Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder

FKc TINPLATE TRADE. I AMERICA BENEFITING LARGELY 11 BY BRITISH PROHIBITION. The review of the ti np la te trade for Pit, just issued by Messrs. Sim and Joventry, London and Liverpool, states hat the trado tiiids itself without a pre- sident, and the makers have been for souths struggling against adversity, such ks they have never before had to en- counter. Two-thirds of the tinpla te make (speak- (Ig roughly) is exported, and Nw-.ry largely '0 The countries now engaged in war, both elips and enemies. With regard to vhe utter, the export has, of course, been ctirely cut oft, and those works which ILid themselves out for the German trade jave had to face changed conditions and lerelop a new connection. The outbreak of hostilities, brought dis- letrous results. Things were improving, kowever, in October, so far as exports rere concerned, hut in November another lifficulty arose through the Government vnhargo on öhipment of tinplates to Hol- find and Scandinavia, and large quanti- ses of tinplates have been absolutely leld up in this country. Fear is expressed {hat the practical prohibition of export rill play into the hands of the American, manufacturer at the expense of British trade. As to the possible ultimate results. the report states, that When the menace or Prussian militarism is finally driven j iv. ay, there is no doubt that the trade of Europe, and in fact of the whole world; will rest on a foundation of much greater jecurity, taking for granted, of course, that the final settlement will be such as to render impossible the substitution in Europe on a permanent basis oi half-a- iozen armed camps in the place of one. that is a danger which must be kept Kmstantlv in view. Many years will be required to finally repair the havoc Mused by such a war, but gradually a itate of affairs will emerge which should involve settled and increased trade. Our great gain, however, is likely to resul t from a settlement of the eternal Balkan question, the consequent restora- tion of confidence, and the development of the trade of the various countriss on an inpreeedented scale. Closer commercial relations with Francs, Russia. Belgium, Me British Protectorate in Egypt, and whatever will be substituted for Turkish rule in Asia and in Europe, may be ex- acted to produce good trade results. Competition is indicated from America, Australia, Norway and Italy, but on the whole, it would seem fair that after the. Inevitable hard times through which the Jinplate trade will have to make its way. ft will emerge into a period of general j prosperity, on a much more reliable; foundation." The price cf Welsh sheet, birs was Et Ils. 3d. at the beginning of the year. I &nd continued unchanged of the first Jew-n months. After the outbreak of Irir, the supply of Continental bars being -ut cff, ,iiid America being off the market, the Welsh price was put up to t:) 2s. 6d. at the end of August, but two months later was reduced to £ t 15s., th-) tinplate demand being so poor. Bars were firmer towards the end of the year. The total imports during the year were •, 278.115 tons, as compared with 345,503 in 1913, 275,347 in 1312, and 322,513 in 1911. The stock of tinplates, terneplates, and black plates at Swansea on Dec. 31 was: 1909. 112,541 boxes and bundles; 1910, 182.010; 1911. 132.769; 1912, 338,951; 1913, 336,981; 1914, 294,520.

MOTHER, YOUR CHILD NEEDS A LAXATIVE! >f Tongue is Coated, Stomach Sick, or the! Child is Cross, Feverish, Constipated, give" California Syrup of Figs." Don't scold your fretful. peevish child. the tongue 1-i this is a sure tign that the. little stomach, liver and bowels are clogged with bile and imper- fectly digested food. When listless, pale, fevorisb, with tainted breath, a cold, or a sore throat; it the child does not sleep cr act Buturally, or has stomach-ache, indiges- tion or dkvrrhora, give, a toaspooivful of ( alifornia Syrilp of Figs, ami in a few hours all the waste matter, bile and fer- menting food will pass out of the bowels, and you have a. healthy, playful child again. C Irildren love this harmless "fruit laxative." and mothers can rest, easy after giving it, becauw it never fails to make ..their little imndes sweet and whole- some. -••'•Keep it handy. Mother! A little given to-dar saves a sick child to-morrow, but jpGt ihe genuine. Ask your chemist for a bottle of California Syrup of Figs," ■which has directions for babies, children cf all ages, and for grown-ups plainly on i11" bottle. Remember there are counter- feits sold here, 00 look and see that your bottle the name of the California 1;i:; Syrup Company." Hand back with rcntempt any othor fig syrup. All lead- ing chemists sell" ('lifornia Syrup of Figs," 1,11 and 1/9 per bottle.

