Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder

THOUGHT EACH OTHER DEAD. I A woman who identified a body as that of her husband nine years ago, and only recently discovered that he was still alive, gave evidence against him at Bow-street on Monday when he was charged with bigamy. The woman had been regarded as dead for many years by both her hus- band and eldest son. The accused man was J. Ratcliffe an art decorator, of Sandringham-buildings. Charing Cross-road. His wife, Emma Amelia Ratcliffe, a lady's companion, of Oxford-terrace, Hyde Park, said that she was married to him at Finsbury Park on March 8, 1890, and he left her at the end of 1905. On October 26, 1906. she identified a body which she thought was that of her husband at the mortuary at Mortlake, and she had ever since regarded him as dead until she received a visit from Detective Sergeant Wiltshire about a week ago. Louisa Wood said that she went through a ceremony of marriage with Ratcliffe at the Poland-street Registry Office, W., on October 5, 1908. He to lot her that he was a widower, and showed her a letter from a man with whom he used to work, saying that his wife had died. In May of this year," added Miss Wood, his eldest son visited him at Sandringham-buildings, and he after- wards told me that the boy had said his mother died eight or nine years ago. Ratcliffe was committed for tijal, and was allowed bail.

WINTERING THE WELSH TROOPS. The very successful St. George's Day efforts of the committee of the National Fund for Welsh troops (of which the Countess of Plymouth is president, and Mrs. Lloyd George chairman) is to be followed by another of a novel nature for winter comforts, of which details will soon be available. It is intended to invite the Mayoresses and wives of the chairmen of District Councils of Wales to join the committee to ensure the success of this and future efforts that will undoubtedly be necessary to cope with the needs of the very large nimber of Welsh troops. The committee is anxious that the fund should be in every way national." and that, in tspii* of the many demand:, it will be as sue- cessful as the St. David's Day collection.

SWANSEA CONSTABLES' ALERTNESS At Swansea Police Court, on Tuesday, Hilanto Gunto (34), a Spaniard, described as a collier, was charged with entering a prohibited area and failing to register himself. Emmanuel Alverez (22), a Spaniard, and also a collier, was charged with living in a prohibited area without registering himself. Both men admitted the offence, and evidence was given by P.C!s (97) Moore and (93) Reynolds. Gunto, who had been previously dealt with for a similar offence, was fined 40s. and ordered to pay 56. interpreter's fee. Alverez was also fined 40s. andjis. inter- pieter's fee. The Chairman congratulated the two police officers, and said the Bench appreci- ated their alertness.

HERO'S WELCOME HOME. Grenfell Town, Pentrechwyth, was the scene on Monday of an enthusiastic de. monstration on the occasion of the ar- rival home from the front of Private James Edward Davies, of 18, Grenfell Town. Private Davies, who was a reservist, formerly belonged to the 3rd Welsh, but at the outbreak of the war he was called up and transferred to the 2nd Welsh. He has been through many big engagements, including Mons, battle of the Marne, Neuve Chapelle, Hill 60, La Bassee, etc. He is 25 years of age, and before the war lived at home with his parents, being employed as furnaceman at Messrs. Wil- liams, Foster and Co.'s works.

