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k  ?  French Advance Continues It t?&it?a.? Jir??.w?4&&?-? f?Tis?i!??? HE BIG RUSSIAN OffENSIVE Italians Go Ahead in Albania. FRANCE PRESS BUREAU, Wednesday, 10.30 p.m. The following telegraphic dispatch has been received from the General Head- ¡ quarters in France;- December 29, 9.14 p.m. Yesterday the enemy made an unsuc- cessful attack on one of our aerodromes. Of four machine's only two r-ched tdieir objective. No damage was done. o b jective. One of our aeroplanes was shot down. LAST NIGHT A SUCCESSFUL EN- TERPRISE TOOK PLACE NEAR AR- MENTIERES. THE ENEMY'S TRENCHES WERE ENTERED AND BOMBED WITH GOOD EFFECT, NUMEROUS CASUALTIES BEING IN- FLICTED. AFTER 10 MINUTES THE PARTY WITHDREW. OUR CASUAL- TIES WERE VERY SLIGHT. To-day our artillery has been effective Against trenches and billets in many places between Mametz and Monchv. The enemy exploded two small mines aear Givenchy. No damage was done to either the troops or trenches. j A quiet day south of La Basses Canal. About Ypres thete has been a heavy reciprocal bombardment. CAPTURES ON THE VOSGES. SUCCESS OF FRENCH OPERATIONS. (Press Association War Special.) PARIS, WedneSoday, 11 p.m. To-night's official communique say- In Belgium and in Artois there has been an artillery duel during the course of the day. To the north of the Aisne we have de- stroyed by our fire machine-gun shelters, and dispersed enemy mine workars around Ville-aur-Bois. In the Argcnne we exploded two mines in front of Hill 285, whilst to the north of La Fille Morte a small German fort was de- stroyed. On the heights of the Meuse the fire of our artillery on a German battery located in the wood of W^iaroent, to the north of St. Mihiel, was followed, according to in- formation of our aviators, by the best re- sults. In the Vosges there was a lively cannon- ade at various points, principally between the Fecht and the Thur, and very violent bombardment in the region of Hartmanns- weilerkopf. Despite a very violent enemy counter- attack, the action begun yesterday left us at the end of the day masters of a series of German work.? established between Rehfelsn I and Hirzstein, which must be Added to the trenches already lost by the enemy. The number of Germans captured by us I since yesterday has been increased to 300, while the total of unwolUlded prisoners taken since the commencement of these operations is now 1.668. It 13 unanimously admitted by prisoners that the German losses in the course of our attacks from December 21 and the succeed- ing days were considerable. GERMAN ADMISSIONS. (Press Association War Service.) I AMSTERDAM, Wednesday. To-day official telegram from the German Main Headquarters says Western Theatre of War.-Westan^e wa,g agacin bombarded, but this time unsuccess- fully, by an enemy monitor. The enemy attack on the Hirzstein re- ported yesterday has already collapsed be- fore our fire. In the course of the evening the French twice attacked the positions which we had recaptured on Hartmann-i- Weilerkopf and partly penetrated our trenches. After the first attack the enemy were everywhere repulsed. Fighting for JInall portions of trench after a second enemy itta-ck continues. We have captured live officers and over 2CO men.
DUG-OUT BLOWN IN.
DUG-OUT BLOWN IN. SWANSEA BATTALION OFFICER'S INJURY. The many friends of Lieut. W. A. R. Davies of the Swansea. Battalion, will be glad to hear that his injury at the front is nor, senots It appears that he, together with Major Dyson Williams, was in a dug-out when the roof was luddenly blown away, and a spiece of sh ran- ked or splinter penetrated the cap of Lieut, pa,vies who did uot feel any ill-effects until Jhe following day, when he was compelled to ko to the base hospital. He hopes to be all "tight in a. couple of weeks.
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I 6. AND S. FREE BUFFET AT rffCH- i STREET". l uring the past week the Soldiers and Free Buffet of the Y.M.C.A., at G.W.R. Station, High-street, has re- teived the following tlona-ti IjDS and gift' Mrs. Mr. E. P. Jones, 10.; r. L., 55.; the children of Haiod In fruit School (per Miss Davies). £ Mr. Richard Lewis, i.2 3s. Mr. Brinlev John, Hafod, 1»ece of beef; Mrs. Abraham, 2 moulds of Brawn; Mrs. Clsmont, apples. The extent of the useful and beneficial ,ork (lone by the buffet may be gauged jom the fact that, apart from the soldiers VI sailors served during the day-time, the ,mber arriving by late kain. averaged over ic pei- night.
