The Cambria Daily Leader

SWANSEA EAST. Nominations in this Morning. Aldeiman David Matthews (Coalition Liberal) a-cd jlr. David Williams (Labour) ■were duly nominated as c-andidaAes for the Swansea East Parliamentary Division on Wednesday morning. < Mr. David Williams, who was accom- panied by Mr. Egerton Wake, his agent, was at the Guildhall at 11 a.m., and paid his deposit mor.ey of .£150, and p-ut in SO nomination papers. It was three-quarters of an hour later when Aid. David Matfhews appeared, accompanied by his agent, -kir. W. T. itorrcs. The Mayor declared boih candidates duly nominated, and no objections are anticipated. I OFFICIAL REPORT. The ofacial, stu foment of the nomina,. Hons is as follows:— j MATTHEWS, David, Windsor Lodge, Swansea, merchant—(53 papers). WILLIAMS, David, Windmill-terrace, Swansea, boilermaker—(20 papers; The-proposers and seconders in the six pps. on each which will be pub- libhed, ire as follow ALDERMAN MATTHEWS. Ist-Propo,er, Councillor D. J. Daviea; seconder, George Madge. 2n d-rropose;" Ithys Edwards; seconder, Jeremiah La it Hughes. 3rd-Propœer, George Crocker; e^conclor, 3;.C'L-Proroc-ei-, George Crocker; s econcler, < .th-Prop(-&er, James Baker; seconder,, Mar)" Elizabeth Thomas. ,,h-Proposer., WiUiam Williams; secon- der, John Edward Gething. 6th—Proposer, William Ckonent; eecon* der, Daniel Clement. MR. DAVID WILLIAMS. Ic-t—Proposer, Thomas H or ridge; secon- der, Adanis Coleman, W. Davias; seconder, Elizabeth Davi&s. 2fd—Proposer, Win. Edwards; seconder, Ed. John Mainwaring. lth- P füposer, Dd. Ireland; seconder Howard Jones. :¡th-Proposer,cllr? Ann Lewis; secon- der, Albert Ivey. £ i.h— Proposer, Wm. Williams; seconder, Dd. Cornelius.

BLINDED OFFICER. I WHo Granted Divorce for Cruelty. —' Mrs. Cecilia Lowry, of Abbotsford, Eniversity-road, Belfast, was on Tuesday granted a decree nisi with costs on the » grounds of tlw cruelty and misconduct cf her husband, Captain Gerald Lowry, vjio was blinded in the war. Counsel said Capt. Lowry was engaged to Mrs. Lowry before the war. Her father Wiib a manufacturer in Belgium, but after the outbreak of war he had to give it up and resided in Ireland. She married Capt t Lowry in London in lOld, after he became blind. For a rime the married life was happy. Then the husband, whether owing to loss of his sight or not, became a most violent man. abused his wife and knocked lie*; about from time to time. Lady St. Ifelier and a sister of Mrs. Lowry would be called as witnesses on the question of cruelty. Eventually Mrs. Lowry left her husband. i WIFE'S STORY. I Mrs. Lowry, in the witness-box, said she I knew Capt. Lowry before 1914, and be- ¡ Wffic engaged to him. In.1917, at Shankiin, Isle of Wight, her husband said something about Sir Ar- thur Pearson, who had been so kind to u.JJ She said if hev toldlies about Sir Arthur, sho would expose his cruelty. Capt. Lowry then knocked a brush out of her hand and bruised her. In July, 1917, in Helen's Bay, in Ire- land, said Mrs. Lowry, ho was typing let- trrs one day on his own machine. She wall helping to put them in envelopes. He I ftl'ke<.l for one back. She went to give it j ?)?, but he thought rho was going out of j the room and knocked her on the head j with his hand. ) I N TAXI-CAB. In June, 1918, she went on, they wore j going to lunch at the Ranelagh Club. They had to change omnibuses at Hammcr- -.Liiitli. There ivas it long queue. He got I angry and used bad language to her in i front of fhe people. She ten called a taxi- cab and he got hold ofher hand. This up- I, her, and she naid she would return to I the flat. lie then kicked her and told the taximan to turn me out of the cah." In July, 1918, sh<» added, he dragged her hat off and knocked her about for nothing II whatever. While she was on the floor he threw a jug of cold water over her. In September last he was very much an- noyed at something and clutched hold of i her wrists and dug his nails into her. The marks were shown to Lady St.Holier' '?cxt day the witness left the house. I LADY ST. HEllER. I Lady Si", lielier, of 52, Portland-place, j Vr., gave evidence as to seeing bruises on J lul's Lrivi-y, and marks on her wrists, i Mr. Wulis: ?ou are the wi?.pnv of Fc. HeHer. ?hom we knew so??HF—Y?. j | Lord St. lielier was foromerly President Gl the Probate and Divorce Division.J She added that Mrs. Lowry was married irdm her house.

