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PUBLIC NOTICES. CYMROOORION DYFFRYN AFAN A MABGAM. A Grand Children's CHAIR EISTEDDFOD Will Be Held at the New Theatre, Port Talbot, ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7th, 19T6, ,.Io Commence at 11.0 a.m. Adjudicators—Music: Mr. Lewig Darks, vfymmfir; Mr. Philip Thomas, Neath. Litptatattn Rev. J. E. Rees (Ap Nathan). "Seiet": Mies E. Ltllewelyn, Glaaamman. Reejtatk»e: Muss M. Frjmcw (Llaetb- ferck). Chief Ctwal—" L-AW My Mlly (D, W. Lew if,). Pùv ti and a Go-Id Medal. Secretaries—Mr. R, Daniel, 123» Tany- gw>ep^j*e±; Mies H. M. Williams, B.A., Connty School, Port Talbot. < i i— t MtSCELLAMEOUS. ""POMKE" ROUIS BATS.—RATS a?e R APWLT EXTERMIKATED Tath Rodin* Bat Pomou they can't 7,081ist it- I they e" it die. 6d-. 16-. 2-. 3&. 5s.; I poet id-—Hartety." Oiem* Perth. AgentA- E. R. ftrrfBoiw. Britteemd T. J. Rees, ske-w-,n; IL DL. Korean. -Maesteg, SAfLlK-GS. AUSTRALIA DI TXI ORIENT UNE. VIA CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 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BRISTOL. —- — ——— — t ) KILL THAT INSECT, TOMMY I Send your pate "cart yonder" somme tine of NURSERY POMADE —they'll be very acce ptabje. When vou liavcn't time to waz, h t. here .s a big chance I ■you'll have oompanione." A little HAR- BISON'S WMAJDK KILLS EVKRY INSECT -On hQ.ir ajid body. iniet on havinp HAR- PRISON'S POMADE. "Tins of Oomfort," at r 4Jd. and 9d. Sold by all Chemists-or by fcom HARRJEOX, Chemist. Readinc. 207th YEAR OF THE €S?  ?? ?BLE SUN FIRJ'FFlCE TEN OLDEST INSURANCE OFFICE IN THE WORLI). ctaM torn J'8Ioø iimk W* imuranoss eS?eted on the foUowiB? rieks:  FIRE DAMAGE, Keenitazit Jjoee of Rent and Profits. EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY. I PERSONAL ACCIDENT. SICKNESS AND l DISKASB. FIBELFTT GUARANTBE, BURGLARY. j PLATE GLASS. Swansea Ot&ce:— VICTORIA CHAMBERS, TOM A. PAVIES, District Imapector, 7. sad 8. QXFOBD STREET. SALES BY AUCTION. i LL A CH ART FACti About 2 nille6 from Clydueh and Pontar- dawe Kail way Stations. Important Cl»ar-ont Sale of Valual)le live Stock, Implements, Dairy Utensils, etc. MESSRS. DANIEL JENKINS & SONS Have been favoured with ins-tructiotis from the executors of the late Mr. Daniel Thomas to SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION at the above place. on THURSDAY, OCT. r>tli. !IM«. the whole of the Valuable LIVE STOCK, CROPS, IMPLEMENTS, DAIRY UTENSILS, etc., Consisting of 23 CATTLE.—8 Milch Cows in full pro- fit, 1 Two-year-old Bull, 1 Two-year-ola Iieifer, 5 Two-year-old Steers, 1 Yearling i,,i! t, I ditto -liciter, and 6 very nice Spring Calves. HORSES.—2 powerful Cart Ilorwes, 1 Seven-year-old Hors>\ 15.2 hands high, 1 Six-year-old Mare, 15.3 hands high, about to nC\t. eacli, dead game, and warranted in all harness. 116 SHEEP.—50 strong Breeding Ewes, 20 Yearling Ewes, t3 Ewù and Ram Lambs, and 3 Rams. PIGS, etc.-l Baeoner, 12 Geese, 16 Turkeys, and a number of Fowls. CROPS.—3 ricks of well-harvested Horre Hay (about 23 Tons), 8 Stacks of Wheat, 35 ditto Oat.s. 30 Rows of Swedes, and 20 i Kows of Potatoes. | IMPLEMENTS.—Tli resh ing Machine,, j WiriLsowing ditto, Mowing ditto (Albion), Iiorse Rake, CliaJffcutter, Plough. Iron Harrow, ScufBer, 2 ireful Traps. G,<unbo, Cart, Grindstone, Ladders, Scythes, Porks Rakes, 2 sf- ts of Shaft Harness, 1 Trip uitfco. Treading Chains, Ilonghing ditto, and Farming tools. DAIRY UTENSILS.—-Separator, Barrel Churn, Gilr, Butter Tubs, Milk Pan;ti, Clieese Proas, Cheese Vats, Cream Pots, Tubs. and.many other useful articles too numerous to mention. Luncheon ott the table at 12. Sale to comrnence at 1.30 o'clock. Credit on con- ditions. The Shop, G.C.G., September J9, 1916.

