Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder

LLANGENNECH DEATH. I The dPath has taken place witb tragic 1 •uddenness of Mr. David John Davies, F.n of Mr. and Mr-. John Davj, Vmswylfa,. Llangenpecli. He had been ill only fb-e, days, and was 27 years of age.

MARRIED TO ROYALTY. I ALIEN CLAIMS TO BE A PRINCE'S I MORGANATIC WIDOW. A woman described as Guta Federicke Maria Charlotte Freiherrin Von Peters- dorf, an actress and novelist of German nationality, 37 years of age, residing at Euston-road, N.W., was charged at Mary- lebone Police Court on Tuesday with having failed as a German alien enemy to register herself under the Aliens. Restric- tion Order, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment in the Seoond Division. Detective-inspector DtKrcan said when he saw accused the previous evening at Albany-street Police Station she gave l the name mentioned in the charge sheet, and said she was the widow by mor- gelatic marriage of Prinoe Christian Victor of Schleswig Holstein. She claimed, she said, that by that marriage she was a British subject. She then made a detailed statement, setting forth her claim, but ho told her he did not consider it sufficient to exempt her from registering as an alien enemy, and she would be arrested. Well," she re- plied, "I don't know anything about it I thought I was English. I am known well enough in the West End. Why did they not tell me I had to be registered ?" She spoke with pronounced German ac- cent. The magistrate, having read accused's (Statement, remarked that she gave no explanation of taking the title Freiherrin Von Petersdorf. Mr. Pyke pleaded guilty on behalf of the accused, and said she understood she was English. After accused consulted him in May last year he wrote to the German Chancellor. Baron Von Bethmann Hollweg and others, with the object of obtaining | some financial help for her on the ground that she was the widow of the late Prince Christian Victor by a morganatic mar- riage, and also for the purpose of obtain- ing a certificate of the marriage, but he received no reply to any of his letters. Subsequently accused told him that the police had been inquiring about her, and he advised her to attend the station with the object of registering. She did so, and was arrested. The Magistrate: According to her, the German Empress was one of the wit- nesses of the marriage. Inspector Duggan said he knew nothing about her beyond what she mentioned in her statement. She described herself as a novelist, but she had not referred him to any literary work. The man she re- ferred to in her statement, and whom she blamed for bringing her over hove t to lead a certain lifv was well known to him (the inspector) as running a club I in the West End. The magistrate said that so far as he could gather she had assumed the title Freiherrin Von Petersdorf without any justification whatever. Her story of a morganatic marriage seemed to him to be impossible on the face of it. It took place, she said, when she was 13 years of age, but was not consummated until two years afterwards. He could not imagine any marriage ceremony taking place under the circumstances she mentioned, but assum- ing it did take place, that did not alter her nationality. The magistrate added that according to her own statement she appeared to he a demi-monde, and in passing sentence he remarked that she '%vat a person who ought I to be under the observation of the police.

NOT GOING AWAY THIS L YEAR? Not going ,1,way this year? Times too bad! War work too pressing! You will sigh for the balm of seaside breezes: the bracing moorland air. Make the best of the situation. Act promptly if the etrain or the anxiety tells on your system: malier, you feel jaded, fagged out. easily tired or depressed. Nine times out of ten, when that is your condi- tion, the mischief may be traced to partial failure of the digestive system—stomach, liver or howela. Indigestion, you know, means lessened vitality. Now, thousands of people have testified that Mother's Seigel's Syrup, taken after meals, by reason of its tonic and strengthening properties. does aid digestion, and brace up the whole system. With what results? Why the blood, en- riched from thoroughly digested 'food, vitalises and reinvigorates evèry fibre of your being. Let Mother SeigeTs Syrup help your digestive organs to do their work effi- ciently. and you can do without a. holiday for once.