I TO-NIGHT'S EVENTS. I Albert Chevalier in My Old Dutch at the Grand. j "Melody Maimers" at the Empire. j "ii,ligef. at Elysilirl. j "Au Old-Fashioned Youcir Man at Castle. "The Turn of the Wheel" at Eoj-al. | J' glie Irresistible Flapper" at Carlton. "Tbe Damrar Mark at Picture l&use. { ilr. David Matthews at New Siloh, Landore: Philadelphia Hafod: and Libanus. Cwm- bwrla. Property owners' mectinz at Thomas' Cafe 7.50. TO- MORROW. Mr. Joseph Harris' Sale at Shaftesbury at 11.0. Swansea Bakers' annual holiday. Hixinvays Sub-Committed 2.30. iiiectricity. 3.0. liiEhways Committee. 4.0. J THE WEATHER. I (From the Meteorological Office.) General Inference lirorj observations at i 7 p.m.i.—A depression ceiiived over the j F Wasti is moving in a S.S.W.. direction. 0001. ¡ ( unsettled weather is probable, j. Today's Forecast.—coutJi Wales: Fresh I winds between N.W. and variable I i eit ud: soiac showers: tcnder.cv for thunder. cool 4"

fy JULY 21-22. I r .«» I I Threat of International I 6 Strike. f I I PARIS, Wednesday, I j.' The Administrative Committee of the j. Central General Labour Federation met I last night. i Although no announcement has been ? made, it is believed that a etri?c of 48 ho?rs has been decided on for July 21st and 22nd in England, FrMie?, and Italy.— Exchanx?  

WORKING & WORRYING I A Doubfe Strain and its After-effects; I The strain of worry under which par- ents, wives and relatives of our lighting ruen were placed, while the casualty list* wero growing, if, in many cases only being felt now. a tI1 war is over. Those who had to work hard, and who worried while working, were under a double strain which exhausted their strength and lowered their vitality. Now is the time to get the system back to a healthy condition. A tonic that will build up the biood will restore the shat- tered nerves and carry new energy to the distressed stomach. Until the nvstem L? bniit up there is constant danger of dis- ease. Dr. Williams' pink pills are a valu- :hle tonic, and they enrich the quality Gf the blood so that it carries abundant nourishment not only to the nerves, but to every part of the body, thus helping the system to resist, disease. Anything in the nature of a mere stimulant should b« avoided. Dr. Williams' pink pills are emi- nentlv suitable to restore tone, to dispel I the effects f worry, and to increase the supply of rich healthy blood. They have j tnmforrned thousands of sick, complain- ing, irritable, tired and nervous people into active, energetic, capable, ehicienl men and women. They will help you, too, What Dr. Williams' pink pills are cap- ?ble of doing is explained by Mrs. Ellen Dawes, of 7, St. AII)aa Street, Kotting- !lam It is now nearly thr years." slip said, since, my husband sailed for India and although I bade him farewell with a smile on my lips, all awful sense of lpnli- ness and fear seemed to grip my heart My balvv was only a few months old, and the daily fret and strain proved more than I could bear. t: As a girl I had suffered from anaemia and fainting fits, hut now my weakness seemed to come back in a far more painful I and distressing form. My appetite tailed and I endured n.i^hts of indescribable agony with neuralgia pains in the filCB and had. Teeth extraction brought no relief, and I became s;, terribly thin and dispirited that I thought I should never see my husband agara. Hope of improvement had almost van- ished when I read in the parsers about Dr. Williams' pink pills, and I determined f,, give them a trial. This was about six months ago. and the result has been a]. most miraculous. First they relieved the pains in my head, and it seemed as if the delicate tissues which worry had broken down vere being slowly replaced. My appetite ^turned, and not only did I begin to gain weight, but a colour came into my cheek, and a brigMn?ss into my eyes that I ba4' 7:M'pr po??5Sfd in my life !)I'for. • My sister had also er.joved improved health sin? ta?is? Dr. m?ms' pink I pills, and we would not be without their in the house on any consideration. I)r. Williams' pink pills are an ideal tonic for all nervous people of both sexes. To-day is the b^st time to b,?giii them, and mi^ nd yon ask for Dr. Williams'. FREE for thf. asking. Send a pqstcnrd ) to Post Dept.. 36, Pib-.roy Square, London. W. 1. for a book that will tell you how to ¡ hike care of your nerves. v