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SWANSEA PARKS. FURTHER ECONOMY NOT POSSIBLE, SAY THE COMMITTEE. At a meeting of Swansea Parks, Fore- shore and Burial Grounds Committee on Tuesday afternoon, the Chairman (Mr. J. IL Lee) presided. The secretary pf the Victoria Bowling Club wrote thanking the Superintendent for the exceedingly capable manner in which the green had been kept this! season. Was it possible to plant some edging to protect the green from the winds ?—The superintendent could sug- gest nothing, but the chairman and Mr. Bliss were asked to consider the matter. The circular from the borough treasurer was read asking, on behalf of the Finance Committee, that the possibility of reduc- ing estimates for the second half of the year. Items found to be insufficient, as well as those that could be reduced should be mentioned, but it was hoped, in view of the Local Government Board certificate, that a special effort be made by each de- partment to curtail expenditure. The superintendent said he had replied regretting that he was unable to offer any suggestion. At the commencement of the year several alterations were made in the estimates, which were reduced by about £ 2,080, but he was endeavouring to keep within the estimates, notwithstand- ing that several sources of petty income were bekw estimate owing to the exceed- ingly wet and cold summer. In addition provision was only made for a half-year s payments to the men on active service, and on this account S200 would be re- quired for the second half of the year. The Chairman said he had, \wi.th the Superintendent, gone very carefully into the question of their staff and the expen- diture being incurred, and he feared-he was sorry to say it—that the department could not possibly make any reduction on their estimates. They had nothing to spend, and much work would have to wait in consequence. For instance, certain paths at Llewelyn and other parks were broken up in the late storm, and they had no one to repair them. The staff was about a dozen less than last year. All they were doing was to just keep the parks alive, and if they were to reduce the expendi- ture further it would be best to close the parks during the war. Ald. Devona-ld still thought that a sub- committee should consider the matter. Mr. G. Hemmings thought the estimates were already reduced further than they should have been. He agreed that it would be better to close the parks than .reduce further. Aid. Devonald did not agree. The Chairman said they were doing no painting or repairing—work was at a -standstill. The Superintendent: On about .222,000 worth of property we are spending only XI 57, and on nine miles of walks not a penny piece. Mr. D. Richards asked if they were going to allow the parks to become dilapidated? Private firms were doing nothing of the kind, but they were asked to economise in ways that would cost them dearly later. They would find this a false policy. The Chairman said these repairs could, no doubt, remain for a year, but if they neglected it longer the property would deprecate very rapidly, and they would have to spend an enormous amount in two years or so. The Superintendent remarked that the park rate was 3d. in the « £ if they close the parks the capital charges would still be lid. in the « £ .—The matter dropped. Further payments on account of the Victoria bridge were made, and it was emphasised that the delay in the opening ceremony (now approaching) was not the fault of the committee. The Superintendent thought there were now only a few more Catholic burial places left at Danygrarg Cemetery, and the Nonconformist section, having been previously closed for new graves, spaces could now be obtained only in the conse- crated ground. In two years no new spaces would be left, and it would be necessary to push on with the new cemetery, for this would take four years to prepare. The Chairman remarked that the need of the new cemetery wag becoming more pressing every day. Mr. Hemming said the time would come when the Council would realise that the Committee was not a voice cry- ing in the wilderness. The Chairman: We shall not take the responsibility for the delay. Mr. F. J. Parker: Is it not fact that you are making so much progress in the acquirement of the new ground as you can, as you cannot buy the property, and that the Local Government Board will not allow of the purchase? The Chairman thought if the Com- mittee could prove the cemetery was necessary, the Local Government Board would permit of the money being bor- rowed. The Chairman and Town Clerk were asked to see what could be done in the matter.

WOUNDED SOLDIER IN SQUABBLE. A case presenting remarkable features was heard at the Ammanford Police Court (before Messrs. Dd. Richards and Dd. Davies) on Monday, when J. J. Young, butcher, Penygroes, summoned Corporal Thos. J. Jones, of the Welsh Regiment, and Richard Griffiths, his father-in-law, both of Norman-terrace, Penygroes, for assault. It was stated that complainant found the two children of Jones flying a. kite in his field, between Penygroes and Gorslas, on Bank Holiday. He pursued them, and was rolling up the string when Jones came along, attempting to take the kite away. Complainant pushed him back, and immediately received a blow in the eye. There was a tussle on the ground, and Griffiths tried to bite complainant's hands. Later Jones pushed him four times and struck him a hard blow in the mouth. A witness advised him to defend himself, and he aimed a blow at Jones, but missed him. They came to grips, and on the ground he managed to get on top of Jones, whereupon Griffiths caught hold of his right arm and tried to wrench it away. Questioned by Mr. Hurley, he denied sitting on Jones's stomach and holding him tight by the collar. He held him down, that was all. When the defend- ants came on the second time they had their coats off and their sleeves tucked up. George Williams said that when the defendants came on the second time they seemed like madmen. The defendant Jones, who is a wounded soldier from the front, said no sooner did he ask Young to hand back the kite than the latter raised his right band, and knocked him down. Young 'then sat on his stomach and grabbed his neck. "With my blood up, as the Britisherw say," added the witness, "and not being satis- fied with the treatment that I had had, I went back to see Young in order to have a proper fight with him." They stood and had a fight, lasting two or three rounds. Howev.er, Young had the advantage of him in strength, and had him down on the ground again, and once more sat on his stomach. Defendant Richard Griffiths, a white- haired man of 60, stated that when Young held Jones down, he appealed to the former not to choke a poor soldier. He admitted that once he did raise his fist to Young. The Bench found there was a great ele- ment of doubt in the case on both sides. Therefore, it would be dismissed, each side to pay its own. costs.

