Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder

Able bodied seaman Philip Edwards, agp.d 21. returned to Gorseinon on Tues- day night by the 10 o'clock train. He was carried shoulder high to his home. S7, Upper Lime-street, Gorseinon. Edwards 6ervcd in the Colli ngwood Battalion, and was wounded in action on June 4, "n the foot, and is now hOllle on three weeks furlough.

FAILED TO ATTACK. TEMPORARY R.N.R. SKIPPER DIS- MISSED THE SERVICE. Plymouth, Tuesday.—Ernest Alfred Sheldon, temporary skipper, Royal Naval Reserve, wa.s tried by Courtmartial here to-day charged with not having used his utmost exertion to bring his ship into action." The circumstantial letter stated that while accused's vessel was engaged on patrol duty firing was heard. The trawler at once proceeded at full speed in the direction from which the sound came and prepared for action. After steaming for seven or eight miles, during which time more firing was heard, a I steamer with a submarine close to her was sighted. A few feet only of the j stern of the submarine was visible, the remainder of the hull being hidden behind the steamer's bows. About the same time three ships' boats, heavily loaded with men, were seen. There was a very thick fog, and the steamer and submarine were probably less and certainly not more than a thousand yards distant when sighted. The submarine almost immediately disap- peared behind the bow of the steamer, and when next seen was cl ose to the stern, having traversed the steamer's length on the offside. Accused took the helm of the trawler, and proceeded to the boats, where he stopped while ropes were thrown to the occupants who. refusing them, requested the trawler to leave them in order that the submarine's fire should not be drawn towards them. The trawler then left the boats, and proceeded nort h-east at high speed until the boats, as well as the now sinking steamer and the submarine, were lost sight of in the fog. The crew of the trawler were ordered by the accused to put on their life-saving collars, and after twenty minutes or half an hour's absence the trawler again visited the scene with the intention of nt- tacking the submarine, which, however, had disappeared. The steamer bad sunk. After searching for the small boats for about two hours, the trawler proceeded north-east and fell in with another trawler, the commanding-ofifcer of which was persuaded to search for the boats, which were found half an hour later, and taken in tow by a third trawler. The accused put in a written state- ment declaring that he saw a submarine attacking a large steamer. H decided not to attack then, as it would have in- volved a useless sacrifice of life, the sub- marine being on the surface and using quick-firing guns. The crew of the (steamer asked him to get out of the way so that the fire of the enemy might not be drawn on defenceless boats. William Hughes, second hand on the trawler .agreed with the skipper's state- l ment. Sheldon instructed the gunner to prepare for action, and accused said he intended to attack the submarine. Answering the Court, witness intimated that as soon as the small boats were sighted accused exclaimed, I can't leave those boats," and, taking the steering wheel, ordered ropes to be thrown to the men. After they left the boats, the skip- per and gunner discussed the question of returning .to engage the submarine. Counsel: Did the skipper say anything as to his reason for leaving the boats:- Yes, he thought the men in the boats would be drowned if he opened fire on the submarine then. Could you at any time between sighting the submarine and getting among the open boats have had a shot at her?—No. Witness admitted they could have had a shot at the submarine after leaving the boats. After hearing other evidence the Court found accused guilty and ordered him to be dismissed the service.

ACCIDENTALLY KillED WHILE HARVESTING. Mr. W. W. Brodie, deputy coroner, [conducted an inquest at Moriah Chapel, Tycroes, on Saturday afternoon, on the body of John Rees (My, farm labourer, of Panteg, Tycroes, who met with a tragic death on Friday afternoon. W. J Rees, son, who identified the body, said his father was hale and hearty despite hie advanced age. Win. Richards, Erw Farm, Tycroes. said the deceased was working on his farm on the day of his death, thatching a stack of corn. When sent for, witness found him by the side of the stack, dead. He was lying face downwards, with blood issuing from the mouth. In answer to a juror, he said deceased was about one and a half jards distant from the ladder and two or three f?et from the stack. Dr. Brereton, Ammanford, stated that death was due to a fracture of the spinal cord. P.C. W. A. Jones said he had examined the spot where deceased was found. There were no marks on the ground of any struggle, and the ladder was in perfect order. The jury returned a verdict that death resulted from a fracture of the spinal cord caused by accidentally falling from a stack of corn.

