The Cambria Daily Leader

PLENTY OF RESERVES ? Confidence of the Italian ,-t Command. ENEMY'S BID FOR MONTELLO. Last night's news shows that the Austrians have reached the crest of the Montello height, an important position in the plain on the west bank of the IMave. Otherwise they have made relatively-little progress- The battle continues furiously along the course of the .Louver l'iave, where the Italians appear to be holding the enemy well in check. The eneinv claims to have captured the. much-disputed bridgehead of Capo Sile, about tifteen ndeS east of Venice as the crow-flies.' Router's Special Correspondent, reviewing the battle to-day, savs that after two days' and hn' nights 1ofdespcrnt ?nghting,. bhb Austnan th?it after tni-o dq?-s' illt d ili g o offensive has achieved no essential success. Held up, and. then driven back after Sunday's lighting, the enemy hurled into the fray new ,di- visions to resist the Italian counter-attacks. LAST NIGHT'S ITALIAN OFFICIAL. ROME, Monday (received Tuesday). The Italian Supreme Command issued the following communique this even- ing On the mountainous front, and on the Montello, the enemy did not renew hÏ6 infantry attacks during the day. Successful tlirusts were carried out by our troops. We occupied eeveral posi- tions, capturing machine-guns and some hundreds' •oi- prisoners. Important actions developed south of Montello, and along tho Yliare, in the zone between Zenson and Kossalta, but the enemy was everywhere popped by our'counter-attacks, and left in our hands several hundreds of prisoners. A ( tempts to cross the river between Ma«crada and Parrdeluc were bloodily re- pul-fd the Loi?-er lian-c )t [,.or in the (,qur.(- of dev-elop- On the Lower Piave other C0ullter-offensi,e adions in the <.ur of develop- ment resulted in advantages for us. PLENTY OF RESERVES READY. ,¡ Yi- th ihe exception of the Piave position the Italian command feels (Illite com- fortable ahout the situation. They haye plentr of re server, and are confident thev can avoid any serious, danger.. Montello is an important position .because it is the shortest way to the plaift, and it that is obtained the whole L'iave line might he turned. Tht-t was the danger, but the position, though giymg cause for anxie-ty, WM not extremely serious. It. was possible that the Austrian advance there would be stopped. So far it has been very slow, not more than lour miles having been covered.. The impression is that on the British front the Austnuns suffered a severe defeat. Thore are reports that the Slovaks are blowing, up Austrian 11lunition, dumps. Wth the exception of the area around Montello the situation affords real satis- faction. THRILLING SPEECH BY THE PREMIER. Great Scene in the Italian Chamber. ROME, Sunday (received Tuesday). 1 In the Chamber to-day, the Prime Minis- tor, Signor Orlando, paid that thepolicy of the Government towi.rds the nationali- ties oppressed bf Austria-tfhingary was in- ^rtjred by a fueling of deep solidarity with j tnein and very lively' sympathy- for their cause. The victory of the Entente will guar- antee to these noble nations the realisa- tion ot their aspiration. They can abso- lutely rely upon this solemn promise of the EJntente." Loud cheers.) C" The Premier went on to attirm the unity of all classes in Italy, and added: The Government will neglect no opportunity of concluding a just and honourable peace, but I assure Parliament and the country, in the. most forma) manner, that not ft single possibility of an honourable peace, I. as ever yet shown itself. With reference to certain co-called peeco offers, eren the Pari-Perinan Pcess 'itself must have knovn that thpsewcrp solely politi- ,cal.lù8.n(eu,-re.s. I Th? Central ro?rs ?ish?d to offer France and Italx-, tbe?, hoped were defeated and smashed, the possibility not cf peace hut of capitulatIOn. I h Gov- einm?nt. hoover, is certain it is inter- preting the fientiiueiits of all Italians when it declares that the annihilation of a people is preferable to a dishononrablf a p-,ol)ie is prefcj-al)le to a But, without inopportune boasting, in the presence of the marvellous stand of our Army, we can be confident that, in # few days. Corporetto will be avenged.'1 • (The Deputies here rose to their feet and .peered enthusiastically, those in the galleries joining in the cries of "Long live Italy! BRIDGES CUT BEHIND THEM. Plight of Enemy Troops Who Crossed Piave. (From the Press Association' Special Correspondent with the Italian Army, jupet lljth (received Tuesday). t It is now possible