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Mr. O'Crrady, M.P., went to Copenhagen to discuss with M. Litvinoff, the representa- tive of Soviet Russia, the question of ex- changing prisoners of war. M. Litvinoff, as was expected, seized upon the opportunity to outline the conditions upon which the Bol- shevist Government would like to conclude peace. On the one hand they desire to woognise the Bolshevist sovereignty and re- enter into political and commercial relations with the tract of North and Central. Rusm<\ which it controls. In return, they would, amongst other things, recognise the Russian war debt. of 568 millions owing to us, return their prisoners, ana afford facilities for mu- traal commercial intercourse, exchanging food and raw material for our manufactures, to the gain of Russia and Britain. Where such ma offer would be sterilised is upon the point of a British or Allied insistence that a free Constituent Assembly should be convoked to establish a democratic constitution for Rus- sia. We are desired, for substantia.! mone- tary and economic concessions, to waive that principle and recognise a, despotism more ab solute than Russia has known since Ivan the Terrible, There is an obvious trap. The Bolshevist peace would be good for Bolshevism; "see how these capitalists snap at a golden bait" wouJd be. their version of an acceptance of such terms. In addition, they would obtain recognition for their usurpation of power, and the Allies would be committed to an endorsement of a mani- fest tyrannv that stands, in another coun- try, for & principle not dissimilar to that against which they fought when they com- batted Germany. Bolshevism would yield nothing ard gain everything. It would have the authority of a recognised order of govern- ment. It would have stabilised and durable economic conditions. The Allies on their part would make a surrender of idealism that would be intensely repugr.ant to their instincualified though it might be by a mental reservation that after all in a country in the stage of development of Russia the tyranny that has been set in the saddle by the revolution in succession t« the over- thrown system of Czaxdom is, after ail, not vnfiUed to its needs and capacities, and that it is but another example of a revolution run- ning an historic; course. The situation in any case will not permit for ever of the present negative policy. The Allies cannot fight Bolshevism by arms; they are eeaeing to support indirectly its native enemies. The latter are not pros- pering in their campaign. Kolchad's ana Yudenitch's forces have been broken up or driven almost off the map. Denikin is now the target of a concentration oi all avail- able Bolshevist forces, and he iacks the back- ing oi an established and effective adminis- trative system in the country he lias over- run such' as gives weight and stability to the Bolshevist military systenl--IC(i it a con- siderable extent by former Csarist generals, who consider personal place and power a* attractive under w, e despotism under an- other. The possibility has to be reckoned with., of the disappearance of military oppo- sition to Belshevism, or the discovery that the latter can hold its ground at least in North Russia. The Allies in this eventuality cannot treat a great tract of Russia as a species of Tibet by diplomatic boycott re- lations with Bolshevism will perforce have to fallow. Tha* is the simple logic of the situu- taon. Matters have not yet reached that stage, 'ni Sw situatipn has to be reckoned with of the wjrtiaj triumph at least of a svstem which the Allies are not now attempting to destroy, and 'that they do not yet feel called upon to recognise. There is the other aspect of "shaking hands with mnrder." There is Wisforicai precedent, however, and much of I it recent, for relations with a Government j of nttiemote past s^gh t' fillip" It? pfesSrve *Ialil, to Aesfi&i Turkey, despite the earlier Armenian mas- sacres. Savagery in the case of small savage States would be promptly suppressed, j Savagery on the part of powerful countries fe not meddled with, because it would in- ?&!ve "nqUe?,. upon a huge scale. The peo- ?Je of this country when they read of Bol- ;hevi?t massages have to make up their li-,inda, whether they will take up a crusade or >ave the responsible system to its own fete. There is no middle way between fight- ing it or ultimately reoognising it. I As to the atrocities, there is no shadow of doubt. The massif pocple credit what Col. John Ward saw with his own eyes in Siberia, and what numbers of other British people—officer^, mercantile men, and refugee British ladies like the Misses Healv—simi- larly 0 witnessed in South Russia. The latest and in some ways the most horrible testi- mony is that from the former British chap- lain in Odessa, the. Reverend Mr. Courtier Foreter. The city was seized by Bolshevist elements with the assistance of some 4.000 .criminals released from the gaols. What followed reveals, as in the ease of the even less pardonable German atrocities, how close to the surface lurks the beast ir. the t\vt>n- j tieth-century European. Civilisation is ¡ amply the bars of the cage that confines the í ape and the tiger iij human naftire in the passion of great crises these bars aye i swept away, there is a prompt rever.-ior; to I a ferocity beside which the law of the jungle and merciful. ( t Amidst this ghastliness, animalism, and bjasptíemy-" Te following Sunday after- noon I was passing throwgh the Town Gar- dens, when I saw a group of Bolshevist sol" diers insulting an ikon of the tihern -crowned Face of Christ. The owner.. of the ikon was spitting in the pictured Face, 'while the others were standing rouwd watcihing with loud guffaWli. of laughter. Presently they tore the sacred picture into fragments, danced on it, and trampled and stamped the pieces into the mud"- -i^rim humour rounded off the tragedy. Men and women were often stripped of their clothing in the streets, and the SatiricaJ- paper of South Russia, the 8 Scourge,' brought out a full-page rar- tcon representing one of the dhief streets of the city, with a naked man and woman de- parting hand in hand up the road while a group of unkempt Bolsheviks with men's trousers and women s underclothes Butter- iiag on their ariflo were seen running in the opposite direction. Beneo.th was the observation; Odessa the World hnds p- anew. "The house in the Catherine Ckjuare in -hich I -as first in captivity afterwards l orture in became the Bolshevik*' House ()ti o¡ture in which hundreds of vi,tims %eL, done to death. The shrieks of the people being tor- tured to death or having splinters of wood :In ven under the quick of their nails were ov agonising aA' d appalling that personal friends of my o-,vn living more than a bammed yards away were obliged to fasten their douhJO windows to prevent the cries of1 •<iogU«>b penetrating into the house The or aim fear of the surviving citizens was 0that the Bolsheviks kept motor- Jornes thundering up and down the street to drown the awful screams of agony wrung jftfcia <iymS victims. ————. There ¡ore peopJe who maintain that, with theatres open and electric, trams run- P. ?arcR'' ac £ exist, ;md ?hat Hie P1 ^°viet Ru? ? «oth secure &n? pleasant. d1d not find ?. ?