SHOT EXPLOSION. .<- I Y stalyfera Youth Succumbs to injuries. I .ti. D. IJees (J9', of Glan House. Cwm- Â. D. R (J!)). of Glan HonsÐ. Cwm- twn::h, working at the Pwiihach, Ystalv- fera. died at the Swansea Hospital on Wednesday morning as the result of in- juries received in a shot explosion at the works on Jung 28tli last, when he sus- tained a compound fracture of his right leg.

MANSION TRAGEDY. I L.G. B. Official and Wife II Found Shot. At eight o'clock oil Tuesday morning, liaviitg killed his wife with a double- barrelled gun, Mr. J'. Jl. Mowatt, of Stoke Lodge, Hollybush-bill, Stoko Pog.ee, shot himself dead with-tho tame weapon. Mr. Mowatt, who W<t15 51 years of age, was the sou of the Bight Hon. Sir Fran- cis Mowatt, for some years Permanent Secretary to the Treasury. Mrs. Mowatt i was tho daughter of Colonel Ward Ben- neU, a local Justice of the Peace. The servants he-aid two shots fired, and found Mrs., Mowatt lying on the bed dead, and her husband on the floor near. He •md shot himself through the mouth. A gun was found by his side, both barrels having been discharged. Mr. Mowatt had been d-epres-sd of late. He had bil married ?0 years, and there is no family. n?., family.

THE SHORT SKINT. Q Modern Vogue Sanitary But Not Modest. The three days' conferenc at the Kings- way Hall, London, in connection with Baby Week, was opunscl on Tuesday by Dr. Addison. the new Minister of H.p.tUh. Dr. Addison said health schemes niust begin at the cradle. for three years past the death rate for infants had been below 100 per 1,000; ho hoped t-oun to see it down to ZO per 1,0()U. Common senso and human sympathy are the first re- quirements," he said, and he promised help to maternity hospitals and homee and infant welfare centres. CLEAN BILL FOR MARRIAGE. Sir Malcolm Morris, on the subject of b.?pb ¡lis, advuca ted a preventive system. I would create," he said, "a system so that no marriage shoul/1 take place with- out a medical certificate on both sides, fCheers). The mothers should be taught that their girls arc not to marry unless they have a certificate that the man is free from a disease which is communic- able, and the man must be equally sure that the woman is not so affected, t be- lieve much communicable disease would thus come to an end. I would like to see it carriod out by a strong wave of public opinion. I want to make the standard of health become a question of fashion. (.Hear, hear). You know how strong a factor fashion is. If you go into the streets-to-day you will see your sicters clothed in garments that are anything but suitable for all incle- ment.day." (Laughter.) HEALTHY IF NOT MODEST. "Some years ago he had asl-ed the ladies to take an inch off their skirts, which about that time fashion decreed should sweep the ground and coilect germs. I asked for an inch. Go into the streets now and see what they have taken <)ff-. An inch!-rL,,tny ell,,R. (Laughter). It is all to the good from a sanitary point of view, but I am uot quite so sure that it is from the point of view of modesty."

