Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder

HEART-BROKEN GIRL. ) A verdict of Suicide while tem-\ porarily iUMOO" was returned at King- ston on Tuesday at an mquest <?n Rose Mary Harding (20), domestic servant, of Ru&s.Al-road, Walton, who.e body was recovered from the river at Kingston on Friday. She had told her mother that she had a eoidier sweetheart named Ernest, who had been wounded in action at the front. It was stated that the girl had placed her bootA. hat and handbag on the river bank. In the handbag she had left a letter addressed to her mother, as fol- Iowa: My darling Muiii,Tust these few lines. I shall be dead by the time you receive this. I cannot hear things any longer. I have packed everything I have. Please forgive tue, darling mum. Break the news gently to the children. tor I loved them with all my heart, and you and Dad too. darling. Forgive me, for some day I hope we shall meet again. I have had a letter from George this morning. Erne&t is dead. I have nothing to live for. There is money in my trunk; use it for the little ones. Good-bye. darling; heaps of love to you and to my Daddy. I shall never worry you again. Much love, from your loving Rose. P.S.—Dont worry 'over this. Good-bye. my dear heart. I aiu going home. God will forgive me. I am broken-bearted." A police-constable said that he saw the girl walking aimlessly in Canberry-gar- derre, Kingston.

NEWTON LICENSEE'S DEATH. I The funeral took place on Tuesday af- ternoon at the Mumbles Cemetery of Mr. Thomas Joseph Williams, landlord of the Ship and Castle, Newton. Deceased, who was 36 years of age, was much respected. lie was a native of Morriston. from which place he came to Newton about five years ago. Prior to the interment a short 6er- vice was held at Newton Church, the surpliced choir under the conductorship of Mr. F. W. Barlow. A.R.C.O., being in attendance. The chief mourners were Mrs. Williams (widow), Mr. and Mrs. Williams (father and mother), Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Williams and Mr. and Mrs. Gwilym Williams (brothers and sisters- in-law), Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lloyd, Mr. and Mrs. Eleaaer Jenkins, and Mr. and Mrs. David Rees (sisters and brothers-in-law), Mrs. Roberts. Mrs. Ed- wards, Mrs. Morgan, and Mrs. Price (aunts), and amongst, those present were Mr. T. dark and Mr. J. Buist (Hancock and Co.), Messrs. J. EvMs (Nag's Head), V. Bevau (Post Office). D. Jones Powell, W. Lewis. T. Williams, and Abraham Eosser- The officiating clergyman was the Rev. W. Williams (Newton), and the, undertaker Mr. Edmund Bevan (Mum- bles). A large number of floral tributes were sent.

Mr. Robert Gibson, Sark Bank, Kirk- ftitdrew-on-Esk, Cumberland, who left desired that members of hi-s t a mil.v shall, as far as this is possible, nieet rogetii >r et Sark Bunk once a year in peace, love, aud good will, ill rm- hiaufce of uia.' 11

THE HOUSING PROBLEM INCREASED GOVERNMENT AID NECESSARY FOR A SOLUTION. The quarterly meeting of the Sooth Wales Garden Cities and Town Planning Association was held at R-hu-bina Garden Village. Mr D. Lleufer Thomas presided, and there were also present Professor J. S. M ackenzie, Messrs. J. JL Lovat-Fraser, G. M. Ll. Davies, W. J. Gruffydd. Ml., T. Alwyn Lloyd, L.R.I.B.A.. William Thomas (Cardiff Master Builders' Federa- tion), J. T. Clatworthy, D. Evans-Jones (Swansea), C. T. Ruthen (Swansea), Edgar L Chappell. D. Bonner (Gilfach Goch). and Councillors James Winstone, J.P., Illtyd Hopkins (Aberdare), and D. T. Williams (Rhymney). War's Serious Effects. The Chairman stated that the 01ltbreak) of war had gr?tly disturbed ih? building trade, and had accentuated the seriousness of the housing prob1uu. Housbuió.inb opeiutions were practically suspended, and iu consequence there was a consid?rabie amount, of unemployment amongst a.rchi-/ tects and other professional persons. The Architects' War Committee had drafted a I scheme whereby some of the worst cases miadit be relieved. Proposals for carrying out erne development surveys prelimi- nary to town-planning in certain araas had been approved by the committee of the Prince of Wales' Fund, and grant: from the fund had been promised. Hi-' of the areas selected was South Wales. A memorandum relating to losses to local authorities and public utility ties was submitted by Mr. George Davies. secretary of the Welsh Town Planning and Housing Trust (Limited). The opin- ion was expressed that increased Govern- mc-nt aid would be needed if the housing problem was to be solved in the future. Housing reformers should consider the probable new conditions that would be created by the war. and formulate pro- posals which would be suitable and prac- ticable when peace was restored. A sub- committee was appointed to consider the memcrandum and report therecn. Aberdare Complimented. The principles underlying the policy of the South Wales Garden Cities and Town Planning Association were explained to the members of the Aberdare District Council, at a meeting of the latter body. which was held on Monday evening, by Mr. Lleufer Thomas and Mr. Edgar Chap- pell who are officially attached to the association. In his address Mr. Lleufer Thomas ex- tended a oompliment to the district upon the substantial amounts of what he termed unconscious town-plnnning already to th' credit of the neighbourhood—a result, he added, which contracted more than favour- ably with that achieved by many parts of South Wales. Mr. Thomas and Mr. Chappell were warITl," thanked for their ind addresses; and the cou Pil relegated the further consideration of the subject to the health and housing committee. -e

