The Cambria Daily Leader

COUNCILLOR'S ILLNESS. 1 Councillor Richard Buckland is lring seriously ill at hds residence, at Morris- ton, suffering from neuritis. Mr. Back- land has been unwell for some timp, but a few montbsAgo a course of treatment at. Llauidrindod Wells was beneficial. A f nnfotVanrttely, 1"1, ami for the past few days Mr. Bucklftnd 's l condition has been critical.

STANDARD BLANKETS. I It is hoped, says the Secretary of the I War Office, that standard blankets w '.l to on sale shortly in retail establishment at thf following fixed prices:— Ctoill. by 80in. 3&s. 4d. pair Otin. bv 84in. 39. 2d. pair 70in. by 9Oin. 47s. M. pair Siin. by 9Jin. 61s. 5d. pair f4in. by Siin. (Ayrshire) 40s. 8d. pair

DISABLED MEN -0 LOCAL SCHEMES FOR TRAINING WARRIORS A meeting of the Disablement Sub-Com- mittee of the Joint Committee of the South Wales and Monmouthshire War Pensions Committee, Mr. J. L. Smith (Aberdare) presiding, was held on Wed- nesday at Swansea. Various schemes at Swansea and elsewhere were dealt with. Sanction was given to a Swansea gcheme for training dental mechanics, and capital expenditure of £120, provided the com- mittee were satisfied that the cost was reasonable and justified. In a letter. Dr. Varley said he had ap- plied for a further capital expenditure of 2310, making £810 in all, for further extension of engineering workshops at Swansea. There were now 33 men in training as motor minders and motor tractor drivers, and this number seemed likely to increase. He wished to pro- vide for 40 men. The work was carried on under ideal conditions. Swansea was not only an industrial centre but a popu- lar seaside resort and healthy. Mr. Samson proposed that the depart- ment be asked to provide the capital ex- penditure, and recognise the fine work done by the College in this way was agreed to. MEDICAL TREATMENT. Mr. Marlay Samson expressed pleasure that the department had found itself able to give sanction for capital expenditure for training courses, and hoped they would now see their way to do so for medical treatment, which was much more urgent.

MR. A. CHAMBERLAIN. Mr. Austen Chamberlain, it is rumoured has been invited to join the War Cabinet.

VERSAILLES COUNCIL. General Delin, the successor to General Weygard, on the Supreme War Council at Versailles, has taken his seat there, &nd Major-General Sackville-West is shortly expected.

ABSENT EIGHT MONTHS. At Yatr#dgynl" Court, Pte. Dick Hughes was charged with being a deserter from the Royal Weleh Fusiliers. He had been an absentee for eight months. De- fendant was remanded to await an escort. ? *??—

A £50 FINE. W. H. Mainwaring, Brynhyfryd. Clydach Vale, the local secretary of the Unofficial Reform Committee, charged at Pontypridd on Tuesday on charges ,unl-?r the Defence of the Realm Act with at- tempting to cause disaffection and spread- ing false reports at a public meeting at the Llwynypia Bath6 on Sunday, March 3rd, in the course of which he was alleged to have made statements reflect- iag on the moral character of our women workers in France, was found guilty of the second offence, and was fined £50, or two months' imprieonment.

OFFICE OF WORKS. I The post of Assistant Secretary of his Majesty's Office of Works having been rendered vacant by the appointment of Mr. W. A. Robinson to be Permanent Secretary to the Air Council in the Air Ministry, it has been decided to postpone the permanent appointment of a suc- cessor until after the war. Mr. James Eggar, Principal Clerk. will act as .8- sistant Secretary in the meantime. The First Commissioner of Works (the Eight Hon. Sir Alfred Mond, Bart., M.P.) has also appointed Mr. E. H. Bright, Principal Clerk of Contracts, to be Direc- tor of Contracte and Labour.

