South Wales Weekly Post

PASSENGER BOATS ESCAPE.   I ANOTHER CARDIFF STEAMER HIT. I ,Hartlepool Boat Sunk I PRESS BUREAU, I Tuesday, 11.45 p.m. THE FOLKESTONE BOULOGNE CEOSS-CHANNEL STEAMER WAS ATTACKED BY A GERMAN SUB- MARINE SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING BOULOGNE HARBOUR LAST NIGHT. THE TORPEDO PASSED TWENTY YARDS AHEAD OF THE SHIP. THE PASSENGERS, NUMBERING 92, CONSISTED OF CIVILIANS, AND INCLUDED AMONG THEIR NUMBER SOME NEUTRALS. CARDIFF SHIP'S FATE. H Braclsome Chine Badly Damaged, j The Press Association's Newhaven cor- respondent telerrraphs:- Eighteen of the crew of the steamer Branksome Chine, of Cardiff, a Government collier, were landed at Newhaven all Tues- day evening, their vessel having been either mined or torpedoed about 20 miles south- east of Beachy Head about 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The captain and mate are aboard a boat standing by the vessel, which is badly dam- aged and awash. An attempt will be made to take her in tow and beach her. A larger steamer is reported in distress near the same spot, and lifeboats are in at- tendance. BOAT SUNK OFF FOLKESTONE. -1 '7- Tho s.8. 0;ikby", oi west nartiepooi, sunn, off Folkestone on Wednesday. The crew were sayed. f

I GERMANS LOSE SUB- MARINE. FRENCH WARSHIP ACCOUNTS FOR PIRATE. (Press Association War Service.) PARIS, Tuesday. j The Ministry of Marine makes the follow- ing- announcement: This morning at 7.u0 a vessel of the second flotilla of tho French Squadron discovered and fired' at a German sub- marine on the surface eight miles south- west of Cape Albrech near Boulogne. The submarine was struck by several shots before it dived. Oil was seen floating over the spot where it disappeared.

I SEVEN GERMAN I 'PLANES I SIGHTED OVER ESSEX COAST. According to a message received at Col- chester on Tuesday evening, seven German aeroplanes were seen about 4.30 on that af- ternoon over the M up tin Sands, heading I Horth-west. I ZEPPELIN AND 'PLANES SEEN AT ZEELAND. AMSTERDAM. Tuesday. On Monday morning, between two and four o'clock, frontier posts at Eede (Zee- land), saw a Zeppelin airship, with a dozen Aeroplanes, proceeding in a westerly direc- tion.

SLOW BOWEL ACTION. majority of the racc, rich .?id poor j ?' are habitually constIpated -tlwt was! *1 remarkable statement we lead receuth. ■ t* \exjp,aiUs w?y so many p?pje nl1talenly resort to vi. n0lipenn+ t „ mineral pui,?tive.. For a r merely 4 ^porary ?'??' ?'?' "? ?? "? ;t Sij n1 ietum of the complaint. Why go • 1 ihVs-: III-.) iI'?)ttble ?? yo"rseli\ ?t ???v ? ?- r ?  ??ort but  the drow  i, pli., .6lead disconifort biit fi*umtlle licaAa(:he, d Izzitiess, aiid hugHor,  S ?r \vhn ??? locu !tb,?orbs im'puri- + "fr? om +fei r1 -ste ,n?.i.l of di- getio„1rae^0fls- such, for' ?tauce ?? t? :? the herbdl remedy-: Mother Seige-1's Svrup. ?? Yidorics m tou- ine up ? <'r? rcgu'la.ting the sto.ua? liver, and bowels if you '• are distressed tjv slow action t T' boi?-el6 -itl t. bet. '? 

