South Wales Weekly Post

TOWNS COMPARED, I SWANSEA'S COST OF LIVING. SOME MORE INFORMING I FIGURES. In another page details are published of the dear cost of living at Swansea, largely made up of increased houee rents and the ptrobabde explanation of the causes, which "were, in brief- (1) The restricted land space which had run up the cost of building sites. (2) Consequently the high rents, which affect the prices of all commodities, more or less. (3) The fact that Swansea, is not a good distributing centre for home produce. (4) Having to rely upon fruit, veget- able and meat supplies from a distance. (5) The absence of local wholesale gar- den centres. (6) The railway freights on foodstuffs, particularly from the large distributing and growing areas. WHY COAL IS SO DEAR. I People from the North and Midlands won- der more especially at the high price of coal in Swansea. Best Ffaldu to-day is 28s. 6d. retail on the level (Is. extra in sacks, up Mount Pleasant or Sketty), and ye in the Midlands best coal can be got for a guinea a ton. The explanation in the trade is the difference of the working of the coal in South Wales. A very considerable item is the more expensive propping. In some of the South Wales collieries one has to put in five or six tons of props to get out 20 tons of coal. Then, again, in South Wales the coal ia worked much more underground than in the Midlands. Working out the actuad cost of best coal at Swansea, we. arrive at the following: Cost at pit's mouth: 19s.—20s. ton. Railway freight to S'wansea- 2s. rd. Wagon hire—6d to Is. Haulage-23. to 4s. 6d. Merchants say that the profit, including bad debts, does not work out to more than Is. a ton very often, and one prominent gen- tleman told the writer he would be perfectly satisfied if be could see Is. cieeur on aJI he sold. Very often," he said, "the agent who gets the order gets more. And yet they say there's a ring keeping up prices. Why, the thing's absurd on the face of it." HOUSE RENTS COMPARED. I In the opinion ot many u house rents were normal in Swansea we should- find little dif- ference in the cost of necessities. We have before us the official figures from Leeds, whidl ghows-ae figures from most ottfei cities and towns would show-that it is much cheaper to live away from Swansea than in it. The figures work out:— Swansea--4-roomed house, 5s.—6s. 6d. 6-roomed house, 7s.—10s. 6d. 8-roomcd house, lis. 6d.—13s. 6d. 10-roomed house, £ 40— £ 45. Leeds—4-romed house, 4s. 6-roomed house, 6s. 9d. 8-roomed house, 89. 6d. 9s. 10-roomed house, 9s. 6d.—10s. (Including rates.) YOUR VEGETABLES COST YOU I MORE. .1 I & In the prices which we are able to give from Liverpool and Leeds, they were the current rates last week-end, certified by the market departments in each city. Potatoes at Leeds cost id. lb. and at Liverpool, OOlbg. 1s. Swansea's price is from 16lbs. to 201bs. for Is., and often very indifferent at that. One London potato merchant with whom the writer chatted a little time ago distinctly stated that there was a quality known as the "Bristol Channel" variety, which suited local ports, which was not Al quality and which would not suit many other mar- kets. Why should cabbages be Hd. and 2d. each here when in Liverpool they are Is. 4d. a dozen, and in Leeds ld. eMh? Parsnips and carrots are Is. 4d. per Mbs. at Liver- pool fd. lb. at Leeds, and 161bs. for la. at Swansea. In the fruit line at Leeds apples run from 2d. to 4d. lb. at Liverpool, 3d. to 6d., and at Swansea 4d. to 6d. t'ears at Leeds are 2d. to 6d. Liverpool, 3d., and Swansea, 4d. to 6d; Bananas are id and Id. each at Leeds 6d. to 8d. dozen at Liver- pool, and at Swansea, 14 for Is. (Canaries); Bd. per dozen Jamaicas. At Leeds Almeria grapes are from 3d. to 5d. and English from 9d. At Swansea the cheapest green grapes ■■ere 6d. OTHER PRICES. I Tnere is not much difference in groceries, though best bacon in Liverpool is from lOd. to Is. and at Leeds lOd to Is. Id. At Swansea Ie. and even Ls. 2d. has to be paid for the prime cats; There is, howeveT, a big dif- ference in the price of best beef. At Liver- pool best beef, mutton, and pork ranges be- tween 7d. and lOd.; at L-eeds best beef and mutton run from 7d. to 1/2, and best pork from 9d. to 10d. ,Swansea. housewives know what they have to pay for the best cuts. A remarkable difference is seen in some of the fish prices. At Leeds cod is 3d. and 4d. lb. at Liverpool, 6d. to 7d. and at Swansea, 8d. to 10d. Hake .at Leeds is 3d. to 4d.; at Liverpool, 8d. to 9d. and jt Swamom, 8d. Herrings are Is. a dozen, tth at Liverpool and Swansea, but at eeds they are three a penny. Again, best /Soles at Leeds are 8d. at Liverpool, Is. 2d. 28.; and Swansea, 2&. The moral of all Í6 Is to go to Liverpool for your meat and '^eeds for your fish. Fowls, are as low as 4. in Liverpool and 2s. 6d. in LE*ds. Swan- sea's price is 3s. Chickens in Liverpool are as low as Is. 6d. Swansen charges 3s. 6d. Swansea seems to be a, shade lower in but- ter, for best at Leeds is Is. 5d., and lard there, too, is 8d. to lOd. Swansea's very best butter is Is. 2d. to Is. 4d., and lard 6id. to 7d.

