The Cambria Daily Leader

FOUND ON BATTLEFIELD. I The alHwe photograph was picked up oni the Hohenzollern Redoubt and sent to the IÆadN "hy trapper W. Dobson, of the Royal Engineers, whose home is at Neath. It was taken by Mr. Harry Jones, photo-j grapher, Windsor-road, Neath. I

IF BRUSSELS IS RAIDED. I AmsterdajQ. Tuerday.Tlie German authorities have posted notices in Bras- sele forbidding public demonstrations of sympathy or cheering in the case of fur- tne-r Allied air raids. When the! machines aj-e lighted e-veryone must take, refuge indoors and traffic in the streets, including the tramcars, must top. If it he nighttime all lights must be put out. Any east* of infringement ot these regu- lations will be punished with heavy fines. —Exchange.

SAXON POINT OF VIEW. The Saxon* one day. in their trenches, | put up a blackboard, on which was written; "The English are fools!" The board was peppered- with bullets and went down. Presently it reappeared again with "The French are Fools!" written on it. Being duly peppered again it went down and came up with The Russians are fools!" Same treatment. But v-hen it ap- peared Jor the fourth time the in,scription was; "The Au^trians are fools!" On its fifth appearance it announced The Ger- man#; are fools" and the sixth times, ("We are all fools!"

DISUSED PIT TRAGEDY. I At Coed Talon, near Mold. Flintshire. ) on Sunday Flora Davies, a girl of 15, fell into a disused pit and wa drowned. In an attempt at rescue Mr. Edward Jonc?. a colliery agent over fifty years of ag- was etruck by some falling debris as he was descending the pit, rendered un- conscious, and drowned. He was a married man with, two children. The bodies were recovered by a rescue party headed by Mr. Aneurin Griffiths, instructor of the local colliery rescue class, who made use of a special rescuing apparatus.

£ 100,000 FOR A PARTNER. A large bequest to a partner is contained in the will of Mr. Aubrey Rumball. St. Albans, Herts, who died aged eighty on September 27. He. was hcad of Messrs. Rumball and Ed- wards, land agents and auctioneers. After iriving JLi,00ft to his cousin, Henry John Rumball: £ 500 to his brother, George Horace Rumball; -4!700 to Albion Mesion, in his employment; and one ,e..ar', wages to each of his servants and the. clerks in the firm, he left the residue of the pro- nerty, gross value 25,548, to his partner, George Henrv Edwards. The late Mr. Rumball was for forty years connected with the Volunteers, was one of the English Eight at Wimbledon, and on the outbreak of war became second in command of the Herts Volunteer A&so- ciation.

You are prepared to let your neigh- j hours run the risk of Zeppelins dropping! bombs upon them rather than that you I ?houH I?se a chance of e?Hing second-I hand goods," 6aid the Wc?st London mag- istrate on Tue?ay tb a woman charged with a lighting o?'?nce. Pay ?5 and [ $^3^ j?r?f 1Q<^ ft.js Aqt £ 20/'  -ft- .AI-a A

WASTE OF SPELTER. I Its Causes and Suggested Remedies. Mr. H- Ma.rt.iu, Swansea, writing to the I current number of The Chemical Trade Journal on the question of waste in the production of cavs.- If the demand for the metal is going to be so great after the war as it was be- fore. and our markets are closed to the German smelters, the facilities for the production of spelter must he increased by at least 150 to 200 per cent. and adds that in the present metho dof ore extrac- tion there is a loes of anything from 10 to 2i) per cent. Basing his remarks in figures contained in a recent par. in the Cambria Daily Leader," Mr. Martin continues; It re- quires 206 tons of zinc concentrates to pro- duce one ton of metal, 38.5 tons of metal from 100.1 tons of ore. The amount ot zinc in the concentrates ranges from 44 to 50 per cent. If we taket5 per cent. to re- present the average contents,, the total ziuc in the above-mentioned quantity ot ore would equal 45.045 tons, so that the actual tonnage of unrecovered zinc is 6.545 tons. This loss equals 14.5 per cent., which, if taken at the normal value of £ 20 per ton represents a value of £130 9s Mr. Martin attributes the loss to the following causes:— (1) That which escapes condensation and is burnt at the mouth of the con- denser; (2) That which is left behind in the residues of the charges; (3) That Which is absorbed by the material of which the retorts and conden- sers are made. The remedies suggested are:— (J) By introducing means to improve the conditions for the condensation of the vapour into its liquid form, at the same time reducing the tendency to its being converted into powder. (2) If, designs of the furnace adopted in this district were improved, it would give a saving both in fuel and material, as well as an improved extraction. (3) The absorption of the retorts, etc., is practically unavoidable, but can be re- duced to a great extent; in any case this is not a serious source of loss. Before making any increase in the ex- isting plant, or erecting new plants to meet the increased demands, it would be as well if trials were conducted and sub- sidised by the Government to find out which would be the best type of furnace to adopt so as to aid perpetuating the ;rne.at t loss that is taking place under pre. sent conditions.

