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BRITISH GAINS ON .THE ANGRE
BRITISH GAINS ON THE ANGRE NUMBER OF PRISONERS STILL GROWING FRERCH REPULSE GERMAN COUNTER-OFFENSIVES AIR BAlD IN EGYPT. TO-DAY'S BRITISH OFFICIAL. The following message was issued from British General Headquarters in France at 10.50 a.m. During the night we secured the! ground won in our attacks yester- day north of the Ancre. More prisoners have been taken, the number of which will be reported later. TO-DAY'S FRENCH OFFICLAL. 1 To the north of the Somme We made some progress at the northern cor- ner of St. Pierre Vaast Wood. The artillery activity has been rather iively in the region of Saillisel in the course of the. night. To the south of the Somme the bom- bardment which has continued for the past two days in the Ablaincourt-Pressoir region, as- sumed during the night an ex- treme intensity, and was followed this morning by a German coun- ter-offensive, conducted with im- portant forces on the positions conquered by us on the 7th November from the Ablaincourt Sugar Refinery as far as Chauvnes Wood. The attacks were carried out with a desperation from six o'clock this morning. Despite the extent of the assault and the intense use of liquid fire and tear shells, the enemy sustained a sanguinary defeat. South of the Sugar Refinery at Ab- laincourt, and at Pressoir, as well as in the' woods to the south of this locality, our artillery and machine guns shattered the waves of assault, which sustained heavy losses. Only small sections of the enemy were able to reach a group of houses situate to the east of Pres- soir. A fresh attempt to attack made yesterday towards 3p.m. on Pres- soir was repulsed with grenades. JThe bombardment, effectively checked by us, continues in the whole region. ,To the east o fRheims the German attack on our small outpost in front of Trasmes failed. TO-DAY'S BRITISH SALONIKA OFFICIAL. Doiran Front.-Tlle enemy concen- tration at Krastali was heavily sheled and dispersed on Nov. 14. TO-DAY'S RUMANIAN OFFICIAL. Transylvania.-To the north and south of the Oitez Valley the Rumanians, who took the offen- sive, repulsed the enemy and cap- turde some prisoners and three machine guns. In the Tiergului Alp and Jiul valleys persistent enemy attacks still con- tinue. The enemy, who has been consider- ably reinforced by fresh German troops, succeeded in places in pushing back the Rumanians. In the Dobrudja there is nothing of importance to report. CAUGHT NAPPING. Surprise Attack by British Airmen in Egypt. The Secretary of War makes the following announcement:— The General Officer commanding in Egypt reports that a further air attack was undertaken on Matha- ba during the night of the 14th. The enemy wiks completely taken by surprise, and our machines de- cending to a very low altitude, j dropped 400lbs. of explosives on the camps and store-houses, caus- j ing considerable damage. Our machines have returned safely.
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-==- LOCAL GROCERS WtLL. Mr. John Taylor Leaves £ 41,011. Mr. John Taylor, of Ty Newydd, Mumbles, formerly managing director of Messrs. Taylor and Co., Ltd., grocers and provision merchants, Swansea, for Some years a churchwarden of Bishopston Church, who died on September 23rd last, aged 73 years, left estate in the United Kingdom of the gross value of < £ 41,011, of which X28,214 is net personalty. Probate of his win, dated A.pril 12th, j 3915, with a codicil of October 25th, 1915,1 has been granted to his sons, Mr. Glen- more Evans Taylor, of 9, St. Mary-street, Swansea, solicitor, and Mr. John Henry I, Taylor, of Ty Newydd, company director. The testator left his estate upon trusts for his wife and children.
I SIR SAM HUGHES.I
I SIR SAM HUGHES. I I Canadian Minister of Militia Resigns. Ottawa, Monday.—Sir Robert Borden (Prime Minister) has accepted the resigna- tion of General Sir Sam Hughes (Dominion I Minister vi filitia). The Premier will issue a statement giving the reasons for Sir Sam Hughes's resignation. -Router.
