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TO COMPETE AT NEAfH.I
TO COMPETE AT NEAfH. I The Mayor (Ald. Ben Jones) ow t vened a meeting at the Guildhall, Swan- I sea, for Friday next, at 8 p.m., for the purpose of considering a proposal tfc form a ehoir to compete at the Neath Eistedd- fod in August next. All interested are in- vited to attend.
TO-DAY S -WAR RESUMK.,
TO-DAY S -WAR RESUMK., = —————— Leader O-ilj-tce, 4.50 P.M, Germany's big offensive is said to be dne at any moment. Last night we carried out successful raids in three different sectors of our front. Soaih-ea.st of Epehy Irish troops en. tered. enemy trenches and brought back prisoners. Another successful raid was brought off by Canadian troops north of Lens. Fur- ther north, Lancashire, Yorkshire, and ?  Border troops raided German positions 1 on a wide front. 27 prisoners and <? machine gun being c-ciptured Enemy aircraft crossed the coast of Es&exl last nigh?, but the attempt to reach < ¡ London failed. No casualties or danff t' aye voi c- caused. The British Admiralty reports that on* ?avs! aircraft carried out bombing raida j ) 011 ZM-hrusge, Mole and Docks, and the 1,; docks of Bruges. Several ton6 of explo- ? sives were dropped. ? j; The Germans have renewed operationm f I against Russia. < The German Press professes to be without < offic-ini news as to the bombing of Dover, | Their artiejc on the subject are headed. i H Who Bonibed Dover ?"
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Bm", At Al, Is Y,
B m At Al, Is Y, • I. British Troops Carry Out Splendid Raids, ? GERMAN OFFENSIVE DUE AT ANY MOMENT. l TO-D/Y'S BRITISH OFFICIAL. British Headquarters, Prance, Tuesday- 8.15 a.m.. Successful raids were carried our by us last night in three differ- ent sectors of our front. South-east of Epehy Irish' troops entered the enemy's trenches in the neighbourhood of Gillemont Farm, and brought back a few prisoners. f Another successful raid, in which five prisoners were captured by us, was carried out by Canadian troops north of Lens. U Further north. Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Border tropps raided the German positions in the southern portion of Houlthulst Forest on a wide front.. A large number of the enemy were killed and 27 prisoners and a'machine gun were captured by us. Our casualties were slight. The enemy blow in the West will fall at any moment. Such is the consensus of opinion among correspondents on the British Western front. The long antici- pated German offensibe is due, and Mr.! Percival Phillips points out that in its development Tanks and a new gas will be used by the Germans. Their principal thrust against the British will be be- tween Arrag and St. Quentin. They will make other attacks further south, and our allies may be looked to to deal with these effectively. The preparations oi the German Higher Command ar-o com- plete. After weeks of laborious training J in open warfare far behind the lines the massed divisions released from the | eastern front by the collapse of Russia are ready to make a last supreme effort to fulfil the wild hopes of Hindenburg and Ludendorff by trying to break H?' through the armies of the Allies and end- n' ing the war by a decisive victory in the ? field. 2. FATTENED FOR SLAUGHTER. r They have been trained and fattened r1, for wholesale slaughter, bolstered up with promises of complete success and an K early victorious peace, and now they await the signal of their War Lord to launch the carefully planned secret 1 attacks which are intended to surprise *>, and overwhelm the Allies in the West. I THE CHANGING "DAY." i: The German offensive is now undoubt- edly very near, says the Times co'e- ¡ ?. spondent. The earliest date set j P?. you wm remember, was January -28.• bt I that fixture never appeared to have any I K basis more solid than common rumour. It I' may be that the Germans recollected in ib time that the 28th was agi a good date for ) their offensives, because it was on October 28, 1914, that they were to have entered Calais. Anyhow, that day passed harm- i lessly. Then February 15 became tho day, 1 the justification being reports which ar- rived via Holland and Switzerland. But t reports-set going in those countries are almost certainly the work of German i agents, and the Army out here never took ? as much interest in the February 15 pro- • phecy as a good many people did at home. f h, Now, however, without mentioning a specific date. evidence accumulates daily b that the great attack is close at hand, r especially convincing on the s-ubjeet being the statements of all prisoners taken re- h cently. It oan be said with certainty that the German army as a whole now firmly believe. the event to be immediately im- R pending. r- NEW FORM OF ATTACK. I r. Mr. Philip Gibbs says:—The decisive I f blow in the West by new methods of  frightfulness is the very latest, and I I think the )Mt, spell that will hold the  German pefple and army together