South Wales Weekly Post

J.. SAVED SITUATION. I  ■ i -Iaig' s Glowin Tribute to I Welsh Troops. ALLANT DEFENCE OF I THE CYCLISTS. 0:' I ""Stay and, persistent have, fcoca the questions f;d rega.rjii'g ti»e' British retirement ou' ¥:b reg;L 4iig ttLc?' rctirernc ?t ru LMar??h jfcr of -ke Fifth /rmv'( retired ? Another ques- concefced the Tew resá\ plÚced L?t the dis- 1?1 of ?r Dou?t?s'H?:? «Aik -? comparatively fls army' was held 'in ^hjjlafia. ••• ae momentous -dispatch of the British. Corn- .:der-ln-Chjd is at !¡5t available for publication, l, h'T h d -!whi!e tlv; Srst question is answered the second it remain, for the. preseat at any rate, a tery- Lon d n Gazette Sir i, 52 columns of the "London Gaztte" Sir ?'g!as Hai? teUs an ucdyuig story of British *ur. Historic battles are compressed into a few S, and he is unsparing^ in admiration of the Slslj soldier. He has shown himself, he writes, jpssess in full raes^ure the traditional qualities ;:JS race. ',3e staff work, too, in a 'period of -e&ceptfeoal 1>s, was magnificently done. "That mistakes should occur in such circum- ■•Inces, he '.ays, is aliadst inevitable. That they "iould base be so few as they were and that trol should at all timei have been so well feintdined leflects the greatest ct?dit upon the ,i.vidual?? concerned, upon the staff -?rr:inge all formations, and the Any as a whole. Overwhelming Odds. ,'ne overwhelming odds ag;insC us in the- fateful ;.eek,from 'March ilst to April 30th, is givea 'ollows :— t the Sorrimc b-t tle, 72 German divisions ijnst 45 Briti h. "i the Lys battle, 42 divisions against 25 British of which had fought on the Somme).. (together against British and French the Ger- s threw in 141 different divisions: • -.1 no time, however, Was there at)-thi ng ap- '.ching â breakdown of comrnand or' a f¡¿¡IUre.cf! ?)e.  was on the third day of the offensive..The "my had broken through west of. St. Qvientin on secod .doJ.y and wre pouring thdr masses *?gh the g??n. The Fifth Apny was ordered to the Somme, but the enemy followed cely •»' took full advantage of every weak point. KMeamvhile," the d'sp?tch states, very ?hea?- ting had been taking place on the northern I zIon cf the battle front. On the Third Army t. where our resources were greater, the enemy held in check, though he. gained possession of Bucqwiere aad Bevgny after a prolonged -Agic. f In this fighting the 9th Battalion %e!sh Regirnent, 19th Division, greatly Tistinguisfrsd itself in the defence of Beugny, which it held till dusk, thp-re- by enabling the other battalions of its yigade in position to the north of the Village to extricate themselves suc- cessfully from what would otherwise I pave been a hopeless situation." Causes of Retreat Summarised. he causes of the British retreat may be red up thns. ;1> Forces at disposal of 'Fifch Army inadequate. Front south of the river Omignon, where ?it-through occurte?d, only recetly. taken over ">*> French and not edcrotjy prepared for de- r. Thick fog on March 21st and March 22nd, fich masked our fire. [()wing to excionalh' dIT weather arshe.: the rivers Oise :.n<! Somme, impassable usually early spring, had .-dried up and formed no seri- obstacle to infantry. i) Frcnch res.-rn,s massed aroutld Rèiw: In ex- t::it:CD of ,Ill. offensive on that front. SE SPLENDID DEFENCE OF I THE 11TH CYCLISTS. sir .Douglas Haig describes how the 51st 1 50lh Divisions, which had been heavily Taged in the Somme battle., were ordered, )rtlv after the bombardment began, to .ve up behind Richeboui-g-St vaast and ventir and take up thevr positions in.ae- -id,ane,e.. with the pre-arranged deface leme ancT adds ""The 1st King Edward's )rse and the 11th. Cyclist Battalion had in sent forward at once to cover then- de- >vment." These two bodies,, it should be planed, had been linked together as a. nposite battalion and served together in ancA and ItaJv before the March offensive the Germans, It was under the command Major D. Percy Da-vies (son of Air. David ivies, editor oi the "DaHv Post," Swan- i ). who had as second in command Capt. icas, son of Nlr. S; T. Lucas, Mumbles, nongst those v. ho. were included in it were rgt. W- F. Williams,, Sergt.-Major Legg, "rpl. Geo. Adams, Reg.-Sergt--Major mes, Pte. E. John, Pte. Roberts, Lajiee- )-pl. Smith, Pte. Gvryn Williams, Pte. een, and others. Of these Pte. Green. it, h:s life, aitd the others, some gassed and ne wounded, were made 'prisoners, after a fence extending ove:- .44 hours. rhe Commaiider-m-Chiet'dealing with this it, proceeds To the north of the position Id by the 5S.th Division-, the weight and petus oi the Gerrmm attack overwhelmed ? Portuguese troops, and the enemy's pro- ass was so rapid that the arrangements for inning the rear defences with British could scarcely be completed in time, ie 1st King Edward Horse and the 11th 'clLst, Battalion, indeed, occupied La Con- n. Vi'piIIe ChapbJ!e, and Hu't Maisons, d by their spltndid defence of those places abled tioops of tlie 51st and 5Cth Divisions I come into action east of the Louvre River tween Le Touret and Estaires." |

4LNTHRACITE MINERS AND SURFACE WORKMEN. tfessts. J. D. Morgan and J. James, miners' ,eo.ts for the anthracite district, strongly urge -face workmen and the cmft5m ia the dist. t to take any action-, mti! thè meeting of tT.? ecutive Council- is held ,on, Thursday at Cardiff, d to be loyal to the decision-of last Saturday. j

WANSEA HOSPITAL VISITS. r- Uwmg to the- prevalence or influenza id to prevent its introduction into the ards, the Swansea Hospital authorities. tre. discontinued the allowing of visits I patients until further notice, but itients who are dangerously ill may be sited by the special- permission of the ouse Surgeon.

