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TREDEGAR. i The Urban District Council are promoting a Bill in Parliament for the improvement and extension of their water works, the main idea being to convert the existing compen- sation reservoir into a service reser- voir. The scheme has been described by experts as the cheapest water scheme in the country. At Tuesday's meeting of the Council a high tribute !■ was paid to Councillor Filer, a Labour Member, for the part he had taken in evolving the scheme, and also to the Clerk (Mr H. J. C. Shepard).
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IMR WALTER LEWIS AND RECONSTRUCTION
I MR WALTER LEWIS AND RECONSTRUCTION STIRRING ADDRESS TO WELSH BAPTIST UNION. Mr Walter Lewis, J.P., Bargoed, miners' agent for the Rhymnev Valley District, delivered a remarkable ad- dress on Reconstruction and the Drink Traffic to the Welsh Baptist Union at Aberavon recently. The address has been published in Serrin Gomer," which is II compliment. and tribute to Mr Lewis. Below we give a substantial translation of the major portion of the address:— Mr Lewis said that it was the realisation of his daty to his de- nomination that urged him to accept the invitation to address the Union on tho selected subject. As far 6:, he knew the only title be had to occupy that platform of the Union was that he was a child of the denomination. It was a matter of great delight to him that the denomination gave time and place to problems of the age, because unless the seer watched the signs of the times the age would pass away with the problems in its bosom. Time was always on the wing either on its way from eternity or its way back to eternity, whence it came. The purer the soul the clearer the vision, therefore in the church they should to-day seek the seer as in the days of the prophets. You have the scientists in the world, let me say, but the man of God is always the seer. While eppreciating the work of the philan- thropist and the irreligious social re- former we believe that the Church of Christ should be consistently on the tower watching the sign of the times. Irreligious and material scientists of the present age are dangerous, not only to religion, but also to the revolution which is so manifest for social amelioration. The word reconstruction has been on the lips of prominent men rather often and flippantly of late, indeed t h, ord and phrases "reconstruction" Country fit for heroes to live in," A new world," did great service to carry on the war. By now, however, it is pretty evident to those who will see that these people have no intention of giving these words their true meaning. Elective reconstruction means leav- ing behind the old social order amongst the things that have been, and evolv- ing a new order. I have no hope that the present Government will achieve this because the majority of them have done well and enjoyed life abundantly under the old order. You cannot reconstruct effectively unless the land of the nation belongs to the nation. The few we call land- owners must be disposed. How, for example, can the nation provide houses fit for its workers while the land is regarded as the possession of a few land-owners. Is it not only according to the whims of the latter that houses can be provided P The position of the church in the matter was "The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, and he gave it to the sons of men "—not to a few of them. Again, under the old order we have on the one hand poverty and overwork and on the other indolence, wealth and luxury P Under the old order Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman said that twelve million of the inhabitants of this country lived either on or under the poverty line. There will probably be a difference of opinion as to the worthiness of these wretched people and the cause of their position, bat God forbid that the church should be indifferent to them. In these two sentences of the social order will be found the greatest immorality and vice, and if reconstruction is worth talking about we should see a social order in which these sentences shall have been obliterated. If the Church of God be indifferent to this her gar. ment will be soiled, her glory gone, and her influence on the age lost. In the light 8f the Bible people in their prime have no right to spend a life of ease and luxury without render- ing some service to the State. Balances in bank or capital in business and good dividends therefrom does not constitute in the light of the Bible a right for people in the hey-day of their manhood to a life of mere eating. drinking and spending without pro- ducing in some way or other. Under production and shortage in the essential commodities of the nation is one of our most serious problems at the moment, and the chief cause for this is that the ordinary producers have been killed and maimed by the million while millions more have been engaged on noa-produotiva war work I for about five years. In a recent speech the Prime Minister drew attention to this fact. In our opinion he should without delay adopt measures to increase the number of producers by making a life of laziness on the part of people in their prime, in all ranks of society, illegal and a penal offence-to make the fulfilment of some service a condition of eating and dinking. He who works not should not eat. Do not let us be misunderstood here. We do not desire to confiscate any- body's possession, but we say on the authority of the Bible that possession and the profit from that possession I doss not give a life of luxury and ease I to anyone who has health and strength to work. The Church should turn I the light of the gospel on this, and the present is an opportune time to do so. Jesus taught that service was the way to greatness. Let us do likewise by preaching this gospel to the indolent 'i and needy wayfarer on the road and I to the wealthy and luxurious in the palace. Again, under reconstruction we I shall see that not only everyone of age and strength should work but that their service should be productive so as to satisfy the needs, and uplift and ensure the happiness of the nation. The fact that a few selfish, greedy individuals seeing the op- portunity to make great profit in a short time is not, sufficient reason for using a large part of the labour of the nation in a particular business. There should be authority with the Govern- ment to give productive direction to the energies of the nation. These things were to a great measure done for the purpose of the war on the ground that it was in the interest of the whole nation. If the principle was good in war why not also in peace ? Here we come into contact with the drink trade and social re- construction. It was not the meeting of the needs of the nation that gave birth to this traffic but one endeavour to satisfy the gneed of nh we- holders. And incidentally the namss of some of these people are on the books of the Church. It is time for the church to insist upon knowing them and exposing them publicly. Mr Lewis emphasised that it called for superlative courage on the part of whoever seriously tackled this problem but the stalwarts: of the faith were still the outstanding heroes of the world because it was faith that always saw the Crown on the way to the Cross. The Church of God should arise, her calling was a high one and the work great, but there were more with her than against her.
