The Cambria Daily Leader

MILKING COWS AT FAIR Privilege of the CarmlJ 1he Poor. At Carmarthen Town Council the Mayor (Rev. Fuller Mills) presiding, Mr. W. S. Jefferies moved that, a6 recom- Mended by the Citild Welfare Committee cheap milk be distributed to necesItous cases, and that the sum of .£30 be voted for the purpose. He explained that one half oj the expenditure would be borne I b* .the Government. Mi. W. J. Martin seconded. The Town Clerk (Mr. H. B. White) faid it was remarked at the Child Welt'ari Committee that poor people were al- lowed to milk the cows at the weekly I cattle mart, and that they brought I bucket si ul home. ROADMEN'S INCREASE. ) On the motion of Mr. W. S. Jenen&s, se- Nmded by Aid. L. D. Thn?tas, iL was de- ckled to offer the Corporation roadmen, who are dpmandin? a wage ,If £ 3, an in- crease of 5s. per week, which will bring i-p to 1:2 13s. 6d. Application was made by the Carmar- then Electric Lighting Co. for consent to increase the price of current to private consumers from 7d. to 9d. per unit. and the charges for public lighting by 20 per cent. A deputation was appointed to in- terview the directors. Mr1. David Williams moved that the Board of Trade be approached with re- gard to the congestion at Carmarthen Station. The Mayor asked that this notice be de-I ferred as these matters were now under ( ?-onsideration by U19 railway company. The question of running a Sunday train was also bein^ considered. The matter was deferred. j BOROUGH AUDIT. I Mr. David Williams also moved that ap- pjication bo made for a provisional order for the appointment of the Government; district auditor to audit all the Corpora- tion accounts, instead of the private audi- j tors, as at present. Mr. George James, opposing the motion, <:id the appointment, of their own audi- tors was one of the privileges the bor- ough enjoyed, and they ought not to j throw away these privileges haphazardly. The motion was defeated. J

