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ASTRONOMICAL NOTES. I (By ARTHUR MEE.) I MERCURY IN TRANSIT. I The planet Mercury crossed the Sun 's [ disc November 7th, a phenomenon which will not occur again till 1927, by which date I hope the war will be over. An old astronomical and meteoro- logical observer—Mr. R. Kenrick, of The Deva, Aberystwyth—viewed the latter part of the transit, viz., from 1.13 to 2.8 p.m., with his 2in. telescope. He Saw nothing of particular note, nor did I with a Gin. at Llanishen; indeed, it was only towards the end that the planet showed up fairly well through the haze. As a mere spectacle it was a disappointment, and not nearly so in- teresting as the transit of Venus which I observed at Llanelly in 1882. The previous transit of Mercury (1907) was invisible at Llanishen owing to cloud, but the Rev. W. E. Winks, at Roath Park, contrived to catch a fleeting glimpse of it. Mr. T. K. Jenkins observed the recent transit at Nantvglo. First contact de- tected, 9.57 a.m.; a few seconds later the planet was completely on the solar disc. About 10 o'clock some birds crossed the disc, beautifully in focus with the Sun and the planet. The lat- ter appeared perfectly round and black, with no bright centre. Later, Mr. Jenkins had to leave the telescope. Mr. 0. J. Owen observed, at Aber- gavenny, under most favourable con- ditions, with power 50 on a 3in. Wat- son refractor. No trace of halo or bright spot noticed. So far as our little circle is concerned, it is evident that the transit presented none of those ab- normal features sometimes reported. METEORS. I I am specially anxious to secure as many notes of Meteors as possible, and have tho authority of Mr. Denning (to whom all such are sent) for saying that accurate particulars as to time and path are of value; so will readers please note that here is good work wait- ing them which needs no instrument. September 20th, 8.2 p.m.—Mr. Percy Wilkins at Llanelly saw a small but rather bright meteor pass from just above Polaris in a direction parallel to (the Great Bear; duration, 5 seconds: ^track. about 12 degrees. Mr. Wilkins adds: Quite a number of small meteors have been seen near Polaris and Ursa Major lately." October 25th, 9.30 p.m.—Small meteor seen at Llanishen in the south, pursuing a leisurely horizontal course from east to west, in the direction of Jupiter. „ November 3rd, 7.5 p.m.—Mr. W. J. Perkins saw, at Dinas Powis, a bluish meteor pursuing a curved path near the Great Bear. November 27(th.—Mr. J. T. Lewis, at Treboeth, Swansea, saw two fine meteors starting from a point higher than Arcturus, pasing through Cassio- pein, and travelling towards the tail of Ursa Major. Time, 10.16. nd 10.35 p.m. The second meteor was the brighter of the two. AN ASTRONOMICAL ALARM. j Astronomical phenomena arc much I less frequently heard than se?n but on the evening of October 15th a urebaH came to the ground in Lancashire with I a great noise. Particulars of the re- markable occurrence will be found in the scientific Press, and need not be j repeated here. Mr. Kenrick, who was staying near Liverpool, sends an amus- ing account of the fright people had. between the" great shooting sound and the vivid sf reak .of light." A Zeppelin was. of course, the popular explanation of the affair: but even the Ivaiser has no control over meteorites. COMET DEL A VAN. This object was observed at Llan-jl ishen on various dates in October and early in November. The nucleus, though stellar under low power, sr(',med I to dissolve away completely with I, higher magnification. Why is this? Mr. Owen, Abergavenny, informs me his impression was that the head was growing morn fan-like in sha.pe and j larger, and instead of a spread-out mass of light in the head it is now a bril- liant point, of light like a star." Mr. |Owen forwards a kekh, as also does forn?-ards a ,is .i l ?zo d, ) c- I SATCRN. :i. The Ringed Planet is now a fine ob- ject in the eastern liravens, and more than makes up for the departure of Jupiter. Tho ring system is about as widely open as it ispossiblo to and in nay Gin. Irving, with power ovnr j 300, i-s a deeply interesting spectacle.. Even a 2in. telescope will show some- i thing of Saturn just now. I hope cor- respondents will forward notes and sketches, as the opposition is so llll- usually favourable. THE WEATHER. r October was on the. whole a pleasant month in this district, with a good number of dull days, and about" the middle of the month very dark nights. Autumn tints were very pretty. To- wards the end of the month the weather grew "colder. The 25th was very dark and gloomy in Salop, with thick mist and heavy rain. November produced some very cold days, several squally with hPftvy Fit-ill. On the 5th, at 5 p.m.. there was a vio- | lent local shower at -Llanishen. Faint lunar halo 4th..