to get some general idea as to the object aimed at by the enemy in the offensive yesterday. The attack was carried out over a very wide front. Excluding the affair in the Tonale r«*pion, which may be its an Isolated attempt at recovering tha posi- tion recently ,lv.st, it appear* that for about IOij kilometres, from the Val Laga- xina'to the eea, the enemy were feeling in every sector, and it may be said at once that they met with singularly small success. In the mountain sector they Rained 50 6light temporary advantage at one or two places, but the Italians noon re-.Sta I)Iic, lied their old position almost, in every instance. The Austrian? held for :t while the Col Moschin, an im- portant height dominating the enst side, of the Lower Brenta- Valley, but a eouDter-attark recovered this position, the los-s of if hieh might have caused some trouble. in this region, known as the Grappa sector, which lies between the valleys of the Brenta and the Piave, there was some heavy fighting. Jut a time again the Austrians established a footing in our salient .-iü front of Grappa, held a;' an oliserva- on poet, but were again driven out, leav- ing behind some 500 prisoners. Turther east there were seieral-atteniptr. to cross I the Piave line. HEAVY SMOKE BOMBARDMENT. On the right of Montello the enemy ?uccMded. by the use of a ? heavy emoka bombardment in getting Mreral deta(.'h-I ments across the river cn either fide of the pmall town of NerreM. and gammg a fem^oHiry lioid ent-he north-east corner of Montello Ridge. Further down j thf stream they also succeeded in effecting a cresting in-the m.ighhÐtÝrlQ..14. of, :Fag- arc; and i'opsa-ltfti. These positions, are not likely now to yield them much profit. 111-e ntosi remarkable thing about the offen- sive has been the spirit shovrn by the Italians, and their readiness for iru- mediate. counter-attacks. The, mere fact- thai; already they have taken more than prisoners is eloquent, and itsm tolerably safe to prophesy, that an attack- ing army-which 100000s prisoners to this extent in the first day of an offensive is not; likely to carry on the attack very lenp. HAVOC. WROUGHT BY AIRMEN. As things stand Bo* the. only point where the enemy can claim to have ac- complished anything are these few I-Oints widely separated where they have succeeded in effecting lodg- ment on the south bank of the Piave River. Italian and Allied air- I Hen have.howeve r, been busy destroying the few gangways and .pontoon bridges they threw across, and playing on the tioops assembled in their neghbourhood with machine guns With their bridges cut behind fhem the enemy position this side of the river is not likely to be | comfortable, and already, severa l' cases their men have had to take to th? water in order to epcape the counter-at- taiks launched promptly against them. Inless they can establish solid bridge- heads where they have croesod and get th;ir guns across, especially on to the sinrdl section of the Montello, which they still hold, their crossing will probably have no other eifect but; to add to the number of prisoners. On the whole, the events of yesterday and this morning have done much to confirm the general opinion cf ihe extraordinary spirit and dash of the Italian Army. LAUGHING AND JOKING. No praise could be too high for the obeeri: illness of the infantry,, who ad- vanced to the attack laughing and joking, and, as an 'officer said to me, the artil- lery were worthy of the infafitry. In many instances a detachment of our in- ¡ i an try resisted gallantly ..in aheil-hokar ithough surrounded by the e-my, and were rescued subsequently when the enemy was driven back by a counter-at- tack. NO NERVOUSNESS NOW. Before this battle it is not t:óo much t6 say there bad been a certain nervousness t6 to how the Italians would stand heavy gas shelling. Masked fighting, ie a form of warfare that demands a certain amount of practice, and hitherto the Italians have not had the same amount of experience of various foring of gas aemost of their Allies owing to the fact, that mountain warfare docts not lend itself so readily to th is form of -attack as fighting on the plain. The Italian troops, however, stood the ordeal very well. It is worthy of. re- mark that the Austrians also on this occa- sion used the services "of their airmen' to attack troops massed and on the march from low altitudes with machine-gun fire. But the. Austrian aviators have never Itoen too fortunate, in their opera- tions on this front. They 'lost no fewer than 31 machines yesterday.