TRIP TO CANADA. Th Alberta Industrial Development Association of Canada, is holding a con- gress, which will include a tour through thp Canadian provinces, on August 11th— IGth. Some 2o,0i)0 invitations have been for- warded to industrial bodies, including the Swansea Chamber of Commerce, who will nommate a member to represent Swansea.

AT THE ROYAL INSTITUTION. Sketches at the annual meeting of the Royal Institution c? South  Wales.

PROHIBITION DEFIED. Saloons Remain Open in | America. j NEW YORK, Tuesday. j Despite the official warning that restau- rants. hotels and bars -which Eell 2.75 per cent beer and light wines will be subjected to prosecution if the final decision of the courts is to the effect that these sales are illegal, theso leverages generally could be purchased here and in many other cities to-day. I The authorities are said to be obtaining samples, and if the analysis di.selospf-- over 2.75 per Qfnt. of alcohol arrests "will be made cmhi&Iiaieiy. In some parts of the country, notably in Atlantic City, the saloons arc openly celling whisky, brandy, and gin, although the bars of the residential hotels are most- i ly closed—Keutcr.

i. — j LORD RAYLESGH. | Death of Brilliant English j Scientists. Scientists. I 1 British science low-, one of its most i i distinguished representatives by the death of Lord Rayleigh, who passed away in h's 77ih yCkir on Tuesday morning, after a short illness, at his Essex hom-e, Terling I' Plaos, A profound mathematician, a refined ftxperiimenta'ist, a, cautious reasoner, he had touched almost e>rv branch of ¡ physics, and touche d nothing that he dki not adoni. When the la>e Clerk Maxwe-U died in 1S79 it was jW3tly said that the three most eminent names in British L physical science were Sir William Thom- son'(afterwards Lord Kelv-in), Sir George Qabriel Stokes, and Lord Rayieigh. j I DISCOVERY OF ARGON. i Lord Uavleigh's most famous work was | the discovery of of the gas Argon in the. atmosphere, though it would give an I erroneous impression of Lord Itaylcigh's work if the discovery of argon we? ?iu?ed ou'; as i? clii?f or greatest rk,,iu?;t, Rayietgh's magnum, opus ? hi& Theory I of Sound," which is practically a treatise I' on the subject of vibration:; in general, and is considered to be one of the finest examples of a scientific classic extant, j SENIOR WRANGLER. > John William Strutfc, P.O., O.M., D.C.L., LL.D.. F.R.S., third Baron Rayleigh, whose death we now deplore, was born on November 1842. Lord Rayleigh was educated at Trinity Col- lege, Cambridge. Entering Trinity in October, 1861, in little more than three I years, in January, I860, when he was only 23—youthful as' compared with some more recent Wranglers—ho gradu- "lterl as Senior Wrangler, following up that honour with what is, perhaps, the greater distinction of being .First Smith's Prizeman. Lord Rayiexgh's estate lies in South- East Ep?'x, near With am. a prt of the ¡ country which d'fYer?d i"?cr<4y during the worst tim? of tbf agricultural de- pression. With the assistance of his I brother, the Hon. Edward Strutt. his lordship apnUed his ?ci<'n<iHc pri11.dplw to the management of his fst&tR, ?'i?h the re-sult that a great economic im- t'rovcinent was effected. Anxious that the working population employed should also benefit, lord Kayleigh in the eighties introduced a system of p HONOURS. Innumerable honours bad been be- stowed on the late Peer. Besides those, already mentioned he was D.C.L. of Ox. ford ScD. or Cambridge and Dublin; I Secretary and President of tho Royal Society; officer of the Legion of Honour; a Nobel Laureate; aud one of the few Ii original umhcr6 of the Order of Merit.

