Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder

ANOTHERTRAiN SMASH. I A alarming railway accident occurred on Monday night at Pollokshaws, a Glasgow, suburb. A train, which had finished shunting, was waiving outside the station for the signal to draw up to the platform when a train from St. Enoch's Station for KiK ■ marnock came up behind it and smashed into the guard's van. hurling the wreck- age high into the air and burying itself halfway underneath the wrecked coach. The adjoining carriage of the stationary train was also smashed, but fortunately the remainder of the train and the whole of the colliding train kept the metals. The latter was crowded with excursion- ists returning to Barrhead, a small town outside Glasgow. There were many women and children among them, but ex- cept for a severe shaking and minor bruises most escaped serious hurt. "Unfortunately one man was killed. This was Robert Kankin, a bank clerk, of Clarkftori. Four passengers were re- moved to the Infirmary, and twenty other injured persons, after receiving first aid in the waiting room of Pollokshaws Sta- tion, were conveyed to their homes. The uninjured passengers continued their journey in a relief train.

COUNCIL ECONOMIES. I Suggested Reduction of Staffs in Swansea. At a meeting of the Swansea Parliamen-I tary Committee on Tuesday, the Chair- man (Mr. David Matthews) remarked that it was imported to him that owing to stoppages of work in consequence of the war the clerk of works in the architect's department had had nothing to do for the last few weeks. Ald. Davies thought the head of every department should be called upon to show what men he could dispense with. He thought it a reproach that so few of the Corporation officials had joined the forces and so many of their workmen had. Their departments were full of eligible men. The Chairman suggested that each head of department report on his staff for a meeting of the committee to he held im- mediately the report was available, at which the chairmen of committees should be invited to attend. Mr. L. Morgan thought some of the staffs were working on schemes that, under the altered circumstances, were dead letters. If these schemes were obsolete work on them should be stopped. Eventually it was decided, on the motion of Ald. Corker, that the head of each department report on the work being done by every man in his department and the schemes in hand and in prepara- tion. In the case of men they knew they could dispense with, they were to give notice, after consultation with the chair- men of committees and the Town Clerk.

ARE YOU ENViOUS? I Envious of what? Why the men and women who are so cheerfully tackling the difficulties of these troublous times. They never worked harder or longer: yet the stock of their vitality doesn't give out. Yoa think of your pains after eating. Your lack of relish for even the moet appetising food. Your headaches: depres- sion. The dizziness that at times seems to overwhelm you. The contrast is simply explained. It is a matter of digestion. You are weak and ailing, probably because you have not a sound stomach; an active liver; regularly- working bowels. If you would cbangethi-s state, try Mother Seigel's Syrup—the remedy which tones up the whole digestive system. When that has been accomplished, you will re- gain vitality. Your feeble body will gain new strength: your worn out nerves be built up, because your blood is once mor^ enriched by thoroughly digested food.

For aiding a German cook in the Glas- gow barque Kilmeny to register as a Bel- gian, the captain and steward were fined ilO and t5 respectively at Belfast on Tuesday. The Berliner Tageblatt" corrects the re- port of iLegfried Wagner's engagement. it says that the name of the bride i6 noL Shil- lingworth but Klindwcrth. and that she is .a daughter cf the musician Karl Klind- wor|>, v bo #,a& a. friend at fticfeard Wa ter.