CONFlaCATED GOLD.-I
CONFlaCATED GOLD. Carlo6 Ferber, a retirooofficer of the Argen-tine Navy, was fined Cl5 and costs at Newcastle on Tuesday for 'having tried to dispose of current coin otherwise than as currency. He had agreed to sell a local jeweller I gold coin at 21s. 6d. the sovereign, and he had placed < £ 220 on the scale when dertoc- j PVe8 entered the shop. The money confis- cated is to be returned to him in Treasury notes.
WASTED SHIPS. 1
WASTED SHIPS. 1 Mr. Houston asked the President of the Board of Trade in the House of Commons on Tuesday if he was aware that nearly every ship which left the United States for this country had empty spaces. Mr. Runciman replied that be had heard that there had been some cases. Why have twenty steamers been lying for sk long time in a certain French port waitj*g to discharge ?" asked Mr. Houston, No grower vae fftturaod.
¡RECORD FOR RHYL
¡ RECORD FOR RHYL Rhyl's municipal amusements have had a record season, reports Mr. J. W. Jones, Pavilion managor. From April 1 to Octo- ber 2.9 the Pavilion receipts were £ 4,550 and the, expendituTe zC4,050, showing a margin of profit of < £ 500. The Pier Amphitheatre, although only run for ten weeks, showed a profit of < £ 240. The amount paid in. Government amusement tax was -260,1.
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"BLOCK" COLLECTING. At a meeting of South Wales insurance agents, Mr. Tom Thomas (organiser), Swansea, spoke on the pernicious sys- tem of bl-xsk collecting in the large insurance companies. If to insurence men C< the system Of 'block' collecting" is "pernicious, In honeeholds-to keep warm the system The custom would be advantageous; Now coal is fetching such a price, Good fixes of rrblocks" are quite as nice. Talnant.
ALL BRITISH BUYERS.j
ALL BRITISH BUYERS. j The sale of enemy properties in Nigeria, which "7d.8 the r^ibgect of heated discus- sion and an important division in Parlia- ment a week ago. oomm-enced at Win- cheater House. London. ,on Tuesday. The proceedings were watched with intense interest, in view of the possibility of pur- chasers of neutral nationalities being among the bkUk-rs, and it was satisfactory to learn. at the conclusion of the day's sale that, without exception, the buyers I were all British.
LORD GREY'S REPLY.1
LORD GREY'S REPLY. 1 Lord Grey's reply to the Ameriram Note objecting to our "blacklisting" of American firms who art- known to he in leagufe with the Germans is a dignified sort of mind yonrown business." Lord Grey points out that all that we d<ris to forbid our own subjects to trade with certain firms. This we are entitled to do. In cogent terms, he shows that our refusal to trade with these people is entirely our own business, and does not infringe any neutral rights.
IFORCED LABOUR. I
I FORCED LABOUR. I Belgian Protest Against I System of Semi-Slavery. Havre, Tuesday.—The Belgian Govern- ment has addressed to the Allies and neutral Powers a Note protesting agadnst the forced labour and deportation* to which the Germans are subjecting the Bel- gian population. A decree dated from the General Headquarters on November Srd imposes forced laboir upon all. Belgians a ble to work who are a burden: un official charity. These individuals may be de- ported to Germany in a state of eemi- alavery. The Belgian Government knows from an authoritative source that the Germans are proceeding to a deportation en masse of the fit population. Rich and poor unemployed are inexorably taken. On October 24th more than 15,000 mesa were carried off from Fiandsrs alone. I STRONGLY DEPRECATED BY I AMERICA. I Washington, Wedim&y.Owing to deportations from Belgium, the State De- partment has instructed Mr. Grew, its Charge d' Affairee in Berlin, to discuss tho matter personally with the Imperial Chancellor. Mr. Grew is requested to inform Herr von Bethmann-Holtweg that such deportations cannot but have a most unfortunate effect on neutral opinion, particularly in the XJniied States, which has the welfare of the Belgian civilian population very much at heart. The de- portations are viewed here as a violation of international law.
