The Cambria Daily Leader

-?PR I NT I BARRfiTE W S7 werd kfered by Iije West London magistrate on Monday to i Mr. Raynor Goddard, barrister, who chased and caught a man remanded on a charge of attempted housebreaking. In company with another, tfie prisoner was seen pusMn? Iijis shoulder against the door of a liou?e in Keneingtcn. Seeing they were observed, they ran away, but Mr. Goddard gave chase through several streets and passages, and, with the help of i a special constable, captured the prisoner, the other man getting away.

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'I Six Handsome Prizes for Large Potatoes, ¡ Grown by amateurs within a 15 mile# radius of Swansea. G.P.O. There is no entrance fee. Pamphlets, with full particulars, fra from KENDALLS, Umbrella Experts 26, Castle Buildings, Castle Street (opposite Woolworth's), Swansea.

( ACTIVITY IN FUNDERS. OUR GREAT STRENGTH; i More British Raids. TO-DAY'S BRITISH OFFICIAL, j r Erance, iU.o? a.m. f Successful raids, in which we cap- tured 30 prisoners, were carried J out by our troops during the night west of Havrincourt, east of Ver- and west of Hollebeke. Belles, and west of Hollebeke. ? INTENSE ACTIVITY. i coniing Events on, Flanders !Frent. .-? I I 11.1-?r?" Pu-ri-s, Tuesday.— DLUH) ue reports that activity has become intense on the Flanders front. The formidable artillery battle and the enormous power of the material employed by the Allies t Trill not be long in showing its extraordi* i narv efficacy. The conference between Mn Lloyd George, General Petain, and M. Ribot indicates complete co-ordination in it military operations. ? The Journal" ?vs the Germans are employing a new method to hinder the work of our aircraft sendee. They op- pose to our attacking aeroplanes a bar- rage fire forming a vertical wall of steel three hundred metres high, and form clouds to hinder our observation aero- planes.—Press Association War Special.

BALKAN PROBLEMS. I To be Discussed at Paris I I To-morrow. ii, Mondav.-The questions to be PlfKrussed at the Allies Conference are limited to Balkan affairs, and only the Powers taking part in the military opera- te lions in Macedonia, namely, France, Enge Rrj and. Russia, and Italy, will be repre- d. Delegates of Serbia, Rumania HpGreece will, of course, be present. I The political changes it Greece, the re- t. turn of M. Venizelos to power, the sup- Met of Greece, are factors justifying the ia1 character of the Conference. F* Reuter's Agency is informed that the Conference meets in Paris to-morrov. I | (Wednesday).

L GERMANY'S SLIM RUSE. ^^Huenos A ires. Tuesday.—Reports state I^TOat the German Bank here has made a C nfidential offer to the Ar?entiue Govern- | ent for an immediate lo<m of four hun- ? drcd million piastres. The offer is bo- He'e" to be a lllanœuvr hy the Germans ? to counteract the g-rowmg pro-Ally f?I- ? m? in A rgentina.-Reuter. L c- REEK KING AND BELGIUM. if ■ I At liens, July 21.—King Alexander has p;ont tIMt following telegram to the King f of the Blgiam;- On the occasion of Belgian Indepen- t dence Day, I beg your Majesty to accept | I, the hearty wishes of niv people and my- t self for the triumph of the cause of justice if,, and right, for which Greece is proud to fight at the side of her Allies, assuring your noble and heroic people the fullest reparation for the unjust sufferings they ? continue to bear with courage and ? patience, which rightly merit for them the sympathy and admiration of the l civilised world."—Exchange. ANOTHER MAIL BOAT LOST. I The Postmaster-General on Monday night issued a list of parcel mails which have been logt at sea through enemy action. Military mails destined for the 5alonika Force, the Egyptian, Mesopo- p, tamia, and East African Expeditionary b Forces, and the Indian Base Force, Port h, Said, which reached the Army Parcel I Office, London, for dispatch on the various t dates between June 29th and July 17th, | I. were lost, as also the civil mails for Malta, Egypt, Cyprus, Larache, and I Rabat, Iadia. Ceylon, Seychelles, Aden. British Somaliland, British East Africa, Zanzibar, Gibraltar, Tangier, and Salonika.

