The Cambria Daily Leader

PREMIER'S ILLNESS ] ii i ■ I ALL HIS LANCASHIRE ENCACE-II MENTS CANCELLED The keenest disappointment will be telt by all that the Prime Minister's in- disposition is such that the remainder of his Lancashire tour has had to be can- celled. This decision was reluctantly arrived at on Friday night after Sir William Milligau?s diagn?ig of the distinguished l)ahent. It was found that the chill which Mr. Lloyd George had caught on She preceding day during his Manchester tour had not only left the temperature high, but that he had developed influenza, LIe was accordingly ordered to remain in bed for a day or two. In view of this, it was at once decided I to cancel all public engagements for the present, and intimation to this effect WaS I, sent to the Mayor of Blackpool. PREMIER'S CONDITION TO-DAY. The following bulletin was issued oil 1 Saturday morning-- i "The Plin? Mmi&ter has had a some'll ba<t MBtl? Bight, and his temperature remains h?gh. His general condition ii?l more satisfactory. The inflammatory condition of his ithroat shows signs of improvement."

I SCROLL OF FAME. I Llangyfsiach Ufficer Killed in Action. i KILLED. i Sec.-iieut. R. IT. Davies, Royal Welsh fusiliers, second sou of the Rev. Z. W. Daviea. Ton Fentre (formerly pastoj oi Salem, Llangyfelaoh), was killed in action on August?Hrd. Having previously served m a special ?as company of the Hoyal Bn-\ gineers as a <iMpatch rider for over two years, he was gazetted to a commission, in Maiich of this year. He took the degree uf I at the University College, Cardiff, About a year ago he married the yonn?fst daughter of Afd. Kichard M.organ, .1.1' II Abery&twyth. Mra. Gnf)' Walters, Pont- Hiw, is a eMtcr of the late Lieut. Davies. The deceased was born at Llangyfelach, Swansea. Mrs. S, Davies, 11, Tabernacle-street, Skewen. has been ofijcially informed of the death in action, on the 25th August, ..t her youngest sou, Pte. James Nicholls, Welsh Guards. lie w»s 22 years of age and stood toft. fins. He has boen in franco for nearly 12 months, iiiid had ex- perienced 60 mo of the heaviest of the II lighting, hitherto unscathed. Prior to jcjning he was employed in the cupola department, Cape Copper WorlM. He wa.s, greatly liked by all, and wag the main support of his widowed mother. Two pf his. brothers are in the Air Service. Official intimation has been received that Rifleman Jack Henry Somere, (Queen's Westminster Rifles, son-in-law of k[r. T. Conwii Evans, King-street, Car- marthen, died* from wounds in hospital at IJouen on September (jth. Before enlist- ing he held a post at the City Hospital. Yardley-road Birmingham. News has been received by Mr. W. Roes, sign writer and painter, of 2S, Plymouth- street, Swansea, that his only son, Pte. Albert B. Rees, of a local unit, has been killed in action. News has been received by Mr. John Holloway" Courtsavt, Britonferry, that his only son, Pte. George Melrose Rollo- nay, was killed in action on August 23rd Like his father, Pte 1-iolloway was born in Swansea, and weiit to Nea-tlx in his boyhood. He was a teacher at the Briton- f ferry National Schools. Prior to joining Majesty's Forces he was superinten- dent, of the North London Industrial School. "News cf hM death has been com- municated by a friend. Pt?. HoUowa? was killed by a raaclune-gun bullet aiio died within SO seconds. He was buried in I a German cemetery. His widow resides in Walthamstow." London. News was received at Milford Haven Thursday that Pte. Arthur Jeffs, Civil Service Rifles (London Regiment), had been killed in Franee on Augull 30th by A sniper. Deceased enlisted a couple of I years ago, and saw* service in France, Sal- onika, the Balkans, and Palestine. He l entered Jerusalem with the British, and being a keen biblical student the Holy I Land had special attractions for him. pte. Arthur Merchant Jeffs was the youngest («n of the late Mr. Daniel Jeffs, and was I' for some years in th officp, of Messrs. Eaton Evans and Williams with his bro- i thcr. He was from a boy a chorister of St. Catherine's Church, and secretary of | the Bible Glass. and was, in the ai ranging j of entertainments and fetes, a most ar-1 dent worker | WOUNDED. I; Kewas just been received by Mj'?. ?S(-receh, of '?)1. I)ellireepivt(I b-r h that her h?band, I'ta. ScTP?ch. if lyin: I oi(usl'y wounded in hospital, and is 5till ¡ in France, He is suffering from a revere ?.slirttl)r,,el wound in the ri?ht shoulder. This is the second time for Pte. Screech j to be wounded, and he was formerly em- ployed at the Atlantic Fuel Works. Later j news shows that he is progressing fa vour- ably. j OFFIC-IAL CASUALTY LIST. I Welsh Regiment.—Wounded: Hams. 216't'C) A., G!yncorrw,f; TJiomM, 21091 W.i Resolven; Wilde, ?78? E., Llanelly. Royal Welsh Fusiliers.—Died of W oUhM: Meykr, 31578S Cpl. A. J., Mo:- riston; Pepper, 292126 J. J., Pembroke; Dock; Williams, 2K8073 W. R., Llanelly.