AN EXPENSIVE REST. I Mr. Vangrhan Edwards presided over the West Wales Munition Court on Tues- day afternoon, when three workmen were charged with not working diligently last month. The defence was conducted by Mr. Evan James, of the Workers' Union. and it was cont,ended that there had bpen no neglect in any way, and that the work had been satisfactorily performed. The chairman said that the case against one of the workmen was dismissed, al- though the Court felt that the ense was one which quite properly had been brought hr'or(> tlic-p-i. The other defendants had xont, to t; "dugout" for rest, but the fact that they had gone for rest where they could not be observed was a prima facie case against the genuineness of the rest. The other two defendants were Rued Ml each.

ENEMY STOPPED. Enemy Loses Some of His Ground. The Special Correspond^t with the British in France says:— The battle is raging with incrfcdfBla intensity. A?, far as the Isiest Toporbs enable one to judg-e the situation is progTePsing in cur favour. Thet is to say, that notwithstanding the weight and desperation of his attacks the enemy has obtained no further ground since yesterday morning, and prac- tically has lost some. Only yesterday afternoon tho Ger- mfins launched a. determined attack against the Damstrasse line, and after tiard fighting was beaten off. Large bodies of the erwiny were srafcseqnently eeen massing for another attack upon the same sector, but our artillery con- centration dispersed theiu before any attack developed. Perhaps the best news is that at dusk last night our troops were ad- vancing in the neighbourhood of Wytschaete, and there are reports that we again hold ground lost there. FRENCH OFFICIAL. French official report? eeveral &at~ ce*sful surprise e'tacks somth-weet of Butte de Mesnil, in the region of Tahure, and north of Fleury. MARKET MANAGER'S SALARY. Question of increased salary ter Swansea, market manager raised at Council, and Ald. Colwill's amend- ment to re-consider it was defeated. NEWMARKET MEETING. | Betting (2.30): 100 to 6 Cnllcn. E-ulo. | 3.0—Poper 'itoner 1. Sangelo 2, Double or Qijits 3.—17 ran. Evens winner. 3.3t>—Callander 1. Scat-well 2, Silvan- ite 3.—8 run.

NEWMARKET MEETING. l.30-KYW AY8 1. BRAEMAR LA8 2. AQUA VIVA C 3. Also ran: Dorothea f Soueers, Copenha- gen. Montreuil. Crops Swards Livelv. Curie. Quartzit.e.. Virginia Earle r. Laundress. Lady Chanceful, Tamil Spring Morn, Twelvebore g. Mm0 Novikoff e Lacroma f. Betting: 7 to 2 Skyways. 4 to 1 Aqua Vivn. 9 to 2 Saueers, 6 to 1 Curie. 10 to 1 Spring Morn, 100 to 8 Quartzite. 100 to 7 Braemar J?sse. 20 to 1 othrs. Length and a half; he?d. ?Off 1.34.) h(?ad. i LILY C 1. CSALIA 2 MIS? TATH- WELL 0 3. Also ran: Fanny Adams. Sunny Bhvme Macon. Cocito, Lloyde. St. Flora c. Quite Dark. Reita. Tullibody. Eau de Javel linme Commander, Charity. Betting: 2 to 1 May Lily. 11 to 4 Usalia. 4 to ] Miss Tathwell c. 100 to 8 Quite Dark, 100 to 6 others. Half a length; length. (Ofl. ?M?OLDE?? RULE 1 ROSMAE1K 2. BLUE DANUBE 3. Also ran: Lisnalinchy. Planet, Aynslev. Khedive III.. Ivanhoe Bridge of Marne. Canard. Magnetic. Greek Scholar. John Ja-ckett, Crosstree. Douai. ——— ——— L —— J ——— LJ

I TO-DAY'S ALLOTMENT HINT. I The dull and showery weather of la"t v. eek ha6 considerably delayed the work in the garden and allotment. Those who liave not yet sown their small seeds should get them in on the first favourable, oppor- tunity. This, however, must be deter- I mined by the state of the soil, for the I operator who attempts to sow seeds, when I the land is in a wet'nnd sticky condition, I r;ill do more harm than good. Especially this the case with onions, leeks, carrots, etc., as the continual treading on the wet soil renders it 90 hard as to innke it al. most impossible for the seedlings to breai through, besides making the subsequent hoeings twico as (difficult. The proper condition of the soil for all seeds is when it is dry and cnimbly, and easily falls abroad when raked. Where the land is of a heavy clayey nature, and the rain has ,Yjc- k e(I it doirn, packed it down, :t is a good plan to fork it up lightly some time before drawing the drills, thus enabling the sun and wind to dry it quicker. G rower.

