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BRECON PROPERTIES AT AUCTION. At the Wellington Hotel, on Friday, Messrs Miller, Powell and Co. offered for sale freehold shop and house property in the borough. A large shop fronting High street, Ship street, and Wheat street, let to Messrs Fryer Bros., at JE85 per annum, was sold to the tenants at £ 2,350. A shop and house in the Watton, let to Mr Rhys Jones at C25 per annum, went to the tenant at JEGOO, and the adjoining shop and house, let to Mr Edwards at Y,12 per annum, and another set of premises in the same occupation at £ 19 8s: per annum, also went to the tenant at JE385. Two cottages in Little Free street were withdrawn at £ 190. Messrs Jeffreys and Powell, Castle street, Brecon, were the solicitors acting for the vendors. Two freehold dwelling-houses, 10 and 11, Newgate street, Brecon, offered by the same auctioneers, were sold to Mrs Walters for CIOO, and 12 and 13, Newgate street, were sold to Mrs. Jenks for £ 110. Messrs Edgar Thomas and Harris, Bulwark, Brecon, were the solicitors for the vendors. Six houses in Maendu street, Nos. 10 to 15, were withdrawn at JE255. Mr t-ieui ge .1. UUU1, JjJ L,L,VlJ, >v lie lUl; ;ull(;!è01. Two dwelling-houses in Watergate, Nos. 6 and 7, were withdrawn at £610, and one of them was afterwards offered separately and withdrawn at JE320. Mr Lewis Jones, Brecon, was the solicitor. Nos. 10, 11 and 12, Silver street, were withdrawn at £ 370. Nos. 30 and 31, Orchard street, were withdrawn at JE425. Messrs Jeffreys and Powell were the solicitors. Also at the Wellington Hotel, on Friday, Messrs David and W. J. Price, auctioneers, offered some Brecon freehold properties for sale. Nos. 1 to li), Ffrwd- grech road, with an aggregate rental of 11 4s. 4d. per week, were bid for up to £ 375 and then withdrawn. Messrs Jeffreys and Powell were the solicitors. Nos. 4 to 7, Newgate street, let at an aggregate rental of Y,26 per annum, were also withdrawn. Mr H. Vaughan Vaughan, Builth Wells, was the solicitor in this case.