MOTES AND COMMENTS. There are some items tins week which ffuicken the. Hood. At the fronts and at home, the gre.at longing has been for the day when our horsenien would be able to give the Borhe a real tiiste o-f their qual- ity. In July there was one brilliant Irtile cavalry encounter, but as the I time went on, we saw that the op- portunity so ardently awaited had ¡ not. come. Has it come now ? The I information to hand is scanty, and we must not make more of it than I the words warrant. Three sentences, ho\vt?.v-er, fix our attention. There is, lirst of aU, the pge in Sir Douglas Haig's afternoon report that paferok, and detachments have been pushed forward in many places in 'I close touch with the enemy." Haig is of all men the most cautious in making re.port.s. He clismissed the ¡ greatest victory since the Marne m the phrase that the successes may be regarded ac o-t v-eiy consider- able import-anoe. The correspondents make but gin- gerly references to this blood-stirring news. One of them, speak- ing of the events of Tues- day, says that Our ca*-alry pateols were out and about; they were in CDmbles-still looking I strangely peaceful within its crevice in the ridge. They were in Gueude" court; and their iireedom was as good a eign as if half a dozen squad- rons had burst through a forced gap; for it meruit a German retirement. And we add to t-hat the still later in- formation, which will be found in our news columns feo-dav, that our cavalry patmls have ridden beyond Gueudecourl That is. they have been working within a mile or two of Bap-aume itself. This strength- ens the belief that the enemy is on I the eve of a break-down, although Col. Repington warns us that we must expect to find in front of us fresh lines running from Miraumout nearly to Bapaume and thence south to Sailly. and that we shall have to recommence the hammering and t-foe hacking which have already caused the enemy so much dismay. The full meaning of the faR ff 1 Thiepval is slow in dawning upon the general press. It has been the one part of the line where we have been haid, practically immovable, since July 1st. Effort after effort there failed 'of its purpose—until this week, when the strongest fort- ress made by the Gc-rmans on the Somme was captured. more! I On Wednesday evening Sir Douglas Haig sent the great news that, -on II the main ridge, 2,000 yards north of the village, our troops have stormed a work known as the Stuff Redoubt. France, we are rejoiced to see, rea- i lises in proper measure the nature of the achievement. M. Louis Bar- thon. Deputy and ex-Irime Minis- ter, states that the capture of Thiep- val puts tbe final stamp on the British Army as a war machine." Was it not described, a few weeks I ago, in a semi-oftioial. German state- ment, as an impregnable fortress ? Upon Russia has fallen one of these periodic silences which are us-ua lly the prelude to great events. Petrograd reports that the Germans are' becoming a little, anximis about forthcoming ervents in the centre of their front in Russia. Having ap- parently persuaded themselves that they are holding the Russian assaults satisfactorily over General Brussil- off's section of the front, and doubt- less puzzled to find Russia's hithe.rto j irresistible advance in this region in- terrupted by a prolonged pause, the Germans are seeking to ascertain bow far the Russian line is strength- ened or weakened in the neighbour- hood of the centre. Signs are also not wanting that a similar anxiety is present in the minds cf the German High Command regarding Piissian, plans on the Riga-Dvinsk section of I the front. In short, according to the Morning Post correspondent, Germany is beginning to realise that extreme over-extension at her re- sponsibilities on her Eastern front lays her open in a variety of ways to t-he. deadly strategy of the Russian Supreme Comma-nd. All the news received from Ruma- nia goes to show that the Germans ciuckled too early about their de- cisive successes in the Dobrudja. Budapest and Vienna were be- flagged and copies of the German Emperor's telegram to his wife, in which he calls the event a decisive victory," were exhibited in the newspaper windows, and thousands of people thronged the pavements in their eagerness to get the great news. It turns out now that out of failure, t,he Russo-Rumanian armies forged an overwhelming triumph. From all the Rumanian fronts the news is encouraging. We are told that a third of Transylvania is already oc- cupied, and altogether it looks as if this theatre of war, which the Ger- man Press tried to turn into the most important as a means of de- preciating the defeats in the west, is going to give Mackensen as many Had moments as his confreres are getting on the Somme. Our most vicious foe," says a German journal of Great Britain. ;Twas uot ever thus. Two years ago the Kaiser issued his notorious order speaking of the contemptible little j army. Two years have taught the Emperor the quality of that army, and shown him the unbending will of the people. To-day the tone has changed. First contempt, then re- spect, last of all fear. For fear it is that now exists in Germany; the tone of every paper reveals it. We are reminded of the closing dialogue in Thomas Hardy's epic The Dy- nasts. The spirit off the years re- calls to Napoleon the time when well-nigh every monarch throned in Europe bent at thy footstool" Replies the fallen monarch: Saving always Englandc, Rightlr dost say U 11-nigh,Not Engla 'a,—she Whoee tough, enisled, self-centred'. kikBs rraft. Has tracked me. ftp ringed me, thumbed me hy the throat, And made herself the means of mang- ling nael Evati on t,he, lines must be the Kaiser's reflections as he observes his crumbling army in the west. Peronae, towards which the French are progressing, is a substan- tial little country town. It has only five thousand inhabitants, but it is prominent in history. Wellington took it in 18J5; the Germans re- duced it, after a week's horn bard, ment, in 1870. It, lies in a fail of the ground, a sMght cUp, hardly a valley. Not deep as at Verdun. The houses are low, they are white as in Flanders, but with fewer red roofs; and the view of thad. cluster of houses surrounded by low hills, cultivated to their summits, is full of charm. In the centre, near the, Grande Place, rises the church of St. Jean, a beautiful late Gothic building. The whole town extends above the river on the right bank, and here the Allies alread y touch the left bank.' The Soiums makes a sharp- ish turn, and Peronne is at the sum- mit north-east of the suigle of this bend. From Biaehcs the soldiers see the railway before them, then the valley of Sainte Radegonde and another suburb, and at last the house6 of Peronne, with the tower of I Saint Jean.

