South Wales Weekly Post

COST OF Lf'IING AND SHORTAGE OF STEEL. TINPLATE TRADE CONFER- ENCE IN LONDON. COMMITTEE OF PRODUCTION MET. for the nrat time in eighteen years repre- Mntat:ve9 of both employers and employed in the tinplate trade on Thurada-y went out- ride their own Conciliation Board in an en- deavour to adiuat a, grievance in connection. with the men's wael'l when the Committee of Production were met hi London. Sir David Harrel. who presided. expreas&A his appreciation of it. Included in the deputation were delegates of both employer and employed representing the tinplate section of the Tinplate Con- eiliitio-n and for over two hours the conference discuseed all the pointa ariain? out of the claim of the men that there should bo an increase in the wa-r bonua to hrin? the ajmount to all grades up to 130 per, e<-Mt. Two re3<'ona were put forward in support of t,h, claim—the increased price in thf cost of commodities a.tid tho irrecularity of em- ployment in the tinplate 'ndustry. due riot ao much to the la<'T< nf orders aa to the senreitv of ;teel, which to I), large extent rfftuisitioned by th.p a ntboritiell for mfri- tion purposes. These two pointa were Mtron<srly pmph>!i<'1f>(l bv the mfn's repre.4,n- tatives. who thought that in vipw of tho cirrumstancf"! under which the industry ;s now carried on the employea should not be loenalieed. Amicablo Soirit. The ..mt)10Yel'' reprpapn/uativea oTtt forward i the<r "P'1.<!OTIS for not qrro-inlr t'" the men's p"opoaa!8 in aiiite a, fri,-n4ilv c,pirtt. Tt wns nojntd t'\ut that when +np Con- f-ili.ttior Bo.,irci f'ulfd to agt-o on O,tob,- 5 -what W:),g a-' WM then ¡mbmitt".d. the employe,5, for ;ngt:tl1f?e. "d Jl.l[l.(la coiinter-provoRs-Is of ''n inciii.-ivp M "f'r <'p"t. was' no to Os.. M pM' ep-nt. f'-or' T0'<. M, to 50e.. and from M'« 1d. T'T'wa.?'d" SO?, a The Pridone- )R --w bf ¡I1-¡>¡>fillilfPf1 r HI¡>' f"'O!!1miH_. who w' is-'iie their award to the locat Becrrtur-- ht: TtM oeoutattOtM. Thp rhnlltat;I W",4 irtrolucft by VI'. 'poT< T!n'? M.P 'rf"pr?! ?cr?tary nf the 'noc?f?- TTn!f?. a?? tT?° men'" f'"M' wa? T?ut ? õet.,j] bv M- TAm n-;f¥It,h (.nl r,yr.if.rxl Ur;nn), V". Tvor fTin --f) Rl1ef'+\ ilt-. Wpl;qrn Pu,,I, (D(\i'KP"" I Honl{in .Tot*" (TV.), "1't,i"' AA"orit;(l11). Mr. C. H. J.amf>" (maJ.mte.1 qociefv "r "1<:r'R'iT'eeN'\ a" ,1 "'rr. On)fT< Unin""). Wy. f W. Gilbertson detnilt-d tl,e o-mplnver-* ? .W". 1,p 3oCOOP"'HH,;or! J-oy "4" ,T c 1)9-;Pq.. Mr 1)a.l w,Hi&Tm (Ml f'gtJe). 'Ir. r'Û"riq. "fr. F"P"'Tlr' .,rod M" nf t.h.. W"l..J, Plate and ).r"-nnf".d,l1rpr, f><W'\('¡tiônt

BUTTER FAMINE, NONE AT LLANTHT,O RUSH ATj CARMARTHEN. As anticiDated, owin? to the uproar caused by coHiers over the butter and its; sale to the dealers at Liandilo Market en Saturday, the 3rd inst., no butter wa'< brought to the market on Saturday I bst. The supply of butter at Ca-raaarthpn Market was very pma! and there was a rush for all that was available. The supplies had been Spared when a woman I farmer arrived with two or thrpo ba'skpt- i fuls of the precious article. She was at once surrounded by a crowd of eager oustoniers, and soon there wa-t & "scrambte." Finding it impossiMc- to dole out the butte:' under such circum- r stance3, she had to call for pence assist. ance to keep back the c!amouring crowd.' Locat peopte complained tha.t the huck- sters had purchased most of the supplies, and that they were nnaMe to; secure any for the'r own nc(,ris.

ISONT TINPLATERS'. DEMAND. A mtss meetig of unptatera was held at t!ie Mechanics' Institute, Pcntardn- lais, on cvcnmp.. C&unpiUot'! Mathew GriSiths, J.P., was the principa.Ij upenker. Rpsomtions. vpre passed re- fusing anything below tha 100 per cent. 'X>llUS for.

If you enclose one penny stamp to Mr. Agar; Kaputine, Ltd., Manchester, you T.'iH receive by return FREE SAMPLESofKAPUT!MEfor HEAOACHE or NEURALGIA, which all sufferers say are worth a "OROWM" each DOSE.

I SAVE! SAVE! I SAVE!" ITHIS WEEK'S CAMPAIGN AT I SWANSEA. I CHANCE FOR BOROUGH TO AGAIN SHINE. In connection with the autumnal campaign whtch is being held in Swansea from next week, It Is necessary to atKte tha.t a number of War Sa.higs Associa.tiona ha.ve already been formed in the district. The foUowing are those now in existence, the result of the pioneer work of the local Central Com- mittee — Swansea, Patriotic Wa.r Savings Aasocia.tion (21 branches); Crown Composi- tions, South Dock CIseves (Swftngea), York Chambers, SW,UI8el\ Richard Tho,mas and Co.. CwmbT.rIa, Works; Upper Fore&t Works, forri"lt,()n; St. Andrpw'a Sunday Schooi, St. Swunaea; British Mtmnepmann Tube Co., Ltd., Landore; Middie Bank Works. London); Baldwins, Ltd.. Spelter Works, Morrlaton London ,lJd North-\Vestrn Rail- way. Victoria Station, Swansea; Pentre Col- 1:erie:3. Sv.'iinaea; Dyffryn Works, MorriB- tun Murticipa.' Secondary School (Boys' De- partnent). Dynevor-pla<;e, Swansea; Muni- tio.i Area luspectfcn Department. Landore; Danygrai,<; ScL<)otS, Britoii Ferry Chemical Co.. Da'!S.nm!et. Figures Wh!ch Must be tmpreved Upon. ?, me upptuA.mam nrunuer ot memaers in these a.sso('iationsj 5,400, and the amount of wa.r Mvh-,a;s i" .E51.COO. S.itiafa<'tory as this! total amount, appears, yet relativety to the Swansea population of 138,000 it is small, being. only onp in 24 of the population. It. ]s confidently expected that it the close of th: campa.ign this number will be greatly increased. Swansea has attained an enviable position among the towns of this country in I respect of the number cf her Fon..g serving in the Navy and Army it is to be hoped that it gjmilar pl ace of distinction will be .gajned by her in the Wa.r Savings Movement. At the (,M.tn)i Enquiry Omee. .,pon,-d at 57, caE'otle-'1"t t, information will be treaty I given upon aU war savings matters. D-nr- ir ne\t frie. of mpo-rla nt, ccm- ferenoeF! wiU be held among various bodies in the town .nd (Kstric.L tneluding the ciet-gy ) of all dencminationa and church omcjaJs, ',n,jnVPf',f 1, ''M'r. 'for ptirposc of I fortrill, War Sa.ving?' Asaocia-tiona. On Tuesday afternoon there wiU be a-coii-i ference of employers of labor.i- at the Guild-! hall and one on Friday there of clergy and c hurch workers. Two organisers from head- quarters will remain in the town during the campaign, Mias Manning, B.A. and Mi!!? Ahton Jones. I Tht>"e laåie¡; wiU gladly inept fnv he1p<'r,; who may come forward to a8st in the great I :Imünn.t of work to be done. Important ,is the re.,iii.it r-f Fri- day's 'Teachers' Conference, with its- sociationa in each school, but much more help is required if the wide piblicity -given' to t-he movement js to be fohowed un \\u:h ad N,a-iitave. Messrs. Son EvafH's Exampte. ()ne of the first Wholp Cert-ficate Ag- sociationi.! to he formed during this cam-, paign was witTi Messrs. Ben E\-an?. Ltd.. This putriotic aiid eiiterpri-,ing house have art-ar'ged to. st-)! war s3vin..rs certificates to then- clients during business hours, a move.. mpnt. it is hoped, which will be foUowed by mar.v bn?hisss houses. Mr. T. W. Mactavish, repye-?ntint; thf ? i PnbLcitv Department. froTt beadciua,-rters, is in Swansea working hand-h:-haad with Mr. AshmoJe, the borough trea!><urer. and his ?!-Ipping posters were everywhere on Mon- j day. {

TtNPLATES FOR FRANCE.! SWANSEA METAL MERCHANT'S ACTION. I At the Glamorgan A' 'zes, at Cardiff on Satuiday, Justice Lush oolltUtue thje hearing or the Case in wilith 1fbonlttg Herschet Jones, a Swansea metalmer. chant, claimed damages against the British Ore Trading and Transport Com-t pany, London, for alleged breach of contract: The casp aroae <Dt!t of a contract by which p!aintitf agreed to sell and defen- dants to buy a certain quantity of tin- TJlates i.a.s. By order of the Mfnistry! of Munitions dated November 20th, 1916,) it was provided that sanction should ha obtained before steel could he obtained for the manufacture of such goods. Plaintiff alleged that defendants pur-' chased the goods for export to France and by the contracr undertook to obtain the Br!t!h pctmit to manufacture and to export, and also guaranteed the securhig jot the French import authorisation. Defendants did not secure the French import authorisation and faaed to get the permits. Defendants held the con-) tract was teubject to the British permits to manufacture and export heing ob-. Tained by the pittintin'. They said they' never agreed to obtain the permits, j Defendants admitted that they guaran-! tepd to secure the French import author- j isation, but said that that was subject to the British permits being obtained. After evidence had been given by the) ptamttS and a joint manager of the de- fendant company, the hearing was &d-! journed provisionally to Wednesday for !egat argument.