GROVESEND AWARDS. At the Council tichool, Gruvesend, on Thursday evening, Mr. J. Beynon, M.E presented the following succe4&ful stud- ents with c(-rtificatea;- Mining (Glam. C.C.): W. G. Davies, Dl. Fvans, Francis WatkÜH, Joshua Clayton, Fvan 1). W. Davies, Trefor C. Williams, Henry James, Gwilym Main-! waring, lawis Mainwaring, Watkin Main- i waring, D. H- .Williams. Mine surveying (Glam. C.C.): Stuart A. Lewis, Dd. H. Williams, Watkin Mainwaring, Gwilym! Mainwaring, Lewis Mainwaring, Isaac1 Morgan. Mining drawing (Glam. C.C.): I D. H. Williams, Isaac Morgan, Trefor C, Williams, Gwilym Mainwaring, Frand i E Watkins, Joshua Clayton, William G Davies. Practical mathematics (Glam. C.C.): Henry James, Isaac Morgan, Gwilym Mainwaring, Watkin Main war- ing, Lewis Mainwaring, Stuart A. Lewia These students attendeel the classes held at the Council School during session 1917. 18. As an impetus to further study and an appreciation, of their successful efforts, Mr. J. Beynon, M.E., presented handsome volumes on Mining to the following stu- dent?, who sat the grouped course exami- nations in Mining held by the Glam, C.C. at the Grovesend Council School last; April:—Wm. George Davies, Joshua Clayton, Henry James, Francis Watkins. Trevor C. Williams, Walter Davies, and Tommy Griffiths.

.Garlic is making a record price of 2s, a lb. at Manchester. Eliza Edith Trevor was fined at Lin- coln on Friday £1 for sending matches through the post to Iter soldier eon.

y- BATTLEFIELD FROM THE SEA TO THE PCMME.

TRYING TO TRICK US I _I I KAISER'S DEMOCRATIC PEACE CAMPAIGN The Press Association learns that the latest. infonnat-iuu from Germany fchows that a great democratic peace campaign is being prepared for the delusion of the AUie8. I

TO BE REFUNDED. ■ Millftl IM Pembrokeshire Woman Who Received Parish Relief. At a recent meeting of the Pembroke Ikard oi Guardians it was stated that j* -Oman had been receiving parish relief for two years, although in receipt of over 13 a week, and with sons in the flockyard and Army. In his report on the matter the reliev- ing officer \Mr. G. R. Young) stated that the woman had received ts. per week since February, 191(5, this sum beiug increased is. tkl. in March, 1917. She had a son in the dockyard earning 25s. a week and a daughter aisq in the dockyard who earned :-i5s. a week. She earned 2s -tir 3s. a week, and rceeived Us. 6d. allotment ray from another son in the Army. From the re- port in the Press it had appeared that she was receiving £3 14s. per week for herself, whereas £ 3 16. was really tjie earning of her son and daughter. The eon in the dockyard gave his mother 25s. a week for board, "Clothes, etc., and the daughter gave her another El a week for board and lodgings. At the time the relief was first given the earnings of both the eon and the daughter were considerably smaller, and had been gradually increasing, the son being 19 now. The other son mentioned as holding a commission in the Army, was a married man with seven children Considerable discussion ensued, and eventually the clerk was instructed to as- certain the amount of relief the woman had received, ancr tolapply for it to be re- funded.

