The Cambria Daily Leader

The Day's Gossip. Leader Office, Wednesday. They are waiting breathlessly in a certain township ton. l.wc-ivc—v.-hat mat- ters the exact distance I-from Swansea for the adjudication in the AVelsh drama contest. Public opinion, of course, has settled that--but perhaps it is best to wait for the cuic-ki uev,-s." which 1 am assured will be ready for the Press to-morrow. I Betting on the Winner. Meantime I arn sorry to say that the gambling fever has seized hold of many of the supporters of the drama. A good deal of money, so I am told, will change hands when the adjudicators re- port. It will be a pity if we cannot keep this native movement out of the contaminating influence of the betting ( crowd; and if by no other means, we I should say no more competition. I Dignity and Impudence. V I At the reient visit of General Diaz to tho City a small boy of the East End, merry and dirty and cheeky, drove his donkey's nose beneath the harness of a Sheriff's coach. The haughty s^re of the coachman, who was all powder and plus' and majesty, would have blasted any ordinary parson to r>erdition. In- stead of which the small boy cocked up his head. and said, 'ED.ry tho Eight, 'ow are yer?" IA Worthy Performance. I A venerable West Wales friend of mino was responsible yesterday for a fpat of endurance, which for a man of his age, must be admitted to be an exceptional one. He is on the point of celebrating his 66th birthday and on Tuesday morn- ing he left Swansea to cycle to Llan- dovery, a distance of 43 miles. Despite the particularly cold snap and the hard roads, he arrived at his destinatioi within about four and half hours. There are many younger readers who would consider well before attempting to cycle the distance under the present climatic conditions, especially at an early hour of the morning. The Qld gentleman, hew ever, thinks nothing of it, and whenever he has occasion to visit Swansea makes use of his reliable roadster. f The Rugby Warriors. A New Zealand officer who was badly wounded in Gallipoli eompliined that he found it difficult to keep on the leash the footballers under his command. "Out of every twenty first into' the Turkish I tvench," he eaid, eighteen were Rugby 1 men." But the fighting quaVty of the Rugby player was not more remarkable than the readiness w: J. which he offered his services to tho country as soon as they were wanted. "Not a Rugby player/ Mr. E. H. D. Se.vell writes, waited for conscription anri if the claim is an exaggeration at all it is only a very little one. Singleton Tapestries. As i hinted in this column a week ago the Singleton tapestries could be chased for the town at the original priu- paid for them at the sale, and it trans.- pired that the new owner is Mr. F. L. Andrews, ton of Mr. Solamon Andrews, the well known connoisseur of Cardiff. The question the Arts and Crafts Com- mittee had to decide was whether they would recommend the Council to accept Mr. Andrews's oiler, but they took no action in the matter. Surely the reten- tion of the tapestries is desirable, becausp they are un.doubtedly perfect examples ol the exquisite art. Nine hundred pounds. represent a big sum for municipal expen- diture just now, L, it may be worth it if we are to preserve Singleton as the Man- sion House. of the time when Swansea at- tains the status of a city The picturesque old abbey should not bo absolutely de- nuded of its antique objects. But i am afraid that in the present mood of the town municipal purchase is impossible. The Kilvey Seat. A piquant position is raised by the protest meeting of Kilvey electors against the unopposed return of ex-Alderman George Colwill, and the proposed deputa- tion to the Mayor, Town Clerk, i-nc4 Council asking that the seat be again declared vacant. A colleague who was at the Guildhall when Mr. Sam Davies ap- peared a day late with his nomination papers gathered that the date of nomina- tion and the loss of the seat came as a great shock to him, and that he was cer- tain he would have won easily on a poll. On the question of the responsibility for Mr. Davies having the 25th, instead of the 23rd, in his mind as the closing date for nominations there is, I gather, certain to be disagreement when the deputation appears at tho Guildhall. Dr. Rawlings on Reading. 'l'hu:< a young fuend: Dr. Hawlinge, in my estimation made a slight faux pas at Sketty last week, when, at the opening of the new library there he gave out that he would like to see more solid books there to make young men and women think/ The doctor is in- j [variably inspired with a mgh purpose when he deigns to criticise, bat unfor- tunately his criticism is not always balanced. To educate young people in Literary taste one must begin at the beginning, and accustom tho;.r minds to the lighter, but heipfujl forms of reading. It would be a most accomplished blunder if in augurating a branch Library like that at Sketty the committee decided to stock it for the most part with the works of philosophers. The majority of the workers utilise a public library for men- tal recreation, not study, although whilst enjoying a good volume of fict:on they are unconsciously acquiring knowledge. This is indubitably a ui-usm; but truisms have an unaccountable habit of escaping the Doctor, who would apparently treat per- sons desirous of reading to a forcing pro- cess. The cultivation of a fair taste for fiction certainly leads ultimately to an interest in the serious authors. And moreover, I cannot understand anybody harbouring a preiudice against all man- ner of fiction, for constant feeding of the brain on the serious a uestiol of life must produce unnecessary pessimism. Let youth have its mental diversions: for this would be a sorry world if it were deprived of its romance. As a final observation, I might point out that in a recent symposium on Best Books for Boys' taken by a well-known literary periodical all the views recommended works of fiction for boys of fourteen to sixteen years old Personally, 1 am on the cross-benched between the Doctor and the yo-une critic Is it always truehat. the cultivation of a fair tasteN for fiction leads to an in'erest in thO" serious authors? I scarcely th;nk librarians would support that assertion. J

