The Cambria Daily Leader

LLANELLY TRIBUNAL. I Biscuit Traveller Denies Public ( House Gossip. I Before the Llanelly Borough Tribunal on Thursday evening, a young single com- mercial traveller under a firm of biscuit maufacturers applied for exemption, and stated that he had been thrioe rejected and compelled to give up work in a muni- tion works on two occasions. Mr. Ludford (National Service repre- sentative): Can't a girl do this work? Applicant: They have not been success- ful in the North of England. Mr. Ludford: Perhaps South Wales girls are mo.re intelligent. (Laughter.) H ve you been saying in public houees that it was easy to get off? 1 Applicant: Oh, no. Mr. Ludford: And that you had friends on the tribunal ?—No, I don't know any of the members. Adjourned for re-examination. COAlTRIMMER WHO CATCHES FISH A coaltrimmer who had his case re- viewed said he made fishing nets in his spare time and also caught fish. Ald. Griffiths: Are yon prepared to guarantee that all the fi&h you catch will be sold in ulanelly!-—It is all sold locally. The exemption was allowed to stand.

AMUSEMENTS. J I 6.3C. TO-NIGHT 1 8.40. 'Phono: Central 92. PHIL RAY, t r n MSfL L- H < a & aa ?a a THE ABBREVIATED ONE. ARTfiUR COCKE3 w1 uun u, ü The Eminent ENGLISH Pianist and Left-hand Soloist. CCRNALLA & EDDIE3 Toss 'Em and Miss 'Em. WEST & Co. present their Original and Elaborately-Staged Bong See in, Thers's a Long, Long Trail' Latest fiews and War Pietures. NELLIE WSGLEY, The Charming Prince ^Charming." LAWRENCE BARCLAY, Comedian. THE STELLSOS, With Some Clever Dogs. GRAND THEATRE MONDAY, JANUARY Zlst. 1918, Six Nights at 7.30, and MATINEE on SATURDAY at 2.30 p.m. Frank Curzon and Genald Du Maurier Company in LONDON PRIDE. The War Play which drew all London to Wyndham's Tbeatro for 9 Months. Next Week.—Return Visit of TO-NIGHT'S THE NIGHT To-night's tho night-without a doubt. Jo-night's the night—yon must turn out. To-night's the night-a play to see. To-night's tho njght-fnr gaietee. To-night's tho night-for merry folks. To-night's the night-a thousand jokes. Tonight's the nig-ht-for winsome glances. To-night's the night-for songs & dances. Tonight's the niglit-for frocks and frills. To-night's the night—for Jacks and Jills. To-night's the night—there'll be a rush. So book your seats, and save the crush. THE PICTURE HOUSE. High Street. The House of Good Pictures and Music. TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME. Beautiful Bessie Barriscale in THE SNARL, An Enthralling Triangle Drama. Lillian Walker in KITTY McKAY, A Greater Vifcagraph Drama. Monday Next.—MAN'S WOMAN. CASTLE cimema Thurs" Frt. and Sat." 2. to 10.30. WHERE ARE MY CHILDREN- A Social Drama iu Five Par. Approved by the NaSorial Council of Public Morals. fFor Presentation to Adults 0,.ily.] Showing To-day at 2.3C, 4.53, 7.10, 9.25. Mon. Next.—THE FLAME OF YOUTH (a Good Stirring Play). CARLTON CINEMA The House with an Orchestra. TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME. -The Motion Picture that Amazes with ita Thtlk;, THE WHIP Qpe Gigantic Sensation After Another for Two Hours. It ia the Supreme Offering of Filmdom. Times of Showing:— THE WHIP-2.30, 5.35, 8.20. PAThIA-4.55, 7.50. ,Wn. Next.—Kitty Gordon in One Week. £. l. Y s I U M. From 2.30 till 10.30. Monday, Jan. 21, and during the week, JACK AND THE BEANSTALK The Greatest Fairy Story Ever Filmed. Coat 1100,000. Real Giants. 1,300 Child Actors. 10,000 Feet. Time of Showing, 2.50, 6.0, 8.45. Special Performance for Children Saturday Morning, 10.30. THE GIRL FROM 'FRISCO (No. 24) On the Fringe of War." 5.10.—R 0 YA L .-10.30. Thursday, Friday, Saturday. MARY MILES MINTER in PERIWINKLE, Dramrs in Four Reels. HER FATHER'S SON (Rtama 5 Reels). And Other Fine Films. — EDUCATIONAL. irj3?BW?fc ?tuil ed <tr ChUd of uine: '? ??'???  vT Particulars £ #x ?A  ?mbT?alb?Mt? "U1J TOB?MNf ffils jrww'«« Royai eltion8 th« -?*?. AjMRMBA ?'