(). Ihtere U a halting place ?r the .!&c?ic earb ?" th(? ?rnbr oi KamÙ. ?y? 'M'd G?cheskay& Returning from the ?c at U.?o.one morning. I encoun?red a fared and frightened group at thi^ poiut. reveale the fact that. the Bolsheviks kad iust succossfaiiy murdered two unpro- .ecUd and dw^ce^^ vronier, waiting for 1-"13 < to into the citv shopping. Their «,riJe WM that both clothe5 ard manners í,w"d to be Bourjouit) (boargecis). M-o in the h..anatnaya one morning a work- J ka woman was shot for the sport, of the jjjiag while running across the road tI' pUr- bottle of milk for her < bilorcn. Her 'io-iv was iving by the kerb ai I came by, the ftle smashed, and milk and blood stream- | ing dovrn iut. house door stood W- n I her cp-o httleo children avW; -Aiitt, I «
IGREENHILliS HEROES
IGREENHILliS HEROES Impressive Ceremonial at I Swansea. I ST. JOSEPH'S CONSECRA- I TION SERVICES. ■" ■ The consecration services on Saturday morning on the freeing from debt of St. Joseph's R.C. Church, Swansea were of an impressive ecclesiastical character, conducted by Archbishop Mclntyre, of Birmingham. Others assisting were Abbots Butler (President of the English Benedictines) and Abbot Hurley (Douai I Abbey, and formerly of St. David's). The service Wa; of some hours' duration and Pontifical High Mass was celebrated. Following in the afternoon was the cere- mony of unveiling the eighteezi-feet high Celtic Cross, which has been erected as a war memorial to the 126 fallen out of the local Roman Catholic community of 1,200 who went to fight for freedom. A large procession of ex-Service men fell in at Dyfatty Park a?d proceeded to St. Joseph's, headed by the St. Joseph's Band playing the Dead March in Saul, with muffled drums, draped with black material., Affecting scenes were witnessed on the way, for in the streets passed through reside many fathers and mothers,, widows and orphans of the men and the one woman whose names are on the cross. As the public assembled, who had come together in large numbers and had ranged themselves in tiers on the pic- turesque hillside of Brynmelyn Park, the procession of choristers, prelates and Eriests, carrying incense, crucifix and ghted *ca iidies, emerged from the interior J of the church, making a VERY MEMORABLE AND IMPRES- I i SIVE SIGHT as they surrounded the memorial, with all the names of the departed inscribed thereon. A wreath was carried by sailors at the head of the public procession and was The Eighteen-feet High Cross, I placed at the foot of the cross. This had been made by the sisters of St. Joseph's and in immortelles was in- scribed" In Memory of cur Fallen Heroes." The blessing of the memorial was performed by Archbishop Mclntyre, and it was unveiled, in the absence of the Mayor, by First Class Petty Officer Francis Whittey, who had two sons' names inscribed upon the war memorial, and Lieut/ M. Earls, D.C.M. Archbishop Mclntyre then solemnly Hessod the cross, the choir singing with deep feeling the solemn De Pr-oftin- dis. I Ftither- Bede Cox,. Liverpool (and j i formerly of St. Joseph's) gave a very I telling address, with many referen ces to I the gallant men who, in a. far away land, had made the great sacrifice, and he hoped this memorial would prove as a record in our own lives to make the I world a better place for hose who were left behind. Ald. P. Molyneux, the Deputy Mayor, then arrived and apologised for the absence of the Mayor, who very much regretted his inability to be present. Aid. Molyneux expressed his own satis- faction at being present, as he knew practically all those men who had paid the supreme sacrifice, and he con- gratulated the great constituency of Greenhill to have paid such a tribute to the men w hr., had helped to make our country free. The "Last Post" was then thrillingly sounded by Lance-Corporal Arthur Fitzgerald. Amongst those present among the clergy on Saturday afternoon were Prior Higgins, Sub Prior of Belmont; Father Bond, Wolverhampton; Father II Bruno Hicks, Canon Formby, Father Ronald Leonard, Belmont; Father Schola, Belmont, and many others. Processions were then reformed and with the rest of the laity more than filled the beautiful ediSce. where after a service of Pontifical Benediction Mr. Cyril Bayjiham (of St. Mary's Parish Church) g:ArtA a recital upon the beauti- ful organ, which has just been rebuilt by organ, Bishop's, London, being now worked by ^l our-i^atic action and elec- tTicitT. ELOQUENT SERMONS ON SUNDAY. Crowded congregatipns witnessed th<> con J tiriaation of the consecration services on Sunday, Abbot BntJér pont-'ficating in tha moe-nitig, and the pertcher, Prior HigginG, ot London, taking as a simile the Temple of Solomon ¡.11d if* e6neecr<>tk>it. dw a parallel between that and the consumma- tion of Lho work of the local community in raising that' Temple, which was a. real dwell- ing-house of Cod .mid the Real Presence. It was duo to the self-sacrifice of the parish '11 years pa,.L that hAd made that edIfice VK'tfvsible. and ANXIOUS vVOuK I 1. 1 1 I had been accpmpnuied .before izity t»«sr me 'rnit o? their toil. In the evening a met eloquent discourse was preached by Archbishop Mclntyre. of Birmingham, who urged that the people should by their adherence to the Catholic standard of principle make themselves worthy of the great TemnJe they had raised, ard making it a living Ten pie to the honour and glory of the Lord. The hurch had been beautifully decorated (or the occasinn hv the Si,-fe,s. F, Bede Cox, of Liverpool, and formerly of St. -Joseph's, officiated at the orga,-i -which, by 'he wav. was blessed on the previous day by Abbot Taylor. The day's ceremonies were controlled by ''athers Hicks (Downside), R. Leon.ird> (Bel- no), Joseph B?)d (Douai), ajjrf won- liont), Joseph BnTid (DouaaL .,awl ?-?.
