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Sales by Auction. By Messrs David & W. J. Price, (formerly David Price and Williams). MB. DAVID PRICE ] [MB. W J. PRICE Thursday, April 13th —Pendre, Llangorse, Sale of Stock and Gras^. Saturday, April 15th.—Oaklands Annual Grass Sale. Monday, April 17ch.—Sennybridge Auction Mart, Sale of Fat Cattle, Sheep and Pigs. Tuesday, April 18ch. —Letting cf Grass for W. F. Parry deWinton, Eeq. Wednesday, April 19r.h.—Pias Annual Grass Sale. Thursday, April 20th.-Pytinda Annual Grass Sale. Saturday, April 22nd.—Llwynllwyd Grass Sale.. Saturday, April 29th-Sale of Live Stock, Im- plements, &c., and Grass Letting, at Penslade, Llangotse. Friday, May 5th.-Tygwyn, Glascwm, Annual Grass Sale Wednesday, May 10th.-Lower Wenallt, Sle of Stock and Grass. OAKLANDS, LLANTHEW. about 2! Miles from Brecon. Important LETTING of about 220 ACRES of MEADOW AND PASTURE LAND. MESSRS DAYID AND W. J. PRICE HAVE been favoured with instructions from the Representatives of the late Edward Jones, Esq., to Let by Auction, On SATURDAY, APRIL 15th, 1916, the whole of the above in suitable Lots. The Land wiil be Let from the day of Sale to the 25th March, 1917, subject to conditions of Sale. There is water in every field and an excellent man to look after the Stock. Six Months' Credit will be given on sums above ) JE5, on approved security. Luncheon at 12. Sale at 2 o'clock. Sennybridge Auction Mart. MONDAY, APRIL 17th, 1916, at 11 a.m. prompt. Sale of FAT CATTLE, SHEEP & PIGS. Further entries solicited. Messrs. David and W. J. Price, Auctioneers, &c. Important Grass Letting Sale of about 35 ACRES of Excellent MEADOW AND PASTURE LAND adjoining Slwch Villa, on the Abergavenny Road, within one mile of the Town of Brecon. MESSRS. DAVID AND W. J. PRICE have been favoured with instructions from W. Parry deWinton, Etlq, to Let the above by Auction, on TUESDAY, APRIL 18th, 1916. at 2-30 p.m. prompt. The Land will be Let in suitable Lots from the day of Sale to 25th March, 1917. Six months' credit on approved security. PLAS, LLANGORSE. ANNUAL LETTING OF GRASS. MESSRS. DAVID AND W. J. PRICE wiil Let by Public Auction, on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19th, 1916, about 70 Acres of Exoellent Meadow and Pasture Land. Luncheon at 12-30. Sale at 2 o'clock. Three months' credit on approved security. Further conditions at time of Sale. 6, Bulwark, Brecon, April, 1916. PYTINDU. Two Miles from Brecon. GRASS LETTING. MES8RS. DAVID W. J. PRICE have received instructions from David Jones, Junr., Esq., to Let by Public Auction, on THURSDAY, APRIL 20th, 1916, about 150 ACRES OF VALUABLE Meadow, Clover & Pasture Land from the dav of Sale to the 25th March, 1917, subject to Conditions of Sale. Luncheon at 12. Sale at 2. N.B.—Man to look after Stock. Water in every Field or oonvenient thereto. Six months' credit. Payment to be made on November Fair Day. By Messrs. Edwards, Russell k Baldwin LEOMINSTER HORSE REPOSITORY. NEXT SALE On Friday, April 28th, 1916. J158 IN PRIZES (including £ 10 to the Highest JPvohaser). Judging 9-30 a.m. Sale at 11.30 prompt. Note.—At the last Sale 50 Horses averaged TO guineas each. EDWARDS, RUSSELL & BALDWIN, Leominster, Hereford and Tenbury. By Mr. T. E. V. Powell. April 26th-Gilef3ton, Annual Grass Letting. Public Notices. For Sale by Tender. 260 Scotch, Spruce and Ash Poles from 2|U) 10 inches quarter girth, suitable for pit props,^n Brinhiilin Farm, Upper Chapel, on side of main road from Brecon to Builth. Mr ames, the owner, will show the lot. Tenders to be sent to T. Bevan, Lower Chapel, Brecon, on or before April 21st, 1916. N.B.