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Births, Marriages, Deaths. Notices inserted in this column are charged at the following rates Not exceeding four lines, 2/ Sixpence per line for every line over. ACKNOWLEDGMENT. G. and E. Oripps desire to thank all friends for their kind sympathy in their recent sorrow. IN MEMORIAM. With dearest thoughts and memories of a devoted husband and father, C. T. Evans, who left us suddenly November 20th, 1913, aged 68. So sadly missed and an ever present sorrow to those who loved him best. Situations Vacant and Wanted. BOOT REPAIRER WANTED good wages to reliable man.—Apply CaBh & Co., Brecon. XPEIRIENCED GENERAL WANTED; JtL good plain cook; good references no washing or children.—Apply Mrs Herne, Suffolk House, Llandaff Road, Cardiff. EXPERIENCED GENERAL WANTED immediately, plain cooking, good references. —Apply Mrs Moore, 30, Fields Road, Newport, Mon. FARM WORKMAN WANTED, to look after stock, hedge, &c. married or single; good wages to a reliable man.—Apply, "N," County Times1 Office, Brecon. GOOD GENERAL, 20 to 24 years, for vegetarian family in the country; wages from £ 20; ref.,rences -Apply Mrs Morgan, Bungalow, Penyrheol. Pontypool. GOOD GENERAL, immediately; plain cooking, no washing small family assist- ance given good references.—Apply, letter, with particulars, Sanders, 14, Conway Road, Cardiff. HEAD COWMAN.—WANTED immediately married man aa Head Cowman for herd, chiefly Jerseys; one with previous experience of Jerseys preferred; must ba a good milker good wages, houee and garden to suitable man.—Apply, Btaticg previous experience and giving references, to E. C. Maurice, Buckland Estate Office, Bwlch, breconshire. HEAD COWMAN, dairy farm; convenient buildings; state wages; excellent cottage and garden—Give full particulars, Arthur Lee, Crimps, Ellesmere, Shropshire. INSURANCE AGENT WANTED for -A. Talgarth and District; salary and com- missions.—Apply, Tedstone, 5, The Struet, Brecon. JSPICER & SONS, Paper Merchants and ii Wholesale Stationers, 11, Nelson street, Briefcol, have vacancy for ORDER CLERK in Stationery Department.—Apply, stating age, Balary required, to above address. BEQUIRED quickly, good GROOM-GAR DENER wife as Laundress man over military age or ineligible; good wages, cottage and drying ground; church people.— Mrs Vaughaii-Vaaghan, Builth, Breconshire. TOCKMAN.-WANTED immediately mar- S ried man as Stockman, to attend to cattle in "winter and help with other work in summer one With experierce with Hereford cattle preferred tnUBt be n good stockman and if he can also truss hay, thatch, make a rick and hedge, he can get good wages and an excellent house and garden.— Apply, stating, past experience and giving References, to E. C. Maurice, Buckland Estate Office, Bwlch, Breconsbire. WANTED, GENERAL SERVANT, good wages suitable girl—Apply Mrs Jones, Tir Bach, Cefn-Coed, near Merthyr Tydfil. \\JANTED, young GENERAL; farmhouse; W country; nurse-housemaid kept; state wages and reference.—Mrs Parry, Trevase, Ross, Herefordshire. WANTED, temporary GOVERNESS, for few hours daily, to teach one girl aged twelve good reference essential.—Apply, in first instance by letter, to office of this paper. VlTANTED for Amesbury Vicarage, Salisbury W Plain, a COOK GENERAL and HOUSE PARLOURMAID.—Apply Mra Probert, Allty- Coed, Llandrindod Wells. WANTED, GIRL for house work and wait in patients' dining hall; wagea £ 15 per annum and indoor uniform.—Apply Matron, Sanatorium, Talgarth. \\J ANTED at once, a strong YOUTH for VV grocery warehouse and to make himself generally useful; wages 10s. weekly.