THE PlftJK FOKSVSS. j WHAT WILL FOLLOW I REGISTRATION. At a meeting of the Parliamentary Com- mittee of the Swansea Town Council on Tuesday afternoon, Mr. D. Mat thews (chairman.) presided. The Town Clerk (Mr. H. Lang Coath) reported that the first stage in connection with national registration work in Swan- sea had been completed-he thought very satisfactory—and he should think Swan- sea was one of the first towns in Eng- land to get its delivery done. The enumerators had worked very diligently and at long hours. The second stage, which was just starting, would be more difficult, but he thougut they would get on quite satisfactorily. He had sent out circulars to most of the people who had expressed willingness to assist, and already had a list of voluntary workers for the coding of these forms. He proposed to divide up this coding into different districts and have a supervisor for each district. There would be ten supervisors and a large number of persons on the actual coding. This work was diffi- cult at the start and would have to be completed by September 4th, as far as males were concerned. The tirst course was to check the returns of the enumerators. For the time this work was being do.ne by Messrs. Turner, T. L. Jenkins, and Crocker, but it would become a big matter in a iew days' time. Some 80,000 forms would have to be carefully examined and forms of people from other towns transferred, and vice- versa. The occupation of each person had to be classified; for males there would he 46 classifications, and females 30. Ulti- mately they would have a concise register of each person in the borough to go up to the Registrar-General. Then there would be tlie pink formi for men between 18 and 41. These would have to ho in detail. Mr. Protheroe: They are the fighting men. Col. Sinclair: No doubt they will go to the military authorities. The Town Clerk explained that the only instruction they had as to thes was that they had to enter all these men on pink forms. "Eventually. h-> supposed, they would have to transfer those forms to the military authorities The Town Clerk added that he was go- ing to manage without a permanent staff —an absolutely von ntary staff-far some time, and would do so until he again called the committee. He thought the work would be done ;*s cheaply as possible. There had up to the present been no ques- tion of pay at all. Of course, the regi-ter would have to be maintained, and this might involve expenditure They had ex- pended a considerable sum in additional printing and postage—at the expense of the Corporation up to now, but the Gov- ernment would make an allowance. The Chairman remarked that every- body had worked admirably, and Alder- man Davies thought the enumerators might be sent an apprpciatory card. On the motion of Alderman Corker, it was decided to approve the Town Clerk's report, and express appreciation of the way in which everybody had worked up to the present.

GOWER LANDOWNER "NAMED" I FOR MINE-SWEEPING WORK. Captain Heneage, who is mentioned in Vice-Admiral de Roeheck's dispatch for his services in connection with mine- sweeping inside the Dardanelles, is a nephew of the late Lord Swansea and also of the late Mr. W. Graham Vivian, I of Clyne Castle, Swansea, who were brothers of Captain Heneage's mother. Up to a few years ago Captain Heneage was. away on service in the Navy, and was very little known in the Swansea district, but on the death of Mr. Graham Vivian he inherited his estate in Gower- Pare le Breos-where he then came to reside. During his residence there he, Photo by] [Chapman. I Captain Heneage. became very popular in local political circles, and was elected chairman of the Swansea Conservative Association. He made several public appearances, and was exceedingly happy in his speeches. On tin' outbreak of war he went out to the. Dardanelles in command of H.M.S. Albion, and his ship took part in the original attempt to force the passage of the straits and also in subsequent opera- tions connected with the landing of troops in the Gallipoli Peninsula. About two or three months ago. accordifig to the best information obtainable locally, he was appointed to command the whole of tho mine-sweeping operations in the Dar- danelles. Captain G. P. W. Hope. Captain George P. W. Hope, of the Queen Elizabeth. who acted as Vice- Admiral de Roheck's flag captain, and is mentioned for his gift of organisation, is a Cardiganshire gentleman, being a grandson of the late Captain Jordan, of Pigeonsford, Llangranog.

PENCLAWDD CHILD'S SCALDV I Mr. C. J. C. Wilson, deputy county coroner, held an inquiry at Penclawdd Police Station on Tuesday into the cir- cunlJitanees surrounding the death of David Burwyn Francis, aged 5, of Benson- terrace, Penclawdd, who, as already re- ported, died on Saturday after having met with an accident on Friday night. Mrs. M. Francis (mother), said that, having partially undressed David for him to go to bed, she took a pan of boiling water off the hre, and was taking the pan from one room to another when the little boy ran against her. The water was upset on the boy's face and body. Witness im- mediately undressed him and smeared him with flour. He died the following evening. Dr. David Jones Hughes, M.B., of Pen- clawdd, deposed to being called to Benson- terrace at 6.30 p.m. on Saturday. On arrival there he found deceased nude, smeared with flour, and seated on a chair. The poor little fellow was severely burnt right round the neck, and the front and back of the chest, also on the front of the abdomen. Eventually lie died from a convulsive fit, which was due to shock. The jury returned a verdict of Death from shock, following scalds accidentally received."