OVER £ 4,000,000. l TTp to the present over £ 1,000,000 has I been raised for National War Bonds by the tankis touring in South Wales.

MILITARY WEDDING. I There was an interesting military redding at St. Thomas' Church, K<th, on Tuesday morning the contracting Parties being Lieut. Ivor Anthony, Arthur-street, Neath, and Miss Dorothy Davies, eldest daughter of Mr. John Davies, Engineer, Neath. The bride was given away by her father, and was charmingly gowned. Pte. Glyn Jenkins. h,m.w leave from Salonika, was the besj and K-cv. H. Richards officiated.

HIS 33rd VICTIM. I Part. Tuesday.—The papers repqrt that flight-Lieut. Madon has gained his 33trl air victory.

WILLING TO JOIN. 1 JoEn Morgan, Llwyn-road, Cwmgorse, a CO. who had been arrested as a military absentee, was brought np before the Amm&Dford m-azietratm on Monday. The chairman (Mr. A. E. Du Buisaon) fitate<J that he w&s given to understand that the defendant was willing now to go to the army and report himself at Car- marthen Barr"ks.-The defendant nodded assent, and hp was rpmanded so as to pro- ceed vithout an woit. (

24 TONS OF BOMBS DESTRUCTION WROUGHT RY NAVAL AIRMEN LONDON Tuesday. The,Adni-li-alty announces that i i-cni inst weather conditions have somewhat hindered operations by our isaival Air Force. Bombing raids were, howcvpr. carripd out on-various objec- tives. Good results were obtaineu and hit observed;. aiiiong other places, on the Mole at Zeeln-u^ge and the lock gates at Bruges ^i)bcK». ♦. There were burats nortb-eaet of (jua y and along- i side the. west basin and the-north Barse, | the*eastern-sid<j cf the dock, on land beJ tween-the-north and-No. 3 Duret", oil tlia quay and the-south end-of the east basin. The railway station at Thorout was also hit. In all, nearly 24-tons of bombs were dropped, and all our n;achines re turned a{]r except one. Bombs were also dropped on encniV j veesels.

SPEEDING UP. I 16 Steel Sh?ps Built in U. S. ;n-I 14 Days. ?l WASHINGTON, Tuesday. The Shipping Board announces that 16 fiteel of a deadweight touHage of 89,162, werecQrnpleted and delivered in th~j first two weeks of June.—Exchange.

LQDGrER & THE NOTES. I Mansalton Landlady's Re- I markable Story. At Swansea on Tuesday Thomas Wor- r"tll, tailor, was charged with ,-iealing $17 l(fe. in notes from 16, Ap- proach-road, Maneelton, the property of Ann, Mart., Mr. Rupert Lewis, who prosecuted, said tl.at defendant, who said he was a dis- chayged soldier, had come to lodge with I.i,er.. Ozt, Sunday eveping she went to ch^pol. leaving the money in a bag. She i afeo left defendant inithe house. He said he-was not going out. V7hen she came bnck s-he found defendant and the money missihg. I When arrested by the police defendant cbsferved that it was-the biggest mistake they, had ever made in their lives. But 13s. 9d. was found in his pockets, and. hidden in his right storing a wallet con-, ttihingH £ 1 Treasury notes. Defendant IAO-A-led guilty and had nothing to eay. He was remanded for a week. •

LOFTB FTHONDDA. I Disquieting NcWs of Health of Food Controller. 'I' TkoiPress Association:^ Cardiff corre- spoitident' telegraphs that Viscount dda's condition on Tuesdry gave rise to anxirt. t

HFS ONLY EXCUSE. M 11 ? I ?. Annie Rèèe. à itÏ1!gl? twran, of Bryre- I he\1",)g, Blaenavi, applied for a paternity order against Thomas Jones, Park-street, at- the Ammanford Poliea Court on Mon- <i»r.- S. GtiffitJl, for the girl, said tfee ^ferwianiY only eictise for not marry- ing her was thnt it was war time, and he ooult not afford it.—An order of i5. weekly with expenses was made.