until I I it has been tried. The army has been hardest to inspire. Men who went through the bath of blood of the Somme and the horrors of Flanders are not easily duped as to the ease with which they are < x- pected to smash our defences. The old methods of attack, with the preliminary bombardment, conjure up terrors which they are not willing to fare. So they have been trained to this new form cf socret attack. >nd the-ir officers have tried to convince them that they can roll up our lines. It was not easy. H How many men are willing to fight to the end P said General Ludeniorff at Laon to a parade of his troops. One non-commissioned officer and six men stepped out of the ranks. I believe that if the first wild onslaught fa/Is, as our Armies nre convinced i' will fail, the German officers will be unable to drive their men to fresh bouts of slaughter, and the German people wiP ory ti,,t in horror and agony for the ces- sation of this sacrifice. At the moment they aro drugged ,attd nnder the spell of a frightful secret hope. They arc a nation with blood-shot eyes and a high tempera- ture of ferer, buoyed up by artificial ctimulnnts to a last period of resistance against the despair in their hearts, The reaction, if their hopes fail, will be a wild one. By the grace of all goodness they will fail. TO-DAY'S FRENCH OFFICIAL. There was violent artillery actions in the course of tho night in the region to tho south of St. Gobain Forest and in the Chavi&no# sector, and the north-west of Bezonvaux. There is nothing to report elewshere. TO-DAY'S BELGIAN OFFICIAL Havre, Tuesday.—Tho following official Belgian communique was issued here yes- terday:—On February 17, our artillery neutralised a number of German bat- teries and' bombarded enemy organisa- tions towards St. Georges, Dixmudo, Woifcel, and Kloastcrschool. The enemy directed his artillery against our trenches and our coramJnications in tho region of Ramschappelle, Peroyse, Caeskerke, St. Jacques Cappelle, and Merkeen. There was fighting with bombs at Dixmude. There was weak artillery activity on the night of February 17th. The German en- deavoured to approach one of our posts south of Dixm;1de. but were repulsed by the fire of our rifles. On February 18th there was a bombard- ment of German works on the whole front. Our batteries engaged a number of enemy batteries in action towards Manncheswerke and Flype.
}-' COWARDLY LADS. J . I
}-' COWARDLY LADS. J I Fined for Assaulting a I t Conductress. Representing the Swansea Tramways Co. at the Swansea Police Court on Tues- day, Mr. T)d. Clarke said that assaults on f tramway conductresses were getting very | frequent in the Greenhill district. Two j lads were now summoned for hanging on c to the rear of a tram car, and for assault- ing the conductress. May Phillips said the boys struck at her with sticks (produced), and one lad stated that there waa a pin on the end of one of the sticks. r The mothers promised it -should not v occur again, and the lads were fined 10s. < on cacih. summons.
L LAUGHED AT PRAYER. I
L LAUGHED AT PRAYER. I i I rV Boy to be Birched for Abom- I I I inafcle Conduct. I j A peculiar case of juvenile depravity rcasie before the Swansea Bench on Tues- day, when two lads, one a tin worker and ') the other a schoolboy, were summoned for riotous and indecent behaviour" in & place r of religious worship on February loth. I George Samuel Knight, mdssrioner, said ( the boys came to the evening service at It (rorse-road Baptist Chtpol. They made a contasiual noise, rolling marbles along the teat and laughing loudly throughout the prayers. When spoken to they made | grimaces, and one said, It would take j, more than your son to put me ouk" Be- f fore leaving, on? committed an abomin- vv able nuisance in the adale. ? ? The bench commented very strongly on r the boys' conduct, and.said it was disgust-  ing. The boy who committed the nui&- I ance was fined 20s., and eentencod to six strokes of the birch, and the other was fined 20s. < —— = —'—'————.
M.C. AWARD CANCELLED. I ?…
 M.C. AWARD CANCELLED. ? M.C. AWARD CANCELLED. The following appeared in a "Gazette" Supplement on Monday night: The King f hllfi directed that the award of the Mili- i tary Cross to Company Sergeant-Major (afterwards 2nd Lieut., temporary Lieut.) f George Walter Bielby, Yorkshire Rcgt., which was gazel;tel on Nov. 14, 1916, shall be cancelled and his name erased from the register in consequence of' his conviction and dismissal by sentence of aefteral Court-martial.
-EASTERN -COMMAND. _I
EASTERN COMMAND. Sir Wm. Robertson's New Position. Mr. Bonar Law announoed in Parlia- ment on Monday that Sir William Robert- son had accepted the Eastern Command at home, whioli was offered to him that day. In reply to Mr. Asquith, he said Mr. Lloyd George was suffering from a severe cold, but hoped to make his full statement this afternoon. Mr. Bonar Law refused to anticipate that statement by answering members' questions in detail.
