South Wales Weekly Post

FLUNG HIMSELF ON GRENADE THREE MORE V.G.'S AWARDED. LIEUTENANT'S MAGNIFICENT HEROISM. bnclay Bight's "London Gazette'' oen- feiiied tiie following1 armonTioenient: War Office, London, 3rd March.. ffi3 Majesty the King has --rackn-is;lv fleased to awajd the ictoria ("rfss to tIle, Undermentioned officers and ineii. Second-Lieut. ALFRED VICTOR SMITH. Battalion the Eas-t Lancashire Regi- ment (Territorial force), for most conspicu- ous bravery. He was in the act of throwing a grenade when it flipped from his band and fell to the bottom of the trench., close to several rJl- orficers and men. lie immediately shouted out a warning and himself jumped clear and into safety, but swing tjia-t the officer and men were unable to get into cover, and knowing well that the grenade was due to explode, he returned without eny hesitation and flung himself down on it. He was instantly killed by the explo- sion- His magnificent act of seli-sacrmoe undoubtedly saved many lives. Galloped eff with Officer, h- ryoo t r:\a.tb Mtoemg-Mnnn t tLAKUluS BULL, 21st. Lancers, for most conspicuous bravery. When under close fixe of the enemy, who were within a few yards, he resetted Cap- tain G. E. D. Learoyd, whoso horse had been shot, by taking him up behind him and galloping into safety. Shoeing-Smith Hull acred entirely on his own initiative, and .raved hip. officer's life at immsweno risk cf his own. Dug Thlee Men Out. 10310 Private KARRY CKRISn.AN, 2nd Bat-t?ion Royal y?n.c<?ter ReG:ment, for piost conspicuous bravery. He wa? holding r„ crater with five or six men in front, ot our fcrencnes. The enrny commenced a, heavy bombardment for 1,he position with, heavy mineawerfer bombs, forcing a temporary withdrawal. When he found t-hat three men were miss- ing, Pr-ivate Christian at once returned alone to crater a-Tid. although bomiba were'continually actually on the edge of the. crater, hp found, dug out. and carried t.* y one into safety the three men, their Jives, He placed himself where, he could j see the frombs coming, and directed his comrades when and where to seek cover, ———■ ■ J*

\AlELSH MtN E DEAL. WELSH MINE DEAL. j NEW CHAIRMANSHIP FOR LORD RHONDDA. PROSPERITY OF THE CELTIC! COLLIERIES (LIMITED.) Mr. A. Mitchelsou, of the firm oi A. /Mitcheison and Co.. Cardiff, has concluded an important arrangement by which he ,se- I cu-res on behalf of a stiong and influential local group i-iie bulk of the shares in the Celtic Collieries (Limited). The intention is thai the present board (II directors will retire, and the control of tho collieries will be taken over by a board con- •istiug ci Lord Rkjudda (chairman), Messrs. H. S. Bejry, J. P. Cadoga-i, C. P. Haiiey. and E Phsscn, all of whom are very well known and suucesaful business men. | The sale of the coa-i "rill be in the lianas of Messrs. Lysr-erg (Limited), who are also agents for the Glamorgan Coal Company, ih« Pitwood Syndicate, which secures pit-wood i ■for the AdnairaJty collieries, the Ghargeurs Francais, and a number of other companies, j The Celtic Collieries (Limited), formerly j known as Elder's Collieries (Limited), work the Garth and Ma?tt'g Pka at Llangy?-?'??., near Maestcg. which have an output of a bout 250,000 tr s annually oi L'am. rns-nu- factoring and house. ooa-Js. The company was incorporated sixteen years ago, but until 1910 met with little success. The present board, consisting of Sir Owen Pbilipps, K.C.M.G., M.P., Messrs. Charles E. Ev;:ns, Philip Foore, David Jones, 3Jrl O. Harrison Williams, however, re-organised the work- ing of the pits, and Have since paid regu- lar dividends, rising front ?, per o*nfc. for each of thl" years 191?- and 1913. 4 per c-nt. for 15]4, to 10 per cent. for 1.915, the profits advancing from :f2,263 in 1911 to ;81J9f, to in 1915, £ 1.7,447 in 1914, f:.nd in 1915. In addition to providing for a dividend of per cent, for 1915. the direct.o"? bfive transferred £9J)CO to excels profits tax account and £ 5,232 to other ac- counts, earrying forward £ 1.2?3. The share capital is £230000, and there are debentures for The assets stand at, the collieries, coke ovens, washeries, screening plant, free- holds and leaseholds 5242.S00, 902 freehold wagons £ 27,000, and other items. The shares, which are £ 1 each, stood at lf>s. until recently, and were on Friday deal; in P. Jos. and 18s. 3d. The directorships Md by Lord Rhondda I Bow number nearly forty.

AND iT ALL BEGAN AGAIN. "THE CIRCLE OF THE WORLD AND LIFE." I Principal David salmon, of Swansea., writes In the literary supplement, of the "Times": "The Myvyrian Arobaiology of Wales "j (ed. 1870, p. 777) tlie following1 to C%twg Ddoeth o Lancarvau ao cw a. elwir Oatwg Sant" (Oadoo the Wise of Xilancarvan, also rAlled Baint Oad-y) OYLOH BYD A RYWYD. Tlodi a bair ymgais, I Ymgala a bair flwyddiani* Llwyddiajjt a. bair cyvoetii, I CVoeth a bair belobder. Bal-c-hder a bair cynhen. Oynhen a bair rhyvel, Rbyval a bair tlodi, I Tlodl a bair heddweh, Heddwoih tlodi a bair yingais, I 173mgais a, dreigla yr un oyloh bc 0'1' I bJaen; wtrtolh, being Interpreted, is:- THE CLBCiLE OF THE WORLD AND LIFE. I Poverty becete effort, tiffort begets success. Success begets wealth, W«aJth begets i»ride. Pride begets strife, Strife besets war. War begets poverty. Poverty begets peaoe. Peace (born of) poverty begets effort. Effort revolves in the same circle aa before. IS the Book of Wisdor so popular in Medieval Wales was really written by Saint Otdoo the descriiJtion of the circle fr(\m Poverty to poverty waa made. as long ago as the sixth century. The American saving is to the point TTiere s only three genera-tnons between shiri-eteeves and shirt-sleeve."

