The Cambria Daily Leader

AN EXAMPLE. £100 Fine for I Short Weight Bread "A VERY SERIOUS CASE." At Highgate to-day Messrs. Gylê. Ltd., of Muswell Hill, were fined £100 for ex- posing for sale 34 loavÐg of bread short in weight. Previous convictions under the Bread Act were proved. VERY SERIOUS CASE. I ?_ The magistrate Jmrnc.tensed it as I very serious case, and eaid that in plead- ing it was a technical offence Mr. Gyles, who represented the firm, had treated it far too lightly. In the ca.se of a private trader the inagistrate had the power to eend the person to prison, but it was diffi- cult to deal with a firm. It was mentioned that the prosecution rould have taken a case on each of the Si loaves, and the full penalty would I have Ijeen 1!1,000.

MOULDERS' STRIKE. Statement By Labour Ministry. There was no alteration in the position regarding the ironfounders' strike. this morning. One thousand Eelfast iron- cioulders are still on strike. Notice was Issued at Messrs. Cocrube, Barbour, and Coombes Foundry yesterday afternoon that their works, employing about 3,000 men, wili close down on Saturday unless In the meantime the dispute is settl ed. Practically the whole twenty-four foun- dries in Derby have had to close down their moulding departments owing to the strike. A Dudley message says that several Black Country employers have offered to pay the advances asked if t'ho. men will resume work, but the local strike com- mittees have declined to negotiate with- out the consent of the chief officials. LABOUR MINISTRY'S VIEW. I The Ministry of Labour makes the fol- I lowing announcement regarding the iron- moulders' strike: As there appears to bo some misapprehension regarding the action of the Ministry of Labour in con- nection with the strike, it is desirable that the following facts should be stated for the information of the public. The Trade Unions concerned were parties to an agreement arrived at in February, 1917, with the Engineering Employers' Federation, whereby claims for altera- tions in wage rates in the engineering and. foundry trades were to be made in the months of February, June and October, the awards of the Committee on Production and subsequently of the Orort of Arbitration becoming operative in the months of April. August and December each year. Together with the other Unions in the engineering and foundry trades in the three liade Unions whose members ara itit strike Were voluntarily" parties to a flaim ma at in accordance with this agreement in JJuno last. The award made by the Court of Arbitration in July, as the re- sult of this claim, became operative in August, and the employers are under a legal obligation to pay wages in ac- cordance with that award until the nor- mal period of four months elapses, i.e., until December 1st. UNIONS SHOrLD WAIT. The Ministry of Labour take tiie view that the Unions are morally bouna to observe the same conditions, and that they should wait until the ordinary time (October) bsfore making any further claim for an alteration. It is for the Trade Unions to decide whether they will be parties to arbitration on the fur- ther claim, but the Ministry of Labour hold the view that while the employers are under a legal obligation to carry out the award of the Court of Arbitration it is equally the duty of the Trade Unions concerned to accept the terms of award for the period for which it is operative. The Unions were so advised when they attended at the Ministry on the 16th inst."

STILL OUT. I Swansea Trawlermen Insist I on All Theil. Demands. I resolution "that this meeting decides to remain out until the whole of our de- mands are conceded/5 was passed on Wed- nesday at the trawlermen's meeting at the Royal Theatre. Mr. F. Mortimer presided, and the Sailors' and Firemen's Union was jepresented by Messrs. Dwyer and D-iinley. Reference was made to the Leader paragraph of Monday giving publicity to the statements of a correspondent signing himself Disgusted," and who made alle- gations against the conduct of the strike by the Union. The official denial contained in the paragraph wa,s re-affirmed, and Et vote of the utmost confidence in the officials, passed. The opinion was aleo expressed by the representatives that the writer of the letter could not possibly have been a fisherman.