NEWPORT TEAMS. Players Chosen for Matches With Swansea. LlaneDy Forward De- scribes Football Tragedy The Newport team to oppose Swansea at Newport on Saturday will comprise the following:- F. W. Birt; A. E. Morgan, R. C. S. Plummer, E. Hommett, J. Shea; W. J. Martin, J. Wetter; H. Uzzell, J. Whit- field, N. McPherson, L. Attewell, P. Jones, T. Jones, A. Bell, W. Radford. SWANSEA II. v. NEWPORT II. At Swansea. Newport (from): H. Wne- ford; A. E J. Holland, J. Kerr, C. B. Francis, B. O. Male, T. E. Vaughan; T. Dean, J. Rees; G. Boots, R. T. Harrison, S. Skuse, M. Williams, R. Edwards, F. Willis, T. Walters, V. S. Thomas, E. Wil- liams, E. Wetter, C. Pile. NEATH MAKE CHANGES. There are several changes indicated in tho personnel of the Neath team to meet Mountain Ash on Saturday at the Gnoll. Lieut. W. Allin and Brynmor Richards come into the third line, end T. C. Lloyd, the old Welsh international, into the for- wards. A selection will be made from the following:—Dr. Thomas; Brynmor Rich- ards, Lieut. Allin, Lieut. Hill and W. Millett; S. Watkins and W. Leopold; W. Efopkins (captain), Mog Lloyd, T. C. Lloyd. Arthur Hopkin, Jack Jones, Tal Davies, W. Powell, W. Perry, D. Vigors, T. J. Hopkin. LlA"!ELLY II. the Llanelly II. team, which, like tho premier team, are doing very well this season, are the visitors to Ammanford on Saturday, and can be relied upon to give a good display. The Ammanford team will be as follow#:—W. Griffiths; J. Williams, Trevor Williams, Luther Thomas, and A. Rosser; Albert Griffiths (captain) and Dan Thomas; W. J. Evans, Frank Davies, Tom Thomas, Roger Bar- rett, Jim Richards, Cecil Isaac. Dd. Rich- ards, J. Hoskins, or Gwilym Morgan, D. J. Fowler and Gil Edwards. | THURSDAY FOOTBALL. The Swansea Tramways Team to play Cwmfo, lin on the Recreation Ground on Thursday will comprise :-Elston; L. Paul and B. Davies; Spender, Anderson and Hayward (captain); Paddison, Leal, Edwards, Thyer and Winch. Reserves: Hopkins, Hook, Ridler, Thomas, Mun- flay. Kick-off 3.30 p.m. HOCKEY. Mr. JJOuis (jitoidstone, 3, uiiureti-street, Swansea, the secretary of the Roseland Villa Hockey Club asks us to announce that the club has been revived for this season, and will hold their first practice match at Victoria Park on Thursday afternoon. All old and intending mem- hers are requested to communicate with the secretary. The first game of the sea- son has been arranged for Thursday week. FOOTBALL TRAGEDY. I The Rev. W. T. Havard, M.C., who was the principal witness at the inquest held at Oxford respecting the death of Geoff- rey Ronald Goddard, aged 20, an under- graduate of Jesus College, after an in- jury to his-, spine in a college football match, is the ex-Llanelly and Welsh in- ternational forward. Giving evidence, Mr. Havard, who is now the chaplain of Jesus College, said he was playing in the game on the 11th inst., and as the side were lining out the ball came to him. He turned to pass it to the backs, when the deceased tackled him from behind, bringing him down. lie fell on Goddard, who 1.gan to groan, and complained of having no feeling in his legs, arms, and chest. There was no undue roughness in the game, and the occurrence was a pure accident. Medical evidence showed that there was partial dislocation of two ver- tebrae of the spinal column in the neck; A verdict of Accidental Death was re- turned, and the jury exonerated Mr. Har- ard from all blamei

