The Cambria Daily Leader

1 4"690009000. 1 New Zealand Soldiers to Benefit. I WELLINGTON, Sunday (received To-day). The Government have decided to pay the members of the New Zealand Force, & gratuity of is. 6d. per day from the date of embarkation to the signing of Peace. Tire will involve an expenditure of over = £ 6,000.000.

ESTHONIA. ——— Campaign Continues. I The Peace Question. I STOCKHOLM, Sept. 21 I (Received to-day). Saturday's Esthonian communique says that on the Yamburg front the Esthoniar armoured train bombarded the bridge and station of Yamburg. On the Pskoff front the enemy has shelled the station of Isborsk. Since the morn- ing, along the entire line from Lake Pskoff to the village of Kassygrind there Were violent artillery duels. During the day the enemy bombarded and attacked our 'reaches on the line of villages Vdda- vitski-Polobolnya Gcrnslik Padramys- Petrova, but all attacks wei-, repulsed The enemy left behind many killed and wounded. At some places our troops al- lowed the enemy to approach to within a distance ot 300 yards, and then openeci a violent fire, with the result that the enemy Bed panic-stricken. One of our detachments began a counter-attack against the village of Shabintsv, from which, supported by artillery fire, they ejected the enemy. They then returned to their old posi- tions. In the Potalova sector, our scouting detachments attacked the estate ot Kotleshi and drove off some enemy posts. To-day's communique says: On the Pskoff front, the enemy tried to ap- proach our positions from the villages of Podlibje, Kresnaja, and Rjepka, but Was repulsed by our fire. On the front north of the railway line there was lively scouting activity. We drove the enemy out of the pillages of Podlibje, Saput, and Ehje. South of the railway line there were repeated enemy attacks and a counter-attack by our troops. PEACE DEMARCHE. I According to a telegram from Hel- singfors, the Reval correspondent of the Finnish paper Huvirdstadsblad" writes: It becomes more and more evident that the Esthonian peace demarche is the work of the Social Demo- crate and the Labour Group which is allied with them. In any case, the Con- i stituent Assembly is surprised at the communication made by the Foreign Minister, M. Poska. It was made to appear that the Esthonian-Russian nego- tiations were only part of the general negotiations between the Allied Powers and the Bolsheviks. It must, however, rather be presumed that the peace nego- tiations took the Allies by surprise. No politicians, but dilettantes are managing the whole affair. They believe that they will be able to cope with Bol- shevism. and hope that Esthonia, by a union with Lettland and Lithuania, wiU be a power with which England must reckon, and that Esthonia's inde- pendence will in this way be recognised. They also think that instead of a co-stly advance towards Petroirad, a union with the Baltic neighbours of Esthonia and peace with Soviet Russia will be gained.

RUNAWAY TRAM. I Waunarlwydd Collier Killed I in Pit. An inquest was held at Llafcsamlet on Saturday by Mr. D. H. Clarke on the body of Emlyn Long (28), of Bryn Ffynnon, Waunarlwydd, working at the Killan Colliery, who was killed there on "Wednesday last. Deceased was struck by a runaway tram, which raced the incline into the pit, through the chain coupling it to the others breaking. A verdict of Accidental death was returned

CROWN AND ANCHOR. I William John Mitchell (40), described as a timberman, was fined 10a. or 21 daye at Swansea on Monday for playing Crown and Anchor for money on the footway at Wern-terrace, Port Tennant, on Septem- ber 20th.

r BAD LANGUAGE. I » 1 At Abera/von on Monday, two young1 men. Ernest, Hunt and Arthur Cardy, were charged, on the information of PC. Clarke, with using bad language. The constable I' added that both defendant* had been fight- Tng with Frenchmen. Majcr Gray: What's the mattsr? I I bought we were allies. I Hunt, who had served four rears in the j Army, wa« ordered to pay the c4--r-U, RT)II C..rd7 woe fined 10b.

I FIUME CHEEK! Adventurers Stop French I Ships. I ROME, Saturday I (recei-ed To-day). An armed minesweeper flying the flag of the town of Fi.'me, with Arditi Ibalian storm-troops on hoard, stopped a French steamer carrying provisions tor- the French troops After bem ? parched, the s'eamer was allowed to continue her journey, Cn Dalrnatia, some Yugo-Slav volun- ieers attempted to land last night in ter- ritory occupied by Italian troops, but their plan was foiled at the outlet by the anergetic measures taken in tune by the i nnnl and military authorities.