—The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. 207th Year of the SUNFIRE OFFICI. FOUNDED 1710. The Oldest Insurance Office ID the World. flat* IM ¡ Insurances effected on the following risks :— FIRE DAMAGE. Resultant Loss of Rent and Profits. Employers' Liability and Personal Accident. Workmen's Compensation Sickness and Disease, including Accidents to Fidelity Guarantee, Domestic Servants. Burglary, Plate Glass including Accidents to Fidelity Guarantee, Domestic Servants. I Burglary, Plate Glass LADAX. Aoxxt: BRECON « MB. DAVID POWELL Sales by Auction. By Messrs Miller & Powell (F.A.I.) April 15th—Annual Grass Letting at Maes- llwydart, Sennybridge. April 17th-Annual Grass Letting at Cwmwysg Ucha, Sennybridge. April 18tb-Sale of Farming Stock and Grass Letting, at the Lodge Farm, Talgarth. April 19th.-Annual Grass Letting at Abercar, Benny Bridge. April 25th-Annual Grass Letting at Tycanol, Llanfillo. April-Sale of Implements and Grass Letting at Cwmbryoich, Sennybridge. May 16th -Saie of Oik and other Boards, Doors and Building Materials, at the Cattle Market, Brecon. MAESLLWYDART, SENNYBRIDGE. ANNUAL GRASS LETTING. SATURDAY, APRIL ISi.h, 1916. The Grass will be Let to the 25th March, 1917. Luncheon at 12. Grass Letting at 2 o'clock. Miller, Powell & Co. (F.A.I.), Auctioneers. CWMWYSG UCHAF, SjENNYBRIDGE, close toDefynock Ssation. The above Annual GRASS LETTING will take place on MONDAY, APRIL 17th, 1916 (Defyuock Fair Day) Stock well oared for. Water in every Lot. Grass Let to the 25th March, 1917. Luncheon at 1-30 Grass Letting at 2-30 prompt. Miller, Powell & Co. (F.A.I.), Auctioneers. THE LODGE FARM, TALGARTH. It Miles from the Town of Talgarth. MESSRS. MILLER POWELL &co. (F.A.I.) ,have received instructions from Mrs Stephens, who is leaving, to Sell by Public Auction at the above place on TUESDAY, APRIL 18th, 1916 (Talgarth Fair Day), the whole of the LIVE STOCK, as follows :— SHEEP.—65 couples of Radnor ewes and lambs, 13 yearling theaves. CATTLE.—4 excellent young Hereford cows with their grand calves at foot, 1 two-years-old heifer, 2 yearling heifers. HORSES.—Black cob, 5 years old, 14-2 high, quiet tn all gears and with all traffic. About 5 Cwt. of Potatoes. About 115 Acrt n of Meadow and Pasture Land will be Let from the day of Sale to the 30th November, 1916 There will be a caretaker to look after the Stock Luncheon at 12 noon. Sale at 2 o'clock sharp. Three months' credit on approved security for sums above P.5 or the usual discount for cash. ABERCAR, SENNYBRIDGE. Five Minutes' walk from Defynock Station. Annual Grass Letting. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19th. 1916. Grass Let to the 25th March, 1917. Water in every Lot, and Stock-ell cared for. Luncheon at 12-30 Sde at 2 o'clock. Miller, Powell & Co. (F.A.I.), Auctioneers. TYCANOL, LLANFILLO. Important Annual GRASS LETTING. TUESDAY, APRIL 25th, 1916. Miller, Powell & Co. (F.A.I.), Auctioneers. CWMBRYNICH, DEFYNOCK. LETTING OF 137 ACRES OF MEADOW AND PASTURE LAND. Sale of Implements comprising-Cart, gambo, Cambridge roll, cultivator, wheel plongh, double turnip drill, winnowing machine, turdip outfcer, obeffeatter, 2 sets long gearing, 1 shaft do, 2 sets g.o., 5 bridles, 5 collars, side saddle, Ac., Ac. Also Household Furniture comprising:—Oak corner oupboard, oak bureau, mahogany table, couch, bedsteads and bedding, dairy