The Cambria Daily Leader

SKEWEN COUPLE. Wife Not Seen Her Husband foril Four Years. At rseath on Friaay. Sarah Jane Howells, Skewen, summoned her husband. William Howells, for desertida And per- sistent cruelty. Complainant «ud her husband went to live at Morristori after demobilisation. and she had not s?»n hini for four years. Mr. Jestyn Jefferies ■said an order wjis already in force, and htkd not been dis- charged. Tin: case was rejourned for a week.

,J; A M U S E ri4 N I <<- 6.30. TO.N I GHT.).30. I i CORAM and Jerry," In Ventriloquial Scena. I I SAMMY SHIELDS, j Scott ish Comedian. Football. Enthusiast. j The Three Sisters O'HARA, j The Great Type Kntertauiers. in Melody, i Comedy and Harmony, ..(..4 HARRY HEMSLEY, I' Mimic- of Children. LATEST NEWS PICTURES, I •i JACK CRAIG, Comedian. ) THE VIOLAS, Tiik,, ()r-jr,inli IVIIite NJ n a ¡ Exhibition of Mental Telegraphy. I LES LATOUR, Eq uilibrists. J   'E L Y __I U M ¡ Thursday, Friday and Saturday, i Edna Goodrich in WHO LOVED HIM THE BEST? i HOUDINI in another Thrilling Chapter. Dorothy Gish in GRETCHEN THE GREENHORN, in Fin. Parts, ORIENTAL LOVE (Triangle Keystone). The Greatest Ring Contest of Modern Times, BECKETT v. CARPENTIER. t n.'ioif-a of Showing—3, ti. and 9.) I -Topicai Budget & usual Full Programme. h' ..n"_ .¡ ? ?' .?& ?''s? B • CASTLEW ??? CINEMA. I 2.30. TO-DAY. 10.30. I BROWN OF HAVARD, a Sporting ¡ Drama Full of Exciting Episodes ami j Tcn?e ?itu?tioDS. featuring Tom Moore I and Hazal Daiv. Edith Roberts in BEANS, a Delightful Comedy-Drain a in Five Farts. I I MPRQPAGAN DA, Two Ik-cl ria?g Comedy. I Weekly Pictorial and Paihe Gazette. CARLTON. ¡ 2.30. TO-DAY. 10.20. j Lina CavalierKin THE TWO BRIDES, ) including a very strong Cast, y Billie Rhodes in HOOP-LA, a Confed.v- Drama of Circus Life that wiil appeal to I all Midienees. THE LIGHTNING RAIDER, featuring Peari White. L; i Pathe's Gazette. PICTURE HOUSE 2.30. TO DAY. 10.39. II Owing to tlni Enormous Success, THE ELDER MISS BLOSSOM has" been re- tained for another Three Dkvs. 'Mae Marsh in MONEY MAD. The Girl I Everyone Knows. She. is Called the Girl of a T housand Faecs. CYNTHIANA, PET-NAMED ORIGINAL SIN, a Wolfville Story hy Alfred Henry Lewis Pathe's Gazette. I Y. M.C.A. Public Cinema I?i reel). THE HOME OF COMFORT. *VT, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. ELUSIVE ISABEL Flor'nee I Laurence), 5 R?'th of Gripping Drama. I CHASED BY BLOODHOUNDS (Comedy) GYPSY JOE, (2 Reels of Side-Splittifig Comedy). SKYLARKING ON SKIS (Interest Film) ROYALl I THEATRE I THE HOME OF MUSIC. Mon., Tues. & Wed. II WILLIAM DESMOND i IN THE SUDDEN GENTLEMAN. I JACKY SAUNDERS I in Betty, Be Good. j THIRST, I Two Reel Triangle Keystone. Episocle 5-THF, Lightning Raide. Lmmwmmmmmwwi II I  i I jr.+$% WUVMlAi Cft^ti "Uta. I Now carrying ,i FULL SUPPLIES I v of ¡ GENUINE FORD SPARE PARTS. Call, Phone or Write I 1 HuraiiNs CO,UMITEO. I I 37.VIIND STREET j SWANSEA I j AcnroRiair* DEAtffcS AND eEAtD.