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N0D30N AR BYNCIAU YR ; WYTHNOS.…
N0D30N AR BYNCIAU YR WYTHNOS. | (Gan AWSTIN.") U Gorfodaetli neu wirfoddoliaeth" ydyw pwnc y dydd, ac er nad yw yn lyosibl proffwydo beth a wna y Llywodraeth, :ia i pha beth fydd y canlyniad os daw gorfodol i rym, y mac y wlad yn ferw [ ,gwyllt yn dadleu'r cwestiwn, dros ac yn erbyn. Fel y gwyr pawb y mae Mv. Lloyd George yn gryf dros oriodae-fh; o'r t ochr arall, y raae Syr John Simon, yr Ysgrit'enydd Cartrefol, wedi ymddisw*ddo am na all gytuno a mwyafrif y Llywod- raefh ar y muter. Bydd y mesur o flaen Ty y Cyffredin cyn yr vmmddengys y llinellau wyihnosol hyn, a chawn weled •beth a ddigwydd yno. Hyd yn Jiyn, y mae y Gwyddelod yn cael en hesgtxsodi rhag gorfodaeth fihvrol, a chan fod glowyr Deheudir Cymru yn gwrthdystio drwy eu cynrycliiolwyr a'u harweinwyr, yn erbyn iinrlivw flurf 0 er«esdaeth. filwrol dan unrhyw amgylchiad, creir sefyllfa anhawdd gwcled ei plien draw. Dichon mai myned drwy y Senedd 'Wna y mesur, er gwaethaf gwrth- wynebiad; ac, o'r ochr arall, feallai yr ymddiswydda y Llywodraeth ac y ceir etholiad cyffredinol. Wrth gwrs, y mae bob amser y posibilrwydd o gad ffordd ganol. BETH AM ORFODAETH? Yn y cyfamser cawn sicrwydd fod Arglwydd Derby yn ystyried ei ymdrech e.f ei liun yn un sydd wedi bod yn fetliiant i gyrhaedd yr amean meWn golwg, gan fod etta dros chwe' chan mil o ddynion ieuainc, heb ofalon teuluol arnynt, hub ymrestru. Y niae Cynghor Gwei thiol Mwnwyr Deheudir Cymru wedi galw ar swvddog- ion Cynghfair Mwnwyr Prydain Fawr i sefyll yn erbyn gorfodaetli ac i alw cyll- hadledd o gynrychiolwyr glowyr pob rhan 0'1' wlad i ystvried v sefvllfa..Fel y eaif pethau yn bresenol, cynhelir y gyn- hadledd liono ar y Ilain-os na orfodir ,hadl?,,dcl liono ar y "'YDlud y dvddiad i tfmser eynfc gan amgvlchiadau nas gellir eu hocgoi. Ond dyna y sefyll fa yr awr. AR FOR TYMESTLOG. Pan gyfeiriais, yn fy nodion diweddaf, at y tywydd tymestlog a gatvsom, yr oeddwn yn gobeithio ein bod wedi gweled .y gwaethaf, ond erbyn byn y mae yn I rhaid cofnodi dyddi-au a iiosweititiatt wynt a dinystr mawr ar longau yn ymyl porthladdoedd Abertawe a'r ardal gvlch- ynol. Galwnl bywyd-fad v Mumbles a llan bum' gwaith mewn flaii ddiwrnod; boddwyd tri o ddwylaw bywyd-fad Port Eynon pan yn ceisio achub ac ymgeleddu morwvr oeddynt yn yrnladd a thonau'r weilgi; a dvwed hen drigolion glanau Gwyr na welwyd y fatl| dym«s!l o lewii cot polil ydynt yn brofiadol yn ngorchwyl- ion achubwyr bywydau meib y doiu Dangoswyd hefyd fod eto arwyr yn Nghymru, ar for ac ar dir, a a berth ant en heinioes dros eu cyd-ddynion heb betruso mvmrvn. I GWYR Y BETTWS A GLYNDWR. I "Gair n-eu ddau," ys dywcd ambell bregethwr, wrtli fyned yn mlaen," i ,longyfareh Cymry aiddgar y Bettws ar eu dathliad, -u dtill o ridatlilu, pnm-can- mlwyddiant Owain Glvndwr. Xid oes dim yn fwy tebyg o eicrLau parhad yr ysJjryd Cymreig yn ngwyneb llifeiriant Baisnigaidd Lancashire yn -q v rf ry r,. Aman, na datlilu coffadwriaeth arwr mor nodweddol o boHpeth goreu Cymru, mewn rhyddid a diwylliant, ag ydoedd Glyn- dwr. Nid wyt yn eicr pa un a ydyw Mr. Morgan George yn un o ddisgynyddion y ■milwyr glew a bleidient (fiyudwr, ai peidio, ond y mae brodorion y Bettw. wedi proii i'r byd fod yr ysbryd ceoedl- aethol mor fyw ag erioed yn yr hen blwvf hwn o Sir Gaerfyrddin, gan