The Cambria Daily Leader

I WELSH SHERIFFS. NOMINATIONS fOR SOUTH WALES COUNTIES The Chancellor of the Exchequer, wear- ing his State robee of black and gold, on Monday attended in the Lord Chief Jus- tice's Court at the Hoyal Courts of Jus- tice, the historic ceremony of nominating gentlemen to serve as High Sheriffs for the different counties of iingland and Walee. The King's Remembrancer (Sir John Macdonnoll, read out the namaa of the gentlemen submitted, several being passed over because they were on active service, while a few were unable to eexvo for other reasons. The names of those chosen will be put before the King next February, when the ancient ceremony of pricking the Sheriffs will be per- formed. The following is the list of nominations for counties in South Witles:- ( BRECONSHI RE. Af r. M. Watkin Morgan, Bryntawe, Aber- crave. Mr. David Powell, Coedrysen, Brecon. Mr. Thomas Price Thomas, Abereenny. CARDIGANSHIRE. Mr. Alfred Cecil Wright, Fron-y-gog. Borth. Mr. Evans Jones, Penmount, Llanelly. Mr. C. W. Wabley Hope, Pigeonsford, Llangranog. CARMARTHENSHI RE. Mr. David Williams, Glesin, Llanelly. Mr. H. Dawkin bvart6 The Graig, Llanelly. Mr. R. Beaumont Thomas, Llanelly. GLAMORGAN. Mr. E. L. Evan-Thomae, Neath. Mr. Daniel Radcliffe, Cardiff. Mr. J. Anthony Jonee, Llandaff. PEMBROKESHIRE. Mr. C. H. R. Vickerman, Saunderefoot. Col. Robt. Oliver Lloyd, Treagarnc. Mr. E. W. B. Summers, R-wemoor. RADNORSHIRE Mr. A. Simpeon, Burghill Grange, Here- ford. Mr. H. W. Duff-Gordon, Kingston. Maj. Thompson, Newcastle Court, King- ton.

NOT A PEACE CRANK! ——— < Railway men's M. P. & "Burn- ing Patriotv" 8f Cardiff. After hie experience at Cardiff Mr. J. H. Thomas, M.P., has hastened to explain that he does not belong to the peace crank party consisting of Mr. Ramsay Mac- Donald and his friends. Speaking at Taunton, the rsilwayraen's M.P. taunted the burning patriots of Cardiff, who broke np Saturday's meet- ing, on being led by men who rushed the platform with lfagons of beer," and declared that the people were deliberately incited to smash up the meeting. A plausible story, he went on, was that the opposition was directed towards Mr. Ramsay MacDonald. He (Mr. Thomas) profoundly disagreed with Mr. MacDoaaJd regarding the war, but after the work which the letter had done in the past for Labour's cause he was not going to stand by and see him ostracised. It is stated that warrants have been issued against Mr. C. B. Stantoa, M.P., and Captain Tup per in connecti on with Satarday's proceedings.

THE RED CROSS I ————— I An Unknown Swansea Work I Splints for Soldiers. (B-v A wstin.) VERY few people have any idea of v the extent, variety, and inter- national importance of the work carried on in Swansea by the members of the local division of the Glamorgan Branch of the British Red Cross Society. THE RED CROSS. Ever since, in my younger days, I used to gaze intently on a picture of The Lady with the IAunp (Florence Nightingale) adorning the wall of my home, I have taken a growing interest in the labour of love which has developed into the world- wide operations of the Red Cross organisa- tion, with its wouderful mission of mercy. We are all so accustomed to regard the services of the Red Cross Volunteers as mainly confined to first aid, ambulance work, nursing and medical attendance— and Swansea has done, and is doing, magnificent work in these departments of the multifarious duties of the angels of mercy "-that it is difficult to conceive of another opening for the voluntary efforts of busy workers who are not actually in the fighting lines, but who are determined to H do their bit" for their country and for humanity. SPLINTS FOR SOLDIERS. And yet this great world-war has brought into existence and suddenly and marvellously developed, under the banner of the Red Cross, an industry which has already bridged the distance between Swansea and the battlefield bases of far-off Rumania, and is supply- ing our other Allies with splints for the treatment of their wounded eoldiers. The actual workmanship is described by experts as the beet that has been anpplied to the Headquarters of the British Red Cross Society in London, and it is the product of the labour of men holding important commercial and industrial positions at Swansea Docks. You would scarcely think of such men in connection with matters of sentiment or hobbies, although docksmen, when their interest is aroused, are proverbially generous. Yet these men of push. and go" are devoting their evenings for several nights each week to the work of making 6plintelllodrn, finished. extra- ordinarily perfect, up-to-date splint& and the amateur workers have become such experts as to win tributes of praise for their handiwork from those who know