SWANSEA TEACHER'S FUNERAL. The funeral oi the late Miss Muriel Bibbert. youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter ITibbert. of 47, Norfolk- street), took place on Friday after- noon. The deceased young lady, who was only 23 years of age, was of a sweet dis- position. and loved and esteemed by all w-ho knew her. She had been a teacher in the Cwmbwrla Council Schools pre- vious to her illness for about 18 months, coming there from college, where she had a brilliant career. The onrfcegs left the house shortly after 9ae o'clock ior St. Barnabas Cnureh, Waunnrlwydd. The Rev. Watkin t)avies (St. Judes and the Rv. T. Michapl (St. Barnabas) officiated. Tn the first coach were Mr. Walter Hibbert (father), Mr. G. Dodtsou. Mr. G. Thomas, Mr. C. •Ilibbert; in the second. Mr. C. Evaii. Mr. Cf. Palmer, Mr. G. Murch, Mr. W. D. Owen, Mr. A. Harris; in the third, Mr. II. tiibhert. Mr. J. Jenkins, Mr. D. Hibbert Thomas. Mr. W. Bound; in the fourth, Mr. John Evans. Mr. F. Thomas, Mv H. Evans, Mr. H. Thomas. The arrangements were carried out by Messrs. D. C. Jone s and Son, Castle- square. There were many beautiful Boral tribute sent.

CARMARTHEN POLICE WITH COLOURS. A large number of the members of the t'armarthenohire Constabulary are serv- ing with tho colours, and a few a.re pre- J pent at the front. We are able to give the following listBombardier John Harrje. R.F.A. (at the front*); Gunner ArcM'? Hoa?s. R.l.A. (at the front); i Pro. Char les Ph11hps. R.W .F. 'at the front); Pto. Dudley Davies, 4th Bat- talion Welsh Regiment; Pte. D(L Keay, King's Shropshire Light Infantry; Trooper Ilavid Evans. Pembroke Im- perial Yeomanry; Gunner T. Rowlands, Welsh Border Brigade; pte. Wm. Evans, Royal Horse Guards; Gunner Edgar Tompkins. Roral Garrison Artillery; Gunner Dl. Basset t, Royal Garrison Ar- tillery; Gunner Samuel Summerhill, Royal Garrison Artillery; Gunner Vim Rees, Royal Garrison Artillery; Gunner Dd. Woodcock, R.F.A.; Pte. Edward Williams, Royal Engineers (Carmarthen section'; Pergt. John R. Drill in- structor at th depot of the T\ elsh Regiment at Cardiff: Corpl. Rhys Davies, Carmarthen Battalion; Corpl. Robert. Harries, Carmarthen Battalion; Trooper Thor.. Uennetl, i'eaibroke Imperial Ye< maurj;* I