VALUABLE ESTATES Carmarthenshire Properties Under the Hammer. There was offered for sale on Wednes day a portion of the Edwiasford Estate Llandilo. Among the larger lots were thp ifollaiving: Felin Newydd (New Mill) fre*- hold farm, sold to the tenant (Mr. Anthony Williams), £ 725. Laud known as- R.W.L.F.A., sold to Mr. Daviee. Rhocfa, Llandilo, for £500. Garth Farm sold to Jfr. James James for EI,250, Pollyn, 11.4 acres, sold to Mr. Edward Davies, the tenant, for £ 1,200. Troed. rhiwhir and Tynybwl, 334 acres, sold to Mr. Daniel Williams, the tenant, for 21,320. Penylan, Llanwrda, 144 acres, gold to Mr. Lewis, timber iuerchaut, Swansea, for £ 4,040. Werngweiniau, 106 acres, sold to Mr. Jones, Ystradfiin, near Llandovery, for 210,500. Freehold land at Ffynonlas. sold to Mr. Thomas Davies for £ 3,650. Ynysanaml, sold to Mr. S. Griffiths, GlanranneU Park, for $4,000. Ynysau Issa, sold'to re-prwertatiires of the late Mr. David Williams for £ 4,230. Two fields at Foleuroed TJchaf, gold to the tenant for £ 1,050./ Portions of the Glansevin, Estate, Llan- dovery, wero sold on Friday hy Messrp. William and Walter James. The follow- ing were some of the bigger lots: Aber- bowlan, '63 acres, eold -to Mr. Davies, Pantybryn. for £ 900. Bed wgleison, 131 acres, eold to Mr. Nicholas, Cardiff, for. £1,205 t

Sir Peter Peacock has accepted an in- vitation to become Mayor of Warrington for the sixth successive year. Sir Samuel Evans made up his wind that his application for silk would be refused when he discovered that he had addressed his letter to the Lord Chan- cellor's. secretary without living that official his proper style and tme. But he succeeded.

r HAIG AND THE WELSH.! M-hn 1 Tribute to Their Splendid Fighting Spaiit. Sir Douglas Haig sends a dispatch from headquarters on Friday, describing the work of the various divisions in the offen- sive which commenced on August 8. In -in-Chief says:— In the series of successful battles <tn the Sommc front which opened on August 8th English, Scottish, and Welsh divi- sions have taken an important ehare in the fighting and have performed many gallant actions. Most of these divisions have been advancing Over the same ground on which they met and ultimately checked the enem'yV great offensive in March- During the past few weeks they have shown without exception that the tre- mendous strain sustained by them earlier in the year with so much courage and resolution has in no way diminished their splendid fighting ispirit.. j After giving in detail the achievements of the divisions, Sir Douglll6 Haig con- clude: "The account just given of the doings of these different English, Scot- tish, and Welsh divisions is necessarily brief and incomplete^ On the same battlefields on winch they withstood the heavi?t assault t%e British Army has yet n called upon to face, all have fought side by side with the splendid divisions of Australia, Canada, and New Zealand with a courage, gallantry, and enterprise only equalled by their euc- cess.

FIRE IN A BAKEHOUSE. Outbreak Re-starts After  Being Checked. 11 j About 8.30 on Friday evcuing a fire I broko out at the well-known bakery of Mr W. II. Palmer, 116, Western-street, j Swansea. An'alarm was at once given, and the motor fire engine was immedi- ately dispatched to the scene, accom- panied by P.S. 24 and several members of the fire brigade. It was found on ar- rivnl there that tJie fire had broken out in the luft overhead tk-3 bakehouse and just above the oven. In this department, a large quantity of flour was stored in sacks. The fire, however, fead^bern kept well in hand by several of th^ nun in the employ of Mr. Palmer by throwing buckcts of water upon it, and also afterwards by the mem- bers Qf the fire brigade, who assisted to remove the fiouy Portions of the floor Tt? were; r;pp- fin 'Hy o?tin?uis'?d about ? r-?-. but I not before consi dera ble damage had been dOTi" Tho property U, irnurH. I THOSE WHO HEUPEQ. The police mention the following men 11 for their splendid assistance in carry- ing water and removing the Rour:- Messrs. Geo. Cocmy. 3, Western-street; John Kidd, 58, Western-street; Morris Jonef, 82.. Oxford-street. W. J., Neck- 91, Oxford-street: p. Harding, 129, Wes- tern-street Harry Stone, Silring.terrae, and John Atkin, 19 Oxford-street. The ifre, it is presumed, was caused through a dtf-ective flue FIRE RE-STARTS. About 10 o'clock on Saturday morning tho fire re-start?d, and Inspector Evans. t-i"r-ther with several members of the fire brigade, proceeded to the spot "again, and found some of the rafters of the 1 flooring of the loft allight Good work was done* by" the brigade, who had to re- move a large quantity of flour, take some more of the flooring away, and tin firfe was soon extinguished