most, and usually say the least, concerning such matters. THE WORKSHOP. Wishing to deal, first of all, with this phase of the red Cross work of the Swansea Division, I had to take a round- about course of eliciting information, because these people do not talk about their work any more than they do about their ordinary business. In the grounds of Danycoed Ho&oit&l is a workshop for making various kinds of splints. They are called Gouch splints That workshop is under the management of Mr. T. H. Honderson, a Swansea docksman who takes a keen practical interest in the work of the Red Cross, Society, and who is assisted by 35 to 40 amateur workmen, among whom are several well known merchants of the town. This work is carried on, as has been said, in the evenings, as a labour of lovo. In addition to the work done at Danyooed, howwer, the ladies at Bel- mont House, Mumbles, and at St. Jamas' Gardens, Swansea, are busily engaged in making the padding which is an essential part of these splints. To this and other portions of the work of the ladies I hope to refer in detail later on. SIX KINDS I Meanwhile, let me explain that there are six different kinds of splints being made at this hospital workshop, some of w'hich consist of laths, soored and jointed with oanvas, forming pieces three feet square, which can be cut to any size and shape required. They are made of the beat selected wood, the whole cost of which is met by local private subscrip- tion. Much praiae is due to Mr., Crawford Heron and his engineering staff for put- ting up special machinery for the work which is now being eo splendidly carried 00. Among the features of the splints here made may be mentioned the fore- arm, elbow, and knee jbints; some splints which are intended to encase a leg from the foot to the thigh, and yet be flexible; padding.. scoring, fluting, jointing, hinging, and lining--adl being done here. "THE BEST." Already between 750 and 1,000 of these splinta have been sent to headquarters, and they are now bting made and for-' warded at a rate of about three gross per week to the headcluarberii staff for dis- tribution to the places at which they ore meet urgently needed. Three gross, described by the London headquarters staff as the best they had ever been supplied with, have already been sent out to Rumania; and Swansea may well be proud of the initiative taken in this new direction of philanthrophy and voluntary industry by prominent business men, whose energies in other departments of the mighty task of right- ing the wrongs of Europe I hope to return to in a. future article, when I shall deal also with the wider scope of the magnifioent work of the ladies who are associated with Mrs. Major' Perkins in the voluntary service of the British Red Cross Society in and around Swansea.

The death has occurred of Mr. Charles Smith, aged 72, muster of Sidney College, Cambridge, since 1890. Mr. Paxil Taylor, the Marylebone magi- strate, remarked on Monday that his ex poriomw as a magistrate taught kiin that there was very little to justify the talk about the diminution of crime. At the Thames Conservancy on Monday Lord Dasborough said that the floods were by no means as serious as had been i feared, aud the water had flowed away with remarkable rapidity-, though the actual rainfall had been greater iu Hue j Thames Valley thall during the record) flood*, of 1&74. 1

I SCROLL OF FAME I o t Principe.1 Salmon's Son WiM' I Military SVEedai. I Haverfordwest Prisoner of j: War. | I HOME ON LEAVE. I I Norfolk-streeet, Swansea, was gaily be-i decked with flags, etc., on Monday, the occasion being the home-ocming of Com- pany Q.M.S. G. T. Mitchell, oi a lccai regiment. C.Q.M.S. Mitchell has been in France for over 12 months, during which, time he has been through some kavJí. fighting. Up to now he Ihus come out un- scathed, and is home on seven days' leaver Prior to enlisting C.Q.M.S. Mitchell was engaged at. a checker at Mesas. Weaver's Flour Mills. PRISONER OF WAR. Mra. Griffiths, Albert-street, Haverford. weot, has received a letter from her son, Marry, intimating that he is a prkjonen of war in Turkey. lie is one of iivo brothers in the Army, and was in tbe R.F.A. Surrounded by the Turks at Kub and no news being heard of him for some 12 months, MI. and ALrs. Ghuhiths had concluded that their son was dead, and their joy upon receiving a letter from, luut can be imagined. CARMARTHEN CORPORAL AWARDED^ THE MILITARY MEDAL. News has readied Carmarthen that Captain J. WigJitman, East Surreys Regi- ment, has bean awarded th v Military; Cross for bravery on the held, lie was a. former student oi the South Waies Train- ing College, Carmarthen, and ia married to a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Morris, 