!AUCTION AGAINST GENERAL.…
AUCTION AGAINST GENERAL. I Leading counsel have been briefed in the action for alleged libel brought by Mr. Oswald Stoll and the A1hambra Company (Limited) agaiMt General Sir Horaœ Smith-Dorrien, arising out of speecihes made by the latter with respect to the conduct of Stoll houses. Mr. Gordon ITewart, K.C., will lead for the plaintiffs, jand Mr. Hume Williams, K.C., for the defendant.
I IT WASTES TIME. I
I IT WASTES TIME. I Mr. D. Maclfjn, M.P., Chairman of the House of Com.mons Committee of the Appeal Tribunal, said on Tesday: I want people to understand that it is no use coming to M with young smgit men under 25 or under 30 unless "there is some) extraordinary circumstance. I don't know how often w? h?ve said that. It i wastes time, and ma tes us look abrupt and rude, and we do not wish to be 60." j
: RELEASED PASSENGERS. 1
RELEASED PASSENGERS. 1 Amsterdam, Tuesday.—i lerge number of the passengers of the Zealand Com- pany's mail boat Koniagin Regwutes, which was stopped on her way to Eng- land and taken to Zeebrugge by the Ger- mans, arrived this morning at Itooeen- daal from Zeebrugge. An American courier was among them,-Reiiter.
LOST AEROPLANES.I
LOST AEROPLANES. I Amsterdam, Tuesday.—An official tele- gram from Berlin stateo:-During October we lost sixteen aeroplanes in the we&t, the east, and the Balkans. Our enemies lost 1 Oi aeroplanes. Eighty-three of these were brought down in air fights, fifteen were shot down from the ground, and six were forced to land behind our lines. Sixty enemy aeroplanes are in our hand&, 44 enemy machines were seen to be brought down behind the enomy s lines.—Press Association.
I'MORE FIRMS WOUND-UP.I
I MORE FIRMS WOUND-UP. It w?s announced in Tuesday night's I London Gazette that under the Trad- ing with the En?my Amendnient' Act,? orders have been ma& by the i" of Trade r?e?rizig the undermentioned bnsi- nesses to be wound up:- Banbury and Co., 49, Howard-road, Stoke Newington, London, N., doll manu- facturers. Meyer Aselrad, 40, Queen-streofc, Lon- don, E., fur and skin merchant. Otto Konig and Co., 27, Cross-street, Finsbury-pavement, London, E.C., paper and colour merchants aod enta. p
I |0UR MEW ADVANCE)
I |0UR MEW ADVANCE) OVER 5,000 PRISONERS IN TWO DAYS BEAUGOURT CAPTURES BRITISH OFFICIAL. I General Headquarters, France, Tues- day, 9.40 p.m.-The village of Beaucourt- 6ur-Ancre is in our hands. Prisoners reported up to date number considerably over 5,000, and more are coming in. To-day a successful local advance was made east of the Butte de Warlencoitrt. Practically all our objectives were gained, and some 80 prisoners were taken in this j area. FRENCH OFFICIAL. Paris, Tuesday, 11 p.m.South of the Somme the enemy artillery, vigorously countered by our own, violently bom- barded during the day the region of Pree- soire and the soctor of Biache6 la Maison- nette. In the Argonne we occupied at the Sourde Barais the crater caused by the explosion of a German mine On the Verdun front there was inter- mittent shelling, more active in the region of Douaumont and'Vaux. Everywhere else the day quiet.- GERMAN BATTALION CAPTURED. I A special correspondent of the Paris (I Liberte n states that in the fierce fight- ing at St. Pierre an entire German bat- talion with its officers was surrounded and I captured. I BELGIAN OFFICIAL. Havre, Tuesday. To-day's Belgian communique says: There was a violent reciprocal bomhardment on the Belgian front. The artillery duel was particularly lively in the region of Dixmude. Tha regioor east of Het Sar has been sub- jected to destructive fires from Belgian batterie& There was a grenade fight near Sbeenstraete. SERBIANS FIGHTING BRAVELY. 