————————— BURRY PORT OFFICER IN HOLLAND. Ne.v^ has been received çat Lieut. Ivor Rees, n of the Rev. and Rees, Burry Port, who s been a prisoner of w.r. in Germany for a cou- ierable time, has arrived in Holland. Lieut. Rees is severely wounded when taken prisoner, and r many months his condition was serious, but -bre(luent reports showed that he has improved, is parents are greatly relieved by the news.

x ATE REV. MORRIS MORGAN, SWANSEA. The funeral of the late Rev. Morris Mor- R ev. MorrLq Nlot- m will leave tlic- hou>e, 73, King Ed ward- -ad, Swansea, a.t 2 JUo. to-morrow (Wed- esday) for SkeUy Wwlsh Congregational hapel, where- a service will be held at 2.30, illowed by the interitent in the 'blillial ound there- There will thus be no service t i Rhy" ddingar Chapel. as has been announced: jI .—— li

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THE ELECTIONS. Swansea Polling Stations for the First. The following is a IL-t of polling stations AId the electorate for the municipal elec- | tk>:is ou November 1st next:-— [ • Alexin dr.! Ward (o,64o). — btenez«r and Triaity-place Schools. Three state. .13r:-nm.eliu (5.840).—Dvfatty aztd Waun- weii 'Schools. Three seatte. 5 Castle Rutiand'-stre'<?t'd3id Oxford-, ? Street Schools. Thr'e sc<its: Clase .'(?51).—Yni!t<twe Council. Sc!]ool -i.,id om,. C-xmrh.N?dvr-,eLn% ..Taii?r Ffyitone f5:012).Walteir-road Congrega- tional, Terrace-road, and' Her.r!etta. Chapel Schcolrooaas. and Uplands (corner GTbve- place). Three seiits. Cockstt (better known a-A Fforestfach) (1;,918).—Oendros and Cadle Schools. Two seats. Kilvey (1.934).—Canaan Chapel. Pentreigh- wyth and Industrial Schools.-Two seats. Landore (4,375).-Landore Police Station and Piasmarl and Bnnhvfrvd School. Three seats. LIansamtet (2,380).—Birehgrove, Peniel Green and Ola is Schools— MorHstoii. (4,633).—Martin-street. Peritre- Poeth, Graig aiid Tirdeunaw Schools. Three seats. Oystermouth and Brynau (3,067).-Council School. Castle-ton. Mumbles, and Blac4pill k- h o l Ca,,t l et. 6 11' Church Schools. Three seats. Penderry (1.662)."—-Siloom Chape!, C3.pel y Quar (outside Cwmgelly Cenetcry), and Tir- deunaw Schools. Two seats. St. Helen's Hall and Rhyddings Park-road School. Three. seats. St. John's (5.563).—Aberdyberthi, Man- selton and Cwmlmrb Schools. Three seats. St. Thomas I Morris-hine Schools.Three seats. I Sketty (1,4§2). -Sketty and Dumant Schools. One seat. Victoria (4,260).—St. Helen's ar-I Walter- road Congregational Schools. Three seats. Wa'narl wydd (581). — Watiaarl wydd School. One seat. I. nless otherwise stated the schools men- tioned are the Council Schools. There are 18 wards and 75 pol-hrg- stations, and the total electorate of the new borough is 58,002. Nomination day is Thursday next, and- pre- sent indiction; point to many contests. St. John's. .Mr. Chris. JLones, corn merchant, Neath-road, Hafod, has dcc-ided to stand at the ejection as the direct representa- tive of th flafed district. n Victoria. Mr. AJf. George (Guardian) is de- finitelv coming out as an independent candidate for Victoria Ward on the 1st prox. Mr. W. Jones (Argyle-street) is con- sidering the Question of contesting the ward. but so far lie has not definitely dfcideA.

I _I SWANSEA'S VICAR Offered and Accepts Important London Living. Swansea, is losing, its Vicar, but it wiU not be UTlÙl Mar. h next. The Rev. and Ho)n W. Ta.Ibot R? has been offered ana hae ao- .Ct-pt?d the important iiving of St. J:»anl's'l Onslow-squart, London, in succession to Pi'cb. Webb Peploe. v-ho i< retiring at. the of 81, an.-d after 42 years' service. We understand ',hat after 17 > ears' res dence in Swansea, tbe Vicar is anxious for a change, ^d it need liardly be sa'd tluit lecal Churchpsopl? and oven Nonconformists will t -"e.,nariIi col7uv?2 deep y reret the ilclv. ZL),I coming dopiirtare,- for wi.h an i-eligipus sections in the bwn he is J;hly t?teemed fo' his ?road-minde-d Christian views. It w?.in 19? that tb? Rev. and Hon. Us ppoiii!+.AA V t-nr of St. Mary a. Swaj?ea,. u?.d &in<;e bha? time he ha& been privileged to '-se:. a big ext-?n?ion of Church wor'' ill Ht" d strut. Son of the Fifth Baron Dynevor, he is the Rural Dea. for East Gower and a of S' Dav i d' s, in Prebendoi-y, Canon of St David's, whilst in 1913 he was offered the living oi WaJcot, near Bath, and ;n 1915 the living of CheJiefj- bnth of.wh ich he curate of St. lytary's Also Leaving. Kev. H- E. t^uart, curate of M. Marys, -Swaime-a, has accepted the living of Stt. i James's, HcGloway, which was formerly held has father, the Pi-sv. Caqon A. Stuart. I

SCENE AT HIGH-STREET STATION. Rough Time for the Military • Police.. At Swansea Ion, Ttiesduy, Win. Clee 'Nioi-gaLi, Ystllvtera was sent to prison for three: months,, and Idwal Davies, Brynamman, for two months for imped- ing" the military police in the execution of their duty at High-street Station. Morgan was also charged with violently assaulting Lanoe-CorpI. Goudman whilst fulfilling his duty. Lance-Corpl. Wood said. civilians pre- vented him accosting two soldiers to examine their passes. He went for assistance, and Lance-Corpl. Coudmah was then struck by Morgan under the right eye, causing a wound, as he was in the act of arresting one of the soldiers who Jiad become aggressive. Defendants denied the interference complained of, and suggested-the mili- tary police knocked one of the soldiers down because lie only had his railway warrant and no pass.

