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I I STUDEBAKERl 15 CWT. DELIVERY VAN PRICE f-270 COMPLETE. I STLTOEBAKER, LTD., tT7.in, Croat Portland Street, London, W d o EDWARDS f?f?tt /? A T?y? ?' ARE SHOWING THIS DAY -IN THEIR- ] WATERLOO ST. WINDOWS HOW A SIX ROOMED HOUSE MABE FURNISHED COMPLETE IN GOOD STYLE 4 I FOR zEl 500 I HALL. £ s. d. Hall Stand in Oak 3 18 6 Best Printed Lion Floorcloth 0 15 6 Three Door Mats 0 9 6 X5 3 6 DINING-ROOM. X s. d. Solid Walnut Suite 19 12 6 Solid Walnut Sideboard 11 18 6 Extending Table 2 15 0 Overmantel 3 5 0 Curb. Suite 2 5 6 Coal Vase .9 0 Curtains and Pole 0 9 0 Carpet Square, 3 x 3,1, 3 3 0 Rug 0 12 6 £ 44 10 0 DRAWING-ROOM. y, s, d- Suite complete 12 18 6 Cabinet 8 7 6 Overmantel 1 19 6 Palm Stand 17 6 Fancy Ta.ble 1 15 0 Fender and Fire Brasses 1 19 6 Carpet Square, 3x3 2 19 6 Rug 0 10 S; Curtains and Pole 0 8 0 ..£32 5 6 BEST BEDROOM. X s. d. Inlaid Suite complete 19 18 6 Inlaid Bedstead 4 15 0 Wire Mattress 1 7 6 Wool Mathes" 17 6 Fearther Bolster, 2 lillows 110 Set of Toilet Ware 1' 7 0 II Carpet Square, 3 x 31 1 15 0 KuS 0 7 6 Curtains and Pole 0 S 6 < £ 32 7 6 | SECOND BEDROOM. X s. d. Oak Suite complete 13 18 6 Oak Bedstead 2 19 6 Wool Overlay 0 19 6 Feather Bolster and Pillow 0 6 Floorcloth 1 0 0 I Rug 0 7 6 S Curtains and Pole 0 8 0 Set of Toilet Ware 0 17 6 X21 3 0 KITCHEN AND SCULLERY. £ s. d. Solid Oak Dresser 7 19 6 Kitchen Table 1 3 0 4 Kitchen Chairs 0 16 0 Arm Chair 0 11 6 Fender and Irons 0 15 0 Scullery Table 0 12 <5 Dinner Service 1 14 g Tea Sec-vice 0 18 6 X14 10 6 fi SUMMARY. I £ s. d. TTall 5 3 6 I Dining-room It 44 10 0 I Drawing-room 32 5 6 I Best Bedroom 32 7 6 I Second Bedroom 21 3 0 | Kitchen and Scullery. 14 10 6 I £ 150 0 0 I SPECIAL TO-DAY AND THIS WEEK. Price |j DEMONSMATION OF THE WONDERFUL DARNER. m It darns Stockings, Underclothing. Curtains, BJaK/ce?, etcN;;1 Drawnthread !-?or? .E'm6rot?6rs ?M?za?, c?c. PFor? on any Sewing Machine. EDWARDS »st SWANSEA B? ??? st. J ?w VY Ai?tJ.L?r? JIN UD W ARUIJ Park St. L)JL A

CQALTRJMMERS'DISPUTE MUTUAL SETTLEMENT EFFECTED. TEXT OF THE AGREEMENT The meeting of the Central Trimming Board which was held at the Cardiff Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, and resumed again on Thursday morning, in connection with the Swansea coal trim- mers' dispute, resulted in a mutual agree- ment being effected in the afternoon. The proceedings, which were private, were pre- sided over by Mr. Thomas Evans, the gentlemen representing the employers and workmen's interests were similar to those present on the previous day. TERMS OF SETTLEMENT. The text of the agreement which was signed .by the respective parties is as fol- lows:— It is understood that the agreement of August 5th is to apply to the steamers so in defined. The six points in dispute are to be con- sidered by the Swansea Trimming Board, and if it is proved that prior to the war they have been in practice at Swansea, they are to be considered as embodied in the present tariff. Failing a settlement, it is understood that the decision shall be left in the hands of the panel to-day ap- pointed by the Central Trimming Board, viz.: Mr. Thomas Evans (Cardiff), Mr. Daniel Radcliffe, and Mr. T. J. CJat- worthy, whose decision shall be accepted by both parties as final. a The steamers in dispute up to Friday, the 11th of August, are to pay the amounts in dispute to Mr. Thomas Evans, of Car- ditf, together with any further amounts in dispute pending a settlement by the Swan- sea Trimming Board or the Central Board panel. When such settlement is known the amounts so desposited shall be distri- buted forthwith. The men's representatives will recom- mend that work shall now be resumed at the earliest possible moment."

