The Cambria Daily Leader

The Day's Gossip. I Leader Office, Tuesday. In view of the enormous commitments of the Swansea Corporation, the Tram- ways Committee chose the path of dis- cretion when it advised, yesterday, the opening out of 'bus routes instead of the laying down of additional tramway lines. It will be found, I believe, that the cost of tramway construction has now become prohibitive for all but the most thickly populated districts. If and when the 'buses are placed on the roads, let us hope however that they will approximate to the London pattern, and that there will be enough of them. And, further, the adoption of 'bus routes instead of tramways entails the making of decent roads.. At the present time it is an affliction to travel over the roads to Pcntardulais or Llanelly, and language sufficiently strong to describe the state of the Gower roads wouldn't be per- mitted in a respectable newspaper. It is a false policy, economically speaking, for more is lost in wear and tear in tyres and wheels and boots and shoes than is gained in starring, the roads. In the Guards. I A friend of mine chatted with a young demobbed Guardsman the other day. and asked him his candid view of Stephen Graham's extraordinary book on A Private in the Guards." The youngster (ft, usually taciturn youth) teired on the subject wamity. fI- assured his interro- gator that the book was not one whit exaggerated, and that he himself had witnessed and erperiene^d rrmitar treat- ment. He Lw*A very passionate over it, too, particularly on the nraetically un- limited power of the N.C.O.'s, and characterised fhe training place as little hell "—an. expression that has been applied to it once or twice during the past week or two—but this youngster muttered it with intense ferocity and disgust. Th-e Dandy. I I encountered Chinamen last week Before the end of the week I had ran arrosc another typfe of seaman. tIe w«* immaculately clad, with A rftsor-like crease in his trousers, rolled lapels, ono- button coat with the approved silk hand- kerchief fluttering from an excellently placed pocket, stylish oallar and tasteful tie, and the latest in rakish velours. He drew critically at an oval-shaped cigar- ette, and displayed a substantial gold signet ring on a stubby middle finger. This dandy was absolutely coal black in I complexion, and emitted a whiff of "Beauty Garden" or some such other overpowering -perfume. My seaman (he! was certainly a seaman from bis gait) had I ait arrogant. manner of puffing at his t cigarette, and blew disdainful clouds of I smoke as he pursued his way. Not Environment. I An old friend of mine, once prominent in the temperance movement at Swansea —he was a Stormy petrel—writes me, nncnf a recent observation t.hat "intem- perance is due to environment," to the I effect that the theory ie entirely falsified by two palpable khA"- uncontrovertible fadts: (1) There is an enormous amount J of intemperance Still rampant in the upper strata oi, society where the envir- onment is good; (2) there ie a creditable and incrwiiaif amonut of fobriety amongst the poorest in tht worst elums in the land. The'fast ip that it is not the pig that makes the sty, but the pig makes the sty. Or to state the eame truth in language more becoming the high tone of the HLer": One ship drives east, One ship dtivefi wrest, Bv the self-same wind that-Wows. Tiig the set ef. the sails, I And not the gales, Determines.the way she goes. The Lady of the Farm I In the quiet eventide c eat by the fire of her farm home, and I, a visitor in the charmed family circle, wondered at the vitality of thie slightly-built farmer's wife, who occupied her leisure by busily knitting. From early morning she had been hard at work, first in the yard amongst the eAttle, milking the cowe, feeding her feathered stock, attending to the injuries of a• sheep* later in the dairy, white aproned, with sleeves rolled baek. she superintended in the making of butter; then at mid-day there are heavy meals to prepare for stalwart husband and sons, and afterwards the hundred arid one small household duties to be at- tended to. H4r advice and services are continually in. demand, and she is ever ready, but such hard work is marking the homely face with heavy lin, for she seldom reste. itx,-On in the quiet hours when the lamp iis lit. She is the insPirA- tion of the farmstead, revered by man and beast—another type of good, heroic womanhood. t John Masefield. 