I Professor W. Morgan, of Bristol Univer- sity. has been temporarily liberated from I his duties in order to take up an important appointment in connection with the prD- I action of wunitMiM.

—— ■ TROOPSHIP SUMK. FEARED LOSS OF 1000 LIVES. The Secretary of the Adbniralty issues the following- sta:tement:- The British transport, the Royal Edward, was sunk by an enemy sub- marine in the iEgean last Saturday morning. According to the information at present Tne nl-fated troopsnip Royal Edward. No further stateinent has been issued by the British authorities relative to the sinking of the transport Royal Edward. In the German wireless account, however, it is announced that a hospital ship res- cued a small number of mesa. The crew of the Royal Edward signed articles at Avoninouth, and the majority of them are Bristol men. A 6mall num- j ber came from Cardiff. There were pathetic scenes on Tuesday at the office of the Royal Line in Bristol. Wives and relatives of members of the crew thronged to the building, and when told that no further news was available they turned reluctantly away. Captain Wofcton will be remembered as the officer who took an iceberg stem on, and thus saved his ship from ?,estruction. The Royal Edward whs in mid-Atlantic? travelling at a reduced speed, when an iceberg was suddenly reported. There was no chance of evading it, and Captain Wotton promptly swung the ship hard over. The Royal Edward escaped with comparatively little damage, and was able to make Avonmouth saSely. For more than a year British troop- ships have carried vast armies across the seas from this country. Canada, India, Australia, and New ZieaLand; yet the Royal Edward is the first transport to be lost. The record is an astonishing one, and this single success on the part of the available, the transport had on board 32 military officers and 1,350 troops, in addition to the ship's crew of 220 officers and men. The troops consisted mainly of reinforce- ments for the 29th Division and details of the R.A.M.C; About 600 have been saved. enemy only serves to emphasise the utter failure of the German navy and the mag- nificent work of our own Fleet. Only two previous attacks on transports have been notified. The first was on April 11, when the Wayfarer was torpedoed by a submarine in the southern part of the Irish Sea. The vessel did not sink, and only five lives were .lost. The second occurred in the Egean on April 17. A Turkish torpedo-boat tried I to sink the Manitou, but all the torpedoes fired missed their mark. Owing to a tiavit I breaking while a boat was being lowered I fifty-one lives were lost. The presence of German submarines in the Ægean and at Constantinople has been known since April. According to recent messages from Athens they number seven, and some are said to have been sent overland in sections to Constanti- nople and to Pola, the Austrian port on the Adriatic. In May the British Legation at Athens offered a reward of S500 for information leading to the destruction of German sub- marines. The USl was recently reporter) to have been damaged in the Black Sea. It is significant that, although these submarines have been in Eastern waters for five months, it is three months since they did any damage. The Goliath was torpedoed and sunk on May 12. the Triumph on May 21, and the Majestic on May 27.

