Monmouth Guardian and Bargoed and Caerphilly Observer

-J BEDWElXTV DISTRICT I COUNCIL. The ordinary meeting of the mem- bers of the Bedwollty Urbvn Council was held at New Tredegar on Tuesday at which thore were present, Messrs Edgar Davies, J. P., Chairman, Isaao Jones, Vice-abairman, W. O'Connor. D. Jones, & J.)Tones, S. Godwin, J. Crew, Evan Thomas, Jcobus Tillott, with Mr D. H. Pricey Swrveyor Mr j H. Haye*, Accountant; Mr T. J. Thomas. Clerk Mr F. G. Harris j Deputy-Clerk Mr F. Hynam, Sani- j tary Inspector; Dr. Roberts, Medical OSoer. ?  ? H "t ',>' .1 STREET WR- veyor pre"'ed'buJs.ol cc?ain ? improvement t» at<eeta <hrocghoph the dvgico lu wiw /Morgan 8 tre e New Tredegar, it was decided to write to the Co-operative Society, pointing-ont that they were unduly monopolist this road. The Sarveyor instructed to write to *M6 PoweU Duffryn Company, asking them to ju^on^Uh,tber^ppl^tiQ&, of the 0?? tFohdir roa?.—A potm- mittee r?IM^rted hx-"vinC? th? trastee? of?e Bont ?hap&? PeHgam,- to whom suggestions were made for j improving the road in froitfcvof their premises, and thong-tbey, promised to consider—The S jjirVeyor ppseuted plants for an improvement "a t 4 the junction of High-street and Hall-street BIackwopd, by a series of steps at an {xpeucfiibre of £ t<X It was deoided to proceed with the work. FIRE The Virp Brigade Committee recommended the con- struction of nina- fire hydrants at Phillipstowti, which was agreed to. They also suggested that application ,-be made to the South Wales Motor Omnibus Company, for the use of their garage as a temporary arrange- ment for the Pengam Fire appliances, which were now distributed amongst the fir&eaAs Wweiir—Mr W. Bafton thought the whole of their Firo Hd. gade IMjeded serious attention. The present sjsjjtfrttjwas cisalisfgotory and ridiculous-—M*' Evan Thomas ágreed with the last remarks, and added that it was time to get an e Mcient brig%de, I fully equipped, one for the Rhymney IV&Iley and one ?or the Blackwood j '? ?'??. '?'i? <? ?'-   Valley.—It was deoided to: asl^ for the temporary use of the motor gaftgea- It was decided on the suggestion of Mr Joshua Tillott .that the water- man at New Tredcgar should be added to the Fire Brigade for the purposes of diverting the force of water.—The Rhymney and Aber Company wrote, that during any possible shortage of water in the event of a fire to phone to No. 14 Bjgirgoed, or 14 Maeay- owmmer for a diversion of the supply. BIRTHS AND DEATHS —The medical offioer reported that during the month 16., births had been registered in the II Sirhowy Valley portion of the district, and 61 in the -Ubywner Valle_v-ares. In the aame p4$iod &here. had^een B and 28 death%in tte respective areas. Si^AslKs.—rl)r. _iloberfce raported tha^T^jro i^d;be^i t25 nøtiationø of measki in the Rhymney Valley, and 5 in the Sirhowy Valley.-In reply Mr BrwJ. Jones, be;fiaid the, m^asleji ^>s ^w abating at satis- f.o. ?/, littV,kT T IREtpta Wiseman, reportiug upon the fire on ,the,pril,,Qi Yt!. Priisa, estimated ihe damage cÇ,, whioh was- vd by inija ranee. UdspiTAt N%»3E, -—Ifwas decided to I invite Nnr?e M. M. Jenkins and Nurse LilM?B Ev?na, both ?f Cardie to the next mc?ag ofttb? cound4- for the .finaleltjØn.8 lÎr8eat tne Hospital, POUTÓ SpRAYiNG.—Mr Grant, the County Inspector of Agrioulture, at- tended before the coancil, and laid before the members the importaece of making arrangements for the spraying t>f potatoes in the counciUa area. The question of Food supply he said, would be a moat vital one, in the hear futnre and every potatoe saved would. assist in averting any disaster. From- his own experience he found that the spraying of:potatoes increases the crop to aboat three or four tons per acre. The knapsack sprayer cost ? which would become the property i:-of the &r&an Council, aiid with: care; should last for several years. The appgctioiijjte cost of the machine, I bL ql 14 io n, 'wo dli "or out at 9. 3d. for-graying, twice, a ten perch plot. He did not think it was possible to get power for spraying.- Mr R. J. Joues asked whether the w,?pg had wy^ow^ to a?.y-. 'i.?. ?. '?:?<r: -?'????.???<.?- allottee on a plot of ground to have his potatoes sprayed. Isolated plots not sprayed would nullify the effect on the adjoining plots which would have been done.—Mr Grant said that as the council owned the land, they should spray all plots and chargethe- rents accordingly. If an allottee7 re- fused to pay, tbe, cotnell had ihe remedy nxtyea by giving him notice to was decided to adopt the spraying, and a special committee was appointed to seleot the number of machines required and allocate them.-Mr W. O'Connor pointed ont that the allotment holders at Argoed had purchased their machine.—It was understood that arrangements would b l male to aa. quire this under the council scheme.- Mr Albert Thomas suggested that the spraying should not be confined to allotment i,1Is. If the cost of the apparatus came from, the general fli ud,,all ratepayers should participate in its benefits. c", t