MANSLAUGHTER CHiKGE DlSjlSSED LABOURER WYiH BAD kECORD. I "— At. Gard-iff Assizer on Fnday, John Joseph. j Jones (?f)).lahourM',wa? inaicted for the j xr-anslaughter of James Tearr.ey, &t Bwanæa. j Mr. 3 £ arlay S-i-mson (inst, i..ted by Mr. Law- I rence Hich-?rds) was for i"??6c'uu5H, and Mr. Grilnth Jones (instiraoted frcia the dock) defended. I Mr. Bamson said Teemey had beer living for son- tiaie in a common lodging-house in the Strand, Swansea. Defendant was also residing there. On Saturday night, Novein- ber 20tii, a women, Emily Harris, a/'oord^nt to her evidence, r:uarrelled with Tearney, who ultimately struck her. Subsequent! ishe returned with Jones, and ac ^rdin^- the pvidence of some of the lodgers Jo"es strnok Tearney violently while he was sitting down. Tearney oied on the Wednæday. Dr. Trevor Evans wouLd. that death was duo to acute bronchitis, causing heart failure, and that d?ath, in his opinion, was aoceler- a by "njurie3 he received Oil the Satur- day night. Dr. Evans, oroes-examined, said it was ouits I possible deceased might have died on the Wednesday without any of these injuries. The jury returned, a verdict ol' Not I guilty," and defendant was discha rged. A Bad Rfcswti, ¡ WiUia-m John Hillier vSJ), labourer, pleaded guilfcj' to stcaling £ 2 15s., a suit of clothes, a -?, a. suit Of O'Lothes, a pair of dungaree, trousers, and a, pair of boots; valued the property of John Wal- Raywo.i-d. of Llanaiio-Talybont, on August, 31st; stealing in November a bicycle, inoior-hcrn and a, sn" s/nner. valued £2, t.hÐ property of Thoaas Herbert, Flit- croft, Oockett; to bursla-nously breaking into the house of Ivor Evans and stealing cloth- ing- cf the value of L~ a,t. Svsr-r.nscv-. in jTovezn-1 ber: and t-uLglariousl; breaking into the house of Gert j'ude Kees and stealing1 articles of the vaJue of £ s 16s. 6d- in Xoveznber. Beatrice ,V1:a:v Jones (19), domestic servant, I j wa; receiving a goid bangle, of the value of £ 1 IDs., the property of Ger- trade P-eas, knowing it to haxe been stolen, I j and receiving a muff and stole, navy blue j skirt, two oca-rves, and two pairs of gloves, valued £ 4, the property of Ivor Evans, know- ing Ù1em to ha ve b?eD stolen. Hilhpr, in pleading guilty to the ch?r?es | j against him, said he did not think tco girl knew anything t.hom the stc?l?n thm? &nd the plpaded not gu:lt; Mr. Mar lay ,an3s,? (instructed b r Mr. L?wr?ncp Rc.hardi1. for the o:own oSarM no fvidp?c? against .vo???. who was ac- cordingly found not "ilt.*?r a?d discharged. HilLer was ?i7p? a bad r&?ord, and it was :?'sted there were 12 other rht,.rge-, onW-and-1 in.g against him. He &sked for thee:, to be1 taken into cvonsideratioa. He vra-s iectolk'^d '0 calendar months'; impri»ov:m«<:i?, AHiartaa's Swansea Theft. George )Ir n,n v>J;. n-, c -i Jr, ,I s?uty to b-f?Hing and entering the ooua.tin«-house of Ihe O.W.R. Co., and c?c?ling a razor, razor ptrop, and a tin of ghavin soap, valued ICs., t?& pro.pe?y of 'M?. B&?km Dav1e&, a^'Swan-1 6e&M was stated that defendant waBaZ] American, ¡"'l;d his Jordt 'tip sentenced him to four calendar months' hard labour, and inti- j mated that, lie would recommend him for deportation. •MAfssir I,- Sentenced. Aibe-t James iiurhes 'juj, laboiuer, ad- rnit.te^ breaking and eater;-? W. II. Smith i ani {-- :u.8 at M-ariam, stealmg a cheque for £70 2.s, and hreakfn? into the R. a,!it1 S.B. Railway bookirg oif-cc at'Aberavon, and was serrer.oed to nilh alenda,r months' hard labour. j

DEOO?Tpn ?Y. THE I KING. I LLANELLY OFFICERS. i MIL?rA?Y CROSS. At, Satairdoy s invettitnr?. at Buciingham Palace, the Eing decilnte-d one of the Welsh heroes of Suvla Bay, Cautein Cecil Phillips, the yinung Llaneilv solicitor, and tha son of the post master of that town. He is believed to be the first Welsh Territorial oificer to win the Military Cross Young Mr. Phillips—Lirutenant Phillips as he was when war broke cut, served with Capi. PhiH'os, the 4th Velsli, which was belscted to form a. f t?aj-t of the 53rd Division for the great oSe-udvc 'in ti Dardanelles. Lieutenant Phillins WEml, through a very arduous time without. a scratcu. and at one period was in charge ? H whoic battalion a,]] the other oCficcr? having been rendered hors de combat.. I At the risk of h? life he ?eft. the <,r??ches to .? ''e a. wounded cfEMT, &nd m sp?tc of a murderous hre from t??? Turk?h Lle¿ brought him into safety. A few days after this act of bra-very a letter wag received from Captain Hubert John stating the whole regiment was ringing v,r th praises of his (Lieutenant. Phillips) I gallantry. j