THE I I EYE-WITNESS." I -O I AND BRITISH MARKSMANSHIP, j The following descriptive account which I has been by an Eye- witness present with the General Jlead- quarters, continues and supplements the I narrative published on January 18th, of the movements of the British Force and of tho French Armies in immediate touch with it. Jan. ID.-Some good combined artillery work, which was not mentioned in the last summary was carried out on our right. During the 15th, a heavy battery and a battery of held artillery, working in co-operation, first shelled some dug-outs of the enemy, which had been located. The occupants bolted from the dug-outs to the shelter of a house, but our heavy guns quickly ranged on this new veiuge, and when tho Germans i-etreated to some woods, tho field guns opened on them with shrapnel. Our Howitzers shelled a convoy, and destroyed some waggons, and a heavy battery obtained three direct hits on an observing station at Yiolaines. On Saturday, the 16th, ail action yas again confined to that of the artillery, but tho -enemy's bombardment was less vigorous than it had been on the previous days. and our guns maintained .1 marked superiority. On the left they made good practue against somo trenches and houses, an I n the left centre they found a good ta-uet in the shape of a battalion ma railing into a small wood. In tho neighbourhood of Neuwe Chapelle they obtained two direct hits on I transport wagons. A continuous artillery combat almost takes the form of a game in some parts j of the held So soon as German b;.tteries start shelling us our guns are mrected against certain places in the f'DE:my'iö: linos, the bombardment of which we know by experience will soon induce I-ini to I desist. Having obtained the .?.ngt! or I most of the hostile batteries, e can generally reduce them to silence, or, at any rate, render their fire comparatively harmless. On Saturday the weather continued dry! and windy, and consequently conditions. in the trenches somewhat improved. In spite of the wind which, at an elavation of 3,000 feet was blowing at nearly ninety miles an hour, successful flights were ac- complished by our aeroplanes. During Friday and Saturday the water level of the river Lys fell a foot. On Sunday the enemy's artillery firej wa3 again most violent, especially oppo- sito our left and centre. Our guns re- plied with good effect. On tho right; they cleared the German snipers off the' railway embankment west of La Basse. To the north' and north-west of Givercho they shelled a series of earthworks and redoubts, with the result that the para-: pets were blown iu in several places and the garrisons forced to retire under ridel fire from our infantry. On Monday, the 18th, the Commander- in-Chief held an inspection of a large! force of cavalry, including many Indian regiments. It was drawn up in line of hriade". each regiment in a column of squadrons, with artillery and transport. The scene had for its setting open rolling ¡ ground, thinly sprinkled with snow, and backed by dark woods. The forest of I lances seen against the wintry sky, the l long line of horsemen, many of them turbaned, and the KuHen looking guns, formed a most impressive picture. Thf Commander-in-Chief addressed 'a l few words to e?ch regiment as he P"ssed.! Both men and horses were in gplendid condition, and looked fit for anything. The British left was heavily shelled during the day, but with very little result. On the light our guns obtained a direct hit on one of the enemy's observation posts, and silenced a gun in the neigh- bourhood of the railway triangle." The enemy has made attempts to re- pair the dug-outs which were df-i stroyed by us on the 15th but., owing to our artillery fire, these efforts have been | unsuccessful. Our trench mortars have I also been most euecesfui in this quarter, and have obtained several direct hits 011 the German trencher. An example of the kind of- story being circulated in Germany a5 to our treat- I ment of our prisoners is an article in the evening edition of the H Frajikfurt?'* Zeitung dated December 13th, 1914. t-ii tliio, which purports to be an "omciar" report, is given a deposition made by ono volunteer, Erich Callios. It is to tho effect that he was capture. by an English outpost and kept tied :o a tree for some hours, that he was several times forced to ascend in an aeroplane in his shirt sleeves in order to point out the positions of the German troopf. name the units holding them, and drop bombs upon them. According to his statement he had to submit to many interruptions, and repeatedly struck on tha face if he did not answer. It is hardly necessary to state that the whole story is a pure fabrication. Apart from any other consideration, the absurdity of taking up in an aerop'ane a private soldier who had presumably never before I made an ascent, in order to ascertain the position of units of which he could have known nothing, is of itself sufficient refutation of the story. The publication of this farrago in a presumably reputable newspaper betrays astonishing credulity on the part of those reponsihle, or else I intense inalice and decira to trade on tho credulity of others. I In a sceptical v and materialistic age like the present, it is somewhat surpris- ing to find reliance being placed on cliarxrui. And yet not a few of our pris- oners are in possession of so-called pray- ers which are really written charms against death, wounds, disease, and every imaginable evil. One such document re- cently found on a prisoner begins thus: A powerful prayer whereby one is pro- tected and guarded against shot and sword, against visible and invisible foes as well as against all manner of evil; may God preserve me against all manner of arms and weapons, shot and cannon, long or short swords, knives or daggere, or carbine halberds, and anything that cuts cr points, against thrusts, rapier, long and short rifies. or guns and such- Lka which have been forged since tho birth of Christ, against all kinds of metal, be it iron or steel, brass or lead, ore or wood. r After further circumlocution the list goes on to include all kinds of evil reports, from a blow from behind, from witchcraft and well stealing (poisoning?). But, curiously enough, it oniitr, tho only mis- chance which actually befel tho owner, that of being made a prisoner of war. The document is of jnordinate length, and ends with some Cabalistic letters and numerals, and with an obscure reference to a blessing upon the Archangel Gabriel. Many of these amulets or charm? are prl1-1 bably of very ancient origin, and have been banded down among the German peasantry from generation to generation. 1 It is difficult for those who do not know something of the problem of main- taining an army in the field to realise what immense efforts and how great an amount of material are required to keep the roads in repair, especially under motor traffic., As has t)€€B already mentioned, one great difficulty of doing this in parts of France and Belgium in which we are operating lies in the fact that the paved portion of roads is in most cases so nar-i row that vehicles cannot pass each other without going off it, and that soft earth Ion each side of the pave is, in wet wea- ther. eoon churned up by the heavy lor- ries in use into a mass of mud, upwards of two feet in depth. It has been found tie-eessa ry, therefore, to improvise some method of increasing the width of hard. I surface of the roadway qn as to allow of traffic on each side of the uav?.

WAR-ECONOMY, Wheat Flour is the most essential article of diet, and in proportion to its nutritive qualities it probably works out cheaper than any other food at this t i me, J § is the most reliable Flour in  s  L. ? ,????'??p ??i? M regard to Quality, and the ??7?? ? most useful for home cookery ?? C^1555 and baking. ine w h eaten fl our .? ? combines superfine wheaten flour ?? ??? ??with the precise quantty of self-raising ?? ? ? ? • ??? ingredients. It can be used wherever ? ? '?.  7:3 plain flour is wanted, and it does not i\it ?' ?': ? require any addition of yeast or baking requi, any n i ion § powder. Certain results every time  C0:'t i.n tir: I- ,1,, ?? Of all Croccrs 2?.?. 'Ve?- ify "1?cd by n rw c

SOME OF THE SWANSEA "DEVONS." A group of Swansea men belonging to the Devonshire Regiment, including three members of the "Heratd" staff.

