The Cambria Daily Leader

A TIMELY RESCUE. ——— And Some I nteresting Swan-j sea Sands Scenes. There was some excitement among a sect ion of the many thousands who were on Swansea Sands during the early ercn- lag on Muiulay at the narrow escape from or. a woman xwko felt queer while attempting to swim with her h1.150 band out to the diving stage, shouted for assistance, and ultimately sank twice be- fore being brought ashore unconscious, She was hrougbt round after tome effort, and was able to leave the sands by easy j for her home in the town. SCHOOL OF PORPOISE. attracted a great deal of attention at intervals during the even- ing were a school of porpoises which. comparatively close iu, could often be seen with a good deal of their bodies well out of the water. AMAZING CROWDS. A The crowds along the whole stretch oi j ths beach were cnce again enormous, ¡ and as interesting, complex and ind scribable as ever. The sea at full tide at a convenient hour, drew into itself a a with a magnet thousands who had found the day sweltering, and these swimmers and bathers drew as many thousands more spEdaton; to the water's edg-c-, I here were queues from the Corpora- tion's Uathing facilities, which would not have been too large were they five times as extensive, and queues for the dhiug board, of which there. might well j' have been half a dozen, while the diving fitage was often obscured by clinging humanity, and the sea close to the shore for a couple cf hundred yards at the principal bathing point was thickly dotted with bathers of all 6Í2eos a.nd mapy attire. Some sailors of the French Navy were amoDg the swimmers, and one of these went in smoking a cigarette.

MORRISTON WEDDING. ,I A xirPltv wedding was celebrated at Lla.n- gvfelacb Parish Churab on Monday morn- i:W Aocust 11th. The contracting parties were Miss Florrie Harris, daughter of Mr an,i Mra Wm. Harris. Koddfa. ?omstoa. and Mrs. ?!d Carpenter son of the late Mr Joseph Carpenter, VVoodfielu-street. Morrif- ton. The biidesmaids wer-s Miss Lily Harris an1 Miss Ethel Cousins. The bride was daintily attired, and WAS sriver away by her father. Mi-, Alf Carpenter carried out admirably the duties of bes* man, and the Rev. H. Howell. B.A.. performed the wed. iiiu ceremony. After the wedding break- the happy couple left for Cardiff, vhere the honeymoon is to be spent. The uresents were numerens and costly, includ- i n.t a handsome checiue from the bride's '■"tfcer.

MUMBLES PIER. Tho "Scottish Dons" concert party at- tracted a big crowd to the Mumbles Pier Pavilion on Monday. The party, seven in number, wear Highland costumes, and these together with the elaborate staging, present quite a pleasing appearance. The comedians are Messrs. Lawrance and Harry Whitehead, who keep everybody in a merry mood, charming soprano is found in Miss Daisy Ronald, and a rol- licking baritone in Mr. Walker Kinni- burgh; Miss Grace. Gordon is a come- dienne of rare ability, and dances splen- didly and Miss Peggy Moore a charming soubrette. Miss Betty Lawrie entertained at the pianoforte. i

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| THE COMRADES' CARNIVAL. As recorded by our, Artist.