GORSEINON FARM FIRE. At 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning, smoke in the yard of 10, Pencefnarda Isha Farm, Penyrlieol, Gorseinon, led to the discovery of an outbreak of fire in he out-buildings. An alarm l was raised, but notwithstand- ing willing assistance given by neigh- bours and Mr. David Harries, two ricks, one of hay and one of corn, were com- pletely destroyed, together with a corru- gated iron shel ter. The exact cause of the fire is unknown, but it is presumed that one of the child- ren playing with matches, must have been the cause. Owing to the distance of the nearest hydrant, the efforts of Mr. McMillan and the police, who were on the spot with fire hose, were of no avail. The damage is estimated at from S350 to E400.

TO THE HOP FIELDS. I From Swansea High-street Station this morning the second party of hop pickers for the season left for Hereford. There were about 30 women, young and old, some with children, and the bundles of some contained cooking utensils as well as clothes. Some years ago the exodus from Swansea to the hop fields was consider- able,, but of late years it has been spas- modic. This year promises to be much above recent average, for the. are still others to go

SWANSEA WELSH LIBRARIAN'S BOOK. Mr. J. Moy Evans presided over a meeting of the Swansea Library Com- mittee last night. The meeting only lasted a few minutes, and the business transacted was of a routine nature. It was announced that Mr. D. Rhys Phillips, the Welsh librarian, had pub- lished a new book, A Select Biblio- graphy of Owen Glyndwr."

CYCLING MISHAP AT CLYDACH. Mr. D. E. Rees, draper, Ystalyfera, was the victim of a serious motor accident at C-lydach on Tuesday night. lIe was on a motor cycle, and when taking the curve near the Mond Nickel Works, collided with a. motor 'bus pro- ceeding in the direction of Swansea. Hi-. Rees's motor cycle ran into the front wheel of the 'bus, and Mr. Roes was thrown to the ground. He was uncon- scious for two hours, and aftor being medically attended was removed to his home suffering from injuries to his head and chest.