LIQUOR TRADE CONTROL. I On Tuesday a supplement of the "Gazette" was issued containing an Order in Council applying the Defence of the Realm (Liquor Control) Regulations, 1915, to a number of coast towns and other areas, it being expedient for the purpose of the successful prosecution of I the present war that the sale and supply of intoxicating liquor in the respective areas defined and specified should be con- t trolled by the State." The ground upon i; which the regulations are applied is that i war material is being macie, loaded, un- loaded, and dealt with in these areas. I; The places affected by the Order are: 1. Bristol City and specified parishes ad- joining, and the area within a radius of five miles from the South Pier Light- house, Avon-mouth. 2. Newhaven and the area within a radius of one and three-quarter miles from the town railway station. 3. Southampton and within a radius of six miles from Bargate. I' 4. Newport and within a radius of seven miles from the Town Hall. 11 5. Cardiff and within a ra&ius of eight j: miles from the City Hall. 6. Barry and within a radius of five miles j1 from the town railway station. I' 7. Barrow-in-Furness and within a radius of ten miles from the Town Hall. ] 8. Bexley, Dartford, and Erith, and the parishes of Crayford, Darenth, Stone, < Sutton-at-Hone, Swanscombe, and J Wilmington. 9. City of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the J county boroughs of Tynemouth, Gates- head. South Shields, Sunderland, West Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, and Dar- I lington. the boroughs of Stockton-on- Tees, Hartlepool, and Jarrow, the borough of VVallsend, and various neighbouring petty sessional divisions in Northumberland, Durham, and the North Riding of York, a list of which is given.

SWANSEA THEFT CHARGE FAILS. I A married woman named Margaret Jane Taylor was charged at the Swansea Police Court on Friday with stealing and receiving a puree, containing 8s. 8d., an-I three pawn-tickets, the property of Bessie Singleton, 110, High-street, Swan- sea. Prosecutrix said she hail had a dis- turbance with the man living in the house/ and defendant, who was a oe r- vant, cam, to her and helped her to un- dress. Afterwards oomplair,- -t missed her purse Complainant the,, saw de- fendant, who admitted taking the purse, and handed it back. Some of the money, however, was missing. P.C. Gibbon gave evidence of arresting defendant. Defendant said she did not take the ptirse. When complainant lost the purse she picked up the ooat, and the purse fell out on to the floor. The case was dismissed.

The report of the Tatem Steam Naviga- tion Company, Ltd., shows that for the year ended June 30th the profits totalled £ 203,739. Out of this a sum of ES4,700 has been written off the cost of steamers. Dividends totalling 15 per cent. are aii- nounce4 u

STOWAWAY OFFICERS. HOW PfllSON-BREAKERS ESCAPED ON A SWANSEA TRADER. (Passed by Censor.) The s.s. Tomsk, the vessel on which the two Teutonic prisoners who escaped from Wakefield internment camp recently and made their way to Denmark as stowaways, is now lying at the Prince of Wales' Dock, Swansea. The Tomsk is a vessel of 709 tons net register, and belongs to Copen- hagen. Her skipper is Capt. E. Wiberg, a Dane. who has been at sea for 46 years, ever since he was 14 years of age. The remarkable story of the escape of the prisoners and how they made their way, concealed on the ship, to Copenhagen, has already been told in the Press. Capt. Wiberg recounted its principal features to a "Herald" reporter in a pleasant chat in his cabin. The Tomsk was on her way from Lon- don to Copenhagen," he said, at the time. and it was 64 hours after we left port that wo discovered the stowaways. Sitting on deck in the evening, the chief officer was surprised to hear voices in the hold. The men were talking in Swedish, and later they were heard knocking. The chief officer informed me. and I gave orders for duo precautions to be taken before the men were let out. not knowing whether they might be armed. However, when they were liberated from their confinement they were found to be quite harmless in that respect. They were in a weak state, having been without food and drink for so long." From the statements of the two men they were identified as the two prisoners missing from Wakefield camp. Had I seen a British warship," said the skipper to our representative. I should have handed them over, but as it was there was no other course but to take them on to Copenhagen." Within forty-eight hours of landing at the Danish port the men were arrested. but through the intervention of the Ger- man and Austrian consuls they were later set free, as there was no law under which they could be held captive or sent back to England. One of the escaped prisoners, it appears, had been an officer in the Mercantile Marine. He was a German. The other, an Austrian, had an engineering business in New York, and was an officer in an Austrian regiment. They had stowed themselves away on the Friday with as much food as they could conceal in their clothes, •and the ship did not leave Lon- don until the Saturday night. They had plenty of money on them, which they said they had received at the concentra- tion cajnp from Germany-a hardly credible statement. I The two men had false moustaches and other things for disguising them- selves in their possession, and they boasted they had been at large in Lon- don for three weeks, not talcing lodgings —where they might have been traced- but spending their nights in their dis- guise at clubs and other places with F/ncrlish officers. The German had a pocket compass in his possession, and appears to have been much puzzled and perturbed after the Tomsk left London, when he found she was taking a north north-westerly course instead of a direct course north north-east The circumspect course of the vessel proved the undoing o.f the stowaways," for by taking this course the voyage lasted six days instead of three. Had the voy- age only occupied three days, the men might have been able to last the journey out without being discovered.