AMUSEMENTS. I I I Round the Swansea Picture < Halls and Theatres. ? I THE EMPIRE. ) An exceptional!} weil balanced week of variety is that offered at Swansea. Empire this week. Topping the bill an-e the Cowboy Minstrels in a round-up march and melody. Their numbers are well chosen, and the harmonising excel- lent. It, in ea'id that this week they make their first appearance in England. We c.m assume then, judging from their per- formance on Monday nigh1;, that they will score a success. Pilu, the thought-read- ing dog. is extremely clever, and is one of the most novel turns that we have seen for a long tlme-cortainly- worth going a long way to eee. Harry Herbert, comedian, It"; a distinct success, and his topical parodies brought down the houeo. The A scots, describad as England's great- Mt dancers, must rank amongst the best, The patter, however, of the gentlemen could well bo dispensed with. The Gladiators are a wonderful duo, and claim I. aU the attention of the audience. The Whittakers, in a comedy duo, are very funD). I r THE GRAND. -1 I Mr. Frederick C. Lloyd can always be ielied upon to send out a capable com- pany, and that presenting "A Chines: Honeymoon at the Grand Theatre this week is no exception. The show is a bril- liant one. and the dresses and scenery are beautiful. The star is Miss Lillie Soutter, who brings down the house in her orginial part of Fi Fi. She is irres- istibly funny. Mr. Victor Crawford as Mr. Pineapple is extremely good, and un- doubtedly has a big future. Sprightly and full of go, lie never overdoes his part. We found Miss Lola Raine a very capti- j vating Mrs. Pineapple, and her perfor- mance was very good. Mr. R,egin31.d Compton did well as the Emperor, and Miss Eleanor Wilson as Soo Soo charmed all heart s. Her rendering of Egypt was quite delightfuL Mr. Clifford Bart- lay played Tom Natherton, and one must I confess to being somewhat disappointed vith his renderinp; of that-popular num- nier. Romance." Mr. Edwin Feis did well as the Chancellor, acquitting, himself well in a difficult part. In conclusion, j the chorus deserves a very special men- tion: it is refreshing to find a chorus whose members really can sing. I THE ELYSIUM. Two of Cinemaland's most popular I stars are featured at the.Elyrium during the commencement, of the week in the top-lirer, "The Fair Pretender." The i stlns are Madge Kennedy and Tom Moore and their acting sets the finishing touch to the making or this highly interesting I picture. The story is full of excitement, and pictures a pretty love interest. T-h-o world's greatest production, Adventures Among the Cannibals," does not lose any of its fascinations ard interest. find this week's episode (:;0. 4) is entitled, "Ma- laita. the ISland of Mystery." Mr. and Mrs. Johnson penetrate furthar into the interior and meet with endless new dan- gers. Eddie Polo is a general favourite in The Circus King." The programme concluded with ft Billikin comedy and the Topical Budget. I THEATRE ROYAL. I The programme here for the opening half of the week i6 at least as strong as tteual. and to regular attendants nothing 1 y further need be said. To others there may be commended, first, the powerful; and dramatic" Call of the Cumber- lands," a five-part story with the popu- lar Dustin Farnum in the leading role.. It deals with the story of one of the old Kentucky feuds in which clans arc per- petually at enmity and retribution has always to bo exacted. The hero is to become leader of one of these clans, and there is a fascination in the story of. how he remains faithful to its "call" when an accident has advanced him far in the social world of New York. The acting is consistently powerful, and some of the scenery in which it takes place magnifi- cent. There is much drama, too, in « Nine-tenths of the Law." The fourth chapter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson's ad- ventures among cannibals takers us to Malaita, the "Island of Mystery." with which one of Jack Louùon's books has familiarised us, and to some of which white men have never penetrated. Some wonderful war dances which threaten to develop into the real thing; canoeing and wood-clearing are fascinating. CARLTON. Whpn a Woma.n Sinp," the top liner at the Carlton this week, is one of the most remarkable and at. the same time the most intensely dramatic tilms that v.-C have seen tor some time. Whether one will agree with the eventual result of the story is a moot question. Circumstances theoretically differ from circumstances as in veal practice. And we would not to agree that the dictum Amor omnia vincit is true in all cases of this kind. We would strongly advise our readers to- visit the Carlton during the first three days of this weok, as the picture is one that should be seen by all. Find the Woman is an adaptation of one of O. Henry's masterpieces, a sufficient recom- mendation. PICTURE HOUSE. 1 & Admirers of tile famous scroen player, W. S. Hart, have an opportunity to see him at the Picture House, High-street, this week in a Wild West ftory entitled Riddle Gawne." It is a strong drama of great merit, as would be expected with Hart in the title, role, and it is a tale, of a prosperous "rancher's vengeful search "for the murderer of his young brother. Mary Maclaren and Kenneth Harlan are featured in A Model's Con- fession," a five-part play telling the story of the pitting of a woman's wit against masculine determination. Her Blighted Love" is a laughable comedy, and the continuation of Rex Beach's travel picture is very interesting. For ?Tliurs,day "The Marriage Ring" will I feature. Enid Bennett and Will Rogers will appear as "Laughing Bill Hyde." I CASTLE CINEMA. The first of the nsw series cf Metro pro- ductions was shown at the above cinema, on Monday with the powerful actress, I Emily Stevens, in the leading role. Every Monday for some weeks to come oue of these superb productions will be pre- sented. They an certainly the last word that can be said with referanec- to se^en acting stage getting, and finished photo- gtaphy. S!iEeping Memory should Dot be missed. Another fine prod notion is U Lola," featuring Clan. Kinball Young, an intensely interesting photo-play. Al'ce Howells appears in a side-splitting two- reel comedy, and an altogether delightful programme- concludes with Pathe's Ani- mated Ga,rott.. On Thursday the star featufe will be The Riders of the Purple Sage;" in which Wm. J. Farnum, the favourite fprfen aciar till be Eeen in a new rolo

