The Cambria Daily Leader

AMUSEMENTS. 6.3G. TO..N I G HT 8.40. 'Phone: Central 92. MOSS EMPIRES, LIMITED, present Albert de Courville's NEW REVUE, OCEAN WAVES A TRIP ON THE OCEAN IN WAR TI ME, FOUNDED ON FACT, Produced by ALBERT DE COCJRVILLE. ALL STAR CAST, featuring BERT COOTE, .Emily Stevens, Winnie Tee, Garry Lynch, Ridiculous Recco, Billy Leon, Doris Leslie, JENNIE HARTLEY, And Hippodrome Beauty Chorus of 50. GRAND THEATRE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18th, 1918, Six Nights at 7.30, and MATINEE on SATURDAY at 2.30 p.m. Robert Ccurtneidge's Production: The Successful Musical Comedy, isMY LADY FRAYLE." Next Week.—Robert Courtneidge's Pro- duction, "THE ARCADIANS," from t4e Shaftesbury Theatre, London. TH^PlCiy REH01JSL High Street. The House of Good Pictures and Music. TO-DAY'S* PROGRAMME. Jack Pickford and Louise Huff in What fifianey Can't Buy. The Cast includes Theodore Roberts, Hobart Bosworth, and Raymond Hatton. A SHANGHIED JONAH (Triangle Keystone). A Greater Vit-agraph, Through the Wall, A Great Detective Drama. Thursday Next,- TH E SOWE RS. GASTLE GSHEMA (Adjoining Leader" Office). f Mon., Tues. and Wed., 2.30 to 10.30. A Self bViade Widow, An .Unique Five Part Comedy-Drama, with a Refreshing and Truly Remarkable Story, featuring ALICE BftADY. n of iiie Grey The Captain of the Grey Horse Troop, A Brilliant and Enthralling Vitagrapfc Drama in Five Parts, featuring EDITH STOREY. Thuio, Hsu.-ciuiJutN JIM (Triangle Drama). CARLTOH CINEMA The House with an Orchestra. I' TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME. June Caprice in a Fox Film, I A Small Town Girl, A Drama of Thrilling Adventures. LITTLE MOCASSINS (Rex Drama). SECRET KINGDOM No. 4. CHARLIE CHAPLIN IN ONE OF HIS LATEST. Thursday Next.—ROSY O'GRADY. ELY SI U M. From 2.30 till 10.30. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Fox presents Dainty, Winsome June Caprice in PATSEY, A Dainty Tale of Thrills and Adventure. THE GREY GHOST (Episode 6), The House of Mystery." J. THE MOVE OVER (Nestor Comedy). Thursday Next- SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN. J PUBLIC NOTICES. « CLARA BUTT TOUR. ALBERT HALL, SWANSEA, U.Thursday, February 21st, at 7.30. -The Greatest Concert of the Season.— It. Only Appearance. Madame CLARA BUTT, The World-Famoug Contralto, who has raised S:40,000 for the Red Croee and jij other Charities, w Madame ELSA STRALIA, sk The Famous Soprano from Grand Opera House, Milan, Paris & Corent Garden. ? LADY TREE, the World-Famous Actress. ADELA VE RN E, the Brilliant English tm Pianist. At the Piano — Mr. Harold Craxton. Steinway Grand Pianoforte. Tickets (including Tax).-Reeerved. 10a. 6d., „. 8s. 6d. 5s 9d.: Unreserved 3s. 6d and Zs. 4d. Plan and Seats at Alfred Way'? Stationer and Bookseller, 4. Wind-street. Swansea. Tel.. Docks 313. BOOK EARLY! "Under the-c auspices of the Swansea War h Pensions Coinmittee. Notice to Discharged Disabled Men. A CINEMA TALK C Entitled: "RECALLED TO LIFE," 4 m" Will be given at the v Ip-YSIUM, High Street. Swansea -fin addition to the ordinary Programme) on Wednesday, February 20th, 1918, By Mr. ARTHUR B. MALDEN, F.R.G.S. (of the Ministry of Pensions) on m "THE TRAINING OF DISABLED I SAILORS AND SOLDIERS." Illushated by a Series of Photographic Films and Slides. Admission Free to ex-Service Men, on » production of Ticket, which may be ob- tqiried at the Offices, Central Police I 1".Iô Buildings, Alexandra-road. The Lecture will be given between the Jiours of 7.30 and 8.30 p~i*- SALES BY AUCT'ON. ——————————————————————.—— GrOWERTON, Near SWANSEA. SALE OF A VALUABLE DETACHED DWELLING-IIOUSE AND LARGE GARDEN. MESSRS. John M. Leeder and Son WILL SELL by AUCTION, on the Premises, on FRIDAY, 22nd FEB- RUARY* 1918, at 1 p.m., the Valuable LEASEHOLD Detached Dwelling-house, Known as VILLA CWMTROLE (for- merly, called "Cwmtrole Cottage-"), GOWEKTON, Together with the Outbuildings and Large Garden. The House contains: Kitchen, Scullery, Sitting-room and 3 Bedrooms; Outside: W.C., 2 Pigstyes, Corrugated Iron Roofed Stable and Cart Shed. Held for a term of 99 years from the 1st day of May, 1885, at an annual Ground Rent of t2. The Mines and Minerals are Reserved. To be immediately followed by the Sale of the HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, HORSE, I' CART, and other Effects. Goods on View Morning of Sale. Terms—Cash. Further particulars may be obtained .of D. Stanley Owen, Esq., Solicitor, London and Provincial Bank