I BRITAIN'S FLEET. 1 I AN ENDLESS PROCESSION OF IRRESISTIBLE STRENGTH. Continuing his second account of a visit to the British Grand Fl&pt/the first ac- count appears on amother page ) Mr. Fred- erick Palmer, the American journalist and author, sends to New York an impressive pen picture of Admiral Jellicoe's seem- ingly endless column of ships moving mit of its unnamed anchoragte on an un- known mission in the North Sea. To give a description of our Grand Fleet is a privilege that has been firmly refused to all British journalists. Mr. Palmer in his narrative says: While we were on board Sir John Jelli- coe's flagship a message was brought to the Commander-in-Chief, who called his flag secretary and spoke a few words to him, after- which we learned that the whole Fleet was ordered to proceed to sea Later, on board a destroyer at the en- trance to the harbour, the guests watched that unprecedented procession of naval power make its exit, led by the graceful light cruise-s and the flotillas of de- etiovers. Are not German submarines waiting outside?" we asked. No doubt Two or three are always there," an officer replied, but the destroyers know how to keep them off." Blithely cutting the choppy waves and with broad foaming wakes the destroye r, J attendant satelites of the great fighting ships, ran in and out among them by virtue of superior speed, as confident in their evolutions as the hovering gulls on their wings. Indeed, wherever we had been on our trip we had seen ihe de- stroyers always on the move, flotilla blinking its signals to flotilla. It seemed that if a line had been drawn between the stern and the bow of any two battleships of that stately column issuing from its secure anchorage it would exactly measure the distance be- tween any other two, so splendidly were the intervals kept. The crews being out of sight added to the impression created by the grey armour and the mighty guns. We were able to identity the first Dreadnought and ethers of all types of progress since the revolution of naval warfare up to the Queen Elizabeth class. Entranced, one still watched the spec- tacle with the head of the fleet lost in the mist of approaching nightfall and the black clouds from the funnels. Eight, sixteen, twenty Dreadnoughts were counted as they went past with clockwork regularity, and out of other smoke clouds in the harbour more Dread- j noughts were coming before tha King Edward VII. and other pre-Dreadnought classes had their turn. The commander of the destroyer on board which we were looked at his watch and said that it was time to go, as he must at a given moment take his appointed place in the fleet. At thirty knots he cut smartly across the bows of a battleship to take the guests to the landing-place. Our last glimpse as we rounded the headland was that of seemingly endless column of ships which stood between German ambition and the seas of all the world, still not free of the harbour, on its way to its unknown errand in the North Sea. Imagination became feeble at the thought of the actuality of that Arma- geddon should the German Fleet ever give battle. In all the many pictures of war and pre- paredness for war one had ever witnessed this was the most pregnant in its sug- gestion of irristible and concentrated power and the most impressive as a spectacle. Officers in Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty's flagship, the Lion, which re- ceived the roughest handling in battle of any major British ship now afloat, dwelt on the difficulty they had in persuading the young commander after the action [the sinking of the Blucher in the North Sea on January 24] had begun to descend from his exposed position on the bridge, where he had unhampered vision, to the armoured protection of the conning-tower. Their account of how the Lion was towed home at five knots after sinking the Blucher, and of the success of the destroyers in foiling all the efforts of the submarines to reach the crippled levia- than, was not the less thrilling for the quiet way in which it was told. The location of some of the injuries she received is no longer discernible owing to the reconstruction of the section where the shells burst. Patches over injured plates mark other injuries. The Tiger had fewer sores to show as the result of the North Sea battle than her sister battle-cruiser. About the Queen Elizabeth the only visible signs of her experiences in the Dardanelles are a round space of new planking on deck where a shell penetrated and a dent on one of her 15in. guns from a glancing shot. The Inflexible, the flagship of the Falk- land Islands battle, suffered loss injury there than in the Dardanelles, where she was struck by a mine and was under heavy fire from shore. A piece of the mine is kept in the ward-room as a souvenir, and all the ships which have been in action had fragments of German shells which had come on board mounted as mementos. The necessity for attending to damage received in battle had always been foro- seen by the British naval authorities, thus ensuring prompt repairs when any ship should return injured in action. "But we had few repairs to make, and our energy and resources could be turned to the rapid construction of new fighting units, which continue to increase our ratio of superiority over the German Fleet," an officer remarked. If battle comes it will not last long, and every day's delay only sharpens the eager- ness of officers and men.-Iteuter.

RID YOUR STOMACH I OF GAS. PREVENT FOOD FERMENTATION BY I TAKING MAGNESIA AFTER MEALS. To take drugs or artificial digestants is surely a foolish as well as a dangerous plan when many of our most eminent physicians have furnished irrefutable proof that practically all forme of diges- tive and stomach trouble arise from acidity and consequent fermentation of the food contents. Pepsin, biamuth, and soda have little or no effect upon this harmful acid; drugs and medicines often deaden the nerves of the stomach, and thus tend to aggravate the trouble, but pure bisurated magnesia has none of these drawbacks—it is just a harmless antacid and food corrective, which may be taken at all times by both old and young. Physicians know this, aM that is why they invariably advise sufferers from indigestion, dyspepsia, heartburn, flatulence, wind, etc., to obtain a little bisurated magnesia from the chemist, either in powder or tablet form, and take half a teaspoonful of the powder or two tablets with a little water after meals. This overcomes the root cause of all the trouble—neutralises the acid, prevents the food fermenting, dispels wind, and enables the stomach and digestive organs to quickly regain the strength and tone needed to ensure perfect digestion of the food.

