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THE PALACE. Manager, HALL-JONES. Comfort, Refinement and Amusement. Thursday to Saturday this week, the great Exclusive Comedy in four parts-CHIMMIE FADDEN, featuring the funniest man on the Screen, VICTOR MOORE. Next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, HENRY B. WALTHALL in the exclusive Drama— THE C-IRCULAR PATH Topical Travel-MOSCOW IN WINTER. The Great Serial—THE BROKEN COIN, Episode 2. Monday to Saturday—The inimitable Charlie Chaplin in CHARLIE SHANQHIED. Two parts. Thursday to Saturday this week -Ail exclusive Comedy Drama, featuring Edna Mayo and Richard Travers in VENGEANCE. Special War Picture—BRITAIN'S NEW'ARMY. Children's Special Entertainment every Saturday morning at 10.15. ld.,2d. and 3d. MerthyrElectric Theatre Manager J. BOWEN. Week Commencing MONDAY, JANUARY 31st. o Monday to Wednesday—Britain's Comedy Actress in a great Picture. First Appearance in Merthyr. MARIE TEMPEST (Queen of Comedy) in MRS. PLUM'S PUDDING! Three Rails. A Perfect Tonic for Dumps. First time in Merthyr THE QUAINT TRICKS OF CHARLIE CHAPLIN HIMSELF. A CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK. Played Entirely by Children. Exclusive to the Electric. Thursday to Saturday— JIM, JUST JIM A Four Reel Exclusive which is the Goods for you to see J. B. Always First & Foremost in the Picture World TIME AND PRICES AS USUAL. r It FrnElrRE ROYAt1. AND EMPIRE PALACE? MERTHYR. "?  TEL. 2. ————— 0 TEL. 2. I  Proprietors THE HIPPODROME (MERTHYR TYDFIL), LTD. I I Licensee Mr. WILL SMITHSON. Manager = H. NORCLIFFE. j S The Premir Theatre and Vaudeville House in Merthyr. S I 6.45. TWICE NIGHTLY. 8.45. = Monday, January 3?t, 19?6, and during the Week. | 1 Mr. FRED ALLANDALE presents the New and Up-to-date Nautical Revue, entitled— I I F-AV mO to j 1 By Fred Allandale and Bert Lee, including CHARLEY HARVEY as Bill Stickers. I I Maud Banks as Sally Brown. Harold Brown as The Bo'sun. j • Hal Byran as The Captain. George Franklyn as The Lancashire Lad. •  Vera ViHSers, Artistic Toe Dancer. Rene Mallory. I And RENE ASH as Elizabeth Cheshire. fi| I Musical Director, Hamilton W. Webber. Manager (for Fred Allandale), J. H. C. Murray. 1 < Full London Chorus of Bathing Beauties. Flighty Flappers, and Promiscuous Promenaders. | S A Breezy Whiff of the Briny, and One Long Laugh from Start to Finish. 2 1 LATEST FILMS. | I Cliff Rennie & Hilda Roxburgh. f 1- A i,i!!l aog"It'ion&Fe atn the Greatest Comedy Scream in Yaude- 1- N X vilie -THE OLD TIN CANS. A Musical Attraction entirely on its own that sur- I prises and delights everyone. From Moss' Empires and all leading London Halls. j SPECIAL NOTICE I N The Directors, at the request of a large number of patrons, have decided as from I I Monday Next, Januarv 31st, to make the Circle the best seat in the Theatre, and the i Prices of the Circle and Stalls in future will be  Circle. Stalls. Pit. Gallery 8 I Ordinary Doors 1/6 1/- 6d. 3d. 1 j) Early Doors 2/- 1/6 9d. 4d. B I Children Half-Price to Stills and Circle only. No Seats guaranteed. | I First Performance—Early Doors 6-15. Ordinary Doors 6-30. Commence 6-45. 1 ? Second Perbrmance-Early Doors 8-25. Ordinary Doors 8-35. Commence 8 45. S t SPECIAL NOnCE.-eats booked by Telephone will not be kept unl?s paid for by 6-45 for 1g W First Performance, and 8.45 for Second Performance. N L.. II II I_ 80- .J
Wounded Entertained at J Brecon.I
Wounded Entertained at J Brecon. I ———— A large number of wounded and invalid soldiers were entertained to a concert at the Penoyre Red Cross Hospital, Brecon, on Thurs- day evening last, by a party of singers from Merthyr, whose services had been secured by Lady Glanusk. Her Ladyship presided at the concert. The items, which included Glees, du- etts and solos, were contributed by the following well known local singers:—Mesrs. John Price, ¡ Rod Roderick; David Jenkins; W. Ivor Wil- liams; W. Evans; David Perkins; John Owen (Merthyr Vale); Evan Perkins; Lewis Mills; Bert Healy; and Fred Richards. Mr. Idlos Owen, Merthyr Vale, was the accompanist. Mr. Fred Richards, as usual, was well received and had to respond with several encores; Mr. Bert Healy was also seen to advantage with his inimitable ragtime songs. All the items were well received, and a hearty vote of thanks was accorded the party for the thoroughly delight- ful programme which they provided. The party were entertained to tea and sup- per by Lady Glanusk, who takes a keen inter- est in the Red Cross Society. A most enjoyable day was spent and several places of interest were visited. The arrange- ments were made by Mr. D. Jenkins, Court 4rms, Merthyr.