TOOK THE SIRD FOR THE EGG. t E G G. SEVEN SISTERS DEFENDANT'S QUAINT EXCUSE. The theft of a prize hantm hen by David John Davies, of beven Sisters, was the sub- ject of investigation at the Neath County Police Court on Friday- David Price t-old the court tIhat. a poultry show was held at the Workmen's Institute, Seven Sisters, on February 4th, Defendant was one of the committee, of whioh witness J was the chairman. After the show the hen, valued at ?3, was missed, and eventually a j visit was paid to the d?fendsm's h)lJ. !b result wee thjt the Mrd w?s found dead on the Crynant road. Mr. Edward rowell elicited that defendant had paid £ 2 to tJio owner of the bird, Mr. Barrett, of Burtor-. Defendau' pleaded guilty ;-aid he sorry he took the hen. Mr. Powell stated tha.t defEndant. had taken the hen honso with the object of a.b- laining from her an egg for bre?Hng pur- poses. II.. had not intended to steal tne bird. Defendant was h.ind over j, the sum of F,5 and or "rod tr. pay th OOST,

i STORES ON THE 140INEr OF I DA NGE POUS '??TiME" OF SEE WE U LIDS. j SKEWEN LADS" At Neath on Fridix, a serious Cn.ai'B --3 preferred, a.gainst three young boy?. Harold Roberts, L-epnard Hoberts and William T. Itiohards, All of Skc-wen. It was alleged that they rlar.1i stones on the- railway line at Skewen t,:) obf-traot. the 1 train. Mr. Rupert Lewis, who prosecrted, 1" that the boys had pl».c«d stones on a curve passed over by -xp'-c'? tra?Ti?. Sn? n-ts? ('mst?'tnt? a rf'; danger. Inspector niP touvri q' :intiHfs of crushed F?-nps or ?hp up and down iiuca. To him I the Ivys a.mitted the offroef. 1 Finea of ÓS. were inipoeed in each case.

GAMES ON SWANSEA GROUNDS. ONE BOY SCORES FOUR TIMES, I I In ideal footbaU weather tnroe Ococer irvatcheii were plaved at Victoria Park, Swansea, on Saturday morning under the auspices of the Swansea Schools' League. The ground was, however, in a wretched state owing to the thaw t.hat uad set n. I [iF'.YPOMILL V. WAUNWEN. Referee—jot. J. D. ilocer^s pt. tielen's). Brynmill coxnmeJiced operations spirited Ly but te defence of tne Waunwer. backs proved too stubborn. Ta?tfuJ pla.y on the j part of the Waunwen lads put Day in pos- session, and after a splendid individual effort j he scored a srleiidid goal. The West End lads seemed to lose all confidence, and bu i, for Lutler and Wayne would have suffered a heavy defeat Brilliant play by enabled -U-- to increase the semo with aD exceptional ,ot.. After desperate endeav- ours to check their opponents' rjsb?s, Brynmill pluckily stopped the fircuq shots rained upon their goalie. A splendid ixiccuvre by Waunwan was foiled in the nick of time by Butier. The second half opened favourably for Waiinwen, Lloyd, Phillips and Williams .;iving a pretty ex- hibition m spite of t.he slippery nature the ground. After a furious attack on the the &core was further 11), creased by Lloyd. A penalty goal against Brynmill wae badly taken, and Wayne, Dr- :4 h a-i ot)-e? vine and Williams, with an open fied. I broke away but were cleverly pulled up by Edwards. Waunwen fullv deserved therr three goal ■victory, outclassing Brynmill m every department of the game. FINAL "CORE: eoalfv T, I i,. FRYNHYFYRD v. DYFATTY. Referee, Mr. A. Bow en (Brynmill). j Dyfatty opened ^dgorougly. Hughes lead- j ing the va.n and scoring in the first two minutes. Constant pressure by Dyfatty put, Lewis to a. Severe test, who, however, war, fmAlIy beat@. Brynhyfryd now woke up, John Lewis and Br?i, 2..v livening up mas- tem. Several corners ?ga?pst BTynhyiryd ? were raocessfuHy cleared by Lewis and Bran- dish, but Hughes, receiving at an opportune i moment., further in-creised tihe lead with ali stinging shot, aJo scoring later- On re- suming, Dyfatty were kept on the d&fenc? through dashing play by Bradley, Williams, j and J. Lewis. An excellent breakaway by Haghes again looked dangerous, when Lewis, rcbbir.g "m of the ball, got going and hv a, magnificent effort decreased the lead. Fur- ther attempts by Brynhyfryd foiled by offside play. Corneis f il thick find fast to Dyfatty, and ultimately Hughes, the hero of his sidi. scor&d 1 is fourth, qroal. FINAL SCORE: 11 DYFATTY—4 goals. BRYNHYFRYD—1 goal. SKETTY v. MAN-QELTON. Referee-, Air. Morley (St. Joseph's). The op.°red seoisfliorally, Thomas 1 scoring far Marreiton in k", thai a, minute after the 111-ick-off. Strenuous play f(. Sketty struggling hard to make amends for toeir laxity. Lockett skilfully checked Thomas and Clenicr.t, and, putting his fos* in motion, the lat;-jr Mmost succeed- j Oli, when Oldfield came to the rescue. The village lads put pl-enty ox spirit into their play and forced several corners, but the de- fence „f Manselton proved too stubborn. An excellent shot by Jones for Sketty was maoniilcenitly held .by Oldiield, Erven play continued to the iiitervaL Ske,t,ty played, lXprÜiillgly good football in the second half, W'aters missing th post by incihes. A c'lever dash by Manselton was nullified by Douglas Jones, and Sketty again becoming aggressive, brought out trick, who saved time after time in great style. After a hard- fought tussle Manseli-cai went cff victors, bavins the luck on their side. FINAL SOCiriJi: MANSELTON— I goal. SKETTY—-Nil. THE HANDLING CODE, i NATIONAL JUST DEFEAT I DANYGRAIG. I Fine weather favoured play at t.he Recrea- tion Ground on Saturday morning, and save for a. too itiff breese the conditions were ideal. TL.er-e v.as enly cne game, which had not excited much interest, but it was keenly cont-este'i. DANYCRAIC v. NATIONAL. Playing wiith the wind. Danygraig fu-gt became aggressive, but could not pierce the National defence. Gradnaiiy, however, they forced their v,-ay to the laiter's line, only to be repulsed by the National forwards. The scrummaging was poorly done, and Brutou (Danygraig) lost a nice opportunity of mak- irg an opening. National now took a turn at attacking, and narrowly missed a score. Darygnaig merely mr^sed Ivor TXaries, and were prone to be selfoh. More of the g- "qe now went to National, and Fred Beer put tin a nice screw kick There was a. notable lack of combination amongst. t-I:e Eastsiders, who now confined theIr eors to keeping the National out. The Nation tackling was keen, and there was no score at the interval. The resumption of play saw Mor- rien put in some good defensive work for Danygraig. Beer v. "s frequently prominent, and was almost through on a number of occasions, the fame player nearly kicking a goal from a free-k"'ck. The first score came, irorn a National forward ri.1E-h, taking all before th-wn. aud B l a.ckmore touching down in the corner, the kick being abortive. The Eastsiders now made desperate attempts to equalise, and the excitement rose almost to fever heat- When practically through they ware driven out by an excellent- kick by Beer and later Blackmore. -Tarvis repeafcatily made attempts to score, but time arrived with the National winners :— FINAL S*.CORE: I points. I DANYGRAIG—Nil. 1