THE DARDANELLES. A VITAL POINT. FRANCO-GERMAN PRESS COMMENT. In regard to the operations against Tur- key. quiet appears to prevail ju the Cau- casus, from which no report has been re- ceived for a lung time It is reported frcn: Cairo thnt the Turks have retreated towards Damascus, a-a a re- sult of fear for their communications. No news has been received of any further fighting in the Dardanelles since Saturday, when the bombardment of Friday was re- newed. The last bombardment was in November and gave the Turks ample time to repair all the damage inflicted. TK» im- Jiortance of the bombardment, if it is re- garded as the prelude to a movement to seize the Straits and the exit from the Black Sea, is recognised in French n11(1 German papers. The Berlin Kreuz Zeitung says that "the forcing 4iv Uavdwe'ie- vc contribute an important success." The Paris "Eclair" says A seric-is rtt.u.k the DardH,11elk" at i'-i- inom°" would considerable importance. In face of the Bulgarian mystery, the mcnace of the in- vasion of Serbia by the Austro-< lermaiis, the hesitations of Roumania. and the main- tenance of Greco-Turkish diplomatic rela- tions, we should play in the straits a role I of which the influence on the sequel to the warmay be enormous." The Defences of the Dardanelles. A correspondent of Reuter s Agency, who fejrcnt six diiy" ill a steamer in the JJar- dnnelles off Nagara Point in September last, elites that already nt f?t date the Turks' were feverishly putting forts in order. dig- ging fresh earthworks, and altering the positions of old or laying new miuee. The Turks seemed to have an abundance cf mines lour boats Cthree large tugs and an old Scottish ferry boat, the Margherita) were constantly cruisin.g between Nagara and the entrance to the Straits, ready at any moment to close up the passage com- pletely. The Turks owed this plentiful supply of mines to the timely arrival of the East Africa liner General, which had acted as convoy to the Goeben and Bre=lau and j entered the Straits a day or two after them, apparently unnoticed" by the British de- stroyers patrolling the ^Egean. Several barges with parts oi. guns also arrived in the Straits from Constantinople during this period. None. however, appeared to belong to guns of very large calibre; The main defences of the Dardanelles a.rc situated about a portion known as the Narrows. It was in this neigh bourhood that troops could be seen throwing up earth- works and fixing barbed wire. Such guns as can be seen from the decks of steamers in the Dardanelles are ordin- arv Krupp 6-inch. Of course, there 's heavier metal in some of the lorts, hut ap- patently there is nothing which can com- pare with our heavy naval guns.

THE DARDANELLES. GALE INTERRUPTS BOM- BARDMENT. The Secretary of the Admiralty makes the following announcement:- Unfavourable weather with low visi- bility and a strong south-westerly gale has interrupted the operations at the Dar- danelles. The outer forts were seriously damaged by the bombardment of the 19th. TURK AND RUSSIAN PREPARA- 1 TIONS. COPENHAGEN, Tuesday. Messages from Berlin received here state that. according to telegrams from South Russia, energetic preparations aro heirng made by Russia to attack Constantinople with considerable forces. ATHENS, Tnesdav. I learn on good authority that the Turks, in view of the probability of the Dardanelles being forced, arc busily engaged in fortify- ing the islands in the Sea of liJrmora, opposite the inner entrance to the Straits. I j.—'v"Morning Post" correspondent.)

SMASHED JEWELLERS' WIWS. Man's Alleged Freak at Llanaiiy. At Ua.neII midday a .u?,? ?? ? Corb?tt smas? ned the jewellery win?w of Mr. Griffin's shop at SteDneYstW1l1d{)w of I proceeding further down the sh:<>-et, ;¡.nd the window of Mea.i?. M?cki-iH eet broke liams, the jeweHer?. Corbett \viH be brought before the LL-m- eliv Bench on IVednesday.