UNUSUAL FUNERAL AT I SWANSEA. The Ite Tbeodo¡'o Coucod: a Geek seaman, who died at the Swansea Hospital, was buri,-d, ac- c.rdin,? io the rites cf the Greek Church, at Dar, graig Cemetery, the service- being conducted by the Rev: 'Theodoros Themelis, -Greek priest, Cardiff. The c#So,was covered with the Greek flag, and ■>cvi.-ral lloraK tributes, which were sent by local Greeks. Amongst those preient were D. Papheeijs (captain of the s.s. Orion), N. Petters (ship- broker), G,. Goroneod, S. Par..s (consulting eng.iocer.l,! iVfr^. M^ry Karatsis, lufs. Zoi CatQu, laiki, and Miss. Lily CÜouJaiki. Mr. R. Geen (Margrave and Co.) represented the owners, and the Greek Consul was Represented by Mr. Frtd J eIlkiJl>

SWANSEA FANCIERS' SHOW. I The Swanse i a!ld Ui'str; t Fur Club held 'their I fist members show at the Albion Hall on Satur-, day, and"proved- very u's.twl, !l¡.e' ..ut'nd;u1((,' being gocd. An interesting .item during the even- ing was a presentation to W. A. Taylor (who judfccu the )(hil.it,,) by Mr. R. Vy,e, vi,ct- <ha;rnia!1,' :on behalf of the club. Awards:—Flem- ish (adult): lit and special, ar-J fc<st in s'.ftW. i>mith liud. Wright; 3rd, Benson. Fienlih >youug): .lst and special, Smjth; 2uJ, HavarJ 3rd, Benson, in \adu!t): 1st anu special, .Wright-; 2nd, Vyse ;"3d, C^rrutheri. • Belgvu (young): 1st and special, and 2AJ best h > how, Fulford; 2nd, Hancoikl ilnglish (adult): 1-: and special, Jb.cn- ''>04'; 2nd, Gabiiel 3rd, Rec, English (youug): 1st and special, iiid and 3rd, Caffuthers. Uutch Utdu't!: 1st and ipecial, May;.ll; 2nd, Gabriel 3rd Mathias Dutch ,you.lg): Ilt and ipecial," £ van«:; 2nd, Yyse ire, Sim-ans. special, T vans. Utility: 1st and special: Benson 2nd, Havard; 3r4. Evans. Cavies: 1st and special, Evans 21!d and jtd. Gabtiel.

At Aberavon on Monday Mark Nor- man Diirch, rooter, Angel-street: Wrn. Richards. Paiudu Richard Lang. Gwen- doline:-street. and Jenkiii Thomas, Caradoc-street, all employed at the Port J¡ Talbot Steelworks, svere suintuoned for obtaining money uudero false pretencee. Uarch obtained sunts of 10s. lid.^ lis. Vkl. and os. 2d. by elocking himself ai aod'the othtr \0 defendants 9s. 3d. -each for tuue which they did not work. Darch was lined Richards £ 5~ and Lang and Tbom&s ;es e".

I BIG LOCAL DEAL. 0 .———. Absorption of Tinplate and Colliery Concerns. I .The absorption of the Cwmfelin and Absr Steel and TlI1'pla Company's. S?ansa, by ) Richard Thorns and Co. (LimitY) now completed. !Cchird Thomas and Co. (Limited), will now possess a nonunal (:âp' tal of ?.000,000, and thcu- prop?tif? vun I sist of the ;onowu<2: steel ajidt tu?pla? works:—Aberca.ru, Nev'port; ?wmfehn, ? C?mbwrin; and Aber, ?v.msM: E?y and1 ,Edliig?aii, i,eili- Ne-,?.port;- ;jid .?uth \Va!e. works. 'U?i;?'y. 'ih<? board of dir-vctors (X'nsit., of Mr. h\ Tre- j hernj#vThom:w (chainnan), Mr. H. C. Bond ?ytcejL'hairm.?t). I.?rd BIedi&Iowe (bt.ely Í!' I Cliarles Bathnrst, M.P.. K.B.f. deputy chairman;. Capt. W. P. Thumas. Mr. CharieF Phillips. Ma jui L. -Beaumont Thomas, N r. J. R. Dav-.av and Mr. Waiter Nevill. Mr. David Jones'is'secretary. The late Mr. W. J. Rees, o: Swansea, was a menbei- of the board, and one of the original directors or -the -Cwmfelin Company. The directors of the Swansea Navigation Cci i ,erie?- u f C Cclkenes (Limited), of Gorseinon and Swan- sea. consist of Mr. r. Treherne Thomas (chairman), Mr. H. C. Bond, L<jrd Biedis- lowe, (.apt. W. P. Thomas, and Mr. Walter .Nevill. All the shares are owned by Richard Ihomas and Co. (Limited), to which may be added a large proportion oi the shares of the Raglan Collieries (Limited), Pencoed, near Bridgend. The Redbourn Hill Ii-ot; and Coal Com- psny (Limited), of Frodingham, and King's House, Kingsway, W.C.. with a capital 01 £ 2,0Q0,0CG, which is making large extensions in North Lincolnshire, stands in the same position to Richard Thomas and Co. (Limi- ted) as the Swansea Navigation Collieries (Limited).

I BEHIND. HUNS' LINES. I Gallant Swansea Flying Officer Missing. Sec.-Lieut. Percy .Phillips, R.A.F., who resided., with his aunt, Miss W. M-. Wilson, at No. 24, Pantygwydr-road, Uplands, Swansea, is reported missing, but ilia rela-I tives have every hope that he is a prisoner' of war. He was acting as pilot- at .the! time of his disappearance. The following letter to Miss Phillips was received on the 20th inst.. written by Major St. Helier, ot his squadron, and speaks for itself i "Sec.-Lieut. Percy Phillips, of my squad-: ron, has been missing since the 14th of this month, and 1 am offering you my, deepest. sympathy. What little 1 know of the cir- cumstances is that there was a push in this section, and my squadron had to go out bombing a railway junction some twenty j miles behind the lines. When near the ob- jective some Hun scouts attacked the formation, and your brother's machine; must have been hit in the engine. He was last seen going down in a spiral, apparently i under full control, so we have great hopes th&t they got down safely. It is quite im-j possible to say. for certain, however.' j "It is a great loss to the squadron, as he was one of ouj- oldest and best pilots; jj Stout hearted and As reliable ds a clock. I Everyone liked him, and we miss him i • g really.. j ".i hope he is all-right,, and thait the t end of the war will permit of an early re- en d of wai, will peviiiit of an eai-ly re- union. The missing pilot is a nephew of Mr. Hugh V. WiiÜ: iron and steel merchant, .Swansea, and of Mr. A. Phillips. 24, i?a?ty-! gwydr-road, and Mr. D. G. Phillips, under- j taker, Dillwyn-street, Swansea.

