The Brecon County Times Neath Gazette and General Advertiser for the Counties of Brecon Carmarthen Radnor Monmouth Glamorgan Cardigan Montgomery Hereford

TOWN AND COUNTY. The labourers of Brecon are to have their branch trade union, it appears. Singularly enough, those of them in the employ of builders have recently obtained an advance in wages, without a trade union to help them. After the glowing prospects held out on Saturday by Ald. Payne of Swansea, one imagines them arguing somewhat after this wise "If we could get a small advance by our own unaided efforts, what a big advance we may get with this great union behind us." That view of the case might be all right at Swansea or any other big industrial centre but Brecon is not Swansea, and if our labourers are wise they will put down this very impor- tant fact as a set off to their expectations. The demand for unskilled labour at Brecon is distinctly casual, and the profits to be made from it by the employer cannot compare with the profits to be obtained where there are collieries or great works. The Brecon labourers will do well to keep this truth in mind or their union may turn out a curse instead of a blessing. The example set by Mr H. R. Armstrong, at Hay the other day, of comprehensively reviewing the history of the Home Rule agitation, is one that might with advantage be followed in other Breconshire towns and villages. One feels quite sure that a very large number or the young men in Brecon- shire who have votes to-day do not know anything about: the Irish question in the way those of us do who are old enough to remember Mr Gladstone's first Home Rule Bill. To these young voters the Irish question has never been a serious thing it has never been threshed out in their hearing from beginning to end. Their knowledge of it begins with the Asquith measure, and they know little or nothing of its previous history—of the Land League war, the "moon- lighting" and boycotting and shooting outrages, the Phoenix Park murders and the dynamite campaign. Even the situation as it exists to-day is but imperfectly known. For example, how many of the Nonconformists of Brecon- shire who swallow "Home Rule," because that is the only way to disestab- lishment and disendowment of the Church, are acquainted with the fact mentioned by Mr Armstrong, that in the State schools in Ireland certain phrases of the Ten Commandments are omitted from the notices exhibited? A remarkable instance of the high- handed action of the Welsh Insurance Commissioners in ordering approved societies which meet on licensed premises to give up the practice, on pain of losing recognition, is furnished by the case of the Foresters' Court at Talybont- on-Usk, whose jubilee celebration is reported in another column. One of the most prosperous and well-managed societies in the kingdom, this court has met for many years past in a club room at a local inn specially erected for their accommodation, and the innkeeper is one of the most trusted officials. Out the members must go, however, simply because the wretched Government which masquerades as the only depository of the principle of government by the people for the people thought it would be a good party move to give power to the Insurance Commissioners to do another injury to the licensed trade with a blow below the belt. This insult to a freedom loving people is made worse through coming first hand from an utterly unnecessary body of highly paid persons, the making of whose offices was one of the most discreditable bits of party jobbery of which even the Marconi Ministry have been guilty. From all parts of Breconshire there have come to hand grateful acknow- ledgments of the interest of the "Brecon County Times" colouring competition and of the appreciation amongst the children, winners and non-winners alike. The report of the adjudicator published last week shows that the competition has a great educational value, but that value can only be made the most of by the teachers in the elementary schools where crayon or brush drawing is taught studying Mr Baynton's criticisms in the light of the circumstances of their respective schools. One hopes and believes they will do this, for they are a body of ladies and gentlemen who love their work and their pupils, and are always ready to do anything in their power to benefit those whose training is their important charge. Without in the least wishing to find fault, one would venture to add that a test of the children's spelling of the names of their schools and the places where they live might prove useful. The competition revealed a number of cases of mis- spelling, not always amongst the younger children. A correspondent, who has been enjoy- ing excellent bathing at Brecon this summer, makes a suggestion in a letter to the Editor in another column which one hopes will be sympathetically con- sidered by the local Education Com- mittee. The suggestion is that an organ- ised effort should be made to teach swimming to the girls in the schools of the town. One would go farther and include the boys. The desirability of r boys and girls learning to swim in a locality where there is so much danger I of drowning is, obvious, and that it, would be good for the health of all of them physically fit for open-air bathing will also be conceded. An indirect advantage of taking the children to bathe in batches from their schools would be the consequent opportunity of doing something to check the improper bathing of which so much complaiit has been made this snmmer. AVith the children provided for at stated times, the Police might fairly be asked to make an example of some of the older people who have no sense of decency.