2, Tabernacle-terrace, Carmarthen. He has baen in Frauoe for 1Z moiitha, an was wounded lli the Battle of the doming last July. I PRtNCtPAt- SALMONS SON. t Sergt. D. Salmon, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, elder son of Principal Salmvn., 01 swanoea. Ala's been awarded the Aiiii, tklr-v Medai for bravery in the field. He was seriously wounded in May last, and Jti now in a convalescent camp in Ireland, Both Principal Salmon's eons enlisted as soon to tlxa war broke out in 1914. PEMBROKE BOMBARDIER'S DEATH. iioratardier Tom Ivan Prosper, of tbs New Zealand Field Artillery, lia6 beer* killed in action in France. He is the ooax of Capt. T. H. Profiler, late of the Shaw, Saviile, Albion Shipping Co., and now of Auckland, New Zealand, and hia mother a daughter of the late Rev. Evan Thomas, of Milford Haven. He was edu- cated at St. Mark's School, Windsor, and went out to New Zealand, where he tools up farming, when his father retired from sea in 1906. He enlisted as a trooper in the Auckland Mounted Rifles, and after a period of training ia Egypt he took part in the Dardanelles Campaign. lla was slightly wounded in the Dardanelles* and ultimately was invalided to Ecgland with a bad attack of enteric fever, ulti- mately proceeding to France, where lie re- ceived his promotion to bombardier. He had been serving in France about fiis months before he met his death. DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED. Fte. Jonathan L» Williams, youllyeel son of Mr. Daniel Williams, Williams- ertreet, Pontardulais, is ejucially reported dangerously wounded in action, at a plac<| not stated, on the 27th October. CASUALTIES. Officially reported on Monday niffht:—< WOUNDED. Royal Field Artillery.-Ev.ans, 8540, Dvrv D. W., Li-Ui«lly. Royal Engim-eem.-DaviM 192446, Pn-A A., Ammanford; PfriUips, 47164, Par. J. T., St. David's, Pembroke. Welsh Ifegiment.—Dulles, 250ai, Swansea; Williams, 45701, D. T., Llandilo. Shropshire Light Inf"try.-DidDicmq 36715, R., Liandrirtdod Weils. Royal Army Medical Corps.-DavieBcl '56658, J., Brynamman. WOUNDED—SHOCK (SHELL). Machine-gun Corps.-—Williams, 21 Gur. W., Llanwrtyd. CORRECTION—WOUNDED. Royal Engineors.-Mau-ndem, 120972* Spr. N., Clyckich, near Swansea, should! read: Maunders, 12012, Spr. N., dydaeh*, near Swansea.

BLAMED THE POLICE. Speaking at Aberarnan on Sunday evomoól ing, Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, |Li\, re- ferred to the scene that wrecked tho peace conference at Cardiff on the pre- vious day. He said he would not be at Aberaman but for the drunken hooligans who had succeeded in breaking up a con- ference at Cardiff. In his opinion, how- ever, tbo police were responsible for the failure of the conference. It was not lie and his friends who were unpatriotic, but those of the other side for he and those agreed with him were endeavouring to prevent the bloodshed which was atr present taking place on the battlefield.

I A NATION OF SPIES. At the Swansea Library on Saturday, evening, Mr. Gwilym Morgan, J.P., pro- siding, Mr. W. Mervyn Howell, barrister- at-law, delivered a mo&t interesting and illuminating lecture on Pro-War Facta About Germany." Mr. Howell first dealt with the condition of Germany prior to the war, and gave a graphic sketch of tlia making of the Empire of Germany aa it is to-day. Holding no brief for Ger- many, but rather the reverse, we should," he said, admit at once those facts which, make the present struggle the greatest we should ovor have to face. The Ger- mans had organised themselves to such art extent that nothing short of a somewhat similar organising of our own people and resources would give us the victory." The various German industrial method* were spoken of in detail, and te German, shown to be a copyist, who, however, turned his talent into a commercial asset. The German manufacturer and patented had the advantage ever his competitor, a."i he was partly financed in his venture by his Government, paying back in ttsxe^ if successful, and being no worse off if un- successful. By this method he was abla to compete successfully with Britain in. Britain's own Colonies. The reason why; Germans were able to capture the trade of other countries was shown to be through their ability to speak foreign languages. They learnt the language of the country, they traded with, and, further, the c&tur logues of German firma w&r? printed more than one language. An example this WM given by Mr Howell, who saw a friend s house in Brussels a CAtaJog eent from Germany printed in German Bngliah and French, while a e?ta?ut sent to the same friend from England was only in the English language The German people were ruled by the iron hand of Prussian dieai-pline very. thing is Verboten (forbidden), and an in- former received one-half of the fine. This system was condemned, as it had produced a nation of ap. Everyone in Germany w&s spying on his neighbour. Vi,

