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FROM THE FOWL RUN. I BY "ROOSTER." I No matter whether there are only a few birds k pt, or whether the stcck is extensive, there should be a record of all income and expenditure. Many people will tell you they only keep fowls for a hobby and therefore it does not matter whether they pay, hence no accounts are kept. To most people poultry keeping is just a business proposition which if possible must be made to pay, and when there is a loss the birds are soon sold out. I always say that an account should be kept of the fowls to see whether they pay for' themselves, and if there Ls any profit. People laugh at the idea of pro- fit, they never have kept an account and without think- ing look upon the birds as a loss. When books are kept it can easily be teen at once where the money goes and what is the income. Of course all produce mu>t be booked no matter whether 'a chicken or an egg is eaten in the house. There must be a proper system made for booking everything and if the produce is used at home then just one book will do. which shows the income and expenditure and these can be balanced at the year end. o + In making up accounts of this kind there is always the difficulty in taking stock. Suppose you staré the year with a dozen head and from these you raise a hundred, if the sales come along before you take stock, then you have money instead of kind, but if the sales are late then you have these birds to book up before you can draw a correct balance .sheet. The trouble will come in arriving at their proper value for all have a different idea of what they should be worth. You cannot reckon them at the selling value, because you may have to take that same money in a month's time. and then the food thev have consumed in the meantime is lost. If you call in a valuer this will differ from your own ideas, and then not be fair unless the same man is doing it each year, because no two men will see exactly alike, and there is a great difference between the selling and re- taining value. Some birds you should not sell at any price because you neM them for your own breeding, and though a big price may be offered which will make the present sheet look well, your selling must take off con- siderable value from the following years' stock. Anyone ,-an easily see that with a few hundred head of .stock a balance sheet can soon be made rosy or black. One very good way is to keep the price of the adult stock always the same and let the fixed amount be low enough. Suppose you made this 10/- each, it could always he raised a l/- if you felt the stock had improved all round, but when reckoned this way there is no need of change. Take it that you booked in your birds at 10/- -each number 100, but during the year you sell 50 at 20/- each you have the money,and thus it comes back in value either one year or the other, providing the pens have been properly mated and the stock of chickens is qual to the- parent birds. There is nothing like keeping an account, for then you can know how you stand. The man who keeps fowls for a livelihood must take out a balance-sheet each year, just the name as any other business man would do: and then he must arrive at a satisfactory value of the stock on hand. Should this be put down too high any one year, he must have an exceptionally good time the next vtar, or he will soon find his .stock worked out, which must make his seeming profit a loss. Better to keep the value per head low enough, and feel that it is well within, the mark, then to put on a high price which is as much or more than they will make in the open mar- ket. Firms with thousands of head must keep a lot of books, but even the small man should know how much his expenditure is and where the money goes. If a man gives his ."pare time to the industry, then he may not charge anything as wages, but if he takes a house with land. purely with the idea of keeping more fowls, then some portion of the rent should be charged to the poul- try account. The reader need not think I am going off on to-a political subject, but I will only deal with this question as it applies to poultry. Without the ground is sweet and clean you cannot expect healthy stock. No matter whether it be grass or the plain earth, it must be cleaned, and, though Nature will do this. naturally you will need to awi-st as much as possible. The small man is much more handicapped in this respect than the big farmer, because he cannot devote as much space to the stock and cannot change the ground so often as neces- sary- One large farmer of the writer's knowledge keeps all the birds on the ploughed land, and the situation is changed every two years. The idea is simple and easily understood. One half of the field us to be used for fowl- and then runs are erected round the sides-, while the centre is left clear for the young stock. Abont four acres is used like this, so that the birds- always have two acres, and. while they manure the land, they also have fresh soil every other year. The netting is fixed on good posts, so that the whole lot can be moved easily, and, with houses of moderate size, anyone can see that the work of moving is not great and will not take long. For the last plant some seed is used, which will leave behind a certain amount of green food, and the stock has a. fine time when so moved. It is rather early in the year for this, because in a month or two most of the young surplus stock will be cleared off, and then the iob of changing is not so great. Certainly all will be ready for the next breeding season, and the birds will have quite fresh ground. The owner assured me that it an- swered well, for the crops reaped an advantage through the manure, while the fowls also did so much better through a change of ground. Where the stock is always kept on grase land, this -aannot be done, but the runs can be cleansed in a dif- ferent way. For instance, now that the breeding birds are being divided up and most of the runs are empty, leave them for a week or so, and then mow down all the grass as close as possible and rake it all out. The cutting will give the Tain a better chance of cleansing the top. while the new shoots will provide excellent aroen food for when you want to put in some young or fresh stock. By cutting the graiss you clear out all tfre coarse bits which have never been picked off by the fowls, and the whole looks fresh and clean. The towi manure will make the grass grow rapidly, and their continual scratching amongst it makes a finer qnaHty ?raa& come, because they tear up all the moss 2nd rou?h herbage which M Jfound on some land. and rough lu. Another good plan adopted by some men is to keep a I flock of sheep, which are turned into the different runs in turn, and they eat off the gram. This will eave mowing throngh. although. on the whole, it it; not quite so clean, and certainly the grass which is cut can be made into hay. and thus provide food or litter for the other stock. The small holder with just a few rums will not want many sheep, and, probably, the cutting will he best, but, if he has a few. the change to the fowl runs will give the other grass a chance to grow. Where the birds are only kept on earth, then the clean-ing will be different. If it can he arranged. a good plan will be to change the ground and dig over the old run, or. if possible, to grow a crop of something on it. because this will clean it better than anything. The turning of the top underneath freshens all the lot, but to continually do this, without some growth to take out the excrements, only tends to make all the ground foul. and then only trouble will follow. With- out the grass the top can he easily cleaned, but, with continuous rain, it soon churns up into mud, and this is bad for any stock. When the ground i, sticky the birds are best- inside the homw, and this is the drawback to all earth runs. If fruit treeos are grown in the' pens they will draw out a great deal cf the foul matter, and, at the same time, give a good return in value. All hous- es kept on such land must have plenty of dry litter on the floor, so that the birds may clean and dry their feet before going to roost. The earth run is usually the only place for the small man, andjie must make the most of his iirroiii)dings. '1

FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEES. L.G.B. AND CRICKHOWELL DISTRICT. CHAIRMAN'S REMARKS. I Mr W. G, Jame,, presided at a special meeting of the Crickhowell District Council (Town Hall, Crick- howell) on Thursday afternoon, to consider the appoint- ment of a Food Control Committee for the district. The clerk said the instructions only came from the Ministry of Food on Monday. As all councils appeared to have received them weeks ago, he wrote to the Local Government Board, asking if Crickhowell had been un- intentionally omitted, and forthwith the hatch came down. The chairman said it was unfair that the information was with-held until Monday. All the councillors were in the dark regarding the scheme, and yet the authori- ties wantedthc names of the committee and other in- formation by Saturday. It was impossible to do things properly at such short notice. The clerk said that in such an extensive rural district as Crickhowell it may be necessary to have sub-com- mittees at Llanelly, Gilwern, Bwkh, Llanbedr and Cwm- du. and the general committee should be made as repre- sentative as possible. It was decided that a committee of 12 should he ap pointed, comprising the following :-Councillors W. G. James, chairman (Llangenny), A. J. Thomas, vice-chair- I man (Gilwern), Rev. W. Arvon Davi"s (Cwmdu), John Thomas (Llangynidr), Roger Howells (Llangattock), E. Pirie Gordan (Crickhowell), James Howell (Llanbedr) and T. L. Toile. Llanelly (Labour representative), Mr T. P. Davies, Crickhowell (reprevsenting Crickhowell Oddfellows), Mr F. H. Morgan, Llangynidr (plasterer), Mrs J. J. Watkins (Greenhill, Crickhowell), and Mrs Ros-er (Dyffryn, Clydach, Gilwern).

New General. I FORMERLY C.O. S.W.B. t Brevet-colonel H. E. B. Leach, C.M.G., who has been promoted brigadier-general whilst employed as Deputy- Director of Personal Services at the War Office, is a son of Major-general Sir Edmund Leach, K.C.B., whose father resided for many years at Corston, Pembroke. Born in 1870, he started his military career in the Northumberland Fusiliers h 1891, and transferred to the South Wales Borderers. He formerly commanded the 1st Battalion of the South Wales Borderers, and in the present campaign has been mentioned in dispatches and awarded the C.M.G.

