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I ¡ I J BABY BROWN. After Whooping Cough Mr. G. A. BROWN, 31, Granby Street, Princes Park, Liverpool, writes:— I am sending you the portrait of my little boy. At the age of four months be contracted Whooping Cough which lasted several weeks and on top of that a slight attack of pneumonia. The doctor recommend- ed that he should be fed on Virol. We took his advice and can sincerely say that baby has thrived wonderfully. "We still feed him on Virol, and will not knock it off in a hurry." The serious nervous exhaustion after influenza is a sure sign of the VIROL physical condition in which the patient is left. This unhappy con- dition is overcome by the wonderful food power of Virol. In Jan, 1/ 1/8, and 2/11. VIROL, LTD., In-18, Old Street, LC. '11.

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HAY DOCTOR'S DISTINCTION. LIEUTENANT HINCKS. I The announcement in the "London Gazette" of April 25sh tbst His Majesty the King has been graciously leased to confer the Military Cross on Lieut. A. C. Hincks, amongst other officers, in reoouitiou of his gallantry and devotion to doty whilst serving with the Expeditionary Force, will give the greatest satisfaction to all Breconions and particularly to the people of Hay and the uurrouuding district. Lieut. A. C. Hincks is « ..on of Dr. T. S. H. Hincks, of Hay, and tb, ill better known as Dr. Cecil Hiucks. He \t.; educated at Christ College, Brecon, where tne news of his distinction has been received with feeliDgs of great pride. Entering the medical profession,be became boose surgeon and bouse physician at the Birmingham General Hospital, and in 1908 began practising at Wells, later entering into partnership with Drs. Allen and Stuitb. At the outbreak of tbo War be offered his aer- vices and was attached to the 4th Somersets, bat before they left for India be was trans- ferred to the 4th Wilts, and later to an ambulance corps at Torquay. He was once again transferred, this time to the 26th Field Ambulance R A.M.C., Territorial Force (2nd Wessex), statioued in Hampshire. Oa Nov. 5tb be left for France, where be has since been carrying out medical duties. Towards the end of February, says the "Somerset and West of England Advertiser," he obtained five days' leave and returned to WSIIP, but he was very reticent as to the fighting he bad witnessed. It was ascertained, however, that even up to that time be bad bad many exciting experiences and narrow escapes. The King's mark of recognition of the gallant Lieutenant's bravery is recorded in the "London Gazette" uuder the beading of "Tbe Military Cross" and in the following terms "Lieut. A. C. Hincks, 2t3ib Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C., Territorial Force (2ad Wessex).- For conspicuous gallantry aud devoliou to duty at Neuve Cbapelle from March 11th to 14b, 1915, in collecting the wounded whilst under heavy fire. On the night of M rcb 13-14, whilst he was attending ou a wounded man, a shell struck the ambulance waggou, killing the man and rendering Lieut. Hincks unconscious. On recovering he at once pro- ceeded to Collect the wounded ouder fire, aud coutinaed doing so throughout the mgbc."

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Rector of Yaynor's Visit to Norway. (LETTER NO. 8.) At last we reached the great climax of our expedition, the North Cape—"that huge and haggard shape," as Longfellow's lines have it," whose form is like a wedge "-that mighty cliff to climb! Our ultima thule," or the extreme end of our voyage, the end of the world, as it were, because higher up, towards the North Pole, as is well known, it is all frozen sea—the Land of Icebergs! We landed in the little bay of Hornviken for the ascent of the cliff about 10 in the evening, and commenced the climb of about a thousand feet, which iF of a highly danger- ous charaater, were it not for ropes placed against the walls of the path, and fixed to iron bars, to take hold of. The clitl" rises direct from the sea, and in several places is almost perpendicular. The summit is crowned by a granite obelisk, erected in commemoration of its ascent by King Oscar 11. in 1873. We also saw a couple of cairns, one of them recordmg the visit of the German Emperor in 1891. The -\I id night Sun" was seen by us on the summit about 12 o'clock, though we had wit- nessed it twice before. At the foot, on the little shore, there is only a temporary wooden hut or two, and a temporary post pillar box. The box was so packed by us with picture post cards that it became difficult tb push more in. Here is another attempt at rhyming on that memorable occasion To the wild North Cape we came- That sight of wond'rous fame Mighty cliff that rears its head, But oh! 