$ AIIID 1 Nt'$ sro.$ <MVIUSEfV?^lMTS. GRAND Theatre SWANSEA. MONDAY, 8th DECEMBER, 1910, Six Nights at 730, MATINEE on SATURDAY at 2.30 p.m. WALTER MELVILLE'S CO. presents the Entirely New Play, direct from the Lyceum Theatre, London, THE I      FEMALE HNj NEXT WEEK- SWANSEA AMATEUR OPERATIC j SOCIETY in Gilbert and SuUivau's ) Original Opera, THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD ¡ AT THE ELYSIUM. j Mon., Tties. & ed I FEATURING I MAE MARSH in I THE GLORIOÚS ADVENTURE | y A Story of tho Open Road, in which 3 thi: Charming Actress supersedes all u | her previous triumphs. 11 | A GOLDWYN PRODUCTION. | j r Elmo the Midhty ? Episode 1— one morc Chapter of I |j Thrill@!. | | The Sav/dust Ringjj ,.nP;otfeg II y A Triangle Production featuring$ KINSL;ViHE1 I KITCHEN I R L.K.O. Olnùy..1 | Topical Budget and usual ? y Fnil Programme. | j  J ?-   .LYL ..cf8" I -?.?.L. _"811!: PUB;Ç NOTICES. — ——- ¡ COMPLIMENTARY j  CONCERT m %J TO Miss E. Logan (The Popular Manageress of the Elysiuija Cinema), at ELYSIUM, TO-MORROW, I SUNDAY, DEC. 14thg  j whIch the t'o'hw .t!&tc?wiU API)ear;- Soprano Miss Betty Bowen 1 i'he Popular Khondda Soprano). Contralto. Madam Mattie Davies I (■of Eisteddfodic Fame). Tenor ,Mr. Ben Jones I (Swansea Coming Tenor). Baritone. Mr. Harry Roberts ( (The Famous Welsh Baritone). i Oranist. Miss LIZZIE EVANS I (Afc the Ebenezer Grand Organ). Accompanist. Miss FAY STACEY. The Famous HEPWORTH Production, Ii AS THE SUN WENT I DOWN," I' Featuring GERALD AMES and i CHRISSIE WHITE, will be shotfn, by kind permission of Capt. A. Thomas, Chief Constable. Doors Open at 7.10 p.m. commence at 7.45 p.m. sharp. RESERVED SEATS-2s. 4d. and Is. 3d. (including Tax). W.N.F.D. & D.S. & S. (Swansea Branch). Extraordinary Special Branch Meeting I AT MOND BUILDINGS To-night (Saturday), At 7.3ft p.m. All Members are requested to attend (both Men and Women). Speaker Capt. W. H. WILLIAMS (President of Federation). (Signed) W. F. FRANCIS. "SORTING NEWS." THE PAPER for All Sportsmen PUBLIC NOTIC:ES. Preliminary. j E3ENE-ZER CHORAL & MALE CHOIRSj (Conduetor, Mr. T. Turner Thom8). j will give -i. Grand CHORAL CGt4'CP-RT! In aid of (he Mission, on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5th, 1920. i Retwarsals-Cbnrnl. Tuesdays p.m. ] „ Male Voice. Saturdays, 7 p.m. j CLYNE GOLF CLUB. j A PUBLIC MEETING will he held at I the BALL ROOM, METROl'OLE HOTEL, at 5 p.m. MONDAY, Dec. 15th. Business— I 1.—Mr. Colt's Report. II.—To Paes Resolution as to Capital. III.—Resolution by Lady Members. Your Best Asset A Skin Cared for By I Cuticura Soap Ob to O;ritrnlttat to h&8' !3r.t"fs.1 I ? f; "td,. IT, Eq nriiwnr"tiTrT, i »■■■ HAS  HAS YOUR VICTORyii I BOOKLET REACHED I | YOU YET ■ j

.i. Sun Rises 8.14, Sun Sets 4.4. Lightiiig-uv TIMO, 4.34. High Water, 1,12 a.m., 19.44 p.m. King's, Dock 35ft. 9in. a.m., 34ft. lOin. p.m. Te-morrow, 11.2 a.m., '1.37 p.m.

