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.y ,¡ Q.: I in OIU HISTORY STARTS FRIDAY, JULY 26tho ALWAYS WELL WORTH WAITING FOR. DAVID JONES & CO. wi TALGARTH. W -A.-ST PAPER I r- r* _| Per Cwt. for Mixed. I OS* DO" Any Colour or Quality j 9s. to 14s. per cwt. for better qualities. V -0-" I THOS. OWEN & Co., Ltd., Ely Paper Works, CARDIFF. LL LEND BACS AND PAY CARRIAGE. WRITE FOR FULL PARTICULARS. FOR PITWOOD B Immediate Delivery f 2-3 TON AUSTIN CHASSES, § £750. BHK&BHHBRmtfSHSBBH RICH AND SONS, Motor Engineers, 1 BRECON. Tel. 28. Telegrams Bicli, Brecon. Telegrams-" TYLER, BRECON." Telepbone-P.O. 15. a, H. TYLER & SON TT lQil(3icg, Plumbing Builders> "Decorators, Sanitary Plumbers, Hot Water and ^Decoraticg. aQifcary Fitting, Gas Fitters, and General Contractors, Painting. j, and ▼> X> TT" /"< "TVT Paperhangiog. ^linage Work. JTlL Jt_i >_> JLaL ■ Glazing. forWBeih^ifti^g Shop, Office and Showroom BULWARK. Graining and Sign Heating80 Hardware Stores LION STREET. Writing. Gaa Fitting. Workshops and Yard CANAL BASIN WHARF. Picture Framing t>' and Large Staff of Competent Tradesmen in all Departments Electric and. Cmq FlP'ng- the Building Line. Bells. When requiring work done it will he no expense to ask A. H. TYLER & SON for an stia.ate who can carry cut everything complete without subletting, which involves two profits. RANGES, GRATES and BOILERS always in stock and fixed immediately. i I

RELATIVE POSTAL CHARGES. The British Post Office has always been behind the times. Even before our abolition of penny postage several countries had a far lower scale of postage rates than the United Kingdom. The lowest scale of all obtains in Japan, wheie a letter may be sent from one end of ths Empire 'to another for two sen, or about one-fourth of a farthing. The Chinese Post Office (originally started by Silo Robert Hart—a student and, graduate of Belfast Uni- versity-as the Customs Postal Service, but now a. separate organisation) will carry a letter to any part of China for about fd., whether it is sent by rail or horse or foot 4 courier. From some figures published in pre- war days by the J ollrnal des Economistes it appears that the Danish postal charges were then the lightest in Europe, being only seven centimes for a. letter weighing 250 grammes. The Swiss postal charges were also consider- ably cheaper thhn ours, being at the rate of ten centimes for a letter weighing nearly nine ounces. The. Russian Post Office was the most extortionate in its charges, the minimum in- land rate being a fraction over eighteen cen- times for thirteen grammes.

.0. SEVEN WEEKS WITHOUT LIGHT. Imagine what the inhabitants of Vardo, on the shore of the Arctic Ocean, near the North Cape in Norway, suffered during the winter of 1917. The sun sets there at the end of November and does not rise again until the middle of January, and the Arctic night lasts for seven weeks. At midday in fine weather one can just see to read for about an hour. All the rest of the time artificial light is necessary. There was such a shortage of coal at Vardo that the electric light works were able to furnish only half the normal supply. Therefore, all parties and entertainments were forbidden, the schools were closed, and everyone had to live, if not in absolute dark- ness, at least in deep shadow.

THE COW-TREE. A remarkable tree of South Africa is that called the cow-tree. It receives that name because, at certain seasons, it yields an abun- dant supply of milk. It grows in hilly dis- tricts, usually where very little moisture is to be had for several months of the year. This makes it more singular that a plentiful now of' milky fluid will come from the trunk, on boring into it deeply, though the branches look dried. If the milk is put aside for a time a thick cake forms upon it, under which is a clear liquid. Some of it kept in a bottle well corked up was once preserved for several months. The cork, on being extracted, came out with a loud report, followed by a bluish smoke the milk was a little acid, but not dis- agreeable to taste. The tree bears fruits of moderate size, each containing one or two nuts, which are said to have the flavour of strawberries and cream. From the bark of the tree, soaked in water, a bread has been made, which proved nearly as nourishing as wheaten bread.