Mr. J. Worrakor, Peveral, Essex, has an open-air tomato plant with over 100 toma i tyes, and he hopes to pick 150. J

READY FOR FLIGHT LENIN AND TROTSKY I 1- BUYING GOLD I News haa been received from Petrograd ¡ that Lenin and Trotsky have been buying II up gold for some weeks past with tho ex- pected intention of scuttling from iiussia, possibly to Switzerland. I There were already indications when this news slipped through that the peasants I were making the Bolshevist tenure in the Petrograd area insecure, but still more significant were the signs that the men of the Baltic Fleet, who had been the mainstay of the Bolshevist rule, were tired of the new regime of terrorism. The representatives of the Allied Gov- I ernments had been in perid of arrest fin, of their lives before the attacks which cul- I minated in the murder of Captain Cromie, the British naval attache. After one Ii meeting of the diplomats they had to es- cape in a hurry out of windows and over roofs to a place of safety. While there have been further reports of street firing and general disorder in Pet- j rograd, says Reuter, the Foreign Offica, has not yet received auy news as to the welfare of Allied subjects there.

I UNRE,T !N AUSTRIA. I I Textile Workpeople on j Strike. j I I I P.!R1S..Friday. I- According to the Arbeiter Zeitung," Vienna, the workpeople in the textile in- I dustry in the north of Bohemia have been on strike since Monday Excitement is extreme, and the situa- tion is considered most serious. ■ »» I, )

I COAL BOARD, I Short Hours and Explosives I ii I in Anthracite District. At a meeting of the Conciliation Board for the Welsh €oal Trade, held at Car- diff on Friday, the workmen's represen- tatives called attention to the fact that a number of collieries in the Amman Val- ley district have been working ehort time, notwithstanding the urgent appeal made to increase production. Mr. Finlay Gibson, the Coal Owners* secretary, stated that immediately on repreeentations being made, the latter had been considered, and an improve- ment has now taken place. These etop. pages were due to lose of tonnage and shortage of wagons. It was decided to appoint a eub-eom- mittoo to draft rul4eig for the Joint Pit, Committees to deal with the coal prob- lem.. The question of the increased cost of explosives, more particularly in the An- thracite district, was referred to the Dis- putes Committee. The Owners' representative in response to an appeal from the Workmen's repre- eentative, agreed to consider the uee- tion of eight hours a day for surface workmen at a meeting of the Coal- Board to be held next Friday. I

i BRUSILOFF Dt:AD? f Copenhagen, Friday,-It is reported from Kieff that General Bruiloff was I killed a few days-ago in MGSMW.-Ex- I change.

I I TIRO?! COLOURS TO PIT. j The Government have arranged for the release of pre-war miners of low category from Army and Navy at the rate of 2,000 a day. I N „

JAPS AND THE CZECHS. I I TIENTSIN, Friday.. "T-ho, Japanese have recognised- tiiew  Czechs similarly to the other Allies. The Japanese General Munchauli has re-I iqi-,ezted China to furnish foodstuffs to the' I Czechs operath)? in the district of Chita.

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-I- OUT OF POCKET. I .rtfc, i Underpaid Swansea Poor I Law Doctors. 8A meeting of the Swansea Guardians Duties and Salaries Committee was held on Friday afternoon, when an application for inereaees in^ealary by the poor law medical men was entertained. They stated that during the last few years their incomes had dropped considerably. They were using their own drugs, owing to the drugs supplied them by the Guardians in many cases being inferior. The drugs having risen in price, they were consider- ably out of pocket. Dr. Powell calculated that, taking their salaries and the number of patients at- tended, they were only being paid 2d. for a aurgery consultation or vjt-it. The doctors were asked to send in esti- mates of the increases reqou-ed in connec- tion with the size of their respective dis- tricts, the matter to be dealt with on Tuesday next.