PONTYBEREM WIFE'S COM- PLAINT. Curious Admission at Llanelly Court. At Llanelly on Tuesday there was a md. I | hearing of an application by Elizabeth Ann j !Jo)ies. Brynyfer, Pontyberem; f(-,i- a m.nnten-! once c, rl c, r against her husband, Dd. Jones Tumble, on the grounds of persistent ci-iie-11 Mr. \Y. Daviea appeared for the applicallt, and Mr. T. R. Ludford defended. Complain^ifcspoke to many acts of alleged cruelty and stated that their married life had been most unhappy. In cross-examination complainant stated that her husband was stoady aud saved money. They had banked L50 in lieir joint names. rviiA. Bfiuck J:.efK1,1h.1\

ANOTHER U.S.A. BOAT SUNK OFF THE GERMAN COAST. I Router's Washington message on wed."1 nesday afternoon says:- The American steamer Carib struck a mine in the North Sea yesterday and I sunk off the German coast." I LOSS TO U.S.A. I CARGO AND HULL INSURED FOR 240,000 DGLLARS. The Carib carried 4,600 bales of cotton, I which was insured by the United States Government Bureau for 235,850 dollars. I The hull of the steamer was insured for 1 22,253 dollars. With the loss of the Evelyn the Govern- ment Bureau will probably have to pay an aggregate of 659,000 dollars.

"SAILOR, BEWARE r NORTH CHANNEL DAYLIGHT! CLOSURE. FORBIDDEN A DANGEROUS PASSAGE. PREgS BUREAU, Tuesday, 9.35 p.m. I The Secretary to the Mkniralty makes the following announcement _n'"T' IHJSH ( JlAM-NEIy. -NUKJ il UllAi\jNJjLLi. I RESTRICTION OF NAVIGATION. I Manners are warned that navigation and I use of the undermentioned area is entirely forbidden to all .ships and vessels of every size ajid nationality 1 1. Bounded on the north-west oy a line joiu- ing A and B: A.-I,atitude 55 degrees xm. nut,es north j longitude 6 degrees 17 minutes west. B.-I"tucle 55 degrees 31 minutes north longitude 6 degrees 2 minutes west. Bounded on the sputh-ea-st by a line join- jjw C and D. C.—Latitude 55 degrees 10.21 minutes north; longitude 5 degrees 24-2 1 minutes west. D.—Latitude 55 degrees 2 minutes north longitude 5 degrees 401 minutes w est. Bounded on the south-west by a line join- ing A and D bounded on the north-east by a line joining B and C. All"trallic which is to proceed through the North Channel JJ:llst pass to the south-west of Rath ii 11 Island between sunrise and. StUl- set. No ship or vessel is to be within four I miles of Rathllin Ishyid between sunset and tunrise. This order to take effect on Febriiai-y 23, 1915. jXote.—The area indicated by the Admir- alty notice is roughly a parallelogram stretching from the north of Rathin Isl.-uid to a point about ten miles south-east of Fair Head, and completely blocking the North Channel gave for the coast passage south of RathEn. ) WARDED OFF THE ORKNEYS AND SHETLANDS. (Press Associa-tioll- War Special.) AMSTERDAM, Tuesday The semi-official telegram from Berlin states that the Orkney Islands, including Kirkwall Harbour, and Shetland Islands 1 must be regarded as lying within the war zone, but passages on both sides of the Faroe Islands are not endangered.

■ —IJ fc.. SWANSEA TRADER'S CREW JIB." l (Press Association War Special.) Ail STUK DAM, Tu?day. Yesterday the crew of the steamer Zaan- gtroom, of t?e Dutch Steamship Company, refused to sail without higher wages in view of the danger of British waters. (Note.—The steamer Zaanstroom is a fie- quent trader to Swansea and other Bristol Channel ports.)