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THE POST BAG. I ■ A Wng": ""Weir, ofc. -wheet is ma' bonnte laddie gone?" !!)! « 81 Dr. T. E. Francis, O.B.E., M.B., Ltanelly, is in the short list of six for the Glamorgan County M.O.H., salary 21000 a year. vi Mutton Cutlets was the name of a horse that won in a race this week. A good cutlet is always sure of getting home at the right time. "Are you ia. Christian?" asked the clerk at a police court. 11 No," wae the reply, "I am a seaman." The Swansea, amateur operatic week at the Grand lodlfes like being a big financial success. Notes will fetch notes, in fact! There was much warbling in the Gallic tongue in Swansea on Friday night in places where men do congregate What can it have been all bout? J1 Swansea Docks, Friday morning "Horace." "Yes, sir." "When the- French shipbroket-s ring up tell them I am engaged. '•Yee, sir. Rough luck, wasn't it, sir?" A traveller wa» accosted by a tibeotiogiioail student, who inquired if he had the Life of Moses!" The Life of Moser. I" said he, in reply. Why, I haven't the life of a dog in these parts." Garn, they haven't had time t-o shake hands and put themselves in position yet, was the comment of a small boy when he heard tha result of the Beckett v. Carpentier fight. Cardiff City have signedon Cashmore, the Oldham Athletic centre iorward. I have been asked (writes "Planet") whether it was. a case of Morecash that the Swans did not snap him up. ..111' Mr. T. A. L. Whittington has expressed the opinion that the cricket pitch of the Neath Club in 1914 was the best in Wales. ) Now, t,hen, John Tucker, your views, please, requests "Ail Old Sport." Master Morgan R. Lloyd is the youngest I .violinist who ever won/at thtlN ational Eiiteddfod in the "open violin competition. Eis recovd k; Winner National Wteddfods, 1918.19, and ?ver 170 first priz?. An plands resident wa?ts to know whether the painters' ladders which have been left outside a house in Windsor-terrace for some months pa-ost. are a new form of de- I coration, or ii they axe intended*for 3 fir* escape.. r I would (writes a. correspondent) give a. good deal if I could have understood the Welsh as spoken by a preecher who, after-j stepping out of a Midland train at St. Thomas, was splashed from bead to foot, top hat and all, by & swiftly passing motor-car. i i|> ■ v- I A Swansea docks official, w-hose duty takes him round about the Hoist, has has own opinion as to which is the worst- bit of thoroughfare its the borough. He plumps for the lane from the dock to Oystermouth-road, which is apparently "No Man's Land," until sooraeane takas a fancy to it for building on. I A tstout old gentleman residing at the I West End ari-ivect with his wife and family, a push cart and perambulator at High- street. The taxi dr've;' refused to take the perambulator and push cart, and the old I' gent hnd to wheel them home, with the aaeidtaiice, of two male friends. With Oswald Jenkins of the Whites and the aev. Hayard of Lianelly appearing for Oxford, and.R. A. Trubshaw. agnin of Llan- elly, with Cleta. Lewis, of Cardiff, numbered amongst- the "Light HUM," Welsh Ru^by -wiU be wcrtbily represented ia the. 'Varsity ..maitch at Queen's Giiib grpopjl ony next. "It. ) A Swansea Tommy who has just returned from Cologne tfeyi- t,iiac, some oi the German field greys sing a song in English not very flattering to their sergeant-majors. Here comes the sergeant-major Who never fired a gun, ) Waa mentioned in despat-ches For drinking Fritz's rum. And now we are badly beaten, They ask him what he done. Ah. Gott in Himmel, How dot Tommy made me run. The appeal ance of the moon during the next few nights- will possess more than ordinary interest i- for it so happens that our satellite when around the full phase this month will be moving along that part of her orbit which lies nearest to the earth. The inoon will, in fact, make her closest approach of the year at three o'clock next Sunday morning, which event also occurs within seven hours of the full phase. Con- j sequently. as the moon's disc increases in illumination this week it will also brco'ne rrradually larger in diameter, and then decline early next week ip/a similar manner. At the week-end. there/ore, the customary h e xee k -pn d efculgenco of the high December full L-,Con, should be notably enhanced. Yiddish," remarked Mr. Beamish, cne of the defendants in the Mond libel case..1 "is in reality German carrouflazed in Hebrew characters." Why xhouid the parenthetic laughter follow this simple statement of fact in the reports of the trial published in some of the newspapers? Yiddish," which Sir Alfred Mond was afraid)O he did not, talk, is, of course, just iudiscb, or Jewish, and reore^ente the actual pronunciation of the German word a; nearly as need be. Anyone knowing the .Hebrew alphabet can find out for him- I self that the Yiddish newspapers, are written in German—of A sort—concealed henerith the Keb/i-v characters. He will do well, however, to start each line from right to left; otherwise every word will be what the printers call pie. "-(" Morning Pqst; ") The November day was drawing t-o a close. The Spanish oaks bel iw had almost shed.tli,eir leaves, but, patches of wine red still hung in festoon*. to add to the beauty of the scene. A distant bell called the worshippers to evensong A number of wild geese quacked overhead. A twilight like blue dust sifted over the marshes. And then in the darkness the Thing passed Tree shapes ctood out now against the rn-kon- liht. weird, threatening figures. But the Thing recked little of ghostly shapes, and then gracious only knows what swished almost in front of his f--a great yellow something like a. bird certainlv, but. A bird. which had biffed into a rock, and flattened its head. The Thing's objective was a rabbit warren—pheasants aid partridges would be a second courte rabbits are such stupid little innocentS. Just then the Th:ng saw them and put on top speed, when crick —and m the morning the gamekeeper found master Reynard with his ne-k decorated with a rabbit snare-the Thing had gone west!