Monmouth Guardian and Bargoed and Caerphilly Observer

COMINO ELECTIONS AT RHYMNBY. • WORKMEN TAKE ACTION. At a meeting of the Rhymney Trades and Labour Council held on Tuesday evening at the Institute, Mr Edmund Evans presiding, the question of contesting the various wards in the forthcoming election of Urban District Councillors was again discussed.—A Delegate asked if any information was available as to whether the whole council would be retiring, or only a third of the members. He wished to know if the Secretary had received notification from the Local Govern- ment Board as to the date of nomina- tion.—Mr Timothy Davies replied in the negative.—Oeun., W. 0. Wil- liams said that the Trades Council had had a deal of experience in local elections in the past. They had rendered themselves open to all at- tacks, and by making their decisions known too soon, had prepared the opposition. With regard te the com- ing election, he had himself made enquiries and had been informed that the L.G.B. were considering the matter that day. In that ease it was impossible for the date of nomination to be before March 24th. Under those circumstances he moved that the matter be deferred to another meeting.—The Secretary asked if they were prepared for the election. Ward meetings would have to be held in the first place, so the time was going on. Mr W. C. Williams If they did not know whether a third of the council or the whole lot are going to retire, it would be better to postpone the matter, even if a special meeting had to be called.—Coun.JDavid James said as far as the interpretation which had been placed upon a recent state- at head-quarters the position was indefinite. It appeared that only five members of the council would be re- tiring on this occasion. Two in the Upper Ward and one in each of the other wards. With regard to himself he was not keen to stand for another election owing to his physical weak- ness, which had handicapped him considerably in the discharge of his duties. Personally, he thought the whole council should come out this time. In fact he had suggested at the last finance meeting that all the I members should retire and allow the people to determine who shall be the L -» L M TY- 1 uomran 01 was new council, no knew however, that the feeling of the present members of the council was that only the 1913 men will retire this year. He thought it was an opportune time for them as workmen to meve.Mr S. L. Davies at this stage seconded the motion to defer the matter. He thought that it would be unwise to show too much to the public at present, as it would enable the opposition to prepare. He had always been of the opinion that the whole Council should retire, this year, and that Labour should contest every seat, even if they had to make an extra levy, which contingency he was quit* prepared to meet.—Mr T. E. Thomas (Discharged Sailors and Sailors Association) said that was the opportune moment for Labour to assist itself, and they should not lose time in their propaganda work. It was the first time that women would utilise the vote and there were a large number of yeaag men who would Personally he failed to see what was to be gained by hiding. anything from the public It was up to them as members of the workers' organisation to educate the public to their way of thinking.—Mr Richard Lloyd sup- ported the motion to defer further action.—Mr Gwilym Davies agreed with Mr Thomas that no time should be lost in proceeding with "the cam- paign. He thought that all the mem- bers of the council should be asked to resign voluntarily regardless what the Local Government Board says. The L.G.B. are not going to study our interests, added Mr Davies. Tredegar Council are retiring en-bloc, and it should be the same here.—Mr W. C. Williams Tredegar's arrangement is quite different to our Counoil. 'they retire every three years at Tre- degar, whereas we decided that a third of the council retire each year. Refer- ence had been made to the increased electorate. They should bear in mind that no young man if he was not a householder could vote in a munici- pal election neither has a wife mnder 30 years of age a vote in the council election.~Mr John Sage urged that they should be prepared for an emer- gency, and no object would be gained by delaying aetion.-Coun. D. T. Williams said he believed the pro- cedure would be as in the past, that a third of the council would retire on this occasion. Personally, he would prefer seeing the whole council retir- ing, but he did not think they could turn the tide" in the council this time. The only way to obtain it is by asking the whole of the members to regign voluntarily. Under the circumstances, however, perhaps it would be better to wait until more information was to hand before taking further action.—Mr B. Lloyd asked if they were prepared with finances to run the election in eaoh ward ? They did not want to have the ex- perience of past years in that respect. —A Delegate Ways and means can be found for meeting that con- tingency.-)(r W. C. Williams You must remember the cost will be much heavier this year than any previous year. I have had to bear'my own 8xpeaiel, After further discussion, in view of the fact that the miners had not nominated candidates, the matter was deferred to a special meet- ing on Thursday next.

