The Cambria Daily Leader

THE CIVIC CENTRE. -0 —— MR. MARTIN ON DANGERS OF VICTORIA PARK SCHEME. I LESSON OF TIiE BATH AND WEST. I Great public interest was displayed iu the lantern lecture given by Mr. Richard Martin, J.P., tyii "Greater Swansea" in Mond Hall, on Saturday evening under the auspices of the Swansea, branch of the National League of Young Liberals. A large and ap- preciative audience listened to the lecture, in which h. Martin, whose zeal for the welfare of the borough is no well-known, again outlined his scheme for transforming Swansea into a 1 first rate resort, which he first sketched about two months ago at Walter-road Congregational Schoolroom. I Swansea a Premier Resort. Mr Percy Shuttle wood, who presided,! after paying a tribute to the good work being done by the Young Liberals, said ho believed. if Mr. Martin's scheme was carried out, it would make Swansea one of the premier reports, not only in thd Principality, but the wiiolo King- dom. Air. Martin, at the outset, said he took no credit for what he should lay • before the audience, "if you can show me an improved plan," he said, "I will adopt it, and give up what I think to- day is ?he Wst beme." Ho pro- ceeded, with the aid of lantern YleWS- most of which were kindly prepared for the lecture by Mr. Arthur Davies--to point out how small towns and fishing villages in Belgium, which hu visited last September, had been converted into popular and prosperous .seaside reports, and made a comparison with Swansea and other English resorts. I The Civic Centre. I Discussing the proposal for having a civic centre on the town end of Victoria Park, Mr. Martin said, without commit- ting himself at all to the idea, that ho was certainly uiiivilling to sacrifice th^ Victoria Park, or any portion of it, un, less something were given in lieu of that space, which would be lost. At present, the ground allotted to public purposes was only 2} per cent, of thai town area, and certainiy they could not I let any of that go without something being given in return. If it were imperative thut they should have a civic centre quickly, what ha said was: "Give an undertaking that you will reclaim from the sea at least an equivalent at the earliest possible period." j The Lesson of the Bath and West. The danger of interfering with thp Victoria Park, ho pointed out, was ex emplified by the forthcoming visit of: the Bath and W c<rt of England Show. Not only was the Park already too small for this purpose, but the cricket field, recreation ground and high level promenade were also to be utilised, and still the complaint was that there. was not enough room. It would bu. most unwise to infringe on any portion I cf this space without providing an i equivalent such as he p roposcd. That could be easily accomplished to the great advantage of the community, by carrying out the first portion of the reclamation propoisaks which he advocated. The lecturer warmly ac- knowledged the good work done in the direction of improving the borough by Mr. WvriU (Borough Engineer )and Mr. G. Bell (Borough Surveyor). Mr. Martin was cordially thanked for his educative lecture, on the motion of Mr. T. W. Richards, seconded by Mr. John Lake. A vote of thanks, was also accorded the. Chairman. Mr. Sydney Durk ably manipulated the lantern. The Wesley Brotherhood Male Voice Choir rendered several pdeasing glees under the direction of Mr. E. S. Evans.

PONTAROULAIS PRECENTOR. I DEATH OF FATHER OF DR. VAUCHAN I THOMAS. The death is iiiiiounce-a of Mr. Jenkyn Thomas. Wcrn Viti?, Poutar- dulais, which took place a?llI"GI)tal'- and painful Hhiess. The ,1a to Mr. Thomas was in the 72nd year 4 his age, and leaves a widow and grown-up family J t-o maiii-u him. One of the sOlns is the well-known Swansea musician Dr. D. Vaughan Thomas. He was one of the senior deacons at Hermon C.M. Chapel, and had dieted as precentor of the church since itsdronna- tion 28 years ago. It was a tragic co- ( incidence that tho church had arranged to l-eoognise his great services to the cause by the presentation of an ciqgant illuminated ad-dress and of a CSmrcli; Hymnal at a public meeting, the date of i winch was fixed for last Saturday njjjght. I A native of Pontrhydyfen, he s:pent some years in Ystalyfera before coining J here, and he was well-known througliout f the Swansea Valley, and especiaUy so in musical circles. The funeral ta"es J place on Wednesday at Goppa bu???l? ground.