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YTSCHAETE POSITION. I [British Counter-attacks Succeed ç¡ __——————————————————— Our Gunners Take Toll of the ?-. Enemy. Enemy. J TO-DAY'S BRITISH OFFICIAL. General Headquartei-s, France, i:-v> Wednesday, 11.17 a.m. Yesterdav evening we delivered a successful counter-attack in tie neighbourhood of Wytscha.ete. At Meteren also our counter-attacks restored the situation, and the .village remains in our hands. f During the afternoon and evening yesterday, repeated hostile at- tacks north of Bailleul were repulsed with loss to the enemy. Batches of German infantry advancing in close formation were caught under our fire at short range and suffered heavy casualties. We secured a few prisoners. f The enemy also endeavoured to develop an attack yesterday after- noon east of Robecq; following upon the bombardment already re- ported, but his advance was broken up by our artillery. In consequence of the progress made by the enemy on the Lys front, our troops holding our forward positions east of Ypres have been withdrawn to a new line. The withdrawal was carried out deliberately without interference by the enemy. Yesterday evening parties of his troops advancing over our old positions were caught by the fire of our outpoete and destroyed.. On the battle front south of Arras parties of German infantry en- deavouring to enter our trenches opposite Boyelles were driven out yesterday evening with the loss of several prisoners. Our line in this locality has been completely restored. Hostile artillery activity increased considerably early this morning .on the British front south of the Somme. t OPERATIONS IN SALONIKA. Var Office announcement, April 17th:— Early this morning Greek troops crossed the River Struma, above Lake Tahinos, and occupied the villages of Bejlikmah, Kakaraska, S aim ah Kispek, and Ada. The operation was most successfully carried out with slight casu- alties. Further to the north British troops occupied Kumli and Ormanli, and a few Bulgarians were captured. On the 20-mile battle front in Flanders ilia enemy have transferred the weight of jftheir attacks from south to north. With ?great forces they are &ghting for p -ses- ?&)i cf t? hH? south of Y??, Wh?ch re flanked on the east by the Messines EBidffe. f Sir Douglas Haig reports that the Ger- mans on Tuesday captured the village of pWytschaebe, which stands but a matter of Shards from the summit of Messines Ridge. It appears from unofficial reports that we "itsontinue to hold the slopes of tlio ridge to ""e north-west. Spanbroekmolen has also been taken by the enemy. This means that the enemy lhas penetrated to a point some 2,000 yards ;PV.S.W. of Wytschaete. Peckham, men- "ytioned by Mr. Perry Robinson in the # Daily News as having been given up by our troops, Is sligbrfy in advance of the iold line of 1916. to In the southern half of the battlefield in.or operations in the Locon neighbour- s-hood went in our favour. The enemy iiave begun a bombardment *f our posi- tions near the La Bassee Canal, and. there #is increased artillery fire on both sides in ?he Passchendaele sector, northeast of iY pres. )xAt Boyelles, between Albert and Arras, ijrm Tuesday morning the enemy delivered fa local attack, and fighting was still tak- ing place on Tuesday night in this neigh- bourhood. f; SLOPES OF KEMMEL. Germans Advance Beyond Bailleul. An Exchange special telegram from Paris, on Wednesday, says:—The Ger- mans have now got beyond Bailleul for ,A& distance ofabolit 15 metres. j The enemy is attempting to pueh for- ward in order to take the whole line of front. He has succeeded in advancing from Wytschaete as far as St. Eloi, and has also eaicscetdod in getiirig a grip upon "h southern slope of Mont Kemmel. THE FULL PRICE. A New York message says-. Hindenburg is willing to expend 1,500,000 casualties as the price of victory. Although an agree- ment was reached with the Socialists be- fore the offensive began, that no political objections should be interposed behind the lines until this number of casualties had been exceeded, it now apo-I ITS tLe railitarista are now warning the country the full price must be paid. ————— GERMAN WOUNDED. Red Cross Service Unable to Cope With the Work. Amsterdam, Tuesday.—The Tele- frontier correspondent, dwelling upon the heaviness of the German losses in the present offensive, says: The Gen-ians on the frontier refer with a shudder to the stream of wounded continually passing through Flanders. The towns of Courtrai, Bruges, Ghent, and Lokoren, as also many of the smaller communes, have been converted into mili- tary hospitals." At the front itself," he adds, the ar- rangements for the oare of the wo uicUd are totally inadquate, and the Red Cross service is quite unable to ccpe with the work! Many of the sufferers," the correspon- dent concludes, "are dying in the motor- cars, Red Cross cars, and ambulance trains on their way from the front. "Reuter.