DROWNED AT SEA. r; Swansea Father's Compensation, for 15.Year.Old Boy's Death. t "Was theixt partial dependency, and if 1>0. how nmeh r" were the points to be decided in the case of Thomas Jewell, H Madoctroot, Swansea, against the owners of the s.s. Calams. heard in the Swansea County Court before his Honour Judge Brvn Roberts on Tuesday. Mr. D. Clarke was for applicant) Mr. St. John Francis Williams for respondents. Applicant's son, Wm. Francis Jewell, while engaged on board the vessel, was drowned thrce days after leaving port. ?b wagea were to be E4 a mon?rb, all *Mnd. He was 15 years old. When ashore the boy had worked for the ? G.W?R. and #*Id newspaper& on Sundays, earning about 25s. a week, all of which, accorditig to the mother's evidence, he xave to her. The father had been paralytic for five years, but for a year had gone to work again. There was another eon who was crippled, but earned £ 1 a week driving a pop cart. By Mr. Francis Williams: The boy had given her, on the average, about 24s. 6d. he could not give an estimate of the diference between what the boy cost her and what she received from him. Mr. Williams produced a table showing that the average earnings from the G.W.R. were 13s. 2d. His Honour allowed compensation of 230. ;;to —

S A remand of a week was ordered at Woolwich in the case of the old man of 72. George Dingley, who is charged with the murder of Douglas Stewart, a man of 76. and the attempted murder of Stewart's wife.

CORN BILL WRECKERS I LATE GOVERNMENT ATTACKED BY MR. PROTHERO Should the minimum wage for agricul- tural labourers, as fixed by the Corn Pro- duction Bill, be 25s. or 30s. ? This was the question the House of Commons had to decide on Monday evening. The figure put forward by the Government was the lower one, and this was eventuadly adopted by a majority off 199 in a House attended by over 400 members. The discussion took plaoo on a Labour amendment to increase the minimum to 30s. Mr. Prothcro told the House that the Government had decided to stand or fall by the result of the division. He said one of the terms of the bargain offered to the agricultural community by Mr. Lloyd George in February was that 255. should he the irreducible minimum placed before the Wages Board, and he urged that if the terms were altered the confidence of the farmer would be destroyed. Inciden- L)ly, the m?i?r for Agriculture 1,&' marker! fhat'during the time of the late Government, fertilisers were allowed to pour out of the country, that in December last makers of agricultural machinery could not guarantee the ordinary require- ments of agriculture, and that the Trea- sury had refused money for the purchase of tractors from America. MAJORITY 199. I Before the division wa-s taken, Sir F. E. Smith announced that the Government proposed to treat the vote as a vote of confidence." The voting was as follows:—. Fo" the amendment 102 Against 301 Govornment majority 199 WELSH MEMBERS' VOTES. I Mr. E. T. John and Mr. J. Williams I (Gowsrl were among those who voted against the Government. I

BODY IN A POOL. I Sad Discovery at Llanelly. I The body of Margaret Henry, wife of Samuel Henry, 11, Temple-street, Llan- eliy, was found in a pool of water on the Llanelly beach on Monday afternoon. Deceased left her home about 1.45, stating that she was going to a chemist's for something to make her sleep because she had been suffering from sleeplessness for about six weeks. She had been depressed since April last. The body was found at 4.15. Deceased was 52 years of age. An inquest wili be held.

THE MINERS' WAGE. IMr. Smillie to be Opposed I Mr. SI11iilie to be Opposed as M.F.G.B. President. I r 1y Our Mining Correspondent.) At the annual conference of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, which opens l&diwtn-.day .?Tuesdax? imcart&h? ma, fters are' ?*11 for discussion. The principal interest of South Wales miners will perhaps be in the proposal to seek a general wage advance of 25 per cent. Various resolutions are down for de- bate on the wages question, but it is prob- able that a South Wales resolution in favour of abolishing piecework and es- tablishing a uniform rate of wages will be carried. The miners consider that profiteering is still as great as a year ago. Mr. Robert Smillie's re-election as pt*- sident is to be opposed owing to his con- nection with the I.L.P., and the attitude of that body towards the war. This matter will be forced to the vote by the Lancashire delegates, who have nomin- ated Mr. Hesketh Smith, president of the Yorkshire Federation, for the presidency, Mr. J. Robson, Durham, for the vice- presidency, Mr. Ashton for the secretary- ship, and Mabon" for the treasurer- ship. When the conference opened on Tues- day, there were 160 delegates, represent- ing three million members. Mr. Robert Smillie, in his address as president, expressed the hope that the Government, in controlling the coal out- put, would see to proper distribution. The miners were entitled, in view of the fact that the Government guaranteed the mine oivncrs at least pre-war profits, to claim being placed on at least an equal footing.