THE mmm OF Tmi | SOME CAUSES OF UNEMPLOY- MENT EXPLAINED. England is truly a. peculiar country, for how could we pthervvise explain what is passing before our eyes. For many years prior to 1914 we were content to remain economically subservient to other, countries. Was it we who chose in what j particular direction our manufacturing industries should be directed V Certainly not. We were no longer masters in our own markets. Britain's superb mercantile marine was used, not to carry to all quarters of the "lobe the products oP I British skill and British industry, but the products of other nations who were determined to prevent the establishment of competing industries in this country. Then came the war to teach us that the system of free imports under which we had been living was slowly but surely sapping our economic strength. Force of circumstances compelled us to abandon that system, and -adopt a policy which virtually yielded the results anticipated from Tariff Reform. Protected against that class of competition which makes production economically impossible, we immediately set about developing our in- dustries in directions hitherto undreamt of. The field for employment was enormously extended, and the workers were not only assured of regular work, but work at rates of wages which enabled them to meet the increased cost of living and at the same time improve their standard of comfort. With the aban- donment of Free Trade, the working man became a small capitalist in his way. He subscribed very largely to the War Loans, and thereby stimulated his sense of citizenship and responsibility. WHY THE "WHEELS" WONT GO. Then, our economic policy was fixed. Everybody knew what the morrow would bring forth, and production went on with- out restraint. How different is the 'situation to-day The decision and certainty of yesterday had given way to the irresolution and chaos of to-day, and the industrial paralysis which is spreading throughout the country threatens disaster to the nation. The country is waiting for the fulfilment of a condition which Mr Lloyd George recently declared to be essential if unemployment with its at- tendant dangers were to be avoided. Confidence," he said, must be given to those who are responsible for starting the wheels of industry and commerce." It may well be asked how such confidence can be given if we do not know what our trade policy is to be in less than three,, months hence ? The Government attitude towards the future trade policy of the country is producing a deplorable lack of confidence among British manu- facturers, of which manufacturers in other countries are beginning to take full advantage. Without an immediate and explicit declaration that no return can or will be permitted to our pre-war policy of unrestricted free imports without the assurance that security guaranteed by the State will be given to the whole of the new industries for a resonable period, I; the wheels of commerce and industry cannot be restarted, and we must wit- ness the sorry and degrading spectacle of the pauperisation of hundreds of thousands of ex-service men who must subsist on State doles. THE GERMAN MENACE. While disintegration is thus going ou at home, other countries are preparing to reap the benefits which their own economic policies hold out to them. Here let us add a note of warning in regard to Germany. Anyone who sup- poses that German trade competition, as we knew it before the war, has been placed entirely out of court is making a very serious mistake. The German commercial man is awake, very much awake, and watching for the opportunity which he knows will come to him. The crafty enemy, smashingly defeated on the battlefields of his own choosing, is feverishly preparing to reconquer what he has lost by achieving economic supremacy after the war. Meeting after meeting has been held among leading Germans in Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Dresden and Frankfort-on-Main. Not so long ago Herr Dornbriich, speaking at Munich before the meeting of merchants, manufacturers and bankers, did not hesitate to lay down the plan according to which, in his opinion, the world could best be conquered economically. Herr Walther Rathenau has been active at the head of an army of German agents in Switzerland, preparing the way for German economic supremacy in that country. It is therefore absolutely necessary that the dangerous economic rtlnns of the enom*' should bp nullified J This can only be done by the restoration of confidence which depends entirely upon the measure of support given to industry by the State. Manufacturers are waiting for this in order to extend their factories and to train new workers. Thus and not otherwise can the oppor- tunity of employment for those at present out of work be increased and Bolshevism be defeated.

Wedding Cards. Call and see the Beautiful Designs In Endless Variety at the COUNTY TIMES OFFICE l BRECON. Oulletin No. 4. "> ? {' ) '-M: I ffetimissl i I Cmmmn I K.ia i j "Malaria, dysentery, | trench fever, acute prim.' ■ a J wry pikHUnUmu., Z.IH.GS 4C ■ | fever, relapsing fever and typhus fever are now j | notifiable as epidemic ■ I and infectious diseases. IThese are all prevent- [ gBIz diseases I j);* ) V/hat are yon do- ing to make sura that your ■ home is kept free from epidemic ? With all respect the promoters I of the FIRST AID Nation- i al Health Campaign sug- gest one sure way to ■ safeguard home health. The regular use of j | m | j Disinfectant Soap I has been proved time and ■ time again a preventive | of infectious and epidemic J « disease in the home. FIRST AID is a modern disinfectant soap not to be confused with carbolic and similar soaps. FIRST AID is a scien- ■ • tific product of guaran- l teed efficiency. It is I delightful in use and of unusual economy. æ æ 'E: -c-==-==.c; 7=/1 J* I# I i Made only by Christr. Thomas & Bros. Ltd., Broad Plain, Bristol ■ W The First Aid Book, 40 • Is pp. of usefu! hints, post free, on mentionin- your usual dealer's name and address. N83: i j

PAYING POLITICS. Political Boss: I can land you a job payiw- three thousand a year-two to you and one to me." Worker: And do I have an assistant who does all the work?" Boss: "Sure; and we split half of his salary between us. "-Buffalo Courier.

MODEL SERVICE. Bishop Partridge is a collector of anecdotes albout ministers; here is one: "I once asked a minister how he had got through a certain service. He answered, grimly: Well, Bishop, the service was soothing, moring, and satisfactory.' Yes,' I said, a little puzzled. Yes, exactly,' said he. It was soothing itofecatise over auu LlJ Sleep. It was moving because half of the other half left before I was through. And it must have been satisfactory, inasmuch as I wasn't asked to come again.' "-Los Angeles Times.