SIX VESSELS SUNK. I Lloyd's issue the following reports:— The British steainer Princess Caroline has been sunk. Fifteen of the crew have been landed, four being lost. [The Princess Caroline was a steel- screw steamer of 888 tons, built in 1910, and owned by M. Lang lands and Sons, ot Glasgow.] The steamer Cairo, of Glasgow, has been sunk, and the crew have been saved. The smack Amethyst has also been sunk. The crew were saved. [The Cairo was an iron-screw steamer of 1,671 tons, built in 1882, and owned by the Glasgow Navigation Company.] Damaged in Collision. I The Norwegian steamer Prima, while at anchor in Havre Roads on August 12, was in collision with another xessel, and re- ceived damage. The Sunderland trawler Gloria has been sunk and the crew landed. The smack White City has been sunk I and the crew landed. Sunk by a Mine. I Christiania, Saturday.—At the Maritime Court of Inquiry into the circumstances attending kLe loss of the Maricopa, the expertCommodore-Captain Biunsgaarde and Captain Sottvaldt, gave their opinion on the question whether the ship was tor- pedoed or whether the explosion occurred owing to a mine. They agreed that the explosion was due to a mine, the fragments of metal from a mine having been found in the ship. They also agreed that the mine, in all likelihood, was English Dutch experts had already come to the same conclusion. -Reuter. The Maricopa, while bound from New- port News for Amsterdam with 9,000 tons of oil in the early part of May, sustained serious damage off the Dogger Bank. It was thought at first that a tcrpedo had been fired at her from a submarine. Neutral Steamers Sunk. I Christiania, Monday. The steamer Albes, of Christiania, has been sunk. The crew were saved. The Swedish steamer Sverige has been beached, parted amidships. She is a total wreck.

EXTRAORDINARY RECRUITING BY GERMANS. Remarkable details of a German attempt to induce Irish prisoners to form an Irish Brigade for service against Great Britain are supplied by a French doctor who has just returned after over six months' internment. Of the 2,000 Irishmen, says the doctor, only a few were deluded by the amazing proposals and promises made in the pro- clamation, and their efforts at recruiting proved unsuccessful. The doctor was taken prisoner in the fighting around Soissons on January 12, and sent to a prison camp at Limburg, where he found 2:000 Irish soldiers, and a number of French Africans.

BIRCH AT LLWYNHENDY. I At the Llanelly Juvenile Court on Tues- day three Lhvynhendy boys. named Clif- ford Protheroe (9), Trefor Evans (12), and Stanley Evans (8), were charged with breaking and entering a grocer's shop and stealing £1 16s. belonging to Annie Thomas. Mr. D. Jennings was for the prosecution, Mr. Leslie Williams for the defendants Evans, who pleaded guilty, and Mr. T. R. Ludford defended Protheroe, who pleaded not guilty. Mr. Jennings said that on Sunday night, July 4th, Mrs. Thomas, who kept a small grocery business at Bristol House, Lhvynhendy, went to chapel, securely locking the house before leaving. When she returned she noticed the kitchen window open, and after a. search she dis- covered that a cash box containing 21 16s. had been opened and the money had been taken away. The Bench ordered the two older de- fendants, Trefor Evans and Protheroe, to receive four strokes with the birch, while Stanley Evans, in consequence of his age, was dealt with as a first offender. Mr. Ludford asked the Bench to re- consider their decision as far as Protheroe —who wa.s only a year older than Staniey Evans—was concerned. You seem to be going back to the old days of birching," remarked Mr. Lud- ford, and order a child of nine years to be birched. I have not heard of such a thing." The Presiding Magistrate (Mr. W. Y. Nevill): We have considered the matter, and that is our decision. As far as I am concerned, I will abide by it. Mr. Ludford: I hope there will be more justice in other courts for children of nine years who have been led astray.

PONTARDAWE TOMMY'S LAMENT. Mr. David Lewis, Oakfield-road Pon- tardawe, has received a letter from Pte. W. J. Tucker, late of Pontardawe, who is now with the 1st Batt. South Wales Borderers in the trenches in Flanders, returning thanks for cigarettes sent to him. The 'letter proceeds: We have been in the trenches for 16 days. The place we are fighting in at present has been taken six times by the Germans, but now we have got it again. We are only 300 yards from the German lines, but in some places it is 1,000 yards, so you can see that the French artillery are keeping them well back with their '75 shells. The Germans throw their hand bombs from morning till night, and we are now doing the same. Mr. Frank Gilbert- son sent me a gift the other day. Some of our boys get fags very often, but Ponty people seen slow to our soldiers at the front. When we get cigarettes and tobacco we share wih the others. There- are about a dozen Ponty boys here alto- gether." [The Press Bureau takes no responsibility I for the accuracy of the above.] The Prince of Whales left Windsor Castle on Tuesday morning, says the Court Circular.