—('Rambler.") In continuation of Canon Richards' his- tory of the early1 days of Greenhill Parish, Dr. Herring-ion thus alludes to Father O'Hare's vigilant watch over his flock "Where the police w,re powerless, his mere appearance was enough to clear the streets, and one of the chief officers of the force re- marked riot long1 ago, iii.rpeaiting of those times, that when there was trouble in Gi een- hill. Father O'Hare was worth haJf-a-dozen policemen. As in the building of the Holy City—'tunsionibus pvessuri; which may be freely translated 'with his stick and his tongue,' he fitted and guided his people to take an honourable place in the ranks of their fellow citizens, and ra.ise themselves up in the moral and social scale. He was the only school attendance oScer of his time, and no officer was ever more painstak- ing or successful- After breakfast, every morning, he would go to the boys' school, find out the absentees, and then flv off to their homes around the parish, and many an amusing hunt swd capture or escape, lurk in bi» me»<ari*B of tliOse tUye." ■
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MEAT OVERCHARGES. I Fforestfach Butcher and Her I Price List. Jane Harries, butcher, of Fforest- fach, was summoned by Mr. Victor Evans, food control officer for the bor- ough of Swansea, on Monday, for sell- ing meat above the maximum on Oct. 13th, and other dates; also with de- manding unreasonable charges with Tf:)- spect to the sale of meat on the same dates. Mr. H. Booth, who appeared for the prosecution, said defendant had a counter book on which were recorded 29 meat transactions which showed the woman had been grofsly over-charging. There were, he said, charges entered on the book for 2s. per lb. for lamb in- stead of Is. 9d.; 2s. 2d. per lb. for pork instead of Is. lOd. This book, said Mr. Booth, was taken to the Food Control Offices and the 29 entries capied. Mrs. Harries asked for the book later on, continued Mr. Booth, and a few days later, when it was returned to the Food Office the pages were torn out on which were recorded 2S.. of the transactions copied. The over-charges averaged Is. on each transaction. The over-charges ranged from 4s. 2d. down to 4d. Evidence was given bearing out Mr. Booth's statement and the Bench de- cided to convict, fining Mrs. Harries £10 in the first case and costs in the second offence. Regarding the torn book Mrs. Harries alleged that the boy must "have done it.
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———————— j PR!CES OF JOINTS. I Butcher Fined at Swansea I for Overcharging. Arthur Williams (38), butcher, was sum- moned at Swansea Police Court on Monday with selling meat at a price above thema.xi-I mum, &Iso did in connection with the sale of | proposed sale of meat make unreasonable charges. Mr. Holland Booth prosecuted, and Mr. J. E. Rowlands defended. Inspector Cummings said he visited fendant's shop at Danygraig,road on November 21st, and asked defendant to weigh joint. Defendant pulled down a leg of English mutton, and it was found to weigh dbs. 2 O.. wd on it was a ticket with the buyer's name and the amount of the joint. The amount, according to the weight, showed an overcharge of Sd. Examining the tickets on two other joints and weighing the joints showed overcharges of 5d. and 2id. Defendant, when told, said it was possible that the customers had had chops cut off. Later, at the Food Office, defendant said the joints had been mixed up by witness. Mr, Victor Evans, Executive Food Officer, said defendant told him that Cummings had mis-read the indicator on the scale. Mr. Rowlands said the defence was that a mistake had been made by the inspector in weighing one of the joints. Defendant had a scale which, in addition to registering the weight, showed the price to be charged, so he did not have to rely on mental arith- metic. The Bench considered the cnee proved and imposed a fine of .5 in the first case and costs in the second.
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=-=- VOLUNTEERS AND THEIR! SERVICES. Question by Mr. Dd. Matthews, M.P., in the House. Mr. Matthews put the following question to. the Secretary oi State for War with refer- enuto the..recognition Volunteers were. to receive for their services during the war period, and-"elicited the fÐi:i9wgplY.JJ-om Mr. Ch*rehill:— Mr. Matthews asked-flhe Secretary of State for War whether the members of the Volun- teer Force who served during the whole period of the wa.r are to receive any medal for the same; and, failing general recogni- tion, are those officers and other ranks who gave up three months at personal sacrifice to act as the mainstay of the national de- fence on the East Coast from June to Sep- tember, 1918, to receive any recognition for I their services in a time of great need? Mr. Churchill: I would refer my bon. friend to the reply on the 5th November to my hon. and gallant friend the member for South* Tottenham, to the effect that the matter is now under consideration.
CARS COLLIDE.
CARS COLLIDE. Alltwen Woman Injured, at Neath. j A serious accident happened il. Windsor- road, Neati?, on Saturday. A mot?r. ?orry, 'belonging, to Messrs. Har.r?ck and Co. fCnrJ- diff), 'w? stationary n?t?ide the Cambrian ?tp' ?e'th. ?.nd t.h? drr'M' Hubert J<h'i Bowring,. of Cliffb/d-street, Neath, was en- gaged Hi delivering. In his a bsence the gtrll in attendance on the lorry, Kate Parker, of Russel-street, started the engine and drove the lorry to the right side of Windsor-road, where it collided with the empty private car of Mr. Moore-Gwvn, J.P., D.L., of Dyf- fryn. The car was badly and forced on to the footway, injuring Mr?, i Martha Evans, of Derwen T.Toti,-e, Alltwen, Poo tarda wo. who whs- taken into the Cam- I' brian Hotel for treatment.