? ??'? U<1''? CO]5bE(H (Al«aa- 0?-TtWj?) ?p?reo a h r o»reentag» of I. ? tMt!t *jw 91' M u(,eatien m- «X £ uti«]n t$and Dbttiet. FUr- evsl,y out 8todent has been d. 0 efficienc:v. Service, e tbe thin (?!!eg< <?TUn?T& ehr?'-BMr  Triiii¡ for Pru 0 toiMe? in P!Tf?'? ?orthaTtd. Local HAftLVB BOAWX and Oivii Service LES- SONS given in Arfthn-etic English. Brxik eeøJft" etc, Satisfaction ^naranr^ed Mr Harris. 56. Ox/ofn-street.. ftwanaea Day or vanivir Taition- t tTTC ■ » MONEY. DON'T B0R20W IN YOUR OWN TOW?. ?-? whem you and the lender are know?, an-1 who mak8 enquiries from your iioish- hours. Borrow from thoao who bare money to lend. Half-a-raillion Pounds to be lent at the Shortest Notice. The old-established British Finance Co. approved and recom- inended by the Press, arc fi-artinar Loans, rivatel.r and p"'otnanv.-TirE BRITISH l,'iANf,,E 00. M. Brids?treet BRISTOL. ?.: 175. i PUBLIC NOTICES. CORPORATION OF SWANSEA. (Pubtic Libraries Committee). SATURDAY FREE LECTURES. ,4 LECTURE on MORE UNSEEN .L'-l.. WONDERS OF CREATION (with Photo-Micrographic Lantern Illustra- tions), will be given at the LECTURE HALL. SWANSEA FREE LIBRARY. Next SATURDAY EVENING, Jan. 26th, by ARTHUR P. HIGHAM. The Lecture will deal entirely with Cultivations of Infusoria, Hydrozoa. and other Animalcula, taken from the Striaii-i opposite Sketty Church. Chair to be taken by .H. STANLEY L. COOK, Esq. Lecture commences at 8 p.m. Admission Free. i ree. OVER £ 20 IN PRIZES. Public Hall, Gwaun-cao-Gurwen. A GRAND EISTEDDFOD will bo held on SATURDAY, APRIL 20th, 1818. Programmes to be had from -he Secre- taries. Elli- Hughes, 3. 8t David'■s-ttrett w and Emrys Davies. 22, UarlaeÍ1-l'otld, G\\ £; Ull-cae-Uun, 11. Programmes 2d. eacost 2id. DE BEAR SCHQOL G R A N D PATRIOTIC CONCERT In Aid of Swansea Red Cross Hospitals, In CENTRAL HALL, Swansea On THURSDAY, JANUARY 31st, ISPLENDID MUSICAL and MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAMME. Chairman—His Worship the Mayor. Distribution oj Prizes and Certificates by the Mayoress. Old Students and General Public may obtain Tickets .from the Secretary, De Bear School, Castle Bllilding. Ticket's—Reserved, 2e.; Unreserved Is. CANTEEN MANAGERESSES WANTED for ARMY CANTEENS in GREAT BRITAIN. Wage. 30 to 40, Weekly, with Uniform, Rations and Quarters in addition. Candidates should be between 25 and io years of age, have, knowledge of cater- ing and accounts, with some experience of controlling stalf, and he prepared to serve in any part of the country. Successful candidates will he given a' [ short course of training, during which, they will be paid 30,1- per week iiielusive. i Apply personally or by letter to the I nearest EMPLOYMENT tXCHAXGB.  County Borough of Swansea. TENDERS FOR STORES, STONE, IRONWORK, &c. I THE Council of the County Borough of I Swansea invite TENDERS for the undermentioned STORES, STONE, IRON- WORK, etc., during the veit to end 31st Alitrcli, 1919, viz. (1) Tools, Iron and Steel, Ironmongery, I Broom Wastfrj Oils, Paints, Indiarubber Goods* Timber, Bricks, Pipes and Slated, Cement, Lime Plumbing Materials, Glass, Gullies. Lamp Pillars, Lanterns, Whoel- Wrights' Materia!?, Paving, Kerbing, Chanrelling and pitching. Disinfectants, Office Cleaning Materials, Broken Syenite, Broken Limestone, Chippings, Gravel, Tar-macadam, Retined Tar, Fuel, New Harness and Repairs. (2) Manhole C6r(il^, Ventilating Gra<?