utensils, &o., together with about 3 tons of potatoes, On APRIL 1916. Sale of Grass at 1-30 prompt. Sale of Faraitnre at 3 p.m. and the Sate of Implements following. Three months' credit on approved security for sums above X-5 or the usual disoount for oash. Miller, Powell & Co. (F.A.I.), Auctioneers. Telephone P.O. 16. FOR SMART — Spring and Summer Tailor-made Costumes. Fit and Style GUARANTEED ø ALL GARMENTS are Cut and Made on the Premises. Only Expert Workmen Kept. Write or Call for Patterns and Prices. MORGAN & LEWIS, TAILORS, BRECON. ) t Sales by Auction.. I By Mr. F. G. ce. April 20th- Annual Grass Letting at Lower House, Cusop. April 22nd-Sale o Grass at the Blaeaau rm, Talgarth. April 26th.-Sale of Household Furniture, at Hampton Cottage, Glasbury-on-Wye. LOWER HOUSE, CUSOP. Important Annual Grass Letting. MR. FRANCIS GEO. PRICE is honoured with instructions from Capt. E. F. Cockcroft to Let on THURSDAY, APRIL 20th, 1916, about 100 Acres of excellent Meadow and Pasture Land in suitable Lots. The Land is 'well-wa.' ered and a competent man kept to look after Stock. Conditions time of Letting. Luncheon 1 o'clock. Letting 2-30. The Cottage, Talgarth. LOWER BLAENAU, TALGARTH. Important Letting of about 30 Acres of Excellen Meadow and Pasture Land in suitable Lots. MR. FRANCIS GEO. PRICE is favoured with instructions from Mr J. Price to Let the above on SATURDAY, APRIL 22nd, 1916, at 2-30 p.m. Conditions time of Sale. OLD LODGE, GWERNYFED, THREE CGCKS. Ten Minutes' walk from Three Cocks Junction. Important Sale of Coops, Wire Netting, Galvanized Sheets, Hurdles, Large Marquee, Tents, Gun Markers, &c. MR. FRANCIS GEO. PRICE is honoured with instruction's from Mrs Glen Kidston, to Sell by Public Auction, on TUESDAY, 25th APRIL, 1916, viz:— Fishing nets, gun markers, dog boxes, 300 pheasant coops, about 100 roils of wire netting, 90 galvanized sheets, dog kennels, large marquee 93ft. x 33fc complete with ropes and poles, 2 small tents, iron screen, set of cart harness, collapsible canvas boat, tug-of-war rope, notice boards, 2 guns, &c., Ac. Catalogues may be obtained from the Auctioneer seven days previous to Sale. Sale at 1 o'clock. Terms-Vasb. The Cottage, Talgarth. HAMPTON COTTAGE, GLASBDBTON-WTE. Important and Attractive Sale of Household Furniture, OUT-DOOR EFFECTS, &c. MR. FRANCIS GEO. PRICE is favoured with instructions from Mr S. J. Cake (who is leaving the district) to Sell by Auction, on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26th, 1916, via. OUT-DOOR.—2 fowl houses, chicken run, 2 water botts, bath, garden tools, lawn mower, garden shears, gent's bicycle, lady's do., mangle, Ac. IN-DOOR.—Oak oard table, settee, American rocking chair, 2 gent's easy chairs, 3 kitchen chairs, stool, carpet, brass rail fender, overmantel, sewing machine, round oak table. Piano by Dale Forty and Co. (new). BEDRUOMS.-2 chests of 5 drawers, wash- stunds, dressing tables, 2 towel rails, 5 bedroom ofeirs, 2 iron bedsteads and palliasses, pillows, bolsters, toilet ware, looking glass, round mahogany table, feather bed, basket ohair, 2 lamps, brass rail fender, chair bedstead, stair carpet, do. brass rods, hanging wardrobe, Bingle bedstead, &c., &o. A large quantity of china, glass, &a. Sale at 2 o'clock prompt. Terms-Cash. The Cottage, Talgarth. ALL KINDS OF INSURANCES EFFECTED. CLAIMS PROMPTLY SETTLED Agent for Several First-Class Companies. W. WILLIAMS, Accountant, Insurance, and General Agent, SENNYBRIDGE and 6, BULWARK, BRECON
MARKETS GUIDE.