MUMBLES HEIRESS. I Action Against Mother for Deeds and I Statement. A mother and daughter dispute eltrie before Mr. Justice Astbury in the Chuucory Division Friday on a motion by the only daugulur of Mr. Ciiuon George Bennett, of Mumbles truing through her brändhhcr J" next friendt. for the attach- ment of lie.- mother as administratrix of her father's estate. The ground- oi the application wms that the defendant had failed to comply with the orders of the I court. Mr. Merihu'ul, for the plaintiff, said Mr. Bennett died intestato in and in June last the plaintiff obtained from the court ail order for administration, and her grandfather was appointed receiver. The administratrix was ordered to deliver all the title deeds in her hands to the re- Tlii,,t order had nQt been obPvèd. rn Oùtoher a fllrUHr order wa" mad e on the <lef'eridan;. ;o deliver a statement of accounts and as to what the estate con- sisted of. Neither had that order been jobeyed. The plaintiff not wishing to press the mother, this motion had stood over on four occasions in order that the defendant should have an opportunity of complying with the order?. She had now handed over the majority of the deeds, but somo of them could not be found. Mrs. Bennett had not, however, delivered the statement of accounts of the personal estates, which apparently she had got. rid of. Counsel added that he had agreed to give the de- fendant another chance, and an under- raking having been given to deliver tha statement of her accounts, lie tusked his lordship to allow the motion to s-tand over for three weeks. His Lordship absented.

Eight Belgian refugees arrived nt Car- marthen on Friday, thus making a total of 43 refugee* now accommodated in the town. Seventeen wounded s^ikiiere al«o arrived in the town on Friday from Cardiff. and. will be treated at the local hospital.

LOCAL PROMOTIONS. 6th Welsh Officers. The London Gaze-tie JJ eontaina the following: — War Office, January 22nd. Territorial Force.—Yeomanry. Welsh Horse.— Lieut. Gwilym T. Wil- liams to he captain (temporary); dated1 lith January. Koyal Engineers. Glamorgan (Fortress) Engineers, Works Coiupanics-The undermentioned second- lieutenants to be lieutenants (temporary): James Broadhead (1st January), Christian R. Corfield (2nd January). Territorial Infantry. 6th (Glamorgan) Battalion the "Welsh Regiment.—Major John E. Thomaa to b« lientenant-colûpe1. temporary (23rd Janu- ary). The undermentioned captain to be majors, temporary (23rd January): Saml. o. Clark; and to be adjutant, John M. Pollard. The undermentioned to be cap- tains, temporary (23rd January): Lieut. 1 Thomas H. Parry, Lieut. David H. Wil- liams, SAcond-Lillt.. Edward T. St-rick, i Second-Lieut. Francis Q. Grierson, Second-Lieut. John G. Jeffreys. The undermentioned to be lieutenants, tem- porary (4tli January): Gerald W. nichards. Reginald S. Hopgood, James G. Grundy, Robert C. Lindsay Brabazon, Ernest II. Clarry. Captain F. 1). Grierson was, until he joined the tith Welsh, chief sub-editor of the Leader." 7th Cyclist Battalion the Welsh Regi- ment.—S«rgt. Ernest Cecil Riches Macbadam to he second-lieutenant (23rd January). Carmarthen Lieutenant, Mr. G. ('. Gower, son of Mr. Y). C. Gower. John-street, Carmarthen, hfts been granted a commission [j"1 lieutenant in the 7th Batialion South Wales Borderers. Mr. Cower was educated at Cambridge, where W' a well-known Rusfbyite^he played for the 'Varsity team. He recently re- turned from South Africa, and irn-I mediately applied for a com minion.