COST OF MILK. Important Decision by West I Glamorgan Farmers. In view of the extremely high price of milking cows, and the constantly in- creasing prioeof feeding stuffs, the West Glamorgan Farmers' Association, at a meeting at Llangyfelach. have decided to rai&e the wholesale price of milk to Is. 4d. per gallon for the winter months, an in- crease of 3d. per gallon on the summer price. To a Leader reporter on Wednesday morning a well-known Swansea milk dealer expressed the opinion that the ad- vance would not have the effect of making a still further rise in the price of milk, which at present stands at 6d. a quart. He pointed out that. there was a marked feeling of protest in the town against the recent advance from 5d. to 6d., and many housewives, who refused to pay the extra charge, have oomnienced to use condensed milk in&tead.

VALLEY BOXERS. J The Merits of Chris Langdon I and Arthur Bishop. The Swansea Valley boxing enthusiast who complained about the, absence of talent from Ystalyfera and district at the recent. Empire tournament returns to the attack. L noticed," he says, Mr. Alf Harry's remark* in Monday's l^eader' about the unfairness of putting Arthur Bishop (Caer- phillyr to box Chris. Langdon (Ystalyfera) because of the difference in weight. We are all aware that Bishop is a lot better man at 8 stone than at 7st: 10lbs.. Fo where the unfairness of a class man who has boxed at different paTÜ, of England, conceding about 4lbs. to a boy who has never boxed outside Swansea, and who has only been at the game a few months, ,conies in, T don't know. Again, in regard to Luther Thomas and Idris Jones. Why not have matched them a.t Swansea Empire? What I want to point out is that if our boys do not get encouragement from their own locality, where do we expect it to come fr<)nl"

HAVE YOU A FLAT FOOT? I Is your instep weak, or the arcn ot your foot in need of support? Nature intends the arch of the foot to carry the whole weight of your body, and when it breaks down or gets weak it is unable to do this, with the result that you suffer an aching and burning and soreness that makes wilking a misery instead of a pleasure. Joyped Supports worn in the boots lift up the arch and rest the whole, foot. The gentle and easy support is glorious. The price, is 12s. 6d. per pair. Special fitting without extra charge.—Rich. The Chemist, Ltd., 30, High-street, Swansea.

WELSHMEN IN DOWNING STREET. I Among those who attended 'o. it, Downing-strcet, on Tuesday, on the occa- sion of the presentation to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd George, were Mr. J. Vaughan Edwards (president of the West Wales Munitions Court) and Mr. Rhys Roberts.

» By H.M. T"he King Ap;ointmmt :0 H.M. TMK'nt With Sugar dear and Milk much dearer NESTLES MILK the way makes clearer. The Richest in Creazb. STILL tHE SAME PRICE Per & 5 d. tin