Chambers, Swansea, or of the Auctioneers, at their Offices, 16, Waterloo?strcet, Swansea. (3098) ?,,H,tFTESBURY HALL, ST. HELEN'S-1 ROAD, SWANSEA. CLEARANCE SALE OF FURNITURE. Mr. Astley Samuel, F.A.I., WILL SELL by PUBLIC AUCTION, on WEDNESDAY, 20th FEBRU- ¡ ARY. 1918. Valuable Assorted Furniture, Consisting of SPLENDID PIANOFORTE IN ROSEWOOD CASE, Beautiful Ches- terneld Suite in Turkey Moquette, Ma- hogany Dining Table, Carpets, Rugs, Mats, Ornaments, Inlaid Sheraton Cab- inet, English Gilt Mirrors, Inlaid Ma- hogany Bedroom Suite, very fine Walnnt Bedroom Suite, Massive &ft. Walnut Wardrcbe (3 plat(-glass doors) Mahogany Chest of Drawers, Oak Dining Table, Singer's Sewing Machine, Dining Suite in Leather, Mahogany Hall Chairs, Bed- steads, Mattresses, Overlays, Skin Ruf., Fire Brasses, Fenders, Washstands, Dressing Tables; numerous other articles. Sri-Ie to Commence at 11 a.m. Goods on View Morning of Sale. Terms —Cash. Auctioneer's Offices, King's Chambers, Swansea. 58, WOODVILLE ROAD, MUMBLES, WEDNESDAY, 20th FEBRUARY, 1918. Mr. Trevor E. Williams TTAS been instructed by SELL by ±L PUBLIC AUCTION, the whole of the Household Furniture AND EFFECTS, Comprising roughly: Sitting-room Suite in American Leather, Walnut Extension Dining Table, Walnut Overmantel, Occa- sional Tables, Pictures, Kerb and Fire Brasses, Axminster Rug and Lino., Case- ment Curtains, Hall Stand, Axminster Stair Carpet and Stair Rods, Hall Mats, Kitchen Table and Chairs, Bookcase, 2 Wicker Chairs, China and Culinary Utensils, etc., etc., Fumed Oak Bedroom Suite, Fumed Oak Bedstead, Spring Mat- tress, Overlay, Combination Bedstead and Overlay, Bed Linen, Black Bedstead, Premier Bicycle, Oilcloth in \Passage and | Bedrooms, Garden Tools and other goods too numerous to mention. Goods on View Morning of Sale. Sale to commence at 11 o'clock a.m. Terms—Cash. Auctioneer's Offices: 17, St. Mary-street, I Swansea, and "Ravenshoe," Mumbles. Tel- T),-]- 1 J i. SHORT NOTICE. AUCTION ROOM, 21. UNION-STREET, SWANSEA. SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. llr. H. C. Higman WILL SELL by AUCTION, at the above address, on FRIDAY, 22nd FEBRUARY, 1918, at 11 a.m., a Quantity of Household Furniture, Roughly comprising: Dining-room Effects, Mahogany Sideboards, Dining Table, Par- lour Suites, Ebony China Cabinet, Car- pets, Rugs, Overmantels, Bedroom Suites, Wardrobes, Chest of Drawers, Pictures, PIANOFORTE, Kitchen Dresser, Tables, Chairs, Croc- kery, Ware, Mangle, and Sundries. View Morning of Sale. Terms—Cash. Auctioneer's Offices: 21, Union-street, Swansea (opposite Mond Buildings). PUBLIC NOTICES. TO HOUSEHOLDERS RESI- DENT OUTSIDE THE SWAN- SEA BOROUGH AREA. j THE attention of householders re- sident without the Swansea Borough Area is called to the fol- lowing paragraph contained in the Circular issued by the Welsh Com- missioner for Food for the Direction of the Local Food Committee. Persons resident outside the Area, on showing that they have been accustomed to 'buy rationed] articles from within the Area (o Swansea Borough) will be allowed to obtain cards by filling up the form of application and forwarding ;t through their OWN Food Office." Householders to whom the above applies may in accordance with the above instruction deposit cards re- ceived from their own Food Office with Swansea Borough Retailers with whom they are in the habit of dealing. These cards will be duly accepted and honoured, and the householders will receive an equal share with Burgesses of the Borough according to the declared rations. (Signed) H. LANG COATH, Hon. Executive Officer. Swansea Local Food Control Committee. February 15th, 1918. -■.■■■!— I — K CWMBWRLA CHAPEL. A Grand Patriotic CONCERT Will be held on GOOD FRIDAY EVENING, When the Choir will render The Gate of Life" and Miscellaneous Programme. Eminent Artistes. "LEADER" CLASSIFIED ADVTS. DEFENCE OF THE REALM ACT. Adverticements in the Situations Vacant coiumn from Firms whose bushes consists wholly or mainly in engineering or ship- building. or the production of arms. am. munition, or explosives or of substances required for the Liroduction thereof, are. in order to comply with Regulation 8 (b) of the above Act. subject to the following con- ditions:— No person resident more than 16 miles away or already engaeed on Government work will be engaged. MISCELLANEOUS SITUATIONS VACANT. A BERTH for Life is waiting our Students ?T. as Quickly as we can QualÜy them. We have sent out this year 200 students to situations worth £10:J per annum as a com- mencing salary, and want 500 more at once. Apply for Terms. South Wales Wireless College, Ltd.. Market Buildings. Cardiff: or Castle-street, Swansea. Men and Youtns. ,,r AN Wanted for Hammer Drill at Lime- .1(1. stone Quarry; good job and good wages.