I WHITE SCOURGE. j I GENEROUS GIFT TO WELSH I MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION. I A meeting of the Wel?h National Metno rial Council was held mi Friday afternoon in the Council Chamber, Guildhall. Swin- iea. Mr. D. S. Davies, Tepbr, was voted to lie chair. Votes of condolence were passed with the i relative's of Ala. Howell, of Skewen. :tnd vith Mrs. Lester Jones, Cirdiff, who has. ost her husband and mother.. j A vote of congratulation was pa«e<*d to j r, Dd. Davies. M.P., Llam!ii:am, on the; >i: th of a son and heir. In connection with the proposed increases iii salaries from the committees,, reference >■ :is made to the need for economy, and the .seommendation? were referred back. The General Director reported that ;be Association now owns 259 bed in their own y.uiitoria. and 85 in other institutions, inak- a total of 345. whieh. together with i-.w itospital bed- make a total of 74S. They might reasonaoiy look fcr the completion of all the instilutiotis in the district by the end of 1915. and if that expectation be real- r ised, the Association wiH then have 1,130 I beds. Sir Garrcd Thomae (>"«wpovt; wrcie- .;iTerin§f his freehold house a, Newport for a hospital for children requiring surffieal treatment. He ai-w desired to giv-c a car- nage for the conveyance oi the patients it 14) si^-Aed that, the house >vouid se-rre de a hospital for 26 ..0 30 children. The.; .suggested the asseoaiadon cf the lienor's najM with the ffifit. Aid. S. M. Jones tJion.) proposed a rote cf thanks to Sir uarrod Thomae for his r-W- liiticent aril;, wnich WUU.u be .i very srca-i • service to Nawport. He hoped this woulu j bo the mearm cf Ghowing- others who had ■vealth how they couid do likewise. Mr. 1. Jones (Denbigh) seconded. lir. 1>. Vv. Jonea (.Xeriiiji'/ tod Aid. Mof- tan Tutton supported. Hearty vote* of thanka were parsed to Sir Garrod Thomas and each of the o her donors of gifts. it vi. wj icik/i\ed to hold the next council at Shrewebury on April 23rd, 1915. In connection with the hospitals proposed, the rriit.- was ar.nouni^d of seven acres of lend it-ear Ponty pool-road S'at ion tor the erection of a hoepitai which wculd serve I Newport and Monmouthshire petiente. The Dwtrici Sanatorium Gomimttee recom- mended that, Mr. Hanbury'is name should be a.es:<ciated with ihe gift, Mr. Lynn Thomas, the ho'n. co-iiEukicg surgeon to the 6&oc;atiün. bad promised to present for the hospital a-t G-ia.ii Ely his new operating table. ilir*. C. H. Barley, if Newport, offered k6 planrai'aad "-COO buits. Six members of ihe medical staff had joined the military forces, five of the nurs- I ing "dr, five of the head office f.ta.tf, find two outdoor sanita-i-y surveyors. Assuming the population cf Wales to bo t^oand-a-half miJl;'>n«, one in c??'y 150 had hoen aB&mincd by thJLr tu.bercu!o?e oSic?r. and mere than 4,OOa had received .treatment. j

I SWANSEA TRAMWAYS. Interesting Board of Trade Returns, I The annual return of the Board of Trade giving stafistics of the ?79 tram- way undertakings of the United Kingdom is now published. It <how? that ia the year ended March last 3;46 millions pas- sengers wcre carried. The total reipt!" we-o £ 15»7S7,S77, Trcfrbiu? e?pcn?ps being £ 10,159,55(i. leaving the nett receipts £ 5.628,321. The total capital invested in the undertaking was £ 83,977,80S, and the percentage of nett receipts to this was 6.95. From the item given as nett receipts is paid, in the case of municipalities, interest, sinking fund, any contributions to depreciation and reserve fund, income tax, rent of leased lines, etc.. and divi- dend, etc., in the case of companies. The return enables an interesting com- parison to be made of the results for the I year ending March, 1914, of the local tramway and two neighbouring ones. j Passengers uarnea. Swansea Cardiff Newport Company Corp. Corp. Passengers carried 120S1323 e co e Receipts «96W 1G7933 tHCl £ 1: Working Expenses 377SP 99563 3H93 V. r- c, Nett Receipts 31P04 KS370 (50SS j £ c. Voted in Rcltpf of Rates %iM» NU t (in case of 21#617 aid! I M.unieipaliti) fromR&tes. There is also a return given of the: results of working the various trackless < tr?Upy? '=y?tpms rocGnhly an<hor?«l in I this cmntry, Eight municipalities are] actuaUv experimenting in this dirar- ion, and 13 others have powers not yet utilied. No companies have yet installed systems, but five have powers. There arn now open 21 miles of track and nearly two million passeujjrrs were carried in the year ended March last. Gr. ss receipts were -?!4..?), working epenses £ 11,711, Ileaying nett n cpipta of ?,7?, on a capital I expenditure of £ 54.208.

