The Glamorgan Gazette

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iBERAYON COUNTY POLICE COURT t ? Monday, January 17th—Before: Mr. Chas. Jones and Mr. Wm. Jenkins. WARRANT ISSUED. Annie Nash, Gelly Houses, Cymmer, was reported for not having complied with the order of the Court, issued a month ago, re- garding her treatment of her children. Inspector Best, of the N.S.P.C.C., said the woman had left Cymmer, and had gone to Treherbert, but he was unable to give infor- mation regarding her exact whereabouts. A warrant was issued for her arrest. • DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. George Williams, of Bryn, was charged with having been drunk and disorderly in Port Talbot on Saturday, Jan. 15th. I Sergt. McGovern gave evidence against 1. him, and said he was helplessly drunk, and j very disorderly. Defendant was ordered to pay 15s. [ Francis Jones, Cwmavon, was also charged ? with having been drunk and disorderly on the S 15th inst. Supt. Evans said there were 16 previous i convictions against defendant-mostly for f drunkenness-but he had a "clean sheet" for 1915. Defendant was fined 30s. WITHOUT A LIGHT. t Richard Thomas, Cwmavon, was summoned for having ridden a bicycle without a light, t! on the night of the 14th inst. His sister appeared for him, and said her it mother had been taken very ill, and her i brother had hurried away to fetoh another brother to the bedside. Their mother had t- died on Saturday. p Mr. Charles Jones said the Bench sympath- ised with her in her distress, and a nominal I fine of Is. would be inflicted. f TAIBACH WOMAN HEAVILY FINED. Elizabeth Smith, Taibach, was prosecuted by the police for having failed to comply with > the regulations regarding alien lodgers,. Sergeant Bryce said he vfcted the woman's house on the 9th of December, and X had explained to her what was the nature of the law so far as he understood it. On the f. 4th of January he met two sailors who were I were anxious to change some notes, and dis- t, covering that they wei-orstaying in defen- se dant's house he made enquiries and found l that no registration had been made. I Sergt. McGovern .gave corroborative evi- f- denoe, and said it was the duty of a lodging- house keeper to see that a proper notification was lodged at the police office within twenty- » four hours from the arrival of a lodger. It was the duty of the lodger to fill up the form, but if he did not know how to do it, or f. understand the law regarding it, it was the r duty of the lodging-house keeper to see that ji it was done. Defendant had not complied f, with the requirements. f' Mr. L. M. Thomas, defending, said there was no intention of evading the law. One ? of the men, Harry Wood, was engaged to be I married to the defendant's daughter, and he was in the habit of staying there when he E < came ashore. The other was a Russian r named Carl Sylmon, who had been staying with defendant "off and on" for about 15 years. The woman did not know she was ex- 10. pected to keep a register, and as soon as the r men had visited the Police Station and asoer- tained what was required of them, she had h. immediately procured a register, and had it properly filled in. When Sergt. Bryce called on the 4th of January, the register was produced, but he refused to examine it. Defendant gave evidence in support of Mr Thomas' statement, and her daughter, Mrs. Hanley, who lives near her, made a corrobora- tive statement. Defendant was fined R5 for not keeping a register, and 20s. for not notifying the police of the presence of the Russian in her house.