-Write Box B 19," Leader Office. 179A2-19 "Y47 ANTED. Men for Clay Pit: 10d. per V r hour.—Apply Graig Brick Works. Mor riston. A2-19 AITA-NTED. Shoeing ami General Smith: V V good wages to suitable man; regular job: ineligible.—Apply Peacliey. Mumbles. 179A¿..21 -t-,II'I',ANTED. immediatelv Gardener. oqingle- V s handed; Fruit Vegetables Flowers." Apply, with references, to Roberts. Bryn Kewydd, Treboeth. 179A2-22 ANTED. Good Under-Gardener. jrojd V t: wages for suitable man.— Apply, stat- ing age, experience, to Mr Wilfrid Thomas Llwynderw. Blackpill. 176S2,19 17V/"AN'TEDT a Reliable Sober. Man (in- I. eligible) to Drive Pair-horse Delivery Wagon: permanent iob.-Write Box "B 15." Daily Leader. Swansea. 176A2-19 \]UANTED, Clerk Male (ineligible): com- V T mercial Office: quick at n?urea: salary 40s.-State age. experience, etc. Box C 8." Daily Leader, Swansea. 181A2-23 T\7 ANTED, immediately Ledger Clerk (in- Vf eii,-ible).-Apply. stating age experi- ence, and salary required to Box B 13," Leadei Office, Swansea. ~V\F ANTED, Experienced Working Head Hi Gardener; cottagk; provided.—Apply, I stating ago. qualifications, wages, to Mr. Wilfrid Thomas. Ll wynderw. Blickpill. 176A2-19 XITANTED. by Firm Wholesale Grocers. H Young Man at Clerk (Ineligible): pro- gressive salary suitable applicant.—Fullest particulars Box 0 7." Dailv Leader. Swan- sea. 131A2-23 \T AN'rED. Experienced Weigh Clerk <in- l eligible, or discharged soldier) for weighing trucks, and deal with trafric.- Apply, stating age, and wages required, to the Ammanford Colliery Co.. Ltd.. Amman- ford. A2-19 Mfen and Women. A GENTS Wanted, malo or female—Letter. Leaney's. Ltd.. la. Fairfield-road. Eow. London. A2-20 ANTED. Mail and Wife look after small t f. Farm 20 acres; man must understand all farm work, wife milk. poultry, etc.; cot- tage garden.—Apply Rees, 32. Trafalgar- terrace 181A2-23 Women and Girls. WANTED. Dressmaker at the Institution Apply Ma??ter. Workhouse. Swansea. 179A2-19 WELL-EDUCATED Young Lady Vvr: • V t as Day Governess to Girl of M years.— Apply 1, Kingston-road. Sketty. 178A2-20 Domestic Servants. OOD Mid Reauired immediately exep. CT r tional wages to suitable person.— Apply Mrs. W. A. Rees. Clydach Bakery. near Swansea. 181A2-23 w ANTED. at once reliable General by » V Mrs. R A. Lewis Off Licence. Hig-b. slrect. Clydach. 92-23 W ANTED, a good General Servant; small I" family.—Apply Mrs. Meyler, 6 St. Uclcn's-crescent. Swansea. 179A2-22 AA" IDOWEP, RE,.(juirc-s Housekeemr: three in family; middle-aged preferred; state age and wafre.-Write Box 0 5' Leader Office. 381A2-23 SITUATIONS WANTED. SITUATION Wanted as Housekflj^er to C3 respectable Working: Man.—Write Box "B 16." Leader OiBcc. 177A2-20 HOUSES AND SHOPS FCfi SALE AUO TO LET. BCSIKES9 !'remises for Sale. or to Let: two Commodious Shops and Premises; best position in Pontardulais: taxcellent op. tori unity; poBSi><JSion March 1st.—Apply to Mrs. M. Thomas. Castle Buildings. Pontar- du lais. 178A2-20 Olt SALE, or To Let No. 6, Canel Build- .£1 ings. Clydach-on-Tawe. now in occupa- tion of Mrs. George. Grocer: possession 24th Juiie next. or earlier.—Apply Williams and Williams. Solicitors. Fishguard. C2-Z3 rpo LET a good Stable and Coach-house: suitable for garage: centra] position.— Apply G. Alexander. 45 Car I ton-terrace. 179A7,22 rpo LET, to Market Gardener, excellent JL Garden top of Sketty 'Hill: glass houso —Apply, by letter, Garden," Sketty Post Office. i80A2-20 Hj1 J LET, immediate t)ocoassioti. Well- X furnished House: 7 rooms, bath-room. eiectric light: moderate rcnt.-i. Gloffrey- street. Neath. C2-19 T(\THY Pay Rent? Send your address, and V 1 will tell how I bought my house with the rent.—Write 0 2," Leader Office, Swansea. 179A?-22 Mr. J. Pugh William$' Announcements, MiS J. PUGH WJLUAMS Auctioneer and il 1- Estat..e Aent. 12. College-street, Swansea, has the following Properties for Sale — TFREEHOLD RESIDENCE near Centre of -IT Town: with garage' in excellent condi- tion, I-ÄNGLA.ND Bay??Choice Freehold Resid- 1 A ence; all modern convenienoeg. ?SGOL-STBEET.