LEFT WIFE AND JOINED THE ARMY I At the Aberavon Police Court on Tues- day, May John. of Effailfach, summoned her soldier husband. Edward John, for desertion. Mr. Lewie M. Thomas, for complainant, iai(i that since defendant had left hie wife be had joined the Army. A certificate of marriage had been ob- tained to get mamtcnancp allowance, and on* these grounds he asked for an ad- ffimidmrWffi' was granted.

U BOAT LOSSES. ) MANY GERMAN SUBMARINES SUNK Of the U N boats known to the public to have been destroyed, says the "Tiroes," and whose numbers have been identifiei, U2ï:' the loss of which has just been admitted by the Germans, is the seventh, the other six being: U8—Sunk on March 4 off Dover by de- stroyers; crew of 29 captured. U12-Bunk off Firth of Forth on March 10 by Ariel; 10 of crew saved. ,DB-Sunk in first week of June; crew of 27 captured. U15—Rammed by Birmingham in North Sea, August 10, 1914; all loet. U18-P.ammed off North of Scotland, November 23; 26 saved, 1 drowned. T-T29-Sunk by British warship, March 25, with all hands. Of the boats which have been attacked and beliewed or known to have been sunk, but which were not identified, there are at least three. One was rammed by the Badger off the Dutch coast on October 24-, another by the steamship Thordis 01 February 28-this being the first mer- chant vesael known to have sunk a sub- marine as a sequel to the" hloCiD. and a third was sunk by Squadrjn -Com- mander Bigsworth by bombs trom an aeroplane off Ostend on August 'Jf:. M. Pierre Mille, who recently paid a visit to the British Fleet, says: One day a German submarine was sunk in English waters. Her commander had sworn to sacrifice his own life in finding the British Fleet, but when he stood a prisoner on the deck of an English ship and his eyes searched the seas for the armada, not a single vessel appeared on the horizon. 'But where is the fleet?' he asked, amazed. Needless to say, I do not intend to say where the fleet is. It is, in fact, sufficient to declare that the British irresistible naval power will re- main inaccessible to the enemy until the day it is pleased to risk the general at- tack, which can only be victorious. As long as I have to talk of German submarines I may affirm, despite con- trary statements made by the German Admiralty and by the newspapers, that England has already sunk a lot of them. Indeed, the number they have sunk is so considerable that their one desire seems to be for submarine warfare to continue." Amsterdam, Tuesday.—The, Hambur- ger Nachvitchle" refrains from giving its opinion regarding the manner in which the IT 27 was sunk, but regrets its loss, declaring it to have been the victim of British crime. Why is Great Britain silent regarding the U 27," it asks. Where is the U 27 ? The writer is convinced that the U 27. like the U 29. perished by foul play. British crime, not the British Fleet, rulee the sea. He emphatically says and suggests that the U 27 may have been attacked and sunk by the Arabic.

HALF THE FLEET GONE. I Germany's Submarine Losses Very I Heavy. Paris, Tuesday.—M. Rene Bazin begins to-day in the Echo de Paris" a series of articles on his visit to the British Fleet. He says: I learned that by the various means employed against the terrible sub- marine enemy the British have struck such a powerful blow at the German underwater fleet that the latter, although still able to annoy, cannot secure a definite decision at sea. The losses, which are not generally known, have been too heavy. I may say thart the British have sunk a great number of German sub- marines; that French torpedo boats have accounted for others; and that half of the original submarine fleet is at the bottom of the 6ea. If the enemy assumes an appearance of humanity towards neutrals, it is be- cause the risks of all kinds are truly too numerous, and it is better to appear itoderate when the means of attacking all and sundry begin to fail."

HAVE YOU, PAINS AFTER EATING? A typical example of the health-giving properties of Mother Seigel's Syrup is re- vealed in a letter of May 26th, 1915, from Mr. Harry Bavnes, Geogre Inn, Molash, Chilam, Caliterbiiry. About three years ago," he writes, H I suffered from a severe attack of Indigestion, which at times laid me up for days together. Not only had I pains at the chest, but I completely lost my appetite and never seemod to want any food. For 25 years I was a rural postman in the Faversham district, and in the course of my rounds heard from many people a good opinion of Mother Seigel's Syrup. I tried it myself. After a few doses, I experienced great relief from my pains, and by the time I had taken two bottles my recovery was complete. Mother Seigel's Syrup seemed to put new life into me. It sharpened my appetite, and the food I now took set me quite up again."

