The Cambria Daily Leader

RAILWAYI SMASH. —————— tI. I Engines Overturn. SOUTH WALES I LINE HELD UP. 1 GLOUCESTER, Saturday. A serious accident has just occurred on the South Wal«s railway twenty iiiiler, be- low Gloucester. Two engines -were overturned, and traffic is entirely held up on both lines, causing enormous inconvenience. Whether any passengers are involved in the accident is at present unknown. Exchange.

SASSIWN WEEK. I Llandovery Licensee's Amazing Application. I A curious application was made by the licensed victuallers of the town to the Llandovery Bench on Saturday. The licensees, headed by Mr. T. Jones, landlord of the Castle Hotel, asked tor an extension of hours from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. next week daily, commencing Monday. The oocasion is one on which the Sassiwn of the Calvinistic Methodists is being held in the place for the first time for 40 years. Deputy Chief Constable Evans, oppos- ing, paid he never heard of such an appli- cation being made on such grounds. They were asking for a license to sell beer at the very tizae when people were holding meetings, otffe of the objects of which was to fight against the drink traffic. The Chairman, in refusing, said it was simply an application of the publicans, and in no way connected with the Sassiwn.

TO DAY S WIRES. I AUSTRALIAN STRIKE SITUATION. 1 Melbourne, Friday.-Tlie strike situa-I tibn is again gloomy.—Reuter. ITALIAN TRIAL. I Friday.—Marchesa Ricci and Signers Dini and Brumiardi, defendants trial, haven pro- I visionally set at liberty.—Reuter. i S""EEPKING'S MILLIONS. I Sydney, Friday.—The estate of the Australian sheep king, the late Sir Samuel McCaughey, is valued at five and three-quarter millions. He leaves £ 25Q,00G for the widows and children of soldiers of the Australian Imperial Force.—Reuter. V BELA KUN'S PROCLAMATION. J Copenhagen. Friday.—A fiudapest tele- gram gives the text of a proclamation to all countries by Bela Khun, who says:— "We are not prepared to exchange our liberation from exploitation for a miser- able mess of pottage, and we are con- vinced that the Entente Powers will not attain their aim. "—Reuter. RUHA HUNGER STRIKE. I Cologne, Thursday.—A hunger strike of political prisoners threatens to develop into a big general strike of workers in the Ruhr district. Some mines have al- ready stopped work, says a Duisburg message. The malcontents now insist on the if uioval of General Wacker and the abolition of martial law .Reuter. JUGO-SLAV FRONTIERS. I Parie. Friday.—The Supreme Allied Council met to-day and studied the re- port of the Inter-Allied Military Coun- cil announcing that the district of Kla- I genfurt had been evacuated in conformity I with the decisions of the Conference. The Council also arrived at decisions on I the subject of the frontiers between Jugo- slavia and Hungary.—Press Association. I BURNED TO DEATH. I Last night John Thomas Johnson, a Grantham youth, was driving a. motor I taxi on London Thorpe Road. aCC0111 panied hy another Grantham youth named Shaw, when the vehicle I collided with the hank on one side of the road at Belton Park Camp. and over- turned. The petroi tank was damaged and the car caught fire. Both youths were pinned underneath, and before they could he extricated, 'Shaw was burnt to death, Johnson was badly injured, and died m Grantham Hospital. • Lm i I.I ■ I

GOWERTON LADY, j M I Inquest Opened at Swansea and Adjourned. Mr. David Clarke. the Swansea deputy coroner, opened the inquest on Saturday in to-the circumstances attending the deflth of Esther Daviess, aged 34. who (lied at the Swansea Hospital on Wednesday last. Evidence ,was ziveii bv Atr. David John Thomas, of the Rutland" Anns Hotel, Rut- land-street, Swansea, who said deceased •was his sister, and was the licensee of the Tygwyn Stores, an outdoor license at Gowerton. Her husband was Morgan Isaac Davies, at present serving with n.)f. "Forces in Russia, although witness did not know his regiment or regimental Dumber Deceased was taken to the hos- pital on Tuesday night, and died Wed- nesday afternoon Xo further evidence was taken, the Coroner adjourning the inquiry until Thursday next. L

BRECON TEACHERS' SCALE. Breconshire County Council on Friday J (Mr. W. S. Miller presiding) approved the refusal of the small holdings commit- tee to appoint a whole-time county land agent at a salary of from £ 350 to £ 400. The new scale of salaries for teachers adopted by the education committee was jiassed. It was stated that it meant an addition of £ 17.000 to thp annual expen- ditare. of which £10,1)00 would be received in Treasury grants. I s u

FFYNONE GARDEN PARTY. ( I (Photo by Chapman.) I Lady Mond and some of her guests at yesterday's gar party.

