The Brecon County Times Neath Gazette and General Advertiser for the Counties of Brecon Carmarthen Radnor Monmouth Glamorgan Cardigan Montgomery Hereford

BOXING TOURNEY At Brecon Barracks. I The large gymnasium at Brecon Barracks was filled on Wednesday night, the 17th inst., for a boxing tournament. There was a long—rather too long-and varied programme, and despite the non- appearance of a local "star," the audience had value for their money. Iu this connection it may be pointed out that the boxing tournaments at the Barracks are only intended to be self-supporting, the underlying motive being to encourage the recruits of the South Wales Bor- derers in their training for physical fitness. No question of profit enters into the consideration of the promoters in fixing the prices of admission. ) The disappointment of the evening was the non-attendance of the clever i Brecon boxer, Tom Hoddinott, who had I been matched in a ten-round contest with Ted Collins, of Merthyr. The former won the Army welter weight championship of India whilst serving there with the Brecknocks and three months ago defeated Young Sharkey, of Ystradgynlais, in Brecon Market Hall. The latter brought home the Army welter weight championship of Egypt. At the end of the programme, when all hope of Hoddinott's arrival had to be given up, Chris Laugdon, the well-known light-weight of Ystalyfera, and Collins were good enough to give a three rounds sparring exhibition, which compensated somewhat for the dropping through of the great item. The proceedings were admirably managed by the following officials: Referee, Major J. E. C. Partridge, Welsh Regiment, inspector of Gymnasia, Wes- tern Command judges, Capt. H. M. B. Salmon, D.S.O., South Wales Borderers, and Capt. P. Gotwaltz, M.C., South Wales Borderers timekeepers, Brevet Lieut-Col. C. L. Taylor, D.S.O., South Wales Borderers, and Capt. E. K. Laman, M.C., South Wales Borderers; Master of ceremonies, C. S. M. Inst. H. Edwards, Army Gymnastic Staff. Col. Sir. H. J. Everitt, K.C.M.G., C.B.. who was on a visit of iuspection to Brecon, was an interested spectator of the boxing. The intervals were enlivened by the excellent playingtf the S.W.B. Depot Band, con- ducted by Bandmaster Sims. Principal details Novice Welter Weights, Final.—Pte Price beat Pte Jackson. Novice Middle Weights, Final.—Pte Shaddick beat Pte Lee. Four Round Contests.—Pte Ruff beat Pte Hewson on points. Pte Webber had the best of Pte Jones in the last round. Pte Marsh beat Pte Bowen on points after a ver,y merry bout. Ten Round Contest Y onng Sharkey, Ystradgynlais, v. Staff-Sergt. Howie, Army Gymnastic Staff. Howie had the advantage of reach and a few pounds in weight, and had the better style, but it was the style of the school. Sharkey boxed in accordance with his rougher methods and at his best. There was a great deal too much holding, for the beginning of which the civilian was responsible,. and the referee warned him on this score and also warned him once about using his head. It was a fine bout, none the less. Howie was constantly there or there- abouts, but rarely getting full power in, Sharkey being as active as a cat and occasionally driving home with his left with great power. At the end of the eighth round it was a case of "all square" —the cards of the two judges and the referee agreeing on this—but in the next round Sharkey gained the lead, and was pronounced winner half way through the last round. Six Round Contest. Young Mc Carthy, Ystradgynlais, triumphed over Drummer Newton, S.W.B., on points in a fairly level contest.

LOCAL CONVICTION QUASHED In the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, on the 17th inst., the Brecon Borough Justices appeared by counsel to answer a rule nisi obtained by three men named Wm. Newly, Richard c Churley, and George Brown, who had appealed against their conviction at Brecon on the ground that the sentence passed was heavier than the Law allowed, For the justices Mr Marriott said he appeared to answer the. rule nisi obtained on behalf of the men, who had complained that they had been sent to prison for a much longer time than the law allowed. The men were apprehended—and it was agreed rightly-on a charge of frequent- ing High street, Brecon, during Novem- ber fair and hustling and pushing people, with the object of committing a felony. The Lord Chief Justice said there I seemed to be no doubt about that- Counsel: No. Continuing, Mr Marriott said the justices' clerk (Mr Thomas) had made an affidavit in which he admitted that he had made a mistake in his advice to the justices. He was of the opinion that the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1898 gave the magistrates power to increase to' six months the penalty for such an offence, the old Vagrancy Act limiting the imprisonment to three months. It had since been discovered by him, after close examination of the law, that the Criminal Law Amendment Act did not give that power for that class of case. Of course, said Counsel, the-eonviction could not stand. The result of that would be that the men who should have been imprisoned for three months would now be released after having served six weeks. (Laughter.) He hoped, in the circumstances, the Court would not give the men the costs of that case. The Lord Chief Justice said the men's appeal would be allowed and their con- victions quashed, but they would get no costs against the justices.

WYE CONSERVATORS' CLERK Former Resident of Builth Weils Appointed. Major F. A. Phillips, D.S.O., of Worm- bridge House, near Hereford, and formerly of Builth Wells, has been appointed clerk to the Wye Board of Conservators and secretary of the Wye Fisheries Association, in suc- cession to Major Morant, resigned, the appointment to date from January 1st next. I Major Phillips was educated at Rossall and Exeter College, Oxford. In 1904-5 he held an appointment in the Colonial service in Nigeria. Previously he had served in the Boer War, 1900-01. For the Great War, he mobilised with his regiment, the Montgomery Yeomanry, in August, 1914, and served in England, Egypt and France, being awarded the D.S.O. for splendid work in the German attack on Arras and Vimy Ridge on March 28th, 1918, also mentioned in dispatches. He commanded a squadron of the 1st Montgomery Yeomanry from October 14th, 1914, and was second in command of the regiment in November, 1916, when in Egypt. He was trans- ferred to the second in command of a battalion in France, and later was second in command of the 1st 4th London Regiment and of the Royal Sussex Regiment at Aldershot, where he re- mained until demobilised.

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