SWANSEA COALOWNERS SUED. I Messrs. Cleaves and a Charter Contract. I The case of the Instow s.s. Co., of Car- diff v. Cleeves, Western Valley Anthra- cite Collieries, Ltd., of Swansea, was heard in the King's Bench Division on Tuesuny by Mr. Justice Bailbach and a special jury. Mr. A. A. Roche, K.C.. for the plain- tiffs, said they were owners of the 6.5. Cornish City, and on August 21. 1914, they entered into a contract with the de- fendants to charter this vessel to take coal to Rio de Janeiro, for defendants. The defendants wanted two ships, and on the date in question a contract was verb- ally entered into by Mr. A. 1. Popham for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Jas. German for defendants. The contract was made partly on the Cardiff Exchange and partly in Mr. German's office. The cargo was to be not less t-han 5,000 tous, and the rate of freight 17s. 6d. per ton. When these gentlemen had made the fixture they reported the matter to their principal, and a record of the ver- bal fixture was made. The Defendants' Contention. I Defendants did not deny the definite verbal fixture, hut they said that since it was made circumstances had occurred, which prevented tho con tract being coin- pleted, and that they considered them- selves in no way bound to plaintiffs. Plaintiffs subsequently let the ship to Messrs. Cory at 14s. Ijd. per ton, which was the lwst they could get at the time, and this caused a loss of some S811 which plaintiffs sued for. There had also been a loss of four day in loading, and demur- rage was claimed for this. Mr. Popham proved making the con- 1 tract with defendants' representative, and said he signed it on behalf of plaintiffs. Later on some difficulty arose, and 'ie subsequently fixed the ship to Messrs. Cory. The Cdrnish City was now de- ceased, as she was captured and sunk by the German cruiser Karlsruhe. Other evidence to prove the making of the contract was called. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs, with damages £ 853 13s. 8d., jn- cluding SKM demurrage. Judgment ac- cordingly, with costs.

YOUNG SOLDIER'S ADVENTURES. I Private W. Mills, of the 2nd Welsh, is only IS, but he has had some re- markable adven- tures. In Decom- ber, he was wounded at La Bassee by being blowu from the trench into the river. He came home in January, but returned in February, when he was transferred to the 1st Battalion Welsh Regiment. In Mav, he was agadu wounded, this time receiving a shrapnel wound in the knee. He was also "ga."sed," and is still suffering from the effects. He has been home at Burryport, where he lives with his step-father and his mother, Mr. and Mrs. Hall, Mount- street, but has returned to hospital. Private Mills is a native of Castle Graig, Landore.

SWANSEA MILITARY WEDDING. A very pretty military wedding was I solemnised on Monday morning by special license at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, (the contracting parties being Charles Betram Tidcomb, lya1 Field Artillery, youngest son of the late Mr. R. Tidcomb. of Manor Farm, W oolstone, ,and May, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Wilson. Oxford-street, Swansea. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. H. C. Mander. The bride wore a very pretty white hand embroidered voile dress, trimmed with lavender. She was attended by two bridesmaids, Miss Wilson and Miss Symonds, who wore white embroidered and tussore silk dresses with Leghorn hat. The bride and bridesmaids carried shower bouquets of orchids and orange blossoms. The bride was given away by her father, and Mr. F. Banfill acited as best man. The Royal Field Artillery (Howitzers) formed guard of honour. The bridegroom's present to the bride was a gold bracelet and to the brides- maids gol4 brooches, and Jhe bride's gift to the bridegroom was an illuminated wnrt watofe* •