1,000 MORE- PRI-SONERS, MOSTLY GERMANS. From the Press Association Special Correspondent with the Serbian Head- quarters, via Salonika, Tuesday:— The fighting yesterday on (A?TNU Rk?., which was of a sanguinary nature, con- tinued throughout the day, and is Dot yet finished. The enemy is defending himself stubbornly, and certain trenches conse- quently change hands time after time. At the clos& of the day we maintained de- finitely the very important positions near Tepavci, north-west of Polog. Besides the losses inflicted on the enemy, we took a thousand more prisoners, the greater part of whom are Germans, including the oom- mander of a battalion and several German officers. No details have yet been received regarding the booty, which is important. I
-------I LAHDORE-ROAD, LONDON,…
LAHDORE-ROAD, LONDON, Landore, wh jUnction has œused in- numerable lapses into bad language, ?Wldhi smoke hangs like a pall these days, is not without those who would greatly honour it. In London a street has been named after our smoky suburb k An ad- vertisement in Tuesday's Press recorded the offer of a laundry for sale.—Apply Landore-road, Shepherd's Bu6h, W. After this, we expect to hear of Caebricks- avenue, Golders Green, or Cwmbwrla- creecent, Tooting.
WARNED OFF. I
WARNED OFF. I Glasgow munition workere are threaten- j ing to use force to prevent Mrs. Pankhurat carrying out her great public reception in Glasgow on Thursday night to French -women munition workers who are visiting the city on that evening as the nation's guests. Mrs. Pankhurst has engaged the: largest hall for her reception The muni- tion workers regard her intrusion as im- pertinent, and say that they will resist the carrying out of her public welcome.
RHEIMS CATHEDRAL FATE.!
RHEIMS CATHEDRAL FATE. The despairing warning is uttered by M. Joseph Reinaeh in the Figaro re- garding the eventual fate of Rhedms Cathedral, says the Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph." The enemy. out of sheer, savage love of destruction periodically bombards Rheims as if to punish France for having retaken Vaux and Douanmont, and in each bombard- ment the heaviest shells are systematic- ally fired on the cathedral. The fate of the cathedral is now sealed. Missiles are aimed with evident deliberation either on the roof or on buttroasos. Four of the latter have now already fallen. The mdtoent will inevitably come, says til. writer, when the remaining buttresses will prove too weak to support, tlw pres- sure of the whole fabric; the equilibriuta admirably calculated by the Rheims architects will be destroyed. Then the cathedral will collapse, as it were. with one great sigh, which will re-echo throughout the centuries,.
: - - - - -, i THE NATIONAL…
i THE NATIONAL DEBT. Aft shown by a return relating to the National Debt' issued on Tuesday night the gToss liabilities of the State at the close of the financial year, March 31, 1916, was < £ 2,189,838,245 a.s compared with • £ 1,161.951,702 in 1915, and R706,154,110 in 1914. the last pre-war period. There was a not increase in the grops liabilities of the State of < £ 1,031.^37.543. Unde-r the head of lnfundoo debt there i was all increase of .£1.298.643,:?3S. but as against this the funded debt was roo duoed, by < £ 264,829.820; indebtedness under j terminab le annuities by < £ 1.881,850; and other capital liabilities bv a total reduction of < £ 267.005.895. The 41, per Cent. War Loan is accountable *er J90<831.3 of the new debt, of which the I-fuge proportion of £;J87.1 !J6,3tO J'i">r&- i eented caah subscription to the QOaJl.