SWANSEA RESOLUTION OF FREIGHTS. !NOT DISCUSSED AT LONDON I | CONFERENCE. ONLY REACHED AT THE I FAU END." The Swansea delegates t-o the Association of Chambors of Commerce meeting in Lon- don iJlJS week have returned. Thoee ai- tending the oonfeixnce included the Mayer -Aid. A>ierr?.lis), ilessrs. H. Goldberg (pre- sid6n»i of the bwans-ia Chamber of Com- f c,, merce), E. P. Jones and A. Wynne (vice- presidents), T, r. Covlr (ex-president), A. P. mgaam, vV. lurpm ar.u H. Aiarshail- (sec- retary). INlr MarshaJl told a "Post "'representa- t; VB or Saturday that there was a unani- mous telling to do something to encourage inter trade relations between ourselves and the Allies, and to exclude enemy couni.iit- ar much aa pcisibla Peiolutaons passed w> I this etiect. wiil be submitted t-o the GoVern- meut. Locally interest centres upon the Swansea resolution directed ttgainst the present high freights and the necessity of the Government taking the. matter under ir cont/ol. Notice of this resolution was given at the !a?t moment and it did not come- on at the meeting until the -v- 9 of th? third and concluding day- The e8ult, w? by this time the at?nda?ce from about 450 had dwindled down to about 50, and t-h? I)PI, de?H, suggested 7.?ithdrawal with a view that Mr. T. P. Ooo fa rr.?-r.ber of the execu- could hring it up before that body. This course, under the circumstance?!, was decided upon, so tht the Swansea resolu- tion has yet to be disc?seod. If was ?n e-?Ucnt conference," said Mr. Marr-hall. pi-diiredin t-b-o f'? ::('JJ"!b'' 0' id«. a; and opinioi' So?C of the a-Jdresses were most instrncttYo and l&uggestiva" j

1 giIC:_mE.,1 :Af'& ,] "r, c. àls II i B eec h asi's Pills | I', Ú,l¥,âAlä.i I. QI ? Ma? be fe?ed u<:?, at &!t timss, to exercise a tonie, eie&nslng. healm^ | ? !n?'!Moa u'?Mi thj¡gesh.e organs. A sensible use o? this welHm ? ? specks is ^neraiiy a?t that is needed ? re!kva and remove ih^se ? dis??ers cf ta stamach, Hver and &wets. Wt?ch uo Iways 8£SOOiued » ? with ?yspe?ta In any form. Beec?am's PHis a?e unfafMng as 2 ?rrectiwe ? and inYaH..aU as a g?fe stimulant d that Imoortant org ah, th tiver, ra upon the efficient action of which so much dr^ands. As a 04ire for m  constipation and for renwvmg Us attenoant d!?o.nforts a.i? da?ge. s g ? tnere is no mofa ret!ab'e ?medy. In fact, as an a*d ?o h?aith gencraHy, W ? the ?iot?Ms use a? Beecham's P!t!? I? st?n?? reeemmer»decu sy ar. g 1 A BOON TO ALL. j |f Sold evefywh?re !n bcxeg p?ce Is. 3d. and M. Od, ? 8??H?5???!????????B?zH?a????K??aa???sK?a

MOTOR-BUSSES COLLIDE. NEATH TEACHES SUSTAINS FRACTURED LEG. in connK,dr,i -.14 the G.W.R. motor service petweon I-leatih Pcntai-aaws, there occurred on Saturday morning a ratheer eernOiis accid-ait. The car a rc ni JSeath '.va,s stationary near the Cottage Homes a. ooèh. In passing., the wihecls cf the down ex to Neath caught in a rut a-ii-d colliding with the up car, forced the latter into a uitc'i. At the moment of the impact Mr. Gocier oenkL i, air a^a^stc„it master at the Gin. il Council Scliooir, who conducts the class for staxtrn.ertijp at the <k)ti:-ig.\ Homes, was in f.i-.e ZWL C, He was throH ii violently "the h6dge, sustaining a bad fracture of the r i,;ht

FELL FROM TRAIN. DISTRESSING FATALITY AT WEST CROSS. There was a fatal accident on the Mumbles at West- Cross on Friday evening. James istanaway, an old man of 74 or 75 yeo-cs of age, i-esiding at Bc.arspit-k.ne, Ne, ton. fell from the nine o clock Swansea train just as it wa.s entering the station. A bye- stander pulled him de. of the wheels, but as waz; clear that he ..ae severely injured. he "laoS placed in the train and taken to the Mumbles Station waiting-room and Dr. Coveriay Veaio telephoned for. Upon examin.ati it was found that, in addition to severe injury to his ribs, the man had sustained broken collarbone ax-d fra-c- tured right arm. After being attended to by the doctor tb' ] injured man wa ten to the Swansea pital by taxicab, and he died 9-Ja.t ten minutes after admission. It, is thought that- he was ->red with faint- nefcB or giddiness, vhich. caused his fall from the train platform. Mir '—— r ,?Tar

