Llais Llafur

YSTitABGYNLAiS NOTES I Our Day.—Saturday October 20th. a ay a Red Cross Flag and aid our pounded Tommies. Sardis Cliai-el, Ystradgynlais, was lilied to its utmost capacity on Satur- day when the annual competitive con- cert was held. There was a large num- ber of entries, and the standard in the various competitions was very high. A feature of the even t was the award of half a guinea given to everyone that appeared on the stage in the final in the male champion and female .champion competitions, whether the -entrants were successful or not. Much credit is due to the eommiu-e for tho exoellent way in which the concert was arranged. The secretarial r.rrange- .ments were in the hands of ?-ossrs. W. Leyshon Watkins, and D. J ies, A.C. The officials were:—Presideir County. Councillor Daniel Daniel, Crynant; .adjudicators, music, Mr. Arthur E. Davies, F.R.C.O.,A.R.C.M., Swansea; and recitations, Mr. D. Clydach "Thomas Clydach. Accompanists,, Miss Elizabeth Williams and Mr. Edgar H. Hughson, A.R.C.O. The awards were as follows:— Children's recitation, Miss Cecilia M'illiains, Alltwen, Pontardawe. Piano- forte solo, Mr. Willie Rees, Brynam- man. Children's solo, Master Dannie Jones, Abercrave. Novice solo, Mr. Willie Walters, Abercrave. Instrumen- ial solo, Master Levy Hopkin. Ystaly- fera. Soprano solo, Mme. Ben Thomas, Alltwen, PontarrHwe. Contralto, Mmè. t Esther Cooper-Jones, Ynishir. Tenor 8010, Mr. Lewis Thomas, Ystradgyn- j la is. Baritone solo, Mr. Gwilym Jones, Ystradgynlais. Champion recitation, Miss Lizzie Evans, Abercrave. Female champion solo, Mme. Bessie Mo.rris, Ammanford; 2, Mme. Esther Coop-er- Jones, Ynishir; 3, Miss Esther Ann Joshua, Godre'rgraig. Male champion xolo, I, Mr. Gwilym Jones, \sti«dg\n- his; 2, Mr. W. E. Llewelyn, Caerau, Maesteg; 3, Mr. Ike Morgan, Aberdu- his. There were large congregations at -Yinon Chapel oh Sunday and Monday j evening on the occasion of the aniiiver- sary services. The Rev. E. L ngoed Thomas Carmarthen, and Rev. D. J. Thomas, Burry Port, late of Ystrad- gynlais, were the special preachers. Exceptionally able sermons were de- livered at the services. At Calfaria on Sunday and Monday the Rev. T. Valentine Evans, Clydach, preached eloquent sermons at the an- niversary services. A general meeting of the Tawe and District Angling Association will be held at the Yniscedwyn Arms on Monday, October 22nd, at 7.30. All members are earnestly requested to attend. -1020. There was an excellent attendance at the Church Schoolroom on Friday evening last, when the Rev. W. H. Harries, M.A.,B.Litt., formerly curate at Ystradgynlais, was presented on the oocasion of his leaving the locality. The Rev. Jas. Jones, B.A., presided, and the large and representative at- tendance testified to the esteem in which Mr. Harries has always been held at Ystradgynlais. Mr. Harries was presented on behalf of the church, the Young People's Guild, and the Odd fellows'-street Sunday-school. Mr. Chas. Ware and Miss M. Paddock at- tended on behalf of the Guild, and Mr. Hy. Tyera, and Mrs. Rees on behalf of the Oddfellows' Sunday-school. Be- fore the presentations were made the Vicar spoke on the able work done in the locality by Mr. Harries, and of his .love for all things pertaining to the Church. Mr. Chas. Ware also spoke of Mr. Harries's energy in connection with the Guild, and Mrs. G. H. Strick spoke on behalf of the Church, and Mr. Thos. Watkins in Welsh. Rev. J. Secundus Jones, B.A., of Ystaly- fera, said that Mr. Harries would be missed