PITT'S LAST WORDS. Reviewing an edition of Lord Rosebery's monograph on Pitt, the Saturday Revieio said: "We should like to believe the story I about Pitt's last words O, my country how I leave my country'; but on the evidence, and from a general knowledge of deathbeds, we are inclined to accept the old waiter's story,- told by Lord Beaconsfield, that Pitt's last words were I think I could now eat one of Bellamy's pork pies.' SPUR-MONEY. Among the expenses of the Privy purse dur- ing the reign of Henry VII. appears the entry: "To the children, for the King's spurs. 4s." This probably refers to the pay- ment of spur-money" to the choristers for the redemption of the Royal spurs, which the ehoir-bovs claimed as their perquisite at the annual feast in honour of St. George. It was the custom to impose a small tax on all those who entered St. Paul's, or any other cathe- dral, we win 7 their spurs, as this caused such a jingling and disturbance that if often drowned the voice of the priest. The collec- i tion of this money was left to the choir-boys I and to the beadles, and an old writer declares I that it resulted in the youths ne^lectino; their duty in order to collect their dues. Not so I very many years ago a visitor to Hereford Cathedral, who refused to pay what the choir- boys demanded of him for appearing in the I sacred edifice with spurs on, had his hat taken from him, and failed to regain possession of I it. Much incensed, he laid a complaint before I the bench of magistrates, but they dismissed i the case on the grounds that the choir-boys were perfectly justified in keeping the hat as a lien for the payment of the fine

FORTY-TWO STOREYS HIGH. The highest building west of the Mississippi, says Popular Mechanic*, is in Seattle, Wash- ington. The tower rises 450ft. above street level, and is so conspicuous that it is used as a beacon by mariners in making their way on I Puget Sound. The building covers a plot that is 108ft. by 120ft. The main structure I is twenty-one storeys high. and to this the tower adds twelve stoi>cys. In addition to Jhis there are two storeys below street level. The height to the lantern at the top of the tower i's equivalent to forty-two storevs. The founda- tion rests on 1,276 concrete piles driven to a deptil of 50ft. below the surface. In building the foundation 4,000 barrels of cement and more than 1,000 tons of steel were used. On the foundation piles a total weight of 76.560 gross tons is carried, the steel for the super- structure alone weighing 4,732 gross tons.

MARRIAGEABLE AGES. So-called marriageable ages vary very widely in different- countries. In Austria a "man" and "woman" are supposed to be capable of marrying and conducting a home of their own from the age of fourteen. In I Germany the age must be at least eighteen yeiws. In France the man must be eighteen f and the woman fourteen, and in Belgium the same. In Spain the husband must have passed his fourteenth year, and the woman her twelfth. In Hungary, for Ron ran Catho- lics, the man must be fourteen years and the woman twelve; for Protestants the man must be eighteen and the woman fifteen. a In Greece the man must be at least fourteen summers and a woman twelve. In Portugal a boy of fourteen is considered marriageable and a woman of twelve. In Russia and Saxony a youth must refrain from matrimony fill he is eighteen years and the wonjan until she is sixteen. I I +

t —=—— ï 1 I I ———— '■ II I I i' When you buy a Ford car you haven't spent money-you have merely invested it. You get your money back with compound interest through what you gain in utility, pleasure and good health. In figuring the profits the Ford will bring, don't forget the health it will bring to your family and the Doctor's bills it Eliminates. > I' All Prices at Works, Manchester. Full particulars from- t NOTT'S GARAGE, Ship Street, Brecon. Telegrams Nott's Garage, Brecon. Telephone no, in, 112 (Private Branch Exchange) Telegrams Nott's Garage, Brecon. ) Telephone no, in, 112 (Private Branch Exchange) T Harold Elston Co are now in a position to book orders for immediate delivery of a limited supply of FORDSON TRACTORS FROM STOCK. A FORDSON TRACTOR displaces three or four Horses on the Farmland enormously extends the possibility of agricultural production. It is one indispensable factor in efficient and economical power farming. Power eqaul to ploughing up to an acre on three horse land, The simplest Tractor to work and maintain. The handiest and most satisfactory of all agricultural power machines. Price £ 250 Plus Delivery Charges from British Factory. h BARGOED" GOAL. -to THE MOST LASTING COAL IS WELSH." THE BEST WELSH C'AL IS BARGOEP." The only place obtainable in Brecon is at THE Breconshire Coal & Lime CO. It iSj-sold at all the Company's Retail Depots. Trnofe Loads (4 to 10 tons) may be had at any Station in Wales at Faelorelpriec-it,

All correspondence affecting this column should be addressed to Utility," care of the Editor. Request* for special information must be accompanied by a •t*mp«d addressed envelop*. GWILLIM'S MAGGOT LOTION. FOR MAGGOTS IN SHEEP. Kills instantly. Does not injure the wool and the Fly will not attack after its use. In handy tins, l/9, 3/ 4/G, 7/6. ONLY OF Walter Gwtlim, M.P.S., Agricultural Chemist, BRECON. < =- ,=-, .t. o ,I. y OS'"}, f"jjL HrARGHERAC??'! 1 GOLDEKRETDRKS 1 REGISTERED facsimile oj One-Ounce Pacfiet. j Archer's Golden Returns The Perfection at PtpeTODacço CDOI., S'wnT Axi;

rIfles now oeiieve that it is a mistake to allow hens at this time of the year to sit on china eggs in order to give them a "rest." They n', will only lose condition through being kept in, and through not being fed at the regular times. Later on, when they moult, their egg- laying organs will get all the pest they need. Stop broodinese in the early stages, and get the birds laying again. Older hens, though, should be sold as table birds, for they will fetch good prices.