C.O. s LOGIC.v I Dialogue at Llanelly County f Tribunal, I I have been opposed to militarism tor I i-he last ten years. Militarism cannot de- stroy militarism, and sin cannot be done away with by sinning," declared a man ot 2o, at a meeting of tile Carmarthenshire County Tribunal at Llanelly on Friday. Mr. Pilgrim Ni,)rris:* I lave you ever h<:ard it eaid: Set a thi-ef to catch a thief "Yes, but you don't do away with he evil by that. Mr. Mervyn Peel: Do you think the best way to-stop thieving is to allow the thief to go on etm-ling;N-o sir, but I don't ap- prove of using him brutally when he is caught. Do you think that, appointing a eoklier to prevent the killing of another eoldier I is rong?- y. because I believe the-re is another way. Assuming there is no other way?—But I I believe there is another way. j Dismissed. 1

SWANSEA AND MUMBLES. j To Trustees. Investors, Property Owners I and others. Astley Samuel, F,A.I,, ILL oner for SALE by PUBLIC "AUCTION at the HOTEL CAM- LR?N, mGH-STKi?T, SWANSEA, on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25tb..1918, valuable Freehold and Leasehold Properties ¡ Also IMPROVED LEASEHOLD GROUND I RENTS. ¡ Lot l.lmproved* Leasehold Ground Rent of £27 10s., subject to Superior Kent of .£12 eecured on 11 houses at the Mumbles, made up as follows:— £ 6 10s. on 1. 2 and 3, Upper Church Park; io on Beechwood." I, Church Park; i:2 5s. on 2. Church Park; £ 2 on 5. Westboume- place; 15 6s. on 12 and 13. WTestbourne- place; ES 65. on li, Westboume-place; £t 6s. on 15. \Ve5thourne-place; £ 2 5s. on I 16. Westbourne-ijluoe; making a -gross total of R27 l?s. Held for a term of 92 j years, computed from the 25th day of March, 1862. with a reversion of two daye. except a& to the ground rent cf £ 5, where the reversion is three days. I Lot 2.—All that Dwelling-house, situate and being No. 22, Brynyinor-road, Swan- sea. Let at X24 per annum. Held on lease for 99 years from 1S69 at an annual ground rent of i:3 Lot 3.—M.\ that Dwelling-house.* No. 66.1 Wettbury-«treet, Swansea. Lst at 10s. 6d. per week inclusive. Held on Lease for SO years from 1$70 at an annual Ground Bent of S2 10s. 8d. Lot 4.—All that Dwelling-house, No. 122, 1 Bryn-road, Swansea. Let at L32 per an- num. Held on Lease for 99 years from 1894 at an annual Ground Rent of 9-5 5s. Lot S.-All that Dwelling-house, No. 124, Bryn-roa#, Swansea. Let at = per an* num. Held on Lease for 99 years from 1894 at an annual Ground Kent of £5 fift. Lot 6.All that Dwelling-house, No. 140, Bryn-road, Swansea. Let at S32 per an- num. Held on I.ease for 99 years from 1S94 at an annual Ground Rent of £4 10s. Lot 7.-All that Dwelling-house, No". 142, Bryn-road, Swansea. Let at S33 per an- num. Held on Lease for 99 years from 1894 at an annual Ground Rent of £ 4 10*. Lot 8.—All that Dwelling-house, No. 24, Balaclava-street, St. Thomas, Swansea. Let at 10s. 6d. per week inclusive. Held on Lease for 99 years from 1866 at an an. nual Ground Rent of El 17s. 6d. Lot 9.—-All those Freehold Dwelling' houses, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 23, 24, and 25, Percy-etreet, Cwmbwrla. Let: 4 at 56" 1 at 5s. 6d., and 1 at &g. per week, land- lord paying rates and taxes. All mines and minerals reserved. Sale to commence at 3 o'clock p-pi. Further particulars can be obtained as tu Lot 1 from Herbert New. Esq., solici- 1 tor, Temple Courts, 55t Temple-row. j Birmingham as to Lots i. to 9 (inclusive) of Messrs. Davids, Ingram and Harvey. j I solicitors, Goat-street; Swaneea.