—Meredith and Sons, Brecon. PENLANOLE ESTATE, RADNORSHIRE. \7|TANTED at once for permanent situation YY on above, respectable WORKMAN (not elilble for military service) who understands Wire fencing; good wages and cottage.-Apply Charles Woosnnm, Cefnllysgwynne, Builth Wells. \l|7 ANTED now, a general WORKMAN, used YY to Btock; cottage and garden, and good wages to a reliable man; also an active LAD from 14 to 16 years, to assist with stook and live in.- Apply to W. S. Miller, Forest Lodge, Brecon. WANTED, STOCKMAN for herd of pedigree Herefords and give occasional assistance otherwise; house and garden convenient.—Apply Bailiff, Gwernyfed Farm, Three Cocks. -= For Sale and Wanted, PHENOMENAL BARGAIN. Nearly all Grass Farm. £16 15s. per acre. Immediate Possession. \)|TARWICK AND OXON BORDERS. — Y Splendid House, Substantial Buildings, Cottages, and 450 Acres rich feeding and dairying pastures (only 66 acres arable); well Watered close station 3 miles market.—Details and plans of Messrs Millar, Son & Co., Land Agents, 46, Pail Mali, London, S.W. TrOR SALE, TWO HOUSES, SHOPS AND PREMISES, in Market Street, Hay, Jofroerly the property of the late Mr William Price.—Apply Mr Chambers, 80 Chelverton Road, "utney, London. "IJ^OR SALE, Shorthorn BULL CALF,— ■T Apply HargeBt, Camden Arms," Brecon. JJ^OR SALE near Brecon, one open galvanised X iron CISTERN (300 gallons); 60 yards Galvanised f inch IRON PIPING, and sundries 1 nearlv new.Apply, Owner," Office of this "APER. aALVANIZED CORRUGATED SHEETS, U light, 24ir.s. wide; 5ft., 10d.; 6ft., Is each; Qbong, 27ine. wide; 5ft., la. 3d.; 6ft., Is. 6d. each Gther sizes at proportionate prices all sound.— ^tlers, Bell Works, Wolverhampton. — v PULLETS, fine large winter layers 35s. doeen special 6 hens and cock 20s.—Hummell, Stratford, Essex. ^BORTHOPvN CALVES for roaring, from record Cheshire milkers, by pedigree bulls i^otation to any Station no fancy prices.— *fanfa Dobie, Littleton, Chester. To Let and Wantedi TO BE LET, MAESYGARN FARM, LLAN- IGON (recently purchased by the TregoyH Estate), 2 miles from the Town of Hay, on a good road, frcm Candlemas next; 124 acres, twenty of which are arable, with sheep run on the mountain. Excellent house with bathroom, and good buildings; water supply from spring by gravitation. —Apply P. Lloyd, Estate Office, Hay. WANTED a good RESIDENCE with garden, some land and outbuildings, fishing rights essential, good tenant, highest references given.— Full particulars to Heaton, Breigbtmet, Bolton, Lanes. Lost and Found. LOST, from Forest Lodge, about five weeks ago, a CHEVIOT RAM; "S" pitch on left side and square notoh under each ear.— Information received and expenses paid by W. S. Miller For^t Lodge, Brecon. T— Miscellaneous. ADVICE FREE forStamp.Mrs B. Stewart's famous Female Remedy never fails.- Address, 9, Guinea Street, Bristol. ILLHEADS, Labels (Plain and Gammei). B Price Lists, aDd every ether kind of Busiutm Printing and Stationery.— Coanty Times" Office, Brecon. IMPORTANT BOON TO LADIES.-No Pills _L or-Drugs used in this treatment, my never- failing remedy. I guarantee to cure all female ailments, and invite those cases that have failed elsewhere; Btamp, free advice.