LORD DALMENY'S POST. 1 The following appointment was gazetted on Monday night:- Military Secretary's Staff, Assistant Military Secretary (graded for pay as A.A.G.): Lieut. (temp. Capt.) Lord Dal- meny, M.C., Reserve of Officers, and to be temp. Lieut.-Col. while so serving.

I TRANQUILITY IN SPAIN. 1 c' Madrid, Monday (received Tuesday).— F-enor Dato, the Premier, this evening in- formed the Press that tranquility pre- vailed at Barcelona and Valencia. He vaid the agitation had been nipped in the bud, and that public opinion was with the Governiuetit.-Henter.

SWANSEA STATIONERS. I Decision for a Permanent 8 p.m. I Casino Order. A meenng 01 me N€ws.?ents, Book- aellej-s' and Stationers' Association, of ?,Swa,ns-eki, was held on Monday evening to consider a permanent early closing order, and also to appoint representatives to at- tend the Mayor's meeting with regard to the matter on July 25th. It was unani- mously decided to make a permanent 8 o'clock closing order, and to appoint Messrs. Harry Thomas and George Wil- liams (High-street) as a deputation.

SIATHE WAR. I Nearly All Asia Now Pro-Ally. I Reuter's Agency learns that the ad- hesion of Siam, on her own iniative, to the Allied cause has given great astisfaction in British authoritative quarters. Siam's action is of considerable importance, first, on account of the fact that German propa- ganda in a country bordering on India will be stopped. This has been particu- larly active and German agents in the country have been financing and directing anti-British intrigue among seditious Indians. As far as possible for a neutral country Siam has hitherto hindered Ger- man activities By her declaration of war she has also put a definite end to them. It h also considered an important step in that now, with very few exceptions, all Asia is pro-Ally.

WHO CAVE THE NEWS? I AMAZING STORY THAT BROUGHT I NEEDLESS GRIEF TpTTTT.T, the gentleman who communicated Lf.l certain news respecting Ben Robinson (now in France) to a Salvationist on Satur- day morning, near Hospital, please com- municate with anxious wife, 135, Western- street, Swansea? The above advertisement appeared in our issue on Monday night, and a "Leader" representative who subsequently investigated the matter was told a re- markable story. On Saturday morning Commandant Towel, of the Salvation Army, was selling flags near the Hospital, when a soldier approached him. He said he had just re- turned on leave from France, and had been looking for a Salvationist to inform her of the death of Driver Ben Robinson, of the A.S.C., a German shell having killed five men, of whom Driver Robinson who was a bandsman in the Salvation Army, was one. Other Swansea men killed by the shell, so the soldier said, were Driver Stanley Leakor, whose wife re- sides at 95, Western-street, and Driver E. L. Abraham, of 125, Oxford-Street. The commandant conveyed the news to the re- latives and naturally they were prostrated with grief. On Monday, however, Mrs. Leaker re- ceived a letter, dated last Tuesday, from her husband, in which he said he was quite well, while on Tuesday morning both Mrs. Robinson and Mrs. Abraham received letters from France. The former received four letters and one field card, the last dated having been posted on Thursday. The relatives are all very concerned, and naturally anxious about the safety of their dear ones, and every effort is being made to ascertain the identity of the man who gave the information to Commandant Towel.