eu bod hwy a bechgyn Rhydaman wedi ymrestru dan faner eu gwlad yn y flwyddvn 2915 mor wladgarol ag y gwnaeth eu cyndadau bum'-can-mlynedd yn 01. Natnr y gwaed yn y cyw (fel y dywed gwyr Cwm Khondda). Unwyd y De a'r Gogledd ar yr achlywir presenol. fel y gwneid yn myddiau Glyndwr, gan y Parch. Ellis Jones, B.A., athraw deheuig o'r Gogledd, sydd yn arwain yn llwvddianus a13 yn wresog dosbarth Cymreig Bettws-min-yr- Aman. MR. W. E. MORGAN. Fel Ion gyfaill, goddefer i mi draethu fy nghydymdeirulad gyda Mr. V*- E. Morgan, Abertawe, ar farwolaeth ei fab. Gallaf edrych yn ol dros ysbaid liir o dreigliad y blynyddau wrth adgofio i mi fy hun y troion cvntaf y cyfarfyddais a Mr. Morgan, y tad, fel cynrvchiolydd llaf-nr, ac er'f; blwyddi, bellach, fel goruch- vvliwr mwnwyr Gorllewinbarth Cymru. Fel un sydd wedi dioddef amser liir o afiechyd trwm fy hun, gallaf deimlo gyda dwysder inivy na'ý cytfre<lin dros Mr W. E. Morgan yn ei alar dwfii sydd yn dilyn ei nychdod maith ei ei hunan. MFT. J. W. JONES—DDOE A HEDDYW. Wrth ddarllen yr lianes diddorol a ym- ddangosotkl yn ngholofnau Saesnig y newyddiadur hwn, ychydig ddyddiau yn ol, am y cyfnewidiad yn ngoruehwvliaeth swyddfa bwysig y Prudential" yn Aber- tawe, ehedai fy mefldyliau yn ol yn m he 11 i ddyddiau fy mebyd. Pwy feddyliai yn awr am weled Mr. J. W. Jones, Y.H., yn adrodd, mewn cystadleu- aeth, "'R<>edd Meryn bach unwaith, heb hedeg erioed, Mewn nyth fach o fwiswng yn iiglianol ycoed;" fel y clywais i ef P ac vniau yn awr yn 60 mlwvdd oed. Yr oeddtwn wedi bwriadu adrckld y darn fy hun, ond yn ngwyneb adrod^Jjad campus Mr. Jone. oedd yn hynach ac yn well adroddwr na mi, bum yn ddigon doeth i sefyll allan o'r gystad- lenafth yn M'hon typridcl; a dyma 11i Nn gymdogion agos etc. wedi nnvy na deu- gain mlynood-a.c efe yn wr prohadol, tel ininau, efiiyn hyn, o lawer iawn o befchau ieblaw adrodd darnaru barddonol am y deryn bach a ehedodd dros ymyl ei nyth. Bydd fyw bvtli, o frenin! ATGOF BYW AM El OLYNYDD. Ac yn awr. wele Mr. Jones yn cael, fel olynydd iddo yn y swyddfa balasol yn Heol y Cast ell Mr Joseph Williams, gvda'r Jnfn y mae genyf adnaJbyddiaeth a ddyg adgoflotl ugain rnlynedd yn ein gyri'a. Pan gwrddais ag ef dydd Mawrth yr oedd yn wr golygus, ar ben a gwynebpryd yr hwn yr oedd prawfion egiur fod amser yn myned heibio yn dyner ac yn ysgafn ei law. Cawsom ymgom am y dyddiau gynt, a chyfnewidiadau y cyfnod yn JSghwm Rhondda ac yn Abertawe. I mi yr at got mwyaf tarawiadol ydoedd am ddigwyddiad rhyfedd yn nyddiau y JJiwygiad yn 1904. Yr oeddwn wedi bod to siara<l ar y telephone gyda Mr. Ben Davies gorueli wyliwr v mwnwyr yn JSghvrm Rhondda, yr hwn oedd yn byw, ar y pryd, yn Ton Pentre. Wedi i ni ddarfod yr ymgom am y pwnc oedd dan sylw, gofynodd Mr. Dalies i mi wrando am fynyd yn mhellach. Gwnes Jlvnv, a ehlywais leisiau swynol yn cauu. yn nhy Mr. Ben Davies, eiriau emyn anfarwol ll'raerhog: Dynia Gariad fel y moroedd, Tosturiaethau fel y 111" —a dvwodwy d wrthyf mai Mr. WiHiams a rhai cjdeillion oeddynt yno yn canu, wedi dyfad o gyfarfod yn yr ardal. Yr oeddwn i, ar y pryd, yn fy nghartref yn Mhontypridd. a dygid y lleisiau -y d it'r vifren wefrol o'r Ton i Boutypridd- rhyw naw milldir o ffonkL "Pwy all beidio cofio am y fatli amgylchiad?
FIPIOSION 81 OIL STEAMER
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PROBLEM OF WOMEN WORKERS.