MARKETS GUIDE. Trade and Prioes. BRECON General, Friday.—With a large inorasa in the supply, the price of eggs dropped, and consumers were able to bay at 10 and 11 for Is. Batter was iglill dear, owing to the backward spring, Is Id per lb being the prevailing rate. Poultry was scarce, chickens and fowls making from fa to Is per couple. HAY, General, Thursday.—There was a good attendance, a fair supply, and a brisk demand. Prices: Batter Is 6d per lb, eggs 13 for Is, chickens Is 2d per lb, fowls Be per lb., rabbits Is each, apples 10a to 128 per cwt, potatoes 4 61 to 5s each. TALGARTH General, Friday.-There was a brisk market, and all the produce was soon sold. PricesEggs 10 and 11 for Is, butter Is 5d and Is 6d lb, dressed poultry Is to Is 2d J lb, rabbits Is and la Id each, apples 2d lb, rhubarb 2d and 8d bundle, potatoes 18 to 5s 6d swt.
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BRECON TOWN COUNCIL. A meeting of the Brecon Town Council was held on Tuesday morning,the Mayor(Connciltor G. T. Jones) in the chair. Oshers present were —Aldermen Thomas Williams, E. A Wright, David Powell and H. C. Rich Councillors Miss Philip Morgan, C. W. Best, J. James Williams, William Williams, and W. F. Parry de Winton, with the Town Clerk (Mr. G. Hyatt Williams), and the Borough Surveyor (Mr. Lt. Griffiths). WELCOME BACK I At the outset, the Mayor said be was sure Wiey were ail glad to see Miss Philip Morgan fack amongst them again. § hey were extremely sorry to he sr of her iudispositiou, but trusted that with the fine weaiher stile would be restored to her normal health, and so be able to continue in the good work to which she was so desotod. Miss Morgan thanked the Mayor for his remarks, and said she could assure them that her absence from their meetings was a matter of deep regret to her, but she waa gtad to say that she was now quite well again, and hoped to take up her pablio work as usual. MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT. Dr. Rees reported that duriug Mroh ten deaths were registered, which wa< equal to an annual rate of 20 3 per thousand of the inhabi- tants. The outbreak of measles h,d abated, uo case having beeu notified for some tim: The Mayor That is very satisfactory. THE NEW RATES. The Finance C'oajmittee recommended gene. ral district rates for the ensuing b-,If-year as follows Parish of Sc. D svid, Is. in the pound St. John and St. I3. Id. also a water rate of 3d. in the po^od. Alderman Williams, ia proposing tbe adoption of the report, said they were very pleased with such a low rate. Alderman Powt- in seconding, emphasised the fact that it wan exceedingly low rate. It was a Id. less th iu at the same time )& ;t year and 5J. less than it was two years ago Con- sidering the timQ8, it was very gooi. With regard to the amount to b expend id on the improvement near St. Mary's oburcb, shey had practically decided that they would use the sum of £76 68., now lying on deposit, and which represented a balauae of interest cu a loan account. By utilising that mouoy they would not feel the effect of the expeuditare. Mr Parry deWinton asked whether it was possible to alter the district rate aad make it the same as for last year. AR far as he could make out from the statements, they were oat- ting their balances very low by only raising the absolute rock bottom figaro whicli would cover their expenditure for the curreot bilf year. There were two reasons why they should not run their balance down to the lowest ebb, and one was that an estimate to-day did not bring in such a return as it did at the beginning of the war. The other reason was that at the pre- sent moment there was a good deal of money circulating in the town. Prices were good for the farmers, aad a great deal of money was