LABOUR OPPOSED TO CONSCRIPTION. I BRISTOL TRADES UNION CONGRESS PASSES A PROTEST. The Trades Union Congress re-aseembled on Tuesday, in the Y.M.C.A., Bristol, the hall being again crowded with dele- gates. The chief resolution on the paper was as follows:— That we delegates of this Congress, representing 3,000,000 organised workers, record our hearty appreciation of the magnificent response of the call for volunteers to fight against the tyranny of militarism. We emphatically pro- test against the sinister efforts of a section of the reactionary press in formulating newspaper policies for party purposes, and attempting to foist upon this country conscription, which always proves a burden to workers, and will divide the nation at a time when absolute unanimity is essential, and no reliable evidence has been produced to show that the voluntary system of en- listment is not adequate to .all the empire's requirements, and we believe that all the men necessary can, and will be obtaine 1 through a voluntary system, properly organised. We heartily support and will give every aid to the Government in their present efforts to secure the men neces- sary to prosecute the war to a success- ful issue. The mover was the president (Mr. Seddon) as chairman of the Parliamentary Committee. He said they were face to face with issues of tremendous gravity and import- ance to the democracy. They had many policies" from the coronated creator of Carmelite House, and now they had to protest against a sinister ani diabolical attempt to rush this country into compulsory service. It was quite time for the Government to say that no man, however powerful, should force their hands. Although mistakes might have been made the sacred rights of voluntaryism must not be invaded. He warned the advo- cates of conscription that to persist in their campaign would split a nation into two, at a time when unity was essential. He pointed to the example set by our overseas dominions as proof that there was no necessity for abandoning the priceless privilege of voluntary service. The Government had given no statistics showing that the existing system had failed to meet the demands made upon it. If the Government would come forward and by giving the Trade Unionists the information for which they had been asking they would find that the workers would be ready to do their share in this conflict. Mr. Shaw (Weavers), in seconding the resolution, traced the course of the Ger- man policy since 1870, and declared that the Prussian military tradition was one of fraud and lying. A section of the British Press had done this country great harm. The German had his faults, but he did not understand the bird that was con- stantly fouling its own nest. The Junker was the same everywhere, whether in Great Britain or in Germany, "and he would as soon trust a German Chancellor as damn the consequences Milner. Let the Government realise that with- out the miners, the railwaymen, and transport workers they would be power- less. No responsible miner, however, had suggested that compulsion was necessary. Mr. A. G. Walkden (Railway Clerks) supporting the resolution, said a Sundav newspaper which seemed to do all the thinking for the Tory party, wanted a change in our military system once for all. Mr. Dubery (Fawcett Association) urged that there was a necessity for open diplomacy. Other supporters of the f&solution were Mr. Stokes (Glassblowers), Mr. Bramley (Furnishing Trades), Mr. J. Henson (Sailors' and Firemen), Mr. Clynes, M.P. (Gasworkers).. Mr. Hill (Boilermakers), who had been to the front, said he found there was need for more munitions. Mr. Ben Tillett followed ob the same lines. Mr. Havelock Wilson suggested, amidst laughter, the hanging of certain news- paper proprietors from the nearest lamp- post. Mr. Will Thorne: Yes; get on with the job. Mr. Wilson did not agree with some previous speakers that labour men had not been consulted, and Mr. R. Smillie (Miners) expressed his preference for a resolution in a more simple form. Capi- talists and landowners were in this cry for conscription, and it would be the duty of organised labour to resist it to the last. The resolution was then put to the vote and carried unanimously, amidst great cheering. On the suggestion of the President, it was decided that copies be at once sent to the Premier, Mr. Lloyd George, and Lord Kitchener. Other resolutions on the agenda paper included one affirming the need for in- sisting on certificates from persons in charge of engines or motor trains, and this was agreed to; as was also a resolu- tion asking for State owneisliip and con- trol of the railways. The Parliamentary Committee were congratulated on their actio. in affiliating to the Workers' Educational Association, which provides facilities for adult study by the general body of workers.