- ing<% Charcoai Basket s, Step Iron^, and for such Haulage Work as may bo re- quired. rorms of Tender and firfher particu- lars may bo obtained -it the office of the Borough Engineer and Surveyor, Guild- hall, Swansea. Sealed Tenders, endorsed Tender for I" to be delivered at the Town Clerk's Office, not later than 12 noon FT: ID AX, the 1st FEBRUARY, 1918. The lowest or any Tender will not necessarily b6 accepted. H. LANG COATIF, Town Clerk. GuiIrrttaJl. Swansea, 14th January, 19iS. I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the t. Twenty-flfth Orclinnry Genéral MéH- ing of the Proprietors of the SWANSEA AND MUMBLES RAILWAYS, LTD., wiH be held at THE ELMS, MUMBLES, :GLAM„ on SATURDAY, the 2nd day of FEBRUARY, 1918, at 11.20 a.m., for the general purposes of the undertaking; also for the Election of a Director in the place of the Hon Mrs. O. V. Daniell, who goes out of office by rotation, and who, being duly qualiiied, offers herself for re- election. l The Transfer Books of the Company will be Closed from the 21st January, to the 2nd day of February, 1918, both days inclusive. A. K. E. JENKINS, Chairman. E. A. WATKINS, Secretary. The Elms, Mumbles,, January 18th. 1018. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twenty-hfth Annual General Meet- ing of the Pi-opriotors of the MUMBLES RAILWAY AND PIER COMPANY will be held at THE ELMS, MUMBLES, GLAM., on SATURDAY, the 2nd day of FEBRUARY, 191S at 11 a.m., for the general purposes of the undertaking; also for the Election of a Driector in the place of the Hon. A. K. E. Jenkins, who goes out of office by rotation, and who, being duly qualified, offers herself for re- elft-tict NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Tramsfer Books of the Company will be Cl«s*cL from the 21st January to t. 2nd iftv of February, ISIS, both days inclusive. TItOMAs J. WILLIAMS, Chairman. E. A. WATriNf, Secretary. The Elms, Mutable* January ISth, 1818. SAILINGS. CUNARD LINE to CANADA And UNITED STATES. Regular Passenger and Freight Services. Connecting with O&nadiar: Northern Railway System. BRISTOL—OANADA-NEW YORK. LONDON?—CANADA—NEW YORK. LIVERPOOL-NEW YORK. for Rates of Passage. Freight, Dates of Sailing, and Particular* as to loading Berths. Apply Cunard Line, 51. Bishopsgate. London. E U.2; 117 New. street. Cif'nitiirhnaj; 65 I'aldwin-M rpr-t. Bristol; t and 2, Millbay-road, Plymouth; 18a Uiirb rtrcet. Cardiff: or flettd Office Cunard P'liildinK. Pier Head Liverpool; or to Local PU BLi C NOTICES. A L LOT NI ENTS. TYRGWL FARM, ST. THOMAS. T5ERSONS desirous of taking an Allot- I ment are requested to meet the Sec- retary on the ground on Saturday next, the 26tii inst., at 3 o'clock, when tho Plots will be selected. SWANSEA FOOD COMMITTEE. BUTTER SUPPLIES. THE Swansea Food Control Com- mittco announce that as a re- sult of arrangements they have made there will be sufficient Mar- garine c-r Butter available this weelt to allot Three Ounces per head for Retail on Saturday, providing the supplies new on rail arrive by tho stipulated time. There will therefore now be no necessity for queues for Butter or Margarine, as eaoh person will have his or her fair share on the produc- tion of the Sugar Card. No Margarine will be sold except the Sugar Cftrd be produced at the shop where the holder is registered.. REWARD. X1 REWARD WILL DE PAID TO a "YONE PROVING THAT I HAVE EMPLOYED TWO BLACKLEGS FROM PONTARDAWE, OR ELSE- WHERE, DURING THE BAKERS' STRIKE NOW EXISTNIG. £1 REWARD WILL ALSO BE PAID TO ANYONE PROVING THE IDENTITY OF THE UTTERER OF THOSE FALSE STATEMENTS AT MOND SQUARE, CLYDACH-ON-TAWE ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23rd, 1918. W. A. REES, Ciydach Bakery, Near Swansea. I VETCH FIELD, Swansea. SATURDAY, JANUARY 26th, 191. KNOCK-OUT CUP COMPETITION. Association FootbaJI Matches. 4th (R.) King's Shropshire L.I. v. Templars A.F.C. Kick Off 2.30 p.m. Hafod Villa v. Hofod Villa v. East Side United. Kick Off 3.30 p.m. Admission-4d.; Soldiers and Boys-2d. (including Tax). l Cp-p-) it Sun Rises 8.7, Sun Sets 4.48. Llghting-up Time, 5.18. l Subdue Lights visible from the Sea- Swansen, 5.18, L^nelly 5.19 2-3, Aberavon 5.1-3, Pembroke 5.22. Subdue other Lights- Swansea 6.48, Llanelly 6.49 2-3, Ammnn- ford 6.49, Aberavon 6.48. Neath 6.48, Carmarthen 6.50, Pembroke 6.51. High Water, 4.45 a.m., 5.18 p.m. King's Dock, 36ft. 3in. a.m., 36ft. 5in. p.m. To-morrow, 5.38 a.m., 6.7 p.m.

