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Corn Production Act, 1917. AGRICULTURAL WAGES BOARD (England and Wales). I I Order Varying the Minimum Rates of Wages at present in force for Femala Workers,, of 18 years of age and over I throughout England and, Waies to come into operation on the 14th July, 1919. The Agricultural Wages Board (England and Wales) hereby give notice as required by the above Act, that they have made the following Order :— I 1. The Minimum and Overtime rates of wages for female workers of 18 years of age and over throughout England and Wales shall be as follows :— Minimum Overtime Rates per hour. Rate per On Weekdays. On Sundays. Area. hour. 1. The administrative counties of ") Cumberland and Westmorland, the I county boroughs of Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness, and the Petty Sessional Divisions of North Lons- dale and Hawkeshead (including its detached part), in the administrative county of Lancaster. I 7d. 9<3. lOid. •2. The administrative counties of the East Riding, the North Riding, and the West Riding of Yorkshire and the county boroughs of Kingston- Upon-Hull, Middlesborough. Barnsley, Bradford. Dewsbury, Halifax, Hud- dersfield, Leeds, Rotherham, Sheffield, Wakefield and York. J 3. All other parts of England and 6d. 71d. 9d. Wales. 2. Provided that during the first three months of a worker's employment in agriculture the minimum and overtime hourly-rates- set out in Clause 1 above shall be subject in each case to a deduction of id. an hour. 3. For the purposes of the above rates the following employment is defined as Overtime employment, that is to say ? (1) In all parts of England and Wales. (a) All employment on a Sunday. (b) All employment on a weekday before the hour of 7 a.m. 01 after the hour of 5 p.m. (c) All employment in excess of 62 hours on a Saturday or on such day (not being Sunday) in every week as may be agreed between the employer and the workman. (2) In the areas hereinafter mentioned (being the areas of District Wages Committes established by minutes of the Agricultural Wages Board) all employment on a weekday in excess of the number of hours hereinafter specified, that is to say :— (a) In the Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire and Bedfordshire, Cum" berland and Westmorland Derbyshire Devonshire Dorset Hertfordshire and Middlesex Kent Northamptonshire Not- tinghamshire and Wiltshire areas—in excess of 8t hours in summer 2 and of 8 hours in winter. (b) In the Cheshire. Lancashire, Shropshire, Glamorgan and Monmouth, and Merioneth and Montgomery areas-in excess of 81 hours all the year round. (c) In all other areas-in excess of 8 hours all the year round. 4. For the purpose of this Order the expression summer" shall mean the period commencing on the first Monday in March and ending on the last Sunday in October, and the expression winter shall mean the rest of the year. 5. For the purpose of the above rates the hours of work shall not include meal times, but shall include any time during which, by reason of weather conditions, an employer has prevented from working a wdrker who was present at the place of employment and ready to work. 6 This Order shall apply to all female workers of the age of 18 years and upwards who are wholly or partly employed in agriculture within the meaning of Section 17 (l) of the Corn Production Act, 1917, in any area described in the Schedule to this Order during such time as they are so employed. 7. This Order shall come into operation on the fourteenth day of July, 1919. 8. From and aftpr the date on which this Order comes into operation the Orders heretofore made by the Agricultural Wages Board and fixing minimum or Overtime rates of wages or defining overtime employment shall-be varied or cancelled go far as may be necessary to give effect to this Order. Dated this eighth day of July, 1919. Signed by Order of the Wages Board, .e R. E. STANLEY, Assistant Secretary. Agricultural Wages Board (England and Wales), 80, Pall Mall, London, S.W. 1.