TRAGEDY OF A FLOWER. I MAN WHO MIGHT HAVE SAVED I UFE OF CLYDACH WOMAN. How she lost her balance while picking a flower on the canal-side and was drowned before tho eyes of her two grand- children, was described at the inquest at Clydach on Monday on Mary Morris (48), wife of William Morris, hairdresser, 61, High-street, Clydach. Elizabeth Mary Greenland, an eight- year-old daughter of Benjamin Green- land, 9, Church-street, Pontardawe, and grandchild of the deceased, said that she and her little sister went for a walk along the canal bank with deceased last Satur- day evening. Tn picking a flower from the water's edge, deceased over-balanced and fell into the water. There was no one except themselves on the canal bank at I the time. Witness did not see deceased make any struggle to get out of the water. Could Not Swim." I Arthur Edwin Waspe. labourer, 6, Vera- road, Clydach, who was informed of the occurrence by the little girl, said when he arrived at the spot the body was floating I in the water. lle showed no signs of life. A juror, in reply to the Coroner, said the canal was 4ft. deep at this spot. The C-oroner (to witness): And you did not go into the water to try to get her out? Witness: I oould not swim. and 1 could see nothing convenient with which I could draw the debased out of the I water. Later Police-sergeant David Davies, Clydach, arnved and recovered the body. The Coroner said what he could not explain was why the deceased did not et;aggie and manage to get out of the water, as it was not deep. Further, he could not understand why Waspe had not made an attempt to get her out of the water. Had he done so, and resorted to artificial respiration, he might have Baved the woman's life. The jury returned a verdict of Acci- dental death."

CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S FAME. The best known figure in the world to- duy is that of a queer little man in an absurd tail coat, bulging trousers, a waistcoat which does not quite reach the top of them, and a small bowler hat perched on the top of his thick dark hair. He has a stubbly black moustache and lie carries a cane, and the tale of his pec- cadilloes and misadventures is followed with roars of laughter by millions of people in the United States, Canada, Aus- tralia. South Africa, Scandinavia, Italy, Russia, and Great Britain, wherever there is a picture theatre, every week. The same figure, as displayed by life-sir/e model outside picture theatres, appears -to have not one name. but two, Charlie 11 '1 1 4I C Ritehie. 11 B atli Chaplin and Billie Ritchie." Both men arc English and both played the part of the drunken swell in Fred Karno's music hall sketch, Mumming Birds," and appearing more than once :.t the Swansea Empire. Hut the one who came first into promi- nence as the fuuny little man with the cane is Charlie Chaplin, and lie is draw- ing the largest regular salary among film actors at the present day. He is recog- nised as a bigger attraction in a picture program than was even the late lamented John Bunny. His salary, at C30f) and a percentage of royalties, is probably not "-ss than £ 500 a week. Recently he was offered a bonus of £ 5,000, with a special train to take him there and back, to ap- pear for two weeks at Maidson-square Gardens. His employers, the Essanay I Company, gave him a bonus of £ 5,000 rather than let him go, and thus lose his services for two weeks. Yet a few years ago Charlie Chaplin was an obscure com- edian of the music halls. He was born in London. His father and mother were on the stage, and he himself entered the profession when a child. lie was once one of the Eight Lancashire Lads, hut it was as a Karno comedian that he began to be recognised as the real gorjds." He went to America to play in "Mumming Birds" and has never come back. His film career started with the Key- stone Company- His quaint make-up and his irre?istih]y funny mannerisms became the talk of the American picture- theatres. -Tn America they have Chaplin cocktails and Chaplin cigarettes. The Federal Baseball League has presented him with a watch fob which makes him free of aJJ basebaU matches—and the only other man so distinguished is said to be I the President of the United States him- self. He is still in the early twenties.

A COPPER CARGO. Attorney-General's Arguments on Behalf of Crown. I I& the Prize Court Tuesday the Presi- dent (Sir S. Evans) gave judgment in the case of the Swedish steamer Zamara, and upheld the application of the Crown to requisition the cargo, which was one of 400 tons of copper. The application was made under Order 29. Rulo 1, (as amended by Order in Council of April 29) of the Prize Court Rules. The Order provides:— Whore it is made to appear to the Judge, on the application of the proper officer of the Crown, that it is desired to requisition, on behalf of his Majesty, a ship in respect of which no final decree of condemnation has been made. he shall order that the ship shall be appraised, and that, upon an undertaking being given in accordance with Rule 5 of this Order, the ship shall be released and de- livered to the Crown. In the present case no decree of con- demnation has yet been made, so that I the Zamara's cargo comes under the l Order. The Swedish Trading Co.. as claimants in the prize proceedings, how- ever, opposed the application, contending that the Order in Council, affecting, as it did, a change in substantive law, was ultra vires. If the Germans were in Kent. I In the course of the argument, the Attorney-General (Sir E. Carson, K.C.), fee- the Crown, said:— "We.are in the position of being be- sieged upon the seas and of having our trade interfered with by the ships of the enemy. We never know whether a cargo will reach us or not. or whether we- are in a position to take reprisals in eon- (aequence of the way in which some of th1* bt-Iligerents are acting. Supposing the Germans to-morrow were down in Kent or landed at Dover nr some such place, and you had copper, ax here. with which you wanted to mitko fuses or shells, it would he absurd to say that it was a breach against the laws ol neutrals to requisition it." Th* President, in making an order for the requisitioning of the copper by the Ciown, said ho would give his reasons next week.