Conn. William Owen, who has been some- what seriously ill from pneumonia for some time past, is now out and about again, slowly recovering from his indisposition. Mr. Tom Fenwick, the well-known Swan- seat shipbroker, is suffering from a serious A

I BURIED FOR TEN I HOURS. SENSATION AT BRYN- MILL, WORKMAN ENTOMBED IN TUNNEL. Rescuers' Gallant Efforts. 81 M MON OS DESCRIBES HIS SENSATIONS. A Swansea workman had a most mar- vellous escape from death on Tuesday, for after being buried 30ft. below the surface of the road and 95ft. from the shaft by a fall of the tunnel In which he was iaying drain pipes, he was rescued alive and comparatively un- injured, owing to the gallant efforts of his fellow-workmen and a number of volunteers. For some weeks past a gang of workmen l employed by Mr. Griffith Davies, J.P., the local builder, have been engaged in laying drain pipes along Langland-place, Brynmill, in connection with the sewerage scheme for Oakwood-road close by. In order to lay the pipes a shaft had to be sunk nearly 30ft. down from the middle of the road, and a tunnel was being made beneath the surfa-ce at this depth in the direction of Brynmill Park. Mr. Griffith Davies had, it appears, sub-let the tunnelling work to a man named Dean, a stranger to the town. At first the work proved difficult as large boulders of1 stone were encountered, but after some time the diggers got into what Mr. Griffith Davies described to the "Daily Post" re- • presentative as an ancient beach of gravelly sand. Work was now rendered compara- tively easy, although some difficulty was ex- perienced in timbering owing to the sandy j nature of the soil. The subterranean work had proceeded about 95ft. up the street from the shaft by Tuesday afternoon, when shortly before four j o'clock three persons were at work in the tunnel, which is about 4ft. high by 3ft.¡ wide. They were Harry Simmonds, a la- j bourer, of Neptune-murt, Strand; Mr. Rd. Harris, the foreman; and Mr. W. Morgan, of Cambridge-street, one of the Swansea Corporation drainage inspectors. Simmonds was the furthest in and was engaged in lay- ing down a 3ft. pipe, when suddenly one of the "side trees" used in timbering gave way and A HUGE FALL OF EARTH I occurred at the spot where the men were working. Harris and Morgan bad narrow escapes, but managed to spring back, but Simmonds was cut off from the entrance of the tunnel. As Harris related to our re- presentative afterwards, "the sides caved in and the fall occurred right between Sim- monds and myself. I sprang back only just in time, and Morgaai and I managed to get out safely." "When we went back to look for Sim- monds," continued Inspector Morgan, who took up the story, "we found that a fall about 18ft. in length now separated us from' Simmonds, who had been at the extreme end of the tunnel I had noticed when the acci- dent occurred that Simmonds had the pre- senoe of mind to pull some of the timbering I in front of him to shield himself; so we were hopeful that he had not been crushed be- neath it. We at once realised now that it would take a considerable tim3 to get to the poor fellow, as it would be necessary to tim- ber as we proceeded, for it would be A NEEDLESS RISK OF LIFE to allow people to enter the tunnel before j the roof was made secure." Such was indeed the case and, as Inspec- tor Morgan stated, there was an imminent danger of the further falls occurring. As- sista.noe was impecrativoly needed, and vol- unteers were at once forthcoming. MK ALF GEORGE, THE WELL-KNOWN PLUMBER, who lives opposite the scene of the fvocktent, and a Mr. Short, a greengrocetr, who was once a timberman, as well as a number of others, at once went down the shaft and got as far along the tunnel as possible. A long pipe with a 1).1 inch bore belonging to Mr. j George was, after the end had been plugged i to prevent the sand getting in it, passed through the fall with th? idei of ff:avJ,n;;z the unfortunate fellow adr. Digging was at once commenced, and proceeded success- fully for some time. In fact, the rescuers I had got to within a few feet o-f c''rvm.onds and managed to get hold of'his hands. "I CAN'T HOLD OUT." Rescuers' Desperate Efforts at Release. w i "Hold up, old man." stated ITaaris, "we wiH have you in a minute." I I 'TV feet are caught," was Simmonds' muffled reply, "a.nd I can't hold out Tniioh longew." At. thi* critical moment—it waa now nearly haJi-pa^t five—there was, to use the words of Mr. Alf Georgie. an explosion, or rather a series of explosions, occurring." Tons of earth thundered down again, and this second fall, which was far. I more serious than the first, drove the rescue party back. It was now realised that it WOULD BE A WORK OF HOURS to get the poor fellow out, or rather his I body, for very faint hopes were entertained that he would be brought out alive. Fur- ther assistance was summoned, a number of timbermen from the Clyne Valley Colliery arriving on the scene shortly after seven o'clock. They immediately set to work with a will and carefully timbered the tun- nel from the shaft inwaas. Three joiners had vo?unt&eTed to saw up planks for this work ,and every effort was made to expedite the rescue work. I HUNDREDS ON THE SCENE. I In the meantime the news of the disaster had become bruited about and hundreds of people had congregated around the shaft. The Chief Constable (Captain Alf Thomas), Superintendent Roberts, Inspector Hill, and Sergt. Price and a number of other police officials were present and kept the crowd back as far as possible, as there was quite a possibility of the road collapsing. Mr. Griffith Davies (the contractor), the Bor- ough Engineer (Mr. Wyrill), Mr. Pea-kins (of the engineer's office), and a number of others were also present directing opera- tions. ANXIOUS WAITING BY WATCHERS. I Time passed slowly for the anxious watchers who, despite the intense cold stood round. Mr. Alf George supplied draughts of tea, and water to the burrowing colliers who occasionally came to the surface for a breath of fresh air and a drink. The narrowness of the tunnel and the sandy nature of the soil made the work very laborious and slow, but steady progress was made. The motor-ambulance had arrived on the scene and stood ready to convey with all speed the poor fellow to the hospital in the event of his being alive. On all sides there