PROBLEM OF WOMEN WORKERS. Mr. Lloyd George has appointed Mr. Seebohm Hownt,ree to assist Lord Murray on problems arising out of the employ- ment of women as munition workers. lie wili assist in giving effect to the recom- mendations of the Committee on In- dustrial Fatigue, presided over by Sir George -Newmin. Sir George Newman's Committee was appointed in September of last year to consider the health of munition workers, and, amongst other things, the relation between output and industrial fatigue. The report of the Committee of the British Association appointed to consider the special point of industrial fatigue came to the conclusion that fatigue gave loss of speed in work and also loss of in'pnsify, and so decreased the amount of output as well as its quality, while the chances of accident were increased. In many cases it was found that a shortening of hours meant an increase of work done. Mr. Seeboh'm Rowntree, who is a direc- tor of the firm of Messrs. Rowntree and Co., York, has conducted a number of investigations into industrial questions, and is an authority on the relation of fatigue to output. The first of his studies in industry, based on a vast quantity of schedules, was Poverty, a Study of Town Life," in which the condition of the people in the modern industrial city was analysed.
COFFIN LOST 111 FLOODS I
COFFIN LOST 111 FLOODS I During the severe rainstorm at Christ- lias a middle-aged maa. in trying to reach his home in one o? the remote glens of Mull, lost his way and died from ax- posure, his body being found on the fol- lowing day. At his funeral it was neces- sary to cross some heavily swollen rivers, over one of which was only a wooden bridge. When the funeral procession reached the middle of the bridge the structure gave way, and In en and coffin were precipitated into the water. Wit# difficulty the men were rescued, but the coffin was carried for a distance of nearly a quarter of a mile before, at great risk, if was secured and taken to the bank. About four miles had yet to be traversed to reach the burying ground, but fortunately the men, although many of them were still dripping wet, accotn- plished this distance without further mishap.
TRAIN LEAVES THE RAILS.I
TRAIN LEAVES THE RAILS. I A railway accident, involving a troop I train carrying about 500 soldiers, occurred at midnight on Sunday, at Pershaw Junc- tion, near Newcastle. The whole train, which was proceeding to Newcastle from Leeds, left the line. Several passengers were injured, but no deaths are reported. Another Version. I An Exchange Telegraph Co. message givM the following version:—A troop train from Leeds to Newcastle left the lines at Pershore Junction, near New- castle, at midnight last night. The whole of the twenty coaches, which were full of soldiers, were derailed. Several passengers were injured, but no deaths are reported.
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THE LUSTROUS PLANETS I
THE LUSTROUS PLANETS I The lustrous planets are now brilliant in the evening sky, and will continue visible during the ensuing winter. Venus may be recognised, very soon after sunset, shining amid the strong twilight over the j w.s.w,. region of the horizon. Jupiter will Tie identified far to the left and much higher in the heavens. About- an hour after sunset he occupies a place on the ineridan at an altitude of 34 degrees as seen from the South of Eng- land. He is not so bright as Venus, though the latter will be more affected by vapours near the horizon.
SOCIALIST PAPER SEIZED I
SOCIALIST PAPER SEIZED I The Glasgow and Stirlingshire police yesterday visited newsagents' shops and seized all copies of the current iasue to the Scottish Socialist weekly paper, Forward." In wine cafces the authorities obtained the addrentSNi of SIlOscrjhers to the paper. they th-an visited these people and secured possession of the journal. It is understood that the seizure was I due to too candid manner in which the Forward reported the meetings held by Mr. Lloyd George during his roc-ent I tour of the Clyde district. I 1.
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SWANSEA PROBLEM I ———.———i
SWANSEA PROBLEM I ——— ——— 250 CLAIMS FOR EXEMPTION IN RURAL COUNCIL AREA i A meeting of the Swansea Rural District Council was held at the Union Offices, Alexandra-road, en Tuesday morning, Mr Matthew Griffiths presiding. Dr. Trafford Mitchell, in his monthly report on the Llandilo-Talybont Division, stated that R8 births were registered dur- ing December, giving a rate of 21.9 per 1,000, compared with the average of 30.8 recorded in the ten preceding years. Thirty deaths were registered, equivalent to a rate of 8.2, against the average rate of 13.3 for the ten preceding years. Two deaths were due to whooping cough. Seven cases of scarlet fever wor6 notified in Pontardulais, seven in Gorseinon, two in Gowerton, one in Kingsbridge, and one in Loughor. One case of diphtheria occurred in Sketty, and was removed to a Swansea hospital before it was notified to him (Mi- Mitchell). In spite of the inestimable advantages to be derived from the removal of the child to a Swansea hospital instead of to your own hospital," observed Dr. Mitchell. the child unfortunately died the following morning." As new machinery had been set up for dealing with measules, and as the day schools were the chief agency for spreading the disease, the doctor trusted the Council would ask the Local Government Board to grant the Council's medical officers the same powers for excluding from school all members of an infected family that they now possessed in regard to (scarlet fover. Dr. E. Rice Morgan reported that 23 births were registered in his district, giv- ing a rate of 19.8 per 1,000, and the deaths numbered 11, giving a rate of 9.7 per 1,000, compared with 10.1 for the past live years. No zymotic disease was reported, but li cases of infectious disease were notified. Dr. Morgan appended a tabulated state- ment of the monthly rainfall for the last year. This showed a total for the year of 54.31 inches, or nearly seven inches less than the previous year, when the total was (jJ.4ti inches. The rainfall for Decem- ber was 10.80 inches, an increase of 1.15 inches over the total for December, 