BURIED AT COCKETT. I BURED AT OC;¡T I Swansea Gentleman Laid to R-est on Monday. Tli,, i-iineiil of Mr. John Davies. of 06, [ Bfathurst-streer, Swansea, toos; place on j Monday, August 11th. azuid every rnani- j testation of sorrow, leaviug liis residence I for York-place Baptist Church, where a I' service was held, and thence to Cockett Cemetery. The following attended the I funeral, which was privateMr. Chas. Davies (brother), Messrs. W. H. Owens, ¡ E. Wiliiamg. T. Griffiths (stejvsous), B. I Harris, 1. Williams, I). Williams, I. Davies, H. Harris, T. Symons (grand- I children), Masters Willio Davies, and D. H. Synions (great grandchildren), John Evans, Evan Evans, T. iI". Davies, W ill Owens, Bert Owens j (nephews). Amoug others who attended I were ex-A id. William Evans, Mr. Frank James, and Capt. Drvid Thomas. The following deacons of York Plaee attended and acted as bearers: Messrs. David Bcvan, John FurzlMid, B. Tredse, L Mathews, J..Chapman, P. Janes, and T Allen. Wreaths anti floral tributes were sent by the fcyllov.ing- :-Lovin wife, Sue, and Eva; Will. Alice, and Lily; Tom,• Eva. and Dave; Evan, Rachel, Gyp and family; Mary Jane, Ike, Bert and family; Tom, Mag, and Kittv: John. Will, Millv, Chris, and Bert: Mr. and Mrs. Frank James; Jennie; Mi-, and Mrs. Thorne uud Maggie; Mr. and Mrs. Smith and family. Clarence House; 'pastor, deacons, and members of York Place Church; neigh hours; Mr. and Mrs. Young; Mrs. Thomas. Plymouth-street; Mr, and Mrs. Edwards, Hafod. The Rev. W. Casnodyn Rhys (pastor) oiffciated, The arrangements were in the hands of Messrs. D. G. Phillips and Son, Dillwyn- street.

"LOT OF BOLSHEVIKS" Llanelly Brothers Fall Out. Thomns J. Samidors and Robert J. Saunders, both of Paddock-street, were summoned fit Llnnelly on Monday for causing ar. obstruction by fighting on the highway on July 2t)th.—The first named defendant pleaded" not guilts." and the other defendant pleaded guilty." P.C. Thoma.s stated thai on the 29th ult. he saw the two brothers fightuig. They were surrounded by a large crowd, and with the assistance of two persons he separated them. "A LOT OF BOLSHEVIKS." T. J. Saunders said he went away im- mediately the police arrived. The trouble aroefe through his brother coming home drunk. Wiiness wa-a quite sober. He bad been two years in rra nee, and never gave the police any trouble. He did not think that he wa.s was coming home amongst- a lot of Bolsheviks. The Bench clecided to convict, a:'¿ then proceeded wi<:h the case agiinst R. J. Saunders, who pleaded guilty," and said he was very sorry. The trouble only I arose th.rough a quarrel with his brother. j The Bench -fin-ad T. J. Saunders 2s. 6d., ) while the other defendant was fined 9s.

I I GOWER ADMIRAL. A f ippleiiient to UK! 1,tlDdon Gazette issued on Monday includes the name of Rear-Admiral Algernon Heneage, C.B., 1LV.O.. who, for distinguished services during the war, has received from the Emperor of Japan the Second Class of the Order of the Rising Sun. Rear- Admiral Heneage is a nephew cf-the-late Lord Swansea, anl a cousin of the present lo>rd. ■ ■