Hirwain Vicar I ACCEPTS LIVING OF RHYMNEY. I Rev. J. R. Dewi Williams, B.A., vicar of Hirwain, who has accepted the living of Rhymney. is the son of the late Mr Dewi Williams, of Tregaron, one of the most popular public men in Mid-Cardiganshire. He was educated at Ystradmeurig and St. David's College, Lampeter, where he graduated in 1899, subsequently re- ceiving a year's training at St. Michael's Theological College, Aberdare. He was ordained deacon in 1900 and priest in 1901, and from that year to 1910 served as cur- ate to the Rev. Dr. C. A. H. Green at Aberdare. Since October, 1910, the Rev. Dewi Williams has been vicar of St. Lleurwg's, Hirwain, where he has worked stren- the Aberdare Cymmrodorion Society, and well known in Welsh literary circles. In 1910 he married Mi&s Edith Alice Edwards, daughter of the late Rev. W. Edwards, of Crvnant, Neath.

THE GREAT SKIN CURE. UUDDEN 8 S.R. SKIN OINTMENT will cure Itching after one application, destroys every form of Eczema; heals old Wounds and Sores &cte like a charm on Bad Legs; is infallible for Piles; Prevents Cuts from Festering will cure Ringworm in a few days; removes the most obsti- nate Eruptions and Scurvy. Boxes 9d and 1/8. —Agents for Brecon, Mr Stanton aud Mr Morris, High Street, Chemists; Builthi Wells. W. Price & Co., T. A. Coltman; Llandovery, J. Nicholas, Chemist; Hay, J. L. Davies and Son; Talgarth, J. Parry, Chemist; Crickhowell, Mr Kirkland, Chem- ist; Brynmawr, Mr A. M. Jones, Chemist; Knigh- ton, Mr Perkins, Chemist: Pontardulais, Mr Jones, Chemist. bge,

SPECIAL WAR SERVICE. "WHAT MANNER OF MAN IS THIS?" SERMON AT HAY. A brilliant discourse was delivered by the Rev. J. Wesley Homer, Primitive Methodist Church, Hay, in connection with a special war service of thanksgiving and intercession, on the 19th inst. There was a large congregation. The .service wa-s impressive, and the re- marks of the preacher most inspiring. Me said: "A raging, roaring sea," that seemed to be carrying death on every wave, forms the background of the pic- ture. The night is inky black and stormy—a night that one could imagine demons choosing in which to play their awful games. The centre of the picture is a few men in a small boat that is tossed like a shell from wave to wave. Such a situation is sufficient to make the stoutest heart tremble and the most courageous weigh up the possibilities and consequences of death. These men, though accustomed to the howling, threaten- ing storm, trembled on this occasion like children frightened at the sight of some wild beast or terrified by some dream in the night. They seemed more afraid at deliverance than they had been at the storm. It came to them in a strange garb. Christ stood up in that little boat and, like a king swaying undoubted authority, he bade the elements be at rest. Then followed a calm that no words can describe. The wind ceased its roar- ing, the sea was hushed to rest, and the boat rode in peace. With bated breath his disciples asked each other, "What manner of man is this that even the wind and the sea obey him?" They were amazed at the work- ing of the Almighty and surprised at the marvellous deliverance. Instead of realising divine power at work and giving God thanks, they just stood and looked at one another in open-mouthed amazement, like children who had just been told some thrilling fairy tale. The Al- mighty was at work in the storm, but they knew it not. In their fear they went to the sleeping Christ, saying. ".Master, carest thou not that we perish?" So in the troubles of human life to-day God is at work. It is passible to believe that the Almighty is operating in this war, in spite of its awfulness and cruelty. Some people cannot believe God is in this war because it is so terrifying. But the experience of these men was terrify- ing, too, yet God was in the storm. When they were straining to their utmost to keep afloat in the storm they felt God had forsaken them, but when deliverance came it was so wonderful that they wanted to know by what power it had been wrought. "What manner of man is thi,,?" they exclaimed. Hence, the people who to-day deny that God is in this great trouble and warfare, to-morrow, will be asking in amazement by vhat power we have been delivered. "What we need," 'oncluded the preacher, "is a greater faith to believe that God is in this trouble, and that soon He will vin- dicate His power and justice by a complete overthrow of the forces of evil and the establishment of truth and right." During the service the names of young men, con- nected with the Church and who were serving with the forces, were read, the reading being followed by special prayer. A solo was beautifully rendered by Price. Altogether the service was highly impressive, instructive and encouraging.