MONMOUTtloSttïRB SALARIES. I ,pAt Monmouthshire Eduoation Committee at Newport on Wednes- day, Alderman Woodward, submitting the report on the new scale of salaries for teaohers, said it would add between 927,000 and &30,000 to the present cost. The Government would pay part of the money, but it would cost the country about an extra 3d rate. The report was adopted. Ald. T. J. Price, Tredegar, objected to the new system of transferring teachers from one school to another. It was not democratic and it was not fair to the country teaohers. Aid. W. S. Naah. said this had become neces- sary because so many of their teachers had joined the Army. No resolution was parsed.

I A further batch of war horses was lold at Swansea on Wednesday by Messrs James and James, when 48 horses were offered. Lower prices prevail. ed than on the former occasion, qmpog; between 00 and dOytztow*. .1

I ABIBRTYSSWO. I LBOTUBB. —At the Workmen's Hall an Friday evening aleature was de- livered under the auspices of the Young Men's Christian Association, by Mr Mills, entitled, Our National Heroes. The chair was taken by Coun. Wm. Griffiths, Abertysswg. The attendance was exceedingly good, and augers well for the success of the series of lectures. A very pleas- ant and humorous leoture was en- joyed. A vote of thanks to the lecturer was proposed by the Chair- man, and seconded by Mr D. Ken- driok. The meeting concluded by singing the National Anthem. AINON BAPTI8T CHAPEL. On Thursday the 6th inst., a grand can- tata, entitled From Manger to Cross" (by John S. Witty) was ren- dered by the Ainon Baptist Church Choir, numbering nearly one hundred voices. The Conductor was Mr Aeron Davies, G. and L.T.S.C., Aber- tysswg. The duties of chairman were admirably performed in his custom- ary:manner, by Mr John Evans, C.C., M.E., agent, Abertysswg. The reciter of the evening was Miss Sarah Lizzie Mathews. The soloists were Soprano, Miss Keren Morgan, Rhym- ney contralto, Miss Miriam Hughes, Abertysswg tenor, Mr John D. Bebb, Abertysswg; bass, Mr Wm. Kendriok, Abertysswg assisted by the Gwent Orchestra, Rhymney and on the pianoforte by Miss Miriam Evans; on the organ by Mr Thomas Nash, Abertysswg. The audience filled the edifice, and gave rapt and appreciative attention from beginning to end. The conductor, choir, soloists, and quar- tettes, and those taking the instru- mental parts,fgave thorough satisfac- tion to all, the highest expectations were more than amply fulfilled all that took part added much to their musical reputation. The hope is generally ecxpressed that the Choir will continue in this oommendable work, as it will bear abundant good fruit among the young people of the locality. 'To meet the desire ex- pressed by those present and also those unable to be present, especially the night workmen, it has been ar- ranged to give a repetition of the Can- tata on Sunday evening next at 7-40. The arrangements for the perfor- mance were in the hands of the Choir Committee, the officers being Chairman, Rev. J. Roberts; Treasurer, Mr Morgan B. Jones Secretaries, Messrs Dd. J. Evans, and D. C. Roberts. Much credit is due for the Secretarial work in bringing about such a success, which will bring in a substantial amount to the Church fund. The vote of thanks to the Chairman, and to thelChoir, Artistes, Orchestra, Conductor, Accompanists and ticket sellers, was proposed by Mr B. Bebb, seconded by Mr Robert Jones. The evening's programme was concluded byfthe singing of the I Doxology.