DANUBE REACHED. I i French Hold Up the Enemy j • Traffic. I I- < SALONIKA,. Sunday (Delayed). On October 19th, 24 honrs after the ".ai;i.c- ing of the offensive,, the French: erached the Danube, in the region of Vidin, and took measures hi stop the tnffie. I An enemy monitor was forced to run ashore on the northern bank under the fire 1 of ,iii- ;irtilltrv On the same day the "Allied forces carried! Zaitchar. and the:r advanced elements reached a point ten kilometres from Parat- • On the Morava Serbian troops are in touch, to the north of Aleksinatz and Krush- evatz with German fprcei, which are strongly entrenched.

# :< C' i1 "SERIOUS DpANDS." ———  Bt —— Swansea Doctor and HospitaFs Position. APPEAL TO THE WORKS GOVERNORS. Dr. J?bez Thomas i-ri W fhe Editor :— De' Sir,—A serious c:>ndlti.QIl has arisen ,weii.t?y at Uie hospit.u-thrush the un rea?H?e "tn', -Lohe \N orks i (Jovernohs. "which are inimical to the. best interests of thc, leel led: upon to appeal to the general body of sup- scribers, and to by before them my views. illroufi. tht. medium ot-voar a tenable pip^r. The serious ^deniiands made b.v the Works, Govea-aors are for increased re presentation on we Boa-I'd of Management and House C,ummitl,e., On September 21st a meeting 6i the Board wa.4 called for the purpose of considering this important qutolion. This demaxad is so unreasonable that I felt it my dtitn- to attend the meeting in order .to pro- vte&t agiinn the consictera-ion of-the matter ii>w, and demanded that the cfuestian should not be considered t-ha*dav iiituv suim scribers were in France and elsewhere fight- -ri t er, ii ?ra I ing for their country and who. had a right to be present .when it was being considered. The chairman (Mr. Ro,zer.Bedc; courteously asked me if I had aJi arnehdmetit to move. I said, No, but that I came uheiv to pro- test. against it be ng c-onsidered that day. and that i should tike fic, part in tha pro- ceedings. My protest, .aitd the appettls of • others that followed, iell upon dial' ears. I weapon to sav -that. 1 ha.d ad-wa.vs been a supporter-oi workmen's representation at, the Hospital Board. and was the th-st to give representation to the working man. but this demand being rushed now was not in the best, interest? of the hospital, -pnd I entered u-i v strong- nrcxest a.-raiiist it. Without Any Conditions." I r It will b* romembered that the hospihJ I w?s ere.dJbv rich donors and other be- <.  1-bJ to L'l'cJI quests, amounting prob-biv to ;015' witJw1)' tn -ondi?,oii, wlu?vef. The iuid ?iaMMnent of Aeron "I'?honias as to- the ¡ .position'of-the hospital, and the thoa?htiui fxsit,ion'of -the ana t.1h.eiihovIzilt, hi? amendment, pohiting out that severe sections of -the subscribers were not receiv.1 ing any representation, aild appealing to them ikk to push the matter then, in order tluit these iiregularities might be rectified bv a committee and come up at a future meeting, pnxluced a favourable impression amongst but t'he waverers were soon bnrnight to yield bv jorniriding them that they were there for one purpese, namely, to carrv their resolution, and not to listen to amendments, j Everybody recogriiusee the splendid ehortg of working men in their contr butions to the funds of. the .hospital. 1 have always- httd faith ir the wprking niaji and found him all right by agitators andt.wire? nullers.The. whole of ihiy professional Jife h bee>n devoted to them and for them. What 1 fea.r and dread is that the .unreas- onable, demands for increased representation7; and producing a cortdftion of unrest and ih'- .security.' wil) -h.-t-ve the effect of alienating the- P--eritleniell Who may have it in their minds, to yi Ve' sonie of their wealth to the hospital. Who knows but there are many in JLis neighbourhood )V th the same spirit and deyovion to + h oc, rifal "s Mr, itoger Beck I and Mr John Dyer"? Some men. have a ffreat love for their Alma Matar, whether, hospitail or college, and I will give you twoiristnn ces which have occurred within,tlie last few months. A fellow-student and a lifelong friend of my owii 'has betjueatlied .to .his hospital valu- able property in an ad joining port, about 22 acres- in exè-nt now bringing in a large sum annuauv. but when fully developed in the neiir futuav will mean twelve or liftmen thou- sand pounds a year for that institution. The lae Lord Rhondda bequeathed] £ 20,000 to his n:{) oolleae at Cambridge. 1 Appeal to the Works. Co-vernars. I sincerely hope that, the Works. Gover- nors will reced.? from the unreasonahle posj, t-ion .they have taken up in this mat.er, in the interests of themselves, the patients and the hospitaL The me-di.e.,E staff made all earnest pro-tesl, saying they should resist it bv every means 'n'tlieir power, and if they proceed to its logical conclusions. what will be the position of the pari ctt 1:0.1. of the patients., if they adopt the method the working men so frequently ad/->t,.in their down tools" pol cy, which 1. sincerciiv hc-rx) will not ensue, when it can be so easily averted? f feel sure that wbate-ver the final de- cision, of-the sta.fr mav be they will be sup- -I't.-d bv th- British Medicai Association I, and the whole of the medical profession. If the Works Governors -persist in their unjust demands I would snv to them Take vour mortev and '70 affav and leave lis in pea^e; means be found to carry on tfie work of this great hospi al for the sick and working mandf these davs can. ]ook. a Iter himself." I- appeal to ladies and gentlemen in this neighbourhood' to. come forward and take a lively, ih-.e-rest in the hosptai and its man- agement. Tb;ere is nei?d Of ladies who have the ieisi!2:e to co-opferate' with Ir1;. Aeron Thomas. Mrs. ElsWorth. Miss Scovell and others,, a? we have recentlY lost the act've aid of such ladies as Lady Llewelyn. Miss Brock. Mrs. Bead, Mrs. Williams and Broek. Pieed, A-I rs. Williams an d

AMMAN VAIXEY PITS IDLE. I In Amhian Valley 5:000 miners are idle through a strike of surfacemen and crafts- i men, who complain of delay in deali ng w'ith their eight hours a. day demand.