AWARDED MILITARY CROSS. HEROISM IN MESOPOTAMIA. Among the awards by the King for gallantry and de- ) votion to duty in the field are the following, who have dist inguished themsel\%is in Mesopotamia:— To be Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel. J Major L. 1. G. Morgan-Owen, D.S.O., S.W .B.I To be Brevet-Major. ( Capt. A. R. Godwin-Austen. M.C., S.W.B.

D.S.O. Capt. Roderic L. Petre, M.C., S.W.B. Bar to Military Croat: Lieut, (t.) Cyril George Usher, M.C., S.W.B. Military Cross. Lieut. (Temp. Capt.) Hugh Marr, S.W.B. Sec.-lieu. (Temp. Lieut.) John S. Windsor, S.W.B. and R.F.C. Temp. Sec.-lieut. Stanley Thomas Pink. S.W.B. Major L. 1. G. Morgan-Owen, D.S.O., of the South Wales Borderers, who is promoted brevet lieutenant- colonel for services in the field, is a son of Mr T. Morgan-Owen, M.A., J.P., of Ll wyn Jkrw, Llandinam, and was married in 1910 to a daughter of Mr J. B. Wal- ford, the Chapel, Aberga.venny. He fought at Galli- poli, including the Battle of Sari Bair and the evacu- ation of Suvla and Helles, and in Mesopotamia he won the D.S.O. He is now a general staff officer. Capt. Roderick L. Petre, D.S.O., M.C., ha-s been a&so- ciated with the South Wales Borderers since 1908. He was wounded in action with his regiment at Tsingtau, and since his recovery has seen cortT-fderable fighting in Mesopotamia. He had previously won the Military Cross, and is at present acting as brigade-major. He is in his 30th year, and is one of the youngest officers of the Borderers to win a double distinction in this war. Temporary Lieutenant C. G. Usher, awarded a bar to his Military Cross, joined the South Wales Borderers in 1915. Temporary Captain Hugh Marr, of the South Wales Borderers, who receives the Military Cross, belonged to the first raised service battalion by the regiment at Brecon, and fought alongside Capt. A. Buchanan, V.C., M.C., of Coleford, the blinded hero of the regiment. He is well-known at Brecon, being connected with the town through marriage. He was, before, sergeant-major of the 3rd S.W.B. Lieut. J. S. Windsor, awarded the M.C., formerly be- longed to the South Wales Borderers.

Summer Weariness. I Why is it, that 1080 many people, the warm summer months mean discomfort and even misery ? They are happy and apparently healthy enough when the weather is cool and bracing, but when the warm, humid days of summer come round, they .are irritable and depressed and seem altogether lacking in energy and vitality. Why is it? In it "s inply a matter of tens of thousands of cases it is simply a matter of digestion. The stomach, liver and bowels axe apt to become sluggish and lazy in hot weather, and when they shirk work the whole system suffers as a natural consequence. Headaches, languor, and loss of energy are kracea ble in countless instances to faulty action of these important organs, and all that is needed to restore them to natural activity and efficiency is the gemle stimulating and regulat- ing action of a digestive tonic and corrective, such as Mother Sngel's Syrup. If you are feeling limp and listless, and lack the energy and vitality which should be yours, try the effect of tajdng from 20 to 30 drops of 'Mother Seigel's Syrup in a lifetle water, after each meal and note the difference it maikes in your physical condition and enjoyment of life.