j TURKISH CLAIM. • Batum Has Fallen Into Our Hands." A Turkish official communique, dated Mpril 15th, says:— Caucasian Front.—Batum has fallen into our hands. The enemy defended the outer fort step by step. The attack fegainst the southern half con&meT>cei -on" the evening of April 13th. Some sirrre-n- jiered in the evening. Others showed ffreat resistance. The civilian population welcomed our troops. The town and harbour were oc- cupied without resistance. The town is (quiet. The number of prisoners are not ascertained. The enemy losses were iheavy.—Wireless Press. [Note.—Batum (or Batoum) is a town of Russian-Transcaucasia on the Black Sea. The Berlin Congress of 187S, in sanc- tioning the cession of Batum by Turkey to Russia stipulated that it should not be made into a naval station -hut the Rus- sians made it a 6eeond Sevastopol. l)opu- tation 30,000, mostly Russians.]

CZERNIN'S SUCCESSOR. I Amsterdam Wednesday.—A Vienna telegram announces that the Austro- Hungarian Minister of Finance, Baron. XJurian, has been appointed Austro-Hun- rian Foreign Minister. Baron Burian will continue to conduct the affairs of the joint Austro-Hungarian Ministry of Finance. Copenhagen, Tue-ltlay.—Vienna tele- grams state that the Foreign Minister's portfolio was offered to von Hohenlohe. ambassador to Berlin, who refused it. The Emperor prefers Andrassy, but Count Tisxa is regarded as the successr^to Czer- min. Prince Hohenlohe, the Kmperor's chief of courts, has been dismrssod, and Count Esterhazy appointed. Owing to Czernin's vesisnntion, the Em- PWM> Charles's proposed vis-it to Kaiser v.lSSkelm's headquarters is postponed.— Ene SpecdaL

THE MEAT RATION. Eight Ounces Per Head This Week. Swansea and district will this week have a meat ration of 8 ors. per head, as far as the present indications go. This i5 the let week of the local scheme; fnejU week wo shall all havj our m2il meat vaulp., i.nd will be able to exchange 2 coupons per week for butcher's meat value 5d. Those who do not receive cards by to- morrow at latest should make immedi- ate inquiry at the food office, Free Library. For the convenience of Morriston people a temporary inquiry office will he established at the Drill Hall there where those who have not received their cards should apply. The office will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, and from 7 to 10 p.m. on Friday.

PIGGERY AT SKETTY. —_• At the annual meeting of the Cockctt Parish Council on Tuesday at Swansea. the Clerk reported on a project for a com- munal piggery at Sketty. He had a iield in Skett.v in view, and they bad received the sanction of the Local Government Board to establish the piggery. The Clerk said he believed that they v, ere the first council in Ihe country to embark on such an enterprise. ( Hear, hear.) The Clerk was congwhllated on his good work. A e'jbrcormnittee was struck to go into k the details of 1.he schema, "j

