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SWANSEA FOLICE COURT! Thursday.-Before Messrs. W. Thomas, Fen Jones. and J. Lovat Owen. A Serious Charge. •lame? Harri" (26), a window cleaner, was charged with indeoent exposure in BTRmill Park on December 19th and yesterday, February 4th. Harris denied I the charges. A little girl, giving fvideuce in the ?-harge of December lftth, said she iden- tified the defendant from a number of ptlr rapin at the Oxford-street Police Sta tion. Another child identified the man. On the application of the police, Harris vas remanded ior one week. Bail was tllowed, himself in £ 10, and two sureties V S5 each.

AGED MAN DI-3 UNDER HEDGE. J:)e.ath from exposure J' was the verdict at an inquest held at Llanfihangel-ar- Arth on Jokn Brown (75), a labourer, of no fixed abode, who was found dead at the side of a hedge. The lk-puty Coroner severely com- mented on the fact that the man, although seen by two witnesses, was allowed to sleep out in the open 011 the Itedge side I night.

\ewh of th" recent naval victory was <rrit:Ton on a poster and hoisted before 0;p German trcpr-he<. the beiug; CJr^at Hritj-ih f^aval Victory. Bin'-her iiink. Nl) o-ther boats badly bent. The placard was rkldled witli bullets by the angry Germans, says the letter of a sergt • •major of the Liverpool Regiment.

WAR BUSINESS FIRST I — PREMIER OUTUHtS WORK OF THE SESSION. NOT SHEATHING THE SWORD In the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Asquith, in making the motion by which it is proposed that Government business should nave precedence and that the hol&e should not sit on Fridays until the House otherwise determined, said all our efforts and energies as a people were! concentrated upon the war, and we were! all in absolute agreement that it behoves; every nian by active service or if that be impossible in such other channels as might be open to him—and of those ap- propriate Parliamentary criticism was not the least importaat—to subordinate every other interest to the one cvcr'ina?terin.? purpose. It would not only be idle, but h? purpose. It would n,-)'. oialy be idle, but hA thought it would ba offensive to the good sense of the nation to proceed at such a time to controversial legislation or to thfl more or less academic uisctuaion of pos- siblo social and political reform. The Government by that motion were asking private members to give up their usual opportunities, but in return private mem- bers were entitled to demand from the Government—and the demand was a por- fectly reasonable one—that, so long as that order -vras in force, they would intro-! duce no legislation of a party or conten- tious character; that they would, indeed confine their legislative proposals, except i in some exceptional cases in regard to. which there was general agreement, to such measures as might be found neee-s-1 sary to facilitate, financially and other-; wige, the- successful prosecution of the war. j Fridays, he proceeded, might well be j spared not only to Ministers who were hard pressed by administrative duties, j but also to the bulk of members who. quite apart from discharging their func- tions here, were engaged, almost without exception, in self-imposed labours of a patriotic kind- (Cheers). Tho House would be allowed an hour instead of the usual half-hour for discus- sion of general matters on the motion for adjournment. Mr. Bonar Law. I Mr. Bonar Law, who was received with Oppo-dtion cheers, said in the special dr- r.umstances in which they met now he; did not think that the proposals of the Government were unreasonable, and he had no intention of offering any opposi- tion to them. At ordinary times th? Opposition would be very reluctant to give such powers into the hand of the; Government, -aid in his judgment the, fact that the Gprcrnment made this claim implied, as had been stated by the Prime Minister, that the Government intended tu act as the Government of Franc-e had acted. and as the Government of the dominion of Canada, intended to act, and that was to treat this Session as a war I Session, and so long as the war lasted to introduce no controversial business. Unspeakable Possibilities. I Mr. Asquith, replying on the discussion, said the motion in no way curtailed the powers which private members possessed o: criticising the action of the Govern- ment. Ail it did was simply to take away the opportunities which private meml,ers had of bringing forward motions for academic