SWANSEA GOLDEN WEDDING.t
SWANSEA GOLDEN WEDDING. t Mr. and Mrs. W. Bo wen, 29, Rose-Ill- terrace, Swansea, have been the re- cipients of numerous congratulations on the happy occasion of their .golden wedding, which celebrated on Saturday. They were married on De- cember 5th, .1869, at Llansamlet Parish Church by the Rev. R. Morgan, who was then vicar, and are at present de- voted menders of Argyle Chanel, Swan- sea. with which they have been con- nected for a. number of years. I
EBENEZER "CAH.'! ACCEPTED.…
EBENEZER "CAH. ACCEPTED. I At Ebenezer Churchy Swansea, on I Sunday, an intimation Was read during j the services to the effect that the Rev. Edward Jones, of Rhyl, had accepted the call" to the pastorate of t.he 'I church.
BT.ED TO DEATH AT SWANSEA.…
BT.ED TO DEATH AT SWANSEA. ( Mrs. Catherine MainwarAg. widow, of I No. 123. Carmarthen-road, Swansea, bled to I death, h.iving ruptured a varicose vein in the leg. She had been medically attended I previously. J "I.
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INTERMENT AT SKETTY. I On Saturday afternoon the mortal remains I of the late Mr. Wta. Davies, a brother of the late Sergt. John Davios, of the Borough Police Fores, 60, Norfolk-street, were laid to rest at. New Bethel burial ground, the cortege le.aving the house at 3 o'clock. The J following were the mourners and friends :— j Messrs. G. Fowler, Harris, Gordge, Cyril Davies, Geo. Jones, Geo. Davies, Tom Davies, Albert Jones, John Jones, Geo. Lloyd, Will Fowler. Mulhoiland, C. Reed, Way, Mull ins, and John Davies. The Rev. Mr. Lewis. Terrace-road Chapel, officiited, whilst the funeral arrangement* were carried out by Messrs. Beh Evans and Co.. Ltd.
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A SKETTY PRESENTATION. I At the evening service at Beth?j Welsh Congref:?*o?? Chapel, Sketty. Mr. and Mrs. h. H, Gnf&ths. Picton House, presented the Rev., J. T. Gregory with h pocket communion set m silver for the visiting of the sick and afflicted. Mr. Isaac John, senior dm-wi* hanied the gilt.
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ssammmmmmmmMmmmmmmmmsssammmrn INCOME TAX STRIKE ——— ON Why South Wales Men Are Resisting Payment. The ballot vote of South Wales coal toinen in favour of a strike against the income-tax has a far wider interest than to the men who have billoted. Mr. George R. Carter, who was selected by the Labour Party tc put the case of the artisan be. fore the Royal Commission on Income-tax, which is now sitting, interviewed at Huddersfield, said the wage earners were not raising any objection to pacing their fair share of the national revenue. They were not hostile to income-tax in itself, but they felt that they could not stand indirect taxa. tion on food, etc., the high. cost of living and direct taxation when the nominal rise in wages does not give any increased purchasing power. "The beginning of the difficulty," said Mr. Carfer, "was in the reduction of the abatement limit from JB160 to LISO in 1915, just when prices were seriously rising. War bonuses were added I to wages, and these bonuses brought them within the income-tax limit. The South Wales miners, who looked most closely into the problem, think that they are being made to pay more than their adequate share, and they point to war profits as more able to bear the burden. "They stand out for what they call the dean i cut'—no taxation up to £350. This programme is general throughout the trade union movement. The figure was not arrived at in any haphazard fashion, and it is regarded as a fair minimum basis upon which a person caa maintain economic and social efficiency. "The Miners* Federation decided to wait until the report of the Royal Commission is issued, but this is not speedy enough for the South Wales men, and they have decided to resist pay- ment until the RZO limit is conceded. The de- cision to stnke is now being considered by the delegate conferences.
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SWANSEA ENGINEER Fined 15 for Dangerous Driving at Carmarthen. At Carmarthen on Saturday John &.1 Watkins. motor engineer, of Eatpn-crescent, Swansea, on a summons for driving a motor- car in a manner dangerous to the pablic on Llandefeilog-road, was fined L5. Super- intendent J. E. Jones prosecuted, and the orincipal witness was Lieutenant-Colonel E. C. Jennings, J.P., Gellideg, who went from the bench into the witness-box. He stated that at 2.30 p.m. on the 29th October he was ascending Llandefeilog Hill in his car, and near the Ferryside cross roads saw the defendant's car, which was travelling on the wrong side of the road at a speed 0; not less then 30 rules an hour, < skid. across the r auJ it was with 1 difficulty that witness* ear passed between she radiator and the side 0; the read. Abo'.ri> the time. the car skidded he noticw t. cow knocked over, aid later saw it wedged beneath the car. Defendant said the road was m a greasy state, and the spot was one where one would not expect much traffic. He did his best to pull up when he met the cows £ it the: bend, and the wheels were locked by the brakes. The cow did not go under the car, and it was able to walk away, which led him to think it was not injured. By the Chairman (Major Hughes) A cheque! for B15 was sent, to Morgan to compensate him for inconvenience and iniury to the cow. He did not agree the car was on the wrong sido. His spesd was sot 30 miles an hour, but it was over 20. I,