BOLO EXECUTED I FRENCH TRAITOR PAYS PENALTY EXCITING SCENE WITH CAILLAUX I Paris, Wednesday. Bolo was executed this morning in the courtyard of Vmciennes.—Ex- change Special. The condemned man was awakened at five o'clock, and taken from the prison at 5.30. The fresh revelations had been expected on some hands to induce postponement of sentence, but such anticipations proved groundlees, and Bolo expiated his crime at 6.15. He completely lost the defiant attitude towards the end, and was led blind-folded quietly to the execution stake. Bolo was confronted on Monday in the Sanet Prison wih Caillaux (after having already undergone that process with Mme. Caillaux), and according to the Echo de Paris there was a scene of a somewhat violent character between the condemned man and the ex-Premier, each hotly contradicting the other's asser- tions. The eame newspaper makes the sensa- tional statement that Caillaux, prior to an interview with hi6 friend and lawyer, the deputy M. Ceccaldi, in some mys- terious manner obtained permission for the door of the room in which the con- versation took place to be left ajar in- stead of firmly shut, as the regulations order. After Mme. Caillaux had been con- fronted with Bolo in his cell she man- aged to slip in through the half-opened door and join her husband for a few seconds, during which she told him what had happened when she saw Bolo. Her action was witnessed by an examining magistrate, and judicial inquiries have been instituted. After confronting Bolo and Caillaux Captain Bouchardon, the investigating magistrate, examined the prison hair- dresser, who, it is alleged, had been ap- proached by pertons desirous of securing a modification of the surveillance of cer- tain highly placed prisoners.

TO-DAY'S NEWS IN BRIEF The mountain side at Blaenavon, Hon., on Tuesday was ouvered with snow. Sir John Willoughbv died at his re- sidence in London on Tuesday night. Lisbon, April 16.-The entire garrison of Lisbon has volunteered for eervfee on the Western front,Heuter. Paris, Tuesday (received Wednesday). —Thirteen persons were killed and 45 wounded in the long-range gun bombard- ment of Paris to-day. Wellington, April 13 (delayed).-New Zealand Government announces its in- i- to exempt members of Parlia- ilrettfe ivoni military service. Paris. Wednesday.—A German battle- plane, which had dropped bombs in the vicinity, was brought down between Cret Cour and Le Grand Breteuil. Pekin, April 9 (delayed).—Mrs. Dixon and Mies Catherine Schmidt, American missionaries, have been kidnapped by brigands on the Kiangsu-Shantnng border. The Admiralty has decided to increase the wages of the Miliord Haven boom defence men by 3d. an hour. The ques- tion of a general advance to mechanics in dockyards is being considered. Mr. Henry Kemp Avory, well-known until his retirement a few years ago as Clerk to the Central Criminal Court, and a brother of Mr. Justice Avory, died on Tuesday at Weybridge, &god 69. The, South Wales Quarterly Association of the Calvinistic Methodist Churches a.t Abergavenny on Tuesday authorised the sale of the Goppa branch of Trinity Chapel, LLanelly, to a steel works com- pany. Mrs. Phillips, of Oakdee-street, Ken- nington, has recovered her kidnapped nine-weekSK)ild ba.by. Emily Lane, the wife of a soldier in France, who lives at Church-road, Clapham, is charged with stealing the baby. Christian ia, Tuesday (received Wed- nesday).—M. Trannmel, leader of the Socialist Left, was sentenced to 60 days' imprisonment at Trondjhem to-day for provocative speeches and the incitement of workers to copy Bolshevist methods.

I CZERNIN ENTERS ARMY. I Count Czernin has decided to enter the army, fighting against Italy. He will take over the command of an Austrian brigade..—Exchange.

UNWORKED COAL SEAMS. I A new Order in Council provides that where the Board of Trade are of opinion that for the purpose of increasing the supply of coal, it is expedient to work any seam in or near any open mine which is for the time being unworked. the Board may authorise any person to take posses- sion of the seam in order to work the coal, and may for this purpose take pos- session of any land.

I OFFICERS RE-CAPTURED. I The German officer, Karl Wilhe-Im Ilenrioh Hoch (36), whdv escaped from Pj-ft'ryn A led camp last Friday, was re- captured on Tuesday night by Jno. Lloyd, of Harlech, a discharged soldier and manganese worker, on the mountain above Cwmbyehan Lake, and the famous Roman step. The other eix ofHrers who were v.ith him when he were re- C.&L)t,ured fKtat Hbjl. r <

WELSHMEN FIGHT WELL. Some men of the Welsh Regiment (savs » War correspondent) fought very stoutly. But all behaved equally well, and all our men seem to fight in the same -way. weather at the front is dull and chilly, with a few light showers of rain during the night and morning.

