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THE OMNIBUS. I

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THE OMNIBUS. I [Things Sten and Heard by thi Coodmctw.) The recent heavy rains has caused heavy floods in the Rivers Amman and Loughor. 0 0 The influenza epidemic has taken a heavy toll in the district daring the past week. 0 0 9 Age is a recommendation in four things: old wood to bam, old wiae to drink, old friends to trust, and old boob to read. 0 0 The fatality near Aberlash Mill should be instrumental in opening the eyes of the powers that be to the need of a proper foot- bridge there. < < The influenza epidemic shews no sign of abatement in the district, and several deaths have occurred during the past week as a result of the scourge, The Carmarthenshire County Council ha* emPoweTed the Child Welfare Committee recently set up in the county to spend £ 400 on the initial scheme. 0 The Free Church Council are to be con- gratulated on the success of their entertain- ment at Bethany on Friday last, when dis- charged soldiers and sailors were their guests. 0 Mr. Towyn Jones, M.P., will stand for the Llanelly Division at the forthcoming General Election against all candidates opposed to Mr. Lloyd George's Coalition Government. < < < Furs have never been so fashionable, so dear or so scarce as this winter. The cheaper furs are twice and three times what they were before the war, and some finer and rarer furs have disappeared. » • • The Food Controller is about to issue an Order controlling the price of oranges and lemons. The Order will provide for maximum prices applicable to sales by brokers, whole- salers and retailers. The Ministry of Munitions regrets to announce that 12 workpeople lost their lives and several were injured in a fire which occurred at a London munitions factory on Thursday afternoon. 0 Lord .Bledisloe, Director of Sugar Distri- bution, states there is no need to surrender coupons when purchasing syrup or treacle. The direction to the contrary circulated with the new ration books will not now take effct. It is said that milk is being sent from the neighbourhood to Ffairfach. Meanwhile, people who are laid up with influenza can- not obtain supplies. This is a case for the Food Control Committee to exercise their powers. < An idea of the importance of the cattle industry- to the districts around Calgary, Alberta, may be gathered from the fact that during the last 18 months 100,000,000 lbs. of beef have been shipped overseas by the local packing plant. I Many people are of the opinion that the present epidemic is malarial fever. We do not subscribe to that opinion, a& medical science knows how to combat malaria, and the present epidemic seems to baffle the best medical brains in the country. • • The arbitration proceedings between the Carmarthenshire teachers and the County Education Authorities were concluded before Mr Maugham, K.C., in London on Monday last. The arbitrator intimated that he would issue his award in due course. fb Three policemen on Monday visited the dwelling of Sinn Feiners in the Blackpool district of Cork city in search of arms and documents, and met with resistance, all three officers being shot. One of them, who re- ceived a bullet in his right eye, is not ex- pected to recover. An extraordinary development of the influenza epidemic in South Africa has been the mortality among monkeys. Reports from areas in which they abound state that monkeys are dying in hundreds. In certain cases whole troops of baboons have been found dead apparently from pneumonic influenza. < <t < On Monday, at the Midland and West of Ireland fairs, there was a remarkable drop in prices for sheep, cattle and horses. Sheep dropped 10s. per head and beef 15s. per cwt. Many animals were left unsold. The proxi- mity of peace and the scarcity of buyers was the explanation given for the reduction in prices. A statement that no fresh recruits for the Army would be taken for a fortnight is in- correct. It is officially announced that recruit- ing is proceeding as usual. Apparently con- fusion has arisen in connection with the recent announcement that medical examina- tions were postponed. Men receiving calling Bp notices for service must report in the usual way. It is notified in an Army Council Instruc- tion that a special collection of hymns (Hymnau Cymreig), printed in the Welsh language and suitable for both Church of England and Nonconformists, has been com- piled for use by Welsh-speaking soldiers. Applications for copies should be sent through the O.C. the troops at the station where the books are required to the Secretary of the War Office (C.2a). • » « The Welsh term for anthracite, glo carreg" (stone coal), is reminiscent of the time when this precious commodity was a perfect drug on the market. French and Italian merchants would not have it at any pnce, and could not be brought to believe that this hard, glittering, smokeless substance could produce any great heat. As the home markets did not supply sufficient orders to r keep them going, the result was that anthra- cite collieries were often idle for lack of I orders. The best anthracite, not so many years ago, was positively given away in order to bring its merits before Continental buyers. < At the second annual conference- of the r National Democratic Labour Party and the British Workers' League at Leicester on Friday, Mr. J. A. Seddon, who presided, said the old Labour Party was nothing more than a party of organised hypocrisy which had changed its constitution but retained its name. The conference passed a resolution warning the Government that the people would be satisfied with no peace terms which did not | include the replacement by Germany of every Merchant ship sunk in contravention of the Hague Convention, and punishment of all Germans found guilty of inhuman conduct towards defenceless non-combatants or pri- •onei?.

I Mr. Towyn Jones and Recruiting.

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