THE WESTERN FRONT. I The country will be heartily with Mr. Bonar IJaw in his strong de- preca-tion of discussions in the Press based on questions of strategy and of qualifications of individual officers. The newspapers go out- side the if functions in stirring up such matters. Apart from the Chancellor of the Exchequer's ap- peal, the main interest we find in last night's report of Parliament is the fspeech of Lieut.-Gen. Sir Avimer Hunter-Weston. He was recently elected 1\i.P. for North Ayrnhirèî and he is on short leave from France. Sit A. Hunter-Wes- ton has been in the Army for thirty- three years. He took part in the Great Retreat at the beginning of the war, fought at Ypres, com- manded the immortal 29th Division at the landing at the Dardanelles, returned to France, and saw much I hard fighting there last year. Col. Rep ing ton's article yester- day was warranted to make its readers feel uncomfortable, but we would prefer attaching importance to the views of a man with the actual war experience of Lieut.- Gen. Hunter-Weet-Oii. He told the House that whatever of his avail- able force the enemy might bring against us, there was no cause for despondency. Our position was gcod, and when the Americans ap- peared in full strength our position would be overwhelming. Until the American s put in their etrength, however, we must expect beavy fighting if the enemy choose to at- tack. Hd koped they would At- tack, for if they do they would cer- tainly b. defeated, and would suffer very heavy losses. In the sway of battle, however, we were sure to suffer local and temporary reverses, as we had in the past, and it would be well for the British public to face this fact. Me said therefore to all, have courage, confidence, and reso- | lufciott. But tho country as well as tkt House will be impressed by his declaration that among the. soldiers I, at the front there was a strong feel- ing of rebutment against the young, ftble-l>.xlied men who were staying at homo in comfort and ISfW:ef.ý and drawing large pay. This feeling was so strong that it would, he feared, last long after peace, and I might cause a berious line of cleav- age in the nation. A gathering largely composed of ministers and members of the I.L. P. met this week at a Cwmtwrch chapel" under th auspices of the Fellowship of Re- conciliation." A reverend gentle- man from Manchester proposed the first resolution, which was to the effect that the only right way to bring about true relations between nations was by .adopting the Chris- 9*' tiaa principle of reconciliation." With this wo all agree, but the reso- lution should be addressed not to this country but to Germany, where nearly every theologian has arrived at another view of Christian prin- ciple.. We will not in the future let foreign idols be forced upon us, but; will servo our own Gods," said Eucken in October 1914. Thou who dwellest high in Thy Heaven said Pastor D. Vorwerk in a Battle prayer," "send thunder, lightning, hail and tempest hurt- ling upon our enernv. and hurl him down to the dark burial-pits." The Fellowship of Reconciliation, instead of vilifying their own coun- trymen-as they do by inference when they suggest that the spirit of Christianity is violated by their defence of their homes—should ad- dress themselves to the people who forced the war upon the world. An Alltwen minister, the Rev. Llew. Bowyer, followed with a resolution that the time had arrived when the v.ar should be brought to an end, and that the delegates of all chapels and churches in all countries should meet to discusfe the matter. Again, we all agree that the time lias arrived when the war should b3 brought to an end. We can go further than this minister, and say that it ought never to have begun; and would never have begun; had the spirit of Christianity ruled ji r Germany. It seems to be one of the peculiarities of. such queer bodies as tho Fellowship of Recon- ciliation that their eyes are closed to the facts of the situation.. It ;s the proudest boast of Lord Grey I that he. exhausted every possible _means by which an honourable peace could have been kept. We did not go to war until there was no help for it. As to the suggestion that chapel and church delegations in all countries can con tribute to the ending Of hostilities, let the Fellow- ship of Reconciliation get to work first upon the task of changing the hearts of German pastors. Eucken, Harnack a.nd a dozen other German professors whom we held in respect, before the war, for their theo- logical learning are animated by the blood-lust; German Kultur has to be spread by the svy-ord for the glory of God." This also has to be eaid. The man who breathes the high air in which the Alltwen minister appears to live must speak consistently with his professions. It would be per- fectly disgraceful, if it were not so foolish, to suggest that the Prime Minister's declaration of wax-aims has been influenced by the quality of the bread Lord Rhondda is now able to supply him. There seems to be sad need of elementary Christian charity in the case of the Rev. Llew. Bowyer. And not a little need of common sense.