discussion and of introducing j Drivato Bills. They would also have larger opportunities of discussion on i-he adioiirnnlent. To listen to some of the criticism that had bean put forward ono would hardly realise that a great war was bomg wsv^od, that six millions of men were fighting one another to the death for a great and supreme end. Every! energy and every effort that they could make as individuals or as a community, j and above all as a House of Commons j ■—(loud c-heers )—as the trustees of the great, traditions of the nation, ought to be brought to bear wit)3- a single, round and with concentration of pur- pose in order to achieve successfully and gloriously the end they had in t'iew. (General cheers). He did not behove there would lie the faintest echo outside in the country of some of the complaints they heard that evening in regard to the necessary cur- tailment of the ordinary privileges of private members to introduce motion?] and Bills. (HeAT, hear). The thoughts! of the nation were miles and miles away from such things. (Hear, hear). That was the appeal he made to the House, and in making that appeal he hoped he could dispense with going into details. (Cheers) Terrible Possibilities. How could he say how long the Session would last or when a General Election would be held? In the presence of great and terribly unspeakable possibilities how oould any human being unoe.rta.ke the re- sponsibility of forecasting the ooy or the hour when they would be free to resume with full force and un- diminished conviction their proceedings on domestic, ciuesrtians? There wt-re legislative commrimenis and pledges and promises whacfti in nor- mal circumstances the Govern ment would be absolutely boud oollfil in this tii)- prevailed, undi they ware ctete- aimed, as he hoped and trusted in the ( uu.6 c)f Providence they v?uld ba de- ^ermined, in our favour at no very Cë6-I' ,ant date, the Govemmeci. mt. PObtPOl ??nd adjourn t?pir prc?posa-i?. T?era would be no ptoj?diot? to 'he measures whkh members on both sides had in mind and to the l'iural Voting Bili. > When they were once more free to resume the coil- eidenation ot throe matters they would be able, he hoped, by general consent and agreement to take such steps as -would prevent the temporary non-iulfibnent of any of the pledgee and assurances which they had given acting prejudicially. For the time being we were immersed iii -a consideration to which everything else canst l. subordinated. (Cheers). He was as strong a party inan as any member of the House. He hoped they would always be sirong pa.rty men. t-ecanae he bp- lieved it W3J8 bho salt and e:ts»ce of political Life in this country. Yh-ey were I not sheathing their swords more thau tihe requirements uf jKitriotisam and public duty required. They were not compro- mising their convict ions; they were not in any WAY torgetting the political pu-rposes which they respectively had in view when he a-iid, as he said now, spoakiiig as he hoped with the YfÙe of thai united House, that for a time the limits of which no man could define all these things muAt lie put aside and subordi- nated to the one great national purpose. (General oheerw). The resolution was carried. The House then agreed to two further resolutions moved on lieli-alf of the Govrn- ment providing that until otherwise determined no public Bills other than Government. Bills should be introduced. Cotton and Contraband. Sir ,1. D. Fees asked wliy, £ s cotton was used m the manufacture of explosives, it was not included in the list. of contraband of war. and continued to go to Germany absolutely rrdp-r the eyes of our own cruisers. Mr. TMmajit (Under-Soorebtry for War) stated that the requiremexllw of thei country in the matter of cotton had be;.n adequately sateguaraed 60 far as could he seen at present. The authorities believed ] that Germany had a sufficient supply of cotton for their warlike requirements, and > that, therefore, to place cotton en the list! of contraband was not necessary from thai belligerent point of view. Closing Public-houses.. i As regarded th", earlier closing of I public-houses, owners of such premises had let him know that they felt it had! been a great boon that they had been ¡ enabled to get their business through a. little earlier. He thought the House off Commons would be the last to interfere j with regulations which were in thoj interests of recruits and of the inhabi-i tants of the district* affected. Cocoa. Sir JM. Dal/del -aid that fna. was 2d. par lb. and cocoa 102. per cwt. dearer because the Government had allowed these com- modities to go into Germany. He thought it was time the Board of Trade paid a, little more attention to the condition of their own people. j —————. —————. fWilSE OF LORDS. In the House of Lords yesterday a dis- cussion was raised on the question of j aliens on the Bast Coa.