SWANSEA RURAL COUNCIL. I Swansea Rural District Council met on Tuesday in Alexandra-ioad Board-room, Air. Mathfnv Griffiths presiding. Dr. Traftord Mitchell, foi 'he Ulandilo- Talybont Division, reported 77 births. equivalent to an annual rate of 25.9 per thoud-vel)- low as compared with the average rate of 30.9 recorded in the ten preceding years. There had been 29 deaths, equivalent to an aiinual rate of 6.7 per thousand, which is less than tiro-thirds of the annual rate of 10.3 for the ten previous years. No deaths were due to zymotic diseases. There w« two oases of scarlet ferw and two sporadic cases of diphtheria. Dr. Kemp, deputy for Dr. E. Rice Mor- gan, reported for the Clase Division 22 births, equivalent to a nann ual rate of IS.7 per thousand, and 11 deaths, or 9.3 per thousand. The birth rate has declined from the arert,T, of 23.7 to 18.7. The report stated that" while the war lasts we must evpect this decline in thfi birth-ate to continue, not only in this country, bnt in all the natiorns at war." The death rate s hows a slight increase from the ai-ei-agt- of iLí to 9.3. There were thrpe deaths from 7,Tmo?c disease, all in LIansamlet- One ?-a? frnm enteric fev?r. and two from zymotic diarrhO"a. hoth of young' infants. Twenty cases of inf?ct?us diseases were norm?, two of m?nslps. two of diphtheria, four of scarlet fever, ono of enteric and two of phthisis. H. P.o^ser moved thp adoption of the "Finance Committee report, which showed balance at bank of £ 6,258 7s. lid.: accounts for payment pad amounted to £ 5.371 Od., leaving a, balance of .£887 5s. I Id. M'sf Maggie Thomas. Uhvl, was elected to the post of nssistant nurse at Garngoch Isolation Hospital. f P-4a ri Am f a The !<o<?'? Govern m<'n? B<Mrd serf a circular asking for (1) a list of what works 4hp Council might have to carry OTlt after the war is over; C21 an idea of what other works may be carried out by privite c-ntr-r- prise after tbe war. The matter was left to the Surveyor, the Clerk, and the 'hairrnan. At the request of Mr. Phillip Thomas, Neath, it was decided to support the ap- plication to the Gorsed'l Committee for the holding of the National Eisteddfod in Neath .in 1018. It -P.- decided that tbe Surveyor appeal t for the exemption of a waterman in the Cockett District, as thfe Surveyor pointed out that if he was removed it would hp a serious matter for the district. The man. who is 35 years of a^e, has been passed for boms serrice onlv. The Surveyor reported that a wafer main at Llandlio-Talybont under- taken very unpleasant work iu connection with the chokagp .of a sewer in Goppa- road, Pontardulais. Mr. Thomas. Pontardulais. stated that this man had done work which no labourer ceaid be got, to tacklp, though it was quite outside of his ordinary duties. He had spent seven or eirdrt hours a day there for a week, and he thought the Council should recognise jt. Tt was decided to make a grant of 22. The Council accfuicsced in a proposal of the Corkett Council to paint the lamp- posts in that area. )