were murmurs of admira- tion at the heroic work which was being done by the rescue party at a great risk to their own lives. At ten o'clock they were re- ported to be within six feet of "Lester," as Simmonds was nicknamed, while at mid- night the welcome news came up the shaft mouth that he had been reached and was alive, but that some time would be taken in disengaging his legs, which had been caught. Supplies of brandy and hot cocoa (made by Mrs. Alf. George) were sent down to the poor fellow to sustain him, and owing I the awk ward position he was in it was irhyt' one ooUiec £ £ aavate at a time at this stage and he only with his hands. The timbermen took it in turn to do this work, and it was after one o'clock when Simmonds was finally got out. DAZED AND NUMBED. I Crowd Cheer His a Re-appearance. Having Tegard to his terrible experience ho looked surprisingly well, and though I dazed and numbed managed to climb the ladder up the shaft with very little assist- ance. His appearance at the shaft month was the signal for more cheering and expres- sions of joy from the spectators, very few of whom had thought it possible that he would emerg.e alive. CONVEYED TO THE HOSPITAL. I Simmonds was at once conveyed to the hospital, where he was made comfortable. On Wednesday morning he ^as reported to be getting along very well. He is uninjured. "POST" REPORTER BREAKS I NEWS. I Distress of Entombed Man's Wife. I Mrs. Simmonds, the wife, had not heard of the occurrence until the information was told her by a "Post" reporter on Wednes- day morning. She immediately broke down, exclaim- ing I thought something had happened to him, as he did not come home." The pressman assured her that her husband was quite comfortable in hospital. She then said that she sat up for him on Tuesday night, and was up again at 5 o'clock on Wednesday morning, fully expecting him, a-s she thought that probably he had taken on the watchman's job and would be home early. It is the woman's second husband, and he came to Swansea from Leicester about eight years ago. -DEIAIJN&D TO I? TROVER FROM I SHOCK. An inquiry at the hospital on Wednesday morning showed that Simmonds was quite comfortable, but would be detained a couple of days in order that he might completely I recover from the shock of his trying ex- ) perience. I SUB-CONTRACTOR LEAVES. I Sudden Departure from the Town. I An extraordinary feature of the affair is that Mr. Dean, the sub-contractor, has not been seen since the accident occurred. Between the first and second falls he was missed, and a messenger was despatched to his lodgings in Norfolk-street. There it was learned that both he and his wife had left the town. A "Daily Post" representative who called on Mr. Dean's landlady on Wednes- day morning found that this was the case, as the couple had gone suddenly the previous evening after settling their account. Dean was a stranger to the town who had tendered for tunnelling the passage for the drainage pipes. A PECULIAR COINCIDENCE. I It is a peculiar coincidence that in the only previous accident which has occurred during the work Simmonds was also the victim. On that occasion he sustained a severe cut on the head. SIMMONDS' STORY. I BRYNMILL ENTOMBMENT I DESCRIBED. BURIED MAN'S SENSATIONS. I Harry Simmonds was seen in the Swan- sea Hospital on Wednesday afternoon, and gave a graphic account l f the accident and the sensations he experienced while he was entombed at Brynmill on Tuesday night. Laying down in bed, but with eyes as alert as ever, and endeavouring to explain the details of the fall oy moving his hands, he stated Everything went all right until some time after four. I was working by myself on one part of the track, two others being ft couple of pipe lengths away. All at once I HELT A FALL COME ROUND ME, and my legs up to my waist were stuck. I couldn't move my legs at all. It was all in an instanfc it seemed, the second fall being on top of the first. No sooner were my legs jammed in than the boards above bent in, and there was another rusfh of sand. Then I was in darkness. My arms and head were free, and I felt round finding the woodwork had caught in the side above my head, and was thus supporting the tons that had fallen. But for the woodwork falling as iit did, and so gi-vi-ng me a little space, I could not have lived many moments. It was great good luck it turned out as it did, far although I was in darkness I could breathe all rigM, and then some long time after when they put the pipe through the air came more freely. I can't describe what I felt, ex"^erp+ that I made sure it was all over, and I said to myself if its got to be it must b0. 1' did not think for a long time that I Should ever get out. "Apart from the fear of another fall, or the weight of the sand above crashing down .the woodwork upon me there was the feeling that the air might give out. It seemed years being there in the darkness with just room to move my head and arms about. It was aR so quiet. I oould not say how long the time really was. I never losk consoious- ness, and as time went on I thought there might be a chance. I kept thinking of this and it cheered me up, but it was all so quiet—couldn't hear a sound or a stir. "My legs troubled me because I could not move them. I was fair stuck. After such a long while it seemed I got a bit faint, but I puld mveelf up and said, 'If I am to go after this I won't give in with- out a struggle.' Then, when I felt fair done the pipe came boring through to me, and I felt then that there was hope. The air was a bit better for this, and presentlv I hea.rd a voice—the first I had heard it seemed for years. That made my heart jump, and I would harve shouted if I was not afraid of the woodwork giving way and the sand canning down and overpowe.ring me. I I BUCKED UP WITH THTR VOICES. I and as they came nearer srpoKe, and then thev kww it was all right. As they were coming on me I was joking with them fur I my spirits had all come back, though my legs adhed terribly, being fixed. It was over two hours after they reached me before they got me out, for they had to be careful for FEAR OF ANOTHER COLLAPSE. I My legs were all numbed and 1 feel them aching badly now—just the legs and the ankles. It was a near shave for me and no mistake, and I should like to thank those boys for getting me out all right."