WALES IN THE, ABBEY. I The W<?h Pri?ners of War Fund ha* arranged a Welsh Coronation Day Cele- bration a1 W(?tmin:tpr Ah)?y next Saturday. The King and Queen cannot attrnd. bui, Queen Alexandra and Prin- ofljss Victoria have promised to be pre- sent. Mr. Ben Davies will sing Hen Wlad fy Nhadau." the'Welsh choirs join. ing in the chorus. The Welsh Guards Band will play, and the sermon will be preached by the Lord Bishop of St. David's.

SIR A. PAGET DEAD. The Press Association says Admiral Sir I Alfred Paget, T).S .O.. died suddenly 'in London on Monday night. Deceased, who was 66. had been in very indifferent health for some time. He was the second wn of I the late General Lord Alfred Henry Paget, and nrandeon of the first Marquis of Anglesey. He entered the Navy in 1865. Acfrod in the Egyptian War (1882), in EF.stern fioudan apd Suakin. For the lat- ter he was mentioned in despatches. He vrafl on officer of the-Legion of Honour.

AWARDS OF THE M.S.M. r New official liet:- R.Q.M.S' h. J1. Benallick, Welsh Regi- ment. Sketty I C.S.M: J. B<x!innar: K.E.. Pembroke c .g.M: J. 'PNlinuar,.E.. PeiL-I.Iro k e 5231' Pte .E. Bopd.Devon Regiment, Swansea. » Seri wne. Welsh Regimeuf. f'WJlhj-Olre Tk>(. k. 25>fJ21 Let,cpl. V. Cole, R.E., Llanellv. Sergt. T. E. • Davics, Labour Corps, Fwjinsea. S'ergt. "W. T. Daviee, Welsh Regimen Swansea".

TH IE E LE M E NT OF DO U BT. At Amfnaniord Police Court on Mon- day Esther Davies, • Mill-road, Bettws, I n.f'd. for separation from husband, David Davics, on the ground of his deser- tron. Mr. S. GrifFith defended.—Defen- dant de/nied that., he either threatened or i ?tead? 1"0 (?e?ert hi? wife, ?"d had he not received the summons he would have been home as'usual over the last wee):- ?nd. All' he ?ftnt?d w?? that she should come a?d live with him at Cross Handg.- The; Bench dMidcd. that the chnrge of dose-tion was Hot sufficiently established. although t,her»> was considerable doubt. I Thy hoped the man would yet provide A home for his wife, and treat her as such. •

| TECHNICAL COLLEGE. ol The thoroughness of the work done during the last winter session at the evening .classes of the. Swansea Technical College is beginning to yield highly eatie- factory results, as the, following lift of students, who were successful at the recent Pitman's Miss Gertrude M. Hill and Mr. W. J. Cox obtained the teacher's diploma, and certificate^ for the following speeds were awarded tü Wm. G. Ree« (140 words per miisufe), Edith Sinnett' (120), Wm. J. Cox (120). Emmie Foxall (100), Doris Morris fM), MarT H. Williams (Otl), Gwen Trevor Harper (91)), The results of the London Cbamber of Commerce and Keyal Society of Arts examinations have not jot L I-e,&n puL-lished.; ■^