THE POOR COUNCILS! I We are sure that the members of our County and Borough Councils will read with dismay the report of the Local Government Committee On Poor Law Reconstruction. The Committee recommend, in part, Abolition of boards of guardians and of the Poor-Law Union, and the merg- ing of all the functions of the poor-law authorities in those of the County Council and the County Borough Coun- cil. No one will deplore the passing away of tho Workhouse, the ex- tension of the system tinder which children are boarded out, or the provision under which all children able to attend school (including residential and special schools of aU kinds) should be tegarded as pre- dominantly a matter of educational training, and should be made by the Local Education Authority under the Education Acts suitably ex- tended. But we wonder how our already over-burdened councils will regard the recommendation that the County or County Borough Council should be required to ap- poimt a new Committee, to be styled the Home Assistance Com- mittee,' formed on the lines of the Education Committee. "■ This committee—with co-opted assistance we believe; another point of dissension—will have to do the work that is practically covered under the out-door relief system of to-day. It will have the duty of making suitable inquiries into the circumstances of the applicants for assistance; their general super- vision; and the administration of all kinds of assistance in money and kind given in the home. Its work will thus be fairly formidable. We have seen, in the working of the education committees, that the duties by no means so thoroughly performed as they were by the old Sck?>ol Board, which could ooaeoigtrato all its energies upon the problem of education. The modern councillor is expected to be a many-sided man, as adept in matters of drainage as in the man- agement of a. secondary school; 'f these recommendations are carried into effect he will have to be expert in social problems M well. Either that, cr a gfeai extension of the co- option principle; and this is in many respects undesirable. i The ideal is splendid. There are too many bodies now involved in the granting of public assistance. Five are already interested in the matter of infart care and mater- nity; six in matters affecting the mentally defective five in matters affecting the able-bodied poor. There is nced for some unifying, movement. But the proposed remedy throws more responsibili- ties than they can shoulder upon the councils, and whl lead to such an extension of the co-option prin oiple fhafr the whole basis of popu- lax government is involved,

Hgl HOME GROWERS EFFDRTS OF SWANSEA ALLOTMENT MLOERS MORE DIGGERS WAiTEO Mr. Leslie Haig, of the Food Production Department, addressed a meeting of al- lotment holders on Thursday evening in the Guildhall, the Mayor presiding. The Mayor said they were pleased to welcome the Commissioner. He would like to congratulate the allotment holders in Swansea, Mr. Bliss, and the chairman oi the Parks Committee, had worked very hard, but they looked none the worse for it. This war waa one of end urance. It was painful to witness tho scenes they had in the streets, and ho hoped, in the course of a week, they would be able to do away with queues altogether. (Hear, hear and applause). That was not a thing that could be done in a few moments; it required a lot of thinking out. They had been up to see Lord Rhondda and they spent two houra with him. Lord Rhondda knew what he was about, and he (the speaker) thought he was the right man in the right place. (Apphmsc.) He thought that everyone who had an allotment this year would want to keep it on in future. They did well last year, but intist do better this year. Any amount of land was available, they had but to apply to Mr. Bliss or Mr. Tunbridge. TO WIN THE WAR. Mr. Leslie Haig said England had in the past ha(l but few allotments; but to- day the allotments were going to win the war. The time had come when every available ton of shipping was necessary to r,ond men, munitions, and food to France. Every ton v.e use to import food meant the war going on so much longer. Before the war we imported -1(\ per cent. of our supply of wheat and two-thirds of other foodStufca. To-day the import of food- stuffs was stopped by half. Last year the average consumption of meat per head was 2 lbs. per week, but this year it was- going to be considerably less. Therefore we must make every acre pro- duce the maximum, and there was no fonu of culture which would produce a larger amount than the allotment sys- tem. Last year there were approximately a million allotment