°?. Lord St. David's said ho did not sym- pathise in the slightest degree -wi'h the attack on the Home Secretary, fcrat he f thought a case had been made out for some- different working r.f the Govern- ment Departments in this matter. He saw in the newspapers the previous ing that two Germans were sentenced because they were caught working at the London Docks. One was said, to be an engineer. Presumably, therefore, he was a man of some education. The newspaper also said that there was im- portant and secret work going on at the docks. He thought they Clight to be told by the. Government how these men ot there. He thought the Government might harden their hearts and deal firmer in J the caie of aliens than they had done j His own humble abodes were in counties j on the coast, and be knew that all his neighbours, irrespective of party, were J most anxious that no aliens should be allowed there at ail. whether they were) supposed to be innocent or not; they j would like it still better if naturalised j aliens were removed also. The Marquis of Crewe was unable to give any information in regard to the two German workmen alleged to have been discovered among dock labourers in London, He agreed it was a very alarm- ing incident, but it was an inciden t against which in a single case it might be exceedingly difficult to guard where a man was thoroughly acquainted with our language. It was possible to conceive that for the purpose of offering hie labour he might be able to pass the fairly close cordon which was established. He -b(i not believe that short of a system of absolute internment they could com- | pletely avoid the. possibility of a- case here and there occurring of this nature, j

WELSH PARTY CHAIP;M,AN ii Sir Herbert Roberts to Leadj it in Parliament. At the Welsh Parliamentary Party At the Wel,-h 1'3r],am.on?tir-Y Parts Edwards presiding at the outset, the fol- lowing attended: Sir Herbert Roberts, Sir Alfred Mond, Sir Ivor Herbert, and Messrs. Ellis Da vies, Haydn Jones, Jehu, Kir ds, L. Haslam, U. Williams, K.C., Ellis J. GriSithh, FN.C., E. T. John, J. Hugh Edwards, Herbert Lewis, Yaughanj Davies, W. Brace, W. Roeh, Towyn Jones, and S. Robinson. Mr. Ellis Griffith and LI. Williams intimated that they did not desire nomination for the chairmanship. The final choice lay between Sir Herbert Roberts and Sir Ivor Herbert, and the former, securing a majority, was after-; wards unanimously elv-ctell. Sir Herbert having responded, he pro- j posed, Mr. Herbert Lewis seconded, and Mr. Llewelyn Williams, 'II'. Ellis Griffith and Sir Alfred Mond supported, the fol- lowing resolution:— That the Welsh Party desire to ox- press their high appreciation of tho t service;? of Sir D. Brynmor Jones, K.C.. as their chairman and of the whole of his leadership during the passage | through the House of Commons of the Welsh Church Act, and whilst dec-ply regretting his retirement from Parlia- ment, be? to c:mgnttnlatc him upon his appointment to the important judicial position which he now iiolclq. N- references were made to; Welsh Department's publication deal-j ing with St. David's Day. The acceptance of the chairmanhi.p ofJ; the Party will not involve Sir Herbert, Roberts's retirement from the Commis-j donership he holds under the Welsh: Church Act. I

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I DEPLORABLE STATE OF A MAIN ROAD. Mr. Thomas Jones, Llanefly, drew the attention of the Carmarthenshire Main Roads and Bridges Committee at Car- marthen on Wednesday to the deplorable, state of the ill;) in road from Liannon to Pontyberem. He stated that. he could j not command adequate language to describe the bad condition of the road. i Horse vehicles had to zig-zag in order to avoid big boulders which had come I] I-) from the actual foundation. It was im- possible for business people to use the J'(,<"i safety. Tfnless it was repaired. they would sortie day have to carry an their commerce on horseback, because it; was impassable for vehicles. The Surveyor was instructed to put thoj road in -order at once.

