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Swansea Alillers9 ._-I
Swansea Alillers9 I Despicable Effort to Increase I  Free of Bread. I At a Co-operative Eisteddfod at Taibach on Saturday, Mr H. S. Batey, the president of the Tajbach and Port Tallnlt Co-opcmtiye Society, alleged that a Arm of millers at Swan sea had refused to supply them with flour unless the Society sold bread at Is. instead of 9d. per 41b. loaf. When tihe two Swansea firms were approached bv a reporter on Tues- diav they declined to maie a state- ment, but one of the managers ob- served that the millers were entirely governed by tihe price fixed by the local baikers. THE SHILLING LOAF PROVIDES 10s. PROFIT PER SACK A Swansea baker, who has had 30 years in the trade, and has publicly maintained that lid. provides a sufficient margin of profit on the 41b. loaf, was asked by a reporter, what he thought of the Taibach Co-operative Society's statement. His t'eply was: "Yes, I know they are selling at 9d. but I am convinced tihat no profit oaa be (made by them. They obtust rely upon tihe profits from tihe grocery business. The action lias been farought about by unionism in this Case, of course. The other tra-des- taen in the district cannot allow thecn to undercut them to that extent, and the millers have no doubt been forced by the Master Baker.s' Associat.on in the district. Bu.t I gtj]¡] agree that the Is. for a 41b loaf is exorbitant. I have not rai-sed the pritie of my bread and I adD not going to, either. I contend I can make a satisfactory profit at lid., and I won't charge toore- Tilings arc expensive enough as they were without needlessly raising th staple food of the working  The people can stad much, but ?h?e's a limit. I a.m gjoing no nearer that limit than I am nO'w. Mind -N-oll I a''n a. business man, and I wa.nt a profit, but I a;m content with a. fair Profit, and I consider thai lid. r- presents a fair profit. So I won't dintge the Is.' "Has anything been done with re- gard to the flour P" "Not that I know, and I see no justification for it. When I came to Shv&nsea 30 years ago 2s.6d. profit Q1 a eack was considered all right, and now, at present prices, there's a profit of 10s. on a sack. Surely no one can want more just for the bag and handing it over the counter! "Just one word more, Mr Reporter. You may T-fio- nt out that if the people ocfmo to the sllops so that we can do away with the vans for distributing, ■bheir ha-ead can be made to sell at lOd." "Would you -adopt it if such was 4one?" "Yes; and I should bê content with I the profit. We cannot expect more I profit to-day than in pre-war times, and the Is. moans this."
am - I UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE…
am I UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT The monthly meeting of the An- thracite and Western District of Miners was held at Swansea on Satur day, when lodge matters were dis- cussed and reports presented on the unemployment in the district. A re- solution was ipassed in favour of a fuller utilisation of Swansea Technical College and in support cf its recog- nition as a constituent colfliegc of the University of al es. AFAN VALLEY AND MEDICAL I RE EXAMINATION. Reporting to the .momthlly meeting of the Afan Valley Miners' Associa- tion at Port Talbot on Saturday, Mr William Jenkins, J.P. (agent for the district), said the long outstanding dinpue aanong tihe engine-men, pumps- men. and stokers at the Duffryn Rhondda Cynon, and Oakwood Col- leries had been settled satisfactorily to the men. A resolution was passed protesting against tho re-examina- tion of medically rejected men em- ployed in and about the coiilierics. It was decided to join the Housing and Town Flan nin g Assooi ation.
EARLY POTATOES DELAYED._I
EARLY POTATOES DELAYED. I The supply of new potatoes from the Channel Islands (writes a Jorsey corres pondeiit to a Newport, Mon. merchant) will be unusually late this year. Plrmt- ing, which generally commences late in January, had to be postponed on ac- count of frost and snow until Febru- ary 15. Fndor these. circumstances j lifting cannot, commence before 1\lay; 21.Mid then only in very small quan- ) titles.