jHELD-UP -HOUSES.-I
HELD-UP HOUSES. I Joiner and the Contractors. A Working Joiner writes in reply I to Air. E. Davies, of the firm of Messrs. liogers and Davies: -r. Davies is reported to have said that the operatives, oy their oujecteioii to working ior a certain Swansea lirm, were holding up the houses. Now, Mr. Davies ought to know that the building trade workers have no 6bjection to work for any firm pro- viding they carry out ;Trade Union con- ditions, and as a matter oi ir* att ..there is no firm in Swansea at present but what are employing members of the Unions affiliated to the Building Trades Federation. What we as workers ooject to is working 011 sub-contract work. We know the condition too well that is generally attached to such work, and if Mr. Davies expects us to make an ex- ception in the case of his firm I can assure him he will be disappointed. vrra. have an agreement with the master builders of South Wales and Monmouthshire that no sub-ccntracting shall be allowed under any circum- stances. and if Messrs. Rogers and Davies are members of that particular body they are parties to that agreement —and if they are not can Mr. Davies give us any reason why we should allow his firm any different conditiorir- than those agreed to by the master builders of South Wales and Monmouthshire Surely if he is so anxioll to. get tr with the houses his best method would be to work in harmony with ♦h<v Trade UTiion conditions of the operatives I concerrled." 5
--===-I LLANGYFELACH EISTEDDFODI…
-===- LLANGYFELACH EISTEDDFOD AWARD'S. A successful eisteddfod was bald at Llaneyielach, on Saturday. The adjudica- tors were: Music. Mesrrs. J. P. Rogers and T. Lloyd: literature, Rev. Enoch Jones (Isylos); conductor. COUR. Rd. Kuehes. Awards ;—Solo, under 10: 1, Irene Dsvies 2. Dora Phillips. Solo, under 13 1, Freddy Master.?: 2, Maggie Phillips. Girls' solo, under 16: 1, Macsie Phmip; 2. Eiddwen EvaM. Solo, boy, under 16 1. Fy,ed?v Mten>; 2. Dd. Evans. Act'o? '?M?: Vi F,vAns. Welsh &r 1, Freddy Masters; 2, Eiddwen Evans. Soprano solo Miss C. A. Evans. Contralto solo Mrs. M. A. Hughes. Tenor solo Mr. Dd. Evans. Baritone so!o Mr. E. LI. Evans. Re^itntion, under 12 1, Edna. Williams 2. Vi Evans. Recitation. under 16 I. Rogsie Mort: 2, gdn: Wil- liaras. Open recitations: Miss Edith Maud v n Briallog. Verses on Briallog. Verses on 1 Y Glowr": Mr. WaJter Bowc?. Quir- j tett? Mr. R-rM John's party. Chief choral (five entries) Cannd, Morriston (conductor, I Mr. W. J.Williams).
! NEW MUMBLES COMPANY. !
NEW MUMBLES COMPANY. Ship and Castle (Mumbles) Hotel Com- pany. Limited, hae been registered as a.. private company. Capital, 24.000 in JB1 shares. To take over undertaking and all or any of the property and assets A. J. Jones ir. respect of the Ship and Castle I Hotel, Mumbles, and to carry on the i business of hotel, restaurant, cafe,tavern, I beerhouse, refreshment-room, and lodedng- house proprietors, etc. The subscribers (each with one share) are S. Shipton. I County Chambers. Neath, solicitor; S. Griffith" 46. Windsor-road, Neath, timber merchant. First directors are A. J. Jones, W. BI' Trick. S. Shipton, A. J. Follan, S. Griffiths, and W. J. Lewis. I Qualification, 2250. Secretary" S. Ship- ton. j Registered office: County Chamber;, f Winasor-road, Neath. I I
- -WEAR WHAT YOU LIKE.I
WEAR WHAT YOU LIKE. I Dr, R. S. ^opejand, New York's Health Com- I missioner, declares that the wearing of fiilk stock- ings and othbr apparently unhygienic clothing does not adversely affect women's health. He f points, oiit that during last year's influenza epi dertiic many more men died than women. and that among women between the ages of 15 and 24 ??n, 4? f per cnt. of unmarrid wom-n died against 41 per cent. of mnrrx?d women. Better health was also observable among )Idet •omarried than married women. I jim. —is: mj- !.■ m •
- THE ," Ç>NE AND TUPPr.NNY"…
THE Ç>NE AND TUPPr.NNY" BILL. I 1. hear that the Pnrr.i Minister (writes the London correspondent of the Dtily IHspatch ") has given instructions that, the ijxountant's re- port on the cost of coa'i iprod'^ion shoiiSd be speeded op as much as possible- It i. heptd that it will b.. ;0 the hand s of members befcre the Con! M'nes Bir~the Occ-and-Tuppennf niU" -t -is eaJien in the Lobby-cont-i up for second reading next TSinr'iiy. ■i n f i TiT.iTir.r~ra
CANNED BUTTER, ^I
CANNED BUTTER, I Australia is making gre-,t strides in the caused I food industry, and is now tending up considerable supplies of cpnned rabbits, canned muttou, and canned beef. Why *houk! she not iend canned btt "m 7 Dur'ng the war *hc supplied her troops I with W«<\r keat bmudially Eretsh i4i air-tight tim.
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- —1'~ ■ v rrm, BEACH MYSTERY.