A WELCOME GIFT. Captain Colqulhoun, on behalf of the I St. John Ambulance Ac?ociaticn. begs to thank an ano?ymot?s donor for an ex- (? n0nt eonágnmc,rn of clothes forwarded through Messr?. D. C. Jones, Castl- square, Swansea, for use of our wounded in the hospitals at the front. Such artiolee as these are of the ut- ¡ most assistance far the wounded, who on leaving hospital aro orf-t*n without a of clothss to put on. As the demand for all articles of com- fort for the wounded i? likely to increase, all contributions vril.l be thankfully re- ceived at No. 26, Eusoel-street, Swansea. The inquiry into the application of the j Swansea Corporation for powers to extend i the borough boundaries and to undertake] a bcheme for the drainage of the district ¡ having an outfall at the Mumbles was j opened at the Guild ball. Swansea, this morning. Mi'. Honorarus Lloyd, E.C., and Mr. Clode, E.G. (instructed by the Town Clerk of Swansea), appeared for the Swan- sea Corporation. Mr. Balfour Browne, j K.C. (instructed by Mr. C. W. Slater), opposed on behalf of the Gyetermouth Council and other interests. Mr. Arthur A. Thomas (instructed by Messrs. McDonnell and O'Brien West- minster). represented the National Lrion of Teachers, Mr. Marlay Samson (in- structed by Messrs. R. and C. B. Jenkins and Messrs. Strick and Belling- ham) opposed both schemes for the Gower Rural District Council and Miss Talbot; Mr. Mzusel Fraiilily-n appeared on be- half of the Glamorgan County Council; Mr. Vezey Knox (instructed by Mr. Ed- ward Harris) opposed on behalf of the ¡ Swansea Sural Council; Mr. C. B. Fryer represented the Boated of Agriculture and Fisheries. There was a large gathering in the Crown Court at the Guildhall, when the inquiry opened at. 10 o'clock, the Swan- sea Corporation, the Oystermouth Urban District Council, and Swansea Rural District Council being well represented. The Town Clerk (Mr. IL Lang Coath) read the notices in regard to both schemes, and the Inspector pointed out that the notice required under Section 32 of the Public. Health Act did not expire until 7th March, and that if any further objections came in it would be necessary to hold another enquiry. The Town Clerk said the Town Council appreciated this. Mr. Balfour Browne: There will be objections under Section 32. Mr. Lloyd: No doubt. The Inspector: Hp to the last moment? The inspector illLimatoo that he pro- posed to deal with the sewage proposals first. An Informal Inquiry? Mr. Balfour Browne said his clients, the Oyster-mouth Council, wished to re- serve their righto under Section 32 of the Act. The J uepector: You don't want to be heard twice? Mr. Balfour Browne: I don't know whether I should be heard to-day at all; I have not even put in my objections. He thought, he added, that this wae an I absolutely informal inquiry into the t-ew- a.go echemc. This cross-examination on sewage wonld be so far as it bore indi- rectly on the question of extension. Mr. Vezey Knox, on bethalf of Swan- sea Rural District Council, said he would ask a number of questions, but they were not on certain points sufficiently informed to put. their full objections before the Inspector that day. The Inspector remarked that rarely they did not expect the L.G.B. to hold a second inquiry into thoee objections. Their clients were present, and he hoped what they had to say in reference to the scheme they would say. Mr. Knox: With all respect, I expect the L.G.B. to follow the statute. He came in oonnection with the extension echenie, and so far as the sewage schemo was concerned, if he asked questions it J was only with a view to eliciting such information as might be considered necessary. Mr. A. A. Thomas, for the National Union of Teachers, said since Corpora- tions became the local eduaction auth- ority, it was neceseary to make provision for the transfer cf the teachers to the t' ¡, Co new authority. The Corporation had given an undertaking on this point, and inasmuch as his clients regarded the ex- tension proposals as an education advant- age to the locality, there would be no t need for him to croas-examine. The Inspector: In other words, you I f-upport ? Mr. Thomas: If you please, sir. I The County Opposition. I Mr. T. Marshall