MANY HAPPY RETURNS. I At Swansea Police Court on Tuesday, felicitations were offered Mr. Jenkin Jones, the worthy magistrates* clerk, upon the attainment of his 71st birthday. Mr. A. H. Thomas, the chairman, ex- pressed on behalf of the Bench their pleasure at seeing Mr- Jonas looking so well, despite his years. He hoped Mr. Jones would be with them for many years to come. Mr. J. H. Rosser: Twenty-five more years, I hope. (Hear, hear). Speaking on behalf of the advocate6 i practising at the Court, Mr. Henry Thompson, who had remained in the precincts of the Court especially for that purpose, referred to the courtesy Mr. Jones had always extended to the soli. citore. Mr. W. Arthur Thomas associated him. &qU with thoee r

I ONE AGAINST MANY. I HOW WOUNDED -BRITISH AIRMAN FOUGHT ON AND WON. I (By Eve-Witness.") The period of stagnation in operations Lasted from Monday, the 7th. to Thurs- day, the 10th, inclusive, no action of any importance being undertaken by either side. On Monday, the day upon which our naval airmen obtained such a striking success, two of their comrades in the Royal Flying Corps had a most adven- turous flight. Whilst on reconnaissance about twenty miles from cur front, they were attacked by several German avia- tors. H was not long before the pilot was shot through the jaw and neck. At first he collapsed and lost control of the aeroplane, and then recovered sufficiently to steady the machine, which continued its flight pursue d and fired at by a succession of hostile aeroplanes. Nevertheless, he gradually grew weaker and weaker through loss of blood, and became hardly conscious of what be was doing, but the observer handed him ban- dages and helped him to bind up the wound, which was a dangerous one, while he kept the machine going, main- tained observation, and completed the reconnaissance. The pair of officers made a good land- ing at their base, having returned with the information which they had been sent out to collect. The pilot is doing as well as can be expected from th-e nature of his ¡ wound. A "Neighbourly" Missile. The following message written in Eng- lish was recently thrown into one of our trenches north of the Ypres—Comines Canal:— Friday, the 4th of June. Dear Neighbours,—Your compatriots ha e made us some reproaches. You say we use gas, and pretend it to be weakness. Never, my dears, it is only an assistance, which we are allowed to use by the better and greater perfection and development of our chemical and technical knowledge, by our superiority in the sciences; for the second, your people blk of the catastrophe of the Lusitania, proving with ii, that we killed women and babies. There is the only one answer. We must protect ourselves! "Try to kill the wasp, and it will sting." By troubling our com- merce you want to perish Germany or (col- loquial spoken) to kill innocent women and children by iamine. But now the dif- ference: Are your "women and babies" obliged to render themselves into the danger? If they do, they are responsibl e for it. Their fate lies in their hands. Not so with us. You think that you are happy in this game. But this time pa-ssed another will come. How long do you think to maintain your positions? Don't, you think we shall win in spite of the lot of cur enemies? For you fight for commerce and money, but we fight for our country; for U to be or not to be. That is the question." The beginning of a victorious end is I made. s The Serbs want to make peace with Austria; and Russia, seeing that her interests in the Balkans are threatened by Italian's declaration of war, and tired by the great loss in Galicia, would lie fit for peace. The day which will bring these occur- rences will make you feel tlie contentra- tion of all our forces, and then Britons, don't you fear the end? Attending your answer. I remain. Yours sincerely. One of your neighbours.