1914, which was, up to then, a record. In regard to the new order of the Local Government Board for the' compulsory notification of German measles, the Isola- tion Hospital Committee recommended that the nursing associations in the dis- trict be asked to co-operate with the Council in the administration of the Order, and that the medical officers be asked to accept a reduced notification fee, as in case of an epidemic the fees would run into hundreds of pounds on the pres- ent scale. The committee suggested that is. per notification would be ample re- muneration for the trouble. The Clerk stated that the medical officers had asked for an increase of salary on account of the new Order. The recommendations were adopted. The Council again considered the appli- cation of the three sanitary inspectors and Air. T. Idwal Evans, the clerk's assistant, for a war bonus, the Clerk submitting comparative figures from other district councils in Wales and England. Neath was the only council, he said, which was paying a war bonus, the allowance being 3s. per week, and 6d. per child. Mr. J. H. Rosser thought the Council were paying their inspectors as well as any other council in the district, and that they should be satisfied. He moved that no bonus be granted. Sir John Llewelyn in seconding, said he did hot see any strong reasons for in- creasing the pay. Looking at the list from the other districts, he thought the council paid a good average rate. An amendment was moved by Mr. Richards and seconded by Mr. Evans that a bonus of 2s. 6d. be granted. This was carried by 9 votes to 3, and it was also applied to the Clerk's assistant. The Clerk reported that 300 notices of claims—50 of which were duplicates- for exemption had been received iny re- spect of the Derby scheme. He had for- warded them on to Major Anderson, and when he received the latter's report he would convene a sitting of the tribunal. A very important question, he proceeded, had cropped up with regard to the tin- plate workers. Looking at one of the schedules of instructions issued by the Local Government Board, he found that tinplate workers were treated as sheet metal workers, and would consequently have to be starred, but in another place, under the heading of tinplate workers, it was stated that foremen, furnacemen, and doublers were exempted. After con- sulting Major Anderson, he had taken up the point with the authorities in London. Mr. Gwilym Williams, surveyor's assist- ant, wrote that he had obtained a com- mission as second-lieutenant in the Breconshire Battalion of the South Wales Borderers, and asked the Council to con- sider what allowance they could make him. The Clerk was instructed to ascertain what the Swansea Corporation were doing in such cases, and act accordingly. On the question of licenses for cinema halls in the district, the Clerk pointed out that other councils in the country were taking drastic steps to prevent any im- proper filnig being shown or indecent placards displayed. Sir John Llewelyn said he was afraid that some people wanted something "ic." and he thought that the police should make a monthly-report. It was decided that a new regulation should be inserted in the license to the effect that no indecent films must be shown, nor any indecent placards dis- played on the hoardings, and, further, that the police be asked to submit a monthly report. Several contractors wrote that. in con- sequence of so many men joining the Army they experienced great difficulty in fulfilling contracts. Sir John Llewelyn remarked it was one of the difficulties the Council would have to face. The surveyor was instructed to make the best arrangements possible under the circumstances. Attention was called by Mr. Davies to the wretched state of many of the roads at the present time, and he mentioned par- ticularly th,3 road between Swansea and LIanelly. which was in a deplorable con- dition. It was resolved that the attention of the County Council be called to the de- plorable state of the roads in the western portion of the county.
BROKE INTO THE SCHOOLI
BROKE INTO THE SCHOOL I A meeting of the Swaftsea Education Building Sub-Committee was held on Monday, Alderman J. Devomiki presiding. Five schoolboys were brought before the committee-charged with breaking into Cwm School and duing dsmage to the ex- tent of 1:8. It appeared that the boys were scholars at the schools, and on Box- ing Day they got into the Infants' School through one of the windows, with the ob- ject of riding the rocking-horse. The result wfcs that several panes of glaes were broken and a book-case and pictures damaged. Thfe boys, who were accom- panied by their parents when they they appeared before the committee, repre- sented two families. They were severely reprimanded by Mr. Ivor Gwyunfi, further pvjTushment being left to the schoolmaster (Mr. Lewis). Die Acting Architect (Mr. Broadhead) reported that o?nsiderahle damage had been done to aU Ow ,ehools throngh the g,i)p. and he was having the damage re- j.wed. A
MINERS' COUNCIL MEETS ]
MINERS' COUNCIL MEETS ] PREPARING FOR TRADES UNION CONGRESS PREPARING fOR AOES UNION CONGRESS (By Our Mining Correspondent.) A special meeting of the Executive Council of the Soutii Wales Miners' Fede- ration was held on Tuesday at the Central Offices, Cardiff, Mr J. Winstone presiding. There was practically a full attendance of mrsJ including Mr. T. Richards, M.P. (ixeral secretary) and Mr. A. Onion6 (treasurer). The principal business was the con- sideration of the arrangements for the Trades Union Congress, to be held this week at the Westminster Hall, London, in regard to the question of compulsory military service As the attitude of the South Wales Council is well understood, there is no need to reiterate the full text of the reso- lution recently passed against conscrip- tion,- and as the discussion on Tuesday was, of course, upon the same lines, it was a protest against the advocacy or adoption of any system of conscription. A conference of miners' delegates has been fixed for the 24th inst., but the ar- rangement may be affected by the out- come, whatever it may be, of the Trades Union Congress. Meanwhile, the Council meeting stands adjourned pending the London meeting.