BOLO'S APPEAL.
BOLO'S APPEAL. -0- Many More Conspirators to be Tried. Paris, Sunday,-Bolo's appeal to the Military Council against his condemna- tion will probably jbe heard on Thursday. The ccurt can deal only with points of law and procedure, and not with the facts of the case. There is a further ap- peal to the Court of Cassation in certain eventualities. There is much speculation as to which of the remaining "affaires" will be tried first. This will probably be the Paix- Seailles oa-se, in which the accused is al- leged to have communicated documents concerning the Salonika Army to Almer- eyda, of the Bonnet Rouge." Half-a- dozen other collaborators of that noto- rious newspaper are alro a waiting trial.
THE LAW AND THE LQAF.
THE LAW AND THE LQAF. Sharp Passage Between Amman- ford Baker and J. P. At Ammanford Police Court, on Mon- day, Mr. Dd. Richards, J.P., in the chair, a fine of £ 1 inclusive was inflicted upon Arthur Williams, baker Brynam- man, for selling a loaf of bread which was found to be It ozs. under the 2 lbs. Defendant said he knew his loaf to be short weight, and he charged old. less for it. There was a sharp exchange of words between the defendant and the chairman, who pointed out that the law stated tho loaf must weigh an even number of pounds, and they could not change the law. Defendant: The law says a good many things, but we can use a bit of common- Aenee and fairness. LÛ.
ADVANCE ONKOVEL
ADVANCE ONKOVEL THE DVINA CROSSED I GERMANS RENEW HOSTILITIES AGAINST RUSSIA The German official bulletin issued on Monday night contained the following statements-- On the Great Russian front hostili- ties began to-day at noon. In the ad vane a on Dvinsk the Dvina has been crossed without a fight. To calls by the Ukraine for help :n their great struggle against the Great Russians our troops have commenced their advance from the direction of Kovel. [Dvinsk is the great junction of rail- ways about 120 miles south east of Riga and 310 miles south-west of Petrograd. Kovel is in the Volhynia, 70 miles eouth-east of Brest-Litovsk.] NO PRISONERS TAKEN. I The Bolsheviks are pushing their counter-offensive against the Don Cos- sacks (says the Daily Express" corre- spondent at. Petrograd). Large detach- ments of sailors and Red Guards are being moved by sea from Odessa and Nikolaieff towards Rostoff to force a de- cisive battle. The Bolshevik plan is to smash the Don Cossack forces quickly and capture Rostoff and Novo Cherhask, tlfeir opponents' chief centres. General Aloxeiff, after being defeated near Voronesh, retreated in the hope of joining forces with General Erdelli's de- tachments, but he was again defeated. Soviet troops defeated General Kaledin near Taganrog (west of Rostoff),. The counter-revolution is staggering under the quick blows of the Bolsheviks. Both sides are merciless and take no prisoners. I SCHISM BETWEEN POWERS. Copenhagen, Sunday. There is no doubt that Germany's new declaration .it' I war against the Bolsheviks has created a very serious and deep schism between I Germany and Austria.—Exchange. N KALED1 N'S SUCCESSOR. I Petrograd, February 15 (receivod Tues- day).—It is reported that General Nazaroff has been appointed successor to General Kaledin, who is said to have committed suicide. X800,000,000 INDEMNITY. I Petrograd, Sunday (delayed).—Trotsky, in 2v.portans the end cf the Brest-Litovsk negotiations last night to th0 the Bolshev- ist Executive Committee, said that thp Germon terms included tho retention of Poland, Lithunia, Riga, and the Moon Is- lands, and an presumably in gold.—Times correspon- dent. POLES OCCUPY FORTRESS. I A telegram recei ved at Copenhagen on Tuesday morni<ig from Helflingfors says, that {JkiWiij-e dtiti. J'cltch troops have occu pied Vsvabort Fortress outside Helsing- fo.-&. In Stockholm there are rumours current that the Germans intend to intervene directly in Finland, The belief is that German action will be directed against Iths unoccupied distret4 of Courland and Estfcenil in connection with a great naval tittaa in tho Finnish Gulf. I UKRAINIANS DEFEATED. I Three Days' Battle in Odessa. I Petrograd, February 13 (received Tues- day).—The Bolshevists' news agency re- ports fierce fighting at Odessa for three consecutivo days. The defeated Ukrain. ians occupied the railway station, where they fortified trenohe6 and began new des, perate fighting. Ships anchored in the port fired heavy shells. In the morning peace I negotiations were begun. The victims in Odessa are 400. The commander of the Eighth Army Corps, Col. Fogiil, w a,- killed. After encounters at Nikolareff the Ukrainians laid down thpir arms, and the town passed into the hands of the Soviet troops. Kreminluechet has been captured by the Revolutionary troops, and liogaf- sheff was captured from the r-astern side on February 12. Maldovanik and Nverett have also been occupied. Rostoff is threat- ened from the Caucasus. General Alexieff's men operating between Rcstrotf and Vorobege, are stated to have been completely defeated, and General Alexieff has fled to Novocherkassk. MANY SPIES ARRESTED. I Petrograd, Wednesday.—The Revolu- tionary Committee of Esthonia has ordered the arrest of local nobles on a charge of conspiring to favour Emperor William. A very large number of spies has, been arrested in this connection at Reval. The complete overthrow of the Kieff Central Rada and counter-Revolutionary forces is olaimed by the Bolshevists.