Franklin, clerk to the County Council, objected to the proceed- ings on behalf of the County Council. The L-G.B. had warned them not to in- oux expense in counsel the county offi- cials had to oppose tbis scheme in their spare time- They had not. had the time to prepare their opposition" the sewage scheme, and would require the full timel allowed by law. Therefore he did zwt appear on the Council's behalf in respect of the e-ewag-e scheme, and it reserved whatever rights thf-y had to the time the statute allowed them to send in its ob- jection. The Inspector did not s-^ how the Council Wsis affected \fith regard to the sewage scheme. Mr. Marshall Frankliru in reply, said the Corpora-tion proposed to take some of the County Council's land, and put the sewer under its road. The Council was alrto par. constituent of the South Wales Fishery District, with, which the sewage was likely to interfere. Mr. Mailey intimated has 01,- jection to both schemes on behalf of Gower Sural Council and Misp Talbot. CASE FOR SWANSEA. New Scheme Not Objected To By People I Concerned, Mr. HOIK)ratus Lloyd, opening the coun-I cil, said the sehame vao Tartly superior to that by vhich at present it va? attem.p?ed ro be disposed of The Mrpendiiuie of m? I J:333,bci-i for which application was made was ;ahsolutely necessary and essential for the purpose of public health. In addition to these works there would be others which would be added, of the which I he had included estimates, and which would involve about £ ]Ol,OOOL These works included tha outside areas. Having gone over the route to be fol-I lowed by the now Lloyd dealk: vbth the present state of affairs. vltrich I could not be tolcraad, and must be re- moved, and omitting, at the request of thv I Inspector, reference to schemes before the one rejected in 1912, said wi,uh regard to ¡ the lattor the hearing before the Parlia- mentary Committee produced many detfin- at&ly useful eriticasrae and the result was tli-e st-heme now before the Inspector had many merits abeent from the cither scheme. The new scheme, they honestly believed could really not fairly be objected to by anybody, and the scheme was not objected to by the people immediately concerned. He did not overlook the oib- jections of interacts represented, but the ratepayers in f he outside districts, wiuo had time to consider the matter, desired and wished the scheme. It resembled the • old scheme in that the outfall was still at Mnraoles Head and the sewer passed un- der the only rood available for the purpose Mr. LJoyd, continuing. said the scheme that he now placed before them was a for a larger number of the popula- tion, namely 2-50,000, and he pointed out that a scheme of this character was esses- tial whether the extension scheme would follow, or whether it would not. It1 would involve, the construction of main j and intercepting sewej-s and the tewage j would be carried to a point that he had indicated. cr".ticisms Dealt with, j Counsel then dealt with the criticisms! which were levelled on the proposal for the original intercepting s-ewer, having i regard to its size and capacity for drainage. The sewer was spoken of as being .imply a trap for deposit, and some- body said it was a rotten scheme, and could not be carried out. satisfactorily. Counsel then said t.hat so long ago as 1S&3 Lord Swansea had this matter in his mind, ard there was a letter which ap- peared in fli- local papers from the late! Mr. Jam"? A V, erne thy. who stated that in his opinion jt- would be most detrimental to d;?charge sewage in Swanse-a Bay et any poin? excepting into th6 shor.g tidal current, at the Mmnh?. ?sd. A E?nybpr of tidal experiments had been made by means of Qoa?s, ?nd it was found that \rhil? it 'I would he unfortunate indeed to discharge the sev?ragc of Svaneea at t?e point de- 6Ti('d, th.r WF\re certain hours dnrirgi which it might, be done with impugnity. Ccnr?el 41wrved how tho original! scheme had been improved upon. e?pe?i- i ally with regard to the outfall, and said Mr. Midgley Taylor had done everything j to meet the susceptibilities of their oppo, ap.. posed by evervbody who had got a locus standi, the Rural Council of Swansea, the Oystermouth Urban