South Wales Weekly Post

SWANSEA SCHOOLS AND THE CARNIVAL We arc asked to state that the Swansea.' schools are not being closed for the Hospital Carnival. v

SERIAL 11 I 141 BOMBt DROPPED ON HUN DEPOTS. GREAT WORK BY OUR AIRMEN. PRESS BUREAU, Thursday. Sir Dcuglas Haig reports from France to-dav, 11.56 8.111. ) as follows:- The following details, are now available i concerning the bombing operation^ car- ried I()nt hy our aeroplanes on the 4th I imt. Dining the day H4 bombs were » dropped on enemy billets at Hautan, east of Lens, and thirty on enemy's billets at j Lagwi'n-Tlangue, in the same area. < Five bombs were dropped on Ouden-1 arte railway junction, and seven at Aubigny-on-dac, and on •• I Enemy's dumps and station at Camhrai. j Eight lmmbs were dropped on the Cam- cereu aertidonie, past of Cambrai, and six! Ion various other tax-gets. I During the night ot the ith-oth bombs I ¡ J 1 were. dropped from an I Average height of 1,000 feet j I as follows:— I Four on a large aerial training school near Valenciennes; twelve on the Rame- gnieschin aerodrome; ten on Ledetheim railway station (south of Roulers) twelve on Sanian railway junction sidings, two of which fell directly on the siding; j I seventeen on Haufaux and Lezeen aero- j drome, near Lille; sis on sidings be-! I tWHn Douai and Gouain. BATTLES IN THE AIR.. INTENSE ACTIVITY IN FLANDERS. BRITISH GENERAL HEAD- QUARTERS, FRANCE, Wednesday night, Last night enemy aeroplanes again dropped bombs on different places behind Our lines. A few casualties were caused in one of, our hospital a re Els, and some damage has been done to civilian pro- perty. There was no damage of military importance. One of the enemy' s raiding machines was brought down by our fire and destroyed. Our aeroplanes have continued bomb- ing operations actively all day and night. Yesterday great activity in the air pre- vailed on both sides.. Our artillery, machines, and balloons worked all day in co-operation in spite or vigorous attacks from hostile aeroplanes. A Record number of aerial DhotouraDhs were taken by us. lftany of them at great distances behind the enemy's lines, though the enemy's aeroplanes showed themselves disinclined to i-fieet oiir fight- ing machines-unless well east of the line. down in combat, and. nine others w,ere. driven down out of control. Seven of.. our machines arc missing. THE LONDON DISTRICT RAID. PRESS BUREAU, Wednesday (Later). J'tle latest pobce reports show that 11 per- sons in the London area were killed and 62 injured in last night's raid. ————————p«———^

WEST WALES WINNERS. RESULTS AT BIRKENHEAD NATIONAL." TRIUMPH FOR SWANSEA CONTRALTO. The opening of the National Eisteddfod at Birkenhead was a tame affair on Wednesday. The following were results of local interest: Instrumental music.—Pte. Rees, High- bank Camp, a South Walian, who refused to give his home address, carried off the violin solo prize after an exceedingly keen competi- tion. Musical competition.The prize ofiere.d for a setting for a patriotic song, for which there were ten competitors, was withheld. The prize offered. f-or the best words for the song was awarded- to the Rev. W. Crwys Williams, Swansea. Recitations.—" Olyndwr's Address, to His Soldiers" (Beriah Evans). Competitors under 18.—Miss F-Isa Davies, Bryn, Llan- elly. Recitation 'of N. P. Willis's poem in blank verse, "The Leper.2, Gwernydd Morgan, Pontardawe. Contralto solo, Miss M. L. Williams, Swansea. (Miss M. L. W illiams, of Gwnl- frvn, Longford-crescent, Swansea, is a gold medalist and won the first prize also at Abergavenny National Eisteddfod in 1913. She was on a previous occasion also the joint winner of another National prize for a duet. She sings at the concerts at the Grand Theatre. Swansea, when the Life Guards' Band plays.) Literature.—Essay on "Humour in Welsh Literature." Rev. T. Mardy Rees, Neath. Essay on "Griffith Jones of Llanddowror and Welsh Education," the Rev. G. Penar Griffiths, Swansea, The crown prize for the best poem en" PAN-VII, the Prince of Dyfed." There were 12 competitors. The adjudicators awarded the crown to the Rev. Wm. Evans. B.A.. of Bridgend, who was not present, and Llew Wynne was 'crowned in his place, with the usual ceremonial. r The 1919 event will take. place at C'orwen.

TWO-YEAR-OLD CHILD Runs Under Port Tennant Tramcar. A fatal accident occurred to a" litlc child. two, years of age,, named George .Edward Milliaan. of o. 34. Port Tennant-road, 'St. Thomas. on Wednesday evening. The little one toddled on to the road, and was run over by a, tramcar; and had to' be ,va? i,Lin ovei, 1,,N* a I? reiftoved from underneath the body of the; vehicle. The unfortunate child was dead when ex- tricated.

SWANSEA'S SHIPPING LAST MONTH, Swansea Harbour returns for August show a total of i76.52.S tons as acrainst 474,585 tons for l b" pa me month oi last Import" were 26.857 tons as againtt 63,192 tons, and exports 549.666 tons as .against 411,395 tons. Tin shipments fell off by over 10,000 tons. The eight months' trading amounted to ( 2,vl7,627 tons, or just over a million tons less thaPl. for the same period .of last venr.,

i Acctdcnte.a.t the IccuLccHieries resulted in W. Evans. Lone-road, sustaining a crvsh- ed foot at GraU'oia. aid Samuel Davies, Yijystawe. sustaining; injuries to 'the | hand avid arm it Hill s Merthyr Colliery. ,,¿.

