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Women and the War.
Women and the War. INTERESTING BUILTH ADDRESS. Mrs. Maitlind Jones presided at the monthly meeting of the Builth Women's Institute on Monday. Dr. Mary Phillips, a Breconsliire lady, who is on leave from hospital work in Corsica, gave an interesting ac- count of her experience in the war. Dr. Phillip kept her audience spell-bound from beginning to end, tell- ing her story in a natural way and bringing in at every Point, the realities of the war 10 those present. She also showed the great and noble part played by women lUnong the sick and wounded: Those present had a rare" treat," and Dr. Mary "Phillips consented to deliver a public lecture in a fortnight's time. Not only had Dr. Phillips worked among the Serbian people, but also at Malta among the Britisb soldiers. The Secretary of the Women's Institute (Miss E. A. Vaughan)drew theattentioll of the meeting to the quest- ,on of fruit—bottling, which could be done without the use of sugar, observing that fruit wouM be necessary for the training camps. ? Mrs. Maitland Jones spoke of the great part women: could take in the the future, especially in the lllflnage- i ment of public affairs. Mr. James Prothero added to the pleasure of the evening by contributing some musical items, and Miss 1 Goodwin presided at the piano. Refreshments were provided, and the usual votes of thanks concluded the proceedings.
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I BY "UNCLE TOM." I -l. Brecon, July 17th, 1917. My dear nephews and nieces.—What beautiful weather we are having! And how helpful these sunny days are to the farmers just at a time when they are so short- handed, and, of course, wish to gather the hay-crop with the minimum amount of labour. Your summer holidays have nearly come round ag: i i, and I am sure you will all enjoy them. But don't t\ get to do your "little bit" of war-work in the hay- field or garden! You will enjoy the play-time all the more for a little manual employment. Again I would call your attention to our letter-writing competition for thi,s month. I feel confident you will try and that we shall have still another successful con- test. With best wishes to vou all. Your affectionate UNCLE TOM. I
JULY COMPETITION. I
JULY COMPETITION. Best letter to Uncle Tom on "My School Life." Open to elementary school-children in Brecon and Radnor. Include name, address and age in your letter. Prizes.—1st, 2/6; 2nd, 1/6; 3rd, 1/ The letters must not exceed 200 words, and must also be the bona-fide work of 'competitors themselves. Maximum marks will be:—Letter contents, 40; writ- ing, 20; English, 20; spelling, 20: maximum, 100. The last day for receiving letters will be Saturday, July 28th, and these should be properly stamped and addressed to Uncle Tom, care of "Brecon and Radnor Express," Brecon.
War Rations. I
War Rations. I HOW THEY AFFECT MANY PEOPLE. That wiar bread and war rations generally do not suit everybody is clea-r from the following iiafcement, which tappeared in the June 11-th issue of the "Daily Telegraph." It reads :—" At the reads t the Bedford Board of Guardians it was reported that a considerable number of deaths were occurring among the old inmates from dysentery, and the chairman believed rations had something to do with it. Wiar bread, he said, did not suit him." After all, it is not surprising that the digestive organs experience difficulty in dealing with tihe unaccustomed food which we are all of us now | compelled to resort, for like every other pa^c of the machinery of the human body, they do best and most easily the work that they have been trained to do and are accustomed to perform. Any con- siderable Variation in 'the quality or quantity of the food they are requirecl to digest, means extra strain on them, until they have, by usage, become accustomed to it. Now, in the vast majority of such cases, all that is needed is a gentle stimulating Stomach and Liver Tonic :and Regulator. Mother Sergei's Syrup is the most popuKar and widely used digest- ive a-nd stomachic remedy. It promotes the healthy action of the organs of digestion—stomach, liver, and bowels—enabling them to perform their work properly and digesting what you eat. Put it to the test to-day and take it after your next meal.
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*These co lumns are freely open to the ventilation I of any matter of public interest, local or general. Offensive personalities or abusive epithets are, however, rigidly excluded. Every communication must be duly and properly 'authenticated. In cases where anonymity is desired, the writer must privately and confidentially furnish the Editor with his name and address, as a guarantee of good faith. Letters received on the Saturday preceding the week of publication are more likely to be in- serted than those arriving later.