Local 44 Mentions." Mentioned in despatches by Gen. Sir. Douglas Haig for services rendered between Sept, 16th. 1918, and March 15th, 1919 Major the Hon. W. Bailey, 11th Hussars, brother of Lord Glanusk; Major J. Conway Lloyd, M.C., South Wales Borderers, of Dinas House, Brecon Major W. L. Harpur. Royal Engineers, of Brecon, county roads surveyor for Breconshire Lieut.-Col.. G. T. Raikes, D.S.O., 2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers, of Treberfydd, Breconshire (who some months ago brought the cadre of his battalion to Brecon from Germany): Capt. H. C. Moore-Gwyn, M.C., Rifle Brigade, son of Mr J. E. Moore-Gwyn, D.L., J.P., of Duffryn, Neath Major General A. Solly Flood, C.B., C.M..G., D.S.O..Grenadier Guards, of Crickhowell. Also the following officers, n.c.o.'s, and men of the South Wales Borderers :— Major J. Bradstock, M.C. Capt. Curtis, C.M.D. Major K. F. D Gattie, D.S.O., M.C.. Capt. and Brevet-Major F. St. J. Hughes, M.V.O., Major M. C. Morgan, M.C. Brigadier-General A. J. Reddie, C.M.G., D.S.O., formerly commanding the 1st Battalion Brevet-Major A. E. Williams, D.S.O., M.C. Major N. Burrows, Reserve of Officers; Capt. A. Case. 6th Battalion Capt. W. V. D. Dickinson, M.C., 2nd Battalion Lieut.- col. W. Y. Franklin, D.S:O., attd. 1st Wore. Regt. Lieut.-col. R. F. Gross. D.O.O., 'commanding 6th Lan. F., T.F.; Lieut.-col. D. G. Johnson, V.C., D.S.O.. M.C., attd. 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Begt. Major J. H. I. Monteith, 10th Battalion; Major T. H. Morgan, attd. 25th ]Battalion K.R.R.C.; Capt. A. W. Newton, 10th Battalion Lieut.-col. N. G. Pearson, D.S.O., M.C., attd. 2/16th Battalion London Regiment; Capt. L. Petts, M.C., 6th Battalion Lieut. H. H. Philps, 1st Battalion Lieut.-col. B. Rams- den, D.S.O., M.C., 1st Battalion, attd. 15th Battalion Highland Light Infantry Lieut. F. O. Rogers, 5th Battalion Capt. W. K. Runham, M.C., 5th Battalion Lieut.-col. C. L. Taylor, D.S.O.. 1st Battalion (who recently brought the cadre of his battalion to Brecon from Germany) Lieut.-col. G. B. O Ward. D.S.O., attd. 1st Wilts. Regt.; Lieut.-col. G. H. Stanway, D.S.O., M.C., attd. 1/6th Battalion Cheshire Regt. T.F.; C.Q.M.S. J. Aspden, M.M., 5th Battalion; Cpl. J.F. Bravery, 6th Battalion; Sgt. W. H. Edwards, M.M., 6th Battalion C.Q.M.S. D. A. Ewing, 6th Battalion; Sgt. J. J. Freeman, M.M., 1st Battalion Sgt. W. Gardner, 5th Battalion Pte. C. W. lies, 1st Battalion, attd. 3rd Trench Mortar B. C.S.M. H. J. Kite, 5th Bat- talion Cpl. J. K. Looney (now Labour Corps) Sgt. F. Milsom, 1st Battalion Pte. W. H. Rigby, M.M., 10th Battalion; C.S.M. W. E. Robinson, 1st Battalion Cpl. G. Stowell, 1st Battalion R.S.M. W. C. Terret, M.M., 5th Battaiion Pte. T. H. Watkins, 2nd Battalion Sgt. S. Williams, 5th Battalion.

COAL UP 6/- A TON. But Date of Rise Postponed. Sir Auckland Geddes in the House of Commons, on the 9th inst., announced that on July 16th the price of coal would be raised by six shillings per ton, in order to meet the concessions to the miners under the Sankey award. It is admitted that this rise in price will seriously handicap British manufactures and the export trade. So general has been the dismay caused by the announcement, on Monday the Government consented to postpone the rise for three months to give the miners' leaders an opportunity to get the output increased.