I NAVAL i NO INCREASE. I j .——— ——— WEF,,KLY" U BOATS'I WORK. i FEWER VESSELS ENTER: AND LEAVE. I j The Atimirahy on AS ednesday issued the u.sual Weekly 'return' relating to looses due to Germany's unrestricted use ot submarines against Allied and neutral; shipping. I The figures given below are for the week ended September 2, 3 p.11I.. and they show the proportion of "British losses as compared with the num ber ot vessel, of all nationalities entering and. leaving British ports-during that. period Arrivals and Sailings. Merchant vessels of "all nationalities (over 100 tons net I arriving -at -and sail- ing from Tnited Kingdom ports (exclu- sive of fishing and local craft): (a) Arrivals 2.384 (b) Sailings 2,432 LOSSM. British merchant vessels sunk by mine or submarine: (a) 1,600 tons (gross) or over. 20'c (h) lender 1,600 tons (gross) j (c) Fishing vessels sunk 0 Unsuccessful Attacks. British merchant vessels unsue- cess fully attacked' by sub- marines 9+t "I l' 1 1- Includes two sunK curing xnc wcck .ending August 26. t Includes one sunk during the week ending August 26. ft Includes two attacked during the week ending August 19 and three at- J tacked during the week ending August, 2fL I Last Week's FigurfS. Arr i va l ?<329 r{: I Losses1,600 tons gross or over, 18; under 1,600 tons gross, o lishir^ vessels i sunk,' 0. -(Tns essftil attacks, 6. j .1 lic(?.I THE FICUBES ANALYSED. Aithougn tIle sta tisht's are nominally lower, the averages for the last five w correspondent), that during the rn<5i|;t.h th(,. number of victims has been, nearly A salient feature in the return is again the decline in the numher I of British, ships,unsuccessfully attackinl. AN-b bii'-tii'e corrections have been made, the number for this week "is1 only four, as compared 1 with .seven in the previous wee k and 14 in the week before that. No entirely satisfactory explanation of the drop in the muybcr 6f ships escaping is forth- cortiihg, hut it Is perhaps reasonable to I assume that on this cc-casicn it mav I Ila.N-e some connexion with the number of tar- get. in which "there a-decided de-j crease. The total number of ships of ull nationalities entering or leaving British ports was this week 4,816, or nearly dUO fewer than in the previous week. SCARBORCr SHELLED. I U BOAT'S EIGHT VICTIMS. PRESS BFREAF. Wednesday: I The following communique was issued by the Field Marshal Commanding-in- CStief Home Forc-es at 4 p.m. to-day: A hostile submarine appeared off Scarborough about 6.45 p.m. last night and fired 30 rounds, of which ab^ut half; fell on land. Three persons were killed and five i injured. The material damage was slight. SURPRISE FOR MINE-SWEEPERS. The shelling occurred during an al-: most impenetrable mist shortly before seven o'clock on Tuesday night. There I were sonte mine-sweepers anchored in the Bay at that hour, and it was upon those that the .submarine first ofaii trained, her gun.. Subsequently she got ,the I range of'the town and fired shells into u- ■ i When the nno( sweepers recovered j from the suddenness of the attack they engaged the submarine, at,,J the Cannonade became deafening near the,foreshore. Amongst the people killed were! Thomas Pickup* (61). cabinet nwker. of! Queen's-terracfe, Scarborough, and Miss j Elizabeth Smith (39), of Scarborough. ■ Alice.Appleby, aged 17, had a leg arid! arm broken, and Mrs. E. Scott, of Hox-j tou-road, was seriously hurt. the mine-sweepers went in pursuit, ot the raider or raiders, but the enemy sub- 'd' d 'I merged and escaped.

ALL DOING THEIR BIT. Further Evidences at Swansea. I I •At-- Swansea Highways Committee Oil Tuesday, it was reported that "Mr. Graham Orpin, one of the borough surveyor's staff, :s joining up at the end of the week. The Borough Surveyor Mid he would try arid carry on without engaging a successor, though the work -iiiiglit be a little less efficiently done. He was "anxious to make sacrifices to help to win the war. Well-known Swansea DocksmaTi. -n- Mr. Harry Behenna, ot Messrs, Thös. W a- liams and Behenna, coal exporters, Swansea, ?atur d aiv for is. joining up, and leaves on Saturday tor [ Xewcastle-on-Tynfc. 'where he will act as as- sista'nt "paymaster' to the Navy. Air. Be- henna has ever since the war started identi- fied himself very closqly with the raising of war funds at'the' Swansea docks. ;¡;

SIXTY YEARS AT WEICHSRIDCE. | the denth has .occurred of Mr. William Owen, one ufthe oldest employes Messrs. Mr. ()v-tn had been employed at the. Marine- street wei?hb?dgc tor "ixt year, ;¡,nd only I recent] v celebrated his golden' wedding. v-: ;r- t" -?- ,o. 

MINED, LINER SUNK OFF CAPETOWN. NINETEEN LIVES BE- LIEVEQ LOST. CAPETOWN. August nth. (delayed in transmission). The steamer. City oi Athens, from New York. has been mined off Capetown. She was carrying a full cargo and also 37 passen- rers. 70 of whom arrived in CapetowiJ at :riidniffht. It is feared that 15 passengers and four ot the ;crew have been drowned.. The crew numbered 115, m&-?tiv Two 4err!fjC j expiosions occurred forward in the after- occurred fo!,N,,?ard iii the aftei,- Tfjero was no panic, and the launching ot I the baats wa £ earned out in -a most orderly manner, womeh. and children receiving the,! ii-rstcare. Several boats got away, safely, and the City of Athens sank an hour later, The Vessel's wireless installatiou brojte down, and consequently .she ttas unable to seiio out signal". Kortunateiy the dense volumes of smoke were witnessed. from the shore and a. "salvage tug was immediately sent. )ii d, after S- 'vain search, was about to return late at night when it sighted s'x boats and o;i llie:!v occupant. The seventh boat was subsequently found! waterlogged with- several of her original coiTjplement. The missing boat was sighted eariv in the evening, but her signals were misunderstood. Shortly afterwards the i Boat turned turtle, but all got back safely. Subsequently it | turned turtJe four times and seme were losi .m each occasion, although the men did their utmost to assist the women and ehil- j dren. The survivors were eventually res- j cued late at night sitting waist deep in water and absolutely exhausted. (?ote.—Tho Citv' of Athens belonged to Jj Helta..t.) WIRELESS MESSAGES. | -1 SURPRISING ADMISSIONS BY j OPERATOR. The stories told by the survivors refer to the remarkable courage and steadfastness j displayed by aH the passengers, even the children being most ptucky. Perhaps tlfb most unfortunate fart of the atfair was the conduct of La?cai' ?cMi?sn. who appeared to ? be utterly parat^jri" and panic-stricken anil thc? mad !??h ?)!?e bQat< .'?n:-?d<?'?b1y b.iaipzl;*ii the W.O¡'rueåFtwrtly.after: g^tfing away from the i aptdUysi n?m? \'e<- se one of .'th(ll pvevalt-ht sotith^aRtwlj' wiiids sprang ul) aiid militated considerably against the progress of the boats, moat-of ivhich ap y>«ai-ed to f>e leaky. The arrival of a salvage tug made the rescue certi, At the court of- inquiry, btid a ?terwa)ds, it.ivac4 found that the ship had been billed, cod that the wireless operator made same surprising admissions, stating, amongst other thiilgis, that he did not 14iy much at- tention to certain, messages coming in at the time because he could not hear thc-rnvery \Vell, a.d had heard the same messages- on ot-liei- voyages. He did not receive any Government messages.