-DOLFACH FLOOD.1
DOLFACH FLOOD. 1 Sir.-In reporting the golden wedding of Mr and Mrs W. Prothero you mention the flood which swept Dolfach away. I feel sure many of your readers would be in- terested if you could allow the space to publish a few facte relative to the flood such as the date, its extent, damage done, etc. I have made many enquiries but have not been able to get much information. Personally, I should be grateful if you could secure and publish the facts. I understand a detailed account was once published in a booklet but I could never drop on a copy.-Yours, etc., "Glan Edw," A. 8. SHEEN. I Bearwood Road, Smethwick, July 10, 1917.
THE GOVERNMENT AND COMPENSATION…
THE GOVERNMENT AND COMPENSATION FOR I WAR DAMAGE. Sir,—The glad news that the Government have at last accepted some responsibility to Butferers from Air Raids 6hould be given the widest publicity seeing what a re- lief it will be. to many thousands of our fellow citizens in all parts of the country, especially as the decision to make awards from public funds in cases where personal injury has resulted in death or permanent disablement is to be retrospective, manifestly a just decision. The Memorial from the great Meeting of the Com- mittee on War Damage in the Egyptian Hall, on April 24th last, when 718 Local Authorities were represented, urged that "loss of life or personal injury due to enemy air raids, or bombardment, ought to engage the attention of, and be dealt with by, the Government. The claim for compensation in such cases is at least as strong as that arising out of casualties in the fighting line." The decision of the Government in the matter of personal injury is a change of policy which I trust warrants the, hope that ultimately will be granted the further prayer of the Memorial, viz. :That the Government, as trustees for the nation, proclaim their intention of giving fair compensation to the owners of property and goods that have already been, or may in future be, damaged or destroyed either by air craft or bombardment." This, in the opinion of the Memorialists, is the manifest duty of the Government, and one which they are bound by every consideration of justice, expediency and public policy, to recognise and carry into effect. I am, yours &c., Committee on War Damage, MARK H. JUDGE, 7. Pall Mall, S.W. 1. Chairman. June 80th, 1917.
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National Education.
National Education. Breconshire Teachers. PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS. Mr Matthew Owen (Cefn-coed), in his presidential address at the annual meeting of the Breconshire Teachers' Association held at Brecon on Friday, taking as his subject National Education," said, that whilst they hailed with genuine satisfaction the proposals of the Government in their recent legislative reforms, they could not hut ftud these were never to be realised unless the conditionsl and remuneration of teachers were to improve greatly. Raising the leaving age to 14 was commendable, compulsory attendance at evening schools was praiseworthy, but this meant that more teachers would be required, and if the gaps were tilled with inefficient instructors they would lower in- stead of raising the standard of education. The shortage of teachers had been a problem for some years. The number of entrants into the profession had gone down annually from 11,000 until it hardly reached 5,000. About 9,000 were required annually to fill the depleted ranks, and adding the thousands that would be wanted after the war, the problem be- came a serious one. After going into details to show how much in this great crisi, and not least in the prosecution ef the war, the nation owed to the elemen- tary school system, imperfect as it had been, Mr Owen continued, that at last it was acknowledged by the Government and the Press that the average pay of the teacher was far too low: it was dawning upon the nation that the conditions and remuneration of tea- chers were deplorable. Before the war there were 42,200 certificated teachers, male and female, getting less than £ 100 a year, and 26.700 drawing salaries of less than £ 90. The condition of uncertificated teachers was still worse. In education everything depended on the personal element, and vet there was scarcely a profession to-day popularly held in less esteem than that of teaching. But what could the ruling classes expect when under a State sanctioned system there was a whole class of teachers in State schools who were paid at the rate of 15s. per week '1 In fact all salaries in State schools were infamous. Mr Fisher had admitted that teachers did not earn enough to bring up a family respectably. Owing to their miser- able remuneration they could not help becoming narrow in their outlook, their horizon contracted and themselves dissatisfied. And yet they had always been taunted as a "whining" class New and attractive openings had appeared before the eyes of educated men and women so that the problem of entrants into the teaching profession was to be a very acute one in the future. Nothing could be depended on as a draw but a substantial improvement in the remuneration. A teacher anxious and depressed and worried as to his financial matters was a bad teacher an embittered teacher was a social- danger. The teachers' pension scheme was a disgrace to any body of civil servants. Judging from the pathetic re- cord of teachers surviving or even reaching the age of 65, very few would benefit from the present arrange- ment. It was most unjust that a teacher's contribu- tions, after 20 or 30 or 40 years, would not be paid to the relatives on the death of the teacher. If the local education authorities adopted a sympathetic attitude towards the proposals of Mr Fisher, and interpreted that assistance in the spirit which gave it—then they could expect the benefits to the teachers to grow. The great ruling principle in the Government seemed to be a genuine desire to raise the stipends of the teachers to a very much higher level than prevailed at present. Might they not hope that the local authorities would hail this and add something to it,and since 60 per cent. of the salaries paid would now be met by the Government, they were Justified in asking for;a thorough revision of the present scale. Schools should be graded according to accomodatton and not average attendance; there should be two grades only, say accommodation up to 1000 and over the increments should be not less than X5 a year and should include increments for years of service. They were looking forward to the Breconshire Education Authority to provide wood work for the boys and housecraft for the girls, and he believed that the time had come when the intermediate schools of the county would be free to all children desiring to enter them, with some con- ditions governing the admission. There would be no satisfactory solution to the county school problem until entrance was free. Some children might be sent on at an earlier age than others, but a minimum age might be fixed, 14. The President was heartily thanked for the address.