I ODDFELLOWS' PRESENTATION. I At a Swansea Oddfellows* presentation meeting on Monday evening of the Cam- brian (Swansea) Lodge of Oddfellows, the Noble Grand (P.G.S. Robing) pre- siding, the presentation of a framed em- blem of the Order was made to Grand Master Thos. G. James, in recognition of his services to the Lodge, whilst passing through the chairs. The presentation was made by the Grand Master of the dis- trict (the Rev. A. E. Turtle). Speeches of appreciation were made by D.P.G.M. H. Gillier Williams. District Trustee W. Williams, P.P.G.M.'s Edwin Jonee. Reuben Robinson, John Morgans, P.G! G. O. Luff, Brinley Thomas, and Bro. John Turpie. Prior to the presentation the recommendation of the Management Committee that the Lodge invest S100 in the War Loan was adopted. —.

ONE OF THREE SOLDIER BROTHERS I Mr. John Hughes, of the Ashburnham Tinplate Works, has received the sad news that his son, Samuel Hughes, who was a private in the Welsh Fusiliers, had been killed in the Dardanelles. He was a doubler at Kidwelly Tinworks, and en- listed, last September. Mr. Hughes has also two other sons at the front-David Hughes, South Wales Borderers, and Private Wm. Hughes, of the Welsh Regi- ment. One is in France and the other at the Dardanelles. He has also two brothers-in-law at the front.

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1 TWO BOYS DROWNED. t WELL KNOWN SWANSEA MINISTER LOSES HIS SON. The young son of a well-known Swan- sea Baptist minister, the Rev. Casnodyn Rhys, of York-place Chapel, together with a younger lad were the victims of a sad drowning fatality at Cockett on Monday. It appears that the two boys, John Rhys, aged 14, of Cockett House, Station- road, Cockett, and Emrys Morgan, aged 10, son of Mr. George Morgan, a haulier, of New-road, Cockett, were seen at about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, in the vicinity of the Cockett Quarry, by a Mr. John Williams, of Cockett Farm. Whilst passing the quarry about half an hour later, Mrs. Daisy Rees noticed a boy'6 cap and coat at the edge of a pond. The owner was nowhere to be seen, and the lady raised an alarm. Driver Edward James Price, of the Royal Field Artillery, and of 16, Percy- street, Cockett, hastened to the spot to find the body of Rhys near the edge of the pond. Driver Price pulled the boy out and, finding no trace of the younger lad. he dived into the pond with successful results. Morgan was fully clothed, but Rhys was divest of his coat. Artificial respiration was tried without avail, and Dr. Morgan, of Sketty, was sent for, but the lads were past all aid and their bodies were conveyed home. Very little work is now done at the quarry, and a result of the removal of stone from the floor is that the big dip has filled with water forming the pond. An inquest on the boys will be held. It is presumed that Morgan fell into the water, and that Rhys, after divesting himself of his hat and coat, made a gal- lant but unsuccessful attempt to save his companion, and in doing so lost his own life.

HEN WLAD FY NHADAU." How Welsh Soldier Singers Impressed an I Audience at the Front. I Famous as fighters, the Welshmen at the front are also maintaining the national reputation in another way. A Welsh glee party sang, somewhere in France," at a concert on Saturday night, at which the Prince of Wales and other distinguished visitors were present. Mr. Valentine Williams, the" Daily Mail" correspondent, says that the big lecture- hall was packed when tho glee-singers, from a Welsh regiment, a new and very finished item at these concerts, opened the concert with an unaccompanied part- song. The voices blended perfectly under the vaulted roof of the hall and the W ekh- men's singing evoked an almost religious hush in the audience, which had come prepared to shout choruses for a couple of hours, as is the wont at these aff airs. The Pres6 Association's special corres- pondent at the British Headquarters sends the following dispatch, dated Sep- tember 5th:— The spacious lecture hall of the machine gun school was crammed to over- flowing last night for a special smoking concert, at which the Prince of Wales was present. The talent was largely local. A corporal of the Artists Rifles sang ballads in a very agreeable baritone voice; a private of the East Yorkshire Regiment played the bones with all the zest and imperturbable gravity of a pro- fessional entertainer; and a lance-corpo- ral of the Artists, who is in great demand at these functions, scored heavily in a series of entertaining skits, full of topical allusions, which convulsed the audience. Professor Denayer, of the Paris Opera, in the uniform of a French Officer, played I the violin with great charm, while an officer of the 15th Hussars sang some of Miss Vesta Tilley's ditties with rousing choruses, in which the audience vocifer- ously joined. A new feature of these concerts at the front was the exquisite singing of a glee party from a Welsh Regiment, w hose line voices were heard to the best advantage beneath the vaulted roof of the lecture hall. They concluded the concert with "Land of my Fathers" sung in Welsh and God Save the King" in English, the audience rising to their feet for both items. The Prince of Wales, who looked ex- tremely well, stayed to the end of the concert, and appeared to be greatly diverted not only at the jests, but also at the irrepressible enthusiasm of the audience.