MORE PRODUCT?— j AND HOW TO G.ET !T. J The cry of tho clay is for produc- tion, nioro production and yet mcro production. The British public hail been told, until by this time it must be very sick of the statement and its. reiteration, that unless we, manufacture more we shall pre- sently find cur feet upon the broad and sliding path that leads T-o national ruin. How rflanj soeictie and departments there are existing to-day with the object of speeding I up trade we would not care to hazard, but their number is very great, and they all have one slogan: produce, produce, produce! ]f words could have solved the prob- lem, we should be to-day in a very paradise of prosperity. They wiJl not solve the problem because the exponents of the new creed are not keen students of human nature and because they are not sufficiently eonsciours of fhe change in the times and of the new ideals that, for weal or woe, have come into the world to stay. \Ye think we may say that a i broad tendency of our day is the assertion by the workers of their rights to a more complete share in any prosperity that is likely to come to the world. There we have the root of the wholo question. It is as useless shouting for increased production, unless that increased production is in some way to bene- fit every man who contributes to it, as it is to shout for the moon. Human nature remains human nature, and however much we do* ploro It., and however wo may sigh for an altruistic world in which it is eac h for all and all for each, we are, every one of us, cut for his I own purpose. Higher production will come infallibly—when the worker finds that his personal in- terest is at stake as well as the em- ployer's! What may be done in this direc- tion was pointed out fcft a most in- teresting address given to the Swan- sea Rotary Club at. the Hotel Metropole. yesterday by Mr. R. T. Pries tman, a member of the Higher Production Council. Al-j 1 1 n C oiiii(- l Al- though he is not interested in the firm of Priest-man and Son, en- gineers of Hull, who made the ex- periment of which he principally spoke (the only aiffnity being that of blood) he was able to give the members of the club most valu- able information upon the problem or securing higher production as faced by that firm. Incidentally, we may be allowed- t-o refer here, with appreciation, to the growing value of the Rotary Club. It is an infant in the public life of Swansea as yet, but its fortnightly meetings are capable of exerting the widest power in the discussion of this and oognafce problems. The Priestman scheme ie based on the ascertained good normal out- i put of the workman. With this known, and the grant of a 10 per cent. increase in wages over district* I rates so as to assure the men that the scheme was genuine and niert- ing a fair trial, the firm announced I thgtt they would pay, over the then wage, a percentage equal to that; ) of the new output- over that norm- ally produced. The net result (the I speaker said) was, in addition to better feeling in the works, an in crease of 40 per cent, in the wages of the workmen and 50 per cent. in those of the staff; a good reception { by the local trades unions, and! it'suit? in output and profits which J were very satisfactory to the com- pany. Mr. Priestman believes t!?' scheme can be successfully applied ¡ to akriost any producing business. The discussion which followed shewed considerable interest in tho question, and a belief that hero may be, for manufacturing trades ol any rate, a way cut of the worricsauJ mistrust that are depressing alike to the best of workmen and the best, of employers. We trusl the interest will extend and, given a similar attitude of the uni'bns, we I believe some employers would at- tempt the experiment. We have been warned again and. again th-ir unless we do produce more the country is doomed to lose its old- time predominance in the trade >f the world. There is a good deal of mystery with regard to the position II iii Germaiiy, but when Germany does wake out of its stupor we I must not forget that the German will remain a German, that he will be thorough in his methods as well as industrious in their application, and that, as he was before the war, so he will be still a dangerous com- petitor in the markets of the world. If we are to maintain our proud pre-eminence in trade, if the cry for higher production is to have anv real meaning, then the whole troll. must be solved upon suc h lines as the Priestman* of Hull liav adopted with such striking effect.