ONLY ONE, IF ANY Will Not Run Trains on Bank Holiday. The notice issued by the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Company, .that, owing to the attitude of the workers, they may not be able to run passenger trains on Bank. Holiday, may 'cause a .flutter among people who will want to travel on that day; but ther need be no fear of the ,same difficulty on oflfer railways which lead to and from Swansea. A "Leader" man made inquiries of tkt*. G?J— W?.tecn,L&n?,'u, and -North Western, and Midland Railway offices on Saturday morning, and was assured that they were not placed in the same quan- dary. The Rhondda and Swansea Bav men did not work on Peace Day either," remarked one ?icial. but we carried on. We know sMhing of such a refusal, and don't anf',te any trouble at all."

ORPHAN HOME. J Statement as to Removal to I Brooklands. The 59th annual report of the Swansea I Orphan Home for Girls contains the fol. lowing paragraph:- "We feel that, owing to the many in- quiries having been received as to when the Home will be removed to Brooklands, seme reference should be made in t h i, report. The committee would like to state that t for economic reasons the time is not yet ripe for vacating the present premises. Numerous alterations and additions will have to be carried out at Brooklands, and with the present price of raw material" and the increased cost of labour, it-is felt that it is wiser to remain as we are for j the present." j

HUSBAND AFD VIFE. j HUSBATJD,APID "VIFE. I export's view of Income Tax I I I Problem. A solution of the Vexed question of l double taxation was suggested on Friday by Dr. Stamp. Assistant Secretarj.% to the Bofird of Inland Revenue, in his evidence before the Royal Commission on Income I tax. His proposed solution was confined to the British Dominions, and was on the lines of the Excess Profits Duty, vf. the payment of a total sum not exceeding; the higher of the two taxes. That. he thought, was the orlv practicable method. THE "SACRIFICE." I Taxation at the source, he thought, must unt'uMtionaMy be retained. With regard ? thp. ??;!??'" -"< thfi assc^Tu^n-t- of -tons- aiid and ??e, for the ?larrtod man with ?l.Mf) a year the sacrifice in taxation fen Pouaily on him and his wife in most households, viz., a sacrifice of C75 each. If the husband and wife had £ 500 each. there was no such difference in their! ability to pay as to justify a sacrifice of lonly C45 each. "DOUBTFUL BOON." In regard to gradation. Dr. Stamp ex- pre.s-sed the opinion that we should as a people make a very bad bargain if we sacrificed the principle of taxation at the source for the "doubtful boon and incon- clusive virtues of a cUJ\-e of gradation." Not 1 per cent. of the taxpayers would be any happier or pay their tax any more cheerfully for n 1no"ir h mu' demand note. cheerfully fnr 1 lrwnntl1T1l1" remand noh:,

M.P.'s TO TRAVEL FREE. The Government have conceded the principle that M-P-s should be given travelling facilities between London and their constituencies. Details will he an- nounced in the House of Commons in the coming week.

REGENT HALL BAND. -1 The celebrated Regent Hall Salvation Army Band, which is visiting Swansea during the Bank Holiday week-end, and which is to give a number of concerts during the next few days, arrived in Swansea on Saturday morning. The band played as it marched through rhc- town, and its renderings were much appre- daled.