;EG,500 FOR LLANELLY. j CARNEGIE TRUST AND PUBLIC LIBRARY, I t THe Carnegie Trust ha-ve voted a sum of S6.500 to Lln nelly for the purpose of the erection of a Public Library, with the stipu-1 lation that if the cost should exceed that sum the money be Mised by subscription. nnd al so that the Hbrarv rate be increased from Id. to 2d. in tha JL They also .suggested that the library be erected in front of the Town Hall.

-=- SKETTY NOTES. An opportunity having- presented itaetf of! purchasing the freehold of the ground on i which Hkettv Church Schools sta,nds, the' V'fa-r mentioned the fa;.>t from the pulpit;) also that the amount required, which in- ciii(lcd- expenditure on other uecessitoue re- quirementq. would be £400, and immediately three parishioners subscribed JElZO. Doubt- lemi thf rema.mdtf wiU soon b<: at hM dis- 'POS411. rfie note caliing attention to the slough on ( Sketty-roat) footway was e\detttty seen by the authoritx's. who the next morning had it s)-cn to a.nd removed, On 8unda.y morning the congregation of Sketty Church were pieased to see the Hon. Odo Vhian. D.S.O., in,hi6 old pew amongst the worshippers, An i!!dm)natet< roil of honour, the artistic j work of Mr. Jr.ne9. Aahley IKuae. Sketty. on ,Itich <ire in cribed the names of the 35 Shptty lads who have fa)!en in notton. Wa. placeù on the door on giintiy. and ex( 'ted much interest. There is a lil i- hood of 9 pern)a.?nt oak pane! replacing it at an early d&te. The unilk vndora are again deliverin? milk. !mt are very and s&y that one of their number, who cannot get sutH- oient to anDptv itis customers, has bad to p"rchasc suppiiea at 3s. M. and seH at Ie. 1 Cd. ff thts is so. tli-re must be something rotten in thcstate of Denmark. Tlioi;e who !<T<ew the !ate bjent. Bria!ey eon of .Mr. ai7,d Mrs. W. R.-Mor.a'an. i fo41,eÚy, cannot fait to admire the clever hfe- like uortrait of him in chalks in a Hith- stTef't wmdow. the nrodLiction of the a-rtMt. rof, from a "'ttin?. but from it sman photo. I ft roo"" atso of interest to know that this f)OlHl1r youu!" g:<!nt!"man. who made the McriRce on March 4th last. was pro- "'ot<< rermanently to a lieutenancy in the! ft..my on February 5th. and duly 'l!u:ettf'd. thotlh 1'is )3.rf'nts "3 Vf> onhr I ,,a,,ativelv recent.Iy become aware af the fact.

J '!AM A GENTLEMAN." I At Abei-ivo%, on Thursday Dante! K&ytnond ¡ James, shopkeeper. Sandfiel<ls-r<iad..A her- ) avnn. "as stimmoneil Mr ):<*epinf!' hit shop l 1"'1' aftp' hinrs. R110P" InarectO!- Thom&s .?rf?Tn'' ?!<1 ?P S"W c'?tnTT'Prs hf-IT)): 9<*TV?1 I ( ?t 740 a??d when h? tot? dcf??dant a.bont it. ) the latter rt'r?'e?: D?n't sp??k <n me: I am f n Ef'nt!f7n"M." wife spwi-reci in <-ourt.—A. 6ne of 20s. ail(] advocslteie fee WM õl)oa.

I BRACE OF RECORDS. EISTEDDFODAU AT LOUGrHOR' AND YSTALYFERA. A moat <!ucces?iul eieteddfot! ?<M held on ?aturdxy a.t the National S<-hoolM. I?ou?rhor. '_h<sre were record entries and keen competi- Hons. The &<tjudicators were:—Music. Messrs. Norman McLeod. A.R.C.M.. A.R.A.M.. Pprth. and D. R. Jam. Forth; litera.ture.! Mr. James Ctement (Anarch Ogwy). Skewen; prMident. M:" 1L j. Thom&< lioughor; con- ductor. Mr. T. R. John (Irvonwy). Peny- rhcol: a.ocompatuats. Misa GIwa,dvs Daviea. R.A.M.. and Mr. Brynmor Fvans, Three Chief awards—Children a solo <tmder 10)- Winnie and Jennie. Boys' solo (under 12): Freddie ',{a¡,rtel's, Cockett. and PtiHin Price. Brynhyfryt!. Girls' aolo (under 12): SaUy R!Cha,rd€. Kidwelly. and Katie Bowen. Pen Ilergaer. Boya (under 16): GrMt- viHe Meredith. W&utia.rjwydd. "nd — .Pnoe. Brynhyfryd. Giria (under IS): Doria Ev&ne. -Lou§rhor. and Katie Bowen. Penllergaer. Recitation for children (under 10): Irie Grif- Hthf. Fforestfach, and Beeaie Thomas, Loughor Recitation (under 12): Miriam Afan Jcnea. Goraeinon. and May Da't"ie/ Pontar- dulaie'. Recitation (under 16;: Annie Thomas FforestflWh. Pencil, drawing* Willie Lock- h&rt. Ijoughor. Pianoforte solo (under 13): BIodwen Da\'iea, Swansea, and Morgan Ley- Fihon. Penctawdd. Pianoforte solo (under 16; Dilya Davieo. Plasmarl, and Elsie Thomas. Brynhyfryd. Violin solo: Morgan Ree<6 Hoyd. Treboeth. ChfuNpion aoto (for chiMren under 16): Doria ETa,us. Jotighor. &nd Phillip Price, Brynhyfryd. Novice solo: M) Reos WaJter.t. Loughor. Bopraco- Ma?ame Aubrey Bowen, T!?ee Crosses. Con- tralto: Mise L. M. John. Waun?rlwydd. fenor: Mr. Stephen Rofferatone. Glanamman. Baae: Mr. Myrddin E"a.na, Pwll. Hymn tone: Mr. D. W. Davies, Gorneinoa. Solo (over 40): Divided betweeu Meesrs. John Alawfryn Jcnef. Gorfteinon. a.ud R. Price. Brynhyfryd. Composition for chiMren'a recitation: Meagre, yrancia Brid?ewater and David M. Bridgrcwater. Gorseinon. Open recitation: Miaa Ma.ir Grimths. Uandebie. and M.r. Dan Matthewf. Pontarduiais. Champion ao!o (fe-mitle): Madame Anbrey Bowen. Thrfe Crosses. Champion (male): Divided between MMsi-f. Griff Willig,.ms, Ponthenry. and Myr- ddin Evans. PwU. Choir choral (three choirs competed:: 1. Waunarlwydd Chora! Society (Mr. D. DeweHyn John): 2. GIanamma-n (Mr. Stephen Ro;?erstone). Praiee M due to th secretarief and treasurfr for the huge suc- cess at.ta,ir'ed. Mrs. A. John. Mea°ra. lorwerth Thomas. Wm. Hopkiua. a.nd W. Harrig. Pro- cendti in aid of the Lo"arhnr Di.Rt3-" Fund. MATtONAL" TEST PtECES AT AT Y8TALYPERA. Jaere w<n a record attendance at the CpDtraI Halt, Yata-!yfera. on Saturday. on the occasion of the aecond armual eisteddfod in aid .of the Y?t?yf"ra. a?d Godrersrrai? Soldier?' and Sai!ora' Reception Fund' A featnrc of tAe event w?o that the test piecea were those of the National Eisteddf<)d, in,1 1918. whls, & IN, t- I" .'djudged the events. The ofScaIa were:—! Pr"ident. Cotoael Gougb 4hairman. County Co.mcillol' D. W. D;! ,i,s, Y Rtal,Yfera con-i ductor. Mr. J. Walter Jones. B.A.. Neath;, mnaical adiudicatora. Dr. D. EvaDS, Oardif!. and Mr. W. George. F.T.8.C.. Ysta,Iyfera; hte'-ature. Rev. Ben Davits. Pantteg; tttcom- panels. Mr. W. D. C]ee. A.E.C.O.. Yata,ly. 'Ma, arkit Mdme. Brinlcy Godre'rgra.ia. Chiet award :R-ecit.a.tion (children iin,fer 14)- L'xzie Hewe!yn, Brys- amman Solo (under 16): May Williams.! Panttee'. Pianoforte eolo (undcy 16): Willie i RepH. Brynamman. Solo (under 12): Maggie Jones. CwmHynfeU. eesay: D. J. Morgan. GIanamma.n. Fancy work: Divided bttw&en Maggie Daniel Yst.alyfera, and Edjth ThomiLs. Ystalyfcra. Adult reoita-' tion- Miriam F,ats, GIananunan. 'Story: David Jones. Penywern. Ystalyfera Corn- position o! chHdren's recitation. Ffyddlon" ard "Npwydd Spon." Xovice solo: Sa,ra.h j Rvsns. Gamant. Con'"a!to aolo: Mdtm*. A.) Roberts. Handebie. Tenor: Lfwi!) Thfmaa. Yl'talyrra: Chair winner: D E. Hopkin. Upper Cwmtwrc.h: who "R chaired with due epremony. Englyn: TarTenydd." Cho:r ccmpet.'tton; Divjde<t lictween Ysttnyfera.' foond::cter{ by Jmcl< Jtmea) and Brynammao j IT. B. Williams\. ITJst"umel1tl &Io: 1. Xate MorgAn. Pontardav.-e; 2. HnpMn. ? 'ra. To'e party: Y,-tallfem (Mr. Joa. The ArTan!!cm<'n*s were in the hands of 'ktesers. -T. E. Roberts letrganiging secretary). Tom- Morgan (nDancia! a«rettry). D. E. D&viee. and Ben Evana (gen<'ral secretaries). "nd Robert WiMia.toa and Thomas (treasur'r?) -=;cc_t