I AMMANFORD COLLIERY DISPUTE.I A way out has been found in the di&- putc at the Tirydail Colliery, Ainruun- t'«rd, and the men, numbering cloae on five hundred. returned to work to-day (Moiiday). finding a ettlement in the I various points in dii-put?. iThe trouble originally a rose oTpr an effort made hy the heul?rb to improve iiiic,ii- rahs. and the colliers had tr> down took H with them, itowever. latterly the upon the men Riving up the holding of; Mabon Day as a wechly licliday. Tliis wmjilicatcd the issue, with the re- sult that took were raised on Wednesday. At that time the possibility ox a (settle- ment. feemed remote. Happily, conse- quent upon a visit by the agent (Mr. ,T.. D. Morgan) a way out of the (iiffic-,iltv was found, and tl)e, men were induced to return to work while negotiations arc proceed ill,?. j The colliery has now Ixvn idle for three weeks, and the re-corr:tiencement today j proved, aDd served to allay ness #mong.t tradesmen and others in the town.

FFORESTFACH BURNING FATALITY' On Thursday evei liflff Dputy Coroner j Wilson held All inquiry into circum- staino" attending; tli« death cf Mift Mar- parol Jcrio:, aged 7, daushtpr of Mr. Ben- janiin Jcr.o^, jo-mer, 6, (imsiavim-road, G-Biidros. FforasJach, who expired at 6 p.m. on the 2ftth inst., in oous^quenoe of burns siisLcLined on the pr»vioo« day. Mrs, Mary Jorcoe, mo'her cf deceased, said her dws-ughter was not strong physicaily and had very cfien <-ufTer«d from epileptic fit, On tie day in question deceased helped her about the house, and having tone OUt to feich a can of water, witness stated that, upon returning lw- thau five rakiutee she found her daughter in Qamee and crying "Mother, mother." Witn-es^ strnightanav i ripped off her clothes, extinguished the | flames, and called in Dr. McEitchie, who happened to b& two doors ^wsy. 5i-c did 1 not think deceased bad had a fit, Dr. Peter said he foand: debased sitting by the fireside mlnzig her ouier garments. He examined her and dis- covered extensive burns of the nwk. 'he upper i &rt cf the b- dy and a;m«, thti^e on the ann-pite and Ct" k being severe. He 1 attributed death to shock caused by eT.teji- sive burns. I Too Coroner baring expressed eymps^hy vritili lie. family, a verdict in accords with jiie medi.ai evidence wae returned. j

I GAMBLING IN LIVES. JUDGE'S REBUKE AT SWANSEA COUNTY COURT. A casc, with unusual features came be- fore his Honour Judge Bryn Roberts, at j the Swansea County Court on Monday. Mrs. Margaret Abraham, ot Neath-road, FJasmarl, sued Mr™. Johnson, her next I door neigh tour, for ft 3s. 3d. Mr. D. Seline. who appeared for plaintiff, ex- plained that defendant- asked Mrs. Abra- ham to join her in an insurance upon the life ot a friend of her's, each to pR." 6d. per week, the: plaintiff agreed, and paid I the (id. to th" defendant. The policy was taken out with the ?nivcrs?l Insurance Company, and afterwards taken over by the Hoyai Liver Company, who reduced the premium to 9d. per week. Plaintiff < continued to pay her 4d.. hu since tbon the policy bad lapsed, and though de- I fendant had got some of the premiums refunded, the plaintiff could get nothing, i His Honour: How can you claimi' it 1 was an illegal transaction. | Mr. Seime: Not on the part of my Mi?. Seline: 21.o t oil the part () f nLy His Honour: A joint fradulent tran- sact-on. However, I rrill he-ar the evid- j eucf Mrs. Abraham, on oath, said she did not know defendant's friend, and at iirst refused to join in the insurance, but Mrs. Johnson later said. Cure on, you olve and t;.<r:. she (piMntiff) eon- stnted on the condition that she should I hold tho policy and defendant receive the premiums. When the transfer took place Mr?. Johnson declined to hand over the new policy or her premium book, rs she said sh a had other names upou the latter. His Honour (to Mr. Reline): Gambling. Mr. Seline: As far as the defendant is concerned it is purely a gambling trans- action, but my contention i* that the plaintiff is entitled to get her money back. His Honcur: 011, no, they both paid the money to the insurance society. It is the -,aiii- as a bet where the money ha been paid over. 1 Mr. Seline: Assuming the money he- came due on the poliev and was over. I should be entitled to claim m; share. His Honour: I dOllbt it very much. I 'do not think you could. Supposing ther' (are two thieve?, and n- get* off with the lot, the ofher could not bring an actio;* for haH the swag. Mr. Spl;iie he could not carry the ea<=e any further, but hoped thtf other side would be penalised in the matter of costs. [ Plaintiff: She i* still paying on thl polkr. TTis Honour: H is a camb'iog tranj- 'i??n; vou ?d ?n bn^'ues* to gamble in othe~ neop'e's ?vp'. Mr. ?. J. Hind ??T- defendart?: T •wxnld 1 to ?;«• the TrOiey has landed. 1fT; Honour- T don't tare whether it ha^ lapsed or not. Judgment for defendant, without costs.

