The Brecon Radnor Express Carmarthen and Swansea Valley Gazette and Brynmawr District Advertiser

WOUNDEO SOLDIERS ENTERTAINED AT BUILTH WELLS. HAPPY TIME AT THE COUNTY SCHOOL. Fifteen wounded soldiers, who are now patients at Builth Wells Red Cross Military Hoanital were invited by Mr Rees Thomas, B.A. (H.,naster) and Mrs Thomas to a musical enterta.tient at Builth Wells County School on Wednesday after- noon. After school work was over, the pupils as- sembled in the School Hall, and welcomed the guests as they entered. About fifty old pupils are serving with the colours, many of whom hold com- missions. An entertaining programme, under the direction of Mr G. R. Thomas, B.Sc. (science-mas- ter) was provided by the pupils, and several of the soldiers also took part. Piano accompaniments "were played by Miss Gwennie Lewis. Mr Rees Thomas, who presided, said he would not make a speech, for soldiers were men of action. They all knew of the great deeds soldiers had per- formed, and were proud of them. They were very pleased to have some soldiers with them that after- noon. (Loud applause). He was sorry that Opl. E. W. Jenkins would be unable to take part in the programme. Appended is the list of items :—Song, "Till the boys come home," Miss Gwennie Lewis; chorus, "The Marseillaise," pupils; song, "Ever of thee," Miss Gwladys Ingram; chorus, "The Belgian National Anthem," pupils; solo, "Three cheers, for the Red, White and Blue," Miss Hilda Pugh; song, "A group of young soldiers," Pte. Cooper; song, "Just a Wee Deoch-on-Doris," Miss Eileen Eadie; topica-ls, Mr G. R. Thomas; song, "Bravo Territorials," Miss Eileen Eadie; song. "Tipper- ary," pupils; song, "The little shirt that mother made for me," Pte. Spate; chorus, "Russian National Anthem," pupils; song, "When Tom'my comes marching home again," Master Brychan Powell; song, "Don't go down in the mine," Pte. j Robins; "Japanese Dance," Misses Gwenda Law: and Enid Lewis; song. "When the boys come home," Miss'Gwennie Edwards; song, "When Irish eyes are smiling," Miss Madge Harries; song and chorus, "Cock Robin," the boys; song, "The picture that no artist can paint," Pte. Toin- lins; song, "Sister Susie," Miss Madge Harris; song, Pte. Fenn; duet, "A little peaah, Misses Blodwen Pugh and Clarice Prothero; recitation, "St. Peter at the gate," Trooper Steeples; chorus, "Welsh National Anthem," pupils; and "God save the King," pupils. Subsequently, the soldiers were entertained to tea by Mr and Mrs Rees Thomas. Before dispersing, cheers were raised for Mr and Mrs Thomas, the staff (Miss Bennett Jones, Miss Davies and Mr G. R. Thomas), Miss Patrice Thomas and Miss Madge Harris, who as- sisted at the tables. An enjoyable evening ter- minated with the singing of "Auld Lang Syne."

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Irregular Attendance. I BRECON COUNTY POLICE CASES. I At Brecon County Police Court, before Messrs A. A. Mitchell and Evan Morgan, on Friday, the case, which Mr George Hodge (local taxation offi- cer) preferred against Ann Davies, Cynhordy, Llan- gasty-Talyllyn, for keeping a dog without a licence was withdrawn. Mr Morgan Davies (acting school attendance officer) summoned Harry Price, Powell Cottage, Llanfrynach, for not sending his child to school re- gularly. The attendance-officer said that defendant's child (William}, who was ten years of age, had been absent from school on 34 occasions from July 1st to Novemeber 1st, the school being opened 122, times during that period. He did not know any reason why the child should not attend school. By the Bench Defendant's child was absent from the school a couple of days every week during the year. Defendant's wife, who attended court, said it was due to her ill-health that the lad had been kept from school. She had been unwell during the past three months. The chairman said the bench would impose a fine of 5/- inclusives and he hoped she would send the child to school regularly in the future.