'tis mighty hard to tread. Still, nothing daunted by its height, We scaled the cliff with all our might; 'Mid fog and cloud, up, up we went Until our strength was well-nigh spent. But ample was our great reward, For there the Sun was seen sea-ward: It was the witching hour of night, But all around was spread with light. In the company that evening on the cliff were representatives of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Australia, the United States, England, Scotland, and sweet Wales, of course. The descent was painfully steep, but we reached the steamer by about 1-30 in the morning. Tuesday, J1,lly Sth, was very warm We were in Harvick, a town of about 5,000 inhabitants, brought into existence since 1902. It grew on account of the Swedish iron mines. A railway was constructed in connection with the mines. We boarded a special train from Narvick tc Riksgraensen station, the most northerly railway in Europe. We travelled 24 miles, and ascended grad- ually about 2,000 feet. We crossed over the Swedish frontier, and passed through 20 tunnels. It was the writer's first peep of Sweden. He had seen France. Germany, Switzerland, Italy. Greece, Palestine, Egypt, and now, Norway and Sweden That ttain excursion gave us a sight of fine scenery, mountain gorges, waterfalls, snow-capped peaks, and a fresh-water lake on the top. Wednesday, July 8ih, we anchored in sight of Svartisen Glacier, in the Fjord of Skars, at 9 o'clock—a glorious morning! After walking about two miles over mossy greensward and -1 stony moraine," we reached the ice This glacier is the second finest in Norway, and is the only one that comes down to the sea-level. That great ice- Held is 300 square miles in extent, and running up, in some places, to nearly 4,000 feet i., height. I felt that it was the grandest object that Nature presents to our view, and it was certainly the grandest thing I ever saw: Its deep blue crevasses and mysterious fissures and caverns seemed as if they could engulf us. The surface of the rocks of ice was slippery in many places, although the sun usually makes the glacier lough and not difficult to walk on. I may say that having now been privileged to see t5 C5 with my own eyes what a glacier really is, I can understand, what I never thoroughty. understood before, the enormous difficulties and perils that the great explorer Nansen and others had to encounter in forging their way through the ice to the North Pole. That evening, it may interest the ladies who read your paper to know, by way of diversion, such a fashionable thing as a fancy dress ball was held on board, when prizes were offered for competition in repre- senting characters. There was a fine array of fancy costumes of many nationalities. The competitors promenaded Larboard and Starboard around the deck. The disptay was considered worthy of the best and noblest traditions of English and Conti- nental life all over the world. A Mr. Price, of Liverpool, won the first prize in the gentlemen's competition, representing- a baby girl, though he, in his natural state, was blessed with corporeal proportions of no mean order, Still, by some ingenious manoeuvring, he proved himself to be an ideal baby girl, with all the little weaknesses of temperament, or, as we should say, a child spoilt by an over-indulgeut mother. In the ladies' competition, a French little lady, who wore an early Victorian costume, to k the prize easily. Thursday afternoon, the "Arcadian" reached Molde Harbour, with its beautiful town, known as The Paradise of the North," which is a favourite resort of tourists. The view of the Rotnsdal Peaks and the I. P\m Sister" Mountains from across the fjord towards Moide was exceed- ing fine. In Molde, to the church we made cur way And saw the picture of the Resurrection Day. This picture, on the altar. depicts the women going to see their Lord and to embalm His body, and being told by the angel, pointing his hands upwards, 1 He is not here: He is risen." The name of the painter was Axel Enders, a Norwegian, artist. The situation of Molde seemed finer than that of any other Norwegian town. It reminded one of beautiful Lucerne in Switzerland. It is the panorama of the grand mountain chain, with its high peaks, that imparts a special beauty to the position of Molde. The easternmost mountain sum- mit is about C,,560 feet high, while the westernmost is about half that height. Being sheltered from the north and pro- tected from the cold air of the Atlantic, Molde is so rich in vegetation—in trees, tlowers and iniit—that it surprises evory traveller when he get so far North. -A.W

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to the exertions of their late inspeotor, and to go baok to the old state of affairs and have no inspeotor would be to renew the whole trouble. Mr Miller replied that the Executive Com- mittee acted in conjunction with Glamorgan- shire, and they were not yet quite clear whether that committee wished to appoint a new inspector or not. They thought there would be no danger in postponing the appoint- ment till the next quarterly meeting. So far as he knew they were the only county in the kingdom to appoint such an inspector, and now the county was free from scab it was worth considering whether they could not do without an inspector for some time but owing to the proximity of the Black Mountain district, which was not yet free, the committee would not ron any risks. 