EMGLAMD IN F?AL. I ? Col. Kingscote's Success in Tennis Championship. It was demonstrated at .Wimbledon on Tuesday in the Victory Championship II that Englaud is by no means the spent force in lawn tennis that. K-aie have ¡ assumed. Opposed, in the semi-finals, by the two best players Americ;1 and Australia could put up. after' a long process of eh vain?! ion, our representatives, Col. A. K. F. King i cote and Mr. ,L J. G. Hikhíe gave aj ?rest account of thpm'?hfs. Although. the efforts of the last-named player were not successful, like those, of his colleague, lie gave Mr. Gerald Patterson a very bad half-hour," and incidentally took the only f'pt that the all-conquering young Australian has lost in his journey to the I final. Col. A. R. F. Kingscote (England) will now meet Mr. Gerald Patterson (Australia) in the final of the All-Comers Chninpipc-j ship, and the winner will meet Mr. Nor- man Brookes in the Challenge Round. Mile Lcnglen also bfcame a finalist in the women's event by a somewhat hard- j won victory over Miss Ryan, tho Ameri- can lady who recently defeated Mr?. Lam- bert Chambers, the champion, at Beeken- ham. I SINGLES. I Semi-Final Hound.—Lieut.-Col- A. K. F. Kingscote beat C. Garland (6—1, 6-4, 2-6, 5-7, 0—4); G. L. Patterson beat M. J. G. ;-5, 1—6, 6—3). LADIES' SINGLES. Semi-Final Round.—Mrs. Sattarthwaite beat Mrs. Beamish (6-4, 10-S¡; Mile. Lenglen beat Miss Ryan (0—4. 7—5).

IViQRRISTQN POST, The many friends of Mr. W. E. Phil- lips, pay clerk at the Beaufort Works, Morriston, will be pleased to learn that he has been appointed manager' of the .1 Dynevor Tinplate Works, Pantvffynon. and will commence bis new duties iu due i courw.

THE GREAT FIGHT. i Willard v. Dempsey. I Friday's Fixture in U.S. j T-he eyes of every sportsman will be T'h eyes of 6portsman "ill be turned on "Toledo 011 Friday next, when for the first time for years a real e-ortest takes place for the world's heavy-weight j bosing titla. A real contest? Well, hardly that, for the bout is one of only twelve rounds, whereas the full champion- | ship course is in Britain 20 rounds, and in some parts of America even larger. The contest between Jack Johnson and j Willard, for instance, went 26 rottncis be- foro the; big negro took the full count. j But in any. case, no heavy-weight bout } has created such interest since the great Jeffries-Johnson clash of a few years ago. Modern enterprise comes into the clash as it has n'OTer oomo before. The imme- diate financial aspect is reflected by the fact that, the great hall will hold over SO,000 people, and it is expected that the gate money taken will' total nearly £200,000, Then the aeroplane is prcl into service, and planes will carry prints of the fight film, round by round, to distant cities, where the picture yrill be ehown the same night. Jess Willard say3 he Ixas,, nei,-er :bcen more confident than now that he is a better fighter than when he beat Johnson 4tor the title in Cuba. Jack Dempsey says he has no words to describe his own.physi- cal and mental oondition on thp eye of I the greatest battle of his life. He is more .than confident; he is absolutely certain. His only fear is that f^ome horrible chance may prevent Willard from keeping his Ii engagement in the ring on July 4.