SOUTH WALES COAL DEAL IN YORKSHIRE. I An important colliery transaciaon has been carried through by Mr. A. Mitchelson, principal of Messrs. A. iNlitchelsoii. of Lon- don, Cardiff. and Swansea, who has acquired a large interest in the Whafncline Silkstone Colliery Company, Ltd., near Barnsley. in South Yorkshire. Associated with Mr. Mit- c helson on the new board of this undertaking are, among others, Mr. J. Stanley Hplmes, Mr. Hugh lngledew, solicitor, of Cardiff, and Mr. C. P. Hailey, director of the Celtic CoiiiprLes, Ltd., and ether undertakings, while Mr. George Blake Walker. M.I.C.E., M,1.M. E., president of the Institution of. Mining Engineers, retains his seat on the board. The Wbarncliffe, Silkstone property has a normal output of 400,000 to 460.000 tons a yeaj. which is capable of considerable ex- pansion, the coals being of excellent bit-u- minous qJiiaitv and highly adapted ior coke- niaking and by-products. The company own up-to-date by-product and* coke-making plant, the production of coke being about 80,000 tons per annum, and their property includes brick and tile works. The capital ofz the company is onlv £ 55.900,made up of £ 5,9"0 in Preference fehaies and i:50,000 in 5,i. Ordinary Shares. It is understood that I the company are taking steps to reorganise the capital/and that the Treasury is being- approached wtyh a vie w fo capitalising the reserves, which are very considerable.

Charged w iih hav ing attempted to murder ber husband and riepiww bv spr??dirig vel" mut-ki.Uer over me?t and .tf2-'lg(- EhZU' bt'di I BIMen SheHey, n.ged 51?' ?a? r..maudedt  Aldershot. # The maraiage was ■ solemnised at Bryn Chapel. Uaneliy. on Monday of Mis-s E. A. Jenkins, only daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. Awelfryn Jenkins. Lakefield place. Llanelly, and Lieut-. W;. McJLeod, D.S.O., son oi -Mr: and Mrs. G. Mci^tod, 'Auckland: New Zealand. A well-known vocalist, the .bride was the aister in charge of the ambulance work at one ot H.M. aircraft factories in the Midlands. Sister Thomas. The Qaai'r. Civ- dawh. was bridesmaid, wnile the bride.gi-oom had Lieai-. Dud. R.2). V. R., Nssw. Zealand, .? bed lIn, 'rn R-v. J.; bfe Evans, Bryn, ??tated,by,th? Rev. Ht?s GrifHttn.. ,B.D.. M.A. J:'MK:Ç4uu:l¡, olciu"-i A weddmg j nutj-ch; w_ae^.played orf the organ, by Private Li?%?elyi? vo ?or? the orr4it? bv Pr;at,- wounded ;soidder "at" Pare "Howard Red Cross i[ Bospitai. 

1 STARVED." —— Qw How" Post Parcels Saved British Lives. PTE. MERRELLS' VIVID STORY. —— I i Looking well, in spite- of many nardships, Pte. S. Merrelis. son 01 Aid. ahd Mrs. Thos. MotrelL'i. ai rived horue at. Sv.'anse^ from Germany vit having under- two years' experienties on -the Con- tinent, eleven months of which wero if a German pirsoncis of war camp. The story oi the capture 04?t b told in a low words, it' wzw during-tlie I _,Te4 advance ui "Bife -Cambrai froVit! Pte. Mer- relis was attached to the Headquarters Bat- talion of the (i denly he and his comrades were surrounded by hordes of Getman., and they were. forced w surrender after vainly holding out. They were then oidt-red to caie for the German wounded, but eventually were conveyed *in bitterly cold weather io a camp at Dulmen: I the journey, en route being one of se;ai- ataj-vatiioh. "Foi, two -days," said Pte. Men'ells to the "Daily Post," "we had no fo(?d, and then we. received our first lot. m the shape of two slices of dry bread. We were practically starving." At Dulmen Ihey stMyed six weeks, "aiid again we were just starved, living on the tood Jerry gave us—dirty water, as we called --t, and a small bread ration." Fillallv they were renwed to the German, camp at lJarchiM, where Pte. Merrelis re.. mained until hi*, release a few days ago. Here he iiiid the others, who included Pte. W. J. Smith, of Priorton:terrace, were.put to farm work. wearing German< clogs and suffering endle»s ndlgïlltH" and privations. "We wei> continuHllv lll-treut-ed, said Pte: MerreiLs, "a?d ? Hit with the Bayonet oy .J e-rry ior no apparent cause, though the excu.se they made ^viis_tiia-t we did nut work hard enough. 1 hey paid u-- Lhe primely sum of tnreepe/Ke a day. and ,we worked fr-orn 6 in the morning until oatnúght, We were -repeatedly tauntedi at .first" tjiat the English were-beaten. The fiXid they gave y was a lei mil of oats for breakfast an d potatoes for ditirlE.ranreä. We were in a terriWv weak'st«. fc i Until the Plarcels Arrived from Home, I ana l can tell you the British prisoners ab- solutelv depend upon the tood sent them from England to maintain the smallest de, gree of health and strength. As proof of this fact the Russian prisoners of war re- ceive no outride help, and in the camp where I was they were dying from starvation at the rate, oi 20 and more a day. 1 can huly say the 'Daily Post' parcels kept me alive, ana 1 am deeply grateful lor thf:>m." ?Through having to use paper dressings the GeJm?ti? cuuid not treat 0ur wounded pro- perly. and when at Aachen on the wav to Holland Pte. Merrelis saw that the German- people had given up all hope of winning the- war. They admitted that Gex-fnany was bjeateii, and as the British marched thi'o'ugh the streets the children-would run after them and beg for biscuits. German Came up. I "Every Engiish-speaking German I came in contact with,.Pte. Merrelis said, "de- clared that directly the was is over thev will I get out of Germany at all.costs and" go to America or some other place.. -The German peopie, in fact. are like rats on a Kinkings ship;" .a In, I'n g I

J FELL WHILST LEADING HIS MEN. It will be learned with deep regret throughout the Swansea Valley, and aiso. in the Horton district of Gower, that-f>ec.- Lieut. Philip .1. Cecil Cook (Welsh J-iegt,), j the only child of Mr. and Mrs. H. Mansel j f Graigplif>iri:r'Clydach, nnd Horton, 'and grandson ?f 'thet .ate Mr. 'J. O." Jones,' of 'nigtangjws, Ciy- dach; h?a b&ert killed ? in ac?on.. The sad news was conveyed in an ofhe:al tflegram re- ceived by. Mr. Mansel Cook on Saturday, and it seeiflft that, the voung ant—^Jie was only 4 ypars oi age—fell while ei d'iii his men. The deceased officer vv as one -of those who heard the country's i call at the very outbreak of war. Leaving school—he was then at college in Bristol-1— he joined the 7th Weish (Cy-clists), and up to last week had -come through many en- gagements quite unscathed. He was a keen sportsman anil a crack shot, and will be remembered by his-liostp of friends in this district as of a most lovable disposi- ton. The deepest sympathy is felt with the parents in their sad Joss.