ROSH HASHONO" I -1 j (By the Rev. E. M. LEVY, B.A.) I "R-osh Hashcno :ew Year) is the most important day on which al? th? [nh?hitantr- of the world pas tor md?ment before U1C ?reato! as ahcep pass for examh-ation be. I fOë tile shepherd.' 'Three Books cf Account are opened on Kosh Harfhono (New Year) wherein -te fate" of the wicked, the righteous, aDd the inter mediate class not entirely wicked, are re- corut'd. '1 he names 01 the tunueous are 111- 6jribeJ immediately, and they are sealed to live, The middle clashes are allowed a, respite of ten days, till the IJay of Atone meat, to repent and become righte.ous The wicked are blotted out of the &01, of the laving. THESE are quotations from the 1 aimud; and they faithfully rts fiect the high tiignifieanoe of the. Jewish New Year throughout the fat- Sung habitations of Israel. These two days of toleinn assembly are the. first of of the "Ten Days of Penitence" of which the Day of Atonement, the zenith and culmination of the hea.rt-searchm- I season, is the last. One of the most important facts in Jew- ish life is that the whole year is divided up in such a way that the Jew always has an occasion to remind himself of, and re- flect upon. the great Jewish traditions shining through the centuries, and to 41x his mind in the greater Jewish future glowing in the distance. THE DESTINY OF MANKfND. The N?w Year Is, in the Jc?nh coueep- tion, tiiti day on which the Destinj of Mankind, irrespective of creed or colour,! is trembling m the balance. It is the day on wh'ch every Jew goes to the syna- gogue. and whilst acknowledging (jod as bupremeLord and Architect ot the Uni- verse, betakes himoeitiin humbientsss and selt-surrender tq the Throne of Mercy, and making in direct communion with his Maker, a, public confession ot his sins, prays for pardon and forgiveness. And not for himself alone, nor even soieiy tor hi", people, but for and on behalf of, the whole of Mankind. Now. therefore. Lord our God imDwe thine awe upon all Thy works, mm Thy dread over all that Thouihast crcated. that, all Thy works may fear Thee. -■ u<] all crea- tures prostrate them -rives bpforo Thee, that they may all form one band to ao lay will, with a. pcrfecc heart.' This is one of the many fervent prayers impregnated with that broud tolerance and human sympathy which abound in the Liturgy of Israel on the New Year. Who can, in these dark (Iays. fail to feel the deep poignancy andsoui-srirrmg pathos of these well-known words in tb."  k f &- in t l-kg New Year service? On the first day ot the year it is in--ereibc-fl. and on the Day of Atonement the decree is sealed, how many shall pass away, and how manv he born; who shall live and who I-shall dle; who at the measure of man's days and who before it, who shall perish by water and who by fire, w h.) hv tho sword and who by wild beasts, who by hungsr and who by thirst." THE SHOFAR. Apart from the wonderful liturgy of surpassing beauty and sublime power, the distinctive feature in the New Year cele- bration is the sounding of the Shofar —a ram's horn specially prepared as an instrument wherewith to stir up the memories of Israel's past glories, to arou-se the conscience and consciousness of the Jew and to exhort him to a. deep realisation of the supreme significance of the solemn season. The shrill clarion notes of the Shofar wield a wide and deep influence over the heart and soui of Israel at this time, and to this distinguishing sign in the 6yna- I gogue service, is largely traceable the etill potent sway by which the New Year celebration enthralls the minde of even those Jews who wear their religion j lightly. The Sbofar sounded in the Swansea Jewish Synagogue and all the world over on Thursday and Friday, and will be to the thoughtful Tew a prelude to the Great Shofar predicted by the prophet Isaiah, which will be sounded to heraifi the Golden Dawn, when those that were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, will come and worship the Lord in the holy mount in Jerusalem, where the mountain ot the Lord's house shall he established on the top of the mountains and all nations shall How to it; and many people shall go and say, Come ye, let us go up to the Mountain of the Lord, to the House of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us of his ways and we will walk in his paths."

AMMAN VALLEY SCHOOLS. A Long Walk and a Promised Con- I veyance. The Amman Valley school managers met a-t Brvnamman on Wednesday nen-j ing, the Rev. W. D. Thomas in the chair. Ald. W. J. Williams intimated that the County Education Committee had agreed to d-efray the postages of head teachers iu the Council Schools. Complaint of under-stalling was made from the Hrynamman mixed school, and despite a recent refusal from the Edu- cation (kimmitie c, the recommendation, was made that the staff be strengthened. Mies S. H Isaae. headmistress of the Brynamman Infants' School, tendered notice of resignation. She thanked the. managers for the kindness and courtesy shown during her 17 years' service. Aid. \Y. J. Williams said they regretted j losing the valuer! sen-ice ol Isaac, but at the same time congratulated her on the circumstances under which it was given. A resolution of protest was passed against: the action of the Elucation Committee .in transferring a certificated teacher ap- pointed at the Blaenau School to another school against her own wishes, and to the detriment of the former. It was reported that the children nf the Nebo School, which had been closed, wrre still at large, despite the Education Com- mittee's conveyance to take them to the Ammanford School. The inhabitants of th^ district also re- gretted that the school bad been closed, as the children already attending had to stand on their feet ail day after walking over tfirfo miles, owing to the Ammau- ford S-chool being oN The C1-erk said that the Committee had half promised a conveyance. Tbe Chairman: it was a promise with a loophole. The Rev. J. E-dryd Jones; A promisa made to be broken. It was ;ignjed that the matter be broug-ht to the notice of the Committee. The Education Committfte wrote that in view of the difficulty in obtaining mat- erial for blinds at the present time, it whs, desired that the teacher &.h<')uid en- deavour to adopt..sonw other method ot subduing lights in the evening classes. The managers, however, declined to ac- quiesce in this, and recommended that blinds be provided in ail the evening schools. One headmaster wrote that he was afraid the. evening ciesses iu his school would have to be abandoned owing to the la^k of window blinds and tao Committee's refusal.