SHIRKING PARENTS. CHILDREN WITH DEFECTIVE EYESIGHT PROBLEM FOR SWANSEA 1 COMMITTEE. Discussion ensued at Wednesday's rpeetir-fg of the Swansea Schools' Medical Inspection and Meals 8.b-committee (Aid., Miles m tlio chair) over the question ot the provision of spectacles to children wkh defective eye- sight. T'he'difficulty was with parents "ho were indifferent in the matter, and it was etated 52 out oi 80 parents written to, havtl iailerl to reply to aii off-r of a medical examination and the provision; of 'he upec-fcacle^ in accordance with the prescrip- tion given. ■ -■ Mr, J. Lewis said it showed au amazing iiidifference on the part of the parents. Dr. Evans gave it. as his opinion that if a parent failed to supply spectacles when they could afford it. then it was an offence under the Children Actin" not providingaÎ:lequate medical aid,, and they could be proceeded against for ernelty.. The Deputy Town Clerk (Mr. Hieldl said the courts niiist be shown twq thinge-that the gpeotaclefe were necessary, and that the parent could afford 'to pay. •" Mr. T. W. Howell thought the State should provide the spectacles-free. t tr. Evans said that the committee "cd^i^-i prosecute for failing -to supply, but could recover the cost if the committee provided the spectacles. Mr. Hield: I do not hold that view. Mr. T. Wilson'advocated taking the bull by tjje. horns, supply the spectacles to suffer ins children, and decide the legal points after- wa'ds. Mr. Lewis said he did not think member-5 of the committee would allow any. parent to shirk parental responsibility. It was decided to follow up the cases ir question.

SKETTY ALLOTMENT* SOCIETY. A geaeralmMtinf; 'f the Sketty-A.Ilot-i-nt!nt, i Society wals held in Wesley School, Sketty. on "Wednesday evening. and wape addressed !uy Mr. Walter Williams. ófthc Aa-riculturat- | Otgajiisatiop Society. In the laillzc- and re- presentative attendance there were, by in- vjtatidn. llla-ny members of. other allotment societies.. Mr.- 8. Cook lireaided. <Ùd was supported bv Mr. B. L. Wo!f (Board of Agrj- cultity-c expert). Councillors J. T. Martyn (Clerk. Cockett Parish Council), J. Morgan: (secretary). -Rc-es (Dunvant), Mr. T. A. Evans (financial secretaryand others. The executive committee had a conference before the meeting, a-nd recommended to the members the desirability of their society bc- fominsr affiliated with the Agricultural Orgiwisatiol1 Society. Mr. WifHamR. in a lticid. interesting, and comprehensive. ad- ( dress, pointed out the benefits to be. derived from adopting such a course. Iu organising, as far as his observation went, they required little help from the j>arem* society, inas-j much as theirs was on model lines. After much discussion, and lpany (iuest;.on..s had been put and answered, ibe resolution was  carried'v.ith'one dissentient.

COWER MEAT MART, The attendance at the Reynoldston Mcati Mart. Go wet, was one of the smallest, of the season, farmers being busy making hay whilst the 6?n 8hjnB." There was a short supply of cattle, and there were not many buyers or selloris. The pTices which ruled weremueh the same.'as- usual. Beef sold up to 22s. a nd per score; sh^fp and pigs sold. <-

t ii THOSE WHO HAVE j FOUGHT. TRAINING OF DISCHARGED i SOLDIERS. I I INFORMING ADDRESSES AT I SWANSEA. 1 I There was, a gratiffi^g- a, a) J specially arranged tJüittin -1 [ tion with the 1.1,it Badge" League on Wednesday, evening at Holy Trinity Schoolroom, when iieterfeting light I [thrown op. the -i r-rotlen of the training and employment of "di«ch»irged soldiers by two I I well-known Swansea -gentlemen/ who have ,owi) ?N t i the details of t-be proposed scheme literally I at their finger-tips, in the person of Mr. T. !•. -lenkiiis (Secretary to the War Pensions Committee) and \V. Hughes (chair- man). 'Couii. Percy. Moiyps- s. the president oi t.hBLeague, presiderl, :uid after speaking a tl few I | trbduced, the .speakers, Mr. Hughes, known personalty to many of the audience, urged the league io secure as^ | members as many of ti-te discharged Swansea men as possiblef putting forward the old i aphorism about "when an individual failed ill bbtaitlÍng his F- properly organised 1 bdy succeeded." Thet.mem tke au- j dience were misn who .h,:4 given their er-I vicef to their countryj and. it right ".iiat i these services should be recognised. But lie I wanted them,all t, defetideiii on them- i selves, and with tbis^yiew in mind he ex- I plained the treatment -uid training arraugetl i ter men Àlà asked them to j accept the facilities offered them. i Thoi dojnm-ittee -.vcrn endeavouring t.o secure a gr?at percentage ot discharged men II m Swansea to ?:ke cdv?ntage of t!'e offer. They .numbered 1,000 to 1,100. b?t as yet only six applications jjtad been rEceiYlf Under the scheme tlt applicant and his family were likely to b<.muc]i better off than r before, and in conclusion lie added that he did not want to see RVY man falling into charitable institutions. 1 Problem of Reconstruct ion. Mr. T. L..Jenkiir. q\%>■ greeteu with plahse, gave. 801118 interesting details and launched into a clear and. concise description of 'a certainly comprehensive scheme. Touch- iua; on the huge problem, of leCollstruct.ion., Mr. Jenkins emphasi&8 the probable cond-- tion c? the labour market Y?fter the war. So ma?y women of the present day, who had qualified and fitted themselves to carry 0,1. certain occupations, were certainly not going to return to their pre-war servitude. He therefore advised the who had returned, and who were every dayVeturning', to hasten and fit themselves for F.i(me form of work. -» j Ffe deajt at length oirj"jiie, rnedicai position, PO:?lt i OT eic.. and carefully examined the rarnifici, tions of the scheme and its excellent advan- ] tage,afterw.irds ?.ii.«w^iisg. to everybody's 1 satisfaction, questions -«y"»ich were preferred, j -1, -th^rliises-Mr..loneji'icffa'ifrfKnr| of the League) proposed e, hearty vote <4 thanks to 'Mes"r¡;, J eni.ting a r.d II uhe-s for [t?eir ';attndnJ and admirable zddresses, | .?hich was unF!ed with acclamation. I -U