holders; they pro- duced nearly a million tons of food, and released a million tons of shipping, with which we were able to send shdls, men, I and food to France. The result had been the victories of last year. GREAT TRIAL COMING. They already felt the food shortage, I but a greater trial was coming. This year food conditions were going to be •vorso than they had been. We had reached the stage that Germany readied two years ago, only we were 50 per tent, better off. We could beat the Germans in hanging on as well as in lighting. Evoi-Y man and vomair who could spare six hours a week should cultivate an allotment. And as our boys in the trenches were lighting for seven days a week, we ought not to lie ashamed to fight the Huns with the spade on Sundays. Two perchoo would keep a family of four with vegetables for a year. The Swansea Council had promised him that afternoon that they would see to it that the bakers I{)t sutneient potattes to keep the bread ration up. NO FANCY CULTIVATION. I He urged them to grow carrot, beetroot, etc., aJnd not fancy things, and that pota- toe-a should be cooked in their skins. Every ton of potatoes that they grew was bring- ing peace nearer. In the course of the next twelve months, they ought to have 5.000 allotments in Swansea. It was their duty to the nation to encourage this move- ment in every possible way. A RELATIVE OF SIP. DOUGLAS. Mr. Tunbridge told tho meeting that Mr. Haig was a relative of Sir Douglas, llaig. (Applause.) The movement in Swan- sea was largely due to tho ex-Mayor, Mr. David DaviesL He ought to pay a tribute to the landlords, who had been very good and very patriotic. Everything that had been wanted from them was given. They would want more land, and he had no doubt they would get all they required. THE SKETTY SOCIETY. I Mr. Stanley Cook, Presilient of the Sketty Allotment Society, added that Mr. Haig had been fighting our battles in Gallipoii. (Applause.) They were now up against a very serious proposition. He mentioned that the Sketty Society would he acquiring a. further lUO acres within the next few days. People in this country had not yet realised as they should their responsibility in respect of lood produc- tion, He had been in communicti.tion with the secretary of the American National f ood Emergency Commission, and learned from him that last year there were $,000,000 more gardens in the United States, and they had turned out 465,000,000 cans and jars of fruit and vegetables, re- presenting a vuliie of 350,000,000 dollars. We should emulate their example. They should urge allotment societies to go in ior oauuers. The Government were, by arrangement with the American Govern- ment, providing a "Little Home Canner" av. a cost of S6 103., which would can fiOO quarts per day. Sketty bought one last July, Experimented with it. and came to lhe cóncluaioll it was !:íucces.sful. the conclusion it was successful. CABBAGES NOT FLO vVEHS. I Mr. J. H. Lee said they were delighted with the efforts of the allotment holders last season. They were now imbued with thp- desire to assist the Government, and every Britisher, in procuriu" food.. Per- baxxs those who could not take an allot- ment would be willing to take a epade and help another. A voieb; What is the committee going to cloP n Mr. Lee replied they had no funds, oould not reduce rents or give manure. He had himself grown cabbages instead of flowers. Mr. Parker said the allotment holders of ls-ft year had sav.ed the situation. A Question was asked if the date of the holding of th* allotments could not be extended. Mr. Haig said that was entirely a mat- ter for the Board of Agriculture. lnie.e the-time had. already been extended, and further extension depended entirely on future events. Several questions were put as to the supply of manure by the Corporation, and it tvajJ complained that a truck of manure hard been sent to Mumbles. Mr. J. H. Leo remained that directly this was discovered it was stopped. They could have road-sweepings free of cost. but must rav for haulage. WORK AND WORK HARD. Mr. Drummond remarked that all the talk in the world would not produce a single ton of vegetables. They must work, and work hard. Replying to another question, Mr. Haig «aid seed potatoes supplied by the Board of Agriculture would he down in time A uother man asked whether summer time could not lie ordered to begin two days before faster. That, said Mr. Kaig, was a matter for ( Parliament.. SEED POTATOES. On the matter of seed potatoes, iír. Drunmionu pointed out they were wanted at once, so (hat they could be sprouted in for a month or six weeks. foot of next column.)

