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RANDOM READINGS. 4 I THE WORK OF THE RIVETER. The Bbwngtf1 of a. modern ateel ship is largely "h8. 00Iffi of the aireagth of many rivets, saps a waiter in }/(¡(t'J''¡'(y.¡¡".y¡ WeeMy. For no in&fcf-er bow strong ) framework and pla[2s go to make up tfce kail may be, if the rivste are weak tie «4>tk-e swuewre will be weak. Rivefcwes 4Srjy wosk in squads of four, each .sqtkad consisting of tw-(, baiwaerineii, a holcler-up, aud a heater. TbG last-named is usurdiy a lad, and it is hid duly to heat the rivets to a v»4ii*e glow m a snwii portable fur- nace. He the" passes thesi H a time to L the Solder-up, v.'ho is inskle the steel hull, the two liauwiieriTien beiog oti the out- side. The holder-up iiisert-s the point Of the wli.i. j-hot rive* through the koie that has b", prewkwslv drilled in. five plate for it, re- cep:; j;i, (Mtd Isolds a hea-yv liainriec against the rivet-b@ad while the hammeemen, with rapid strokes, knook ckwo the rivet pouit and flatten it out There then remains -merely a slight lump on the suffice (* £ the plate. The applies to ma-imal riv-ectiig. But there are mach,.n.e-rivc-texG in ase, some quite siiKtJi, others weighing up to five or six tons. 'FI-kwo force in the rivete btr means of hydraulic 'nod pi pcwt-C. In place of the ordinary niveting hammer, too, pneumatic hammers irwf be used. Tbeie are of two kinds. On works quite siowJy—e3>ou% thirty to forty s&Bokesi a minute, bist ecch stroke is long awl fcoroilble. The other kind .gi"E6 a, series of itght, and very rapid strokes, which > may rise to fts many as 1,000 per minute. a..s .r A Sy OF THE IRON DUKE. An aBHMMng story abom the Duke of Wel- lington -was discovered among the paper. of the late Sir W. Gamm. The Duke, when last in the Xcdierhinds, and travailing wkbotit attendants, wi » pari, of the coiwattf where his -I titloo wefe not weii understood, wae overtaken on the road by a veteran, officer, "whoee route lay c in the same direction, The Duke having occa- sion to stop, and as the offieer would reach a certain iowc se<eral hoitfs before him, re- quested that the #-teran would take the trouble of ordering dinner Sor him at 'the- prin- cipal irni. The oid officer made his congee and proceeded Ai his mission. "I am desired to order cHjiaiejr here." said to the landlord; "but stay, I • li«d better state who for." Then, calling for petl and ink, he presented the astonished delighted host with the list of his forthooiiiMig illustrious guests. THE List OF GUES". That liet was as follows: The Prince of Waterloo, tite Duke of We^lin^tcxi^ the Duke of C-iudad Rodrigo, and the ThdiB of Vittoria the M-awjtHo of Douro a«d a Marshal of France; M«ster-Gehe?al of the Ordnance, Colonel of the Royal ftegimecit of Horse Guards Blue. Colonel of the Rifle Brigade, the Lord^LtentenaHi of Hampshire, and Governor of Plymouth; Field <5f Austria,* ef Ru&sia', of of France, of England., widof the .Ke'lt\(lds; a Grandee of the I4t Class, a 0apt«M«-General of Spam, Kai^lrt of the of the Gkirter in England, St.' Andrew in Russia and the Black Eagole in Russia, Charles III. in St. Fe**d«i!d a-nd ifosii aitd the Golden Fleece et Seaia; Maximslkia and Joseph in Bavaria; St..Mayia in—Austria; the Sword in Spain; St. Esprit in France; St. George J-n Russia; the Tow-er atid S\^)rTt in 111 C'- 0 Portugal, .fjtid (to up the rearj a Doctor of Civil Laws. Mon Dieu etcc4aimed the host in ecstasy, "what a nohie eotnpar-Y He began to ..count: "One prince, three dukes, one a marshal-general of France, an English governor, an English -lord-lieutenant, Master-Gerisrtd of Ordnance and two Eng- lish colmieisj stx field-maivshals, one Grandee of the H-igfeeet Class, a -Captain-General of Spain, twelve tkuights, and a Doctor of Civil I Law3. Moo. Dieu: Thirty-two Great Per- sonages-! "lEY Are ALL HERE." All the provisions of the t,(wit all the deli- cacies of the season, and efl lEhe celebrated wines wew immediately put in peauisition for the illustrious company in ^eHpeotancy. At last the Dwke of Wellington