NEW OFFICIAL WELCOMED AT SWANSEA. At. a largely ltleadcd dinner in the Ecy i. Hotel on Thursday crsuins, 00'. si.Bclair \ira,Ldiijar, the new B>rcu5:i ti-ical tinsineer. Mi. J. »T. B*rr wai-s intro- duced to his ataff, x:.eli10r of the Council, and contra-'torfl ur.d manufacturers with hom he is likely to do busmeas. The ehairiaan, propueu»g the t<&"t of the new electrical easi'teer, that, as far as possible, they ought to ftdopt the motto Bu-jiness as He wcl"i not eulonrise him, because he would hare --5 prove of rc*~uit' whether he WM worthy ol eulogy or not. With tas tizm d M. Ruit, lie had srea: hvthat they were froins to do eyer i>eti^r than in -.be paet. (App.) 11! suitably responding urged tho oo-operation the utaff in an endeavour to do Potter.. Mr. A T, l,'lIrneauJ:. proi>csi«is the Mayer and Corporation, (tmpatliieicti the progress made by Swansea during the ¡,a.¡¡ot. 10 yo-s,-a. SCr .David Davi-se! responded Mr. Culv.-iH proposed the toast of rhe Tfcitor*, whioh was responded to by Mi-. Hills. During the evening, solos were siveu by ita^srs. Solomon, J. Dnni. T. W. Roderick and A. Barry. Mr. Burr save an humour- ous recitation. l £ «9t:rs. S. Cooper and V. Charles :iccompt»-1ufwi on the piano. The Secretaries were G. HoM'SWorth and L. C. Yeans.

RHEUMATISM? RUB ACHiNG JOINTS! Rub the pain right out with small bottle 1 of old" St Jacob's Oil." Rheumatism i« "pain N»1 ofu-* caw in hfty retiiiirw internal tn"rno("it. Stop drugging". Rub soothing, penetrating St. Jacob's Oil" directly into paicfui, stiff joints and ruus''ies and ifliei comes instantly. St. Jacob's Oil is a harm- less cure for rheumatism whtck IIc.("r disappoints and cannot burn the skm. Do nut ?rumb? ar.d ?o on su?r'o?. De. a ?nmH Ivottle of St. Jacob's Oil from you: chemist, and in just the moment you use it you will be free from rheumatic pain, ttorenesf, stillness and swelling. St. Jacob's OU" hat; cured millions of sufferers lrom rheuraatism in the lat half century, and is iu-st as good for sciatica, neuralgia, lumbago, backache and sprsin^.

SWANSEA MOTOR FIRM. At Swanisea Oounry Court 02 Itoaday, 11:.1 Honour JuoÜg-e. Dryn Ko'>t^ h«%rd two laotion-s in tat, iaat er of Sutuwj Bros., autouiobilo <?nsine<=*o, Diilwyu^treesi, who hot adjudicated baiikrux)t» in iiay, 313. Tbs Oii'-ial Ea-oedver fietKT Eap. plied for an that Errft-, i^a-n,* Suttoa, I uw of the p«-rtc«a?. sbcuhi ael aild-e « per- 'j-u 01 hin towards tt..e. pa.ynvent of hiM partnership debts. The OiRcial lioc^iver said that the n-M liabilities we.-o eptimafced at £ 2,64C and the nil, but the Incofs subiH!(\e<i -,v-ere £ Usm 13,ec4tlme ot the withdrawul cf a proof by the debtor's father. The Official ReceiTer *aid debtor's _»eparate etaale only «Jtowed a deficiency of LIS, and if the order was made thfe> mould fco paid off and the baiinee appiied to Ü!.t" partnership dtbts. llr. Meaner ofleretl £:00, which would 1.e ahcuit a fehilrir,^ in -the 4; un the sotal dofet- I His Horxutr thousrht the. amount eaaali, a-ict suggested El a week for five years. tin the Official Receiver's applir.iticn h's Honour made an order for L-1 a week, and r-!iijO\:rn{.u the applicant for tiiMcbarge.