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SWANSEA DISTRICT CORONERSHtP. Air. K. A. tseor has been appointed -vaTise,-a District Coroner in place of Mi". t). J. C. Wilson. RUSSIA u SUPERIOR RUSSIAN FQRCE&" "— —i ■ AUSTRIANS ADMIT I KKTKEAI | VIOLENT BATTLE IN GALICIA. (press A&sociation Wa.r ben-ice.) (Press A&soctati on Waj Service.) PETROGRAD, Wednesday. The communique issued to-day says — On the left bank of the River Aa a Lettish detachment, having encountered an enemy detachment, attacked it with the bayonet. The Germans fled, leaving many killed ailci wounded, On the rest of the front as far as the Pripet region there were artillery duels and fusillades in places. 011 the front south of the Pripet and in Gaiicia there were enooiUiters. L\Tote.—The laconic nature of the official Russian communique is in suggestive contrast to the Austrian dispatch, which admits a re. tirement in face of superior Russian forces. The Russians have never either heralded com- ing moves or reported important successes beforoe the latter were complete.) AUSTRIAN ADMISSiON. AMSIERDAM. Wednesday. The ]olio ,ving official communique wm issued from Vienna to-da »- :— On Bessarabian front there were re- newed local hostile attacks, wh:ch failed with great to the Russians. ¡.:a.st of Purkanov our reconnoitring divi- sions retired on our chief division before superior Russian forces. AUSTRIANS VIOLENTLY ATTACKED. ROME, Wednesday. A Xur?h dispatch to the '■ Agenzia Xazionale" states that the Russian Bess-| arabian armies have definitely begun a new1 Galician offensive, and that the Avstrian: front is being violently attacked hy for- midable forces strongly supported hy heavy artillery. j I GREAT MASSES OF INFANTRY." 1''a '-t",o; r"'I Wednesday. It is officially announced in Vienna that. according to a telegram from Zurich, the Russians have begun all attack along the Bessarabian front, making extensive use of artillery and advancing with great masses of infantry. "PAINFUL SURPRISES."  HAS FOR WHAT RUSSIA HAS FOR: THE HUN. 'I:' (' "l' (Reuters War Special.) PA^ 'Dec. 29. P XR 1,S, ,?) e c Th8 .?Mra. .in contains some notes on M. Doumer's recent visit to Russia. He had a number of interviews both with the Tiar and with generals and Ministers. He was struck by the method and ten- acity with which Russia was reconstituting her army, whose confidence had not been impaired nor its courage diminished by 17 months of sanguinary war. Russia, he gays, is working strenuously in the unanimous desire to arive out the in-1 vader, and has some painful surprises in store for our enemies, who up to now have: net had a chance of suspecting her real I strength. TSAR IN BESSARABIA. K'?tK. iut-da.y, '-15 p.?. ?e?y?d). The VB. uch1 arest papers pubk:h imperial news concerning the Russian preparations in Bessarabia, where a Russia-n offensive is be- lieved to be imminent. The Tsar has arrived in Bessarabia to inspect the army.—("D<iily? iri Be,3sarabia to i nzpe,?t "he arniV.- (;?
-°'-=1 I THE BOILEAU MISSING,!
-°'-= THE BOILEAU MISSING, A VERY OLD SWANSEA TRADER. The steamer Boileau of La Rooheile Gerard, ma >'„or, which left Swansea for St. Nazaire on November 10th with coal, has not since been heard of. She was a regular Swansea trader 1 carried :2,;)00 tons deadweight and 22 crew j —all French.
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II -T2 3PELTERMEN WANTED. Swansea's Big Industry Hampered. Speltermen who can earn from £3 to £ 5 a week are wanted at Swansea; works are affected by about 25 per "ent. of their out- put by the lack of labour. Many Belgian re- fugees are being employed. Smelting companies meet in London on the 11th prox. to further consider the extension of the industry by meany of a. Gn\emmen.it bonus assistance scheme. The opinion of a leaning smelter at Swansea, consulted is not, favourable to a successful arrangement buing conte O. The varied sources of suppiies and the lack of labour are factors contributing iargely to this opinion. The idea at roor is the operation of an ex- tended scheme federating the Empire's re- sources and coming into effect after the war. Work Done ever Christmas Holidays. appeal by the Ministry of Munitions, with the exception of one work-i. worked over the whole of the Xm.vs holidays, thus increasing the output considerably. The men arc to be commended for their patriotic action.