Builth Visitors' Concert. I A CAPITAL PROGRAMME. I Following the successful concert of the 21st. inst., an- other was held at Church Hall, Builth Wells, on Thurs- day. There was a crowded audience, scores failing to gain admission. The chair wa.s occupied by Mr Thomas (Tonypandy), and he succeeded in keeping the audience in good humour throughout the evening. An excellent programme was gone through, several of the items be- ing far above the ordinary, and the audience showed, by their enthusiastic plaudits, that they fully appre- ciated the good fare provided. Appended is the programme: -Solo, "Star of Bethle- hem," Mr W. Austin, Blaina; solo, "Robin Adair," Miss Myra Fletcher, Ammanford; recitation, "Grandfather'f; spectacles," Miss Olwen Evans, Dowlais; solo, "Y Deryn Pur," Miss Netta Thomas, Cefn-coed, Merthyr; solo, "The Toilers," Mr R. Ablett, Llantwit (this solo is one of Mr Ablet/t'e best efforts); solo, "Shipmates o' mine," Mr Hemming-s, Barry; solo, "Daddy's sweet- heart," Mis* Irene Thomas, Tonypandy (encored)-this item bringing down the house and Mffi5< Thomas having to respond); solo, "Mary O'Neill," Mr R. Ablett; eolo, "Out of the past," Miss Elsie Davies, Troedyrhiw; and selections on the concertina, including "Roee of the morn," Mr E. Powell, Abertillery, which was loudly en- cored. He responded with "Blue Bells of Scotland," bringing in the church chimes and the church organ. This again was encored, and he favoured the audience with an imitation of a braM band, playing a march with an euphonium solo wedded in. A vote of thanks to the artistes and chairman, pro- posed by the Rev. James Lewis (Baptist minister, Maeg) ended one of the best visitors' concerto of the season. Mr Gomer Llewelyn (Dowlais) proved an efficient and nympathetio accompanist. The arrangements were in the hands of a committee, with Mr R. A. Lewis (Barry) as chairman, Mr W. H. Evans, Dowlais, treasurer, and Mr ». B. Evans, schoolmaster, Penydarren, secretary.

PAPER FAMINE. TO OUR READERS. Our readers are no doubt aware that there is a great shortage of paper in this country. At the present time there is no pulp coming in from abroad. Messrs Thomas Owen and Co., Ltd., Ely Paper Mills, Cardiff, are appealing for supplies of waste paper for which they will pay 8/6 per cwt., for all grades mixed, brown, crumpled, cardboard, old books, magazines, etc. In order to assist, the Brecon and Radnoc Express," will buy any old paper delivered at the Office, The Bul- wark, Brecon, at this price, and pack and send the same on to Cardiff. If you have only 10 lbs, bring it along. Any quantity bought. Where paper is sent to us by train, the carnage to Brecon must be paid by the sender. The Y.M.C.A. also appeals for waste paper on behalf of their Funds. Any paper left at the Y.M.C.A., Brecon, will be bought by us and sent to Cardiff.

I —- HORSE SALE. GOOD PRICES AT HEREFORD. ULASBURY ENTRY TOP. Notwithstanding 'restrictions and the obtaining of necessary licences to 6ell, sonie of the latter forth- coming rather late, there was a fair entry for 11es8J' Jackson and McCartney's Hereford horse sale, and good prices were realised. There were nearly 200 heavy and light horses catalogued, the former going up to 116gs., and the latter to 68gs. Animals were entered and buy- ers came from all parts. There was no prize list on this occasion. The following were the best prices made:— Heavy.—Mr T. Jones, Glasbury, brown gelding, 116 guineas; Mr Price, Winforton, bay gelding. 100; Mrs Watkins, Kentchureh, brown mare, 96; Mr M. Csump, Raglan, brown gelding, 94: Mr Yates, Bromyard, gelding, 90; Mr James, Caradoc, brown gelding, 86; Mr P. An- drews, Clehonger, chestnut mare, 86; Mr L. W. Evans, drews, Froome, bay gelding, 86; Mr W. It. James, Bishop's Pontyclun, black gelding. 85; Mr J. Meredith. Clyro, bay gelding, 85; Mr Yates, Bromyard, gelding, 84; Mr W. G. Farmer, Withington, black gelding, 83; Mr M. Crump, Raglan, black horse, 82; Mr Price, Winforton, grey geld- ing, 81; Mr J. H. Marfell, Ross, chestnut mare, 79; Mr J. Eckley, Caradoc, black mare, 75; Mr J. H. Yeomans, Withington, grey gelding, 72; Mr J. Bott, Breinton, bay mare, 70; Mr W. R. James, Pontyclun, black mare, 69; Mr A. W. Watkins, Kingstone, gelding, "Turk," 68; Mr T. A. Powell, Ross, bay mare, 65; Mr Powell, Wel- lington, black gelding, 63; Mr A. Watkins. Kingstone, br. gelding, 62; Mr A. Watkins, Pontrilas, bay gelding, 60; Mr A. Price, Peterchurch, roan mare, 58; Mr A. Watkins, Kingstone, br. horse, 53; Mr A. Watkins, Pontrilas, bay gelding, 57; Mr Harris, Tredegar, blaclM mare, 54; Mr H. Cousins, Wellington, chestnut gelding, 58; and Mr E. G. Ballinger, Hay, br. mare, 50. Light.—Mr J. Groves, Bromyard, br. mare, 34; Mr J. Lewis, Breinton, bay mare, 40: Mr E. Davies, Pont- newydd, dun mare, 31; Mr J. W. Robinson, Peterstow, ch. mare, 53; Mr T. B. Prosper, Whitney, bay mare, 30: Miss Crawley, Raglan, bay mare, 68; Mr G. P. Tuck, Dilwyn, bay mare, 381; Mr Hawkins, Lower Wilcroft, ch. gelding, 31; Mr J. L. Barling, Hereford, ch. gelding, 50; Mr J. Chambers, Hay, ch. horse, 36; Mr T. A. Palmer, Dymock, ch. mare, 32; Mr W. Grundy, Upper Wick, bay mare, 34: Mr Lewis, chestnut cob, 43; and Mr A. W. Watkins, Kingstone, br. horse, 35.