aprived, and was ushered into a spacious j^dining-rooir.. where a cloth Wftit kiid with thirty-two covers. The person of the Duke was unkivowfi to-tiie inn- keeper, who. full of iiaport-aHt preparations for the thi-rt^-two Great Personages, thought not of aaifthing else. "I orderefl dinner here." swid IM.s Grace. "Mon Dieu!" re- sponded thoo. innkeeper, are you one ott?,f le thirty-twe Q-reat Personages'-?" presenting the list at the* same time. His Graoe ,glanced .his eye wor it. "They are ail here," said h-e, H, "so send ap H dinner immediately." The innkeeper stood aghast with amazement. At last, utterance, he ventured to express a hope_ih»t Iiis Grace jvotild be pleased to take into consideration that he (the inn- keeper) 11.00 at great trouble and cost pro- vided a most sumptuous entertainment for thirty-two Cteat Personages. D the thirty-two .Gkreat Personages!" exclaimed i the Duke. "Send up the dinner and your bill. Thus I jimst pay the penalty," said he, for not having invited the old veteran to be of the party." EARLY BIBLES. The fiPst attempt at printing, at Mayence, in 1450, was a copy M the Vulgate, wood cliari,f- ng used, which contained only the principal parts of H I-uj mut lesta- ments. This is the so-called "Bihlia Pau- perum," one of the rarest biMiographic curi- osities, a copy of which was bought by the Dtfircj vi Devonshire in 1815, who paid only i for iT-- • England oooupies a prominent place in the Vulgate and in its preservation" as, the purest text being in Milan, Naples, and in the southern provinces, Archbishop Theodore and his companion Hadriaji. abbot of a monastery near ^Naples, went to England in 668, taking with^ t-hejH some ,of tliese Bibies. Besides, just' at thait time Benedict Bisoop and. Ceol- fricl. trave-Ilinc between Rome and England, brought in otIter pure Vulgate texts, which « were copied and reproduced in the mohas- teries of We«rmouth and Jarrow, not onU" for local use, b'tt to be spread by missionaries in foreign coi«»6ries, especially Germany, France, and Switzerland,and, strange as it may seem, even bQ.ek to Italy. But what is st-tanger, etili is that xthese copies, known under the name of Northumbrian texts, had been tran- scribed with such exactness that when they returned to Italy they were found to be purer than the Italian copies, which meanwhile had degenerated. One of the at-tempts to revise the VuLrats was made by Charles the Great, who entrusted the work to an Englishman, 1 Aleuki, who finished it in 801. In the century after- the invention of print- ins the circulation of faulty Bibles assumed <
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HAY. i War. Work PecogiiiseA '-Thp- iitwue of Miss I A. E. Tuimard-Moore, Dulais. Cusop, has been Î brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for War, by the chairman of the Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross and the II Order of St. John of Jerusalem ion England, for valuable services in connection with the establishment, organisation and maintenance of ] hospitals. MissTunnard-Moore has been the Com- mandant of the Hay V.A.D. its formation j some time before the wir. and has since kept t-he organisation in sifch a state of efficiency t4-at the detachment has been able to supply a considerable nusnber of V.A.D. workers for -various hospitals. I The late Miss Houston, Broilllys.-Tlie funeral took place on Fi^clay last of Miss I Royston, The Laurels, BronBys, whose sister had only predeceased her by five months. There was a service at Bronllys Parish. Church, the Vicar (Rev. T. H. Beavan) conducting it and the iutermAit took pflaee o4 Ae Hay .Ceme- tery. t'tle officiatii-ig clergyman there being the I Rev. J. J. deWinton. The coffin was of hem-N, oak with engraved brass fittings, and. the under- II takers were Messrs H. J. Stephens, of Hay. War Items.—Lieut. Trevor Grrifiiths, S.W.B., son of Mr apd Mrs R. T. Griffiths, Tre- herne, Cusop, has been home on leai-e.-Capt. Jeffrey- Grant. Maclrine Gun Corps, son of Mr and Mrs H. R. Grant, Castle street, ils now on leave from the Western Front, where he has been serving for over two years.