which Mr. T Brown was the operator.—Rev. Elias Joseph (pastor) presided at a misceilaus- ous ooncert held In English Congrega- tional Church, Sketty, and Miss Svivia Rosley A.D.X R.A.M., pxayed" the musical accompaniments. The following artistes assistedM;ss Campbell (con- traito) Miss Lilian Hammett (soprano). Mr. E. L. Morgan (tenor), Mr. Ben John (baritone). Master Arnold Rott (violinist) and Miss Ruth Woritman (elocutionist). Swansea Railwayman's B!g Audience. I I ?,. ience. I u xne 4OLii annual concert of the National Lnion of R,a,ilwaymen (Sxvansea and Landors jranch) in aid of the Widows and Orphans Fund, was held 3.1 the Swansea Empire on i riaay night. Judging by the large audience the fund ought to benefit very con- Sideiably. The pick of West Wales's vau- deville artistes contributed to the huge pro- giakime. Griff and Maurice, the trpr.,ip «>medians (who won the first prize at Mr. Richardson's competition some time back) again stored a huge succes?. Bert and Beryl (who have appeared on the London stage) gained great applause for th«:r clever dancing. Alf Thoma.F. "Swansea's own" comedian, gave a nekction of his old and ¡ new (--ha.-acter delineations in his own inim- itable style and the audience could not see enough of him. A clever it-em was the S'l- houei-fcd in a shadowgraphy entertamnre: (. Seymour Collins with his coon act displayed great talent .ajfd a. remq.rl,gblo He quite r.ipt.urfd the audience. The^-psv Duo, in a refined song seena, completed the excellent programme, Mr. Tomiinson's Or- chestra accompanied right throughout. Dur- ing the.interval Mr. D. Williams, Lancbre ■chairman- of the Joint Committee) thanked all present and in a neat speech presented r. H. Merton and his dog Bruce with a si ver medallion ana albert for the rervices rendered in collecting Z-20 for the fund, also the Empire manage- ment for lending the liail are, the staff for their services. Mr. Brin Dupree "ran" the concert very successfully. Cymanfa at Skewen. i Th annual cyaisnta ganu of the Skewen II I Calvanistic Methodists (Gorphwvsia and j Hermon Church es; ■ was held at Gorphwvsfa Chapel on Friday, Mr. Sa«iu«i • Morgan being the conductor. Mr. David Phillips. Mr. James Clement, and the Rev. JoJin Beynon presided respectively at ths morn- ing, afternoon, a.nd evening meeting?. Mrs. ^• J- Williams catechised the children. Mr. Arthur Owen was the organist. The anthems rendered v.v>re Fy Xyddiau Svdd fel Cysrgod yn Cilic," iTelorydd XichoJM) arid "Bendithia.f )'1' Arglwycld (D. W. Bowlaiids). Among the tun.es rendere-d was "Gorphwysfa," composed by Tom Stephens, Skewen. in memory of' the lat., Mr. D. T. Sims, J.P At St. Church. Skewen, a. sacred service of song, entitled "Christ on Cal- vÎlTv," wa rendered by the St. John's Sun- day ?cb.Ml (\ir, on ThurEdav even?g. proceeds being towards the Parish Church heating apparatus. The conductor was Mr. Cyril Lewis, and the organist Mr. Griffith Thomas. Rev. J, C. Beynon was the I! T h Rev. J. C. Beyncn WM the organirer. Moirristoin*. iCi* ari,nus;1 smgiing testival of th-f- Mor- riston and district Congregational churches was held on Good Friday. The conductor wa.s Mr. Roderick Williams (Cardiff). The juvenile service in the morning was held at, Horeb, presided over by Mr. Tom John (Carmel). The Rev. D. Ffrwdwen- Lewis (Velindre) also