FOOLPROOF PLANE. I AIR MACHINE WHICH RIGHTS; ITSELF. I After a long and characteristic silenoe, I Mr. Orville Wright-the American who, w?th his brother Wilbur, since dead, was the I first to show that aeroplane flight was prac- I ticable under serio? conditions—is again j in the limelight. He announces the dis- covery of a "stabiliser" or automatic bal- ancer, which, in his own words, renders flying as nearly foolproof as anything can be." When the aeroplane rocks or pitches a vane or pendulum moves, throwing into gear a small device driven by power from a windmill revolving with the rush of the aeroplane through the air. This device warps the wings and controls the elevator. The sharper the roll or the pitch the greater the power that is brought into play to cor- rect the movement. Seventeen flights were made by Mr. Orvillej Wright recently in an aeroplane fitted with 1 t the "stabiliser." He w?.s closely watched in these flights, and it was noted that he never used his hands except to turn the ma- I chine. This was the more remarkable be- cause a guety wind was blowing.

THE DISORDER OF THE DAY. Indigestion and how to overcome It by the Tonic Treatment. "Many a meat I have missed rather than put up with torture afterwards from Indi- gestion." This simple remark conveys a vivid impression of the misery affecting vic- tims of Dyspepsia, who are to be reckoned by tens of thousands. All sufferers from Indigestion should re- member that the old-fashioned way of tin- kering with purgatives is being discarded as useless, for such violent measures more often, aggravate the malady. The modern method of dispelling Indigestion and stomach dis- orders is to tone up the stomach to perform1 naturally and without distress its functions r?,U,r,t,tyi food and nourishing the body. The effective TONIC-TREATMENT is provided by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, which, by their direct action on the, blood and or- gans of digestion, supply the tonic help needed to make the appetite keen and the stomach naturally strong and efficient. Right to the point speaks Mr. W. Corfield, of 3, Cant-horn Passage, Frankwell, Shrews- bury. "When I was a victim of severe In- digestion," he states, "Dr. Williams' Pink T>:n~ j n j- ins inaue me wen. "I was punished cruelly after every bite of food, and missed many a meal rather than put up with the torture afterwards. "I was for ever trying different diets and medi- cines, but never got any real relief. Almost all the pre- pared foods made me bilious; I had/ dreadful nausea with headache af- ter taking any of these. Mr. Wm. Corfield. 'Also I suffered from nervousness and diz- I zainess; and had bad pain across my loins, chest and shoulders. My stomach only got weaker from all the aperients I was given. Flatulence, heartburn and nausea troubled me all the time. Then a friend told me that, the only medicine worth taking for Indiges- tion was Dr. Williams' Pink Pills; so I tried these Pills. "After steadily taking about one box of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills I could eat better, and as I persevered with the Pills I gained weight and colour. Soon the heartburn and! palpitation left me; then Dr. Williams' Pink Pills took away every trace of Indiges- tion and Nervousness. They are a splendid tonic for the nerves and stomach weak- a?esses. WHAT TO EAT" is a valuable treatise on Food and Dyspepsia. Send for a copy NOW to Dr. Williams' Co., 46, Holborn Viaduct, London. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have cured innu- merable oases like the above; also Anaemia, Rheumatism, and Nervous Ills. Post Free, 2s. 9d. one box, or 15s. 9d. for six from Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., 46, Holborn Via- duct, London, E.C., also of dealers; but at I shops insist on having only Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. I