Council, people! intereste d in the oyster fisheries, the County Council, and so on. Drainage of Cockeit. Mr. Lloyd theTl proceeded to deal with tho parish of Cockett, which, he said, was not only desirou3 of coming into the borough and forming part of the boicugh, but suprorted the borough iu this appli- cation. That being sc, he would like to kllo- what the rural Jistrict had got to do with it regarding the main drainage. Then he proceeded to Brynau, which was in the rural district area., and they had been told that the Gower Rural Dis- trict upnearcd in opposition. Their iú- tercut in Swansea Bay was reDr(:3.tAd by their frontage of Brynau. Both the ratepayers and the Parish Council had! considered this matcer. and they had I both aporove-,d of it, the ratepayers at! their meeting by a majority deciding in favour of the scheme, ar.d the. I)ari,,ti Council ab.a paF.?d a r?sohiticu Mt to (.ppose the application upon certain ('O1}-1 cessions being grant'?d- The concessions had relation to tha A?dsteuce of .enti- lating shafts. That being M. he would,l like to know what t.he Gower Rural Dit-I trief had to do with it. Than h? came to Oystermouth. There ?ar? t?o intrreshR at ("Vrsfermrm^h, raw* & ?u?Lic int&rest, amd the other the ovaba interest.. With reference to the pubLc ( interest the action of the opposi&ou was a lie tie curious. Apparently they did not wane to h?ve the St.a.;??ca w-vagf dL=- c?a'"?pd into tb? c?aBnpI at ar.y time j whatever. When tbLg m<?tpT wzs coming W a crisis the ratepayers held a .Bi'p?ing, and the. weae very de?irou? that ?.?r.' Authority, the Urban District Council, f rrhould consult tiiem in the matter. Oystermouth Council's Attitude. The I-rban Council a. ming. and after ascertaining the vievr. of therir oonstituente 1m should have thought they would have acted upon them, o-.A thay j did not. One gentleman. who occu- pied the professional position of j a. solicitor, instructed theni as to what should be their view, but, uotwith.-jtandiiig the able ad-vocary ae- i tiveiad by tiie .solicitor to the Urban Dis- Irict Council, it wias thought wil-e not to pass a resolution, and that very able gentleman explained why he did not pro- pose to a-sk for a resolution. It was because they would have ample opportunity of expressing their views ati a poll. When the poll ves taken the rate- payers, by a majority of 64, decided that they were in favour of both the sewerage and the extension schemes. I would like to know," said Mr. Lloyd, "in view j of t.hnt decision, where are The Urban I District Council" Ho suggested his j learned friend, Mr. Bah our Browne, had not made up hi5 mind. Continuing, Mr. Lloyd said there were facilities in this proposal which the inhabitants of these districts ought to vrrre. He pointed out how the scheme which i he placed before 'tie Inspector j differed from the scheme which was brought before Parliament. He cie ied. as had been suggested on behalf of one of the authorities, that they were trying to get the sanction of the Loc.a1 Govern- mcni. Board to a scheme which mid been I rejected by Parliament- They bad taken advantage of the many useful criticisms which were mode against the old scheme, and they were presenting another scheme whidi "as mooting with the assistance and goodwill of soma of the authorities. The =e differed materially from the previous scheme, and the opposition to it came from authorities which were not supported by their constituents. System N"t Satisfactory. I Counsel then briefly criticised the i system of sewerage at the Mumbles. His learned friend said Oystermouth was a ¡ seaside resort, a.nd ii- was essential that it should have a good character. Going down to Oy-stermollth, said Mr. Lloyd. OD<? conk g?f tl-p sewage pipes right arros-s the Rh?r< and ??oop?'. goin down <shere mirt, Hullo, ?at Ls tb" ju They ?r3? ?n? 4?n go to the <md nf dw pier to fret the 3D?wm'. ('Laughter.) -H'? de?mbMi THE <*WPT as n rsrWx^B&CK. The In.??''o": T, T? fhp T??J Govern-1 meat Boar d nclj(mùd a loaD forr impTW- i5 ?p drainage snd i' has ac? be?n car- ried out. Mr. Lloyd remarked thpt Mr. Higgle, who represented Ov..gte-LK-iith in the I ma»Apr. told the Hou. of Commons that the system of sewerage was not «>tipfae- tcry. Dealing witii the oyster fisheries, Mr. Lloyd siaid tho borough of Swansea had no wish to in j ure the oyster ifsheries, an d what they proposed to do he veai- turecl to isay wouM In reply to the Inspector, Mr. Lloyd said their estimate for carry .