The Day's Gossip. 1 Leader Office, Thursday. It v. ill be exceedingly interesting to see what happens at Monday's meeting oi the Swansea Council on the question of outside advice on our tramway problems. There is such a diversity of opinion among members of the Tramway Com- mittee as a result of the report considered on Tuasday, and apparently among cer- tain of the officials on the general ques- tion, that ;t would not be surorising if there are some piquant speeches. On the face of it, the Tramways Committee has not much to show for its efforts in recent months on a very perplexing and intricate problem. It may be that im- provements (having regard to the scarcity of tramway materi:?) will be secured by detail work ra/he-r than by large schemes. The Hospital Ball. I The Swansea Hospital Ball, a social function which has been in abeyance since the outbreak of the great war, is to be resuscitated. In days gone by this event was recognised as one of the most important engagemenrs of the festive season, and tho newly-appointed com- mittee that has the arrangements in hand. is out to make the New Year's ball one of the largest and most enjoyable that has been held. The funds of the Institution have somewhat suffered ia recent years, and this effort is being put forward, so it is hoped, materially to re- duce the outstanding debt. The welfare of this Institution, accomplishing such noble work in the alleviating of human suffering, deeply touches every one, and I feel confident that a ready response will, be forthcoming in its behalf. The Varsity Game. It is surprising how the young hopes carry on about the great "Varsity tussles. I heard two email, red-nosed infants in- volved in a terrific argument a.bout tthc merits of the Oxford and Cambridge Rugby fifteens, early in the week. Infant Number One had an adoration for the Light Blue-s (he called them Cam- I bridge" with the broad a "). whilst II Kumher Two was equally as enthusiastic over the Dark Blues. Besides, he lived in Oxford-street! Infant Number One became curious as to where the great game was to be played. His comrade grinned I superiorly and -said: "Fore the King, o' course, in Buckingham Palace Park." Number Two was indubitably impressed, but none of Number One's patronising airs could lower his admiration for Cam-bridge." They eventually forgot all about their subject in inspecting the Christmas display in a shop window! Sunday Nights. I The endeavours of local chapelb to pre- vent young members of their congrega- tions careering around the streets after service on Sunday evenings deeerve to he rewarded If one can judge from the numbers of youths and maids who U stayed behind to listen to a concert specially arranged for their distraction at one Swansea Cnapel la.,1; Sunday, the person who urged the idea can be con- gratulated. I went into this place of worship (it was not many leag-ues from Pentre Bridge) about nine o'clock, and did not wonder whv there was such a large gathering of attentive youngsters, after listening to the programme. The organ recitals were particularly fine, and one piece of Rossini's was excellently in- terpreted. The delicacy and exquisite beauty of Rossini were treated wi'th the utmost care by the young organist. Per- haps he displayed too much care but was not the composer the creator of the" S'tabat Mater"? But this is di- gression. I merely wanted to say how commendable the idea of an after-service concert was. I am most certain the mem- bers of the chapel want them to continue. Spiritualism. I We were the only three occupants of the car. and as my neighbours spoke loudly (writes H.T.R.) I could not help hearing their conversation. The sugject was Spiritualism and Sir A. Conan J )oy! who appeared to be much wor- shipped by the taller gentleman, whose face was very pale and fretful, and whose manner was ill at ease, but who evidently was perfectly satisfied of the geuuiness of the starring messages received by his leader from gTcat personin the Spirit World. Leaving the car. and as a part- ing shot, his happy-faced companion who had laughed the other contentions to scorn, remarked, look here old chap, if you are serious, get in touch with Charles Dickens, and ask him fer a few further- episodes about Mr Pickwick, and laugh thai glum look off your face or you'll spoil somebody's Christma, Christmas- tide which is also Dickenstide is fast ap- proaching with all its fun and happy memories, but all I shall consider of a spiritualistic character as I sit with those 1 love around th, Y nJe log fire will be grandmother's Christmas ghost stories. Police Court Oratory. I Mr. Henry Thompson in his best mood is a maiiter of oratory. Probably one of the most attractive personalities amongst Swansea Police Court advocates, he has a command of English and an eloquence that at all times must demand the at- tention of the Bench. A day or GO ago I heard him defending a case at the court. He opened with a bare statement of facts from his point of view, made a comparison of the evidence of the prosecution and that of the defence, and ended up with a peroration that held absolutely every in- dividual in the court. Especially good wa-s his topical comparison. He had re- ferred to the fact that summonses had been issued against people who were evidently, according to the evidence, per- fectly innocent of the charge levelled against them, and he brought his perora- tion to a close by saying that those re- sponsible had circulated summonses broadcast just as snowball'; would be dispersed in a children's playground." One might add that Mr. Thompson suc- ceeded in getting the summonses against a number of his clients dismissed. American Authors. I I observe that there has been quite an II appreciable influx of American literature into the market during the past few months (an earnest, perhaps, of the closer relationship that is to exist be- tween our country and the land across the pond ?), and curiously enough the majority of books deal with social ques- tions in some form or another. me of those I have encountered treat delicate questions with the strange new spirit of directness and realism, whilst others are daintily, exquisitely-wrought examples. Still, it appears to ma that however plain t,he object, or however direct' the menage, the Americans find it hard to refrain from sentimentality. One work, I recall, was almost spoiled by treacly iiitnriudes that were completely out of keeping with the smooth trend of the subject. The message the author de- sired to convey was a laudable one, he I certainly set about it sincerely, and the I book was good literature until one un- expectedly met with portions where the tfiTort to introduce honest feeling degenerated into mere theatricality. The work promised much, but it was depress- ing to find fearless treatment suddenly give place to excellently-written non- sense. I hope that one effect of the more frequent interchange of Hritish I and American literature will be to dis- courage the habit of too much stickiness. 9 I