I "LEADER' "CLASSIFIQQ ADVTS. PREPAID RATES. SITUATIONS VACANT AND WANTED, HOUSES WANTED AND TO LET. Twenty words and under, three insertions one shilling; 3d. for every additional five words. Six insertions, one shilling and sixpence; 6d. for every additional five words. LOST AND FOUND. Three insertions, one shilling and sixpence for twenty words, and 4d. for every additional five words. BIRTH, MARRIAGE, DEATH, JN MEMORIAM, &c. NOTICES. One insertion, one shilling for twenty words, and 4d. for every additional fivs words. Verses: 6d. per line. TRADE ANNOUNCEMENTS. One insertion, id. per line; more than one insertion of the same advt., 3d. per line per inwrtion. FINANCIAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Fourpence per line first insertion; 3d. pe? line per insertion afterwards. This scale does not apply to Advertise- ments from Corporate or Public Bodiea. Bankruptcy or Liquidation Notices. Sales and kJ. by Tender Announcements^. The foregoing are nett prepaid./rste*. No account will be booked under 2s„-and 6d. will be added for booking to every aix insertions. HEAD OFFICE- LEADER BUILOINCS, SWANSEA. Telephones: 5234 Central (11 Ltnet). Tslsgrams; Leader, Swansea." LONDON OFFICE- 151, FLEET STREET, E.C. Telephone: 2270 Central. NEAT OFFICE- ALFRED STREET. I Telephone: No. 259. lLANELL Y OFFICE- LONDON BUILOINCS, THOMAS 2r, Telephone: 174.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS., MARRIAGES. O'SULLIV A.N—SAWYElt— At St. Cardiff by the Very Rev. Canon JL E. Dugtran. O.S.B., Edward Kecond son oj.Mr, and Mrs. John O'Sullivan, of 'Mayfiela;' Aberavon, to Linda onlv daughter 61 Mr. and Mrs. E. B.- Sawer, of York-Rl&ce, Barry. 41A9-15 ??- DEATHS.  FULLER.-On the 13th inst., at lb. Lain. bert'. Cottages. Port Tennaxit. Mabel, be- loved wife of Thomas Flemming Fuller. Funeral 3 p.m.. Thursday. for Dacyfrrai^. 44A9-14 KILLED IN ACTION. GRIFFITHS.—Gunner Robert Crowest Grif- fiths, aged 21 jeare, son of Mr. and -Mrs.' Tom Griffiths Oakland House, Mumblosç killed in action September 3rd, 1918.43.A901b. DIED AT SEA. PRICE.-Irt loving memory vf David Thomas Price, who died on September 6th. homeward bound for his firet leave, after Serving three years and seven months' ac- tive service on ll.M.fv Talbot, in ,the •Mediterranean Fleet. Aged 21 years. "I cannot look upon your grave. For vou sleep in the secret s-.ea, And not one single whispering wave Will tell that place to me. But some day, some hour, our eyes shall see These dear ones kept in memory." ZO. Middieton-slrcet. St Thomas. 43A3— THANKS FOR SYMPATHY. 'líILLIA.M.s.-Mr.. and Mre. Thos WfHiantv-, Llwynderi. Gowcrton. desire to tiuwak their many friends for letters and tie-vere aad sympathy shown to them in their re- -cent bereavement. 39A9-14 BOWES—inepeotor and Mrs Eover. and Family thank tiiei- many friends lor K.'lId letters and expressions of sympathy re- ceived in their recent bereavement. 42A9-14 JONES.—Mrs. Jones 42 Landed-street. Lan- dore thanks,her mai-v triends for letters and expressions of sympathy recefrtd- lrL her bereavement: also for floral tributes. 40A9-14 IN MEMORIAM. BEYNOX.-ln evtr-ioviop memory of Rifle. man W Beynon post Office Riiies. thd be-, loved husband of Kitty Beynon. 81. Ar. gyle-street, Swansea who fell in awtioil. September 15tli. 1916. "No one knows the silent heartache; Only those can tell Who have lost their best and dearest Without saying one farewell." S5A9-17 MITCHELL.—In ever-loving memory -4 James John (late Siege Battery), dearly- beloved eldest son of David and S&rau Ann Mitchell, 18, Recorder-street. S..n. sea who gave his life for Home and Free- dom somewhere in France." Septemfce- 12, 19-7. Aged 27 year". The shock wag great., the blow ee-ere; we little thouprht WhPil he left home He would no more return. But ever in our achinc heart. H:¡; memory shall remain Now he is sleeping his last long sleep. His grave I may never see: But somA gentle hand in that distant land May scatter some flowers for we -From Father Mother. Sisters, and- Brothers. Gone, but not forgotten 4149^.