Wales after the War. FREE CHURCH COUNCIL'S PROGRAMME. The Social Questions and Reconstruction Committee of the National Free Church Council of Wales ha-s mapped out, for itself an ambitious programme of useful work for the coming session. The subjects to he tackled are divided into four sections, each to be worked by a small group. The first section will deal with fundamen- tals and the second with the present social order- questions affecting temperance, slm-hojlg, Sunday trading, etc. The third section will deal with the Churches in relation to war and after-war conditions, study the effect of demobilisation, get into touch with Welsh chaplains and Y.M.C.A. workers at the front, in- terest itself in matters affecting discharged soldiers and wounded men, and the question of religious services. It will also deal with the question of industrial re- organisation, and study carefully the report of the In- dustrial Unrest Commission for South Wales, and ar- range for private conferences between the representa- tives of Labour and the representatives of the Churches, in order to get at the real reason for the present aloof- ness of Labour from the Churches. The fourth section y will inquire into the question of religious teaching in elementary and secondary schools, the attitude of the Churches to adolescents, and deal immediately with the question of the grave and serious increase of crime amongst children in industrial areas. Revs. Gwilym Davies and John Roberts will draft a memorandum dealing with Section 1, Rev. Thomas Hughes, Rev. H. M. Hughes, Mrs Herbert Lewis, and Mr William George will each prepare a statement upon Section 3, and Rev. Gwilym Davies and Rev. Penar Griffiths will report on Section 4. The committee has also drafted a temperance policy for discussion, and this v i i be presented in due course to the Executive Comri.; :ee.

Imperial Honours. BUILTH MAN IN THE LIST. Welshmen or persons connected with Wales to receive distinction in the new British Empire Orders list of hon- ours include the following:- Sir John Sankey, K.C. (Knighthood). Right Hon. Donald Maclean, M.P. (Knighthood). Mr Leonard Llewelyn (Knighthood). Professor S. J. Chapman (Companion). Lady Norman (Companion). Mr J. H. Silley, Chepstow (Officer). Miss E. P. Hughes, Barry (Member). Mr H. A. Pritchard, Cardiff (Member). Mr John Bickersteth (Member). Mr Ivor R. Pugh, Builth Wells and Llanelly (medal). Mr Ivor Reginald Pugh (Builth Wells and Llanelly) re- ceives his medal for "presence of mind and courage in carrying into the open, at an explosive factory, a bucket containing an explosive mixture which had taken fire and threatened loss of life and damage to property. When it exploded he suffered very severe personal in- juries." He is a son of Mr j. P. Pugh, Builth Wells, and, up to 13 months ago, was in the establishment of Messrs. J. S. Davies (drapers, Dowlais). Mr Pugh is 27 years of age and his wife now lives at 46, Thomas Street, Llanelly. Since the explosion, in which he played so gallant a part, he has been a patient at Llanelly Hospital. He has lost his right eye, and two fingers and the thumb on the right hand have been amputated. It is also feared his right leg will have to be amputated. In all Mr Pugh sustained 18 wounds. Before the war Mr Pugh was an active athlete. He played football for Builth and Llanidloes, and cricket for Builth and Brecon Cougty Clubs.