I THE SCROLL OF FAME Two SVSare Swansea D.C.M.'s. Private William Upton, D.C.M., of the East Lancashire Regiment, has been in hospital in Prance for some time with trench fever. Private Upton, who re- cently won his decoration for great gal- lantry in action, was a butcher beiore the war, and managed one of Messrs. kelson's shops. His wile and family reside at hmtre Estyil, Brynhyfryd, Swansea. Sergt. W. N. Smart, Royal Engineers, who tormeiiy resided at Russeii-street, Swansea, has boen awarded the D.C.M. for services in Mesopotamia. Prior to the outbreak of war Sergt. Smayrt was an en- gineer at the Swansea Tramways power station. WOUNDED IN THE ANKLE. bec.-lieiu. Oswald Olive, Welsh Regi- ment, son of Mrs. T. R. Olive, Boar's Head Hotel, Carmarthen, has been wounded in the aykle. and is in hospital in Egypt. BACK TO FRANCE. Corpl. Murphy, Welsh Guards, has re- turned to France. Ilis homo is at Clifton Hill, Ysta-lyfera. Ho has been gassed on one occasion and also wounded. CARMARTHEN ASSISTANT. I Sergt. W. E. Hinds, Welsh Regiment, is reported in a letter received at Carmar- then to have died from wounds received in France. Twenty-three years of age, he was a son of Mr. Dd. Hiods, Cornish Down, Tenby, and a nephew of Mr. Ll. R. Jone-s, draper, Market Hall. Carmarthen, with whom he wa6 employed as an assis- tant prior to enlisting. INVALIDED FROM FRANCE. Pfce. Lewis Junes, South wales Bor- > derors. son of Mr. W. L. Jones, decorator, S'c. Catherine-street, Carmarthen, has been invalided from France, and is in hos- pital at Shefueld. AFTER SERVICE ON SEA. Seaman Tom Morris. R.N.V -R., younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Evan Morris, Lammas-otreet, Carmarthen, has been ad- mitted to hospital after serving on sea. PEMBROKESHIRE MEDALLISTS. I Two more Pembrokeshire men have been awarded the Military Medal. Sergt. Jack Bishop, 4th Royal Fusiliers, ie a son of Aid. J. H. Bishop, of Haverfordwest, and pior to joining up was a steam trawler manager at Milford Haven. Pte. W. J. ) Lewis, of the Welsh Guar tit:, it, a Milford man, and previous to the war was a fish buyer.

CORRESPONDENCE. [Letters to the Krtitor should be brief. to the point, and about something. Cor- respondents shoul'l fctud their names and addresses, not necessarily for publication J THE KEEPING OF RABBITS. I To tho Editor. Sir,—Referring t-) Mr. Leigh Jones's letter in jours of the 23id, I have kept rabbits for I months without buying anv kod for t.hem. Vurze and privet are available for their food in the winter. It may he of interest that a-n almono rineued here last -vear.-Yours. etc., H S. WILLIAMS. 6, Heathfield, Swansea. S. WILLLUd.S. I 

TWO NEW PtTS. I Colliery Enterprises of Messrs. I Baldwin's, Ltd. Messrs. Baldwins, Limited, the owners I of the Port Talbot Steel Works and the new blast furnaces now being constructed at Port Talbot, have acquired land and have commenced operations for sinking a new pit on a site in a field adjoining Water-street, ""Hai-gam. The sinking is close to the Port Talbot Railway Bridge which crosses Water-street, and the com- pany propose working to the lowet seams of steam coal. Messrs. Baldwins have also completed arrangements for sinking another pit at Aberbaiden, between Margam and Aber- kenfig. This work, also, will be proceeded with immediately. These pits are all necessary adjuncts to the important de- ¡ velopments taking place at Port Talbot.

TOWN TALK. Beer queues next, say the experts. A local shop proprietor declares that if looks could kill, he would be pushing up daises now. -:o Sale of China." reads a Leader ad- vertisement. We only await the tardy, Gift of Turkev now. — :0 It has been decided to introduce muni- -cipal kitchens at Neath. A soup queue armed with basins may be expected. -:0:- Yes," exclaimed a man at a local whist drive, spades are my favou-rito cards. I'm an allotment-holder." — :o-— It is said that Llanelly people are among the most thrifty in Wales, whil« Rhondda people are the least thrifty. -'0'- Even at the No. 15 House Committee teaa they have now gone back to toast and dripping, or margarine when they can get it. 0: Yes, we were right a week or two ago. That special's cabbage ear could only have been gotten by use of the boxing gloves! "Keep smiling: fresh supply to-morro-cf at 12 p.m.Notice chalked on the shut- ter3 on a butcher's shop in High-street otk Thursday. A Swansea soldier in Italy sends hornet the information that the correct address of men serving in that country is "Italiart Expeditionary Force." — :Or~ The man who said he wanted m rasher paper had not made a mistake. He had failed to get bacon, and thought the paper would help him. -:0:- The best solicitors are the Ben who know when to keep their mouths shut." —Mr. H. P. Charles, National Service re-o presentative, at Gower Tribunal. .-o ;— Peril apa the Swansea public don't know it, but rabbit skins are fetching 5d. or 6d. apiece! Butchers and dealers do not mind skinning them nowadays! — :0:— A Swansea man wants to know why all seeds have increased nearly double in price since last year. Ask us anothert For instance, why should rabbit& — •.or~ The apprehensive look-around of Swan, sea mothers on reading the poster, H Where are my Children?" is yet an- other proof of the power of suggestion. -'0-- Rules are necessary, but they must be interpreted in a broad, common senso manner."