ARM AROUND TREE. DISTRESSING DISCOVERY AT PORT TALBOT. POPULAR COUNCIL EMPLOYE'S DEATH. DEATH. Since Thursday, John Cwan, 120, Tany- groejk&treet, Port Talbot, an employe of the Margam District Council, had been missing, and on Friday, as a resul t of a search, lils dead body wm fotnd in Caerejiddti \v7ood, Penyoae, near where <ie<xja,sed had been imi the read. Nefu- by deceased's coat and dhrnea besket lay unoocohed. The body was discovere d Oy George Skyrnio, water inspector 01 the Margam Council, in i. stocpjoig position, with the right arm round a tree stump and his hand ciut-jhing his pipe. From all appearances he had fallen down in a, fit, and WI1 bleeding from a wound in the right temple caused by a nail in the stump. Deceased' was pcoular'y known as "Pem- brokesihire Jack, was 54 years of age, mar- ried, but no family. He as a much reacted employe of the Council and it was as the result of a search organised bv Mr. John Cox (smveyor) that I the body was found.

LATE LLANDOVERY I LADY. I Jl;i'7D 1,'P _¡-IT ,TLF ONE 1 AKD II2B LITTLE ONE j BROUGHT HOME. I 't 1-i I MrfI. Bowen, who. with Ger nttie aaugater Elsie, aged 11, in the Majola I disaster, was a sister of Corn. W. J. Osmond, J College View, Llandovery. Her husband wa.s employed a* H.M. Dockyn-rd, Gibraltar, and j she left Englm.-i to join him at Gibraltar, w?ere he ha.s been employed si?oe the be- j ginning of the w&T-. She was a native cf Neyland, Peicbroke- I shire. Mr. Esmond, deceased's brother, pro- j ceeded to Do^er to attend the inquest. The bodies were brought to Neyland for, i.?r_ ment on Thursday evening. The little boy, aged 8, who survives, is at present, in the oharge of his uncle. Mr. Esmond. TO WED SWANSEA FIANCEE J Young Plymouth Lady on Majola. j Miss E. iiu&ues, li, Sea isw-;eirace, Plvmoath, was one of the passengars on the i I ili-iaied Majoi?, v. ho had to leap for life from the mined vesaci. Hughes v/asi ttheai on 11K)" "way out tovbe married to Mr. W. G. Munday, 58, M.'ddle-road, Cwrobvrria, who is now at Gibraltar, where l e ia employed in the naval t dockyard. Miss Hughes is litt1? '-he \orse ioe her nerve-racking cxperi«hce. and is now stay- ing with sorr. friends in Plymouth. She attribute? her escape m a lange measuJ-e to the valuable aid of a plucky officer whoc>e, name is unknown.

A TART RETORT. I But An BipensiYe One at Swansea. When S. Ga-pe wae summone d at Swansea County Police Conirt on Saturday the chair- man told oeienaart he had be&n drinking that niorniiis and was not in a. fit state to oome to court. -c.s. Tay'or jt-o deft>ndanf): Where have. I vou been morning Defendant: As'« no quesiiors a.nd I tell yoo n^> lies. I can please myself. Fined 10s.

GAVE HIS PAROLE, I POSER FOR THE MILlTiLLI AUTHORITIES. Mr. Stuart Viortle., is to call the atton- ki on oi the Cnder-Secretarv for War in tL- Eoiise of Common? to what is probably the iJiost rfmariCtibie case u-dpr the .Military Service Act. It is that, of Mr. B. Hol- lander, a s:ngla rn^.n of military age; wrio w-.s released by the Austrian authorities in August, 1914, on giving his parole that he would net bear arm, against the Central Powers. j.0 Stuart WortJey wishes to know if I the War Office will granf Mr. aoilaftder a certificate of exemption, and, if not. wh.a.t, st-epe Mr. Hollander ahouid +1" to avoid 1- l\i. .J-1ói. l:4. 0.<-4. "L. '1' a" breaking his promise. j if the War Office rhould rsfn.se a. certifi- cate^ the following question* would arise I Is Mr. Hollander morahy bound to make every possible effort to keep his word of honour? Should his duty to his country outweigh even his personal duty? Should the^ State refuse to take not;,P. of j such perse, aj considerations? 9 What would Mr.* Hollander's fate be if he wa? forced to se: -nd was ca'ptm'?d by the Germans? There nave been many causes of soldiers suffering death rather than bre-dt a, parole. Marcus A \ilius Regulus. the Roman Consul, who wis trl- on prisoner by the Carthagjnians in 255 B.C., w-s l tsed on iarole, and sen* to Rome- with Punic en- i vov:■, who sought to arrange peace. He J .-a-;ceeded in perruadihg the Senate to "re- ject the proposal, returned to C--i-thage, and j was tortured to d~ath.

!LESS OR WEAKER BEER. m PER CENT,. REDUCTION I IN MATERIALS. I The Parliamentary correspondent of the I IHily C'lrt/uicie urdersUaias that Board of Trade is negotiating with rf-,re- -g-3nt.tt;ves oi the brewers of th& United t Kingdom to brinE about a reduct. on cf j per cA-if. in tha censumptioa: of malt, sugar and listx; in the manufacture ri beer, i P is understood that the brewers wiil be allowed ejthjr to teduoe tho st-rengih of the beer or diminish the quantity manufactured, whichever course they prefer; but .the Gov- cri,-irer-t are insisting on a reduct'.r-n of 13^ per cent. in.the consumption by -lie brewers of malt., sugfar, and hops. And Less Canned Fruits, The importation of canned, bottled, dried, and preserved fruit, except currants and fruit produce d in the' British Empiiv,' will be prohibited, savs the Board of Tira-ds from n. Fruit 01: its way to Egglcjid or fruit t-ha-i has been r id for will be allowed to enter after ? < 13 with licensee granted by a committee consisting of Mr B. A. Cohen. K.C. (chairman). Mr. C srald A. France, M.P., Mr. Percy Machin, sitiiaj at. Gwydr House, Whitehall, S.W. Oc-"(-,ber i-.adeys with special l licenser, will be allowed to import half their 1915 supply of the "1, 2 frnit. Tcbacoo. xola(CCo, furniture woods, hard woods and veneers, and tones and ?hte consigned -o Britain on or before Februa-y 15 ww be allowed to enter. Cigars shipped on or j before March 18 will also be admitted.