REAL PUNISHMENT. Rastus Rosin was convicted of stealing a hog* "Raatus," the judge said to him, "you arll fined five dollars.- "Jedge," said Rastus, "Ab'm obliged to ye. Ah got dat five spot right here in mah4 ft-hand vest-pocket." "Well," continued the judge, "just dig, down in your right-hand vest-pocket, Rastus, and see if you can find thirty days. Angeles Times.

HOW AGGRAVATING. Brown: I saw a man drop twenty storio, the other day, and it was a caution the w.J he swore." Greene: "Swore after dropping twShtfj storeys? BrownT "Yes. They were in a inacaxildi h«J»ad joal bought, am| he droppgf itl@ gg*

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THH PS81T3Y fflHVU. Hints for Small Holders. Poultry keeping is an industry which offers considerable possibilities to small holders. The demand in this country for I new-laid eggs of the best quality more I than absorbs the home production. Since I in pre-war times eggs to the value of about £ 9.500,000 were annually imported from other countries, there is little likeli- hood of the home supply exceeding the demand for some years to come. It is probable, too, that eggs will occupy an even more prominent place in the dietary of the people in the future than in the I past. 'me puiehasiug power of the working classes has increased, their standard of living has become higher; and owing to the meat shortage during the war, eggs have been relied upon as a staple article-of diet to a greater extent than formerly. These factors doubtless will be reflected in an increased general t demand. Cheap imported foreign eggs will probably continue to be used for manufacturing purposes but, if home poultry keepers adopt improved methods which will enable them to cheapen pro- duction. the demand for all but low- priced and inferior foreign eggs should I be met to a much greater degree than heretofore by home produce. The position is similar in regard to table poultry. Imported frozen poultry is certain to affect the price of home pro- duced poultry to some extent. But the home article of higher quality and greater freshness will invariably command a higher price. As poultry-keepers learn to produce more regular supplies of uniformly high quality, the demand for home-grown poultry will undoubtedly increase. The pre-war imports of table poultry amounted annually to nearly 91,000,000 but the home-grown pro- duce consumed was, of course, much larger than the importation. DOES IT PAY? Small holders desiring to commence poultry keeping should realise from the outset that to be successful in the work consistent application and careful atten- tion to detail are essential. Furthermore, a beginner should commence on a small scale and gain his experience and skill as he goes along. It is a risky business to take up on a large scale until the necessary experience and skill have been gained. The main reasons for the many failures in poultry-keeping in the past were that the persons who failed had usually little or no experience on commercial lines that they had insufficient capital, from which they expected absurd returns and that they were frequently persons accustomed to town life and sedentary occupations. which they desired to relin- quish for reasons of health or personal taste. There are, however, many successful poultry farms of one kind or other in Britain. Some specialise in producing poultry for exhibition purposes others in breeding pedigree egg-laying strains Vli18L., pÙA,b\; LL8J;) (;6: aud tabiC poultry for consumption or engage only in fattening poultry-the requisite lean birds mainly purchased from outside sources. The majority of the owners of these concerns commenced in a small way., often with very little capital, and they have gradually built up their busi- nesses as they acquired experience and skill. Some of them JIOW possess capital running into thousands of pounds and are presumably making satisfactory in- comes. The number of small occupiers of land who derive the principal portion of their livelihood from poultry-keeping is considerable.

Instinct. We know not how each bird contrives To build a nest so like its sires The same materials, place and shade As formed the nest its parents made- The hair, the moss, the bents, the briars; Yet with no lesson in their lives. It does not reason, we are told It knows no pattern of the nest Yet something teaches it to build, Its breast with racial memory filled Shares the experience of the rest In all their labours manifold. If Instinct is the memory Not of one bird, but all its race In long succession of the years, The gift more marvellous appears Astonishment to awe gives place As deeper grows the mystery. The dog that turns to make his bed, Because his ancestor3 so turned, Keens that strange relic of the time, Before the savage of the prime His canine confidence had earned And shared with him his bone and shed. Nor in ourselves has instinct ceased Its life-preserving part to play Outside the limits of our will, It serves a vital purpose still We share the universal sway In common with the bird and beast. T. R. PHILLIPS.

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