The Cambria Daily Leader

1 BOROUGH POLICE. f ? -0. ) Watch Committee Discuss I Strength of Force. A private meeting of the Swansea Watch Committee was held on Monday to consider reconstruction of the police force .in view of the borough extensions •} scheme, and the increase of population generally. The matter is one of extreme. difficulty, a in view of the expressed desire of the f < committee, and all concerned to keep down expenses as far as possible. It was decided that the Home Office should be seen upon the matter. The above report was supplied to the Leader" bj the Town Clerk.

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The Day's Gossip. Leader" Office, Tuesday. Canvassing for school appointments was discouraged. This is official. Did anyone smile? I wish I could ,.ave been I at the Swansea Education Committee yesterday to have studied the faces of the members as they heard this pro- nouncement, or alternatively that Harold Morgan had been present to have immortalised the solemn scene. The funny thing about it all is that some Labour members have candidly declared that they like to be canvassed, and, al- though other members are not so frank, there are quite a number who, while they complain about the nuisanpe of it, would be very disconsolate if a really drastic rule about canvassing, direct and in- direct, even to the forty-tooth cousin- ship, were in operation. I Who Rules Swansea? I ¡ It seems that at the recent big Drapers' Conference in London ivlr. Gor- don Selfridge gave an address which powerfully impressed his audience, among whom was Mr. Richard Lewis, president of the Swansea Drapers' and Outfitters' Chamber of Trade. He pointed out that in America and Canada j the dry goods trade was a power, for its members took great interest in munici- pal work. In Great Britain, on the other hand. traders were slow to take up municipal responsibilities. In the coun- tries he had named drapers and outfit- ter's were leaders in their various com- munities, just as it was long ago in Britain. It was, Mr. Selfridge said, for drapers to assert themselves, and take their due share in conducting public affairs. The writer asked the Swansea draper who told him these things when he proposed to stand for the Council, and the reply was a good humoured, in- credible laugh. Oh, I have plenty of things to do." he said. And there you are! A Welsh Drama Comedy. I The echoes of the discussion on the Welsh Drama performances at Swansea are still in the air, and are likely to be heard for some time to come. Perhaps the most amusing feature of the little affair, however, is the boomerang, or un- conscious tu quoque echo of Y Darian." In last week's issue of our Welsh con- temporary, One of the Competitors (in a letter to the editor), supports the sup- posed attitude of the editor of that paper as to the criticisms of Mr. J. S. Lewis ii the Cambria Daily Leader," and adds that the customs and traditions of the Eisteddfod as regards competitions were utterly broken down at Swansea by the publication of an outsider's criticism prior to the official adjudication. But the "riter of that letter, and seemingly the genial editor of the Tarian forgets t.hat in that very journal there appeared a detailed criticism of the drama week ia an issue which was in the hands of the readers a couple of days before the adjudicators sat to consider their award. By the bye, the much-criticised J. S. Lewis is likely to have his say in his own defence in the next number of the Welsh% Outlook." The Mayoral Gown. I A Carmarthen man has been looking forward with some concern to the time, a year or two hence, when Carmarthen may have a Labour Mayor. He is in trouble about the Mayoral robe, which, he says, a few years ago cost £10. and un- less Mayoral robes are different from all other articles of apparel, must now cost a great deal more. Can we imagine a working man cpen<lin, t70 to £100 for a robe? he asks. He does not say they would not have the money, but submits they would not spend it in that way. He believes we are in for a utilitarian period, and that, with the robe, all mayoral pomp will pass away, that we will revert to the Gladstone period, when there was a parade of simplicity; when solicitors pleaded in courts without gowns, and ministers preached without surplices. Well, in Swansea, quite recently, we have bad a couple of Labour mayors, one of whom. at least, has the reputation of being somewhat of an extremist, and yet things seem to be going on here just about as usual. Sir Elis J. Griffith. I Sir Ellis J. Griffith's style of oratory has not suffered by his forensic associa- tions, and he, like Mr. Leif Jones, can be truly said to possess a silver-tongued voice. At last week's enthusiastic de- monstration at the Albert Hall he capti- vated all his hearers with his dear wit and gay rhetoric." He has a fascinating Celtic trait in lingering over his vowels, and he invests one word with a pecu- liarly musical quality. At least I found delight in listening to Sir Ellis speaking the werd U faith," ior he made it a soft cadence that doubled its effectiveness. Was it Pope who wrote in one of his classical books of an orator who: ceased, but left so charming on their ear His voice, that listening still they seemed to be ? Christmas Fare. I The outlook regarding- Christmas fare appears to be more promising than for some years past. We in Swansea, have suffered similarly to other townc; in tho matter of obtaining the necessary in- gredients for the making of those oonfec- tions so long associated with the Yuh-tid" festive board. But all of us hope to greet again this year the steaming, holly- bedecked pudding brought forth in all their inviting glory at the 'customary Christmas mid-day meal, the welcome sight of which in the good old times was wont to arouse the joy and pleasure of tho.se seated round the table. At any rat-, the reports from the vari- ous countries wherefrom we get our dried fruits are of the most hopeful description, and makes good reading for the housewife. A real old- fashion Christmas we have all been anxiously waiting to see and participate in again, and now the indications point to our long felt wishes being realised—if only the sugar can be got!! St. Jude's Men's Society. I The Church of England's Men's Society is having a revival of life in Swansea. Arrangements for the winter session have been completed in several local centres, and programmes prepared. Among these St. Jude's, under the ener- getic control of Mr. W. W. Young, of the Swansea Library, who is also people's warden at St. Jude's, takes a very honour- able place. Meetings are held fortnightly in the Church Hall. Lectures are pro- mised on The Prayer Book." Some Loral Churchmen of the Middle Ages," Miracles," How to get the most out of our Bibles," Boswell Johnson." and William Morris and his Message."