PLAYING AT SOLDIERS. I Eleven boys, whose parents attended, lined up before the Bench at the Swansea Juvenile Court on Tuesday, charged with an offence which Mr. J. Evan Rowlands, the prosecuting solicitor, described as a particularly serious one. The lads were charged with stealing eleven pit props, value 10s., from Tennant's Wharf, King's Dock, the pro- perty of Messrs. Wm. Thomas and Co., Ltd. The defendants' ages, Mr. Rowlands said, ranged from 13 years to seventeeu. Those props, at the present time, were very valuable. P.C. (44) Smith said that at 8.15 p.m. 0:1 August 25th he saw the lads marching up from the King's Dock, each carrying a pit prop on his shoulder. The Chairman (Mr. J. W. Jones): Like an invasion, I should think? When they saw him, continued the .officer, the boys ran away, but be caught one of them. All defendants said they were playing soldiers, and one of them, named French, was said to have been drilling them. Chairman: Quite suitable that. Convictions were proved against four of the defendants, one of them having been before the Court five times before. This lad, it was stated had been to the Industrial School, ind Mr. David, of that institution, who attended, said the boy was a good boy at school. Mr. David pro:" m'sed. if the Bench would let the lad off lightly, to try to get him into the Navy. This lad was ordered to pay 20s., and the other ten defendants were fined 5s. each.

FAILURES AT SWANSEA. FAILURES AT SWANS£A. A meeting was held at the Official Receiver's office, Swansea. on Tuesday, of th" creditors of Joseph Tompkins, labourer, 17, Cecil-street, Swansea. The debtor's accounts showed liabilities rank- ing for dividend S93 126.; assets, £ 10 3s.; deficiency, M 9s. The causes of failure, as alleged by de- fendant, were illness of first wife. and cost. No resolutions were passed at the meeting, and the Official Receiver re- mains trustee. A meeting was also held of the credi- tors of Sarah Thomas, widow, of, 4, Robert-street, Swansea. Debtor's ac- counts in this case were as follows:— Liabilities ranking for dividend, S95 6s Id.; assets (less preferential) nil; de. ficiency, £ 95 6s. Id. The causes of failure, as alleged by debtor, were sickness in the family and no one earning. No resolu- tions were passed, and the Official Re- ceiver remains trustee. — -J

I KILLED AT DARDANELLES. I Official intimation was received on Mon- day night that P-te. Philip Price, '32. Pottery-street, Swansea, had been killed in action in the Dardanelles. Pte. Price, who before the war was employed at the Alexandri billixrd room, joined the Munster Fusiliers in the war's early stages. His father, Pte. D. Price, is wi^'i the R.F .A. Intimati >n has been received by his family at 18, Wells-street, Swansea, that Private D. Thomas, 6th Lejjister Fusiliers, has been killed in the Dardanelles. He has two brothers in the Army—Private T. R. Tho n's; Swansea Battalion, and W. Thomas, R.N.D.

