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15/- per bird clear profit for 12 j iconths was the experience of a poul try-keeper last year by using Karswood (Harmless) Spice. Packets, 2d., 7., ls.3d. Perkins, The Pharmacy, Ystalyfera. 1A2 VSTRADGYNLAIS LOCAL FOOD FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE. The above Committee requires im- mediately the services of an efficient Executive Officer. Salary £ 175 per annum. Applications giving fyll par- ticulars of experience, et<^ with copies of three testimonials to be received not later than the 4th August, .and to be addressed to n' THE CHAIRMAN, Local Food Committee, Food Office, YSTRADG YNLAIS 1A2 LOOK OUT FOR THE GREAT SPORTS to take place at the —— PONTARDAWE ATHLETTC GROUNDS, on SATURDAY, 9th AUGUST, 1919, Under the Auspices of the Edward Bevan Lodge, R.A.O.B. Over 50 in Prizes. B17 Sprint, Tug-of-War £11, etc., etc. Proceeds in aid of Soldiers and Sailors Blind Children and St. DUjJ- stan's Hostel for the Blind, Sailors and Soldier. For Entry Forms apply C. EATON, Swansea Road, Trebanos. T C. LLYNFELL AND GLWYS AND DISTRICT 2nd ANNUAL HORTICULTRAL SHOW The above will be held at CWMLLYNFELL SCHOOLS, ON SATURDAY, SEPT. 6, 1919. Classes for Local Cottagers, Open Cottagers, Farmers, Children. Also for Preserved Fruit, Eggs, Honey, Flowers and Window Plants. Schedules, l^d., post free, may be obtained from Secretary— D. J. SIMS, Clifton Hill, Lower Cwmtwrch. Jyl2 gELLIONEN SHEEP-DOG TRIALS GALLOWAY & TROTTING RACES BANK HOLIDAY TUESDAY, AUG. 5th, 1919. Entries Close, Monday, July 28th. Secretary—Will Hopkin, Herbert Chambers, Pontardawe. 2Jy26Aug2 LIBANUS, FORWARD MOVEMENT HALL, GLANRHYD. ANNIVERSARY gEKVICES Will be held at the above Church ON WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY EVENING, AUG. 6th and 7th. Preacher: Rev. RICHARD JONES, M.A Llandinam. Services to commence at 7 o'elc&cfe' Hearty invitation to alL lAti2 PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. Under the auspices of the Cwmtwrch Branch D. D. S. and S., A FANCY DRESS CARNIVAL, SPORTS, SIDE-SHOWS, Etc. Will be held at Upper Cwmtwrch, On Saturday, August 23rd, 1919 For further particulars watch bills. 1A2 NOTICE. I, the undersigned, give notice that I shall not be responsible for any ;debt,s contracted by my wife, Maggie Morgan, Gough Buidings, Ystradgyn- lais, after this date. IVOR REES MORGAN, July 30, 1919. lAfipd. BALANCE SHEET OF THE FETE AND GALA HELD AT THE PARK, YSTRADGYNLAIS, July 19th, 1919. Receipts. £ a d Total gatQ money 63 17 6 Entrance fees for sporta   Donations i2 on 0 0 — £ 67 6 6 Expenditure. £ s d Artistes 7 10 0 Band 770 Prize Money .• 4 Ii f Printing 45? Food (Com., band and turn-?) 3 18 9 1 Tax 440 Room 020 Corn. badges g g I Loan of stage 10 0 ¡ T&Dt 10 0 Crier 10 0 Haulage 10 0 Use of Piano o 0 Chairs .— 043 £ 50 16 6 Balance in hand 16 10 0 lAa £67 6 6 W. A. WILLIAMS. Phrenologist, I can be consulted daily at the Victoria Arcade (near the Market), BwalO. PILES PIER & PAVILION o THIS WEEK The TOPPERS Sunday; 3rd August at 3.45 and 6.45 p.m. HJSl. 1ST 1ST ES S )—) POPULAR ) ) MILITyRBAND I CONDUCTOR Mr. SAM HANNEY NEXT WEEK at 3.45 and 7.30 n.m: THE DRAGONFLIES. Monday Aug. 4th from 7 to 11 p.m. Grand Victory Ball. Refreshments of all Kinds at Pier Hotel. PARTIES SPECIALLY CATERED FOR. Owing to the Pontardawe Peace Celebrations THE Boy Scout TOURNAMENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1919 1A2