FOOD PRICES, I AN INCONCLUSIVE DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT SUPPLIES AND SHIPPING There was an extremely interesting, though somewhat inconclusive, debate on food prices in the House of Coi=", I "0I.1 Tuesday. The Government were freely criticised for their cautious-handling of an admittedly complex question, and several members urged them to extend their policy of controlling supplies to commodities which they have not yet touched. Mr. Ruhciman, however, had no changes of Government policy to announce. He de- .jflare^ strongly against rationing," and defined the policy of the Government as the provision ot plenty and the prevention of < exploitation. j MR. RUNCIMANIS REPLY. I The debate had run its course for three hours before Mr. itunciman made reply for the Government. He spoke for an hour, and dealt in the main with the general principles underlying the three cognate questions of the control of sup- plies, the rise in prices, and the war tists of our mercantile marine. He put forward the general proposition that the true ex- planation of a great deal of the rise in prices was that the consuming capacity of our people had gone up, while the sources of supply had been curtailed. He declined to accept any of the novel remedies sug- gested by his critics, although he conceded that on the milk question a good deal could be done by letting all those engaged in the trade realise that the Government had its eye on them. He brushed aside the pro- I)o,al for a Minister of Food by recalling that one of his correspondents had pleaded for the appointment of a Minister of Gastronomic Munitions." Similarly Mr. Runciman gave no guar- antee that new measures would be adopted in the case of meat. At this point Sir Edward Carson rose and asked the Minis- ter point blank if he had evidence of any exploitation. Mr. Runciman replied em- phatically that he had not the least evi- dence of exploitation with regard to meat. If the Government had evidence, they had statutory powers and would not hesitate to use them. He pointed out that the Government had spent altogether over • £ 60,000,000 in the purchase of meat, and declared that the meat control, so far as it had gone, had been effective. He had no fresh light to throw on the Government scheme for the control of w heat imports, and defended the Government for its cau- tious steps in the matter, on the ground that our margin. of safety, was not too large and that a mistake in handling the matter might bring the supply below the danger line. CONTROLLED SHIPPING. I Mr. Runciman concluded his speech with a very interesting review of the shipping operations of the Government, in the course of which he gave several new and important facts. He pointed out that the bulk of the mercantile marine was under control; that all, except a small part of I the controlled shipping, was running at Blue-hook rates; that the remainder of. the, controlled shipping was running at fixed rates, which bore no relation to the open market rate;, that only a small fraction was running at free rates; and that of thi., only three score were bringing foodstuffs. He claimed that, if those facts had been known, a great deal of the hubbub outside would have been sub- dued. As an illustration of the effect of freights on food prices, he said that, whereas the price of meat appeared to have increased by 4d. to 5d., only three- eights of a penny of that had. gone in additional freight. He argued that the real thing from which we were suffering now in shipping was a deficiency. We were doing our best to put vessels into the water as quickly as we could, but. the House should remember that we had actually lost by enemy action and by mariie risks 2,000.000 gross tons of ship- ping since the war began, or more than the whole mercantile marine of France. or Spain, or Italy. That loss represented nearly 3,000,000 tons dead weight. His contention was that the important thing was to provide plenty in this country. It was not possible for prices to be left altogether to care for themselves, but the one thing we ought to avoid was to put ourselves into the position of a blockaded people from any cause whatever. So he would not hear of bread tickets, meat cou- pons. and such artificial arrangements, for they were harmful to those who had the least with which to buy. We wanted, he said in conclusion, to avoid any ration- ing of our people in food.

A PUBLICAN'S FAILURE. I Bad Trade and a Large Family. I At the Carmarthenshire Bankruptcy Court at Carmarthen on Tuesday (before Mr, Registrar D. E. Stephens-Davies), Thomas Jonee, licensed victualler. Drover's Arms, Newcastle Emlyn, whdse groes liabilities were put down as t293 Is. Od., and cleficienry tM IDs. 3d., attributed his failure to bad trade and a large family. I believe my wife treated and ti-iisted toe.) much there at the start," he said. and I bad a large family th kfo]) in these abnormal times, eight out of 13 being at home. He worked as a colliery repairer in Glamorgan whilst his wife managed the public-house. He now worked in a munition works. Before going to the Drovers' Arms he was at Blaenbulau Farm, Clydeg, Boncath, but as he was going under water he gave up farming. His wife claimed most of the furniture. He provided none when he married, "it being a custom in the coun- try for the young wife to bring the furni- ture with her." The examination was closed.

A SE ON I A SECOND CORN WELL. Another young naval hero of the Corn- well type has come to light, a bugler on H.M.S. Calliope named William Robert Walker, who w.as just over sixteen at the time, of the Jutland battle. Walker was on the bridge with the captain, and held his bugle through the whole action waiting for orders. He saw members of the. crew killed before his eyes and othens lying sorely wounded on the deck. Still he stuck to his post—waiting. Almost at the conclusion of the fight, when it was dark, he was hit by a shell splinter He bled profusely, but still held on to the bridge rail until he fell unconscious. While in hospital he was visited by the King. who called him "my brave young hero," and Sir John Jelliooe has presented hini with a new bugle to,replace the one acon, it is inscribed with the words, Presented bv the Commander-in- Chief to William R. Walker, H.M.S. Calliope, 31st -Atay, 1916."