Local Will. THE LATE MISS ELIZABETH WILLIAMS. Miss Elizabeth Anna Williams, of Penpont, who died on the 13th March last, left estate of the gross value of 214,321, with net personalty, 214,182. The testatrix stated that she had covenanted to pay 21 a week as sal- ary to Charles West, secretary of the Working Men's Club and Temperance Hotel she had established at Sennybrldge, and she now directed the trustees to make arrangements for the payment of such salary until 1921. She also left £5() to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Z50 to the Waifs' and Strays' So- ciety, and M to the Archbishop's Western Canada Fund. She left £2,000 each to her sisters, Frances, Adelaide and Blanche, £1,000 each to her nephews, Penry Thomas and Penry Murray, £2,500 each to her nieces, Frances Murray and Dorothy Murray, and the re- sidue of her estate to her sister, Anna.

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I BORDEKERS AT LANCEMARCK. 1, I THE ENEMY ON THE RUN. ■ SERGEANT'S NARRATIVE. Sergeant R. Taylor, of the South Wale6 Borderers, hae3 related how the Borderers won their objective at Langeinarck. "We assembled in the trenches and stay- ed there all night. Then the regiment moved over the Steinbek River quite easily and safely. The ground was inches deep in mud and water, and after putting the men in line we lay there waiting for the break of day. At dawn the assault was commenced by the French on our left with a terrific barrage. We charged on our.^ front at & quarter to 5, and went over the top 'like on tvI' o'clock.' Though the ground was cruel, our boy& went with a fine dash. Our artillery had so cut up the ground that the forts and strong points that Fritz had worked so hard to make perfect were pounded into a jelly. Oh, our artillery was splendid, and Fritz was so flabbergasted that he could not retaliate. "The Borderens took all their objectives, prancing over rough and terrible ground and shell-holes full of mud. Had the weather been good and the ground dry I believe the Boches would never have stopped, for we had them fairly on the run, but the terrible condition of the terrain stopped the British troope from pulverising them. Two sergeants practically led the way in that advance, and both belonged to the A Company, but all the men behaved splendidly, and kept in good touch with the regiment on our right. "We had a few prisoners. There was no fight left in them, and they were a poor type of soldier compared with the British. Our casualties were very few in the early part of the fight." Sergt. Taylor, who left Pembroke Dock with a draft in May, 1915, has seen considerable fighting. He spoke very highly of Colonel Raikes, the commanding officer of the battalion, and said that it was no wonder the South Wales Borderers did so well under so good a soldier.

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I Former Brecon Farmer. THE LATE MR C. F. BENDELL. I The many friends, who made his acquaintance whet he was farming in the district, will regret to hear of t)8 sudden death of Mr C. F. Bendell, J.P., of MerlP Haven, Wotton-under-Edge, formerly of Upper Cantref; near Brecon, affll a nephew of the late Mr Bendell, Abercynrig farm. The deceased gentleman was also ar sociated with the county through hi" marriage witJ Miss Cummings, Oaklandti, near Brecon. The late Mr Bendell, who died very suddenly from t, seizure, had retired from farming, but, says a locd paper, took a prominent part in the public life of tlte district. He was chairman of the Dursley Board of fiuardiarus, and carried out his duties with marked alii' ity. In other public work he rendered many servic^ which were highly appreciated. He was a member « the Dursley arish Council, the Charities commlt Old Age Pensions Committee, chairman of the To- Trust, and sat on several schools' management board^ In war charity work he was very prominent. The l&l? Mr Bendell, who was 70 years of age, leaves a marrief daughter, to whom much sympathy is extended.

Brecon Rural Tribunal, WHERE THE HAY IS LATE. Brecon Rural Tribunal met on Fridav. There weyo present Mr Jenkin Williams (chairman), Revs. T. Grr. fiths and T. C. Richards, and Messrs. Daniel Watkirw. Evan Jones, John Jones, Thos. Bevan, J. Smith, T Morgan and J. F. Rickette. with Lieut. C. H. de Wintdl (military representative) and Mr J. L. Davies (agricul- tural representative). There were only nino. cases for hearing, and these vrert applications in respect to farm labourers. Exemption*, in most of the cases, were granted to January 1st next- An applicant, who was a licence-holder, a small 1 farmer and horse dealer, replying to questions, said had not had his hay or oats in yet. A Member: You ought to have had the hay in herorl I now. Applicant: Well, the Cwmtaff Valley is very late. Applicant further said he thought it was unfair that he should have to smaish his home up when there were s0 many single men left in the district. Temporary exemption was granted to November 1st' tliv chairman tellin, applicant that he would have tO get leave to apply again.