THE INCREASED COST OF LIVING, At a time when tb+,. rif i living 13 a matter of national importance evhry housewife will welcome the a.n- nounceanent made in our pages to-day by Messrs. Christopher Thomas and Bros., Lt(L. reducing the price of the famous Puritan Olive Oil Soap by one half-pa nny per pound. We irvitv the attention of all our readers to this important announce- ment, which means an immediate and considerable saving in every housewife's household budget.

Stonar (Ramsgate) Jury list contains one nanie,-that of the assistant overseer. I

AT THE TRIBUNALS. | I AT THE _U_NALS. r The Increasing Scarcity of I Labour. I GOWER DISTRICT. I Gower District 'tribunal met on Wed- nesday, Mr. II. L. I'richard presiding, j Other members of the Tribunal present t were Messrs. I/eyshon Rogers, Cha. Bevan and Jenkins. C'apt. T. S. Bevan was tlhe I military representative. Therefore 10 applications. The first was that of a farm bailiff, who said he had SO acres of land worked by himself .and one man aged tio. One man had already joined the Sav)". Being a married man, and in a reserved occupation, lie was absolutely exempted. Capt. Bevan: Couldn't another man be found to do his work? Mr. Chas. Bevan: I don't know where they are. A wages and chief clerk of a colliery Mas granted exemption for two mbnths. A cowman and genera l farm hand, was granted exemption conditional on his rc- ma:ning at farm work. A contractor for strain rolling and a steam breaker employed on public roads had the support in his application of Gowrr District Council..VI r. Nash, -r ho j represented the applica tit,remarked, "The roads-can't be left entirely alone. The (Thairman: They ;im, bad enough now what they are going to be if he goes I dor. 't know. t was given six month*' exemp- tion. The Chai rman: Set to work to inirti-oie tlw. roads. pplicant: I've got jo do it to the -atis- f?rnoi? of fh? surveyor. The Chairman: Tbey are not fa tlm satis!action of ,«ome of the members. If you don't make them better, next time you come we shall -end you. (Laughler.) A market gardener had been given three exemption as rrom July I-f. and absolute exemption was now asked, for. Out of a. st iff of 14, ID had joined the Army. The lofal staff now was scypn men and. two" h0r,>. The • chairman exprepspd the opinion j that, this man ought to go. and applicant was given one month' exemption, but ca,n make no further application without eon- sent. A plough maw and general f ;:¡,rm assis- tant who had been passed or hojne ser- vice wsas exempted. For a ploughman, horseman, etr.. who had already had three month- exemption, fun-her ''xemotion was asked- Jt- was st-itfid that even casual labour was now unobtai na ble. C.-ipt. Bev-aw A lad of 21 years of .Ag-, a healthy iad. he <->uarht. to &erve. A month's exemption w?fs granted. A farmer said if would be i;rjpossible to carry on his fnr.r-1 of 130 acres without his two hoYfi, Tho, Chairman thought one of the boys ought to n. Total oiemotion was granted.

NEATH BOROUGH. There were 1;:t1 applications hefore t] Neath Borough Tribunal, which sat at Neath on Friday, Aid. H. P. Charles pre- siding. Mr. Edward Powell apl)omred to support the claims of an agricultural worker, who also reared poultry and pigs. The man, it was stated, was necessary to prevent the ground going out ot cultivation. Tho President: Cun't you get a man over ago. or unlit for service? Mr. Powell: We have tried everywhere and failed. The ca.e was. adjourned for the appli- cant to appear before the" Medical Board, the President remarking that in future1 no ca-5e would l»e considered unless the applicant had been before the Medical Board. A draper and a manager of a furnishing efttablisiimen'. were exempted for three months conditional upon joining the G.V.R. Mr. Powell.- Is that the V.T.C. under a new name? The President: Yes, I suppose it is.' A baker, who asked for further exemp- tion, was supported by Mr. Edward Powell. who i-aid that bakers were scarce. The President: There are women who can bake. Mr. Powel!: They are too shy to come forward, and I may say it is a far differ- ent thing to bake at home than at a public bakery- The President: You need not tell me that I have been a long enough to know that. (Laughter). If married women bake at home it will re- duce puhhc bakiiiij to a minimum and re- lease men. A mouth's extension was granted. Mr. Jestyn Jetfries appeared for the son of an aiuivseuaent caterer, and said he was the only one left to drive the engine and act as general factotvfm. Mr. Leys bo n (the military representa- tive) "VYe have finished with th-e fair now gentlemen, and we can do without it again until the war is over.