"PLAY T14P, CAME." I Breezy Address to Swansea Brotherhood. I A "raHv" of the 8,%vqiiseii, Brotherhood was held at PeU Ktreet Chapel on Thur&- day. The chap?i w.'tf comfortably fiiled. a.nd My. Cook DaviR-< in his pi'e!\ideJ.;ti\} .tKtdr?ay' I i pi?esi d e.liti,,t s-r?d th).c cvt'nt wa'? a?.&cMt ?.?g.Ln.t?e? h?tory of th? BrntherH?ods in ?wapaea, ae j ? ?as the Hrst. tim? i.hp natio?af ?ct?sF?-' the Rev. Tom Svkps, had been to Swausea. Rav. Tom Syke, thcught a Feder';tio? of the Brotherhood ought to he formed in Sv.'anMa, and not merely ?<.n association. Snme people thought that Brctherhoods were cppc?itton to the Sun ia.y School! whereat; )C- i t i oli I thev were a po\\prfu! it.! wa; there they wre tauglit.Chriptianity a.nd to become teachefp on that subjc'c' It waa not a!:{a:¡n{, anybody Hf a;1.thin except sin, and if HIe Church flud the Brothrhpods "pi?yec! the ?')m<m harmony they, would d" a. ?ot m the &ah\tt,ion of humanity. It was out to ma.kp Brit?tn ? Rpiritua?! state af{( r thf war the Kaipet' had forced ?pon us. There were .3CO,CCO members of the Brother- hood and S:sterholJd m Wales, of which 103.CCO were Hgbting iu the war of civilisa Hon. and he hoped that ;"cfter the va.r the numbcrf would be matprtaHy incrRased. Dtuiog the n'eeting Misses Hetty D&vies aiid Lfiie Davica, R.A.M., rendered rnagni- IJ\ n tJ :1(1.

GUARDIANS AND GIRLS' HOSTEL. Swansea Discussion Oxer ;M 1 Donation. At Swansea Guardians Finance Committee on Thnraday discussion aroc!c over the ap- p!i<'ation for a donation to the Girls' Hoetel. which had hren refeTrcJ to that 'committee irom the Duties and Salaries Committee. Mr. A. GpOtsre said the point waa that if they started to subscribe to this institution ntHBercus other institutions would be a.ppiy- inK for donations. Mr. David Grey said. in moTin<r It'donation. the waa ravine! tftr!s on rW. 'ronr goi-g to tie Union, and that. had to be tahpn into consideration. AttNs point 'M'r Geo!'g'/> r.Otkr>d wa.:¡ int{'re8td in me bortel. Mr. Grey aaid he he!d no hrief8¡ ff&d 'ha<i I!en the oth''r st)fskpr!< <t -.t"Ïnv.. ard ob- ,ie-tp.fI "toMr George interfering whi)st hewas .ppakin?. ?Jr. J H. H.i=sp'- moTpd a -S5 donation: Mr. Grey wonded. and Mr. Georg moved an amendment of no donation. Mr. Devonal(i seconded thie. It was rut to the rote. and Mr. Rosscr's motion was carried. Two pounds per week denreciat;oq on hja car was allowed DT. lloyd Fdwar& until ap- ,,)jcation-q lor the position of resident medical officer had come in.

SWANSEA OFFICER WOUNDED IN PALESTINE. LieHt. Pel'cival Bowen D&Ties. Welsh; I'-pgiment. only son of Caotaitr W. T. DgLvics.! Swansea. Adjutant 3rd G.Y.R.. Ttnd the. Kind's and Queen's prize-winner, hae b<eu wounded in Ptdestme during rc"nt opera- tions. but hia friends will be g)ad to hear' ttiaf the wounda are not seri<)iis. Li.eut. Davica. who 13 SO y<ia.rs of ase, joined up as private when lie wae only 17 y&a.ra of age. and after going to the rank of aergoa.nt waa tbence promoted lieutenant. ia now sig:- i.aUins; oNcp" of his battalion." He is a nephew of the retiring Mayor of Swansea, (A'd. Dfavid Davies) and cousin to Majo? Percy Da.viM. ',lth Cyclists. Mf-ut. Da.viea was for nTe years at LIa,ndoyery Colleire, from whence hf enlisted, Fe<rnw Swansea Bank Cterk. luiormation has been rece'ved b.y Mr. B. J. E!smere. of Uan.gennech, that his son, Pte. LIeN,ccllvn B. Etamcre. King's Own Lanes. Regiment, has died in hoapital in France from pneumonia, after a fw davo! mnesf. Ptc. Elsmere was, previous to joining' the colours, ca&hiel' a-t the Capital, aad Countiea Bank. LlanefIy, and was at one time in the Swansea branch of the ttMQe bank. 1'nY5Øenltwch Private. Mr. and Airs. i\ Pepper, of YnyspenIIwch, have veceived 'notificatión from the War Office of the death in action of their aon, Herbert. Pte. Pepper, who was a bdght lad, had seen a good deal of active service on the French front,.und will be mourned hy a large circle of friends. Harbour Trust C!erk. Mr. and Mrs. Tucker, of 10, Beach-street, Swansea, have been otticiallv notified that th(-t. son, Pte. W. J. Tucker, of the Welsh P,f, :!cut, is missing since September 80th. Pis. Tucker, who is 23 years of age, joined the Anuy h. Nevember, 1915, and was Mt\'e]e!y wonndect :n the chest while serving in France in January, 1917. He a,g<<-in rc- Illll'lled to the front in August. Previous to joining up Pte. Tncker was employed ?s a clerk in the electrical department of t.he Swansea Hvboux:, -7rtut.