TURNED BACK. Pontardawe Man's Fatal Hesitation on Mumbles Line. The circumstances attending the death of tho Alltwer. Jllan who was killed on the Mumbles railway on Saturday night were inquired into at the Coroner's Court, Swansea, on Tuesday, when the orough Coroner, Mr. J. H. Morris, held an inquest on Thomas Williams-, 26. a doubler, of Bryn-y-Avon, Railway-terrace, Ailtwen, Pontardawe. Tim father of deceased, William David Williams, said his son was employed at the Pontardawe Tin works. Tho driver of the engine, Harry Davies, 8. Sea View-terrace, Mumbles, said the train left; Rutland-street at 11.5 oj Saturday evening. Also on the en- gine, on a box iu the front, was the fire- man, named Davies. Vitne?s had to ring the bell. Wh?n the train got about 15 yards from Trafalgar Arch two men went across the track. He saw no crowd, and heard no noise at the arch. He did not look sideways, as he was not aware that anything had occurred. Witness had slowed down to pass the arch and then put on steam to go faster when he heard the boy in front shout out to stop, as be thought they had knocked a man down." Witness had been continu- ally ringing the bell along the road. He did not feel the engine go over anything. as he should have done if anything had got underneath. When he heard the boy shout he attempted to pull up imme- diately. The train stopped within sixty yards. "A Bit Flustered," The Coroner: That is rather a long dis- tance to pull up in at five miles an hour? Witness: Well, I'll tell you straight, sir. I must have knocked the brake off again when I was reaching over. I was a bit flustered, and accidentally put the brake off. Otherwise, I could have pulled up in I four lengths of the engine. The fireman, William John Davies, t also of 8, Sea View-terrace, Mumbles, 1 said he flat on the front of the engine nearest the road. The last witness was' ringing the bell all the time. Witness. saw the two men referred to by the en- j gine driver. Two other men were behind coming from the arch. These two got into the middle of the track when they turned back. In reply to further questions, witness said he did not shout, because his voice would have been inaudible on account of the noise of the engine. The body was found by Mr. George Henry Davies, who said it was under -he third carriage, on the rail near the wall. Stopped to Hear a Row. I David Lewis, collier, of Bryn Myrddin, Railway-terrace. Ailtwen, said he. de- ceased and other had been on the sands, and stopped in the arch to hear a row which was going on. There were high words, and they did not hear the train approaching. They were all quite sober. Alexander Kostromin, 48, Trafalgar- terraoe, Swansea, said he heard there was a row on the sands, and lie ran across before the train came. He stood nearly on the line. He did not hear the engine until it was :.ear by. Deceased was standing right in the middle of the track, and then someone shouted that .t.he train was coming, and witness made a grab for deceased, missed him, and fell back on to the palings. He next saw the train strike the deceased. John William Ward, 43, Trafalgar-ter- race, and Inspector (keo. Henry Davies. 37, Victoria-avenue, Mumbles, were also called. In summing up the Coroner said that it appeared to him that the excitement under the archway over the fight was so great that the sound of the engine and the bell was not heard. It wa-s evidently a pure'accident, as the noise had attrac- ted the deceased's attention, and he did not hear tho train's approach. rC"he jury returned a verdict of acci- dental death, for which no one was to blame. They expressed their sympathy with the relatives. Mr. Ceo. Henry Davies joined in the eXpreælQJl on b?h?lf of tX..Mpa!jy. j,

I NATION'S UNITY. I PREMIER S STIRRING SPEECH. Mr. Asquith in the House oif Comnions on Tu/asday delivered a speech which illuminates the whole political situation and reveals the determination of the new Government to pay no heed to blind counsels of hysteria and panic"-a sig- nificant announcement of policy. The oc,caision was the introduction of a Vote of Credit for £ 250,000,000, which was agreed to. In an important personal explanation of the formation of the Coalition Govern- ment the Premier said: A unique national exigency demanded from all of us actual visible co- operation—unreserved, whole-hearted. and foi- single purpose, shared and pursued by men of every section and party and political creed. There was not, and there is not, in my opinion, any call for a change in our national policy. That remains wbat it has been since the first week in August More Resolute Than Ever. The object was to demonstrate to the whole world—Allies, enemies, and neutrals alike—that after nearly a year (If war, with all its Vicissitudes, the British people were more resolute than ever in the prosecution of their righteous cause. The Premier added We have for the moment one plain i and paramount duty to perform—to bring to the service of the State the willing and organised help of every lia.,Fs in the community. There is a fit place, there is fit work for every man and every woman in the land—and when our cause has been vindicated and there is once more peace upon earth, may it be recorded as the proudest page in the annals of this nation tt there was not a home nor a workshop in the whole of this United Kingdom which did not take its part in the commou struggle and earn its share in the common triumph. (Loud cheers). The Daily Expenditure. The new Vote of Credit was for 9259,000.000. The principal facts as to the current rate of war expenditure may be set out as follows; During the last seventy-three days the expenditure has heen £ 194,000,000, or about £2,660,000 a day. Army £ 121,000,000 Navy £36,000,000 Loans to Dominions and Allies £26,000,000 Purchase of Food Supplies £ 10,000.000 Minor charges £1,000..000 £ 194,000,000 I On June 12th there were fifty-six mil- lions iu hand, which would carry the war on till the end of the month. 1 During the coming month the expendi- ture on the Army and Navy would he I £ 2,250,000 a day, and as our financial obligations to our Allies would not grow lighter the total expenditure would be not much under three millions a day, and possibly might be more. A Wicked Sugaestion. I repel, said Mr. Asquith, as most wicked and calumnious. and most un- founded, the suggestion that the people of this country have shown themselves, aud are showing themselves, lethargic. We shall do well to continue to pay no heed to the blind counsels of hysteria and panic. There is a fit place and fit work for every man and woman in the land." Mr. Asquith, replying to Sir Henry Dalziel, said it was not the desire of the Government to prevent criticism of their policy but he cculd not, help feeling that during the nine months for which the late Government was responsible for the conduct of the war it had not deserved any one of the censures which had been passed upon it by Sir TTenry Dalziel. When the history of the war came to be written by the impartial historian it would be seen bow little ground there was for the complaints made. With regard to his Newcastle speech, Air Henry seemed to have forgotten that the. object of his going to Newcastle was not to reassure people, but to rouse them and to bring home so far as he could, both to employers and workmen, the urgency of increasing our supply of munitions. It was true that incidentally he mad e the observation which had been quoted, but he should not have made it without careful inquiry or unless he was sure it came from the highest and best authority. rThi rcfe-s to his &tatemeat denyin? that our i;Lilitarv operations had been hampered by lack of shells.] Without going further into the matter, he begged the House to believe—as he was sure they would believe it without tn, assurance— (cheers)—that, so far from being an inaccuracy, or still less an in- vention of his own. it was a statement made on the bv-st jxvssible authority ac- cessible, and one which he had no reason to doubt was otherwise than per- fectly accurate Dardanelles Operations. With regard to the Dardanelles, it was not in the public, interest that he should enter into either an explanation of the past history of these operations or a forecast of the immediate future. But in his opinion—an opinion not lightly formed—ic was an operation of the highest importance, and. so far a.6 he could form a judgment, it would be poshed through to a successful conclu- sion (Cheers).