—Lance-Corpl. Edwards, R.W.F., son of Farrier Sergt.-Major Edwards, A.S.C., serving in France, and of Mrs Edwards, of S. Mary's terrace, is now on fur- lough. He was woifided in the left shoulder j some time ago while serving on the IvVesterr j Front, and till stow has been in hospital.—Pte. Rupert Maddy, Tank Corps, son of Mr and Mrs 1, J. M. Maddy. Market street, is on furlough. He was wounded in e German offensive last March. I Primitive Methodist Cbur&The Primitive Methodist Ciiurch held their annual etimp meet- ing on Suuday last in the orchard opposite the chapel H1 Oxford road. The speakers were the Rev. J. Wesley Homer, and Mr Magness, of Eardisley. The Salvation Army band was in attendance. Urban Tribunal.—A meeting of the Hay Urban Tribunal was held on Friday evening last, when there wfere present the Rev. J. J. deWfatoti (chairman), Messrs F. Cadman, J. Cater, J. F. Davies, and J. Evstas, with Mr Reece. Morris (NL.fp.R.), and Mr H. Morris (clerk).—An application by Martin Austin Jones, of Chancery Lane, timber feller, em- ployed by Mr E. Jenkins, was refused, the calling-uo notice to be suspended for one month. —William Pugh (Grade 3). of Lion street, car- penter and joiser, was granted two months' exemption, on application for review by the N.S.R.—The case of William Herbert Stephens (Grade 1), of High Town, baker, em- ployed by hie father, was also reviewed, and conditional exemption was again granted.—The N.S.R. further applied for the review of the case of Thomas Ma.digan (Grade 1); motor car proprietor, inotor engineer, etc., ef Castle street, but the application was refused. I
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Second-Lieut. Ivor G. Dayies, j Wilts!!ire Kegt., formerly London Fusiliers, only son of Mr and Mrs Davies, Green Dragon Hotel, BlCOll, killed in action in France on the ¥th iust., aged 23. When the war broke out he was a clerk on the staff of the' Hay Branch of Barclay's Bank. Pfcoto by J. Clark, Brecon. j Private Gordon Quarrel), eldest son opf Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Quarrell, of High street. Brecon, was killed in action in France on the l,Zth inst., at the age of 22 years. I A lad of fearless and lovable disposition, he joined the Queen's (Royal West Surrey) I Regt. at Easter, 1015, and was in due course sent to France, where he went through some severe fighting. He was badly wounded with an explosive bullet at Loos in October, 1015, and was in a London hospital until after Christmas, when he rejoined his regiment. He went out to France again in March, 191(;, and had been there ever since, being in many stiff engagements. He was home on leave in August. 1917. He was educated at Brecon County School and the Colston School; Bristol, and was learning his father's business of florist and nurseryman at the Wisley Horticultural Gar- dens, Surrey, when his country's call came to him. He was greatly liked by all who knew him and will be sincerely mourned by his old school friends as well as by his comrades 016 the Queen's Regiment. Mr. Quarrell has received a letter from the captain oi deceased's company- which states :— I am deeply grieved to have to inform you that your son Gordon was killed last evening by a shell. His death was practically instan- taneous, and he oan have suffered no pain. The piece of shell entered just below his heart and he died a very few minutes afterwards as he was being carried to the Aid Post. He was buried this afternoon by a clergyman at 3-30 p.m. in a military cemetery north of Morlan- court. Myself alud some of his chums were present at the funeral. I need hardly say that after having known your soli intimately for nearly nine months, his death c as a very great shock to me. He was always cheerful and eager to do auything, no matter how irksome or dangerous the task might be. He was universally popular with everyone, and I am expressing the feelings of all who kr:ev him when I offer you and yours my heartfelt sympathy in your great loss."