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R T 1]" -p I L£ f- I SA?KANS. CJ:¡¡¡jæ I I  i1!\ 1t'!I I nmm isinia II  œ: ftt SBaTBMatM'?a i t ADVANCE THROUGH ALBANIA. I —— REPORTED AGREEMENT WITH RUMANIA. (Eeuler's Wa,r i PARIS, Wednesday. According to a telegram from Salonika a. ">v':ier who has an-Ív06d there from Svit: Quaranta says that detachments r>f th=i !j Italian Airniy which landed at VaLona are ajp-proaching the frontier of Epirus at car- tain points. ATHENS, Tuesday night (delayed). < Information from a good source goes to confirm the new;; that Italian troops to the j number of 28,000 have landed at Valona. According to information from the same source, the Serbian Army now concen- trated ;Lt Scutari and Edbasian numbers 75,000 men. Despite the difficult conditions under which their retreat wis carried out, the Serbians have succeeded in reforming their ra'i'ks a.nd takiiyr measuvw for the protec- tiori of their new bast's against the Austrian j and Bulgarian ad vance towards Elba,saI1. RUMANIA WITH US. WILL FIGHT, OR PASS RUSSIANS THROUGH. ROME, Dec. 29. A Zurich telegram, says the "Pester i Lloyd," commenting on the Rumanian mission of M. Schebets, the ex-Russian Arn- bassador at Vienna, states tlut the mission fully succeeded. Rumania will either side openly with the Entente "rid attack Bitigaria or, at least, will authorise the passage of Russian troops across Rumanian territory. Russia promises compensation for all damage done, Resides ample territorial i grajits. j
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6TH WELSH LOSSES. ONE KILLED AND SIX WOUNDED. I fLic:p,f c.asualt.y" listS Wednesday night's oiffcipl casualty lists I I.- i KILLED. 6th, Welsh, 1957 L. Davies. WOUNDED. 6t,h Welsh—Crabbe, 1809, A. I^oweoy, I 1902, L.-Cpl. C.; Morton, 2815, W. G.; Todd, 1674, K. Wiliianas, 1-336, J. Wyatt, 2455, Sergt. W. A captain in the loth Welsh has died from wounds. Lanes-Corporal's Serious Wounds. ii ri i, I i i g, of the 6th Wtlah, according to information received in Swansea by his father, lr. G-eo. Gunnmg, of the Seamen's and Firemen's Union, on Wednesday, is lying in the Lahore British General Hospital, Calais, seriously wounded by a gunshot in the head and one in the batik. Lance-Corporal Gunning is an adopted son, and his home is at-Walter-road. Ho is 25 years of age, and one of the first to j join the army in the present war.
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"NO HITCH." I HARBOUR TRUST POSITION: SATISFACTORY. Swansea- Harbour Trustee- met. on Thura- day morning to consider the flfanoial pooi- tion, and it was decided to accept tho coin- mittee's recommendation regarding the financial business. No hitch, it i, stated, ha.? occurred, and everything is considered satisfactory.
FOUR COLLIERS KILLED.
FOUR COLLIERS KILLED. FATAL "FALL" AT NEW TREDEGAR. Four men were killed on Thursday morning and another seriously injured by a heavy fail of roof at the East Elliot Colliery, New Tredegar. The accident occurred during repairing operations, the men being buried in tlia debris. In consequence of the fall the East and West Elliot pits, which are owned by the Powell Duffl-yn Co., are idle, and about 2,000 men are affected. The men were rcscued after three hours work.
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PROOF POSmVE. GERMAN POLICE WARNING TO RIOTERS. BERKE, Tuesday. The full text. of the recentily issued official j police notification to Berlin demonstrators, a? pnbhshcd by the Swiss ocjalist news- a -i p iib li?sh(:d 1)V t'I le, S_, W l?F;s 1n,-ws- WARNING. If any assembly of people openly gathers in the street? and attacks with violence any persons or tilings eax-it participant in such demonstration shall be punished for distiu'b- auce of the pe¡,c,? with imprisonment of dot less than three morths' dmation. I The riuglea'Uer 6f such demonstration who do iijiii-y to individuals or attack, plunder, or destroy property, will be sentenced to ten years' hard labour. Whoever by meant of firearms or dan- i geroos tcols is guilty of offering violence in districts or areas where martial law prevails to the armed fodep-s of the law shall be punished by death. In the latter ease the sentence of death, in th.e event of mkigat- ing circumstances, may be commuted to that or The German wjreicss has denied persis- tently that serious disturbances have occurred in Berlin. The notice' above, if authentic, seems suiffcient answer to the J claim.