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A Fatal Attraction. TREHARRIS CHILD KILLED UNDER STEAM ROLLER. The fatal attraction of steam rollers for little children was commented upon by the Coroner (Mr. R. J. Rhys) at an inquest at the Treha-i-i-is Poliec, Court on Friday on the body of Matthew Price, the five year old son of Mr. G Bartlett Price. The child was run over by one of the Corporation steam rollers the previous Monday. Thomas Hill bourne, the driver of the roller, spoke to having warned a number of children not to plav around the engine. He did not see anything of deceased, but feeling a jerk he pulled up and found the deceased between the roller and one of the back wheels, the roller having passed over him. Michael Mealy (9) said the deceased attempt- ed to run across the road in front of the roller, but fell, and the machine passed over him. A verdict of Accidental death" was re- turned. In reviewing the evidence, the Coroner ob- served Children seem to have quite an at- traction for these steam rollers."
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I-God Protect -The Right.I
I God Protect The Right. I Writing on the day when the Bristol Labour Party Conference is to devote itself to the question of Militfary Compulsion; and deriving our news of the first day's proceedings from the columns of a capitalist daily press-withal from the beet, most moderate and reliable of that Press—it is dfficult to define whaffc the upshot of it all will be, Looking at the major- ity of 1,602,000 in favour of Sextos's resolution pledging the Conference to assist the Govern- ment as far as possible in the successful pro- secution of the war, one admits the existence of a feeling of pessimism as to how the vote to-day is going to go. Unfortunately we have nothing but speculation to go upon. Our sole facts consist of a vague resolution with its loose phraseology and almost meaningless senti- mentality and scraps of detached sentences wrenched from their setting and given to ws as the fighting speeches of Anderson, and Mae- donald, and Snowden, and Wallhead on the one side; and Clynes, G. H. Roberts and Wardle on the other. That the fight was hard we can imagine; that those whe see with us that the coining of militarism means the retro- gression of Democracy fought strenuously we know now as we knew before Conference sat, but behind the fight is the result. A result whicfe in plain logic must inevitably prepare one for the acceptance of anything that the mi?Harists care to offer to Labour as essential to the prosecution of the war. The shackles of militarism clank more noisily and more ominously In our ears to-day than they did yesterday; and our heart is hurt through the blindness of Demos, who in a fury of patriotic fervour has denied the struggle of his fore- fathers and has closed the door on his own progression. Demos throughout this war has submitted, and submitted cheerfully, to the niching of the rights of which he was the de- fl,l d ef. rather trii?ll hts of which he wis tlie de- fender rather than the winner. His tongue perpetually twisting around his mouth the strange jargon of the Junker; has been halt and lame and powerless when it should have ci ied aloud against the enactions of a Coailtlou whose very thought and aim were lastly of hun and his, Quietly, nay, with something of vailing acquiescence, he allowed the Muni- tions Act to be placed upon him; ".Fools! he cried to those who would have warned him that .National Registration was but the pre- lude to the tragedy of the Prussianising of Demooratic Britain; with scarcely a thought of ms future he is mutely listening to the charm- ed tongues that would persuade him to kill for all time Trades Unionism, by the dilution of ..abour. All along, the .story has been one of iiiiendiiig sacrifice; piece by piece he has given away the fruits of the labour of men dead and gone who saw more clearly than he. His ele- mentary education was not calculated to :'3tHm-I. late his critical faculties; his logic is insum- cient to probe the weak fallacies by which new beginners are taught to recognise unsafe pre- mises his history he has been glad to forget, because it was a long dry record of another class's deeds, and, wosrt' of all, the economics of which he has been so proud, have not gone deep enough to get a grip of actual facts, 1 o-day, after a long schooling in the art of cataclysmic war, he cannot see a. figure on t01 debit side. In imagination he has seen a big oalious brute he calls Germany surounded by the common horrors of war, but which he has named as thd particular fruits of Prussian mili- ta.rism and its concurrent philosophy of Bern- hardi, and he has made up his mind to play Jack t?e Giant Killer—ignoring the fact thati che facts all go to prove that be and his Allies are tbegiant, and that