Abergavenny Chronicle

I National Children's Orphanage. I HOUSE-TO-HOUSE COLLECTION AT ABER- GAVENNY. Arrangements have been made for a house-to- house collection in Abergavenny during the week ending May 20th, on behalf of the work of the National Children's Home and Orphanage. This Home was founded 46 years ago by Dr. T. Bow- man Stephenson. It began with the rescue of two boys, and it has grown to be one of the largest child-saving institutions in the country. While its primary purpose is the saving and training of destitute children, provision is also made for those who are orphaned, crippled and otherwise afflicted. The children are received irrespective of creed or locality, need being the determining factor in respect of their admission. The Home has received motherless children of soldiers who have been called to the front, children of Belgian refugees, and the orphans of soldiers and bailors who have fallen in the service of their country. Applications for the admission of such children are being received daily, and the Committee are anxious to help to the utmost these bereft little ones. The erection of a sanatorium at Harpenden, a recent development of the work, has already proved of incalculable benefit to a number of children threatened consumption. The Home has branches in London, Lan- cashire, Birmingham, Farnborcugh (Hants), Cheshire, Isle of Man, Yorkshire, South Wales, Hertfordshire, Alverstoke, Chipping Norton, Oxted, Doddington (Kent), and Canada. At present 2,400 are being cared for and trained. The children receive a good elementary educa- tion, and a number of them have from time to time taken scholarships and passed I<ondon and other University Arts Examinations. There are excellent farm colonies in connection with some of the branches, thus enabling the boys and girls to be trained in farm and dairy work. Trades, e.g., printing, tailoring, shoemaking, and knitting are being taught, while careful training is also given in domestic and laundry work. The best is done to prepare the children for suitable positions in the world. The Emigration Centre at Hamilton, Canada, is an immense benefit to the lads who go there year by year. More than 2,500 have emigrated to this land of opportunity since the work was begun, and 10,000 have passed through the Home. At least 95 per cent. of these have done well, a fact of which the Home is greatly proud. The Principal, Rev. W. Hodson Smith, will be pleased to supply reports and particulars to friends making application to him at the Chief Offices, 104/122 City Road, London, E.C. or Mr. Albert Taylor, 28, Merthyr-road, Aberga- venny. who is the local honorary secretary, will also be pleased to give information respecting the work of the Home, and also to welcome such assistance as friends may be able to give. 300 children have been admitted into the Home from Wales and Monmouthshire. ————

I TRANSPORT REFORM. I T" t'-f Editor of the Abergavenny Chronicle." Sin.—A correspondent has kindly, though belatedly, forwarded to me an issue of the Abergavenny Chronicle containing a letter signed" Economist and bearing the date Feb. 7th. in which the actual shocking condition of our railways is summarised with admirable truth ami bre\ity, and the remedy—the establishment at our principal fading centres of properly equipped goods-clearing houses, is indicated. CL the 22nd of J annary of the present year a of articles from my pen has been appear- ing in the columns of your London contemporary, The Outlook," the scope and tone of which may lie gathered from the opening paragraph of the article, which ran as follows :— Mv object in writing this series of articles is to p" ro ve to the British community at large that the British railway system is what a few people in Great Britain have long known it to be, the ctir. of the country. I should doubt if the all- beholding e' ve of day has ever looked upon the like of it. Considered scientifically, it is a howling absurdity considered economically and financially, a mass, of ruin; considered moraliv, a cesspool of corruption considered socially, a spreading gangrene. Among many rotten .sp~ots in the body corporate, it is by many decrees lhe rottenest. Year after year, tens of thousands of tons of agricultural produce rot in British fields and orchards because our monstrous raihvav rates prohibit its profitable transport to market year after year more and more acres of British arable soil pass under grass. The min o: British agriculture, the depletion of our peasantry, are entirely the work of our railways. In time of peace they are, and have. been for man' vears past, a heavy clog on the trade, commerce, and industry of England, and a potent benefactor to England's most dangerous trading competitors. They are and have been the cause of the loss, to the British community, of a minimum of four hundred million