1 It is surely unkind on the part of a Cardiff morning journal to say of John I Maseneld, who lectured at Cardiff last j night, that for some y?M-s his muM has been lent." Unkind, or due to sheer iterance; for what i6 probably Mase- Seld'e great?t po?n haa just been pub- I lished—" Reynard the Fox." The appre- ciation of hisworks in our contemporary ignored Dauber," which will rank next after this wonderful description of a fox hunt', in which the whdle rural beauty of England is conjured up in a series of glowing pictures. In Part n. of the poem the hunt is described from the fox's point of view, and there are some marvellous lines in which are portrayed the sightoi and sounds and smells of the landscape 1/ through which the fox payees on the night before and on the morning or the hunt: He saw the farms where the dogs were J barking. Cold Crcndon Court and Coprecoto Larking; The fault with' the spring as bright ap gleed. Green-alash-laeed with water-weed. A glare in the sky still marked tbe town. Though all folk slept and the blinds were down, The street lampe w4atahed the empty 'square, The night-cat sang hä evil there. • • • At Tencombe Kings near the Manor Lirney His foot made the great black stallion whinny, And the stallion's whiany aroused the stable, And the bloodhound bitdlKs stretched their cable, And the clink of the bloodhound's chain aroused I The sweet-breathed kye M they chewed t and drowsed. And the stir of the cattle changed the dream Of the fat in Qs" loft to tense green ft. to ten&e grftn gle-am, V'

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ROA MER" ROA MS..I The irrepressible Roamer" sends me a dissertation about a mass of sea-weed. He found it growing at the base of cliffs, which remind him of the Needles. Per- sonally (this is very much by the way) I get a sort of sinking feeling (as many ladies ef my acquaintance say when, through failure of the commiserat depart- ment, they have to go more than an hour or so without chocolates, or pastry, or tea and & sandwich), for the only time I saw ?'the Needles was, after a stormy trip from St. Malo-and the ship? cfn&ers were eating fat bacon in the cabin- that's how I came to see the Needles. But to return ( to our, see-wec-d. Oh I here is a small green crab, tucked away in this narrow cranny. Feel him! Isn't he soft. The f&ct is unlike Peter Pan, lie is very decidedly growing up, and he .ias just thrown off his old shell, and is wait- ing for a new one to grow. I wish I could rusticate while hats and suits and boots grew on rae-them da178 Han't „ 1

IN THE DISTRICTS. 1 11 LOUGHOR. The yearly meeting was held at the Nebo Ohejpel on Sunday and ilonday last, -when iR. Williams, B-A., of Cilfynydd, occupied the pulpit. CYMMER. waoe isooeirs, oyminer, W no oas u oon- victions to her credit, waa at Aber&von on Monday fined 30s. for travelling on the Jfchondda, and Swansea Bay Railway with- out a tiofeet from Treherbert to Cyaimer. Defendant did not appear. CROSS HANDa. I The half-yearly services in connection with Gibea (C.M.) Chapel were held at Owmgwili School on Sunday. The Rev. P. E. Evans, LJandebie. officiated. Last week-end, Ala. W. N. Jones, Ammanford, offered the dwelling-house kjuown as Argoed, Cross Hands, for sale. The property was withdrawn at £750. LLANSAMLET. The half-yearly meetings of Tabor Methodist Chapel was held on Sunday and Monday evening, when the Rev. Rhys G. Davies (Penclawdd) preached. The sing- ing, under the conductorship of Mr. J. B. Jordan, was of a high standard, whilst Mr. Trevor J. Davies was the organist. BURRYPORT. I The Roads Committee of the Burryport Council, Mr. Gravelle presiding, dis- cussed the question of lighting the place by electricity. It was resolved to hold a special meeting, and to try and get Mr. Stuart, the manager of the Electric Trac- tion Company, present to discuss the terms, and also to endeavour to get the cars to run to Burryport. GORSEINON. I The champion drama in the great Welsh dra.ma. week at Swansea will, be performed at Goreeinon, on Wednesday and Thursday of Tiext weelc Through the kindness of Mr. Dan Matthews and his oarty they have wil- luiTly <y>r »inted to come t') Gorseinon aqd perform Ephraim Harries for two nip-Tits at the Brighton Hall. the proceeds to go to th, Gorseiron War Memorial Fund Re- rerved eeats tickets may b- obtained at the bor offloe on Saturday eve-pinc next. CLYDACH. I At ttobron on Sunday afternoon, Miss Megan Williams, formerly manageress at the Mond Nickel Works, who had been a faithful member of Hebron Sunday School during her sojourn at Clydach, was mad-e the recipient of a copy of the Bible as a token of regard and good wishes on her departure for America. The presentation was made by the Rev. D. Eiddig Jones (pastor), on behalf of Hebron Sunday School MUMBLES. On Sunday the death took place of JSir. < Edmund Sykes Schofield, of 13, Victoria- avenue, at the age of 73. Deceased was well known locally, having worked as a canvasser for Messrs. R. Bater and Son, coal merchants. He belonged to the Christadelphian body, and was well- known throughout South Wales as an ex- ponent of their views. The funeral will take place on Wednesday, leaving the above address at three o'clock for OTster mouth Cemetery GLAIS. I At the Council School, the Craigrcefnparc