spoke. Mr. D. J. Lloyd, L.T.C.L., was the organist. D'Uiriiig both afternoon and evening sessions, which were held at Tabernacle Chapel, there were very large audiences, aii4 the singing at- tained the usual high standard. The Rev. D. H. Thomas (Gormanon) presided in the afternoon, and the Rev. Wm. Salmon (Horeb) in the evening, assisted by the Rtv. J. J. Williams (Tabernacle). The org ail iot was Mrs. T. J. Davies, iydd Rouse. The '1 secretary was Mr. Williatn Davies, schodlinaster. j Pontardulais. A successful eisk=ddfod was held at Hope Hall Congregational Chapel, PontarduJa;?, on Friday evening, Mr. D. Evans, Frongeili, presiding. Adjudicators—Music, Mr. Care- J dig Williams, Llangennech; literature, Mr. D. Edgar Thomas, Aberdare. The awards, were as follows :—Chief choral, Hendv (Mr. Albert Thomas); children's choir, Glanyra- fon (Miss Sol Richards); champion solo, Mr. Rhys Thomas; soprano solo, Miss Edith j Willia,ms, Tynycwi-ig tenor solo, Mr. Wil- j liam John, Llangenneoh bass solo, Mr. E. Llewellyn Williams. Velindre; solo for chil-: dren undËr 15, Arianwen Lewis, Llangen- nech solo for children under 10, Iris Davies, Pontardulaisopen recitatio-i, lElwyn Rees, Capel Hendr?; recitat:on under 15 "X;l ie Davies, Llanlluen; recitation under 10, Elunid Davies, Llanlluen best three verses on "Present position of Europe," Mr. Hard- ing Rees, Llangennech At the Public Hall, Handy, Pontardulais, J on Good Friday evening, the Alabama Min- strels gave a miscellaneous concert. The chair was taken by Coun. Matthew Gn&ths. J.P. The proceeds were in a?d of the j widows and orphans of railwaymen. I "Tlpprary Club's Choir. An enjoyable evening w?s spent at the Central Ha,H, Swansea, cn Good Friday, when a sacred ooncert, held under the aus- ?vices of the Swansea Tipperary Club, and the musical numbers of the Club's, Choir were much appreciated. The attendance; was good, and included a large number cf j soldiers' mothers, wives and ohiidrc-n. The Mayoress (Mrs. Alderman David Daveis) presided, and she was aupported cn the platform by Mrs. T. T. Corker, Ald. Ben Jones, and Lieut. Hodgens. At the outset the Mayoress was presented with a bouquet of flowers by one of the members of the choir. The choir. under the leader- ship of Miss Lilian Edwards, was in splendid form, and there were several encores. Others who contri- buted were Miss Nancy Harm an (elocution- ist), Maes Lilian Edwards (vocalist), Mr.' W. Fletcher (male soprano), P.C. David Priep. (baritone), who was in great form, and Mr. W. Watkins. (-ccalist). Votes of thanks followed. Neath. "n the eve of Good Friday, Stamer's i>3K>ifixion was rendered by St. DaTid's Choir, assisted by Mr. David Thomas and Mr. Percy J. Thomas respectively, the tenor and bass soloists, of Llandaff Cathedral. There was a large attendance. On Good Fri- day special services conducted by the rector (the Rev. A. F. Fivars, LA.) were held at St, David's Church. Bubbles at Wesley. An ?venin? with th? children wa& pen£ at Wesley, Swansea, on Thur&day night, &t wesle?17, 'bsi)d of hope chi!dren rendered the fairy cantata" Bubbles," under the direction of the Misses J. Burman, B. Pickering, and E. Hoskins. The pro- gramme opened v ith*a stylish pianoforte polo by Miss Lati-ri RawJings (who was also a skilful accompanist throughout, tcgether (Continued at Foot of Next Column.)