GALLANT LLANSAMLET OFFICER'S DEATH. Lieutenant R. W. N arracott and His Wife. I Lieutenant Narracott, of the Royal Engineers, whose death in action has been -L jigineei?s, w h ose death in action has bl-*T reported, was formerly employed at the British Metal Extraction Company's works, Llansamlet. He was a splendidly built mah, standing over six feet in height, and the Alai British officer. If he had lived, he would have received his captaincy.

I CHOSEN TO FACE DEATH I ENVER PASHA AND BRITISHERS AT THE DARDANELLES. It will be remembered that during the first attack by the Fleet on the Darda- nelles the Turks conceived the idea of sending all British and French nationals in Constantinople to the zone of battle so that they should be under the fire of naval guns. The American Ambassador made the strongest protest, and suc- ceeded first in getting the number of victims down to 50, and finally in getting the 50 recalled. The Exchange Telegraph Company's New York correspondent, telegraphing yesterday, sends a full story of the in- cident which the United Press has re- ceived from its special correspondent, Mr. Henry Wood. Mr. Wood gives the follow- ing account of the Ambassador's inter- view with Enver Pasha :— Mr. Morgenthau held the floor for an hour, at the end of which time Enver admitted that it had been a mistake to order the civilians to the battle front. But," continued Lù Minister, the order has already been given. To with- draw it would be to weaken my discipline. I must at least send the people down and maiis a demonstration." "But for a demonstration," protested Mr. Morgenthau, it is not necessary to send them all down. Let's agree on a minimum number. Sav 25. for instance." Enver laughed. Now you are trying to bargain with me," he insisted. But we'll make it 25 of each kind; 25 English and 25 French." And I am to have the selection." added Mr. Morgenthau. Now tee here," was Enver's quick reply. You've been giving me advice; let me give you some. Don't you pick them out, but leave that to me, or you'll make more enemies than you ever had before in your life." Not at all," replied the Ambassador. Instead I will agree with you to send only the youngest. They would make the best soldiers if they were allowed to return to their own countries." This was agreed upon, and Bedri Bey, the famous Constantinople Chief of Police, was sent for. At once a protest went up from him. I don't want to send a lot of boys down there. I want to send down notables. You've tricked me," he declared, turning to the Ambassador. You've tricked me time after time iij the past," replied the latter, and I've never protested. Now I'm just getting even a little. I'm not going to ask you for any exceptions to those who must go down, and you must not ask me for any." The Ambassador attended personally to the going aboard the next morning of the 24 French and 26 English who lad been finally selected. For all they knew, the original orders to expose them to the fire of the Fleet were to be carried out to the letter, and the farewell of their friends and relatives at the Golden Horn pier was one of the most affecting scenes ever enacted at Constantinople. After an exciting experience, during which the prisoners were kept several days in Gallipoli, the order came for their return and release.