FOOTPATHS, WACES AND TENDERS.I
FOOTPATHS, WACES AND TENDERS. I A meeting of the Swansea Highways Committee was held on Tuesday, the Mayor (Aid. T. Merrells jpresidiug. The Mayor thanked the committee for their renewed confidence in re-electing him chairman. With regard to footpaths in Middle-road and Stepney-street, the Surveyor was in- structed to wait upon the Education Com- mitteipto discuss the position, as the paths were outside the schools. The Surveyor said the cost of repairing them would bo about tloo. A letter was read from Mr. T. W. More- ton (farrier). asking for an increase of wages. The Committee decided to make further inquiries as to the wages other farriers were receiving. The increase asked for ttas 4s.. the wages now being paidMount- ing to £2 a vreek. The committee accepted the tender of £ 96 10s. from the East Dock Engineering Company for the repair of the road-roller ?o. 1.. insurance was con- The question of insurance was con- ired, and the Surveyor was instructed to confer with Mr. Ashmole (the borough treasurer) on the matter and report to the committee. Plans were passed for a house in Glanmor-road. and another in Carmar- then-road.
THE TSAR'S VOW.I
THE TSAR'S VOW. I Petrograd, Tuesday.—During a review of the army on the 2nd inst., the Tear addressed the Knights of the Order of St. George in tlio following speech :— To you, as the most valiant fepre- sentatives of our army, I address my cordial and profound recognition of your courageous and self-sacrificing service in the course of this campaign. I beg you to transmit to your respective regiments mv sincere gratitude for the painstaking work which they are fulfilling, and which all Russia appreciates, that, as I said at the beginning of the war, I will not con- clude peace until we have chased the last enemv from our territory. Nor will I conclude such a peace except in full agreement with our Allies, to whom we are bound, not by paper treaties, but hy true friendship and blood. I shall not forget' this review, and I am very glad to have succeeded in seeing the valiant elements of the army, and I beg in your person to convey to all the troops my recognition of their devoted service, which rejoices my heart. May God keep you."
MEETING OF LOCAL TRIBUNAL.…
MEETING OF LOCAL TRIBUNAL. We understand that the local recruit- ing tribunal at Swansea will be sitting in about nine or ten days' time. About 200 claims have bee received up to the present.
WITHOUT HiS PAPERS. I
WITHOUT HiS PAPERS. I At the Swansea Police Court on Tues- day, Charles Bock, commercial traveller, a Dane, was charged with being in this prohibited area without the permission of the Aliens' Registration .Officer, and npt having in his possession any (locituientai-y proof of his nationality. He came to the Registration Office on Monday afternoon. He admitted the offence, and said he thought he was only supposed to have an ordinary registration form on him, which he had. When defendant found himself in trouble about his papers, he sent to London for them. The Chairman toid him he was a mint\ who had been moving about a good deal, and must have known what he ought to do. His movements were certainly sus- picion, said the magistrate, to say the least of it. The defendant was ordered to paa fine of 40s., and told to see that he had his papers with him in future, or he might get into serious trouble.
P. & 0. LI!IER IN COLLISION.I
P. & 0. LI!IER IN COLLISION. I Lloyd's report that the British steainer Geelong has been sunk in collisions with the British steamer T)(In Vil,;t,,on in th9 .Mediterranean..All aboard were saved. [The Cieelong, a twin screw steamer of 7,951 tons, belonged to the P. and O. Co., her port of registry being London. She was built in 1904.]