CARMARTHEN. 'I At the Carmartjien Borough Tribunal on ¡ I Friday, lr. J. Al-. cifrl to the! Carmarthenshire County Council, and Mr. i P. Pearce, coun ty accountant, appeared to support an appeal for the exemption of eleven clerks at the county offices, four of whe-m were named. Mr. Nicholas ask t.hat the cases be considered in private, as it would be invidious for him lo difleren- tiate between the clerks. Hp-fore hearing any evidence, the tri- bunal bad a consultation among them- selves, and the Mayor (Mr. J. Lewis) an- nounced that in view of the urgency for men, the tribunal were unanimous that of the soven single men appealed for. four would have to join up forthwith, and the other three would be granted three months exemption provided they joined t b (- V.T.C. Mr. J. W. Nicholas: You have not heard my The Mayor: Well, that is whilt we have done. Mr. Nicholas: Do I understand that you have come to a decision without hearing anv evidence? If rhai is your decision witho'it hearing the evidence, of f-our-p. hare no more to say. Do I understand that is you r deH si on ? The Mavor: Th is tho decision. J lfr. Nicholas then left i-hp rnnm, Tveferring n thp ease nf 111.n passed for (sedentary dutvi. Captain Margrave said they would never lie railed up.

PRIZE WINNER. 'At the Tonna Chair Eisteddfod held on Saturday- last, the winner of the first prize in the pianoforte so lo competition wa; Miss Winifred D. Bowen, 28, High-Street, Skewen.

CWMAVQN CARNIVAL, J he accounts ot the above '-arnival, tea and sports, show the total r?cci?s from all Murcfs to have been s?t-5 )s.. and the expenses to £ 51 7s. 3d., leaving a balance of £ 93 13s. 9d. This amount has been de* posited in the bank by the treasurers— Mr. Charles Jenkins and Mia* Jones, Vic- toria-terrace. It has been decided by the committee to sive S.O-j. to each local soldier a,s he returns from the front, and in the case of any m.an killed in action to his relatives. Credit is due to Mr. W. G McNeil, the chairman of the Com- mittee, for the able manner in which he, had conducted the meetings.—The Com- mittee extend their thanks to the who helped hy presiding at the tea table* etc.; the sec ives of the gentlemen who acted -is -stewards are also deserving of recognition. Thank" arc tendered to the churches and chapels for the loan of tables, chairs, crockery, etc.. as well as 1., the Institute and I.L.P. Centre- 1

LATELY AT NEATH. Dead Director of South African Railway Policy. The tragic death of Sir Thomas Rees Price, K.C.M.G., has occasioned wide- spread regret iu Neath and district, the scene of Lis early connections with en- gineering which led to fame and position. Thirty-six years ago Sir Thomas Price emigrated to South Africa, and had his first appointment at Grahaiustown, and since then he has never looked back. He played such -a prominent part in the various railway systems of South Africa that it is difficult to s]>eak of railway policy, railway construction, railway management, and railway control without linking to it the name of ir Thomas as its pioneer. In the service his name is a household word. Having readied tho allotted throe score years and ten, Sir Thomas retired last May from the post of Chief Commis- sioner of tho South African Railways and a Public Department Commissioner, and in July of this year returned to Xeath for a well-earned rest. He was the guest of his sister-in-law. Mrs. J. C. Rees, London- road, and on the first Sunday attended Zoar Chapel, addressed the congregation, and presented Sunday School prizes to the children. Two years ago be gave a hand- some baptismal font to the chapel in eom- 30 em oration of his father, who was for many years a deacon and one of tho stal- warts of the en use.

NEATH AND THE NATIONAL. The Late Sir Thomas Price, K.C.B. A meeting of the General Committee of the proposed National Eisteddfod at Neath in lIS was held at the Gwyn Hall. Neath, on Wednesday night. Aid. Hopkin Morgan, J.P., presided over a representative at- tenda nee. Ot the outset the Chairman referred to the tragic death of Sir Thomas Price. K.C.B.. at Leicester. Before he left Neath." said the Chairman. one of the I ast. things he said was 1.hat he wouhi dcturn from uth Africa to Neath when they had the National Eisteddfod there. Sir Thomas was a most distinguished Wels hman. who in South Africa had done to promote the welfare and interests of Welshmen, and also in this country. To every Welshman in South Africa he was a brother and went out of his way to further the interest* of his fellow I countrymen. I r" moved il vote 01 con- dolence with, the family and relatives of the deceased.- Mr .]. H. Thomas CI.1ansamlcot) sr-randeri and the vote was carried. The Secretary Mr. Phillip Thomas) read the replies received from the Swansea Tow n Council, Swansea District Council, A beravon Town Council, Margam, Neath. Britonferry, and Glyncorrwg District Councils. Neath Board of Guardians, the Mai-gam and Dnffryn Afan Welsh Society, and Pontardawe Guardians, each of whom wrote promising to support the applica- tion of Neath for the Eisteddfod. li, rlpaliii,, with the matter of a bond, the Chairman said that as far as could he seen at. present the Eisteddfod would last two 4ays. and fh? third day would be devoted to a ?ymanfa. and he hoped that that ?ouM do ap much for congre- gational singing itS it had done at Aber- ystwyth The Secretary announced that when the effort was made to get the National at Neath in 15)13. 154 guarantors agreed to 6uh"õ-rih-e £1.71\ He did not see why that: amount could not he passed on this occa- sion. The Secretary also ?ead the memorial which the committee had prepared for submission to the Gorscdd. It was written ill English arid Welsh, and set torth the paramount claims of Neath in every re- spect for the National. Mr. J. H. Thomas proposed the adoption of the memorial, and that it be submitted to the (Jorscdd. M' I/ewis Dafies (Afan Valley) so- conded. and Mr. D.-Bees' Phillips, F.L.A. (Swansea), spoke in support of Neath'-s clm.