IVAN YALLEY MINERS. I j THE MIN!MUM WAGE QUESTION. I A meeting of the Avon Valley District of the South Wales Miners' Federation was held on Saturday, at the Dockers' Hall, Port Tal- bot, Mr. W. E. Gregory, Resolven, presiding. A vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. Wm. Da vies, the retiring chairman, for his ser- vices during the past year. The following is a supplied report of the meeting:—Com- plaints were made regarding the enginemen and stokers that some of the men were being paid for less time than hitherto. It was re- solved to support the contention of the men that they should be paid for the same time per week as prior to the agreement, plus the bonus turn, and that evory effort be made to secure this, on the conditioin that the men carry out the rules and regulations. Complaints were made that the manage- ment of a colliery were not paying the mini- mum wage weekly. Permission was given to men to tender notices unless this matter be put right forthwith. The agent (MT. William Jenkins, J.P.) in his repoirt announced that a restart had been made at the Tormynwydd Pit after a step- page of two weeks. He reported that oom- plaints had been received that some of the associated collieries had not paid the one-and- a fifth turn for the shifts worked over the Christmas holidays. He advised the men to see that they were paid, because an agree- ment had been entered into that they were to be pa id proportionately for the shifts worked. He said that this matter was caus- ing a great deal of friction and unpleasant- ness. Mr. Jenkins submitted a lengthy report on a stoppage at a colliery, stating that the dis- pute was that the men were not paid the minimum rate of wages, and that when an allowance was given in one pay it was de<- ducted from the following pay. This system had been carried on for some months, until the men announced that they would cease work- unless the matter was remedied. The work oommittee prior to the stoppage made every effort possible to get their grievances rectified, but were unable to secure a satis- factory arrangement. He had since seen the owners and workmen, and a satisfactory settlement was effected. Mr. Jenkins also dealt with the recent stoppage at the A berpergwm Collieries, and said that a dispute still existed in regard to issuing pay slips once in six weeks, and also to securing the payment of the men's wages on Friday nights. An inquiry would be held next week. The auditors Messrs. Edwards and Burford, reported that the system of keeping the ac- counts of the Association reflected great credit on the officials of the district.

MARGAM RECRUITING TRIBUNAL. The Mnrgam and Abaravon Recruiting Tri- bunal under Lord Derby's scheme met at ,Port Talbot, on Monday. Mr. Edward Low- ther was in the chair, and there was a full attendance. There were about 27 cases of Appeal dealt with at the meeting.

I THE NEMESIS OF NATIONS. I.L.P. MEETING AT ABERAVON. The Independent Labour Party held a meet- ing in the Grand Hall, Aberavon, on Sunday, and the place was crowded. Mr. Scot, President of the Trades a-nd Labour Council, occupied the chair, and the principal speaker was Mr. M C. Wallhead, of Manchester, who is the Labour candidate for Coventry. His subject was The Nemesis of Nations," and he dwelt at considerable length on the ancient history cf Babylon, Athens, and Rome, arguing that no people can hope to build a civilisation which w21 be enduring unless it is broadbased on the principles of democracy, and Recognises the equality of all men and womea. before the law. In spite of their boasted culture the aJlcit Athenians had built their citadel on a rotten foundation. They were destroyed,, not because of the weak ness of democratic institutions, but because, in their conduct towards the su bject or en- slaved peoples who were the hewers of wood a.nd drawers of water, the principle of de- mocracy was denied. It was the same in the later civilisation of ancient Rome.. Both these old world states had not colonised or settled amongst the people over whom they had been victorious in war. They had estab- lished military occupation of the conquered- la.nds, land, had drafted large num bers of the subject peoples to act as slaves to the ruling caste at the heart of the empire. And there- in was the seed of their own destruction, for as long as a single slave exists upon the face of the earth, the rest of mankind cannot be absolutely free: A chain is-measured by its weakest link, and to construct a civilisation which may be enduring they must fashion each link of the chain, binding them to- gether by the recognition of every man's right to equality before the law. The Greek Cities were mostly maritime, commercial, and in- dustrial, amd the slaves drawn from the Scythian and Thracian "hinterlands" were employed at the docks, upon ships, and as labourers in the towns. Rome was the capi- tal of an agricultural state, and employed her slaves on a plantation system dis- placing the peasantry, who were driven into the capital and obliged to subsist upon pub- lic charity. It was no wonder, therefore, that ancient Rome came to grief. Dealing with modern conditions, Mr. Wall- head argued that slavery still existed, and that it was only the form that had changed. Henry George had said quite truly that the man who owns the land owns the lives of the people who live upon the land; and the men who control the machinery by means of which modern wealth is produced have as firm a grip upon the lives of the people who toil for broad, as the privileged classes of ancient Greece or ancient Rome had upon their chattel slaves.