The death has taken place at Leyten- etene of the Rev. Alexander Jeffrey, th-* well-known Presbyterian minister. The offices of tlia Sctutiiern Star éõ Skibberoen,, Qq. Cork, were raided on Monday morning by the police. The pape has beon 6Up. The interrupted peace corftrar" a Cardiff on Saturday has beea Axed fc JUtattkrx nasi month-

AMUSEMENTS. øa. TO-N IGHT! 8.40. MAIDIE SCOTT, Jost a Comedienne. Latest News and War Films. ROLLO, High Rope Acrobat and Aerial Bamboo Sensation. IRENE ARMITAGE, A Charming Vocalist. ALBERT LE FRE, Comedian. GRIFFITHS AND CARMEN, The Lady and the Chef. T. D. NEWELL, The Diverting Dame & Burlesque Danoer. FIVE DORINOS, Presenting "The Dancing Academy." GRAND THEATRE SWANSEA. MONDAY, NOV. 13th, 1916. TWICE NIGHTLY. Afternoons 2.30 Evenings 7.30. D. W. GRIFFITH'S Mighty Spectacle, THE BIRTH OF A NATION. THE PICTURE HOUSE. High Street. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, BRITISH OFFICIAL WAR PICTURES- The King Visits His Armies in the Great Advance. Our Grip on the Huns in East Africa. A FAVOURITE FOOL (Triangle). Thurs. Next.—THE WANDERING JEW. i CASTLE CINEMA (Adjoining LearlGr" G&se). Mon., Tues. and Wed., 2.30 to 10.33. D. W. GRIFFITH (of The Birth of a Nation Fame), Presents "The Lily and the Rose," Featuring Miss Lilian Gish. A Beautiful Work of Art in Five Parts. A Favourite Fool, A Two-Part Keystone Comedy, featuring Eddie Foy and the Seven Little Foys. Thursday Next.—A WIFE, A Lubin Drama in Five Parts. CARLTON CINEMA DE LUXE, Oxford Street, Swansea. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, BRITISH OFFICIAL WAR PICTURE-1 The King Visits His Armies in the Great Advance. FRENCH OFFICIAL WAR PICTURES I OF THE Great Allied Movement in the East, and The Defence of Verdun. I MORNING PERFORMANCE DAILY, from 11 a.m. till 10.30 p.m. If: L Y 81 U JYi. High Street. Swansea. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, The KING AT THE SOMiVIE (See Special Announcements). The Independence of Belgium (Can only be seen at the Elysium). WHAT LONDON SAW on September 3rd, when the ZEPPELIN Fell. Continuous Performance Daily from 11 a.m. till 5 p.m. (except Friday). j Two Houses Nightly at'6.45 and 9. OXFORD Electric t, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, r LADY rREE In j Still Waters Run Deep. I Tom Taylor's Everlastingly Popular II Play. The tale of a man supposed to be "easy," who developes unexpected power and character in an emergency. ROYAL THEATRE, Wind Street Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Only, Featuring Mr. Henry B. Walthall and Miss Joyce Moore— BEULAH, Drama in Five Parts. THE CONVICT KING, Drama in 3 Parts. And Other Fine Pictures. Continuous Daily, 2 till 11 p.m. MONEY. MONEY FOR EVERYBODY. XG to ftO,MO Advanced to all daasee with- out any fuss, bother or loan oifi-ce routine. Tbe Old Established' British Finance Com- nany, approved and recommended by 1JJ.e Preen, aiw mefcine1 Ad-vanoce 66 follows Lli LOL&N 10s. Monthly JEOO 11 ;62 fiflO ? .?. JS4 jEaao £ a I&W .? 0 0 0 D'EPAM?CEI'!T a?Ml aPBCaiAL BPBCHAL DEPABT^CBOT and SPW"T, EASY TERliS TO FARMERS. ProepwttB ee. Fr?. BRITISH n?rAKXTE <?OMpA?Y 20 Drkice-tTaft, Bristol, Telephone. 1,575. MONEY LENT BY POST, WITHOUT SECURITY. | THE CITY AIIDCOtJlITY PRIVATE FIJIIAftCB CO. (Ltd.), roake cash advance! from AM to &S,OW to Ladies 9f Gefiticmen,.Meicfea.ius, S.top- I kecpus, Farmers, and to :aJ1 respoinibie perten* 0:; Note of Hand aleoe. Strictly privmr- No fees charged. Borrowers dexlins wkk »titer firms can lIaYe their tolas paid off or increased, aad they are advised to pays* prelifw* ary CX?Cnsqm f? Uhi—liw np- ?<ie< gmi, &.4 ft? Writ* to tim SMNterv, Mw. I. Murtatfh, 49 VWmn rrtar the a t=1.0 S*n. W. EDUCATIONAL. STUDENTS Successfully Prepared for Pro- C3 ficiency in PITMAN'S Shorthand, Local MARINE BOARD, and Civil Service LE8- 1 'BONS eiven in Arithmetic. Erglish, Book- i keerinc, ete. Satisfaction emaranteed.—Mr Harris. 56. Oxford-street, Swansea. Day or Bvewac Tnition. olz AXSOUNCKMEN* THE SWANSEA 'A BDSŒ1;SS OOLLEGE (?1. Ale?Bdra? pemd). ia order to accommodate its r-picly- erowing student-body. will shortly occupy Iarea, central, and additional pridaii&eg bit*, G.W.R.), equipped with the new Oaaa- AS&n Perfect Automatic Desks, etc. Thte OoOege, with its highly qualified staff and modem equipment, -will prow to be ONE OF THE MOST EFFICIENT BUSINESS TRAINING INSTITUTIONS IN WALES. PTOOPOldne free. Principal: Ernest Victor WwR SALES BY AUCTION. SWANSEA AUCTION ROOMS, 46, WATERLOO STREET, SWANSEA. Sale of Useful an Well-Preaerved FUR- Fine Old Chairs, NITURE, Books, 2 Fine Old Chairs, Oak Chest and other items. MESSRS. John M. Leedar and Son WILL SELL by PUBLIC AUCTION at their SALE ROOMS, on WEDNES- DAY NEXT, NOVEMBER 15th, 1916, at 11 a.m. precisely, a Quantity of Househoid Furniture AND EFFECTS, roughly comprising:—Brass and Brass- railed Bedsteads. 