LATE MR. THOS. MADGE. Funeral of Esteemed Headmaster. Amid mamfetations or the s; I-iii- pathy the. remains of Mr. Thomas Madge (who for 35 years had been headma-stev at the Pentrepoeth Boys' School, Morn-ton) were interred at the New Cemetery, Mor- riston, on Wednesday afternoon. Previous to the departure of the cortege from the St., David's Church, a service, which was fully choral, was held, when the Rev. Dd. Williams, ALA, (vicar) offi- ciated, assisted by the Rev. Alban Jones. There were also present the Rev. W. J. Thomas (curate) and Rev. J. W. Roberts (formerly Vicar of FelinfoeDi The hymns I u 0 God our help in ages paRt" and "■Lead, kindly light," were impressively rendered, and the" Dead March in Saul was played. ThB mourners were: Mr. 81"11e.c:,f Madge (ront and the t'ev. Hew. J. Roberts. St. Anne's. Carmarthen. Mr. Wm. Davies 'hondmaster') and Messrs. W. bees, H. J" Watkms, A. R. Lewis. W. Rob°rts, D. J. Lloyd. W. Fisher and Hy. Evans, mem hers of the staff of the Penfcrepoeth Boys- School. acted as bearers. Amongst, those present were Mr. T. J. Eee; B. (Superintendent of Education), Mr. H. H. Williams (headmaster). Mr. Walter Ab!>ott, Mr. J. t'pitrn Williams and Mr. T. R, George Olorriston Boys' .NJ 1' (, 7 School^. Mr. John Williams (headmaster, Brynmili), Mr. W. H. Price. B.Sc., (Muni- cipal Secondary S. Bryant (Plasmarl School;. Mr. Dd. Rees, Mr. W. J. Hanney, Councillors Pd. Matthews. J.P.. D. J. Dhvies, J.P., lid, Buckland, Mr Oakley Walters, J.P., Mr. Lewis. .1.P., Mr. W. J. Lewis, J.P., Mr. T. H. Leysbrtu (Bath Villai. Mr. D. R. Jenkins (Arfrvn >. Mr. Tho-. John (Taenia wrt, Mr. John aul, Mr. Sam Williams CPantro- poethi, Mr. -L>hn Hughes (T'enard House). Mr. M. L. Bovall (postmaster), Mr. TT. B. Martin (Park-terrace), Mr. J. H. Webber (Woolwich), Mr. Thos. Madge (Garnant), Mr. John Madge and Mr. Ed. Madge (Ponta rrlawe).

WASIAED UP BY THE TIDE. The body of Alary Arm li^ynon, of Crofty, Penelawdd, was washed ashore by the tide at Croftv on JVednesday. She was lat seen alive at 7.30 on Monday evening.

A service was held on Thursday, a-t St. i George's. IT .mover-square, in memory of [ the late Earl of Essax.