NO STAIN ON CHARACTER. I In the House of Commons on Thursday, Mr. Thomas askixl the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he have inquires made into the cir- cumstances surrounding the arrest on 4th December last of Gas Linesman H. Da vies, Port Talbot. on a charge of break- ing and entering Abr-ravon Station Book- ing Office, of which he was subsequently found innocent and acquitted, another person confessing to being the guilty one; and, in view of the experience Davies had to undergo and the financial los's suffered, whether be would consider if compensa- tion could be granted in this case, and an assurance be given that Davies' character was not stained by the proceed- ings. in Mr. Herbert Samuel: It is not possible to give compensation to persons tried and acquitted of criminal charges. In this case I am glad to find from the report made by the police that Mr. Davies was not even tried on the charge, and was only in custody for two hours before be- ing released on bail. The man su bse- quently convicted of the offence was arrested on the same day, and as soon as the circumstances had been inquired into the charge against Davies was entirely withdrawn, aud no stain rests upon his character.

ABERAVON1 HOUSE RAIDED. I Young Man Smartly Fined for I Theft. At Aberavon Police Court on Thursday, Win. Ivor Phillips, Llewelyn-street, Aber- avon, was charged with breaking and en tering the dwelling-house of Mrs. Eliza- beth Gribben, 8, St. Mary's-place, Aber- avon. between July 29th and August 12th. Supt. Ben Evans said that Mrs. Gribben had gone away for a holiday, leaving Treasury notes, silver and valuables to the vadue of £ 20 10s The houste was left secure when the lady left. When she re- turned on August 12th, she found that the valuables were missing. Information was laid with the police, and the money and valuables were traced to prisoner. Mr. Lewis M. Thomas defended, and elicited that the accused was a friend of the son of Mrs. Gribben. Margaret Eliz. Brokensha, 4, High- street, Aberavon, said she kept the key of the house to get letters to forward to her mother-in-law. When she went in on Aug. 8th she found that the back door was unbolted. A SWANSEA WITNESS. Mr. Abraham Lyons, 25, High-street, Swansea, said the prisoner came to his shop to ask him if he would buy a gold chain. Witness gave him 35s for the chain and accused said he was soon going to the Army and he wanted a good time before doing so. Prisoner signed a declaration in the name of Wm. James, Aberdare. P.S. Swaflield said he arrested accused. Later witness went to prisoner's house and recovered the stolen articles. Altogether there was < £ 3 10s. missing. When wit- ness changed him, accused said, "I got in through the back door on the Tuesday after they went away. The door was not properly fastened." The Bench found that there was insuffi- cient evidence to convict on the charge of breaking and entering, and reduced the charge to one of larceny. Prisoner pleaded guilty to larceny and was fined £10.

BOGUS BEREAVEMENTS. At the Guildhall on Thiirsday, before Mr. Alderman Domoney, Alfred James Chapman, 54, warehouseman, of Glen- wood-road, Westclin-on-Sea. was brought up for sentence, having pleaded guilty to obtaining advances from his employers, Messrs. Loeber (.Limited), of Milton-street, E.C., to the extent of S62 by falsely repre- senting that he had suffered a series of domestic bereavements. Detective Bradshaw said that, as the result of his inquiries, he found that the prisoner had previously obtained advances amounting to a large total from other employers by similar false pretences. In one case he said his wife was dying of cancer. In the present case, Messrs. Loeher felt so sorrv for the prisoner that when he told them his wife had died they presented him with a handsome wreath to place on her gravV. He took the flowers home after he had pulled the wreath to pieces, and told his wife that there had been a dinner at the firm and that the flower? were some of the table decorations. Mr. Alderman Domoney sentenced the prisoner to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. The Prisoner: In the second divisioup The 4 Idersot^n: Certainly not. I