I SCROLL OF FAME. I
I SCROLL OF FAME. I I Among the latest recipients of war de- corations are:— i MILITARY MEDAL. I 36S311-4Bte. W. W. Ward, Royal Army 1 M-edleal P-s, Swanew 200685 Company-Sergeant-Major H. Wil- l liams, Welsh Regiment, Llanelly. ROYAL RED CROSS (2nd CLASS). Mias Phyllis Marguerite Evarl8, Sur- I I gery Nurse, Auxiliary Hospital, Pare Howard, Llanelly. I FOOTBALL SECRETARY'S SON. Sec.-lieut. Ariel Bailey, son of Mr. E. E Bailey, the secretary of the Llanelly Rugby Club, has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant. While on the western front he contracted trench fever but is now convalescent.
I KtLLED ATTtRDONKtN.t
I KtLLED ATTtRDONKtN. t A resident of Fforestfaoh, by the name of Mr. Rich Bowen, met with his death while following h.ie em.ployment at the Tir- donkin Colliery on Mcxnd evening. Bowen, who was about 42 years of age, was a married man, and was engaged as a re- pairer. A fall of roof caused his death'.
IFIFTY Fl NOTES STOLEN.I
I FIFTY Fl NOTES STOLEN. Late on Monday afternoon a daring I theft was perpetrated at the Swansea Post Offioe. The war pensions are paid out over a small counter in the basement, and during a rush of work a bundle of Cl Treasury notes—it is believed about 50- was snatched by a man standing in the waiting group of men^ind women. The police Jiave teen informed.
A.S.E. DECISI0H.I ?,C
A.S.E. DECISI0H. I ?,C<r. ULu!01Un' BIG MAJORITY AGAINST GOVERN- MENT PROPOSALS. The following figures were declared by Mr. Young, general secretary of the A.S.E. on Tuesday morning as having been recorded by the members of the Society on the question of accepting or rejecting the Government's proposals on the question of M, an-P(>w-er: For accepting. 27,470 Against 121,017 Majority against 93,547
WHO BOMBED DOVER?I
WHO BOMBED DOVER? I What Germans Profess to I Want to Know. Amsterdam, Monday (received Tuesday). —The Wolff Agency publishes a semi- official report in regard to the bombing of Dover announced by the British Home Commander. The Agency states that in German official circles no information has been received of this attack on the English coast, and adds that German papers' account of the raid is headed Who Bombed Dover?"
"A DANGEROUS GAME."
"A DANGEROUS GAME." German View of Attitude of I Mr. Lloyd George. Amsterdam, Monday (received Tuesday). —Commenting on the political situation in England, the" VossifoiChe Zeitung" ooys: If Mr. Lloyd George remains in power (and the fact that he managed Sir Wm. Robertson's resignation fhows that his power is not weak), then the position of our German politicians will be strangely weakened, for they say they will not sign peace with him, and Mr. Llovd-George is playing a dangerous game, which' is being followed with interest in Germany.—Ex- change.