being distributed in separation allowances, and their financial position was infinitely better than it wQuld be when the war wis over. It would be wise on their part to "make hay while the son shines," so that rather than denude their balance they should increase it doriug a time when there was so much money circa. lating in the town. batanc'11140 1 We are cot denuding oar Mr Parry deWinton There will be- a very Mr Parry deWinton There will be- a very BEDsili balance. Aid. Powell No we are not doing that. The Town Clerk You estimate for what you are going to spend and not for a balance. Mr de Winton said that on previous accounts they bad more standing to their credit at the end of the financial year than they had this financial year. ) The Town Clerk That often varies because it all depends on how you estimate. Aid. Powell That is a balance on paper. Mr Best said that what Mr Parry deWinton said about the balance was right, but he was not prepared to fall in with the suggestion to increase the rates. Their balance had been gradually accumulating, owing to the fact that in the past their estimate bad been greater than their expeaditure. Their balance varied at the end of the half year. Aid. Powell said the rate was a Id less than for the corresponding period for 1915. In 1914 in the parish of St. David the rate was Is 7d; in J919 it was Is 4d and in 1912 it was Is 5id, so that it was extremely low n JW. He there- fore hoped the people would not grumble when, as it inevitably would, the rate rose after the war was over. The Mayor These are times when the people appreciate a low rate. Mr deWinton They will appreciate it more afterwards. Aid. Powell said the rate which they levied last September was 10j in the £ in the parish of St. David and lid iu the parishes of St. John and St. Mary. That showed that instead of decreasing the rates they were putting them up shghtlT. He did not think they would be justified ow in going to the ratepayers and saying that they wanted more money. With reference to the remarks of Mr Parry de Winton they estimated for expenditure not for a balance, '1. here might be bills outstanding which would wipe a balance off. Toe Town Clerk said that the last year's rate was the lowest since 1888 Mr Parry deWinton said he certainly agreed that the rate should be as low as possible bat what he felt was this that they were making a reduction of a further Id at this moment when everybody living in the place was quite consciohs that there was more money about than there bad been almost within the memory of man. A'd Powell You are only speakin* for yourself. We don't all find it so. Mr deWinton Ob, no. The Mayor As a banker be ought to know. Aid. Powell pointed out that the proposed rate was an increase of 2d on the last rate which was 10d and lid respectively. Mr Best remarked that the reason why the rate was so low at the present moment was that there was an accumulate i balance which was now going to be largely wiped off. Eventually the Finance Committee's recom- mendation was adopted. On the proposition of Aid. Wrigbt seconded by Mr Wm. Williams the water rate was fixed at 3d in the £ LEFT ON THE TABLE. A communication was received from the City Hall, Cardiff, written on behalf of Gen. Owen Thomas, asking the Council to send delegates to a conference to be held at Carmarthen in con- nection with the Welsh National Scheme to safeguard the interest of Welsh soldiers and sailors. Aid. Powell,remarked that these movements were now being duplicated and thought this matter was one which the Government ought to deal with as a national charge and not dealt with privaiely. (Hear, hear). It was the case of the Welsh National Memorial over again. He moved that the letter be left on the table. Agreed.