CALLED-UP MINISTERS. I Mr. John Hinds was informed on Mon- day that no general instructions to call up for service ministers of differant denomi- nations had been issued.

| THE RETORT. I Mr. Bonar Law in Parliament on Mon- day said the expenses of the visit of Mr. Will Thorne and Mr. O'Gradv to Russia would be about £ 450 and would be borne by the State. Mr. Snowden (to Mr. Thorne): How mutlh did you get out of it? Mr. Thome: Nothing like what you would have got out of it. ji

DESPOILING THE SERBS. Corfu, Monday (received Tuesday).-The Serbian Press Bureau has issued an o?H- cial statement saying that the Bulgarian crimes committed against the Serbian population are continually inerea.-ing. Desiring to destroy what is Serbian, rob- bery, forced recruiting, deportation of the civil population, and the cool&caMng of property mark the barbarous conduct of the Bulgarians.—Reuter. '¡"[-

I YSTRADGYNLAIS SPORTS. In another ooiuinn will be found par- ticulars of the sports meeting to be held on August Bank Holiday. The compre- hensive programme contains trotting and galloway races, foot events and timbering I competitions, and excellent prizes are provided. A new feature is the elemen- ta,ry shoolboys' relay race for the "Gough Shield," and a large number of entries are expected for this event. The meeting is due to commence at two o'clock, and an energetic committee are leaving no I stone unturned to ensure success.

j NURSE NOT A "WORKMAN." The London Munitions Tribunal on Monday held that a nurse engaged at a controlled establishment did not require a leaving certificate. The representative of the firm conten- ded that the nuree was a workman within the meaning of the Act. The Chairman (Mr. F. W. Sherwood): Would you call a residential doctor a workman?—Yes. You can appeal," said the chairman. It is an important point and if this sys- tem is to be continued it would be better to have it settled."

I BREAD WASTE IN SWANSEA. A Swansea gentleman has called our attention to a glaring case of bread waste in the town. A milk cart was standing outside a house in a certain street near the town centre, when a woman brought out and gave to the person in charge of the trap a basket of pieces of bread a-nd butter—certainly two or three pounds weight. Our informant was reluctant to take steps that might lead to a prosecu- tion, but he points out that such bread waste in these days is nothing short of criminal. Those responsible should weigh the seriousness of their waste, at a time when bread shortage is being repeatedly brought to the attention of the public by the authorities.

AMMANFORD CLAIM. I Merthyr Executors Sued at I Swansea. At Glamorgan Assizes at Swansea on Tuesday, Mr. Justice Sankey, without a jury, heard the action in which Mr. Wm. Herbert, timber merchant, of Amman- ford, sued Mr. F. Sidney Simons, solicitor, Merthyr, and MT. D. Williams, of Peny- darren, executors of the late Mr. John Lloyd, builder, Ammanford, and also Mr. Simons in his own right, in respect of goods supplied to the late Mr. J. Uoyd. Mr. Marlay Samson (instructed by Mr. T. M. Evans, Amm an ford) applied for the plaintiff, and Mr. Lincoln Reed (in- atructed by Mr. F. S. Simons) defended. The claim was for a total of .£75, made up of X5 14s. lid., against the executors and .£69 5s. ld. against Mr. Simons, and was in respect of certain materials for houses under construction. Mr. Simons' defence was-that there--was no guarantee, and any claim was against the estate, deceased dying insolvent. His Lordship, after hearing evidence, characterised it as an unfortunate dis- pute. With regard to the claim against the executors, judgment would be given for So 14s. lid. with costs. Apparently Mr. Simons had gone out of his way to assist the plaintiff, and he contended that, if lie was personally liable, his liability was limited to 218 10. 5d. (This amount had been paid into court.) His Lordship gave judgment for plain- tiff for S5 14s. lid. against the defendants and .£18 10s. 5d. with costs to the time of payment into court, and judgment for Mr. Simons subsequent!

RUSSIANS FOR SWANSEA DELEGATES TO SPEAK HERE NEXT SUNDAY LABOUR AND LEEDS CONFERENCE I Three delegates of the Russian Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates, ap- pointed to visit the Socialist parties of the Allied countries are expected to reach London to-morrow. In accordance with instructions of the Leeds conference, the ^provisional oom- mittee of the Workers' and Soldiers' Council have divided Great Britain and Ireland into 13 district^ and are arrang- ing for a conference in each district. It will be addressed by the Russian dele- gates. ■ The conference for London and the Home Counties will be held at the Memorial Hall on Saturday next, at 3 I p.m. Other conferences have been, ar- ranged as follows: Glasgow, August 4; Newcastle, July 28; Yorkshire, August 25; Manchester, August 11; Leicester, July 28; Southampton, August 12; Bristol, July 28; and Swansea, July 29. THE LEEDS CONFERENCE. The Executive of the Labour Party has repudiated the recent Leeds Conference, and has advised affiliated societies not to join the local CouIlcils of Workers' and Soldiers' Delegates. I