TAX ON BACHELORS. I Taxing bachelors and persons with few or without dependents was urged in a resolution proposed at a meeting of the L.C.C. Educational Committee. Mr Bruoo, the mover, said his pro- posal was that the tax on thoF; with- out dependents should not be less than 50 per cent, of their net income, di- minishing with each additonal depen- dent, up to four or six, at which point it would disappear. The Chairman {Sir Cyril Cobb), ruled that the matter should come be- fore the Finance Committee, and could not be dealt with by the Education Committee. Complaint was also made at the meeting by Mr A. A. Watts of bad reading which lie had noticed among elementary schoolboys. His exper- ience was that boys coming from L.C.C. school* were practically un- able to read manuscript. Their writ- ing was very little better than their reading.

Glamorgan Education Matters. TEACHERS' SALARIES. At a meeting of the Elementary Sub- Committee of the Glamorgan Education Committee held on Thursday, the impor- tant question of teachers' salaries was considered. Several of the Labour members emphasised the urgency of the matter, and pressed very strongly that it should be dealt with without further delay. About a month ago the Commit- tee decided to grant to the teachers an immediate increase of two annual in- crements, which meant generally £ 20 per annum. Another resolution bearing upon the salaries question was passed the same time, namely, that the increased scale, when decided upon, should be made re- trospective. It was felt by the Com- mittee that this fact should have been made known to the teachers, and a re- solution to that effect was carried unani- mously. Moreover, it was decided to hold a meeting of the Salaries' Commit- tee at an early date, so that a conference of the teachers' representatives should be held before the meeting of the Edu- cation Committee in September. NO EXTENSION OF HOLIDAYS. A circular letter containing a request from the King that an extra week's holi- day should be given the children of the elementary schools this year was con- sidered. The opinions of the members on the subject differed greatly. Speaking against the request, Councillor John Thomas (Lab.), said that the schools have lost quite enough during the year owing to various epidemics, and that the parents would be glad to see the time for the children to go back at the end of four weeks. Ultimately it was de- cided to adhere to the past arrange- ment and grant four weeks only. EMPLOYMENT OF C.O.'S. Tbe question or removing the ban on the employment of C.O. 's as teachers was considered at great length. In 1916 the County Council, on the recommenda- tion of the Education Committee, decid- ed not to re-instate any teacher having proclaimed himself adverse to taking up arms in the recent war. Miss E. P. Hughes spoke strongly in favour of con- tinuing the ban, but* found herself in a hopeless minority. Councillor the Rev. W. Saunders (Lab.) spoke in favour of removing the ban as it savoured very strongly of persecution. Councillor Sam Thomas (Lib.) also took up the same position, and urged that the spirit of toleration should be made manifest now that hostilities Jhad censed. After con- siderable discussion it was decided un- } aniinously to recommend to the Educa- Ition Committee that these teachers be c-Jipribio to bo employed in the Commit- s s,rviec,. ¡liE NEW EDUCATION SCHEME. The Education J)eveloT>menf Commit- tee are working bus'ly 011 tne new scheme. Several meetings have been hid 0? n protracted nature. The general outline is now complete and will be con- sidered by the Committee and represen- tatives of the Board of Education at Cardiff on Friday of this week.

0000000000000000000000Ø ❖ E S. CHAPPELL ❖ ♦> LAI)IESS' & GENTS' TAILOR SWANSEA Allows 10 per cent. discount to ♦> *1* all discharged Sailors and Soldiers.