;TO-DAYS WAR RESUME
;TO-DAYS WAR RESUME Leader" Office, 4.50 P-m- I In their attacks north of the Ancre British have taken more prisoners, the numbers of vhich will be reported latei on. During Tuesday night the ground won in our attacks was secured. The Serbians are fighting with character- istic bravery. Besiaes the losses inflicted on the enemy thoy have taken a chou- sand more prisoners, the greater part of whom are Germans, including tho commander of a battalion and several officers. There has been activity on the Belgian j- front in the nature of a- violent recip- rocal bombardment. The artillery duol was particularly lively in the region oi Dixmude. According to a special correspondent of the Paris "Li berte" in the fierce fighting, at St. Pierre an entire German battalion with. its officers was sur- rounded and captured.
TO-DAY'S NEWS IN BRIEFI
TO-DAY'S NEWS IN BRIEFI Cessation of work on the new Sessions House, Newington, has been ordered by the Ministry of Munitions. During Monday's dense fog Rosina Floyd, aged 64, was knocked dowp in Caledonian-road and killed. Uproarious scenes occurred at a meet- ing addressed by Mr. Kcnsit, the Protest- ant lecturer, at Coalville. Vigo, Tuesday.—The Dutch steamer Leda landed here this morning too crew of the Danish steamer Ragnar. Bodies of 20 of the victims of the Con- nemara disaster were recovered by divers on Tuesday and brought ashore. Lieut. Cory, V.C., was presented with the freedom of the Liverpool Cotton Ex- change; he had a great ovation. Rev. S. K. Lock year, formerly chaplain at Dusseldorf, has been nominated by the Primate to be vicar of Barbourne, Kent. Accompanied by the bands of the Grena- dier and Soots Guards, the hand of the IBelgian Grenadiers marched through the West End. Some of us who liw in the c'Ûuntrv! have to go about with candles, and most ¡ excellent lights they are," said Judge iCluer at Cler ken well County Court. Mr. David Howard, a Deputy-Lieuten- ant for Essex and J.P. for West Ham was II found dead in a train at Snaresbrook Station (G.E.R.) Mr. E. A. Baylis has resigned the office of Comptroller to the City Corporation, I with which authority he has been acco- ciatod for 40 years. r A feature of the Liverpool licensing 6es- ision was the large number of women ap- plying for transfers owing to their hus- bands being at the war. Two men, one of them named George laugust-us Wilkes, described as a come- dian, were remanded at the Guildhall on a charge of stealing a pair of horses and a van and its C'Ontentoo sides of baeon ?-" val,aed together at ?362. A fine of X20 was imposed at the Man- sion House on Edgar Sainsbury, in the employment of Sir John Bennett, Ltd., Cheapaide, for allowing the famous Cog and Magog clock to strike and chime during prohibited hours. Major-General Sir Herbert Vaughan Cox has been appointed secretary in the military department of the India Office in succession to General Sir Edmund Barrow, whose tenure expires under the limit of age in January next. Polling commenced in the West Cork Division on Wednesday to elect a member for the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Gilhooly. The candidates are Mr. Frank Healy, Mr. D. L. O'Leary, and Dr. Shipsey. The number of votemoon the register is close on 6,000, but it is thought I no more than half will poll. The voters are very apathetic. I A warning has been issued "y the Local Government Board against the use of Baking Powders containing matter in- jurious to health. The attention of our readers is therefore called to the fact that:—Borwick's Baking Powder is re- cognised as the standard of baking powders, owing to its excellence, strength and purity. It is made only from the best and finest ingredients, no substi- tutes of any description being used, and I is entirely free from all deleterious sub- stances. Avoid all cheap bulky packets.
LORD KENYON ENGAGED. f
LORD KENYON ENGAGED. f The engagement was announced on Tuesday of Lord Kenyon, of Gredington, Flintshire, and Miss Howard, daughter of Colonel Henry Lloyd Howard, of Wygfair, St. Asaph. Lord Kenyon, who was born in 1864 and succeeded his grandfather whon five yean. of age, stands 6ftr 4in., and is said to be, t the tallest member of the House of Lords. I
A ZEPPELIN -FATALITY. J
A ZEPPELIN FATALITY. J Mr. Alfred Wright. a young Essex farmer, who was injured when a German super-Zeppelin was captured in Essex on Sept. 24, has joet died in hospital. When flu* Zeppelin descended about raid-night he rode on his motor-cycle to call the military, but in the darkness collided with a motor-car and sustained injuries resulting in his leg being amputated. He was of delicate constitution, and "was cripple before the accident occurred, so that his action in riding over rough and winding roads through the darkness was a fine examplo of British pluck.