NATIONAL- SERVICE. 1 Mr. Neville Chamberlain to I Resign. The Daily News and Leader Lobby Correspondent states that the Government have decided that the National Service Department shall cease,to exist as a De- partment, and that thos4 parts of its or- ganisation which are still of any value, .such as the machinery far the enrolment of labour, as well as substitution and the women's section, shall be transferred shortly to the Ministry of Labour and gradually absorbed by that Department. It is anticipated that this change will be made in the course of the next fort- night, and that Mr. Nevle Chamberlain will resign his office..

I MARK THAT DID NOT RISE. I IBerne, Monday.—The actual quotation for sight" exchange on Berlin on Saturday was 64.10 (a tallof 1 franc 50c.), and not a rise to 79.80, ad previously tele- graphed. A confusion .f quotations on I the issued list is given as a reason for the discrepancy.-Reuter4

I BEER FOR 30&RIETY7 The increase in drunkenness among munition workers, is due to the stupidity of the Government in diminishing the supply of beer," said the chairman of the Enfield magistrates on Monday in fining a man who had taken toy much whisky,

I THE EEL AS FOOD. Lord Desborough, who presided over the Commission which recently investi- gated the possibilities of fresh-water fish its food, in an addres3 on the subject at the National Welfare and Economy Exhi- bition on Monday, said ste a food value one pound of oels was far tetter than a loin of boef. The total t()Ck ()f fresh-water fish waa probably about 8,000 tons, and it seemed terrible that in times like these so much good food should be wasted when it practically lay at people's dioors. Mr..Alfred Bigland said that there was no rea-son why a great fresh-water fish in- dustry should not spring up.

I 30,000 PROMOTIONS. I One-Pip" Officers to Go Up I Automatically. Thirty thousand Army promotions, chiefly of second-lieutenants to lieuten- ants, but including a good many in higher ranks of the Service, will be gazetted as rapidly as the machinery will allow in consequence of the recommendations of the Committee on Pronations, of which Mr. Winston Churchill was chairman. The Committee—in their own language —were struck by the very large number of officers, who, although they have served during the greater part of the. pre- sent war and have rendered inucli hard service, still hold the rank of second- lieutenant." This grievance of the "one- pip men ought to disappear auto- matically under the pew regulations. Their duties are precisely similar to those of full lieutenants, and hencefor- ward, after 18 months' s<rvice, they will, unless special reasons to the contrary occur, attain their second star without further delay, and gain v, ith it the addi- tional pay of the rank.

BURRYPORT TRAGEDY. 1 Dangerous to Bathe Near the Pier. At the inquest on the body of Mr. ) Richard Morris, of 38, Mansel-street, Burryport, one of the two young men drowned near the Burryport Pier on Friday evening, Thos, J. Thomas, pilot, said that at 6.20 p.m. on Friday he saw the deceased and another man bathing on the west side of the pier. He knew that one of them could swim. In about ten minutes he heard a shout, and he ran and saw the two men struggling in the water about 40 yards away. They shrieked, and one sank immediately. He threw, a line and life- buoy to the other, but it was too heavy to fling far enough, and in less than two minutes he also sank. The place was in his opinion a dangerous one in which to bathe. George Groom, a night watchman, who was in a boat that endeavoured to rog- j cue the men, said that it was very rough and the current very strong- The jury returned a verdict of acci- dental drowning., They also added a rider that notice boards should be fixed up calling attention to the fact that it was dangerous to bathe near the pier. Coroner: I will see that the Dock Com- pany and the Urban, Council are in. formed.