"BATH AND WEST." MAYOR'S APPEAL: 2300 MORE WANTED. I The Bath and West Show will be upon I us in a few months' time, and from 21,200 to £1,500 has to be collected looally. The Corporation have guaranteed £800, and in consequence of the fact that £ 300 still re- mains to be subscribed the Mayor (Aid. T. T. Corker) has sent out another special ap- peal, in which he says ;— The dates for the holding of the show at Swansea this year have been fixed for the 28th May to the 2nd June, inclusive, and it is, I feel sure, the desire of us all that all the circumstances attaching to the event should be as favourable as possible so that tha success of the show might be assured. The two previous meetings at Swansea, viz., in 1892 and 1904, were, as you will no doubt recollect, eminently Successful, and it would be only fitting that the forthcoming event should be equally, if not more, successful. The appeal sent out for subscriptions to meet the guarantee— £ 800—has not met with the response whi-ch was hoped for, the amount to date realising just £500, so that there still remains I ANOTHER £300 TO BE OBTAINED. I W hen making appeals for the last two meet- ings of the show bere we were favoured with much better results, and I sincerely trust that we shall not be behind on this I occasion. I We all hope the same. I

LOSS OF APPETITE. Loss of appetite is usually traceable to some form of stomach or liver trouble, and may be taken as a sign that the digestive system is in need of a stimulating tonic. When you can't eat, or when food is dis- tasteful, just try the effect of taking Mother Seigel's Syrup after your meals every day. This splendid herbal remedy tones up and strengthens the digestive organs, sharpens the appetite, and regulates the whole sys- tem. Then you not only eat your food with a relish, but, more important still, the food you eat enriches your blood, nourishes your body, increases your strength and vitality, and makes you look well, feel well, and keep well. —

TO BATTLE THE WAVES. SEA-WALL FOR PENCLAWDD. Gower Council, at its monthly meeting on Tuesday, agreed to spend £ 1,800 on the building of a substantial seawall 400 yards in length, at Penclawdd, to prevent en- croachments of the sea. Many complaints had been made of th-e danger to life and property at the spot, and the proposal will be welcomed by the in- habitants of the cockle village. Mr. G. H. Gordon, the member for Pen- cl&wdd, has had much to do with getting this much-needed improvement.

J Bombardier Wells, ex-P.O. Ouman, Sam Langford, and Kid Lewis ere expected to box at Cardiff shortly.

NEW MUMBLES ROAD. 40. SCHEME RECOM- MENDED. a a • SHIFTING THE MUMBLES RAILWAY, I Swansea Council Highwavs Conunittee met on Tuesday afternoon, Aid. Merrells pi,es,iding. The Ctaaaranan referred to the illness of Air. George Beil, the Borough Surveyor, and he and the committee expressed theer sympathy and their hope of his speedy re- covery. An alternative scheme for the widening of the Mumbles-road was presented by Mr. Swarixrick, the deputy surveyor. This pro- vided for a uniform carriageway from the I Baths to Brynmill Stream of 3B feet and 16 feet footway between the trees of the Recre- ation Ground. This would mean a 54 feet road, and would moan the moving of the Mumbles Railway seawards from -the Swan- d s from ?he Swan- sea Bay Station to the stream, using the Promenade as a footpa-th on the son/bhwiaird. A retaining wall would have to be built far tibe Promenade, and to avoid linsigihtliiiess it could be covered with ivy and creepers. An exchange of land would have to be made with the L. and N.W.R. on a lairger scale than provided for in the larger scheme. The Chairman said that they were thinik- ing of extending the borough boundaries, and he wanted to Ichickw how this Bcfheane would lend itself for future widening. They were going to take a bit from both sides of the road— A MOST EXPENSIVE THING I lm uu. w nere were mey going to get a widening at Singlet-an9 Take a bit off 'Singleton—laaid aA B5,000 an acm? They did not want another Castle-street dog's- l,eg" affair. Would this be a true widen- ing from Swansea right down to the Mum- bles? Ald. Miles sugigiagted that furth" con- si. deration should bo deiferred untH the Council had visited the spot. The Chairman pointed out that this scheme would not interfere with the grand sta/nd in the Cricket Field. The Mayor said that after seeing the plans he was quite satisfied with the scheme and was prepared to fall in waitlh it. Oil the proposition of the Chairman, it was decided to recommend the scheme to the Council, with tihe slight alteration that the widening should be more towards the seaside so as to make them independent of Singleton.