PRIORY FOR WALES, -410- I Mayor of Swarsssa and Order I of St, Jofm. Tn connection v. i th the newlv created Priory for Wales of »he Order of the Hos- pital of St. John of Jerusalem, the Mayor of Swansea is presiding ;"it a meeting at at 7 p.m., at vbic'i the question of the formntinn of a Swansea Centre of the Welsh Priory is to be rep?idered. If this derision is made, committees will be formed, and a very cordial invitation is extended to all interested.

CO-OPERATION. I interesting Experiment by a HuH Firm, I In his Swansea Rotary Club address on Friday, at the Hotel Atptropole, Mr, K. T. Priestman (of the Higher Production Council) spoke of ro-op^ration as an aid to increased production. He urged a realisation of the fact that capital and labour are so indissoluble bound, that together they must stand or fall, and-that I h,-v should do all possible to f-trengthen the forces labouring for Hie salvation of the country. 'Hie world was crying out for production, and our Empire needed it as much as any other nation. Could they riot mate increased production a plank in the platforms of all parties? To attain a united front they must learn the virtue of the strength lying in mutual confidence. A HULL EXPERIMENT. I Continuing. Mr. Pricstman detailed the scheme adopt ad by Messrs,. Priestman, engineers, of Hull, to increase production. To ensure its fair trial wages were 10 per cent, above district rates. The effect of the scheme on labour unrest was so great, and tho interest created was so much, that the Higher Production Coun- cil was organised. The idea was to dUer- mine in any producing business what was the normal output and product of X men working Y hours, and th^refcfter to pay to each (>mploykilled workmen, labourer or member of the staff—a per- centage on wage or salary equal to that of the output over that normally pro- duced when tlje men were working all out." THE RESULT. The result was not only increased pro- I dnetion, better feeling and tone in the works, and the reduction of bad time and slacking to a minimum, but increased wages of 40 per cent, to workmen and 50 per cent, to staff, and better results for j the firm as wpIl. And the Unions re- ceived the scheme. Messrs. Hughes, Tunbridge, Bevan and the chairman joined in the discussion, advocatiug the advisability of some such scheme, the last-named remarking that he believed increased wages could easily be paid if the increased output were forthcoming.

TWO BEDROOMS. t Questions in Parliament About I Margam Houses. Mr. John Davison ofcked Cor Minister 1 of Health whether he is a war* that the Houfing S^hc;ue w:thin the Margam area I prorjdas for five per cent, cf th« houses I having only one room downstairs and two upstairs, and whether he will take steps to have flie scheme reconsidered. Dr. Addison replied that two out of the 40 H the clipille of the Margam D15triet Council planned in two instead of three bedrooms in response to a local demand for houses of this type. With this oitce«t:0M there is no differefice bo.ween thl"(> houtes and the approved three bedroom type, and they have all the necessary amenities.