.THE CURWEN CENTENARY.
THE CURWEN CENTENARY. Tuesday was centenary anniversary of [ the birth of John Curwen (the pioneer of ) the Tonic Sol-fa method of teaching music), which tm, k Tylwe on November 14th. 1816. ¡ The value of the Tonic Sol-fa method is appreciated by no olaas ro much as by the, teachers in our public elementary schools. It vrill be no surprise, therefore, that the event was considered of such importance that it formed on iT.^sday the topic of the day's "general information" lesson in all the schools of Swansea.
j HIS __DEBT TO THE POLICE.…
j HIS DEBT TO THE POLICE. I I am very much to the police for what they have done for me. I don't know how to thank them enough," said William Koyworth, a greengrocer, when ';0 ii-ar brought up at Pontefract on Tues- day, on a charge of attempting suicide by inhaling gas. Thanks to the prompt action of  police who appliod artiGcial re5'pimtio defendant, who was unconscious, was ?rou?ht round. H? &id he had '!?<-n m, ?nd h?d had trouble at home. On proi/us- ir.g not to repeat the attempt he w&? ais- [ lraJ.1::00..
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AGAINST CREMATION. I
AGAINST CREMATION. I In reply to a suggestion in thp House of Commons, on Tuesday, by Mr. Billing that men killed in action should be cremated rather tha buried, Mr. Forpter said that, after consideration, it was net proposed to take any action in regard to cremation. The qnwtion was fully considered by the Freach authorities, who decided &&ainsfc it-I
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wmpms I PROTEST OF THE WELSH RATIONAL I AGRiCUllURAL COUNCIL GOVERNMENT CHARGED WITH BdtACH Of rAil" House of Commons, Tuesday.—Mr. Ellis! Davies asked the Financial Secretary to the Wax Office whether his attention had; been cailod to the protest of the Weish j National Agricultural Council against j the breach of faith otn the part ot tho Government in departing from the bar- gain entered into with the farmers to pay 35 per cent, advance on the 11)14 wool prices, and whether he would have an inquiry made into the matter. Mr. Forster: 1 have received a copy of the re^Aution passed by the Welah Agi-i- culturavCouncd, and have requested the Coumcil to eubmit the grounds upon which their allegation is based. The central price list for home grown wools waa drawn, up in July last by the Central Ad- visory Committee for wool purchase on the basis of the average prices ruling in June and July, 1914, with the addition or 35 per cent. Local prices have been fixed by the local Advisory Committee on the basis of the central price list, with the necessary modifications to adapt them to particular local conditions. If my hon. friend can give me specific cases where the prices so hxed have not been observed I will cause enquiries to be made. Mr. Da vies: Is the hon. gentleman; aware that the complaint is the price now paid for the wool is not 35 per cent. above what was paid two years ago. Mr. Forstar: I think that is the com- plaint, but if my hon. friend or the Agricultural Council would give me one or two specific cases I would look into them and find out more definitely where i the grievance is.
IDOWN, BUT NOT OUT. I
I DOWN, BUT NOT OUT. I I Enemy's Forebodings of Defeat. Petrograd, Tuesday.—All members of the Diplomatic Corps were present at the resumption of the on of the Duma The President (M. Rodsianko) in his speech said: The enemy is already struck down, but he is still desperately resisting in his despair. He his forebodinge of de- feat. Russia," he said, would not betray I her friends, but would indignantly re- ject a separate peace." A Deputy then read a speech declaring that the Duma I should continue to wage war to a satis- factory conclusion.