EAST SIDE NURSING. I
EAST SIDE NURSING. Big Increase of Surgical and I General Cases. The annual meeting of the East Side Nursing Association Was held at Fabian's Bay Schoolroom, St. Thomas, on Mon- day evening. Mr. W II. Thomas (Guard- ian) presided. The Medical Officer 'I! Health for the p.orough (Dr. Thomas Evans) spoke highly of the great work done by the Association. Mr. G. T. Williams (hon. sec.) presented the annual report, which stated that the question of extending their work by the engagement of a mater- nity nurse had been considered and acted upon, and the steps had been fully justified. Nurse Mc-rriel: was appointed in the place of Nurse Edwurds, who resigned her position on the 1st ot Di-cvzaber- TbLip visits paid to surgit-al unci geilt-r;ti-tittro-I ing cases a lone showed an increase of over 1,300 for the year. The Committee were re-elected en bloc.,Mr. H. i/oyslion (hon. treasurer), and Mr. G. T. Williams (hon. see.) were also re-elected. A musical programme was given by the Fabian's Bay Juvenile Choir (con- ducted by Mr. Thos. Morris), Miss Ed- wards, Master C. Dalby and Miss Nancy llarman.
JOINER5 WANT BONUS. I
JOINER5 WANT BONUS. I It is announced by the Executive Coun- cil of the Amalgamated Society of Car- penters and Joiners ttiat an application nas been made for the extension of 12i per cent. bonus to all their members who have not yet received it.
SUMMER-TIME.
SUMMER-TIME. It is believed that the summer-time regulation, sotting the clock forward for one hour, will begin t'ais year probably towards the middle of March, and con- tinue till next Septemlr. Last year the period was from April 7 to September 17.
WOMEN ON THE LINE.____I
WOMEN ON THE LINE. I For stealing a quantity of coal value 6d. from the Rhondda and Swansea Bay sidings on Jan. 15th, Elizabeth Watkins (27), married, and Rose Hawking (29). a widow, were each fined £1 at Swansea on Tuesday.Mr. Bellingbam prosecuted.— Defendants denied stealing the. coal, but admitted lieing on the line at the time.
STORY OF A WAR BADGE.
STORY OF A WAR BADGE. Wm. He-n-ry Edmunds, 4, Albort-tsreet, was proceeded against at Llanelly on Mon- day for detaining a war badge of a sol- dier named Levi John Moses. Mrs. Sarah Edmunds said that as Moses refused to pay her 15s. which he owed for food and lodgings she would net hand over the en- velope containing the badge when he I called. The case was dismissed.
- - ,- I VETERAN PRINTER.…
I VETERAN PRINTER. Mr. William Brown Passes Away I at Newton, Mumbles. I The death took place on Monday, at Hillside, Newton, of Mr. William Brown. The deceased, who was an octogenarian, was well known in Swansea. Before he retired he was for about 25 years deputy foreman of the Daily Leader" jobbing department. A year or so ago he and his wife, who survives him, celebrated their golden wedding. One of his sons is Mr. George Brown, who has been interned in Germany since the outbreak of war, and his other sons are Mr. William Brown, Mr. Harry Brown, Mr. Ivor Brown (of Vancouver), and Mr Roswoll Brown. His daughters are Irs. J. E. Jones (Ports- mouth) and .Mrs Maurice Clarke, the well-known vocal i st.
GOWER POTATOES.-I
GOWER POTATOES. Farmers Assured of Plentiful Supply of Seed. At the Swansea Corporation Allotments Committee (Mr; W. W. Holmes in the chair) Mr. B. Lionel Wolf, local repre- sentative of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries made an important statement with regard to potato-growing and wart disease in Gower. He had told the Gower farmers that the right sort of seed potatoes would be forthcoming and an offer of deferred payment, subject to a bank guarantee had been made to the farmers. The latter were patriotic men, and Mr. Wolf assured the committee that there would be as many potatoes planted in the Peninsula, this year as last. Very large stocks—over 20,000 tons —had been purchased for the use of the Al county.
!DRIVEN OFF .I
DRIVEN OFF I I LONDON RAIDERS ACAIN FAIL THREE AERIAL ATTACKS ON CAPITAL PRESS BUR 1\U, Tuesday, 12.11 a.m. Lord French report* at midnight:— Hostile aircraft crossed the coast of Essex shortly after 9 o'clock to-night, and proceeded towards London. None of the raiders penetrated the de- fences, and so far no damage or casualties have been reported. PRESS BUREAU, Tuesday, 11.45. Lord French issues the following report: No casualties or damage were caused in last night's air raid. U-BOAT SHELTERS BOMBED. Another Aerial Raid on Zeebrugge.! ADMIRALTY, Tuesday Morning. ) During the night of 17-18 February our naval aircraft carried out bombing raid s on Zeebrugge Mole, and Docks, and at the docks of Bruges. Several tons of explosives were dropped. Our bombs were observed to fall alongside the submarine shelters in t.he vicinity of the lookgates and quays. During the forenoon of the 18th of Feb- ruary the enemy aerodrome at Varsaenere was attacked. Thirty direot hits axe re- ported on hangars and sheds. During the coursa of offensive patrols three enemy aircraft were destroyed. All our machines have returned sa.fe.ly. TREVES AGAaN BOMBED. I Striking British Victories in the Air For the second day in succession British pilots have scored great suc- C&S8e8. On Saturday. 24 German machines were accounted for; on Sunday, 10 more German machines wore destroyed and six others were driven down out of control. In the two days we lost only eight machines. In addition, incessant bombing of Ger- man aerodromes was continued. On Sun- day night a ton of bombs was dropped on the railway at Conflans. west of Metz. On Monday, in broad daylight, bombing squadrons raided the barracks and sta- tions at Treves and the steelworks at Thionville, Excellent results were ob- tained, and all our machines got back.