NO OFFENCE TO REFUSE TO. SIR, SWANSEA MUNITIONS T'RIBUNAL CASE. CHAIRMAN AND THE PROTEC- TION OF WORKMEN. At the South-west Wales Munitions Tri- bunal at Swansea on Thursday a workman employed in a controlled establishment com- plained that he had been dismissed without reasonable cause and without a week's no- tice. Applicant was making an application for compensation, and also said he had not h&rJiV*a vi certificate, \S,g alleged that he had been dis- missed because he answered questions about a piece of work with "Yes" and "No" in- stead of answering "Yes, sir" and "No, sir. The tribunal found there was no evidence of misconduct on the man's part and that he was dismissed without reasonable cause. The Chairman remarked that the man had bn very unfairly treated, and if ever a workman was entitled to the protection of the Munitions of War Act. this one was. It may have been discourteous on tjhe man's part. but it certainly was not an offence in this country to refusr to "sir" anybody, and it certainly was not an offence under the Munitions Act- Applicant was awarded E2 4s. compensa- tion.

FOR THE RED CROSS. ENJOYABLE CONCERT AT SWANSEA. Thursday's attendance at, the Albert. Hall "Red Cross Appeal Concerl. hardly realised expectation,?, and only a fair audience put in an appearance, which was a pity, because the programme was of the highest stan- dard. After the singing of the pretty song, Ore Morning Very Fa-rly," by Miss May Harries. Mr..Tohn Walters gave Friend of Mine" in magnificent atyle. M". W. H. Jcnes, the talented Swansea elocutionist, re-' cited Mark Twa-in's Our Guiding Home," an exceedingly funny and enjoyable item. Farewell in the Desert" was the fine con- tribution of 1,ir, W. J. Colebrook. Kiss Flor- ence (rehein and Mr. John WaIters rendered duet, lln.yiag," which elicited long ap- plause. DnriuE; the -interval Mr. Paul Cocks pro- rosed a. vote of thanks to th" artistes, who had given their services gratuitously, and. also referred to the excellent work being aocomplished by the Swansea, Chamber of Commerce.—Mr. C. 0. Vivian, in seconding, gave an outline of work performed by the Red Cross in Swansea. He laud especial stress on the valuable help afforded the so- ciety by the ^.Tayor (Aid. David Davies) and the Swansea Education Committee, who had decided. to loan BrynmjJ1 School as a hos- pital. The Y.M.C.A. authorities also deserved their thanks, and the. vote was carried heartily. In the second part of the programme the following were the ItemsMr. W, J. Cole- brook. "My DreamsMay Harries, "Down in the Forest." and "A Love I have Won" Mr. W. R. Jones. Tf Miss Florence Gehem, Florida." All the items were en- cored.

AT "TAWE LODGE." NEW MASTER AND MATRON APPOINTED. Swansea. Hoard of Huardian^ held their monthly meeting on Thursday afternoon, Mr. H. C. Jeffreys in the chair. It was agreed that an addition of nine years be added to the psrk d of service of Mrs. Maria, T,w.I1!;(ndMorg.iI.n, matron of the institution {T.f.we Lddige) and that the sanction of the Local Government Board be asked thereto. The three candidates (short list) for the post, of master nd matron at Tawe Lodge, appeared. They were Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Oeorge, Gower Workhouse; Mr. and Nirq. A. G. Pitchfod, Todmorton Workhouse (Yorks) and Mr. and Mrs. Rees Price, Car- marthen. Mr. and Mrs. llees Price were elected by a, majority of 15 votes over thj next best candidate.

ALL BREAD-STUFFS I TO BE TAKEN OVER BY GOYERNMEN'T. I fn the House of Commons on Wednesday night Captain Bathurgt stated that it was the intention of the Government to take over all the stocks of breadstuff? in the country. ■ To fix a maximum price at which bread, fhall be sold over the counter and under the new Boarding-house Order the onus would be thrown upon the vendor of proving that he is not selling too large a quantity to any one customer.. All tea,s are graded one price -2s. 4d. without the wrapper. NEW FLOUR The Food Controller on Wednesday issued ¡ a new flour and bread Order, under which the percentage of flour from other cereals t6 ba mixed woth wheaten flour is increased from a maximum of 15 per cent, to a maxi- mum of 25 per cent. and from a minimum of 5 per cant, to a minimum of 10 per cent.

The English Baptist Church, Gorseinon, was packed to its utmost capacity on the occasion of the Sunday School anniversary. A sermon and children's address was given at the morning service by the superinten- dent of the Sunday School. The afternoon prolamine conaisted of solos and recitations by the juvenile members of the school, there being 37 items altogether. At the evening service, special musio was rendered by the choir, in addition to selections by the adult members of the Sunday School, the recita- tions being of a very high order. Mr. W. B. Evans (superintendent) presided over all the meetings, whilst Mr. P. J. Jones conducted the music, and Mr. John Morgan presided at the organ. F,a n.