this damnable thing] c,i l le(:l CO-P-L' i sio7a, w i 11'311'8'011'' with its maximum of 600.000 men. cannot possibly lie the last weight in the balance that will weigh down the scale in Iiiq -fa,vou,r. Ignortantly he has shouted "To ITell with Prussianism the while he has weakly advanced his own limbs for the gyves of militarism, and one is constrained to ask, What will be the end ? Sanity. openness and honesty might have meant a different end to that which we see ahead an end of blood, and travail, and misery unspeakable. For whatever Conference may say, deep down the seeds of Socialism are beginning to spring into life. Thousands already are banded together to resist this evil thing Compulsion; already the hungry worker in the spaces of his toil asks why; and is told the economic truths by men who are unafraid of prison or death. War profits are being analysed by the few; to- morrow the many will know, and then what? Demos will have a gun a gun he has accepted under Compulsion; Demos will be placed in the position of shooting his class, or his oppressors, and who shall say which way that gun will point? We are patriots, and it is because we love Britain and desire that she shall never again know the pangs of civil war, that we kave. asked for reason. Our plea has been an- swered in platitudes, and explanations that do not explain. To-day Demos is satisfied with this: will he be to-morrows ?
The Fiery Cross at Bargoed…
The Fiery Cross at Bargoed I PLAIN EXPRESSION OF DETESTATION OF I CONSCRIPTtON. MEETINI DETERMINED TO FIGHT JUNKERS. An anti-Conscription meeting was held on Friday, January 21, at the Workmen's Insti- tute, Bargoed, under the auspices of the Bar- goed and Bistrio Trades and Labour Council, with Mr. W. B. Lloyd (OBS) in the chair. Tners was a large and representative audience, and the effect might well be expressed oy Goldsmith:s description of the village preacher —" Those who came to scoff remained to pray." The Chairman, in his opening remarks, ex- plained the Trades Council opposition to Con- scription, and explained that from his own organisation, which, at the commencement of the war was less than 100 members, over 30 had ioined the colours. Many of them had told limi that one of the reasons why they went w a* i "That they wished to save the _v o untai y system." Could lie, he asked in the .ace of that fact, remain idle while the exploiters of our country were trying to destroy that which his comrades had given up so much to save. Coun. Morgan Jones moved the following re- solution — That this ookintiv emphatically protests ag- ainst the Military Compulsion Bill now oe- fore Parliament, believing that its principles the inimical to the interests of the workers, industrially, politically and socially and pledges itself to offer to Conscription, in whatsoever form it may be imposed, unalter- able hostility and most strenuous opposition And in supporting it, replying to a reference made by the Chairman to his recent bereave- ment, said that at a time like this one must forget one's private affairs and remember one's duty to the State. This was not an anti-war meeting, but the time would come, and the opportunity be taken, to discuss the causes of this disastt'ous war. Sir Edward Carson could Sav what he liked, but Socialists and Labour men must be circumspect in their statements, or their papers were confiscated, lest they gave away too much truth. "When the time comes I, for one, shall speak." (Cheers.) Labour men, as well as Liberals and Tories, had told us again and again on recruiting platforms they were out to destroy Prussian militarism. Was it Prussiamsm or Militarism they were out to destroy ? He was not concerned about the par- ticular brand—whether it be Prussian or Eng- lish he wanted to destroy militarism. He was reminded in this matter of people who had gone forth from this country to destroy foreign gods, and had come back admiring them. Liberals, Tories and Labour men had gone out to destroy Prussian militarism, and were now introducing it into our land. We destroy it by admitting the need of Prussian methods to end the war. We had heard a great deal about Bernhardi's obnoxious theory, Might is Right. By the intro- duation of Conscription, we admitted that Berahardi was right, and that we belioved in his philosophy. He had two objections to Con- scription. He could on the success of vol- untarism, but as a man of military age, he was not going to do so. He took his stand he!i,e: I deny the right of, Aiii, State or Government to compel me to take life." Sir Henry Jones, who is a scholar of national and Continental reputation. and deservedly so, honoured us with a visit the other day, and among his luminous remarks he said th1s: '"Thd moral law does not say, Please do not steal,' hut' Thou shah not steaU' 1!' it prohibits Sir