ABERAYON POLICE COURT. I —— —- ♦ Thursday, Jan. 13th.—Before: The Mayor I (Mr. Percy Jacobs), and Mr. Moses Thomas. NOT PROPERLY DRUNK. I John Moran, Michael Kvikoff and Andrew Henderson, were summoned for having been drunk and disorderly. Moran appeared and said he was not properly drunk; he was going straight home. The others did not appear. Aforan was fined! 1 0s., and Kirkoff and Henderslon were fined 15s. each. Frank Berni, of Water Street, Aberavon, was fined 5s. for Sunday trading, and Thomas Sims 5s. for aiding and abetting by the pur- chase of a pennyworth of sweets. Ernest Viazzani was also fined 5s. for Sunday trad- ing. EDUCATIONAL. I There were 20 oases regarding children's absence from school, and in 16 cases a fine of 5s. was imposed. Friday, January 14th: Before Mr. Moses Thomas and Mr. W. J. Williams, Agnes Wil- liams, a woman of no fixed! abode, was charged with having been drunk and disorder- ly. She was fined 20s. with the alternative of 21 days imprisornment. John Mitchell, Aberavon, was charged with having stolen a quantity of old iron. Sergt. Swaffield gave evidence against him, and he was remanded until Thursday, Jan. 20th. 21 DAYS IMPRISONMENT. I At a special court at Aberavon on Mon- day, Mira Davies, who had only recently come out of gaol, was charged with having been drunk and disorderly on Saturday, Jan. 15th. -P.C. Vernon proved the case against her, and she was committed to gaol for 21 days.

PORT TALBOT SHIPMENTS. t The shipments at Port Talbot Docks for the week ending January 15th were 52,189 tons. In the corresponding week of last year they reached 55,994 tons. The imports were 540 tons of pitwood, and 5,291 tons of iron ore. 'The exports were 42,293 tons of coal and coke; 3,50Q tons of patent fuel, 476 tons of angles, 38 tons of grain, and 51 tons of general cargo. There were 26 steam, and 5 sailing ships in the dock on Saturday. One of the vessels, named the "Freshwater," wAs a large ship of 2,800 tons.

NEW THEATRE, PORT TALBOT. I Mr. Fumeau is fortunate in being able to stage "Pygmalion" next week and doubly fortunate in having secured an excellent com- pany to do so. The play is one of George Bernard Shaw's best, and that is saying a great deal, for no playwright of the present day excels Shaw, and few are his equal. And as a stimulant to thought he has no rival amongst the playwrights of the pre- sent generation. Pymalion scintillates with sparkling epigram, and has been aptly de- scribed as the airiest, wittiest and most im- pudent Shaw has ever produced. But airi- ness and wit are by no means George Bernard I Shaw's greatest attributes. No pub- licist of our time has displayed a firmer grip of realities. In Pymalion he exhibits this quality in a marked degree. In the midst of all the laughter and absurd situa- tions there is the naked figure of truth stand- ing erect and immovable. We happen^ to have seen the play e lsewhere, and we venture to predict that those who go to see it will be glad of having taken our advice to do so. The fact that Mrs. Patrick Campbell was induced to appear in the principal role, when it was first produced, ought to be a sufficient guaran- tee of its good qualities.