WEST WALES COLLEGE.
WEST WALES COLLEGE. Decision of the Privy Council I Deferred. The deci?on of the Privy Council i? re- gard to the petition of the Swansea Cor- poration to establish a University Oolteg? for W&st Wal" in that town has, it i,41 åAdofit¡-,hœA miapanrie&penrfing ilt» PIITFFTTFITION of fhe report of lawd Hal- dane's Commission on University Educa- tion in Wales. It will be some time be- fore the latter is issued owing to printing delaye.
GAS CO.'S BILL.1I
GAS CO.'S BILL.1 I Unanimous Approval of the I Draft. The annual meeting of the Swansea Gas Light Company was held on Tuesday, pre- sided over by Mr. W. J. Rees, the Deputy Chairman. In proposing the resolution adoptingth. accounts, Mr. Rees dealt fully with the comparison between that year and the former year's trading, show- ing the oontinuaJ rises in oast of materials and labour. He remarked that a highly satisfactory feature from the consumer^ point of view could be adduced from the feet that while ooal had increased in cost over pre-war approximately 80 per cent., an4 their wages bill nearly 90 per cent., representing the two principal items of expenditure, the gas had only beem in. creased 31 per cent. Messrs. George Andrews and W. H. Edwards were re?leetcd directors. Mr. J. S. C. Tayior w? elected joint auditor 'to the %-amrc?r cauwd by the death of Mr. Samuel Taylor, and th? u.?ua? resolutions ¡ were paaeed. At the termination of the annual m?eet-I ing, a apeciaJ meehng' was held in connec- tion with the pop-i Bi'M to be promoted by the Gas Company in the ensuing session of Parliament, and, &fter dii?cusKion. ananimoua approval was given to the Draft I Bill.
ABSURD, PENSION RUMOUR.
ABSURD, PENSION RUMOUR. Mr. Hodga in Parliament on Monday emphatically denied a suggestion that when a soldier is killed in battle the cost of the blanket in which he is buried is deducted from the widow's pension. The idea, he said, was a shocking one, and its j circulation was disgraceful to those who made it.
LOCAL POLICE INSPECTION. I
LOCAL POLICE INSPECTION. I Sir Leonard Dunning, H.M. Chief In- spector of. Police, inspected the Swansea Police Force, together with the Special Constables at Swansea on Tuesday. Sir Leonard who was accompanied by the Mayor (Aid. Ben Jones) and the Chief Constable (Capt. Thomas) ex- pressed pleasure at seeing so fine a body of public officers and, addressing the Special Constables, he congratulated them upon the good work they were doing. A number of members of the Watch Committee were present.