NO SOLDIERS UNDER NINETEEN. I Changes are notjfid in the local re- cruiting staffs. Captain H. V. Robinson is coming from Maesteg to aseiet Major Anderson at Swansea; Major E. L. Green has been transferred from Aberavon to Port Talbot; Major M. Cass from Cardiff to Carmarthen; and Lieutenant C. S. Skells from Cardiff to Llandovery. In the headquarters (Western Com- mand) orders on Tuesday it was notified that sanction could not be given for the enlistment into Provisional Territorial Home Service Battalions of lads between the ages of 17 and 19, but there would be no objection to enlisting men between 40 and 50 years of age in order to allow the completion of the establishment of Pro- visional Battalions. It was also notified that from Septem- ber 4th, 1915, all units of the Royal Field Artillery raised locally should not recruit more than their actual establishment, the first reinforcement and other excesses not being required. This order i« not retro- spective.

BURRYPORT MAN KILLED. I Private Sam Hughes, of Burryport, who is attaehedbo the South Wales Bor- derers, has been killed in action. Private Hughes, who was well known in Ll^nelly. was the son of Mr. J. Hpghes, pickler at the Ashburnham Tinplate Works. De- ceased was employed at the Kidwelly Works, and WAS one of three brothers in the Army, David being attached to the South Wales Borderers, and William to the 9th Welsh.

LLANDEBIE MEN WOUNDED. I News has been received that Private Ivor Davies hae be,&n wounded, and is now in hospital in Alexandria. Private Edgar Williams, of the Welsh Fusiliers, whose home is at Wernoleu, has been wounded in France, and now lies in Exeter Hospital. Private D. Jones, of the South Wales Borderers, residing at Waunrhysmorris, is now stated to be pro- gressing favourably in Cairo Hospital, from wounds he received some time ago in the Gallipoli Peninsula.

-W I KIDWELLY MEN WOUNDED. Pte. Sam Hughes, of. the 8th R.W.F.. a Kidwellyite, who was seriously wounded at the Dardanelles about August 19th, «till lies seriously ill in th<' hospital at Malta. Pte. Arlingham Thomas, of the 1th Welsh, son of Mr. Dd. Thomas, head- master Kidwelly National School, %v<*$ also badly wounded about tKe same time. He is aleo.abfT-th £

A frtqaent sight on French roacfc in these exeitiag times V .I Cheers all the way for the Brave -1 Boys and Pears Pears' Soap and our soldiers typify io the best British qualities, and the Boys are delighted, when a box of this famous soap reaches them from home, for Pears" Soap :7 • and the gallant fighters, both stand for reliability and efficiency DON'T PORGET to send a few tablets in your next parcel

LOCAL POLICE COURTS. I AMMANFORD. I MONDAY.—Before Messrs. David Richards (in the chair) and David Davies. The following- were fined for drunkenness: Wm. Griffiths, Moelwyn-terrace, ;Garnamt, 9r; John Davies, Penygroes, 9s.; .and Patrick Burke, Cress Hands, I.Zs.; while a warrant wajs issued for the apprehension of John Hughes, Llandebie-road, Idamlebie. For cycling without light, John Harries, Oaklands, Lrlandebie, was fined 98. and John Williams, Waunrhysmorris, was mulcted in a like sum for driving a brake without light in Llandebie on the 25th ult. Defendant was returning from a Sunday school trip, but had no candles. Evan Roberts, Tanygraig, Glana-mman, ap- plied for sureties of the peaoe against Thos. Davies, residing in a neighbouring small farm. Mr. T. C. Hurley represented the applicant, and Mr. Hy. Noyos defended.- The allegations were that defendant came to the boundary of his holding, close to complainant's house, complaining of the latter's ducks having trespassed on his land; also the cow and sheep. He even- tually jumped over the hedge, shook the complainant by the shoulder, threw a. big boulder at complainant's wife standing on the doorstep, and finally caught hold of a, pitchfork, and threatened to stick it through the complainant, who was obliged to lock himself in the house. There was a total denial for the defence, who alleged that it was the complainant that used the pitchfork in the first, instan-The Bench dismissed the case.