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f* m i1J '1.' J I" ?? ?s????? ? ????d ? R' lq ,:i r.1U '&tt. *T1 'fODA.Y'S FATEFUL MEETING. COMPULSORY ATTESTA- TION PROBABLE. I No resignations from the Cabinet have yet been announced, and there was a grow- ing feeling that none may be offered. A meeting of the Cabinet was held on Thursday to discuss details of the method by which compulsion is to be apphed. The decision taken on Tuesday was con- fined to general principles. (a)' That compulsion must be applied forthwith to tingle men who have not at- tested. (b) That a Bill must be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after the a djournment—possibly next Wednesday— tor this purpose. Much depends on the way in which these principles are gi ven practical effect. Min- isters and members of Parliament who have been opposed to compulsion will be less in- j cliued to hostility if they are convinced that the methods for applying compulsion pro- vide adequate safeguards against personal injustice and for the reasonable requirements j of trade. Compulsory Attestation ? The Cabinet have two courses open to them. They may decide on compulsory direct enlistment 'or compulsory attestation along the lines of Lord Derby's group sys- tem for subsequent service in the Array ac- cording to age. For the reasons given the latter appears to be more likely. Now that, Lord Derby has created the machinery of local tribunals and an appeal tribunal for deciding claims for exemption the whole problem of the ap- plication of compulsion really becomes easy, and a simple solution will be to compel every single man who has not attested to do so, and to give the local tribunals power to grant exemptions or postponements of mili- tary service w here necessary. The Labour Minister. The position oi Mr. Henderson is one of special interest. He is in the Cabinet to represent the Labour party, and has done good work there. His continued presence in the Cabinet depends on the attitude which the Labour party adopt towards com- pulsion. A meeting of the party, was held on Thursday when no doubt Mr. Hender- son laid before them the very cogent rea- sons which the Prime Minister has already given to his colleagues why compulsion must be introduced.' Those represented at the meeting will be the Trades Union Congress, the General Federation of Trade Unions, the Labour party, and the members of the Parliamentary Labour party. It is called by the Joint Labour Recruiting Committee, who held an emergency meeting for the purpose on Wednesday. Mr. Henderson was present, but it was decided then in view of Thurs- day's full meeting to do or say nothing that would complicate the situation. "SERIOUS PENALTIES," ATTESTATION WITHIN GIVEN PERIOD. Tne Parliamentary corresixjiident of the "Daily Chronicle'' f&ys The Compulsory Military Sea-vice Bill is to be a csMiipamively short measure. It will call upon single men between the ages of 19 and 40 to attest in their age groups within a specifi;>d period of time. Thero will be serious penalties for non-compliajice. The persons conacribed will have the same privileges as the Derby re- cruits in regard to appeals and groLipiaig according to age. THE NI; N E P,, SAr, A I N. APPEAL FOR THE RIGHT TO SHIRK. STAUNCHLY UPHELD BY EXECUTIVE. The following ieicgram was sent by the Executive Council of the South Wales Miners' Federation sitting at Cardiff, on Thursday, to Mr. Arthur Henderson, M.P., and the Secretary of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain :— "That ibis Council, representing practi- cally the whole of the colliery workmen in the South Walew coalfield, strongly resents tho sinister efforts that are being put in opera- tion bv CERTAIN PARTY POLITICIANS and a section of the Pres, to impose upon the people of this country a system of com- pulsory military service, and desirs the officials of the Miners' Federa,tion of Great Britain to at once rail a national conference to again enter the protest of the miners of the country against any legislation that may be proposed for this purpose." THE ARMLET. I KING'S REQUEST TO LORD DERBY. -1 The Kin. through Lord Stamford ham, has sent the following letter to'the Earl of Derby Buckingham Palace, December 28, 1915. My Dear Derby,Now that the work in connection with the King's, appeal for recruits is over, his Majesty hopes that every iiian who is entitled to wear the Armlet will do so, as a proof to his fel- low-countrymen of his response to that call. Yours very truly, (Signed) STAMFORDHAM. Colonel the Earl of Derby, K.G. Director-General for Recruit- ing, War Office.
SURPLUS OF NEARLY £ 12,000.
SURPLUS OF NEARLY £ 12,000. SWANSEA SAYINGS BANK PROSPERS. The 88th annual report of the Swansoa. Savings Bank shows the assets of the bank aro ±1444,244 ajid the amounts due to de- positors £ 4,32,474. there being a surplus after paying every depositor in full of £11,770. Five hundred and twenty-nine new ac- t-Mints were opened during the year, making the total number now 11,518. The summary of business with depositors dming the vear shows only a decrease of J82,486, which, con- sidering the numi>ers who arc serving KiD" and country, is very satisfactory. SAFETY OF fciA^iiVGS BAKS. to the credit ct tne penny bajiks (jschools and clothing clubs) there is to tlfe credit £ 5,033. The re-port states "The up- heaval caused by the war has proved the absolute safety of savings banks. Their use- ) fulness to the Government is demonstrated by the fact tha.t the total amount deposited by tho banks is no less than £ 57,000,000. The benefit to t'he it«diivicuial depositor is j shown in that the deposits are absolutely safe, are subject to no fluctuations in value, I and are always at call." I