I AIR ROMANCE. j Swansea Pilot Weds j Secretary. I j I Nothing could have been quieter or1 I simpler than the wedding on Saturday afternoon, in the Swansea Registry Office, Alexandra-road, of A. C. Week< aged 23, son of Mr. 'Francis Weeks, dt> > ceased master mariner, senior pilot of the --Avro,niac,liinL-s how plying on Swan, sea'bea'ch, and Winifred Violet AchSchL who has, since the-flights begaji »*•"i S?an?a,ach"d a?sc?..  '> I They had been conveyed io the. carg belonging to tiio, ?t-ipud,s, ?f Ernest Lewis and Frank Taylor, th £ ca- being preceded by a light Unotor rvait, decorated with lfowers. f The couple were attended by Cay A. j H. Dalton, who adod as, best manf and, at the conclusion of the ceremohyj han, ded the bride two lovely bouquets, th gift of the sta5, by Capt, Bruce, and Lieut. Drtimmond-Wolff. The bridd party drove off to the Aero- drome, from which, in an aeropl?s 8?1y J deoorated with Sowers, they ne?: for th? ¡ space of half an hour, maluBg,4tke first i ascent of the. day. j

SWANSEA SOLICITOR. I Estate of Mr. E. W. Jones | Proved at £13,212. j M'r. Edward William JlÓM5, of 1'3, Bryn,vmor-crescent, Swans?a?.;?''?;?tor. thp ? Brynymor-crescent, Swansea^. the R?ipst Freeman of the boroucht at f)n?- time a member of the Swansea Council.. and a past treasurer of the Legal Educa tion Board for Wales, who died on May. 1 28th, has left X-l,,2112 7s. 8d. j He gives ^00 to his wife, and tlif residue of the property to her for life; and f then as to £300 to his son, William Ed we te; Glyn, and the ultimate residue to his I other children. ¡

Rev. R. G. JAMES, II nteresting Presentations at < Swansea. i The Rev. R. G. James, of the Br-I't' and Foreign Sailers' Society, who has '?'? such excellent work at Swansea dpr;") the past three years, was on Friday tin recipient of presents to mark the comiTtP severance of his connectlon with the society. Among the members of the c.J,tI. mittee who attended and spoke ,êre 'f it; J Rev. W. J. Morgan (Wesley), Dr. Arbour Stephens, Messrs. Joseph Then: o, W. G. Foy. W. A. Jenkins, Oliver .Lv f. and C. H. Shaw. 1 The presentations took the, forxti of address on vellum, a gold ^atch, 3 of notes. I Mr. James has-been appointed finance: | orgianiser of the Welsh National Counci; o-l' the j

NORFOLKS' NEW COLOURS. The kinl, on Frir»a.v, in the grounds of j Buckingham Palace, prsfented new Cr:1; curs tu tNorfolk Regiment, of which fit, j is C lcuei-;n Chief. The regiment is 11£; I plaiting for India. i

I XLYNE RACES. ) A good card has been arranged fo Clyne Races on Bank Holiday Monday and Tuesday. Amongst the events are trotting handi- caps of one mile and six furlongs for an I "kg'^regate amount of S170 on Monday, and I on Tuesday trotting handicap of H miles and gallop of li miles for CI05. A large number of entries have been made, and there is every promise of good sport with good fields. First race each day is timed for 2.45 p.m.

I MORRISTON COLLISION. I About 5 p,m. on Friday afternoon a slight accident occurred in Pentrepoeth- road, Morriston. I A trap, in which were Mr. Jeremiah Davies, of Landore, and Mr. David James, was proceeding in the opjxjsite directioh to a cart. The two vehicles collided, and both men in the trap wore thrown out. Alter being attended to bv. Dr. Davies, of Morriston^ they were, however, able to proceed,

TRAGIC DISCOVERY. Young Man's Death at Gas-works. The Swansea Coroner has been notified of the ■ death of Bartholomew Flynn, better known as Batty" Flynn, of 9, Bargeman's-row,. Swansea. Flynn, who 'was an assistant operator in the S,.van-ea' Gasworks, was on the night shift,, and he started work, at 11 o'clock on Friday night. • At about 11.25 p.m. he was missed I-) v Jus two trpr.lvttiates.- ?h? wrn '?  ?. tiWl .UI'I R ir, 5 o'clock on Saturday morning, 3 "l overj was made by John Gabriel, an j. neH&rit-erf, who lives at 11, Bruns- wii.K-street. • Flynn's body was between two tubular/condensers. He was dead, and was conveyed to the mortuary. Flynn was 24-years of age.