outside the parish of Ystrad- gynlais. Other speakers were Mr. Hy. Tyers and Mr. Dd. Williams. Mr. Harries was then presented with a with the Guild, and Mrs. G. H. Strick the Church, a bound Bible commentary by Mrs. Rees, Oddfellows'-street, and with a dressing-case by Miss M. Pad- dock for the Guild. Mr. Harries feel- ingly responded, and during his ad- dress in thanking all who had helped him at Ystradgynlais, specially refer- red to the kindness of Mr. and Mrs. Tom. Powell, with whom he had been staying. The following-, took part in the mis- cellaneous programme: Pianoforte solo Miss A. Williams; solo, Mr. E. Jones; recitation, Miss Annie Howells; solo, Mr. Lewis Thomas; Mr. Jenkin Wil- liams, and Mr. Dd. Price (penillion); recitation, Miss Alvina Williams; solo, Mr. W. C. Wynne, Cwmtwrch; and! solo, Af r. D. R. Hopkin. Mr. Harries, who was appointed lec- turer in theology at St. David's Col- lege, Lampeter, from Oetober, has j been, granted leave of absence for the present to assist in church work in the parish of Swansea, and will then j tak" up the appointment at the col- logo. On Monday evening next Mr. J. Walter Jo nee, B.A., and Mrs. Jones, formerly of Maesydderwen, will be pre- serited on the occasion of their leaving the place for Neath. It was ten years to last Monday that the county school w^s opened at Maesydderwen, and Mr. and Atr- J(,,n(,s will certainly be shown appreciation on Monday next. The meeting will be held at Tabernacle, commencing at 6 o'clock. Mr. J. D. Morgan, J.P., miners 'agent, will- preside. Although the demands on one's purse are somewhat heavy, it is felt that in ui. appeal now being made on behalf of Mr. Fred Smith, Station-road, who is unable to follow his employment through illness, will meet with a ready response. A concert will be held at the Ciuema, on November 7th, when some of the best artistes in the place will appear. Stretcher-bearer William Harris, of tho S.W.B., eon off Mr and Mrs. P. Harris, Oddfellows street, has been again admitted to the Northern General Hospital, Lincoln, where he will undergo an operation some day this week. This will be the fourth operation for Pte. Harris, to undergo since he was wounded in Flanders. He wishes his friends to know that he is 'in excellent spirits. Ratepayers of the Parish of Ystrad- gynlais will be glad to learn that the rate for the forthcoming half-year is less by 6d. in the £ than the last rate. Mr W. J. Evans, M. E., of Owm- g'e-dd, taw been appointed under manager at the Tirbach colliery, Ys- taly f era. Mr Evans, who is an old pxirvil of the County School, has the best wishes of a large circle, of friends. Pte. W. H. Powell, son of Mr Rd. Powell, Glanyrafon, Cwmgiedd, has beca removed from Go,-powt to Hamp- shire. He is at present serving with the R.G.A. Pte. Jas. E. Morris, formerly of Bank Buildings, who is with the A.S.C., is at present lying sick with bronchitis in a hospital on Salisbury Plain. Mechanic W E. Watkins, son of the late Mr Thomas Watkins, of the Tredegar Arms Upper Cwmtwrch, and Mrs. Watkins, has been home on fur- lough. He is with the R.N.A.S., and is stationed near London. The wedding took place at Pontar- dawe on Saturday, of Mr Horace D. C'onniek, eldest son of Mr and Mrs. R Connick, Glamley terrace, and Miss Bessie Evans, daughter of Mr John Evans, colliery proprietor, and Mrs. Evans, Pantyffynon cottages. Mr Connick is well known locally, and is now working at a Monmouthshire col- liery. The happy couple ha.Ye the best wishes of their many friends.