X\f REATHS, BODQULT8 etc.. by K1T- Vt LEYb, the SPECIALISTS irv floral Peugns Oiford-st reet. Swansea. Alexander JOHNSTON wHEATHS. A BOUUUETts. in' tb- Latest LondoQ Style 221 Oxford street. Tel.: 667 CentraL TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION. W ANTED, any quantity of Wood suit- t V able for firewood.—Firewood Ccm- yany. Owmbwila. 45A9-J7 OR SALE, Uo ise Purchase Ce: tincate for £ 4(10.—Particulars may be obtained. on application by letter to "X 15." Leader Office, Swansea. 43A9-17 I03T. BiMk Spaniel Bitch, between Mor? IJ riston and Llansamtet on Tnesciav livening;.—Finder rewarded on rcturmme: same to Mr. Henry Studt. Fairfield. Neath- -iA.911 G L'NDRO,S Require Fixtures with I any clubs. Secretary: Frnest Williims. Anneddfa. Middlc-road Gendros, near 8wau,;ca, €9-17 A MM AN FORD Rugby Football Team are ,¿,1.. open to Arranre Fixtures during Season.—D. S. Kughos 4. New-road. Am- manford. Secretary C9 £ 7 MASONS and Labourers War ted.—A l. Arnold Bros., Clydach. 44A9.30 BLACKBERRIES Wanted! Any quantity. 4!d, per pound paid. Bring them iti, and we will turn them into Jam. -E-nanuel Thomas and Son, Swansea. _44A>-1^ SUGAR til naed up, bv Wednesday? Then I use our Saccharin Tablets in your Tea a.nd Cocoa, and preserve" the Sugai From Ell Branches.—Emanuel Thomas and Soil, Swansea. 44A9-14 i &K for Thomae's Dry Ginger Al It. is ?. the Champaeme of Mineral Watler? Emanuel Thomas and Son. Swansea. XQ-!4 J'OR SALE. Trap to suitboi-ee i; hande: good condition.—Apply Davies., Graisola-road, Glais 44A9-2G

COMMERCE OF THE DAY. BUTTER MARKET. Cork oaturaay.—Firsts. Z;Ns.; seconas fresli butter. Z34s.

LOCAL TRIBUNAL. Fish Proprietor's Case. At Swansea Tribunal, Aid. Dan 3i>ne3 presiding, A slaughterman with one of the largest bntehere in South Wales, though a Grade 1 illali, was given three months* exemp- tion because he was also assisting in public slaughtering at Swansea. The proprietor of one of the largest fish curing establishments in Swansea, eaid he bad now to do all buying and curing him- self. He is now a Grade 1 man, but had previously been classed C3. Three months' exemption was granted.

TRAIL OF THE HUN CAMPAIGN OF ORGANISED DESTRUCTION SIR ALFRED MONO'S STORY .1 Sir Alfred Mond, Bart., LP. Pilot Commissioner of Works), in the course of an interview on hie return from a visit of ten days or so, to France, after speaking of the trophies he had seen in Paris, said he1 had seen many more Ü1- II teresting, ones in the field behind the lines. I saw hundreds of German guns Cap- tured both by our anuies and by the French," he said. In fact, I saw some still in their emplacements, where they had been abandoned with all the muni- tions and the rest of the paraphernalia. I do not know how many miles of aban- doned German war raaterial I did not see. I can only describe it in miles. You go along, mile after mile of railroad, and II see the stuff piled up—big shells, gat shells, trench mortar material, itend grenades, and equipment of every sort and kind. My tour was a pretty extended one. I was at Bapaume two days alter the Ger- mans had quitted, it.\ I ORGANISED BRIGANDAGE. I "They are simply systematically de- IitoYig and looting everything; the Ger- man )« a champion at looting; thre; is nothing too smaH or unimportant for him. And what he cannot tai-c, away, he I' burns. He ie, in fact, endeavouring to destroy France economically as much as he can in every direction. He is remov- ing their machinery to his own country He will ruin their-, coalfields as far as he is able. He is destroying their sugar re- fining industry. He is destroying the French villages, taking the people's fur niture, and desecrating their churches. I I was in the cathedral at Chateau de Thiery a few days ago and saw that thpj had deliberately Mutilated sacred im- ages and even LArdam open the poor boxes and usod them for unmentionable pur- poses. They had pulled down the orgall pipes, and fired their revolvers through the eacred pictures. That 1 saw myself. And they only thN a short time, I too. PILES OF LOOT. h 'tJ I An America a officer who was with me told ma thai"'when they got there the- whole church was full of piled loot- v omen's clothes, carpets, and everything eli&e—everything that could be got to- gether—ready to take away. It is the hie¡- jtest campaign of organised brigandage the world has ever seen. Formerly armio*. looted, but not in this systematic way. I waa told they evtn used children's peram- bulators in order to take the things 447 ay. 11 And what of our troops? I had lunch with General Manchin, the hero of the oounter-attack. He is an extraordinary man, and has spent many -years of his Life in tho French tropics; io troops consisted of, At-al)s and French tropical negro troops, of whose valour hw spoke most highly. Me did the same of the gallantry of the British divisions which had been lighting utict(i- tiiiil-zliy fcon-in-law, Lord Erleigli, was in one. J was not able to get to the Welsh troops; they were in sector I could not reach. But I heard they were doing well. Of course everybody was pleased at the enor- mous change that has taken place in the. I position; at the Boche rett-cat so heartily followed up; and at the evident signs of the disorganisation of the enemy's plans. t SKILFUL FIGHTERS IN RETREAT, Although ho nlny' say be is retiring I according to plan, he never meant to leave behind him all the lituff he has. And as to the Gerni)th p*isoner$, the general opinion is that iboir physique is not what it was. Those I Raw certaiply islioi-red I great deterioration. Iaw a good many of them,, and ww struck with their poor physique. Still, people must not run ay with the i(!-?. away with the that it is all over. Wc f;dll have a very hi? job in fron t of us. The Germans ar? very kilful fighters in i r treat, and th- enormous nnmber of machine guns they iiiie is incredible. -And Ii their skill as to machine jjun positions is Tr evident." f HARVESTING THE CROPS. j "One interesting thing I saw," con- tinued Sir Alfred. was Bntish and French troops harvesting the crops left on 'e battlefield; there they are harvesting right in the battle zone. But the destruc- ion itS appalling. No one, who has not Meen 'it can realise what the ruin is. There are three hundred miles of ruin. Even compared with last year it is awful. I was the first civilian allowed into Soisson^ after it was taken. That beautiful town is now practically a heap of stones, and its cathedral. one of the glories of France, is more than half destroyed. Albert, which last year iva-a in fairly decent con- ¡ -ditiop. has not a roof left on a house. And as to the land, it will- take years to get a large number of the fields back into cul- tivation, overgrown as they are with weeds. Amiene is practically untouched; though the town has been .damaged some- ¡ what. the cathedra l ie pretty well all Tight. But Mootdidier is only a heap of stones, and I anl told the Germans blew up the cathedral at Noyou. I did not go there because it was full of gas. But that was what I was told," said Sir Alfred, a6 the conversation closed-

