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SUNDAY SERVICES. f Preachers in Swansea To-morrow. I BAPTIST. I Mount Zion Church.—At 11: Mr. William Morgans; at (5.30: Rev. E. Worthing j (Pastor). Sunday School at 2.45, The ) Lord's Supper 'Alter Evening Service. i ketty Church, Carnglas-rohd.—11 a.m. and 6.30 pan., Hcv. Ivor H. James (Pastor). Sunday School at 2.45. Communion After Evening Service. Pantygwydr Church—Preacher: Rev. Mel- ville Evan.s, Morning at 11. Evening at 6.30, Gospel Service. Singing led by our Serv ice Men. I St. Helen's Church, Spring Terrace.— I 11 a.m. and ti.SO p.m. Preacher; Key. J. it. Evans (Llwyultendy). I School at 2.15. Memorial Church, Walter-road.—11 a.m. and 6.S0 p.m. Preacher; Rev. F. C. White, BJL). Sunday School at 2.4a. j Mount Calvary, Manselton.—Preacher at 11 and 6.30 p.m.: Rev. L. T. Harry (Pastor). Tabernacle Chape1.-11 a.m. and 6.30 p.m Preacher: Lhw. B" J. Wiiiou?hb?  2..á, Sunday School a?d Bible Classes I I I CONGREGATIONAL. ) Manselton Enghsh Church, Manselton- ro?d.—Muruing at 11. Evening at ti.30 i?re?cher. hev. John Ad?ms ?P"Lor) Sunday School and Bible Cla&8e& 2.15 Carmarthen Road Church.—11 a.m. and I 6.30 p.m. Preacher: lv. J. Phillip* I' (Pastor). Sunday School at 2-30 St. Helen's Road Church.—11 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. Preacher, Rev. Xlio6. Sinclair I Evans (Pastor). i CAILVINISTIC METHODIST. I Rhyddmgt Park Chapel, P yddmgs park'l road.-Il am. and 6.?U p.m. Pre?hM Rev. Richard WtHiums (Llanelly).— Prehminary Notioe. Aimiv?'sttry Services May 11th, 1919. Preacher: Rev. M. H. Jones, B.A. (Ton Pentre). Argyle ChapeL—Services ai 11 and 6.30 I Preacher: Rev. A. Wynne Tlaoutusi Sunday School at 2.45. Alexandra Road Chapel.-ii a.m. and 6.30 p.m. Preacher: Rev. J. 11. Owen. Sunday School at 2.45. PRESBYTERIAN. I St. Andrew's Church, St. Helen'a-road.— 11 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. Preacher.' R. Greenahieids, M.A., B.D. ?aetor? I PRIMITIVE METHODIST. I Primitive Methodist Church, ^ell-street.— II Morning at 11: Mr. W. A. Knapp; I Evening at 6.30: Mr. W. J. Jones. THE FORWARD MOVEMENT. I Central Hall, orchard-street.-Il a.m. and I 6.30 p.m. Rev. W. Watkin Williaoia. i (Pastor). Sunday School 2.45. I UNITED METHODIST. I Oxford Street.—11 and 6;30: Rev. R. W. j Greco. 2.4&, Sunday &:hl and i Men's Bible Clu?. I WELSH BAPTISTS. I Capel Gomer.-Il a.m. and 6.30 p.m. I Preacher; Rev. R. S. Roger#, B.A. (Pastor). Sunday School at 2.45 p.m. Bathesda, Abertawe.