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CLVN NEATH MYSTI R f. DISCOVERY OF A BODY ON ABERAVON BEACH. IDENTICAL DESCRIPTIONS A man named Patrick Reabon, 169, Water- street, discovered the body of a-man on the Aberavon bea-cli on Sunday evening. The description of the man ie said to answer that of the Glyn-Neatn man who disap- peared some time ago, and this may pro- vide a solution of the mystery. The description of the body found on Sun- day is:—About 60 years of art, 5ft. 3in., light air and whiskers turning e-rey, coa.t- less, dark striped trousers, grey Welsh flannal shirt, grey gtockings, light black boots, and blue woollen neckerchief. He wor :1 gun-metal watch, which stopped at seven minutes past nine. The body ap- peared to have been in the water for a con- siderable, time. It will be remembered that a sensation was caused about six weeks ago by the dIs- appearance of Mr. Ben Owen, a highly- respected inhabitant of the Vale of Neath. To.' forty years he had been employed at rbù local works. On the night of January 31, it being dark and stormy, with the river in n?cd. Owen disappeared ?u?d?nly from th? river bank when searching for another man's cap which had blown off. Later, his ooat was found lower down the river. The works and the colliery in the upper part of the valley wereTstopped so that an organised search could be made, but this proved fruitless.

STAMPING OUT DISEASE. CARMARTHEN CUARDIANS AND FHl HiSIS OF LLAi«SA,NT. The relationship between bad housing and tho breeding of disease was em- phasised at a meeting of the Carmar- then Board of Guardians on Saturday, when a letter was read from Dr. Bowen Jones, medical officer of health, in reply to a question a ddressed to iiin by tha Guardians asking if he coiiio give any suggestion as to why there wa* such a iiigh rate of phthisis cases in the village ot Hansaint.. The doctor said that in all prob- ability the excessive number of eases was due to the fact that for the most part the houses and cottages in the village of Llansaint were "small, dark and ill-ventilated," and a large number of them bad become infected with the seeds of tuberculosis. Once a house became infected with the disease it wac a very great source of danger to its inmates, until such time as it was sub- jected to a most thorough process ot disinfection. Possible to Stamp it out. I Tt was possible to entirely stamp out the disease from the village if the District Council would sanction a prcgi-dure, and insist upon its being carlned Hut, whereby every room occupied by a tuberculosis pationt, or in Vrfiich a death from tuibarcul-oisis has occurred, wouki ibd fumigated with formal me gas, the wood- work repainted, the ceiling scraped and recoloured, and the furniture and clothing disinfected. He also suggestodi the distribution of pamphlets, and that visits should, be made by voluntary inspectors to give advice to sufferers as to the precaution that should be taken. More Prevalent Among Men. The matter came before the Carmar- then Rural District Council in the after- noon. Mr. John Jones (The Pias) said a curious thing wis that the disease was more prevalent among the men. There was only one case among the women. Dr. Bowen Jones said that was due to the fact that the women were out so much in the open air, cockle gathering. It was decided to carry out the medi- cal officer's suggestions, with a view to stamping out the disease.

FACE ITCHED AND BURNED- Station Road, Cullompton, Devon, Eng.—" Five years I had suffered in- tense pain from little red spots on the right side of the face. It started at first with just one solitary spot until at last it spread until it nearly covered one side of my face. It itched and burned so much that I would have given anything. to get rid of it. When I scratched it the more inflamed it be- came. Occasionally these spots would break and discharge matter which only rnado it worse and caused it to spread more. For two weeks only I used the Cuticura Soap and Ointment three times a day. I bathed the affected parts with warm water and then washed them with Cuticura Soap and then applied the Cuticura Ointment. which gave imme- diate relief, taking all the burning and itching feeling awav. Thef Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured me." (Signed) Miss Denner, Feb. 13, 1913. Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold by chemists everywhere. A sample of each with 32-p. book post-free. Address: F. New- bery and Sons, 27, Charterhouse Sq. (London, or Potter Drug and Chem. Corp., Boston, U.S.A.

I WITHOUT A TICKET. I I Cwmbwrla Traveller Fined. I Martin Higgins, commercial traveller, 11, Alice-street, Cwmbwrla, Swansea, was charged at Carmarthen on Saturday with travelling on the Great Western Railway without having previously paid his fare. Mr. T. R. Ludford, solicitior) lilanelly, appeared for the railway com- pany. E. J. Nicholas, ticket collector at Carmarthen Station, stated that on Ftlbruarv 5th he found defendant in a lauatorv of one of the coaches of the 5.40 p.m. ex-Swansea train, due at Car- marthen at 6.55. Defendant said he ftad only"just hoarded the train, but wit- ness knew that to be wrong, and defen- dant then produced a return ticket from Hav<tt'fordwe*i to Swansea, dated No- vember 11th. When asked if he had used it be fore, defendant replied he had used it so far as Landore, hut the punch mark -on the ticket s howed he had pre- viously' used it so far as Whitland. Defendant, who did not put in an appearapco, was fined 10s. and costs.