GREAT GATHERINGS SOUTH WALES GAL YINISnC METHODIST ASSOCIATION. (By AWSTIN). Important and interesting, from a de. nominational point of view, as the. S:>uth Wales Association gatherings of the Cal- viiiLstic Methodists, at Troedyrhiw this week, were, the feature of the proceedings undoubtedly was the ordination service on Wednesday afternoon. Carried on as the first ordination of the denomination was (when at the founding of tile 'r Cy- manfa Charles o'r Bala and John Elia-s witnessed the ushering in of the original group of new ministers) the proceedings on Wednesday were typical in their strict observance of the. method and form ot service. And. 1 must say, I have never attended a more dignified, inspiring, re- ception accorded to ministerial students, or a more becoming send-off to young men who were being commissioned to go forth to preach the Gospel of Christ to the World. Of the business session, on Tuesday, and the conferences of ministers and lay- men. J will confine my remarks to ;I\f bare mention of the fact that the trans- actions were carried on in the best con- ceivable spirit, and that, the address of Mie retiring Moderator was powerful arid effective. The anonymous donation of £ 6.000 to- wards the Aged Ministers"' Fund, and Fho interesting discussion upon the Sustenta- tion Fund (sometimes called the mini- mum wage movement), were also striking features; but thf, ()rdinat-.fon service will bear more detailed recounting. Principal Prys, of Aberystwyth, pre- sided. and not only were practically all the ministers of the Connexion in South Wales present, but there was a crowded congregation, which followed every itcfu and every word of T-IIA service with seen and deeji interest for close on three hours.. Need it be explained that the service was conducted in the Welsh language. The Cahinistic Methodist denomination is essentially a Welsh one. and the tradi- tions of the fathers were observed Oil Wednesday to the. letter. The opening prayer by the Rev. Nant- lais Williams. Ammanford, was followed by the singuig of the old hymn: Mac pyrth y Nef o led y pen— Mi welaf for o waed. Lie gallal [¡'r fbeiddiaf -in Yu hollol gael iaohad." Suitable portions of Holy Writ werp read and prater offered by the Rev. Pldon Evans, and then followed the address en Natur Eglwys bv t.he Rev. E, Rees (Dyfed), Cardiff, the "charge" by the Rev. Khys Morgan, of Devi Brefi, ?nd the questions of 'Pr?-fi, PtT!4-i ti);7? itpon tli+, of Fait,i Address, chr.rge and catechism were ex- tremely striking and effective. Naturally there was greater ^.oope for brilliancy in on the characteristics and duties ot Hhe church than in the other part,3 of the service, and Dyfed rose to the occasion Original, epigrammatic, thoughtful, the points were so many and so various as to elirit, at the close, many declarations from minister; and laymen that, they had never heard better, if equal. 01 cour>e. it is impossible to Qutlme such an address. Election had been a subject of con- tention for generations, but, he said, (r)1I1. not be expelled from membership the church. "God made the ohnroh men make monks. Motiks were no d.Vibt good men. but they were men -who were mistaken as to the principles or life, -Com- munion fostered the development of life." The JaW ol' the Lord, broken, and /.11 broken tablets, was what some teachers submitted to their followers." Some people, in professing to try to bring men to God thought the standard of trie church was too high, and ttiey therefore lowered the standard of their church instead of raising the standard of men's lives. They temporised with flu* things of God and compromised with the world. There was no proper Welsh word for compromise—" cyt'addawd did not render it properly; and in church matters the Welsh people did not need com- promise. Some people actually slept in the por- tals of the church of the Living God." A great light blinds the eyes of people, some-times, as effectively as great darkness does. Me now save an enlight- ened nation, which prided itself on being, and had been recognised as cu ltured, adopting as its motto • Might against light.' W:.th a'l its light ,it had gone for its motto to the 1) nPlIligh tened pagan, who had merely adopted it from the wild beast-, of the forest." The church was built upon the Rock -that Rock was not Peter, but Christ. Peter was not a rock, but sand—golden sand it might be, but sand." Mere extracts, disjointed, as the fore- going are, the>- may give the reader some idea of the definite, direct grip with which Dyfed handled his subject, and, unfortu- nately, space does not permit of fuller treatment of the man and his message. But 1 have attended many a score of ordiuation services among various deno- minations since the day when I. was pre- sent at the ordination ot tho Rev. John Williams, Brynsciencyn—back, in the kmg ista of the Killing years, as I now call up the scene to my mind-but have never been at a more impressive service than this on Wednesday a1 Troedyrhiw, Mer- thyr, and as I write the memory of one of the closing hymns—old and old- fashioned, but always inspiring—rings io my ears 0 anfoii Di yr Ysbryd Glan Yn enw iesu ruawr, A'i weithrediadau megys tan- O! anion Ef i lawr." The students who were ordained w«>ri»• NortTi Cardigan: D. J. Davies, B.A., B.D. (Capel Seion), and T. Ivon Jones ( Aber- ystwyth). Carmarthen: T. Bynol1, i. Timothy Davies (Llanelly), Roland T. Davies. East. Glamorgan: W Edwards, M.A. (Mountain David J. Owen, B.A. (Bediincg). East Glamorgan Pres- bytery: James Deans (Cardiff), Sidney Evans, B.A. (Loughor), I). Byynmor Jonea (Pontygwaith). and Morgan J. Rees (Hopkinslown). Brecon: R. Elias Joned Ci'lly). At the afternoon conference of the As&cv ciation on Wednesday. the Rev. T. Jonesk Davifvs. Taflf's Well, secretary of the East Glamorgan Monthly Meeting, submitted the following statistics L/luirches 119 te-s ,tic] preacher 12% Deacons fi23 Other communicants 17.481 Total membership 18,229 Members in probation 9¡ Children in the churcscs g.578 Grand total in the churches. 36.90: M! Baptised ..••••. Ml Adu!t total abstainer? n.s^ ?  Members of Bands of Hope 6,881 Adherents, including members of the churches 33 959 Sunday Schools: ,p,achers and officers 2 '482 Scholars is,413 Total ?(\,9.-a riiccess^jI (vi-tinlua*&& in annuni writÜll examination. number of hbrarir8 belonging to Sunday schools, 29; cont.alll ing 5,659 volumes.

Mr. John Hill, secretary of the Boiler- makers' Society, has been unanimous'/y elected as the new chairman of the Trade T'nion Congress Parliamentary Commit- tee.