—Oedfaou 11 a 6.30. I Pregethwr: Parch. D. Price (Gwein- idog). Yegol Sul 2.30. Capel Seion, Iretoris.—Pregethwr: Parch I' D. J. Michael, B.A. (Biaenconin) am lleg a 6. Y sgoi am 2. Dinas Noddfa, Ulandwr.—Oedfaon am ¡ 10.30 a 6. Pregethwr: Parch. W. B. 1 11 Thomas (Berthliryd). I WELSH CONGREGATIONAL. I Bethel, Sketty.~Pregethwr: ?arch. J. T'I Gregory (Cw?imdog dyiodol yr Eglwys). CkdfaôŒ1 10.30 a 6 o'r gloch. Cenir (Juawd yn yr hwyr gau I Miss Evelyn Davies (Crwys). Cesglir i'r Y.M.C.A. Capel Henrietta.-Ocdfaou 11 a 6.30. Pre- I gethwr: Parch. D. Lurot Walters, M.A., jj.,1.I. ((iweiniLlug).- Yrguilk)U ya y Cupel a'r Uplands, 2.45. —Cymundeb. Ebenezer.—Pregethwr: Parch. D. Rich- ards, M.A. (Bedwas), am 11.0 a 6.30. ytigol am 2.30. Y Tabernacl, freforis.—Am 11 a 6. Pregethwr gr. Brynnior Thomas I (Coleg Caerfyrddin). Ysgolion am 2. 1 WESLEYAN. I Wesley Chapel, College-street.—Morning at 11: Rev. R. W. Green; Evening at 6.30: Rev. T. Roberts. Brunswick Chapel.-aorning at 11: Rev. Mr. Thomas; Evening at 6.30: Rev. F. T. Buckingham. I OTHER SERVICES. I Albert Hall, Swansea.— tD.V.) Services at i 11 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. Preacher: Rev. II. A. Voke (Treboeth). Gospel Hall, George Street.—(D.V.) a Gospel Meeting will be held at 6.30 p.m. All are Invited. BROTHERHOODS. I Sketty United Brotherhood and Sister- hood l Uneectarian)- Wesley Chapel. 3 p.m. Speaker, Councillor A. 1 oveiJ (National Commercial rcLttp:. ince League). Chairman, Mr.ubrey Jones. Soloists, Mr. lovr Owen and Party. Orgauist, Mr. St. Ervar John, F.R.C.O. Men and Women WeJcoinfi. Pantygwydr ( L'nfcecianan).—At 8 p.m Speaker, Mr. J. V. Esmond, B-Se. Chairman, Mr. S. BetLoncy. Accom- panist, r. F. V. Thompson. All Men Heartily Invited. Pell Street.-3 to 4. Chairman, Mr. F. Down. Speaker, Mr. lIy. Hodges. I

Evangelical CONVENTION ALBERT HALL SWANSEA, MAY 19th to 23rd, 191C I MAY 19tnd1ive3rd,. 191C A WEEK OF UNITED PRAYER I MEETINGS, MAY 12d\ to 17th. Full particulars will be published liext week. AMMANFORD RACES, WHIT-SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1919. Further particulars from Secretary, D. E. Thomas, 6, Wind-street, Ammanford. "LEADER" CLASSIFIED ADVERTS. See Page 3 To day,

Sun Rises 5.47, Sun Sets 8.35. Lighting-up Time, 9.5. High Watsr -9.6 a.m., 9.25 p.m. Xingr's Doefe 40ft. Cin. a.m., 40ft. lin. p.m. To-morrow, 9.58 a.m., 10.14 p.m.