m THB BMPOtlUM (BAROOBD) I HUOB SUMMBR JALB. To-day (Friday) will be a great day at The Emporium, Bargoed's huge drapery and outfitting establishment, under the Clock, when the extensive summer sale opens, for which most elaborate preparations have been made by the enterprising proprietor, Mr G. W. Davies. It is acaroely neceasary I:, to introduce the subject to the public in the Rhymney Valley, as the past, years' reoords of the many bargains which the Emporinm olea have af- forded the thousands who have availed of them, are well-known. However, we may state that f,13,000 worth of goods are to be cleared at pre-war prices, which fact should give our readers some idea of the oharaoter of this great sale. There are some astounding special lines in the drapery, outfitting and general fur-, nishing departments,, and an early visit is desirable. Attention in also directed to tne cent's tailoring depart- ment, where a moat up-to-date selec- tion of suitings and covert coatings, suitable,f.or the holidays, are being exhibited. gete^ windows. and observe ih1tJ,i'r,< ( y-T

il TRESPASS UPON ALLOTMENT I GROUNDS. I WARNING TO THE PUBLIC. PARENTS RESPO-ITSI BLX FOR. CHILDREN. Of i^e, ttvdeal of daia^ge hasJ-iieeh done in varions parts of the Rhymney; Valley, and the country in general, by, persons trespassing uPon allotments. The public are exercising every measure) to detect the offenders, but they have considerable difficulty in doing so—d ue, probably, in many instances, to the troubleml^^pl^ifibb^^iiii^ the lana is an actual allotment-holder or no t -V o or not. To meet this difficultyvall plot- holders should be provided by their. Association with, a-pass, or-pe^iyto be; produced when challenged by anyone in authority. Thejquatte^ has now assumed, i a V serious iii&w 'e have b favoured with the following official i formation, which- should be of grew eervice to the coinnninity in general. Sir George Cave actin|^iipon informa- tion conveyed to him^jy'the Board of Agricutiuret-" draws ittentiofi^ to the amount of damage done hy trespassers to allotments, and the injury which may thereby be caused, not only through the actual loss of food crops but. the dis- couragement to the allotment holders who have been working to increase the National Food supply by this means It is" states Sir George Cave, a criminal offence under the Defence of the Realm regulations for any person to trespass on Any laud which has been set apart for the purpose of allotments in the pursuance of the regulations even though no damage can be proved, pro- vided that the notice of the provisions of the law has been conspicuously dis- played on the lancl.-Where sufficient evidence is available to secure a convic- tion, the magistrates should be im- pressed to-impose a substantial penalty. Any trespass that may have the- effect of cheeking the cultivation of the land for food production is at the present time, an offence of a different character irom a trespass on private, property in times of peace.-As in some cases, it may be found that the damage to allotments is done by children, special attention may be drawn to the provisions of section nineteen that the parent of a child who has committed an offence may be re- quired to pay a fine or damage. [Specimen of the Permit Cards and fr ■. Notices may be Been JtAho ""Men-. "1 mouth Gttardian" Offices, Rhym- ney, or the Journal Offices, Bargoed.