THE NEW FOOD CARD. r Below we reproduce the now food card which will come into or. ation upon the expiration of the pro mt card. It will be seen that the P j card is on the lines of the first sugpxmrds-i.e., there are no coupons, 8 Holder's j {CARD CAREFULLY 8 t KEEP THIS RATION!NC ORDf!R, N sa j?? Surname  CRÐ CARBFULLY m<. ?? fc———. Pood Office of Issue. = Christian j j Address .I. 00 ( To t-?Mt..?- for MEAT, BUTTER & ?UMAR. fill up tbf counterfoil A, B and C M lower half of card. and give them to any Retailers you choo; v The RettilemI must write or stamp their names and addressee on these spaces. You will not be able to change your Eetailer again without consent of the Food Offiw. Name and Add res* of BUTCHER A Name and Address of Retailer D f-or wr r s Name and Addrean of BTPITKR Ii Name and Address of Retailer E RetRiier. for Name and Address of St7GA_R 6 Nam* and Address of Retailer F Retailer. for bIr: I I. SPARE, Signature & Address of Holder. Nam-e & Address of Retailer for D D ¥" DKeep :t:his I: j Keel) this counterfoil and the top portion of the card, and read the accompanying leaflet of instructions. SUGAR. Signature A AddrH. of Holder. Nam-e & Address of SUGAR Retailer. 0 'J cC ?u g C g The whole of this counterfoil must be sent by the Sugar Retailer to the Food Office CO  BUTTER. Signature & Address of Holder Name & Addraes of Butter Retailer. ll D S I :l'fh:jl:=: b. :=,:==il:h:=' j The whole of this counterfoil must be sent by the Butter Retailer to the Food Office CQ  MEAT. Signature & Address of Holder. Name and Address of BUTCHER. A A ■■ I The whole of this counterfoil must be ae nt by the Butcher to the Food Office,