HER MARRIAGE VOW. St. Louis, Tuesday.—The proposals submitted by the Commission of Bishops, I Clergy attd Laymen appointed to con- sider the advisability of changes in various portions of the Prayer Book have for the time being beeYJ shelved. All the recommendations for changes in the marriage ceremony, the Catechism and the Ordination of the clergy made in the minority, report have been referred back to 'tile, Colnmimian <)n- i,-Iie, Prayer Book. Thus no change can now be made. for another three years. The proposed changes included the eli- mination from the Marriage Service of the word obey and of the worde "with all my worldly goods I thee endow." There were also recommendations for a shortened form. of the Ten Command-, iaente-is-Reatex, y

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MANY AIR FIGHTS. SPLENDID WORK DONE ON THE SOMME. MORE FUTILE ENEMY COUNTER- ATTACKS (BRITISH OFFICIAL.) France, Tuesday, 10.26 p.ni.—To-day we bombarded enemy positions in the neigh- bourhood of Neuville St. Vaast, Wytsch- aete, and north-east of Ypres. South of the Ancre there war. consider- able activity on both sides. The clear weather of yesterday gave scope for great aerial activity, and our machines made a large number of recon- naissances and bombed enemy railway lines, stations, billets, factories, and de- ¡ pots. There were numerous fights in the air, three enemy machines being destroyed, another driven to earth, and many dis- persed. Two enemy kite balloons were attacked and forced down, one being afterwards seen in flames One of our machines was brought down by anti-aircraft gun-tire, and six others have not returned. FRENCH OFFICIAL. Paris, Tuesday, 11 p.m.—On the whole of; the Somme front there was reciprocal j bombardment, occasionally becoming ex- tremelv violent. To the east of Bellov-en-Santerre the enemy launched two new attacks, which, like the preceding one, were completely repulsed, and ne suffered heavy losses. JI There is nothing to report on the rest of the front. German aeroplanes dropped bombs on Amiens without any military result. GERMAN CLAIMS. I Tuesday's German offcial says:— I Army Group of Prince Albrecht of Wur- i temberg.—At many points of the front I Lher. was vigorous patrol activity. Army Group of Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria.-Both sides of the Somme were under heavy artillery fire in the day. The fire was strongly replied to. In the course of the operations against enemy batteries our airmen observers rendered valuable service. The enemy undertook attacks during the evening north of the river against our connecting lines from Gueudeoourt and Sailly, and more to the south against our positions north of Fresnes and Mazan- court. At Gueudecourt enemy attacks collapsed under our curtain fire. At Sailly and Fresnes they failed in hand- to-hand fighting. Fighting is proceeding in small portions of trenches. Our battle airmen shot down six enemy airmen, and three of them fell behind his lines. Captain, Boelke again put hors de combat two enemy machines. Army Group of German Crown Prince. —In Champagne a French attack was '4 esni l In the repulsed north of Le Mesnil. In the sectors of the Argonne and the Meuse there was brisk artillery fighting at some I points.—Press Association. FIGHT FOR SAILLY SAILLISEL. I Paris, Tuesday (received Wednesday). The French Expert. Commentator this evening says:—Desperate fighting con- tinued to-day in the streets of SaiUy Sail- lisel, the western part of which our troops occupied on Sunday evening from the edge of the Bapaume-Peronne Wood to the central cross roads. A further group of houses fell into our hands, and the Ger- mans again violently eountw-attwked, but in vain. In the morning they suc- ceeded in penetrating our first line, but they were immediately driven out again. We are consolidating the part of the vil- lage occupied, and fighting continues to be very violent. The extreme energy dis- played by the enemy in defending his posi- tion is proof of its importanoe. When once expelled from Sailly, indeed, he would be in danger of seeing the village of Transloy on the we threatened, and on the east. St. Pierre Vaast Wood over- run. The infantry- have' already reached the northern part of the wood, which we are also investing on the west and south, and in which the German troops are &ub- jected to an infernal bombardment which has led the Neue Tageblatt" to say, It is certainly the moot terrible spot in which men have had to do their duty as combatants." This explains the desperate resistance made by the Germans to our advance, and the intense bombardment directed by them on our new positions shows that they have not renounced the hope of driving us from them, but our gums, which are well siipl-hied. will not be long in muzzling their artillery a.nd bring- ing the wood into our possession. South of the Somme the enemy delivered no less than three counter-attacks, one e,a-,t of Berny and two east of Belloy, which only resulted in increasing the number of his repeated defeats in the last few days. Thus the Germans have in vain concentrated their efforts on the Somme. Both troops and artillery retire whenever we attack them, and every day they lose some ground which they never succeed in reconquering.—Press Association. BELGIAN TRENCH RAI DS, I Havre, Tuesday (received Wednesday).— To-day's Belgian communique says- During the night. Belgian patrols were active along the whole front in the region of Kloesterhoeh and the Ferryman's House. Twenty prisoners were captured as the result of raids into the German trenches. I To-day there were reciprocal artillery duels and grenade fights in the Dixmude sector, and near Boesinghe.