—Oce cr more well-built X Houses: also a number of o?her Houses at St. Thomas. HOUSES in St. George's-terrace. Rosehill- JTL terra-ce, St Helen's-crescent, Hawthorne- avenue, Bryn-road, King Edwards-road, Heathfield; and at Sketty. Manselton. Hafod. Cwmbwrla. Cockett. Gorseinon, Ijoughor, Grovesend. Pontardulais and Ystradgynlais. \TANTED TO PURCHASE. Blocks of Pro- T t perties in or near Town. Must have Long Leases or Freehold, and in good (-on. dition. SALES of Every Description Undertaken: ? RENTS Collected and Estates Managed: VALUATIONS mah for Probate. Mortgage, or Sale: MORTGAGES negotiated, and IN- SURANCES of all kindfc promptly effected. Personal Attention; Reasonable Terms. 170R Further Particulars, apply to J. PUGH WILLIAMS, Auctioneer. Valuer and Estate Agent, 12 College-street Swan- se9. HOUSES WANTED. ADVERTISER Requires Houee at Rental j?JL of from to £ 45 per annum (indn- sive). Swansea, or District.—Send full par- ticulars to Tree," o/o Da.ily Leader. Swan- sea. C2- W ANTED. Small House in Swansea neigh bourhood.-Writ-e Box "O 1," Leader 179A2-19 "XTtfANTED. Small Houee. with garden. I t within about two miles of Swansea: good tenant: s-mall family.—Apply Butcher. No. 10. Union-street. Swansea: 177A2-20 ¡;OR SALE. 17TXCELLENT Second-hand Faced Bricks. ii Common Bricks, and Firebricks for Sale at St. Helen's Tramways 1'0wer Sta- thn at 25a. per thousand on ?ite. 0 ??l considered for all work not s tripped down — VVextern Engineering Company Foresters Yord, Swansea. 179A2-22 G- ALVANISED Corrugated Sheets in stock 'm 5, 7, 8. and 9 ft: Galvanised Ridging, best quality. 6ft lengths 53.. M.: Fireproof Safes, 28in., 30in„ and Slitt.: 5 cwt. Beam Scale, 70s. Grindstones, best quality, lain x 3in., 7s. 6d.; 3,500 ft Piping in 14 ft. lent-ti)- gin.—what otfN 10,000 ft. Horticultural Glass 2.1 and 26 cz.. 24in x 12in., £ viid 18in x 12ir. 50 1 cwt. kegs Paint. Red Oxide (ready for use), at 52s. 6d cwt.: Stanley's Plane. No. 65. complete in box, with Book of In- structions. 75s.. and various other Toots; 50 gro-is Hacksaws from 18s. gross. Enquiries solicited.—B. Shepherd. Ammanford. Tel. N0.; 48. near NViath. S7s ton rail some ?,7s ton rail some immedlatply: 6's carriage paid some stations: inspect Crugau Woods. Resolven.— J?inin? and Co I.td. _?__ A23 RUGS.—Traveller has for -?sposa.I. ?. J.? great sacrHi'?e Sample? of Handsome Skin Rugs; the real skins of Leopards. Bears. Wolves. etc.; bargains.—Call any evening, between 6 and ? Traveller, 39 Hen- rittta-street Swansea. ? ?A?-19 SWEDES. 63.: Turnip. 6s Carrots 7s. 6d. ? cwt. carriage paid: (?acb with order; ba:9 returned.—L. E. Hoare, Dairyman W?)!toeton. Somerset. C2-19 I I 1 tbe Kruschen   ?? b'sbit-ward off rheumatism every morning and learn what it is like to feel good and fit all the time. Every morning! Of all Chemists 1/6 per bottle. Ail British  ????"   ??' (' TRADE ANNOUNCEMENTS. BUTTER BEANS! Nature's Bountcous y Food. Why chase for meat when a plentiful supply of such nourishment is at hand?—Emanuel Thomas and Son, Swansea. 181A2-18 BAZAAR GOODS—Toys. Fancy Goods. etc.. every kind: advice to beginners: also best snare time agency: 80-page Cata log-ue free.—Mav (164) George-street Birm- ingbam. OTC iT'IiENITURE.—Best Pricep given hv me for JP Second-Hand Furniture and Antjone Furniture of any description. Drop me a postcard or call.-Wm. James, 8. Fabiftn- street. St. Thomas. CTO KNITTING Machines; Latest Best: Lists Free: Lesson." Free.—W. Griffiths. 30. Queen-street. Neath. LONDON Time-Table and Red Rail Guide. JU —The current issue of this popular Publication is on Sale at all Railway Boult, stalls and leading Newsagent*. Nearly 600 pages, it deals witti over 3,000 Railway Sta- tions At sixpence it is the best and cheapest Railway Guide ever published S AIRDLNES! Sardines!! Sardines!One k3 of the few -articles not "controlled." As usual we have some stock.—Emannel Thomas and Son. Swansea. 181A2-18 Mills, English and Co.'s Announcements. GARDEN TOOLS.—It is not too earlv to \J< purchase these. Supplies are getting short. c A RBORUN.DUM.-We keep a large eelec- J tlon of Carborundum Oil Stone, Wheels, and English and Co C.T.C. UEAT.— Change your old-fas b ion BH '.r Grate into a Princess"' Barlees Fire: it will double the radiation of beat, and save balf the coal bill, fo 12s. 6d — Particu- lar1 Mille. English and Co., Ltl1., Swansea. VT AI-TinpJate Boxes, the Meco 1? Box Nails are replacing wire naila: cheaper, stronger. Ask for sampies and i)riee,s.