THE MAK!M6 OF THE MAYOR. TIME-HONOURED CEREMONY. REPRESENTATIVE SWANSEA GATHERING. Past Yearns Civic Work. The Council Chamber at the Swanaea. Guildhall was the scene of another Mayor-making ceremony at noon on Friday. when Aid. Ben Jones, J.P., was duly elected as Swansea's lea-ding citizen and, amid the plaudits of the assembled burgesses, was then invested with the robe (a. fine ermine cloth with sable fur, that was supplied. as usual, by Mesars. D. C. Jones and Son. Castle-square) a.nd cha-in of omce. after which he t&ok the customary oaths of alle- giance—a little ceremony that seemed more signi'ncant than ever after over three years of the great war. Circumstance ha,d brought this distinguished honour upon the new Mayor just as it did his entry into the I Council eleven years ago. It will be recalled that in 1906 the retiring :i\1ayor (Aid. David Davies) was then at the head of the Munici- pal Reform movement that has probably done more to place Swansea in its proper niche as a Ia.rge and important industrial cent-re -an d seaside rern X ?Z" tant industrial centre and seaside re&ort than anything else. Aid. Ben Jones was induced to leave the seclusion of his private business life and take pa:'t in the movement. Then a year ago he was appointed Deputy Mayor—an appoint- ment that wa, destined to hasten his advent to the Mayoral cha'r, which in the ordinary course of events it would not have been his turn to nil for another few years to ccme. The retiring Mayor fell il!, and the duties cf the Chief Magistrate devol ved upoti his deputy for such a length of time that, by common consent, it was felt that Ald. Ben ,.Jones should receive the highest reward his ('Olleagues aind th<- burgess could bestow upon him. The eighth ma.yor \În the present rei.gn. he M the Rfbh to be installed'during 'the present war. ancf each 01 them ha.?. like himself, some member cf the family on active Service. Lt. A. Gwynne Jones. R. W.F., like! Majo!- Percy Davids (Mn of .the retiring Mayoi-) a year a,go, and Aid. Merrells' sons in 1915, had come straight from the trenches to witness the interesting ceremony con- nected with his father. The retiring Mayor, neting under doctor's orders, was not present, nor was Mrs. David Da\.je,'I, the l'etirmg Mayoress. Thp crowded assembly, however, included Mrs. Ben Jonjf.. Mr. and Mrs. Watts Joies, Miss Gladys Jones;, Mrs. Ausuu Jenkiiu-. and Lieutenant Gwynna Junes, Royal, Wphh Fusrliers (aH members of the new; Mayor's family), Mrg. Dan Jones, Mrs. Dd. Matthews. Mrs. Geo. Harries. Mrs. W. W. t Hoimes, Mrs. Thos. lerre)l. Mrs. G. A. (- A. Hemmings, Mrs'. H. D. Wniiams, Mrs. (Dr.); Trevor Evans. Mrs. Barclay Owe'i, Mrs. i Morris Roberts, Mrs. C. T: Ruthen, Mrg. Jchn Lewis, Mrs. Ow<m Owen, and other ladles. There was very nearly a fuil at- tendance of the Council, and amongst the, general body of were included Mr. Roger Beck. Mr. J. Aeron Thomas. Mr. T.' N. Ta!fourd Strict. Mr. P. W. PhilJips I (Harbour Trupt), Dr. Trevor Evans. Lieut.j J. Ho<!gen< CtinD. Jone< Messrs. W. j Edwards, .I.P., J. W. Toneo-. J.P.. R. G. Lewis and G'. W. Mayhew (Ben Eva?s. Ltd.). I?vid G'rey, Austin Williams. J. Vanghan Edwayd?. Da.vid LInyd (builder). Mr. 'John Jones (general manager "D?ily? Post"), David Davies (Boro' Stores), Wm. DaA-ies. Owen Owen (Uplands). Ernest Jones, Harry Rogers, R. Whittaker, D. Meager, C. C. Vivian. Fish, Capt. Da?-ips (dc?kmaatfr), W. Thoma?. Capt. Alf Thomas (Chief Con- ?b?v ex-<jMM. W.-Wilh?ms?'H. ?ook, A. !? .H?!d<n?.P.' BobB?t? W, B. Jonp? t? E. Pprkinp. D. Kay and C. Ingham-E?ans "'(aMnoa?er Mtd. aeoretary rBapectu'e?y cf Mesn?. Lewis Lewis and Co.). Aid. '-kleiw?re;s lls waa vcted to the chair. He said everyone would regret the caus? of the At. LJ t:. M"vU-\ I AN u ;ÿ r\. é t: N JUNES. .(PHGTO.CRAPHS BY CHA-PMAN, SWANSEA.) I Major's Aid. D. Daviep') -a bft-ncc through' illness. and it w&s up<.m the advice of his. trechca! advisers that he was not present that day. I Mr. Pfrcy Molyneux, in'tormaily propos- ing the ptecticn of Aid. B.°n Jrqies as May< r. said they all regretted the unfortunate cir- cumstances that prevented Ald. I:t. D,!Iv"es beins: in his accustomed p'ace. and he wi!lohed from the bottom of his heart that he could have heeu present to rptptve the tribute of affection and good/r\viH which he had so well and truly earned, not only from his col- leagues hut from everyone in S'van.ea, for he had devoted honestly aii,.i fervently and with rcitrage the bc-,3t twenty vears of his life to thf town's Mrvice. (Ap- ?,10, ?,e.) They would h?ve liked tc have passed a. resolution s'?ting the deferring of Atd. D. DaTies' res:gt:at.ion, ¡Jut he under- stood bhere were legal difnculties. The leash tribute to Ald. D. DAvIes' greatness and the great wofk h6' imd, dene was at least to deier- the oonsideiation of the resignation to seme future time. (Appla,use.). Aid. D. Davies had done an i;mense amount of work. and but for the labour and additional work he had put in mo'f than he ought he wculd have been with them that day in Tf.hnat. hea.)th. And he '.visbfd. too. to nav t A w<e!ttMerved tribute to the Mayoress. Their hearts had gonej out to hcc m the great chfficultIes she! had been through. and yet in spfte of I those dif&cuLties she had done her work ma.gnincent!y. (App)ause.) In moving Atd. Ben J??s to the m&yomU chair, Mr. Motyneux Hid as deputy-Mayor -AM. Ben Jones had carried out his dudes mos? I creditahty. and shown his cap&bnities. Ald. Ben Jone? was v.?hat he might well' term n' safe man in every t-c.-pect, and ) tnere would neve'' be any ieRr that he would ever be guilty of" any ili-conceivedt ttCMon in any shape or form, and they! could all depend Aid. Jones w&uld carry! out h:s duties accompanied by mature' consideration and eniciency. (Applause.) j Aid. Ben Jones was a rea! gocd fellow,: and his salient features were his kindli-¡ neIS, his suuny disposition, and his ex- ceUent tempt), Viio,e quaHties wou!d stand him in gpi)d stesLd during )ii. s year of ofnce. He was reminded by the pre- sence of Mr. Roger BErk--a Large-hearted Swansea gent!eman— thatwafHt'hewarm'ckfoutAH'.oecK was in Germany, and the hp:-t tribute of appreciation of his greatness he c&uld pay him was that they thanked God Mr. Beck had been with thpm tor thp last. thrco Beux then extcnckd his vpry best wish< s M the Mayor and Mnyore'.s-eicct, and lic, Mnecrely tmsted they wcu)d Ita-ve n very ,;glev,wut year of oftic. In seconding, Mr. D3Tid Matthews sajd he did so with the greatest possible pleasure. He could t&y witit e\ ery confidence that Aid. Ben Jones' work on the Council had been safe and thoroughly aoiind. (Hear, hear.) The Mayor-elect had practica-IIy the whole of his life been associated with shipping, and he (Mr. Matthews) hoped that it would be one of the nrat duties of the Mayor to see if any- thing CM) be done to btiug the important I !noustry of tMpbuttdmg ,1' I agtun to hear.) At- cnis ) stage he wished to saj how deeply he re- gretted the smnouncem<-nt ma.de with refer- ence to the resignation of the Mayor. He did not know if there wts any obstacle in the 'vay of allowing the rCSigna.tion to remain in abeyance for a year. It not, the least tri- bute they could pay tc Aid. D. Davies was to thajik him and the Mayoress for thiair great work during their year of ofBce. (Hear, hear.) The Mayor hadben especi&Uy active m connection with the promotion of the welfare of the Te<:hhioal CoUège, and for ¡\ that aJone Aid. David Dc<.vies' Mayoralty would live as being ¡ .1 1. The two&i succes&fui I Mtey naa ever r)aa m Ctwanaea. iney aiso knew—everybody knew—of the Mayor's great work for the boys who were lighting i iur us. Those two things edone would re- dound to Mr. Diivid- Dnvies' credit, and he was very, very sorry thatr the Mayor ha.d decided to leave the CuuuciL (Hear, hear.) Mr. David Williams supported. Mid at the outaet expressed h]S extreme regret tbat i l.be Mayor, through unfortunate circum- j .stances, wao unaM? to be present with j them. It wiM the Hrst tUne in the period of 19 years that hf hft? served the Sw&naea, Corpora-tion that the making of the Mtayor h&d taken place in the absence o! the M&yor for the time being. Hp wae quite 'tire they al! regretted thf -,nl,)rtunate (Hear. bear.p But the dirc-Limstantes of the Mnyor's tUneae had given the incoming Mayor the a.ppr&nticeahip to the new oMce j he was about to take up. Md he was sure he was expressing the opinion of the mem-; bpra of the Council and the burgeasea when be said that Atd. Ben Jonea bad ca-rried out thoae aervicea right worthily That, he thought. Wa<as<K)aaugwy as t") the successfal k-arr7iiiC out the duties during the comic? year. (Hear. hear.) As to the -,iavore4fi. he said that the social dutiea of her ifftce were abundant. difficult and oneroutt. but from whf.t he knew of Mro. Bl1 Jonps hcl could ay that she wa.9 going to enlist the sympathy of a.H the working Ladies in the towri--aid 'their name WM legion—so that hel"" ímr of oiBce wa,& goiug' to be eauaUy eitceee-fiil. (Rear. h&ar.) Ald. Danipl Jon,-r, aemof-iated himeelf with t the resol'itio!]. He was sure he remarked with reference to the retiring Mayor that, AM. David not onty had the j ayntpatny or tM councjit-. I b-ult &)so of the whfte town. a,nd ue (tn sp'eaktr) couJd <m!y hope that Tna Rtrength w01,1ld so revive that hf might come back to the Council and agtiji be *) most Utefn! member of it. (Hear. hear.) As to the Mayor-elect, he proceeded to say. amid Ja::g-hter. that A'd. Ben Jonpp waa taken as his yoxnger brother who bore all hia !Hu!t.s, whUst he (the speaker) <;ot all the good qua] ties. 'fhp new Mayoress would vf,. the help of all the huiles conneeted with the war futa;. and in conclusion he expressed M,lght at the presence of Lieut. Jonfp to see hi-a father instaUed in the high- €6t. office the town o! Swansea'could gh'a ',wansea' could give him. t Mr. G. A. Hemmirrg':S said that tHe Ma.ycr- dect had nHed the duties of Mayor with fh nines" and iiDportianty. j Mr. Barday Owen hu'ther added hia sup- po.-t. Mr. W. Owfii said that Ald. Ben Jones' geniality and ability were bound to make his year of ffnce a happy and successful one. Mrs. Ben Jones, too. had t All tha gMd qualities IV' ot her h1.HfÖ<lDcl, and when t-heir year ct omce ended there wonid be tWO the "WfU done" oi everybody. (H?aT< hear.) TMydeplored: the tact that, the Mayor was not present, but, he w.tnted to go a jgtep further anJ congra,to- late him on his recovery. They were a,}! ¡ pleNJed, to know, Ujjst ii-.e Mayor 113.d ptact.i- C3!)y ?'?f'o"e!?d. The f;¡m:h had gone through a \'pry trying time, and every credit was due to the Mayoress. Mr?. David Danes, ,ho had ,yorki'd'l,nder difBcul-t ties during the pap', year. Sbp deserved and had TpcetvPd t!.e ,mpathy 01 in the j was ready and t'i!Hng 16 rendpr her ail the afSlstallce posq n'l¡>. Po1it.J('r ¡'rY")n> did not enter tnto i't'' to the family that.; C\'é-li'6'n<e make the posit:or)' !3s easy as po?sib!e for thc-m. (Hen.r. ht-ar, 1'1 He congratulated Mayor t.'tfrefore on lÙ, 'recovery and hoped that hi regignatioù would not be ;:c<:tptd. hut that h? would be further re.Ftored to health, so as to bf àble to cimp back a<ain to the'C(¡nn61 to take up if hi" dut'es for the (';)Wtt. {Hp&r. hcsr.)' M). John great personal friend of the Mayor-F'er't.. aln supported the; resolution. reminded of the old) proverb that "a gocd name is hotter! than many ncheP" and said that he. hoped the new Mayor would ho Our, Big Ben during the coming ypar. (Hear. bfar.) T'heT would watch his' pvery tick and movprnpnt, a.nd he W81;: sure both hp and Mrs. Ben Jcnes would have a happy and succp&sfu! year of ofncp. Hf cci.Id only hope that the war wou)d a tEo end, and that they would be at ppacf agaiu. (Applausp.) j I Th(> l'e,sôJ11 tioJ\ w&s then carried with! genMai approva!. In offpring tile new Mayor eOIigr&tula- tions the Ch.m'mHn said that A)d. Ben! Jones was a hail fellow '.VGU mft. The occasion was rather a unique one, ancf the unanimity of the R'Pointmellt of the new ) Mayor proved that not only had Atd. Ben Jones on his trial ? but had come out of it with nying ("nto-jt s. His cue regret was that the f'ngratutat!onn to the new Mayor were ccming fro the Aid. Dd. Da'. !es. who, he feit sure, would wish him every '-uceess. (Applause.) A!d. He!) Joxc" thfu, amidst loud a,p- pl.vitse. was m his ofUce. d!)nning his robes. taking the ('l1At<>mary oath, and his seat in the chair. "UNS¡ELFiSH SERV!CE/'i I WELSH EDUCATION BOARD AND ALD. DAVUES. ,I The To'n Cierk nt this stAge read the f&i- low.nglettpi':— Board of Educa-tiou. \VhitehaU. London, S.W.1. 25th October, 1917. Dear Mr. Town Clerk,-—Changes in the perponne! "t a Town Council Me not usually matters in regard to which it M deemed pfo- pet for offlcr8 tn a Gvt?rnmènt Depart- ment to evince much intei'fat, stUI less to express any views: it would obviously be improper that they should do wo. The cir- cumstance's under whjch your County Bor- ough is losin¡. the services of its present Chief l\1ag-istr8lte a:í'e. how"el', *o unusual that 1 feel I may perhaps bt ttllowed to express my sympathy witb yonr 'Town Council in their !oss of the present occupant cf tha Ma-yoral Chai? and t" My with what deep regret the We!<-h Department Qf the Board of Educa- h.c ))e:trd th.t.t the hreakdo\vn in his 'he&lth h&e, in ?aj-t a.t leMt) beeo ir.