THE FUND ————— 0. Donations to Date I The following are the donations for the Widows' and Orphans' (and Children's Holiday Home) Fund up to date. J SUBSCRIPTIONS. I iC s. d. Swansea Branch of the British Bed Cross Society, per Mrs. C. H. Eden, the Lady Chairman) 262 10 0 Mr. T. P.. Rose R-ichards 105 0 0 Mr. W. Turpin 105 0 0 Mr. Trevor Bowen 105 0 0 Messrs. Harries Bros. I and Co., Shipowners, Pembroke Buildings.. 105 0 0 "Well Wisher" 100 0 0 Major G. S. Harries 100 0 0 "Another Well Wisher" 100 0 0 Messrs R. E. Jones, Ltd. 100 0 0 Mr. William Edwards, T "n T\ A i* i 1 -uraper, uxiora- street 35 o 0 Mr. Sidney Heath, Col- lege-street. 26 5 0 Messrs. Ben Evans and Co., Ltd 26 5 0 Mr. E. Theophilus, Ox- ford-street. 26 5 0 Mr. Harry G. Thomas Brvnheulog, Blackpill 20 0 0 Sir Charles Z, and Lady Ruthen 10 10 0 Mr. J. B. Edwards, Penallt, Sketty 10 10 0 Mr. John S. Brown, Ox- ford-street. 10 10 0 Mr. C. D. Delaney (per Mr. H. S. L. Cook) 10 10 0 Mr. C. C. Vivian, Craig- side, Langland. 10 10 0 Mr. H. S. Alabaster, 45, Castle Bailey street. 10 10 0 Mr. Wilfrid H. Thomas, 11, Cambrian-place 10 0 0 Dr. Thomas Evans (Medical Officer of Health) .r. 10 0 0 St.Helen's Girls' School (per Miss Tamar Wil- liams 10 0 0 Miss E. A. Dillwyn 10 0 0 Lovell's Boys. 5 5 0 In loving memory of Joel" 5 5 0 Messrs. LovelJ Bros. (per Miss Patterson) 5 5 0 "Docksman" 5 5 0 Mr. J. Guppy, 1, Ivy- place, High-street 5 0 0 Nonentity" 5 0 0 Swansea Junior Liberal League. 5 0 0 "F. B." 5 0 0 Per Mr. C. P. Bell and Awstin 4 4 0 Leader Mechanical Staff 3 12 0 Combined Staffs: Office, Platform, Cartage and Yard at High-street Goods Station 3 1 0 Mr. Fred Jenkins, 34, Hawthorne-avenue 2 2 0 Mr. Harold Jenkins 2 2 0 "The Five Juniors" 2 2 0 Capt J. Hubert Roberts, R.E., Bryntirion," Eaton-grove 2 2 0 Mr. Trevor Evans, Pen- Ian, -Iloriiston 2 2 0 "Thankful" 2 2 0 The Commercial and Publishing Staff of the Cambria Daily- Leader 0 Subs and reporters of Leader staff 1 15 0 Collection at the Blind Institution 110 0 Haydn Lang Jenkins, 34, Hawthorne-avenue 110 S. J. Hill, Cwmdwr, Clydach 1 1 0 Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Fischer, Disgwylfa, 2, Middle-road, Fforest- fach, Swansea 1 1 0 "Skipper" 1 1 0 Miss Mary Salmon 1 1 0 Mr. John Evans, Gower- street 1 1 0 Mr. T. Gilbert Jones, 13, Sketty-road 1- 1 0 Mr. M. Mendleson, 21, Fabian-st., St Thomas 110 P. Mendleson, 20, Rus- sell-street 1 0 0 The Staff of Messrs. Dd. Roberts and Son 1 0 0 A Few Swansea Friends 0 12 0 Mr. J. Davie-s, Bleak House, Fforestfach 0 10 6 Mr. J. W. Gray, News- agent and Tobac- conist, Uplands 0 10 0 Form 5a, County School, Ystalyfera. (per Miss D. J. Webb) 0 10 0 In Memory of Will 0 10 0 rM. Owen Enoch, Alex- andra. Arcade 0 10 0 From Lee, Frank and Rosa Taylor, Mirador- arescent 0 10 0 Galatians vi., 10; I Psalms 41,1 0 5 0 Master Owain Lewis Jones, 66, Bryn-road 0 5 0 Mrs. Richards, 31, Graig- terre, Swansea 0 5 0 Miss Fish, General Hos- pital, Swansea. 0 5 0 Luke vi. 38 (first clause) Matt. vi. 3 (last clause) 0 5 0 Ken" 0 5 0 Standard V. Waunwem I Boys' School 0 3 4 "Anonymous" 0 3 0 Group of Friends (per Mr. S. W. Harries)— a collection over the morning coffee:— Mr. W. E. Harries 2 2 0 Mr. Stanley Harvev 2 2 0 Mr. Stanley A. Young. 2 2 0 Mr. George Martin 2 2 0 Mr. W. R.Crabbe. 2 2 0 Mr. Edwin Davies. 2 2 0 Mr. Sidney W. Harries 2 2 0 Mr. C. H. Harvev 2 2 0 Mr. H. A. Enoch 2 2 0 Mr. W. E. M. Galbraitli 02 2 0 Anonymous 2 2 0 Mr. Kirkland 110 Mr J. Vaughan Edwards 5 5 0 Mr. Robert F. Gee 5 5 0 Mr. E. L. Enoch 21 0 0 Total to Date 1,432 1 10 Balance in Hand 916 4 9 Gross Total. £2,348 6 7