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GLASBURY. OBITUARY.—Mrs. Mooltoa, the mother of Mrs. Reading, Three Cocks Hotel, died on Tuesday, April 4th, after a long and distressing illnes*, patieutly borne, at the advauced age. of 80 years. She was laid to rest by the side of her husband-who bad predeceased her about 50 years-in Wesverham Churchyard, Cbesbire, where a large number of friends assembled out of reepc-ct for a kind friend and neighbour, who had spent all her life among them np to ten years ago, when she oatne to reside with hI I daughter nt Three Cocks. A large number of floral tributes were laid on the grave. The mourners were-Mr. Moulton (Ludlow), Kits Mculton and Mrs Riding (Three CockB).
CRICKHOWELL.
CRICKHOWELL. HOSPITAL DEPOT —At a largely attended meeting of tL.e supporters of the Crickhowell War Hospital Depot, held on Monday last, prt,. sided over by Lady Glanusk, Mr J H Furmedge, in disclosing the financial position of the depot, said the total amount received during the period of its existence of eight mouths to March 31st last was £ 249 12s lOd. The expenditure amounted to il87 68 8d, of which sum J6174 3s bad been spent in the purchase of materials, &c. The working expenses of the depot were carried out at the low cost of between X12 and XIS The balance in hand at March 31st was R62 6 2d. RAINFALL —The rainfall for the past month amounted to 4 60 inches for 21 days, a consider- able amount falling in snow, against an average for March of 3 57. The total for the first quarter of the year amounts to 13 36 inches against an average of 10 69 Previous March rainfalls are 1910, 162; 1911, 170; 1912, 7 54 1913, 8-71 1914 5 06 1915, -64. OBiTWfr -We regret to record the death of Mrs Leonard, wife of Mr John Leonard, of Glencoe, which took place with painful sudden- ness on Monday evening. The deceased, who was 64 years of age, had been unwell or a con- siderstble time, but never seriously. Consider- able sympathy is felt for Mr Leonard, who also has been and still is in very indifferent health, and also for the family. WEDDING -The wedding took place at St. Edmund's Church on Thursday last of Mr Rowland I. Blennerhassett, of Abergavenny, and Miss Mary E. (Pollie) Allen, daughter cf Mr T. J. Allen, Clarence Hall, Crickbowell. The Rev. H. P. Somerset, rector, officiated. The bridesmaids were Miss Cissie Allen, sister of the bride, and Miss Gwen Blennerhassett, sister of the bridegroom. Mr Harry Powell, Abergavenny, acted as best man. Many of the friends of the happy couple attended at the church to witness the ceremony.
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The Horrors of Wittenburg.
The Horrors of Wittenburg. THERE are three kinds of persons in this country who, from very different motives, and in very different ways, are "playing the enemy's game." There are, first, the paid agents of the Kaiser, who have secretly sold themselves into the service of our country's foes. Either as British citizens unworthy of their citizenship, or as "naturalised" Britons who have forsworn their oath of alle- giance, or as accredited enemy spies, they are deliberately working against the nation that harbours them. With I such, when they are run to earth, it is easy to deal. They are rank enemies, who receive no quarter and expect none. A second class are the revolutionary syndicalists who infest certain well- defined industrial areas, and whose quarrel is not so much with their native country in particular as with constituted authority and social order in general. By seizing upon the opportunity of the war and its abnormal demands and dis- locations to advance their anarchic theories, they have contrived in more than one recent case to "play the enemy's game" with some temporary and partial effect, in the delaying of the manufacture of guns and munitions or in the for- warding of the necessary supplies of coal and commissariat to our Fleets and Armies and we have no doubt that German money is the real, if unrevealed, motive power at the back of their anti- patriotic operations. For the syndicalists also the State has provided measures of short shrift, which need to be firmly and promptly applied to scotch the evil, The third—and, in our view, distinctly the most dangerous—class of persons who persist in "playing the enemy's j game" in our midst are those visionary and sentimental folk" who do so by befriending a foe who has long ago placed himself outside the pale of con- sideration. The pose of these "friends of the enemy" is to represent the Germans as an injured nation, who, though they are for the moment maddened and frenzied by the lust of blood, have s^ill a residuum of humanity and virtue