DEATH OF WELL KNOWN SWANSEA PRINTER. The numerous friends and acquaint- ances of Mr. Arthur Cooper Wright will learn with regret of his demise. Deceased, who was born at Leamington in 1849, came to Swansea as the local representa- tive of the Western Mail" under the late Mr. J. C. Manning (" Carl Mor- ganwg ") in July, 1S72. After being eleven years with the Mail," Mr. Wright joined the Arm of Vaughan and Wright, printers. He was the founder of the South Wales Critic," Swansea Shipping Register," and Wright's Almanack," a popular and largely circulated publication. Twenty-six years ago he joined the staff of the Cambrian," then edited by the late Mr. Samuel Gamwell, and twelve months later he filled the position of ad- Mr. A. C. Wright, I vertisement canvasfcer of the Cambria Daily leader." He some years ago started a printing business on his own account at St. Helen's-avenue, which he conducted up to four years ago, when, on the death of his youngest son, the business was dis- posed of. Eight years ago Mr. Wright received a paralytic stroke, and he had been obliged to keep to his bed ever since. He passed peacefully away on Thursday evening, the loss of a daughter three weeks ago undoubtedly hastening his end. He leaves a widow and daugh- ter and two sons, the latter being Cap- tain Frank Wright (Swansea pilot), and Mr. Alhert Wright (printer). Mr. Wright was of a genial and amiable disposition, a fair vocalist, and was for upwards of 25 years a valued member of St. Mary's Parish Church Choir. Very calm and peaceful was St. Mary's Church on Tuesday afternoon, while the service for the burial of the dead was read, and the hymns, Hark. hark, my soul, it is the Lord," and Hark, hark, my soul, angelic songs are swelling," were beautifully sung over an unpolished oak coffin, on which had been laid a cross of white flowers, and which contained the mortal remains of Mr. A. C. Wright. Shortly after 2.30 p.m.. the cortege had left 13, St. Helena-avenue, on its way to Danygraig Cemetery. The chief mourners were as follow:—Mrs. Wright (widow), Mrs. White (daughter). Capt. Frank Cooper Wright and Albert Wright (sons), Mr. T. Wright, Wednesbury (brother), Messrs. J. T. Hellings (son-in-law), and W. Hellings (grandson); Mr. Tew (brother-in-law), Messrs. Evan Letfis, H. Cave"W. Atkins, Lewis, Salter, H, Beard, Field, O. Gregory, F. Bedford, D. J. Owen, D. Morris, and Capt. W. J. Evans. They were met at St. Mary's Church door by the Revs. J. M. Perry, M.A., and 1 G. Gartside Tippinge, M.A., curates of 1 St. Mary's; Messrs. T. P. Wood and G. P. 1 lies (church wardens) ;Mes,srs. E. R. Serle and Grainger Jones (church officials)., and Mr. George Jones, the Parish Clerk. As the procession moved up the central aisle, Mr. C. St. Ervan Johns, A.R.C.O., played "Oh Rest in the Lord (Mendels- solin), on the electric organ, and, at the conclusion of this part of the service, as the body was being removed from the 1 church, Chopin's Funeral March. The funeral service at the graveside was led by the Rev. J. M. Perry, M.A.

Lancashire cotton manufacturers at 1 Manchester on Tuesday refused their 1 weavers' application for a 5 per cent. in- i Crea6e of wages during the war. ]

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PENCLAWDO HEROES HONOURED. < Upon the return from the front, during the week-end, of two of its heroes, Warrant Officer James Guy, Royal Monmouth En- gineers, and Private Arthur Austin, 2nd Welsh, the colliery workmen of Penclawdd hurriedly arranged a presentation meeting, and on Tuesday evening the villagers gathered in strong force at the Church Hall in honour and appreciation of their gallant services. Warrant Officer James Guy is an admirable specimen of physical develop- ment. and is an old campaigner, having served throughout the South African War. He left England for France in October, and took an active part in the fighting around Hill 60. Private Arthur Austin departed with the Expeditionary Force eafrly in August last, and returned home for the firtit time on Friday. He was through Mons, and was with Captain Haggard when he fell. The enthusiastic meeting was presided over by the Rev. W. J. Thomtaa (Bridgend), who presented each of the heroes with a cheque for a few pounds. The programme was contributed to by Meters. W. G. Jenkins, Ivor Brenton, H. Lewis, jI. Jenkins, Rev. D. G. Jenkins, and Miss E. A. Bees. Addresses were delivered by the Revs. D. R. Enoch, D. G. Jenkins (Naiitymoel), R. G. Davies, Dr. Hughes, and Mr. G E. Gordon. At the close, a resolution, moved by Mr. W. H. Davies, -ind seconded by Mr. G. E. Gordon, was adopted, that a presentation committee be formed, and weekly contribu- tions made, with the object of handing a similar gift to other soldiers returning from the fron:, and to assist dependents of soldiers. The National Anthem concluded in in. spiring meeting.