-MiUs. i'iglisil and Co.. Ltd.. Swan- e,;a. TrOUR Kitchen Range does not salve labour. Enquire for particulars of cur J Twin Interior: it converts a Kitchen into a Breakfast Room boils bath water roasts, and has plenty of saucepan room. It al- wayb looks lik; 0 Grate.-Pat. ticulars Mills. E)r<g!jsb and W.. Ltd., Swao. me&. EAGLE BANUE9 ANE U It- are IL Sole A.genti, aatl should be pleased to advise you.—Mill? ltrglieb and Co., ;td.. Swansea. MAT EX 3ubstitutes Sheet Lead It is half the price in coat and fi«ing> CLEMENT FLOOM.? n 80ft &no dusty, u'se V Sanisealit makes the uoor like Ateel, and dustless.—Mills liuglisb and Co. Ltd.. Swansea^ C'ORRUÖ=Ú'D Sheets in stock at.3W.- per t) swt.—Mills English and Co.. Ltd.. 4. Caetlosquare. Swansea,- MESS Rooms for Works.—We can suptily DjL you with la-Natories. Stoves, etc.. for tti,s worli.-Mills. English and Co. 4. Casile- square. Swansea CTO MISCELLANEOUS. \?. WANTED. Contractor's }ùrtabb Shed: ('¡must be in good condition.—Send fuU particulars and Lowest price Box P.O. 21, Ll!!l. A2-19 t WANTED Portable Engine, 6 or 8 horse: VT. must be good, and not too old.-Write .Vij 0 3," Lead4r Ofnoe Swansea. A2-lti \\T ANTED, a Second-hand Weighing T 7 Machine, to .weigh up to two cwts; also a small Portable Hand Forge.—Apply Manager, Tawe Valley Gas Co. Pontaxdawo. A222 EGGS, POULTRY, &c. A RE you going to let your pullets eat 1\. their heads o& until next Sprh;?? Make winter egg-production a ceftainty by giving them Karswood (barmleae) Poultry Spice, containing ground insect^. Packets 2d. 64., le.—Parker Corn Merchant ply- mouth-street. Swa.nsea. |28178A2-20 "ULL Egg Baskets follow use of Kars- L wood Spice containing gjound insects. 2d., 6d.. lr,Di,ies Bros., Chemists. HEb- ron-road Olydach. 178A2-20 IVE Fowjp Wanted immediatel: an.v XJ quantity.—Apply Box 14. Leader Office. ath. C2-23 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. G RAMOPHONE.. 25 guinea model, hand. f s-ome, hornless inlaid Sheraton Cabir.tt: stands 4h on castors: record cup- board completely enclosed, with records: accept £ 8.-5 Edward-terrace Cardiff. 177A2-19 SECOND-HAND Pianoforte by Collard and 0 Collard: full trichord ivory keys; re- « duced to .t33 12s, cash. Walnut Piano, by Rosenstrich. j633 12s. Walnut Piano, by Hine. JE40. Walnut Piano by Witton and Witton. £42. Walnut Piano by J F Yates, London: iron frame £ 45. Walnut Piano, by John Woodq. E45. Ebonised Piano, b7 Bord. Paris, £ 68. Mason and Hanjlin Organ. sOo lfta. caaht Oak Harmcnium, 7 stops E10 10e. Small Harmonium, bv Ceaarine, a.- Thompson and Shackeil. Ltd.. 39. Oastle- street. Swansea. PUBLIC NOTICES. Ystradgynlais Local Food Control Committee. rrHE above Committee requires the,ser- x vices of an ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE OFFICER, who will also be expected to act as Inspector under the Food Con- trol Committee. Applications to be sent to the Executive Officer, Council Offices, Yrtradgynlais, and must be received not later than first po6t on Monday, the 25th instant. Applicants must be ineligible for Mili- tary Service. Salary, £2 per week. IMPORTANT. SCRAP LEAD ORDER. (Minister of Munitions Defence of the Realm Regulation, Sept. 1st, 1917.) T AM directed to draw your attention to the fact that all re-mclted lead, scrap lead and lead residue were taken possession of under the Defence of the Realm fecgulatiou by the Ministry of Munitions, on September 1st, 1917. The material is urgently. needed for the manufacture of shrapnel bullets and other National Purposes. Scrap Lead may not be disposed of to Lead manufacturers or consumers. All stocks of scrap lead in any form must be immediately disposed of or placed at the disposal of the Ministry within 7 days after the end of each month. Failure to carry out these instructions constitutes a contravention of the Lead Control Order. Acting Ministry of Munitions Agents: MILLS, ENGLISH & Co., Ltd., Wind-street, Swansea. This firm is authorised on behalf the Ministry of Munitions to purchase and collect lead. w ANTED, Tenders for Haulage of 3.500 Vf tons pitwood in St Clears district: good main road.—For particulars apply to Manager, Emlyn Colliery Handebie. 178A2-22 1 Sun Rises 7.f:5, Sun Sets 5.34. Lighiing-up Time, 6.4. I Subdue Lights visible from the Sea- Swansea 6.4, Llanelly 6.5 2-3, Aberavon 6.4, Pemhroke 6.8J. Subdue othor Lights- Swansea, 7.34, Llanelly 7.35 2-3, Amman- ford 7.35, Aberavon 7.34, Neath 7.34, Carmarthen 7.36, Pembroke 7.385. High Water, 11.59 a.m. King's Dock, 32ft. 6in. a.m. To-morrow, 0.58 a.m., 1.24 p.m.