3ft. Combination Bed- steads, Wire Mattresses and Overlays, Dressing Tables and Washstands, White Enamelled Wardrobe, Towel Airers, BEDROOM SUITES, Military Chest upon Chest, Antique Oak Chest, Sideboards, E bom zed China Cabi- net, Drawing-room Suite, Dining-room Suite upholstered in Tapestry, Occasional Table, Chippendale Chairs, Pianoforte, Carpets and Rugs, Carpet Sweeper, Large Mirror, Kitchen Fenders and Curbs, Fire Irons, Brass Fire Suites, Oil Cooking Stove, Meat Safe, Ivitehen Utensils, Deck Chairs, Clothes Horses, Book Sihelves, Solid Oak Writing Desk, English and French Books, and other miscellanea. On View Morning of Sale from 9 a.m. Auctioneer's Offieoo: 46, Waterloo-street, Swansea. SKETTY, ST. IIELEN'S-ROAD, AND HAFOD. IN THE COUNTY BOROUGH OF SWANSEA. TO INVESTORS, HOUSEHOLDERS, AND OTHERS. l IMPORTANT SALE oi well situate &nd desirable FREEHOLD & LEASEHOLD DWELLING-HOCSE and SHOP PRO- PERTIES, all situate in First-class Situations and affording excellent op- portunities for Remunerative Invest- ment. Messrs. Bowers and Evaris A RE instructed to o?er for SALE by ? PUBLIC AUCTION, at the HOTEL METROFOLE, WIND-STREET, SWAN- SEA, on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1916 (subject to such Conditions of Sie as ahull be then and there produced), the following Very Desirable Properties, viz.: FHEEHOLD- WINDERMERE," 10, CLARENDON- ROAD, SKETTY. LEASlBOLDS 5, KENSINGTON-TERR \CE. 1V7, ST. HELEN'^AVENUE. is, BR YN 1 AtOR-ROAD. 85. ABERDYBHRTHlTHEET. HAFOD. For detailed particulars, see posters. Sale to commence at 3.30 pan. Further Particulars and Conditions of Sale may be obtained from the Auctioneers at their Offices, Salubrious Chambers, Swansea (Tel. No., Docks 420); or of D. O. Tnomas, Esq., Solicitor, 21, York-street, Swansea. (Tel. No., Central 95). SIDDALL BUILDINGS, ALEXANDRA- ROAD, SWANSEA (Near Great Western Railway Station). Mr. Jossph Harris HAS been favoured with iustructiona from Mr. J. E. Fitt, of the Woodman Inn, Biackpill, rear Swansea, to SELL by PUBLIC AUCTION, on the premises as above, on WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 15th, 1916, his Surplus Stock of Catering Utensils & Furniture The Chief items of which comprise:— Mahogany Framed Sofa, Mahogany Book- ease and Cellarette combined, Painted Wardrobe, Japanese China Cabinet, Long P1TCHPINE COUNTER TABLE, Small Counter with drawers and plate-glass screen and shelf, Large China Store Cup- br.ard, Glass Showcase (suitable for Con- fectioner or Tobacconist), about 2.j, Con- fectioner'a Large Glass Jars, 2 Confec- tioner's Scales, 1 Large do., 2 Knife Clean- ing .Machines (almost new), 1 Bread or Bacon Cutter, Large Refrigerator, Primus Stoves, Copper and other Cooking Uten- sils, Baking Tins, Tea Brewere, Jelly Moulds, Folding Tables, specially made Caterer'^ Packing Bexee, a quantity of Cutlery, Platlxl Goods, Plated Tea Urns, A PORTABLE CAMP BOILING STOVE, a Large HOT WATER BOILER AND GRATE, Enamel and Tin Wash-Up Bowls, and various other articles too numerous to particularise. Goods on V iØW Morning of Sale. Sale to commence promptly at 11 o'clock a.m. Terms—Cash. Auctioneer's Offices; 1, George-street, Swaneea, Tel. No., 469 Pocks, To BUTCHERS & GENERAL PUBLIC. STORES AT REAR OF EXCHANGE BUILDINGS, MARKET-STREET, LLANELLY. H. Ellis Poole HAS been favoured with instructions fr-om Mi-. David Jones, Butcher (who is giving up Business) to SELL by AUCTION, at the above premises, on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17th, 191B, tho w hole of his Utensifs-in-Trade, Comprising :— Nearly New HOBART SAUSAGE MACHINE and Filler with Motor. „ Motor-Power BONE GRINDER. Bi-t-trie FAN. „ IUad-Power HERB GRINDER. „ PIE PRESS. NATIONAL CAST REGISTER (up to £3), Sack Scales and Weighu, 3 Counter Scales and Bell Weights, Oil Cooking Stove, Three Tables—12ft., 9ft. 6in., 9ft. by 2ft. 6in.; 30 Enamel and Zinc Buckets, 6 Doz. Dripping Pan6, Sawe, Knives, Steels, Hooks, Paper Bag Carriers, China Meat Stands and Dishes, etc., etc., etc. Sale to commence at 4 p.m. prompt. Terms—-Gash. No Reserve. SHAFTESBURY HALL. SWANSEA. fVSr. Trever E. Williams H AS been instructed to Remove from -*• iievell foOOiqènoes for Convenience of Sale, and SELL by PUBLIC AUCTION, WITHOUT RESERVE, on WEDNES- DAY, 14th NOVEMBER, 1916, a Quantity o £ Household Furniture AND EFFECTS, Cemprising: Pianoforte by London Maker, Iron Frajne, Check Action, as grA),I, as new; also Aromatic Slot Pianoc >rte (Symplionista Mignor) in good condition, Piano Player (Murdock) in good working ortler, together with a quantity .4 fI-.