A HAPPY ENDING. J
A HAPPY ENDING. The Ammanford magistrates on Mon- day brought together an estranged mar- ried couple after a conference in private with the parties, who were Dd. John, fit- ter. Tirydail, and Hannah John. A eon was also summoned by the father for assault. All tli* summonses were with- drawn, and the chairman (Mr. Dd. Rach- ards) expreitsad the hope that the parties would be the happiest pair in Ammanford for the future. Mr. S. Griffith was for the kusband and Mr. R. T. Leyehon for the wifo, --w. i <
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< A HANDWRITING TEST. T?CTnae, c?l'!iar, of Orm- ?<yr? (?w8''m-<'a?rT:TWM'L. Wdt eU'miU''lt101l at &at1¡ BaaTcra?tty .< ':8> -{< Court to-day ÙèóWr ?ea? that cur- tadn d:l trews in ? ha?l?-ii;. ing and parasted in hid dnial tating 6Om diciatrtol.—Ei-imirta-tOvn; c!o"s«d. LUCK OCCUPIED. Anstro-G^miam OSifcifcl.—'Troop* of tfcfr Liasingen Army Group hfra crapMlAick figging TO-OAVS ITALIAN OfffCfAL. otit Ifttfewies opened «ud- den It* ôU fctirmff ay partis ÙII CralvalaTA. AUd Tau^s a&f dispw^etf UMi. 9ntiAh i>atr>Iis fotvted the nate and rceticd the en*Tu«f*s advance trenc3i< j rciïœ tnt! During laet Hostile :«l"p dropped bombs on inhabited locali- ties in the plain. At Vioatira foir botnbs exploded and there wera a far yic&Lm*. The damage is ätiiht. I
TEA NOT A FOOD.I
TEA NOT A FOOD. I Magtstena! Ruling on I !mporta?t Point. At Saffron Waldcn on Tuesday Sir Carl Meyer, of Stretton-s-trect, London, And New Court Essex, -was charged under the Food Hoarding Order with acquiring 72 lbs. of tea at his country house. The defence submitted that tea was not au article at load, but a beverage, and the Food.and -Drugs Act, 1889; was quoted in support of the contention. The Bench, after retfring, took the view of counsel, for the defence, and dismissed the suffiraoi^. t
TO MEET THE PRINCE.t
TO MEET THE PRINCE. t Persbnnet of Swansea Depu- [ tation Decided Upon. f The personnel of the deputation- of the Swansea Corporation to be presented to the Prince of Wales- at Port Talbot on Wednesday, and the travelling arrange- ments for the partv, was decided at a special meeting of. the Parliamentary Com- mittee on Tnedsay afternoon. The Mayor (Aid. Ben Jones) was moved to the chair. ,1 the absence of the chairman and vice- chairman. The Mayor eald, the suggestion was that, nine memberej with the Mayor, should go, and lie thought the fairest way Wi16 for each party to nominate three. The Town Clerk said he had an inti- mation on behalf of the Progressive Party nominating Ald. Morgan Tutton Aid" Dan Jones, and Mr. Dd. Matthews, who' were all ex-Mayors. The Mayor said it. had been suggested to him that the following should represent the Labour party: Ald. T. Merrells, Mr. Darid Williams, and Aid. Miles. As. Mr. Parid Williams could not attend, how- ever. the name of Mf. Powlesland was substitnted for his. The Mayor suggested, on behalf of t?e Municipal Reform party, that two of !?-e representatives should be Mr. Per-y Mol yneux and Colonel A. Sinclair. Colonel Sinclair suggested the addition of Mr. W. Laugharne Morgan, and the whol08 list war, then agreed to. It wvl agreed that the party would traTeJ up by the 11.2,5 et.m. R. nnd S.B. Railway Station, nrriving at Port Talbot at 11.56 a.m., and return by the 3.20 G.W.R train, arriving in Swansea at 4 p.m. i The point at i-riie with regard to the return to S-Wû n:a was the question of Hie Council meeting, which takes place on Wednesday afternoon..
WOUNDED SOLDIER'S SHOP.
WOUNDED SOLDIER'S SHOP. At Swansea on Tuesday, Pte. Bertie Freeman, a wounded-soldier from France, was summoned for keeping his shop at Beaufort Arches open after 9 o'clock on the evening of Saturday, January 26th. A girl assistant was summoned for abetting. Mr. Rupert Lewis prosecuted. Freeman put in a written statement. The Bench dismissed the cases.