—Messrs ROSS & Co., No. 8, Mitre street, Cheltenham. IMPORTANT TO MOTHERS Every JL mother who values the health and cleanliness of her child should use HARRISON'S 'RELIABLE' NURSERY POMADE. One application kills all Nits and Vermin, beautifies and strengthens the hair. In Tins, 4Jd. and 9d., > postage, ld. Gto. W. Harrison, Chemist, Reading. Sold by Chemists. Agents—for Brecon F. L. Stanton, Chemist Hay J. L. Davies and Son, Chemists, 7, High Town Builth Wells J. Ward, Chemist, 8, High street Knighton G, M Perkins, Chemist Presteigne A. R. Davies, Drug and Grocery Stores Crickhowell W. H. Kirkland, Chemist Llandovery A. Richards, Chemist, 4 King's Road. RATS, MICE, MOLES COCKROACHES, -1 and BEETLES greedily eat H:u*n~.on'B "Reliable'' Rat Poison. Cats aDd Dog wd not t-obch it. Vermin dry up and leave no smell. Prices 6d., Is., 2s. 3d., aud 38. 9d. Wholesale Market, Bolton. Postage 2d.—G W Harrison, CLvffilttt, Reading. Sold by Chemists, Agent* for Brecon: F. L. Stanton, Chemist; Hay: J L Davies & Sous, Chemists, 7, High Town; Builth Weila: J Ward, Chemist, 8, High Street; Talgarth; David Evans, Grocer, Liverpool Stores; Llaa. dovery T Roberts, The Crown Stores Knighton: G M Perkins, Chemist Crick- howell W H Kirkland, Chemist. WALL PAPER & PICTURE DEPART- MENT.—Why send mocey out of town for any of these lines when you can get good material at TYLER'S, Bulwark, Brecon. Choice designs in Wall Papers from lid per piece. See Showroom of Sample Panels for wall decorations. A New Special Line in Picture framed and unframed, now on view, as cheap as can be bought anywhere, consistent with quality. Telephone P.O. 16. FOR SMART TAILOR-MADE COSTUMES Fit anrl Vv2)r Style GUARANTEED. ALL Kflll GARMENTS ARE I in CUT & MADE ON THE PREMISES. å Only Expert Workmen Kept. Write or Call for Patterns and Prices. MORGAN & LEWIS, TAILORS, BRECON. 1(g" CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS- COMPANY. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE TREATY the SEVERAL STACKS of Well-harvested HAY, of the growth of 1913 and 1914 respectively, standing at the undermentioned Stations on the Cambrian Railways, and estimated to contain the respective quantities, more or less, also under- mentioned, viz. Estimated Estimated STATIONS. Weight, STATIONS Weight Tons. Tons. Wrexham Caia 6f Criccieth, 1913 5 Talgarth, 1913 6* „ 1914 4 Bortsh', 1913 No, 2 9 Afonwen, 1914 6 „ 1914 1 Abererch, 1913 74 Portmadoo, 1913 64 „ 1914 4| „ 1914 4 For further particulars, and to treat, apply THE SECRETARY, Cambrian Railways Co., OsweBtry. Oswestry, August, 1915. ,It UCTIONEERS & ESTATE AGENTS.— ..t Particulars and conditions of sale, posters, catalogues (with plans and illustrations), tenancy agreements, &0., at the "Brecon Coanty Timein" Office, where specimens cf high-class work may belseon. Sales by A uctlon. By Messrs Miller & Poweli (F.fl.L) Dec. 1st.—Important Sale of Household Furniture at the Assembly Rooms, Wellington Hotel, Brecon. Dec 2nd.—Sale of Furniture and Out-door Effects at Glanrafon, Hay. Dec. 7th.—Annual Fat Stock Show and Sale, Cattle Market, Brecon. -Highly Important Sale of Freehold Property at Brecon. ASSEMBLY ROOMS, WELLINGTON HOTEL, BRECON. Highly Important Sale of HOUSEHOLD' FURMITURE (Removed for convenience of Sale from 7, The Watton). MESSRS. MILLER. POWELL & Co. (F.A.I.) have received instructions from the I Executors of the late Miss J. Watkins, to Sell by Public Auction, at the above place, on WEDNESDAY, the 1st DECEMBER, 1915, the whole of the Household Furniture, as follows:— HALL.—Very handsome eight-day grandfather clock in oak frame with figured face, oak hall and umbrella stand with mirror and drawer, 4 oak hall chairs, 4 oak tables, 2 pictures, 2 mats, rustic ohair, &c. DRAWING ROOM.