A MUSICAL POLICE COURT. I Much has been written by humorists— alleged and otherwise—about that para- doxical phrase, discordant harmony." Few, however, have had the horrible nerve-wracking experience of listening to a full throat chorus, or medley, such as the august assembly at the Swansea Police Court were treated to on Wednes- day. Seven babies, who could not pos- sibly have had anything wrong with their lungs, indulged at spasmodic intervals in lung exercise, and, as the poet would put it, would burst forth into song. Some clever flank movements by a miniature platoon of police officers were effective in having the impromptu choir removed to more congenial surroundings —at least congenial from the point of view of the court. And as Mrs. Jones was explaining to an intensely interested court something that happened somewhere in Sandfields there would be wafted in on the breeze the sweet sound of children's voices singing as we all did once. But was it really singing ?

FEWER BIRTHS IN BRITAIN. I Official ifgures published on Tuesday in the quarterly return of the Registrar- General explode the great war babies myth. The birth-rate for the quarter is the lowest recorded in any corresponding period since the establishment of civil registration. It corresponds to a rate of 22.9 annually pe" 1,000 of the population. is 3.3 per 1,000 below the mean birth-rate in the ten preceding second quarters, and 1.4 per-1,000 below that for the second quarter of 1914. Of the 213.094 births, 9,644 were illegiti- mate. In the corresponding quarter of 1911 the number was 9,997. There was a decline in the figures for London, Surrey, Hampshire. Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lanca- shire, all the ridings of Yorkshire, Dur- ham. Northumberland, and Glamorgan- shire. There were slight increases only in Middlesex, Kent, and Sussex.

NOT A TRAVELLER. I I, At Swansea Police Court on Wednes- day, Thomas Henry Jones, stated to be a retired chemist, of Carmarthen, was sum- moned for falsely representing himself to be a bona fide traveller at the Antelope Hotel, Mumbles, on August 1st. P.S. Williams told the Bench he saw defendant entering the Antelope HoteL A little later, witness followed, and saw Jones in the act of drinking a botfTe of stout. Witness questioned him, and in reply he said that he had stayed at Swan- sea the previous night. After further questioning, he, however, admitted having spent the night at the Tarlfon Hotel, Mumbles. The Chairman (Mr. A. H. Thomas) said defendant should have known better than to jeopardise the license of a house. A fine of 40s. was imposed.

WELSH M.P.'S COUSIN KILLED. I Official news has been received that Captain Edward Lloyd Jones, 7th Royal Welsh Fusiliers, was killed in action at the Dardanelles on the 10th inst. He was the son of the late Rev. Lloyd Jones and Mrs. Jones, Bronhaul, Llandinam, Mont., and a cousin of Colonel David Davies, M.P<. Immediately on the outbreak of ivar lie volunteered for active service, and Ilad oni v arrived at the Dardanelles a Few days before being killed. Captain Jones had only one more examination to pass iu order to become a barrister.

The German military authorities have issued an order that every healthy horse in the country "belongs" to the army. [n the Rhino towns so many horses have eel1 requisitioned that they have partly :)een replaced hy mules and asses, while ill the fields oxen are being employed for ploughing.