1- CLYDACH'S HEROES. SCENES OF ENTHUSIASM AT, !I HALL. Enxhu8i«smi van high at Civil a oh on Wednesday evening, when a procession, leaded by Calfaria Brass Baud and the BandfS'of the'Second Swansea Valley and Second Clydach Boy Scouts, announced that Lance-Coruoral Bob Logan was on his way to be decorated at the local Welcome Home nieetine at the T'ubJic Ilall. Mr. Edwin Davies had • arranged an excellent prc- • gramme, Hayes (R.W.F.) occupied i the chair, and was ably supported by Mr. i D. Roderick. The Scout Bands having sounded the bugle-can. sonss were rendered by- Mrs. E. Jones. Miss Hannah Williams | XatiOIHll" winiier-, Messrs. D. ReeF; and j | W. G. Evans. The men welcomed were Sea- iiia-n A rthur Chapman, Irfince-CorpfH'ais Bob Logan and Haydn Thomas. Privates D. -Tameii Robinson, Evans, and patits. I-osrau is a man of considerable service, now at- filched to the West Kents, and having served in the Welsh Horse, Uevonp. and the R.W.F. Th." ehideHmt of the evening wa« the decoration of "Bob" bv Mrs. Hill, Vardre House. Cantain Hayes referred to the I excellent work done bv the hero. which won the meritorious award of D.C.M. Corporal Logan had lain in "No Man's j Land." exposed to all the Perils, of the danger zone fov two da- ,,s.19 even- tually in bringing bak valuable informa- Wm. This was the fourth time of recom- i nlendation. The parchment from Captain H. An- struther. referring to Logan's .distinguished j conduct in front of Yprf. on July 23rd, was red by Mr. D. Roderick. A parchment directed to L ea ding Stoker John Davies-. Q?rr-road. 'from the Board of Admiralty, was also read. It mentioned distinguished senice rendered by his ship's I tOmpanv on the high "ens in t9M. and again in Aujfust of this year. Corporal Thomas (present) has b6en mentioned in despatches for work with the B.EF. at Salonika. Such a collection of heroes fully "deserved and appreciated the enthusiastic and right; royal welcome extended to them. •

I LOUCHOR PASTOR. i [ "At Ijoughor, a presentation was made to the Ret. R. W. Davies on the occasion of his severance as pastor from Horeb Congrega- CkapSI owing to failing health. Mr. W. Richards, Bryn-road, lioughor. presided, and a cheque was presented to Mr. Davies by Mr. D. Thomas and a gold watch to Mrs. ) Davies by Mrs..10TIe- -1).igh tribute was paid to Mr. Davies" tork at Ixuighor during the last nine years.

 .————?———.—————— ? 1 Swansea Lance-Corporal s Fate. Regiment, of 135. 'RhyddilÍg's-terraœ,Swan- sea, has been killed in action in France. His officer, writing home, savs Your .sou had done some excellent work and was one of the; best N.-C.O.'s in the company, where j be vyill be very much missed." Prior toJei;- I listing he was employed by Messrs. Lewis and Sons, timber merchants, Swansea Docks, j and had previously been wounded on Qcto- ber 3rd. 1915. with a local unit of\he Welsh Reglimetit. 'U'

THE WATER MUMBLES USES. al).(t streets I [ Committee on Tuesday, the surveyor's report I íèittm th1:lJt the cohsumptujn of iviiter diu- iug..lnly \8",7,367.000 gallons, a. daily aver- x ge of 227,000 j>«,llou«4. and during August I 7,895,G00 gallons, an average of 254,000 gal I Ion* daily. Leak* had been repaired in Summerbind-hiJie. The concreting and c»>- meutiiig oi' Ciiswell ltescrvdir had been com- pleted and ,after t-e.;till" the reservoir had not fallen tf> "a seventh part ofinilwh. He also stated that there were three or four at Caswell for sale.

t. Manseltoft seaman's D.C.M. I Seaman Jack (ooL, oi the noval A?v?jt Reserve, whose parents reside at 144' Robert- street, Man^elton, has won the D.C.M. for braY?ry at se«. He has been on active ser- vice ,iilre the outbreak of the war. I ■

"SADLY DECEIVED." I I LLANDRINDOD PEACE "I' MEETING. .I BROKEN UP BY PATRIOTIC j VISITORS. I Livo/y scenes wtii^ssod av a. '1.w.. j in coi'viectjoii with the conference oi the Fei- lowship of Oil held at the spa. The subject to be dealt with, as adror- used, was. "The Church and the World Aftev the Mr. John Davies. miners' agent. Do-vviais, presided, and after?speakiiig in the vernscu- la-r addressed the audience in English, saying that the miners had a weed's strike because the coalownerfj would not accept thei" lenge thai the price of coal should not he advanced if the men did not seek a iart-hing j advance in wa(ges. He '-nntrasted the Tela- J tive advances in wages of the miners and the profits, oil shipping. What about men like 'these and other gamblers in the lives and blood of their follow-men ? Were not these the men who were shouting fer the way to go oil No." c;tra«fe "a voice- from tlie. gallery. | "The people of JDtigland are not going 4,0 stop the war till (Jermawy is beaten." Others -i-alled out that the chairman had no rieht • to make 'S, uch-roma-rks :In a place of worship, avid' i-o deny that Britain wa.s ] l^ghtiiig a righteous war. At this. juncture the paator'.of the chapel (th_e Rev. James Jones) gave out a hymn, b^t j before this couia be started the audience j struck up "R.yle. Britannia," followed by "God Save tii,, Kiii, Mr. T. W. t~rringio"i tCardiffj. from the gallery, asked to be allowed to move a re?o- iution. and the Rev. James Jones iURstor) responded by appealing to thq audience" to allow the remaining speakers to go on on the uaderst-anding that thay kept to religious subjects. Mr. C. S. '-GdodfelJovv. solicitor, .Caer- • plully (spea-king from the gallery), said they fesenteU the remark; made by Mr. John Davies. If the pastor would assure them theie would be no more speeches made with the view of setting class --r :>i makiag j-ieace wi^h the Germans till they aJ- 1 miUtd their guiit and showed F-igiig of re- penta,nC(k-(101.d rh,erl.- )--thev would allow the meeting to go on. If the line advocated; by the chairman were followed Britain would soon find itself in tire same condition as Russia. (Cheers.) j Swansea Gentleman's Pertinent Query. ■ ?iir. D. A. Sut-herlaiud i.S •, ansea) Skfd why they had been told nothing about the. Church after the war. which was the subject advertised.. The -Jones s»id saauy young men iixim •(Cries, of Sf>_ y, '•;><> tt% v. .Chui'oh.") cdWa irot guarantee what awry speaker v&i&kmv, but- -— (Cim; oi We know j we have heard them be- fore ") Further cheering and uproar followed, during which the Rev. James Jones and his deacons were observed to be in animated I conversation. Eventually Mr. W. J. Jones, Sefton House, was able to make his voice heard with the words: We as deacons close this meeting." which was a signal for loud applause. Mr. W. L. Rarper, Manor Hotel (another deacon) said "We Have been sadly deceived over this meeting, and we have decided to close ij, at once." (Loud cheers.) The Chairman (Mr. John Davies) then at- I tempteif.,to speak, but he had only got as far as I want to apologise," w hen his voice was drowned with booing, and his reception was so hostile that he withdrew hurriedly. The patriotic portion of the audience'took I up a-collection for the. local Wounded Soldiers' Comforts Fund, and a substantial sum wsa raised. Successful Counter Meeting. lpr! crowd of visitors subsequently asseniblcu in front of Brynawel Private Hoteli and addresses were delivered from the balcony and were well received l\h'jf. M)l'l'ligtoll. Cardiff, moved, and M»\ W. Atkin'souV Swansea, seconded, a re- the .Government and urging the vigorous prosecution of the war, which was carried also a resolution protesting against the abortive meeting' hay. ing been- held -in a chapel and alleging that it was not a,. religipus meeting, and therefore held nndfer false pretences. For this reason the resolution stated that the chapel' authori- ties were not to be blamed. Ttie lre,-oliitioii was carried with enthusi- asm. and the crowd dispersi-d after having sung the National Anthem.