BLAMING THE WOMAN. I For eprMdin? false reports regarding j Zeppelin raids William Jack&on. a rail I wayman, was at Hull on Tuesday aent to f prison for a month. I He said he only repeated what a womiLn told him. i

1-7 O'CLOCK CLOSING. I New Home Office Order to I Shopkeepers. A new Home Office Order makes it com- pulsory for all shops (with a few excep- tions) to close at seven o'clock during the week and nine o'clock on Saturday, the halt-holiday remaining as it now is. The exception#! to the Order are tobacconists, newsagentF. and chemists (for medicine purposes). Hairdressers are given an ex- tension till eight o'clock. Hotels, restau- rants are not affected. Some of the shop- keepers And stores are now within the Order. Some will have to modify the Friday and Saturday closing. The new Order is made to eoonomise lighting and coal. No change has yet been m.ade in the meeting hour of the chapels and ("hurches in Swansea, but they have provided themselves with dark blinds. Whether a. change will be effected remains a matter of doubt. The new Order takes effect on October 30th. I

SWANSEA GROCERS. I Home Office Closing Orders. I The monthly meeting ot the Swansea and District Grocers' Association was held on Tuesday evening, Mr. Wm. Hard- ing (vice-president) occupying the chair in the absence through indisposition of the president (Mr. R. W. Vergette). The secretary (Mr. H. F. Hood") re- ported that the committee had decided to support the Róme Office Closing Order with one or two exceptions. They agreed to 7 o'clock on the first three evenings of the week, but recommended 6.30. They could not accept 8 o'clock on Fridays, and asked for 9 p.m.. the sai-ne as Saturdays. They also asked t hat refreshments be defined, and in regard to the shops that sold goods other than newspapers, they felt it might result in hardship to other tradesmen if they were allowed to keep open without some restriction. The Committee's action was eoidorsed. It was reported that the recent com- petition for assistants in .sugar packing, etc., was very successful, and another competition in other processes was ar- ranged for the 31st inst. It was mentioned that the Grocers' Closing Order was now in force in Swan- sea. but there were cases where it was not being observed.

COCKETT PARISH COUNCIL. I Alleged Rowdyism of Fforestfach I Boys. The Cockett. Parish Co-wicil met at the TTnion Offices, Swansea, on Tuesday even- ing, Mr. J. J. Thomas presiding. In the report of the various library committees it was mentioned that the Fforestfach boys were very lawless, and IH're often making a distirrbance in the vicinity of the Fforestfach Library. The question was asked as to whether some- thing could not lie done to stop this. Mr. Thomas explained that the caretaker was too busy, to see to it. The Fforestfach member defended the lads, saying that hoys will be hoys," and he did not see that the lads of the dis- trict were any worse than other lads. It kwas generally on wet nights that they ap- proached the building. It was ultimately decided to ask the police authorities if they could derail an officer to make periodical visits. It was also decided, in connection with the library to alter the hours during which it will be open. The present hours are 9 a.m. till 10 p.m., which, according to one member were too long. The amended hours will be 10 a.m. until 8.30 p.m. In connection with a. complaint regard- ing the delivery of newspapers to the. Waunarlwydd library, the clerk (Mr. Martyn), reported having seen the news" agent, and the latter had now terminated his contract. Arrangements for future de- liveries were left in the hands of the clerk.

SHRINKING SOVEREIGN. I At a Southwark inquest on Tuesday on an eight-year-old boy who was run over at Spa-road, Bermondsey, the young mother, the wife of a soldier at the front, said she was employed as a paper sorter for the Salvation Army, earning Its. a week and working from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Coroner: What is your separation allowance?— £ 1 6s. 6d. a week. The woman added that sht- could not keep three children on that with food at pre- sent prices. The Coroner: Yes, I was reading that the purchasing power of a sovereign is equivalent only to 128. 6d.

METHUSALAH JONES. I W. Methusalah Jones, a farmer resid- ing at Groveston, near Carnarvon, was last week taken direct from the local tribunal to the police court and charged with being an alxsentee. These proceed- ings were taken at the instigation of the military authorities, whose case appa- rently was that the applicant had en- rolled at Queensferry, where he was em- ployed as a munition worker. At the adjourned hearing of the case on Tuesday the police informed the magistrates that the military authorities had been written, telephoned, and tele- graphed to for further information upon which to act, but nothing had come. The magistrates dismissed the case.