BRYN LEWIS MAKES THE SUPREME SACRIFICE, NOTABLE LOCAL F'COI- BALLER-OFFICER, The ptwfciite of Major Bry~ Lewis, 122nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, who l^iie at fauyralit, Pontardsave, received a War Office telegram 01 Thursday morning to the effect that he was killed in action. on April 2nd. M?jjr Brvi Lewis was 36 yE?is of age, and at the outbreak of war was (,i? the paint of paesing his final examination in law, having pire\$jualy matriculated at Cambridge and obta-ined h.is B.A. and LLB. duress. He. however. Forsack his examinations to enlist as 3, trouper lJ1 the Glamorgan Yeomanry, being quartered in Bridgend for some time. Being inordinately anxious to get to the front, Major Lewis succeeded iu obtaining a transfer to the Royal Field Artillery, and after a very short time in his new unit accepted a commission just over a year ago. Last December tame the news that he had been promoted to the rank of major for Valuable service in ths field, with seniority dating three months prior to I his being gaz-tted. Major Lewis came on leave six weeks ago, and looked the picture of health and I energy. I- The late Major Brinfoy Lewis, I The news of his death in action v ill be I received with the deepest regret in Rugby football circles, for the name of Brvn Lewis is ku-own to every enthusiast of the handjiMi; code. Possessing, a remarkable turn of speed, he Played many brilliant games tor bwjfnsea All vMntes, and secured his I "cap" three times, playing a magniiicent I game for Wales on each occasion. He secured his Cambridge Blue four years in ssi?f»npss.inm A curious coincidence 1. 1 ?.- *? jl* -I 1. 1 1 hi mwmecuoii WnD un3 IaCIJ wa, inai ;11"" two fellow three-quarters—both Blues'' — were Lienit. J. G. Will, the Scottish flyer, and whose death in action was announced yesterday, and C, N. Lowe, centre to Bryn Lewis in most of the "V ar- sity matches, was wounded in action the day before. Major Lewis was for tnvo years in the office oi the late Mr. T. W. James, solicitor, and hi* engaging personality won for hun gireat popularity both in Swansea and Pont ardawe.

COMPANIONS KILLED. MORE ABOUT MORXUSTON- I IA1'S D.C.M. Further details as to how Private Sidney T, Thomas (Weilih Quu-rds), of 62-, S-iate- j won, tdie .D C'.M..ire f ort- L. F. Ellis, of hí" battalion. He says :— I was in charge of the r:ght half of Potsdam trsnoh On the night 01; the 5th-6th March, 1917; c. 4é41 Private Sidiv y Trevor Thomas wn s on duty as signaber at the telephone with another signaller in a, sbeltei1 in r-hi3 right sector of t-hie tr-eivch. The first phe-il to hit. the trench destroy>:< thi shelter while both signallers wiere iu it, killing Private Thomas's companion. ) myself saw the damage and saw Private Thomas digging out his instruments. Later, when a station had been estab- lished in the left sector, J was sitting beside the signallers, when a shell burst in from, of us in the trench. The signaller between Private Thomas and" my self was killed ia- stantly, his Head being blown w "Private Thomas, although badly shaken, set to and duig out his instrurrtenrs for the second time, soon as the b-oJ v of his assistant was i.'emo\'e'd. Later in the night he re-established telephonic com- munication with Battalion H. Q.. working sIngle-halded. His shelter was agam blown in by a shell, which killed-ioli and wounded seven. After the casualties had been evacuated, hie again recovered his it struments, both of which he brought out whan we were relieved."

SWANSEA RESERVIST. I Pte. Jno. Hudson, Welsh Regiment, of 88, Watkin-street, Swansea, who was killed in action. Re was formerly eA- ployed at the Man- nesma.mi Tube Works, and was an old reservist.

f' MOR,RISTON D.C.M. I Pte. Sidney Tirever Thomas, Welsh Guards, who stuck to his post as telephonist, although three times blown up by shells.

NO POTATOES FROM IRELAND. W? have received the follolilg:=-ir I Alfred Mond has been in communication wi;th the Prime Minister :md the Chief Sec- retary for Ireland in regard to the question of the supply of potatoes for Swansea and district. He has received an intimation that there is very littia likelihood of getting any I liupphes of eating potatoes from Ireland, al- though that. country is supplyiug all pota- toes they possibly can for seed, and, at the moment., that must have the first call on wha.t is available. Of course, otlier d-s- tricts are also suffering severely from the shortage of potatoes, and it is understood that the Food Controller is at present en- 1 gaged in assisting in remedying this short- age in every possible way.