I ■■ I GODRE'RGRAIG. Dydd Sul nesaf bydd eglwys Godre'r- graig yn cynal ei chyfarfodydd haner blynyddol, pryd y disgwylir i'r Parch. I James Davies, B.A., Mynydd Bach, i wasanaethu. -———— ————

I TRAILS IJ THE SKY. I ITALIAN AIRMEN ON THE AERO- PLANE'S FUTURE. Reuter's correspondent has had an interview with the brothers Cnproni, i the great Italian pioneers in aeroplane construction. Although naturally pre- vented for obvious reasons from giving any details regarding their factories, I they were able to state that the fac- tories were working day and night and employing 5,000 workmen. These fac- tories now cover four times the area they occupied before the war. Signori Caproni believe that tho de- velopment of aviation will increaso after the war, and that the day is ap- proaching when lines of aeroplanes will connect town with town, country with country, and continent with continent, with aerial trains luxuriously fitted up capable of transporting upwards of a hundred passengers and of travelling from 125 to 190 miles an hour. Aeroplanes for this purpose they say, of from 300 to 500 horse-power, would be built according to the biplant and multiplane system, because plurimotor types obviously afford a genuine guair- antee of safety. The introduction of the multi-motor system, according to the Signori Caproni, would almost en- tirely obviate the interruption in jour neya through the breakdown cf *he ] motor. Immediately after the war large trans-oceanic aeroplanes will be con- j structed, powerful enough to carry from 50 to 60 passengers from Europe to America and back. The Caproni triplanes, they point out, can easily carry 30 passengers between Milan and Turin. A Caproni biplane piloted by Signor Gabriele d' Annunzio, with three others on board, recently accom- plished without landing, a flight of 875 miles.

MORE BEER TO BE BREWED. The Food Controller has made an Intoxicating Liquor (Output and De- livery) Order No. 3, which permits un- der specified conditions during the current quarter the brewing by ac- cepted brewers of 20 per cent. increase standard barrelage over the barrelage otherwise permitted under the Intoxi- eating Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order dated 29th March last, and per- mits a further 13 1/3 per cent, in- crease for allocation by the Food Con- ti-oller to brewers supplying necessi- tous munition areas. Another Order fixes the maximum price of certain qualities of beer. Beer of an original gravity less than 1,036 deg. must not be sold in a public bar at more than 4d. per imperial pint, and that of an original gravity not ex- ceeding 1,024 deg. and not less than 1,036deg. at more than 5d. per im- I perial pint. Barrels or casks, before leaving a brewery must have plainly and durably marked on the head the figures 4d. and 5d. as the case may be.

A reception concert was held in the Christian Temple, Ammanford on Tuesday night, when the guests were Lance-corpl. Marcus Jones, R.E., of Wernddu Farm, formerly an assistant with Mr. Evan Evans, chemist, The Square, and Pte. Glyn Davies, Wern- las Farm, both on leave. The usual gifts from the church were presented by the Rev. D. Tegfan Davies. In one of the industrial towns in South Wales a workman met with a serious accident. The doctor was sent for, and came and examined him. had him bandaged and curried home on a stretcher, seemingly unconscious. After he was put to bed the doctor told his wiffe to give him sixpennyworth of brandy when he came to himself. After the doctor had left the wife told the daughter to run and fetch threepenaiy- worth otf brandl for her father. The old chap opened his eyes and said, in a loud voice, "Sixpenn'orth the doctor said.

W. A. WILLIAMS, PhrMioI?Ist, I ? I can be cocaaMed daily at the Victoria Arcade (near the Market), Swansea.

GWAUNCAEGURWEN AND CWMGORSE Much satisfaction has been caused locally by the fact that the Gwaun- caegurwen collieries, comprising the Maerdy and East Pits, have now re- cotmmenced working after a1 stoppage c& eight weeks. An idea of the loss to business in the district may be guaged from the fact that about -C35,000 in wages have been lost to the locality during the strike. It is to be hoped that the pits will now work regularly. Interest has been taken locally in the trouble at Pencae'reithin colliery, Llandebie, where it is alleged that the weigher ha.s tampered with the weigh- ing apparatus at the mine. Amman- ford and G.C. G. men are holding a joint meeting on the question. issatis There is also considerable dissatis- faction at the fact that the war wage rate is not acknowledged at the G.C.G collieries in respect to the artizan class of workmen. and more especially in the clerical staffs. The death took place on Tuesday of Mies Elizabeth Williams, at the age of 58, at the home of her married sister, Mrs. Jenkin Morgan, Gate street. The funeral wiil take place to-day (Friday), at Gibea, Brynamman. when the Rev. T. M. Roderick, will tOJficia te. Pte. Edgar Howells, son of Mr and Mrs. Thomas Howells, Cwmgorse Post Office, has oe.ii)e home on furlough from France, prior to going into train- ing for his commission. He has been on the Western front for a year and a half, and has the best wishes of his friends during the period of his train- ing. Pte. Leyshon Jones, off Gwaiuxcae- gurwetn, has also come home on fur- lough. He has been on service for two years. Messrs. Ivor and Oliver Jones, of Gwaunc-aegurwen, two brothers, have received intimation that they were successful in passing the examination held at Swansea, on Oct. 6th, they having now obtained the Home Office Fireman's certificate. The citasse.s in mining held in the district this year, under the Glam- organ Education Authority, promise well, as they were never better at- tended. Mr J. Henry Davies, the minmg lecturer, says that mining is being taken up with great enthusiasm in all the valleys where he acts for the County Authority.