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I SALVAGii, IN MESOPOTAMIA. I SCRAP LEON STEEL FOR BAGDAD A striking account of the salvage activities in a distant tfceatre of war is communicated by the General Commanding-in-Chief,General Sir W. R. Marshall, Mesopotamian Expedi- tMnary Force, to the current number of Smlvage. I In Mesopotamia," he writes, it is realis- ed that economy and development of 1*0*1 re- sources are of greater importance than ia any other theatre of war, owing to the diatanee from the two main bases--ftdia and the United Kingdom—and the consequent amount of shipping in reived in the mainten- ance of the force. Bat it must be remembered that condi- tions in Mesopotamia differ greatly from those in Prance or even in BsYpt and Salonica. In Mesopotamia we are in a country with practically ne industrial activi- ties, and which is only partly civilised, with, previous to the war, practioally no modern transportation facilities, aqd the only pro- duce bo be expected from this country is that of agriculture and its concomitants—e.g., grain, dates, sheep, wool, &c. In Mesopotamia for four months at least the heat is intense and causes the activities of white men to be limited in extent, while the native population is, unaccustomed to hard work and unskilled in any industries which involve the use of modern appliances. An interesting feature of this campaign has -been,the use made of captured munitions. Considerable stocks of war material have on several occasions been captured from the enemy in the operations during 1917-18, the most productive ef these drives being the occupation of Bagdad in March, 1917, the advance on the Euphrates a year later, and the capture of Kifri and Kirkuk last April. The stores which were on the first of these occasions left for us to sort out in the armouries, workshops, and magazines of the Citadel in Bagdad comprised a curious mix- ture of implements of ancient aad modern warfare, which perhaps illustrates Germany's conception of Turkish interests at various periods. Side by side with Mauser rifles and ammunition was stored a very extensive stock of Snider, muzzle-loading guns, or the "brown bess muket, with a large reserve of paper I cartridges with the waxed in bullet. be careful storage of these and their good state of preservation would point to their being held as serviceable stocks. A lead-coated and jiowder-filie^J type of shell was much in evi- dence, and, judging from the supplies, cast- iron mortar bombs of a hollow, spherical form and a range for priming with a powder fuse, had not been condemned as obsolete. Att;emptf5 inmie oy tile enemy at tW struct ion of this depot before the evaeuatiOTI led to the burning out of many of the stores, Attd the poole of lead yielded by various types of destroyed ammwution have since enabled the recovery of no less than 200 J,ons of this -netal in pig form. In additicm to machine- gun equipments, with supplies of armouT- oiercing ammunition, a set of about twelve ■ arge flame projectors of the most modern type, complete with cy'inders of compressed hydrogen and nitrogen, showed that serious preparations for the defence 6f the city had tpb.en omitted by the Germans, Of the guns recovered a large number were in a bad oondition, some, deposited in the river by their late owners, being badly rusted. Special lapping appliances were made to clean out the bore, and breech mechanism, sights, &c., were constructed locally. The category of captured munitions in- cludes many carts and waggons, whicli have proved useful for a variety of purposes. For example, Turkish field kitchens are being used for the manufacture of soap. In addition, encouragement is given to certain eminently developed faculties pos- sessed by the nomadic Arabs, to whom a definite price is paid for the delivery of rifles, ammunition" and empty cartridge cases. At various times during the Turkish retreat the activities of the Bedouin have relieved the Turks of the necessity of evacuating many of their stores. During three months of last year the quantity of brass cases obtained by this agency at one ordnance depdt alone amounted to two and a-ha"f tons and scrap iron and steel to eight tons. Another sort of scrap metal which might be mentioned is lead foil from the linings of tea chests,. which is melted into pigs to the extant of 1,5001b. a month. Solder and tin are recovered from empty food tins by heat- ing in a type of incinerator which provides for the melting and collection of these metals, with no expenditure of fuel beyond the usual refuse for destruction. EMERSON ON SALVAGE. All is waste and worthless till Arrives the wise selecting will, And, out of slime and chaos, wit Draws the threads of fair and fit. I -Itnwmn. I ZONES AND FAT FOR INDUSTRY. Lieutenant-Colonel J. Leigh Wood, L;.15., C.M.G., hu aecepted the appointment of chairman to Ike Domestic Savings Committee, in succession to Sir F. L. Nathan. This oom- mittee was responsible for the appeal to the public to save bones and fats needed for munitions, and, as these waste products are still required to help to build up 6e nation's iadustries, an educational campaign will shortly be hjjsn

It is understood that Sir Robert Borden, the Prime Minister of Canada, has been offered the post of British Ambassador to the United States.