-n out the whole scheme' was Ef.11011,894, and in addi- tion to that they were odd, including the. outside areas, of which £ 25.000 was in respect of the I borough. They would still bG within Ii their borrowing powers. Period for Repayment. I With regard to the period of repay- ment, the Inspector, addressing Mr. Lloyd said: fou might get 30 .years. I You might possibly get something more tilan SO." Mr. Lloyd: We want as loog as we can get. Af^ ter asking Mr. Lloyd a few questions with regard to the witnesses he was goi ng to call, the Inspector said: "I taw thoj time it occupied in Parliament, and r think it might have been done in half the time. Mr. Lloyd said be hoped the Inspector would understand that he should not take more, time thnll he could possibly help. lie; could not be very definite because he j was not aware cf the ]-no- the opposition l was gc-jng te take. They don't kx.cw wl'. c they want. and they have not made up their minds," he said. The Inspector: Well. I will tell you I am going to try and get through it in three days Mr. Lloyd: Well, more power to your elbow. CONTROLLED SEA CUTFALL. I Mr. MiagJey Taylor Considers Murrblesi Scheme Best in Country. The first witness was M r, Midgjev I Taylor, the well-known civil engineer. a partner of John Taylor and Sons, chair- man of the J\ "Ótion of Con'.altin? EDginefrs, e?. Evid?nca is to the pre-I sent sewers was rnlnd unnf"eJHy by tha Inspector, but Mr. Tayior ?aid that the borough gpneraUy was pron-id?ed with a system of sewers. The rwc-ssityi for soma new scheme ?ss adDlittd I:f I everybody. The sea vaa aiwavs the be?t ounall. provided proper control ootid be obtained at. the point of outlet. He said this having, he believed, advised on iizc'z i constructed more sea outfalls than any other man in the world. Of ibis outfall he said it was under con- trolled conditions, one of the finest pouiU II for sea discharge he had ever seen. There were large quantities cf vater running up and down outbids the poin' cf discharge, which wa an infLnihly sU1)eriQr rnp to a?y &ing?a outfall -n tb? South Coast, where there were ?i? ple??urp resorts. He Mid the true m'P of the Bri?ol Channel ¡ Ad the true E,,3e of swept round the Mumbles Head, and that they were to discharge into tue true tidc- The fact that the true tide flowed in a westerly direction longer than in an. easterly over the hour.~ of fall was a dis- tinct advantage in that it would reduce the size «.f i hZ, storage tank- He had arrived at this scheme after having exhausted every other scheme sug- gested as a substitute. The discharge r-f sewage into the slack waters of Swansea Bay was not to be recommended. lb c- former scheme was based on a population of no,ooo. but the new one was for 250.1)00 in consequence oi the pasribility- probability, as the Council thought—of the outside areas being joined with Swan- sea. A further set of float experiment at various floats failed to disclose any advan- tage whatever ever the pout of outfall shown. The scheme vas based on an increase in population of 11 per cent- per decade, reaching 250,000 in 1061. Self Cleaning bewer. The sewer would be a sell -cleansing onc- A pumpinc plant near the I awe outlet was not ineiuued in the present applica- tion for £331,S; application would be made in connection with that later, when progress was being made with the provision of the bewer. Some of the sewage would have to be pumped twice. Subsidiary works in the borough, not included in the present scheme, but part ot the additional sum -)f Elftl,(W men- tioned bv Mr. Lloyd, would cost <"?6 56ib Two pumps with rising maiu. from the St. Thomas Ward would coet a low lev4 pumping station wculd co?t about -o.uOfl; a low level station in Morriston. and sewers in Cwm connecting thereto The last figure included only a. portion of the pumping station because Llansuak-t would use it jointly. Dealing with the proposals in regard to the various rural districts, witness sarid Llansamlet was uudrained, and therefore not in a very sanitary condition. There was £ copulation of about 8,000- Bony- mflien el rained naturally towards tho borough. If left to itself, it would be d'fhc.uit to form a satisfactory schema for disposal. The total cost of LLansamlet would be £ 21.800. Olase Rural was practically undrained, and badiy needed drainage facilities. For a very large portion there was no satig- factory alternative except joining the borough. Joining the necessary sewera -it -Ntcrri-ston. and Treboefh to the exist- ing sewers would cost .