-iought about by his zealous labours In the promotion I of the interests of your borough and particu- larly of the Technical College. It is always an inspiration to up here at Whitehall to note the devotion to the public service which characterises so ma-ny men a,hd women in Walea. and I trust, tha.t Swansea, which is now ,girding up her loins to do greater things than ever before in her his- tory, may never lack tha,t unselfish service from her citizens of which your untiring I Mayor has given so conspicuous &n example, and may find in it the realisation of the best hopes for the advancement of the moral and int,ellectual-as well M the materiil-devel- opment of the importa.nt communities within her borders. Believe me, dear Mr. Town Clerk, Very faithfully your&, ALFRED T. DAVIES. RETtRtMC MAYOR'S FORMAL t REStCMATtOM. The following letter was read from AH. D. Davies, the retiring Mayor:— 1 De&r Mr. Lang Ceath,— As forecasted t<o you in a. recent letter, I now put in my resignation, as a member of the Swansea County Borough Council, and enclose the necessary Is. in, payment of the penaJty. It would give me much pleasure to he present. at Friday's meeting, if only to witih good luck to my successor, who. proved so unsclnsh and worthy a deputy, Acting upon medical advice, however, f' am denied that privilege.. I need not go over the ground covered in my previous letter, but I offer my sincere good wishes to all my old coi- league6 and the Corporation oSicials. Faithfully yours. j DD. DAVIB8 ProtKMed Deferment M A!o. Dawtes' I Resigna!Km. Atti. i. MerrpHs moved the con&tuera- tion of AM. Dd. Davies' resignation be deferred indennitely, as it was not the wish of the Corporation that they should accept, the resignation. (Applause.) Aid. Dries' illness had been the town's JoM, and there was no gainsaying the fact that if ho had not been electef-1; Mayor last year he wouM iu every pro- bability have been with them that da.y.) Aid. t)avie9 knpw no half-measures, pos- sessed of any amount of zeal and sincerity, and always conscientious. Aid., )[errells referred to A!d. Dnies' work in connection with the Technics! College,, and as the result of his unbounded en- thusiasm there could only be one result,) which they a!l knew. Aid. I). Da vies was no ordinary mun, and the Council realised it; he PO¡;S:O!oo commons-ense of an exceptional kind, a.nd was. in fact, an intellectual giant, and they all recognised it. Apart from the Technical O&tlege,; Aid. Davies had done most valuable work !n connection with the Art Gallery, which only the future could Bttingly appreciate, and the third matter which stood out' most prominently in his year of office was what he had done for the boys with th\ colours. (Applnse.) His work in each and every sphere refunded not only to his own credit but that of the, town. His idea was to develop! artists in our mid':t in an industrial senHe. ami hip efforts in thi? direction would later on reflet upou the who)c rommun't", and hf looked forward to the Swansea of the future being a town of b&auty instead of ugliness and despair, as at present. Aid. Daviea' work for the tidier!, and l1non'l was legion. and one oftRit wondered how he found time to attend tr. h multifarious work. personal and ind <hitl interest he took in &11 thing&. the ?')'L'r)thropic work hp had! bpen engaged on {c t n'n.ny years, and at the flame time to cafyy ouL hia ordina.ry dutifa. He nee d not further LAiiig, the praises of Atd. D. Davi(m. whæch wer9 well known, and he I know everyone would :e with him !.hat the letter of reaigtjationshouM. be deferred. (Lottd?ppla.use. )  I Mr. A. Sinotejr, in a'?oond)n?. mid tt:e; motion met with the un&Tnm<?ua :willf)r; tne CcmnciT, and, he felt thf< town :t,t )a,me. Five Montha 'ag'o a Lreat shadcw I' came Hptm them in Aid. D&viee' illner,4-. now. ha-ppHy. the nhadow waLH pra'eticallv remn-ved, ar<d he and they a.U hoped it would 'toon be whoDt removed, and tha,t. hia ) medical itdvisors would permit h'm to rc- t,ur4,; t,), fbat¡ life. (Ax>pla'Jf1). Ho \'111M, afraid no other Ifc wonM llelc m Ald..f)n:t'" g"*t.k.f.or .t'bé Teehnicat Oolle had been ilt,t,iuitr .m?..ÆÍe; hf-coMld. oulT- hc.pe..that Aid. wbuld unitéM!it':f of'Swan- .a a,nd hf hoped that amongst the Sret toO .-eceive a decree at the ne\v univ<'rMty would be Aid. D. (Applause.) II Crcate-f Swansea." Mr. W. W: Holmes <.upfX)rt.Mi. ADd 8tn<i nja r'lea,guT, M floing so -wa.e more than counter-! bnJalledbv the rmet tha.t the motion waa. nerMMrY. A I(I. David abilitv. corr.binpd wit.i bif,. rA,-s;ionate desire to mak,) bitq tomn, a. greater 8wa.n3e< were touched uBen. thp anhcmes fo- making a ¡;O;t'Nlt.er twa,na werè in the pro-! cee:? cf fruit;ûn. hut wh&t th<'r flid tmow WM f that tie 4feates- monmnent that wou]d r< Main to the meaiory of AM. Da.Tid Davie in the yc'.rs to conip was the comin'r University of SwAn&ca- Th<- T-eUr;ng Mayor prohahly hid some pneim<?! Everv ni,,xr who h&d a,. strf\ngth ot oh r-acter honMty of hcd eot enemi. But Aid. Da.vies'9 breakdown m h-a4t" producefi It uniYer8] fef!'ng of stm,ithv And refrpct. everybody in the town feetiat; that they had lost. tfSonora.rity it wa. hoppd. !<wa,naea's! I-Ppt HHpft. PpeaMf'K of trm person i he could My he h&d atways fo-)d Aid. Dd. !')av"'s a jõ;t.a\lnch friend ann a leader that h-e had fYpry pride in fo!!o'n-- ing. (Hear, hea.r.) He posMssed nn ahnormfHy rctentivp mcrnorT. and his mind was a rich :tQ1-phOl}" rf mforma.- tMn which he was alwAv i-eady to hn- part to his fr\enf18, He ccuM v'nly hnpc) with others tha.t thp time wou!d ..hortly pome when Aid. Dd. Dayies would he( able to i-psnme hie duties in thp C'hamher and so give his services &ga.in to the town. which were so b a, ly needed.) (Applaus,) The Mayor iii pilttbic4 the resolution Mt. d_ ,yo r tb&t he supported e\cry word that had been Baid. I -The res,-Alvt;li>ii w?< I] Ila Ili t The Counott's P.Wiution. The Mayor next. moven i.tmt the warmest t thanks of* the C'o'jncH be accorded to Aid. L-ta,,viA tf-P., <md Mrs Da.vies for thét: efif-rieiit and pI&Minp manner in which they) ha.d dixch&rgcd their dutiee ne Mayor and of the county of SwanM'a. which had been an onerrms and numerous and of siK'h an importta.nt cha.tcter owing to the presfnt war during the year 1916-17, and that the resolution he suitably inseribed on \'eUnm. fialed hy the Corpor&ticn, and pre- f:°nted to Mr. and Mr! D:wid Davies with th<' hcRt of the CoTinciL" Mr. A. Sinclair seconded, and F,lÍd that! he did. FO wth plekisiire, addmg that if he spoke for an hour he coutd not say! aU he wou}d like to of the M&y<M- and Mayoress. j The resolution wfs carded with I acclamation. The 'Jayo's sa!ary Tkag nxed at 4500 and the Harbour TrÜštl'(> were rc- ele<3tpd. the Ma.y<n' taking the place of the retiring Mayor.. MAYOR'S SPEECH. WARM TRIBUTE TO I PREDECESSOR. I THE PAST YEAR'S RECORD OF WORK. The new Mayor, who wa.p received with loud npplau!<e. in returning thanks for the houour. said he should ha,e cona'dered it an hououl to hnve been elet'ted by a majo'ity of the Council, bt:it- to have been tlee:t(:d U!i- animoi'aly was indeed a much greater one. and lie bbould do?hia utmost to merit .their j trupt., qi had done his best during the?nrst' seven mouths of {he past y<a,r M Deputy Mayor to assist the Mayor, and during the bst five months, through the unfortunate illness of Aid. D. Davie, :hè had carried out; the Mayor&! work to the best of his ability and, he hoped, to their satisfaction, notwith- standing that there waa a. tremendoua lot of work in hand which had to be tackled, and in this connection he desired to express his I thanks to &M the members of the Council, and especially to the town clerk and his staff, for the agiistance and guidance given him. TM Reurmg Mayor. He quile appreciated that he was fcHow- j ing most excellent men in thatr chair, and he sure they would agree with him v<hen he said that their re- tiring Mayor, Ald. D. Davies, -,vis Pecoi-id to ncue. (App!ause.) He is' one of the most brilliant meu in Wales. H(- commenceù his year of office dftermined to do "Teat for Swansea, a.nd :et about it with that xMtl aud entbusiesN'. ?LMb wao fo cbaracta- istic of him. They all remembered that. grea<t effort made by him in connection with the recognition of Swansea Technical Col- lege, as a result of which promises of abc'ut. J370,000 were obtained by him for thi<; pur-) pose in ao short a time. Another of hia im- portMit ventures was the "White City," which, he was delighted to saJ, had been such a great success. Aid. Da.vies had failed in health, to the great sorrow of them a.!I, on the very day it was opened. He (the Ma.yor) could expound on Aid. Da-vies' ex- cellent qualities a.nd hia indefatiga.ble efforts a.t considerable length, but they aJI knew them as well aa he did, &nd he would content himself with s8,yin that he had undoubtedly laid tho foundation of a greater Swansea.. (Applause.) The Ex-Mayor: Interesting 8ugsMt:<'n. Thé M&v<M. prooeedHig. æid 't:b.t;y alioul4 not diapemae with AM. D. Dacca's services if they oould.,Pom ib.)y retain them, even u he wa« Mi honorary membpr. Other puMie men hftd been eJCeu8<MI to! heatth'e sake for a time. and he hoped they would bø a.Me to do so in Aid. D..Da-vies's case. an<i so aven- tuaHy have him back amongst them. Per- BonaMy. he ahbuld be delighted if they could retain the eervto&a of the ex-Mayor for a.t leaet 13 months. (AppIa.UM-.) He re- echoed every word that had been aa.id re- garding the ex-Mayor's aervicea. Proceeding, the Ma,yor said he had the pleasure of seeing the "White City" venture through, with the abte of Coun. Lee (chairman of tha PMks CotnnMttee). Mr. Aahmole (borough treatmrfr), and Mr. BUsa (superintendent of parks), and a host of will- ing helpers. Whilst on this perhaps they would allow him to menticu a new project- they had in hand affecting the p&rks. To- gether with Coun. Lee, they met Mr Heck, th" of the BMoueep Cederstrom, and the Baroness had very iTraciou.f'ly given to the town for the parks the pavilion or palm court which was erected in the grounds at Craig-y-No8. (Applause.) Tins was to be put \'p in Victor'a. ParK. and would be com- pleted about April next. He thou.ght this would prove a very valuable attraction and a means of bringing a great deal more money into the coffers ot the Corporation. It was their desire tha.t it might be possible for the Ba.rone.ss to perionn the opening ceremony. (Applause.) S'.va,nse& was so accessible to the Rhondda, Valley and West Wales gener- a.Ily that he thought they should a,dyertisc their town well and make the park? M attrac- tive a« possible. (Appla-use.) Another great event waa the public meeb- ing held at the Albert Ha.11. whon the PTe- sident of the Boa.rd of Education (the Right Hon. H. A. L. fisher) spoke on education; a,nd I)ere again he must mention the name of Mr. W. P. Roderick, who was -\veil known to &U past Mayors. He WM a splendid orgaii- iMr a.ld W. /of 'greø.t a a si t<.) ihe Mayor. And he felt. too. ilia-tho must now rctpr wurk done by our women. (Applause.) The town, he wa!= !nn'e, did no'b appreciate the extellt of it. They hafi -orked hard and \ere w'jrking early and lfi,tn in the vatioop org.an'¡f\l\tion in existence. If he mentioned one in particular it would be the Comforts Fund for Bul),I)Iyiii.g comforts to our boys at the front. The work of that fund had grown to an abnormal extent and was doing a work for our boys which was keenly appreciated. Mr. T. L. Jenkins. the hoa. secretary of the fund. and his st.tJ. were responsible for the work and it w?s to their credit that every- thing in connection with it had been parr?Mi thing 111con1lec?'t?icii 'it I)ad been The Ex-Maywees. The ex-Mayoreps (Mn<. U. VVle.q¡, hKe her huab&nd, had worked valiantly in the vnrious erfortf which had,t'a,t:pn ntace <md those which were stiU running. She was a !:<<iy posaesxod of wondc' fu! LziA-t a.nd and they all h* eT great fortitude in etic.kihg' 'M the wo-k in tht, trying t.hne whichhe had Tbjcre Piid that iv,,Is the (,n' wMch h&d dbn? po much ?or th9 d€- I)en4on,t4s of nuf "M?rs &nd soHi'C« Rid of which ?i' A?htnol? wa? the' h?n. tt?Muyer. H? ha.d ha.d a great dsal 01 ?xp?ri?ce c?f thi5 fund. It WM.? tnnd which without eara might open to at'use, but they had an exceU&nt officer in Mr. Wm. Eva.!ia, of he tre'3f!1l'('l"'FI,depn,rtaumt, who, although. q?!?..t'?.,?9<yKmse on f.lp.f!.aA!.lHlr>as very sympathetic jn ajj Hp d,?ire, to refer to the good vork which wM being d4oneL by our chnrchca and chapetR. Thy k?pt register'' of all, their members eterving with t'h.e Colou.rM and i'up Plied theonl with a.ny comforts required. Let him jl-ro mwtion the princély dQn¡t, j t,ions which had been g!en for variotis war funds t.hrpugh t'he. Ohainbcr of iCom.merce. Thf gpnei-<M;{y by 'themJw4 he!ped to bring :11\()1Jt L"he AUC'-e. of numr lwrp,of. éffort."I. ,and knoiviilg t'he memhora a;< he djd he ha.d mffident fÜh'hat they would conttnup to a-jppnrt <n the future M in the P!H!, t.hi> many fi evioiteilee '-tiid urging from time t<t time. Thero were aiso their p!n.c6s of public <?ntertM:Mnent, theatrp?. cin';msp, et< They a1;.o h&d been *)'n!y gp:Mr(u*: !:) hetp. What wag sur" WPI" uppermost in 11 their mindR wa? thia terrib!e war, and it \v!« their prttyei- that it would come to a speedy ter::njn!1tion. with not onh' victory for brave ATieF. but a1'\ honour- able peaM which, by its -,erms and indemni- give, 111'1 an coaiple'.e ifnnmnity from anything (,f a like character ever c< currin g agnin aP-d fllIL;LtLr" the entn*€ subjuga- tion of ('I]r Attar the War. When hofrti!itie!! were tended it woutd be thfir bounden duty to see that all their bravp lads who returned were reinstated iu their former occupa.tion«. and that those who were maimed were educated and trained to such work as would suit them, and thereby give them their independence. For the latter purpose thev were setting 1-ky, classes at t Techrù,ca.I College to suit an refco,s. and the State i-s goi4k to pay for this being done..(Applaud.) '1 A great question which they should have u/tJk',kle. was that relating to homing, and whence war -was, yv,r it the' first and earnest consideration. He explains! to Dr. Fisher and Mr. Herbert Lewis when they were going away from Swansea lapt month what they had done in this connection, and they were very pleaped. In! condu,ion. 'hi? Worship mentioned cr.e thing which he would like to see ac- r,)mplif-,hed "oon, and that was the pupp!y- ing <tf electricity to the Harbour Trust, ao now with Kuch a shortage of labour it would be ad.vant.agMuA to both bodie?. They were pleased that the Trust wsi prepari.ig for hig things, for what was to the interest of the Trust was also to the interest of the town. ( He would- be on the Truetthisyear—a place he .wcs not exactiy a stranger to- and there wa, one thing he admired about them and that was that most of the 'bl"iness was done in committee, and tharefore the monthly meeting did not last long.