THE GERMANS AT VERSAILLES. The British correspondents in Paris have presented us with pictures of the arrival and the re- ception of the German delegates it Versailles. Their train drew up at a wind-blown station. There was snow, hail and rain. The platform was deserted except for photo- graphs and press correspondents. When the train arrived there was no one to call out the name of the station, no one to assist the travel- lers to descend—a desolation com- parable with the desolation that tne Germans had left behind them :n the invaded districts of France. There was not a soldier to present arms; nothing but a frigid correct- ness. But at Versailles they are settled down in comfortable quarters enough- They are receiving the best creature comforts that Franco can offer, and we are told that they are doing full justice to the cuisines of the hotels! On Thursday the delegates handed their credentials to the Allied Verification Commit- tee, a short ceremony occupying five minutes, and made dramatic by the fact that it was M. Jules'Cam- bon, the French Ambassador in Berlin in 1914, who presided over this meeting. The affair was gone through with full diplomatic cour tesies, and as one reads one is re minded of a different scene, also at Versailles, when the. Germans in '71 came as victors. Richard Dehan, who in private life is Mrs. Clothile Graves, de- scribes thus '71 scene very intensely in the novel The Man of lroa. Bismarck had settled down at Ver- sailles, and the German guns were daily, and mercilessly, bombarding Paris. To him enters M. Thiers, and his reception by Bismarck is a matter of history. The Man of Iron threw :nsult after insult at the French statesmen. In every incident, Bismarck was the bully. It is curious to read to-day, in view of the complaints now made about the policy of the Allies, that whi 'h Bismarck is represented as saying in a passion to M. Thiers: "Are you and your colleagues aware that I suffer in my reputation for these procrastinations? It is said at home in Germany that I am over-lenient towards the French that I de lay to reap for united Germany the glory and profit for which she hae paid so terrible a price in blood. Yourself, with Mm. Ducrot and Faure, have considered my terms for an armistice inadmissible. You would hold the elections—even in those provinces of France which we hold as conquerors! You woull re-provision Paris and her fort I resses! We should be hellishly I unpractical if we listened to you! What the big devil! are we to 1\ permit the levies, and the recruit- ing by which the French Republic may hurl against us a new army to shoot down? Himmelkreuzbom benelement! Do you take us for sheeps heads?" If tit for tat was the policy of the I Allies it would be rough house in Versailles now for the German Plenipotentiaries. But happily there are no Bismar. ks among our peace delegates, they are all gentlemen, and whatever terms they feel they I must impose upon the Boche, with, I the object of safeguarding humanity I against another catastrophe, we I may be quite certain that they will not repeat the Bismarckian bullying I of M. Thiers. Hour after hour the torture went on between the conqueror and the statesmen I of stricken France. And at last the old man tottering to his feet, M. ie Cointe eaid: "J have suffered too much. I i lfild myself unable to continue our inter- I view. With your permission to- I morrow? He bowed and took his hat and cane, and repeated weakly: To-morrow ?" With pleasuret" said the Man of Iron, escorting him to the door. I He was to return upon the morrow, and for many days thenccafter, to be played with and tortured, to be tantalised and mocked. He was to return flushed with ¡ fl:I:ile hope, only to be crushed and retire discomfited. He was to furnish an inex- haustible source of amusement for the delectation of his implacable enemy. lie was to return after a prolonged absence within the walls of the beleagured capital, he and others, faint with famine, broken by anxiety, shattered by suspense and sleeplessness; forced by sheer hunger to sit and partake at the groaning board ci their merciless foe, compelled by his arrogance to listen to his j eatings, moist- ening the food they placed between their livid lips, with the stinging salt of tears. I Germany has come to Versaill? under different conditions in 191?, she has come as the conquered. 1:; is said that although the delegation has full powert it is understood thiv will refer to the Government aP Berlin on points ot the Peace Treaty betore accepting them. We are warned from various quarter tnat they have come with a oag full of tricks prepared to play upon the Allies. Their playing will be in vain, for they have been called to Versailles not to negotiate the peace bub t-o accept the terms agresd upon by the Allies. There will he no bullying of helpless men; there will be no thunderings of con querors, but. they will be met by an inflexible determination to s\ve'p away for ever the menace of a Ger man military caste.

