Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder

i r Picture Palace, Pontyberem. WEEK COMMENCING OCTOBER 30th. Usual I EXCELLENT SHOW of PICTURES. POPULAR PRICES: 4d., 6d., and 9<L Thursday, Doors Open at 6.45, to oom- mence at 7. Saturday, Doors Open 6.30, to oofiunence at 6.45 and 8.45. MATINEE Thursdays at 4 o'clock, Id., 2d., and 3d.

HOOION AR BYHCIAU YR WYTHNOS. (Gan AWSTIN. Wythnos ryfedd yn hanes ein gwlad fdyw hon. 0 gynhadledd Pontypridd, dydd Sadwrn, ar bwnc yr iaith ar yr j aelwyd ac yn y capel, drwy gyrddau a? r 1,),-A-, b art h pwy.>Íg glowyr y GIo Carreg a'r Dosbarth Gorilewinci, i gynhadledd cynrycliiolwyr y glofeydd a'r Prif Weinidog, yn Llun- tiain.. ac ymw-eliad Mr. Lloyd George a Chaerdydd, a ddisgwylir dydd Gwener iftesat, gellir edrych ami fel wythnos a leinw fwy nag un tudalen o hanes y genedl. A chan i'od eymaint wedi ei gronicio a mwy na chymaint arall i edrych yrnlaen ato, rhaid boddloni ar fyrnodi, braslunio, a braegamu; a chymcred y darUenydd yr ewyllys am y gor chivy 1. Yr oeddwn wedi gobeitliio y buasai cyn- liadiedd yr iaith yn mangre genedigaeth Hen Wlad fy Nhadau "—ardal hwylus Y Cawell yn y Gwynt," a chartrefle barddol awdwr Y Bwthyn yn N-haeol y j Wlad "-Yn llai Uecl nag y trodd allan. [ Ond nid oes man yn Nghymru lie mae mwy o anghen am goffeidio pob cyfle i feithrin yr hen iaith na Phontypridd, ac os try y cVrdd yn fantiis i bleidwyr gwreeog y mudiad newydd yn y man a'r lie." ye dywedai'r hen. bobl er's llawer dydd, bydd y gynhadledd yn foddion gras ['r rhai a hiraethant am weled toriad gwawr Gymreig wirioneddol. Edrychir ymlaen gyda chryn dipyiv o awyddfryd ymhlith y glowyr at y cyfarfod mawr, yn Llundain, ym niha un y dis- gwylir i'r Prif Weinidog ymgynghori a chynrychiolwyr perchenogion a gweithwyr ynghylch y pwnc-mawr o hwylysu cynydd buan yn nghyfanswm y llwytlii glo anghenrheidiol i ddiwallu y wlad hon a gwledydd cyfeillgar ydynt yn cvnorthwyo ein cydwladwyr yn yr ymgyrch dros ryddid Ewrop. Dichon na lydd modd adradd y gyfrinach wedi'r gyfeillach, ond nis gall dim ond lies, a. lies dirfawr, ddeilliaw o gyfringynghor ar bwnc mor bwysig, a bydd gweled y glowyr a'r Prif Weinidog wynsb yn wyneb yn sicr o leihau'r gagendor tybiedig rhwng arwein- wyr y genedl a chynrychiolwyr llais y wlad." Gan fy mod wedi ymhelaethu yn weddol, yn yr iaith fain," ar gyfarfodydd blvn- yddol Capel Gomer, rliaid gomedd treulio amser na gofod i fyned dros yr hanes eto, ond yr oedd presenoldeb y Parch. W. (Jlainfryn Thomas yn mhwlpud Capel Gomer, nee Sul, yn fy adgofio yn fyw iawn am un o gyfarfodydd mwyaf tarawiadol Diwygiad 1904. Yn Hebron, Dowlais, yr oedd yr hwyl fawr wedi codi mor uchel nes y oodai'r bobl ar eu traed ac y canent emynau Cymreig, gwreichionllyd, mewn tnodd nad aeth yr olygfa byth o ddrych fy nghalon. Son am