CRANTS TO XURSING ASSOCIA- I TIONS. On the' motion of the Rev. Fuller Mills, the Carmarthen Guardians on Saturday ilecided to make a gr;mt of E.5 each to four District Nursing Asfwciation h within the union. ilig Mr. Mills* said it was very hard that private indl..iduls should bear all the burdens of c\istrict nursing, and it was only right that the Guardians should grant support, seeing that many of their aged people were attended to by the district nurses. A condition in making the g^Tant was that the Guar- dians should have representation on the Nursing A ssociations. It was reporte& that a peirophone had been presented, to the Worknouce for the amusement of the inmatm. It was ?uh?cribetl for by the members and two ladies from outide, who 6Ub- scribed ?1 €&<?h?

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SAVED BY THE PARAPET. I — SEQUEL TO ACCIDENT ON CARMAR- i THEN BRID-E. A serious accident, which occurred on Carmarthen Bridge, on January 23, had a sequel at the local court on Sat- urday, when Roderick Morgan, Bryn- gwendraeth Villa, Pontyberem, was pro- ceeded against on three charges of (1) driving a motor-cycle to the danger of the public (2) driving ou the wrong side of the road, and (3) not sounding his horn. Mr. W. D. Williams (ot Messrs. Walters and Williams) -appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. J. F. Morris, for the defendant, who pleaded not guilty. In opening, Mr. Williams stated that defendant was coming from Ponty- berem. and after reaching Pensarn he came towards the crossing at Carmar- then Bridge, in a highly reckless manner on the wrong side of the road, and without sounding bis horn. lIo drove into a small boy, who was hurled some six or seven yards and knocked iij) I against the parapet of the bridge. Had not the railing been there, the proba- bility was that the boy would have been hurled over into the River Towy below. The boy was nearly killed, and up to a week or so ago had been lying seriously ill at the Infirmary. Defendant was extremely lucky that he was not there on a far more serious charge. As two witnesses for the defence had not put in an appearance, the case at this stage was adjourned for a week.

C.W.R. EXCURSIONS. On Saturday- March 21 at., the Great Western Railway announce an express excursion to London for 1, 3, 5 or. 8 days. Passengers leave Carmarthen at 5.5 a.m., Pembrey 5.37, Llaneliv 5.19, Swansea High-street 6.10, Neath 0.1-1, Port Talbot G.58, Bridgend 7.15, Llantrisant 7.35, Cardiff 8.0, Newport 8 20 a.m., .tc. Ths day fare is 8s. 6d. from stations Carmarthen to Port Port Talbot inclusive, 8s. from Bridgend and Llantrisant, and 7s. 6d. from Car- diff and Newport. An express excur- sion will also run to London from vari- ous South Wales stations ooi Friday night, March 27th. Full of the above and other important excur- sions can be had of G.W.R. Stations or Offices

FERRYSIDE DANCER. George Williams, 2, Wellhead-terrace, Ferryside, was cha-rge-d at Carmarthen on Saturday, with trespassing on the iireat Western Railway by crossing the line at Ferryside Station. Air. T. R. Ludiord, Llwicily, for the company stated that, although tlieie was a bridge over the railway the fisher- mC-ll of Ferryside and others frequently the line daily, and in view ,f the many fast trains passing the spot, there was a grave danger of an accident occurring there. Defendant ,N-as out of work, and the company did lot wish to press the chajge. Defendant was ordered to pay a Is., the presiding magistrate remarking that future cases would be dealt with more severely.

RHEUMATISM AND NERVOUS I HEADACHES." It is the Cure," I Says Mr. John Graham, t6a, Brook- street, London-road, Carlisle. Read his letter: "For R.heumatism and all Nenous Headaches I can truly say Kephaldol is the cure, and the onlv cure. By the time I 'had taken the third dose. 1 had no doubt as to its safety and pain-re- lieving effect.. I suffered for 20 years though I tried the best medical men in this Town. I write this for the sake of others." That's gratitude for you. Mr. Gra- ham wants others to know the value of Dr. Stohr's Kephaldol, the premier re- medy for the relief of pain as all chem- lISts will tell you. It's safe, certain, immediate, permanent.

Lieutena-ot Lesser, a German military aviator, fell with his machine and was nia( ?a i iie uid was killed at Koenisgberg on Saturday.— I Reuter.