A SIMPLE ISSUE. Evidence accumulates daily that the great attack is close at hand, especially convincing on the subject being the state- ments of all the prisoners taken recently, whose information is mutually confirma- tory and too detailed to be a matter of coaching.—Mr. Perry Robinson to-day. At any moment we may see the begin- ning of the enemy's last and desperate effort to end the war by a <CÓE.j\c',ietorv —for the offensive which ho has been preparing for months is imminent.—Mr. Philip Gibbs. It may, however, all mean nothing, and I honestly do not think our Army very Seriously cares. If the Germans means to biff us he can do it when it pleases him. We shall be ready, and the Army at least has abundant confidence that it can take care of him.—" Times corres- pondent. It is not very o ften we find our- selves in complete agreement with our Swansea contemporary upon matters affecting politics; but some words used by it yesterday are so much to our own mind, and so much in the spirlt of views we ex- pressed la-st week, that we venture to quote them here. The country is not in the mood to take the slightest interest in the efforts of Ministers, ex-Ministers, and mem- bers to score off one another, re- gardless of the effect on the greatest issue, it said. "Sensible people want the war won as soon as pos- sible, and have no heart for the comedy of personal dialectics when a grim tragedy is unfolding itself." Here we have conveyed, we believe, what the country really thinks about the series c?f crises that are being sedulously manufactured by London journalists with axes of their own to grind and victims to blood. The country is thinking of the war, and not of a political battle on the home front. We have no admiration for the style of Mr. Lovat Fraser, the Monday earth- quaJce-mafc«r of the Daily Mail," and hone for his wisdom as a stra- tegist; but he dopm seem to reach the point when he says that he be- lieves the country regards these parliamentary squabbles, and all the foolish gossip of the Lobbies., with absolute scorn. "In every home in the land men and women are thinking of the troops over the water, watching patiently and con- fidently at dawn iar the first- wave of German infantrv." And with these solemn thoughts filling their minds, with the fate of their boys ever in front of them, how can they take the squabblere with the gravity they take themselves! The position is very simple. The issue is not that which the Daily News" seeks to make it, the pre- dominance'tf Parliament It is the effective direction of the war. There is no plot—as we are certaip. tho Prime Minister will make perfectly, clear this 'afternoon. There have been changes, rendered neces&ary by the new conditions our men have to face this spring upon the Wes- tern front. The extension of the powers of the Versailles Council be- came requisite owing to the condi- tions which had arisen since the original constitution of that body. Those conditions, said Mr. Lloyd George in the House of Com- mons, were that, owing to the increased strength of the enemy on the Western line, it was necessary that the whdle strength of the Allied Armies should be "available at the point at which the attack of the enemy was direc- ted. We are reminded, also—and proper appreciation of this is es- sential to a trite understanding of the situation—that the policy fixed upon at the last Versailles Council was the policy of the Prime Mini- sters of Britain, France, Italy and President Wilson's representative, as advised by their military ex- perts; that it was accepted by General Foch, Chief of the French Sta.ff, by General Bliss, Chief of the American General Staff, and by the Deputy-Chief of the Italian Staff- the Chief in this case being Com- mander in the field; and that it had the support of General Smuts, who approves of its decisions. General Robertson was present when the policy was adopted, but it is now satd that he was opposed to the plan, both on its political and its military side. Sir Douglas Haig, whose dtity it is to carry out that policy, accepts it without ooy reser- vation. As the Times says in a per- fectly impartial review of the situa- tion—one, indeed, in which the Prime Minister is accused of haying said either too much or too little last Tuesday—at the great Allied Council at Versailles its members came to certain unanimous de- cisions about the common conduct of operations on the Western front. There was no difference of opinion whatever about the steps to be taken. Statesmen and soldiers were all in complete agreement. Nor, apparently, was there any differ- ence of opinicn about the machinery required for carrying out the agreed decisions. There is no secret about the grant of certain executive powers, for a definite limited pur- pose, to the small board of Allied ofifcers already ;n constant session at Versailles. No objection was taken to these powers by any states- man or soldier attending the Coun- ————————————„ ———————————  M.