chwyfio'r cadach gwyn" yn wir. Cwrdd hapus, cwrdd awferol, cwrdd a godai lygaid cynulleidfa o'r niwl i'r nef," nes gwneyd i dyrfa fawr chwyiio eu cada.chau mewn llawenydd p mawl. Wrth gyfeirio, yr wythnoe ddiweddaf, at y don Nazareth," rhoddais linell neu ddwy or emyn i mewn. Yn awr, ceisir genyf ychwanegu y ddau benill, os nid y tri, a genir mor fynych mewn eymall- faoedd, byth oddiar y Diwygiad, ar don w3iaxwol Alaw Rhondda." Dyma hwy: Dros beebadur buost farw, Dros bechadur, ar y pren, Y dyoddefaist hoolion llymion^ Net; it' orfod crymu'th ben; D'wed i mi, ai fi. oedd hwnw Gofiodd cariad rhad mor fawr- Marw dros un bron a..euddo Yn gehenna boeth i lawr? D'wed i mi, a wyt yn maddeu Cwympo ganwarth i'r un öai? lywed a ddeui byth i galon Nas gall gynnyg 'difarhau? Beth yw pwysau'r beiau mwyaf Wyt yn faddeu? o ha ri'? Pa un drymaf yw fy mhechod Ai griddfanau Caliari? ATglwydd, rhaid i mi ga<el~bywyd; Mae fy meiau yn rhy fawr, Fy euogrwydd sy'n cydrbwyso A mynyddau mwya'r llawr: Rhad faddeuant, gwawria bellaeh, Gwna garcharor caeth yn rhydd, Fu'n ymdrwglo mewn tywyllwch awr i wcled goleu'r dydd. Yn olpoh tebyg, cawn glywed eto am Alaw Rhondda mewn cysylltiad a > chymanfa Llanwrtyd. Addewais, dro yn ol. ddweytl ychydig am gyfeiriadau a wnawd gan Mi-. Morienydd Williams, Ehydaman, at eglwve Carneddi, Bethesda, pa* gefais ymgom ag ef. We], nid yn uuig y map bupeiliaetli y Parch. J. T. Job, v hardd- bregethwr a'r darlithiwr enwog, yn. rhoddi arbe»igrwydd ar Carneddi yn awr, ond y mac yr eglwys a'r ardal wedf hod yn enwog am eu cyeylltiad a'r llechi a'r chwarelon. ond dwg yr enw adgonon lawer am gor mawr Betheeda, am Tanymari&n, fel, cyfansoddwr Storm Tiberias a darnau bron yn ddirif, am dano fel arwcinydd cor ac eisteddfodau, fel darlithiwr, ac yn y blaen: a. dwg enw'r lie. adgofion pruddaidd am effeithiau y 6treic fawr a chwalodd y bobl. Dwg hofx-d gofion cynhes am amse-r pan oedd Carneddi yi* cynwys ym mhlith ei haelodau a'i cherddorion fwy nag un perthynol i'r rank and file (ys dywed y Sais) sydd a'i enw uwch cyfansoddiadau yn llyfrau tonau yr enwadau Cymroig ydynt heddyw yn gj-nhofin ym mhob cynulleidfa, bron, drwy Gyniru Ix-ubaladr. Dichon mai yr amgyk-biad rliyt-^daf yn cerddoriaeili a chaniadaotii oil, gwlad a'n conedi ydoedd yr hyn gymerodd le mewn eye-,),Iltiad a marwolatth As.a.ph Llecliid, un o'r eiiwogion y cyfeiriat* ato. Cyfansoddixld ef anthem ar "Dyn-a ar,<»<1 o a cliymerodd y (-or yn Carneddi at dd.v^gii yr antliom. dan arweijiiad y cyfans^xidwr. Ond-moe ansicr ydyw bywrd dyn—ychydig ddyddiau cvti y pcr- fformiad cyhoeddus cyntaf o'r anthem—y dydd Gwener cyn y Sul apwyntiedig, yr wyf yn meddwl, lladdwyd Asaph Llechid drwy ddamwain yn y chwarel! Felly, y tro cyntaf y canwyd yr anthem gan gor Carneddi oedd yu angladd Asaph Lltthid 81 hun!