TUNNEL MYSTERY. 1 Artiflery Man Charger1 With Murder. The mystery of the death of Gunner Rashleigh George White, of the Royal Field Artillery, who was found dead with j wound on the head last Saturday in the Box Tunnel, on the Great Western Rail- way, near Bath, had a sequel on Friday, j at Chippenham, when Gunner Edwin Doyle, of the 29th Brigade Royal Field j Artillery, was remanded on a charge ofI murder. White, whose home is in Stagres-road, Bristol, had been serving on the Rhine, and was on his way home on leave when the tragedy occurred. Accused, who is about 29 years of age, is alleged to have stated at Birmingham, where he lived, that he had pushed a man -iit of a train.

THAMES PAGEANT. j -40- King's Barge in Brilliart I Scene. I | Throughout the route of the pageant, which is to be held on the Thames on JIonday afternoon, and which vvii] com- memoiate the work of all sea services during the war, touches of unwonted colour are making their appearance. The King's State barge made a pre- nminary tnp over the conróo in rehear- sal of ts tasic. There should be some extraordinary scenea along the banks of the Thames: I .18 the vessels make upstream fromi :ns- j ioni House Quay, just above the Tower j Hiiuge, to CVtogan Pier at C'helse, « here they at-R to turn kI %o .-iRi ri, | Sir Frederick Bridge will conduct the Royal ChonIl Society in the Temple Gar- dens, wnere a temporary platform is be- in§, ereettd for the singers, and at other ?joints choirs organised under the League of Arts, which is arranging the pageant, will chant the sea songs. Perhaps the most picturesque unit will be the King's barge, which, with its watermen in the antique lirery of their j appointment, will rove Ins Majesty to I Cadogan Pier, where he will alight imd receive the salute

SWANSEA WAR MEMORIAL, — The Mayor at Swansea will be pleased to receive suggestions for submission to the committee as to suitable designs" and sites for the proposed permanent memo- rial for the Swansea men who have fallen in the Great War. Communications should be addressed to the Mayor of Swansea at the Guildhall.

BETTER BEER TO-DAY. I By an Order of the Ministry of Food which came into force yesterday there is no reduction in the price of beer, but for thv same money as before the consumer will get better quality. Draught br. will be obtainable at Draught beer. v, from 2d. to 8d. a pint. according to the gravity, which has been raised four de- grees above the figure in the previous Order. This means that the working n')an should be ablr to get for 3d. a pint <i>i Itetr • almos'; eqr.si in gravity to that which ujitil yiet(trda) cost him Iv1

I HOOLIGAN MOTS. Military Out. SHOPS LOOTED IN LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, Saturday. Consequent on a series of attacks on shops in the city last night, the Liver- pool authorities sought the aid of: fb. military, and the early hours of this morning saw the arrival of six large motor wagons filled with soldiers from Crosby. The police captured five looters in the first raid, but later the hooligans were in such strong force that they practically had matters their own way. Many thousands of pounds worth < property have been stolen from jewellers and other shops.

FIGHTING OVER. Soviet Russia and Esthonia. COPENHAGEN, Saturday. Hostilities between Soviet Russia and the Esthonian Republic have ceased. At a recent meeting of the last Soviet it was stated that Soviet Russia intends to end the war against Esthonia as soon as the frontier towns of Gamberg. Gdoff, and Pskoff were rrh1J\f'n.-E.Y('h;nge.

THE HOSPITAL. I Tributes to Departing Mem- bers of Staff. At the meeting of the Hospital Board. Mr. Thomas Williams in the chair, the Foard discussed the question of changing j the time of the meetings, the matter being eventually deferred on a notice of motion. Mr. Aeron Thomas referred to the ser- vices rendered to the Hospital by Dr. McCaffrey who is leaving for Australia at tlie. eiid of Augmst, he also paid tri- Lute to those of Sister H'ew?Uyn (M?s F?"?i? ?'?t???'?t??.?i??t?? ?;?;?.. .),t' :i;J;#;1f/¡,jf1. 1 ? Wilham Macf?ona!d, of Glal1fHt. ( 'ill Swansea, was unaminouity appointed honorary anaesthetist.