ANTHRACITE MINERS
ANTHRACITE MINERS DELEGATE MEETING AT SWAN- SEA. The monthly meeting cf the An- thracite District of Miners was held at the Dockers' Hall, Swansea, on Saturday, Upwards of 14,000 miners were represented by 53 delegates. The chair was occupied by Mr Thc, Davies, check weigher, D'jllwyn Col- liery, and the vice-chair by Mr D. Daniel Davies, Cawdor Colliery. Among those present also were: Mr J. D Morgan, chief agent; Mr J J James, agent; Mr David Morgan, secretary; and Mr J D Morgan, of Cwmgorse, the District treasurer. Mil' J D Morgan, agent, reported upon the grant made by the Central Executive at Cardiff in out-of-work relief, and gave details of the various lodges concerned for the nionth of February. He also reported upon the arrange- ment made with regard to the Easter holidays (two days only), and stated that the attention of the Executive Council had been brought to bear Upon the increased eor of explosives which is a serious m&tfcer in the An- thracite district. The question is to be dealt with in connection with the next wage agreement. Mr Morgan reported the steps taken to support Ammanford's claim for a separate county court.. Mr James dealt with the demand for Friday "pays" "instead of Satur- d-av "pav- explaining that although no final decision had been arrived at a. sub-committee of the Conciliation Board has it under consideration. He explained tflie purport a.nd object of the pithead meetings held to try to secure volunteers from among the miners. vo l from amon g The Cwmnant Colliery stopple question, and the circumstances coei- necle-d with it. wore reported, and I"ne -matter was left in the hands of the agents. A deputation from the South WaJ?s Colliery exa,miners attended, asking for assistance amd moral support to get all the firemen in their ow.n or- ganisation. The meeting decided to render wha-tever assistance is possible i:.1 the direction desired. .1
"NO SIJF LABOUR."I
"NO SIJF LABOUR." I Gloucester farmers at a meeting at Gloucester of tihe local branch of the Farm errs' Union passed a resolution condemning Sundav labour. The chairman said he believed that six days' labour would carry them through better than the seven days' labour. The vice-chairman said he had never been able to see any profit arise from Sunday work. Roth the men and the horses would do better with a cert-idn aniount of rest. Other members agreed.
DOGS TRAINED TO BITE BRITISHI…
DOGS TRAINED TO BITE BRITISH I PRISONERS. Mr. Gerard, the ex-American Am- baasador to Berlin, made a remarkable speech at the Canadian Club of New York on the inhuman treatment by Germany of prisoners of war. He told how the German authorities imprisoned townsfolk for giving food and drink to starving Canadian prison- ers. "I have," he said, "seen small boys, with German simplicity and kind- ness, march about the prison camps armed with bows and arrows, and shoot arows tipped with nails at the prison- ers. "Another time there was typhus in a camp where Russians were interned. Saying that all tho Allies should stick together, the Germans placed English and French prisoners with the Russians in the typhus camps, thus condemning numbers of them to certain death. "At another camp I visited they had trained German sheep dogs to bite the British, and when the guards went through the camps they took the trained dogs with them, and it was seldom they failed to bite British sol- diers. "I complained to Berlin about the matter, and for a long time my com- plaint was unnoticed. Nothing was done until I told the commandant that I was a very good pistol shot and that I I felt like going out and shooting some I trained dogs, and seeing what they would do about it. Shortly afterwards the command- nt w:is removed. The recruiting offices for the regular I services, especi the navy ,are very busy. A jnovc ft* is on foot to make April 19 the anniversary of the Battle of Lexington, a great recruiting day under the ba'tlecry of "Wake np, America!" There is an indication that almost every ft.vite in tht- Uiiion will- co-o perate.