SALVING OF SWANSEA BOUND STEAMER. In the Admiralty Court on Tuesday, Mr. Justice Bargrave Deane heard an appli- cation for apportionment of £ 1,650, accepted as salvage remuneration by the owners, master and crew of the steam- ship Musketeer, belonging to Messrs. Fisher Renwick (Manchester-London Steamers Ltd.), of Manchester and New- castle. The salvage services were rendered to the Italian steamship Polynesia, which, while bound from Savona to Swansea in ballast, became disabled off the Cornish Coast owing to engine troubles, and was taken in tow by the Musketeer on Dec. 4th. The Polynesia was within 21 miles of the coast. The operation of making fast, performed in most violent weather, occupied 13V hours. The Musketeer towed the disabled vessel to Mumbles Roads, and later she was taken into Swansea by a tug. His Lordship apportioned the agreed sum thus: Owners of the Musketeer. £ 1,200; master, £ 150; ei.-ew, 2300.

DROWNED AT SEA. I Well Known Manselton Skipper's I Tragic Death. Messrs. Woods, Tajllor, and Brown, of I Loudon, owners of itie s.s. Fernfield, tele- graphed on. Tuesday stating they had received a cablegram from the chief officer of the steamer, which had just arrived at Quebec, informing them that the master. Captain E. LI. Squire, of 24, Approach-road, Manselton, had been drowned at sea on tho 11 tlx instant. No further particulars have yet been re- ceived. Captain Squire was a native of Swan- sea, and well known in shipping circles. He was son-in-law to Mr. John Weaver, of the firm of J. and F. Weaver, builders, Manselton, and leaves a widow and one I daughter, and an aged mother, for whom great sympathy is expressed.

The offertories for the St. Jude's (Swa'u-J wa? Church Building Fund during the I week of special ;?lViQes reached the splen- did euxa of £ 606.