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MARKETS GUIDE Brecon, Poultry, &c., Friday. Plenty of buyers, with many visitors staying in the town, but not a very large supply, farmers being very busy with the harvest :—Q nota- tions :—Butter, 2s 3d per lb (controlled price); chickens, 2s 2d per lb; ducks, 2s 3d per lb; eggs, 5 for 2s rabbits, 2s each; wimberries, 2s 6d per quart; blackberries, Is per Viart; apples, Is per lb. Brecon, Cattle, Tues.—No store trade worth reporting owing to harvest operations. 794 fat lambs and sheep and two fat bullocks were graded. Hay, Poultry, Thursday.—Wholesale prices Butter, 2s lid per lb (controlled) eggs, 3 for Is chickens, 2s 2d per lb (controlled) ducks,' Is 8d per lb (controlled) 'apples, 7d, 8d, and 9d per lb: wimberries, Is 6d per lb: plums. 8d to Is per lb. v
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-r- SCiHNCfcl NOTES & NEWS. BETDRMftfl-N0- BE& -,WAIPE,,R. CENMYY. la o 0-3an»g rapiiio wodc deesity (* e-te* mliiia- tiens have rarxdly to be moo-e on ooll.4.'d \<*kiy. T'io ordinary hydromeier is for this work because it is too moeh infiacneed by i_Y: tension, superficial imparities, &c. imxnec<*ou thstramentti kvó] lienoe been ujxI, for s*a<iu«jle', bt- vdio varied tk-a ternp.eratm'e of the water to be tested antil tii-o densities ci' 40th.. liquid and of tlse float v.ji-2 Other3 have cfetai&ed equilibrium a piece of iron afctax&ed to the to be atta-acted by an &e&tromaghe*. In • :vi researeh, A. L. Hmrus, of the United '■"t.ftes E-are- cf St-anu.u-d?, <jc:3« back ts. *• £ isen's ide-a.. T-he saa water to i>o tested ic- p!o?d in. r, test fyfce, l'Soin. high, 18nwn. V:i in a cylindrical ^atcr b--t!i which is proviJed with Hvo wails, of g'h:s- and copper, to .serve as* jaefiet-s, a?id a and is by a .small resr^tan^c coil. Isio lite v-stoi- usRer test if dropped tl-e Scot cv -'bobbin," a hollow closed cyli^de* of 'xhizh is weighted l^y sont!?''liquid to T" is kaiited until tiie lloir vises, an:1. •ti>> .at is 1L211 repeated on er:.liaj until i'^e 'float sinks again; the appa- rsJ, is so a''i*istcd that tiie average ba-t.5?^ pc-ratur? at, which ermilibriiini i. reached will !:e bet'.ve-cn ifrdeg. and 43do.g. C. The. imc'.evlvirT ••.••■v.'np.iicn is that all sea, weters, thc:h c'i;>Vj in density and composition, j ha7? r.carly tl saraa temperatuvo c-oefficienfc' of -t5*? density can be determii-.c'l to th:- .riLl] tic but any gas bwbb-fos we-uld, I ci coui-33, i the test. OILS i-T.Olt THE AWTABGTIC. The results have been announced of an in- vistigastioa into a series of oils prepared during the Australasian Ant-arctic Errpedi- tior. These materials wwiucled soo-leopard oil, Wedde-'l-sc-al oil, and pengnin oil.. The oils have bteen carefully examined in order to 'determine their character in comparison wiih cstrmercial oils of a similar kind. They were found* to be of'good quality, and eo«ld be used for soap-meking, leather-dressing, burn-in?, &g. -I UNDER THE MICROSCOPE. _I There is considerable difficulty in at once dl:s-tiiil-iisliiii, between the lowest forms cf cniniais and plants, writes "L. E." in the A'wf/ia'ii rni,i{!. Although the animal gooer- ally possesses a mouth, and a stGtriadi in vrliieli to digest its vegetable food, there are some forms of animal life so simple as not to » pos:3t-,s either of these organs. In the sedi- ment from ponds and rivers there v.iil fre- qu be small irregular massee of living, moving