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_u_ John Redmond, Dictator. The electors uf Great Britain may learn from the latest utterances of Mr. John Redmond how far they have travelled from the position of pre- dominant partner towards subserviency since a Government which can only retain office by permission of the Nationalists has been installed in power. The British people are to pay for Home Rule; they are to pay a direct yearly tribute of two millions, and a total sub- sidy, when all arrangements are taken I into account, of about six millions. They are to deliver the whole effective Government of Ireland to the Nationalist I Party in that country, a party which has obtained its power by incessant denun- ciations of Britain and everything I British, by ostentatious disloyalty to the Crown and equally ostentatious displays of hatred of the British armed forces, and which does not tolerate the ex- hibition of the Union Jack on Irish soil. But while Ireland is to be practically free and unfettered to adopt, in peace and war, any anti-British policy that may commend itself to Irish and Irish- American demagogues, the British people are to be kept under the supervision of Irish legislators. Ii eland, after the grant of Home Rule, will continue to send a powerful body of representatives to the British Parliament, where they will be empowered to speak and vote upon all Englibh, Scottish, and Welsh business, including rating and taxation, to exercise arts of obstruction when they choose, to revive ai Westminster every controversy that is agitating Dublin, and, when the strength of British parties is evenly balanced, to dismiss from office or retain in it British Governments, and to dictate the policy of a timeserving Ministry, as they do to-day. Ministers and the Radical press assert that the British electorate gave the pre- sent Cabinet a definite and valid man- date for this arrangement at the last General Election in December, 1910. This impudent pretension is confuted by the election addresses and speeches of Ministers and Ministerial candidates at that time, and by the recent notable letter to the Times from Lord Lore- burn, the Liberal ex-Lord Chancellor. But it hardly needs such confutation. The memory of all who remember the I course of that recent election suffices to expose it. Britain r.ever consented to such insufferable penalisation and humiliation as the Home Rule Bill involves. The Government sold British rights and interests to Mr. Redmond as I soon as they found that they were depen- dent for power on his favours. As the "Observer" has pointed out this week, the Government owe everything to Mr. Redmond-the great Budget, the Parliament Act, the progress of the Welsh Bill. They have owed to him in the last three years their measures and their life." They are, in fact, his creatures. And now Mr. Redmond, the Dictator, tells us plainly that the right of the British elector to pronounce upon Home Rule, with its perils to Britain and its claims on the British taxpayer's pocket, has been suppressed by his orders. To an interviewer representing the Daily Chronicle he said plainly A General Election now is absolutely unthinkable," and he added that an election in the interval between the passing of the Home Rule Bill and its enforcement as an operative statute would be still more unthinkable and preposterous. It would be a stupid and cowardly action," and Mr. Redmond is "perfectly satisfied" that the Government which he holds in the hollow of his hand never ha. had, and has not now, any such intention." In fact, British self-government has been suppressed by order of the Nationalists. And Mr. Redmond's pretensions ex- ceed even that limit. He claims the right to direct the national forces, with- out the British people's sanction, against 'I' the Ulster Covenanters whose one offence is loyalty to the British flag and all it symbolises for them, and who, as the Times has truly declared this week, are now driven back to the final re- source of any virile and honourable race whose liberties are menaced." British history makes it incredible that Mr. I Redmond will be allowed to use, as a despot, the British Army and Navy to subjugate Ulster by bloodshed to the United Irish League and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. I

"County Times" Fixture List. Friday, October 3rd.-County Edocation Staffing and Salaries and Buildings Com- mittees. Taesday, October 7fch.—Small Holdings, Local Taxation, and Exeoative Commixes Pablic Meeting of Farmers, Wellington tiotel, Brecon, 3 pm. Wednesday October 8th.-Vale of Usk Ploughing Matob and Live Weight Competition, Pencelly Court Farm, Llanfigan Bailth Wells Horse Shoeing Competitions. Monday, October 13th.-Couoty Edocation Finance Committee. Tuesday,October 14tb.-Brecoushire Quarter Sessions; Chorch Defence Meeting, Market Hall, Brecon, 8 p.m., Archbishop of York and others (in connection with St. David's Diocesan Oonferenoe at Brecon October 14th and 15tb). Friday, October 17th.—Standing Joint and Main Roads Committees. Monday, October 20th.-Coanty Finance, Health, and General Parpo^ert Committee". Tuesday, October 21st.-Itiquiry ra County Council representation, etc., at Ystradgynlais. Friday, October 24th.—County Education Committee. Friday, October 81st.-Couuty Council. Entertainments, public meetings, etc.. which ae advertised iu the "Brecon County Times," will be notified under the above heading withont further charge. Similar nonce* of other events will he accepted at advertisement rates.