SWANSEA'S MUSICAL STUDENTS. R.A.M. AND R.C.M. PASSES." RESULT OF WEST WALES I EXAMINATIONS. The looaJl resultls of the examinaitions of the Associated. Board R.A.M. and R.C.M. are as follows:- SWANSEA. Elementary Pass PLmo.-&rwen C. Davies, John C. Reynish, Margaret bnow, Rex Thomas, Margaret Griffiths, Dorothy E. Morris, W. M. Watkins, G. Treleaven, Rioeae Honbrook, Lily Evans, Donia Moly- neux, Irene Ley, Muriel John, Florence A. Baton, Edath bishetr, Helen A. Davies, Ro- bina Sterveais, Connie Brewer, Doris B. Jones, Brynhiid Seyleir, Coronta. Arnpld, Dorothy Beer, Molly Oook. Lower Pass Piano.—Gwen Foran, Anmie Fai-gie, Carmen Coitch, Violet G. Boyd, Muriel Brown, Mary E. Leonard, Hetty Jones, Etihol Fisher, Irene John, Eva Smtirth. Paas Primary Theory.—Thomas C. Kinig, A. Cecil Allen, Agnes M. Pownipg, Rosie Honbrook. Primaiy Paas Piano.-Lilizn -Ni. Praiter, Elsie M. Molyneux, Harold Ak-ooic, qaaian F. Lewis, Amy Pain, May Collins, Violet M. Davies, Minnie E. Rowlands. Helen E. Oleeves, Amy MulMrns, Mary Jenkins, Mu- riel Treleavan, Lily Robbins, Ewlyn Apiin, May Jones, Dorothy Rose, Dorothy n. Ha/ndoock, Jessie Ilea, Lilv Burns, Winifred A. Williaims, Clarice M. Allen. Doris W. M. Robertson, Ciredwen Jones, Doiiv Rlieh- ardson. Higher Pais Piano.-Dorothy Diamea, Winnie Jones.. Elsie Short, Ethel M. Horsley, Eileen Hughes. Elementary Distinction Piano.-Kathken Howell. Lower Distinction -Piano.-Avrile M. Evans. Elementary Pass Violin.—Iris Lloyd, Sarah Stevens, Robina Stevens. Higher Pass Singing.—Gwyneth Evans, Lilv Owen. Lower Pass Violin.—Daisy Phillips. Elementary Piass Singing.-Tilv Smith. Primary Pass S.inging.-Winifu-ed Davies. Higher Distinction, Harmony of Gram- mar and Music.-Ainy Lewis. Pass Riudiinents oirf Music.—Darvid J. Evrms. Pass Primary Theor.v.Glrn E. Williams, Annie B. Oart-er. MANSELTON. Lower Pass Pithb.-Kgie Anthony. Primary Pass Piaflo.-Winnie Clement. LANDORE. Primary Pass Piano.—Doris James, Law- rence Looeemore. FFOR ESTFA CH. Primary Pass Piano.—Doris M. Davies, Ernest J. Davies- MORRTSTON. Higher Pass Piano.—Irene Bowen. Primary Pass Piano.-Violet 0. Williams, Laura B, Ince, Gertrude E. John. SKETTY. Lower Pass Piano.-Dorothy Marlor, Gwienllian Pendrin, Gertrude Tregaskes. Elementary Pass Piano.—Leslie Palmer, Edna Beynon.. Primary Distinction Piano.-Cedric Waters. Primary Pass Pia.no.—Eruid V. Lewjis, Antony Morgan, Parttio Merriman, Millie Thomas. MTTMBLES. Primary Pass Pïano.- Hilary Lewis. CLYDACH. Lorwer Pass Piano.—Annie Heeley.

Mopping up the Flood. I A lady who oonducts a class of little girls in a Sunday school in Paisley was dealing with the story of the Flood. The sensational aspects of the watery affair did not impress one member of the class at least, say's the "Glasgow News." On the question being addressed to the row of juvenile femininity as to how the water was dried up, this mite replied, "Pleaft miss, wi' a cloot!"