matter. If these ace watched th.ey ^vill be found to move a.botw ltv-li clmnge their form eosistantly. As tliejr prees them- selves siowiy almtg sinea portiotb-, of vegetable matter,, or occasionally a dlatooi, appar- ently, with their substance. Cells are pro- in their inferior, which bud o."f frosn tise parent and lead 'the same life. These are called AflMfibas. Ai-diojjgh tile7 have no mouth or-' stomaoo they are refewed to in the animal kingdom. They appear to consist 'entirely of the formative nwi-t-t-ec found in the mterier of ail ceils, ceiled moto plane," I or saroode, witJoout Efny cell waH. rf we. sup- pose an to aaawne the form of [t if.c, njid ta set-id forth teetacles or minnie eien- ^gated preceseed* from all sidee. we sliouid lime the sua animalcule (Actitiophrys sol). Uri curious creature has *,b powder apparetitly of suddeiiif ffontt-aeting its tentMi-M /00(1 leaping about m the WeAer. It c«a also cor, tract its tentad over particles of starch and am?«{tfeu!e3, and press them. into the ll('t. sybstanoe in its centre. This ie utidoubtedly an animal, but it has no mouth or stomach. A large number of such forms present^ them- selves under the microscope. Some cf them are covered with an external envelope, which ■fthejr make artificially,- by attaching small, stones and øi her subsft-anoea to Uteir eKternal surface, on- tliey i«av form a regular .case, »r carapace, oonststing 01 a lairy membranc. Siniilar fOCHts are met with when the. micro- scope is taken to the seaside. MIGRATION? OF Some surprising facts regarding the migra- tions of mosquitoes and other hwcots have been discovered by-Professor S. C. Ball, wlio spent a month at Rei>eoca Shoat lighthouse during the stirnmer of 1-917. This lighthouse ifl isolated in tiie oecan, twelve nautieal miles from the nearest land, which is East Key, Tortugas, viiiia the nearest ragioa on which any considerable number of mosquitoes can l breed is Marquesas Atoll, twenty-four miles distant to the eastward. Breezes from the norta- and brought mosqurtoes to the lightkotvse, a^id in one case a. strong soutlierly wind brougljt them from Cuba, ninety-five miles away. Indeed, in seme instances there was evidenoe that tiiey were .brougb_t by fnvourabls winds from even more distant points; perhaps from Tampa. Bay, leo. miles distant! House flies and various other insects were also captured at the lighthouse. PRESERVING GREEN FOLIAGE. A disooverv of very great interest to botanists and others has been made. As is wett known, whoo plants have been dried by any of the well-known prooess-es (such as under pressure, in hot sand, or by sulphur fumes), the folmge loses most of i-ts natural greenness. To get anything rc-.sciriblhig a life- like effect, the leaves have had vt-o be auti- fiaialljr coloured, Mldtbi6 plan ha,, not proved to be very aavisE&otory. The difficulty has beeu entirely surmounted, says the Srimtifa American, owing to the faet that it has been found powb to "form a cfoemienl compound with the chlorophyll which is permanent. The method adopted is on the following lines. A boiling" solution of copper acetate and acetic acid is prepared. Into this the parts 01 the plants to be preserved are steeped. The acetate combines with the chlorophyll, and forma a pernianeitt colouring matter. What- ever the original sh,a-de of green may be, 'this colour is perfectly fixed. The drying pro- cess can then be carried forward. Where the particular method is that which preserves the form, as is the case when hot sand is used, the preserved plant is wonderfully life-like. The steeping in the copper acetate "appears to have no effect on the flowers. If the drying is carried out with sand or sulphur fumes, the original hues are usually well preserved. .