FATAL BURNS. I Penciawdd Child's Tragic Fate. A sad burning fatality occurred in Penciawdd, on Saturday when a- little girl named Annie May Wilva.ms, aged 3, of Blue Anear Terrace, Penclawdd, was severely burnt from which she died on the following day, Sunday. It appears that the little girl and her father were together in the kitchen of the house, when the father went out to get some coal to put on the fire, and while doing this he heard screams, and rushed in to find the child enveloped in flames, her clothing having caught fire.

TO-DAY S WIRES. I U.S. AND STRIKES. I Boston, Monday.—The Central Labour Union has decided against calling a gen- eral strike, ut favours financial assis- tance to striking policemen. t Pittsburg, Mondaj>.—Steel strike opened with clashes between police and crowds holding meetings. Nineteen arrests made. Nobody seriously hurt. TALK IT OVER. I- I Melbourne, rriday (received to-day).— In the Peace Treaty debate in the House of Rep r n tati ves, Mr. Page (La.oour) said f-bai if Capital »nd Labour could only get together and talk over their difficulties, this alone would justify the treaty. We should go on our knees and thank God for Lloyd George. He sand that the American Consul-General foreshadows a visit to Australia oi the American Asiatic Fleet. INDIAN INDEMNITY BILL. I Simla, September 18th, (received to-day). —A Bill indemnifying all Government officers for bonafide acts committed in the course of martial law during the recent disorders was introduced by Sir W. H. Vincent in the Viceroy's Council to-day. He announced that the Govern- ment had decided to appoint two judges, one European and one Indian, to inquire into the sentences passed by martial law tribunals, as the Government was anxious that the fullest justice should be done, Pandit Mohan 6poke for 4 hours in op- position to the Bill. He urged that no open rebellion had occurred, and that people were irritated by unnecessary firing. Aeroplanes had dropped bombs without justification, and respectable citizens were brutally treated. He con- demned. the floggings and treatment of Lahore students.

END OF SUMMER TIME. Clocks Back Next Monday. I The Home Secretary gives notice that summer time will eease and ndtmal time will be restored at 3 a,m, (summer time) in the morning of Monday next, Sept 29th, when the clock will be put back i to two o'clock. The hour two-three a.m., sum- mer time, will thus be followed by the hour two three a.m., Greenwich -time. All the railway clocks and clocks in post-offices and Government establish- ments will be put back one hour, and the Government requests the public to put back the time of all clocks and watches by one hour during the night of Sunday. Monday, Sept. 28-29. Employers aro par. ticularly recommended to warn all their workers in advance in the change of time. \The public are cautioned that the hands of ordinary striking clocks should not be moved backwards. The ohange of time should he made by putting forward the hands eleven hours, and allowing the clock to strike fully at each hour, half. hour, and quarter-hour, as the case may be. The hands should not be moved whi1-: the clock is striking. An alternative method, in the case of pendulum clocks, is to stop the pendulum for an hour.

THE VEIL. "f! husband and I are separated. I live in the front room and he in the back." remarked a woman at Willesden Court.

At Swansea on Mt.rulay a maintenance order of 35s. per week was amde when Elizabeth O'Brien summoned her hus- band, John O'Brien (51), a fuel shipper, for desertion on September $th. )

OUR AGRICULTURE 1 Decreases on Last Year I A Board of Agriculture return to-day shows that the total acreage under crops and grass in 1919 in England and Wales amounts to 26,750,000 acres. The acreage under wheat (2,221,000 acres) shows a decrease of 335,000 acres on 1918, but, except. for last year, is the largest crops since 1891. Barley shows a very small increase, and oats have fallen slightly, but the latter still occupy the' second largest area oa record. Potatoes show very largely reduced acre- age, the total being 476,000 acres, being only three-fourths that of last year, and ¡ but little great* than the pre-war aver- f age. Cows in milk are more numerous than in 1918 by 85,000, the total, 1,954,000, being the largest on record. Sheep show a decline of 1,350,000. the total being the lowest on record. The total of pigs was 1,800,000, six per I cent. more than last year.