I DAMNING ENEMY DOCUMENTS.…
I DAMNING ENEMY DOCU- MENTS. I I Mr lam Mailtohn. M.P., sends to "The Times" copies of two German "scraps of paper" whlich he found near Ikwaume on Morula*- last. They KIIOW (he says) the wanton and cruel spirit in. wh:ch the Germans are losing the war. One of the .docoiments, a time-table to bo carried out at Ban- court, a village just eas-t of Bapauane, is as follg)rA-S: In the village c-f Raacoiurt it is more important to set fire to the houses tK) t]10 b O U- C S than to blow them up. 5W1 Maaxih.—Straw will be heaped up and tarred. < lotil March.—Explosives -are to be ready for the cellars and wells lin Bancourt. Ilth M-u-f-,Ii.- All unused wells and watering ponds must be plenti- fully polluted with dung and creosote soda.. Sufficient dung and creosote soda must be placed in readiness beside the wells which are still in use. 12 March.-Rancourt must be ready to be set 01t fire. 13th March-—Parade in fighting kit, issue of iron ration*, cleaning of arms, instruction rcgr"vog safe roads to be used ard ;n- 8truet:on<s for the dezr.oi i ion party. 14tli March.-—Explosives to be issued for destroying the cellars amd wells in Bancourt., Bao.eoort CShureh fewer will be blown tip 16tdi March. -All wells in Bancourt n'ith the exception (4 one will be blown up bv 6.30 p.m. 17th Mareii.-nie road mines wiR be fired at 3 a.m. The remaining cellars in Banoourt will be blown up at 3.15 a.in., and Bancourt will be eot Oil fire at 4 p- mi.
..I WOMEN L.tY WORKERS I
WOMEN L.tY WORKERS HOW RECRUITS ABE SELECTED, I TRAINED, AND PLACED. I in order tnat women who are de- sirous of helping in food production by joining the Women's Land Army may know how exactly recruits are selected, trained, and placed in suit- able employment, a comprehensive statement has been issued which gives the details. After filling up the form, which is to be obtained at every post-office, the recruit will afterwards be sum- moned before a selection committee, who will have to decide her fitness for the work. When the recruit is sent to a train ing centre her equipment awaits her. Reports of her progress are prepand by her i-tuctoa-s, and when efficient she again appears b,Zare the selec- t:on and allocation committee, who arrange to pkwo her om a suitable farm. Onoe she starts work she is paid. by the farmer. Those women who are skilled enough Are placed on farms direct. There Ï8 a district wel fare worker in whatever lomlity the rwm-ait niay go to, who visits 'her and helps in every way possible. Should a recruit, now a War Laoid Worker, be dismiss.ed her em/ployment through no fault of her own, she is instructed to communncarte with her district ro- presentative, and steps axe taken to replace her as quickly aa possible.
JAM FOR GERMANS I
JAM FOR GERMANS I At the Narth&mptim Tribunal a (member of a, leading grapery film, ap- pealing for a jam thaft the Government had ic.,onirnandecred all the firm's jam for German prison- ers. There was consequently none for the general public. The Chairman said that \3'S just what ntfgiht he expected. He shorn id not be surprise d if they domunandeered all the food in the town if the Ger- nians ran short.
COLDEST APRIL WEATHER FOR.…
COLDEST APRIL WEATHER FOR SIXTY YEARS. "The first week of the present month has been colder than any similar period for the past 60 years," says Dr. H. R. Mill, the Lon d on in Mill, the London meteorologist. Every night but two the thermometer has sunk below freezing-point. And every day a searchingly cold wind has been blowing, bringing with it quantities of snow. According to Dr. Mill, this wind, although it may come from many dif- ferent points of the compass, came originally from the Arctic Circle bring- ing the snow with it. The first week of April in 1888 wns the only period which approaches the present in badness. In 1870 the night temperature of the first week of April sank to 29.9, and the spring was cold and ungenial. Yet there was a hot and dry summer, bringing an early and abundant liti-vefft.
j YSTRADIYNLAIS POLICE I COURT.