I PONTLOTTV.ERaEANT'-S' _1 BRAVERY. I yquthpul h News jjas been received.-fttYonty lottyn, yjfbafc Sergeant,; J&evpr»Reeig son iQlpope Bees (onlr^f gae Council's Health Visitors) that he is now lying at the Hereford i Hospital, having been dangerously wounded in Franoe. This hero was formerly a student at the Pengam Schools and is now only 18 J years of age. Immediately after sitting for his exams, two years ago, and before waiting for the result-whioh subse- quently shewed that he had won a King's Scholarship, he joined the colours and for eighteen months has been on active service in France. When wounded he was in charge of a bombing party. Some Germans surprised them and called upon them to surrender. This they declined to do, and after practically a hand to hand fight, Sergeant Bees and his subordinates made their esoape by swimming across a river, whilst doing this he received the wounds in his back, arm, and other parts of the body. It is,underiitood that Sergeant Bees has been recommended for his bravery.

I. CAPTAIN LINDSAY KILLED I WHILST FLYIITO. -.1  Captain George Walter Thomas Lindsay, eldest son of Lieutenant- Colonel Morgan Lindsay, C.B., Boyol Engineers, of Ystrad Fawr, Ystrad Mynach; has been killed in a flying accident near Bristol. The aooident occurred on Tuesday evening, and the aeroplane fell a dis- tance of about 2,000 feet. The tail was broken off, and the maohine was upside down when it struck the earth. The bodies of Captain Lindsay and an air meohanic named C. E. Shar- man, of Sheffield, who was acting as observer, were recovered from the wreofcage. Captain Lindaay was born in 1891, and waa educated at Wellington and the Royal Military Academy, Wool- wich. He was commissioned to the Royal Regiment of Artillery, in which regiment his younger brother is also an officer, and latterly had been attached to the Royal Flying Corps.