  ¡ THE TRADE WAR. I A COMMERCIAL ENTENTE, A QUADRUPLE AGREEMENT, j j JL"3ie Parliamentary correspondent of the; }11Ci 'farl!m¡:'21t.ary, ('rJ:esp'ndt oÎ the, J.1mes rites: \e axe on the eve of import-nt developments on tbQ economic side of. trw v-ax. Ther3 is everv hope tha.t the military pad of the Athas' will shortly be supplemented by a commercial agreement. Biitain, France, B.uss;a. Italy, and are alreaoy pledged not to conclude peace sepai'atejy. There is a prospe.c that within t..b.e next i€ weeks Britain, France, Russia., and Italy will sign a Declaration bv which noiie of tne fo^r Powers shall nake commer- cial agreements with Germanv and Austria wIthout the consent of the others. The i Allieg have it in their power to make a | crushing reply to "Central Europe," and tney intend to use thair advantage to the lull. lL Mc-Kenna and Mr. Bonar I>a w dropped significant hins of the diroction in Aiich the Allies were moving. in the speeches which they delivered to the Cham, oer of Commerce delegates 011 Tuesday and Wednesday laot. Air. JicKenna gaia that the British Government were prepared— amd tney had aiready shown ui a waj" which he was not then able to state—to give tl. 2ix a&v^tancs to ioreiga trade, in order to ensure that thoss rival-, who were now our • bitter enemies, should not have the control of foreign trad: which they had enjoyed in past. Mi*. Bonar Law went further, and announced that arrangements were being made for Ar. economic conference with our Allibs, which would be held, he expected, in Paris, to consider whether it was possible in any greater degree to utilise the economic forces of all the Allies i" the prosecution of the war. It is now possible to indicate, the direc- tion in which the Ailied Government* are moving. It is understood that the French Government some time ago took the initia- tive in advocating *an unsparing commercial u-r against Germany. It nis only within the pre&enl week thai the Sritish Govern- ment have given their adhesion to the pro- posal. Their attitude may be described as a gene ml -rillir.gncss to make a crame; alliance of an offensive and defensive charac- ter with their allies against the German Powers.. It, fW; been d^initeiv settled that a conference of the erii Allies shall be held, with this general object ii. wisw, in the near future. The date has not I yet been iixea. Paris is the probabl ren de. ous. I

I ANTHRACITE FU13tS. I I First of its Kind at LdrerpooL I T?c ?. the Srst c?&? of the kind w? MW had b this court," Mid '?he Deputy Coroner for Livrpool, at .? in.;u?st on VVni. 4 1 -i c. d i-e ,a on  "Irs- Owen, cotton broker who died on Thurs- day from pneumonia aet up by poison furnes from ait anthracite stove. Mr. Owen was laid up with a cold and had 3 stove burning ;r> hit, bedroom or. Fri- day night. It '?M windy and the down- draught 4ent t,he f1e-" mk tc room. He ■was tuiconscions on Saturday morn. I ing. Verdict, Accidental death."

RUSSIAN vjssiT TO i JELLIC3E. I ADMIRAL 'AND BALTIC! POSSIE'LITY. ('l _t_. I (pr", Association War Service,) j PEIRGGRA-D. ^unaay, The tohowing aae extracts from an I accvuni of the visi t of the party of Russian ) joun.s £ ;T-js now m Snglaad to the Grand ) Fleet which has been telegraphed by the correspondent of the Peti-ograd. TeiejrapQ Agency: — fhe enirar. to the. oay where feet Hes at anchor is strongly detended by booms, paesing through whlcji tha dessreyer with oux party on board steamed tlowlv round a great number cf battleships and cruisers belonging t-o the numerous squad- rons of Britain's Grand Fleet. The comman- der oi one of the cruisers met the destroyer in a su bmarine, and coming aboard con- veyed the Fleet's greetings to its visitors. The party was next taken tc some water; where target practice with big guns was proceeding. The vessels thus en gaged were two battle cruisers, and thedr gunners gavr an I Exhibition of marksmanship ?vn'ch it would be hard to beat. The next- J IlttJi on the programme was a bnlliaj? &haia j attack by four destroyers firing torped oe& j at target: while going at fail speed, an < operation which was watched by our party, despite the hee- r nd a regular bliz. zard of sieet, wiin the greatest interest.. A visit to the flagship, the Iron Duke. j :oli: wed. We were received by thE Adrrdial. Sir John sJeHicoe. and his ttaff most cordially, and were iher. f'howri over the ship. The party re-assembteo ir the Admiral's cabin, where st the Admiral's request, they entered their names in the itboo, I had the privilege oi a private conversation with Adariral jel,Coe who was deeply interested in the details I was aole to give him of the situation at ] Salonika, ?wbemce the (;(h'Tepondn: had onh just returned). Tlie party now divided into two ry-ps, one of which remain-1 On board the fron Duke to lunch with the Admiral. 7-h: l e the eiher, which I accompanied, was conveyed to another battleship, where they were greeted in,3 e-ntertaired to lunch bv the vice- admiral. Sir Cecil Burnev At the lunchecn on the Iron Duke, Admiral Jelliooc. a "fer proposhrg th$health of the Emperor of Russia, which drunl; to the etr&ins of Russian Kstiona) Anthem,* made the followi- rpeech :— "It is ? great pleasure to me to welcome yor. to the Grand Fle^-t. I a.m Fllre we are verw obliged to you for''coming so far st such a season, &nd I hope you will take away s c easant remembrance of your visit. We know and appreciate the great- work done by the Russian Army. It saved us at be beginn-li-ig of I-,e It is savina: u-,I now. I TAPed only rpfer to the splendid "ictory of the Ca'ic*r-us Army at j Er7,enm, (Cheers.) The Russian too, has won our admiration hv its efficiency. Nothing voulii give us greater pleasure than b* able to side by ide with the Russian sailors atrainst j our common foe. It v i be difiicult fnr us to E-o to the Baltic, but not iniTWssible.. and I Hope the day may come when our ships will engage he eceinv hgether. (Cheers.\ Let me r??&a rry glass to fh? health of our Russian guests, asso- I natmg' with it the Russian Army and th? ciating"v?-itE it Llie ,,P d ti?e ??at'?.us?anF?-pt. ?C?.?rs.') R?ivm? :.n bei:alf h? 'ali?ss'?af. M. Veridhis Na-bokoff, the weii-known writer, proposed the health of King George ffe scid Jeihooe's I Russian. £ :ne was, known to every The same toasts were proposed at the luncheon on the other battleship wh ere, 111 the request of mv colleagues, I r-ooonn-aaeedd to the soeech "of Vice-Admir:.I Burnev. After lunefc. both partieft paid a visit to a new supeor-Dreadnought- of the Queen Eliz-a- i be.th type. We entertained to tes on yet another flsgship As one of OUT parties v.? on :t ,r" y to this last fagship in a launch, it met a battle-cruieer steaming out band Played the Russfan National Anther; as it passed, tne officers, and crew standing to attention. The Russians acknowledged the courtesy with three hearty cheers for the British Navy. After tea we took a most friendly leave of our British host?. We had seen the greatest v. one err of sea-po^er of our days. .igj RJ—L:— .8111