PLUCKY LLANELLY CONSTABLE, A' horse sttacned to a butchers trap got startled near C'alfaria, Chanel. Llanelly. and t-h$ocaupant?. Mr. Willie, Arthur an4 Mr. Daniel Jones, butchers, were thrown* out. The animal continued its mad career down through.Ann-street, where one of the wheels i fell off. Its nrogrese was not impeded until it reached the G.W.R. square, where P.C. Ben Roberts, displaying great courage, brought. the animal to' a standstill just before it reached the rateg. which were closed at tlie time.

'? A D *IN FOUND DEAD IN BEDROOM. I POPULAR .SWANSEA j TRAVELLER'S END. An inquest \was held at St. Cleat 's on Wednesday evening on the body ot T hûs. Thomas., commercial, • traveller, • of M, Longioid-crescent, Port'Tennant. Swan- sea, who died suddenly in Mr. Beynon's temreralice'hotej. St. Clear's. Fvidence'Of identification wavs given by the .brother-in-law or deceased, Mr. Jo» u Rees, chemist, Port Tennant. Miss Beynon, of the hotel, stated slie heard sounds of heavy breathing or snor-I ing in the rooui between the hours of 7 and 8 a.m.. hut did not think theie.<vas anything amiss, lAtter she knocked at I the door, and having no reply she ealied 'Y 1 Her father, who burst the door, open and iound deceased on the floor dead. Dr. Phillips said: decefast'd died from Uraemic eonvulsionsi" and a verdict of "Death" froth natural causes" was returned, sympathy being accorded to the relatives. I Popular on The Read." I- -? I I Deceased was, oi a genial disposition and extrenidly popular with his fellow- travellers, both in -town and country. Deceased was .a devoted member of Trinity (C.M.) Chapel, dud was formerly a deacon in Babell Chapel, Cwmbwrla, Pentreehwyth. and a widow and young tJiildren are left to mourn his loss. Deceased was for many years represen- tative for the Glo'ster Iron and Hard- ware Co., Ltd.ahd the funeral will take place on Saturday next, at p.m. for Llansamlct, for men onlv. 1

ISOLATED." POSITION OF THE INSURANCE AGENT. APPEAL TO THE MEf TO COMBINE. j i A .r < c D..J.R. ?WAUsc?) writes ?)?!y &?? me a smaU space in 'our vaJudbip^apcf'to givp jpy ?p?M'?s?n ??'th? ?uh?eci t)f i?Hr- 2.n-<' fte?ttt?- ?.<t )?: u t. i? u<i u?Ma.* yjp<? yi yo<u pope" t'j.tt C ottnciUor P<?)e?n?.'? been addr??aing 3 meeting oi the aiwit* and no doubt has given them his h?ft- a<|"ice. but the position of an assurance a?t? ?TC; peculiar one from-any othpr c?''n? or p?- fession.. Fift. he hiM ta be ?o'i? ?ij day wth h? caDmg; he has to d?tck?nd act for himself. Very few. if any.of Jis fejiow i agents will give him any advic of'the road to success and how to avoid th^iujdj-ed and one pitfalls opén Hohim or >I!give bilQ aijy helping hand-out ot them toflld he un- tortuuateiy fail 'n one of thd. His own superintendent and assistunts>reach isola- tion to him even from ages under the same company or society, andertainJy it is degrading to associate with urgent of any other company ov society, very official says to new agent, We. t peopte, are very particu iar. indeed rhorne to-ke on as our representatives. We 011 employ the very best in c haracter and aity. Hence every agPf? ? pld in ? ? 'o? isolauo* h?Mt'' t? ?.tj.i- ?.<k ) 'UhbM? • far 'the of&iai: are concenu. The.Y are a* t-1--te officiais are cuiieei?jit, e?- are any fellow in.a)1-thjnu1d k aH t-nev do strict!v: private. Tho Great Difficy. Hance ?h-g??'??'tt'<?ty??"'gt?!s body of ??'? to co-eperate 'font* common good. Aga-in their grievsi: diflcr very Mueh undtr their r?pecth'f?panifs or h.?'et'? "c 'b?t UH': oiteti ?Kt?' that it is not their duty t ) hgh.t, Jther mans light. The particular griev?,o( one set of agents uoes net trouble pother in the least. Then, again, snrae -itilies or so- their men betteonditions to obtain the business and to ret it. So that to Obtain the great cammm f w.a!! same must be prepared to sacrificr others (as our brave i>roth«-s and p^ls doing at the front tho^e daysf. as men. :md join agûOd Union pur own and give up yonv Sectional IJni; which were only formed for your isolati* Now. men, rally round standard and you will soon find that yoitnver ivill be ixresistijj £ ».v-