Henry Jones to steal, it also prohibits him to j-']? I do not .sh in judgment on anyone who 1. do rot s)41 "I Ill d ,?), has gone to the waT; it is not my business n sit in judgment — but I deny the right of any mau to .s?y because my son is gone you must go, too. Aad 1 lot going to go. I have a' political objection.. Do you know that a Welsh- man whom some of you have honoured has been collaborating with Lord Northcliffe to enslave the men who put him into power P Mr. Lloyd Georg,ein 1.902 and 1906 objected to religious tests being applied to teachers, so he built 'spite' schools in different parts of Wales to safeguard conscience. In fact, Mr. Lloyd George made his reputation by being loyal to his conscience during the Boer War. Sir Edward Carson, who cannot understand conscientious objection to Conscription, and pours sarcasm on it, not two years ago set up rebellion in Ireland against Home Rule because he feared the relig- ious convictions of Ulster Protestants would be interfered with The Archbishop of Canterbury advised his clergy that they could not join the Army as it would unfit them for administer- ing the Sacrament. If this business is holy, it should be done by holy men. If it is too dirty for them, it is too dirty for me. I have the honour of belonging to the No-Conscription Fel- lowship, which is composM of men of military age who refuse to take up any form of military service, and this organisation, although it was only formed a short time ago, numbers its meln-I bers by the thousands to-day." Mr. T. D. Matthews, President of the Rhymney Valley District of Miners, in second- ing the resolution, said: I am glad to have the honour of associating myself with this matter, not as a conscientious objector, for if there is anv fighting to be done, I like to be in it. I want a little more equality. If the Government had protected the food and other commodities, we should have plenty of men without Conscription. The wealthy people were asked to contribute of their wealth to- wards the War Loan, and were guaranteed a good interest for their money. A working man might rear three or four boys up to I manhoocl--it is estimated that up to 14 years of age they cost t400 per child—but he has to give his all free of interest. I have a wife an d I six kiddies, and I think as much of them as any lord does of his, and I want equality of treatment for them. Let me compare my position with a wealthy man similarly situated. Assuming that we both enlisted, he got a com- mission. and I^pecame a private. We both went out and fought, and died together. His wife would be guaranteed from 2100 to* R120 and £ 24 per child, also a special grant of £ 33 6s. 8d: for education. My wife would have to exist on 10 1 per week, the first child would get 5 the second 3]-, and the others 2/- per week. We workers must fight this Bill, as the idea behind it is to cheapen the Army and ultimately reduce wages. We talk of Conscription as a thing of the future, but I tell you we have it to-day in its worse form at Bar aped. A younjr man who had refused to attest or enlist was taken into his office by the manager of an establishment. After the door had been carefully closed, he was told that unless lie had attested by December 27 his services would not be required. He did not attest, and as a consequence is to-day un- employed. There jire directors of this estab- lishment of recruitable age who have not en- listed, ant! I think it unfair and intolerable to the worker that an employer of recruitable age to tell his employee to enlist. I hope and trust every worker will oppose it to the bitten end." Mr. Russell Williams, in supporting, said The mover and seconder of the resolu have given many comprehensive reasons for £ posing the Bill. My reason for opposing I love my country. I have worked in ir, countries; I have worked in Germany; in the United States of America; I have worked in the Colonies. I have closely studied the conditions of the wlIJlrkørs in every country, and I am con- vinced, in spite of disabilities, there is greater liberty, here than is possible in Cos-iseriptionist countries. I refused to be rushed on the re- cruiting platform. I was asked -So state the noint of view of the Skipton Division of the Labour Party when they were asked to send representatives to the joint recruiting meetings. The committee was made up of six Liberals six Conservatives, and six Labour men but on every division the Liberals and Conservatives voted together. When the Labour Party made Irt a condition for their agTGeiiicr to join the committee that they should advocate a minimum pension of £1 a week for wife, and 3 J 6 for eacli child, the chairman, who said he shaped his life according to the teachings of Chi ist and His 12 Apostles, with his It), collea- gues refused to discuss it, even though it was