—1'~ ■ v rrm, BEACH MYSTERY. ) Dead Woman's Body Found at Swansea Identified. George Bdwaa-d Jolly, labourer, who lives in apartments at No. 13, Bond-street, .Swan- sea, went to the Swansea Mortuary on Sun- day morning and identified the body of the woman found on the Swansea beach early on Saturday morning as that of his wife, Eillen Jolly, aged 49. A Daily Post" reporter learns at Bofod- street. that the deceased had latterly been in indifferent health. 8J4. left her home on I Friday night without a nat. Jbut wearing 1 glasses, but per husboand thought she had gone out for' some chips for supper, She also wore a velvet cloak. As she did net return home, the husband roamed about Swansea streets all night looking for her. Not thinking anything wrong bad happened to his wife, the next morning he supposed she bad gone io London to visit a married daughter. His worat fears were realised when be read the description of a woni&n found dead, washed up by the tide. A pathetic ciroum- stance is that fc daughter cf the deceased (who WM in service at No. 55, Trafalgar- terrace) was, with her; mistress, attracted to the Trafalgar ardh by a crowd of people fol- lowing the dead body of her mother, and did not know her mother was missing at the time. The daughter and her mispress (Mrs. Roberts) searched the mussel beds as far a& the fishing nets on the beaoh all Monday morning to try and find the velvet cloak, which ÍB. missing/
A MODEL. WORKS.I I
A MODEL. WORKS. Noteworthy Gathering at Neath. On Saturday last, tha official welcome home of the men who served from the Neath Steel Sheet id Galvanising Works to;k place it St. Catherine's Parish Hall, Neath. An excellent repast was served to aU men explored at the works. Mr. H. 1: Lloyd, Afan- aging Director of the v o.ks, who was supported by Mrs. Lloyd, ard Mr. E. J. Gibbins, late .lanagiug Director and now Chairman of the Board; were present. The Neath Steel Sheet and Galvaniz- ing Co., Lid., lnis the -6cord of being ing Co., Li<l., the first works in Great Britain to call for volunteers for the Army. More Hhan 90 per cent. of the eligibles joined up in 1914, and war contributions realised £ 3,000 for dependents, the em- ployers raising a like amount, whilst our beds were equipped and maintained for Laurels Red Cross Hospital. in the evening a fine concert, took place, the Venables Orchestra render- ing stylish music, Mr. H. P. Lloyd pre- siding. Messrs. Evan Lewis and Llew- ellyn Jenkins rendered soir.•;> fine solos and Mr. D. R. Edwards kept the audi- ence in roars of lauehter. 1 FINANCIAL STATEMENT. The secretary of the Volunteer War Fund Committee, Mr. Bert Sutcliffe, §ave a financ??al statement and report. Srgt. J. S. Mill, Rifle Brigade, moved that tha report be adopted, and that the warmest thanks be tendered to the committee and was seconded by his brother, Sergeant R. E. Mill, M.S.M., Welch Regt., both of whom were badly wounded during the war, the latter having lost his leg. The proposer, in his remarks, referred to the promises made in 1914 by certain people of the P?, n d entri town to look after their dependents when they went and who forgot their very existence when the first glamour of war was over, and he expressed a great debt of thanks; to the Volunteer War Fund Committee. If every em- ployer iollowed the works' example, there would not be 344,000 discharged sailors and soldiers seeking employment to-day. Mr. T. flnhert., (Chairman of the Volunteer War Fund Committte3, re- turned thanks. L--cii man who had, served was presented b a foIl medallion fi-O-n the employers, together with £2 from the firm. Mr. E. J. Gib- bins and Mrs H. P. Lloyd presented and made suitable remarks to each of the recipients as they came forward. The most touching part of these prp- ceedings was when Guardsman Jack Case came forward, leaning heavily on, two stickp. Ouardeman Case, who was a Reservist in 1914. was the first mar. to leave the works, and ho "vas cheored to the echo bv all present. PRESENTATION TO MR. GIBBINS. 11 Une ot tne most notable occurrences of the evening was the presentation of a beautiful clock and gold chain from the employees to Mr. E. J. Gibbins on his retirement, by Mr. E. Pershouse, and supported by Mr. Flaherty. Mr. E. Pershouse, who is one of the oldest em- ployees of the works, spoke war nay of the justice dealt out by Mr. Gibbins whilst managing the works, and of the high esteem held by the employees for him and Mr. Flaherty. i Mr,; Gibbins. in giving thank. said that' when the first batch of roeruits left the works he had stated that it was the proudest day of his life but that night was the prolideal. night of his life. Before tLf- proceedings concluded cheques and r.,edaltionc. wre presented to the dependents of those who harf made the supreme sacrifice.
TINNED SALMON. ! __ ■ I
TINNED SALMON. ■ Swansea Tradespeople Fined! for Overcharging. Sarah Eleanor Evans (62), was sum- moned at Swansea oit Monday for sell- ing canned salmon at a price above the maximum on October 29tn, also for fail- ing tc exhibit a price list. Richard I Evans was summoned for aiding and abetting. Marion Hawkins (Cardiff Food Office) «?id she purchased a tin of Sf'conJ-1 grade salmon, for which she wa? ('hrg d ?..Td., whereas the Ct?atroUed pri{ ?a? i Is. 21d. 'A fine of 20s. was imposed on Mrs. fvans, and costs on Mr. Evans. I, J. Lewis was fi- ed 20s. on each offencf similar summonses, over-charges of 3d and 4d. being t oy wo tyvs »f .salmon. J
f -LOCAL STUDENTS' SUCCESS,…
f LOCAL STUDENTS' SUCCESS, i I- 1 I- univeisity ot ionaon honours r,Iide. Edith Lilian Maciennell and Wliiian- Dild ley Williams.. "\I'1oJj. Technical, j (pace second diviakm. E-So. « y
"LAST LEGS."