j YSTRADIYNLAIS POLICE I COURT. It Tuesday.—Before Messrs. E. G. Ben- I thall and G. H. Strick. I CORN FOR FOWLS. John Davies, £ now-terr.icc, W r. d- road, Ystiadgynlais, a pumpsman, was charged with stealing a quantity of corn, value Is. 2d., the property of the South Wales Anthracite Colliery Co., on or -about March 25th.-P.C. Evan Williams, stationed at the colliery, said that at about 11.30 on Sunday, March 25th, he received information that it was suspected that corn had been stolen from the underground stables at the Yniseedwyn Collieries. He went to the mouth of the slant and there saw a trail of corn, which lead him past the lamproom to the sidings. The con- stable made enquiries, and as a result went to Snow-terrace. He told defend- ant that he was making enquiries about some crushed corn that had been stolen from the collieries. The man ad- mitted taking the corn home for the lewis. Defendant's wi'e then rroducel a pan of corn, and Davies said it was the corn he had taken. Witness took possession of same, which was produ-el and said he also saw some strewn on the garden. The weight of the corn was 4Jlbs. Mr. T. E. Slater, M.E., agent and manager to the Colliery Company, niii that corn similar to that produced was used at the colliery fo* feeding the horses. He produced a sample of the corn from the stables. The value of the stolen property was about Is. 2d. De- fendant was employed at the colliery as a pumpsman, and worked during the flight of Manh 24th. In going to and from his work he would pass the stables. The man was in receipt of compensation, but was on light work. Defendant pleaded guilty to taking the corn from the colliery, but not from the stables. He had tried to pur- chase corn the previous evening, and on the following day saw a heap of corn at the siding. He gathered it up and took it home. He said it was his first offence, and that he had been on light employment for eight years following an accident. Mr. Slater: He is engaged as a pumpsman. Owing to the man's circumstances he was fined 15s., which was about the costs of the case. SCAB DISEASE ON SHEEP. I CWMTWRCH FARMER HEAVILY I FINED. Griffith Rees, farmer, Cwmtwrch, was charged with failing to report 28 sheep suffering from scab; for failing to separate the animals so affected, and for aUowing affected sheep in com- mon or unenclosed land. P.C. Thomas said he visited the Dolwyn Farm in company with In- spector Williams. They saw sheep on the mountain and there were 28 affect- ed in all. When asked why he had not reported the matter, defendant said that he had intended reporting it, but he delayed doing -so. In reply to P.S. Williams, witness said that the sheep affected were with the others that were affected. Of 102 on the mountain, eight were affected. Mr. Cattell, veterinary surgeon, said he had had oxamined the sheep and found 28 affected. Some had been so affected for some months. Inspector Williams said that the man's sheep were, on the Black Moun- tain. The Carmarthenshire and Brecon- shire authorities had gone to consider- able expense with a view to extermin- ating the disease. He regarded it as a most serious offence to find a hot-bed of disease in the centre cf the affected area. The Chairman said it was a very serious offence, as other sheep had been affected. He was liable to a fine of £5 in respect of each sheep, but he would have to pay 3s. for each animal, and the costs, £ 11 in all. Inspector Williams: He wants time to pay, sir. Defendant: I'm willing to 'go down' to pay. Mr. Strick: Oh, by all means! The Clerk You shall have 7 days to pay. Defend int: What if I won't pay? Clerk Then the police will carry out your wishes. (Laughter.) l ABERCRAVE COLLIER'S ARREARS I A special sitting of the court took place on Thursday, when Messrs. Dd. Lewis and Dd. W illiams were the magistrates. W. R. Potter, a young collier of Ahercrsve, was summoned in respect I of arroars of a bastardy order made against him. Lydia Jones, the complainant, i defendant was the father of her child, and an order was made against him at the Ystrndjrynlais Court on Feb. 13th. j Defendant Ind not pad anything—not even the œ8t-s of the car,o. j Defendant said ho would not pay, as I he was hot the father of the child. I The magistrates said they were re- I luctant to send such a young lad to prison, but as ho refused to pay, they had no other alternative but to sen? I him down for fourteen days. I ABSENT FROM THE S.W.B. Richn rd Edwards, of the 3rd Batt. Souili Wales Bordert rs, was charged in custody with being an absentee from his unit since Feb. 15th. P.C. Davies said that on the night of April 3rd he saw defendant at Gurnos. He suspect- ed him being an absentee and ques- tioned him. Ihe answers were unsatis- factory and he was arrested.—Defend- ant was remanded to await an escert. —————
100 MILLIONS IN PENSIONS TO…
100 MILLIONS IN PENSIONS TO MEN BROKEN IN THE WAR. Mr. George Barnes, M.P., Pensions Minister, speaking at Glasgow, said that under the pensions scheme money was being paid at the rate of £ 100,000,000 a year. There had been a controversy, said Mr. Barnes, about men said to have been "broken in the war," but who never were bvoken in the war, and so far as he concerned, they would get no pensions. These men would get a gratuity, whiah they never had before, but which they were entitled to. But the men who had really fought in the war and suffered must have their proper niche in the mechanism of the State. Sir Griffith Boscawen. Parliamentary Secretary to the Pensions Minister, Siid that the intention of the Ministry was to interpret tho new warrant generously. A man's pension would be fixed solely with rogard to his health. No account whatever would be takea of his earnings.