I NEATH GAS WORKERS. Men to Continue Work Pend- ing Negotiations. There has been a temjwrary settlement of the Neath ga-s Workers dispute as a re- 6ult of a meeting on Monday afternoon addressed by Mr. Simpson, of the Board ot Munitions, and the men's representative, Mr. Reets Llewelyn, Port Talbot. It was decided to continue work until next Sat- urday week, negotiations to proceed with a view to a satisfactory settlement.

I HIS FOOTBALL COUPON Well-Known Player's Claim Breaks Down. In t;he King's Bench Division on Tues- day, Mr. Justice Darling and a special j jury heard an action brought by Mr. Horace Freemantle, a football player and a worker at Woolwich Arsenal, against Messrs. Hulton and Co., Ltd., proprietors of the H Sunday Chronicle," and the Lon- don Publishing Co., the proprietors of the Illustrated Sunday Herald," to recover the sum of < £ 300 offered by defendants as a prize in the weekly football competition for a correct forecast of 18 football matches played on September 16th last, and for damages for alleged breach of contract. Mr. H. G. Robertson said his client's claim was that. he won a competition organised by the papers. Plaintiff claimed to have sent in a correct forecast of the whole of the 18 matches. He understood defendant's case to be that plaintiff only sent in, and they received from him, seven coupons, but he said he sent in eight coupons, and he had proof, and that it i was on the defendants t» prove to the contrary. His Lordship: How do you prove that the one lost was the correct one? Mr. Robertson said the defendants ad- mitted they received, the envelope, and it was therefore a presumption that the eight coupons were inside. His Lordship: What does anyone get who gives the right decision on all these I points? The Judge held that plaintiff was not ¡ entitled to recover under the conditions of I the competition. Judgment for defen- dants.

THE DOCKS POLICE. The recommendations to the next meet- ing of the Swansea Harbour Trust Execu- tive Committee will include the re-organ isation of the police at the Docks and th. appointment of a superintendent of dockt, police at a salary of £ 250 a year.

PREMIER AND AIR WARNING. While driving through Mitcham to. wards London on Sunday morning M.r. Lloyd George saw a police officer carrying u "Take COHr 1" notice. Stopping his car and inquiring if there was a raid the Premier asked at wlia' time warning was received and if gUIlI were heard. A sergeant said lie received warning at 8.40 and beard either bombj or guns about the same time. Mr. Lloyd George looked at his watch, and remarking, It should be over now," continued fils journey.

INDUSTRIAL UNREST. Local Rsnorts in a Few Days. The district reports of the Industrial Unrest Commissioners will be available for the public in the course pf the next few days, and this applies to the report for South Wales and Monmouthshire. There will be no joint report of the Com- missioners. Mr. Barnes's summary, which has already been published, takes tlie place of that. It was read over to the members of the eight Commissions and approved by them before being sent to the Prime Minister.

GROCERS AND THE WAR. The conference of the Grocers' Federa- tion opened at Portsmouth on Tuesday. • The Mayor of Portsmouth, in an address of welcome, blamed the Government for the food shortage, through not comman- deering shipping when taking over the railways, and attributed the general un- rest largely to the Government method of dealing with beer and tobacco. Mr. Kille (President) said tlley would have to remodel business methods. Bonuses, cutting, and doubtful advertis- ing must go, and the grocer of the future would have to build up his business on sounder lilies. A ioyal message was sent to the King.

TARNOPOL FALLS RUSSIAN DEBACLE CONTINUES. Delegates' Firm Stand. "COUNTRY IN DANGER." Renter's Agency learns that the Ger- mans have occupied Tarnopol. Tarnopol, in Austrian Galicia, is on the eastern bcink of the Sereth and within 12 miles of the Russian frontier. Its popula- tion numbered about 32,000. It is 73 miles west of Lemberg and 35 miles west of Brzeznny, where,the Russian offensive north of the Dniester met with a cifiak. By the enemy's advance to Tarnopol and crossing of the Serefch the Russian posi- tions southward to the Dniester are out- flanked and in jeopardy. South of the Dniester, as recent -Petro- grad communiques have announced, re- tiroment across the Lomnica and its nighbouring tributaries of the Dniester has already begun. Thus the recent bril- liant success of Brusiloft's offensive is nullified by the dissension in the Ruseian ranks. "COUNTRY IN DANGER." Delegates Stand Behind the Government. Petrograd, Monday.—The Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates and the Council of Peasant Delegates, at a meeting last night, passed a resolution pointing out that the country is menaced by a military debacle and by anarchy at home, and declaring that the situation at the front and at home threatens the triumph of the anti-revoluitionary forces. It declares that- (1) The country and the revolution are in danger. (2) The Provisional Government is proclaimed a Government for the se- curity of the revolution. (3) Unlimited power is granted the Government to re-establish the organi- eation and discipline of the army, and to wage war to the knife against revo- lution and anarchy, and for the reali- sation of the entite programme out- lined in the declaration of the Govern- ment published the day before yesterday. The resolution was carried by 252 votes to 47. A number of Maximalist delegates abstained from voting.-Reutel'.