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I Kadnorshire Committee Meetings
Kadnorshire Committee Meetings- FARMEKS AND THEIR DOGS. The various committees of the Radnorshire County Council met at the County Buildings, Llandrindod Wells, on Friday. Diseases of Animals Committee. Sir Powlett Milbank was elected chairman in success- sion to Mr David Davies (resigned). The chief Constable presented the following report:— There has been no outbreak of sheep-scab within the knowledge of the police during the past quarter. A,n outbreak of parasitic mange occurred at Howey on the 4th April. Only one horse was affected, and this, after being regularly dressed under the supervision of the police, was declared free on the 5th May. The Sheep- Dipping (England and Waies) Order of 1915 has again been published throughout the county by means of post- ers, and also the regulation prohibiting the exposure of undipped sheep in markets, fairs or sale yards during tho dipping period. The assistant inspectors, appoint- ed last year, were found to be of great convenience to farmers who took sheep into Montgomeryshire markets, and he suggested that they be again appointed for the ensuing dipping period. The Board of Agriculture having made an Order empowering the local authority of this county to make regulations for the control of dogs dur- ing the right, he begged to submit draft regulations, similar to those in force in the county of Salop, for the approval of the committee. Mr J. Hamer hoped that the assistant inspectors would be again appointed, pointing out that owing to the shortage of police officers this was more than ever important. I In reply to questions, the acting chief constable said these inspectors gave their services voluntarily. With regard to the proposal that dogs should be tied up during the hours of night, Mr R. Hughes thought this would be rather hard on farmers, as they were not used to having their dogs fastened up at night. The chairman thought it was essential that all dogs -should be controlled, and Mr J. Hamer said 'this Order was being made for the protection of the flocks of farmers, and farmers should be willing to have their own dogs controlled as well as those of other people. Mr T. Davies agreed, and the chairman said he did not think the Order was any hardship on farmers. Mr A. T. Hamer thought the Order would be a good thing, and the acting chief constable pointed out that there had been several serious cases of sheep worrying in the county and experience proved that farmers' dogs might sometimes be to blame. Mr T. Daviee doubted if it were wise to exclude hounds, as was proposed, but Mr W. Green-Price said that when hounds were out hunting, it sometimes hap- pened that all the dogs could not be collected to get home together, and through no one's fault a dog might get left behind, but it would return to the kennels in due course. Mr R. Hughes said that the dogs of the Rhayader pack were kept at farm houses, and on this the clerk humor- ously observed that it was sometimes, said that the Rhayader hounds "clemmed" all over the county. Mr J. Hamer suggested that they should put in a clause exempting packs of hounds during the hunting* sea-son, October 1st to April 15th. This was agreed to, but Mr R. Hughes pointed out that this exempted the dogs at the Inmhing season, just when the Order was most important. General Purposes Committee.. Mr W. Green-Price was re-elected 1\ chairman. The analyst reported that he had examined 10 samples under the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act. In the case of a sample of superphosphates no guarantee was dven in accordance with the sections of the Act, and the sample was also poor in quality. The inspector of weights and measures also reported with regard to this sample, saying nothing whatever was given to indicate what the composition was, but the price was high. The sample was of very low grade, and out of proportion to the price charged the purchaser. The chairman, after reading the correspondence which had taken place with regard to this irregularity, said the position was most unsatisfactory. If such a thing hap- pened again, he was of opinion that proceedings should he taken, and the vendor informed accordingly. This was agreed to. Cinema licences were renewed in respect to the hi' "s at Rhayader and Llandrindod Wells (Mr E P. Mor,, Mr G. M. Hand, and Mr W. Alee Millward). The Inspector of Weights and Measures (Mr C. S. Powell) presented a full report. He said the net weight tea order was being properly carried out, and the pack- ets of tea he hail examined testified to the care with which packers now put up the tea, a very welcome change to the public.