}lJ" Drawing-room Suite upholetered in Old Gold Silk Brocade, Dining-room Suite in Red Velvet, Drawing-room Suite consisting of ooach, 2 tub chairs and 4 smalls, Lea- ther Conch and Arm Chair, Masaive 6ft. Walnut Sideboard, Oak Dining Table, In- laid China Cabinet, Japanese Tea Service, Oak Hall Stand, Dark Walnut Cheval Bed- room Suite, Satin Walnut Bedrooin Suite, Toilet Pair Washetand and Dressing Table, Carpets and Lino, Rugs. Grsen and Brass Bedsteads, Wire Mattresses, Overlays, Fea- ther Beds and Bidding, Kitchen Dresser, Kitohan Table and Chairs, Dinner Service, j Tea Scirvice, Culinary Utensils, and other goods too numerous to mention. Goods on View Morning of S41e. Sale to ooeameaace at 11 a an. Tenoe— QM:th. Auctioneer's Offices, 17, St. Mary-street,- Swansea (and at JKombies). Docks Tel., SALES BY AUCTION. A-UCTION MART, 3. 4 and 5, GOAT STREET, SWANSEA. Messrs. J. F. Harvey & Sons XXAVE been instructed to Remove and J-1- SELL by PUBLIC AUCTION, at their Mart, on THURSDAY, NOVEM- BER 16th, 1916, a Large and Varied Assortment of Well-Preeerved Household Furniture AND OTHER EFFECT'S, Comprising: Walnut Dining-room Suites, Walnut Overmantels, Oil Paintings, Water Col ours, OAK GATE LEG TABLE, Paim Pedestals, Carpets, Lino- leum, Brass Fire Suites, BRASS and ENAMELLED BEDSTEADS, Wire and Box Spring Mattresses, Bed Ch&irs, Wash- stands & Dressing Tables, Toilet Glasses, Chests of Drawers, Bedroom Chairs, Clocks, KITCHEN DRESSER with glazed doors, Kitchen and Scullery Tables, Arm Chair-s, Nearly-new ANTHRACITE COAL STOVE, Singer Bootmaker's Sewing Machine, 4ft. 6in. Model Sailing Yacht with sails complete, Polyphone and Re- cords, Bicycles, Electric Light Fittings, etc. Sale to commence at 11 a.m. prompt. CATTLE MARKET, NEATH. Mr. W. Burrows Trick VVILL SELL by PUBLIC AUCTION, at the CATTLE MARKET, on WEDNESDAY NEXT, NOVEMBER 14, 1910, at 12 o'clock:— ENGLISH GROWN NURSERY STOCK, FRUIT TREES, SHRUBS, EVERGREEN AND ENGLISH TEA ROSES, etc., etc. Terms—Cash. Auctioneer's Offices, Borough Chambers, Neath. PUBLIC NOTICES. TENDERS. TENDERS ARE INVITED for the HAUL- AGE OF HOUSE COAL from Cae Duke Colliery, Loughor, a radius of three miles, or thereabouts. Tenders should be in by the 12th Noyem- ber, 1016. WILLIAM JENKINS (&0.). 21, Park-road,(jrorseinon. REGIONS BEYOND MISSIONARY UNION. A Missionary Lecture with Curios, en- titled: "The Comjo; Past snd Present," will be delivered in the Mount Peasant Schoolroom, Swansea, by the Bev. WM. WILKS, on Thursday, November 16th,! 1918, at 7.30 p.m. Chairman, S. Palmer, Esq. Admission Free. Collection. A Hearty Invitation is extended to all. CHILVER'S AMMONIA SOFT SOAP, THE IDEAL CLEANSER. For Washing Clothes, Blankets. For Cleaning Cloths. For Jiamoving Grease Stains. For Polishing Brass. Silver. In Tins nfl. ac"i.. Sold at MESSRS. THOS. BOWEN & CO., THE BAZAAR, LLANDEBIE. EXTI R MO" A, The Infallible Destroyer of Rata "tail Mice. ETI RMO" B Destroys Beetles and Oockroachca. In Tins at 6d., le., and 2s. 6d. Can be ob- tained from— MESSRS. THQS. BOWEN & CO., THE BAZAAR, LLANDEBIE. Sun Riees 7.18, Sun Sets 4.11. Lighting-up Time, 4.41. Subdue Lights visible from the sea- Swansea 4.56, L! a nelly 4.57 Z-3, Aberayon, 4.66, Pembroke 6.31. Subtiuc other Lights- Swansea 6.25, Llanelly 6.27 z..3, Amman- I ford 6.27, AberaYon 6.26, Neath 6.26, Citrmajthen 6.28, Pembroke 6.501. High Water, C.2S a.in., 8.49 p.m. King's Dock—36ft. 2in. a.m., 34ft. llin. p.pi. To-morrow, 9.1 a.m., 8.26 p.m. I w.t\

I THE NEW FRONT. Indeed 'the battle of the Scunme' is not over! The campaign is still vigorous, and Sir Douglas Haig's dispatch of Monday night completes the good news we were able to give the public of Swansea in our edition that evening. The battle has broken out again on what is known as the Acheux sector of the line. The thrust was shrewft and sharp, and it has advanced our front to a maxi- mum depth of a mile. Best of all, Beaumont Hamel, long a thorn in our side, has been plucked. This great village fortress—to be com- pared with the fortresses whose names are writ large in history, for: in its strength it was another Plevna—is now in British hands. The .little Ancre-it is never more than twenty to thirty feet wide— runs through a valley which falls suddenly from the plateau stretch- ing from the Albert-Bapaume road. St. Pierre Divion stands on a bluff where the- river turns south; Beau- mont Hamel is on high ground the I other side of the valley. It is not new ground for us to attack. In July we assaulted, in this region, the German front line as far north as Gommecourt. In the first hours of the battle Serre was actually