THE REVENUE Huge Figures for Year. BIG WAR EXPENDI. TURE. I A White Paper. issued on Wednesday j shows that the total revenue from taxes in Great Britain and Ireland for the year ended March, 1919, amounted to 1:786,803,000. i The total lion-tax revenue reached the sum of a total aggrp-, gate revenue for the year of £891,763,500." I Details show that a revenue of £ 46,000,000 was received On tobacco,. f;27,000,000 on sugar, £ 25,000,000 on beer, and £ 18,500,000 on spirits. Income-tnx brought in £ 293,268,000, and the Excess Profits Duty £ 283,977.000. t EXPENDITURE. I The total expenditure for the year under review was ,€2,579.301,500. The greater part of this huge total was expended on naval and milihry operations, th(' amount nUottod bv Vo?? of Credit b<'In? .t2,19S.000.00. The Xntim?al Debt charges amounted to £ 269,965,000, and the remain- ing money was mainly spent on Civil Gov- ernment charges and Post Office.

RENOUNCED. I Germany and Union with I Austria. I PARTS, Tuesday (received to-dayi. Pfiron Von Iversner signed at Versa illes th? 'foIlo?'ipT declaration:— The und<°?ign?d duly authori?d and a''Hn? in the name of the German Govern- ment declares that all proyisions of the German constitution which contradict thf terms of the Treaty of Peace signed at Versailles on June 26th, 1919, are invalid. The German Government, in conse- quence declares and recognises that Para- graph 2 of Article 61 of the said constitu- tion is null and void, and particularly that the admission of Austrian representa- tives to the German Reiehsrath can only take place when in accordance with Articje 80 of the Peace Treaty. The Council of the League of Nations has consented to a modification corres- ponding with the interna-tional situation of Austria." The present declaration will be approved by the competent German legislative authority within 15 days, which will fol. low the coming into force of the Treaty of Peace. I

COMMERCIAL DEGREES I P-500,000 for Business Men. I A bold scheme for deaJing with the sub- ject of higher commercial education i6 fore- shadowed by the decision of the University of London to grant the degree of BacheJor of Commerce to candidates who paes the necessary examinations after e, course of Btudy, lasting normally for three years. A further degree of Master of Commerce will be available, after another two years' satisfactory practical experience in the par- ticular trade or industry taken up by the candidate. The examinatione will be three in num- ber: the matriculation as a proof of gene- ral education; the intermediate, for which the subjecte will be elementary economics, banking, currency, trade, transport, finance, geography, accounting or world-history, ()J1 approved modern language, and a eccond subject 6elected from a given list which in- cludes foreign languages, sciences, mathem- atics, history, English, and commercial Ark STUDY FOR TWO YEARS. I I me nnal involves two years study. During the first year the subjects are organisation of industry, banking, trade and transport, modern economic develop- ment of the Empire and the chief foreign countries, elementary commercial law and statistical method. The second year is devoted to specialisation, each student selecting a group of subjects appropriate to the industry in which he is engaged or pro- poses to be engaged. While it is expected that there will be a certain number of candidates able to de- vote their whole time to the course, it ie realised that the larger proportion will be composed of those who are employed I during the day and can only study in their spare time. Full provision has been made to handle this side of the problem. In addition, a central bureau will be set up in the City, where a thoroughly quali ficd staff of advisers will be available both in the daytime and the evening to guide and assist individual candidates in their studies, both personally and by post. It is heped that thi. bureau will develop an employment agency, where "employers will peek for properly University-trained rren For those who do not wish to take he full degree courses, but only to specialise in fccme one branch thereof, opportunities will be provided for attendance at tie RnnrCDriate classes of the course. I £ 500,000 REQUIRED. I Suitable text-boots, comparable to the I admirable worIns that are in use in Ger- inory. France, and the United States, will be prepared, though it is not expected that the publication of such books is likely to lie, directly, a commercial success. The annual coet of these proposals if estimated thus necessitating the provision of a capital of £ 435,000. To this muet he added the cost of buildings. The total required, in round figures, is about half a million. Quite lar<re' have already been receive^ and it it hoped that the mer- chants of the metropolis will not be slow to provide the balance