I TIT FOR TAT.I ^
I TIT FOR TAT. I I Russia's Severe Reprisals on I German Officer Prisoners. Petrograd, Tuesday (received Wednes- day).—The following communication is issued here: The Minister of War was informed at tho beginning of November that the German Government, as the result of communications made to the enemy press regarding the sufferings which German prisoners of war were alleged to be subjected to in Russia, transferred a large number of Russian officer prisoners belonging to privileged regiments to special concentration camps, and subjected them to particularly severe treatment. On receipt of this informal tion the Minister of War recognised it was necessary to draw, by diplomatic means, the attention of the German Government to the injustice of the afore- said measure, add?" that if by Novem- ber 14th the Minister of War was not in- formed that the afpresaid severe treat- ment applied to Russian officer prisoners had been suppressed, all German officer prisonens without exception would be im- mediately subjected to similar treatment. Not having received any reply at the date indicated, the Minister of War to- day gave instructions by telegraph to district military authorities to concon- treate immediately at central points all Germail prisoners of war who had been treated as officers, avd to put them in 8po4 allocated to common prisoners of war, forbidding them at the same time all postal communication with, their country, depriving them of the services of their orderlies, and only allowing them the regulation rations allowed to common soldiers. At the same time the district military authorities were ordered to ex- plfftn to the German officer prisoners subjected to this treatment the motives ,heJ;¡ h.d provoked this measure, and to warn them that these measures, would not be revoked until the Minister of War !had received official information that the normal treatment of Russian officer prisoners in Germany had been oom- pletely restored.
-VICTOR -GRAYSON ENLISTS.I
VICTOR GRAYSON ENLISTS. I Chrietchurch, Tuesday.—Mr. Victor Grayson. the Socialist ex-M.P. for the Colne Valley division of Yorkshire, has enlisted in the New Zealand forces.
AN APPEAL. I
AN APPEAL. Soldiers Widows and Children. Last yesu, the Sixth Welsh Comforts Committee was enabled to ensure that Christinas gifts went into the homes of the widows and children of soldiers of Swansea and district who had fallen in the war. This it was able to do owing to the generosity ot many friends. The gifts were entirely suitable. They were appreciated, we know, not only because of their usefulness at the Christinas season, but because of the underlying thought that Swansea had not forgotten, nor intended to forget, the widows and children of heroes. The Christinas parcels oi provisions and other things were weLcomea ior more than one reason. .t<- ..t1. The wor k of the committee is gmally in- er-s?ea this year. Last year gifts were sent in nearly* 200 cases, involving a total of nearly 5UO women and children. This year the number oi cases is very much larger. The sum of £ 142 sufficed in 1915; double that sum will now be vantcd. The fund does not need mauy words to commend it. The debt we owe co the men who have fallen could not be repaid al- though all our wealth was poured out. They have given us more tJian money— themselves. Shall not we, then, make it a sacred obligation to see that their wives and little ones spend a Christmas-tide surrounded by tokens of our love and res- pect? We cannot approach the season of the Kindly Heart in any comfort unless we resolve that these shall be our first consideration. It is the intention of the committee to ensure that no soldier's widow and no soldier's child- in Swansea and district shall be forgotten. Their Christmas must have first claim upon us all. Is there need to say more to cocaine,n<i the fund, to our readers? We expcct, and we know we shall have, a generous response-. The administrative expenses will be de- frayed by the Directors of the Cambria Daily I,,ead-er," so that all the money sub- scribed will be devoted to the purpose for which the nitid is raised. Subscriptions may be sent to Mr. David Roberts, hon. treasurer, 19, Heathfield- street. Swansea; or to Mr. A. P. Highem, hon. secretary, Leader Buildings, Swan- sea. Subscriptions received aire:— £ s.i d. Messrs. R. E. Jones (per Mr. C. T. Ruthem) 50 0 0 Major T. Herschell Jones 5 0 0 Mr. Stanley L. Cook .— 5 00 Balance in hand 37 19 4 Total 97 19 4
THE WAY OF THE HUN. -00.