The "Morning Post" regrets to announce the death of the Right Hon. Arnold Morley, which took place in London on Monday. The deceased was the son of Mr. Samuel Morley, M.P. for Bristol, was Chief Liberal. Whip from 1886 to 1892, and Postmaster-General for the next three years. i

it A Around the Churches: I YOUNG PEOPLE'S GUILD. I A meeting of the Young People's Guild was held at the English Congregational Church, Port Talbot last week, under the Chairman- ship of the Rev. B. T. Davies, when an ad- dress on the "Drink Problem and the War was delivered by the Rev. J. R. Rhys, Swan- sea. Mr. 'Rhys said the nation, and indeed Europe was now like the Israelites of old, in a wilder- ness, with this difference-that the wilderness through which we are now passing was a wilderness on fire. The war finds no parallel in history, whether we measure it by the num ber of nations and men engaged in it, or by the appalling sacrifice of men and money, or by the gravity of the issues involved. To win this war, gigantic efforts had been made to secure the help of men and the alliance of nations. He asserted fearlessly that the most powerful ally we could enlist to-day would be Prohibition. United Sobriety, would do more than all the United States to end this war victoriously. There were three things which would follow the suppression of the drink traffic. We would have more men to fight, ancl they would be better warriors. There was a vast army of men of military age employed in the manufacture, distribution and sale of the drink, and he would like to know if any and how many were "starred" men. Then the drink habit had rendered thousands unfit for military service. At the time of the South African War at Man- chester of 11,000 recruits, not less than 8,000 wpre rejected as unfit, and a Parliamentary Committee appointed to inquire into the causes, declared that the drink was a potent factor in causing the unfitness. Then soldiers because of their drinking habits lost much time from drilling, and were less able to profit by drilling than sober men. Then, suppression of the drink traffic would have enabled us to divert money from worse than useless purposes to the imme- diate and urgent purpose of the War. The Drink Bill of Britain in peace times reached an appalling total, over < £ 160,000,000. Instead of spending less on account of the war, returns re- cently issued showed we actually spent 8 million more in the first six months of 1915 as com- pared with the first six months of 1914. Then, drink had interfered gravely with our trans- port work and the making of munitions. Another fact was that a vast amount of grain was used in the manufacture of beer, etc., which ought to be used in the manufacture of bread. He was almost certain that if the breweries had been closed down on the out- break of war, our bread would be to-day much cheaper. So various and so immense were the advantages of sobriety in war time that all our Allies, all our enemy nations, and most of the neutral nations of Europe had taken drastic measures to at least restrict the manufacture and the consumption of drink. The British Government alone stood convicted of cowardice in the face of the drink traffic. The Liberal party had forfeited all right to the support of sincere temperance reformers. In regard to the measures that ought to be adopted to deal with the problem, the speaker said while he believed in Prohibition, he realised that Prohibition was not within the range of practical politics under present con- ditions. He therefore advocated State Purchase of the liquor traffic as advocated by Mr. Lloyd George. Mr. H: Jones, M.P., N opposed this, and had published a pamphlet under the title Why leave the straight road? His answer to that was that the straight road to Prohibi- tion was blocked and barricaded by vested interests. Temperance Reform wai the most urgent need of the Ration. That was admitted by leaders of thought and of action, by men of all creeds and of all parties. Numerable and Herculean attempts had been made to promote Temperance Reform, but with little practical result. Sooner or later almost every Temper- ance Bill was defeated. There never was such need or such demand for drastic temperance reform as since the war. The nation was all but unanimous, yet the breweries won the day. The straight road was impassible, if m- deed one was certain there was a road there at all. It was like our attempt to reach Constanti- nople. Vested interests were our Gallipoli. It was sound strategy surely to recognise that we could not travel the straight road, and there- fore, to try and reach Prohibition via State Purchase. That would clear the way, and hasten the day of Prohibition, the day of a new England., (Loud cheers.)