[ MYSTERY SHIP. ¡ MYSTEY SHIP. Bolshevist Smuggling I Attempt. A Bolshevik mystery ship was captured on Saturday in Finnish waters by a Br ifcish destroyer and taken lo Biorko. It is called Eskilstuna, and was on its way from Petrograd to Stockholm. The ,cai-go was described as flax, but the British were on the watch for the vessel and were aware of the nrture ot the real carjjo, which is now being examined. BOLSHEVIST LITERATURE. The Lskilstuna was recently stopped by a Finnish patrol ship, and under a cargo of flax was found a mass of Bol- fchovist. literature printed in English. French, and" German; also a valuable col- lection of art objects an Bolshevist films idealising Soviet conditions. The crew were Bolshevist agents dressed as sailors, and the cargo was consigned to The American Legation, Stockholm, in transit to American museums." The Finnish authorities released the vessel and allowed her crew to l-cturn to Petrograd. As a result there have, been loud protests in a certain section of the Swedish Pross. It is understood that the vessel carried a similar cargo when she was captured by the British. She went ashore near Bjorko while under British escort, and it is believed that the crew tried to wreck the £ hi;>, but it is now safe at Bjorko.

= I "FlUME OR DEATH." I d' Annunzio s War-Cry. I MILAN, Sept. 22 (received to-day). The Croats in Fiume nre saiisbod with D'Annunzio's rule. Friendly relation; already have been established, and the Italians are conciliatory. D'Annunzio has issued proclamations to Venice, Milan, and to all Italians. He asserts his supreme authority has been obeyed by all, and asks Milan for money and provisions. To the Venetians lie says:— SHAMEFUL YOKE. I [f you could know the sober inebriety of the Fiume people you would hai-e-tti courage to rise and overth row the shame fill yoke of the Italian Government." Distributing medals to the at Fiume, D'Annunzio fwid:— u To-da. the sacred anniversary of tJw conquest of Rome, I institute bronz'' medals, which shall he coined by nation-a: decree, and the die shall not lie destroyed If we live we shall wear them proudly I on our breasts. If we fall they shall be guarded by our kinsfolk. Either way they are tokens of the nation, and the toke]) ts a pledge. U Let us cry FiuID or death May shame overwhelm traitors! The Father- land is here. Speaking later, he said:— I have informed the Government that Fiume, its port, territory, and railway, all must be Italian. Any declaration other- wise shall never be accepted or accom plished..No more words now: Vigilance, j discipline, silence."

TRANSPORT MINISTRY. Sir Eric Geddes Starts Work. I The new Ministry of Transport com- menced its formal existence on Tuesday 'I at 5 and 6, Whitehall Gardens. Sir Eric [ Geddes was early on the scene, inspiring his staff in their work of organising the -different departments into which the Ministry is divided, and by 11 o'clock the whole building was humming with acti- vity. The Ministry is dirided into four main departments under departmental heads, with Sir Eric as supreme chief and Sir Hardman Lever as watchdog for the Treasury to see that the new Ministry is run as economically as possible. Sir Philip Nash Is in charge of the railway department., and Sir J. G. Beeharrell of the Finance and Statistical Department, General Sir H. Maybury of the Boad De- partment, and the Development section I is in the hands of Sir Charles Martin de Bartholorae. THE SPADE WORK. I An official of the Ministry told a Press I representative that the spade work of the orgp nisation was done some days before the Ministry was .officially recognised by I people not paid from the public purse, and that the machinery was practically in running order yesterday for the work of reorganising the country's transport, ir Francis Dunnell is secretary and soli- citor to the new Ministry, and there are 850 other ranks in the way of clerks and typists to carry on the necessary work of the various departments. Lieut.-Col. Sir Rhyr-. Williams, Bart., D.S.O., K.C., M.P., has been appointed Parliamentary Secretorv to the Ministry of runsport.