SAVED HIS PAL. CARDIFF MAN'S PLUCK AT THE FRONT. WOUNDED DINAS POWIS I SOLDIER'S STORY.. I IVith a severe bullet wound in his left arm, Private John Ellis, of the 2nd Welsh Regiment, has returned to his home in Cardiff-road, Dinas Powis. He was, to use his own words, "howled off" late one Sunday night whilst on listBnîng posst duty, near a hay rick, during the 2nd Welsh's operations on the Aisne. His arm was smashed, and he thinks it is the work of a sniper. Private Ellis witnessed Lieut-Col- Frank Gaskell (then Captain) meet with his mishap in the war. The Captain, he said. was walking through a lane, when one of the men of the Welsh, named Davies, informed him that he could see a sniper. The man lent the officer his rifle, and when Cap-1 tain Gaskell got on the bank to take a shot, he fell back wounded into the trenches. ''On the second day when we wero in I action," Private Ellis told a "Barry Dock News" reporter, Vsix thousand tshells came over from the Germans, out only two horses were killed, and one man wounded. I was in an arch- way in the village one day, when a piece of shell exploded by me, wounded a chap who was a few yards away in the leg and it knocked me in the side, making a big bruise. "We went from the village into the trenches, and on the following morn- ing were relieved by the Scots Guards. We marched back for ten miles for a supposed rest, and had about five hours. We were hurriedly summoned back to the firing line near Chive. It was whilst we were in this place that wo saw about forty people—old and young women and Children—there were no voting fellows amongst them— leaving their homes after being driven bv the Germans. They could hardly walk. They came to us in the firing line for protection. "Soon afterwards we heard the Ger- mans singing 800 yards away. They "gave three songs, and cheered time alter timq. We wondered what was coming off. and were in readiness for an attack. It did'nt come off, though. But on the following morning we dis- covered five of our men lying dead in a ¡row. They were all shot through the heart, and there was every indica- tion that they had been killed slyly." Private Ellis saw a special incident of bravery, in which a Cardiff man known as "Tim" Daley, figured pro- minently. "A wounded German was on the field loading his rifle to shoot one of Daley's mates," he added, "when 'Tim' dashed across the road, and in the nick of time struck the German on the head with the butt-end of his rifle. He wa.s'nt half put out of action. "The Germans were shelling every- thing in front of them. They even itlirew shrapnel at the ambulance wagon in which! was travelling I being woun ded. Fortunately it missed | its mark as far as the wagon was con- cerned. but it struck two of the Red Cross men. and severely wounded them." Private Ellis stated that the fighting throughout—in which the 2nd Welsh took a partjcularly prominent part— was fast, and furious, and at times the sky was red through the bursting of shells. They experienced heavy rains, severe cold.?nd frost. One day the men were forced to leave their over- I coats behind in consequence of them J being too heavy to carry, owing to the constant downpours of rain.

TO KE?P OU'DIKHS SOBER. A CTTOX OF TFTE DAT. RY FREE j. ( T!! \U i I rorxciL. I I. I THE COME-TO-CHrR.e.II CAMPAIGN. j I I Mr. E. Brvee Roberts. the president. occupied the, chair at a meeting of the I Barry Free Church Council, held at Jerusalem Schoolroom, Barry Docks., t'" 1 Friday evening last. | The secretary Dfr. Robert Evans" read a communication from Mrs. E Giles, secretary of the Barry Branch j of British Women's Tomi>cranco As- sociation. asking the Council to take i sk)5 in the matter of helping to keep I the soldiers at tho Buttrills quite sober during their stay at Barry, and also t) organise conc'prt? for their hC'lldlt. 'He ?the secretarv? had Avri tten to "Mrs. r?es stating that the Free CImrch Council had already commenced the .wor?. and as]dn? the B.W.T.A. to nr-! point three delegates, who were -now i present. In connection with the Gune-to-1 Church Campaign, it was decided to canvass the town early in the Xew Year. with a view to urging non- church-goers to attend a place of wor- ship or? January 14th and 2Jst particu- larly.

I ROLL OF HONOUR. FX VEILING AT GLADSTONE ROAD SCHOOL. I Eighty names of former pupils.of Gladstone-road Boys' School, who hav# responded to their Country's can, figure in a roll of honour which wm unveiled a- tihe school on Friday after- noon last by fr". Walton, wife of Councillor E. Walton. It was an interesting gathering of scholars and a number of parents, and there was a patriotic air throughout proceedings. National songs were sung by the children, under the leader- ship of Mr. D. J. Martin, whilst tnvi-) Belgian boys. Emile and Sigard Lud- wigsen. gave tho Belgian national v anthem. A recitation was contributed by Jack Morgan. Addresses were delivered bv Coun- cillors E. Walton. T. Evans, and the lv'V. Ben Evans, each impressing the -cholars to emulate the example of their predecessors, and warning the boys to grow up true and loytrl citizens. The roll of honour, which was exe- cuted by M r. Edwin Lewis, one-of Hit ieaehers at the school, is intended as a ]►. rmanmt record. <-1" :ro.xl service, not onlv "f past, but also of future, scholars.

BARRY HOSPITAL MEDICAL STAFF. IN GREA SE O F Ji EMU XER A TION TO THE BARRY DOCTORS. conference took place on Thur^dav evening last lxl.ween the members of the Barry Urban District Council Hos- pitals and the local medical men in re- ference to the Accident Hospital medi- cal staffs remuneration. The proceed- ings were private, and were of a prn- tracted character. J+ was eventnally decided to recommend the Council to grant an increase of muneration. Dr. J. R. Draper agreed to withhold his resignation until the next ni<v>ting of the Council, when the matter will be further discussed.