OSCAR SNELLIWG'S BOYS." Welcome Home Social. I Tho second welcome home supper to demobilised soldiers and sailors on tho honour roll of Swansea Gospel and. Albert Hall Mission ffounded by the late Oscar Snelling in 165 was a great success. Invitations were sent to Its people, of Wi.om a large num!>er responded. I Recitations and solos wtre rendered hy the Misses Ona Tucker. Doris Pelahayo, Cassie Towusend, Muriel Day, Messrs. Archie Simpson, and R. Oodtn. Arrangements for the supper were car- ried 6ilt by the usual band of willing workers: Mesdames Gordon Pa vies, Hoskins, F«ldpaan, Tucker, Wink ley, $;mp$6n, Horner, Lascom, Blacklor, ParneU. Bevan, Truhy, Crocker. H Ames, Lewis, iCe»wton, Mrs. W. U, Miles, tho Misses Michael, Misses F. Scott, Q Ames, M. Gow. Lloyd, Messrs. John Evans and F. W inkley. Mr. Basil Snelling gave a feeling ad- dre.'s, and many favourite hymns were sung. Among those present were Mrs. Oscar Snelling, Mr. F. W. Michael, Mr. John Pearce, Miss Chapman, and llr. Bert Chapman. I

THE DEPUTATION] An M.P/s Impression By J. Hugh Edwards, M.P I During the time lieu. 1 havo had the privilege of rejjr^L-iitin? a Welsh con- i tit ui-ncy iiK thi* lic.u^e of Commons, i have had the -^pportunity of seeing several deputations that have come up from Wales t\) Westminster to air a grievance or to pros a demand for tome j or But I must .-ay that I have never known so a that which waited upon the Prune Minis- ter on Thursday evening in reference to the existing chaos in <he arrangements for transport in South Wales. There were ceftain features in connection with this deputation which distinguished it from the other Welsh deputations which have come up to Westminster. it is true that every oile of these deputations, whether the cuiue--as indeed they did come-—on matters connected, for example, with temperance reform, or with Welsh educa- tiun.?r?rKh a rjiot,, against the aboli- tion of Boards of Guardian;. had its full (juota of representative and influential men. 1 have never known a deputation from Wales that did not. within its COll- position, two, three, or more of the public men of Wales, rho fame trans- cended the 1)?, !tit; ? of tho districts in which they lived. Indeed, r can recall sevej»! deputations which, though much smeller in their dimensions, had nevertheless a large;- proportion of well-known names than that which came up from South Wales on Thursday. As a matter of fact, there svere only a few in the deputation whose names and faces were familiar to tho Welsh members. Still, the fact remains that: within ii) v of Welsh deputations, there has not been one that has realised its purpose with such direct- ness and determination as that which journeyed up to London on Thursday. To begin with, it differed from all its pre- deces«ors in its objective, as well as in its ob.secf. As a rule, and I can recall no exception, deputations from -Wales come to see the Welsh Members. They are re- ceived with cordiality in the Committee Room in the House of Commons, in which the Welsh Mcm!i?;s hold their monthly meetings. They lav their request before the Welsh Members .and '\Í't;r an assur- ance from the Member? that no effort shall b-* wanting on their part. to give effect to suoli a request, the interview comes to an othI, and the deputation re- turns to Wale* But the men who came up as a deputa- tion on Thursday were berit, on bigger game than that represented in the Welsh Partv. The urgency of their grievance was *u- h as to brook no delny, and for that, reason they were not to be satisfied with anything less than a per- sonal interview with the Prime Minister himself—" the man who gets things done," as lie was described in Paris. The Welsh members' were invited to accom- pany the deputation to Downing-street. but they were made to realise, that on this occasion they represented just the chorus in the play in which the principal parts were to bo played by the ehosejj represen- tatives of the affected industries. A de- putation is likf) a cricket or a football team its success so largely depends ofi the boldness and j udgrneht of its captain; and one cap pay the South ITalft depuration no higher tribute than to far that it wit- extremely fortunate in having as its ch spokesman a man of the calibre of Mr. F W. Gihhins. Xo report in cold print of speech, in submitting to the-Prime Minis- ter the bfaek record of the grievances under which both employers and employes 1 in the industrial districts of South Wales have