GIFTS FROM ROYALTY.  Attack on American Peace I Delegates. I A remarkable attack on the members of the American Peace Delegation to Paris was made in the American Senate on Monday, when Senator Penrose ac- cused them of having returned witb I millions of dollars" worth of presents from European rulers. The charge has caused a sensation because ot the established American feeling aaraiiist t, Lr I members of the Government; accepting gifts from the rulers of other nations VALUABLE JEWELLERY. Mr. Penrose declared: I am told that ¡ the President returned to America laden and overburdened with presents from I crowned heads and foreign Governments Even the women in the Executive party brought back jewellery worth hundreds of thousands. An official of the Custom House, I am informed, stated that jewel- lery amounting in value to E200,000 has been brought back. I Mr. Ashurst, a Democratic senator. ) declared: "When officials accept pre- sents of great value they dissolve the pearl of independence in the vinegar oi obligation," Mr. Ashurst nevertheless I accused Mr. Penrose of attacking wompr. Mr. Penrose replied: I am simply ¡ stating the fact that the Presidential party, including women, brought back presents from crowned heads and foreigr I Governments aggregating several mil- lions of dollars." )

_u_- I TO-HiCHT'S EVENTS, I Gilding and Fox at the Empire. I Peg o My Heart" at the Grand. "Our Little Wife" at the Elysium. The Claw" at the Royal. The Girl with no Regrets at the Oastle. A Woman of Impulse." at the Carlton. The Bride's -kwakeiiing at the Picture House. M.r David Roberts' Sale of freehold and leasehold shops and houses. 3 p.m. Chamber of Commerce meetintr 3.0. Watch CoTiiinittee, Guildhall. 3.0. ) All- A R. T Lucas's? properly sale at Hardy ¡ Hotel. Gorseinon 6 p.m. TO MORROW. ->Ie:-srs. Beynon Holland, and Barron Fas- j coe'.i tale of stocks crops, and imple- j nients at the Corner House. Portcynon. I 12 noon. Meesrg. Win. and Wakpr J?mp-'e sa)f of live stock, crops, implements, ete" at Copdiaawr F irnj. Manor-deilo. o.m j Food Control. Guildhall 4.15. I Couoicil in Committee. Guildhall, 2,45. Hospital P.oanl. 4.0. I CIJ-ne Valley Eacee. j THE WEATHER. I FROM THE METEOROLOGICAL "VICE I General Ir?r?ncp fron. <:?M'rvationp at ?seveu 0 Cloek 1-ist nurh;. — depr(\510r..yrer I Se;¡nåin" i:1 is mov ing E. and another 4e- pre?ion to th0 W d 'celaod ? approach- ¡ ins. The v. eat her is likc-'v to be mosth -fair I in the South, but !Of'S fa'r in Northern rfis tricts. South Wa!e«.L:«ra« or moderate v-ind < hrtweer X and X later, -cari- ■v;!( r- k >«• ) '• .( I « l i<>v ■••• t.-o l d ('I.t '.j.-K I »<•- «*•«• i!1t1"i'ne. (if; UelarKi I tuS weather í likc).v to remain unsettled. | -I- -1 I I I 1, j MINISTRY REPLIES TO N. U .R. 1 I d.. ¡, v ¡l, I iEI In a statement issued by the Mini- | • I1 ?.?"f'ri'iu.t?p?'t?u'-ait.t'rnoon. -j! review given or the railway situn- I tion, and is slaved thai tlie action of executive committee of the K f N r j¡j (1f¡"¡jng to the Govern- fs ? lill'. Vf/ ?v tJ:-d ?.0 j [ < ih.^ vi vy dyy thai tbe j power* of i he Board of Tiade are I Ij-.iiViiiable. j 11J t;t' l", 11:1' li<t") intrfn{l d("- iiuinci of the railwaymen, 11:" state- 1 rai-f, liave || ./1 io oe substantially advanced, pro- t han 50 per cent. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Commerce to- ». (;• v v:a•. thanked by the Mayor for. | I Lion."—President (Mr, Artliun ? Andrews) said that on the question of I <;jek congestion, he had winô. to the- m Jioard oi Trade, Paddington, Shipping m itiui t'oal Coutrollers. Railway Execu- I live and Transport Minisfrr on fl-e I pren;. and especially to the- .shortage lipiUM-S. I t | FISH, FR PIRICF-S.?il FtSH. FRUiT AND VEGETABLE ? llr. McCurdy. M.r., Parliamentary 4 Secretary to (he Food Ministry, this !l of ,scheme fi fj f 1. I to prevent profiteering in fish, fruit !|| and veg-etables. TT« «iid control D\11,t | be loeal and n-l-)t natinnal, an(i miist be adjusted to meet Midden flnf-hiavit-iis in cofete. H SWANSEA'S WATER. W SwaiiM>a Water _Engineer repor'e«l 1 this there at present 56,000,000 gallons I in storage. Except in tiie very an- #■ 9 likely contingency of the nest three months being entirely dry, the supply j was quite safe. j TO-DAY'S RACING. I at wick 3.30: Twelve-ran. i-ontoiract 3.15: "ïllbh::nd 1, Uw- wings 2. Wcndy 3.—Ten ran. .Dotting; 0 t0 4 Willblend. -1.0 —Little Cell 1. Polygonum 2, Sea S.si>j: 3.—14 ran. 3.4o—Alderton 1, Sanitarium 2, Dor noch .3.—15 ran. 1 « 4 FOP. TO DAY S RACING SEt PAGE FIVE.