MUNITIONS TRIBUNAL. Alleged Illness as Excuse for Absenteeism. SOUTH WEST WALES. The South West Wales Munition Court met at the Labour Exchange, Swansea on Thursday, Mr. J. Vaughan Edwards in the chair, with Mr. J. W. Thorpe as rlerk of thp court. INDISPOSITION AND ABSENTEEISM A tirst hand spelterman at a. local con- trolled establishment pl-eaded guilty to a bsenting himself on July 15th and the fortnight following. Defendant said that he sent a message by a workmate. During the fortnight he said that he was so ill with pains in the back that he was in his doubles. He had no medical certificate to support this state- ment. The employer's representative said that when defendant attended he was a good workman, but was a bad timekeeper. He was fined .£2. Another workman at a local controlled establishment was charged with absent- ing himself from work without leave on July 18th, 23rd, 26th, 30th, and on August 2nd and 3rd. Defendant said he suffered from a skin disease which incapacitated him on the dates mentioned. Nil doctor's certificate v. as produced. A like complaint was made against a workman at the same establishment. Defendant, pleading guilty, .said that he was going home from work when he fell on the road and cut his eye open. His period of absence was not continuous, he being at work several days at irregular interva l s. The Chairman said that they were first offences, so fthat the court would deal leniently with defendants, who were ac- cordingly fined 30s. each, to be deducted from their wages.