Dramatic Company gave a good perform- ance of the drama, entitled, Trech Gwlad nae Arrlwydd." The instructors were Messrs. J.' A. Williams and Walter Bowen. The chief characters were taken by Messrt. j N. J. Havard, D. Borsden, Jacob Jones, William Daniel Jones, J. Thomas. R. D. Thomas, W. J. Rees, Dd. J. Hopkin, 0. Harard, J. Arthur Williams, Misses H. M. Jones, Rosy Hopkins, Maggie Havard, Beesie Bowen, Hannah Hopkins, J. 1. Davies, and Muriel Jones. The chairman was Mr. Richard frwilym, Glais. GOWERTON. A smoker in connection with the Gower- ton branch of the Discharged end De- mobilised Sailors and Soldiers' Federation was held at St. John's Hall on Saturday evening, Mr. Wallace Harrid presiding. The following contributed to a musical pro- gramme: JLr. Hal Bounds, Swanwa; Mr. Tom Williams, Gowerton; Mr. Tom Morgan, Gower toe. The chairman of the local branch, Mr. Wilcox, gave a brief account of the objects of the federation, and the secretary of the local Relief Committee deaJt with the redistribution of the money accumulated by the loo&l fund during the war. I n' GOWER. wesieyan Methodist foreign mis- sionary anniversary services were held on Sunday at Llengenmth—preachers, the Rev. H. Baird Turner and Mr. Dd. Phillips; Reynoldston, Mrs. Gordon; Oxwich Green, Mr. Potter; Pitton, Mr. Gordon. Missionary meetings .are being held at each place consecutively on Mon- day, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs, dav, the deputation at all the meetings being the Rev. Robert Hutchinson, Neatii, returned .missionary from China. Missionary services were held the pre- vious Sunday at Horton by the Rev. E. Jolliffe, and at Porteynon by Mr T. Morgan. I SKETTY. The annual meeting of the Sketty Brotherhood (Unsectarian) was held in Wesley Chapel, Dillwyn-road, on Sunday, under the chairmanship of Mr. William Heath. A vote of oondolenoe was passed with Dr. Rawlings on the death of his brother, Mr. Arthur Rawlings, at Weston- super-Mare. Dr. Rawlings was elected president, and Mr Bernard Rees, secre- tary. The retiring secretaries, Messrs. '/ockett and Barrett, were added to tho list of vice-presidents. During the past yeafr the Brotherhood has enlarged its scope, and is now the Sketty Brotherhood and Sisterhood. The number of members it 101, and the average attendance during the last twelve months 51 Sket- y Ratepayers Wedreeday, 7.45 p.m.. at Church Hall. All Electors invited. p.p. I LLANDILO. The wedding took place at the Paaish Church by special license on Monday of Mr. Henry Lewis, of the Great Weefcern Hotel, Tirydail, AmmanfoM, and Miae Lizzie Howelle-Jonee, youngest daughter of Mre. Howella-J ones, of Glanmorlais, Spilmen- sfcreet, Carmarthen. The ceremony was per. formed by the Venerable Archdeacon Robert Williams, M.A. (Vicar), assisted by the Rev. W Arthur Jones (curate). The bride was given away by Mr. D. Pritchard iVaviee, J.P., Ship Houee, Iiandilo. Others present were Mr. Erne Hewlett. J.P., Wernoleu, and Mr. Charles Morgan, Lloyd's Bank, Amman- ford. Later in the' day the happy couple entrained for London, where the honey- moon will be spent. f, ABERCREGAN. Uh At AberiLvon on Honaay, mary Ann Thomas, Tyisa-road, Cwmavon, summoned her husband, William Thoraae. of Aber- oregan, for persistent cruelty. On the 34th of lost month, the defendant and his son were turned out of tho public-house. When he otume to the house, he struck her till &he did not know where she wae. She had hfld an order againat him before. An order for the payment of 30s. a week was made. At Aberavon, on Monday, Arthur Osborne, Evan Dudley, and David Dudley, colliers, of ADwrcTOgan, were fined, the first two Ids. and the last named iCl, for gaming with cards 011 the roadside. P.O. Thomas saw them playing nati. and captured the pack of oarde and Is. 8d. in money. Printed and Luiiiliohed by thA Hwaneea frees. Ltd. at I RniWiti»«. ftwane*

OLYMPIA MOTOR I SHOW 0 m m 11 Nov. 7-15 1919 ————. i ERNEST L FLETCHER Motor Engineer, etc, Oxford Street and Nelson Street Begs to inform his numerous clients and the general public that he and his Staff will be in attend- ance at the above Show, as Agent for the following Cars, and will much esteem a call at their respective Stand Numbers, on which the following exhibits are being demonstrated. CLEMENT- TALBOT STAND No. 85. 25 H.P. with Touring Body 25 H. P. „ Coupe Body 25 H. P. „ Landaulette 25 H.P. „ Saloon Body 36 H.P. 6 Cylinder Chassis DAIMLER STAND No. 75. 45 H.P. Special 30 H.P. Standard 30 H. P. Light Coupe SWIFT STAND No. 50. 12 H.P. Chassis 12 H.P. 3 Seater 12 H. P. 4 Seater 12 H. P. Coupe 12 H.P. All Weather ANGUS- SANDERSON STAND No. 67 14 H.P. 4 Seater Touring 14 H. P. 4 Seater Coupe 14 H.P. 2 Seater „ GENERAL MOTORS STAND No. 79. 1 Complete Buick Touring Car 1 Buick Open Chassis 1 Oldsmobile 7 Seater 1 Oldsmobile Chassis FLETCHERS GARAGE, Oxford St.-Nelson St. SWANSEA.