INCREASING PRODUCTIONS. I LORD SELBORME'S SCHEME. I COLWYN'S OMMITTEE.. I A meeting of Colwyn rural council was held, at the request of the Radnorshire County War Agri- cultural Committee, at Builth Wells on the 8th inst., when representatives of the parish councils and parish meetings attended. Mr J L. Davies (chairman of the rural council) presided, and those present were Revs. J. L. Bryans and D. L. Davies, and Messrs J. Boore (Cregrina). Edwin Da- ies (Bettws), Thos. Davies (Rhulan), W. Prothero (Llanfarred), T. Price (Cregrina), J Price (Llanbadarn-y-garreg), Edwin Probert (Disserth). E.)). Thomas (Llanelwedd), H. Evan-Tbomas (Disserth), and D Thomas agricult- ural organiser. MrD. U. Davies (chairman, Llandrindod Wells rural parish council) wrote regretting inability to attend. Mr D. Thomas explained the oblect of the meeting. and emphasised the fact that, under Lord Selborne's scheme, it was not only suggested to increase the acreage of wheat, but also the supplies of meat, butter, eggs, and other farm produce. On the proposition of Mr H. Evan-Thomas, the meeting received that all members of the council and one representative from each P4rish should consti- tute the local committee. The undermentioned were elected in addition to members of the council, viz. :—Aberedw, Rev. J. H. Lloyd Bettws Disserth, Mr J. Davies (Garu- fawr) Cregrma, Mr J. Boore Dissesth and Tre- coyd, Rev. J L Bryans Llanbadarn-y-garreg, Mr T Thomas; Llandrindod Rural, Mr T. L. Vaughan Llanelwedd, Mr J. Morson (Cefndyri) Llansaintfraed, Mr J J. Sheen Llanfaredd. Mr CL H. Thomas (Hendre-Einon). and Rhulen, Mr J. Boore (Llanowen).

Comforts for Welsh Troops. I RECOGNITION QUESTION. I The Executive Committee of the National Fund for providing comforts for the Welsh troop a at home and abroad met on the 8th inst. at 11, Downing street, Whitehall, and, after considering vtry fully the conditions under which, the work of the National Fund can best be carried on in the interests of the Welsh troops, resolved not to ciaim recognition from the Director-General of Voluntary Organisation, and decided to renew its efforts in order to continue to extend the work it has hitherto been aible to accomplish in the distri- bution of additional comforts for all the Welsh regiments serving at home and abroad. It will be remembered that recently a deputa- tion from the committee, consisting of Mrs Lloyd George, Sir Vincent Evans, and Mr William Lewis, the hon. secretary, had a conference with Sir Edward Ward, at which the committee's claims to be recognised as the central organisa- tion for Wales were discussed. Whilst Sir Ed- ward fully acknowledged the claims of the com- mittee to this recognition, he pointed out various difficulties which presented themselves, and, as a result of further meetings betweer Sir Edward and Mr William Lewis, the committee arrived at the decision above recorded. The committee decided to invite the following ladies to join it in its work :—Lady Howard de I Walden, Lady Owen Philipps, Mrs Gwynne Hughes, Mrs Lynn Thomas, Mrs F. J. Hopkin- son, and Miss Gwendoline Davies, of Llantar- nam. Mrs Lloyd George presided over the meet- ing, and there were also present Lady Glanusk, Mrs McKenna, Mrs Ellis Griffith, the Hon. Vio- let Douglas-Pennant, Mrs Herbert Lewis, Sir Vincent Evans. and Mr William Lewis (the hon. secretary). I

Colonel and Grocer. I i YSTALYFERA PROPERTY CASE.. I Before Judge Lloyd Morgan, K.C., at Neath I County Court, on Wednesday, John Williams, grocer, Ystalyfera, appeared as plaintiff against Colonel Fleming Gough, Ynyscedwyn House, Ystalyfera. Plaintiff claimed specific performance of an agreement dated April 29th, 1915, for the sale to him, at the price of X52 10s, of the freehold rever- sion to certain premises situated at Ystalyfera, and held. under a lease dated March 30th, 1865, and which agreement was contained in a letter or offer written by defendant's agent, John P. Lee, on April 29th last, and, also, in the receipt given by Lee to plaintiff for a deposit of Xg 19s 6d. Mr Villiers Meager (instructed by Mr Edward Harris, Swansea) appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Griffith Jones (instructed by Mr Tudor, Bre- con) was for the defendant. Plaintiff gave evidence as to an interview he had with defendant's agent, Lee, when he ar- ranged to purchase the freehold of hip (plaintiff's) house and the one next door. He gave Lee a cheque for R9 19s 6d. Subsequently, Col. Gough called upon him and asked him to withdraw his negotiations. Col. Gough also asked for the re- turn of the receipt, but he (plaintiff) refused to do so. Col. Gough then placed the cheque on a sack of flour. Colonel F. R. D. Gough, who said he was a J.P. for the county of Brecon and ex-high sheriff for that county, said that in January last he offered to give the reversion of the leases to his tenants. He denied that he agreed to sell the reversion mentioned to the plaintiff. His agent told him what he had done, and he (witness) went to see plaintiff. He told him there would be some diffi- culty about the transaction regarding the house next door, and he left the cheque in Mr Williams's shop. ■ His Honour reserved judgment.