LANDED AT PORT I TALBOT. ) CREW'S EXPERIENCE ON A BURN- II ING VESSEL. On Monday morning, the Greek steamer Marcella arrived at Port Talbot Docks with Capain Olsen and 15 of the crew of the .Norwegian steamer Marie, the crew having had to leave the ship in flames in the Bay of Biscay on September 2nd. All of the crew were saved, but all their belongings were lost. The Marie, 1,200 tons, was owned by George Morson, Stavanger, and was bound for London with a general cargo valued at nearly a million pounds. Captain Olsen, in an interview with our Port Talbot representative, said: "All hands experienced a terrible time. both on board the burning ship and after taking to the boats, as a gale was blowing, and heavy seas running. Two of the boats were swamped in the work of launching, and the remainder were nearly filled with water He attributed the outbreak to friction among the cargo, caused probably by ex- cessive rolling of the steamer on the high seas: Originating in the main hold, the fire rapidly spread throughout the whole ship. It was impossible for anyone to go below. The men remained fighting the flames nearly all day. Signals of distress were sent out, when the Greek steamer Marcella (Captain Demetus Pataeolie) came in sight; and the crew, after a great struggle with the elements, were placed safely on board in a very exhausted con- dition. The crew, on arrival at Port Talbot, were taken in charge by Mr. James Lewis, local representative for Charles S. Huss, Ltd., shipowners, and were provided with clothing and refreshment.

£ 25,000,000 IN CHARITY. I British War Funds Record. I Distinctly hopeful is the summary out- lined by Mr. W. E. Dowding in the Observer," on past, present, and pro- spective British war fund charities. During the past twelve months, voluntary gifts to the value of at least £ 25,000,000 have been made in money and in kind in the United Kingdom alone. This is the splendid scope of our war giving. Com- pared with the vastness of the war it looks small. Compared with past war liberality, and what was expected in this I war, it is great. Permanent charities do not appear to have been injuriously affected. In some c,F,6e6, notably when these have turned their energies to emergency war work, the public has been found increasingly willing to help. One long experienced in the collecting of money for hospitals said: The war has acted as Christmas does in opening peopled hearts." The fear of a winter of sharp distress among the industrial population moved ro a deeper pity, and in the first week a million pounds reached Buckingham Palace for the Prince of Wales' Fund. The fund attained unexpected propor- tions, and contributions are still reach-! ing the Royal treasurer to the amount of a thousand pounds a 4&y. This is a fund, Mr. Dowding points out, which looks to the future, and will be needed when work in munition factories falls off, and the return of large numbers to civil life pro- duces trade dislocations and sharp dis- tress. Out of 5! millions raised, 2i mil- lions have been already distributed. Tho merciful work of the British Red does Society does not show so much fall- ing off as the distress funds, in respect of which there is a perceptible slackening. But, Mr. Dowding holds, the fount of charity is not drying up. The current is partly diverted and partly held back till | the need for a further overflow becomes! uigently and vividly realised. He has no dcubt that whatever needs may arise in the future they will be abundantly satis- fU>d

A SMART SENTENCE. A remarkable story was told to the Swansea Bench on Tuesday, when Johannes M. Ronmelse was brought up in custody charged with landing in a pro- hibited part without the permission of the aliens officer. Prisoner, who said he was a Dutchman, elected to be dealt with summarily. P.C. (124) Cliffofd said that prisoner came to the police station to be regis- tered, and in answer to questions said he had just come into the port on board a ship which was at present in the Prince of Wales Dock. He admitted he had had no permission from the aliens officer to land. Asked for the name of the boat on which he came to the port, prisoner said it was dark when he went on board, and also when he left the ship, so he did not know its name. All he knew was that it was a timber boat. Subsequently the officer visited the Prince of Wales Dock and saw one timber boat there. The captain, however, knew nothing whatever of the prisoner, but there was evidence that someone had slept in a certain part of the ship during the voyage. The captain of the boat in question, the i 6.6. Gogia, said the vessel had arrived in Swansea from a French port, but prisoner was not signed on as one of the crew. Prisoner offered to prov* to the captain that he had been on the boat during the voyage, and commenced detailing certain incidents that he said had taken plaet, when he was stopped. The Chairman: Your actions are very suspicious. We know nothing at all about you, and you don't seem to know very much about yourself. This is no playing matter at a time like this, and you have no business to carry on in this way. You will go to prison for three months.

TRIP OF TWO SOLDIERS. Two privates of the Army, Howard Turley and Miles Harrison, were charged j at Swansea on Monday with travelling on the G.W.R. without having previously paid their fare, and with intent to avoid payment. Mr. Rupert Lewis, for the company, said that on Sunday morning the defend- ants travelled on the Mshguard express, which did not stop until reaching Lan- dore. A ticket-collector came to them, and they produced a ticket. This was out of date, having been issued o? July 24th. It had also been altered from on' to two pasengers. The defendants then produced passes that were not in order. Percy Henry Keen, the ticket-collector, said the parses the men produced were all written in the same handwriting. In place of the officer's signature was some- thing undecipherable, and there was no military stamp. Such forms could be ob- tained at the canteen at six a penny. Asked if they had anything to say Tur- ley replied that they wished to be re- manded to their own authorities. They were remanded until Tuesday morning.

SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS AT I LLANDILO. The following have secured free places, awarded by the Governors, at the Llan- dilo County School:— Boys.—David T. Ronald Morris (Llan- dilo), William Haydn Thomas (Gwynfe), Meurig James Price (Llandilo), Reginald Mytton Jones (Llandilo), Noel Morris (Llandilo). Thomas John Hughes (Cwm- ifor), William M. Rowlands (Trapp), William Alfred Jones (Llangadock). Girls.—Margaret Evelyn May Morris (Llandilo), Mary Margaretta Rees (Capel Isaac), Elizabeth Hannah Evans (Capel Isaac), Louis Beatrice James (Pfairfach)" Mabel Nancy Langley (Llandilo), Mabel Mary Rumbold "'(Llanfiawel), Elizabeth Mary Jines (Gwj nfeX

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NO FOOTBALL. Swansea Soccer Directors' Decision. An important decision was arrived at by the Swansea Town directors at their meeting on Monday evening. It will be recalled that at the annual meeting ox the shareholders it was agreed not to countenance competitive football until :the war is over. Since then, the question has been reopened, and the majority of the Welsh clubs have arranged a series of triendlies." On this ground, it was believed that Swansea would arrange a modified programme, embracing elubs like-Bristol City, Bristol Rovers, Cardiff City, Merthyr, and Llanelly. On Monday, however, the directors unanimously resolved not to change the attitude taken up by them in the first place. Chatting matters over with Pen- dragon," Mr. B. Watts Jones said the reasons for their opposition to the game wore patriotic ones. If we play foot- ball," he said, we will have to take men away from work on munitions. This we have no intention of doing." The directors' decision gives the players freedom to assist any club they choose, Hewitt may now be secured by Cardiff City.

MARRIED FIFTY YEARS. On September 4th, 1865, Mr. and Mre. Harding Evans, the former a well-known Swansea master butcher, were quietly married at Cockett Church. On Saturday last, Mr. and Mrs. Evans equally as quietly celebrated their goldeii wedding. Mr. Evans, who is 73 yert; of age, is a year older than her husband, I and enjoys somewhat better health than bt. does. Perhaps there is not a more well-known hgure in the Swansea Market than Mr. Evans, who has spent the whole of his lifetime within its precints, his father before him having set up a flour- ishing butcher's business in the town. Mr. Evans remembers the old corn mar- ket, and. earlier still, the time when, dealers were wont to walk with their live stock from Llandilo to the Swansea Mar- ket. Mrs. Evans came to the market in November of 1865 to assist her husband, and the two cheering faces, rarely Alouded, are familiar to all habitues of that scene of activity. There are nine children, and since the, retirement of the old couple five years ago, the oldest son, Mr. Harding EvaIlfl, has continued in occupation of the mar- ket stall. The grandchildren number a score. Mr. and Mrs. Evans now reside I at Chestnut Cottage, Boarspit, West Cross.

I BAND AT MUMBLES PIER. Gwaun-cae-Gurwen Prize Band is rapidly making a name for itself, and is considered one of the best in the princi- pality. On Sunday they attracted a larga crowd to the Mumbles Pier, where they gave two performances which were highly appreciated and enjoyed. Included in the programmes were the following master- pie(s :-Overtllre. Raymond (Rinl. mer) selection, Schubert" (H. Bound); Landler Promenade (A. W. Davies), Fantasia, 11 Guirimento" (Mercan. dante); Laudler, Fleur-de-Mai" kB. Nelson). At the afternoon performance a trombone solo. Death of Nelson was given by Mr. Matt Evans, and during the evening a cornet solo, Les Folis wai cleverly rendered by Mr. Tal Morris.

I SWANSEA MAN BELIEVED SAFE. No confirmation ha6 ben received ('. the death of Private E. Sullivan, of the Munster Fusiliers, whose home is at 22. Caepytill-street, Swansea. Inquiries made on behalf of his family has the pleasing result that nothing is known officially." That was the reply received from the War Office, and also from the record office of the regiment at its head. quarters in Cork. ■■ u

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