I CORRESPONDENCE. In a batch of letters to the Editor, v- ceived on Saturday, are the following. In one or two cases letters have been con- I densed:- J TiNWORKERS' CLAIMS. Smce the introduction of following the 1 machinery ha$ taken place in our tin- plate mills, naturally the make has gone up considerably; consequently it has affected such workmen as picklers, wet wheelers, dry wheelere, weighers, pick- ling and cold roll staff labourers who are doing extra work to keep the mills j going, and are not paid accordingly. I appe.il to my fellow workmen who are affected thus, to call the attention of our officials and organisers of our trades union and to bring the matter before our Labour Council at once that we want to be paid by the box. If we fail in this manner, let us have an unofficial meet- ing to discuss matters.—"Trade Unionist.' THE BUILDER'S DEFENCE. There appeared in you issue of Friday a letter in which the author, hiding be- hind a nom de plume, made a most un- warrantable attack on all employes con- nected with the building trade. He asks your readers to believe that these men —the whole body of men employed in each branch of the industry-are tainted with something which has a paralysing effect on all their, activities, and are re- sponsible for the whole of the present ex- cessive cost of building. This is what he says, If they, (the men) done their duty the present cost of building woiil4 he rodueed by ono-half, and no subsidy, needed." '1 he letter is a tissue of false statements from beginning to end. I challenge the author to defend it, and attach his name.—I am. etc., S. Davies, The Mount, Middle-road. THC FURNISHING TAALIE, iTie oldciais of the Amalgamated™Union of Upholsterers—Messrs. G. G. Tobias and C. F. Morris, sees., and Mr. T. J. Audrewartha, chairman-write protest- i ing against incorrect reports of the lock-j out of their members at Swansea. TbeJ I say:— | In the first pUice there is no demand ] from the local operatives for an increase I of wages. Neither have we made any re- I quest for a reduction of hours from 47 to l 44 per week. As for a demand for a per- centage of the profits obtained by the employers on the furniture made by the I men, the statement is absurd. No such demand has ever been thought of let alone asked. Further, we have not had ) any conferences with the local em- ployers; they are unnecessary, as there are no differences between us. We are simply locked out by the Emplfyer?' Federation owing to a dispute between employers and employed at Manchester. In justice to the men locally, we ask you to publish this denial." SEEING AND BELIEVING, I Sir,-Your correspondent, Mr. Fred I Potts, is evidently an unconscious humourist. I said in my previous letter: Is it not remarkable the number of people there are who will not see or be- lieve anything they do not want to." Mr. Potts replies: "As for myself, I certainly am one who will not see or believe any- thing I do not want to." After an open confession like that, it is obvious that it would pay Mr. Potts to take a few quiet Sundays to read some good literature. He ) will thcrt. perhaps, be able to tell us how i many beans make fi. Vours, etc., 1 Inquisitorial." j

f I < I 1 I I i I I I I NO ONE HunT, I T rdh St ill Held Un on G.ourc-I^r I Line. -r: rai l way at,j,1t\:t, picvi-^i-ly re- j j' occur re:! ;;1 7 rVhn-k tjs j morning at Lydncy. An -.■•> :ds i ?ain, pulling from the .?.?!;j- iing on the main line, when a •' n goods, train, overrnnni. the rlnnger signal, struck the engine in 1 lu-- middle. Both the locomotives j.-i't liv v. I No one was hui t. All t raliic- at mid- I day';wa^ still held Ji.v i.i.. I LOOTING IN BIRKENHEAD. J.ivorpo-jl police st riko hn? le.w spread in Birkenhead. La-gi- intm- ?'O'? have come out. ,lv\\ cUe; s. pawn- I hl'ole]' aI1(l ot ?i i- i s i i 'l,pjpg ?wtpd.—Exchaug'p. > I TO-DAY'S RACING. I id;; -j V) .\eige. Motichy 1, I lift ting 5 to 2 Monchy. I St arflower 1. Radi.i-; y 2. ran. 3.30—Saintly Sinnr 1. Pi,-k Way 2, Suie Sixteen ran. TO-DAY'S CRICKET. j ush-al i an>: 178 for I k ts, f i I j j i ) i' i i I i t. FOR TO-DAY'S RACING AND CRICKET SEE PAGE FOUR