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War and Politics. I In proposing the toast of "His Majesty's Minis- ters," at the Guildhall banquet," the Lord Mayor declared that "the Empire trusts them implicit- ly." But, as Mr Asquith pointed out in his reply, one might think from what is written in certain newspapers and has been said in some of the de- bates in the House of Lords, that the conduct of the war by this country had been, from its be- ginning to the present day, "an unbroken series of follies and blunders." That, however, "is not the judgment of the people of this country, it is not the judgment of our Allies, nor-what is, per- haps, more important-is it the judgment of our I enemies. 'The debate in the House of Lords, to which Mr Asquith was in an especial degree referring, took place on the previous Monday. Lord Loreburn, Lord Courtney, and Lord Milner all took the most gloomy view of our situation. Lord Lore- burn had a categorical list of misadventures— "not the ordinary and inevitable mishaps of war"—which, he asserted, meant "real incapac- ity somewhere"—"where and in whom," he add- ed, "we are not permitted to learn." Lord Mil- ner accused the Government of doctoring the war news to give it a cheerful complexion. He ri grettecT that "they had shed the elements not <» weakness, but of strength," and, in explaining that he alluded to Sir Edward Carson and Lord Kitchener, he almost seemed to insinuate that there was a substratum of truth in the inalicious lie that Lord Kitchener's mission involves, or may involve, his relinquishment of the post of Secre- tary for War. I Lord Curzon absolutely repudiated the sugges- tion that the Government are in favour of a pol- icy of "hushing up." Their endeavour is to give, not "the minimum of lnformation consistent with decency, but the maximum consistent with discretion." In regard to the incidents cited by Lord Loreburn, he said that he had read the pap- ers dealing with them, and he had come to the conclusion t:> that many reputations had been most unfairly assailed. Representations will not be made to the military authorities to take into con- sideration, in dealing with war news, the desir- ability of giving as much information as can safely be made public, for the sake of its stimulus to recruiting and its consolation to those who have lost relatives at the front. I To the attacks which have been made, now on one Minister, now on another, by a section of the Press, Lord Curzon administered a scathing re- buke. Such attacks in war time tended to injure the spirit and cause of the country. The attacks upon the Prime Minister, Lord Curzon stigmatised as cruel, slan- derous, and untrue," and the attacks upon Sir Edward Grey filled him with "indignation and shame. Here is a statesman whose integrity, candour, and courtesy had commanded the respect of the world, and whom the Empire had acclaim- ed as the dignified and adequate exponent of its sentiments. On him had fallen the difficult and delicate task of driving a team—the Allied Go- vernment-of four horses, who had never been in harness together before, along a road with pit- falls on either side, and with sharp corners which required great dexterity. Because two kings in the Balkans have failed to redeem their pledges, the public is incited to bespatter the statesman whom, a. few months ago, it adored. Mr Asquith, in his Guildhall speech, explained that the mission with which Lord Kitchener has I been charged is to take into review, in conceit with our Allies, the whole situation in the East- ern theatre of war. His mission is regarded with unqualified approval by all our Allies. He takes j with him the complete confidence of our Allies- and, Mr Asquith added, "I believe of his country- men." At a most critical moment in our inter- national policy a malicious lie which, if believed, would have grave results here, and which is likely to be put to pernicious use by our enemies, was I persisted in, after official denial, by a certain newspaper. That newspaper has been punished. Mr Asquith concluded 'his speech with a fine pro- fession of faith. The objects defined in his speech f a year ago are the objects which the Allies are all resolute to attain before laying down their arms. "We pursue them, one and all, with un- diminished faith. We believe'that we have ad- vanced a. long way to their achievement. Be the journey long or short, we shall not pause or • falter till we have secured for the smaller States of Europe their charter of independence, and for Europe itself and for the world at large its final emancipation from the reign of force." Mr Balfour's Guildhall speech on the effect of sea-power on the course of the war was a master- 1 piece of lucidity. He showed how the Central Powers of Europe had the triple advantages of (1) unity of control, (2) ample preparation, and (3) in- texior lines of communication. And he showed how thefee advantages-—overwhelming as 'they might appear to the German Imperial Staff—have been more than neutralised by the command of the set. Thanks to that command of the sea, there J' now an apparent deadlock—a deadlock which n?s some few observers (Lord "Courtney, for ex- ample) with despair.. To whom, Mr Balfour asks, (jpes that deadlock bring despair? To the Powers who, in their full elaborated plans, de- pended upon the success of a sudden spring? Or to the side which, gradually collecting its forces, gradually bringing together the men and the munitions, with which our opponents started fully supplied? The answer is plain. There are two other subjects which, in a week crowded with interest, it is absolutely impossible to ignore. First, there is Sir Edward Grey's re- ply, in the House of Commons, to the charge that we gave a pledge to Serbia which we refused to re- deem. Of course, if any clique or organ in this country likes to adopt the German view that Great Britain, with Sir Edward Grey as the champion wire-puller, is playing the Machiavel- lian game of making small countries the cat's- paw for their own interests, they can do so. Sir Edward Grey was frank and hold in his avowals. We promised Serbia all the help we could give. The conditions proposed to conciliate Bulgaria lapsed When Bulgaria declared for the Central Powers. We have given, and will give, all avail- able assistance to Serbia. Secondly, the American Note to Great Britain seems to suggest that we are makinnan unfair use of our sea-power to give selfish advantage to ourselves. The criticisms which have been aimed against the Government because we do not make a much more -ruthless use of sea-power should be modified in view of such a charge. But it will be hard to make the British nation believe that we, who alone of nations have piaintained the open door for trade of all countries, wherever we go, are, or purpose to 'be, tyrannical exerters of the .sea-power which we undoubtedly possess. And whatever changes new conditions may make imperative in the con- duct of operations at sea—changes which the Unit- ed States Government admitted, in its Note to Germany on the German submarine operations, to be inevitable—Great Britain has never con- sented to or adopted any changes Which add to the risks of life for those who use the sea, or con- travened the dictates of common humanity. In this country the obligations of good faith and humanity still hold firm, and the Will-to-Power has no power to shake or break them. V