CAPTAIN OF GERMAN PRIZE-SHIP. I INTERESTING WEDDING AT SWANSEA. The wedding took place on Tuesday morn- ing. at Walter-road Congregational Chapel, Swansea, of Captain J. ifc Hern, of H.M. orize ship Varzm, at present, at Swansea, and Miss Jennie Ryau, niece of the late Mr. D. J. Ryan, artist, Treorky. The bridesmaids were the Misses Beatrice and MnudVelix. Miss Lilian Ryan (Treherberi), and Miss Flossie Rees (Treorky). whilst* Mr. W. Mackintosh acted as best man. The ceremonv vms conducted by the Rev. Mr. Jenkins" and the bride was given away by i her uncle, Mr. Joseph Ryan. The gift of th bridegroom to the bride was a cheque for £100 and a diamond ring, and he pre- sented the bridesmaids with gold pendants. The bride's gift to the bridegroom was a silver embossed cigar case and silver cigar- ette case. Capt. Hern. Miss Ryan. The wedding was a very quiet one. but additional interest was' added to it owing to the fact that Captain Hern is only.in Swan- sea for a few weeks and he had to proceed to an unknown destination immediatelv after the celebration of the nuptials. He h ? na. tive of Sunderland, but want to India (Cal- cutta) at a aKe, and v/hen the prt?' ?-?' ?"'?'? ??t was hadwur master and pilot there. When the war occurred he wa" ordo-?d to tlke charge of f?u- prize- sllccession, the first one bpin? the Hambur?-AT'?i'? ?"cr Paula, the R?!id the Kurmachi tan Austrian vessel), and an- other vessel m addition to the pr? of which he is now ?" "omnund, the Va?it? which he has brought to Swansea for the I 'purpose ot unload ing her general cargo. Th? hoiMymoon w:U be spent in Calcutta, and before the happy couple departed on iiiid ilic h,,lpp,coui-)Ie dep,),rt,ed )n Tites d a,v t l iev were the recipients of nunler. ■ LOR' Y~ • I«3JJAIF:UL. PGAFIENTA

"DEVELOPING VERY WEtL." -40 RUSSIAN COUNTER- OFFENSIVE BETTER NEWS FROM POLAND. 48,000 Prisoners in Carpathians. I (" Times Telegram, per Press Association.) I PETROGRAD, Tuesday Night, There are no material changes to record on the East Prussian front since last night. OUR COUNTER-OFFENSIVE NORTH OF WARSAW IS DEVELOPING VERY WELL FROM LOMZA BEYOND JED- WATNO, SUPPORTED BY THE GUNS OF OSOAVIEC, AND IS MENACING THE ENEMY'S FORCES. Our advance in the region of Prazasnysz encountered a strong group of the enemy covering his lines of communication, while south-westward, between Plonsk and Raciaz, we forced a way. The fighting at .trazasnysz wae of a particularly stubborn character on both sides. One of our corps which had taken up a position west of Grodno sent out some troops t" Lipsk to disperse stray detachments of the enemy. Official d if patches expressly state that German troops have been moved here from the west, and in support of these assertions military circles point with much satisfaction to the exceptional progress made in the last few days by the Allied armies. FICKT BETWEEN ARMOURED CA RS. The communique also sta-tec- :The attack made by the Germans along the Tchutcliin- Kolno load 011 the night of the 22nd was supported by armoured automobiles, and was particularly intense. The German offensive in the Prazasnysz re- gion continues. Three attacks on the town oi Prazasnysz were repulsed. Our armoured automobiles contributed greatly to this suc- CflSS. Their fire decimated the Germans at a distance of 75 paces. On the roads to PJonsk some villages have changed hands several times. GERMAN TRENCHES CAPTURED. I On the left bank of the Vistula, south of the farm of Moshely, we exploded three mines beneath a German trgnch and occu- pied the cavities formed by the explosion. In the remainder of the German trenches we captured thre machine guns, trench mor- tal's, with bornbe and prisoners. The Ger- man losses directly ou-e to the explosion were about 500. In the Carpathians the Austrian bom- barded a convent to the south of Mezo Laborer, with 12-inch mortars. We re- pulsed persistent Austrian attack in the re- gion of Mikouw, Smonik, Tiscowa. and inflicted enormous losses on the enemy. In the region of Zoziomoka Austrians have re- placed Germane. To the sonth of Dolina-Stanislau obstin- ate fighting has begun against great enemy forces. 48,000 PRISONERS. I A Hote issued by the Headquarters Aaff states that betwR'? January 21st and February 20th the Army of the Carpatl-,iansI captnrpd 691 ofHoers, 47,640 rank and file, 17 gun". Tid smns. EXTOLY RE-INVASION OF BUKOWINA. f" Times" Telegi-aiii, per Press Association.) SOFIA, Monday. The retirement of the Russians from Czernowitz and the evacuation of almost all Bukowina are due, in the opinion of mili- j tarv -i,it.-cs to the rapid concentration of German and Austrian troops, which is ren- dered possible by the efficient organisation of communications. The Russian retreat is regarded as only a t-emporary reverse, and a third iiivasion of Bukowina may shortly be expected. GERMANS HOTLY ENCAGED. The German account 01 uie operations against Russia, as supplied by the Wireless Press, is given below — P r o, is g i ven below BERLIN. Tuesday. Main Headquarters reports this afternoon as follows :— In the Eastern theatre of the war an ad- vance attempted by the Russians, with quicklv-collected forces from Grodno, in a north-westerly direction, failed. The num- ber of the captured cannon taken in pursuit after the winter battle in the Masuria.11 Lake district has increased, to over 300, including 10 of a heavy calibre. North-west of Osowiec, north of Lomza and near Prazasnysz, the battles still con- t inue. On the Vistula, east of Pleck, we have penetrated further into the district of ivys- zogrod (opposite the mouth of the Bzura).