DOWN RIGHT CQUN- I DREL; I NEATH MAN'S USYMBL^ .q2J1.<: .¡ SrroBY OF pol;MAN!s SCAFEGRACEON. At Ponttpridd on Wedny, Thomas James Phillips, othcrwisonins James, a native or. Neath, who -he was a private in the Black Wat^as diargecl- with obtaining food aloclging on- three different (xcarfom false pre- tenccvs, and unlawfully two good conduct gti" ipes and:I wounded strines. hrep women from Tpper Boat and jyfelen. that defendant ^represented lsclf as a wounded soldier, and te had just returned from the front Inspector Rees p'ut'. ii'ong -.list of I convictions, and c,.aid tlateirtent- by prisoner that he had bit the Dar- danciles and was v, opnde-s false. As a matter of fact .]-, eii-;i s?serter from the Royal Naval Divisicld had been living with a soldier's at Cilfacli Goch. He was 27 yearsge, and the n a Gliwnorgan polilant. The inspector added that police looked Upon prisoner as ad milt scoundrel I and thief. i i. Prisoner was sente to twelve months harrl labour. James Can you n1[11t.hN' f)'yars; I imprisonment I mav? better bor then. The Bench ignored equpst, and complimented Police-cclc Watkins on his smartness in" cUlg a man ? hose sole ambition to prey on Mndpr-hefrtcd wom?n.

SWANSEA'S ROln WOMEN. I Pair of Them €ret*e Months. Elizabeth (kinley. aiiewellyn. and Rose Huntl:L"ere chai?th ?-and?rinR on the Strand and beha-n a riotous manner on Thursday n COPley said she was defending a gm a- coloured nia.rr. and Iftmtley tooJi side of the coloured man. Both def8 were drunk. and a number of previavl'-tions were proved against them, being 44 oon. vietions aarainst Hnntle.\ They were sent down-hree months, Coplev shoutine as she e court.

A.SSURAN" ACENMO BONUS. A meetiuB of < he ,a.seetion of Assurance Aeents was <t the Central Hall. Swansea, on Frier' discuss the bonus questipn. And it .»t«diiRd 11U- favourable replies had deceived from all the G()Utpa.iliei;' to aPPlication. Councillor Pdwlesland aid the men. and told thenii the onlr^ey could get! their demands met .washing a strong- union and making the ment step in by refusing- to' do the M Health In- surance part of their wbc agents ar-) rived at no decision at Meeting.

WELL-KNOWN NANSEA • oact well-Known and sd figure at the SwanseA docks, pas,,y on Wednes- day, morning, in the pi Mr. William Day, 59, Ysgol-street. Swansea. The deceased, who wa^s yi' ;>ge, had been some 45 years .in tbroking office now carried ,011 by Mr. ,t. m Somerset- placa, with whom he In" for the paf-i 13 yea.rs. He leaves a -li'd one son L ■ 1

CARE OF C HI LOR* SWANSEA, j At Wednesday s met the-Swansea Schools Medical. 1 nsp^ub-conimit.te". Aid. Miles; in the chai^vans. Medical (Xfi • er.of Health, rejthat for the eight weeks ^ending /^5th last, the clinic treatm^it ea^ed rimgwcrni 360, scabieS* 46, skin ^11. external eye diseases-28&, ear (1560, verliiiiiou, conditions 9, sulphur 55, a»d othei- defects 93. -making- aof 1,533. The school visits liumbere"^ 1,103 heads were examined fJl" cIU s conditions. Nurse Griffiths and Auitil) Were appointed temporary nur.-es.

BU-RIRI'Y' POCIENSE.i At the special trarf^ions heW at Jjlanellv on. Wethieed licei-Oe of the Butcher's* A raps. Bifrr^vas tfansf erred lo; Mr. M. R. Richards,'who re: tbe applicant, st:üÍnll; th at.her husibo 'Ii .I the pre-, vious licensee, ldt a fatal accident. 1\

1 ITALY. I 2,000 PRISONERS. ANOTHER GOOD HAUL. D€SPERATE AUSTRIAN ATTACKS. (Admiralty, peij Wireless Press.) R.o)lE, Wednesday. Yesterday the battle on the Julian I front wsus renewed violently on the Bain- sizza Plateau. "We obtained advantages. capturing an important position south- IN-eqt of Okroglo. North-east of Gorizia the battle i- raging. During the day we captured 86 oiffcers and 1.602 men belonging to ten different regiments. 0&,6(> Carso. after a Most violent bombardment, tlje ^uemy launched his infuntry forces against oil,, positions from Castagna- vizza to the sea. On tlto northern sector of the line J-e- t?pen ( astagna?ixxa and Korite the at- tack. ?< varying fortunes, ?as re- aft-ei.- i,aryizlg fol-tiine- was re- pulsed At the centre between Korite and our yroops. gallantly resisting seven furious asaul, møintaiped their posi- tions. To the sooth between the Brestoviz/a Valley and the sea the enemy was able to gain an initial success between Hill 146 (north-east of Flondar) and the rail- way tunnel,north-east of Lokayac, where wo ) Had to withdraw temporarily j from a ic? advanced positioD. In the afternoon, by an energetic counter- lattack, onr Hne was re-established t?th the (?ptute of 402 prisoner? indudingH officers. Two hundred and sixty-one of our aero- planes patricipated in the battle, bom- barding the enemy's troops and com- munication iines. On ~ho night of the Ith-'itl inst. our air r- renewed the bombardment ot P«'5j. wi flFectivc results, and return' safely to r 'ase. (Note.—Airii«ugh (icr duorna ha- not yei (,fficiall, t( tli(- capture of Monte Sa* at ele t» fighting in wVhich 1,602 pr^ .rs were taken is in this I area. ) AUS:FRIAN ADMISSION. ROME, Wc-lnesday. I J he "'(olognc Gélzette" correspondent 011 the Austrian front has telegrapied that the Austrians have aliandoned"part of follte San, Gabriele, despite its strong defensive fortifi- cations. The correspondent adds tha.t the Atist;,i;ilirl maintain their positions north-east of the Ba,insizza Plateau, but if they find it necessary to abandon the whole of San a- briele it will undoubtedly he a verv serious Ji lo,

SOLDIER SV0FID £ AL i I I I f MURDER CHARGE AGAINST ) WIFE.. I I ■" d Eliza- I i)eth M3iiidy.- cif j?,l or ?l"-Btii,iv beth Mundy. ?f Morelalid-ferrace. Bur?y I Port., Wfcs charged on remand at the Llanelly Police Court, on. Wednesday with murder- j rig her two-year-old soil, Frank Moiis i Mondy, by drowning it. Defendant's husbajnd. Sergeant Frank -Vlundy. Welfrii Hegiment; ivho had been given special. leave from France, was in court. Supt. L! Jones i-aid he had received a communication from the Chief Constable, who- had received a wire from the Public Pmseoutor asking for a further remand for -the- purpose of making further inquiries. For the defence. Mr. T. R. Ludford said he understood that Supt. Jones was pre- pared to proceed with the case that day. but if course he had to pay attention to the I. communication irom the Public ProsecutoV. but he hoped the case \vouid be heard that day week because the poor woman was in a great state of suspense. The Bench ordered a further remand for a week.