SCHOOL OF DRAMATIC ART. First in Wales Opened in Swansea. Mrs. Evelyne M. Glcaves. who will be rememhered for a. production of Moon- phine" at the Grand Theatre, and Miss Muriel Hutten. of the Ben Greet Acad- emy, London, and of the ]Rr(i(,r Boys, Elocution School, Manchester, ha-c opening a school of dramatic art in «»ea. This is the first of its nature insti- tuted in Wales, and we arc glad to say there are already very promising signs of success. The School has its home at present at the Tnitariau Sc hoolroom, Swansea, where it, meets on Tuesday and Friday evenings, and on Saturday morn- ings, to study 6tgge deportment, gesture, elocution, operatic dancing, and drama- tic work in all its branches. For this season Maurice Hewlett's "Pan and the Young Shepherd and Shakespeare's Tempest are being studied. I5

I DIED AT MATCH. i Tragedy on Halfway Ground. Whilst watching the Soccer match be- tween Llauelly and Porth at Halfway Ground, Llanelly, on Tuesday evening, William Titt, of Ropewalk-road, had a seizure, and fell to the ground. He was removed to the secretary's ofiioe by P.C. Hopkins and others, but was dead when a medical njan arrived. Deceased was 12 years of age, and was married, with one child. He was em- ployed nt the South Wales Tinplate Works.

I I A GOOD HAUL.. Big Whiskey Theft at Cork. Another daring robbery is reported from Cork city. The bonded stores of '1 h e stores of the Cork Distilleries Company have been broken into, and whisky to the value of L300 stolen. The thieves numbered -.oien or eight, and the police believe they are the same gang who recently held up the Cork Asy- lum officials and robbed them of £ 1,500, which they were bringing from the bank for the payment oi asylum employees' salaries. SURPRISED WATCHMAN. I In the present case the men rowed up I the River Lee in a large fishing yawl at midnight, and. disembarking on the dis- tillery grounds, surprised the watchman, whom they securely locked up in his box, They then forced the locks and bolts of one of the gates, and, seizing a couple of barrels of whisky. rolled them down the path to the waterside, and put them into the boat. They rowed away, and it was not until the morning that workmen released the watchman, who could only give meagre details as to his assailants. The police are following np clues, but llf to the present havp effected no ar- TCtt.