in their charac- ter. They contend that we must appeal to Germany's reason and to her "better nature," and that such an appeal would succeed. It is a frame of mind which we frankly cannot understand. If all Germany's unnumbered other infamies were forgotten, how can men speak thus in ace of the revelations which have just been made public as to her record of brutality in the typhus-ridden prison camp of Wittenburg ? The painful facts set forth in Mr Justice Younger's report would be incredible of any other professedly civilised people. Here was a prison-camp in which the German military authorities had herded some 15,000 captured soldiers of all nationalities, cramped together in hideously overcrowded confinement within barbed wire entanglements. Appalling conditions prevailed. Proper heating, clothing, and food were con- spicuous by their absenc.e. Washing was next to impossible on an occasional allowance of a cupful of soft soap between 120 men. Typhus broke out among the Russians, and began to ravage the camp. The whole German military and medical staff fled from the plague-stricken area, but not before they had deliberately ordered that the Russians should be mixed up with the men of other nation- alities. Throughout the visitation they gave not the slightest medical aid to the wretched inhabitants of the camp. The sick for the first month had only half a cup of milk a day. There were neither stimulants nor bandages, and men lost limbs for want of coverings for the gan- grened flesh. Such cures as could be made were due to the efforts of a group of English doctors and R.A.M.C. men, who were imported into the place after the German authorities had decamped, and some of whom now bear testimony in a report from memory—the Huns having destroyed all their personal notes and records before releasing them. We hope that this gruesome report will be well read and digested by the friends of the enemy." If the fate of Belgium, and Poland, and Serbia, failed to reveal to them the true character of the Prussian brute, perhaps the awful story of the Wittenburg camp may enlighten them. If they cannot alter their blind tolerance and their mistaken magnanimity, it may tell them why it is that the mass of their countrymen see no remedy but the avenging sword.
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'L..II8. TOWN AND COUNTY. £ The Breconshire County Appeal Tribunal are to be congratulated on tbe business like way they are tackling their work, and on their expeditious methods. Already they have held two sittings at 'recou and one at Builth We Is, next week they go to Brynmawr. Ystrad- gynlais, another district which m some circum stances would require special consideration, probably will not be visited, as so many of the inhabitants are engaged in mining, and their cases will be mostly dealt wid} by the separate tribuual set up for collieries. Adhering to clearly drawn lines of procedure, the members of the Breconshire Tribunal make rapid pro gress without rushing any case, and are earning the confidence of the whole county. It is not their business, of course, to make any particular effort to gain public approval, but if this be obtained as the result of duty well done, it will have a very good effect in reconciling the inhabitants of the county to the growing inconveniences caused by the drain on the male population to fill the ranks of the Army. We are still being troubled to a certain extent by the conscientious objector. A type new to us in this part of Breconshire appeared before the County Tribunal at Brecon last Thursday, in the peisons of two YOLJug men engaged in teaching at Merthyr, whose appeals came within the jurisdiction of the Court owing to their being iu resideuce at Cefn,! These teachers, not tt,o readily, admitted that they are members of the notorious No Conscription Fellowship, and although they refused to owa that this society bad helped to manufacture their I- conscientious objections," the course of their examination led one to the conclusion that if they had never been brought under the influence of that body the public probably would never of henrd of them It is pretty obvious that when a raw )outb, with that little knowledge which is a dangerous thing, proclaims in a public court that it i3 necessary in the interests of\ the country he should go on teaching whilst the nation is fighting for the liberty of Europe, he haM got a mental twist. In such a time, it pas sea comprehension why. the Government does not L ke effective measures to curb the mischievous activi.ies of an enemy withia the gates like the No Conscription Fellowship. In peace times it is our boast—perhaps a mistakeu cue, but still