RAN BEFORE TRAMCAR. An inquest was held at Morriston Police Station on Tuesday afternoon, before the borough coroner, Mr. Morris, on the body of George Henry Sewell, 115, Graig-road, Mor- riston, the three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs Charles Sewell. who was knocked down by a tramcar in Woodfield-etreet on Monday afternoon. Susannah Sewell. the mother, said her husband was a private in the Swansea Bat- talion, and had been a steelworker. She was in Woodfield-street with her boy at about- 3.30 on Monday afternoon. They were looking in a shop window. She did not know how tho accident happened. She thought the child was by her t'dde all the time till she haird some women shouting. The Coroner asked her whether she did not think she should have taken more care of the child, but she replied that he was only out of her &ight for a few momenta. Mr. D. J. Davies, J.P., said he was stand- ing outside his premises. He first saw the little chap playing with the handle of a motor-oar that stood near. After that he got on the pavement, and then darted across the street behind the motor-car. A tram from Swansea, was coming along at the same time and caught the boy full. The whole affair w,-ts a matter of seconds Charles Dowdle. 65, Hafod-terrace, motor- man in the employ of Swansea Tramways 00.. ea.id he had two years' experience in driving. He had stopped- about 35 yarde. from the spot where the accident ha-ppened. He saw a motor car at a standstill, and just a* he came up the child rushed right in front of the car. He applied the brakes, and pulled up in the length of the car; then went to the child's assistance. A passenger on the car said he saw the ohild dragg-ad along, and the back wheel went over him. The Coroner said it a,ppea,red to be a pure accident. But he thought the mother wat, not altogether free from blame. She war. not a. stranger to Morriston; she knew of the extent of the traffic; and he thought she was to blame in allowing the child o be out of her eight for two or three minutes. He was exceedingly sorry for her, and hoped this would be a warning to her and to many other mothem. It weA a marvel to him that more children were not killed. when so many little tots were allowed to ramble as they did about the roads. The jury zeturned a verdict of accidental ieath," and said th-a. no blame wae attached to anyone. Inspector. Maimone, on behalf of the Swansea Tramways Co., expressed sympathy I with the parents.

SWANSEA SCHOOL APPOINTMENTS. At a meeting of the Swansea Group of School Managers, held at the Alexandra- road Board Room on Monday, Alderman John Jordan presiding, the following vacancies were filled:-Cadle, Miss M. E. Mainwaring; Glais, Miss A. Gregory; Penllergaer, Miss E Jones; Tinleunaw, Miss M. A. Williams; Sketty Infants, Miss M. lowls-all uncertificated teachers. It was decided to close the lehaolg at Glais and Birchgrove, on the occasion of the dedication of Llansanilet Church new tower. Mr. R. Morris urged that this was a unique occasion, as no tower* had ever been opened in Llansamlet before; and would not again, probably for a century. Besides, the Bishop was coming, and they all wanted to meet a good fighting man. (Laughter).

MORRISTON HERO'S HOME-COMI NG.I The neighbourhood of the Globe, Mor- riston, was gay with bunting on Monda.y, on the occasion of the return from the front of Lance-Corporal Tom Richards, Wychtree-sitreet. Hundreds of people gathered in the streets, and accorded the hero a rousing reception. Lance-Corporal Richards was a reserv- ist, and rejoine d his regiment, the 2nd Weilsh, in August. His experience has been an unique one. He Has been through all the important engagementC4 from the baittle of Mons, and has escaped without a, scratcli.