pointed out that if a man were killed in the local factory ihèJ employer would have to pay £ ^■'<3n0n 0, and that they only wanted the same ob- cation from the Government as a private em- ployer. We are face to face with Conscription, not because of moral obligation, but because Mr Lloyd George and Lord Northciiffe desired it. Mr. Asquith supported, not a moral obli- gation, but as a matter of expediency. The one ray of light in this w?y was the stat-emout of Nurse Cavill, which so forcibly condemned hat- red and malice. Her statement was greater than the tramp of the warring armies of every nation. I want to see the time come when the workers are so united that no statesman will dare to mention war. The Government never kept their promises. When I contested Huddersfield, I advocated 10/- per week Old Age Pension at 60 years of age. Mr. Winston .,iui-chill canie down and promised to carry in- to effect what we could only ask for but when t-lie pledge was fulfilled it was 5 J per week at 70. We had had compulsory recruiting for the last 12 months, and that of the worst kliad- stomach compulsion. Lord Derby owned one- eighth of Lancashire he has something to fight for. I have sacrificed my all not a mere £ 400—and if they take my boys, they should, in fairnes^. take Lord Derby's wealth as well. The only justly defensive war we had ever fought and won was when we beat the Spanish Armada. We went to war with China to force teer to buy opium from India, and now we stand aghast at the effect. We fought Rus- sia to keep her out of the Mediterranean '• now we are fighting to give her the outlegfc. We went to war with Spain to dethrone the Bourbons, and a .Bourbon »its on the throne to-day yith an English Princess as Consort. We v/ent to war with France to keep a Bourbon on the throne, but a Bourbon need never hope to sit on the throne of France ,f ,.in. We fought the Jioers to destroy Boer influence, and Boer in- fluence is predominant in South Africa to-day. We are at war with Germany to destro-" Prus- sianism, and Parliament is doing its utmost to put us under similar yoke. What I fear is nt, compu'swm.out the attitude of mind it wilT entail whicn would be fatal to Democracy. Conscription was not applied to Ireland be- •eause the Government feared the effect upon the Irish-Auiencans. What, we want is a greater Britain a Britain where half its population is not allowed to starve, and its children reduced to wage slaves. the resolution WilS carried unanimously.
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k Costly TisraB-siid-a-Half M!?!? A [otly Three-2nd-a Half Minutes .Appearm tí"I ¡""¡.j¡,h 4JINIARA OPERA COMPANY FINED FOR PLAYSNG CHILD IN MADAME BUTTERFLY." ihe maximum lines of 40/- in each case were imposed at Merthyr oil Tuesday in the case brought against the O'Mraa, Opera Com- pany for employing a child on the stage bet- ween the hours of 9 o'clock in the evening and 6 o'clock in the morning, and against. Patrick MacCafi'ery, the father of the child, and Har- old Norcliffe, manager of the Theatre, for aiding and abetting. The Chief Constable stated that proceedings were taken under the Employment of Children Act, 1903, and the offence was committed by a child appealing on the stage during the per- I fonnance of Madainre ButterIv" shortly after 10 p.m. The child was on the stage- for "3* minutes. Mr. W. W Meredith, who defended, stated that as neither the child nor its parents received any remuneration or any benefit there was no offence, as the child was not employed in con- travention of the meaning of the Act. which laid it down that no child should be employed "in labour exercised by way of trade or "for purposes of gain, whether the gain be to the child, or to any other person." Mr. James McKay, manager for Mr. Q'Mara, denied that any profit accrued from the ap- pearance of the child, since patrons of opera went to the theatre to enjoy the music, arti not for the purpose of deriving pleasure from the acting. Mr. Norcliffe, who was charged with aiding and abetting, was totally unaware of the ap- pearance of the child, since at the time the proof of the programme was submitted by the "Pioneer" he was very busy and had not time, to check it, passing it on to the manager of the company to do so. Again, on the oc- casion of the child's appearance on the stage, he was employed in his office on business, and did not see it on the stage. It was customary for a company to give notice of the appearance of a child, but the custom had not been observed in this case. The Stipendiary (Mr. R. A. Griffith) remark- ed that the Bench thought it was a wicked thing for parents to use children of such ten- der age for the purpose of making profit out of them. The proprietor, if not the parents, derived gain, and the Bench had decided to impose the maximum penaJty-40 J each.