BUNNING DROPPED. I Rejected by Postal I Union. The conference of Post Office workers j provided a sensation on Saturday night when the delegates rejected a proposal to J retain the services of Mr. G. H. Stuart j* Bunning in a consultative capacity at a salary of E200 a year. j The effect of this decision is that Mr. Bunning is no longer qualified for election j as a member of the Trade Union CongrcM 1 Parliamentary Committee, while his long connection with postal activities has ended with the amalgamation of the Poshnf>n'f; Federation, the Postal and Telegraph j Clerks' Association, and the Sorters' j Union a few days as'o under the title of ) the Post Office Workers' Union. Mr. Bunning, who for many years was i general secretary of the Postmen's Federa- tion, Created a stir in the Labour world little more than a fortnight ago by his i bold attitude on the subject of direct j action. In his presidential addvess at the >. Trade Union Congress at Glasgow he de- clared himself an anti-direetion action, ist," rind strongly defended the refusal el* the Parliamentary Committee to call af special congress on the subject.

TIPPERS' MINIMUM. Chamber of Commerce Holds Private Meeting. A ti A meeting of tfe coal shipping secti on of the Swansea Chamber of Commerce was held at the Chamber of Commerce on Monday afternoon, in respect to coal tippers' minimum wages. The proceedings were private.

BRAVE OLD VETERAN. Volunteered for Army at Age of Sixty. The death has taken place of Comrade F. Bishop, of the United Service Bri- gade, ex-sergeant R.A., who served in Afghanistan, receiving the medal and clasp, and retiring on pension after com- pleting 21 years' service. He was for some time a member of the board of the brigade, and in spite of his age—sixty—he volunteered for active service at the beginning of the Great War. After repeated applica- tions he was appointed artillery instruc- tor at Woolwich and other stations. Retiring after about two years of ardu- ous work, he resumed his position as foreman in his pre-war employment. Members and friends are requested to attend ths funeral, on Tuesday, leaving 52, Siloh-road, Landore, at 3 p.m. for CwmgelJy Cemetery.

SLIDING DOWN-HILL. More Currency Wanted. We want to scrap the Bradburys and grt back to currency," said Sir John Mar- Laren, president of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce, speaking at Leeds on Saturday We can only do that by the exercise of thrift and industry. As a nation we have been sliding quickly and gaily down the hill to bankruptcy, and the only thing that will save us is for the nation to set to work in earnest. I do not object to high wages, but we must have a big output."

A BURRYPORT FUNERAL. On Saturday, the funeral took place of Mr. Benjamin Samuel, of 4. Park View I terrace -other-in-law of the late Rev. Ben I EYans. Manse It on, and a native .f Jeoca, Brecone-hirei at St. Pembrey. The chief mourners were: ifre. Samuel, (widow), Fred and Dorothy (chil- dren), Mr. T. Samuel (Birkenhead), Mr. Lewis Samuel (Abertiliery), Sergeant R. Sinrael (Cardiff City Police and brothers Mrs. T. Price. (Cardiff), Mr. \V. H. Price ;S'.vanseai. The Ret. Mr. Jenkins (Vicar* aDd Rev. Mr. Richards officiated at the house and church.

THE" BAKESTONE." Knotty Point For the Swansea Bench Is It Bread? Can a bakestone be termed bread was theknotty point presented to the Swansea magistrates for decision on Monday, when Albert Victor Larcombo (35), a baker, of Carmarthen-road, Swansea, was summoned for selling bread otherwise than by weight, on September 9th. Mr. Hield prosecuted, and Mr. H. W. Samuel (instructed by Mr. W. E. Francis) de- fended. In opening Mr. Hield said it was the general opinion in Swansea that bake- stones were not bread, and, therefore, could be sold at any price or weight. Inspector Knight gave evidence con- cerning a visit to defendant's shop and the purchase of two bakestones, for which he paid 2d. each. The bakestones were not weighed in the tShop, and when e Weighed them he found that they were Goz. eac. BREAD OR MUFFIN. Inspector Bingham considered bake- stones to be bread. Cross-examined by Mr. Samuel, wit- ness said he did not know of a similar prosecution in which the court had held that a bakestone was bread. A bakestone could not be described as a muffin, but he believed that under the Pastry Order of 1917 bakestones as well as muffins and crumpets were prohibited from manufae- 1,4re. A number of samples of different kinds of bakestones, buns, etc., were produced, and on examination witness said they were all similar to bread. He admitted that it was possible to make several kinds of bread from the game piece o dough. CASE DISMISSED, I Mr. Samuel, for the defence, submitted I that there wa-s no case to answer. Mr. Richard Martin (in the chair), I said that on applying the facts and de- cisions lwfore- them, they (the magis- 1 rates) dismissed the case.