> The plan described 600 has als*'been employed in the preservation of seaweeds with excellent results. For the brown Sea- weeds it has been found needful to add a little permanganate of potash to secure the be.-it ouect. With the red seaweeds certain eta-ins are used, but, when once the right colour is securcd, the copper acebalte fixes it I for all time. One great value of this plan is' Jthat the plants so treated do not suffer fuom I
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Po: J- <I ØJ!f- BHESOMSHIRrWM ITEMS. A list of ladies whose names have been brought- to the notice of the Secretory of State for War by the Chairman of the .Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of S. John of Jerusalem in England for valuable services reaidered in connection with the esfctbiishmetii. ouganisft- tiou and maintenance oi' Ixospitals, includes Lady Glanusk (Breconshire), Miss A. Timnftrd- Moore, Hay (Breconshire). and Mrs Harconrt Wood, Caeberis, Builtlx Wells (Breoonshire).. Capt. (t) Thomas Picton. M.C., South Wales Borderers, attached Royal Welsh Fusilier*, has been awarded a bar to his Military Cross. The gallantvsorvice for which the iuxKmr was given is thus officiary described :— When the line was broken on the right he rallied men of different units and re-organised the firing line. He did excellent work in re- establishing the line and encouraging the men by his splendid example." Capt. Picton has family connections with Brecon. Second-Liett. R T. G. de Y: Btdbernie has relinquished his commission iai the South Wales Borderers Territorial Force on account of ill-health. Major G. T. J. Barry, South Wales Ttordevers and Royal Flying Corps, has been awarded the Croix de Guerre by the President of the French Republic. Major Barry is the well-known Brecon golfer, who was severely wounded in the very early days of the war. Lieut. Ronald M. Ford, South Wales Bor- derers, has been awarded the French Croix de Guerre. Second-Lieut. G. S. Mellsopp, South Wrales Borderel's, lias been gazetted acting captain while commanding a company of a service bat- talion, from June 10th. Oapt. Melsopp was formerly on the staff at Brecon as a n.c.o. Monday's London Gazette contained ftie following announcement :—" Regular Forces, -Staff,-The undermentioned temporary ap- pointment is made General Officer command- ing-in-chief, second class, Lieut,-Gen. Sir Thomas D'Ovley Snow, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., vice Lieut.- Gen. Sir W. P. Campbell, K.C.B. (Aug. 5th)." Sir T. D'Oyley Snow is the new chief of the Western Command, and in that capacity he visited South Wales depots last week. The King has granted unrestricted permission to Dr. Mary Elizabeth Phillips. Al.B.. to wear the insignia of the Fourth Class of ttm Order of St. Java, conferred upon her by the King of Serbia for service with the Scottish Wc^nenV Hospitals iii that country. Dr. Mary Phillips is the distinguished native of Breconshire who was the first lady doctor to qualify Srom the S°0h Wales University College. She did splendid work Wrth the late Dr. Bisie Inglis. in Serbia.