SWANSEA FOOTBALL CUPS. I Record Number of Entries Received I The secretary of the bwansea Schools' Association League b a5, rècel ved a record number of entries for the Lennard Cup and Martin Shield competitions. The draws for the Cup games will be made1 on Saturday next, and will be published in the ""Leader." The following teams have enteredBaptist Well, Brynhyfryd, G'wintiwrla, Hanygraig, Dyfatty, Hafod, Industrial, Manseltoa Municipal Secon- dary, Plaemarl, National, Sketty, and Waunwen. By the kindness of Mr. Bliss. boundary posts are being erected on all the pitches, and thus the lads will, it is hoped, not be disturbed by Lva&ions of tpectators during their gatnea.

RAILWAY GRISIf I CRAVITY OF THE i SITUA TION EXTRA id DEMANDED b -'I The railway situation has assumed a grave aspect. On Friday night a special I delegate meeting of the N.L.K. at Unity House passed the following resolution Tjtfat having heard the report of the I Executive Committee re negotiations on war wages, this special general l meeting decides* to reject it. Further, I we instruct the Executive Committee that we will not accept less than 10s per week advance for all members of the I N. L.ik. employed OIl or in connection with the railways of Great Britain and Ireland who are 18 years and over and 5s. per week for those under 18 years of age. That no settlement will be accepted which does not provide for an equal war wage for female employe6 as males. That the agreement shall be retrospec- tive from Auguot 1. 1918, and that wo refuse to ratify any settlement that doee I not operate simultaneously for thij whole of our members. I i THE MEN FIRM. Q, ] It is understood that the men are deter- mined on this minimum. The resolution has been sent to the Government, thw- j Board ox Trade, and the Railway Execu- tive. The first offer of the Railway Execu- tive Committee was an advance of 4s. per week to all adult workers on the railways and of 2s. per week to all workers under is. That offer was rejected by both or- ganisations on Thursday. As a result ot further conversations the Committee in- creased their offej to 5s. and 2s. 6d. res- pectively, but this is still regarded as utterly inadequate by the men. HOPES OF SETTLEMENT. I London, Saturday.—The Press Associa- I tion says that although the railway posj tion i6 extremely delicate this morning, there are hopes of a satisfactory solution. The Executive of the National Union oi Rail way men met early to review the whole position. The-Executive of the As. sociated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen are also meeting. I

I 11 Double flat foot is a common ailment among sliop-walkers, it was statsd at th* _niety Tribiujal.