SPORTING OFFER. I ■ i Mr. Smilfie and Duke. I ySrailli^ speaMrg at a. mi!«cr?v #e-'| at Hanley on Saturday,lsaS(" there was a duke who was after a Scalp. As the Duke bf Northumberland Was a sport, he would make him a sporting, offer "I am prepared to resign frotr. the Miners' Federation," said the speaker, if he will resign from his estates in this country. I think tb<i miner is as good as a duke, and the miner's wife' a great deal better and more useful than the duchess." He added th at e was prepared to take a. vote of the mil er* a6 to whether he or the duke was richt on the question <)f nationalisation He was in favour of direct action next week, month, or year. and he predicted that the mines would beeoni-e national property iv the uear future.

I STRIKE CONTINUES. I No Settlement of Trawler I Dispute. The position of stalemate in regard to the Swansea trawlermen's strike becomes perplexing, and there are no fewer than 230 men affected, representing about twenty-three boats. With regard to the effect on local sup- plies, the oo-sufferers with the consumer (who naturally cannot obtain fish cheaplj and in plenty) are the buyers at the Fish Market, whose activities are practically nil just at present. The owners are expected to make some move in the matter this week, but hitherto there has not been the slightest hint of conipromiso or settlement from their &ide. The situation is becoming serious, and some wonderment is felt at the fact tha tl:f' Ministry of Labour have not the lit u; to intervene.

r MARGAM POACHERS. Caught in the Act. i Thomswi Moore, Charles Moore (brothers), Thomas Williams, and George Williams (also brothers), of Taibach, Port Talbot, wer charged at Aberavon on Monday with trespassing in pursuit of copies on Brom- oil Farm, Margram, on Sunday week. Mr. Lewió Thomas prosecuted for the Mar gam Estate, and Mr. K. T. Wehrle appeared for the defendants. HAD THREE DOGS. I Goring Cillock, gamekeeper, fpoke to I seeing the defendante on the land aocom- I panied by three dogs, two of which were I whippets. He saw a dog catch a rabbit, which Thomas Moore put into his pocket. The dogs then searched the bushes. Witness got within fifteen yards of the de- fendants. Three ran up the mountain, and one towards Taibaoh. The defence NNas a complete alibi. Thomas Moore said he was in the house all the morning, and two witnesses con- firmed his statement. The other three men denief being near the land on the Sunday. I The brothers Moore were fined £ 2 each, 4k 11 ,Ole brotheas Williams Ll each. ]