CARDIFFS HERO. BARTER, V.C., TELLS WHAT GLAMOR- GAN LADS CAN DO. Sergeant-Major Frederick Barter, the Cardiff V.C.. met with a.most enthusiastic reception when he visited Swansea on Wednesday morning to appeal for recruits at an informal meeting in the new Ex- change. He motored over from Cardiff with Mr. William Cox, of the Channel Dry Dock, Cardiff, and was entertained to soirre refreshment at the Exchange Restaurant by friends only too eager to fete the hero. Slim and youthful-looking, Sergeant- Major Barter, like most of our heroes, is modest and unpretentious. He evidently prizes his Victoria Cross too much to carry it about with him, for he did not bring it to Swansea. In a short chat with a Leader reporter, he said he went out to the front in November, being on the Special Reserve. Before the. war he worked in Cardiff Gasworks. From many a fight and the deed of heroism which won him the highest mili- tary honour, Sergt.-Ma.jor Barter emerged unscathed. Pointing to a little scar on the bridge of his nose, he said, I got that through a lady in Cardiff throwing a box of chocolates at me." He was also pub- licly kissed at Cardiff Exchange by a young woman who could not restrain this expression of her admiration for his gal- lantry. The gallant Sergt.-Major told our representative he had not met Lance- Corporal Fuller, the Swansea V.C., but he bad fought alongside Lance-Corporal Fuller, of the Guards, who, it will be re- called, was also awarded the V.C. The young hero motored back to Car- diff this afternoon, and will vigit New- port to-morrow, and Wrexham and Liver- pool at latter dates. The Band of the 2nd 6th Welsh played suitable music outside the Exchange to greet the hero, and the large hall was filled with 'Change men who had as- sembled to give him a hearty welcome. Mr. T. P. Cook (president of the Chamber of Commerce), who took the chair, introduced Sergt-Major Barter. The story of his bravery at Festubent on May 16th last, he said, had stirred all their hearts, and they were glad to have the opportunity to experss their admiration of his cour- age, his sustained and calm bravery under those very trying and difficult cir- cumstances, and to congratulate him upon coming through unscathed. (Applause.) The mark upon his face was not due to a German shell, but to the too pressing attentions of tho good ladies of Cardiff. (Laughter). He hoped the ladiea of Swan- sea. would not repeat the dose he had at Cardiff. Swansea and, Cardiff had now both produced V.C.'s, and they were proud to have such brave men as Fuller pud Barter fishtina for them. But two V.C.'s could not win the war for us; their brave deeds luuot be multiplied a. thousand fold. Sergt.-Major Barter was hailed with a volley -of cheers on rising to speak. After returning thanks for the warm reception, he said he was proud to be a Glamorgan man. He had fought beside Glamorgan men, and knew their value. If the young men of England," lie proceeded, realised what goes on out there, they would come and join us. These Germans are supposed to be kultured,' hut they will get you if you don't go and stop them. It has been proved that Glamorgan boys will 6top them. We all wonder at the front why young men don't come out; we seo plenty of married men. We don't all go out to get killed, but to do our little bit-they can't eboot us all." Continuing, he said that Swansea topped the roll for recruits last month, but lie hoped still more would join. To jvander through Belgium and France for a week and see the rack and ruin, and the pitiable condition of the refugees would touch everybody's heart. If the Germans were not stopped they would come over to England and do the same. He had relatives in Swansea, and there were many Swansea boys in his regiment. They got capital food at the front, and he had had bacon for break- fast every day since he went out on November 1st. (Laughter.) The men were well looked after in every way. If you only have toothache," he concluded, a nice nurse comes and looks after you. (Laughter.) Out there the officers and men are just like brothers, and vhen the officers are like that we will go to the devil with them." (Applause.) Mr. J. W. Dawson, collector of cus- toms, and Mr. R. L. Sails also delivered excellent speeches, and the proceedings closed with the singing of the National Anthem. Outside the gallant Sergt.-Major was again cheered to the echo.

OFFICER'S FATAL WOUND. I Lieut. Rupert C. Inglis, 3rd Battalion South Wales Bor- derers, eldest son of Mr. C. Inglis, Glan- wye, near B u i 11 h Wells, has died from wounds he received in action in the Da r d anelles. Lieut. Inglis, who was 31 years of age, when he received the fatal wound, had only returned to the front after having recovered from an earlier injury. His v,, o ii ii d e d officer brother Harold, is still in hospital at Malta.