LADY JELLICOE'S BROTHER. Sir Charles William Cayzer, second baronet, has died suddenly at Brighton, on the day after completing his 48th year. He was the son of Sir Charles Cayzer. whom he succeeded last year, and the brother of Lady Jellieoe, wife of Admiral Sir John Jellieoe, and of Lady Madden, wife of Admiral Sir Charles Madden. He became a partner in the firm of Cayzer, Irvine, and Co., shipowners, which was founded by his father. He was formerly a director of the Clan Line of steamers, and retired in 1911.

CHURLISH TAXI-DRIVER. A sulky, deliberate, churlish refusal to do his duty," was the comment of Mr Denman, the Marltorough-street magis- trate, on the conduct of a taxi-cabman I who had refused to carry three doctors late at night from Dover-street, W., to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. When the doctors entered his cab he simply told them to tret out, and told a policeman who was called that he had no petrol; but there was five and a half inches in the tank. In fining the cabman 40s. or twenty-one days and refusing time in which to pay. Mr. Denman told him that if he offended in a similar way again the court would probably consider that he was unfit to hold a Jicenoa.

TO-DAYIS,lf REW,CH OFFICIAL. In -of Braye- en-Laonnois'tfxe night was marked by violent bombetrdments. The enemy twieo endeavod to reach our lines, but on both occasions he was repulsed. This. roorning an assaulting detach- ment was caught within our line north of Sancy, and was obliged to fall back towards its trench of de. parture, after having sustained carious losses. The "detachment left some prisoners in our hands. STCCL CASE. Mr. W. H. fdwards-. In WTtness-Box. Mr. W. H. Edwards, in the witness- bos, said the profit of the Duffryn Works i# ISIS was £ 3QS^)00, of which he received about £ 30,000. The rest went to the -Government. Output showed increase of 12,600 tone, due to Saturday afternoon and Sunday work. Until December 9th last he had not the slightest idea that the iniiruotions of the Ministry of Munitions were not being complied with at the Duffryn Wo rks.—(Proceeding.) SITUATION IN RUSSIA. Petrograd, Tu%day.-M. Effremoff has been appointed Minister of Justice a-d a member of the Provisional Gov- ernment, arnj M. Barchnikoff Minister of Public Aid. In an interview, M. Keren airy said the principal problem at present was the. concentration of power. The Government's object was the defence of; A* Bt.&i!Ie and the Army's aafatsr. Titt Gorrerament wotild wdf.ft! blood and iron if aiifument åJ!d reasons of honour and conscience were insufficient. The ritua. tion at the front demanded heroic mcasuree.—Kwtair.

LAWSUIT ROMANCE. Welsh Miner Who Claimed VaUey Estates. A remarkable lawsuit which has at in- tervals during 'the last century or two emanated from the endeavours of a Cefn- coed family to prove their right to 'the title of the Drymma • and Britlidir Estate, in the Swansea- Valley, was re- called by the public examination in bank- ruptcy at Merthyr- on Tuesday of the most recent claimant, Nathaniel Richard Thomas, formerly a collier. Debtor al- leges that insolvency is. due to heavy costs incurred in' connection with the actions brought by him for the recovery of the estate. The first effort to obtain possession of the estate was made by debtor's great- grandfather, and was continued by Iris grandfather, big father, and for a period of 30 years by debtor himself. He claim- to be heir-at law to one Walter Thomas, of Swansea,-who died about 1654, and who was the owner of the property. In 18U:i debtor first commenced proceedings, and following the sale of the estate in 1915-lii he issued writs against the vendor and purchasers, claiming the property as his. The action came before the High Court in February of this year, and was dis- missed on the ground that it was frivolous and vexatious. Costs were ob- tained against debtor, and it was as the result of these, proceedings that the re- ceiving order was made on creditor's peti- tion. NO WORK FOR TEN YEARS. Debtor said his deficiency was £ 179 7s. Sd., solcl3, made up of solicitors'" costs, costs of the,action. and cocts of investiga- tions of the title. Aged 49, debtor is a bachelor. He was formerly a collier, but had done no work for ten years. Debtor had satisfied himself, said th? Official Receiver in his observations, that he was heir-at-law to the estate, and ad- mitted his insolvency in February of this year. (Proceeds?^), ¡",