I 50,000 "OUT." Iron Moulders' Strike. To-day is a critical one in the iron in- dustry. On Saturday 50,000 iron moul- ders ceased work. Of thi6 number, Lan- cashire is represented by 24,000 men. The royal dockyards may be affect-el. ¡ Their feeling will be ascertained today, when the iron moulders will be out with foundrymen all over the country. Many of the men in the dockyards were anxious to ignore the strike owing to the reductions proceeding at these es- tablishments, but the union refused their .sanction. The stoppage of the foundries will lead to a general stoppage in all enginering and allied industries. The cause of the trouble is the em. ployers' refusal to grant a 15s. a weei advance to men and 7s. 6d. a we-ek to ap- prentices, with proportionate increase for piecework. The rates of pay average between S3 5s. and £4 5s. per week, inclusive of al; bonuses. FUTURE MENACING. I The decision of the iron foundry workers has had the effect of creating no little consternation in other sections cf the engineering industry, and the possi- bilities of the dispute in the event of a protracted struggle are menacing. A Northern trade union leader 6tat^ that if the strike continues for two or three weeks, castings now cu hand will be used up and thousands of men en- gaged in other branches of engineering thrown idle. In the United Kingdom there are over 500,000 men employed in engineering, and in Manchester the number was approxi- mately 28,000, while the total number cf members in Lancashire was about 100,000. Sheffield moulderc, affected numbc: J,000. Vickers' naval works at Barrov may be affected and Belfast shipyard, will be badly hit. Engineers in Irish mills have given notice to atop work on Wednesday for extra wages. STORY OF THE DISPUTE. I Tra-ae unions in the dispute were parties to the National Wages Agree- ment under which general wages appli- cations were to be made to the Court c. Arbitration every four months. Th v last hearing under this agreement um place in June, 1919. By an awara dated July 15, 1919, the Court decide- that no general change should be made. This decision operates until ancthe; award -is made following on the nes-i liViViug. tv hieii is due to be Lej" llf In August, 1919, the Ironfoundere', and Dressers' Lnions ma<l' application for a wages advance anc gave twenty-one days' notice to cea& work to enforce their demand. The masters claimed that the actior of the unions was a contravention of th,, National Wages Agreement. Then the unions gave notice terminat- ing the National Vvages Agreement an.) i renewed their application for a .genera; advance in wages. The employers replied that it was no; posriblo for them to give priority ci treatment, to any one union, and thi. they were prepared to leave the question as to whether any further advance in wages should be given to the decision o. the Court of Arbitration in October. Tho unions declined to postpone pro- ceeding with their clairo, and the meYl ceased work on Saturday. NONE OUT IN SWANSEA. I The situation in swansea with the iron moulders at present remains nor- mal, but nothing definite can be said as to the immediate future.

LLAN E LLY TOO TH IRSTY Using More Per Head Than Cardiff, The serious shortage of water at Llan- elly which has compelled the Corporation to take drastic step of cutting off the sup- ply of water to the works is not difficult to explain. In the first place, the rainfall this year has been far below the average for the last forty years. To be exact, between April and August only 13.32 inches hava been registered, as compared with an average of 21.12 mobee for the last thirty I eight years. During that long period only on two occasions has the rainfall been less than this year's, iho total for 1887 be- I iiot. 8.54 inches, and in 1896 it was 10. inches. In those years, however, the con- sumption by the works was not nearly what it is to-day and the population lutE also increased. The following figures tell their on tale:- Consumption in 1906, 1,166 million gallons. Consumption in 1919, 1,637 million gallons. It becomes necessary to again appeal to evory householder to exerci se the great- eat economy in the use of water. An arrangement have been made by whirl" the Rural Council supply about tIne. quarters of a million gallons a day to help the situation. The consumption pc: "head has already been reduced to 30 gal- lons per day, but twenty gallons shouk be ample. Every gallon p&r head saved represents a total of 50,000 gallons per day. t The consumption at Cardiff is thar. 20 gallons per head. Why then should Llanelly householders consume thirty gal- lons in this time of shortage?

Charged at Swansea on Monday with indecent behaviour on a piece of waste ground near the river on September 20th. John O'Bfien í3;), described as a collier, was fined ?Os. or 21 days and EUza?th  Glanvillo (3D, a woman of a certain class, ?:is Mnt down for three months. The jj oft'cute was admitted. i

I I I I MR. W. J. REES7 BLQUESTS. to the will, continued j 10U page ?P. dc<:c?s<-? loft annuities 3 rcc of death duties and income tax, or' £ T0i: to his nephew, D. -J. Arthur £ 65 each to bis sons, William .) nc. D. K+es- and Stanley Kecs, and of I.iv46W. ITokl't I.: ¡no to his u-p-daughtr, Marjorie Elizabeth Worsley Ormerood; £ -50 each to his god-son, Wm. Tudor Bees and Win. K. Griffiths, of tie Canadian; Embassy. London, and residue to hil wifn during widawliood, with re- I, 1 h 'h" (mainder in equal s h ares to his two sons and his step-daughter. He left CO odwill and business to his, partner TO-DAY"S RACING, Betting 3.15: 160 to 8"Verdun, 9 to 4 King Sol, 8 to 1 Dumb Waiter. 3.45—Rich Gift and Pallene jiead- feeat. Two ran, I I i Si I

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