pounds per annum, and since the outbreak of the present war thev have occasioned the loss of the lives of many thousands of British, French, and Belgian soldiers." I On April 8th this series of articles came to an end. chough it is still being supplemented in the columns of the" Outlook" as occasion offers. The final paragraph of the final article ran as follow? The British railway system is to-day what, than sixty years ago, Charles Dickens declared the Court of Chancery to be—' the most pestilent of hoary sinners before the face of God.' It is a truly dreadful commentary on English public life, and on the honour of English public men, that such a Babylonian edifice of fraud, cemented bv human blood and buttressed by monstrous mendacity, should have been per- mitted to grow to such proportions, and to endure so long." This tremendous indictment "•—I cull the phrase from the columns of the" Pall Mall Gazette ''—proved up to the hilt and beyond it, and reinforced by all necessary detail, has been allowed to pass absolutely without contradiction by tlie wealthy and powerful body of men who control our railways. Not one word of denial or extenuation has been offered to the editor of the Outlook," an old-established Conservative weekly of wide circulation and considerable in- fluence. The Railway News," the organ of the railway companies, made a feebly sarcastic reference to the articles, in the course of which it advi-ed that I should be appointed President of the Board of Trade. I replied on April 15th. offering to transfer my campaign to the columns of The Railwav News itself. If the Editor of the Railwav News does really and tauly mean a fight to a finish, the briefest line to that eftect addressed to the Editor of the Outlook will suffice. I am not merely ready, but eager, to meet the defenders of our railway system. ill their own familiar camping-ground, and to prove, in the columns of their own journalistic organ, ,i. great deal more than all-that I have alleged 111 the neutral pages of the Outlook." I am still awaiting an answer to my chalengc. I desire in this connection, to make one or ¡ two categorical statements. The appalling condition of our railway system ¡ and the irightful results of that condition on British trade, commerce, and military efficiency are oerfectly well known to the Member of Parliament for the Northern Division of Mon- mouthshire, the Rt. Hon. Reginald McKenna, Chan eilor of the Exchequer, of whose con- stituency the town of Abergavenny is a most Important part. I The existence of a remedy for that condition, a modified adaptation of Mr. A. W. Gattie's goods- clearing house scheme, which would restore our j rilwaY3 to at least the very moderate degree of emciency they possessed before the outbreak of war, a remedy advocated by many of the greatest en"in--<-rs and economists now alive, and capable of instant application, is also perfectly well known to Mr. McKenna. The fact that the only obstacle to the applica- tion of the remedy is the opposition of one single j individual, Mr. William Francis Marwood, Chief of the Raihvav Department of the Board of Trade, a person whom I have, in the columns of the Chttlook," paradoxically but accurately described as an obscure clefk in a Government office and as the most powerful individual in the British Empire,' is also perfectly well know:: to Mr. McKenna. Tii' fact that he could, by one single author- itative utterance, end a condition of affairs which is costing the country millions ot pounds per day, and bring about a reform which, in its commercial and social results, would be comparable only to the introduction of the locomotive, is also per- fectly well known to Mr. McKenna. I most earnestly desire and solicit that the electors of North Monmouthshire will afiord me the opportunity of repeating these statements from a public platform in the presence of their Parliamentary representative, the Rt. Hon. Keg: .jd McKenna, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Believe me, Sir, yours faithiully. HENRY.MURRA\ 6, Air .-dale Avenue, Chiswick, London, I

GIFT SALE FOR "ROYAL SHOW. I The announcement made by the Duke ot Porti-ui 1 that the Royal Agricultural Society of England is to organise a jumble or gift sale has create I much interest among farmers in all parts of the • oinitrv. The sale will be held at the Society's annual show at Manchester in the last week Tune, and the proceeds arc to be devoted to the Agricultural Relief of Allies bund—the flin(i -,r helping the war-ruined farmers in Allied countries Farmers have already raised many thou-an:1s of pounds by such means, but it is confidently exoected that the one promoted by the Royal will establish a new record for gift sales Hitherto the largest amount raised for the fund in this matter is the £ 5,000 obtained by the sale at the Smithfield Show in December.