PELTED THE GUNNERS Strange Episodes in the Italian Success. (" Times" War Telegram, per Pre: Association, Copyright). Vieenza, Tuesday (received AN,-4edne. day).—Perhaps on no front of the Alli. is it possible 60 to harass the enemy s on the Italian. The great length of lir defended, together with the special ex gencie6 of the defence, which vilry"ao cording to the altitude, and the fa( that the Austrians are especially foorit of the Italian pressure at half-a-doze different points, keeps them in uncei tainty and obliges them to hold an abui dance of reserves everywhere. The have had to rush troops to the Car, th Dolomites, and Trentino at one and th same time. Last week's advance in the Trentinc while the result achieved in territori and in priconers is relatively small, i i really of very great mportance. Durin |I the night of the 8th inst. artillery a1 I tacked on the whole front for severa | miles. The enemy remained non-phiasec | not knowing where to send his reserves || Bombs were employed in great nu-mbere and are found to be even more effectiv j! here than on the Carso, the friable roc. breaking into millions of fragment \1 under the explosion. In the afternoon i demonstrative attack in the Valla rs fi carried the line some 400 yards, and th i principal attack carried the t.T"H?h o I the crest, together with th? S'Ummi called Lora. The arduous mountaineer ing feat of arriving on the mountain and the hanging brow was acromplishc< on rope ladders. One of the spertaciiia sights of the day was an Alpine perche< on his spire of the tooth, a fearfu natural fortification, who kept the AiW trian machine-gunners from their task pelting them with roc lis every time the; set to work. Later the Italians carrier their lines to the foot of Mount Porte the furthest border of Cosmognan. Th< joy of the victors war augmented by th< fact that tlie prisoners were the Kaiser Jagers.

= f THE ILL-STARRED WINDOWS A singular record of accidents in block of buildings erected nine or te years ago in Brompton-road, near KnightE bridge Tube Station was given at an in „ quest on Tuesday as follows-- r Nov., 1915.-Window from focrth floo found in the roadway. March i, 1916.—Window blown fror third floor. March 28. 1916.—Plate-glass window oi first floor blown in by the wind; tw. roller shutters blown from their fasten ings (havoc by gale ). Sept., 1916.-Window blown fron fourth floor. Oct. 14, 1916.-Targ-e iron-frame win dow weighing 601bs., fell into the street In the latter case the window fell upoi two passers-by and killed one—Mr. A. G S. Staveley, a gentleman of independen means, of Cadogan-place. For some time the premises have I unoccupied, and the Court was informet that the building was being dealt with a: a dangerous structure.

HUNGRY MUNITIONERS. Berne (via. Po-ntartier).Trouble hat occurred rat Munich in consequence of thf systematic underfeeding of men and women in s trenuous physical labour. The employes of all the munition fac- tories in Bavaria Isave informed the autho. rities that they are unable to worl-, anv overtime unless extra food of a nourishing kind is granted to them. The movement is extending to other parts of Germany and is oansing grave embarrassment to the German military authorities.—Wireless Press.

WELSH DRINK STATISTICS. Analysis of the licensing statistics pub- I lushed on Tuesday shows that there was a decrease in the number of convictions for drunkenness in Glamorgan and Mon- mouthshire of 19.5 per cent. in 1914, and 37.7 per cent. in 1915, the total decrease in the two years being nearly 56 per cent. a* compared with 1913. The actual figures for 1913 were 8,925 convictions; for 1914, 7,183 convictions; for 1915, 4,477. Carmarthenshire was one of the few counties in the United Kingdom which showed an increase of convictions la.st. year, the total having risen from 915 to 984.

CALL TO MEN OF 41. Presiding at the meeting of the Ports- mouth Tribunal the Mayor announced that orders had been issued to the effect) that recruiting officers would commence t,) send out calling-iv) notices to men in Groups 23 and 46 and Classes 23 and 46 who had attained the age of 41 years, or- dering them to report for service with the colours on November 1 and the en- suing days. Men in Class 23 were liable to Ikj called up if they had not attained the age of 41 prior to March. 2 last, and in the case of men in Class 46 if they bad not attained the age of 41 prior to June 24 last. All men in Groups 23 and 46 were liable. The order cancels previous Army; Council instructions.

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