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FARMHAND TO FORGE "D.GC GILL'S RISE. NOTABLE SWANSEA POLICE CAREER Look out for your brains I This exclamation, followed by a pistol flash, was the most exciting inotcient ex- Deputy-Chief Constable Gill, of Swansea, ever experienced during his nearly forty years' service. It happened three years after he joined the force-to be precise, January 25th, 1877-and he and P.C. Payne had been told off by the then chief, Mr. Allinson, to watch a disorderly house in iiodney-street. The two policemen kept the house under observation all night. About six in the morning the tenant, a man named Alger, came down and opened the back-door to put the ashes out. On returning he left the door unlocked and the two policemen, tak- ing advantage of this, walked upstairs. There was immediate shouts from the semi- curtained room in which people were sleep- ing and the officers heard the unlocking of a chest downstairs. Alger stealthily came up- stairs, and on reaching the door shouted, Look out for your brains! pointing the revolver at Payne, who waa nearest to him, and pulling the trigger. The pistol fired, but the bullet stuck-thanks to a clogged nipple-and with it P.C. Gill struck the assailant to the floor with his staff. How He Came to Join. I How Mr. Gill came to originally join the Swansea force in May, 1874, is interesting. He was, so a lad, working on a farm in Devonshire—near Lynton he was born—and one night two other farmhands told him they were going across to Swansea and would he join them. None had any definite programme of work-they were just three adventurous youngsters who crossed the channel on Pockett's old Prince of Wales. They lodged in Rutland-street on arriving. One of the trio entered the service of a doctor at Loughor, but died in a few months; the second found work putting up signals on the L. and N.W.R., and the third—Mr. Gill-found occupation in laying a gas main in Victoria-road. But gas mains were not attractive enough to our Devonshire visitor who, in a few days, had entered the service of the late Mr. Powlesland as a carman. He made friends with some young policemen, amongst others, and the question was put to him Why didn't he join the fatrce? He did, and at that time Mr. Allinson, the Chief Conataible —who subsequently took an hotel at Briton Ferry, where he died-ha.d his son in the force. It was in November, 1877, that Cap- tain Colquhoun took over the reina, having previously been a superintendent at Car- marthen for eight years. Four years after joining P.C. Gill was made detective warrant officer and coroner's I officer, and to continue the progress of his promotion he was in 1889 elevatad to detec- tive sergeant; in 1891, detective inspector; in 1896, hackney carriage inspector; in 1904 appointed first chief inspector; and in 1905 deputy-Chief Constable. In the course of his long and excellent service Mr. Gill h's been identified with some smart cap- tures. A Notably Smart Capture There waa, for instance, a notorious ship robber, who had plundered vessels at New- port and Cardiff, and who extended his oper- ations to Swansea. His method was to peddle aboard a ship the day. before she saotled and after seeing the lay of the land i return in the evening and watch his chance of plundering the captain's and engineer's cabins. Mr.; GH11 laid him. by the hee18 and the culprit was sentenced to two terms of! six months' imprisonment. Two years later (1881) there was tfie Pladmai-I Colliery bur- glaries, Mr. Gill catching the offender red- handed and bringing him along unaided to High-street before he met another podioe- man. One of the cleverest captures he ever ef- fected wai that of a man who was Vented, not only in the boffough, but in the county, I on a series of burglary charges. The only I clue was that he had been courting a girl I' in Windmill-terrace, but she, it appears, had left, but it waa elicited she had a brother living at Uaabacli. Mr. Gill caught the night train, found the man, and asked him about his sister. She was, the brother thought, living with friends at Skewen. Mr. Gill got into Briton Ferry at eleven o'clock, caught the last train to Neath, and then walked to Skewen, where he found the girl, the wanted man staying that very night under the same roof. In the girl's box was discovered some of the stolen property. "Astuteness and Perseverance." .1 Many other instances could be cited show- ing the astuteness and perseverance of Mr. Gill. On one occasion he was after a man for stolen property, and met a suspicious stranger at Landore wearing a pair of trou- sers corresponding to a pair missing. He arrested him, but the man dashed into the canal just by. Two men on the other side, however, had seen the incident and promptly caught the man as he landed. Cases in which Mr. Gill waa also prominently iden- tified were the "harvesting" burglar, who was captured at Harding's Farm, Mount Pleasant, and received ten years; the Tail- way lead thefts at Landore, where loot was found buried in the tips the Glo'ster Arms murder, where Allen, the coloured seaman, after inflicting fatal injuries on Mr. Kent, the landlord, escaped and was found in a hollow hidden by a barrel in the old Globe Dry Dock and the Pierhead murder, when Mr. Gill found the body of the little girl drowned, she having been thrown over by her father. Both these crimes were expi- ated on the scaffold One of Mr. Gill's earliest recollections was the smashing of the Old Castle Hotel win- dows on Guy Fawkes night, and the rolling of tar barrels down the street. Crowds then were not so ruJy as now, and Guy Fawkes Day always meant trouble for the police, who were not then regarded in the friendly way they are to-day. In his time he has seen 100 licenses disappear; the construc- tion of the trams, and some of the principal streets entirely rebuilt. In old Regent's- court (the site of Alexandra-road) there were 31 disorderly houses. will Take Things Easy. I As to the future, Mr. bill is going to take things easy. He says he will "never rob any man out of a job," and he intends living quietly at his home in Norfolk-street, though he is going to look up relatives in Devon- shire, Ireland and Essex in the near future.