£ 300 FOR PEACE DAY. I —— ■■■ I Ammanford Council and j Celebration. I Ammanford Council on Tuesday night, Mr. Evan Lewis, J.P., presiding, con- ¡ tinued a decision of the Peace Celebra- .1 tions Committee to vote JiiiOO from the rates for the celebration. A circular letter I [rúm tha Local Government 1?'ard sanct- ioned the ?ymcnt out of public fÜnds of any reasonable pxpeDscs,? but the Board did not desire to discourage volun- tary subscriptions by so doirtg. Mr. B. R. Evans queried whether the Board would uUreasoii- able." The chairman said tha term was, of I course, vague, but he did not anticipate they would raise any objection. EXTENSION OF BOUNDARIES. I In reference to the proposed extension of the Ammanford boundaries, it was re- ported thai the clerk (Mr. T. M. Evans) Utili made written applications and sub- mitted plans of proposed UrE", to the clerks of both Carmarthenshire and Glamorganshire Councils, and he had r-e- ceived irom the former certain inquiries I' as to the area and assessable value of the urban district and the proposed addition. The clerk was authorised to do what was necessary, in preparation 01 the. ease for the Council. The miuutes of the Health Committee showl that the surveyor knir. David Thomas) had submitted plan and esti- mate for the construction of an addi- tional line of 6-inch and 9-inch water mains from Part: Henri tank to Tycoch, I at a cost of £8,üHl). The Committee agreed that it M)u]d not, for tha piesenj,'proceed further with the scheme, and recom- mended that R spedai meeting of the Council be called to determine thBdf'o.;re-e (? urgency of the various iHippndin? schemes, and consider ways and means. Mr. J. C. Shaw said the ratepayers could ) not stand the cost of constructing, all t'o- gether, the schemes which had been held I' over during the war, and the object of the Committee was to ascertain the Council's ¡ opinion as to priority.—A special meeting f will be held. UNDERGROUND CABLES. In moving the report of. the Roads Com- j m ittea, Mr. Thomas Fletcher seif) Ioti?eel bad been served by the J?ost Oifie? di I I sional engin-ier of the ultentio? to lay underground telephonic and telegraphic wires along some of the main streets. He also mentioned that the workmen em- ployed by the'Council had put in a de- mand for an increase in wages, hie11 II' they hacked up with a threat to strike.— It was decided that they b poid Is. 3d. per hour for working with the stone crusher in the park. > j STATION IMPROVEMENTS. Mr. W. L. Smith urged that the G.W.R. Company bo written to, pressing- upon them the great need of extensions'and improvements at the Ammanford Station. He understood that some improvements were contemplated. Mr. T. Fletcher; A start, has been made. I saw a new door being put up this week. (Laughter.) It was decided to make representations.

The Circulation of the Cambria Daily Leader" I is Larger than the combined sale of all the Evening Journals I sold in Swansea. Swansea (East) Parliamentary Bye-Electton, 10th July, 191$ LABOUR CANDIDATE'S MEETINGS. TO-NIGHT (WEDNESDAY), JULY 2nd, 1919, At 7.30 p.m. ST. THOMAS.—Forward Movement Hall, Port Tenant Road. K I LV EY .-Foxhole Road. Open-Air. KILVEY.—Cwm Chapel, Cwm. Speakers: Mr. Robert Young, M.P. (A.S.E.), Mr. Frank Rose, M.P., Mr. James Wianall, M.P. (Dockers), Mr. R. C. Waliheati, Miss M. Palllster, Mrs. Andrews, Aid. W. Owen, and the Candidate. LABOUR CALLS YOU! 215, High-street, Swansea. Egerton P, Wake, Election Agent.