Bequests by Capt. Glen Kidston. The late Capt. A. Glen Kidston, of Gweroyfed. Three Cocks, by his will left £ 500 to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Scotland or England, as his trustees may decide .£500 to such home for the blind as his trustees may select ii,ooo to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, London £1,000 for the encouragement of Sunday School teaching in the counties of Brecon and Radnor £ 1,000, half for the poor of Glasbury and half in providing for the salary of a Church organist £ 10 annually for five years to the societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals at Monte Carlo, in Italy, in Paris, and in Cannes £10 annually to the Shaftesbury Agricultural Show and the Talgarth Agricultural Show.

Brecon and District Football News. (BY "BEACON.") The three Brecou teams have. now passed the stage fright period in the Mid-Wales Lsagae. Last Satnrday two of them were engaged iu League encounters, while the previous Thurs- day the Depot team played Rhayader away, this fixture being made to suit the convenience of the Radnorshire men. Of the three Brecon teams the Depot fared bsst in their opening game, sharing the points. From information to hand they bad very bad lack, as ap to a quarter of an hour from time they were leading by three goals to one. Taylor scored two goals and Archer the third. Rbayader pulled themselves together in the last quarter of an hoar and managed to make a draw. This was due, to a great extent, to the collapse of the Depot's defence. Datil this time they had put up a very good per, formance, but they had not quite eaoagh staying power. The Boys of the Old Brigade" (L'aafaes) put up an exceedingly good fight agaiust Llan- drindod, last year's League champion2-. The Spa Cinb were very strongly represented and on their own ground. Llanfaes, on the other hand, were minus Gwilym Price, their main- stay at defence. To be only beaten by the odd goal in three, in the circomstances, speaks highly of their form, especially as one of their players was unlucky enough to place the ball through his own goal. And it was the winning goal, too From what I bear, Llanfaes were unlucky not to draw. Their play was quite equal to that of the Llandrindod men, and the goal scored by E. Evans was one that clean beat the home custodian. Better lack next sime Coming to the Brecon match—Sports Club v. Talgarth-I mast confess that I was a little disappointed with the result. The Sports Clab played much more classy football than the visitors, and ought to have won. I don't for a moment mean to assert that Talgartb did not deserve to win. They played a hard and winning game, but luck wis with them on this occasion, and they coull nol do anything amiss. 11 Talgarth have remarkably good defence in Len Sheldon and Vin Davies, and on Saturday their halves also shone, spoiling attack suer attack by the homesters. When the Brecon forwards did get near goal they could not et a shot in and this Recounted for their losing the game. One of tba most prominent playersinthe Sports Club team was Ursel Wiiliaws, s Brecon Junior, who played a remarkably good game at back with W Yaagban. Ha is only a youn^ player, and the future lies before him fa" promise. Brookes, the Sportsmen's outside right, aiso played a very good gaire, and his frono the line were always accurately placed aod be possesses plenty of dash and has good speed. Next Saturday the League games, as far as Brecon is concerned, will be put aside in favour of the preliminary roaud of the South Wales Junior Cap. At Brecon two matches wiil ba glayed—Llarjta'jti Brigade meet Talgarth on the Newton Meadow, while the Sports Cluli play the Depot on the latter's ground. Two good games ought to be witnessed, bat fie gates must sciffer. j.

Brecon Schools' Football League. FIXTURES FOR 1913 14. Oct. 18th.-Couity School v. Pendre. LlaQ. faea v. Mount Street. Nov. lbtb.-County School v. Mount Street. Pendre v. Llanfaes. Dec. 13th.-Llauf aes v. County School. L mt Street v. Pendre. Jan. 24tb.—Pendre 7. County School. Mount Street v. Ltaiifaes. J Feb, 21st.-ilTount Street v, County Seuool. Llanfaes v. Pendre. Mar. 2ht.-Countv School v. Llanfaes. Pendre v. Mount Street.

TARANAKT OILFIELDS, NEW ZEALANi).-The official opening of the refinery in oonaectinK with the Taranaki Olifields took place recently. The refinery is replete with the very latest appliances for its work, and thoroughly up-te- date in all respects. It cost E36,000 to build, and is regarded as evidence of the utmost faitk on the part of the experts in the future of oil ia Taranabi.