Corn Production Act, 1917. AGRICULTURAL Wil-GE3 BOARD (England and Wales). Variation of the Determination of the Valiie of Board and Lodging as a Benefit or Advantage in certain areas in England and Wales. 4' The values at which the provision by an employer for a worker employed by him of the Benefits and Advantages specified in the Order of the Agricultural Wages Board (England and Wales), dated the Gth September, 1918, may be reckoned as part payment of wages in lieu of payment in cash for the purpose of any minimum rates of wages fixed under the above Act, has been varied by the Wages Board as regards the value at which the provision by an employer for a female worker em- ployed by him of board and lodging may be reckoned for this purpose, in the District 11 Wages Committee areas for Cornwall, Cumberland and Westmorland (including the Furness District of Lancashire, Devonshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Liecestershire and Rutland, Northamptonshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Surrey, Worcestershire, Anglesey and Carnarvon, Brecon and Radnor, Denbigh and Flint, Glamorgan and Monmouth. Merioneth and Montgomery, and Pembroke, Carmarthen and Cardigan, so as to provide that such values shall be' as from the 14th July, 1919, as follows Workers Aged lb Aged 15 Aged 14 Age aged 17 and and and under and over. under 17. under 16. under 15. 14. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Full Board and Lodging for a 7-day week 13 0 12 0 '11 0 10 0 90 Full Board and Lodging for a 6-day week 11 2 10 3 9 5 8 7 7 9 Lodging only, without food, for a 7-day week 26 26 2 6 2 6 2 6 Lodging only, without food, for a 6-day week 23 23 23 2 3 23 All food and drink (excluding intoxicants) for a 7-dayweek 10 6 96 8 6 76 66 All food and drink (excluding intoxicants) for a 6-day week 9 0 8 0 7 2 6 4 5 6 — .— m Meals only for a 7-day week- Breakfast 2 7i 2 ih 2 ll 1 101 1 71 Dinner 5 3 4 9 4 3 3 9 3 3 Tea 2 7l 2 4 j 2 H 1 101 1 7 Meals only for a 6-day week- Breakfast 2 3 2 0 1 10 1 7 1 421 Dinner 4 6 4 0 3 7 3 2 2 9 Tea 2 3 2 0 1 10 1 7 1 4 Individual meals (to apply to cases not provided for above)— Breakfast 06 06 05 {) 4 0 4 Dinner 0 10 0 10 0 9 0 8 0 8 Tea 0 6 0 6 0 5 0 4 0 4 Signed by Order of the Wages Board, R. E. STANLEY, Assistant Secretary. .Agricultural Wages Board (England and Wales), 80, Pall Mall, S.W. 1. 8th July, 1919.

BRECON RURAL DISTRICT 1 COUNCIL. Friday.—Mr. Owen Price presiding. COAL CONTROL. The Clerk (Mr. M. F. Thomas) in- formed the Council that the Fuel Control and Lighting Committee would now come to an end—(Mr. Jno. Jones, Nant- bran Hear, hear)—but the Fuel Con- troller would still require control to be exercised through a local fuel overseer. Mr. W. Williams was accordingly re- appointed fuel overseer. He drew the attention of the Council to the fact that the Fuel Controller had urged the pro- vision of reserve stocks in all districts. In the first place the onus of providing such stocks lay on the merchants, and he had tried to arrange this matter with them, but so far had not been suc- cessful. The merchants maintained that the class of coal they had to deal with was not suitable for putting into stock on the ground. So far as he could see, there was no provision in the Order for fixing any price to be paid the merchants for putting a stock on the ground but with regard to the deterioration of the coal, it was the customer who would suffer and not the merchant. Mr Tom Morgan Is the coal obtain- able ? Mr. Williams I saw the Divisional Officer last week and he pressed me to take steps and said he. was in a position to get the coal. On the motion of Mr. Jno. Smith, it was decided to call on the merchants to carry out the Order as to a reserve stock. An application was received from the coal merchants for a revision of the scale of charges fixed for delivery at the end of 1918, owing to the increase of wages and the higher cost of fodder. A sug- gested scale was submitted with the application, and it was stated that under this 9/6 could be charged for taking a ton of coal four miles. It was also stated that the merchants had come to the con- clusion that they would not continue to deliver if they could not have better terms. The matter was referred to the old Fuel Control Committee, with power to settle a scale with the approval of the Fuel Controller. DEFECTIVE HOUSES. A letter was read from the Breconshire Insurance Committee complaining of the sanitary conditions of a house at Llanfillo. Mr. B. L. Pritchard (sanitary sur- veyor) asked the Council to make a closing order in this case, as the owner would not undertake repairs. !1JGA," A member stated that the house had recently been sold and he thought the new owner would be willing to repair it. A closing order was made, with the understanding that the new owner would be given an opportunity to do the necessary work to make the house habitable. Mr Pritchard also asked for a closing order in respect to a house in the parish of Llandefalle, which he said was occupied by a large family and was in a deplor- able condition. There was one bed on an earthen floor in a little dark room downstairs. The order was made. It was agreed to serve an order on the owner of two houses at Llanfillo not connected with the village water scheme to provide a proper supply of water. DIPHTHERIA AT LLANDEFALLE. SCHOOL WATER SUPPLY. Mr. Pritchard reported that there had been six cases of diphtheria at Llande- falle. The first case, which was fatal, occurred in a house with a water supply from a little dip well which took in a good deal of surface drainage. He also inspected the school, where all the cases appeared to come from, and the water supply there was very bad. Water was carried from a well in the churchyard and left in a tin in the porch. The school should have a water supply laid on, and he asked the Council to make an order on the Education Committee to provide a supply. It was agreed to make the order.