TO-DAYS WAR RESUME Leader Office, 4.50 p.m. It is unofficially reported that Tarnopol has been evacuated by the Russians and occupied by the Germans. The Soldiers' and Workers' delegates have taken a firm stand behind the Pro- visional Government. Great activity is reported on the Flanders front. Reference is made to the great material resources of the Allies. More successful raids have been carried out by the British near Havrineourt., Vermelles, and Hollebeke. Thirty pris- oners were taken. The German attacks on the plateaux con- stitute a new Verdun. Already the enemv's losses are said to amount to 100,000.

DUTCH SHIP SEIZED. Taken to Zeebrugge by the I Germans. A?»,«te«l.vn, Tuesday.—The Dutch, steamer Gelde-rLuid, from England to Rot- terdam, was this morning, according to a telegram from the Hook of Holland, held up one mile outside neutral waters by three German hydroplanes, which put a German officer aboard. The vessel waa then taken to Zeebrugge.

1.526,000,000 DOLLARS. Washington, Tuesday.—The United States Government has lent' 75,000,000 dot. lars to Russia and 80,000,000 dollars to France, thus bringing the total advanced to the Allies in throe months to 1,526,000,000 dollars.-Reuter.

>- AN ALLOTMENT SHOW. At a meeting of allotment holders held at the Uplands Hotel, Swansea, on Mon- day evening, Mr. H. Yarnell presiding, it was decided to hold a flower and vege- table show in Hrynmill Park about the middle of August. Mr. J. F. Harvey was elected president.

LOCAL CASUALTIES. (Continued from Page Two). Pte. T. 11. Thomas, 100, High-street, Swansea, only son of Mr. and Mrs, Thomas, has died of wounds. He had been employed as a chauffeur with Dr. Cameron, lie was mentioned in dis- patches last Christmas.

FRUIT FOR SWEDEN. Sir Samuel Evans, in the Prize Court on Monday, decided against the Crown in its application for the condemnation 01 1,824 tons of dried fruit, seized in f,hE neutral steamehips San Francisco and Pacific, and consigned from America to the Swedish Victualling Commission. He ordered that the goods should be releaswl to the Commission.

WHY SIAM CAME IN. PARIS, Tuesday. The Journal hss interviewed Prince Charoon, the Siamese Minister in Paris. The Prince declared that Siam severed relations with the Central Powers be- i cause they employed inhuman and un- just methods. Siam's intervention did not greatly increase the Allies' forces, but it afforded, an example to hesitating neutral ■powers.—Reuter.

NO MORE WATER GAS. PRESS BUREAU, Monday. Referring to the appeal recently issued by the Controller of Coal Miners to the g:s industry, urging the substitution of water gas for coal gas to the greatest prac- ticable extent, with a view of effecting coal economy, certain factors ha.ve since arisen which require a reversal of this policy; and with a view to securing a 4 maximum quantity of coal tar products the Minister of Munitions now urLre6 that ttli carbonising plant at gas worts be worked to the fullest extent before any water gas, carburetted or un('arburetted. is inajmfact?red at all. The ControHer .j of Coal Mines, who is aware of the altered ) circum-stances, will co-operate with the 1 Minister of Munitions in this matter, and 1 will give instructions that all neoossary | coal will be delivered to gas works ?w carbonising purposes. 1 • |

I The 'Genna-L-tion is to be fa.J creased by a pound a week from ae, ii I mi£ L4. .:¿ -?- --?:i