SATURDAY'S FOOTBALL.I
SATURDAY'S FOOTBALL. LANCASHIRE SECTION. .Blackpool 2, Manchester City 0. Bury 3, Burnley 0. Preston North End 2, Liverpool 0. Stoke 2. Manchester United 1. Everton 1. Oldham Athletic 0 (abandoned). Stockport County 1. Rochdale n Southport C. 3, Bolton Wanderers 1. MIDLAND SECTION. Barnsley 1, Sheffield Wed. 0 (abandoned'. Bradford City 0, Grimsby Town 0 (aban- doned1. Hnddtrr-field 5, Lincoln City 0. Leeds City 3, Hull City 0. Leicester Fosse 2, Derby County 0. Notts Forest 0, Bradford 0 (tiheffiell United 1, Notta County 1. LONDON COMBINATION. Watford 3. Brentford 1. West Hilm United 2, Clapton Orient 1 Tottenham Hotspur 2, Fulham 0. Queen' Park Rang-ers 5, Crystal Palace 1. Mil wall 3, The Arsenal 0. Chelsea 2. Croydon Common 0. SOUTH-WESTERN COMBINATION, Bristol City 2, Newport County o. Mexbro' Town 3, Vi orks.op. Town 0. Chesterfield 0, Rotherham City 0. FRIENDLY MATCHES. Cardiff City 1, Southampton 0. Northampton 1, Northahts Y 0. Portsmouth 2. Swindon 0. SCOTTISH LEAGUE. Celtic 2, Rangers 2. Dundee 1. Aberdeen 1. Clyde 2 Falkirk 1. Kilmarnock 1, St. Mirren 1. Morton 8 Airdrie 2. Hamilton A 3, Motherwell 0 ParticVr Thistle 1, Third lenarit 0, Queen's Park 2, Ayr United 2. Raith Rovers 1, Dumbarton O. CrENERAL RESULTS. Cardiff City J. Southampton 0 Barry Town 9. Third Welsh 1. Bristol City 2. Newport 0. ( Rueby. ¡ JNfaesteg 1 try; Aberavon, nil, '<
THE TALE OF- AN INN
THE TALE OF- AN INN WHEN OLD SWANSEA WAS FASHIONABLE HIS10RY illuminates the present. It gives life to the dead and tongues to the dumb. A friend was gently remonstrating with the wnter the other day over his weakness for dead and gone Swansea. Why bother, he said, about the past? Who cares? Be modern. Who worries about old Swansea! It is the Swansea of to-morrow, said he, that ha dreamed of. There are several replies to be made, primarily and alternately 'but; the first, to wit that the evidence ofone's correspondence is that very many do like to walk in imagination through old Swan, sea, re-peopling it and transforming it, ig sufficient for the day. For myself there is a never-ending fascination in conjuring up the ghosts of dead Swansea, in walking the High-street, and replacing (in tha mind's eye, Horatio) the business houses of 1916 with the mansion of Colonel Philip Jones, High Steward of Swansea and right-hand friend -of Cromwell, and in imagining the scene upon that May day when the Lifftenant Geiinerall of all the Forces came into Swansea. Anftfin pic. uring that compositor's shop in which jomer s soil, young Ieuan Ddu, stood "at. the case in a la ter age. With memories siieh as these High^treet becomes a place ot new joys .And .so with other parts of the town-the Burrows, iVhere the fashion- ables promenaded, and the Assembly booms, where the concerts and the r4)tlti were held. Swansea becomes a town of infinite interests to him who delves intQ its story. But its historians are few. There ard none to-day with the zest of the Francises and the Dillwyns, unless they be our Welsh Librarian and Mr. W. H. Jones and both are immersed in other work than the writing of history. But to Ifr. W. H. Jones the town ought to be par- ticularly grateful. He has done as much as any man to make the stones of Swansea speak. He has been an exile, editing journals in England, but the fIalll Dt Swansea-love has never decreased. We ara indebted to him for an excellent history of the Castle, and Library audiences hava listened intently to several lectures by him upon the glory that was Swansea. Now we have another proof of his devotion, a little booklet in which he tells The Story of the Bush Inn at Swansea." Mr..Tones tells us that in its earliesl days the Bush-inn was situated just on the outskirts of the town. So circum- scribed were the limits of the plape in tha fifteenth and sixteenth centuries that there were few houses outside the walls, find the north gate was at the end of Castle street. Just beyond the Bush-inn at tha Inter period, Hy-street." as th" strt was then known, was dividërlbv a barrio the northern portion being called above ,11 and the inner, wherein the Bush-inn iSL situated, within-the-gate." On the east side of the Hy-street the ground sloped suddenly awav to thet Strand, a pleasant path along the ri. l- side. Thus there was obtained froni tb,, windows at the east side of the Bush-inn; and of the neighbouring houses an unijj terrupte?! view of the river, of the greeTl plateau stretching eastward to the foot of' Kilvev Hill, the valley of the Tawe to tHa, north, and to the south the epatigjt. Fabian's Bay. the beautiful entrance the river, and the sea, itself, with th () movement of the ships thereon a-nd those which came up past our inn and nearly two miles up the river. In 1663 the High-street within-tljp. v gate" contained only fifteen tenements* rated to the poor-rate, which was th{>. collected as a