I INQUIRY INTO PENDERRY WATER I SUPPLY. A meeting of th<- Swansea Rural District Council was held on Wednesday afternoon, Councillor T. Howell Jones presiding, when the water and lighting estimates for the different districts were rendered and the majority approved with the exception of 1 Penderrv, about the upply to which a great deal of discussion prevailed, allegations pe- ing mide that the Council, through Cockett. had supplied the parlSt1 for a number of years without, adequate payments being made. The matter was referred to va com- mittee to go thoroughly into the matter.-— The meeting was adjourned until Tuesday next. | ''■

I" VERY SATISFACTORY." SWANSEA'S, BILL FOR WATER. r REVENUE REPORTED TO BE INCREASING. Swansea Water and Sewers Committee met OIl Thursday, Mr. D. J. Davies (chairman) presiding. The Borough Treasurer (fr, W. II, Ash- j j mole) submitted the annual estimates. The estimated deficit last year was £ 24,050, and the actual expenditure £ 21,043. or a reduc- tion of £ 2,017. The amount required from the rates for the ensuing year was £ 22,994. He added that the capital charges were down by £1,150, due to. the .readjastraen;, of. the sinking funds, which the Finance Com- mittee had persuaded the Local Government, Board to do. Ihe Chairman and other members con- sidered the estimates very satisfactory. The committee approved the estimates. The Town Olefk (Mr. H. Langr Coat-h) re- ported that he had-been approached by Mr. S. L Gregor, of the Graigola Mert hyr Com- pany, with a view to their taking a leaae of the minerais underlying ihe Jjower Lliw Reservoir. He said it would be recalled that a ihort time ago the Corporation, as a re- sult of information given by Mr. J¡, J. Kemp- thorne, of Neath, were a,ble to rectify the conveyance of the land under an agreement of J860. The estimated value of half the min- erals, according- to Mr. Gregor. was £ Q,400, and the point was whether the committee should lease them. The Engineer (Lieut. ColJinson) reported the possible risk to the reservoir throngih any underground workings, and the committee decided not to entertain any letting unless the Graigola Company were prepared to give an indemnity against any drainage through subsidence. Col. Sinclair observed that it was a case where thp smail sum of money spent to get, the conveyance rectified had been well spent, a,F, it prevented anybody else coming in and the Corporation having to buy them out. The committee agreed.

SIX P.M. CLOSING TO BE APPLIED AT SWANSEA MARKET. At Swansea Markets Committee on Wednesday the estimates for the cur- rent year" were (last yer.r's estimates in parenthesis) -Income £ 7,020 ( £ 6,980), and expenditure £ 3.979 ( £ -3,630). Last year the borough rate benefitted by £ 1,367. and for tfcp oomittjg year it is estimated the rates will benefit by £ 1,252. The estimates were adapted, on the propo- sition of Mr. G, He minings. It was stated that the darkening of the market, roof had cost £ 90. Tenders are to be invited for the painting of the iron and wood work of the market roof. A petition of stall-holders tvas received (signed by 44 stall-holders) urging the mar- ket should be dosed at 6 instead of 7 on the first three days of the week. The Mayor thought they should encourage earlv closing in every shape and form. Aid. Hill ard thought the shopkeepers all round could we11' elcse earl ier. The Mayor moved that the market be closed at 6 p.m. on Mondays. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and he thought the manager should get the opinion of the stallholders on the other nights. -(",arried. It was decided that drapery goods should not be sold in the market on Easter Mon- day. Permission wu given the Sunday School Union to use the market as a collecting centre for their flag day—April 14th.