IQELLIQAER'S PARLIAMEN-I TARY…
I QELLIQAER'S PARLIAMEN- I TARY BILL. OBJECTION TO 'BUS CLAUSES. J At a special meeting of the Gelligaer Council at Hengoed on Tuesday (Mr Joseph Morgan, J.P., presiding), the following resolution was moved by Mr Edward Richards, J.P., chairman of the Parliamentary Committee, seconded by Mr Sidney Jones That application be made in the next Session of Parlia- ment for an A ct to authorise the Coun- cil to construct street improvements, to run Omnibuses within and without the district, to confer further power on the Council in regard to the supply of electricity, and to make further pro- vision for the improvement, health, and good govermment of the district." Mr A. S. Williams, Bargoed, asked that they have the report of the Expert re omnibuses (Mr Hamilton), before they put the resolution. He thought it well and advisable that the Council should have the report before embark- ing on a big undertaking. The Clerk (Mr F. T. James) observed that he was afraid that unless they passed the resolution the council's work up-to-date would be thrown away.—Mr A. S. Williams replied they were pro- moting a Bill for Omnibuses, and, after all, there was a financial aspect to the question. The council should have the matter thoroughly discussed before com- mitting itself.—The Clerk I take it the council adopted tbie principle to get the power to set up, if possible, a system of motor omnibuses in your area. I think that principle how been conceded and adopted. Of course, there are- other matters, such as compulsory powers to purchase some cottages, road widening, and the new road from Pen- gam to Ystrad Mynach in regard to which you have no powers at present.— Mr A. S. Williams said he quite agreed with the latter remarks, but confessed he was quite under a misapprehension that the council, under their Bill, con- templated the running of omnibuses.— Mr Edward Richards made an exhaust- ive explanation of the position. The matter had been considered and dis- cussed by the council and referred to the Parliamentary Committee, and that Committee felt they could not very well prepare the Bill (that is the part per- taining to omnibuses) without the report of an expert. They thought that was a duty to the council and those whom they represented. He was sur- prised therefore to find the opposition. The Bill was an omnibus bill in more senses than one. It included all the nooks an d corners and vexatious pin- pricks in the area which they had been unable to remove by provisional order. He reminded Mr A. S. Williams too that two years ago the Caerphilly Coun- cil promoted a bill, in which they asked for powers to run omnibuses in the Gelligaer area and the Gelligaer Coun- cil decided to oppose, and they succeed- ed in their opposition. It was therefore necessary for the council to take steps to ensure its rights and interests. If the Caerphilly Council thought the right to run omnibuses in the Gelligaer area a valuable one, then the Gelligaer Council should come to the same con- clusion. An improved means of trans- port would be an ultimate gain to the whole community. Mr A. S. Williams, in moving that the clause re omnibuses be deleted from the resolution, said he noticed that Mr Hamilton (the expert) had been engaged by the council as an expert witness, at a fee of 12 guineas a day. The Clerk at this juncture read Mr Hamilton's report. This stated that the expert had visited the Gelligaer area and inspected the roads, Ac., and that there was sufficient population to ensure the success of the undertaking. He was of the opinion that a service of motor omnibuses could be gradually installed in Gelligaer under conditions which I meant ultimate financial success, and be therefore recommended the council vo »eek Parliamentary powers. Mr A. S. Williams remarked that it was clear from Mr Hamilton's report that the council should go in for motor 'buses, and that the undertaking would be a financial success. Mr Williams then produced and read passages from a report of a meeting of Electrical Engineers, &c., which took place on September 20th. Mr Hamilton took part in the discussion and this is what he (Mr Hamilton) said "You often hear that motor omnibuses are an economically cheap method of transport. It is only people who do not understand or who have only gone into the matter superficially who say that." That was the man, proceeded Mr Williams, who was going to be the expert witness of the council and who told them that they were going in for an undertaking that was going to be a successful one. Mr Hamilton in the quoted report did not think the 'buses could be run successfully. The whole of this re- port added Mr Williams, bears out the contention that the things are not a financial success." After some further observations Mr W. Hammond seconded the amendment, and said he did not think the omnibus system would be in the interests of the whole of the area, and was not going to be beneficial to the council.—Mr D. A. Hann in supporting the amendment said the Rhymney Valley did not lend itself to motor omnibuses.—In the vote the resolution was adopted, 9 being for and 5 against.
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