BOTANICAL DISCOVERY IN GOWER-I LAND. (By a Contributor). I A find that interested them very much I was made by the group of Swansea naturalists who have had a "ramble" a day or two since. Crossing a plateau sur- rounded by specimens of Crataegus Oxy- canthus and Rubus Thyrsoideus, one mem- ber placed his foot upon a submerged footway, upon the edge of which, 17 centi- metres above high water level, he saw a specimen that at arice attracted his at- tention. After gathering the plant he called his companions, who made a minute examination, and, after considerable dis- cussion. the majority decided that it must be a species of the Eriophorum Poly- stachion. It is a rush-like, perennial herb, with a short root-stock from which the bluntly triangular stems arise to the height of a foot or more, each smooth leaf enfolding the stem and the next younger leaf by its lower portion. From the centre of this leafy tube a flowering stem emerged, with several dull grey and scaly bodies at The top. These were flower spikelets, of which the overlapping scales were glumes and all, except the lower two or three, containing a flower, of which the antlers and stigmas were protruding. The calyx and corolla were represented by fine bristles, which lengthened as the flower matured, and developed into lqpg, silky streamers. In each there were three stamens, and a one-celled ovary was surmounted by a long style that branched at the top with three feathery stigmas. It is understood that the erionphora foun^ is under examination to determine whether it shall be classed as E. Grocile or E. Vaginatum.

At Swansea on Wednesday, Alfred Walker was fined 20s. for being drunken charge of a horse and cart in High- street, Gorseinon. r The Carnegie Hero Fund Trust has awarded the widow of Fireman Libbv 7s. 6d. a week for herself and 5s. a week for her child, and the mother of Fireman McLaren a sum of £26. Both men lost their lives in the tewer catastrophe at Bay s water*

I GWER MOTOR 'BUSES. I RURAL COUNCIL AND TRANSPORT COMPANY'S APPLICATION. The Gower Rural District Council, at their meeting at Penmaen on Tuesday, received Mr. David James, the general manager of the South Wales Transport Ccmpany; Mr. J. Bevan, of the Pioneer 'buses; and Mr. Taylor, of the Vanguard 'buses, to speak on the question of the Transport Company's application for licenses for four 'buses and four char-a- bancs to run between Swansea and Gower. Mr. J. A. Jenkins was in the chair. The application had been deferred from the last meeting of the Council, and on Tuesday Mr. David James said that, owing to the fact that thev could not get eight drivers, they proposed to apply for half the number of licenses, two 'buses and two char-a-bancs. He said that the idea of the company was to run return trips, picnics, etc., to Gower, but they asled tor licenses on the grounds that when their 'buses were not full it was rather hard that people they should meet on the road could not be picked np. They only intended to run during the summer. Mr. Bevan objected to Sunday U bu;i- ness," but Mr. James retorted that it was a question of the health of the people. Mr. James retired to make place for Mr Bevan and Mr. Taylor. Mr. Bevan acted as spokesman, and said that, from his personal point of view, they were the legitimate successors of the old horse 'buses. They started five or six years ago, and had worked up their businesses. The present services run were quite sufficient to "tneet the needs of Gower people, and that was the only thing that mattered. In answer to Mr. Charles Bevan, Mr. Bevan said that he did not run on Sun- days. After the deputation's retirement a long discussion took place. Mr. W" E. English moved that a com- mittee be appointed on the question. I don't think we can refuse," he said. "We have granted licenses to some companies, and we can't refuse this one. Of course the reasons given by the last two gentle- men are very sound, and it is hard lines for them." The Chairman said, if the Gower men were run off the road, they would be left to the mercies of the big company." Mr. G. E. Gordon cited the instance of the county road between Llanelly and Swansea, which had been renewed three times in three months. The Gower road was not so strong as the county road, so that they would be faced with great ex- pense. There was an amendment to the effect that the licenses should ba refused, but Mr. English'6 motion was adopted. The Clerk (Mr. H. J. Ind) said that on tho question of the Penclawdd water sup- ply works he had received two reports from the engineer since the last meeting. The first, dated May 31st, said that very little work had been done by the COIl- tractors owing to the scarcity of labour. The men who had been employed had great difficulty in finding lodgings, so that lie proposed that they be domiciled in tents. The second report, dated July 3rd, said that work was proceeding satisfac- torily, though slowly. Mr. Ihd said that with reference to the bill for tll,) cdd for extras which Mr. Nicholls, the consulting engineer, had sent in, and from which the council had deducted five guineas, Mr. Nicholls he J sent a letter on the subject giving his reasons for charging the five guineas, and asking for reconsideration of the question. Mr. English said the council asked the consulting engineer whether they should use steel pipes instead of cast iron pipes, and what hap- I pened was that the council were told, Oh, I want five guineas before I answer you that." It was nonsense. (Hear, hear) On the proposition of Mr. English, seconded by Mr. Gordon, it was resolved that the clerk be asked to write to Mr. Nicholls pointing out that the instance formed part and parcel of the contract into which he had entered with the coun- cil. Messrs. Jenkins and Richards, Llan- gennech, were granted a license for a 'bus to carry 35 persons, and another to carry 25 persons, and also a license for two drivers. Mr. John Richards, Brynteg, Llangen- nech, and Mr. Ben Littlejohn, Penderry Cottage, Upper Killay, were also granted licensee for motor 'buses to replace horso 'buses.