I "OUR GIRLS IN WAR TIME." I I I .?. a ma is trie title 01 a cleverly lllus- | trated and racily written volume pub- lished at 3s. by John Lane. Ite nature may be gathered from the titles of the verses of which it is composed: such as "Martha the Munition Worker," j "Lizzie the Land Worker," "Cordelia the Constable," and so on. A skit on the Taxi-Girl" runs as follows :— "Eileen, I hear, has come to town, She drives a taxi up and down With fascinating swank. Already she's been through so much (Five lamp-posts and a broken clutch) That now she's called the Tank!"

I W. A. WILLIAMS, Phrenologist, can be consulted daily at the Victoria Arcade (near the Market), Swansea.

I COPPER PIT CHECK- WEIGHER I DEPUTATION TO COAL CON- TROLLER, II A deputation, consisting of Messrs. George Barker, Vernon Hartshorn and D. R. Grenfell, saw the Coal Con- troller in London on Wednesday with reference to the proceedings pending against the checkwetigher at the Copper Pit Colliery, Swansea. The deputation urged that the summonses be suspended for a fortnight to enable him to hear the full facts of the case with a view to an amicable settlement. The Coal Controller, though expressing great reluctance in interfering with the ordinary course of proceedings, agreed to the request, the manage- ment to suspend the summonses for a fortnight to enable him to institute an inquiry not only as to the facts in that particular case, but also as to the relationships existing at the colliery and the matters which appear to have led to the present position. MEN TO GO ON WORKING. At a general meeting of the work- men of the Copper Pit, Morriston, the chockweigher asked them to accept their leaders' advice not to bring up their tools on Wednesday, and not to lose work on Thursday, when the cheokweigher's case is to be proceeded with. It was unanimously agreed to ocxntinue to. work. A deputation from the Executive Committee of the M.F.G.B. inter- viewed the Coal Controller privately respecting the recent wage award granted to the miners. I understand the deputation discussed the positions of the various Associations which are not in the Federation and some Off whom are under the Ministry of Munitions, and that the Controller agreed that the award should cover a seven-shift week.

NEATH AND HEALTH MINISTRY. Neath Guardians on Wednesday (Mr Richard Davies presiding) discussed the Bill for the establishment of a Ministry of Health, which was re- garded by some members as a menace to the powers of the Local Govern- ment Board and boards of guardians with respect to infant life protection, vaccination, registration, and the maintenance of poor law hospitals and medical relief. Decision was deferred pending further consideration of the matter. Mr W. B. Trick announced that the flag day collections in connection with the local War Hospital Comforts' Fund, amounted to P,138, but there were other districts to work. Neath and LJantwit, however; oallected £ 97 13s. lid., Abergwynfi and Blaen- gwynfi C21 lis. 9d., and Cymmer £20.

MOTHER npsnip id cxjceUeritfdl PAINS AFTER Because it assists the organs EATING of digestion-stomach, liver BILIOUSNESS and bo-eu to do their LANGUOR work perfectly. Take it HEADACHES after meals. INDIGESTION ::¥['?:.G.G(++:G.G'c;+:. 0) .)().3.:+. ø + ❖ 9 0 a ? ?j6'C?Z J9?PjD?y 0? |  ? ? NEW FURS. o + ? & ? SEE WINDOWS §    FOR VALUE. ❖ | + | Tlte (7??6r?? 1 DINGO SET DINGO SET! S 25/11. & ? ø e 1 Watts Jones, 1 Watt< Jones,  ? + Oxford AS??? Swansea f (Opposite Market). « 1.:+ (Opposite Market). + e Q e ❖ ♦ I t ? I