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'ro!ff1f1f)\  pig, -P? pilLp 1 a 1 go VALUE OF OUR NAVY. STIRRING SPEECH BY M ii. BALFOUR. Mr. A..T. Balfour (Fir&r. Lord of the Ad- nu-raity) present at the Empire Theatre, London, and w itnessed the presentation of Britain Prepared," do grand revue of the activities of the naval and military forces. Mr. Balfour, who was cordially received, delivered a s peeoh during the interval. He s-aci.d Yon have already seen the training of the armies which Great Britain and the Empire are in process of creating in sup- port of our Allies on tho Continent. You are about to 'see photographs of tho Fleet, I ought to say a portion of the Flee., on which, I think, the success of all the land operations ultimately depends. It is un- fortunately impossible even for the most modern forms of photographic art to repre- sent to us the great battles that have actually taken place. What would we not give for a permanent record of the great deeds done by our Army in Flaunders, or by such marvels of. heroism as the Axis- j trailans and New Zealanders have pec- formed at Anzac? (Applause). Unfortu- nately, that is impossible, and so far i,, Army is concerned, it is rath en* their train- img for war than their operation* in war that it possible to represent. The por- tion of the Grand Fleet which you are aibout to see is actually en-gaged in the great opera- tion of the war. On it, as you will see it ?ep).?e'itted to the ]ifr, depends the whole of tb" operations carried o?t by the Allies, from ?4?mhan 'gc.t III t?,c? far round to the Persian Gulf, because were the British F llc-t to remove, the Allied nations, which are now nan-dsd together against the tyranny of the Central j Powers, would have no means of miter-com- munication. They would be cut off from UV;J outer world, and they would be out off from each other. What the wonderful system of internal communication does for Germany and Aus- tria, that the navies of the Allies, and we may say, without undue self-laudation, jn the first instance the British Navy, does for the Entente Powers. I doubt whether, in our ordinary moments. -,ve can see the magnitude of the task which is thrown on the British JN'avy, and which, so far, the British Navy has so triumphantly accom- plished. (Cheers.) The Grand Fleet, which, as a Grand Fleet, has nevea1 vet had an opportunity of being in action, neverthe- less, has from hoar to hour, and from day to day, through all the months of this wtu, been the foundation on which everything eilsa has rested. But for the Grand Fleet, you could not have driven the enemy's commerce from the seas; you could not now be Strangling her economic position; j you could not now be transferring your troops freel y, backwards and forwards from I Great Britain to France, from Canada to B11ibin, from Aus?rahn to Egypt. You om?d not 1WW be carrying on military operations, thousands of irnH?j :fmm cm' shores absolutely secure from any species of attack by any other than ,ub j marines. That you owe to the Grand Fleet, and it is not all that you owe. You owe, to I it that during tbis un ex am pled moment in the history <?t the war we om freely impon what we require froM abroad, we can free'y export wh?.t we produce at home. Our economic etability, no less than our m'ü- tary operations, depends upon the Briti-h Fleet, as the rest of the fleet, depen ds for its Very existence, its power, its utility, on tne Grand j?>eet.. Mark it well, and silent though it may be, nc-t engaged 1Tl !ict oii,a.gect .Tt actions of romantic heroism, such as those that have been performed bv our .siibmai inos in the Sea theless it k at this moment perforau.ng not for Britain al.fi>>' nor yet fcr Britain s f,)x firifa,1 -i a l -,Iii, TIOI' Y-et f,,i- Bi-"ta!ri ,i Allies aloue, but for the whole world, the greatest and the most Important part in the drama now being p out for the freedom of the world. (Cheers.) Our imagination bo somewhat f-li'g- ws may not easily feel how much Y.o j owe to our sailors at this moment, we may find it difficult to realise the lives they lestd and the work they do. I am convinced that the certain representations you are about to see, which I have done my individual best tt.) further, wil] do rnuch in this and other coun- tries to put the great "iic;rat;¡Æ50f war now going on m Their trua perspective. And in that tme perspectiv 0 the moist im- portant place undoubtedly is occupied and 9ught to be occupied hJ; t.he British Fleet. For us, who have always looked to that-fleet from our youth upwards as the protection of our liberties, these lessons may he easily learned, although I think they fiave not all been learned, rv-en by the citizens of this Empire. But the world has yet to know how- much it owes to the British Fleet, and the assured victory which is coming to 118 in the future is coming at least as much as a gift of the British Navy as it is of the splendid -valour of tho Allied troops.
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RESCUING BOY DERELICT. I PITIFUL CASE AT SWANSEA. MOTHER pEAD: FATHER IN WORKHOUSE. At Swansea Special Juvenile Court on Thursday a boy, ag'ed 14, was summoned on remand for [hanging en to a tr, i-icar on October 15 Sergt. Balsden unfolded the story to the court of how the boy siinililclied, with others, for the offence, but failed to turn up. Later he Was found at a, local works in a tRrnubIe state, ?? his clobhes bein? in ra?s aud only an old overcoat covering the be?t pairt of him. He was brought to the police r,t&tion, whars he was wa,shed and dressed in some football clothes belonging to one of the officers, his own clothes having to be burnt. Th^ Vicar of Swansea had taken the case up, with t-li-e assistaliee of others, and Dr. Barnardo's Homos had now decided to take the lad- The mother of the boy had died, and his father- at tna,t time was serving a term of imprisonment., and was now in the workhouse. The Caaarnian (Mr. Wm. Thomas) told de- fendant he was a very lucky boy, and he hoped he would turn out to be a good lad in t.he future. The boy will be kept at the Homes until he is 16 years of age.