SWANSEA LADIES' WORK. "WIND-UP" OF MAYORESS'S [ I.,  i SEWING PARTY. | the making and distributing about a thousand garmeftts for'the wives and'widows of local fighters, it has been decided, for the time being, to discontinue the Swansea mayk,rrss, Working Party, which has been held upon two afternoons in oach week at the Old Y.M.C.A. Building for the last six months. I11 addition to the "made" garments, which comprised many baby outfits (in themselves containing fourteen articles each, and of which forty sets were given), J324 has been I expended in boots, which proved a great boon to the needy and deserving cases, and the best thanks of the Mayoress and her com- mittee are due to Miss Benger for a most acceptable parcel from the High School for Girls of very useful articles. The Mayoress wishes jo thank everybody who responded to her appeal to help in money and kind, and especially to the faith- ful barld of workers-widows and wiyeR-who have given two afternoons every week since the start of the Working Party, and whose help has been much appreciated by the Mayoress and her committee. Jirs. Daniel, as secretary and treasurer, has done excellent work, and Mrs. Fred Davies, as organiser of work, has been in- valuable, and the Mayoress especially wishes to thank both these ladies. It is particularly gratifying to know that th financial statement is very satisfactory, neither a penny to the good or bad. THE SUBSCRIBERS. The following are the names of the sub- scribers to the Mayoress' Working Party fund Lady Lyons, £ 1 Is.; The Mayoress, 10s. 6d.; Mrs. R. W. Jones, zCl If.; Mrs. Dd. Matthews, IDs. 6d.; Mrs. Daniel, tOB.; Mrs. Rees, Wood- lands, ICs.; Mrs. -R. J. Matthews, El Is.; Mrs. (Dr.) Roberts, 10s.; JJrs. Ruthen, 10s. 6d.; Dr. liumpili-eys. ,El Is.; Mrs. John Roberts, 10s.; Sir Griffith Thomas, £ 1 Is.; Mr. Joseph Hall, £ 1; Mrs. W. J. R-ees, £1; Mrs. Treharne, 10s. 6d.; Mr. H. G. Thomas, £ 1 Is.: Mr. W. J. I'Leet3, zEt; Mrs. John White, £1 Is.; Mrs. J. R. Is.; Sir John Llewelyn, £2; Mr. Earn Stephens, £1 Is. Miss Dulcie Vivian, £ 3; Col. LL Morgan, L-5 &s.; Mrs. B. Goldberg, IIIs.; 'Mr. Yaughan Edwards, kl Is.; Mr. Rici.1and Lewis, zEl Is.; Miss Thomas, Mayals, Mi«j Alice Thomas, XI; Mr. J. R. Davies, Mr. H. Barnett, £ 1 ],s.; Mrs. Aeron Thomas, 4,2 Zi.; Mr. James Mitchell, SZ 28.; Mrs. Benyon Winaor, El;, Mrs. J. C. Morris, 10s. 6d.; Mr. Ashmole. £ 3 2s. 6d.; Messrs. Walters, Jones and C!o., Yl Is.; Mr. Fred Bradford, zEl is.; Mr. Hyam Goldberg, jM &s.; 1,lrs. Michael Jacob, £1 1; Mrs, J. H. Brown, Ll Is.; Mrs. Ganz, 10s. 6d.; Messrs. Weaver and Co., £2 2s. Mrs. D., Glasbrook, X-2 2s.; The Mayor, CIO; Mrs. Davies. Llwynhelig, 10s. Mrs. Trevor Matthews, £ 1; Mr. Cory Davies and Cann, £1 Is.; Lady HiUs-Johiieg, 10?.; Mrs. Morgan Davies,- 10a. 6d., Mrs. R. Mal tm, 108, 6d.; Messrs. At- lantic Patent Fuel Co., ?3 3s.: Mrs. Richards, ,Cl; Mr?. W. J. Rees (second donation?, ?1 Is.; Mrs. Portsmouth. 11]" Mrs. Green, £1; Mrs. P Giles; 10s.; Mr. Talfourd Strick, £ 1 is. M,; sums under 10s., £ 4 7s 2d. Total £ 86 13s. gd, The Mayor (Aid. David Davies), as a mark of appreciation of the time given to a good work, gave a "tea"- on Wednesday afternoon as a "winding-up" of the Working Party to the helpers at the Old Y.M.CA. Buildings, which was much appreciated.

COOKED MEATS AT SWANSEA. At kSwansea on Thursday the following were summoned for keeping their shops .open after 8 o'clock for the purpose of serving customers :—Mary Marten, Bryn- hyfryci, for selling brawn at 8.20 p.m. Mary Jane Morgan, Pentre Estyll, sell- ing sausages, at 8.40 p.m., and Thomas Geo. Morgan. Brynhyfryd, selling hlftck pudding.—Mr. H. A. Hiekl (deputy Town Clerk) appeared.—Chairman said there was no doubt that all defendants were under the impression that they could sell these cooked meats. They could not do so. Costs only were imposed in each case.

HONOUR FOR CARMARTHEN I DOCTOR. Capt. E. C. Isaac, R A.M.C., son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaacs Stepney House, Carmarthen, was invested with the Military Cross and Bar by the King at Buckingham Palace on Thurs- day. Capt. Isaac was a popula,r local doctor I before he joined the Army.