> PIPE COMEDY. f _———— I Amusing Incident in the! I <' House. I Did a member of Parliament run into í the Hnu" of Commons on Tuesday even- j ing from "c emoking-roorn for the divi- sion with his pipte frill alighc? Sir Richard Cooper, after the division had been started, said: Mr. Speaker, is it competent for a member to be smoking within the precincts of this Houea" A member is smoking at the end of the Opposition benches." tt is competent for him to do so," said th3 Speaker, but it is distinctly out of order. What happened was thist Just as the division was being 6 in motion on the Transpose Bill and some members were I moving from their seats several looked J down the House towards tho space at the ¡ side of the Speaker's chair, beneath the Press Gallery (and 'invisible from it) and shouted, "Order! Order, Sexton!" There- was some laughter, and Mr. Sex- ton walk-ad forward and came well into the House, carrying his hac in, his hand. There was no sign of pipe or of smoke. Sir Richard Cooper then tried to call the attention of the Speaker to the mat- ter. There is a rule that if a member wishes to speak after a division has been begun he niust do so "sea-Led and covered." Sir Richard dropped down 'nto his seat and searched frantically around for a hat. j He held an order paper above his head. j and members laughed. No; lie .{must j obtain a h.1 t. I A HAT TRAGEDY. Presently toneo'tie seizeu a hat—from the j head oi Mr, Sexton! There were shouts and I laughter, and "Sir Kichard, wl'æ d,id not I kn-ow whofte hilt it was, thrust it on his head. lie ptit hls qu-cotion, recaived hi* answer J from the Quaker, .and then jumped up and looked ail iou/m for someone to claim the I ha-t. Up marched Mr. Sexton. Sir Richard stared, dumbfounded, holding the hat in I' hia liantl. He recovered, gave'Mr. Sexton the hat. and alb was well. lit ie a rreq-uent—almost daily—occurrence for scores ot to be away in the smoking rooms, half asleep or .chatting over a pipe or cigar, when the division bell rings. They usually knock out the ashes and run in to, vote. Sometime# a good cigar is spoiled by a division. Air. Sexton prcbahly approached the end of tl:V Opposition 'benches almost out of I sight beside the Speaker'* Chair before I' putting out hii pipe. -U,r. JamE* SExton. in the Tx>b'by, em- phatically. denied taat it was he who had saiofced in the House. "I believe esaneone did smoke in the5 House," he said, but who it was I can not say. S iKichard Cooper appearo to be in a similar difficulty, tbough he declares he •saw £ tf>a.rks flying about. Whoever it was, I do not think it was Labour member."

'SHUN! FORM FOURS! I for the last time. I RIGHT! BY THE RIGHT. ¡ QUICK MARCH! to the Banker tke Post Office and sign up for ths Perman. i ent Form Fours, the Four Per 5 Cent. Victory Loan & Bonds.! RU Y VICTORY LOAN.

:=-=- OUR TELEPHONES. M.P Suggests Handing Back to a Company. As the telephone service is much ill- k-rior to that provided by the private j company from-which it was expropriated, j and very much inferior to that provided by commercial concerns in the United States or in Sweden and Norway, Mr. JhwquistDn sugge-tcil in the House of Commons on Tuesday that fS» telephone servics- ehould be handed over to an efficient company with limitation of tariff. DEFENCE OF THE SYSTEM. I Mr. Illingworth: Any comparison ¡ tween the present telephone service and afforded before the war, whether by j a private company or otherwire, must bo j misleading. The present difficulties of" the service are duo to causes arising out I of the iwar, eueb as the enforced sus- pension of the construction of new ex- ? changM and [incs and the witftdraT? of pkiH?d operators to other ?pmployDMnt&. A private company would have suffered from the same dHficulbe. In the United States there is at present ah admitted deterioration of the telephone service I owing to war conditions, and at the same I time telephone rates have had to iii-, l j creased to meet ihe general rise in the cost of labour and materials. HANO IT OVER TO OTHERS." I Mr. Macquisten asked why, when ihe j Government fake up a commercial eon- j Mrn and it reaches a conditiMi wInch in the c?s<? of a prira? ccn?nt would  mean bankruptcy," they do not liquidate it and hand it over to others. I Mr. IlimgT?arth: The te?phonc service I is not the only business which has gone through severe difficulties owing the war. Mr. Macquisten: Will the right boti. gentleman consider K??ing the Minister for Tra?port (Sir Eric Ceddes) tn 1ake over the telephones, as he is to make a success of ev?rythiux. (Laus??r.)