The late Pte. Baden Methuen Saunders (Yorks and Lanes), whose home is at 6jl, Trafalgar terrace, Swansea, and who was killed in action on September 14th. Pte. S. Fisher, 72. Cwin Level- road. Landore, has won the D.C.M. Pte. Herbert S. C. Hill, 25, Carmarthen- road, missing in 1 Private. ,W. C. Kneath. 27, Vivian- street, Hafod, miesing;. =. Pte. D. J. Dawsoii, 20, Burrows road. Swansea; killed in action.

_'0 At Xath on Mooday Gt-or? Uavi?' 'BritOY17 Dd. Henrv! itowen?-ree? X?ad), were remanded to an esc^:t) aIK! Richard- Evan .?hti? hps, HfWt.!iyn..sne<t. AbefaVon, and ,.j Drummer. Mphm'r\than. wpr?r? manded to a?ait t.?orts; b?ng desertpr. At S,van&:>a ?o<x! Cutnmitcee ou Mon- day a f?olut?n was sut?;rtcd b; lhe Br?.h h-?, .St?i and Km<<.pd Tn?' C?msatiun (Loughor Brunei^ piotest- .irÈf:. aga.i1Ist Protn?g in milk find dtplonng the ?ak.poii? <;i-. tt GO\1.ernment f'rotetíng .?? interests,