—Very handsome suite comprising settee, gent's and lady's chairs and 6 small chairs upholstered in tapestry and plush, lady's occasional chair, very handsome inlaid oval table, mahogany loo table, 6 mahogany hair-seated chairs, 2 Rosewood folding card tables, very fine bureau bookcase, inlaid book rack, do. whatnot, exquisitely carved fire screen with centre piece beautifully worked in ailk and covered in glass frame, Rosewood occasional tilbls on pedestal, 2 small tables, very haudsome overmantel in gilt frame with 7 beveilad plates, table covers, figured and other plaques, pictures, paintings, water colours, four-fold screen, several pairs handsome vases, old ohina, dessert service, tea service, oval wall mirrors, family bible (Matthew Henry), brass fender, ash tidy, Bqaaro carpet 12 ft. x 9 ft., square oriental carpet, rugs, curtains, pole, &o. DINING ROOM.-Massive mahogany side- board with three cupboards, cellarette and three drawers, 2 mahogany cheffioniares with cupboard and two drawers, oak dinner waggon with drawer, handsome and massive dining table (mahogany) 5 ft. x 4 ft. with four insertions opening to 13 f very fine cupboard bookcase with glass front, 3 mahogany tirm chairs, over- mantel in gilt frame, mahogany sofa (hair-seatpd), very fine standard American organ with eight stops (by Petonbet, Pelton & Co.), carved arm chair-, dinner service complete, decanters, quantity of glass, 2 pairs brass candlesticks, 2 cruet stands, pictures, engravings, linoleum, fender and fire irons, curtains, &c. SITTING ROOM.—2 settees upholstered in silk tapestry with loose covers, very fine carved walnut sideboard with four cupboards cellarette and two drawers, with carved back and massive pillars, shelves and three fine bevelled plates, dining table with brass claw feet opening' to 6 ft. x 5 ft., couch, oak Pembroke table, vases, carpet 12 ft. x 7 ft. 6 ins., rugs, metal tea service, &c. KITCHEN.-2 deal tables, 2 lath back chaira, arm chair, fine oak dresser, fire stand with brass face, 2 willow pattern dishes, 7 do. plates, fish dish, 2 flat brass candlesticks, a number of table knives with ivory handles, dinner and dessert prongs, table, dessert and tea spoons, ware, sauce- pans, &c., &c. STAIRCASE & LANDING.—Stairs carpet, brass rods, mats, pictures and worked figures. BEDROOMS.—Elegant all brass bedstead with spring and wool mattress, 2 full tester mahogany bedsteads, iron bedsteads, oak and mahogany chests of drawers, marble top and tiled back washstands, duchesse and other dressing tables, single and double sets bedroom ware, linen chest, oak night commode, handsome mahogany twisted frame, dressing glass, swing glasses, pictures, linen baskets, carpets, &c. Very fine feather beds, pillows, bolsters, eiderdowns, patchwork quilts, couuterpanes, blankets, sheets, bed linen, &c., &c. Goods on view morning of sale. Sale at 2 o'clock prompt. Terms cash. Castle Street, Brecon, November 17th, 1915. Brecon Annnual FAT STOCK SHOW DECEMBER 7th, 1915. PRIZE LIST. Best Pair Fat Steers. Best Fat Steer. Best Fat Cow. Best Fat Heifer. Best Butcher's Beast (confined to Tenant Farmers). Best Pen of Ten Fat Wethers (other than Mountain). Best Pen of Ten Mountain Wethers. Best Pen of Ten Lambs. I Best Pen of Five Porkers, Best Turkey. Best Goose. Best Pair of Ducks. Messrs. Miller, Powell & Co. (F.A.I.) Auctioneers. ■ .g W. J. PRICE, AUCTIONEER AND VALUER, (Upper Pontwillim, Brecon), Wishes to inform the Public that he has Started Business in Brecon, as an Auctioneer and Valuer, and he hopes by strict attention to Business and prompt settlements to obtain a fair share of the PUBLIC PATRONAGE. Sennybridge Auction Mart. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23rd, 1915. MR. W. J. PRICE will Sell FAT & STORE STOCK. Further Entries Solicited. Offices: 40, High Street, Brecon. Educational. PRIVATE TUITION. MR. W. P. J. LEBROCQ, M.A., F.L.8., F.R. Met. Soo. (Honours, Christ's College, Cam.) PREPARES PUPILS for Commissions in the Army and Navy, and for Law, Medical, Civil Service and other Entrance Examinations Private, lessons in Botany, practical Botany with use of Microscope, Mathematics, French, Nature Study, etc. CASTLE HOUSE, BRECON. SeMOOla FOR GIHlaS llso PREPARATORY FOR iOVS Principal MISS KING. Sales by Auction. By Messrs. Hall, Wateridge & Owen. CYNGHORDY HALL, near LLANDOVERY, CARMARTHENSHIRE, about half-a-mile distant from Cynghordy, 5 miles from Llandovery, and 7 from Llanwrtyd Wells Stations, on the London and North Western Railway. IMPORTANT AND ATTRACTIVE SALE OF VALUABLE FURNITURE and OTHER EFFECTS, comprising the piincipal and costly appointments to ;:alls. 3 Reception Rooms, 11 Bedrooms, and DOMESTIC OFFICES. The FURNITURE is by leading makers, and comprises SUITES in Mahogany, Walnut, Oak and Rosewood, Inlaid Pedestal and other Tables, COTTAGE PIANOFOBTE, Settees, Divan and other Easy Chairs, GOTHIC and CORINTHIAN pattern OAR BOOKCASES, CUPBOARDS, WRITING DESKS, Small Otgan by "Hamblin," CHESTERFIELDS, CHIPPENDALE WHATNOTS, OAK SIDEBOARDS, Mahogany and Oak Dining Chairs, Clocks, Antique Brasses, Swords, Rapiers and Helmets, AXMINSTER, TURKEY, PERSIAN and other CARPETS and RUGS in excellent condition, many of large dimensions. SILVER AND SHEFFIELD PLATE. BOOKS, PICTURES, CHINA including pieces of DRESDEN, DERBY, and SEVRES WARE. ORNAMENTS and TEA SERVICES. THE BED-CHAMBER FURNITURE includes SUPERIOR SUITES IN MAHOGANY, OAK AND PINE, Bedsteads and Bedding, Linen, Curtains and Cornices. KITCHEN UTENSILS, and numerous other items, which ESSRS. HALL, WATERIDGE & OWEN lyJL are instructed to Sell by Auction, on the premises, on "WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, 24th and 25th NOVEMBER, 1915. Commencing at 11 punctually each day. Light refreshments will be obtainable at reason- able prices. Good Hotel accommodation can be had at Llandovery and Llanwrtyd Wells, and a convenient service of trains to Cynghordy is available from Llanwrtyd Wells in the mornings. AUCTIONEERS' OFFICES HIGH STREET, AND 12, BANK CHAMBERS, SHREWSBURY, SALOP. OSWESTRY. By Mr. F. G. Price. TALGARTH, near Market Hall. Important and Attractive Sale of 16 Excellent Home-bred Shorthorn Heifersj Calves, &c. 1\ TR. FRANCIS GEORGE PRICE is honoured J with inptrue-fitn3 from tLe raccn and R .huot Asylum Visiting Committe to Sell by A r tion, on I RID AY, DECEMBER 3rd, 1915 (.Fair Day), viz. 4 excellent three-year-old Shorthorn heifers with calves at foot, 6 excellent two-year-old Shorthorn barren heifers, 2 excellent yearling Shorthorn barren heifera. Sale at 10-30. Terms-Cash. The Cottage, Talgarth. By James Straker Son and Chadwick. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25th and 26th. Great Agricultural Dispersion Sale. RED BARN FARM, ABERGAVENNY For the Administrators of Trooper H. J. Woodward, deceased. JAMES STRAKER SON AND CHADWICK 4) beg to announce this important Sale, including 80 HEAD OF CATTLE. Including a Dairy Herd of 30 Shorthorn Cows, 150 Sheep and Lambs, 9 working Horses and Colts, 45 Bacon and Porker Pigs. Large collection of Implements. 