B!E MUSTER 00 FOR MAYOR'S SUNDAY IM-POSING, FU'NCTIO,N AT SWANSEA. ,Swan,-ea new Mayor (Alderman Ben Jones) attended divine feivice in state at'hia place of worship, Trinity Chape!, Park-! street, on Sunday mcrnmg, and the {unction was in every way succe8il1.1. Quitp nice; weather prevailed, there was a very large muster p{ naval and mHitiiry {orces. police; public and se!ni-pub!;c bodies, and burgesses, ;md the chstpei service was a most beautiful one. Iiis Worship, who leaked well in his robes, wa.iked in the procession between his younger son. Lieutenant Gwynne Jones, in khaki, ajid the Town Clerk (Mr. H. A. Lang Coath) in wig an<j gown, ?nd the line of r?Mte was thronged with thousands of people. Arlst those who supported the Mayor were: Colonel Llew. Morgan, Rev. J. H. Watkins-Jones, Rev. R. S. Rogers <CapeI Gomer),Mep3r8. J. Aeron Thomas, J.P., D. \{. G:a,sbrook, J.I' llYH!1- Go!dberg. J. C. Monn' (coroner). W. Kdwa.Tda, J.P.. Gwilyn: Morg:m, -LP., Abraham Thomas, J.P., W. J. R"cs, J'P', David Cl&rke (soltcitor), Thos. Jones, J.P.. R. W. Jones, J. W. JonesJ J.P., Atd. J&hn Jordan, H. A. Ala.bast?r, Trevor E. Willia;-ns (Morriston), R. G. Le\vis (Ben Evans, Ltd.), G. W. Mayhew (Beii Evans, Ltd.), P. G. lies, P. W. PhU- lips (Harbour Trllt). Da.vid Meager, David I Roberts, J.P., John Rees, J.P (G.W.R.), Jeukin Jones (magistra.tes' c!erk). J. W. Thorpe, Aldermen Richard M<n't;n, Daniel Jones. W. H..Miles, J. Devonald, J. HiUard and Thos. Merreils,, Councilors Percy Moly- neux (de'puty-Mayo!'). David Matthews, G. A. Hammings, R. Bucidand. Barday Owen. W. Owen, D. J. Davies, G. H. Hi! F. J. Parker, T. J Wilson, Evan Jones, J. W. Lloyd, John Lewis (chairman, Cyinmrodoi?- ion Society). Da.vid Richard?. Timothy I His Worshtp in happy nMod. Sheehan, W. W. Holmes, T. W. HoweU, Hy. Macdonneli (in command of the St. John's Ambulance), David Grimths, D. J. Bassett, A. Sinclair and E. G. Protheroe, Messrs. Wm. James. A. M. James, T. J. Rees (direc- tor of education), D. R. Evana. David! Davies (Bora' Storey, H. C. Jenreys. Abe I Freedman, Captain Alt Thomas, ex-Snpt. Gill, deputy-Chici Constable Roberts, Harry Rogers, Richard Lewis. J.P. (chairman, j Drapers' Association), J. B. R ed (se(;retarv), I D. M. Lewis, J. C. Rees,H.A.Hie!d !(deputy-Tow.n C]prk). D. W. Roderick, Cap't. Wm. Dxvips (chief Port Sanitary In&"1 ¡:pectQrJr Watts Jones (Mayor's son), Moy K'<a-ua, M oriais Samuel, Rev. R. S. Rogere (Capel Gomer). Tarnanf LIewehyn (secre- tar, Cvmmyodc>rion), Hicks Morgan, John Meredith. Mrs. Dd. Harns. Thos. Bvans fMorristo-ii), J. Kelvin WiUiams, Dr. J. 14owells, Miss Samuel, Mrs. H. D. Williams, Mrs. Morris Roberts. Messrs. W. H. Jones lelocutionlet). David Grey, G. H. Tasker, Commander Down, Dr. Lloyd Edwards, Dr. Thomas Evans (medical omcer of health), !Dr. Edwards (King Edward-road), Morgan Jenkins. H. John, W. P. Wi!tiaJM, Owen Owen. David Price, A. K. Drummond, Syd Solomon. W. H. Ashmoie (borough a< counta-nt). H. Morgan (deputy-accountant), Dr. G. Arbour Stephens, W. B. J<mes, Chas. Gustavus, Brinley Bowen, LIout. J. Hodgens, W. Astle-v Samue). Wm. Thomas (GIo'st.er-buildingg), J. D. Williams, S. R., Way, Princtpnt Trevor Owen, Principal 'Grant Murray. David James (Tramways), Harry Williams. J. Hndit<;h (H.M. Inspec- tor of Factones),J. H. Rosier (chairman, Board of Guardians). Capt. Fred Bradford' and Lieut. C. A. Seyler (in command of the, GIajnorgau Motor Voluters No. 2 Squad),. John WiUiams (Brynmin), Geo. E. Cook,. Dr. Treyor Evans. D. A. Rees. Nat, Dix.' :Majllr' G. 'S. 'Harrles, Commandant Maggs I a.nd A.dju:t:ant';l'.y.lo (in comman d of the' .U.S.B.), LIew. Jenktng (Guardians), E. R'. Grave!le, R Dunkin. W, Hande! Evana, E. R. JoneR, A. J. Chappie, Colour- Sergt. Turtte, LIeut. Co!!inson (borough engineer) J. Heath (borough surveyor), Vic-1 tor EvanR, A. W. Hatden, R. Whitta.ker, Stephen Evans. Evan Evans? C&pt. W. G. I' 'Baitte?a (do?nas'tar)? '<A. ?P?aicod!?? i?H.?M- Customs), Da,nte! Bhsa (parka?a?ppr-, ?tlixsrtdent), CoTMtoUtor jMi.r.'Bo?on (Mcthia?. ton), W- -H. Jot"'s ?nd W. Zosener (Bit- Badge League), Scoutmaster Towse, F. Hut- ton. Ed. Ashbury (Boys' Na,val Brigade), and niauy others. AT TR!NtTY CHAPEL. J j Mayor's Sunday comdded with the an- niveraairy services a.t Trinity Ghapel and thej aacred edince was crowded, the Ma-yor and mpmbers of the Corporation occupying the i fa.wr." Mr. Roberts led an I augmented choif whos6 ringing waj! simply great, MT. G. T. Reea being at the organ, whilst Miss Beatrice Hughes sa,ng with 1\ M_ ?)? feeling, How lovely are Thy Dwellings." The venera,Mo pastor (the Rev. W. E. Prytherch) conducted the service and preached a short sermon in Weleh. and then he read the following letter from a man of God we all esteem and love "Dear Mr. Ma.yor,—Allow me in the first place to congratulate you on your unanimous ejection to tile Mayoralty of our ancient,bor- ough. No selection could have been better or more appropriate, and I sincerely hope you will have a prosperous year of ofnce. Would that I were younger and more able .to come into Swansea on Sunday to the In- augural religious service, but there are dim- cultll-s of locomotion, both pedestrian and carriage, which I find insurmountable. Be- fore now, I. have often walked in, but now I I am t-oo old.- Believe me) yours very ain- cer.ely, John Talbob Dillwyn Llewelyn." The reading of the letter created a dJep im- pression. The spBcm) preacher was the Rev-tT. D. I Rvaus, M.A. (P.oniypridd). Takinc, as his! text, "Only worthily of the go3pel of Christ" iPhiHipians I.-27), he gave a teUing discouMe in English, We were alt living in (iq\,l of wriousiies,, and days of great darkness, he ittia, referring to the war, and the .prevailing hue in that church shewed that many of them were sit- <iinK in the valley of the shadow of death, 'ttnd if we were going to be true citizens wo must bring something of the message oi comfort, of joy a.ud of consolation into the I lives of tbo," around u?t. Happy, indeed, and memorable, indeed would the Mayor's year of office be if pep,oe waa proclaimed, but unless against the great day of p?ace there was to be fostered nn atmosphere of goodwill betweft man a,nd man and claps and ciMs. we had nothing to look forward to but unrest; bitter and cruel internecine. strife for which he aaw no other solution thiMt the Gospel of Christ. On the other hand. if peace cme not, and we had an- other year—or years—of war. we would still need the inspiration, the courage, the hope,, the a bounding assurance and comfort of the, gospel. Thpre might be trying times ahead.. The war might yet bring to our doors the' spectre of bJack famine. Some men were! earning high wages and -o,-ne had crimin- al)y spent them. They &a,w thousands com-j ing there on Saturday nigh < p. But there ¡ were forty-five millions of pecple in our land and there was a great deal of quiet patient suffering. To a woman and child it was not a very fat living with husband a.way and 26?. n/ week to live upon at homé: Let'them remember fhoae things fnd on)y behave as citizen" worthily of thej Gospel oF Christ ? The Inw of Christ' was not thai we Fhould plense o'rsclves but. bear one another's burdens!. And when catted Mpuh. as they would be caJled upon, by the Mayor jto respond to his Many appeals, let them show themselves ready to do something. "Sons of Empire, give while you may. Daughters of Empire, herald the wny He C!ave your sons to the death'y strife. Give yet a.gain. not for death, for life." He would not like to close without aakin.g tha.t a m?Ma.ge of chefi' and comfort btj sent to the Mayor's predecessor in that. Ligh ofnce. MigM Cod bless all the meatis that were being used for his recovery. But the ex-Mayor stood tor ma'ny, the preacher went on, and. refot'ug to the sfrrow ;):'(i bt'feavc- ment caused by the war, lie said the strain was terrible. n.!)d he appealed for thought and sympathy for those in the firing line aj)d t the many F-uRerers at home..Above a)l. let 'us see to it that we kept the "ttUtdurd of morality higl). It <was i, that' exnlteth a nation, and nothing elsl> ,It were a thousand times better that the men at the front died heroeg of .deiith in Ufc mt:d of Flanders than to corat! b.lelli to the siune and ? ? ? fi?th of ? desecrated home. We had a great  work before u?, but, finally, "only beha-ve a< i citixenn worthUy of the Gospel of Christ." It was a memorable service. LLANELLY On Sunday the Mayor cf Llanclly (Aid. 1). James Davies), accompanied by tlic aldermen. members of the Corpora- tion, and officials attended divine ser- < vice at Park Church. There was a strong escort of Vohmteers, police and nremen, and a section of the St. John Ambulance Srigade. I Tho Rev. Dr. Andrews officIated, and took for his sub.iect the question Haa Christianity just'hed its existence?" Ha did not agree with Mr. Bernard Sliaw that Christianity bad not advanced an inch. There was the abortion of slavery, less poverty, the snj-ictity of child life, hospitais and other institutions which dtd not formcrlv exjst, a.II going to show that conditions' lvete much better than fornterly. In conciudipg, the preacheB advocated a better educational system so that the poorext child could reach the highest rung in the educational ladder, and a!so more attention giv.3n to child welfare. NO PROCESSION AT ABERAVON. Akt. J. M. Smith, J.P., the veteran Mayor of Aberavon, accompanied by the members of the A.bera.VOJl Town Council, divine service at St. Ma-ry'a C,t,.i-ch, Abtu-avon, on Sunday, but a.t the request cf the Mayor, owing to the war, the usual procession was dispensed with. There wa!" a. large attendance at the church, ami the Vicar of Aberav&n oMcia.ted.