PENTREPOETH ESTATE. ONE MORRISTON LOT DISPOSED OF FOR £ 3,690. There was an interesting lot dis'pcssd of at the Morriston Parish Hall on i, ? day* when Messrs. James and James, Swansea, concluded the sale of the Pentre- poeth Estate, the property of Lady Lyons. Lot 288 was the freehold ground rent of XG &so M. 1)?? annum arising out <? 72 houa?? and premi8e3, including Bryn- view Cottages, -rqos. 1 to 16, Eock-terrace, i 1 to 12 ami 16, Troharne-road, Bryn-y- \Tant, 1 to 4 Rosshill Co"tage-s 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13 and 14, Strawberry-place, Straw- oerry Cottage, 1 to 18, Miil-t;?rrace, and I to 12, Bryneithin-terrace, Morrcston. The whole lot is let on lease for a term of 30 years from September 29, 1902, and  e full renta l I'll u Luere is a Nwi8Qn to ,he full rental value ¡ ,-it the expiration of the lease 13 .yv-ars henco. The auctioneer described the lot j as the gem of the gale." Bidding smarted at .21,000, and rose quickly, being even- tually knocked down to Mr. David Harris for £ 3,600 A very large number of freehold ground rents in Llangyfelach-road, Vdcar- age-road, Pl?asant-street, Penrice-street. and Springfield-street, "Morrisiton, were deposed ct. Fiieeiiolci ground ivnts of iJrynderw, Llangyfelach-road, to Mr. J. J. Edward3 for < £ 562 10s. (Kh; of Oaklcigh, Maesyrhat, Minyrallt, and Lyndhurst at £ 105 each; ot NoctMa and Disgwylfa at _£125 each; of Earlesuroor at =2150; and of Park View at cSUiO, in each case to the present lessee, all iJxe houses being situ- ate in Llangyfelach-road. BUILDING SITES. I A number of building sites in Vicaragé-! road were disposed of. Most notable WMI the purc? a?sp of two by Mr. Edward Ibnis, solicitor at 4130 and £60 N'l)EX- t'vely. Some ground rants in the same road ,v,e.re also sold. That of Danycoed went to the lessee for £ 250; of Wenvoo to Mr. D. J. Davies for £ 182 1P«. Od.; of Gor- wydd to the lessee for £86 5s. od.; of The Woodlands to Mr. J. Johns for < £ 169 5s. cf Furzobank and Ma>?sycoed to Mr. John Jones; of Nos. 47 and 48 Vicarage-road to 1 ,\fr. A. M. Jones for -6107 10s. Od., of Nos. 51, 58. 54 and 55. ait 1,90, £95, and < £ 87 10S., to the lessee in each case. I MORE GROUND RENTS. Mr. Arnold purchased the ground rent I of Glenmore, Vicarage-road, for X90, whilst those of Trefach, Arfryn, Lynwood ::nd one other, Llwyncelyn, Iscccd, )er- lwyn, The Hollies, Chariton, Bro dil wd, ?faoyfron, and Argoed were bought by Mr. Edward Harrs for an aggregate of r .£624 10s. Od.. Mr. Harris aLao purchased the corner building site for < £ 50. Other purchases made by Mr, Harris were the ground rents of the Pentrepoeth Farm for C300, a building site adjoining with a frontage in Springftald-street for -CIOO, and a bunch of 14 building sites between Penrioe-streot and Llangyfelach- road for £ 625. The ground rents of Noe. 43 and 44, Spivngfi;?ld-stroet, and the four houses- Vihleigha Brynsifi, Brynywawr, and Brynu>g realised -Cr50 from Mr. Oakley Walters; that of Nos. 73 to 83, Spring- field-street were alao bought by Mr. Wal- ters for .£312 10s. Od.; that of No. 46 was bought by the lessee for £ 100; and the same price was given by the lessee for that of No. 45, Springfic-ld-street. The ground rent of Nos. 9-13, Spring- iiold-street went bo Mr. John, of Bryn- eithin, for .£210, and a large number of other sales for small ground rents we-1 C,I o c to, CL

"SONG OF HIAWATHA" I Britonferry Choral Society's I Artistic Performance. Britonferry has often been called the I "viLlage of song," and this verdict was manifest in the very successful concert I given at the Publie Hall, Britonferry, when the Britonferry Choral Society. under the able leadership of Mr. Evan Morris, gave a rendering of Coleridge Taylor's Song of Hiawatha." to a crowded and appreciative audience. This choir which consista.of 136* voices, has ht-d a very successful career, and at the I last National Eisteddfod at Neath curried off the premier honours by winning the chief competition. CHORUSES. I The programme gave three parte t of I the book, "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast," j "The Death of Hiawatha," and Hia- j waiha's Departure," and the singing of j the twenty-four choruses by the choir from the opening to the final chorus was a wonderful performance, and well: merited the recaption given them. The I balance of parts was practically perfect, and thff were always under complete con- trot of the baton. In the chorus "It was I neither goose nor driver," and also the two final cbo"us?8 the choir excelled I themselves, each part taking up the I strain in an appealing manner. The un- accompanied choruses were also very I effectively sung, and the Vhole pro- ¡ gramme was well earried out. I SOLOISTS. I Miss Minnie Searle from the London I concerts as soprano soloist, was an ex- j cellent singer, and her solos were sung I with a feeling, and was equal to the heavy t4sk allotted her. Mr. Webster pillar from the Beecham Opera con- certs as tenor, also took his part well, and waa heard to advantage in "Onaway. Awake, Beloved-" Captain Herbert Heyner as baritone, had a splendid voice, and the several items in which he took part were richly pung. He distinguished himself especially in the solo, "Wahonomin." Mr. Glaslyn Joneg, A.R.C.O., the accompanist, as nsual gave a splendid performance with the choir and soloists, while Mr. Arthur Angle's Cardiff Orchestra also assisted. The Society h^ve reason to be proud of their performance, as every item was well maintained and carried out. The eecretarics, Messrs. H. R. Thomas and J. O. Maddocks, with their hard working I committee, are also to be complimented, together with their able conductor.