occupied, and our troops reached the outskirts of Beaumont-Hamel, though they afterwards had to fall back towards their original position. The Acheux sector is a place of cruel memories to us. Instead cf pushing on here, we concentrated on the line east of Albert, with the result that, gradually, a salient was created which, as it now appears, the Germans could not hold. Around St. Pierre Divion and Beaumont Hamel the Boche had a wonderful maze of earth-works, as thick and as complicated as those .below Tbiepval. We have been permitted few details of the victofy so far, but to those who know what eifforts were I made here in July, how our attacks against it were broken and our men fall in numbers, the triumph seems the greatest we have gained since the first days of the Samnie cam- paign. Positions which wave after wave of British troops failed to over- whelm are now conquered. Let us give thanks with hearts full of ?grati- tude for this great mercy. We be- lieve it will be the first of many such, for the salient has been sharpened and the enemy's position is not envious. ? ?u; \)):) '?L' -?  L "'—? 1 ?.'? ?. ?.. We LLgt a picture drawn by a master-hand ol a enough on the British front-we give it in the hope that it may serve as a tonic to those who at home are doing the work of two un- complainingly, and as an example to the people who think themselves overworked and overstrained in the labour of this country. Mr. James Douglas is the artist. He shows us a battalion marching back from the trenches. Through the mass of men and material came a double line of dirty, tired soldiers. The chalky grime of the trenches whitened their boots, their puttees, and their tunics. "I have never jseen human beings so weary," be says. I do not think I have ever seen a horse so weary, for a horse | falls down long before he reaches that stage of fatigue. I do not think 11 have ever seen a hunted stag on Exmoor so weary, for even a Royal stag's heart breaks long before the heart of a British soldier. But the lftok in the eyes of these foundering men was like the look I have seen in the eyes of a stag at the end of a gallant race for life. I can never forget it, and I don't know that I I don't want to. They were too tired to walk consciously. They walked like auto- mata. They were too tired to see, for their eyes were dim, with sleep deferred, worn muscles, and frayed nerves. Some of theoi lurched and reeled like drunken men, but they were drunk with weariness, not with wine. As I watched one soldier who wa-s dizzy with exhaustion, some- body remarked, 'That chap's all in. Ho was all in, but some hidden fire of will kept him on his legs, al- though now and then his head fell back and a comrade behind restored his balance with a gentle push. Nothing that I saw brought home to me so sharply the strain of modern war upon the finest physique. I saw Queen Alexandra weeping when Dorando staggered into the Stadium at the White City. France is filled with Dorandos in khaki and horizon blue." When we are apt to cry out at our state, let us think of this march back from the trenches. Mr. William Law has seen the trade of Swansea port. grow from two-and-a-half millions to over seven millions. He has been at the helm, as general manager of the Harbour Trust, in days when it was essential that men of vision, and of abounding faith in Swansea., should be in control. Mr. Law had vision, and faith, and it has been his lot to see dreams materialising, to see Swansea develop into a great port, capable of receiving ocean traffic, and winning that traffic. His 24 years of service have been eventful and productive, and we are sure all who have the prosperity of the town and trade at heart will cordially en- dorse all the compliments paid him by the Harbour' Trustees. We hope he will have happy days in his re- tirement. The jubilee anniversary of St. David's Church, Neath, has been fittingly celebrated in prayer and de- votion, but the clock in its tower still rusts. Many years ago this ecclesiastical time-keeper, with :ts four dials, stopped, and it has been committing perjury ever since. The reason, we are told, is because the Rector and churchwardens fail to agree with the Town Council on the question of authority. The argu- ment for the church is that the clock does—or clid erve a public interest, and it' called upon the council to put it and keep it in re- pair at the ratepayers' expense. Quite willing were the Corporation to do this-if the church dedicated the clock to the public. That little if has been the obstacle ever since the clock stopped. 