I BELOW AV-ERACE. LAR:E DECREASE IN COAL AND FUEL TRADES. I [ Swansea. Monday.-The returns of the I pa6t weeks trade show the total import? j and exports to have been much below ht J year's weekly average, and compared with the corresponding week last year a decrease of 40.000 tons. This large decrease way en- tirely confined to the coal and patent fuel trades. The imports were satisfactory, and the clearances of and general goods reached a very high figure. Ship- Inltlts of coal and patent fuel were 82,100 tonc,* Imports (foreign): Hussia, 1,800 tons wheat; Norway. 810 tons copper pyrites, ( and 4 tons paper; Germany, 300 tons general; Holland and Belgium, 4,100 tone general; France, ?,600 tons pitwood, 8M tons ecn-p iron, and 3,250 tons iron ore; Por- tugal, 200 tons; Greece, o,300 tons iron ore: and Chile, 540 tons copper ore and 100 tons bar copper. Coal shipments: Sweden, 1,400 tons; France 35,674 tons;' Spain, 1,586 tons; Portugal, 460 ton?; Italy, 13.810 tons; Algeria, 540 tons; C.-ipe of Good Hope. 3,500 tons; Brazil, 1,900 tons; and home ports, 7,325 Uui6. Patent fuel: France, 3,575 tons; Italy, 950 tons; Algeria, 1,930 tons; and Brazil, 8.100 tone. Imports, 22,595 tons; exports, 97.920 tons; and total tr.,ide, 120,315 tone, compaie-d with 133,437 tone the preceding week, and 160,792 tone the ^corresponding week last, year. Shipments of coal, 67,545 tons; patent fuel, 14.555 tons; and tinplates and general goods, 1,820 tuns. The latter for BT-toum and Odessa, Ger many, Holland, Belgium, France, Portugal, Italy, Roumania, Cape of Good Hope, Far East, New York, San Francisco, and home ports. Shipments of tinplate 170,780 boxes and receipts from works 101,326 boxes. Stocks in in the docks, warehouses, and vane, 3bl,511 boxes, compared with 450,965 boxes last week, and 465,594 boxes at this dat« last year. The following vessels are due to load general cargo this weekHilda. (Baltic ports), Tinto (St-avaiiger, etc,), Consul Br.itt (Gothenburg), Texel Stroom (Amsterdam), Apollo (Antwerp), Argo (Botterdam), Fra- ternity (Kouen), Demetian (Marseilles, etc.). Thracia (Mediterranean ports) Bosnian (Geno/i, etc.), Kansis City (New York), Woodleigh (Bio de Janeiro) and Santos), and Denby Grange (River Plate). Vessels in dock on Saturday: Steam, 31; sail, 26; total, 57. ■

ABERAVON HIBERNIANS. I The second annual banquet in connection with the Aberavon—Port Talbot Division (904) of the Ancient Order of Hibernians was held at the Grand Hotel. Port TaHJOt on Saturday night, when there were present about 80. An excellent repast was provided by Mr and, Mrs. J. H. Da vies, well served by "oa.pa.ble staff in the banqueting hall of the hotel. The event was presided over by Mr. W. Lord, who was supported by Messrs. A. P. Quinn, A. W. Callagtoan, Coun- cillor P. H. Turnbull, K. Wherle, Jas. O'Brien. J. O'Donovan, C. W. Chabrel, J. W. Dowling, E. lancey, etc. The Chairmen proposed The Pope." "Irela,nd-a. Nation was submitted by Mr. A. P. Quinn, and responded to by Mr. A. W. Callaghant Councillor F. H. Turn bull, in a striking and eloquent speech, proposed "The Day We Oeldbrete," which was responded to by Mr. James O'Brien. The toast of tae "Irish Parliamentary Ilarty" was proposed by Mr. John O'Donovan, and responded to in senti- ments of patriotic fervour, by Mr. Karl Wherle. Mr. W. Lord proposed Our Society," and remarked upon the large increase of mem- bership and the unfailing spirit of fraternity which existed amongst them. (ppl.1 use). Mr. O. W. Cha.brel refunded. Mr. J. W. Dowling proposed "Our Guests, Which was responded to by Mr. E. lancey. An excellent mosicarprogramme was oon- ,tributed to by Messrs. Jas. O'Brien, D. Murphy, S. Howells, and Con Mahoney, and a. very .successful function ended by the singing of "God £ ave Ireland."

MISS TALBOT'S SECRETARY. The death occurred on r riday at 3, I Cavendi-sh-square, of Miss Amy Ger-j trude Holton. The deceased lady was secretary to Miss Talbot, 3Laxgami Abbey, for many years.

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When testing a new motor cycle in Trinity-square, Nottingham, yesterday, Harry Polak, locksmith, lost control of the machine, which ran into a wali. Polak died from his injuries a few hours later. The death t,s announced of 3tfr. Jean Fred" PelisMei', father ol the late Mr. H. G. Pelissjer, founder of the "Follies Troupe," who died yesterday at his residence at, Finchley. A final distribution of assets of the National Telephone Company has been made. This is one of 1.48 per cent.. equal to 3.5d. in thf L. makinl, A total j distribution of 105.48 per cent, on the Deferred Stock.