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GOOD FOR WEST WALES. ADMIRALTY PLACE IMPORT- ANT CONTRACTS. < I the result of the recent visit of a deputation of local engineers to the Board 07: Trade and War Office, inspections have lately been made of several engineering works in South Wales with a view to placing orders for war material if the faci- lities permitted. H is now reported that contracts for im- portant work for battleships have been placed at the works of Messrs. Taylor and Sons (Limited), Briton Ferry; Messrs. the Glanmor Foundry Company (Limited), Llanelly, and Messrs. Thomas and Clement (Limited), Llanelly. The heads of these films were entertained by the directors of Messrs. VickeTS (Limited) last week at Erith. It is possible that this may prove to be the first step in the direction of an entirely new industry for South Wales, an industry which hitherto has been solely oonfined to a few privileged firms. () Messrs. Rees and Kirby, Ltd., Morris ton have been executing war orders for sonie time of a special kind and are working full time.

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40 HOW WE MT-TST WIN. | I CHANCELLOR'S STATE- MENT IN THE COMMONS. 1 The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in. the House of Commons on Tuesday, answered .Mr. Austen Chamberlain with regard to our Allied gold reserves. He said the right hon. gentleman realised with regard to our financial transactions he was not quite as much at liberty to enter into the whole of them as if only British finance was affected. They affected the position both of Russia and France, and their difficulties were not ours, nor were ours theirs. Therefore he should be sorry to say anything in the course of this debate which, though it would not matter as far as this country was concerned, might considerably embarrass them. He had given the House the whole of the •liabilities we had incurred, and that. he thought, the House was entitled to know, but there were considerations urged in the course of the Paris Conference which he did not think it would be wise foi; him to enter into in circumstances of publicity. The limit of our liabilities was the sums of money, the credits, which Russia wished to establish for purchases abroad, but that was only a com- paratively small portion of the old liabilities of Russia, for war purposes. The House of Commons could itself figure out the limits of the liabilities we had incurred in respect of Russia and the smaller Powers. He was in entire agreement with Mr. A. Chamberlain with regard to the question of a ioint loan. That was a point of view lie pressed, but when they entered into a conference they must do so with the idea that they could not ,get all their owii way. (Hear, hear.) Perhaps the House would allow hint too leave I it just there. The matter lipd not yet been finallv settled, and 1, Thare would be another conference, I Jfe oeneved, m London, when the occasion demanded it. But for the moment there was no idea of floating a joint loan in re- spect. of the smaller States. The suggestion of the right hon. gentle- man was a very practicable one, and he should like to consider it. and he had no j doubt it was one of the suggestions which would be taken into account when the time arrived, it. might be the best method of hypothecating their joint credit for this joint purpose if it was found that on the whole the Power's preferred that the experiment 01 a joint loan for this limited extent be tried. He agreed that there was no difference in prin- ciple between floating a joint loan for the whole of their expenditure and floating a joint loan merely for their advances to the smaller States. It was a question of de- gree which counted almost as much as prin- ciple. The matter would be considered when the fresh conference was held. As regarded currency was desirable we should have a considera ble reserve -of ° tile Lank of England. It was equally desirable it shculd be freely used whenever the emergency arose. It would be a very great- misfortune if we .accepted the view of Mr. Mason as to the paper cur- rency. He (the Chancellor) took quite a contrary view. He believed we were on the road