—Mr. J. Vaughan Edwards at the Munition Court. Oh! If all officials were tliuc,! — :0:— Strange as it may appear, sprats wets, retailed yesterday at 5d. a lwund-a pe.nn below the niaxdmum-whereas, a day bo- fore the prices were fixed, 8d. was do- inanded in one shop. One of the applicants for exemption at the Appeal Tribunal, at Swansea, stated that lie had already in the army three brothers, four step-brother* and on<t- half-brother—eight in all. -'0'- If time-established omens do not lie, we are in for wild weather. Last nighb the tide roared loud and unceasingly in. Swansea Bay, and this morning the sky- took an ominous red hue. -:0:- Your greatest want is, you want much at meat. Why should you wftnt P Behold, the eartk bath roots." t Timon of Athens," Act IV., Sc.3. —i o: — Our Cardiff rriends have had one or two I'Ment reminders that the town on Tawe and not the cdtv on the Tafif is the; true oapital of Cymru. The Tank record' and the Pensions Offices are only a be- ginning. —: o: — A witness at the Munitions Court saicl that (sometimes the men took down tha! printed rules posted in the mess rooms, And lit their pipes with the said rules t Hence the phrase, "In the light of thesa" mies. — :0 The Rev. Llynfi-Davies asks:—Is not the Welsh for queue "cwt," derived, like th. English word, from Latin Cauda," ft tail? It is used in the familiar, tt Cydia yn fy nghwt i." (Take hold of my tail, OTot- stand behind me). — :OJ— A well-known Swansea legal advocate^ whose annual income exceeds four figures, declares that for the past fortnight neither he nor his family have tasted butter, jam or cheeee. They have been- subsisting on brief rations. A Swansea man more years over the militarv age than he cares to recount wondered whether the age limit had been suddenly and surreptitiously raised when he received a calling-up notice. A, son of his joined up two years age. -'0'- With the further restrictions imposed upon the eating-houses and hotels, it Kem-i as though the wealthy young munition workora whose Saturday in Swansea has become an institution will have to bring their grub with them. -:0:- Already life in the hedgerows is begin- ning to awaken. Those who have during the past week vi-dted ffome of our lovely country lanes and displayed due vigilance must have been amply impressed with the evidenco that "Springtime is coming. gentle Annie." It was not a case of A" to Z" in College-street this morning, but one of Queue to Queue. People w:1i.tin at a shop where a certain commodity was expected saw some carcases being removed from » cart to premises lower down the road. The. race which followed was something worth! charging for. When the House Conrmrttee of No. I.S. Swansea, at some speoral session, trek amending their constitution, bve-lowe, rules and usages it might be worth while to insert rule that not more than three or four members should speak at the "ams moment. When, as at present, all mem- be rs articulate simultaneously, it is simply impossible to give due consideration to th. pronoucements of each. THE LIVING TO THE DEAD. Fear rot, brave eons who lie Deneatn tna sod, That we, the living, would become so nasa, at heart And poor in mem'ry as to slight thy part} Afi soon as that would we deny our God. With thee we crossed the eeas in righteous cause, With thee we fought against the foe of humankind: Why, than, the need for us to call to mma Thy sacrifice, or in the battle pa-uo P Think not that as around thy graves wQ fight, Ai.d for the cause of Justice make ft worthy stand, That we would grip thy murd"w by the hand, To please the mad, who know not might from right. Rest in thy graves assured that we will win At last, and that the sword shall never be put down Until our cause we can with viefry'r crown, And prove that happi^ ness lie5 not in ain. I 1 Hubert St, John.

The profit allowed to merchants was not profit at all, but they would sup- ply the potatoes, from patriotic motives. (Applause.) The seed potatoes ought to be there now. If they did not get them soon, th-ey ought to communicate with the Government about it; and he hoped production would not be'impeded by any more restrictive orders. (Applause.) Mr. Haig said the Government was fully alive to the necessity of sending out seed potatoes in time, and he would put the matter before the head of his depart- m c- I On the important question of manure, Mr. HGCS (Killay) said he was prepared to give a lecture to any society that asked for it.He asked whether the restriction on some immune varieties, especially the jldjestic," could not be removed. Mr. J. n. Lee said that if this was not done, a deputation, would see the Food Controller on the subject. Thanks were given to Mr. llaig and the Mayer. Re- sponding, Mr. Haig said that lie had found near Swansea some cf the most flourishing allotments, and he congratu- lated the town on them. t