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1 ,0 1 £ 500,000. FOR HOUSES. I Swansea' s Future I 1 Commitments. The quarterly meeting of the Swansea County Council—and the first after the Holidays—was held at the Guildhall on Wednesday, Ald. Ben Jones presiding in the abeence of the. Mayor (Mr. W. H. Miles*. There was a full attendance of mem- < bers. On the Parks Committed mrnntea, Aid. Owen repeatedly sought to aseer- j tarn when the Figure Eight in Victor:a Park would be removed, as was promised, j and aa people were beginning to talk.' But Aid. Kemtnings offered no reply, and Ald. Owen's effort to get in the question under various minutes failed. At length Aid, ÛWfm, addressing the Town Clerk (who, of course, had been consulted by the ex- Mayor in his.uling), said: t don't know whether you "want to catch a train to the Mumbles? The Town CleTk (to the ex-Mayor): I protest that I fchonld have some protee- tion. You as-ked mo to advise you, and I advised you. I don't want to catch a train to the Mumbles. I am going in a motor car to-night. Ald. Owen: I don't core if you walk. W are ontitled to have the information. The Town Clerk: You are not entitled to inault your officials. Aid. Owen: And you are not entitled to kept continually bluffing us as yon are doing:. (" Oh! Oh! ") (To the ex-Mayor): no you rule me out, Mr. ex-Mayor? I will be ruled out by yon, not by the Town Clerk. The ex-Mayor: I rul e yon ont. The incident then ended. IMPORTANCE OF HOUSING. Moving the Housing Committee minutes, Mr. Percy Molyneux told the members that- the houses in Do-la-Beche-,Areet vould all be occupied by the end of this week. The number thus housed was made up of 36 adults and 61 children. Prooeed- ing, he emphasised the importance of the y housing problem, and so far as he was concerned it was going to be housing first, housing second, and housing third. If he was spared to continue as chairman of the Housing Committee, he hoped that in the next six months or so they would be committed to half a million for housing. j Mr. H. Griffiths alluding to the minute which recommended that in view of the hisrh cost of Army huts the erection of these was impracticable, said since this recommendation the appalling and fear- ful document of cases of overcrowding had b-pen issued. Thiz, was a terrible re- flection upon the state of society. He had never eeen anything worse in his life. It was misery in the mass. indecent, im- moral, and absolutely filthy. In face of I' this, he thought they should see if the Government would provide similar finan- cial assistance for liats as for houses. He hated huts, but they would be better than this. Aid. Molyneux said financial conditions in regard to huts had improved, but it was N still thought it was better to go on a lilt.ile longer, awaiting decent houses. The i-ninute was i-eferred back for fur- theof cons i(le,-ation. LABOUR ASSOCIATION AND I S HOUSING. I The ilousin. z Committee had received a copy oi a reiCiiution passed by the Swan- sea Labour As sociation calling upon the Corporation to inoceed with a housing scheme, adequate .-to the needs of the people, to the exclusion 01 expenditure on any other matter. Councillor Molyne ux explained that the committee had felt t hat this was a matter upon which the Council as a who should express an opinion, find lie asked for their views. Aid. James at once* proposed that an in- struction go forward to the various com- mittees through thfy .Parliamentary Com- mittee to exclude a!'l expenditure until the housing difficulty vias solved. This was seconded by Councillor David Williams (St. Thpma.s), who instanced cades in his ward <o emphasise the press- ing need for hoU'.s. They intended, he said, to expend about « £ T0,000 upon a school on Town Hill, but what was the •ass of schools, he asked, if they were going to rear children in slums? Every- thing should stand aside for the urgent question of housing. The present Isola- tion Hospital, he pointed ont, was hope- r lessly inadequate, and if there were an ^outbreak of fever in the town they would find themselves in a -ieriou-s situation. But he was prepared to; let even that question stand down for the sake of housing. They contributed < £ ?,000 per annum to the Welsh -N;rmorial AsQ c;,lti)n. What (lif4 that mean? It was dealing with the effects and leaving the cause, mopping up the slot's and leaving the tap running. CHILDREN WANT SCHOOLS. I Aid. Ivor Gwyjiiie said that 150 houses en Town Hill meant 400 children, and they must have a school there. Councillor Williams: 'Xo, no, my fTiend. PMw.e had learned the lesson of their lives during the last,few years, and they were going to restrict the number of children. Children were not going to be brought into the world to grow up like cattle. People wore not going to go on bringimg babi.es up in barns, cellars, and stables as had been doing; they were tired of that kind of life. The motion was carried. ALLEGATIONS OF INFLUENCE. I The ex-Mayor (Aid. J-?n Jonas, cnair- man of the Ect&tes Committee) moved the Teseision yi a portion of a resolution of the Estates C.oromitt in re?id to a imse. Mr. David Williams (St. Thomas) nllo/ed that the position was that because some- body had more influence than others he was favoured, and the Council was oooilv asked to rescind a resolution oalling upon owners to spend money on repairing dilapi- dation. I f they dcl this in one case, they would have to do it in all. and the falling in of property was now an important mat- ter. He moved ilia t the notice be deierred for further information. Aid. Owen seconded. Major Milbournr Williams asked that the estate ngent give what he thought V. on id be »egarded as his perfectly suit- able explanation. The I-:tat) Agent (Mr. Tanbridge), in a lengthy ^tAtement, said the only ques- tion one of procedure in view of there btvrtf u ndei Jeseess. Rescission would not I'lf.'ui waiving ?>nv notyces o.t dilapidations, lut r«tW that they would have a better f,ii ie oo whicti to demand them. Mr. Merreiljj objected to statements im- plying favouritism. Or. the estate agent's s*atiiment ho was quite jsatisficd that the best, interests of thf Corporation were being served. The ex-Mayor assured the Council the committer had shown no preferences, and could give a full and satisfactory explana-1 tion tie was willing that the notice should be adjonrced. ?Th:? was agreed to. ——. I

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