ARMY SCANDAL. I MORE OFFICERS AND I OFFICIALS IMPLICATED. I The Press Association understands that I summonses in connection with the Army l canteen scandal will be applied for at Bow- street during the course of the present week, and. if granted, will be served by Scotland Ya.rd officers. In addition to the names of the officers already published by the War Office, a. num- ber of other officers wiU be included in the list., while the remainder, who .are com- posed of civilians, are employes of a well- known firm. Contrary to many rumours these employes do not hold high positions in connection with the firm in question.

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TEN YEARS' GROWTH. SWANSEA'S THRIVING SAVINGS BAKK. Disappointment at Pontardawe. The 86th annual meeting of the Swansea Savings Bank was held on Xixuxsdciy even- ing. The President (Sir John T. D. Llew- elyn, Bart.) ";as in the chair, and thet" were also parent Lord Glanta,we (vice- pneisadent), liev. the Hon. TaJbot Rice, Rev. Evan Jenkins, and Messrs. Roger Beck and Rennard Simpson (trustees), Dr. G. Arbour Stephens, Messrs. F. F. Mason, C. T. Ittvthen, W. E. Harris, Ernest Davies, J. Trevor Owen (managers), and Mr. E. H. Corby (actuary). The President, in moving the adoption of the report and accounts (already published in the Post"), said that he thought the report very satisfactory indeed, showing that the bank had increased in the number of accounts by 194, and in the funda £ 13,096. But one OF THE MOST INTERESTING MATTERS that could be commented upon was the laaigw increase in the business of the bank for the last ten yean-1003 to 1913. In the total number of accounts they had increased from 9,455 to 11,657, being an increase of 2,218; the total funds increased- from £ 348,000 to k443,000, Lveing an increase of £ 95,000; the transfers from the Post Office incneesed from 90 to 1,885, being an increase of 1,795; the year's turnover increased from L132,000 to £ 211,000, being an increase of -1079,000; tibe average deposit was E6 14s. ten years ago, and now it was C7 3s., an increase of for each deposit; the average payment was jB9 9s., änd now ,B3 lis., an increase of 44 24A. the cash surplus had increase from £4,841 to £ 7,600. an increase of pbout £ 2,760. Those figtirea, he thought, were very interesting, showing as the*r did a rapid increase in the business of the bank and also incireased confidence in it. (Hear, hear). TRANSFERS FROM THE POST OFFICE Lord Glantawe, in seconding, agreed, and thought the large number of transfers from the post office showed that depositors had great confidence still in private banks. In reply to Mr. W. E. Harris, the presi- dent said that but for withdrawals by friendly societies the investments at UM Pontardawe branch showed a slight in- crease. PONTARDAWE DISAPPOINTING. Answering Dr. Stephens, the actuary said the number of depositors was 167. Dr. Stephens said the number kept very small all the time, and suggested that the branch should e exchanged for Llanelly. The Actuary I must confess I am disap- pointed. The report was adopted. On the motion of the Rev. Talbot Rice, seconded by Mr. Simpson, the treasurers (Lord GIantawe and Mr. Fred Edwards), the hon. solicitor (Mr. T. W. James), and the managers were thanked for their valuable services during the year. Mr. Roger Beck, in moving the re-elec- tion of the auditors, Messrs. Deloitte Plen- der, Griffiths and Co., read their report, which stated that the books were kept in their usual good order." Rev. Evan Jenkins seconded, and the motion was carried. On the proposition of Mr. Ernest levies, seconded by Mr. Harris, Sir John Llewelyn was heartily thanked for presiding. The President said he only hoped they would have many such satisfactory meetings in the future.

SWANSEA SOLICITOR. # Interesting Engagement Announce- ment. • The engagement is announced between Kathleen Olive, younger daughter of the late Dr. A. Lucas Morgan and Mrs. R- J. Thomas, of Langstone, Eaton-crescent Swansea, and George Gwinnett Noble, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Tinson, of The Clevelands, Marble Hill, Chelten- ham. Mr. Tinson, it is interesting, to know, ia the managing clerk to Mr. T. W. James, cf Swansea, and the old Blackheath for- ward, who was unable to play against-Aber- avon last Saturday—although chosen-and who, it is hoped, will be soon seen in the All White jersey

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