ST. ANDREW'S SCOUTS. | ——— „ 1 Concert and Presentation of Padges. Mr. J. Montgomery Williams, vice- chairman of the Swansea Boy Scoute* Association, presided over a concert and badge presentation meeting of the 28th Swansea (St. Andrew's) Troop of B.P. Scottish Scouts at the church schoolroom on Tuesday evening. Scoutmaster A. Bromham had arranged a programme, the following taking part Piatioforto duet. Master and Miss Hendy; violin solos, Master Bowen Court; recita- tions, Master Emerson Rees; solos, Madame Grenfell Court, Mies K6binson» and Madame Geham. Mr. Clement, of the Golden Keys Drapery Co., gave a short review of the history of the troop. The Rev. R. Green- shields gave an address. The St. Andrefws* Troop Mascot, Scout N. Ansaldo, handed Scoutmaster Goklsworthy, of the Wesley Troop, a troep charter in recognition of the help rendered by them, and Sea Scout- master Ivor Owen Morgan unveiled a troop charter for St. Andrews.

I NOW REPORTED KILLED. I Mr. and Mrs. Col- lins, of Kimberley- road, Sketty, has re- ceived official news from the War Office that their son, Oorpl. Geo. Collins, late of South Lanes., has been killed. Before joining up he was employed at Clyne VaHey Colliery. He unlisted in Septem- ber, 1914, and was reported mining on i l September 18, 1918. Mrs. Collins has I received a letter of sympathy frotn the I King and Mr. Winston Churcfiill. Much I sympathy is felt for Mrs. Collins and I family.

ST. GABRIEL'S BAZAAR. Ii A grand bazaar will be opened in St. Gabriel's Hall, St Helen's-avenue, on Thursday, October 30th, at 3.30 p.m., by Miss Llewelyn, and on Friday, October 31st, by Mrs. T. W .Tones. There will be hvelve stalls of useful articles, suitable for Christinas presents, I etc., which are to be sold fct 'reasonable prices. Many other attractions are provided, and there will lie a concert each evening at eight o'clock.

DANCING ON MUMBLES PIER. The dancing evenings which were a source of FO pinch, pleasure to the voting, middle-aged, and voting-old people of Mumbles and Swansea, are about to be re- vived at the Mumbles ?lw Pavilion. The reason will be op (nt-d on Thursday even- ing. and will be continued every Thurs- day and Saturday evenings throughout the season. Mr. S. W. Cooper's orchestra will be in attendance, and will perform the ht.ost selections of dnnce music. Ad- mission to the pavilion is one shilling. -< Printed and Vuhl¡"hed by t,h. Swansea 11 ? S'reae. Ltd., at Leader BuildiDge, Swanee?. )' I i

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