j LABOUR AFTER THE WAR. I In the Labour Year Book for 1916, the Right Hon. Arthur Henderson, P.C., M.P., Labour's representative in the Coalition Cabinet issues a thrilling message to the organised workers of the country. From the commencement of the war," he says, "the forces of industrial democracy rallied in sup- port of the cause of the Allies with unpre- cedented-un-ani,mi,ty and determination. To- day, generally speaking, their one concern is to ,see the war through, and not to fritter away their opportunities in futile discussion as to its causes, or as to the conditions on which an insecure and artificial peace might 00 obtained. They are convinced that the war was none of our country's seeking, and they axe confident that if civilisation is to be delivered from the tyranny of an oppressive brute force, it must only end one way." When the war is over," Mr. Henderson points out Europe will be faced with a gigantic task of reconstruction, and it is the duty of the workers to ensure that in the carrying out of that task their rights are safeguarded, and their just demands sati&- fied." But," he insists "that will not happen if, as the result of an unsatisfactory peace, this country finds itself, with diminish- ed resources and a vast accumulation of debt, forced to maintain for its defence a larger Navy and an Army on the Continental scale. It will not happen if we are beaten." Mr. Henderson is a whole-hearted supporter of the Government's policy of Conscription, and is supporting the measure in the House of Commons, in spite of the decisions of re- cent Trades Union conferences. — —

I COL. HOMFRAY RELINQUISHES I COMMAND. An important change has taken place in the command of thp 18th (Service) Bat- talion Welsh Regiment (2nd Glamorgan Bantams), Lieutenant-Colonel H. R. Hom- fray, of Penlline Castle, Cowbridge, who was instrumental in raising the battalion, having relinquished the command. It is understood that his successor will be Lieuten- ant-Colonel H. D. Thorold, who until recently was in charge of the military records office in Lichfield. The new officer has had a long and distinguished military career. Born in 1861, he received his first commission in 1880, and was made brevet-colonel in 1907, when be was serving in the West Riding Regiment. He retired in 1908, but re-joined the service last year. Lieutenant-Colonel Thorold is a member of an old military family well known in the Midlands and the North.

CAST UP BY THE SEA. J ♦ BODIES FOUND AT PORTHCAWL, I SOUTHERNDOWN, AND MARCROSS. I A number of bodies have been found along the Welsh coast during the past week, and apparently had been in the water some time. On Saturday one of the Port Eynon lifeboat- men was washed up at Porthcawl; one was found at Southerndown on Sunday, and one at Marcross on Sunday morning. During the reoent gale many vessels were in difficulty in the Bristol Channel, and one went down in a collision. On Saturday evening Mrs. Wyndham (Klondyke, Llantwit Major) received a mess- age by telephone that her son, New by Wynd- ham, engineer on the Larchwood, had been drowned in the Bristol Channe l. The steamer sank in a few minutes after colliding with the s.s. Angus.- Young Wyndham and the majority of the crew were drowned, only the captain, chief and second mates, and two other members of the crew being saved. The deoeased had served his apprenticeship as a fitter at the Barry Railway engineering sheds, and was 23 years of age. He had passed his examination for engineer's certificate, and joined the Larchwood about two months ago. He only left home on Friday to sail with his boat on Saturday morning. Great sympathy is felt with the parents and his brother and sisters. On Sunday morning a man named Leyshon Kemp found the body of a man between the High Light and St. Donat's seawall. He in- formed Mr. Watkin Richards, farmer, St. Donate, who informed the postmaster of Llantwit by telephone. Sergt. Punter, P.C. Turner, and Mr. Andrews, postmaster, cycled to the spot, and aided by Mr. Richards, Mr. Kemp, and the lighthouse keepers, with diffi- culty because of the running tide and the high rocks at that spot, succeeded in securing the body and carrying it to Marcross Cwm. It had evidently not been in the water long, and probably was the body of one of the crew of the ill-fated Larchwood. It was that of a man about 28 to 30 years of age. He was wearing a pair of patits, socks, ehirt, and a waistcoat, with a life-belt over the waistcoat. He was evidently hastily and only partly dressed. On the right arm below the elbow was tatooed a heart, with two hands underneath clasped, and beneath that the initials T.M. On the left arm beneath the elbow was tatooed an anchor with life buoy between the claws of the anchor and above the elbow was a mass of tatooing, but as the flesh had been torn by continual contact with the rocks it could not be clearly described. INQUEST AT PORTHCAWL. An inquest on the body of William Eynon (46), one of the three members of the crew of the Port Eynon lifeboat who lost their lives while endeavouring to reach the s.s. Dun- vegan during a terrific sea off the Gower coast a fortnight ago, was held at Porthcawl on Monday by Mr. L. M. Thomas, the coroner for the Mid-Glamorgan Division. The body was washed ashore at Newton Pool, east of Porthcawl, on Sunday. George Eynon, brother of the deceased, said that on New Year's Day he volunteered his services to go with the lifeboat to the assistance of the s.s. Dunvegan, Glasgow. Deceased was a member of the crew, who were all experienced men. After proceeding a distance of about three miles they got within hailing distance of the Dunvegan, but failed to get a reply from the vessel.. A heavy sea was running at the time, and they drifted away to leeward. Finding it impossible to make a headway towards home, they set sail hoping to reach the Mumbles. Just then the boat was struck by a huge wave and capsized, all the crew being thrown into the water. All got back except the deceased and witness's brother-in-law, George HaTry. They stood about for some time, but failing to see any- thing they decided to row towards the Mum- bles about 9 o'clock in the morning. capsized, and on getting back to the boat it was found that the coxswain, William Gibbs, was missing. It was then decided to drop anchor, as they were helpless and at the mercy of the sea. They reached the Mum- bles abopt 9 a.m. in the morning. Evidence of finding the body, and medical opinion as to the cause of death having been given, the jury returned a verdict of "Found drowned." INQUEST AT SOUTHERNDOWN. I The inquest on the body of an unknown man washed up on the beach at Southern- down on Sunday was held on Monday. The body was not identified, and a verdict of "Found drowned" was returned. It is thought that possibly it may be one of the crew of a Spanish ship which was wrecked in the Channel a few weeks ago, and a descrip- tion of the clothing will be sent to the owners of the ship.