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TALYBONT-ON-USR I vfcilv Congra-tulaliions.—The whole district befll congratulates Lance Corporal Cleme11* i Watkins, fourth son of Mr. and Watkins, Shop House. Aber, ;ralybont-on- s who has been awarded- the D.C.M. He ioin- the Army in December, 191-1. He is a Stn*'e in the R.F.A., and after two years in Fra!l e was transferred to the Italian Front, where 111 J-aiie he was wounded, but has resumed active service. T School Honours.—The Headmaster, ^.j Cuthbert, and tl>e pupils. Barbara Hai'l'i-- ■ Davies and Herbert Rees are to be coU-r' 1 lat-ed on tbe result of the recent Entree U Scholarship Examination to the County Sc^o* M The first pufjil has gained a scholarship and 11 M two boys free places. Jl
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Vj_v--■ 1 'B "War otes.-The promotei's ofiithe ckuice held in the Clarence Hall hstBauk Holiday (Miss Meale, Mrs Parham and Mr J. Roberts) are to be congratulated on the financial result of their efforts. The proceeds were given to the "Evening Express" Prisoners of War Fund, and amounted to £ 30 4s. 8d. The Kor ■ Treasurer of the fund, in acknowledging the receipt of this handsome amount, said "the events of the past few months have unfortu- nately resulted in 11 large increase in the number of prisoners to be provided for, but we are glad to believe that generous hearted, people will see to it that these brave men. who have borne the brunt' of the battle, shall not be allowed to starve in the hands of a merciless enemy." Obituary.—The death took place on Srfiday morning of another old and mwcli respected inhabitant of the town, in the person of Mr W. Wat-kins, of Bridge street. The deceased, who was 80 years of age, was a carpenter by trade, and was always looked upon as a clever crafts- man. He was a brother of Mr Watikins, of Upper House Farm. War Workers.—A very business-like looking camp of agricultural war workers was established on Saturday last, in a field kindly lent by Mr John Williams, Upper House Farm. The lads ire working on several local farms for a fortnight, to assist- in the ingathering of the harvest, and already reports have been received of the great assistance they: are to the farmers. Altogether there are 34 cadets and officers; encamped, and they are in charge of Lieut. D. G. W. Felton, the cadet corps being in con- nection with the Hereford Cathedral School. Red Cross Bureau Garden Party.—We are sure the public of Crickhowell and district will be ready to give their support to the garden party which is to be held at Glanuant, the locale of many successful fetes for good objects, to-morrow (Friday),' the 23rd inst. The attractions, as shown by an advertisement in another column, are varied but principal among them will be the playing of the South Wales Borcterers Baud from Brecon. The proceeds will be given to the local Red Cross Bureau.
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TALYBONT-ON-USK WAR SHI NE, Dedicated by the Bishop -Of Swansea. A large number of people aasembled aite* the Sunday evening services on the 18th inst- 9 111 and from the parishes of Llanddotty. Llausatnttffted to witness the dedicatioti unveiling ofbhe Roll of Honour, presiv.ited d the three parishes by Mrs. Gwynne HoIfol' The site for this War Shrine had been, ably chosen, being at the Talybont end of Station road, in full view of all passers-by frt>z11 I the three parishes. It consists of a hands#? I mahogany board printed in bold type I commands ^attention and reverence. J occasion was rendered all the more interest"* I and impassive by the presence of the Bi^0? I of Swansea, "who performed the dedicatiol1 1 ceremony, and Mrs. Gwynne Hoi ford, B unveiled the Roll of Honour. M After the singing of the hymn" 0. God oat help in agevs past," taken up by the whole cOil course of people, his lordship explained object of the service and read a few impressi^ prayers. Mrs. Gwynne Holford then ii the Shrine To the Glory of God and to We honour of all the brave men gone to fight oilr I battles for the cause of Freedom and Right, and the dedication by the Bishop followed. In the course of a most appropriate a*1*: impressive address, his Lordship remai^ upon the extraordinarily appropriate nature the site chosen for the war shrine, because 1 emphasised the fact that a war shrine was n° ■ intended to be a permanent memorial to those ■ who had fallen, but was intended to be s ■ constant reminder to the passers-by of tl1Ø, sacrifices that were bepng made on beliaif 0 jK our country. And no more appropriate 'could have been found than the cross-roa where the new shrine stood. It should cO stantly remind them, when they gazed upon & V of the tremendous