STILL A LULL /TC"DAY'S OFFICIAL NEWS r FROM FRANCE I ONLY LOCAL OPERATIONS TO-DAY'S BRITISH OFR-ICIAL. ? A .? A hostile raid was .repulsed- by us last my lit fr.outh-east of Villers Uretoruieux. We • secured a few prisoners. Other | prisoners and a machine gun were taken 1>7 our troops in successi'ul raids soutlt- wcAt 'of Albert and in the. neighbourhood 0: Noyennvsllc, also in -patrol encounters "a st of Xioppe Forest. > Hostile artillery was more active than usual last night in the Ancre Valley, t-yutli of Albert, and showed wme acti- vity also west of For pa. I TO-DAY'S FRENCH OFFICIAL. I couth oi the Aisrie we succeeded in a local operation to the soutii of Amblciiv and the east-of • Mont Govert. W (J took about 100 pi'isor r.s i?iclndin^ twu officers. Between tlio. Uuvfij and tlie Macne our patrols captured some prisoners; Th« night was calm on the rest of the front. FRENCH OFFICIAL. I Paris, Monday, 11 p.m.—Between the Oise and the A isnc- we repulsed enemy counter-attacks nortli of Haute Braye and on801idated OHr pains of this morning. The number of prisoners which we undo in this r?ion amounts to 370. Twenty- five ma'hiJ1-glms and eight trench mor- tars remained in otir hands. BRITISH OFFICIAL. I General l.fcadciuarters, franco, Mon- day, 7.29 p.m.—-The enemy raided one of our posts last night east of ITebuterne. One of our men is missing. Another hostile raiding party attacked our lines north of the Sommc early this niorniny and was repulsed. Beyond the usual artillery activity on both sides thHe is nothing further to report. Uncertain weather interfered with aer- ial operations on the 16th inst., but a good deal of observation for artillej-y li rp was car: led cut by our aoroplanos and bal- loons. numerous photographs wrrc taken, and many useful reoncnaissances accom- plished by our maciiines. Enemy aircraft were active at times on the northern portion of the Eritish front and in the French battle zone. Eleven hostile machines f-'e-re destroyed by us in air fighting, and nine driven down out of control. One German balloon was brought dowTI in flames. In addition, one hostile machine was shot down and another drivfn down out of control by onr anti- aircraft fire. We let ten machines during the day, f-i-T of which were working south of Mont- didier. We dropped 22 tens of bombs by day and 12 tons during-the following night, heavily attacking the railways at Armen- lieres. Est«ires: Comines, and Courtrai, and tfhe docks at Brutree. Two of our night flying i-naehinet failed to return. CLEMENCEAU SATISFIED. I The Echo do Paris reports on Tues- day that M. Ciemencer.u returned from the front on Sunday and expressed hi-m- «e;f satisfied. M. Tardieu, the French High Commissioner-to the United States, who I accompanied the Premier declared, the paper ,-E.r; that too ni.ich emphasis could not be laid on the exceptional importance of the results d' the counter-attack by some of General Mnn'jin's divisions last week against Ton Hutiers right lfanlt. Tt was » roesrnificent. operation. M. Tar- dieu said, which pinned the enemy down and .caused the failure of his dtive against Compiegne. German officers tahpn prifonprs did not hide their disappointment at not kaving reached this objective. 11. Tardieu added that nearly 80.000 Germans bad been pnt out of action in the offensive between Montttidier and Noyon. M. Marcel Hutin concludes his review of the military operations in the Kcho (lc Pnris" with the remark: The ques- tion of Japanese intervention is taking a good turn."

HEAVY ENEMY LOSSES. I 80,000 Between Montdidier and Noyon. PARI. Tuesùav. I M. Marcel Hutin, in the "Echo de Paris," says: The Ontral lowers are putting forward their full efforts. Hin- denburg. after ordering the Crown Prince to take Compiegne and march on Paris, is planning to take Calais. Meanwhile the Austrians are attempting to eeize Venice and Verne. Consequently our line of battle exteHds from C&laie to I ■Viiii ce. u: Clemenceau said: One- cannot exag- gerate the exceptional importanc-R of the counter-attack., by some of-our divisions last week which totally thwarted the enemy's, drivi, on Compiegne. In the course of the offensive between Montdidier, and XOYOIl the enemy lost nearly 80,(XH>mcn.—Exchange. I

MISS PANKHURST & WALES. Speaking at'a women's meeting at the Pavilion on Monday, Miss Christ a bel Fankhiftst said women did not approve of Federalism", which only meant a smash- ing up. Why should Wales have a sep- arate Parliament? Did it look as if we cenlfl do witboiit We]6bmen,at Westmin- ster ?