I NEAR AND FAR. I Rest of the Current News in Brief. The last German sentry has left the Dutch frontier. Oil Friday in 25 air fights, the Ameri- cans shot down 17 Hun machines. Ac-cording to reports from Petrograd. in- fluenza is raging all over the Ukraine, and at -,I-e cases. 1 Over 180 of Maekberric's have been gathered -in -brt-H Wales, mostly by hool gvt hc-re,4 ?l I.No 1-t-I Yr. o?t-I Y, j) v ;?choi>l Speukmg at. Dundee, on Friday n'sht. Harjy J-?'td&r sta?'d that lie had ih., day ,etÚ\'d4is,.l1jgup 'lioti'.e ior military service. j I "A i- disc;, rlam-e Chapman, picked up in Swansea streets, may be had-at "Da.ily Post" Offices, on application. BIl the Air Hayes Fisher's Bill dealing; with the bousing; of t.he working- classes will come up in the House of Commons to-day for second reading;. R. C. M. Ingram, Docks, Swansea, has tiikeO oyer the whole of the Admiralty bthi,ef" Swathe;)'"f'^r Messrs. ffni. Math- eson and Sons, Cardie. Messrs. S. Allsopp and Sorts. Ltd.. Bur- have invested £ 75,000 in the "Feedth G Ull." campaign. Their holding i ot' -war! stock now amounts t'9 half a. m illion. ]\Ir. Lloyd George wild make l an impor- tant speech, on the situation next Friday at -a dixiner to the Allied paraliament-ary delegates m the Koyal Glallery oi the House vI J.vJ, ds ■ Although the Admiralty Salvage Section • is not so well known as other Naval De- partments, it.. work will be realised when ii is sakd that 00 M\vet than 500 vess?l? have been sa ¡ vt>à.. I Mr. Jenkin Jone (Swansea magistrates clerk) has received a Jetter from Lady S. T, EvaiM expressing her deep ap'pMu;ation of the n?agistrate?' sympathy in reference to her latt- husband's death. There are no fighting Germans left on the Flanders coast. The liberating armies are now nine miles east of Bruges. Soutit qi the Lys-we are; only two. miles from Tournai. on the Scheldt, and, within five of Valenciennes. Danny Morgan (Tirphil), met Seaman Clark (featherweight champion of the Ameri- can Fleet), in a fifteen round contest at Liver- pool oit Saturday. Clark .was .beaten in the twelfth round, the towel being hurled into the rilg. "T Mrs. Maenamara (Z'i) ?o. 16, HopKin»- terrace, Cymmer, Avon V alley, wa? ad- mitted to the Swansea Hospital on Satur- dav evening suffering from 'sevele scalds. he had a fit and fe.U into a pot ,?f boiling water, Her condition is precarious. Ninety-five income* of over £ 100,000 a year are disclosed in the Inland Revenue assessments just issued, as compared with ninety in the first year1 of the Avar. Incomes between £ 3,COO and £ 5,000 have declined in the same period from 15.524 to 14.463. I This is the aiiiiiver&u-v of the' Battle of Trafalgar, 1805, and the Ne.sozi Column in Trafalgar-square vv'II be decorated, as usual, -by the Navy .League wirch wreaths in Ilon- our of our naval heroes from that da.y to this.. Relatives .also have sent wreathe. A telegram from Berlin says .Owing to difference of opinion which has occurred at the; eleventh -hoiuv it i-; said that Germany will make- a very; conciliatory offer regai<l- ii.IL, the suspension of submarine, warfare and j'will.probably recall oonditionully all sub- marines." Under the agreement between the British I and German Governments with regard to i¡ prisoners of war, the latter make it a stipu- Ifttion to agreeing to remove British prisoners from certain camps, that German officer pri- soners shall be removed from Duffrvn Aled to other oiffcers-camp's. A vote of thanks- was passed at the National .Library of Wales meeting oil Satur- day, to for a donation of £ 500 for the prifchase of a photostat equipment for photographing old and valuable manuscripts, a demonstration of which was given before the meeting. Mi. John Hodge, M.P., Minister of "Pen- sions, stated at Birkenhead on Saturday that he hopes to announce within the next fort- night a substantial iu-ci'ease in pensions. The matter is before the Treasury. "There is a certain minimum which is essential," said Mr.. Hodge, "and if I, do-not- get it there will be trouble." I In Germany the opinion s^ems to be that the war wCl atrthe longest' last another six I months, i he llevolutioiiary Socialist Bi,e-Iztu ? Volkswacht" says "The Kaiser and his son must abdicate. The massacre oughi not to. last another six months for the sake of a single man For saying this the paper has been si'sjiended for three days. The doctors at Queen's Hospital, Sidcup, recently decided that transfusion of blood was necessary to save the -life of Private Tjirling, severely wounded in France. His brother. Leonard Girling, a young engineer, employed at Woolwich Arsenal, offered him- self. The operation was performed, and the soldier is recovering, but Leonar d Girling .g?-.) I d i er l p, recover i n, has died as the result of the sacrifice. In the year ended March 31st. 1918, eleven •estates- in 'England, valued at. between tl-000 ,OCO and £ 1,500,000, and one between the latter pum and ?02,OX,000, be?me liable to estate duty. From assessments by the In- land Revenue Commissioners there are more people enjoying incomes over P,5,000 in war time than in 1914. There are 95 persons I with incomes of more than £ 100.000.- Mrs. Lloyd George has just received from Queen Alexandra, a beautiful Welsh doll fot the Welsh section of the Jewel Sale and, Exhibition. With it came a letter in which Queen Alexandra states .that she gives the doll as a historic memento of her first visit to Wales over 30 years a.go when the doll was given to her. Queen Alexandra, adds that she gives the doll for the benefit of the chil- dren of our brave soldiers and sailors. I One of the great sights of Ostend is the Vindictive, where she lies noble in her huge grey nakedness against the piling of the wooden pier. The Germans have sue- i i-eeded in slewing her stem round till she lies almostparalle1 to and against the pier. Some two hundred yards nearer the harbour the Germans themselves have sunk two dredgers and a small steamer, which also partially block the fairway. A welcome concession has been made by the Ministry of Food in respect of the pur- chase of turkey, goose and other poui'iry dur- ing the Christmas season. Jj'rorn December 1 until Saturday mirnight, January 11, the whole of tht-, mea.t coupons— N OL 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10—ih the new ration -books may be li-wd for the purchase of chickens, turkey, etc. Moreover, a temporary flat rate- of 31b. per coupon lias been tixed upon for the period, instes;d ot 2Jb. Addressing a meeting of -his constituents at Bishops Stoitford on Saturday. Mr. Pern- bertoa Billing, NI-P.. said when he ax-rived at Ware Station on Friday night he was handed papers m which. he was cited as co -respondent in divorce pitx?eedin?? to be taken by Mr. Brav. husband of Mrs. tc, Ge. t,a-jeii -Ui-. Bi-ay. -fiLLI:b.-aiid 61 MI.S. was not the slightest'tuitli in Jt. and "?t does e. i,t,'te,6tLicil ilL"lid He said it was p«J-t' of tile party game f-0 dis- credit him on the eve..of the, next.'eiecVon, j and if' it t.üilhithHt' would 'certainH"be other attempts. Thf funeral of" -Private John" Stewart Lewis. Ø\:Hl of Mr. L. B. Lew is. late of ?M<jr!.t?;t. now of C?pf) Dewi Han, Car- rharth^lbire, took place at the 0\?tt-r- mouth Ofmetery. Ti?' dec?as&d.h'jw?? 29'Vears of age, was a- particularly pronns- ing young man, and had .seen i'/fuieh .active service in France. He was. invalided home, and -sent to Middiesborough Hospital, where lie died, Tin:, fulleral, and at- tended by relatives only, viz. Mr. L. B. Lewis (father). Mr. Trevor Williams (dlde), Mi-. D. M. Lew i s (cousin). Mr. E. Lewis (cousin), Mr.' \Ym. Moses, Mr. Daiiie] Moses. The coffin w its covered with t-hje. Uhion Jack &ud many bea-Vitiiul tributes. Rev. YorwedJl j^avies officiated, and the arrangements were in the harids ot Messrs. D. C. Jones and Son, Castfe-square. i 5br failing to notify the Cardiff Poiice or his change of residence to Swansea, Dd. Hart. (19), a Dutch seaman., wa-j lined £ -5 at the Swansea Police Court on Tuesday. John Anderson (44). seaman, a Russian Finn, wa-s, at the Swansea Police Court on Tuesday, fined £ 3 inclusive for being ashore without, leuve.. The "Berlins Tageblatt" .states.. that the Crown Princess ii' d the two youngest Princes are suffering f^um Spajiisb. inftnen.a»_ Schools have been closed ui various suburbs 01 Bedin" While Wiring at a lignite ntiae at Verona, the workmen discovered the remains of re historic lake Village founded (,n Among the objects found are fragments of •'Vases bearing-the Lybian arms. David John* Had don w? charged at b,e Swansea Police Comt on Tue?y Wlth being an abentee from the Hawk Batta- hun. b 17th. and oldered t? b? haod?d OYM t? a rm'Iit?n'y e?tX)?. l e The Pres? at Par? are agreed that the mere issue by Rindenburg ot?orders to ceasa d<;v?tntion amount* to a plain admission that systematic devastations have been carried out, but the "Petit Parisien" asks: V\ hat faith can be piace-d ut Hiitdenburo's 'scrap of paper' Messages from Johannesburg and Kini- berley say that there i:, a marked' improve- ment in the influenza epidemic. The native death-rbi! in the Fland Mines amounts to nearly 600. It is computed thait the totai deat hs at Kirnb?.-i-ie,; been 3.000, in- dea.t h ? at Kimberley h a e been  Jn- cludin, | It ? oStcu:Hy announced that 10s. currency notes of a new design ?: be issued fiorn 'tes "i a rii?w des:n 'I! )(- s'ued i*v?n Uir L" that of the present one pound notes, with the exception that the figure of Bri tan. nia appears in *the place of St. George and the Dritgon. pictorial garts of the notes are printed in gren. A striking picture (six f..ei by four! is oa view in a High-street, Nvlnduw at Swansea, to be presented by the heads ot the Refuge Assurance Co. of Walts and South of Eng- land to Mr. Richie S. Thomas, at Bri.,it-ol, upon his promotion to' d'hisional ulSpector. It :.s the work, of Mr. Osniu'ad Vanstoh,- Bi-ynymor-rqad, Swansea. David Da vies," farmer, was fit:^d £ 10, at oil Swansea Poiice Court on Monday; for see- iug-milk with a deficiency of 29 per cent, of butter fat. The defence put forward a warranty from the senders of the milk, and s.tated that it had not been touched irora t.he time it was received. There were several, previous convictions., Mr. Steve Morgan, Wood a," Sktty, writes :—Niow that the long evenings are approaching, and t.he street lights are to Off still further reduced, may 1 appeal to all dog owners to keep their dogs at home aitei dark; or, if they muist take them out. to put them on a lead. Dogs which are-ted cannot lose their way or get run >• rr. The people of Vienna are tbn iirstruck by President Wilson's -Notc delliall,I"*F com- plete freedom f>f- the Czecho-Sio- i and Jugo-Slavs, for the newspapers led to believe that the reply would be "favourable. It is regarded as the first nail in the iiaps- burg coffin, and as affording great encourage- ment to the other races who are demanding independence. Swansea Food Control Committee met ou Monday, Colonel A. Sinclair (chairman) pre- siding. when it was reported that u prosecu- tion against a butcher was pending and that in .the meantime it was allteged e-Uniiaf1 11:; oiienowi were being committed. It was stated th&i-this would -strengthen the com- irittees prosecution. Prosecution a were or- dered against a grocery firm-for aJieged over- I charging: of tea, rice and jam. The directors of Bald-wins. Ltd., pend. ing the completion of the annual accounts, "are satisfied that the profits of the company are sufficient to permit of the payment of the following dividends, all free from in- coine-.tax., viz. :On the ordinary share capital a dividend of Is. lOd. per share, being 2s. 4d. per share for the financial year- ending 30th •itihv,- 1918, less--interim, .dividend of 6d.. alfefesdy paid-: c»i the cap! talised shares a dividend of 7d. per- share. A party of one hundred British subjects who have been prisoners in the hands of the BoLsheviks is now on the way to Stockholm by the Hapairanda route. Mr. A. G; Wood- house. British Consul -at Petrograd, is among the pLytN, and is expected to reach England by the end of this month. Reports received yesterday in London indicate that all are in good • health, notwithstanding the hardships to which they have been subjected. About 260 other British subjects still remain to be relea.sed. The National Sporting Club was well filled on Monday evening to witness the contest between Taney Lee (Scotland), and Joe Conn (London), for the featherweight champion- ship. The Scot, who has been defeated several times since wresting the title from Charley Hardcastle, was favourite. The boyt wa.-< fairly even up to the eighth roud; when the challenger lost the use of his right hand. The end came in the seventeenth. round, when Conn, after being sent to the boards three times, was counted out. Acknowledgment of the splendid' work of merchant seamen was made by Mr. Lloyd George in a letter read at a meeting of the British Women s Patriotic. Leagus and the Ladies' Guild of the British and Foreign Sailors' Society at Kensington Town Hall yesterday. "I have more than once, wrote the Premier, ''attempted to give ex- pression to the nation' s obligation to the merchant seamen for their inestimable ser- vices to the Empire, and, indeed, to civilisa- tion, and to our admiration for their boa.mi- les eourage and splendid chivalry. St. Phillips' Mission Church held their Harvest testival servi.e.s, recently. The Rev. Canon Rice preached, and on Sunday; aiwrnuon- & children's gilt service" was held, and the Sunday school chikh-enblrougbt; gifts of fruit for tlia wounded Soldiers and- money for the Prisoners' of War Fuhd. Two large flasks of fruit were' sent to tha Y.M.C.A. Hospital and J31 to the Daily" Post" PrisoneiBB' of War Fund. In the evening ititi Rev. Cw-uepe "z prea&?d an eloquont sermon. The church was very .prettily Beeora?ed, and there w?s a gene- ro:>u. 1)' of good things L-ontribu"d by 1 the oofigr?ation. Swansea District. N ursing Association's quarterly raofwork for 'JA!ly' Augiiat and Septemlber shows tfiat the nurses have been vøry busy. Eighty-nine new cased were nursed during the quarter, and 4.2416 visits paid to the patients; of these 53SS were to those dependant on the parish, 337 to old-aged pensioners, and 256 to tuber- cular cases. The mater nit v work- is in- creasing, and the midwives hd.ve attended' 34 new eases during the- qtiarter and paid: 1.09b visits. The committee wish to thaiik those who- have kindly sent gifts to the Home, which are much appreciated. Old linen, calico, etc., is very much needed. A woman, one ot o0,000 British working for the Y.M. C A., was assigned to scrubbing the Eiigle Hut floor. She had done little 1 manual work in her life. but accepteti the job without, protest, and went down on her knees with a pail of hot. water, a (-loth, aiiii a cake of soap. Soon the water in the pail was black. A man in uniform passed. The wmnan':}ookedur-; ?nd a?ked ifhewouM mind emptying-'the pail and refilling it ?tb dean water. There waa a theai.ricaL pause? then the reply-. "D- .it, madam/Fin an oftker!" This time there was no paiise. but, like u flash the scrubwoman retorted ''D—— :t. oti(Cc'r. Im a Duehfess;" ("Sunday Times:")