"LAST LEGS." I Swansea Harbour Default PROSPERITY BOUND TO COME. At the monthly meeting of the Swansea Harbour Trust on Monday, the Chairman (Mr. Roger Beck) made an important and serious statement in regard, to the financial position of-the Trust. In moving' the adoption of the report of the Finance Committee, Mr. W. T. Fan mentioned that the total deficiency of the Trust was no less than £ 285,000. The Chairman later on said: It is with very great regret that I have to make an announcement, especially in the presence of two new members. As was observed by the Chairman (Mr; Farr) of the Finance Committee at the Chamber of Commerce banquet, the Trust is on its last legs. I have to say that we are worse than that-- for the first time in its existence the Trust is well in default in its interest on the 31st December next. I have announced that to the Executive Committee and they have deputed myself, the Chairman of the Finance Committee, and the Clerk to draft a circular to be issued to the bondholderd and mortgage holders announcing the fact. The circular will state that this has been brought about entirety by the war. Tlt41 magnificent prospect that opened before the Trust just as war broke out-that magnifi- cent prospect, when the King's Dock alone* in an incredible short space of time, w-as earning its own interest, being no charge whatever upon the Trust-was swept away gradually and slowly until, as reported by the Chairman of the Finance Committee, we are in the position we are in to-day. MR. BECK'S SACRIFICE. Really, gentlemen, this ought to have occurred last half year. To give the old port a chance, well, as you know, I stood in the gap. It has not succeeded, and the only thing I almost claim of the bond. holders and mortgage holders is theif friendly adioD in this àter.. to A*tt &nta,gomstic Mtiop wdt only add &o toe cost of the Trust. It is indicated in our circular that it is a case only of deferring. Prosperity is bound to come in the coarse of time to this port. With all its equip- ment and the forthcoming interest that was going to be taken, we will say that the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, to name one company alone, is bound to produce this better result. And so I repeat, it is defer- ring, but not toss. TRIBUT-E TO THE MANAGER. I The Trustees have been passing through an ever increasing ..strain, and especially your little Management Committee, aad I say it is really a tribute to the immense physical power that our general manages has stood the strain imposed upon him, Every kind of difficulty he hu bad to rasp and deal with. I do not know thab F need add anything further. The plvw truth is there and my feeling is that as a large investor in the Trust—my stake is abcrut £8,000 in the Trust—(this is obviously apart from the large sum Mr. Beck lent the Trust when he stood in the gap)—I feel indebted to whose who have administeied the work and held on. and by their exertions minimised the loss which is already serious enough. I think you will endorse the action of the Executive Com- mittee in the circumstances and agree that the circular shall be sent out. I move that the Trustees approve of the issuing to the stock aud mortgage holders of a circular informing them that the Trustees will be unable to meet the interest parable ce January 1st next, and the Chairman, Chairman of the Finance Committee, and the Clerk be requested to draft she. circular and issue it. Mr. F. J. Parker seconded and the motion was agreed to.
I 350 ENTRANTS.
I 350 ENTRANTS. I Swansea Band of Hope Competitions. j Under the auspices of the Swansea and District Band of Rope Union, during the last fortnight competitions have been held in each district of the town, and on Saturday everyone who took part in the district could compete again in the final contest, with the result that some 350 entered in the varioub cow petitions, and this gave the adjudicators plenty to oecapy tihe-i-r thoughts for nlan j home. The results were as follows:- SOLOISTS. Solo (boys under 10) 1. Iorwerth Thomau% Dinas 2, Reg. Williams, Soar. Solo (girls under 10): 1, GWeÐ Hoskina< Memorial; 2; Bessie Jones, Carmarthen* road. Recitation fboys under 10) 1, Willi* Reed, Mount Calvary; 2, P-og. Willisana, Soar. Recitation (girls uj6er 10): 1, Phylti8, Price, Bethesda; 2, Irene Walters, Man* seJton. Solo (boys 10-13) 1" David E. Jonco, Dinas; 2, Robert Williams, New Siloh. Solo (girls 10-13): 1, Edith Prattoo, Laa- dcre; -2. Aelwya Davies, Forward ment. Recitation (boys 10-13) ? 1, Ivor RI<Aard^ 1 Waunwen 2, Haydn Daniete, Pentre. Recitation (girls 10-13): 1, Iris Vickary, Tabernacle. 2, Frances Lewie, Waunwem. Solo (boys 13-16) 1, Cecil Dalby; 2, Geo, B. Jones, Cw-marthm-r(-k Solo (giris 13-16): 1, Gladys Jones, New Siloh; 2, Gertie Charles, Waunwen. Recitation '.boys 13-16) 1, Rowland Dayies, Salim; 2, J. B. Jones, Carmarthen* Recdi/Uion (girls 13-16): 1, Louise Norris, Tabernacle; 2, Irene Charles, Wau. wani Mary Anne Davies, Brynhyfryd; EditS Moss. Hafod (divided). Duet (under 16). 1, Cecil Dalby and.Oliv. D&ndo, DanygTaig: 2, Eldith Prattoo and Robert Williams, New Siloh. Part song (12 voices): 1, Memorial Baptiai feoductor, Mr. R B. Hoskins); 2, Old Siloh -(conductor. Miss Rees). Piano solo (under 10) 1, Ivor Uoyd, He» 1"00.11.; 2, Gwen Roberts, Salim. Piano solo (10-13;: 1, Sid Miles, Old Siloh | 2, Irene Dance. Fabian's Bay. Piano solo (13-16) 1, Hazel Rogers, Fabian's Bay; 2. Sol. John, New Siloh. Violin solo (under 16): 1,, Reggie Paæ more, Landore; 2, Bessie Davies, Dines. THE CHORUS. Choral contest (under 14 years): 8'. Luke's, Cwmlbwrla (conductor Ml- W. H. • Le.vis). Choral.contest (under years 16): 1, Old Siloh (conductor, Mr. D. Hopkins): Fabian's Bay (Mr. Tom Morris). Ambulance contest (Boy Scouts)*: ManseS- ton Congregational Sot?ut?. AmbuJarioe contest (?ir! Gnid<? C.) 9 Tabet-TM?e, No. 2. C?y.. a v L B Mr. W. ?. Stm.t.?on ?w'.?dcd 1 crtåfl to Mr. R. H. To! nek rr hi? arg&nisia? i powers, whidh are second to none. 1
i BOYS AND BOMBS.
BOYS AND BOMBS. A Daiigerous Practice, at Abaravon. John D«vi<i, shopkeeper, of fbnit rhvtly feii, wais M, Ab».-ravoi Police CDiirt cn Monday with nellinp: cap hide without a .!•< ensq, and a fine c; .¡O. was imposed. P.O. Rogers, h; hm evidence., U:(f b. visited I.Iefenrinnt's pr'mi.. d- found the c.arliMo in 11,H bark kitcheVi. iVfen- dnnt t;01d him ho only used it ItiroFell as he had two motor cycles. Witnesj pointed out tbnt, it number cf l>ors hae boon >«r:5-in«; small ti-lantiti" nu rin.f the 5tnd mwvl it fof the pnrpos« ■>i wtikihg bombs, which hr1 h'1 (, highway. it t-hroogh thib ith*t h'j Ainiumea. ='.l.