POWER OF PRAYER. Swansea Series of Welsh Meetings. Arrangements' having been made to hold a series of Welsh prayer- meetings in Swansea mueji interest was aroused among the local churches of all denomi- nations, and the first of the series of Cyrddau Gweddi Cymraeg" at Eben- ewr on Monday was attended by between 400 and 500 people. The service was of a very impressive character anl typically Wel6h throughout, and it is fully ex- expected that the prayer meetings which are to be continued nightly, at 7.30 p.m. until and including Friday, at EI)enezer, will be still more numerously attended. 86 they are united gatherings in every sense, and prayer meetings have for generations been typical of the best side of the life of the Cymric churches. And, as the promoters of these meetings, in their announcements pointed out, there certainly never ?as a time when Divine (juinl1¿e was more necessary than now.

I THE TRUM, CARD GERMAN DREAD OF U.S. REINFORCEMENTS A special telegram to the Echo de Paris on Tuesday says that in contrast to the enormous enthusiasm aroused on the occasion of the- first offensive the eeeond halt has created reaction in the public mind. The internal situation in Germany is grave. The people no longer believe vic- tory possible, and dread the arrival of the powerful American divisions, who wiil supply the decisive trump card in favour of the Allies.

TO-DAY'S NEWS IN BRIEF Lewi sham Borough Council proposes to experiment'with a municipal piggery. Two day's tram strike in-Wigan meant a loss-of over iluOO to the Corporation. Stevenage (Herts) food inspe-etor re- ccived a complaint that a boy would not eat his dinner Mr. Lloyd George was received in audi- ence by the King at Buckingham Palace on Monday evening. Sir William Crookes, O.M., kept his Seth birthday on Monday at his house in Kensington Park-gardens. I It was not intended to adjourn on July 4 American Independence Day, eaid Mr. Bonar Law in the Commons. For unlawfully using the letters O.II.M.S." on a van at Wycombe, Geo; Butcher, a contractor, of Gloucester, was fined £ 5. Barmouth and Harlech farmers refuse too employ German prisoners as a protest agajnsfc calling-up farm hands before the harvest. Lieut. E. G. McGillwery and Lieut. C. I'. Watch horn were killed through their aeroplane crashing at Thorneycroft, nlar Maccjesfield. T'he Bishop of Llandeff consecrated a memorial chapel at Baseeleg, erected by Lord Tredegar to the memory of hi-s fa the-r and uncle. The Press Association has been informed by Scotland Yard that two German pri- soners of war who escaped from Shrews- bury Camp have been recaptured. In memory of the late Rev. R. C. Kirk- pa trick, M.A.. founder of St. Augustine's. Kilburn, a Calvary is to be erected cut- side the church, at a cost of £ 1,200. The Bear Hot, Lewes, and a corn mer- chant's store were destrooved by fire early on Tuesday morning. Damage estimated at between .£lS.OOO and £ 20,000 was done. Mr. Clynes states he is aware that 80 per cent. of the output of soap is in cer- tain hands, but every precaution will he taken to safeguard the smaller manu- facturer. Commander Hilton Young, M.P., who took part in the attack on Zeebrugge, where he lost an atpi, was cordially greeted on returning to the Houfce of j Commons. 1

16 LIVES LOST. I British Mercantile Cruiser I Torpedoed. The admiraltv announces:— His Majesty's armed mercantile cruiser l'atia (Acting Capt. W. G. Howard, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine on the 13th inst. One officer and 15 men (including eight of the mercantile crew) are missing an-J presumed drowned. The next-of-kin have been informed. The ratia was a steel twin-screw steamer, of fi,103 tons, registered at Bel- faet, and built only five years ago.