I Pit Fireman's Discretion. I IMPORTANT CASE DECIDED. A case which has been agitating the South Wales coalfield for months past was brought to a definite decis- ion on Tuesday, when at Llanliilleth. Mr A. J. Stone, fireman at the Llall- hilleth Colliery, was summoned for al- leged breaches of the Mines' Regula- tion Act, but before the defence had put forward all their witnesses the Bench dismissed the summonses. Mr Stone waa summoned "for failing to report to a superior official as soon as possible a defect in the colliery, con- trary to the regulations of the Coal Mines Act, 1911," and "for faliing to fence off all aproaches to a place found dangerous from gas in the west district; also for failing to carry out his duties as to the presence of gas, and for failing to withdraw the work- men engaged therein." Mr Arthur J. Prosser, A-berdaro, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr W. Lyndon Moore, Newport, defended. CASE FOR THE PROSECUTION. Mr Prosser said there were four charges against the defendant, but they could be boiled down to two undfcr the general regulations. The. ease, continued Mr Prosser, had caused a certain amount of comment in the neighbourhood, but the sole ob- ject of the colliery company in bring- ing forward these proceedings was t", secure the observance of regulations in the interests of all men etaployed. They submitted that there was neglect of duty on the part of Stone in not fencing off a dangerous place, and in failing to report a show of gas. The offence, said Mr Prosser, oc- curred on the 9th of May. When a man named Godwin came to work at his place in the mine, he found he could not carry on because about 15 or 20 yards down his road a oollar of timber had been stjueezecJ in, and the place was too low for the haulier to bring the horse along. Godwin took steps to remove this low collar, and while he was doing so a cavity was formed, in which he discovered a show of gas. Stone instructed Godwin to take down the collar and remove some of the laggings. The result was that a cavity was disclosed, 5ft. by 2ft. 6ins. by 1ft. 6ina. There was no doubt that there was a considerable quantity of gas in that cavity. Even so, there was an indication of a show of gas. When Stone found that the cavity contained gas, he should have at once withdrawn Godwin from that plaoo, and lie should have marked off the place as being dangerous. Instead he told Godwin to rip down some moro laggings, and cut down another pair of timber, and suggested that if I that was not sufficient, he should put up a piece of brattice. Godwin told Stone that that was not proper, and i told him to do his duty. Godwin sub- c i, put his lump in the C3.vÙ.: and it was at once put out, thus sho.v- ing a quantity of gas in the hole amounting to 7 per cent. The stand- ard for a dangerous place was 2J, per cent. When a. lamp was extinguished I it showed that the ph?c was highly it ,?lioii-ed tliit the p? ii-as 11,?glily David Godwin gave evidence in sup- port of Mr Prosser's statement. By Mr Moore: There was no friction between him and Stone, but the latter had been trying to worry him. He denied he had threatened to give Stone a clouting, but said he had threatened to chuck of glass of whisky in his mouth. Bert Thomas, a collier working near Godwin's place, said he tested the cavity, and, in his opinion, it was dangerous. Henry Daves, under-manager of the Llanliilleth Colliery, said he tested Godwin's place and found it was dangerous. By Mr Moore: Every fireman was entitled to use his discretion, and could not be blamed for doing so. He would not expect a fireman to report trivial cases to him. He had not re- ceived an intimation from the miners that if Stone was allowed to work they would strike. John Price, collier, said he tested the cavity with his lamp and found it dangerous. THE DEFENCE. I Mr Lyndon Moore, for the defence, said this prosecution was part and par- cel of a policy that would result in the complete domination of the coal- field by one section of it, and of a system that aimed at the coercion of the management by one or two in- dividuals. A fireman had to pass ex- aminations and to acquire experience, and he was entitled to exercise his discretion. Price had admitted that if the instructions of Stone had been carried out the gas would have been dispelled. The impression mir ave been created that the ga-s m an inflammable character. The iaerest handful of gait in a pocket would put a lamp out, and it could not have produced any untoward result. until it had become sufficiently mixed with the general airway to create in- flammable material. There was no danger to anybody. The under-man- ager showed a lack of fair-mindedness ill not eending for Stone when he found there was something wrong. Defendant said it was an usual thing to deal with gas as he instructed God- win to do, and the latter would have been in no danger in carrying out his instructions. Had his instructions been carried out there would have been no danger. R. L. Williams, fireman, residing at Ebbw Vale, said that what had been done by Stone in this case was ab- solutely the correct thing to ds. Mr Lyndon Moore said he proposed to call a, num ber of firemen as wit- nesses to corroborate that the course taken by Stone to deal with the gas was correct, but the Bench at this point retired. After a short (consultation, the Chairman (Mr W. B. Harrison) said they had decided, without comment, to dismiss the case. Tho decision wm greeted with ap- plause in the court.