CYMRAEG' CYMRAEGI I English Member's Predicament During Welsh Speech, The greater part, of discussions at the Carnarvonshire County Council was conducted in Welsh. When a Welsh speaker inadvertently introduced an occasional technical expression in English he was promptly greeted by cries of Cymraeg! Cymraeg! (Welsh! Welsh!), and was at times hard put to it to find the Welsh equivalent for such terms as quorum," county rate basis," etc. The one or two monoglot English members of the Council looked on blankly, and when one of them interposed with a request for English in the course of a Welsh speech, the speaker, Mr. Isgoed I Jones, Llanrwst, blandly replied in English I am very sorry, my dear sir, but you see your education has been grossly neglected." This sally produced roars of laughter. "————

CHARGE AGAINST EX-SWANSEA I MAN. George Francis Llovd (39), assistant secretary to the Northampton Education Authority, and formerly of Swansea, was again brought up in custody before the Northampton magistrates on Monday on a charge of making a false entry oi cZ244 16s. 10d., instead of £44 16s. lOd. for salaries in the books of the authority, and was further charged with embezzling money. The Town Clerk, who prosecuted. said that several other important discre- pancies were being investigated, and pos- sibly other charges would be brought against prisoner. Lloyd was again remanded in custody for a week.

J.P. ON DUTY OF A DOG. I At Swar sea Police Court on Tuesday, Glasbryn Rees was summoned for being the owner of a dangerous dog that was not kept under proper control. Mrs. Bevan and P.C. Kinsella were called, but neither were able to indicate the characteristics of the dog, save from hearsay. Really the most damaging evidence against the dog was that of its owner, who admitted he had given instructions he should be kept in the house. Your dog has a bad name," said the Chairman. "A dog should be first to welcome and foremost to defend, but this dog is beginning to threaten people. On defendant promising to tie up the dog, the case was dismissed.

AN INSANITARY PUBLIC OFFICE Since the removal, a few years ago, of the clerical staff of the Swansea Corpora- I tion Education Department to their new ) offices in Grove-place, there have been several clerks striken with a sudden and unaccountable illness. Happily the cause has bean discovered through a sanitary test. It was found that foul gas was emitted from an old disused cellar through a chimney into the clerk's oijice,. and thereby caused the [ trouble, l