one which is pardonable-that we can permit the widest liberty of speech and of tbtj Press without fear of ill consequences to the nation but wben we are engaged in the greatest war the world has ever kno vn, and are straining our resources to the utmost in its prosecution, it approaches dangerously near to criminal folly to tolerate the existence of the NC.F. The London correspondent of thE) "Western Mail" affiims positively that the whole of Wales is to be scbedu!ed as a controlled area by the Liquor Traffic Central Control Board, and adds the not surprising statement that the Welsh Parliamentary Party has been pressing this for some time, though he (naively M'it s-eems) warns us that it must not be thought that the decision is in any way due to their attitude. In the light of one's knowledge as to what the Welsh Parlia- mentary Party have accomplished in the past by the exercise of political pressure, one may be pardoned for thinking it highly probable that the aforesaid party have been up to their old tricks and for declining to heed the London writer's proviso as to the result. But, what- ever the game of the party politicians, the fact remains that the interests of Breconshire in this important matter have been, or are being decided, by a body absolutely out of touch with local opinion and which has made no real attempt to get in touch with it. To make inquiry as to what was necessary and deiiii-olble in Breconshire, co umissioners representing the Central Control Board sat at Aberystwyth, a charming seaside resort by the way, but so far from Breconshire as to make the attendance of busy public men ftom this county almost impossible. Moreover, they issued invitations to the shairvaeu of our Quarter Sessions and County Council to attend a meeting due to be held before either Quarter Sessions or County Council could meet I Under these circumstances the resolution passed by Quarter Sessions last week is not likely to count for much, but it has to be observed in regard to it that it did not properly embody the views of the Acting Chief Constable, as It seemed to imply. The resolution aaked that Brecooshire should be dealt with as a wbole, in view of the Acting Chief's statement, bet the Acting Chief distinctly laid it down that be did not ask for restrictions and objected to outside interference. If interference there must be, be preferred to have the county dealt with as a whole and not ia fragments. It all comes to this, 'that if we are to have restrictions which can only be said to be necessary on the southern fringe of the county, we are loyal Britishers and we will put up with them as best we may, knowing that it is our duty to bear in these grave times a good deal that we should kick at in tiMea of peace but at least we are entitled to a little grumble at being treated as if we were so many pawns to be moved about at will by the distant com. missioners of a Central Board, whose assembly on the shores of Cardigan Bay will doubtless be officially accepted as a local inquiry f To the office of the Brecon County Times a few days ago came another batch of leaflets from the Board of Agriculture, representing so much expenditure in printing, 80 much clerical work in the department, and (probably) so much labour kept out of the one service of the nation that matters at the moment. Oh for some strong man to sykeep through these Government departments. Does Lord Selborne really know about about these lealets, one is constrained to ask. At no time have the oper- ations of the Board of Agriculture had very much sympathy from the average farmer, partly, perhaps., because the average farmer is not educated up to the fine theories which that Board disseminates but when the farmer is being asked to run his farm with less than the proper amount of labour so as to help his country at a pinch, what a gratuitous insult it is to him to be scattering leaflets which he has no time to read and which, if he bad the time to reid them, could only be taken advantage of with a full supply of labour I The crying need of the moment is for somebody to force the Government to see that some of their de. partments are "marking time," at the expense of the nation and to make them understand that the country is getting more and more suspicious that there are in London, at any rate, a great many officials doing nothing better than "justifying their salaries and unnecess- arily worrying other people.
BreeoDshire Belgian Relief.…
BreeoDshire Belgian Relief. Committee. In addition to those already acknowledged the following have kindly promised weekly sub- ioripkions:- t. ^8. per week—Mrs Harvard Williams and Me S. E. Sayce. 2s. per IDODUt-Kra Emlyn Jones.