weekly contribution. Tha, total weekly sum gathered just here only one and seven pence half-penny! The highest riite was 3d., and there were three at 2d., and two at tWopehce. Later, tlte uortion of the street in which the Bllsb. inn stands was called Brod-sfreet," it still, in parts, remains the vid"sf.i thoroughfare in the old portion of th town. It was long dominated by a Pah. tial house, known in its day as "the Great House of the Upper Town of Swan. < sey," and wherein was born a fablor I warrior of Cromwellian day, Philip Jones. It was in 1618, according to the cott"ru < tion records, when, on the 19th May, thrt first "Came into this Towne the tI-ul.1. Honourable Oliver C room well Esq. Lifr. tenant nennerall of all the Fforcesof t? Kindome {)f England, under the co?? of the Parliament, Lord of this To?? the SeniDry of Cower and Mann or of ]Kil* vav with the Member" therMl. His stay on this occasion was very short but in the next year, 1619, he was hert again, with large, forces in his traijjj olg his way to Ireland. The records tell us that The grcatnp," of the tihardge of free quarter within thifl towne was such. in there march of hbrol and foote towards Ierland, that we weare* forced one neight to intertaine in the innoj forty Horse with some foote on the Pllb,1 lique chardge of the towne." But we are more interested in the hospitality to Cromwell and his staff" By the desire of us, the Aldermen of J this towne whose names are underwritten there was provided for the Right-Honor-• able Oliver Crumwell Lord Liftenant ofj Ireland and lord of this towne and for all; his followers a dinner in the house William Bayly then Portreefe; now t defray the charge of necessaries towatfl that provision Wee have thought fit  take tenn Poundes out oi the ton-nil take t eun 1 DUn( es ou "llJ ::itocks." St The temptation to quote is wel-ngt1 irresistible. In his main story and In lli foot-notes Mr. Jones says things one wou^ l like to "lift" for the benefit of tht reader. A few instances only:— •. The ancient inns of Swansea have nearli all vanished. The "Golden lion in Market-place (Cattle-square), and the; Star in Wind-street, were nQtable 1 .a, of entertainment in the 17th an? IOns"" t k 1 '4. 18th centuries, but were taken earlf in the nineteenth..I In 1664, the portreeve of Swansea ex) pended from the town coffer c27 7S. Zd. oil wine, sugar, gunpowder, and drummer^ j to greet the arrival of his gTa,, the Duk; of Beaufort ill the town." As for the pleasant story of the Bn8Jr.. where the Portreeve was wont to dine th< Corporation, where the Race-week 11 to see assembled a rare compiiny of celebrk ties, where the fireworks used to he let in the gardens that sloped almost to tha river, where the Suiíuner-Ball excited all 1 the eligible ladies for weeks ahead ■ ball was a very exclusive affair), whereth8 al.1 W?is a v(, r.? "PubIic Ten-Drinks used to be helrf fl hundred years ago, and the Catch, Club" used to pra^f music-as fot these things <? has ? refer the reader t? ,5e Ings 1 b h¥ 11 b 1- which <?servea to be brought into .00 ill-' in Swansea. into {!eneral C Teu [hlon III "wn,:a. J. D. W.
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Indomitable courage wap 5hcwti by thi Danish boxer, Waldexnar Hoi berg, in Tlit rounds contest with Willie Ferrell, f Opposed to a man who had the ad.a in eight and reach, he put up a very clever display, and was leading on points when Farrell scut him down for a cduat of eight in the fifth round. He recovered and forced the pace, Ullfil Fafrell reused himself to a vigorous attack for the body with heavy puiichefi by both band. Reo ceiving most of the blows on big 4BOWR. tbp Dane was partially incapacit^ and in fh? ,?prenfh round hp fought only ??iH?! the right, ?d t?'? ro? n.n<i cMtm?d. ?tpT Keing =?' d??-n. At the end ? <-hu ronnd the referee stopped the eontes. and aaardod the verdic-t to Faxreli.
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DISORDERLY NEW YEAR SCENES…
DISORDERLY NEW YEAR SCENES IN BERLIN I The following was sent out on Monday by the French official wireless:— A trailer who happened to be in Berlin at the time of the agitations which occurred in thePrus-siah capital at the opening of the Reichstag now reports that the police forbade him to leave his hotel, but that he very plainly heard the sound of shots being fired and the cries of the multitudes. „ n Paris, Monday.-The Lokal,anzeiger states that anti-war manifestations oh a big scale took place during the night of December 31 and January 1 in Unter den Linden and in the Freidrichstrasse, in Berlin. The police had to intervene to I disperse the crowds. Exchange.( The Canadian soldier is paid 4s. 6d. per rlåy. as compared with a shilling paid to English troops, lOd. to Italians, I-Ici.- to French, 1. -1d. to Japanese, kl. to Russians, lid. to Austrians, Id. to Turkish, and S-Jd to German soldiers.