DOUBLE HONOUR I FOR WOUNDED LANDOREJr CORPORAL. Lai ice-Cor pi. W. Williams, T.M.B., whose home is at .170, Peiitretreharne-road, L.111- dore. former engine-cleaner at Landore AN-. R. i is another Swansea lad to be honoured with the Military Medal for dustinguished service. He has been lying at a hospital wounded. His chief omeer wrote him to the following effect:- 'Dear Corporal Williams,—Possibly you have heard or seen in the papers that you have been awarded the Military Medal. together with promotion to sergeant major, for the \\&v in which you conducted yourself during the trying days of July 31st and August 2nd. I sincerely congaatulate you on behalf of the corps, division and the brigade commander, from whom T received wires asking me to convey this message. 1 also wish to Convey my own congratulations. and at the same time wish to express my admiration, of yom devotion, to dutv durin- the time you were under my comniand."

I LORD DYNEVORS J HOUSES. AlUttANFOBU COUNCIL'S ) RESOLUTION • The serious state of affairs at Panty- ffynnon conseouent upon the flooding of 38 houses from the River Amman was pressed upon the notice of the Ammanford Council on Wednesday night. Durin* the heavy floods of last week damaere to the extent of £ 204 was caused. It was contended that, responsibility for the flood rented upon J,Ql'd Dynevor. the owner of the land on cither side of the river.- A resolution was passed that the houses were deemed, unfit for habitation in view of the flooding, and that unless the present state of affairs was remedied the Couueil would srraut a closing order. The resolution is to he forwarded to Lord Dynevor. who is to be asked to meet a deputation of councillors and gentlemen I from the affected area.

j WOUNDFD SOLDIERS AT WHIST I I I AT CLYDACH. ?frt.Y S???red :.t the Church H?a" U. ?C? lyd? ach. or. Wednesday, when the wounded soldiers of The Quarr. Clvdach were entertained, thruugh the courtesy of Meisdames Hill, Jones, and Morris. After doing, full justice to all excellent spread, the party s?t down ? progre?n e whist Pri?e? were awarded to 8(?1. Bambrou?h and Ptes. Henderson, JaeKson. Mitche!) and Mei? h pi-  mastfi of thp Meahei". Mr. D. Rees acted as master of the (?remotup?. FbHowing ?pou their entertain- ment. the men proceeded to the soldiei- welcome meeting at the Public Hall.

RUSSIA. BALTIC REACHED. L GERMAN ADVANCE CONTINUED. FLEET; IN GULF OF — RIGA. (I'l 'ess Association W ar Special.) PETROGRAD. Thursday. It is announced that a Cermart fleet has appeared in the Culf of Riga* All day yesterday the Germans (IllcIr. getioally pursued their offensive, attack.- ing particularly in the region north of Inskull, in order to cut the railway be- tween Riga and Wenden. AMSTERDAM. Tliursdav. Aription of the capture of Rigs in the Weser isitung 11 concludes Naval preparations have been made, for many successes are expected." (Admiralty, per Wireless Press.) P ETHOGK A D, Wednesday. I It the direction of Riga. our troops hav- ing crossed the juvmiian River A a, are con- tinuing a. further retirement along the coast of the Gulf of RIg I III a north-easterly di- re-ction. In the region of the Pskoff road and the River Aa the enemy, continuing his often- reached the crossings of the iJiver Aa near Ahrant (about three, miles north ot I Hintzenberg station) and Loavci- HintzoTK berg. 50 versts (33 ] 3 m'ies). north-east ol Riga (on the Wenden H. dway). Our troops, operating ir the easterly di. rect-ion tixmi Riga, retired under enemy pros* sure to Segewold (six les north-east ot Hintzenberg. 011 the :■ .Jway), ivembcrg (about half- way between Segewold and tba Oger), and Detzshubrazd The enemy fillips -V ( she, vi ,lie co&sl of the Gulf of R isd to b" snbmarinH. In the direct: ,>vinsk lively artillery firing is rcporte Fusillades ha Lakon e on the rest ol ront. I BIC COASTAL CrtJNS CAPTURED. BFllLfWednesday. Our operations east of Riga have furthee develcperi <t" anticipated. Dunamunde has been taken (Ust Dvinsk the fort of Riga. at the mouth of the Dvina en the left bank). Heavy coa.stal guns, rli to 30.5 centimetres calibre (12 in.) fell uu* damaged into oor hands. The 1 -11 Baltic has been reached, I)x-i?ia. atid t Livonian Aa sector ba- ,een crossed. i-ear, guards south 01 the river were wiped out. The enemy is still in retreat towards the north-east. Otherwise from the Dvina. as far ilid Da.iiube, there haw been no fighting opera* tions 011 a large scale. BELATED CALL FOR NATIONAL UNITY. P -i.. iBsutcr's War Sn«cial.V PETROOMl>edn^id«>. Uuder the heading, "The Country and 'the Revolution are in.Dauger," the "Izves« t ia," the organ of the. Revolution, writes :—< "AU party qiiarrels s jiould be forgotten 1 all that divided the people into two hostil6 factions should, be laid betide. The, will be time enough for disputes .when we are no longer in danger of a military debacle. Xo further development of the Revolution, na outcome of the realisation of our hard--von liberties, will lie possible while the mailed fist of Germany threatens our land."

DEAD IN CASK. Waunarlwydd Wife's Tragic Deathu At the iUQiiest held at Waunarlwydd cjv Wednesda-v on the body of Dinah Mar? William" (35). wife of a col!ier. of Swansea- road. Waunarlwydd. who was found drowned in a cask of water at the rear ot her house on Tuesday morninar. a verdict ot Death bv drowning herself in a, cask ot • water whilst temporarily insane" was 1'l'O turned. Medical evidence was given that the deceased was depressed and suffered from nervous exhaustion. She left a; jetton on the manteJuieoe before she took her Jif and it intimated that she was suffering greatly." She had been up the same morn. ins and prepared her husband's' breakfast before he went to work.