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CRICKHOWELL FARMERS' UrION. At the last meeting of the Crickhowell branch of the Farmers' Union, Mr Dd. Pritchard presiding, Mr W. Powell (joint sec.) said he had received the I annual subscriptions from only 100 mem- bers out of 183 on the register, and he urged the remainder to pay up quickly, as it was impossible otherwise to continue, A letter was read from the County Secretary of the Unions, appealing for financial support towards the propaganda fund. Mr Anthony Lewis said their great object should be to get the other half of the farmers in the district to join the Union. It seemed to him that one half of the farmers carried the other half on their backs. (Laughter). If the Union sent their officials to present their case, it should be done at a general meeting of the public. (Hear, hear). It was not much use for them to come to a meeting of members, and preach to the converted. After a brisk discussion it was decided to obtain voluntary subscriptions towards the fund, Mr W. Pritchard remarking that it should be quite an easy matter to raise the C30 asked for. A member Wait and see (Laughter). A letter was read from the headquarters of the Union, urging farmers to with- hold their wool supplies until the draft question was settled. Mr D. Pritchard (chairman) said he had either to sell, or let the rats destroy the wool he chose the former course. Mr Peter Lewis (Tygwyn) was of the same opinion. Mr Anthony Lewis said it appeared to him that it was useless to take any notice of the request, as one half of the farmers would withhold, whilst the other half would sell. No action was taken. In connection with the forthcoming sale of a local estate the following reso- lution was adopted That the Crick- howell branch of the Farmers' Union consider that the sitting tenant of each holding, if prepared to purchase at a reasonable value the farm or land he occupies, should be given the privilege of becoming the purchaser of such farm or holding, and that two years' notice to quit be given to every tenant in case he has to leave."

Red Cross Hospital, Penoyre. To the Editor of the COUXTY TIMES. SIR,—I should be much obliged if you would kindly announce in your next issue the receipt of the following further donations towards the above hospital Mrs Sturt 1.. 910 0 0 Proceeds from Gilwern Ploughing Match 8 13 11 Mrs Powell 5 0 0 Part Proceeds Jumble Sale per Mr Rhys Williams 5 0 0 Mr John Price, per sale of lamb 3 5 0 Anonymous 1 0 0 Total donations to date 93920 18 6 Yours faithfully, J. H. FURMEDGE. Penmyarth, Crickhowell, 10th July, 1919.