'wa THE KNOLL OF KILVtY. (BY "CARON.") The things there seen, remind us of yore. TTP the steep and narrow defile of t-h Lt leads to the altitude of the plateau of Kilvey's majestic hill, the mambers of the Swan- sea Mabinogion made an exploratory, journey, at the season of tlie yoar when the studies beloved by all antiquarians are best pursued. Arriving at the (-it.; Thomas Reservoir, the party fotlowcd the course of the Roman roadway, which; formerly was the road of military com-I tnunica-tion between Gower and the Roman stations of Nidium and Leucarium, jow-I ing at the former place the larger Via! Julia, which was the chief military cause-I way from Caerleon to Carmarthen. » One contemplated, and thoughts'j travelled back to Lhe days of Imperial! Rome, and a vision arose—a phantom host passed by, the dreaded legion of Caesar, com-posito agmina i-needere- ;I the tramp of the heavy armed resounded, and flashing spears and burnished shields reflected the glare of the noon-day sun, and a stalwart warrior passed Bearing the sacred standard of the Senatus Popu- lusque Rom-anus, and following, the heavy iron hooped chariots made a drumming sound as they rolled along the paved causeway. 4i' < Crowning the eminence of Kilvey's knoll stands the quaint circular wind- mill, which in the vernacular was called Melin Penybigwfn. It forms one of the prominent- landmarks of the county. Mention is is made of it in Cromwell's survey as follows:— The Jurors doe say and present that about six yeares ago (circa 1080) Bussy Manseli, Esq re., erected a windmill on Kilvey Hill. The view of Swansea from here with its terraces of houses, and the fme sweep of its bav, is unrivalled for its beauty. The far extending view 'looking seawards showed in the haze the dim outlines of Somerset and Devon—to the south the j rocky armlet of Porthcawl Point broke up the rolling billows of the Atlantic, while to the north-east appeared the bold and rugged phalanx of the Black Moun- tain range, and the innumerable stacks from IIafod to Morriston belching forth their thick voluules of smoke, reminded us of Abertawe's industry, and its claim to be one of. if not tho chief. of tho uietallurgic centres of the world. tuetallui?gic centres of the wor,1(1 About a hundred yards from the wind- mill are the remains of two earns, and one off the circlet;, comprising five upright, stones (the largest, being 2ft. 6in. high) is in a good state of preservation, although it has weathered t.he assaults of the elements of time for over two thousand years. Around these upright stones in the days of remote antiquity, our Druidic forefa.thers centred, to con- duct their mysterious religious rites, of which we know but little. To the north of the windmill there is a small tumuli of loose earth and stones. Of such a a these Dr. Owen Pugii remarks, They were either family cemeteries or monu- ments raised by the Ancient Britons to commemorate the heroes who had fallen in battle." if The name Cil-fai., now modernised to Kil-vey, dates back to very ancient days,1 and the name presents a difficulty in trying to solve its interpretation. Çil" implies a sequestered place. If the Roman Via (roadway) in tlie vicinity is taken in.to consideration, which follows an uri- deviating over the rugged head- land, one conjectures the word Kilvey to mean, Cil sheltered, Via roadway, viz., the sheltered roadway. Others hold that the word is derived from the Welsh word "eil.io," or oC oiiiau," the retreats. In Ireland, the prefix" Kil signifies a church, and is found in no less than 1,100 names, e.g., Kilkenny, Kilmore, etc., and some historians hold that "Cil" is the local memorial to those Irish mission- aries who about; the iffth century visited the shores of Wales for evangelistic pur- poses, and founded churches in the most quaint and sequestered spots they could find. A water colour picture of the East Side, executed circa 1730-1750, shows the sur- roundings of lvilvey, intersected by numerous fields, with here and there tiny homesteads of tho husbandmen who tilled tho land. The place where Maesteg House now stands appears as a copsewood, with the hill slopes prettily wooded, and fields extending to the Tawe's bank. During the reigns of U enry VT.. Edward IV.. Richard III., and Henry Vll. there I flourished in Wales a celebrated bard named Lewis Glvn Cothi, and he seems to have been a welcome visitor in the Manor of Kilvey in the good old days. Among his poems, which have been published by tho Council of the Cymmrodorion, there is ono a ddressed to John ap David of Gower, and four others to his son Dafvdd ap John, of Cilvai, near Swansea. This Oafydd ap John made a pilgrimage to Rome in the 15tll century, in the charac- ter of a Palmer, to purchase indulgences for his friends. Qiel pardwn memrwn i dalm o wyr." During his sojourn in Rome offerings were made upon the altar for his safe return had been I iolemnly given at the preceding vespers, by his anxious mother, and by the bard himself." Ode 3H is addressed to Dafydd ap John after his return from Rome, which a lso commemorates his marriage j with Gwenllian, the daughter of Siancyn ab Owain. Galawnt Dafydd ab Gwilym I Ab Siaiicyii o'r gwreiddyii gryrn. Llaw Dduw i'th gylch, llwydd y'th gaid, Lliw sinobl o'r Lleisioniaid. Clement Gwent ar wystl gantai Angel o vab yn Xghil Vai." (Ode xxxii). < The opinion that Kilvey coals were worked at a very early period receives some confirmation from tho following ac- count of the jointure of Elizabeth, the widow of Thomas de Moubrav, Duke of Norfolk, and it is given among the escheats of the third year of Henry the Sixth (circa 1425) in the Calendarium Inquisitionem. as Kilney vel Kilvey tertia pars terr'et domin et minae carbonum, &c. The late Jfees Jones, etc., of Loughor, in his me.moranduro written about the year 1810 states: "Across Cromlyn Buy is the boundary of the Seignory of Gower, and an. old canal called by the natives Clawdd-y-Saison, or Englishman's Ditch; it is not exactly known at what time it was cut, but on clearing the ditch the present adventurers for draining this ex- tensive bog found tho skeleton of a boat, which, in all probability, had been anciently used for the conveyance of coals to the Burrows from the collieries in the neighbourhood, from which circumstance it appears that the exportation of coals was carried on here at an early period, for there is no tradition that this canal was used for that purpose." Camwell in his Travels in Swansea" says: In the eariy days of coal-shipping in Swansea, the coal was brought down from the collieries to the ships on tho backs of pack-horses; and when trams were first introduced the inhahitants strongly opposed them, because the rumbling of the wagons soured the beer in their cellars.