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HOUSING IN SWANSEA. To tho Editor. Sir,—Now that the ex-Service meij ive well on with their street market business, doing themselves some good, and enabling the public to obtain cheaper produce, why not allow them to build their own houses and qualify for Alderman Molyneux's Statue of Liberty? The Service man suffers as much, if not more than any other member of the com- munity through the scarcity of houses. In a large number of instances, when the men were away with the Colours, the wi yes found it cheaper to take rooms or lodgings, and consequently when the hubbies returned they had no homes of their own to go to. and now are w-aiting for them to be built. There is a saying very much in use, if you want a job done, do it yourself; and there's a way we have in the Army, if a job js wanted to be done, detail a cer- geant or two and a party of men and get it dono. In the back areas, on the French and other fronts, towns, factories, rail- ways, bridges, railway stations, roads drainage, etc., etc., got into existence fir if they had been suddenly placed there, all as the result of Tommy's efforts. Surely it would be a small matter foi him to put up hie own house, provided the necessary building materials are available, and that the Honsinu Com- mittee would allot the sites for the pur pos9. Considering the great urgency of this matter, and the pressing need for houses, any serviceable help should be appreciated. I therefore put forward the suggestion for consideration by the Com- rades, or the Federation, and should they care to form a small committed to go iuto the matter, I shall j", "i1 :;n to help E. S. Williams. I O/o Comrades, Swan-sea.

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