RUNNING INTO DANGER. I At Bridgend Police Court on Saturday, Caradog Hopkins, collier, Nottage; Daniel Rees, collier, Crown Road, Kenfig Hill; Wm. Roberts, collier, Nottage were summoned for having trespassed on the railway. P.C. Williams said he saw defendants on the line near Pyle. They were drunk, and staggering from one side of the line to the other. One of them fell, so witness told them to come off the line, and they replied that they were going to Porthcawl. Witness told them that a passenger train was coming from Porthcawl, and ultimately got them off the line. They said they had come from North Connelly, a distance of about a mile. Defendants were fined ;Cl each.

The Rev. Lionel D. Fletcher, pastor-elect of Wood Street Congregational Church, Cardiff, has written from Australia that he hopes to sail on the steamship Osterley and take up his ministry about Sunday, March 5th.

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I FREE FIGHT AT TONDU. I o I I SCENE IN A WAITING ROOM. ] There was a sequel to a free fight at Tondu Railway Station at Bridgend Police Court on Saturday, when, Llewellyn Teague, collier, Railway Terrace, I Blaengarw; Harry Ham, collier, Prospect Place, Ogmore Vale; Edmund Edmnnds, oollier, John Street, Ogmore Vale, were sum- moned for having behaved in a disorderly manner at Tondu Railway Station.—Mr. W. H. Davies (Messrs. Vachell and Co., Cardiff) prosecuted on behalf of the Railway Com- pany. P.C. Osmund said he was on the station at Tondn, and heard s houting. He went to the spot, where he saw Ham go up to Teague ard ill: him. Soon a large crowd gathered. He tried to get in the waiting room, but the crowd was hostile, and prevented him. '{ :'("n ensued a general melee, the fighting being "through and through." It lasted un.il the last train came in. Thomas Jones, foreman at Tondu Railway Station, said he had been on to the Porthcawl platform, where there was a disturbance. When he came back the fight was in the wait- ing-room on the other side. A crowd of young men were on the table, chairs, and at the door. They were stopping people from coming in. Witness could not stop them; it would have required a regiment of soldiers to have done it. Defendant Teague said he tried to get out of the waiting-room when he was first struck, but Ham pulled him back. He tried several times to get out. The constable said Teague did try to get away. The Chairman said unfortunately for Teague he had not got a good record, but the Justices thought he was not so much to blame on this occasion. He would be fined 21, and the other defendants E2 each.