sacrifices being made by th1 B men whose names it bore, and should ir.:1pe S them to endeavour to make themselves v;ortl;{ w of such sacrifices, for they owed those men a deo ■ they could never repay. The Rector of Llanddetty (the Rev. J. Davies) then announced the hymn u Omva»f|H Christian Soldiers." which was sung enthusiasm, after which t-hfe Bishoj-) pronoun06* the Benedict ion, and the ceremony concluder V with Are National Anthem. Other clt-J'^ ■- resent were the Rev. W. Lloyd. Llatist- I ffraed Rev. D. Lloyd, Weston- Sciper-iNT-W ■ Rev. T. A. Davies. Llanfigan Eev. joll" I ,,a Phillips (Congregational), Mountain 1 the Rev. Obed. Davies (Congregational). Breed1, a The district owes a debt of deep gratitude toO B Mrs. Gwynne Holford for her gift and also fol, M the vast improvement made in that partieu^ ■ corner (whieh hitherto has been none too safe ■ for traffic) and also in the enhanced appeantllC B from a scouie point of i-ie, I
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GILWERN. I "Only Having a Looli Round." — At 1 fl Crickhowell Pettv Sessions, on the 14tli il —before Mr A.. Beckwith and Mr E. PW M Gordon—Arthur Tyrrell, a munition worer. from Birmingham, was summoned for I petrol contrary to the Motor Spirit Restric 9 ions Order.—P.C. Albert Davies said that 01;, Sunday, the 4 th inst., he saw the defend11 riding a motor cycle at Gilwern, coming frot^ fl the direction of Rrynmawr. Witness stopPf^H him and asked what his business was. defendant then produced a permit iss<ued the Ministry of Munitions for the use of pet, for a motor cycle on a journey from Birmi ham to Abergavenny on the 3rd inst., and 4^^ fl Abergavenny to Birmingham on the 11 th in5*' ■ Witness told defendant the permit did n°. ■ allow for the use of the motor cycle during B his holidays, and defendant replied I ■ only having -a look rouaul. and wanted to try I Jier as she was not pulling very well Nfhelo ■ I'came from Birmingham." Defendant did 11° ■ say how far he had been. Fined 10s.-Aziotbtf ■ Gilwern case of illegal use of petrol, which ha M a startling development, is reported on page I- M
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BHYNMAWS. I I\Slk Prosecutions.—-At Bi-ynmawr Pe^' V Sessions, on Monday, Wilfred David PoVe^ Pentwyn Clydach Farm, Govilon, was S'!ltJ1- summoned on two counts for selling milk taining 41 and 28 per cent, of added water.. was stated that the samples were taken froJlJ churns of milk sent by the defendant to BIT" mawr for a local vendor.—The defence that the milk had been handed in at Gov Station as it came from the cows.—DefenS^ was fined 15, including costs, in the first the second being withdrawn.—Mary To Worcester street, Brynmawr, was summoned respect of milk containing 10 percent, of add water. It was stated that defendant had warranty, but had not given sufficient notice allow it to be acted upon.. She was ordered t pay the costs. ?
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¡r- exposure to iigtn. After some mont-bs of standing in direct sunlight, the treat-ed speci- mens were as Ibright green as if thev h just been freshly gathered. I THE APPENDIX IN ANIMALS. The Australian wombat, a marsupial, shares with man and some of the higher apes the dis- tinction of being the only animal to possess, a vermiform appendix. Curiously enough the appendix has in this animal of a very ancient type made farther progress towards elimina- tion than it has in man. In a collection of specimens of the appendis of the, womhafc made by Dr. W. C. Mackenzie, of Melbourne, the appendix c&.i be seen degenerating tiU it tlmcst reaches the niíishi poiak 's Printed and Published by TBB Bhecos Cousi* Tiuss Limitrd at the Bulwark and Lion Street Brecon, in the Coun cy of Brecbucck, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29ndt 1918. and registered at the General Post Office a a newjpaper f • t
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PI'Opottioes ttiat the necessity- was feit or e.^ablislittg a« officiel edition. A ixindso-iie I volume, in 1590, took the naine of the SiKtirie Bible, from StxttM, V., -and had as piffaoa fclm fatuous Bull, Aeternus iile," establishing tli^t.this Bible be considered as "tr«e, law- nq nil, authentic, and unquestioned." Sixtus PV. died almost immediately after, and only Uvo years later Clemen? VIII. ordered that every oopy of the Six tine Bible should be de- stroyed, and published another called the K Clementine." It seems that Sixtus V. knd himself revised the work of the commissi-n, hurting the feelings of the members, and offending the Jesuits, who never rested urtil I they obtained the suppression of the Sixtir.e Bible, now one of the rarest bOOK, i.t tho I world.—Pall Mall Maaazine.