to much more efficient, use of our credit when we used paper currency within safe limits. We were well within the mar- gin of eiffciency. No Country-Coulci Compare with Us. it was very jargely a question of psychology and that was why foreign countries were very nervous about using their gold. The fact that we used it freely showed that was not our view. HE DID NOT- LIKE TO PROPHESY. ) AND ABOVE ALL HE DID NOT LIKE BRAGGING, BKT HE- WOULD NOT I MIND SAYING THAT THE RESERVES I OF GOLD AVE HAVE WOULD CARRY I US THROUGH ANY EMERGENCY WE COULD POSSIBLY FORESEE. That was his conviction, both from in- quiries he had carefully made in the C:ty of London and outside. Moreover there was nothing tu be got by paying in gold where paper money would do as well. At I the same time we should utilise our re- sources. The whole of our resources were verv great. We had had between seven and eight months of war—the. most expensive war ever waged. To-day we had to raise 20 millions in the City of London bv six months' bills and 12 months' bills. Thev were considerably over-subscribed. On the 12 months' bills the cnterest we had I to pay was £ 2 17s. and on the six months* bilfe -01 12s. 3d. He agreed that I The joint resources of this country and of the Allies were enormous, and in this struggle that was of almost primary importance. This would be a war not mereily of men, but oven more of equip- ment. It was in this that the Allies had fallen short of their great enemy, who had carried on preparations for years and years. "But in this matter," he con- cluded, "time counts. In men our re- .sources are great. In money cur re- sources are greater. Time and a full ap- plication of our resources are all that are necessary. A bold, courageous, and re- solute application of all our stlJgth is required. If we do that we win." (Cheers.)

BATTLE OF NOAROY. I DESPERATE VILLAGE I I- FIGHTING. I (Press Association >. ar Special). Ihe omcu? report pnbnshed here regard- ing the nghting at the signa 1st;,tion at Son and Niuroy, which was only occupied by n small guard, and whih the enemy by a sud? den attack on the loth made themselves niasters of, says the attack was executed with considerable forces, preceded by an in- .tense bombardment by guns of gr-ea-t calibre Wheal our troops left the signal station they were overwhelmed, although one of the offi- cers succeeded in bringing fcack a part of a company to the l ines. The same evening, by a counter-attack, we regained a footing on the southern part of the height. On the 14th the aotion was con- tinued and finally in the afternoon the enemy only held some portions of the trenches 011 the northern slopes. He suc- ceeded by counterattacks in iiia,iiita,illill., himself on the western and eastern slopes where he dug trenches, and he was still in possession of Norroy. On the 16th the at- tack was resumed by us. Our artiller" y de- stroyed trencher which the enemy had organise d on Norroy, and two compa-iiies dashed forward as soon as the gUlls were silent. A banguuiary hglit took place in the streets and from house to house, and whilo -his confused struggle was proceeding the heav" y German artillery bombarded the vil- lage,aaid shells rained upon both attackers and defenders. Our soldiers under the com- I maaid of on-eilgetic ofifcei's fought desperatel"y' and gave I Proofs of splendid courage. ?gnt ieu without our navim, ?.h? the j:]Ge. We ojuy held trenches which ex- tended to the east from the hous to the? cemetery. On the same day, cn the western slopes of xol-L signal station, a hostle c was repulsed by our artillery and infantry Urc. On February 18th the Germans were defin itely driven from the whole of" Xon siKnrii station and Norroy, although the Gfj-man General Staff in a COTDI'lliti-ique -qat(,,i tilbt. they evacuated Norroy of their own free will. For more than an hour a very fieroe fight took place in the YIllae, whIch we entered with fixed bayonets, the sorefly tried Ger- mans not Jveing able to hold the position either at Norroy or on the scopes of t,he sig- nal station. Very many dead bodies belong- ing to five different units of the Lalndweiu-, Pioneers, and machine ffundetaebments were A fauna