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ABERAVON WORKMEN'S INSTITUTE 8SC5C CLUB. On Wednesday izght there was a good at-tendauoe at the annual meeting of thJJ members of the sick and benefit club attached to the Aberavon Workingmen's Club and Institute. Mr. D. R. Davies pre- sided, and w\.¡:; supported by the secretary and treasurer (Mr. John Wellington and Mr. John Hanb-iry). They were, said the Chairman, in t-lie. happy position of being able to pay a dividend of 13s. 3d. to each member of thl) club. (Applause.) Con- sidering that, the subscript ion was only 6d. per week, il,nd that members drew under sickness and accident 10. per week for 12 weeks, 6s. per week for 12 weeks, and 33. per week for the rest of the cllub's year, the fact that oaoh member was able to draw at the end the sum of 13s. 3d. was highly satisfactory. (Applause.) The report and balance-sheet w-ere adopted unanimously, and the Chairman heartily thanked.
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CAUCHT A MINE AND A TARTAR. TiLCDutch steam trawler Erin foundered at a, ts result of the explosion of a mi.ua caught in the net? when taking' them in. Three men wore killed. Three of the eight men bonded rt aidon are wounded, states Lloyd's Amsterdam oorrespondent.
LIFEBOAT AND SHIPWRECK. I…
LIFEBOAT AND SHIP- WRECK. WAS THERE ANY DEFAULT? VIEWS OF MUMBLES NATIVES,. Prompt Action by Coxswain- Captain Tyrrell s ^fetter in the "Daily Post" on Wednesday evening asking why the Mumbles lifeboat was not sent out earlier to sa.ve the men on tho schooner Elizabeth Jane, has created considerable interest. Mr. F. Ie Boulanger, secretary of the life- boat, declines to make any official statement a.t present. We gather, however, aa the re- suit of enquiries (1) That the schooner did not hoist a dis- tress g, but that she sent up a '!a, t, at 6 p.m. for the first time (2) That the lifeboat immediately responded but failed to get to her in time. (3) That the greater violence of the storm was then The schooner, we aro inJormoo, had been under supervision from the shore for two days previously she was then ^omfortablv at anchor, and though advised by the pilot boat to shelter in Swansea- s he evidently thought she was safe, it is pointed out that until signals are sent up from a ship a liteboat doeo: not go to her unlr-ss it is plainly evident she is in danger. There is no obli- gation on a ship's part to a Jifcboat: a vessel is not called upon to pay anything for a life- boat's service m any or form. Chat with Mummies Men. The coxswain (Mr. Wm. Davies) and other members of the Mumbles lifeboat crew were away dredging when a Daily Po,t rc- porter visited Mumbles on Thursday but our representative had a chat with Mr. John Libby, the winchman, .and Mr. Wm. Burb, the well-known Mumbles oyster dredger- owner, who cleared up all doubts in the matter. Mr, BUjt did not pee the lifeboat I go out, bn. both he and Mr. Libby had been looking at the schooner for the three or four days she v;as ridicg at anchor in the road". She was 111 a, very comfortable posi- tion. with good holding ground for the anchors, and the masts of the sunken vessel, which were just showing above the water, were pointed out to the pressman. "I had been watching her keenly all day," said Mr. Libby, coming to Monday last, the day of the disaster. From his blacksmith's shop, which is located just at the side of the Mumbles Clubhouse, the could easily be seen. "And she was then riding at anchor and not dragging a bit. The cox- swain and other members of the crew of the lifeboat were also watching her. Suddenly there v;as a flare iii), and the coxswain, Without waiting for orders from any el the of;icaly. immediately sent up the rockets to call the crew together. That would be about she o'clock, as far as I could say, but- 1 didn't take much notice of the Aimc. It was dark. Within half-an- hour—no longer--tie lifeboat was manned and got out, but nothing could then be seen of the schooner. I under;and the lifeboat met the pilot cutter, who told them that she had Rllik. It is my opinion that she sank almost immediately after the flambeau Wl1 shown. The distress signal was only seen for half a. minute and then disnppeare.d alto- gether, and the probability is that a sudden strain on tho anchor caused the box of the vessel to 1)urt, and she went rgbi down. Mr. Burt held the same view, or thought that else another boat cut into the schooner at the time. The fact that she now lies at the same spot at which phe was riding at anchor, they think, confirm, th-nr theory. "The Hfeboat c'on)r! not h?vc been got out any quicker? coLL]d -i,, t I:t??ve I)eoui g,)u )tit No Danger Signals,"  one- wiiatever, was tne reply of >1 r. Bibby. The <?aptam of/the schooner waf. the best to realise fil danger, and it was for him to nave signalled in the daytime if there was a.ny danger, but, as I say, the schooner did not drag at ah. If signal had been shown, however, the lifeboat would have been readiiy alongside as the (?, as ) in coxswain and crew were about all day. Had the 'vessel been (itaggilll, the lifeboat would have put out without, waiting for any orders from the officials of the Lifeboat Institution. Some think that when a vessel is in the roadstead and a, heavy gale is blowing, the lifeboat should be out, but the question of the assistance of the lifeboat rests with the captain, unless, as I say, the vessel is seen to be dragging her anchors and in some danger of being wrecked. In that case the coxswain waits for no orders, but 'immedi- ately launches the lifeboat." Both Mr. Libby and Mr. Burt emphasised that the Efebo crew were in no I'?ay whatever to bhmf; for OW "o&a of the schooner and all ha,nds, and asked how it •■v £ ,s that nobody seemed to know the cor- red name of the craft, although the Eliza- beth Jane had been lying in the Hoads for threio days, they said that so many vessels put in at Mumbles that very few people ever bothered to look for their names. in the Track of Steamers. The sunken schooner now lies in the track of steamers proceeding in and out of the Roads, and us consequentdy some danger to shipping.