20 tons of Potatoes, together with the whole of the HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. j Sale at 10 o'clock to the minute Thursday, and 12 o'clock Friday. Luncheon Is. 6d. each returnable to purchasers. Catalogues from the Auctioneers, Abergavenny. CZ: "C<R J. THOMAS w I General Draper, I 11. Castle St., Brecon. NEW STOCK NEW STOCK Specialities. Oheap and Stylish Millinery. Ladies' Tailor-made Costumes. and Up-to-date Ladies' Shirt Blouses. I Latest Suitings Fashionably .Cut Breeches made on the premises. fiiiiryvifiiiP FOR ECONOMY. "Always Good Alike." FORD The Universal Car. The Car for Winter or any other of the ( four seasons for the social town or the open road for peace time or the grim time of war. No car in the world can justly claim to be the Ford's superior in reliable and comfortably quiet service while economically, it has not even a remote competitor at its power. i Runabouts £1,15. Five-passenger Touring Car ^125. Town Car £175. 20 h.p. efficiently equipped. All Prices at Works, Manchester. Full particulars from- RICH & SONS, MOTOR ENGINEERS, BRECON. Telephone 23. Telegrams Rich, Brecon. CHANGE YOUR OLD BATH FOR A •l|J||||l§jP PORCELAIN ENAMELLED ONE. SEVERAL IN STOCK. A. H. TYLER & SON, Builders, Decorators, Plumbers, Etc., BULWARK AND LION STREET, BRECON. ALLOWANCES MADE FOR OLD BATHS. COUPON INSURANCE TICKET Applicable only within the United Kingdom. GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LIMITED, CHIEF OFFICES- General Buildings, Perth, Scotland. General Buildings, Aldwych, London, W.C. F, NORIE-MILLER, J.P., General Manager, To whom Notice of Claims under the following conditions mast be sent within seven days of accident. A«fl A A ONE HUNDRED POUNDS will be paid by the above Corporation IUU *° t^le personal representatives of any person who is killed by an accident causing material damage to the passenger train in which the deceased was travelling as a ticket bearing or paying passenger, or who shall have been fatally injured thereby, should death result within one calendar month after such accident. Provided that the person so killed or injured had upon his or her person or had left at home this coupon, with his or her usual signature, written prior to the accident, in the space provided below, which, together with the giving of notice within seven days to the above Corporation is the essence of this contract. This Insurance only applies to persons over 14 and under 65 years of age, is subject to the conditions stated above and contained in the General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation Act, 1907, and holds good for current Bsne only. No person can recover under more than one Coupon Ticket in respect of the same risk. Signature This Coupon must not be cut out, but left intact in the "Brecon County Times," as that, being dated, forms the only evidence of its currency. CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS ANNOUNCEMENTS. British Industries and the War. MANUFACT OEEES AND INVESTORS contemplating the Establishment of New Industries as a result of the War, are invited to communicate with TRE CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS CO., Who have a large number of convenient and suitable SITES TO OFFER With an Abundant Supply of Water for Generating Motive Power, admirably adapted for the erection of t Works, Factories, Warehouses, and other Industrial Undertakings. The Company are prepared to assist in the establishment of such works by entering into arrangements for siding connections to be made with the railway, and will be pleased to obtain and furnish information as to suitable sites, siding facilities, rates for conveyance, &e. Applications should be made to- S. WILLIAMSON, General Manager. Oswestry, October! 1915,