Two more victims of the Gretna Green railway disaster have died in the persons of Mr. McDonald, a Muswell Hill jeweller, and Pte. William Melville, of the Royal Scots. The death roll is now 168.

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I PRAYER AND THE SWORD. I A remarkable discussion on the war took place at Penycac, near Wrexham, on Tues- day at the annual meeting cf the Denbigh- shire, Flintshire, and Merionethshire Welsh Baptist Association. A resolution had been moved rejoicing that the Go\eminent\s demand for mn was being responded to so magnifioenLiy. and believing that conscription would not be nccocssary. There was considerable opposition to the inotijii. some objecting to the word "re- joic?,' and urging a rclcr?ce to the effi- 'eacy of player. The Hcr. V, Powell Everton (Idverpool) retorted that while he believed in prayer as much a-s anyone, prayer without a 6word of Gideon was worthless. The Rev. E. K. Joaes kcefn Mawr) said we could never conquer militarism by thr- sword. He could not rejoice. As a religious man he couid not advocate or support anything of that --Ort. The Bev W. B. Jones (Pencae) chal- lengetl the opposition to give their alteram tin: in the present situation if the war | were due to diplomacy. An amendemnt. to modify the terms of the resolution was defeated by 41 votee to 35. In moving a further resolution against conscription in any form. the Rey. E. K. Jones argued that Jesus Christ did not use violence. Thie resolution was carried by a majority of 30.

THE RECRUITING OFFICER'S PROBLEM. Muzzle your mirth said the First Recruiting Officer when he entered the inner chamber ol the Beeruiting Office. I must have silence," lie continued, for a few moments' thought. 'Hayre is a problem to be wlyed. Outside the door 13 a man who looks fifty, swears he ii thirt.v-eiglit.. has a wife and nineteen children, and wants to join the Army. I muat find out what his separation allow- ance would amount to. Let me medi- tate." For a space there was silence, broken only by the gentle" swish, swish," of the grey matter in the F.R.O.'s meditatory. At last the musing ceased and the pon- derer walked to the door. Nothing doing," he eaid to the man Avithout. "We can't possibly take you on. We can get generals at half the Price!"—" London Opinion."

AMMANFORD MINING STUDENTS. The mining students attending the Am- manford raining class group have douo remarkably well at the competitive ex- amination for county eeholarehips held last month. The successful students are Owen M. Hughes, Wernoleu-road, and lyr.i. Edwards, Penybauk-road, both of whom have gained the South Wales tour scholarships; and Dd. Morgan, Margaret- street. and Jno. H. Davies, Maesygwaed, who have gained the summer school scholarships. Thos. <T. Evans. Wind-street, has gained a continental t-cholarship, but owing to the war this will not be available this year. Yet it is to he Hoped that he may get another opportunity of benefiting by the scholarship. ]Ast year Evam secured the summer echool scholarship. All the students are deserving of con- gratulations, and also their teachers, Mr. W. H. Bdlin. M.E. (mining section), and Mr. J. Lewis, J.P. unathematica).

COAL PRICES AND SUPPLIES. Sir Alfred Mood, Bart., M.P., Mr. John Hinds, M.l\, Mr. Haydn Jones, M.P., Mr Edgar Jonea, M.P., and Mr. Ellis Davies, M.P., were among thOt;{) attending a con- ference convened at tiie request of muni- cipal gas and electrical undertakings ta consider the. coal question, particularly as to price and supplies for next winter. A committee was appointed to consist of three representatives each of miners, eoalowner^, railway men and consumers, to approach the Board of Trade ou th., matter, and report to a further confer- ence to be held next week, at. which. Mr. Runciman is to be asked to attend.

NEARLY DROWNED. A narrow escape from drowning occurred about; 7.15 on Tuesday evening; near the bathing cubicles at BrvnmilL Tom Short, of the Army Service Corps. was in four or tive fed of water when be had a seizure and collapsed. Two young ladies on tbe beach called the attention of other bothers, and Mr. Campbell Connor, a well-known Swansea swimmer, succeeded in bringing Short to the beach. First aid was rendered by Mr. W. Doherty and- others, and tho uncon- scious soldier was brought round in about half an hour. He was subsequently re- moved to the home cf his father near by.

LICENSEES AND SOLDIERS' BEER. Mr?. Margaxet Askin licences of the Half Moon Hotel, Carmarthen, was fined S,5 at the Borough Police Court, on Mon lay. on a charge of permiti-'ner drunkenness. Mr. J. W. Wallis Jones defended. Head-constable Mayall said it bad been decided to trust th? liceneees to exercise due cat-.tic". Some cf them, however, had proved unworthy of their trust, and he in- tended to apply to the military authorities for -an order to restiiot the we et ilitau- eating liquor to 6ordiers -u