i "WE" ARE RIGHT.
i "WE" ARE RIGHT. BRITAIN'S CAUSE FOR THANKFULNESS. THREE DIRE PERILS jESOAPED. Enemy and Allies alike have, indeed, c-auae to envy us (aays Truth.) If we turn from what is to what might have beern, what cause for thankfulness have we! We might have been-a,ocording to some of those prophets who set up to instruct uf-marked out for the German attaokinstead of France and Itussia, in which ease we might, according to the same authorities, have seen our country overrun like Belgium. Even if We dismiss these figments of the imagination, we can see bad enough things that not only might have hapened, but very nearly did happen. I We might have stood out of the war alto- gether, while France and Russia went down, and have found ourselves by this time with- out a friend in Europe, face to face with an enemy bent on our destruction, and wielding a power such as no nation has ever held in the modern world. Having luckily escaped that, danger, we might have seen—and ao we very nearly did --the German plan of campaign againRt. France and Russia ^ucv-e.ssful; our own gal- lant little armr lost, in the wreck; our Allies reduced to making- the best terms they could get; ourselves left either to follow their example or to continue the war smg-Ie- handed, without a chance of makiug t.le slightest headway on land, and with the enemy in command of the coast from Ant- werp to Havre. Only a degree less disastrous would have been the consequences if the last effort, of the cusmy to break our line in Flanders had let the invaders again into Northern France. Three times ovez, we have escaped dangers which we may well tremble to think of, Not- only have we escaped them, but we are past all reasonable fear of their recurring, be- cause we have by this time transformed our- selves into a considerable military power. while the -enemy lias been slowly bleeding to death. Burely in all this we may find some rnij,?e for satisfaction and thankfulness.
RUSH FOR TICKETS,
RUSH FOR TICKETS, WAR PRISONERS' EOXIliC TOURNAMENT. LIKELY TO BE PRONOUNCED SUCCESS. Thursday morning's pasta brought a wg number of applications for reserved seats to tiie Commercial Manager of the "Daily PoFt" for seats for tho gigantic "Daily Post War Prisoners' Boxing Tournament at, tho Swansea Empire on Saturday week, be- ides m a 11 y personal appiK;atims. There is already every indication that there will be as great. rush for tickets as there was ioil the last "Daily Pest" event. The public recognise- tha.t; every men. on the bill is a champion kaid thai our pro- gramme* is even bett-er than ruany at tha -National ttportuis Club. 'HZNT'i'L PERMISSION FROM C.O. Permission has definitely been received from all the commandiucr ofucers ot the khaki boxers for them to appear, including Basixam and Ssrgt. Jim Dristxll, whilst Jimmy Wilde x manager has sent to say that jinirny is ea.gerly looking forward to thd contest with Pte. "Billy" Rowlands, who, by tho way, is in strict training for the big- gest contest Dl his career. Alf L-'in^ri'-I!. Ystelyfera* has written to say that flier-; ill be no difficulty about him making 9,,1. 2lbs. on the day of his contest with Bat McCai thy, aaid the pair should put up a great display. Patrons w ho desire to secure the best seats should reserve their seats at once at the "Daily Post" office, which can be done, with- out eoct-ra charge. Prices of admission range tvoin in. to 7> 6d.
q EVERYTHING O.K."