LLANELLY'S FALLING TRADE
LLANELLY'S FALLING TRADE According to the monthly report pre- sented to the Llanelly Harbour Trust < n Monday, 20 vessels paid dues during the month of January, as compared with 10 for the previous month and 25 for the corresponding period of last year. The imports only amounted to 383 tons, as compared with nil and 461 tons respec- tively. The exports were: Coal, 9.511 tons; tinplates, 4,032 tons; &nd sll n 632 tons; making a total of 14,175 tons, as against 7,974 tons for December, 1917, and 11,842 tons for January, 1917. j
TO-DAY'S NEWS IN BRIEFil
TO-DAY'S NEWS IN BRIEFil It is stated that the late Alfred (Ha j. Rothschild has bequeathed £ 25,000 to the Lord Kitchener Memorial Fund. Mr. H, Srnillio and Mr. P. Snowien, M.P.. have been nominated for the chair- j manship of the Independent Lafcoar; Party. i Amsterdam. Monday.—The Handels- blad learns that on Sunday evening all aeroplane dropped bombs on a m-eadow near Slius ^Zeeland). Mr. John Thomas', Pontardulais, who has just died at the age of 82. drove the-' first passenger train to Llanelly whn the branch line was opened nearly 60 j y,e,ar,s ago. j j"; According to the Petrograd newspapers, as the result of the simplification of di- j vorce pr6ceedings, 38,000 applications for divorce have been made in Petrograd sinoel the Revolution.—Reuter. Mrs. Muriel Gosling, wife of Acting-j j Lieut .-Colonel H. M. i;osling, has died 1 at Hitchin after nursing her girdeneeal wife, whose death is now thought to 1 have been due to spotted fever. rrancrsco Gaxcia. (34), a Spanish donkey- man, was fined S3 at Swansea on Tues* day for changing his address from a Yes-' sel at Cardiff to Cheshire-street, Swansea, without notifying the authorities. ( The War Office has ieaued an Ordo? which will enable all Volunteers Sections A, B, and C to obtain unifon? on enrolment, instead of waiting unti? they have passed the efficiency test. Mr. W. Symons, 43, Windsor-terrace, Uplands, Swan-?a, and Mr. E. Evau% [ Sunnybank, Uplands, Swansea, have t been granted a patent relating to the lub. I ricating of high-speed enclosed engine. 4 Two resolutions tip be proposed at thd 51 anmuvl conference of the I.L.P. a1;1 Leicester at Easter will caM for the abOK- tion ci t?e Mca?rchy a.nd of the House « £ ■ Iwi u.- tfea t.'on od' the N«<;ioTLal Debt. The following record stands to the credit of Church of England ohapldns serving with the I 4ully,; commi?o?ed, 11,854 at pre-eat serving, 51? killed or died of wounds, 90 wounded, 168 decorated. j The King's Bench Division Court; on Tuesday granted an extension, of time, in which to enter an appeal in the, motion in the case of Pegga v. Capital' and Counties Bank, an appeal from Swansea County Court decision. The Postmaster-General announces tha loss, through enemy action, of letters, and mails, for Madeira containing cor- respondence from the United Kingdo-m posted approximately from 22nd Decejn- I ber to 21st of January inclusive. Paris, Monday.—It is officially an*; nounced that no German aeroplane &p-> proached P&ris laet night. A Frc1L aeroplane, coming back from bombing6 enemy lines. was carried <mt of its tourse by a strong wind close to Paris where it was unable to make itself recognised by the defences which fired and gave tha* ala.rs. An int,restiag Oequit to the re-cen effofts of Mr. J. C. Davim, J.P, T%o,: Mount, Gowerton, in augmenting the'; Gowerton Carnival War Funds, took placed on Saturday, when an enlarged reproduo- tion of a photograph of the full u.unit;ee, was presented to him. This is a beautiful' specimen of the photographic art, aDCt. worthy of tha national eisteddfod faow of"- Mr. Cismund VallbtOlle.
FOUND DROWNED. I I -I
FOUND DROWNED. I Swansea Dock Mystery Still) Unsolved. At the adj ourned inquest, held on Tueo. day, on the body of Mcrcus Thomas Pratt, boatswain of the ss. Pomney, which war- recovered from the Prince of Wales Dock.. Swansea, a member of the crew. nam' Alfred Smith, said that deceased, though.1 he Lid h ad some drink, was still capable. of locking after himself. Deceased wae ou good terms with eveayoae. Dr. Trevor Evans, speaking to b&Virg examined the body, said there waa a*. abrasion on the nose and a cut to the bone on the skull. He believed the m- j juries were post mortem. Death was due:, to drowning The jury returned a verdict of Found drowned"
.GENERAL RAWLINSON.
GENERAL RAWLINSON. It is stated in Parliamentary circles that General Sir Henry Rawlinson will tike the place of Sir Henry Wilson oa the Versailles Council.
£ 200,000 131BLE STOLEN.,
£ 200,000 131BLE STOLEN. Petrograd, Monday.—The Patriarchal Sacristy at Moscow has been robbed.; among the valuables taken being a Bible with a bejewelled gold cover set in dia- monds, which was valued ten years before the war at 2,000,000 roubles Another Bible valued at rloo,ooo was also taÈ:en.-RRuter.
TIME CLOCK "TRICKED." "
TIME CLOCK "TRICKED." At Aberavon, on Monday, two young men, Thomas Ycarslev and Charles Hacker, employed 86 electricians at Port Talbot Steel Works, pleaded guilty to ob- taming 2s. 7d. each by false pretence8 j from the company by wrongfully punch- ing the time clock at the works. Mr. Lewis M. Thomas prosecuted and Mr. K. S. Wehrle defended. Both expresee d their sorrow, and the Bench, after giving them a serious lesson, discharged them.