Painscastle Council. I I TRIBUNAL APPOINTED. ( Mr J. Davies (chairman) presided over a meeting of Paincastle rural council -on Thursday, when others present were Rev. Hubert G. Griffith and Messrs Evan Meredith, J. Gfctoes, D. Price, R. T. Griffiths (clerk), and W. Sifeldon (surveyor). A circular letter was read from the Radnorshire War Agricultural Committee, informing the council that they were entitled to elect a representative on the committee. The members unanimously appointed the chair- man. Another circular came to hand from the Local Government Board asking the council to appoint a tribunal in connection with Lord Derby's Recruit- ing Scheme. The following were elected, namely, chairman, Rev. Hubert G. Griffiths (vice-chairman), Rev. D. Morgan, Mr. W. Mortimer Bayliss (Glasbury) and Mr Jas. Gunter (Glasbury). The clerk reported that the audit of the council's accounts, for the half-year ended 31st March last, commenced on the 4th inst., and was completed on I

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Hay Guardians. I EXTRA CHRISTMAS RELIEF. Present at Hay guardians' meeting on Thursday were Rev. W. E. T. Morgan (chairman), Mrs E.C. Crichton, Revs.' G. Leigh Spencer, Hubert G. Griffith and W. L. Crichton, and Messrs. C. But- cher, T. J. Stokoe, E. D. Weaver, J. Jones, J. Gittoes, Evan Mereditliand R. T. Griffiths (clerk). The clerk reported he had examined the ofifcers' accounts and found them in order. The treasurer's balance was X367 10s. 5d. Collectors' monthly statements came to hand from Hay Urban, Hay rural, Cusop, Llanigon, Glas- bury, Aberllynfi, Clyro, Glynfach and Whitney. I Notice was received of the appointment of Mr Rees Jones (Pontithel) as overseer for the parish of Aberllynfi, in succession to the late Mr Thomas Jones (Great House, Pipton, and that Mr W. Gun- ter (Bronllys) had been elected assistant-overseer for the parish of Pipton, in place of. Mr J. P. Weale (Talgarth). The guardians resolved to allow the usual out- door extra Christmas relief—adults 1/- and depen- dent children 6d. Mr F. B. Powell (master) reported that 36 vag- rants were relieved during the past fortnight, as compared with 69 over the corresponding period last year-a decrease of 33. Three were admitted to the house and one was discharged during the fortnight. I = v