q EVERYTHING O.K." SWANSEA CYCLIST. JOURNAMSTS IN FRANCE. HOW THE WELSH BOYS SPENT CHRISTMAS. W riting to a. friend on tha literary staff of the "Daily Post," (of which he was a most promising member ) Pte. Clifford B. Jones, of the 731?h Cvcl?, Co., attached to tho Wt?? Division, "Somewhere in France," writes :— Just a few h-nes. written hastily amid &LU? vi i 'iich are not conducive to tha successful production of anything approach- ing literary brilliance—m other Vords, written in a French barn., -,vhich, the noses of the members of the Cyctiat Com- pany have already discovered, bav? for their chief rccommtadation a most vanea a s^ort-. ment of fcirt'ul odour*. I am very pleaded to say that evervthnig is, O. K., and those members of OUT Company who hail from Abertawe I can. safely say. spent, de-spite the absence of the dear old Aoertav/e drizzle and slush (for which we have found a very reliable substitute in French mud) an extremely enjoyable lule- tide. say how the Swansea Battalion red over the merry season (for it sfciil re- mains n ni'.rry season even out here) in I think they were in the firing-line, but I suppose they also managed to celebrate tho occasion as bo-fits 'owansea boys. It r em- vt rue that the Welsh Division have ,-ettied down in France like, to quota the old expression, "a duck kikes to ,yat.er," and, in fact. cn-" c.m hardly realise at times that he is in a foreign oountry, within sound of the gams that mark the progress of a great, war. It. is nothing nowaday* to find in a tiny French village, a little estarabel crowded by m, Happy party of Welshmen Htn?i'n? the songs of l. b ti;t?t?\'?ja'? d while }:7¡:¡, 1.0 a)l hia i¡) ir:' .;f'rl î!. to express one's apureumt: of an v- tiing out hpt" one mn^ *ay "Plenty boa," tmd tiie standard form oi uddi-e?; when pretty Frijnwiv servant. "¡'o,.4-r. a-n^e is "MadamoUeHe vju }ir..»m.9nadc, e.1. A personage I rail across recently whilst d'ing a patrol along a rrencb. road, was Cap?, (tho Rev,) ARran w h om J foun d ''outcnip i nt ng wi; J ,-i'^n t -»/ ] some cro. /ovxis. The rev. gentleman has become /mite a, figure out her. and I honestly Relieve h kuowa every S-van^ea bov in the very jnu-e b im h -? ie,; r? f .Div )", "¡Ij,, d tl¡ "Pu-t" you y-end out. I iweme quiu i'u rhort time i!rv,in g in P"-v :I',(: 1 ,o):J;3r:;1.\ h?'h gr,7; 1, until it. ij almost in ;v.) you can g*u: v.i.?u.mpf?tioMth;r"?.)'r?.g!jMp,? 0 it Aiso we gvnera-liv m.nago find time fet a "Bugger" out. here., with th* "Post" football. Tlir game bctwte the Swansea ruemb^iTi of env company an- the London Welsh Io r-a-, Swansea was victorious, very much Give my kindest regards to the mctuber? r, the staff, and accept the wishes of my-selt and \\illio W illiams (euother member of tboJ "Post" staff) for a Happy and Prospexoua New Year.
NEW ROUTE FOR RUSSIA.
NEW ROUTE FOR RUSSIA. lCE-FR= r POI-iT COgMEJ.tCES OPERATIONS. CO i' j:? :l-\( rt! r ?(la.\ A new route for steamers );:1T Ir¡J1. estah- litihed betwo?o Tromso an xanflrov^k, in "nasia. Tho Norwegian .tearopr Kojjs" Helge has made the yoyage under very favourable renditions. Her cargo was made up of American and English, maebiner-y for Sur-isia. This new route witt be 01 great importane« for Eussia, for, by that way, it w:ll be no si. Bible to import l"om England dnrir.? thtl whole year. Aiexandrovsk, in the Government of angel, is on the 69th parallel of latitude, bilia has an ioe-freo harbour (Katharina). It 14 o? recent establishment, iuvving only about twenty year, growth.
I FIRST SWANSEA NIAN TO FALL.
I FIRST SWANSEA NIAN TO FALL. j pte. Condon, ot the Roval Irish Kegi.iuent, ot 0, Arthatx street Rrvnbyfryd, who appears to htV4 been killed at Mwis ou August 23, 1914, but was reported missing at the time. fh4 Aitd v Council no w pre-sumo ho was Iriliedj, as nothing has since h\3n heard of hitn. i
I I BANKS AND THE PUBLIC.
I BANKS AND THE PUBLIC. The Government have arranged thai- all flunks shall be closed to t-ho public ,/a Saturday next, the lsr..lannary, and i adthough all tin- Banks have duly advertised this fa,t "Ti their windows and on theiff counters, the general public .apparently haves not realisod it. t'eriuroo this intimation w: Ftidue^ <E3- [ apnointmeuts to a minimum-
UNS..! THE HUNS UTTLE 'Uf?sJ
 UNS. THE HUNS UTTLE 'Uf?sJ AMERICAN GOVERNMENT'S SOLICITUDE. (Press Association War Special.) I NEW YORK, YVeunesday. Mr. Lansing has instructed Dr. Page and Mr. YV7. Graves Sharp to ascertain from the British and French Governments whether it is permissible to ship milk to Europe for the benefit of the Teutonic ba.bies, who, accord- ing to the German piopagaudists, are starv- ing. (Note.—Belgian, Polish and Ssrbian br.bies ha.ve ?tcma?hs a.bo. Perhaps the Amenca<n Government will remember that.) (4overDMent w,