—— cil. The one and only point in dis- pute is the filling of the ney de- fined position at Versailles and the consequential rearrangement of W ar Office duties in London. All the nonsense abcrut the "revolution, about the" vlCtinw," about the decay of Parliamentary government, t. so much political camouflage in- vented by men who cannot rise above partisanship and petty per- sonalities. The central problem, indeed the only problem about which the men and women of this country with boys of their ow.i in France are; bothering about, is the constitution of an effective military alliance. We want to win the war, anti quickly; and the man base enough just now to worry about party ad- vantage deserves no consideration. As fa.r as we can see, Sir William Robertson has oeen treated with the deference to which his rank and his record entitles him; but in any case it will be disastrous for the country to compare this and that ma.n and to speculate upon their fitness for certain offices. The country has not the material before i it to enable it to judge; and it has to trust that the Government will do the best it can with the men it can command. It is, as the "Times" suggests, something worse than nonsense to preach the doc- trine that this or that soldier has t-he prescriptive and permanent right to this or that particular ap- pointment; that there need be no change in organization to me-et the changing circumstances of war. Mr. Asquith replaced Lord French and Sir Archibald Murray; every country at war has made radical changes in personnel. And of course these acts are the legitimate functions exercised by governments. Let us keep the real situation clear before us. Let us think of the battle preparations in France. We have to meet the German chal- lenge not in steel compartments labelled Britain and France, but to- gether. What do our little squabbles matter in comparison with the great issue! And, as the 'Daily Chronicle' points out forcibly to-day, parallel to the need for realising that the Allies' war-aims hang together and form one great cause, is the need for keeping the Allies together and preserving their common action in every possible way. A particular restraint should always be observed, both in Parliament and outside, in the discussion of common Allied decisions.

STOLEN MILK. I Sold by B&ys at Ammanford I at4d. a Tin. Four young boys who stole a case con- taining 48 tias of condensed milk, value £ 1 19s. 3d., from a railway van at Panty- ffynnon Station, and afterwards hawked them around th$streets of Ammanford at a time when there was a milk "strike," found themselves before the magistrates on Monday charged with the theft of the tins, and also a jar of ink, value 7s. The boys admitted the offence, and two of them, against whom there was a pre- vious conviction, were ordered to receive nine strokes with the birch each, 8I\d the otbor two boys six strokes sach. The parents were bound over, and otdereè to pay the costs. Fourteen householder were charged with receiving the ting knowing thear to have been unlawfully come by. Mr. T. R. Ludford (prosecuting) said th* eeri- ousness of the affair was in the receiving, and the defendants bad to explain how they came to buy the tins at a time when food was scarce, late at night. at 4d. a tin, whereas the retail price was ll|d. and from such young vendors. It was ridiculous to suggest that the defendants could reasonably have thought that the goods were honestly come by. It appeared from the evidence that the four boys enlisted the services of another two for selling, paying them a commis- sion of Id. per tin. One of the defendants bought up seven tins, and tho boys told each ont they were celling under ".Thomas, GarnswHt." Each defendant protested innocence. They all made short statements, indicat- ing how they came to purchase the tins. The Chairman (Mr. Dd. Richards) said the magistrates were inclined to believe they had done it in ignorance, b?t he must say they had been indiscreet. In view of their good characters the cases would be dismissed.

RUGBY IN FRANCE. I Rugby football teams representing the armies of New Zealand and France met in Paris on Sunday. The New Zealanders won by five points to three. I

BLOT ON CHRISTIANITY. I Speaking at Llangennech in connection: with the Soldiers' Fund, the Mayor of' Llanelly (Aid. D. James Davies) said he had just read a letter from a Llajaelly oiffce,r-a gentleman on whose word he could rely—describing his experiences in the Holy Land. He was struck with wonder and amazement at the way in which German influence had been at work in Palestine. One day he went into a church there and noticed a beautifully stained glass window with the figure of Christ; on another were the disciples, and on another, whom did they think? The Kaiser of Germany.