First-Aid To Dogs. I We have already noted the satisfaction among dog lovers expressed at the introduction of a Veterinary form .of Zam-Buk, the famous first-aid healing preparation. Thousands of owners, not only of pet household dogs, but of large kennels, are often at a loss what to do in some sudden emergency, or else trust their luck in some coarse, old-fashioned, rough- and-ready remedy that in the end often proves more harmful than the complaint, or injury, on which it is used. Veterinary or Red Zam-Buk provides a "first- aid" treatment that is absolutely reliable, and can be applied with perfect safety to any dog's skin. It is purely herbal,, and so highly concentrated that the maximum healing efficiency is obtained in the most compact form. "Vet." Zam-Buk is thus more economical to use than ordinary fatty ointments and embroca- tions, but above all is its power over obstinate skin trouble like canker, eczema and ringworm, which many a dog lover has known the anxiety and the cóst in the past. Veterinary Zam-Buk is sold in red tins to distinguish it from the house- hold Zam-Buk in green tins.

His Life for, England. PENPONT RIFLE CLUB MEMBER. Lieut. James Edward Downes Jjambert, bth Northamptonshire Regimelit, whose death is offi- cially announced,.was killed in France on Novem- ber 1st, aged 20.. The youngest son of the late Rev. J. H. Lambert, rector of All Saints, Vernon, British Columbia, and Mrs Lambert, Bedford, he was educated at Vernon and at Bedford School (1909-1914). He represented the school with diS-'¡ tinction in football, cricket, running and fencing, j and was sergeant in the O.T.C., and a leadin? monitor in house and school. He passed eighth in the Woolwich examination in 1913, but then re- solved to take holy orders, and would have enter- ed Magdalen College, Oxford, in October, 1914, had not the war called him' to the service of his country. Thorough, cheerful, and fearless, he be- came an excellent officer. He was sent forward on the night of November 1 with a party of bombers to cover an extension of our trenches. "It Was a position of danger," his colel wrote, "but he was always the first to volunteer for anything Ill- the sort—the bravest of the brave. They came un- der a 'heavy rifle fire, and he ordered his men to go back under his sergeant, and stayed out himself to cover their retreat, when he was shot through the head. Mr Lambert was a member of the Penpont Rifle Club, and was much liked by the Llaftfaes Boys' Brigade. He was a cousin of the Misses Williams, of Penpont. A telegram of sympathy from the King and Queen has been received by Mrs Lam-

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"FRIENDLIES" IN INDIA. I THE MHOW TOURNEY. I Owing to teams having been inoculated against ) plague, the changing over of detachments at In- dore, the league fixtures have been interfered with a little, with the Brecknocks in, Mhow, India, Brynmawr and Ystradgynlais teams relieving Builth and Cefn. So, writes Sergt.-Major Green, we have 'had to fill up with friendlies. We,are anxiously waiting to start the Mhow tourney, which is a knock out one, 13 teams having entered and some good games are expccted. The tournament should have started on the 9th inst., but, owing to rains, had to be postponed. The Batteries have some Brighton and Hove players in their ranks. The draw for the first round is as follows 3rd Sussex Battery R.F.A. v. Divisional Staff. 15 and 16 Platoons, Brecknock Battalion (Ys- tradgynlais) v.' 3 and 4 Platoons (Talgarth). 8 and 10 Platoons, Brecknock Battalion (Builth Wells) v. 2nd Sussex Battery, R.F .A. Remount Training Depot v. 13 and 14 PI Moons (Brynmawr). ) 7 and 8 Platoons, Brecknock Battalion (Hay) v. 11 and 12 Platoons (Cefn-Coed). 1st Sussex Battery, R.F.A., 5 and 6 Platoons, Brecknock Battalion (Crickhowell), 1 and 2 Pla- toons, Brecknock Battalion (Brecon), byes.