Cricklsowell Board of Guardians. I Mr. Gwilym C. James presided at the fort- nightly meeting of this Board on Monday, at the Town Hall, Crickhowe! when there were present Rev. W. Arvon Da vies, and Messrs. T. M. Williams, W. (V. James, T. Price, W. G. Watkins, T. J. Thomas, J. H. Jones, R. J. Jones, Wm. Jones. David Thomas, T. U. Jones, E. Pirie Gordon, Enoch Williams, W. Rosser, and Evan Williams. RESIGNATION" OF THi: TRSE. I A letter was read from Nurse Megan Evans, resigning her post as nurse at the workhouse infirmary. Nurse Evans, who has been in- disposed for some time, said she regretted having to take this step, and thanked the Guardians, Master, and Dr. Hill for the kindness and con- sideration shown to her. Dr. Hill (Medical Officer of Health) said he was sorry to hear of the resignation of Nurse Evans, who was an admirable officer. She carried out her duties faithfully and well. Mr. Wm. Jones said it was a very difficult matter to get a nurse nowadays. They were scarce, and commanded good salaries. The Chairman said they must do the best they could in the circumstances. They were sorry to lose Nurse Evans, but there was no help for it. It was decided, after further discussion, that the matter of finding a successor should be left to the Master and Clerk. COUNTY corxcil. PRECEPT. I The Clerk said he had received the Breconsliire County Council precept for J -1,658, which was £500 more than the preceding one. The county rate was rod. apart from education, and he was afraid the benefit by reducing the local rates would not be so much after all, and this was due to the county rate. He hoped, however, that subsequent precepts would show a reduction. I BOARDING OUT. The Board decided to hold a Boarding-out I Committee on Thursday, the 17th May, at Trafalgar House, Brynmawr.

Llanwenarth Ultra Parish Council. I The annual meeting of the above Council was held at the British School, Govilon, on Wednes- day, April 19th. Ilresent Messrs. J. Davies, J. Allen, W. Morgan, W. Pendry and J. Watkins. Mr. J. Davies, who presided pro tem., proposed the re-election of Mr. W. Morgan as chairman for the ensuing year. Mr. Wm. Morgan, in thanking the Council for the honour they proposed to confer upon him, said he had held the office for several years, but had felt more strongly each year that a change would be better for the business of the Council. He had now finally decided not to take the office for the ensuing year, and proposed the election of Mr. J. Davies. Mr. Pendry seconded, and the motion was carried unanimously. Mr. J. Davies, in accepting the office, paid a tribute to the long and faithful service Mr. Morgan had rendered to the Council, and ex- pressed his regret that Mr. Morgan could not be persuaded to hold office for another year. On the motion of Mr. Pendry, seconded by Mr. Allen, Mr. Watkins was elected vice-chair- man. Mr. Morgan proposed, and Mr. Pendry I seconded, the re-election of the overseers, Messrs. J. Davies and J. Watkins, who accepted the office. Messrs. D. J. Davies and A. G. Gwillym were elected as the Council's representatives on the Board of Managers for Llanwenarth Ultra and Pwlldu, respectively, for the ensuing 12 months. Mr. Watkins reported that the condition of a well in Hwyl-y-bwlla lane, near Mount Pleasant, had been reported to the Surveyor, who had promised to attend to it as soon as possible. Mr. Morgan stated that there was nothing to add to the report as to Cothan's path at the last meeting. Mr. Pendry again pointed out that the wages offered were below current prices, in spite of the* increase which the Council had made. It was decided, however, that it was a question of shortage of labour, and not a matter of wages. It was decided to hold the next meeting in June. I ▲

summon FARMER?T Sfuc?fhcHeaIth<of [ YOUR LIVE STOCK. I The success of the Lambing and Calving L Season depends largely on the readl- f V l ness with which emergencies and sudden n illness can be met. ?—— —-—   1 ■ 1 11 ff reliable ESSENTIALS Yj < RED DRENCH.-For -,Clotisiltg" H > Cows and Ewes. Fevers, Loss of Cud. Price (Ewes), 3/0 ftt d-.t (Cow* ta/. pu Jul; Tins, 12/- end ^23/. each. GASEOUS FLUID.-Fo, Chills, Movea. A restorative for all weakly Animals. Price 20/- per dot. Bottle*. CHEMICAL EXTRACT.-Fo, j Aeoiatiiig after Parturition, Sores, Wonnda, Ac. f Price 2/8 ood 3/0 per Bottle. 1 C U RDOLIX.-For 5coor or Dtarrtwaa, t White or Qreen Sldt. &c, t Price 2/- U4 per Bottle 1 Qwrt Tin, T/tt. Saul PC ft) Lnjkt 404. md fiM txvMaUn. J H E, W I T T,