IWELSH GALLANTRY AT GAZA.-
I WELSH GALLANTRY AT GAZA. In a thrilling account of lpst we{.k'-s fighting"" n-?ar Gaza, in Palestine, Mr. N-v. T. Massey, the war correspondent, pays a high tribute to the work of the elsli Territorials. I could see the infantry (he writes) march to the attack, taking advantage of every bit of dead ground, rushing across the open, dropping to whatever cover mother earth a. fur Jed when faced by bursts of machine-gun fire, and pushing forward valiantly when- ever opportunity offered. But I regret that I could not see and describe how these gallant Welsh Territorials en- gaged the enemy in hand-to-hand grips in a bewildering maze of zigzags. But as they conquered a crafty foe, famed for his power of defence, we know that they have behaved worthy of their race. These Welshmen moved from the south-east and east, and met with a very strung opposition. About one o'clock a portion of the Anzacs and Yeomanry were ordered to close in from tho north-east to assist the in- fantry attack. They began to take trenches at half-past four. The infant- ry took theit objective in the evening. During this afternoon the Turks made a tremendous effort to break through our line to the east. For two hours I witnessed a magnificent effort by our men to resist the enemy. The shrapnel cf our artillery ranged per- fectly and smashed the line of the at- t'-ckera, and with the machin;—guns of the infantry must have caused heavy losses to the enemy. An instance of dashing bravery is told of the armoured cars. The cars went to assist to keep off 5,000 rein- forcements from the Huj area. An offi- cer went ahead to rcelnnoitre, nnd saw at once that he was confronted with a large body of the enemy. The outposts, only a hundred yards ahead, imme- diately open-d fire. He abandoned the Stnff oar and ran to the armoured cars and ordered an attack. It proved to be an amazing fight of eight cars against 5,000 infantry and artillery. The ears pushed forward, having to find paths over rough ground full of deep holes. The enemy tried with all their might to stop the armoured cars, but the latter fought sometimes in line sometimes in column, and mowp<T~dowii the Turks at ranges of between 25 and 300 yards, and got through-the whole of the 5,OCO Turks in two hours, with one killed and four wounded, inflicting at* a conservative estimate 3.50 casual- ties.
IFiRANCQ-RRITTSH PA RIJ AMENT…
I FiRANCQ-RRITTSH PA RIJ AMENT ARY CONFERENCE. The Int-rr-Parliamemtary jons fiormed to link together British find FYecaoh P arliarm frit a.rv parties, which have already done n. great deal af useful work, will meet in Parte thns week. The Brit-sh delegates wiTI be Mr T. P. O'Connor, wiho took an active paj-t in the forrnaftian -of t'he missirai, Mir Evelyn Cecil, Mr Shirley Bmn, Sir Charles Herarv,Mr Mackfo- I der, .f.nd a. m-oml>er of the Ln.lxxar ¡ pairiy. pmbably Mr War-die.