laboured as the result of an utter lack of policy and of method, on the pnrt of the railway companies, could give the reader any idea of its trenchaney or of it" cumulative effect upon the Prinze Minis- ter as one illustration after another of official ineptitude was ejfod with frill documentary evidence. ".1: Gibbins has a reputation for directness and even brusqueness of speech. He never minces his words, and on this occasion, when tO many members of the deputation werf, ready to be overawed in the presence of the Prime Minister, Mr. Gibbins spoke out as freely and as trenchantly as Lloyd George himself is accustomed to do when he comes aero.ss crass official ineptitude. Indeed Mr. Gibbim openly ?.?tigatpd no )f? august a personag than Sir Eric Geddes, and he succeeded in doing what no one else has been known to do: h* j actually made Sir Eric wince under thp castigation. The characteristic weakness of a deputa- tion is its chronic proneness to over-state its case. Deputations are apt to fulfil the functions of parrots; they talk too much, There was a general l'eeling among the j Members of Parliament, who "were present at the interview in Downing-street, that l'Wd the sfateiiient-, of the rase been rigidly confined to Mr. Gibbons' trenchant indict- ru £ »t. they would liave scored heavily, for the Prime Minister felt forced to con- fess that lip required time to consider his reply. But, unfortunately, other speakers followed, with the result that' the chief (item in the indictment was over-shadowed l by a number of minor issues, and Mr. kf,Iox-d George, with his characteristic nuickness, was not slow in marking the rtscrepancies between the positions taken by Mr. Ben Tillet and ,)Tr. Wignall on the one hand and by Mr. Wynne, of Swansea, on the other. Still, the fact remains—flit? deputation hit the bull's eve, and within a very s lv rt- timp a marked improvement will be effected, as the result of Government in- tervention. in the arrangements for trans- port traffic in South "Wales. -+. +-

WELSH HOUSING SCHEMES.| Housing schemes from Welsh local j authoritie* are still ri-a(-b;rq the Minis- try of Health, and this w^ek building sires were received from Oower with 19 I rites, for 10.25 acres, and a pf'hen? for ?x J eit.es, no acreage given. Britonferry sub- mitted plans for 26 houses.

TOWN TALK. ."hq pl!1:.I.?,j the racehorse? Our tunny nun ?u<ig?sts that it might have bv-o;i London cat^uioat vendor. A modical paper that the secret of good health is to out plenty ot onions. \e?. but the point is bow to keep the secret 1 -:0;- Charlie's Uncle was an also ran at Windsor on Thursday. Incidentally W6 may mention that Charley's Aunt is not sti il rUllning. i -0'- If our deacons see that ministers do not geL too much for their labours, -I t"t-; )i-Iden(,(, eces that tiiev do not starve." —Dr. Cynddylan Jones. Ticket C'olledor: .¡ Hów old are 4!N)ij, little girlr Little Girl: "If the eoni- | pariy don't object 1 prefer to pay my faio and keep my own statist'es." — rt» A Swan-sea woman who was making: her pt>(idij>«a ni$?ht. ijuuil that out of eight eggs she intended putting in jt only six w^re good. Two had! -:0:- At a \oeal social event this week one young gentleman mad his appearance In semi-tancy dress. At any rate,* he wore a pair of lady's silk stockings ol a most fashionable colour. 0. Doctor: "What! Your indigestion no better! Did you follow my advice and drink hot water an hour before breakfast?" Patient: ''I tried to, bl't I was unable to keep it up for more than five minutes at a time." An applicant for a post at Tawe L(.dpe was akrd by the chairman of the Board of Guardians, Do you speak Welsh?"— North Welsh," replied the applicant, with some hesitation. The Guardiam concluded to allow her to pass. — Or- A local knut who in weak moments hM been making rash promises to buy pre- sently has lately been seeking a means of escape. But to no purpose. He has die- covered that the only honourable way out is to weigh out in Bradburys and Fishers. The Swansea hairdressers decided at a general meeting of their Society to open shops for shaving up till 12 mid-day on December 2Gth and 27th. It was felt that it would never do to allow all Swansea heards to grow iiom Wednesday till Mon- day. A man on the way to work this morn- ing was bumming to himself—uncon- sciously, "perhaps, but still humming it- the ol4d pol)ij l ar cl i t, r !t'& ?lice to ?t the oM popular dit-ty, It's nice to get up in the morning, but it's nic?r to lip in