LIQUOR LICENSES. The Council of Carmarthen Evangelical Churches have passed the following re60- hition That this Council discounten- anoes project of facilitating a reduo Eton of'liquor licenses' by means of com- pensation out of State funds." (Signed). J. Lewis, J.P., Gwynfryn, treasurer; Glyndwr Richards, secretary.

PROPERTY SALE. Mr. J. Pugh Williams conducted a sale I of cottage properties at the Marquis Arms, Fforestfaeh, on Tuesday evening. There was a large attendance, and the bidding brisk. No. 1, Aborgelly-terrace. Fforestfach, a freehold four-roomed dwelling-house, let at 8s. 6d. per fortnight, 1-indlord paying rates, together with a lot of land adjoining, having about 30 toet frontage and a depth of about 285 feet, was eold to Mr. William Jones, For- svstfach, for C240. No. 2, Abergelly-ter- rce. Fforestfach, a freehold four-roomed house, same rent, was sold to Mrs. M. Williams, Fforestfach, at the sum of £191. No. 3, Abrrgelly-terraee, Fforest- fach, a freehold four-r>x>m(?-d house, rent, was sold to Mrs. M. Williams, Ffor- estfach, at the sum of £190. No. 189, Middle-road, Cwmbwrla, a leasehold dwelling house, having 76 years lease to run, annual ground rent £1 4f; and estimated to let at 6s. per week, was sold to Mrs. M. Williams. Fforestfach, at thf sum of £167. Twynywaun." Ffor- estfach, a six-roomed dwelling lioii,-e, with ahout eiglit acres of land. hold on a lease for rl9 years from Marcli al. annual ground rent cf £J2. and now producing «• gross income of £ 31 10c., was withdrawn at W. n. f?/a#cis was the veftckNrji ealkutar. k Jf