THREE CHARGES. PREFERRED AGAINST LLANELLY IRISHMAN. Three oharges were preferred at Llanelly on Monday against E-irhard Lidierth, an Irifhu-an. 22. Interman-streets viz. (1¡ lar- ceny. (2) attempting to obtain a sum of 17 !a. 8d.. (3) forgery. Mr. T. FL. '7f ;"d, for the pi,??,tiO7l, said the first charge was that of stealing a quantity of ar Doles which he had taken out of a hamper, the prc-yeriy of the G.W.R. Co. as bailies. In the second case it wa,8 alleged that defendant claimed £ Is. 8d. from the railway company when his own hamper was in IPo bedroom, and in the third case he wa-s in ?l?Z;ged with attempting to cMaiu ?. from Mr. Edward Stewart, moacylender, Cardiff, on the security of life insurance ivoijcy, by forging the name :f H. Hirrison. Defendant was coinm itt-fcd for trial at the Assizes on the three charges.

LLOYD GEORGE'S. SOLDIER-SON. NEATH SOLDIER AND HIS KINDNESSES. Dispatch Rider W. T. Churchill ■ (Neath), of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, writing to a friend, enlarges upon the many kindnesses; shorn him by Maior Llo^ d George. When I Churchill wa,, stricken with frost-bite the mdjor hirnself took him to the doctor, and atterwards carttl for him with the greatest solicitude. haz Private Cfiurch4U ha? been trying all he knows this month to kek our lines, but th(; Welsh boys can fight, and every time the Germans hove tried t-o advance they'have been F->no back with half the number they started w.th. A few day; ago the Germans tried toO ad- vance jiTier a gas attack, and they had to meet the Welsh Bantams, who were in the trenrhe^ for the first time. The Bantams: hsd not been in the trenches 241 hour when the Germans came at tilem over top. But our fellows waited until the enemy came quite close. Then rapid rifle and machine-gun fire poured a hail of lead0 them, ind not one of them reached our tranches. Hundreds oi them were mown down. The funny part of it was that the 3antams thought they had w hack .d the Germans,' and the officers had all he wor in the world to' siop them irom g-etting "1) of the trench and charging the Ge-yu an I trenches. If they had they would have been met by machine-gun fire."

"SMARTNESS AND EFFTCL. ENCY." Iii&pcctiop of Neath Borough Polica. Mr- 'jfeouard Dunning, H. Inspector, con- ducted the annual inspection ot the K ath Borouirh Polioe Torce on s*ioay. wfion 1.Q men and four seneeaajts were on pargae, II Tmder the oc.r.mand of Jhz Chief Cons^hle (Mr "-m. Higgins' the £ >usto_iiai.y drill capably performed, rL.vI- Inspector ruose- Quently c-ompuraenting the Chief Constable and the membejs of the Fc-rce upon the! smartness ar.d proficiency displayed. The official,records a-lso ga ve the inspector .;atisfactio!1.. There were present. at the inspection the Mayor Thomas JcneF), tlif- ex-Mayor (Mr. Matthew Arnold', kLI. If P. Charles (chairman of the Watch Committee), ana itr. L L. C. Curtis (Town Clerk).

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TWO TONS !N A "NIGHT. COAL PILFERING A.T SWANSEA. Far stealing a quantity of coal valued 8d. !rom a tmck at the S?uth Dock Swansea, uhe rropev of Mr. D. J. Eopkim, coal merchant, on Saturday, James Hurlow. labourer, was, at Swansea on Monday, fined 40s. or a in-'nth. Mr. J. E\ an Rowlands appeared for com- plainant. and said that in one night aJorfe o-ver two tons had been stolen. Evidence as --nvep 1--? P.C. (1? Llewd- lyn (Harbour PoUc-?, and Mr. D. J. Hop- iins, complainant. Defendant pleaded gnilty.