A SWANSEA APPOINTMENT. Mr. Dd. C. Jamfes has been appointed to superintend the local branch offioe of the Nactional Life and Property Assurance Co. Mr. James has for years been con- jiected with life assurance matters. Two renrs ago he left Pontypridd for Fern- dale, where he was appointed conductor of ithe Welsh Congregational Choir. Re took up his new duties in Swansea List wpeli. and has identified himself with the. Cymrodorion and musical circles. i

LATEST WAR NEWS RAILWAY LINE BOMBARDED. THURSDAY'S BRITISH OFFICIAL. During the night the enemy shelled heavily on the iront botwen Eau- court L' Abbav-e, and Les Boeuis, and the neighbourhood of Stuff and Zollern redoubt. We successfully raided enemy trenches near Mouchy, and also north-east of Arras. Consider- able damage wAs done and pris- oners were taken.

THURSDAY'S FRENCH OFFICIAL. On the. Verdun front the situation is wioLtout change. The enemy did not attempt any counter-attack during the night, and confined himself to violently bombarding the sectors of Vaux and Douaumont. Even-where else the night was calm. ARMY OF THE EAST. To the north of the Starkortrov range the Serbian troops have overthrown the Germano-Bulga.- rian forces, and have taken pos- ) session of the fortified height at the confluence of the Cerna and Strosnita Rivers. One hundred and eighty prisoners were left in the hands of our Allies. To the south-west of Lake Tresta, our cavalry, supported by infantry elements, occupied during the night-time of the 24th October, the bridge of Zaozda as well as the villages of Dolobrda and Lia- I suka. On the rest of the front the misty weather hindered operations. I AVIATION. A German aeroplane was brought down in the Auquois region in proximity to our line, by the fire of one of our auto cannons.. One of our pilots attacked with his machine gun at an altitude of 100 metres, an artillery column on the road from Coufiars to Etain, and threw the drivers into such confusion that they abandoned their teams. —<*»

I THE GREEK SITUATION. t Athene, Wednesday (received TJnus- I da,y).At a Cabinet Council to-night a ?decree? was signed dismiming from the Government service M. Politic, Director- General of Foreign Affairs and two minor officers of the Foreign Office, who have gone to Salonika to join the move- ment. A communique announcing the clear- ing of the political horizon, which was issued by M. Guilleniin, the French Minister, after his audience of the King to-day, has created a great impression. It is evident that the King is now dis- posed to accept with a good grace eome of the Entente's demands.—Reuter. Athens, Tuesday (delayed).—In an offi- cial communique the Government denies the statements in the Neon A sty that General Bosquier had handed the King a note containing the Entente demands. There is likcmsc no foundation for the statement that the King made statements to General Bosquier tAntamount to a dis- ?continii(ince of the understanding with the Allies. The official journal publishes decrees disbanding untrained and exempted classes recently called iip.-Reuter.

CERNAVODA BRIDGE Blown Up by Rumanians. Rome, Thursday.—Bucharest re- ports state that, following upon the evacuation of Cernavoda, in the bridge over the Danube was blown up by the Rumanians. I A FAMOUS BRIDGE. I The Cernavoda Bridge, otherwise known to fame as the Carol Bridge, carries the line of the Trants-Dobrudja Railway to Bucharest, and frota the west, across the river to the Black Sea. The bridge, which was built about 20 years ago at a c-oct of nearly £ 1,500.000, is one of the h?n???t iron bridges in the world. The total length of tho causeway, \iaduot=, and other approaches acro-ss the marches, .together with the actual bridge 'structure, is about 12 miles. The bridgii itself, nearly half a mile long, ha6 a main span of nearly 600 feet and four other I.sl)aiis each of about 150 feet. The height lof the structure, which is carried by four masonry piers, built in the stream, ib about 120 feet.

AIR RAIDS ON AUSTRIA. Amsterdam, Thursday.—A communique [issued in Vienna last night says: At 3 o'clock on Monday afternoon enemy a-ero- planes bombed the military unimportant coast of Citta ?f?'a, Cmago and Salvo re. At C?? Nova a civilian was killed, hut ?ho material damage W& done. Air fights occurred over Ihc (inh '? Trieste. One of our ap1a.lfi" did not return from a re- connaissance.