EX-MAYOR'S SERVICES. SUGGESTION BY ALD. BEN JONES. At the private luncheon to the members of the Swansea Corpora.tion &fter the Ma.yor- making at Swansea on Friday, Mr. Ashmol& 'borough treasurer) stated that during the year of Ald. D. Davies' Ma.yoraJty R24,000 had been raised, including L3,&50 for the Comforts to the Troops Fund, JS5,600 to the W.u' Prjsoner' Fund, JB3.650 to the Swansea Hospital, a.nd JB5,500 for .the Red Ci'o&s. 8vronsea people had subscribed to the new War Loan over J66,000,000, and as rcg&rds patriotic savings Swansea had sub- scribed over .S40,000. Over :B65,000 had been to the Technical CoBega Rndowment Fund. The Mayor sa.id tha.t they &U recognised the ex-Maynr's services, and ho thought the appreciation should extend in a prajctical direction in recognition of the ex-Mayor'. services. Aid. T. MerreIIa re-echoed the rema.rks¡ a.nd the members' endorsed the 6Uggestiou. with acclamation.

!N CHARGE OF "GtB." PORT. FUNERAL OF LATE COM. NILES, SWANSEA. Amid manifestations of widespread eym- pathy-the funeral was representative of &U sections of the local community—the mortal remains of the ]ate Commander W. H. Niles (Commandant of the Port of Gibraltar) were laid to rest at Sketty Chapel Church- yard on Saturday afternoon. The body was enclosed in a shell fnd the outer coffin waa of unpolished oak with brass fittinp, and the mcription on the breastplate read: WM. HY, NILES. Died 7th November, 1917. Aged 58 years. Covering the comn were m&ny lovely Cera! tributes that had been sent by rela-tivew an<t Mends to the sorrowing fAmily. The aolemn cortege left the deceased's re&Kienee, No. 16, Woodla.nd)S-terr.<ce, Swansea, at 2.30. The ni'ftt carriage contained the Vtc&r of Swan- aea (Rev. the Hon. W. Talbot Rice), who offic;iated, Dr. C!arke Begg, and Mr. E. EL. .tones (Me&sra. D. C. Jonet and Son, Caxtl,&. flquâ.í'e, ho'ç:afttët;i,,6ùt'e funera.1 artdg&o irientig). "Then foHowed the caw 'bting:e:maiM; .thd behmtd canM th« chtef moumerB. Mr. 'Leon&rd Niles (eon), Mr. G. Co')k Da.vieH (coujsin), Mr. Georga Madel (brother-m-law), Captain Evao Daviea, &nd Mr. D. Hopkins -were in tho nrst tnotirningtoach, &nd Mr. Griffiths (New. port), Mr. Jonea (Woodlands-terrace), M! Nev]He JonMt, and Mr. Chabsl were m 'tha aecond oowh., Amongst a ItH'se num< ber of frLpndA who id tb.&ir laet respect! to the deceased's meBMryj were thf Maycy (Aldermajt Ben Jones), Mr. D. W. PhiIHpe (acting m&n&gM-) and Mr. John Morgan (eoHector of ratea), Mpre-' seiitiiig the Swansea Harbour Truat; Rennard Simpaon, Mr. Richard Lewia, J.P., Mr. Gwilyrn Morgajn, Mr. W. B. Jon-a. Captain Da.vid Jones. Mr. Dan Morgan, Mj*. David Hopkins, Ca-pt&in W. Daviat (Cbit< Port Sanitary Inspecbor), Captain D. CL Da vies (dock master), Capt<nn Stephen; Williams (dock pilot), Mr. C-harloc! Gutta-,iis, Captain Wni. -Tones, Mr. W. G. Christtans, Captain Rowland va.n (Gower), Mr. Wm. Jamea (6-ce(iwig), Mr. J. H. Rees, MT. W. L R.ee.s. Mr. Da.vid Roberts, J.P., Mr. David Uoyd (Mrveyor), Lieut. Wynne others. F!erat Trtbutes. The foHowing is a,- li-st of the noraj tri- butes:—Ffomhi<< SorrowMtg Wife And Son, "WitH Deep Sorrow, from Lean and tha Children," George and SaJ, "Ftcm hia nephew, WiUie." G. Cooh-Do-vies, Vvan antt Mrs. Davieq (Newport), Blanche and Beriha, Alderman and Mrs. Da,vid D&viea, Harbour Pilota, Mr. and Mrs. D&n blorg3j4 Mr. :md Mrs. W..S. Reee, Mr. and Mra.; Mr. and Mrs 'D&vjd Hopkin<t, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Sutherland. Miss D. liowlea (Aehford), Mr. and Mra. W. Jamec (Coedwig), Mr. and Mrs. W. Twehey( Mr. a!td Mrf. David Pobertfi, Mrs. D<a.vid lvlorgat (,al ,ry, Canada), Urs, K!uge, Mr. aiid Mr< Stephen WUIiam?, Mr.. and Mra. a. D. WiUiama. Mr. a,nd Mrs. Hoskinz and family" Mrs. PoweU and Fajwiiy (MirMor-crescent), ?Ill'. and MrB. W. G. Christians (Derwen- tawr, Blackpili).