REGIMENTAL LEAGUE. A replayed match with Ystradgynlais v. Crick- howell took, place on Monday evening, 18th Octo- ber. A heavy shower at the commencement of the game made the going very heavy* and possibly had something to do with C's defeat. The teams lined: up as follows Ystradgynlais Goal, Lce.-Cpl. A. Davies; backs, Lce.-Cpl. A. Miller and Mason; halves, I Farmer, Taylor and Thomas; forwards, Ratcliffe, D. Jones, I. Bevan, Mochan and Henry Edwards. Crickhowell: Goal, Lce.-Cpl. Watkins; backs, C.Q.M.S. Linnel and Gray; halves, Lce.-Cpl. Mor- gan, D. Williams and Johns; forwards, Bailey, L/Sgt. Griffiths, Holland, Millet and Edwards. Referee Sergt-Major C. Green. The game opened with each goal being visited in turn, the backs clearing well. Mid-field play 1 was indulged in for some minutes, when from a long kick Miller set his forwards going. 1. Bevan reaching the ball sent in a low shot from close quarters. The ball being heavy, passes were not received by the players they were meant for, and many promising movements were thus spoiled. "H" were more at home in the 'heavy going than was "C." In racing for the ball Linnel and Jones collided, both players coming down. Linnel got up and went away limping, and until the end of the game was suffering from the effects of his tumble. The next goal was a very simple one, "C's" defence failing to clear and thinking the ball was going behind, left it, H. Edwards ran and hooked the ball back in the front of goal, D. Jones got his foot to it and it was in the net before the goalie could get to it. "C" kept attacking but Miller was safe at back, A. Davies always being i at home. Half-time score H 2; C nil. The second half opened with "C" pressing, but a, strenous first half had taken the spice out of their I attack. Give and take play ensued, many promis- ing openings coming to naught by Bevan & Jones lying off-side. Taylor at centre-half had been play- ¡ ing a good game for his side, trying pot shots at goal from well out, and only missed by inches. He tried yet another from about 20 yards and scored in the left top corner. From the centre kick "C" broke away only to be stopped by Miller, who brought off many saves and was good at spoiling moves. The .next goal came from Mochan and the last from Ratcliffe. Full-tiijie score: "H" 5; "C" nil. v j Friendlies-Results. f Tuesday, 19/10/15, No. 3 and 4 Platoons, Breck- j nocks (4 goals) v. Remount Traihing Depot (2 goals). Wednesday, 20/10/15, No. 1 and 2 Platoons, Brecknocks (1 goal) v. General Staff (2 goals). Thursday, 21/10/15, No. 9 and 10 Platoons, Brecknocks (6 goals) v.. 1st Sussex Battery R.F.A. (2 goals). Thursday, 21/10/15, No. 11 and 12 Platoons, I Brecknocks (5 goals) v. 2nd Sussex Battery, R.F.A. (1 goal), j BUILTH v. CEFN-COED. I I These teams having just returned from detach- ment at Indore this was their first league fixture. It proved to be an interesting game and as results show a very even one, there was not a goal differ- ence in the play. Cefn were unlucky to ilose. J. ( Price who collided with the upright -and twisted his knee in the first half had to go off. The game was well contested throughout. Both de- fences were sound. Builth's forwards in the first half were a little smarter on the ball than their opponents. Preece who was on the sick-list was an absentee from the Cefn side. The scoring was opened for Cefn by Nicholls after about ten minu- tes' play. From the centre kick Builth began to put on pressure, Cottrell saving some good shots, although playing with the sun in his eyes, he kept goal splendidly. From a scrimmage in front of goal Steer opened the score for his side. Give and take play ensued for several minutes, when with a series of short passes Builth got down the field. Williams swung out to Harper, who took it on the run and centred. W. Williams trapped and drove hard into the net. This player also scored the next goal. Half-time Builth 3; Cefn 1. On the restart both goals were visited in turn. Jack Williams with a long drive came very close to finding the net, the gZ&lie turning round the post for a corner. This, however, was cleared. J. Powell, with a overhead kick, set his forwards in motion. W. Powell getting the ball with an individual effort notched the second point for his side. This player had very bad luck, another effort shortly after a low drive striking the upright and going behind. Cefn continued to press until the end of the,game, and pure bad luck prevented them from sharing the honours. Full-time score 9 and 10 Platoons (3 goals); 11 and 12 Platoons (2 goals). Referee Sergt.-Major C. Green. Teams.—Builth Goal, Farmer; backs, S. Smith and H. Jones; halves, T. S. Evans, J. L. J. Wil- liams and H. Davies; forwards, R. Steer, Hoddi- nott, W. Williajns, Evans and Harper. Cefn-Coed: Goal, Cottrell; backs, Francis and Betterton; halves, Bath, Lce.-Sgt. J. Powell and J. F. Price; forwards, D. M. Thomas, J. Morgan, 0. C. Davies, Nicholls and W. Powell.