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I GALLANT LLANELLY TANK OFFICER. Temp. Lieut. -Wiliiaw Cliifcrd WUkins, Tank Corps, son of .Mr. Wllliuin Wilkins, formerly of Llu.B«.Uy (the late temporary secretary of the Wd;h, F.U.).b.?wo?thL MC. This officer fought, his tank during an action with the utmost gallantry. After. it. aci been dam- aged by a direct, hit, ht nevertheless managed to manoeuvre it, lighting all the iIDe; on to its final objective While Che-re it received a: second direct hit" aDd it. was oiil'y. by the most determined efforts and fine fighting spirit that he was ablfr to with- draw it and- p/fvtnt it falling into the enemy's band?. His "o=JpkÙ) his crew wa?- adthii On Mondy the. ga.lkt.irt "Jm(ç[ w, coiated by' (Jn Niohd;??v tii., galtl,%gt w?L, dc,-orat,,cd

"It is the u>;ual rigit«i*ioie. and we ru4t hammer them till thev hold ..Up their hajids i a bit highe! W;. general parlianieatary I lobby At Aberavon County ^Police Court on Monday nineut-n minors employed in the Avon "alley" and living in the Cwn>- avon- and Abeiavon districts, were sum- moned for, trespassing on tty; G.W.H. Those who answered tlie 'sumlnons were lined- 1 Us. and the absent ouefe los. At the LlaneQy Police Court oil Monday J Harry Williams was charged with drunken- nesw ill Watei -streeit.-DefetidiitU-. that at the Police Station he n* a* called a Prussian nnd, 'ppo-Geiirtaii.—Sapt'. Jonefe spoke to the violence of the defendant and the disgusting language which he used. There was a boy''of 14 11 t-fie adjoining ceUJ -De.andunt, alleged that ail the trouble ari??e through the poh?c tefusing M accept i payment of a p!'6nQ ?m .—Yiie Bench imposed a hue o: JBL )