A NEWSPAPER REPORT. Action Against a Swansea I Journal. Mr. W. W. Brodie conducted a Sheriff's Court at Lianellv on Tuesday, when Mary Ann Llewelyn, Goitrewen Farm, Llau- genncc'i, proceeded against the South Wales Daily Post Co. for 2250 damages in respect of libel. Mr. Rowland Thomas, outlining the caee for plaintiff, eaid that Mrs. Llew- elyn acted as housekeeper in the house of a Mr. and Mrs. Paynter. The latter two had some differences, and through no fault of Mrs. Llewelyn, her name was mentioned in connection with divorce proceedings between the parties. Mrs. Llewelyn asked, for leave to interyene, eo that ii' the dispute were entered into she rould bo entitled to deny any charge? in court. The dispute, however, fell to other ground, and the whole of the charges were withdrawn on both sides. In Feb- ruary Mrs. Paynter brought proceedings -at Llanelly against her husband for de- scrtwfi, amLnt the hearing it was made clear that all charges in the divorce pro- ceedings had been withdrawn. In the "Daily Post" report of the case the headline, Living with Hou-sekecper" "was used and in the report itself it was said that Mrs. Paynter proceeded against her husband on the ground of adultery Plaintiff having given evidence, Mr. D, Davies said that unfortunately he bad a very serious illness lost year. In Feb- ruary. 1918. he was no well enough to devote the whole of his time to look after the newspaper; and, in addition, the staff had been lcplcted owing to the war. The report, came from a IJanelly reporter, who, for many years, lie had found to be most careful and reliable. His attention, was iirst called to the report on February M. and on February 16 an apolovy ap- peurd Mr. Sair.sop submit' that Mr; j UeweUyn had not .su?ercd mpterin! in-, juries, and that as far as thi m:\Her :!S concerned, phe had achieved her aim d clearing her untainted character. It was frankly admitted that a mistake was made by the passman. Jury awarded I'll") damages.

I nfEO AT YARMOUTH. The parents of Pte. Wm. Oliver Smith (IS), Welsh Regiment, who reside at 3, Llangyfelach-road, Swansea, have been notified of his death, which took place in hospital at Yarmouth on Monday. lie was only called up last month. He worked at the Morfa.

I LOCAL GUNNER WOUNDED. Gunner T. D. Wilkins. R.F.A., son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins, 63a, New House, I Dyfatty-street, Swansea, is suffering from a gas shell wound sustained on May 25th. He is at a base hospital in France. Be- fore enlisting he was employed at Ea;t- maii's. Ltd., Swansea.

THE MADSEN GUN. Xa ih^ HoTsee of Commons on Tues- i&y, Mr. 'Maepherwn said he was not It preset able to make any st-aie. I, brent regarditig1 tho the Vfad- thn gun m France, but a report liad baas sent to liead^TiaTters. I NEWMARKET MEETING. S to i 1:111 i > > f t » ■ • • 1 I: '.J: 4 PAPER SHORTAGE. Returns" are. Prohibited- after June 24th. Help your Newsagent by Ordering yotir "Leader" now; it is the only way of making certain. Order To-day your "Leader," tiio Paper with the Latest Newc, and help your Newsagent.

I TO-DAY'S ALLOTMENT HINT. ( In many gardens Ti -,I a 11 otments t• •s season the beds of'pprins sown tiiioir- fo badly infested "Rith the or.i:>:i n rot n?.tob?pncticany • worthies^. W:?° this is tbe- r.a". it 'is theb,t 1",1i,() h.?thpninpaQd b'nnth?;n.<?'?? :1T" attacked it is imviossiblc- to ,save tliem. Qwing to the high price ararcitv of this crop it is necessary T everyone to g-rcw as many as are likely lo He required, an'd where'the first bed h;;s had to >be destroyed, a fresh site .shouirl be selected and well prepared, and healthy yoiing plants-obtained. These rfiouId bp planted when the soil is in a moist con- dition. For some unknown reason trans- planted- onions are seldom attacked. b'it it is always wise to take preventative measure*: .FrN-ii.eptlr dusting .t,be rows with soct and salt is one of the best, as the mix- ture assists the 'gilow'th-of-,t'he plints inct is obnoxious to the flv. Spreading small pieces of charcoal 'ilong the sides of the 'rows has been found effective, as the fly lays its eggs on the charcoal, instead of on 'the-onions. When the grubs hatch out they quickly die for want of food. All weeds and rubbish should be regularly ctearpd from the.vicinity, of the onion bed, and thinnings should never be left lying* about, as the are likely to attract the fly. .Grower."