'Like the inquisitive boy with I ?papa's watch, we want. to see bbe wheels go round. As it is to-day, with its dials cracked and m?han- ism rusty, it is a slur on the memory j&f its generous donors. The very fact that Neath does not possew a public deck ought to inspire its civic fathers to erase the if and ?mti,ke a compromising offer. Failing this, may we suggest as an alterna- tive, the opening of a public sub- scription. Doing something on i tick" is a pardonable exception in it-he case of an ecclesiastical clock, and at the same time mark, in a practical way, the jubilee anniver- sary of the church. The pamphlet of the Central Welsh Board To-day and To- morrow has been the subject of a report by a committee instituted by the Teachers' Society of Giamorgan- The recommendations cover import- ant points in the development cf education in Wales. Chief among them is that a Board of Education should be established in Wales to take full control of educational de- velopments, and the abolition of all fees is. higher education. The Central Welsh Board intends calling a conference to consider the reports of all the societies, from which conference recommendations will be sent to the Government authorities. This, together with the activity of Welsh- Members of Parliament, aagurs well for the future of e-ducation in Wales. Welsh societies are also actively concern- ing themselves in this matter, and the combined efforts of all concerned will play an important part in the reorganisation of the educational system of the country.

I JOHN CUR WEN. It has been truly eaid that he who pro- duces two blades of grass, where formerly only one grew, is a benefactor to the race Equally true may it be aaid that he who enables thousands to sing, where formerly only at few 6ang, it; also a benefactor to men. The Tonic Solfa method of teaching music has undoubtedly succeeded in this achievement, and the name of John Curwen, the great promoter of this method, desei vea to be enrolled among the well-doera who have made the world richer and sweeter than they found it. John Curwen was a native of York-! shire, having been born at lieckraoiid- wike on November 14th, 1816, the year following that in which the great Weight musician, John Ambrose Lloyd, was born. it is a strauge coincidence that Walea and Yorkshire perhaps the two most musical centres of Great Britain, 1uuld have given birth to two 6ueh musical geniuses as these within a period of 18 months. John Curwen studied for the ministry, which he entered in 1838. He was a most successful minister, but the outstanding eeature of his work was his enthusiasm for education, which arose from two features in his character: His love of children, and his delight in teaching. In 1841 he was requested by a Sunday School conference at Hull to diwsover A siini method of teaching children to sing. He heard that easy way of teaching music had been adopted at Norwich by Miss S. Glover, the daughter of a clergyman. Curwen visited Norwich, and at once was impressed by the simplicity and useful- ness of the new method. He saw also its defects, and with the permission of Miss Glover, set himself to remove the faults and to improve the advantages of the new method In 1863 the Tonic Solfa School was es- tablished, which in 1875 developed to the Tonic Solfa College. Frum its inception this method has continually spread from country to country, until its adherents are now to be numbered by millions and found in every part of the globe. Six millions of children are being taught the system in schools- It has been most help- ful to our Sunday Schools, Bunds of Hope and congregational worsihip. By this method thousands of students regularly and easily master tfce higher branches of music, harmony, composition, counter- point, canon. fuguo orchestration, acooosti ca, form, expression, voice train- ing, vocal physiology, theory, and practice of teaching. It is ah acknow- ledged fact that the safest readers of music in any choir are those who are well versed in the Tonic Solfa eye torn. Even those who may afterwards use the Staff Notation find their knowledge of the golf* method most helpful. The reading of music by mental eaftt--ont- of the characteristics of the Tonic Solfa system instead of by intervale has made singing more accurate and fcuuejul than in former dy.. After a life of strenuous labours John Curwen died in 1880. The centenary of his birth is being celebrated to-day, but his greatest monument is found in the fact that by the method, which he so ardently worked for and promoted, ohild life and home life have been made happy. His work for music have enabled the words of Longfellow to be verified in thousands of h-omee: And the night shall be filled with music, And the earee that infest the day, Shall fold their tents lika the Arabs, And as silently steal away." J. Rhys Davies, I

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