SWANSEA. I Friday.-Before Mess-Of. H. A. Chapman (in the chair), Gwilym Morgan, J. Devonald, David Griffiths, John Rees, and Dr. Nelson Jones. Margaret Thomas, a widow, was sum- moned for being at a distance from her horse and cart, 60 as not to have the same under control in Union-street, outside Market Gate on August 23rd.—The Bench warned the defendant not to let the offence occur again, and ordered her tu pay costs. Albert Ernest Herepath, labourer, was summoned for being on the Midland Rail- way near Beaufort Sidings without hav- ing a pass. He was fined 10s. Mrs. Cicely Rowe was summoned f.-)r failing to take out a license for her dog. —The case was dismissed with a caution. Ivor Manning was summoned for ob- structing a passage in Beach-street by trundling a milk churn on the pathway. He was ordered to pay costs. Leonard Boyle was summoned for being at a distance from his horse and cart, leaving same unattended in Ffynone- street. He was ordered to pay the costs. Saturday.—Before Messrs. A. H. Thomas (in the chair), J. H. Rosser, Thomas Jones, and Major Morris. William Taylor admitted being an ab. sentee from the 11th Welsh at Aldershot since August 29fh. He was remanded to await an escort. County Cases. William Lewis, charged with being drunk at the Glamorgan Tinplate Works, I-Iontardulais, was fined 10s. Monday.—Before Messrs. Richard Martin (in the chair), William Williams, and John Williams. Charged with being drunk and in- capable, Mary Ann Howard and Annie Harvey were each fined 6s. or seven days. William Barry, a labourer, was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Nel- sott-strefct. He was fined 5s. or five days. Mary Hayward was charged with riotous conduct in High-street on Saturday night. She had 14 previous convictions. She was sent down for six weeks. Joseph Silver, stoker, admitted being an absentee from his Majesty's Navy sinee Septe-mber 1st, 1915. He was ordered to be taken back to the ship. William Henry Nelmes, painter, was summoned for obscene language in Delhi. street. He was fined 20s. Patrick Hayes, a fuel worker, was sum- moned for a similar offence in Emma- street. The wife appeared, and the case was adjourned until Thursday for the appearance of the defendant. Ben Francis, cattle dealer, was fined 20s. for failing to deliver up a license to remove 11 porkers from Gowerton Mart to the Swansea Slaughter-House. Charles Johnson, fuel worker, was sum- moned by Margaret Lewis for assault. The case was dismissed. Mary Chidgey summoned Caroline Thfrmas for abusive language in Gorpe- road. The ca-se was dismissed. Tuesday.—Before Messrs. J. W. Jones (in the chair), David Meager, and J. Devonald. Hj. Frederick May, lanurer, w-us,-fined j 7s 6d. or 7 days for having been drunk and disorderly in Brynmelyn-6treet. Martin Burns, fireman, for having been drunk and disorderly in Oxford-street on Monday night was fined 10s. or seven days. Margarita Williams, married, was fined 5s. for having been drunk and incapable in Rutland-street. William Webb, labourer, who owed his wife < £ 2 5s. on a maintenance order, was sent to prison for a month. Alfred Walker, showman, summoned by his wife, Elizabeth, for sureties of the peaces was bound over for six months. Wednesday.—Before Messrs. A. H. Thomas (in the chair), J. H. Prosser, Major Morris, and Dr. Joseph Davies. Henry Franklyn and John Muney, sea- men, were summoned for having been drunk and indecent on the previous night. P.C. (97) Moore told the Bench that at 11.15 on the previous night he saw the men in Caer-street, and their eonduct was such that it became neces- sary to take them into custody. A fine of j 10b. was imposed in each case. William Hurley, shoemaker, denied having been drunk and disorderly, and said he had been a teetotaler for some time. Supt. Roberts, however, proved seven previous convictions.—A fine of 5s. was imposed. Thursday.—Before Messrs. W. Thomas (in the chair). Ben Jones, J. Lovat Owen, Dr. J. A. Rawlings, and J. H. Rosser. Morgan Lewis, collier, was charged with being drank and disorderly in Oxford- street.—He was cautioned and discharged. Annie Goodwin and Annie Lewis were charged with being riotous in their con- duct in Sqniree-plaoe, Strand.—Both were sent to prison for one month. Margaret Copley was charged with a similar offence in Quay-parade.-She also was sent down for a month. William Thomas Mort was charged with deserting from the Second 6th Welsh in May last.—He was remanded to await an eacort Patrick Hayes was summoned for u&ing obscene language in Emma-street on August 24th.—He was fined 20s. or 14 days.