——— —— = ———————— "J L i i THROUGH A COTTAGE WINDOW. II ? XXXII. -Sovereigns for Seventeen and Six- I j By GEORGE W. GOUGH. i j Don't all speak at once, please! Of course you would like to buy them at the pri, and I heartily^rish you could. Un- fortunately, however, it is my painful business to prove to you that you are all | selling them at. that price—a very different matter to be sure. I Fa-r that you, the pootda of South Wales, are selling quids" at seventeen and sixpence 1 apiece, there or thereabouts, and don't know it. And I want you to bustle around and sell them for twenty shillings apiece, i which will raise your wages just over 14 per cent., without a strike and without } direct action." And this !s Ti?t wb?tt I the shining ones of the mice?. !odg j call economics with un upper class bias." It is just ordinary economics, capable of j proof by the ordinary methods of econ- j omics, which are (1) exact observation oi all relevant data. an41 (2) exact analytical reasoning about them. I A B ILL ON LONDON. I I -1 I in ISovember, 1906, a certain manufac- I turer of Zurich sold a friend of mine in the Citv of Ivondon ladies' dress goods to l H -ieilt (";lt the value of £.153 Ps. Oil. Having sent otf the goods, he &it down and wrote the fol- 1 11 ?l ctiial docti-mc-nt. lowing document. The actual document, in French, is before me as 1 write, and I simply tran?te it, except that I use ¡ mitjal mstcad ?i u?mes-tbe Zuricher  being E.S." and the Londoner W. D." Here is the position: W.D. in Lontlm1 has the goods in his warehouse, and is busy selling them to his customers. E.S in Zurich has got nothing but a pretty bit of paper which entitles him to go into W.D.'s counting tionse in London on l'eh. ruary 30th next ensuing and demand .£4531 odd in sterling," that is in our fine Eng- lish sovereigns. But E.S. did not want soveteigns in London on Feb. 20, 1907; ho Wanted francs in Zurich on Nov. 20th, 1306, and his bit of paper, being H a, bill on London," the most acceptable paper I in the commercial world, enabled him to get them We can see exactly what happened to the bill," for everybody who had any- thing to do with it endorsed it, and so many did this that a slip of paper—an j 'allonge," as it is called, had to he I gummed on to take the names. THE BILL TRAVELS. ) Thohtlls?tfofth on its travels. E.S. sold it to Messrs. F., of Zurich, who paid it into their bank. The bank sold it to Messrs. M., who, in turn, ported it to Berlin-probably to pay for goods bought there. At Berlin it was paid into the Head Office of the Imperial Bank, the manager of which sent it to the branch of the bank at Cl-immitschau, where the manager sold it to Herr B., vho posted it to Messrs. G. and P., exporters, of Lon- don. from whom he had purchased some goods. G. and P. paid it into their bank, which, on the appointed day, presented it to W.D., who paid the cash, and recovered his bill, which he gave to roe to use in teaching economics. With minor variations tlfat do not affect the principle, this is how all our! foreign trade is carried on. Before the war, wherever two foreign traders did business together, the seller took, and in. deed preferred, payment in a Bill on Lon- don. A good bill for tens of thousands of pounds would be taken like a shot. The San Paolo coffee-planter sold his coffee to a Hamburg importer and expected pay- ment in a Bill on London. But. you say, what has this got to do with my opening pronouncement that w" were selling sovereigns for seventeen and sixpence apiece? Everything, I reply. All I am doing is to begin precisely where I always begin— at the beginning. There is probably not half-a-dozen miners in the whole of South Wales who have ever seen a Bill on ToTi- don. 1 Wve been in a bill-broker's office t, in the City, and he has opened a drawer and grabbed out a fistful, as indifferently as if they were postage stamps, and the six at the top would probably have bought the six biggest businesses in the main street of Swansea. Before the war it wm estimated that the average value of tho current Bilisi on London was TRADING IN BILLS. I have used this particular Bill bec,Tus* I possess the document, and it travelled. some distance. The thing I want voi; to I grasp, and never let go, is thn t n O,;f' )?, pr the world men who haTp F,ld goods to il: here draw up the** bills." In an Arnerl J can hook I find 8. copy of the bill draw?! by an American who has sold | 2,-500 biishels of wheat (the fact being e-x- presslr stated) to an Englishman, and It is American food-stuffs that I particularly want to talk about. Tiiis very day, you can be amared, hundreds of AmeIticauE; have sold food- stuffs to merchants in this country, and drawn up these bills. They want to sell their sterling bills for American dollar* just as our E.S. of Zurich sold his for ( Swfe? francs. Now the only person who wants to buy a bill on London is a man who has to make a payment in England for goods bought in England or services rendered by an Englishman. Fix your eye on ew York, and remember: Sellers of bills are exporters to England: huvers of bills are importers of English goods Here is such a seller with a bill for 91.009. Thcrp i.t just as much gold in 4.&3(; dola!'s a.5 then) i- in one sorerei?it. r so that for h? ?,OM b!)! he would like £ to get; 4,8t>6 dollars. Wbathe will = however, will depend on the demand for hills on London, in proportion to the avail- able supply. If English exporters havo been slack or short of business, as for example through a coal-strike, and Ameri- can exporters have been rushing out t-v us vast supplies of goods, he will find it easy enough to sell his bill but ciiiitp, im- possible to get the full i.86t> dollars for it. The New York dealers in bills, who I act as middlemen between importers and | exporters, watch the state of trade very closely. If the balance of trade is against England, down goes the dollar-price of the English sovereign. If it is heavily against us. it will go down very much. It has been as low as 4.29. Look in the com- mercial columns of the papers and see what the qncced price is on the day you read this. On the dav it is written it is ?.3?. Now, I think, .yon will understand ex- r actly what the Food Controller meant the other day when he said that one of the reasons why food was dear was that the 1-n_-Iis h %o I English sovereign was worth only 17s. fid. in America, where so much of our food is bought. At to-day's rate, 4.32|, the sove- reign is worth 17s 91d., cash down, and as American bill", run for 60 days, Mr. I Rolrts's figure of Ii". 6d. is about righ' Now go one step further. Every American who buys our goods pays 11s in sterling, which he can buy in New York at the rate of 4.32J dollars to the pound. Every American who sells us goods stiffens the price to allow for the loss on the ex- change, and gives us L_s. fid. worth of his goods for a, sovereign's worth of our. In short, the Americans have us set. As I told you to shart with, we are selling sovereigns for 17s. fid. I THE REMEDY. I The par of exenange is i.stil cioiiirs, a11{L thG current exchange is 4.361. There is one sure and swift remedy.. If tliero comes a bigg-ar demand for Bills n Lon- don. the price will at once rise. The peo- ple who demand the bills are those who have to make payments in London. Tliero arc several reasons why foreigners want to buy the bdls, and the civet is thai they have bought British goods and want to pay for them. To raise the American exchange we must, therefore incre-8" our i exports more than we in-re-ise our hn- 1 port!s, n>? f(., An-ier oa o ii port*, n?? nec?Miirily to Amer oa on.y, since the exchange there would move m sympathy with Buenos Aires or Rio if we pushed up our South American trade. Herfe thúTJ is one way of gett'ng a riiso in traces, in commodity-wages, which are what matters most. Work and exports t More work and more exports! Theft. and there only, is the t--uiedy

Zurich, Nov. 2Gth, 1906..$453 9s. Ski. II Three months after date pay by this first of exchange to our order the sum of tour hundred and titty three It pounds, nine shillings and nine pence sterling, and place the same to our I account as advised. To W.D., E.t;.1 London, ) I

BAKERS' BEREAVEMENT. j wreath was sent by the Swansea Master Bakers' Association on Monday to the funeral of Kitty, the little ten-year- old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Lar- cembe, Carmarthen-road, who was taken suddenly ill last Sunday week and died in Hospital on Thursday of appendicitis. The bakers, at their meeting on, Sunday, also passed a resolution of sympathy with Mr. and Mrs. Larcombe in their bereave- ment.