Summer Lassitude. Who, during a prolonged spell of dry hot summer weather has not experienced that feeling of lassitude, languor, and listlessness which seems to take all the snap out of one ? At such times even ordinary everyday duties seem trying and irksome you probably feel peevish and irritable without real reason and mere trifles upset you. It is safe to say that if you were in vigorous health you would not be so affected, because your strength should be equal to all demands made on your con- stitution by the climatic conditions. Now the digestive system plays a most important part in your health and general well-being. Unless you obtain strength and full nourishment from the food you eat, the only true source, you cannot expect to feel well or be well. True, the weather does sometimes affect the organs of digestion—stomach, liver and bowels. At such times the liver is apt to get lazy and sluggish. Then it is that impurities from imperfectly digested food enter the blood and produce the tiredness of which you complain. Mother Seigel's Syrup speedily regu- lates the stomach, invigorates the liver, and stimulates the bowels to natural activity. Your food will then be properly digested, your blood kept rich and pure by the nourishment it receives. With health renewed and energy restored, lassitude, even on the most op- pressive days, becomes for you a thing of the past.

No More Rheumatism. Budden's Rheumatic Blood Salts, the certain remedy for Gout, Rheumatism, Gouty Eczema, Lumbago, and Kidney Diseases, caused by the presence of uric acid in the system. This salt purifies the blood and drives out of the system the uric acid. For constipation and its attendant evils it's an excellent remedy. Bottle Is. 3d. Prepared only by Budden and Co., Limited, Chemists, Liverpool, and sold by Mr Tudor, Chemist, Brecon, and Mr Lloyd, Chemist, Carmarthen.

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LLAHGORSE BOATING FATALITY. Brecon Rural District Council Take Action. At a meeting of the Brecon Rural District Council held on Friday, the Clerk (Mr Molyneux F. Thomas) stated that there was a question he would like to put before the Council as coroner for part of the county. The Council would remember that a short time ago there was an unfortunate boating accident at Llangorse Lake, in which a young lady was drowned. It transpired that the boats plying for hire on Llangorse Lake were in no way licensed, nor was there any proper control exercised over them. There was no person or authority with locus standi to exercise control. Powers might be acquired by the Council, by making application to the Ministry of Health for leave to adopt two sections of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act of 1907. If that application was suc- cessful, then the Council would be in a position to license all boats and boatmen plying for hire. The jury at the inquest spoke rather strongly on this matter, and he promised to see what could be done. He asked the Council to make applica- tion to the Ministry of Health to adopt Sections 93 and 94 A of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1907. The former gave power to provide life-saving appliances and the latter power to license boats used for hire or for carrying pas- sengers and the persons in charge, and to charge annual fees for such licenses. The Chairman (Mr Owen Price) I think we are agreed that some control should be exercised over those boats and that they should be licensed. (Hear, hear). Mr Jno. Smith remarked that unless they did something in this matter they would be lacking in their duty to the public. Without passing any reflection with regard to the boat used when the drowning fatality occurred, he considered there should be an inspection of boats used at such a place as Llangorse Lake, where there was danger of drowning. He proposed that they apply for the powers the Clerk suggested. Mr Jno. Jones, Llanfihangel Nantbran, in seconding, said they ought to do all in their power to prevent anything of this kind happening again. Mr T. Davies How much will the license be ? The Clerk You may charge an annual licensing fee for a boat not ex- ceeding 5/- and for a boatman or other person not exceeding 1/- Mr Jno. Smith That is reasonable enough. The Clerk had drafted a formal resolution asking for powers applying to the three parishes in which Llangorse Lake is situated, but the Chairman suggested that it would be well to include the whole of the Council's district. This suggestion was adopted, and the amended resolution was carried unanimously. To the Editor of the COUNTY TIMES. Sir,—I have read the correspondence which has recently appeared in your columns re the above and I find that there is one point which no one has seemed to grasp, viz., that the boat cap- sized owing to it being swamped by waves over a foot high dashing broadside against it and did not sink owing to there being a hole in the bottom. No matter what the condition of this light boat was, nothing could prevent it from cap- sizing in such a gale as was experienced last Whit Monday. It is not a question now of seeing that the boats at present on Llangorse Lake are seaworthy, but of replacing them by" craft of a heavier draught. Not till then will boating on the treacherous lake be anything like safe. Yours truly, WALTER EVANS. Aberdeen House, St. John's Road, Brecon. 10th July, 1919.

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