ADM!RAL JELLICOE. LETTER TO LIEUT. HODGEN,S. i SWANSEA. i Lieut. John Hodgens, R.N.V.R Swansea, has received a letter from the First Se.t Lord, Admirai Jellicae, stating tha.t, contr&t'y to a pnb!ished rumor r in a Cardiff contemporary to the effect that he intended visiting South Waiea in the near future, he does not a-atici. pate there will be &uch an opportunity offered him. He a.dds, however, that he Is pleaded to hear of the excellent progress regarding tba iSwanscai :Na.vál Brigade, of which he is 4 patron.

MorrtstonSteet'wofke! Mrs. Da,vieR. -Nlorriy-streft. Morrifton. ha< received new!" that her husband. Private T. J. Da.viee. of thé Welah Reximent. has be<Tt "evel'ely wounded in the during th< recent HfhtinK in Fra.T!<-f?. a,nd is now in a military hospital in Scc)tland. Pte. DsvioN who is 36 ypara of age. ha* bfcn on active service for «Y9r two i.-carra. He waa form'Tly CmiJ\o:nd at the DuCT--yn Works. Morristot.

I HOU,I:1'F.R.i..a:L, y MIS.T'ES8r ? 1. -? 1-1 I I ?Us.s < Ua\icx, i.)&neji.v. wns. e?t-eq IIU;@sidf'nt nt the &nnu:t! meeting o< th< Weish C<'?cty SchMis Af-'?c-clatum <? Sht'ewsbury on Friday.

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