OVER THE BOUNDARY. I Novel Defence in Cockett Milk Case Fails At the Swansea Police Court on Wednes- day, a novel defence was put forward by Mr. Edward Harris on behalf of Mr. Thos. Morgan, Cockett, who was summoned for Selling milk alleged to have been 13 per cent. deficient in butter fat. P.S. Thomas, of Gowerton, who said he was inspector under the Food and Drugs Act, gave evidence of purchasing milk from the son of defendant. In answer to Mr. Harris's questions, the officer detailed the exact spot where the transaction took place. Mr. Harris submitted that the transec- tion was not valid, as it had taken place in the borough, and the officer had no jurisdiction there. P.S. 204 corroborated, and was ques- tioned at length by Mr. Harris, and ad- mitted that the sale had taken place on the road. Mr. Harris exhibited a map of the borough boundary, and submitted that P.S. Thomas had absolutely no right to make the purchase. Supt. Letheren said the officer was act- ing as inspector for the administrative county of Glamorgan. This, said Mr. Harris, meant that he acted only for the county authority. Supt. Letheren said there was no written authority given to the officer. Some discussion followed on legal points, and Mr. Harris contended that the case on a point of law should be dismissed. The Deputy Clerk (Mr. J. W. Thorpe) ruled otherwise. Mrs. Morgan, wife of the defendant. and the son who sold the milk, gave evidence. The latter said that Sergt. Thomas had taken samples from three cans. P.S. Thomas, recalled, admitted this was go, and Mr. Harris said the sample found deficient was probably from a cow that had recently calved. Supt. Letheren proved five previous con- victions, fines amounting in the aggregate to .£16 10s. having been enforced. I A fine of X5. together with analyst's fee, was imposed.

At the request or the karl of Ply month, Lord I .lieutenant of the County, Major T Lucas, the chief staff recruiting ovioer for Glamorgan and Motunonthehire, has con- sented to become commandant of the Gla- morgan Regiment of Volunteer Training 1 Oorpe in succession to Commander Bethane. R.N., who has resigned in order to take up a. naval appointment.