A "LIGHT" ON THE SUBJECT. I The light of other days Is faded, And all their glories past The lamps no longer look as they did— How long is this to last ? The town in gloom is nightly shrouded. One cannot go about, When every pane of glass is clouded Inside as well as out. The lamps no longer ornamental, Might just as well come down It makes one feel quite sentimental When passing through the town. The Daylight Saving Bill a farce is The flight of Time no man can stop; Suppose we all go out to Tarsus., And let such stupid nonsense drop; The Bill may pass, we question will it All we can do is wait and see And if opponents fail to kill it. Don ituir. writes so mote it be And the grass has donned its greenest hue. The latest fad, "saving daylight," is about to follow saving gaslight," which has recently been a compulsory measure. The former is not measured by meter, hence there can be no economy in adopting any saving clause. Some quarrymen in a hamlet not a hundred miles away were visited every Saturday by the butcher, and when the men saw him they knew it was the end of the week. On one occasion deep now kept the butcher at home, and the men went on with their work, and on the Monday one said. Bill, this is a main long week." And it must have been, as they had lost the Saturday and had entered a second week and all through the delay of the meat supply. The clock-hands had nothing to do with the quarry-hands. Custom may accom- plish much, and as Time goes on it may be con- venient to hasten the dawn of next Christmas I Day by manipulating the clock. I Let Dogs Deligbt to Bark, Not Bite. I The dogs and cats have resumed their wander- ings, and, being real midnight marauders, and I the darkness more intense than formerly, an old boot or a brick might fall far short of the mark, I even if the spot from which the sound emanated could be located. Little gaps in fences are speedily enlarged, and unless some drastic measure be adopted we shall have the proverbial carriage and four driving through by and by. As to the flowers that bloom in the spring, tra-la-la," they have already done their share of shine," but we fear the fate of the June roses and the blooms that lie low and make the summer summery—and the summary of it all is, let the owners of defective fences be instructed to repair them and leave intruders to the tender mercy of the tenant; and, like the street lamps, they will soon be forgotten. The lawn mowers begin to sing their old sweet song" at early dawn ) and through the dav. 8th Mav, 1916. DUSTY BOB. j

LETTERS FROM THE FRONT. I LIEUT. E. LLEWELLIN'S EXPERIENCES. Mr. W. Llewelliu has received an interesting letter from his brother, Lieut. E. Llew-Ilin, who is at the front. In the course of his epistle, Lieut. Lie well in says We have made another move since I wrote you, but although it was to a village only a mile away from where we were then, it was anything but pleasant. The weather was very bad, and the accommodation here was simply rotten, the horse lines being up to the horses' bellies in mud, with about 18 months' accumulation of manure and muck about. The French have made wonderful trenches and dug-outs, and have provided excellent accommodation for stabling and watering their horses, but absolutely no sanitary arrangements. Very few houses are provided with privies, and they never dreamt of removing stable manure, with the result that the yards or small orchards generally in which the stables have been erected were mountains high with heaps of same. With about 1,500 horses in a small area, you may imagine the state of things Our men have been pretty busy since we have been here, clearing it away, other- wise things would be unbearable when the warm weather comes. I visited a city. a few miles away, a fortnight ago, and it was an eye-opener. All the principal buildings and most of the streets are in absolute ruins. Very few civilians are seen, as most of them have done a hunk,' leaving their belongings behind them. I went to one of our observation posts close to our front line, which was quite close to the city, from which we had a fine view of the Hun trenches and for a couple of miles behind. We put a few shells across, just for registering purposes, but .tnings were then fairly quiet. Last Sunday week the Huns shelled a village only three- quarters of a mile from here. They put in 230 shells within an hour. We are on higher ground, and had a good view