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REPRISALS." I STATEMENT BY PREMIER IN COMMONS. At Monday's sitting of the House of Com- mons, Lord C. Beresford asked the Prime Minister whether the British Government would immediately plaoe all food and raw material used to foster German industries on the list of absolute contraband of war; and whether he would consider the possibil- ity, in order to maKe tins declaration more powerful, of sending a joint Note from the Allies, France, Russia-, Japan, and Great Britain, all equally concerned in ending the war. stating their determination to en- force these stringent measures with a view cf hastening the end of the war. Mr. Asquith: The Allied Governments are considering what action it would he proper for them to take by way of reprisals against the Germm policy of attacking and destroying British, Allied, and neutral merchant vessels without warning and without any attempt to save the lives of the civilian and innocent crews. Lord C. Beresford: Will it be a joint Note, or a Note specially from Great Britain? Mr. Asquith: I cannot yet say that. Thera will certainly be a Note from Great Britain, and I hope- there will be a. joint Note.

BRITISH WORKERS' WAGE DEMAND. At. a London meeting of the Miners' Federation, the President elated that if the cost of living remained as high as at pre- sent it might be necessary for the miners and other workers in this country—wages agreement notwithstanding—to seek relief by demanding an increase of wages.

"WHAT ARE THEY GETTING AT?" WATCH COMMITTEE AND II WOMEN PATROLS. SWANSEA SUGGESTION AGAIN I CROPS UP. Swansea' Watch Committee met on Tues- day. Ald. Daniel Jones in the chair. It was ieportc-d that the furnishing of the new Central Police Station would cost in round figures £ 1.COO. | Mr. Protheroe said he was pleased to know that the sub-committee recommended that the whole of the things wei-e-to be pur-" clla-sed locally. The principal orders are to be placed with Messrs. J. and I, Weavei-, the contractors of the building, and Messrs. Ben Evans and Co. The report was adopted. WOMEN PATROLS AGAIN. The Swansea branch of tihe Women's I Freedom League again wrote in reference to I the appointment of women patrols, uhe com- 1 mittee having twice previously declined to entertain the idea, but the branch now asked that a deputation be received on the question. Mr. Barclay Owtn What are they try- ing to get at? Do they ivant to take the place of the police? The Chief Constable (Captain. Thomas) ?aid that the Home Office only countenanced the acceptance of women patrols except through one society, and he strongly recom- mended that only those recommended by the Home Office should in any case be enter- tained. In further reply to Mr. Barclay Owen, the Chief Constable said that the idea. was that they should do a. sort of police work amongst women and children. It was decided to write to the Swansea branch erf the League giving a. full state- ment of the matter, but to say that the com- mittee had no objection to receiving a de. putation on the subject. ¿ THE LOCAL CINEMAS. I The Mmnnttce nnnmmousiy decided to re- I new the cinematograph licenses in tliei borough, everything at the cÜwma hcn?cs ( being stated to be -i ct oi-v.. I "SMART OFFICER." The prompt action 01 P.C. (66) Newell, who was described as a smart officer, and Harry Bolt, in Rescuing persons at a recent fire, was reported upon, and letters of thanks agreed to. I GALLANT SWANSEA MAN. The attempted rescue from drowning by Frederick Clatko, of 199/ Neath-road, was  eith-roa d %va-s also reported upon, and the Chief Constable recommended that a. certificate of bravery aiicl ,I. gratuity of £ 1 be given. The Chief Constable said that had Clarke not been misdirected as to the spot lie would have saved the little boy Rees from the canal at the tinie. He dived .into the water three times.