BAD FOR VALLEY MINERS. I The BrynhenHys Colliery Company, Upper Cwrnt? rfh, have tcndt'rcd M days' notices to their e?np?oy?s to, terminate <utmcb. About 150 men wiH be aR'ccLed. I

I STORY OF A BAG OF SUGAR. i MAT SERGEANT SAW AT ABERAVON. | RAILWAYMEN ACQUITTED OK THEFT CHARGE. i l At Glamorgan Quarter Sessions at Swan- ra 011 Wednesday, Joseph Edward Ect. wards (26). railway fireman, and i]liam ] Albert Metson (30), signalman in the employ < of the Bhondda a.nd Swansea Bay RaIlway f Company, surrendered on a charge of steal- ± ing a bag containing 581bg. of sugar, value i £J. 9" from a van near Dock-road, Aber- H'von, on March 3rd last. t The case for the prosecution was that the i sugar was consigned from Messrs. Thornet 1 and Olivers, Swansea, to Mr. Williams, grocer, Treorky. It was placed in a TafE i V ".Ie Yan, and in transit the goods traitt t was delayed on a siding. Edwards, xtho j was the fireman on the engine, got down, saying to the driver it was for a personal e purpose, and about the same time Metson j left his signal-box close by for half an hour. Police Sergeant Davies was passing along "i at the time and, hearing a door flap, he t looked throughnbetween some wagons, and saw Metson and the legs of another man 011 the other side of the van in question. HW < came on i,(i saw .Edwards carrying the bag < of sugar, which was dropped on the sergeant beiiio- seen. Edwards 4 Escaped underneath the wagons, and a, iew moments later stepped on to his < engine as though nothing had happend. ( Metson. in answer to the sergeant, said, "For God's sake, report it, or both of 1 us will get the sack. Subsequently the J' f msn were placed 11 I der arrest, and Edwards denied all knowledge of the matter, and Metson reserved his defence.. The Dfenoa. The defence was an and Mr. Lincoln Reed, in c ).q,-ex,.iT,-iinatIon, made, a point < of the fact that when the police officer said he saw defendants he did not arrest them there and then but waited till the train reached the next station. Each of the defendants went into the box and explained the reasons for being tempor- arily off duty, alJd qJso the statements made before and after arrest, and the jury, after 1 a short retirement, returned a verdict of not gllllty, anll they were discharged.

MUMBLES AND LIQUOR CONTROL. LOCAL EFFECT OF THE I ORDER. I TWO LICENSING APPEALS FAIL. At the Glamorgan Quarter Sessions at Swansea, on Wednesday, before Coptain Rhyf Williams, K.C., D.S.O. (chairman), the Swan- sea United Breweries, Ltd., appealed against the May rating (£36 gross, C29 15s. nett) bjf the Gower Assessment Committee of the Pilof Hotel, Mumbles. Mr. Marlay Samson (in* structed by Mr. C. W. Slater) appeared fof the appellants, and Mr. Villiers Meager (in. fltructed by Mr. Edward Harris) was xor the respondents. It was stated by Mr. Wm. James, the om. cial valuer to the Local Compensation Autho- rity, that the Pilot Hotel depended miainly upon its Sunday and trippers' trade, and that as a result of the Liquor Control Board restrictions the trade had fallen off by 50 per cent. He suggested a fair rating would be -ell gross. Mr. J. H. Bateman (Messrs. J. M. Leeder and Son), called for the respondents, sa-j" that on the basis of the trade done a fair rateable value in 1916 would be JE59 lis., o* ilo more than the rate appealed against. Mr. T. G. Hews (with Mr. W. J. llees) gaT. corroborative evidence. Mr. T. Hopkin James (manager for the appellants) said that when the Control Board Order came in the tenant wanted to leave as toa4e ,Mfombles Was ruined, but she was allowed to remain oiL frfce of rent;, • V "1 ■- The appeal was dismissed, and a similar appeal in respect of the Beaufort Inn,, by the Bame appellants, was withdrawn, as the same point was involved.