ILord Glanusk, while fishing in Nor-I Iway, sustained o serious leg injury by falling down the bank of a river.

j Ministers' M?'ies. I t L. iu A. -_w. PEMBROKESHIRE PLEA THAT PAY SHOULD BE DOUBLED. | Tho quarterly me. ng or the tem- brokeshiro Welsh ( ongrega tionalists were held at St. Dav.'d's, presided over by the Rev. J. Abel, B.A. A re- solution proposed by Mr W. H. John, C.C. (Solva), .seconded by Mr John Hughes, B.A. (Fishguard), was unani- mously passed in accordance with the resolution of the C-ongregatioin 1 Union at Pontypridd appealing to the Churches of that association to do their utmost without delay to make their ministers' salaries double what they were in 1913. Several laymen from the adjoining Churches supported the resolution, which is to be sent to all Churches in the county. Reference was also made to the presence of Miss Ray Jones, B.A., of Bryn Seion, Narberth, who is leaving next month for the China mission- field. The Rev. J. T. Phillips (Hebron), drew attention to the central fund of £ 50,000, and stated that zC34,000 had already been promised. Sympathy was passed with the Rev. D. Williams, Maenclochog, secretary of the association, in his indisposition. At a public meeting presided over by the Rev. Mafonwy Davies (Solva), addresses were delivered by the follow- ing: Miss Ray Jones, B.A., "The Missionary Motive" Mr J. Hughes, B.A. (Fishguard), "Tho Church and the Pulpit," and Mr Gwilym Higgs, B.A. (Whitland); "The Church and the Child. Sermons were delivered by tho Revs. Joseph James, B.A., T. Jacobs, J. Gwynn James, E. J Lloyd, J. Tegryn Phillips, and J. P. Jones, B.A.

DOCTOR'S PRAISE OF DANCING. I in fU8 annual regort for 1918, just issued, Dr. W. H. Hamer, medical offi- cer of health to the London Countv Council, says.—The teaching of danc- ing in the schools has helped, if it has not saved, the situation in regard to the physical development of London girls. Particularly noticeable is their much better arched instep in comparison with their brothers and with country child- ren. The foundation of the London girls' grace of carriage is the absence of flat- foot. Children in the country schools are not taught dancing.

TINPLATE BALLOT FIASCO. 1 hp voting in the unofficial and irre- gular -'down-tools'' ballot of South Wales tinplaters is understood to have resulted as follows:— For immediate action • •• 2,898 Against 2,636I Quite 20,000 workers in the tinplate trade, who could have joined in the bal- lot, did not take part in it, so the whole movement is regarded as a fiasco.

HOUSES FREE FOR WAR WIDOWS. The Marquis of Londonderry has in- timated to the widows of sailors and sol- diers employed at his collieries whose husbands have fallen in the war that he will continue to them the use of their houses during their widowhood frce of rent, rates and taxes. Widows not living in his houses will continue to receive the usual rent allowance of coal. Widows desiring to live elsewhere will receive a rent allowance or bonus.

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