SMALL-HOLDINGS. I
SMALL-HOLDINGS. GOOD WORK REPORTED. Sir powictt Milbank was re-elected as chairman 01 the Small Holdings Committee. The Land Agent (Mr C. S. W. Powell) presented the following report:- "The small holdings are, with one exception, in a good state of cultivation. This one holding referred to is not managed properly, and also the Government audi- tor has drawn attention to the matter of the rent lac- ing in arrears. Something should certainly be done in this case which has been unsatisfactory for some- time There are a number of applicants still requiring land, and strong efforts should be made to meet them in their demands, especially when large farms change hands I would suggest that application be made to the Board of Agriculture for an order in each case, where land has been handed over under the Defence of the Realm Regulations through the County War Agricultural Committee for cultivation. This should be done at once, so that the necessary time involved will elapse before The Defence of the Realm Regulations will be re- laxed, and thus, perhaps, hand back the land to former occupiers. I may say that on every piece of land handed to small holders under the Defence of the Realm Regulations excellent crops are being shewn without a single exception. In one case a small field, which had not been ploughed for probably 30 years or more, and full of tree roots, was ploughed up as late as May ;d sowed with oats and afterwards top dressed with Co phate of ammonia. This field is now looking most cellent, not a foot of land being bare. I may also state that each holder who has been given land to cultivate shows great pride in his cultivation and in some cases is an example to many large farmers. The chairman observed that the report wt., a very satisfactory one indeed, and on the motion of Mr B. P. Lewis, seconded by Mr J. Hurst, it was decided to make an application to the Board of Agriculture as recom- mended by the Inspector in his report as it was felt that the. ipteret5 of small holders who had done the work well should be protected. The clerk observed that the work of the committee had been very much relieved by the operations of the War Agricultural Committee (Executive). A letter was read from the Board of Agriculture with regard to the application of Mr B. Lewis, Hill House, Crossgates. The Board asked what had been done to meet the wishes of this applicant. Mr B. P. Lewis said that Mr Lewis had a son away with the forces, and he thought that for the sake of the son it would be a good thing if they could get land for this man. The Inspector said it was rather hard on Mr Lewis as owing to lack of sufficient land he had had to sell some stock. He explained what wa.s being done to get land for the man. ?t t war decided to inform the Board of Agriculture that the committee were doing their best to get land for the applicant, and that they hoped to have land for him next spring. The Asylum Question. I The special committee appointed to consider the pro- posed union for Asylum purposes with Montgomery met I en camera, and we understand that after a full dWne?, ion, a conch?ion was arrived at bv an almo?t unammoM vot. I
Radnorshire Chief Constableship.
Radnorshire Chief Constableship. THE VACANT POST. j PROPOSAL TO APPOINT. At the meeting of the Radnorshire Standing Joint Committee, held at Llandrindod on Friday, Mr Thos. Davies said he gave notice at the last meeting to pro- pose that steps should be taken to fill the present vacancy in the chief constableship. The notice was not on the agenda, but he was promised that he should bring the matter up at that meeting. Members would recollect that he gave notice of motion, and he hoped he was in order. The chairman said Mr Davies was in order, but what was the proposal? Mr Davies then handed in the following motion:- "That, subject to the approval of the Home Office, the acting chief constable, Supt. Richard Jones, be ap- j pointed chief constable, at the same salary as the late Chief Constable started at." The chairman said he could not accept this, but the motion would be in order at the next meeting. He could not anticipate what the decision of the Home Office would be. He had seen instances in which they said they would not permit appointments to be made during war time. Mr Davies said he had another notice of motion, which was also handed in, and, after reading it, the chairman said he thought it was in order. Eventually, it was agreed that, subject to the ap- proval of the Home Office, the appointment of a chief constable should be made at the next meeting, the sal- ary to be the same as that at which the late Chief Constable started.
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