START OF THE CARN IV AL. I BEAUTIFUL WEATHER FOR FUNCTION. MR. ROGER BECK OPENS PROCEEDINGS. A brilliant sun set in an almost cloadlesn blue siv erected the openine of Swansea's greatest effort to date in the way of charity functions. From one o'cloch onwards visitors beeau wending their way to Victoria, Park. which was gailv decorated and clothed with the typical fete appearance. At 1.45 a Rood crowd had assembled, when Mr. Roger Beck. who has been unceasing- in his efforts to make the event a. succesfe. stepped forward to perform the opening ceremony. In his opening he referred to the unparalleled work of so fine a civil institu- tion as Swansea's Hospital, which. lie said. was an ornament to the town as well as a vital necessily. He rep:retted the absence of Swansea's Mayor on so auspicious an coca, sion. and they all sympathised with him for what lie had suffered. Now. however, he was glad to sav that his Worship, who had been takine a lone rest, would be with his towns men in a --ocial if- not, an official .capacity before verv long. (Applause.) He utia trit>nt4 to the gentlemen iVho had appKed theii labours to the task of arranging the event aud Every single person had done yeoman service. A committee haii been formed and divined to cone with tin various attractions formulated with the rc siJt that,tkey were able to offer to th PiAilic what they did that oav: (ApplalBe.) He would like to tell the unblie itliat every penny waa being devoted to the institution- al! the Hide shows. ct< devoting their tak- izigs to that some ob.jeei;. (Applause.) It was a most touching recognition, therefore, of what the Hospital was and what nouif work it was performing, lie declared, witl. all heartiness and sincerity, the fete open. (Applause.) ^supporting Mr. Beck were Councillors ]Jati Joties. W. W. Holmes. J. H. Lee, Mr. Aeron Thomas, Sir John Llewelyn, Mrs Acron Thomas. Miss Vivian. Ilev. and Mrs. H. d Ali,. aii(I Mr, W. J. -Nir. C. a Vivia.n. Mr. J. Saunders, Mr. D. Watts Jone?, Mrs. Ben Jones (Deputy Mayoress) Mr C. Tuckfield. Mr. J. R. Levi. Mr. T. Williams. J.P.. Xr. J. Brader. Mr. John Jones ("Dail. Post"), apd Mr. W. I). Hughes (genei-A secretaries).

FIRING HEAVIER I I On Flanders Front. I I — I GREAT BRITISH AIR ¡ WORK. I Fresh Italian Success I » < RUSSIAN CRISIS, 1 I GERMAN FLEET OFF I COAST. BRITISH GENERAL HEAf-QCARTERS, 1 Thursday (Neon). Patrol encounters and lucal fhting took ] place dutilig the, night cast of Fl-eurbaix and south-east of St. Julien. We secured a few prisoners. On the night of the 4th and 5th iust. Ger- man aircraft dropped bombs OIl three hos- pitak. x BRITISH GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, FRANCE, Wednesday, 9.4 p.m. A strong party of the enemy endeavoured to reach one of our posts east of Klein Zille- beke during the night, but was driven back by our fire with loss before reaching our positiom. Artillery activity continues on both sides of the Ypres battle front. GERMAN REPORT. (Admiralty, per Wireless Press.) BERLIN, Wednesday. Western Theatre of War.-Ar:ny Group of Crown Prince Rupprecht.—In Flanders the artillery duel on the coast and from the Houthulst Wood as far as the dunes increas- ed in extension, method, and intensity. Up to the present there has been no infantry activity. I Wood lies east or Merckem and north of Poelcappelle. The River Deule rises near Carency, I flows past LiHe and Quesnoy, and joins the Lys near Deulemont.)

THE DAILY TOLL, | 4THE DAILY TOLL. I SWANSEA LIEUTENANT I WOUNDED. I I Lieut. Ivor Owen, son of Mr. Owen Owen, 2, Uplands-crescent, Swansea (the -well-known commercial traveller) has been wounded in France, and is now in a base hospital progressing satisfactorily. tè 1Ú1gêtOO..Åx.m. Hill School, and! intended <iuftUi>in& for the. medical profession. I Gassed and Gets M.M. WrE. IA ew. Johii, of 48. Rodney-street, Swansea, has received information from her Tvasband. Private Llew. John, of the Machine Gun Corns, to the effect that he is to receIve I the Military Medal. In the action in ques- tion he was gassed, and is now lying in the itoyal Infirmarv. Perth, and will receive the medal as &oon as he is well. Private John 'is the son of Mr. Griff John. haulier. Vincent- street. Swansea. s I Llanelly Driver. Mr. Thomas Richards, 3o, Penallt-terrace, lilajielly. has received intimation that his son. Driver Dan Eichards R.F.A., was killed in France, where he had been for oer two years. on Wednesday last. Driver Bicharde. who before enlisting was employed by Mr. Willie Arthur, butcher, was 21 yea"s of age. and his younger brother. Private David Richards. is with the South Wales Borderers. Enlisted at Seventeen. On Wednesday Mr. David Thomas, Cam- brian-place. Pontardulais. received odcial information from Infantry Record, l?lo. 41 1 District. Shrewsbury, reøpeotin his only son, Private Stanley Thomas. South Lancashire Begiment. who has been missing. since October 1st. 1916. to the effect that the Army Council bad regretfully to cqn- olude that he was dead, and that his death took place oh the same date. He enlisted at the outbreak of war, when he waa only 17 years of age. and was employed at Mynydd- bach. Up to a month previously he worked at the Graieola. Merthyr Colliery. Pontar- (Lulais. Cwmbwrla Private. 3LT. and Mrs. Aaron Thorne. 9. Baldwin's- crescent. Jersey Marine, formerly of Maesteg- and Owtnbwrla have beeu notified that their' son. Private Aaron Thorne, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. died from wounds received in action on the 24th of AUrC11st-the day fol- lowing his 21st birthday. He joined the Colours in October, 1916, prior to which he was employed at Baldwin's Tinplate Works. Jersey Marine. He was a member of Bald- win's Mission Ohurch, and for years was at- tached to Libanus Church. Sunday Sohool, And Band of Hope, at Cwmbwrla. Swansea Bombardier. I Bombardier H. Frost, of No. 1. Edgeware- road, Swansea, is in hospital at, Paisley, Scotland, lying wounded in the leg. This is the second time for bim to be wounded. Before joining up he was with Messrs. Bullock's, jewellers, Swansea. He has been in all the big DUshes since May last at Xpres.