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COUNtY COUNCIL VACANCY I AT RHYMNEY. LIVELY MEETING IN THE ■ LOWER WARD. On Tuesday nistht (jue of the lar- gest public meetings of electors in the Rhymney South Division was held at the Lower Mixed School, for tbe pur- pose of nominating a candidate to suqpeed Councillor Jefep j £ dw$cda, J.P., who has been raised to the afcler- manie chair on the Monmouthshire Ci unty Council. Aid. J. Edwards, at the outset, ex- plained the method which had been adopted by the County Council in fill- ing-casupj vacancies, and stated, that a truce had been agreed upon by the three parties constituting the coancil, that for the period of the war no elec- tions could take place. Io the filling of NDY vaoanoi, it wa& definitely agreed that the trace should be Observed, and that the person filling a particular vacancy must be of the same political oolour as the retiring one. He there- fore wished to make it perfectly clear to every elector present that whoever was selected at that meeting must be of the same politica1 party, as bimaflf, a Liberal. The rartv trucS Iflicf, up to the present, been honourably car- ried out by the County Council. He wished; however,"to point out that the oouncil had full power to appoint a member itself, but they thought it proper to ascertain the views of the  to ?Bg? vacancy. Upgp ?? ground ?e ?d convened th v-: o -tgg! .? ?.5 ?,: L- o. wit busineøs of the evening, upon the motion of Coun. W. Griffiths, seconded by Mr DI. Thomas, the meeting extended its k heartiest congratulations to Alderman J. Edwards upon his wefi-merite^ r distinction. r The question of appointing a chair- man was then discussed.-Conn.. Phil Lewis moved that the retiring coun- cillor be asked to preside.—-Mr Daniel Thomas, in seconding, (emphasised the fact that it was desirable that the chairman should be an impartial per- son.-The proposition was duly sec- onded. Mr. JohlJ. Sage moved an amendment that Mr George Jones be chairman.—A vote ha?mg been taken the amendment carried. Mr Jones, open taking the chair, appealed to the audience to realise the importance of ,the meeting. Thej were,he said, living in strenuous times, and having regard to the many prob-1 lems that confronted them, which would entail fuither work upqn the county and other authorities, the claims of the working classes shoald be considered in arriving at a decision. THE NOMINATIONS. N Councillor W. Griffiths said he had much pleasure in aubmittiug the name of a candidate who-wao in every respect pof the same political colour as the last, representative. They should not lose sight of the fact that as the resolt ot the appointment of Mr Edwards as an alderman, it would give them three members, and as the two present repre- sentatives were Rhymney gentlemen, as an act of justice the claims of Aberx tysswg to a representative should be considered. He, therefore, proposed that Conncillor John Evans, M.E., be nominated for the vacant seat. He (Mr Griffiths) knew very well what- ever the doislon of that meeting was, it wjonid be subservient to the ruling of the County Council, and unless they nominated a man of the same political colour aa Mr Edwards, the chances were that he would be rejected at Newport. He was sure they did not want to be placed in that unenviable position. In supporting the nomina- tion of Councillor Evans, the speaker referred to the many years useful ser- vice rendered by that gentleman on the Urban District Counciltt of which he was the senior member; on the School *MAnageis' Comaiittee, *nd in: other capacities. It would, therefore, be an act of grace -on the part of that meeting to support hit nomination, and at the same time recognise the claims of Abertjsswg for a direct representative.—Conn. Philip Lewis, in seconding the motion, said he did so for the simple reason that Rhymaey a r. v "■ ^2 had in the past,> and would continue ,10 be represented by two residents, so "that the interests of the, totl^ won Id "he well looked after. They sboald, he urged, consider the welfare of the children, and avail of that opportunity of having a member for Abertysswg. In Mr John Evans they 4clan admir- able candidate, who had rendered Valuable service on the District Coun. cil. He hoped that large audience would not follow the German doctrine that might is right," but that they would mete out justice to Abartysswg, who had so loyally co-operated with Rhymney in the past (hear, hear). Rev. T. M. Richards heartily sup. pprted'the motion. They. had heard good deal during thf war | doing fairly with small nations, fie thought they could with appropriate- ness apply tkat in re rara te- small places (h«ar, hear).- Jge the claims of Abertysswg, after the loyal manner in which it had supported Rhymney in all things, would not redound to their credit as electors. They ought, therefore, to be magnani- mous in electing Mr John Evans. Mr T. H. Andrewwth4 (Trades and Labotr Coxloeil) moved-that Council- lor W. O. Williams fill the vacany.— This was seconded by a Workman. Previous to a vote being taken, at- tention was called to the fact that there were in the room a number of electors from the Upper Ward, and a reanegtpjWas made that^^gs^hould aMS???m voting. ? T rswere appointed <M? subse. jquen??fhe Chairman t?oo?ed the "vesSM? follows: Wm?C??llIams (Labour) 125; John Evans (Liberal) 107. Ald. Edwards said that the decision of that meeting- plaged him in a very awkward*pa»tion According-to the truce, which had been observed from the commenoement of the war, his successor must be a Liberal. He, there- fore, wanted to know whether they had carried by a majority of Liberals. (A voice: It is a labour majority.) Proceeding, Aid. Edwards said that as the candidate selected was not of the same, political colon r as hitJf, it was very improbable thai fhey would approve of it at the County Council. Y Some disorder followed, an&CAn. cillor W. C. Williams briefly thanked the electors for that expression of con- fidence in appoiuting him as their representative on the County Council. If, as had been stated, the county authority could over-rule wlial had been decided by that meeting, such despotic actios should, he said, be protested against, and the workers should assert their rights and eompel the council to fill -the seat by an eleotion. it r-< i mm.' < m ■ »■<*■ ♦ •' r

I OVERWORK AND WORRY DRIVE" A ?' I It. doesnt Day to defy jiaturer<f" laws. We all need peace of mlnd, rest, outdoor exercise and eight hours sleep to keep well. We must not,overeat, nor drink much, unless^ it be milk or water. These .are botji good and should be ireely used. -Anything bad leads to trouble. Bad-habits are no exception. Care- less-living and overeating are among t the worst—they help toad the blood with Uric Acid poisons; The kid- neys act as safety'valves, filtering the blood and passing off the p&isont, but they arebound--to weaken under any long continued strain, and once they falter, you feel dull, tired and"' nervous. Your" batk aches, you4 lose weight, you have headaches,1" dizzy spells and tirinary disorders. The first thing to do is to"get back- to simple, sensible habits." Eat less, '•s leep more and be careful what you drink. But you must also "help the weakened kidneys.. You can rely on Down's .Backache Kidney Ptils. .for tius help.- A They are a. special medicine for -the kidneys- and bladde-t. only. Thetis many.? in Rhynmy recoaaraend rfioaa's. W All didtri, or -2s. 9d. A jlfOM ,W. moewmoo., 9, Welu SirMi, Oqfvrd c t, -'IL -II