I TONDU COSSTABLE ASSAULTED. I I MARINE STORE DEALER LOSES HIS I TEMPER. At Bridgend Police Court on Saturday, William Roberts and- Frederick Roberts, marine store dealers, Aber kenfig, were charged with having assaulted a constable while in the execution of his duty. P.C. McCarthy said at 10 p.m. on Satur- day night he saw William Roberts under the influence of drink, outside a butcher's shop in Bridgend Road, Aberkenfig. Witness spoke to him, and asked him to go home. He said, "Y ou mind your own business." Witness again asked him to go home, and he refused. Witness asked him for his name and address, and he again refused, and shouted to a man across the road, "I will give you L20 for your horse." Witness took him into custody. Defendant immediately grabbed him by the throat, and nearly choked him. Witness got his hand away, and he then kicked him several times about the leg, and fell to the ground kicking in all direc- tions. Witness got him to his feet, and was taking him. to the Police Station, when his brother Frederick came behind, pulled him by the arm, and then kicked witness in the back. With the assistance of another con- stable and a lot of civilians, defendant was got to the station. Gwilym Williams said he came on to the Square, and saw the constable and defendant scuffling. He was close by the constable, who asked him to come to his assistance. He did so, and defendant kicked witness several times. Defendant said he had met a man with whom he had tried to make a deal. The con- stable came up, and told him to go home. He asked the constable to allow him to go home, and then the constable jumped at his throat. Witness asked him to let him go, and he re- fused. Witness then hit him, and he fell to the ground. The constable afterwards knocked him to the ground. Frederick Roberts denied kicking the police constable. Solomon Paget said defendant only told the constable to mind his own business, and then the constable got hold of him. William Roberts ws fined 25s., and Freder- ick Roberts was ordered to pay 10s.

AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER'S HUMOUR. I Towards the close of the Great Adventure (wlites Mr. Malcolm Ross, official press rep- resentative with the New Zealand forces) the humorists got to work, and it was no uncom- mon sight to see a comfortable dug-out bear- ing the notice "A Lover. Many of the men left messages for Abdul: "A Merry Christmas and Good Wishes for the New Year." One gunnery officer gathered to- gether all the bottles he could find and piled them outside the mess. "The Turk," he said, will think our last straff' was the result of a great carousal." One battery away on the right left its mess-table set with bully beef, a bottle of whisky, and some other odds and ends—With compliments to the Com- mander of Beachy Bill.! The tragedy of it all was not ignored how- ever. Somewhat poetically (says the writer) one of the New Zealand soldiers put this phase of thought to his battalion commander. I hope, sir," he said, "that those fellows who lie buried along the Dere will be soundly sleeping and not hear us as we march away." The idea that his dead comrades might think the living were forsaking them seemed to have made a deep impression on his mind. As illustrating the splendid spirit of the men at the finish, Mr. Ross says:—On the Friday I went into the firing line on the Apex—the highest ground won in all the fighting-and found the New Zealanders, who still occupied the post of honour, tumbling over one another to be the last to leave. The colonel commanding the Wellington Battalion called for 30 volunteers from two companies. Every man in each company volunteered, so that after all, he had to make the selection himself. Men were coming to their comman- ders and begging that they might be allowed to be in the last lot to go. "Do let me stay," sa-id one man; I was in the landing, and I should like to be one of the last to leave." It was just the same with the Australians; they all wanted to be in the Die-hards."