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PRICE OF LAND. PRIC!AND. I Neath Rural Council I Pay L400 an Acre. I —» Fixed by Valuer. I An important and interesting discussion upon the question of workmen's dwellings for the rural areas of Neath took place nt Wednesday's meeting of the Neath Rural District Council, over which Major W. B. Trick presided. The discuseion was introduced by Mr. 1 D. G. Davies, who, upon the reading of the 'I Finance Committee's report, called atten- tion to the striking contrast of land pur- chase in the different areas for building purposes. Ho pointed out that for 7i acres on tho Earl of Jersey's estate the I purchase price was k3,000, which worked out at XIOO per acre, whilst in other parts —Seven Sisters district—they could pur- chase land at £60 per acre. He thought the comparison merited further considera- tion before final negotiation. £400 AN ACRE. I The Surveyor (Mr.. D. M. Davies) I pointed out that they had done their best tus a Council to get the best and cheapest sites, and had been fortunate to get some land at very reasonable cost. With re- gard to the Penrhiewtyn site, the purchase price had been referred to a land valuer, and X400 per acre was his price. Personally he considered the price exorbitant, and had stated so in his report. Furthermore, he did not think the Ministry would agree to it. Mr. D. G. Davies said he should like to know whether the scheme had gone too far to postpone it for a inonth.1 Mr. Tom Thomas (Glyn-Neath) said he was up against any postponement. The Government had been blamed for dallying. and it was up to the local authorities to ginger things up and not encourage fur- ther delay. Mr. W. Prosser (Seven Sisters) said that in his district they had acquired 224 acres for £ 1,000. As it was one complete scheme the fortunate would have to pay for the unfortunate. At Seven Sisters there was urgent need for at least 150 houses. Mr. Morgan (Glyn-Neath) did not think there should be a moment's delay. At Glyn-Neath the people' were crying for homes; they were blaming the Govern- ment for the delay, and if they heard that their own councillors were emulating the Government, he. did not know what they would say. He proposed that the scheme be pushed forward immediately. Mr Ben Davies (Skewen) seconded, and expressed the hope that the council would not be divided on the subject. Mr. D. G. Davies said his object in asking for a postponement of the schemc for a month was not to delay building houses for the people. The necessity was urgent, but the purchase price for the Penrhiewtyn site was excessive in eom- I pari son, and he wanted to wait for. the Government scheme. FIXED BY LAND VALUER. I Mr. T. Evans: Is there any possibility of getting it at a reduced figure? The Chairman: It has already been be- fore a land valuer, and he has fixed the price. Mr. Saunders (Skewen): When the boys were fightin they were told by the poli- tician that they would return to a land fit for heroes to live in, and here we have landowners asking £ 3,000 for 74 acres. 1 I call it a rottpn shame, and if we as a council igrce to it we are only giving t-befe kind of people the right to fv-k whatever they like for land upon which to build home for the workers. The boys who have returned from the war want houses, and +hey must have houses. The land has been fought for by the boys; they have bled for it. and are we, as a council, going to allow them to he bled financially for the land they have protected ? (Hear, lw,n.) The Chairman accepted a suggestion that they should postpone the negotiation < for the Penrhiewtyn sitp for a month. Mr. LI. D. Howells (Abeidulais) said he 1 had worked out the purchase price in the different areas, and it was approximately £ 243 per acre. By leaving out the Pen- rhiewtyn scheme it would work out at .2201 per acre.. On a division, it was decided by 22 votes to four to push forward the scheme I BIG HOUSES BIG RENT. Mr. J. Davies (Ciinla) thought the Gov- ernment subsidy should ultimately benefit the workers by introducing a scheme whereby they could become the purchasers of their bonuses by paying a little extra lent. If the council adopted that prin- ciple, he would propose that the Ministry of Health and their local members of Par- liament be petitioned to frame legisla- tion in that direction. lfr. 1). G. Davies seconded, and it was agreed to.

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I A HARD CASE. Neath Miner's Eyesight: A Legal Point. At atlt County Court on "Wednes- day—before his tfono\ir Judge Lloyd Morgan, K.C'.—Henry Williams, collier, of London-road, Cwmavon, applied for an award, under the Workmen's Com- pensation Act, against the Oakwood Col- liory Co.. Port Talbot. Mr. Trevor Hunter (instructed by Messrs. Morgan, Bruce and Nicholas) appeared for the applicant, and Mr. Vaughan Edwards (Messrs. Gee and Edwards), Swansea, lor the respondents. Applicant claimed 25s. a week (including war addition) from Juno 30th, 19H1. Mr T revor Hunter contended that the, applicant was suffering from nystagmus, and although he was not actually afflicted with it when he left employ- ment, it manifested itself afterwards. Applicant based his claim on two Troun-cls- first, that he was suffering from nystagmus, failing which, uTlon an injury due to accident. The respon- dents' answer to the allegation of nys- tagmus was that the medical referee had found that applicant was not suffering from the disease: Therefore, his Honour had no jurisdiction on the second point contended, that the accident was not an accident within the meaning of t.e Act. If anything, it was an industrial disease, hut in faet failed to be either. It was, however, admitted that the man wag in- capable of working in the mine. His Honour observed that it was a hard case, but having regard to tho 'egal position, the verdict would be for the respondents and costs.

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