THE WAY OF THE HUN. -00. I An Endeavour to Sow Discord Among Allied Powers. Petrograd, Tuesday—The following offi- cial statement is issued here:— A German semi-official Note, in an en- deavour to sow discord among the Allied Powers, has been informing the foreign Press of an alleged misunderstanding be- .tween the Russian ..ad Rumanian high commands, including a case in which the Rumanian troops are 6uppoeed to have refused to go forward to u?ht. We are authoriæd to declaj? that the Russian and Rumanian troops, both on the Tran- ?sylvanian fropt and in the Dobrudja, con- tinue to work side by side without the slightest hitch or misunderstanding of any kind. The fruits of their co-ordinated labours are to be seen by all the world, and one cannot but admire the eff rontery oT the Gorman Note in chronicling such trans- parent and shameless mendacities.
BIG CARGO OF PITWOOD. ! -I
BIG CARGO OF PITWOOD. One of the large German steamers which were interned in Portugal, and were taken over by eur Allies, is now discharg- ing at the King's Dock for the account of Messrs. Wm. A. Jenkins and Co., a cargo j of about 2,800 tons of pitprops. This is the largest cargo of French or Portuguese pitwood ever imported into Swansea. She is a very fine boa t. fitted with all the latest appliances, including wireless tele- graph installation, which is, of oourKe, put out of commission for the time being. This steamer is a valuable accwieitioa to [our mercantile marina. or
THE "LESS FIT."I
THE "LESS FIT." I IMPORTANT HEW WAR OFFICE ORDER j i ;HiJiCTS TO BE RE-EXAMIHEQ i The new rules for the reexamination of the less fit" were published in Tuea- day night's Star." The War Office order states that it has been decided to call up for medical re- examination attested men who have pre- viously been called up and rejected by medical boards, as well as all those group and class men who have been placed in categories not being taken for service, and who have accordingly been sent back to their homes to oontinue in the Army Reserve. The instruction does not apply to:— Any man who holds a current certificate of exemption. Any man in respect of whom an appli- cation to a tribunal js pending. Any man, previously rejected, who has been re-examined by a medical board since May 25. Men who, on re-examination, are found fit for any medical category from which reservists are being taken for the colours will receive 14 days' notice calling them up lor service unlets they are in possession of a certificate promising two .months' notice. it is Wtated that men who, on re-ex- amination, are found not to be fit for ser- vioe in a category from which men are being taken, si wild be made use of for ¡ purposes of substitution as far as poe- i sible." SALIENT POINTS EXPLAINED. I A competent military authority in Swansea on Wednesday explained to a Leader reportar the salient points in the new War Ofiice order. Broadly speak- J ing the new order applies to those men w 'ho w ( who were rejected by a medical board or classified in the lower categories prior to! May 25th. Up to tlfcat date the authorities are j questiomng -j;he decisions of the medical boaixis, presumably because ut is felt they had uot sufficient experience up to them in regard to the classification of men. Men who were rejected for any form ot service by a recruiting medical officer, and given a rejection certificate, and who did not receive a pink form ordering them to present themselves for re-exami- nation, are exempt under the tornis of the Act, but those who were rejected for a particular unit will be called upon for I' j re-examination, together with those who were classified as B3, C2 and C3.
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.„—— ALI- DI-NAR'S- BODY. The War Office on Tuesday issued the following: Further details have been received from the Sirdaf with reference to the operations in ifarfur, which culminated in the death of Ali Dinar. After a night march our troops at- tacked Ali Dinar's force at Guiba (SO mil es south-west of Kulme) at dawn on November 6. Our attack was a complete surprise. our forces getting within 500 yards of j the enemy's camp before being dis- oovered. On the capture of the camp a vigorous pursuit wa, started, and Ali Dinar's body, with those of some of his principal adherents, was found a mile away.