FREEDOM OF NEATH. The Neath Town Council on Tuesday decided to confer # the freedom of the town upon the Treutier on the occasion of his visit to the National Eisteddfod.

FORMER SWANSEA VICAR. In the re<'('n+ dispatch from Palestine for distinguished. and gallant services i6 the IInw, of tle Rev. H. H. Williams. Mr. Williams W.86 for eight TeaT" vicar and curate of St. John's.. Swansea.

"WELL iJONE,,GORSEINON. Mr. Lloyd George has s*nt a telegram to Mr. 1). Harris'Bo wen,' hon. eecretary of the Gorseinon War Savings Committee •vngratulatiirg -him upon the successful viit. Of"1he, Tank. The arrouxit,invest,-(] represented C32 per head of population— s record fcr the country.

SWANSEA VETERANS. At the Swansea Police Court on Tues- day Mr. Jenkin Jones, the magistrates' 61erk, was congratulated on the attain- ment at his 'ilth' birthday. Mr. J. W. Jones spoke of him as one of the premier magistrates' clerks in the Principality. A tribute was also paid to Mr. Win. Lewis, J.P.f Morristcn, who sat on the Bench. Mr. J. W. Jones said he hoped to ha'-e the congratulating both old boys many times again.

BETTWS EISTEDDFOD. 'The annual cis'fdafod in a id cf Ole Pettws ?oMicr?' and Sailor^. Fnnd "« s. tn- ? in-rapel tl-,c H?-v. V. Eichnrd.-Brynffiri..(in the abbence of Dr P Price) 'being the nftcrnoon ure-i??ft. =r;l Mr. T M. F?'?nR. ? 't the !"YP11iJl presi- dent, G¡lym Mvrddin and'Mr..Vbel Morc^c. (Bstt?p) wer the conductors, :md Th<- ?d- iudicators were:—Music. Mr J.-Optn?n's fFforeatfach) and Mi Poiand Hm-'iirs amman)- pcniMicn sinEinf. Mr T. B Lewis iTyeroPs: literature. Gwili (Cardtff? r('cta- tion. Mr J..Rob.'rt? (Glanamman) The :?f- Mnip^nisis wcr? Mr. A. Mcsps and 1''? f?n?"n Wi!]iams (B?tt?f and ib(? h&rTnst Mr George Arfryn Thoma, Awards:- Juvenile choir: Rwtws (Mr. Arthur and Gianamman (Mr Morcan Danie!«) wprf; the ronvDet-ing' choirs, and-the sward went, to the Bett.w." choir. Soprano solo: Madame Vaiat7baii Joshua Bettws Contralto solo: Madame Ceinwpn Tliorrfls. Gwanncaeeur- wen. Tenor solo- Mr Stephen Boperscn, Glanamman. BaM solo: Mr. Dyfront Davios. Peny^roes. Xpvice solo: Divided between Miss Linie James. Garnant. and Mr. Dan Davies, Glanamman. Solo (nndfr 6*: Miss Louisa Davies Ef-ttws. Solo (un- dcr 13): 1. Do.-is Jones, Brynamman: 2. Decima. Morean. LTandebie. Penillion «ina- ing: Mr. PiebEird Mortraii. Brynammaa. i Poem: Mr. D R Griffiths rAmanwy". who j wa<! chaired with thf- cut?omAri eerrino- Tliål Ijvr<c- Am?iwr Ptom?: Mr. BDD?ey Jones. Brttws Cbiet fpot?nor?- Mt EvtT? WaltCJ Thomlis Aramar.ford S^citatlnir. i ruder ti6) Miw- Olwen Bees. jci;ntion ;under 12;: Willie llorga: Fincii-t