LLAELLY WINDOW SMASHER j COMMITTED. Charles Corbett was charged at Llanelly on Wednesday with wilfully damaging local jen%-cl I I)Iate glass windows to the extent of -022 by throwing stones at them on Tuesday. He was committed to the Quarter Bcs-

SANDBAGGED IN A FLAT. LONDON JEWEL ROBBERY STORY. JEWELLER BOUND AND GAGGED. € There was a sequel on Tuesday at Bo". street to the recent daring robbery of jewel- lery worth £1,600 at a Strand flat. Charles Williams and Annit Ferguson, of St. Martin\s-lane, were charged with steal- ing property to the value of £ 1,600 belong- ing to Mr. W. Gutnowski, a jeweller of Percy-street, Tottenham Court-road, and with causing him grievous bodily harm. The woman prisoner was stylishly dressed in a black velvet coat, -with furs, while Wil- liams, a man of elderly appearance with grey haii and moustache, wore a light-coloured raincoat. Mr. Harry Wilson (the prosecuting solici- tor) said the robbery was a very audacious one. About three weeks ago the woman and two men called at the prosecutor's premises and had a conversation with him. about the cutting of certain rough diamonds. No deal was made then and it seemed that th<) people gave the name of Edwards. On Friday last, he added, the woman and the man drove to the prosecutor's premises in a taxi-cab and i ASKED TO SEE SOME RINGS. They selected one, for which they eventually paid L27. They wished it to be put into a little wooden box so that they could send it away to the country. Mr. Gutnowski said he had not a suitable box then, but would obtain on-e for them later. The prisoners asked him to take th* box and the receipt, together with other jewel- lery from which they would select articles, to Savoy Mansions, just off the SWnd, where it appears they had a furnished flat. The prosecutor accordingly attended there at the appoint-ed time and was directed to the flat by a porter named Martin. He was admitted by the woman prisoner and shown by her to the drawing-room, which was con- nected with the dining-room. Apparently, so far as the prosecutor oould see, there was no one else in the room. He placed his jewellery-worth about 21,600- upon a table in this room, with his back to the door, which led to the other room.  Suddenly he was struck A VIOLENT BLOW WITH A SANDBAG and rendered unconscious. He was then tied with ropes and gagged, a wet towel being thrown over his face. He was found in thil condition very soon afterwards. The police were called in, and the detec- tives, on arrival, found the prosecutor in a semi-conscious state, bleeding from the mouth, and with his shirt and collar torn. The prosecutor's watch and chain, tie-pin, and all his jewellery were missing. Both prisoners were remanded. |

I VERY t' SMALL" AFFAIR. î Trouble Over Taibach School 1 Coal-house. A letter was read at Port Talbot School. i Managers' meeting on Tuesday complaining of the practice by women and children of taking quantities of small coal away from the Taibach Eastern School ooalhouse. Clerk explained that the coal was of no use for school purposes, and often it was: thrown on the refuse tip. He understood! that it had been the custom for some time.! that it had been A He thought that it was far better to let) poor people take it away rather than have; it thrown on the refuse tip. On the recommendation of Mr. William) Mathias (Glyncorrwg), the clerk was asked j to write to the County Education Authori ties to ascertain what steps be taken in the I matter. It was decided to raise the salaries of the uucertincated teachers at Glyncorrwg and j the certificated teachers at Abercregan £ 5 { per annum. i t

YALLEY WILL 0' TH' WISP. I Ystmdgynlais Youth Gires Police I Trouble. I At 1 stradgynlais Court on Tuesday John Vaujghan, a local youth, was charged with having been drunk and disorderly in College- row on Christmas Day last. 'He pleaded guilty. P.C. Davies said that on the nigiit of December 25th last he saw defendant in a, very drunken condition, behaving in a verv disorderly nyinner and brandishing a large bottle about. Witness told him he would be reported. Inspector Williams said that when first summoned defendant failed to appear, and the police were instructed to notify him to be present at a subsequent court. He a-gain* failed to appear, and a warrant was issued. Vaughan was arrested, but he ran away from the constable. He was re-arrested the pre- vious day (Monday), and again endeavoured to escape from the officer, but failed. Fined 5s. and costs, or seven days.

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