1. NO POWER TO COMPENSATE. Prof. Jones asked whether be Executive Committee considered thE claim for compen. sation made by the owner of the cows destroyed at Penderyn on account of suspected anthrax. The Clerk Yes, but they had no power to grant it. Prof. Jones said this was a very bad case. The owner asked permission to isolate a fourth cow, bot that was refased. The Clerk If anthrax is suspected, all animals in contact must be kept together. It is hard on the farmers who lose their stock, but the law says you cannot compensate, and if the Council made any payment, the mem- bers who signed the cbeque would have to pay the money out of their own pockets. CRITICISM OF MAGISTRATES. Mr Jas. Powell, referring to two cases-one of alleged milk adulteration and the other in regard to the storage of explosives—dismissed by magistrates, asked if the Council had no power over jastioes in cases of this kind. The Chairman replied that they had not, but in regard to disputed milk cases, that Council had always contended that the milk should be tested before a decision was arrived at. Mr Morgan W. Morgan, speaking with regard to the explosives case—(affecting the Inter- national Colliery, Aberorave)—said onfor. tonately he was abroad when the case was tried had he been home and given evidence be was possessed of so clear an explanation as would have oaused the Bench to dismiss the case with less hesitation than they did. MEDICAL OFFICER'S WORK. A joint committee representing the educa- tion and county departments concerned reported that during Dr. Colston Williams's absence on military service it was necessary for official purposes to have somebody recog- nised as deputy medical officer of health, school medical offioer and chief administrative officer under the Mental Deficiency Act, and they had appointed Dr. Jayne, of Talgarth, at a retaining fee of 4100 per anuam, with travelling expenses as allow. d to Dr. Williams. For the pnrpes^s of the supervision of mid- wives, health visitors, and mental defectives under gaardiaoship, the committee bad appointed Nurse Line superintendent nurse for the county. The Board of Education having emphasised the importanoe of maintaining the school medical service, the committee bad advertised for a temporary assinUnt (male or female) to carry out medioal inspection under the supervision of the Dpputy County Medical Officer, at a salary of X300 per annam, together with reasonable travelling and sabbistenoe expenses. Tbey bad resolved that during bis absence on military service Dr. Williams be paid his f3alary 1 es bis military pay, the arrangement to bo subject to revision on promotion. Mr Beckwitb, in moving tbe adoption of this report, stated that the committee bad met that morning and had applications before them for the post of a!3sistant school medical inspector, but the matter had been adjourned sine die, beoause they did not qaite know the wishes of the Local Government Board in the matter. LOCAL BOUNDARIES AND REPRE SENTATION. The Local Government Act Committee reported the appointment of Messrs D. Price, IdriB Daviep, and D. Williams to sit with representatives of Glamorganshire on a local inquiry into an application for an additional representative of the Cwmgwrach Ward of Reeolven parish on the Neath Board of Guardians and District Council and the appointment of Messrs W. S. Miller, Owen Price, and Professor Jouea to bold an inqairy into an application by ti-i-) Yaynor nod Ppuderyn District Council for the division of the parish of Penderyn into warde. They also recommended that an order be made dividing Ystradgynlais Eastern Ward into two (Aberorave and Penrbos) for the election of parish and district councillors

and the adoption of adoptive act transferring part of Yntradgynlais Western Ward to Palleg Eastern Ward, and fixing the following repre- sentation — Abercrave Ward, one district councillor, three parish councillors Penrhos Ward, one district oouncillor, one parish coun- cillor Gurnos Ward, one district councillor, two pariah councillors; Ystradgynlais Western Ward, two district councillors, four parish councillors Palleg Eastern Ward, one district connoillor, two parish councillors; Palleg Western Ward, one district councillor, three parish councillors. HEALTH WORK. The Health Committee reported that they had considered a communication from the Local Government Board relative to the un. satisfactory conditions regarding housing accommodation in the parish of Llanelly, and had asked for the observations of the Distriot Conocil. Further communications from the Local Government Board relative to inadequate isolation hospital aocommodatiou in the county were onder consideration. Tbe Welsh National Memorial Association had sent an account of money Bpent on tuberculosis patients from Breoonahire for the period April 1st to Deoember 31tb, 1914. The aBsociatiou bad been asked for accounts for the year ended March, 1915, which bad not yet been received. When they were forthcoming, the committee recommended tbat a sum not exceeding one- half of the deficiency dae to tbe association be paid if the Finance Clerk was satisfied as to the accuracy of the statement. COUNTY RATE BASIS. The County Rate Basis Committee recom- mended that the Clerk take steps to revise the county rate basis as a whole, adopting the Union assessments, excepting those parishes where there were new waterworks. The nett increase in the assessable value was about ig,000, representing £35 on a penny rate. As deductions allowej in arriviug at valuations varied in different unions in the county, it was obvious that some ratepayers paid more than others, and the committee bad decided to adopt a uniform rate, bat first were askiog Union Assessment Committees for reasons for their deductions and seeking information from other counties. They also intended to have a conference with chairmen and cltrks of assess- meufc committees with a view to the latter arranging a uniform rate of deductions for union assessments. CONGRATULATIONS. Mr Tong, on behalf of the Education Authority, and the Chairman, on behalf of the Council, referred to the marriage of the Secretary (Mr A. Leonard) and wished him a long and happy married lite. MOTOR SPEED.—BUDGET. These questions are dealt with in separate reports.