GERMANY AND NORWAY. Amsterdam, Tluimiay-Discussing the violent articles in the Norwegian Press against Germany's submarine frightful- ness, the Gologne (Jazette says: In the great, struggle for our existence it is for us in the highest degree a vital question and a question of honour to destroy the English world commerce carried out by Norwegian ships by all possible means.

[LOCAL TINWORKER KILLED.   re?c?,ivecl of the. b?cjal newd has been rG<?iv€<I of the d<e?th ot LuDce-Cortioral W. R'?ts.whœe hoJU w?s at No. !0, Davics-T<w, T re boeth, Swansea. The deceased served with a Welsh Regiment in the Dardanelles, and on August 8th, 191,% he was reported as missing. Information of his death w-as sent to his wife this we-k. A native of Morris ton, I>arwo-Corpcro.] Rees was employed at the Morriston TinplatR Works. s He was 26 years of age. A widow and two children are,

GERMAN CAMP HORRORS FILTHY COMTIOHS THAT BREO EPIDEMIC OF TYPHUS. Still another appalling oommentary on German barbarity lis furnished by the Government Committee's report on the typhus epidemic at the Gardelegen intern- ment camp in Germany, and the treatment of British prisoners of war during the 6pring and summer of last year. In the words of the Committee, their report will, they believe, have disclosed tha startling parallel between the occur- rences at Gardelegen and those at Witten- berg." The information obtained relative to the state of the camp was from Major P. C T. Davy, Captain Arthur J. Brown, and Capts: >i Scott W illiams, all of the R.A.M.J., who gave the Committee a de- tailed account of their experiences, while doing what they could to lighten the aw- ful sufferings of the prisoners. The camp when the outbreak itself broke out, contained about 11,000 prisoner*- 4,000 Russians, 6,000 French, 700 Belgians, and about 230 British. Major Da,vy says, with regard to the overcrowding of the prisoners: The over- crowding was such as I have never before seen or imagined anywhere. In these huts, devoid of tables and stools, the men lived, slept and fed. They sat on their bags of shavings to eat their meals; they walked over each other in passing in and out; they lay there sick, and later on, in many cases, died tin re cheek by jowl with their fellow.pr;'i() tors. The atmosphere by day, and still more by night, was indescribably fcetid, and Uiis was their aole alternative to going <> tfe-jd-o in their n,- -agre garments for fresh air. And the prisoners -were not (inl-, over- crowded, they were also insu^i".mly fed. I have no hesitation," says Major Davy, in saying that the diot the prisoners re- ceived was not sufficient to keep an adult in a normal state of nutrition. It was no unusual sight," says Captain Brown, to see a crowd of Russians on their hand6 and knees in the pit in which potato peelings were thrown, struggling to find a stray potato or a piece of rind with a little more potato than usual. The sufferings of the prisoners, due to insufficient food and clothing, were fur- ther aggravated by the extreme cold dur- ing the winter of 1914-15. Moreover, the sanitary condition of the camp was de- plorable. At the daily roll-call parades," says Major Davy, the men were driven out of their barrack-rooms with kicks and blows." It was therefore a band of over- crowded, half-starved, ill-clad, shivering and terrorised men that confronted Major Davy and Captain Brown on their arrival at the camp on February, 11, 1915. That all the English had suffered severely was very obvious. They, like the prisoners of other nationalities, bore the signs of eemi-starvation and constant harrying. They were all very thin and anaemic, apathetic, and listless." Snow had fallen, and was still falling, heavily, and the cold was intense," s.aye Captain Brown. On entering the bar- rack-room the shock I received was too awful for words. The atmosphere wts almost too foul. AIL the windows were tihut as the only means of warmth. There were about 150 of the niost miserable human objects I ever beheld- British, French and Belgians occupied | this room, the number of British here being about 26. The men were emaciated, ill-clad and dirty beyond description. Thus were sown the seeds of the epi- dE"mir\ which soon supervened. By the bo- ginning of February the camp authoritks had become fearful that something of the kind was impending, for they proceeded to bring from their places of internment elsewhere a body of British. French and Russian medical officers detailed for duty at the camp, including Major Davy and Captain Brown, who had been interned at Magdeburg. Four days after the arrival of the Brit- ish officers the sick rate mounted rapidly. Cases were coming into the hospital at the rate of 40 or 50 a day, so that it soon filled and overflowed. Very soon a commission of German doctors arrived—amongst them a professor from Magdeburg. After a visit of less than an hour the commission left the camp. Within half an hour of their de- parture there was a stir among the Ger- man guards. They were packing up and preparing apparently for a hasty re- treat. In two hours there was not a Ger- man inside the camp. The medical officers had now to take stock of the situation and devise such measures as were po--sibl-e to meet it. The sick had to be dumped down anywhere. for there was not at first a sufficient number of attendants to cope with the work. There wera no beds for them; they had to lie in their shaving-filled bags. The sick had to continue on exactly the same rations as they had been re- ceiving—the same soup, the same black bread, the same weekly raw herring for p.8ch-a diet trafieallv grotesque," in Major Davy's words. for a ma.. in the middle of an acute illness." The epidemic lasted for about four months. Before it came finally to an end over 2.000 cases were dealt with out of about 11,000 prisoners of war. The exact figures are in the hands of the German authorities, but t.he mortality was approximately 15 per cent. of those who were attacked.