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SWANSEA SOLDIER DESCRIBES THE I POISON GAS. (Passed by Censor.) Rodney-street, Swansea, was gaily decorated a day or two ago. The reason was not far to seek. Over one door was a card bearing in huge letters the words, Welcome Home." A "Herald" reporter sought out the hero thus greeted, and, after the usual formalities, was confronted by a bronzed and pleasant-faced young man who made himself known as Samuel Jenkins, a pri- vate in the 7th Cavalry Field Ambulance. I've been out at the front nearly nine months," said Private Jenkins, and I've got out all right." lIe went on to say that he had been in the Territorials, but had volunteered for active service, and had been transferred. Now tell me how you got to the front," urged the pressman. Pte. Jenkins thought awhile, and then answered: H I believe we really were meant for Antwerp with the N&val Bri- gade. We landed at Ostend, and we ran into the Germans at Moorslade. We did not stay there, but went down towards Ypres and entrenched ourselves at Klein- Zillebeke. Since that time they had been up and I down to tho trenches, and had to pass through Ypres, which was now simply a pile of ruins. No people lived in the town, but some farmers outside still stuck to their houses. Pte. Jenkins said ho had had no ex- perience of hearing the Huns and the Britishers talking across tho opposite trenches. We were about 70 yards frofti the German trenches," he said. You could hear them talking, but what they said of course we could not understand. "The Germans evidently were fond of a little music. Very often they could be heard singing, whilst just before Christ-1 mas a German band on several occasions j gave selections. Talking about Christmas," said Pte. Jenkins, we had a fairly decent time. There was bully beef with biscuits for dinner—not what you could call real Christmas fare—but it went down all right." He had a lot to say on tho question of the poisonous gases used by the Germans. "You can't see it until it conies to the parapet of the trench," he said. The trench look-out shouts that the gas is coming, and the order is given to put on the respirators or helmets with which each man is supplied. Then vou see a dense yellow cloud on top of the parapet, and you see iiieii to i,he bottom of and you see men .drop to the bottom of the trench as though lifeless. It's a bad case for the man who is ndt wearing a respirator. There is a sudden, choking I feeling, and then you fall to the ground.

AN OLD LEADER BOY. i Private. T. Slatterv, whose home was at 18, Bond Street, Swansea, and who, as a lad, was an employe of the ( C a. III h r j a Daily Leader," has been killed in action with the 1st Welsh. He joined the regiment some eighteen months ago. He was an ex- ceedingly pleasant and cheerful young fel- low, and was much revered by a large circle of acquaint- ances.

SWANSEA GRAMMAR SCHOOL. I The annual athletic sports of the Swansea GramHiar School will not take place this year. Owing to the war ifwas felt undesirable to ask the usual patrons for help in the matter of prizes. A few events to decide the senior and junior championships were run off at the Cricket Field. The winners were:— Seniors. High jump: 1, N. P. Davies; 2, Clem Davies. (Height, 4ft. 9ins.) Long jump: 1, N. P. Davies; 2, G. F. Oldham (distance 15ft. 6in.) 100 yards: 1, N. P. Davies; 2, Clem Davies; 3, G. F. Oldham. N. P. Davies having thus secured the senior championship, the mile race was abandoned. L. J. Bonas also came in first in each of his three trial events, and therefore holds the junior championship.

WEDDING AT SWANSEA. I In the presence of a good number of re- latives, friends and well-wishers, the wed- ding took place at Trinity C.M. Chapel, I Swansea, on Tuesday morning, of Mr. T. J. Parry, of Messrs. Thomas and I- ari-v, Ltd., Swansea, gon of Councillor and Mrs. Henry Parry, Carnarvon, and Miss Mary Jones, fourth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. | David Jones, Oaklands-terrace, Swansea, and late of Bryn-y-Mor, Cardigan. In the unavoidable absence of the Pastor (the Rev. W. E. Prytherch), the Rev. J. Wilson Roberta, of Porth (uncle of the bridegroom), officiated. Miss Gwen Jonps (sister of the(.bride), and Miss M. M. Parry (sister of the bridegroom), at- tended the bride. Mr. J. Adams Jones, Carmarthen, discharged the duties of best man, while Gunner Charles C. Jones, B.F.A., acted as groomsman. I Later in the day, the happy couple left |! for their honeymoon, which will be spent r at Clifton, Bristol. Amongst the numerous j and handsome presents were gifts from the Swansea Mabinogion Society, and from the employee of Thomas and Parry. 1 Ltd.