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LEGS FOR THE LIMBLESS SCIENCE MAIMS, AND SCIENCE MAKES GOH) A representative of the Press Associa- tion writes: Of the many thousands of institutions which the war has brought into being, it is doubtful wlT-ether any iul- fils a more useful purpose than the Roe- hampton Hospital. Wounded, whose legs and arms have been shattered by shot and shell, so that amputation has been made necessary, are there made new men. They enter on crutches, or are wheeled in on perambulators. In a few weeks or months a miracle has been performed. They rise and walk on artificial limbs, are able onco more to take their place in the battle of life, and to pureu-e avocations in competi- tion with their more fortunate brethren who have never smelt the powder of the battlefield- The fame of Boehampton, as everybody knows, has spread far and wide. In the early part of this week, I had the great privilege of seeing for myself the sort of work which a devoted band of skilled men and women there are doing for the alleviation of these victims of German kultur." The visit was a revelation. The strides which have been made in this branch of surgical, science, and are still being made, are nothing short of marvellous. Young fellows, who not long ago were collected from the trenches or from No Man's Land in a state of indescribable mutila- tion, apparently beyond the power of resuscitation, pass through the hands of the wizards of lioehampoon House. They emerge to all outward appearance as though nothing had ever ailed them, fit and ready for toil. and, indeed, skilled in industries of which before they were entirely ignorant. NATURE RIVALLED. The doctor and matron and their assist- ants gave me the opportunity of witness- ing how all this had been brought about. A score of men who had recently been fitted with artificial limbs were paraded in a large and airy room. They were walking around j ust like ordinary mortals. bome of them limped slightly. Others gave no indication of any physical dis- ability. But every one Was minus one or both legs, or without arms. So wonder- fully had skill been brought into opera- tion that if you hadn't known you would never have suspected that anything was wrong with them. The men whose legs had been amputated below the knee are regarded as quite simple" cases." Their stumps are fitted into the artificial limbs with extra- ordinary celerity, and in few hours suffice to make their capacity for locomotion equal almost to that of persons who have the natural use of their extremities. With the men who have suffered the loss of their limbs from the thigh, the difficulty of fixing them up is obviously greater. But it has been overcome. As the result of the advance of science the stiff leg has been made a thing of the past. By means of elastic contrivances j the patient is himsslf able to so manipu- late the artificial limb that joints at the hip and knee work freely as in an ordinary human deg. He can sit down, rise, and move with comparative ease. But siill more wonderful is what has been accom- plished in regard to the cripple, FOllle of the lower parts of whose body have had to be removed owing to the shocking nature of his injuries. In one instance, the mechanism involved in fixing the right leg was carried above the buttock to the shoulder, so that, practically the whole of the .side of the individual was not flesh and blood but a complex system of wood, held together by straps, nictal and cords. DUMMY HANDS THAT GRIP. So cleverly was the contrivance devised that the patient was able to stand up and sit down at will, and to walk around without any apparent discomfort. Despite his sufferings of the past, this man had a bright and ruddy complexion, and was in a mood almost of gaiety. In conversation with me he said he felt little or- no inconvenience, and in the cheery spirit which has marked our Tommies in their sore6t trials, he said. It might have been worse." The dummy arms are not less marvel- lous than the artificial legs. A formid- able obstacle which has exercised the ingenuity of the provider of arms has been how, when they were fixed, they could be made useful to the wearer. The question of making easily-worked elbows and shoulders had been surmounted in the early stages. Now, as is shown at Hoeha.mpton, a further improvement, and one which is of far-reaching importance, has been effected. Artificial hands have hitherto not worked with the freedom which was desired, but the latest device is a kind of claw which is made to grip obj ects with the firmness of the hand, and which for certain lands of work may be used with great facility. The men, equipped with these artificial means, appeared, not unnaturally, anxious to let the onlooker see how they worked. They marched round the hall with the steadiness nearly of men on military parade, and -were profuse in their gratitude to those who had thus en- abled them to once more lead lives akin to those of the ordinary citizen. In the grounds of the hospital a man who had one leg affix-pel at the thigh, sprinted at racing speed, whilst another, who was wearing a limb from below the knee, leapt into the saddle of a bicycle, rode the machine skilfully, and alighted with the utmost ease. BACK TO THE WORKSHOPS. Another remarkable feature of the Roe- hampton institution, and one which is supplementary to the provision of the artificial limbs, is that of^placing men in suitable situations after* they have been discharged. Altogether, up to date, 2,854 cases have passed through the hospital. No fewer than 675 have received instruc- tion in the employment bureau, and nearly a thousand have left the hospital capable of "carrying on" in the trades in which they were engaged before going to the front. How-many and vari- ous are the occupations which the men are capable of is shown. by those who after treatment, have already been placed." They have gone out, and are now engaged in architecture, art and de- sign, bakery, bootmaking, brushmaking, carpentry and cabinet making, chemistry, cinema operating, clerical work, con'ec- t^onery, draughtsmanship, engineering diamond polishing, hairdressing. light leather work. motor mechanism an I driving, metal turning and fitting, \,y making, telegraphy, silver anu metal mounting, and photography. Num'rn? other occupations are 0p"n to them, but these sufficiently demonstrate the utility of such men in quite a number of useful trades of the country. A large number of workshops have been established in connection with the hospital, and in these a small army of men are being drilled in different kinds of labour which will so well serve them in after life. Among the processes in which, the patients are being instructed are ladies' leather bag making, and other light leather work, elec- tricity, in its elementary principles, and motor repairing. Strange though it may -seem, a very large and most efficient body of chauffeurs have been turned out, all wi'th artificial legs, and some fifty of them are now in regular employment. Carpentry and cabinet work is engaging the attention of other men, and the speci- ITr-ns of artistic caiviug whic.h were dis- played proved beyond an manner of doubt the efficiency which had been acquired in that delicate kiud of industry. Basket and flower making was another aspect of work for which some of the men" had evweed quite a geus, whilst iron welding was taught to those who showed any m- eliiKitio'i towards the rougher kind of labour. In the different shops the men were devoting themselves with the utmost diligence to their tasks, and e-aoh one was profiting by the knowledge which was so freely and willingly imparted. The significant tiring about all this was that many had never before had the chance of learning- a skilled trade, and, despite their physical disability, they will be able to | earn in the future much higher wages than they had ever been able to get in the past. HELPED TO INDEPENDENCE. It speaks volumes for the admirable way in which the hospital is conducted that although the number of inmates is approximately 500, only a couple were on the sick list. The arrivals and departures each week average about 80, and btit few of those, who are literally put upon their legs," ever have to seek long to get em- ployment. The head of the employment bureau notifies the discharge of patients to the chief employers in the localities to which they are sent. He appeals to those people to do the best they can for tho men. and the appeal is seldom made in vain. High as is the reputation of Roehamp- ton for a class of endeavour which in its j way is unique, it needs a personal visit thoroughly to impress one with the fruit- fulne;;s of aU that is being done. It would be well within bounds to say that the beneficent results will be widespread. Hundreds of men who otherwise would have been left more or less without meana of a decent livelihood have already been put on the highway to comparative pros- perity, and many more hundreds, it is to be feared, will have to Dass through the gates of Roehampton to be similarly re- lieved. But the enthusiastic and earnest men and women at this institution have at least the satisfaction of seeing the al- most immediate outcome of their deeds of mercy and succour. Their patients are always grateful, a.nd the knowledge of the usefulness of their service, seen every day and every hour, spurs on all at the hos-» t pital to even more useful endeavour.