1 INCREASED RATES SWANSEA COUNCIL'S DECISION CAUSE OF THE EXTRA SIXPENCE IN THE P, Moving the minutes of the Finance Committee, and chairmen of committees. and the adoption of the annual budget, at the Swansea Council on Wednesday, Councillor Maodouald said that the com- mittees had kept well within their esti- mates for the past year, and this had, of course, substantially helped in dealing with the next years's rates. I The increases in the estimates were as fo.Ilom-s:- Borough Rate jBl 0,606 District R-ate .2 4,829- Education X 6,143 Total £ 21,578 This represented an increase in the Corporation rates of 6d. in the £ this, with 4d. estimated increase in the Guar- dians* precents for the year. making a total increase of lOd. Of cofree the Cor- poration have no control over the ex- penditure of the Guardians. If a 10s. rate was levied it would repre- sent about 15 per cent. increase on 'the pre-war rate of 8s. 8d. The Corporation, in common with all other employers of labour, have had to pay bonuses to its employee, and this had approximately oost. to workmen, £2(1,500, or about a 9d. rate: to officials, £ 2,600, or. just over a penny rate. War allowances had also cost over £ 6.000, representing nearly a 3d. rate. I NOT UNREASONABLE. Bearing all these facts in mind, to- other with the enormously increased price of materials, and the lesser income trom many sources, the increase of rates by 15 per cent. over the pre-war rate was soot at all unreasonable, and only in ao- cord with the general increase in the price of everything and the reduced value of mofiey generally. The increased expenditure between 1912-13 and 1918-19 is about £ 57.000. of which the Guardians were responsible for £ 15,000, the Education Committee about £ 13,500, and the other Corporation committees about 128.500. After a very careful scrutiny, the Budget Committee were unable to offer any suggestions for reducing the esti- mates, but they had been successful in making an arrangement by which the total rates could be reduced by 4d. I INCREASED BY 6D. He moved the adoption of the minutes and the budget, with the exception that the figures of the precept for general dis- trict rate purposes ge amtnded to £ 104,7t>8, and that for the borough rate purposes to £ 35.578. The effect of this would be that the rates would be increased by 6d. only •for the'?naTdiaB? wa?M be r? 6p6 ?or '?3?, the 'Eduœtiôn emmit- tee ??d.. and the Corporation (general purposes) would be reduced by td. I MUCH MONEY SAVED. Mr. W.. W. Holmes seconded, and pointed out that the 13orough Traesurer had saved several thousands of pounds' expenditure. The rates had increased since the last six years by £ 67,000. Ox that £:O,utl\J jxad been incurred by grant- ing bounder to workmen; 913,000 was spent on tlie Education Committee, and £ 15.000 had gone to the Guardians. Con- sidering that during the War practically til the tramps had been cleared out of the country. (Proceeding.) I' OTHER MATTERS. New Delegates on Welsh I Memorial Council. There were no outstanding matters on the agenda for Wednesday's monthly meeting of the Swansea County Borough Council, but the matter likely to arouse most interest was the fixing of the amount of the rate for the coming year. The Mavor (Aid. Ben Jones) presided, and there were also present Aldermen J. Hillard, J. Devonald. M. Tutton. R. Mar- tin. W. H. Miles, Geo. Colwill. D. Jones, Councillors P. Molyneux, W. W. Holmes, W. Owen. T. Sheehan, Dd. Williams, T. W. Howells, Ivor Gwynne. J. H. Lee. D. J. Bassett, A. Sinclair, H. Macdonnell, W. L. Morgan, G. A. Hemming. G. Hill. D. Griffiths, John Lewis, J. Barclay Owen. D. Richards, J. Powlesland, T. J. Wilson, D. J. Davies, D. Matthews, Evan Jones. The Mayor expressed the Council's pleasure at hearing that Councillor Pro- theroe's son was now in Ceylon, and pro- gressing favourably. UNITED PRAYER MEETING. I His Worship also spoke of the success I of the united prayer meeting he had con- vened. It had been the means of uniting ihe sects, and successful meetings had been held. In these troublous days it had t been a source of great help. WELSH MEMORIAL, The Town Clerk said that the Council, 'I under the article of association of the Welsh National Memorial, was entitled to appoint to that body three members of the. Board of Governors and two members of the Council. The present members of the Governors were Messrs Dd. Matthewo, David Williams, and E. G. Protheroe, the fir6t two being also members of the Coun- cil of the Association. The last-named had resigned. It was agreed that the Council's representstivcis on the body be the Mayor and Messrs. Dd. Matthews and Dd. Williams. ESTATES COMMITTEE. It was noticed that the minutes of the I Estates Committee were moved by the Mayor, and not, as ii"-ual, by the chair- I man of that committee (Aid. Tutton). WIDENED APPROACH. I The following minute was referred to: The estate agent replied that owing to the fire which had recently taken place at these premises, it would be necessary they should be rebuilt, and that the Corporation be approached by Messrs. Edward England and Son, Ltd., and Mr. H. Maedonell, the occupiers of adjacent premises, with a view of widen- ing the present approach to their pr mises." Mr. Maedonell and Mr. Steve Morgan attended before the committee to support the necessity for widening. Resolvod that subject to Mr. Frank Tay- lor agreeing to rebuild that portion of the Lion Stores, now let to him en a yearly tenancy of S30 per annum, in such a way as to set back the new building tr. ia next ooluoux. ) v tW.\iw 1A g,e¡;t oolumJl..)..r <

the pink line shown on the line produced the premises to be let to him for a term of 16 yeare from the 25th Maroh, 1918, at the yearly rent of Y,25. I ALD. TUTTON RESIGNS. Ald. Tutton eaid he found it impossible t,) continue the chairmanship, and he re- signed. He had sent his resignation to the Mayor a week ago. The Mayor: That is not a master for the Council. Mr. D. Williams: I wonder whether you as Mayor have power to accept the resignation without it going before the Committee. The Mayor: That i6 just what I said. Ald. Tutton: If this minute had not been here I would have allowed the matter to stand over until the next meet- ing of the Committee. But as it ig" I might have been taken as an assenting j i-.rty, and therefore 1 sent in nij- resigfi^ t ion. The minutesJBIfre k*