FORMER SWANSEA TRADESMAN. At the Swansea County Court, betorp; his Honour Judge Biyn Huberts, James Donogliiie, hawlccr. of Llantrisant, at:d formerly at Pontyglaedwr-strect. Swansea, applied for hiA discharge in bankruptcy. According to the report of The Official Receiver, the debtor was adjudicated bankrupt in January, 1904, and liabili- ties were E147 9s. Id. No dividend hadj been paid. It was slated that debtor had since failed in the vCarmarthen County Court, aud the Otftcial Receiver observed that if debtor wanted to purge himself of hts first bankruptcy he should make some offer to thA Court. Debtor, in the witness-box, said he was now assisting his wife in a furniture business at Uanelly Replying to his Honour, debtor Faid the deiiciency under rhe second bank- ruptey was £166, and the same creditors wer« involved The application, which was supported by Mr. W. ])a-ieo kl,lanelly) ai re-J fused J

I £ 8,000 DAMAGE^ Indian Civii Service Official Granted a iJivorcc. In the Dirorce- Court on Monday. Mr. Edwin tjoott pe;it:one-l for the dissolution t on ti-te ground of th? &da!<pry ft his wife, Mary Mcrcndes 'CII!Ilpion with her cousin, Mr. ? Gi'h?rt Conrad I?ngstaff. Coullsl "tatd tbH: the marriage, which was one o: affection, v"> ik place in 1903. The petitioner held a t,:b) l'oition in the Indian Civil Service, and soon after his marriage; was receiving « £ 2,QOO a year, fhe parties went out to India, and there the only child, a giri, wbom in 1901. In March. 1910. respondent, with the child, returned to Entjlnnd. Affectionate letters parsed between husband and wife, but on Augupt 24th. 1911, the petitioner received T.bc t'cl!owi:i» letter, which gave I ?e?'PT, Which 0 him a tremendous shock. Dear Edwin,—I am afrnid the follow- ing will come as n gree.t shock to vo,t. I am sorry to have to cau.se you any pain, but we have nercr understood eaeb. other or yot alonjr together. I have left St. Margaret's, and am now whh Gilbert (co-repp^ndent*. We idil for Cansda next week. I am taking the child with me. White I want her very much, I quitE' realise I can be compelled to give her iip. itnd if you insist upon that course yon will not need to use compnlcion. for I will give her up to you. I want you to know thai I realise I can never go back to the old life. Counsel explained that I I) P eo-rc- pondent was the respondent's aud the petitioner and his wife had stayed at Wimbledon at thp iio;,<- cf th" co-rp" pondent's father, a wealthy, welljkaow gentleman. Upon receipt of the letter the petitioner cabled to hi." in Canada aditing hev to return, and received the reply:— Absolutely useless.— Mercedes. Petitioner throw uj- his post, retiring' on a pension of n year. He tw: went to Canada and Iwggcd the respondent to return, but she reined. He vent to Canada a third time only to find I)is wifo i had returned to England. Respondent wrote her husband assuring lrim she did not intend to return and live witii him. and stating: — If you think fit to take divorce pro- ceedings I shall welcome dissolution of the tic between you and me, which in reality has ceased to exist. I am willing to 1aJ down for the ehild"^ IxuteSt til" money due to me under the marriage pettlenient. Afterwards the petitioner found hie iviii, hud lived with vhc co-respondent at Nicholas Hayne, Devon. and Fowey. Corn- wull. At the latter place respondent gave birth to u child. The eo-rerp,,ndert prosecuted for having registered the mother's name as Mrs. Longstaff. The trial took place at Bodmin, and the co- respondent was acojiitted. Petitioner, giving evidence, raid the eo- ;I-.ondeiit was 30 years of age-, two years younger than respondent. Aftei other cridenee the jury found that, the respondent and co-respondent had committed adaltery, and they assessed daaiages at £ 8,360. His Lordship grarted a decree nisi with cost?, and extended time for payment (.f the damasret* into court from a fortnight to two months, as the co-respondent is al pr-eeent on a warship in the North tat.

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LOCAL WEDDING AND TH€ CARRIAGE BILL. An echo of a wedding at the Swansea Synagogue in lnO was heard at tho Swan- sea County Court on Monday, when Mr. L. Hyman, 24, Orang»-st.reei, was sued by Messrs. D. and T. Bullin, cab proprie- tors, Swansea, for 18s., the cost. 01 the hire of three carriages. The order for the vehicles was received over the telephone. Defendant denied liabilitv. Mr. D. Seline (representing plaintiffla)i Do you mean to say there was no mar- riage e:1 this occasion? Defendant: If you call a step-daughter a daughter ——— His Honour (interrupting): Were you at the wedding? Defendant: Yes. I hold a peculiar posi- tion at the synagogue which necessitated my appearance tliere. He explained that it was his step. daughter'* wedding. Judgment for plaintiff.

The employe6 of the Elba Steeq Worklllo Gowcrton, contributed over £53 to the gwart4mm Hospital last year, and therefore become enticed to a president, and three sovernora on t'.1e governing body cf the Jloepital At a meeting of the w>rkraen the following were appointed President, Mr. P. D. Atkins: governors, Mess. %Ad WiliMuu £ vau.