LINKIN-G UP THE CURRENTS. SCHEME FOR CHEAPER ELECTRICITY.. The Swansea Electric Lighting and Tram- ways Committee met on Thursday, the Chairman (Col. Sinclair) presiding. The Engineer (Mr. J. W. Burr) reported that three applications for ourrent had been received since the Imt report. As a result of a, visit to the Minister of Munitions, he reported that it was not possible to obtain certain plant necessary for the proposed extensions, and it was decided to discuss the question at a special meeting of the ooita- mittee. The Engineer reported on tihe Joint Com- mittee meeting re electricity supply to the nation that was held at Cardiff, at which it was resolved that the grouping of the area be for the Western district from Neath westward," Mr. Burr himself to oolleot the necessary information for this district. Re- garding the question of expenses, it was sug- gested that each undertaking should guar- antee a maximum amount of Is guineas per xio,ooo of gross revenue. That, in Swansea, would mean, approximately, six guineas. The Chairman said that the matter re- ferred really to electricity supply after the wai, and the idea. was the cheapening, of ourrent as an essential for industry. It followed that economies all round could be effected f by linking up small stations into one central station, and t::1at was the idea of the Joint Com- mittee, of which Mr. Burr was a member. There had been no expense so far, but there would be some, aiTd the six guineaa this year trom Swansea was very reasonable. Aid. Colwill concurred, and said that the linking up of the small stations in this way would save hundreds of thousands of tons of ooal to the nation. The report was approved.

MUMBLES ALLOTMENT-HOLDERS. A meeting ot aiiouiieno-holders in the Mumbles district -P,s held in the Council Chambers on ednesday evening. Mr. E. Pressdee presided and representatives ironx the Langland, thistle boon, Norton, New- ton and Plunch allotments were ttresent. It was decided to hold n \l,uw in September, and the following officials were appailited Hon, secretary, Mr. H. Wharton: hen. treasurer. Mr. H. Saunders; committee* Messrs. E. Pressdep, Jenkins (Langland), J. H. Humphries. (1. Williams (ThistleboonT, R. Balsdcn, 1). Delve (Norton) L. Jarvis, D. Davies (Newton). D. Edwards. K. Howelis (Plunch). Mr. F. J. Goon a n was unanimously elected as president and seve- ral influential local gentlemen are to be re- quested to act as vice-presidents. Tha classes for competition, werè selected as fol- lows ColIectjonof four vegetables (com- petitors own choice), peas, runner beans, po- tatoes (kidney an d round), parsnips, carrots, leeks, onions (spring and autumn sown), brocoli, celery, beet and red cabb- The question of forming an allotment association was raised and it was decided to hold a fur- ther meeting next Monday week when all interested are requested to atterid. :l

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(Continued from Preceding Column). with Miss Winnie Foy). The children's work in the cantata reflected iuandte credit on the trainers. J'he singing and dancing was ail that could be wished for, and the limelight and electrical e.ffect greatly en- hanced the e?nsemMe. The folrowiai? lonys exceedingly well: —Lily Taylor, Glenys e.xc.e,p,din I- Taylor, Baattie Phelps', Taylor, Evans, M?y Taylor, B?ttic Phelp$ Made- line E,vns, Mand? Owen, Winnie Taylur, Doris Pickering, Dori? Thomas. Jessie Philpin, WinhLe Lewis, Lily GaLric? Jennie Frame, Lizzie Evans, DulÓe Jones, and Joan Davies. Mr. Trevor Heame at the close thanked all the artistes a.nd directors: also the lime- light operator. Mr. Sidney Durk, and the electrician, Mr. Graham Goldsworthy. Briton Ferry, A very successful cymanfa ganu was held at tho Public Hall. Briten Ferry, on Good Friday in connection with the Free Church Council. Seven churches were represented. The conductor wag Mr.. J. T. Rees, Mus. j; Doc., Aberystwyth. Abaravon and Port Taibot. Good Friday passed off very quietly in the Aberavon and Port Talbot districts, there being no special attractions. A large number of people visited the beach, and the fair was well patronised. Special services were held at St. Mary's, St. Theodore's, and the other churches, which were well attended, and large crowds attended the local singing festival* at 'the Methodist and Baptist chapel?. The local branches of the National Union of Railwaymen united in a splendidly-organk- sd concert at the Grand Hall, Aberavon, the proceeds being in aid j of the Widows' mnd Orphans' Fund. The annual "cymanfa ganu in con- j neetion with the AVelsh Methodist churches wae held fIt Grove-place Chapel, Pert, Talbot, and Duffryn Chapel, Tailbach. The services' in both places, were welt atten ded, and the singing i-caclicd a high starchird. 0