A presentation meeting was held at Dinas Chapel, Landore, on Monday even- ing, when Pte. D. J. Lewis was presented with the usual gift. Mr. D. Griffiths presided. N

TOWN TALK., The papers tell us, eo it must ba< true.Dr. Selbie. Pity the poor pr€6S<? man! — :0 Dr. Selbie want tho Press to read mord* Mstory. But it is recording the most won?. derful history daily: Although' the Prince of Wales isn't;, coming to Swansea, one local neighbour-i hood can boast of a notorious Prince oAO W ails." Roadways and chariots in the air," is the picturesque way in which the Rev. Pedr Williams describes the avenues em, ployed by wireless telegraphy. We ought to get on very well to- gether," said Mr. Hy. Thompson, at th.- Police Court, to a witness who said she was the wife of a Mr. Ily. Thompson. -:0:- Questions without qualification are somewhat strange. Is King George as good as King Edward?" as put at a local allotment meeting is an up-to-date sample. —:o: — The man who objected to what he termed the soft soaping method at 0. Swansea meeting on Saturday ( afternooaf forgot that the outstanding figure was # Bath(urst). —;o: — Dr. Selbie is a little man, but that rDd mark applies to his physical make-up alone. You remember what Dr. Isaacy Watts said when taunted with his lacld of inches. Were I so tall," etc. The last occasion on which a Prince of Wales visited Abertawe was in October. 1881. His iioyal Highness then was the guest of Sir H. H. Vivian (afterwards Lord Swansea) at Singleton Abbey. — o: — A pacifist is like a blustering hUØ8 band, when away from his wife, but who, when her threatening eye is upon him.. creeps under the table."—Miss Phyllis Ayrton at Swan&ea. The tables turned I The enthusiasm of the Committee of tha Pontardulais Town Band has been appro-' ciated by the West Wales Association. In; four years the Ponty boys have run five contests, including four annuals." —i o- — t Diogenes" repeats our note that "Sunday School tea-fights will not 00 t seen this year for a fair certainty," and asks, What could they be seen for ? Well, to drag 6narlers out of their tuby for one thing. — :0 There is such an acreage of good, un", tilled land in the parish of Llandilo-Taly- bont, it is said, that no householder in Ptmtardnlais, Goreeinon, Grovesend, Pontlliw and Penyrheol, need be without an allotment in 1918. — o:— There was such a glut of eggs in the Swansea Market on Saturday that ona dealer, after retailing them at cost price (4d.), had no less than 600 left over. It must have been eggs-asperating for the, dealer. In Oxford-street yesterday afternoon a, well-dressed gentleman upset a box of. matches while lighting his cigar. Al- though it ruffled his dignity to stoop andi pick them up, nevertheless he didn't pass on untiil every one of them had been re* placed. < — :0 The ration of bacon to local gid tll last week was supposed to have been noti more than 1-lb. for each family, yet a cor. respondent tells us of a boy carrying I basket yesterday off which the paper top fell, disclosing to view a. piece ofs bacon weighing at least 31bs. — JO — There is etill a little confusion oveIP the meat rationing echeme. Householders were informed by the newspapers to hand* their meat cards to the butchers by tha? 23rd inst., yet the butchers themselves* received instructions to hand in that- number of people they had registered by, the 21st inst. = —: o: — Swansea has had some great muricat; treats in tho past, BUTT the OOTI- cert on Thursday will beat all. Withf Au-STRALIA's prima donna, the audi- once is ensured of a TBEE-mendoug en- tertainment, and don't forget it starts a se-VERXE thirty. — iO Now that we can get half a pound oft bloater," and the time is coming when wet will be going to the poulterer for a cuq; off the bird," a curious correspondent wonders whether the period will arrival when our demands will be for sixpenny*, worth of vanishers "-by which term th, rabbit is now known. —: o: — At St. Paul's on Sunday evenitig, at the, new pastor's suggestion, the service in- cluded a short term of silence. This was explicitly stated by him to have been suggested by Quaker methods. The period- was, however, singularly short, only at; ( matter of less thiin a minute. One of thai things the churches need badly to learnt is how to be still in the preseribe of the* Infinite. -:0:- In the Swansea Council Year Book just issued there is an interesting ohange. For many years past, the salaries of all the' Corporation staff have been recorded, pre- sumably in .rder that Councillors shalt have a record of these thing?. This year, the information has been deleted. Wa do not remember any Council instruction on the of course one may, have been given. —;o: — A newoomer Jto Swansea is disappointed with the singing in the English churches of the town, which he says is far below? the standard he expected to find in Wales. By way of improvement, lie( I thinks the English sections, like tliei Welsh, should join together for an annual cymanfa ganu, the preparation for wliicl* would be bound to create an interest in the singing of the sanctuary. -:0:- How can rabbits be sold for 2e. eacbI.. when it costs such an enormous amouno of labour and money to catch them? On; Saturday last two Mumbles Councillorlil proceeded to Vower with their guns, tom gether with' 175 cartridges, and a ferre t} worth 103. 6d., which they lost. After ik good deal of shooting and-they returnee hOlio with three rabbits. The costf Worked out at 14s. 9i-d. per rabbit. -'0'- The two ministers—both rank pacifstq —had arrived for a special service at 8j place not a hundred miles from Aber* tawe. Their minister-host, in the trust* ful innocence of 0 his sturdy patriotism^ and never questioning their loyalty to tha war aims of Britain and her Allies, thus. proceeded: This week, one of those old ( pacifists came here to address a meeting. How many of those scoundrels have yot< in your districts, I wonder? — :o Ammanford's agitation for a county court, said a man in the train, reminds me of the difficulty there always is in se- curing such changes. I remember anothor such effort which took many years to effect. First of all, the Judge had to ba agreeable; then the Lord Chancellor had to give his consent to the establishment ot a court. The Registrar would not agree unless liis son was appointed registrar. The Judge, who had the right to appoint a registrar declined to bo dictated to; and; there the whole thing stopped. Some t; later the Registrar had his way, and court was duly established. Of course, this has nothing to do with the Amman- ford position. I know nothing about thai circumstances the. The other WM i somewhere in Wales,* and happened 'slower dydd."