SWANSEA'S HEALTH. A meeting of the Swansea Health Com* mittee was held on Tuesday, Mr. D. Wil- liams presiding. A very satisfactory report was pre- sented by the Medical Officer of Health (Dr. T. Evans). It showed a reduction iu infant mortality and also zymotic mortality. The Medical Officer pointed out the necessity of proper receptacles being pro- vided for- waste paper and refuse in the streets. lIe recommended further that proper receptacles be provided in the Strand to prevent the dumping of rc. fuso in the street. He had been informed by the Town Clerk that the purchase of the isolation hospital site had been completed, and he recommended that plans be prepared for building the small-pox portion of the hos- pital. The Medical Officer also recom- mended that steps be taken to prevent the use of long tube liottles for feeding babies. The well near Town Hill cot- tages had become. polluted, and he recom- mended that steps be taken to stop the supply of water from that .source. Tho Chairman said it was satisfactory to noto that there was a decrease of 15 per cent, of the diseases in the borough. Street Waste." With regard to tho Medical Officer's re- commendation to provide receptacles for waste paper, etc., the Chairman said some years ago they provided baskets on the lamp posts, but, for eomo reason or other, they had been taken down. He thought proper receptacles should be pro- vided. The committee decided to refer the matter to a sub-committee. The question of ,tho babies' feeding bottles was considered, and the Medical Officer said he would communicate with the chemists and ask them not to stock that class of bottle f0r sale. 4 r With regard to the w oil near' Town Hill cottages, it was decided to refer the doctor's recommendation to the Water and Sewers Committee. The Isolation Hospital. The Town Clerk reported on tie situa- tion with regard to the isolation hospital, and said he was communicating iA-iti-L the Local Government Board on the subject. The committee gave instructions to tha architect to pre-pare the preliminary plans, which would include the provision of a Gmall-pox hospital, and the Town Clerk was instructed to make application to the Local Government Board for sanc- tion to borrow the money. Mr. W. Arthur Daview made applica- tion on behalf of Manuel Cruz, a Portu- guese subject, for a seaman's lodging- house for No. 19. Strand. Cruz was a married man, and had been living in Swansea five years. The application was granted. An application for a similar license waa made in respect of No. 1, Strand, Jjj, Mr. Verley Price, on behalf of a man named Cohen. The house has lately been, occu- pied by Mr. E. H. George. The matter was deferred until Stp- tember.

DUNVANT MISSIONER'S NEW POST. Mr. J. N. Parkin, the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Parkin, of Y Ddol, Dun- vant, ha3 accepted the position, of police court missionary and agent ?qr the 'Ull, East Riding and North Lincolnshire Dis- charged Prisoners' Aid Societl. It is some eight years ago since Mr. Parkin first went to Hull, to take charge of an undenominational mission in D.ay- etreefc, a congested part of the city, in. habited chiefly by sailors and ifshermen and their families, and so successful was he that he was eventualtY prevailed upon by the then Vicar of St. John's (the Rev. Talbot Hindley) to join him in his work in that parish, where he did admir- ably amoag the thousands of foreigners. During the last year and a half Mr. Parkin has been in charge of a large mission hall, where his work has again been so successful that the congregation ha3 more than trebled during that time. Mr. Parkin spent two yeam at St. John's Hostel, and was for one year a student at the old College School, Car- marthen. He waos born in the village of Llanrhidian, Gower.

BURRYPORT DOCTOR'S MOTOR MISHAP. Whil-st Dr. Vincent Williams, of Burry- port, was driving a motor car from. the direction of Llanarthney to Carmarthen on Sunday night, one of tho back tyres burst1 when near Llangunnor. The car skidded for some distance; the front axle was bent, and Dr. Williams, who was the only occupant, was violently thrown out and received a nasty wound extending about five inches in length from the left temple up to his forehead. Police Inspector Williams and P.C. Jacksion rendered assistance, and sum- moned Dr. Parry, Carmarthen, who, after putting five stitches in the wound, con- veyed Dr. Williams to Carmarthen.

PONTARDULAIS FALLEN HERQE8, A memorial service to the men of Pont- ardulais who have fallen in action, was held at St. Michael and All Angels' Church on Sunday. The Vicar,! the Rev. W. C. Morgan, B.A., who is the chaplain of the 6th Welsh, preached an eloquent and impressive serityon. The Pontardulais Silver Band. coa- ducted by Mr. D. Hanney was present, and played Chopin's Ú Funeral .March and ".The Last Post." There 11&4. crowded congregation