44 SOMETHING COoMES OYER ME." Defence in Ftesolvan Assault Case. j Willjata -Tohn Thomas, ^olhrrr. B-esolven, wa« at.Neath, on Fnday changed with as- saulting Reginald .Jooes, ertatiol\lIla..st.e' by Striking him with his fist. Mr. Rupert. Lewis roeecnted. ? defenorf Thoma* ?Md ? ?'?'?' ???eet ? periodica} attks. The Clerk: Attacks on ovhor peoiple? fTjB.ugb t^>r.) J>efecdant: NI); som^tJiing o/vnes over me, I teel faint, and 8,11 tbA more I'm interfered ■with the worse I get.. Dr. -T. H. Jones, calleri to the railway sta- tion. toOl d the court that. h.3 found defendant ping on a FleS-f,. He did not think it neces- tnry to administer any medicine. Tn bis rpinion defendant had boon taking stniiu- lart.s. j A fine of 20s. was imposed. l.t i- — in ii—iiiim in

THOSE TOWN HILL HOUSES. MENTIONED AT HOUSING r. ro M T. ï: u U ;tl- t. Swansea Housing Comnaittee met on Fr" day, Mr. W. Morris ,'catinoas.) presidirg* It was reported that the fenccng ttio. back of the Baptist Well ac-oses wao-diia-oi- dated, and that tn cot- of wcca fenacf would be £ 500 and wire fencing £ 5725, The matter was fensidered toe- big to deal wiJ. cow and v-as deferred for a year. The estimates showed that the amount estimated to be taken trom the rates last year -,as £ 1,936: the figure worked out at ÐL656, ,T"ne, amount estimated for the. coming year was 21.826. The Town Hill standing to the Corporation debit, whicb would iiave worked Is way out automatic-Jv providing the 500 houses had been erected (stopped by the war), with 60 years loan. The Borough Tnasur7 suggested writing off at the rate oi £f,.)} do yee.r. The working rccoiint clone =tood, before charging depre- to the bad The acting architect (Mr. Broadhead) srok-s cf the distress "labour that had been largely employed at the c--larrv. which hid proved expensive. It was decided tc, Jeave this matter to the France Gomntittee to provide in the best Way in the estimates. The Ques+iv-n of the six c-rpcrimer fli housea at Mayhill was mentioned. The committee ha-d arranged to borrow the money, but in conseQUer.ce of the war interes* rates had inc.reafeed, and consequently there was small increase ou the loan charrres. But for the 71 ar." I. was stated ~hat but tor the war the money would have been borrowed on advan- T.rgejus ?"ms. F-'OUII;i]2P C,07!amit?,ke,s 3c c?? i of tb. ?o?nin? Committee's t.?- r?te? was "a' they rr £ 110 1?5 than !?3t year, cxoluamg -be Mayhill experimental h01.S. Mr. Molye-ux, alluding to the Baptist \V E.II hous s. said tfcere Tas a less o*: £ iOC a year, %i--d the rents would n&v? tc put up after the war. The ocntmittr? car.currec that something -auld have to be done in this direction. Apart from this schemes were practically self-supporting. The application for a, war bonus of 5s. per week, olaimed by ure Corperaticn workmen, was read The Chairman said that thai committee did not employ P-iybody. 111'. Tha; soon bettlerf1. Tho chairman and vice-chairman wapft, however, put on the Special Committee that is io confer with tlit, Finance Committee on the subject. The Raisins of Rents. Mr. F. 0. Potter, of Alexandra-terrace, Brynmill, wrote asking the Town Clerk to make a public (statement upon the War Rents Act, so that no landlord would be allowed to increase the rent by 6d. or is-, when the increased ratee only warranted ld. or 2d. It was pointed out that statements had already appeared in the Press. Mr. W Owen said that he knew of land- wi r rerits. who were still raiMsgr tneir rents. Mr. Macdonnell: They (have reduced the rents in the Saudfields. I Mr. Owen: And fhe re was plenty of room with some of them, who had put the rents up from 15. 6d. to 2s. per week. Eeally, it is a Godsend to some landlords when the rates go un. I The Actual Position. The Korough Treasurer explained that, first of all, the landlord had got to give a month's notice -before he couid increase the rent beyond the amount which was in exist- en.ca at August, 1914. if any tenants re- ceived a notice of increase due to increased rat--s-and it had to be shown wha,t it was due io—and they ceme to his office, he would advice them whether the increase was justi- fied or not. He had worked out several cases, and he oould not see where anybody m Swansea was justified in putting up the rent by &d. per week. Again, under the Act the rates for the half-year are to be compared with the corresponding half of the previous yew. and it the rates went down to the same figure then the landlord had no ease at all. The clause dealing with evic- tions was the direct result of his writing, to the Department, and in a case already tried under that clause the tenant won, the court declaring there was not sufficient evidence t3 justify an ejectment, The Treasurer added that the tenant. im.;r-elf must in all caces take action. Mr. Owen said the awkward part of it waa there was such a scarcity of houses in Swan- sea that tenants were terrorised. It was agreed to write thanking Mr. Potter for his letter, and the Borough Treasurer promised to advise any tenants in the matter in r.i! u vfli( >1 way, 11he rent collector reported that the arrears of re-t totalled £ 151 a- compared with JB197 at trcis time last year. One tenant- whose husband had been promoted iib the Navy Jeared off £ 6 arrears in a iump sum. The Handy Man. The Borough i-rea^aier mentIoned tiiat Mr. Codd bad deii* with fhe estate of an old k tenant who had died, and he was very ~>ieased with the way he had done it. !Hwr, hear.) In reply to Mr. Molyneux. the rent collec- tor s3.id that he had about 1,500 applications for houses-, particularly from soldiers' wives, who wanted small houses at from 4!. to 5s. per week.

I 151,400 PROFIT. Swansea Steamer Sold ./J London Owneis. Fit?..Vvrel scre-v single-deck sc-a^ner Bold- v ell, owned by the -2i!ros6 £ ieandhip Cor^pany, L.imlled udeesrs. i»e4.ncheux and Dtvid. Limited- mans-gersj. Swansea, now Of at &ry, h? en -id to a London Sm {or ?b()-u.t. ?o' ,500- Two years &go she -a6 &old for :016,IM and six years ago she changed hands at the price of £ 16,750. The Boldwe,ll was built at Amsterdam in 1.wl, &nd dad IX _1 at Uo.d', ?hc is 3, 118 tons gross, arid L a*? 5,050 t?a? l dead weighty