of the bombardment. We could see civilians running from the village and hiding behind haystacks. The village was packed with troops, and we thought there would have been a number of casualties. Next day we went across and were rather surprised to hear that there had only been one casualty, a Tommy slightly wounded. Several horses and cows had been killed and many houses had been badly knocked about. It seems when the first shell came across the troops got into dug-outs, &c., and thus escaped. The grounds around a large chateau in the village were fairly honeycombed with shell-holes, and yet the building itself escaped untouched. We had a little excitement last Saturday night. Just as we had turned in for the night, what we thought was a shell burst close by, followed immediately by a second I explosion. We immediately jumped up and put on our breeches and boots and got outside our hut. We could hear an aeroplane overhead, and found that it had dropped two bombs. Opinions differed as to where the bombs had dropped, but the general opinion was that they were only about 100 yards away. We could hear another aeroplane approaching, and it turned out to be one of our own, and it soon drove the Ern away. Next morning we found that the bombs had dropped in an open field more than half a mile away, doing no damage beyond making a couple of (leecift-sized holes in the ground. Things have been fairly quiet out here lately, but the weather has been too bad to enable much to be done. We get a fine day, followed by two or three wet and cold ones. It is really wonderful how cheerful the Tommies are through it all. All leave has been suspended and all I officers and men on leave have been ordered to return and rejoin their units. Whether it means I that we are going to make a push 'tis hard to say, but it looks like it. I think we ought to be able to ginger them up a bit now. I have I been out here nine weeks now, and if I am in luck's way and leave again starts, I ought to be able to get mine in six or seven weeks Lime."

I Among the Sinn Feiners. Col. W. Williams has handed us a letter which he has received from one of his old boys, Alfred H. Gwatkin, of the R.A.M.C., who, describing his experiences in Ireland, says :■— We have had a splendid time in Ireland. We spent a lot of our time at Limerick with field days and route marches. We were also on with dug-outs really most interesting work. We used to march six miles to the place of operations, and each sub-section would be told within what bounds its patients were. Of times we went four or six miles over the moorlands looking for the patients, who would be hidden amongst the heather. The land round here was very peaty and we would often come across peat 1 u. f stacked to dry. I remember on one march we passed a huge peat bed, from which they were taking peat, and one of our officers (a native of those parts) told us it was one of the largest peat beds in the South if not the whole of Ireland. Near I/merick and running towards Tipperary is o "rl(- known as the Golden Vale.' The land I here is very fertile and there are good pastures. It ;s chiefly dairv produce that comes from here, and the cream/ etc., is bought up by Messrs. Cleeves, who have large factories in Limerick. The surrounding scenery is delightful, especially towards Castle Conncll, which is a place about eight miles up the Shannon, and at a village called Adare, which is about ten miles to the west. Here there is a tobacco plantation, owned. I believe, by the Earl of Dunraven. About Dundalk I am not able to say very much, as we were not there very long and had no time to visit the various places of interest. Boats, loaded with cattle, leave here two or three times a week for Liverpool. During my stay in Ireland I found the people most hospitable and generous. There were very few times when we were not treated courteously. The only exceptions were when we met anv of the Sinn Feiners, but then we took but little notice of them, as we knew their ideas. I remember well the time the trouble broke out with the Nationalist Volun- teers because the latter were standing by England in the war. The Sinn Feiners seem to be as much detested by the Irish as they are by the English, now they have rebelled. From what we saw of them, they were well armed, and used to parade constantly. However, it is to be hoped that the whole affair will soon be at an end. It would be a mistake to judge the whole of the Irish by these few."