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LORD DERBY'S REPORT
LORD DERBY'S REPORT OVER 600,000 SiliOLE MEN HOLDING BACK The Earl of Derby's report on recruit- ing was issued on Tuesday. It is addressed to Earl Kitchener, and is divided into two parts. In the first part, the Secretary for War expressed his most sincere thanks to the Central Committee and to the Parlia- mentary Recruiting Committees through- out the country for their most loyal and wholehearted support, without which he is convinced the canvas would have been an entire failure. He also thanks the military authorities both in the War Office and throughout the country. The burden of the work of a novel and exacting type that has fallen upon them has met with a very evident desire to do everything possjble to make the voluntary system a success. He (said Lord Derby) was quite aware that the criticisms levelled at the in- adequacy of the arrangements of the re-i cruiting officers for dealing with the abnormal flow of recruits were most un- just. The report, it may be here stated, is dated December 12th. The impossibility or obtaining sufficient medical officers and I experienced clerks has been the cause of! the delay. Lord Derby regrets to say the details i as to the groups are only forthcoming up i to November 30th. Many difficulties have been met with, but the chief diffi- culty has been the unreliability of 11 starring" as distinguishing between those who should and those who should not bo taken. Instead of starring" being of assistance, it has been a distinct hindrance to the canvass. More especially is this so in rural and semi-rural areas owing to the fact that it was known be- fore registration day what branches of agricultural industry would be "starred," with the result that many men who had no right to do so claimed to come under these particular headings. The sense of unfairness thus created, and the in- equality of treatment of farmers has been detrimental in these areas. The farmer himself is not a starred man, but there are numberless cases of his sons and labourers being starred as cowmen and horsemen, etc., though in many cases it is known that they are not- really so engaged. It is essential that the starred list should be carefully investigated, and in cases of misdescription the "star" re- moved, and the man made available for military service. This applies to starred men in all industries. The issue durng the process of the, canvas5 of lists of trades which were to! be considered reserved occupations has also proved an obstacle. The system of submitting cases to tribunals .to decide is a novel one and is viewed with some distrust, partly from the publicity which may be given to private affairs, and partly to a fear which, per- sonally Lord Derby does not share, that l the cases will not be fairly and im- l partially dealt with. The canvass shows very distinctly that I it is not want of courage that is keeping men back, nor is there the slightest sign but that the country as a whole is as de- termined to support the Prime Minister I in his pledge, made at the Guildhall, on November 9th, as it was when that pledge was made. There is abundant evidence of determination to see the war through to a successful conclusion. The second part of .Lord Derby's pre- vious report is not given as the figures it contained were rendered valueless owing to the influx of recruits being so great during the last few days on which enlist- ment under the group system was open. According to part three, Lord Derbv states he has only taken figures as be- tween October 23rd and December 15th. These show that of a grand total of 5,011,441 men of military age, 2,829,263 attested and enlisted or were rejected, the total number remaining being 2,182,178. Large as the figures are, Lord Derby is afraid that on an analysis they do not prove as satisfactory as he could have wished. Owing to the great rush of recruits it was impossible in many cases to havel more than a most perfunctory medical examination, and the number of men who will 00 rejected when the various groups are cn!kd up and are subject to a proper examination must be very large. The number of men actually unexamined be- ing 925,445. This total includes both starred and unstarred men. I fear there may be many instances ?h?re m?h have not been noted 16 being starred, badged, or belonging to reserved occupations, and a deduction must be made on this account. Lastly, there are many who will come under the heading of being indispensable men, who are the only sons of widows, the sole support of a family, etc. On comparing the figures, Lord Derby says it will be seen that of the 2,179,231 single Bn available, only 1 150,000 have been accounted for, leaving a residue unaccounted for of 1,029,231. Deducting the number of starred and single men who have attested, 312,067, from a total number of starred single men, 690,138, leaves 378,071 starred men. If. continues, Lord Derby, we deduct this figure from 1,029,231 (the remainder of single men left who have not offered themselves), it shows a total of. 651,160 unstarred single men unaccounted f?l': I This is far from being a negligible quantity, and under the circumstances I am very distinctly of opinion that in order to redeem the pledge of the Prime Minister it will not be possible to hold I the married men to their attestation un- less and until the services of the single men have been obtained by other means, the present system having failed to bring them to the Colours, and, in my opinion, some steps must be taken to replace as far as possible the single men now starred or engaged in reserved occupa- tions by older and married men, even if thse have to a certain extent to be drawn from the ranks of those already serving. Especially does this apply to those who have joined- these occupations since the date of the Royal Assent to the National Registration Act. This applies, though naturally in a minor degree, to munition workers.
THE INDISPENSABLES. I
THE INDISPENSABLES. I Eliminating Men Wanted for Other I Purposes. Lord Derby does not presume to state what are or are hot the industries indis- pensable to this country, but if there is b be any further reservation of occupa- tions it is quite clear t?at his figures must be subject to a reduction, ?nd he cannot help hoping that there should be some finality to the issue of these lists. Referring to one or two features of the campaign, Lord Derby states that the figures given refer only to recruits re- ceived between,October 23rd and December 15th, but. as I have been in my present office since October 11th, I include recruits for immediate enlistment from that date to Kundav, December 10th inclusive, and I also include as belated returns of men 61,651 taken in the group system. During that time there have been taken for the Arrhy as follows:— Immediate enlistment 275,031 J Attestation in groups two 521,661 1 "In order, however, to get at the number of men who have offered fliern-.f selves, it is neeessaajy to add to tlikl above figures those who have been d le-fi nilely rejected on medical grounds, I,iZ. 438,853. This shows that a total of 2,9.>0.514 mell have shown their willing-I ness to serve their country pro^Kkni/thejJ were able to be spared from their em- ployment, and could be accepted as medically suitable. There will be addi- tions to' make to these numbers slight, but very significant. In foreign towns where there are Lnglish communities, men have banded themselves together to come under the group system. Men have written from Hong Ivong, Rhodesia, Cadiz, and California, offering to come home to be attested for the Army Re- serve, Section B. The busiest day of the last four days for enlisting under the group system was Saturday, December 11, when 336,075 men presented themselves. In four days ¡ 1,070,478 men were attested.,
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