I COLLIER STUDENT. Monmouth Youth's Brilliant Career. As reported elsewhere, the first award under the Spence-Thomas Scholarship has been x?-on iiv a has been won by a Monmouthshire youth of nineteen, named William John Gil- lx-rt, 74. Queen-street, Nantyglo, whose record drew warm praise from Mr. T. W. Wales, the chairman of the Swansea meeting of the South Wales Institute of Engin?ers, on Tuesday. The scholarship amounts to £ 50 a year. Gilbert had a brilliant career at the Abertillery County School, but being without financial assistance, his father lieing a colliery lalxmrer, he" was unable to go to college, and for the last two years he has been employed as a miner with Messrs. John Lancaster and Com- 1 any. Ho was able, fortunately, to be- come a student in the part-time mine chemists' course at the Crumlin School of Mines, a course which necessitates attendance at the school for one whole day (of eight hours) a week for nine months in the year. EXAMINATION SUCCESS. In the session 1917-18 the marks young Gilbert obtained in the School of Mines oQicial examinations were as follows:- I Fractical mathematics, 92 per cent.; tech- nical drawing, 96 per cent., physics, 98 per cent. chemistry, 97 per cent. In the session 1918-19 his marks were:—Practical mathematics, 100 per cent.; mechanics, iiul heat engines, 97 per cent.; chemistry, r),cr oolliery practice, 90 per cent. In addition, the marks obtained hy him for at tendance, laboratory work, note- books, and homework have been in every casu almost 100 per cent. SILVER MEDALLIST. In bjs lirst session Gilbert .as awarded | 1} £10 scholarship and also the silver medal granted to the best student in the schools other thru thoss in the final year, and this yenr h" has qualified for the s'lvr-r meihil an.} njll uuiain another Slit I *< lioiarsiiip.

Eome, Tuesday—The "Giornale Italia" states that Senor Luigi, the Premier, has .-cut General Garibaldi to Pai-;c, on a special mission. Af.er hie v:svt to Par's. I General Garibaldi will go to 'Fiume to confer with D'Annunzaio- < j t,

TRIPS TO 'COMBE & CARDIFF. I I Messrs. W. H. Tucker and Co., Ltd:, of Cardiff, owners, of the Yellow Funnel fleet, are running a series of trips from Mumbles Pier or South Dock jetty to • Ilfracorabe and Cardiff, allowing several I hours ashore in Ilfracomiv-, and, if re- quired, a week-end in either Hh-acombe ufCurdi?. I Hwt H |vironised. this may b-.id to a I roj?).ta)'&?;'?tnt))fr)<?u-n!tu!?. nil part, .lar-' may be found '.i> c-u; udveitidi-ment columns. j

AN ULTIMATUM. I Railwaymen Reject I Government Terms TWELVE HOURS FOR ANSWER. A meeting of- the full Executive of the National Union of Railwaymen is beinr; held at Unity House to-day, and it i; understood that the object of the me-et. ling i" to discuss the situation I)rougict about, by the question of the standardi-sa- tipn of wages. Mr. J. H. Thomas. M.P. ('whose state- ment yesterday as to a crisis createc widespread alarm) was present, and was anticipated that the meetings would last all the week. As far as could be ascertained when the members assembled, the situation wa.71 regarded as very serious. The proceedings were private, but on the adjournment at 12.50 p.m. Mr- J. n, Thomas made the following statement:— AN ULTIMATUM. I An nltimatum has been sent to the I Government rejecting the offer made, and intimating that unless a favourable reply is received by noon to-morrow the nicir will l>e ordered to cease work." The outlook is very gloomy, and Mr. ■T TT. Thomas stated that he understood that Sir Eric Geddes had the matter ir hand. GOVERNMENT STATEMENT I EXPECTED. The Minister of Transport called at 10 Downing-street on Wednesday mornins and afrain «aw the Premier on the present railway crisis. It is almost certain, says thp Exchank- Telegraph Company, that the Government will during the day issue an official state- ment m reply to the manifesto of Mr. J H. Thomas. I LEADER'S STATEMENT. I Mr. W. T. A. Foot, S-p?rptary of IÁm'l don District Council of the Jsationa^ Cnion of Railwayman, int?rYip?pd to day, emphasised the seriousness of the position, and said that for any Govern mcnt. ofhcial, or railway Trades Union leaders to say that they do not know 0: a crisis shows entire lack of knowledge of the present discontent among raiiway- • «aa^n.. I nijin close., touch with rank and file, and I can say frankly that had it not been for Mr. Thofas'statement, theie was a very grave possibility of a stoppage during the coming week-end."