£16RS. and the carrying forward of the main intercepting sewer to the north af tito perieh and laying subsidiary wr in conne,?ticffl therewith wonld be £ 7,70ft. Thiis coold cot be carried orsrt. unt11 the main intercepting oewer was. nearang com- pletion. As to Penderry. the soTsnhem portion • could nor be drained anywhere bat into the !>orou«h. Expenditure of t.1,400 arid iach pie«3ented some diffk-iiifcy, best: 11: could be dealt, with in conjunctsoe with Ccclje«t—and he thought in no oith,r way —«t a cost of f;7.10(!. It would be post- poned until t-bp intercepting- gw,r 'W'd. nearing rscanpletion. As to I' to bring it irtn a aati. faatorv EtnAe the s-uru of JS^OO would bo neceasary for sewers in Gecdros to con- nect w-,ilh the pres«it brii-ue-h. asad of .£2!J,7nÜ for the rest of the sciheraft. This la-'cter would not be inenm-d urrtil main intercepting &3nve-r was near^ng com- pletion. .f to Brynau there was no jvcommen- dH-ticn :o-r expenditure on s-ewerago at the present, but the Langiand Bay art ?. wnerf* provision was urgently needed, would oost £1,800. Float Experiments. Proceeding, witness said the proposed periods of discharge hrd been altered aa compared with those in the l!Hi' scheme, and a very considerable number of float experiments had been showing that the present outfall was as good as could be. obtained, and consider- ably better than others suggested. Ta him the results shown on twe charts produced were extremely satisfactory. Although still satisfactory, it was a wasta of public money to extend the float ex- periments to 14 or 15 miles at those had been. lie wa.; absolutely eonvince-3 there was not a trace of the- pewa? half a HUie wz,' not a trw(, ,f t-.Ic- ,?ewagr, hajf a iriiis Mr. Clade: Have you tried to meet, as far as you can, the legitimate fears, I may say. of Oystermouth:—Yes. You have the period of discharge at wiiat you believe an absolute eaii* peripd ?—\ es. The storage eapaeity of tiie icvisibia tank at. Mumbles wa six tiroes the dry weather flow, or ar the rate of ISO gallons per head pea* day. The only place whero he knew of enormouo cott of a tank for six times the dry weather Sow tt-eias in- curred Wi}#, at Card'ff. In providing such a taTib r, wiis acting genoro«siy tc- wards the fears of Oystermouth, and especially towards the fears of the fisheries. Jt there was a flow of six ti, t dry weather flow oi 8i h(xii-,s-wiiieb "'at; m- comprehensible—there would only he a period of half an hour during which tho. safety valve at Brynmill would diedhargo HP.a that wc>uld be clear water, and bo-, yond tue sands on the mud. Further examined by Mr. Ciode. wit- nets reiterated his opinion that the place selected fo.¡. the proposed outfall was a good one, and irom his experience gener- any he was o; opinifiu that sea outLa.: Let were good. He unhesitatingly said that no sow age discharged would find its way back to the shore. The Oystermouth pipe, which was discharging on to the beach, would be got rid oi un d er the presort scheme. Thp Court adjourned for hineh. (For proceedings after lunch, see Pagt Six.)

0 .w ?l winTo EOT ft.  L. G B I riquiry Opened To-day. I 6/ Attitude of the Opposing Bodies. ,I FAMOUS EXPERT'S OPINION Proposed Mumbles Outfall the Best in the Country.     LAST TWO DAYS OF ? BEN. EVANS' WINTER SALE | ON I FRIDAY and SATURDAY I j Februar), 5th and 6th. We will offer for Sale Thousands of Most Useful I Remnants in the various Departments throughout the House at HALF-PRICE AND UNDER. ODDMENTS in EVERY DEPARTMENT will be subjected to FINAL REDUCTIONS in Pries. ALL MUST BE CLEARED BEFORE STOCK- TAKING, wch, bsgins on MONDAY NEXT. Ben. Evans & Co., Ltd., Swansea.