LEAGUE TABLE. rg d S Goals I ,yo .1>.0 lit 00 s::I Teams S ? ? ? e ? § ? -Ei S £ (5 .£ +S* P ..£ S: 15 and 16 Platoons 4 2 1 1 9 8 5 (Ystradgynlais) 3 and 4 Platoons 2 2 0 0 16 1 4 (Talgarth). ) 1 and 2 Platoons 2 1 1 0 6 3 3 (Brecon). 9 and 10 Platoons.. 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 (Builth) 7 and 8 Platoons 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 (Hay). j 5 and 6 Platoons 2 0 1 1 2 7 1 (Crickhowell). f ,13 and 14 Platoons.. 4 0 1 3 5 19 1 (Brynmawr) 11 and 12 Platoons 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 (Cefn-Coed).

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"Notes Not Evidence." I BRECON SOLICITOR OBJECTS. I TALYBONT-ON-USK CONIES. l At Brecon County Police Court, on Friday, John I Jones, Nantllanerch, Talybont, summoned Wm. Lloyd (Berthllwydd Fawr, Talybont) and David Henry Morris (Berthllwydd, Fach, Talybont) for trespassing on his ground in search of conies on the 1st inst., Mr Lewis Jones (solicitor, Brecon) who repre- sented defendants, pleaded "not guilty." Complainant commenced giving evidence from notes he had entered in a hoot, but Mr Lewis Jones objected, adding that notes were not evidence. Proceeding, complainant said he went down the i fields at 2 p.m. on the date stated, and, as soon as he had passed through the clover-field, he heard a dog bark. He went about 50 yards, and, by the movements of his dog, could see that some one -was about. Complainant then proceeded to the lower clover field, and saw tracks which indicated they had gone over the hedge from the wood to the lower clover field. On returning through the wood, complainant met Lloyd walking in a hurry with a sign of "guilt" on his face. (Laughter). The Clerk You must not say that. Continuing, complainant said that Morris and I another man were 4 or 5 yards behind. Three other men also came up shortly after. Altogether, there were six men, and they had 4 terriers and a gun. He did not know the name of the man who carried the gun. Later, complainant walked to the boundary of fiis land with Lloyd, who picked up the gun after he was on his own land. Lloyd said "Do as you like, we will come out as good as you any time." He went back through the wood, and saw tracks where the men had attempted to catch rabbits. Cross-examined, complainant said he was a ten- ant on Aberclydach Estate under Mr Williams. He paid rent for all plantation and wood on his land. Complainant agreed that Lloyd did not bring his gun on his (complainant's) land, but left it on his own. He had nothing to say against Lloyd, but hoped he would not come over his ground in pursuit of game so often. (Laughter.) One man only gave his name in the wood-the others refused. He did not see a dog with Lloyd. Defendant (Lloyd), who is also a tenant on Aberclydach Estate, said the woods were not fenced and trees could not be cut down without the permission of the landjprd. He did not pay any rent for the plantations, as they were not in- cluded in the taking. He left his gun on his own land. They were not in pursuit of game, but ibadgers. Mr Lewis Jones said he admitted his clients were on the land for badgers, but not for game. He also produced the badger tongs used. The chairman remarked that the bench had de- cided to dismiss the case through lack of cor- roborative evidence. Complainant would have to pay the costs (10/-). Mr Lewis Jones did not think it was fair that complainant should drag the two defendants there that day and not the other men. It was nothing but spite on his part, and, therefore, he consider- ed complainant should pay advocate'a fee. The Chairman No, we cannot grant that.

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