NEA'TH HERO. Pte. Dick Hughes Receives the D.C.M. I Stirring Civic Welcome. On Thursday, the Mayor and Corpora* tion of Neath officially honoured ita soldier-hero. Pte. Dick Hughes, D.C.M., k D. C ,k f., of the Somersetshire Light Infantry. The weather upset the original arrangements to have the event on the Gnoll Athletic Grounds, and tea was partaken of at the Drill Hall. where over 100 wounded sol- diers and men on furlough were enter- tained. Mr. Kuiching's orchestral hand supplied the music, and the tables were presided over hy the wives of the Town C'onnc; Uors. Subsequently a eoncert, arranged by the Belgian Artistes' Committee, was held in the Gwyn Hall, at which the following artistes appeared before a. large and ap- preciatve audience; l-ime. Boin Kuff6rath jj Clli3t). Mme. Juliette An tram (mez.zo- Ifoprano). M. Jules Colbert (baritone), M. Gustave Walther (violinist), and M. Paul Kochs (accompanist). THE HERO DECORATED. I During tue interval the ex-May or (Cotm- cillor Matthew Arnoldi, amid a scene of great enthusiasm, decorated Pte. Dick Hughes with the D.C.M., which had been ent to him from the. War Office for pub- lie presentation. Before doing so. the ex- Mayor said that Neath people were ex- ceedingly proud of their soldier-hero. In the audience was a comrade from the Somersetshire "Regiment who witnessed the deed which won Pte. Unp-hps the eted distinction, and in soldier-like language he iold him the deed which gained Pte. Hughe? the D.C.M. was worthy of the Vic- toria, Cross. (Cheers.) As a matter of fact, Pte. Hughes had been twice recom- mended for the D.C.M., and he hoped to he able to get the War Office to give him the bar. (Renewed cheers.) It was a gal- lant act which met with recognition. A German sniper was giving trouble, and an officer called for vol unteers to locate him. Pte. Hughes was one of four who jumped out of the trenches in search of the Hun sniper. ,Ti- i b r(- comrades were ishot in the attempt, but Pte. Hughes pueoeeded in locating the sniper and bringing him back to the trenches a prisoner of war. (Lond cheers.) And after that, he crossed the battlefield a second time in the face of shot and shell, and succeeded in bring- ing in safely one of his wounded com- rades. (Renewed cheers.) I ONLY DID MY DUTY." I In a quiet conversation with Pte. Hughes that afternoon, he said with be- coming modesty, It only did my duty. and that is what every British soldier at-- tempts to do. If a German bullet prevents it, that's had lnck." (Cheers). Continu- ing, the ex-Mayor said that the towns- people of Neath wanted to join in the recognition, and he was going to call upon Mrs. T. J. Williams, the esteemed wife of the Member of Parliament for the Swansea District, to present Pte. Hughos with a purse of gold. This had been sub- scribed for and initiated by Councillor J. Morris, and Mr. W. J. Steer, and he was glad to tell them that j/te. "Hughes was patriotic in everything that he did, for lie was going to invest the gold in War Loan. (Cheers). Mrs. T. J. Williams, amid a further scene of enthusiasm, presented Pte. Hughes with the purse of gold, remarking, a I feel it a great honour to present you on behalf of vour many Neath friends with this small token of esteem for the noble and honourable work you have already accomplished for your King and country. I heartily congratulate you." (Cheers.) Pte. Dick Hughes, who wa.s n-,ceived with musical honours, briefly returned thanks. The ex-Mayor also presented wrist watches, on behnlf of the Neath active service presentation fund, to Pte. Willie Smith, Rap. W. Lloyd, Pte. W. J. Smith, First-Class Smoker J. Bounds, and Ilance- Corpl. Wosencroft.

OPIUM RAID. 11 Forty Cardiff police constables, nndet | the direction of Chief Constable Williams, on Thursday evening raided a number of houses where Chinese live. It was sus- pecteri that illicit in(iulErt, fp in opium was being carried on, and the surmise proved correct- The police took possession of nearly C200 worth of drugs, and thej arrested no fewer than seventeen men.

FAMOUS OARSMAN KILLED. I I Rome. Thursday.—News comes from Como that Li^ir Singaglia. the winner of the Diamond Sculls in 1914-, has been I killed in action. Lieutenant Sinigaglia was in the Grena- diers. He was a member of the Lario Rowing Club, and besides the Diamonds i he won the Coupe dee. Nations on the Seine. He won several double sculling championships with Signor Brunialti. of Rome, who has also been killed in action.

THE HEAVYWEIGHT RIDER. A heavyweight rider naturally tries a bicycle, but it seems to make no matter to the Raleigh. Mr. J. H. Adsetts, of the Angel Hotel at J3olsover, though he scales over 15i stones, has been riding a Raleigh for the last sixteen years, even for hunting, and has never had a break- down of any kind. The scientific con- struction of the all-steel bicyebj gives it, of course, a frame of exceptional strength. iTinted and Published for the Swansea Press, Limited, by ARTHUR PARNELL HIGH AM, at header Buildings. Swansea. •