AT ST. PAUL'S. I I At St. Paul's Church on Sunday special May services will be held, when the Rev. W. Pedr Williams will preach. At the evening service the subject will be Is the Religion of the Good Sama- ritan the IRenl Christian Religion?"

PQNTARDUUUS PATENT. I A well known Pontardulais colliery official has been granted a patent for a new kind Qf driiwbar for colliery tuba, i.e., a flexible drawbar instead ot the rigid one in ase at prt. Thft object of this sew device io to do wy with fchree dangerous factors in cooneetifm with underground haulage, namely, tha draw- bar. shkl. and pins. Arising from this new device also are two very iin- )),rrtalit factors of safety in connection with haulages: (1) The main rope will always be in contact with the last tram ot a train of trains through safo and strong connection from one drawbar to another; (2) always in a train of trams, each tram has only to carry its own weight or otherwise there ?ill te no more stress on the first tram than on the last j on any inclined plane.

TOWN TALK. I Scarcity of labour in the tinplate trade is very acute in somo districts. —: C* • What is now known as the Gwaun- cae-Gurwen Public Hall was once a Swansea Church building. :0:— With further reference to those seven hens that laid over 100 eggs in a short period, a cynic wants to know if the owner pays super-tax! — .O.— In Swansea, cottages are being pro- vided, as an experiment, witil as mucit electric light as they care to Uiie in three lamps for a shilling a week.— from a London weekly — :0:— An Ammanford clorgyman regards the local proposal to burn the effigy cf the Kaiser on Peace Day as a relic of barbarism." Would the same objection hold to hanging the culprit himself? Was it a fear that reasoned discussion, 'J if long enough continued, would overcome. 1 aild miiv-nte, which prompted the pro- pcsal at the Guardians that the ques- tion be now put" r It looked much like it. -:0;- I see, an air service for the publio has begun," said a Morriston man to his friend, who quickly assented. Then, after a moment'* thought, he said: But I shall continue to use Mr. David James's tramcars." — JO:— At the Band of llope concert at the Albert Hall last night, the Leader" cartoon on The Teetotal Turnout created a good deal of interest, and noti a few. comments, of the complimentary sort were passed. We duly blush I —: o: — The new chairman of the Swansea Guardians shaped very well on Thursday. His task v.ill probably not be easy, but one calling both for the courtesy and the u run lies .s which Dr. Harrington discovered in analysis of the chairman's character. :0:- Swansea housewives who are about "fed up" with "Only foreign this week will be interested to know that there are a million and-a-quarter frozen sheep awaiting shipment from Aus- tralia. They'll have to grin and bear it, that's all. — -o:— Labour" seemed rather amertire at the new Guardians meeting on Thursday. Is it possible that members of the Laboilr Party have forgotten that there arcs several others besides those in their ranks who have been labouring? For instance, the Clerk to the Guardians. A Brynmill economist who ia horrified at the rate of our national expenditure says he is more horrified still when he hears people say they are going to re- trench. What they ought to do, ho thinks, is to detrencli-did themselves out and not dig themselves in. ex- Mr. J. Morgan Rees, M.A., of Aber- ystwyth, a native of Morriston, an<? who, by the way, wrote several articles to the "Leader" in reply to Air. Cough's analysis of the colliers' de- mands, is on the short list for the pos* of Director of Education for Pembroke- shire. —c oc — Among the interested observers at the Singleton Farm Milking Demon- stration were Miss Jessie Rosser. and l Miss Lillie Button, Mr. J. H. Rosser's land girl got up in the chic oostumo for which land girls are famous. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rosser were also among the curious. — :0.— These expected arrivals of earlyi, morning newspapers by aeroplane having one good effoct-Jlauling into the park and on to the beach people who usually tumble out of bed at the last -Bnsaiiiis .rmnnf.o.—It. ir- mu toocl that they are iinding the morning air quite pleasant and energising. eo: Colliers who bought pigs at the Am- manford Fair on Friday spent a large part of their Sankey pay and got very little in return. Rumour hath it that one buyer carried home his multum in parvo in his overcoat pocket, and round not the least ditdeulty-ELt any rate, not on the score of sim. — :0 According to a correspondent, one of the best items in the paper last night was the paragraph to the effect that en effort was being made to get the Rail- way Executive Committee to consider the suggestion cf issuing railway tickets at reduced fares during May, June, and J uly. He wishes good luck to tho movement. So do we. — tor— One of Mr. Buckley's slides at his Swan- sea milk lecture reproduced a U.S. muni- cipal authority's advertisement of tho results of the bacteriological examination of milk samples, names of vendors and detailed figures of contents being given. The lecturer hazarded that if this practice were followed over here there would be a big run on certain dairy utensils. --4 v; A Liverpool lady interested in dogs has reason to remember the outbreak of rabies and the necessary enforcement of regulations. She tc-ok six valuable Jog;, t-o an exhibition in London (saya tho Liverpool Post "), and found herself in quarantine. Such was her dilemma, she has been obliged to take a house in London for six months. The only bit of luck that seems to havo come her way was the finding a house. —;o: — A correspondent writes: In reference to the paragraph about the interest taken in horticulture in the Swansea Valley, it may be stated that in certain parts of the Valley there are very kean students. We remember on one oooa- ,«on a county council horticulturist coming round to give instructions bnw certain plants, etc., should be culti- vated, when he was tackled by one of the natives &s to the nature of the t-oa l and the manure suitable for such. The county official had a very warm time of it, and at last he remarked that appar- ently his advice was not required in that particular district. -0: Dr. Bowen Jones, Carmarthen's M.O.H., was deliciour-ly humorous in his speech at the Swansea pure milk conference. He explained that he purchased a small top milking bucket (which prevents most of the usual dirt from entering the milk), but his servant girl would not u?e it. lie could not make her do it because sho would quarrel with him and leave, and even the promise of half-a-crown wouldn't tempt her. Eventually she left, and her successor took the sensible view. But this didn't end the story of the prejudge against modern ideas. The do^'or, sr ob- viously good was the inver „, t an ironmonger to order a supp cf tbvvso modern buckets, but he wS;: JÍe enter- prisin g. tradesman's only purchaser cf them! In reply to the wh:) wants to know the reasc? a ??> called "she," we qiiot Aithe f-pilowing "This is one of tha wiiip which .t ife impossible aoeur&tahf to t/raoe. B. •_ it is not difficult to lfuugme how such a thing WOl1!d arise- A peculiar attach- ment spring's ut) between a ship snd the saiiqrs who sail with her for" any length of time. It is 'difficult for landsmen to realise the strength of this iÐ0)iJ'\i, amounting almost to affection. Tit is wotild naturally lead to the feminine impersonation. The faot that a. ship has a master would !ea-l in the s-me direction- It is the essence of mu. j tralitv love, with the, idea of subjection: while he' A"ITI(ls naturally for leadership, which conid never associate itself with the character. of a ship considered in itself."