MILK BELOW THE STANDARD. At the Swansea Police Court on Wed- nesday John Hughes was summoned for selling milk alleged to contain 8 per cent. of added water. Mr. Edward Harm defended. An inspector under the Food and Drugs Act said that on the 19th ult. he pur- chased a pint of milk from a relative r-i defendant. At this juncture it was stated that there was another summons against defendani for a similar offence on the same day. Ir this instance the milk was said to have been 20 per cent. deficient in butter fat, and to have contained 2 per cent. of added water. Mr. Edward Harris, whilst admitting that legally he was responsible, pointed out that defendant had nothing whatever to do with the milk. The farm was a small one, anl the land was very poor from the dairy point of view. Defendant on oath said that of the seven cows he owned five were good for milking purposes. He had been in the business for 16 years, and the quality of his milk had never been questioned. All the milk fha;t came from the cows was add, and he made no butter. Miss Ann Hughes corroborated, and said that she had sole charge of the cows, and always personally attended to the work. Wm. Hughes, nephew of defendant, also gave evidence. A fine of 40s. was imposed in the first case, and 20s. in the second case.

THE ABSENT-MINDED COOK AND HIS PUNISHMENT. (Passed by Censor.) Machine Uunner W. Haydn Keeg, tile popular Swansea Valley pianist, only son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Rees, of the Cloth Hall, Clydach, has made a splen- did recovery from his recent illness, and is now fit again for service. In a letter to a Clydaeh friend ha writes from Fr&nce: All present, I am one of the stay-at-home' soldiers, but am fit again, and shall probably go across for another target. It is practically twelve months since I left Clydach. in company with 60 Pontardulais boys. OltlJ twelve of us now remain, some having been wounded, others disabled, and tW remainder killed. The writer touches upon the lights side of the war. I am now qualified in spud-cleaning, washing and scrubbing tables, washing my own clothes and: putting the necessary patches to same," lie says. I had a fine job here. I wag what they call an orderly man-I looked after the grub of about twenty othem But one day I went out and happened to meet some of my old trench pals, and, thanks to the great excitement of such « happy moment, I forgot all about dinner for the poor chaps who had 'been doing some work! Consequently, I was proved to be incompetent for that kind of work. I am now employed as pianist of the can- teen—a job that suits me AI."

EVERYWHERE EMPTY SHOPS. < The Deutsche Tageszeitung contain* a remarkable paragraph about the empty shops of Berlin. As this journal has con- sistently painted the economic condition of Germany, and especially of Berlin, in a bright, rosy tint, it is manifest that what it now says is not written with the object of depressing the spirits of its readers, and that the situation is actually described. We are told that the number of empty shops in Berlin and its periphery in. creases from day to day. Even in the very centre of the business quarter, correspond.. ing to the City of London, and where ill ordinary times it is almost impossible to secure empty premises, numerous places of business are empty, and likely to remain empty. In several streets devoted to the exhibition of manufacturer*' samples, shops, formerly hives of life, are closed, with dust thickly settling on shutters and windows. In a well-known street, in a row of 100 houses, 53 shops show notices To Let." The Tages- zeitung states that a similar state of affairs prevails in other quarters of the city, where the finest shops vainly wait for someone to rent them. The loss to landlords in rent amounts in the centre of Berlin alone to many millions of marks.

LLOYD GEORGE'S SHELLS CHEERED An officer of the Durhams. who toot( lart in the battle of Hooge, has written t L friend at Hitchin, describing the final ,harge, and adds:— It was the new Lloyd George shells which gave us the heart to make the charge, after being so heavily hit. These new shells are magnificent, and after our fellows got into the captured trenches they gave three cheers for Lloyd George.

FRIENDLY CHAT INTERRUPTED. At Swansea Police Court on WedDeeo day, John Morris was summoned by Mary Jane Webb for threatening language. Mr. R. A. Jones appeared for complainant. Mary Jane Webb, 40, New-road, Groves end, said that last Friday night she we sitting with a friend in the kitchen whe" the defendant came into the house an used bad language, and threatened hei A large number of witnesses were callec and defendant was bound over for twefto.. months.

At six o'clock on Tuesday morning a serious fire broke out at Vernon's Flour Mills, on the south side of the Victoria and Albert Docks, London, wbcla eøcaced 1Jw fire brigades for; two houiw