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Furfcher- more, as our Tobacco ,tl olent, through an ln-bond warehouse at (Suem- sey, there is no duty to pay this side, and parcels can be sent by letter post instead of the English parcel post minimum of 1/ The consequence is that through our Tobacco Fund you can send 70 W ills "Wild Woodbine" cigarettes to your personal friend at- the-Front, post free, for I/ This if botiglit-iii tllii co-uii- try and posted here, would cost von 1/91. There are al-o other parcels containing different kinds of cigarettes and tobacco, as mentioned below, and each one will show you a considerable saving. An acknowledgment postcard addressed to you is enclosed in every parcel sent bv YOU through our Tobacco Fund to your friend, so that he knows at once to whom he is indebted for the welcome gift, and can acknowledge its safe arrival. Theso, postcards give a pleasing touch to the gift, both for the donor itud tho recipient. Kemenicer cnat "smokes" are not enduring gifts. They give very great com- fort and happiness to your friend at-the- Front, but they vanish in smoke. You Rhould tate ad- vantage, therefore, of our ofIcr tCJ scnd parcels each week, withautomatic regu- larity, to your friend with the Forces. The best wav is to send 3/ 5/ 10/- or 20' with instructions that one parcel is to go every week for 3, 5. 10 or 20 weeks. We gladly givo these facilities free of all expense to our readers No ded nc- t.i()n, n..11 rn\>£ n >> made; .tor v.*ovKing of tho r ur.d. nncl ewrv penny contributed is spoilt in and the trade profits from such personal parcels, amounting to Id. in every 1/- 'contributed, vro pcnt by us in sending parcels of "mokes" ,Lre pr'r,oners of war. Personal Parcels. We can send for 1 post free, any one of the following seven special parcels:— Quote standard Cost Parcel reference Contents of Parcel if posted number when jlfor I I- includjng postage. in ordering. I Engiand. 501 70 Woodbines l/9 £ 502 50 Arf-a-Mo 2/- 503 40 Gold Flake 1/7 504 30 Glory Boy 1/4* 505 25 Cigarettes in Case 1/8 506 6 Panatellas Cigars 1/4 507 4 oz. "Arf-a-Mo" Tobacco 1 2/11 to any man in France, Flanders, Dardanelles, the Balkans, Egypt or the Persian Gulf, to any individual sailor in any ship in the Navy, or to any Prisoner of War in Ger- many or Turkey or interned in Holland. A postcard ready addressed back to you for your friend's acknow- ledgment is enclosed in every parcel, and Id. from every 1/- you send is set fiside for sending smokes to local Prisoners of War in Germany. Our readers are requested to note that in sending personal parcels care should be taken to give the friend's full regimental address and number. The General Fund. Many local men who are without friends in a position to send them regular supplies of smokes have been recipients of parcels of tobacco and cigarettes through our General Fund. For every 6d. you send to our General Fund we send 30 good Cigarettes, and 1 oz. of Tobacco to some lonely member of our local regiments. A reply postcard is enclosed in every parcel so that the man who benefits as a result of your subscription can tell you himself how much he has appreciated your gift. When sending your friend or relative a gift of smokes through our Personal Fund don't forget if possible to send something to our General Fund for local regiments. "Will readers please note that "smokes" cannot be sent through our Tobacco Fund to troops stationed in Great Britain, India, or East or West Africa. Furthermore, we cannot send 6d. parcels to stated individuals, but only to regiments generally. -n_ R. J. HARRHY, H. d Hairdresser, | Wholesale & Retail Tobacconist, 5, High Street. Private Room for the Cutting & Singeing of Ladies' Hair. EXPERT ATTENDANCE. Umbrellas Repairemand Re-covered. PICTURE FRAMING Fishing Tackle, Bird & Animal Preserver. Note.-Special offer cbe<p—One i6ft. and 18ft. Greenheart Salmon Rods. ERNLE J. DELAFIELD, 21, NevillStreeL THE GREAT SKIN CURE. BUDDEN'S S.R. SKIN OINTMENT will L) cure Itching after one application; destroys every form of Eczema; heals Old Wounds and Sores; acts like a charm on Bad Legs, is infallible for Piles prevents Cuts from festering; will cure Ringworm in a few days removes the most obstinate Eruptions and Scurvy. Boxes 9d. and ts. 3d. Agent for Abergavenny Mr. Shackleton, The Pharmacy. Agent for Pontypool, Mr. Godfrev C. Wood, Chemist. J I F F 'HEADACHE AND TOOTHACHE POWDERS owing to the War are 3d. each 3/- per dozen. But they are worth their weight in gold. Punted ann PnbTisbed by M. Morgan and Co. a.t 26, Fros>morc Sueet. A bergavenny, in tha. County of Mouniouth. FRIDAY, MAY 12,1916.