SOLDIER'S OUEST. HIGH-BORN PARENTS PLACE BABY IN CARE OF WASHERWOMAN. A romantic story is being told of alJ young man's search for his high-borri- but unknown—parents, and Swansea has its part in the narrative. On Monday, the following appeared iar the Agony Column of the Times If tlio nurse or other persons who can- give particulars of the birth or parent- age of a male child known by repute as Bertio (or Herbert) Thomas, born in or about the year 1885, somewhere in Lon-- don. such child being in the same year placed in the custody of one Martf- Steer. a washerwoman, of Withypool,, Somerset, and afterwards apprenticed to a farmer at Witliypool, Somerset, 1ril); communicate with D. O. Thomas, solici* tor, 21. York-straet, Swansea, she oc thry will be suitably rewarded. Mr. Thomas, while declining to tell thai full story when seen by a Herald re- porter gave the following particulars:— Some time ago a client, on trying to join the Motor Transport Corps, walt asked for his birth certificate. Attempts- to obtain it in the district of Somerset, where he thought he was born, failed, and! he then came to me. From inquiries I had made in Londoau and Somersetshire I discovered that, wheiy an infant, my client, in charge of a* trained nurse, came to Withypool at mid- night, m a carriage and pair, from Lon-d don. He wfts placed in the care of aj washerwoman, named Mary Steer, until! he was apprenticed to a local famer,4 with whom he remained until he was 20f years of age, when he came to Southf Wales. His real name is not Herbert Thomas* and I have no doubts in my own miadj who his parents are. They are alive too day, but I am not in a position to di&< close their names at present. All I eanf say is the young 111411 eomes from ver y, high parentage. j Mary Steer is dead, and none of heH relatives can be traced. The trained nursoJ however, is alive, and a large sum of] money was spent on the young man upbringing." I could tell you a great deal moro4 but I don't want to," added Mr. Thomas Is he a Swansea man?" Mr. Thomas refused to ma ke any dis4 closure with reference to his client, butt added:— It is a case I have followed up withl the greatest curiosity and interest. andt some of its developments are startling J You will be very much amused when yo do find out. That midnight ride to Wit;h. pool reads like a romance, but I can6 assure you I have proved that the fact9 are as stated." Here Mr. Thomas produced the original documents on which his search had beent founded, though he did not read them, and. carefully folding the letters, reo. marked:— "If, as I hope and firmly believe, at successful end of our search shall be at* tained, my client will then probablyj think fit to disclose the circnmstanoes* No, I cannot go further. I do not wanft to say any more. I prefer not to say any,, more at this stain the interest of rayj client. But publicity given to the mattetf by your paper may materially assist u.

A TERRIBLE DEATH. Pottery Printer Mangled in Machinery* A fatal accident occurred at the Souty Wales Pottery, Llanelly, on Wedneadiivi morning. S. Stringer, who was emplo-peci at the Pottery as a printer, Was attend- ing to some machinery when his clothingi got entangled in a strap, with the result that he was badly mangled before h4 could be extricated. Deceased was a married man, who earn. to the town from Stoke ab<mt 3 mont ago. He was *5 years of age, and lodgecf at Pottery-plaot.

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———- TEACH THE CHILDREN TO SAVE. f Lesson on Thrift in the Schools. It was decided at a meeting of the Gla- morgan County Education Committee held at the County Hall, Cardiff, on Tues- day, under the presidency of Dr. T. H. .Morris, that a lesson on." Thrift" should be given to the scholars in the schools during the time set apart for hygiene and temperance, and the head teacher in each school was urged to give "n address on the subject once a month. It was pointed out that the children should be en- couraged to save their pence and invest in the War Loan. Alderman W. R. Davies proposed that all expenditure for the forthcoming half- year, unless of pressing necessity, be postponed, and that deductions wherever possible should he made. He further pro- posed that a special meeting be convened for the purpose of giving effect to the resolution. He pointed out that there was an important matter to be considered, and that was with respect to the employ- ment of all the members of the staffs of the various departments. For instance, if certain works were postponed it might be necessary to make reductions in the architectural and other departments. The resolution was carried.

BREAD AND CHEESE A MEAL. I At Wrexham on Tuesday an important point in licensing law was argued, when John Trevor, licensee of the Red Lion Inn, Mearford, was summoned for selling Pi uoi- during prohibited hours. The proceedings were brought under an order which provides that intoxicants must not be supplied on Sundays except with meals. The facts, which were not in dispute, • were that two men called at the inn on a Sunday and wer4 supplied with bread and cheese and a pint of beer. Both Rides agreed that the question for the magistrates was whether this con- stituted a meal. The Chairman said he appreciated the difficulties under which the police and licensees weee plaocd in the absence of any clear definition of what was a meal. The Bench did not feel inclined to go beyond saying that in their opinion the food supplied in this case made a. meal. The Bench did not feel inclined to go ooyond saying that in their opinion the food supplied in this case made a meal. Each case of this sort should be decided on its merits. They considered that the licensee was justified in serving the beer.