I ACCIDENT TO BOY AT TAIBACH. Wyndham Lewis, the twelve-year-old son of Mr. Wm. Lewis, of 25, Paav: Street, Taibach, was whipping a top on the main road about one o'clock on Saturday, when a motor, belonging to Mir. Bines, sweet mer- chant, was passing. The bcys's top got un- der the van, and he made an attempt to reach it, and before the driver could prevent it, he was knocked down. He was taken in the van to the Margam Cottage Hospital, and attended by Dr. Phillips. He is still in the hospital, and suffers from a fractured skull. No hlame is attached to the driver.

I CONCERT AT PORT TALBOT DOCKS. On Thursday last week a concert was given in aid of Mrs. Chappel. the widow of the soldier who was killed on the line at Court Sart in December. The students of the Moody School of Music had organised the con- cert, under the patronage of Capt. JerAins and the officers of the 4th and 5th Welsh Regiment. There was a considerable sum of money raised The place was crowded to the doors, and the afldience was a very ap- preciative one, frequently encoring the singers. Captain Jenkins made a speech, in which he expressed his gratitude for the way in which the public had responded to their appeal, and he thanked Mr. Moody and his students for their excellent services. Mr. Moody responded, and spoke in terms of high appreciation of the soldiers Britain was putting in the field.

Rosador, a famous Hackney Shire horse, which won the London Championship three times and was the sire of over 300 winners at the London Hackney Show, has died at Kil- burn Manor, Driffield,' aged 24 years.

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SOCIALISTS AND COMPULSION, ) I THOSE WHO REFUSE TO BEAR ARMS. I A manifesto on the question of compulsory I service and labour has been issued by the Socialist National Defence Committee. Aftea- declaring that they lie who assert that the obligation, to defend national liberty and national right is contrary to Socialist princi- ples, the manifesto goes on to say: We, as Socialists, declare that to object to the prin- ciple of compulsion when one's native land is attacked is hypocrisy. Socialism is not a, system of go as you please.' Socialism is not anarchism. Sosialism is rather a neces- sary retort and challenge to the individualist school of Radicalism, and we who have fought for many years in vindication of labour rights have now to remind organised labour that direct and indirect compulsion is the key- stone of the edifice of Trade Unionism. A man who is a blackleg in vindication of his assertion of right to work as many hours at whatsoever wages he pleases or can get has short thrift at the hands of organised labour, and rightly so, and the physically capable Trade Unionist who is not required for vital national interests, and who refuses to bear arms when the country is threatened by the same horrors that have devastated Belgium and France is a humbug and a coward. From cradle to the trave the whole of our social life is characterised by compulsion. How, then, when millions of ruthless soldiery, led by the most brutal of all tyrannies, threaten our hearths and homes and the destiny of our people, shall refuse, in the misused name of liberty, the duty of discharging, with his fellows, the elementary right of self-defence? British workers— We are convinced that this agitation, so far as it is carried on in th'Et name of the masses of the British working raon. is a slander on the courage and the character of the British masses. We chal- lenge the so-called Labour champions of a -premature peace who bleat about democratic control, to resign their seats and appeal on this question to the electorate. We shall not hesitate to respond to this action, and to re- peat at Leicester, at Blackburn, at Bradford, and at Sheffield, the signal castigation in- flicted on them at Merthyr Tydfil.

I THE PRINCE OF WALES. -0 I A Porthcawl Function. The "coming out" of the Prince of Wales has now apparently reached a final stage. As chairman of the Statutory Committee of the Naval and Military War Pensions Act, he holds a high and responsible position. That he means to fill it in person is evident by the announcement that he will shortly address two meetings in London on the work of the committee. His Royal Highness does not speak in public without notes, and his speeches on these occasions will be read. The question now is (says the "Evening News") whether his new duties will claim some of the time he has been giving to mili- tary duties at the front. In May, 1914, in regretfully declining to unveil a fountain at Porthcawl, his Royal Highness stated that the King would prefer that he should wait until his education was completed before taking part in such funo- tions, exoept in very rare cases. The war has been responsible for the Prince's appearance since then in many important activities. The Prince has grown from a boy to a man during his service at the front. His face is tanned, and in physique he shows unmistak- able signs of his active outdoor life.