becl." Nothing could be more appro- priate jat this present juncture. -:0:- The Swansea Drama, Week has given birth to a good many dramatic societies. It would be interesting to know how many such societies are now existent within a ten miles' radius of Swansea. So far the older companies, with their riper ex- perience. are more than holding their own. Colouel John Ward may new resume his sombrero with a light heart. havin received tho high commendation of be ing hissed at a Labour Congress, whieh may be said to put a seal on jiiv mail'? falle (savs the "6 Daily Sketch.") They rarely hiss men who haven't worked for England. —: cy. — A Sketty gentleman, noted for his bulk and geniality-nd not unknown in the potato world—had a etirpriee when ho examined his letter bag this morning. Some enterprising individuals had sent him a ticket issued for the benefit cf a bazaar. Purchasers of th^e are invited to g,,Ipss his weight, the pnze for the nearest idea being a live duf'k! -:0:- The ladies of Swanaea who are inter- ested in public affairs are very aggressive at present. On Thursday they engaged 1ft tiv.,o offensives—one before the Housing- Committee for inclusion on the Com- mittee, ?nd the other at th? Guardians* meeting against the high price of mi?. They intend continuing the milk o?e?va at the Council meeting on Monday. > ~:o:- | If the feu in your coat is stitched, no one will notice it," savs a County Court Judge, referring to the shabby con- dition of men to whom the price of clothes is prohibitive. And all along en.rybody thought that Judges 'knew nothing at all abom1; the little i ('on. veniences and rrouMM that wor» rdi- nary mortals. »—* o: — The fes'ire season to haw oet in earlier than usual this year," aid » man in Oxford-street last night, and the children appear to h* having il really merry Christmas. Now look at that little lot. Poor old dad." Yes," commented a companion. and if he isn't poor al- ready he soon will be." But poor old dad actmied to be enjoying it all the same. -:0:- loca l T?,-o?o d Cbn- The appMran? nf the local Food Con- troller at the Widows' and Orphans' v hist drive last night did not deter Mr. Evan JJill from attempting to do a little profiteering.^ The popular M.C. publicly iijnounced that he was ready to accept entrance fees twice over for the knock- out competitions, and also put a high re- serve price upon an article which was for sale by auction. However, as it was an for a good cause, no action was taken by the cont roller 1 -:0:- When the deputation <5T ladies appeared before the Housing Committee to press their claims for inclusion on the Com- mit <ee, they asserted that they knew ttwre of the internal needs of houses, becfciiF# they worked in the house, and the man only lived in it, whereupon the thilir- man (Aid. P. Molyneux) interposed with the remark: We are only lodgers! Doubtless a good many wished they were lodgers and not householders these davs, when the raies are so high! -:0:- Judging by the rehearsals, the Swan- sea Amateur Operatic Society will mak. a good show at the Grand Theatre next, week in The Yeomen of Guard." Mr. J. W. Barlow is a most painstaking musical conductor, while Mr. G. liheat- croft, the genial producer, is ubiquitous and indefatigable. All the members of the company are most enthusiastic, and, indeed, several of them have confided that they will be quite sorry when the re- hearsals are over, for they have had such happy times together. — It was on a night during the recent cold weather that Mr. Skndfields asked his son Jack to go into the stables and harness the donkey. Somewhat ear Her a cow had strayed into the stables and hustled the moke from his quarters. Some time passed, and the father went to the yard to see how the harnessing was progressing. Haven't you bar- nessed tho donkey, vet? asked the irritable parent. "o," replied Jack. I can't get his head through the collar, his 6ars have frozen." -:0:- Sir Edward Carson was reminiscent A the Lord Chief Justice's Court on Thurs- day. In my schooldays," he said— and though it is a bag time ago I shaH never forget it—I committed Some act rM indiscipline and I was taken to the prin- cipal. I said 'I can assure you, Sir, that at the time I was charged with this act of indiscipline ther i was some mis- take.' The principal said to the tnafier, You hear what he has said." a.nd tlw mn'-ter replied. Yes, Sir, if he did not do it. then he did something else at some other time.' I bolieve that led too to the Bar." j