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I CHILD WELFARB EXHIBITION I ) AT BAROOED. I I AN EXTENSION OF TIME. I As indicated in our last issue, a Child Welfare Exhibition" was ar- ranged to be opened at the Church Hall, Bargoed, on Monday last, under the Glamorgan County Council's Scheme, for whom Miss Stephens, of Cardiff, is the travelling organiser. The local committee had worked most energetically to make the- event an i auspicious one, and had arranged an instructive programme, with Mrs. Russ Barker, London, as leoturer. Unfortunately, however, the exhibits, which were put on rail at Gowerton on Friday, got miscarried, and for some time the wagon appeared to have been lost altogether. Miss Hettie Jones, the untiring secretary, and Dr. T. E. Richards, J.P., the able chairman of the committee, with the members, were at their wits end in the regrettable disappointment occa- sioned by the delay. Finally, however the wagon reached Bargoed, and the opening cook place on Thursday. The exhibition, which is free to all, is of a most instructive character, and the homely lectures given by Mrs. Russ Barker must be of inestimable value to everyone who took advantage of attending them on Thursday. It is unquestionably the finest thing that has ever visited the town in the matter of instruction for the manage- ment of the home, the child, and it's food. We are asked to announce that, owing to the postponement of the opening day, the exhibition will remain at Bargoed until Tuesday next. It is to be hoped that the public generally will make a special effort to attend the remaining lectures. :t.

I FATAL ACCIDENT AT NEW I TREDEQAR. At the Police-station, New Trede- gar on Thursday, Mr J. B. Walford, the district coroner, held an inquest on Wm. H. Green, a 15 year old boy, residing with his parents at Fernhill, Phillipstown, New Tredegar, who was killed at the East Elliot Pit on Tues- day. Mr MoBride represented the Home Office, Mr F. Wilcox, the P.D. Co., and Mr Albert Thomas the Miners' Federation. Evidence of identification having been given by Caleb Lewis, the father, George Jenkins, a collier, said deceased had worked with him for about three weeks. He was an active boy. On the morning in question, witness was racing" a tram, whilst deceased was sitting down at a place, chosen by himself. The roof was about 18 inches from the boy's head. Witness heard a crash and, receiving no re- sponse to a shout, rushed around and saw about a ton of stone had fallen. He called for help and the boy was released in about two minutes. He was alive at the time, but death took place within a quarter of an hour. PbWip Williams, the fireman, hav- ing gifts evidence, a verdict of Aooidental Death was returned. im ■

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DERI. I One of the most successful Church socials held in connection with St. Peter's Church, Deri, took place on Thursday in last week. The place was crowded with church folk, and a most happy and exhiliarating time was spent from 6 to ll p.m. The Rev. J. Francis (vicar) and Mrs Francis attended and contributed ia every possible way to the enjoyment of the event. Mr D. H. Davies, the well-known librarian of Bargoed, was M.C. a role which he performed in a pleasing and successful manner, There were pretty dances, various sorts of sports, songs, recitations, and olairvoyancing, wihding up with a delightful sketch by a band of Fochriw friends, and the National Anthem as the- finale.

BARGOED NOTES AND I WHISPERS. c. OBSERVER"—Open letters to pub- lic men can only appear in these columns above the name and address of the writer.—Ed. Members of societies affiliated to the Trades and Labour Council are asked to meet at the Workmen's Institute on Tuesday evening next, to finally select a candidate for the Glamorgan County Council. < < < Councillor Edmund W. Jones, who was a candidate for the post of Miners' Agent in the Llynvi Valley (not the Garw Valley, as stated last week), was knocked out in the first round of voting. < < The Miners' Conference at South- port decided on Thursday to take a ballot on the question of a stoppage to enforce the men's demands for 80 per cent. advance in wages, a six hour day, full pay for miners and demobolised miners out of work, and Nationalisation of Mines. The ballot in the South Wales District will take place on Wednesday next.

E m r 11 R Eq, NEW TREDEGAR. General Manager A. J. HUBD. T-80. ONCE NIGHTLY. T-80. MONDAY, FEB. 17th, And duriag the Week. GRAND DRAMA WEEK. MISS M. MAURICE s PRESENTS Monday, Timday and Wednaky, Ullder two FLAGS THURSDAY (ONLY), O IP ITT ~ML Dealing with the Horrors and Evils of Drug-taking. Friday (only) MOTHS. v Saturday (only) The Woman Suffers, I Daku wiih Um Dow of L-INOOBNOM