A DEACONFOUND HANGING. A painiul sensation was caused at Lianelly ou Thursday by the news that Mr. John Edmunds, 159. Old Castle-road, had been found suspended to a beam in the washout »t the rear of the premises. The diticovery was made at 8.1.0 a an; by one of his daughters. The body was im- { mediately cut down, but life was iou-id to bf extinct. Deceased, who was 70 yeaof age, was well-known in the town, especially in re- ligious circles, and was a deacon at Lloyd- street Chapel, where he took a prominent part in all its activities. Deceased, who was a steel worker, retired about twelve months ago. Ho was a'widower, and had five so lis and six daughters.

I SIR J. BEECHAM S DEATH. Mr. Walter Schroder held an inquest at Hanipstead on Wednesday on Sir Joseph Beech am, Hart., who died suddenly on Monday of heart disease. Win. Durant, butler, deposed to finding deceased dead in hfis bed on Monday morning. Dr. Wm. Beechanx, of Sussex Gavdeas, Hyde Park, brother of tbe deceased, said Sir Joseph had made arrangement? to go to the National ?pcrtiag Club on Monday night. jTh? ju;y r?Hjrn?d a verdict ot "Death from natural cau6€M"

WAR SUMMARY I FRIDAY. Important successes have been gained by the Serbians. The army of Coigoda- Misliitch has defeated the 41th and 28th Bulgarian Regiments and has occupied j Ule villages of Brod and Veleseto. A Bucharest message, dated Wednesday, says that the enemy continues to attack "71.fa. Violfnc* all along the Car- pathian front, but has everywhere been j repulsed with 'heavy losses. IA Britic-h Headonarters message reports j that the Germans have heavily shelled I the redoubts of Stuff and Schwaben. During tha night two raids were carried out against enemy trenches in the reigh- bourhood of IjOGS- !I- East Africa the Bel?uui forces have made a big advance. Tho consoliJatioa of our gains is proceeding rapidly. There have been further developments in Greece. Twenty-five officers and 600 men 1 of the garrison at Athens have gone mer to the National movement and have left for Salonika. I In his review of the Sommo battle Sir Douglas Haig supplies a record of steady gains and increased ascendency. SATURDAY. The chief events recorded in the overnight Somme communiques are more futile enemy attack", and artillery activity. The German official report claims that three Tanks have been destroyed If by artillery fire. To-day's British omcial reports fresh pro- gress in the neighbourhood of the Butte de Warlenoourt and successful trench raids south of Xeuve Chapelle. The. Expert Commentator hints at coining new attacks an the iSomme. Unofficial reports state that at Sailly- Saillisel three enemy divisions suffered severely. The "Tooth of Pasubio" has been held by the Italians against" fierce massed attacks. The Kaiser Jager suffered severely. Mackcnsen has started a new offensive in the Dobrudja,' but after taking a village has been repulsed by the Russians. MONDAY. I Two German aeroplanes have appeared I, off the English coast during the week- 1 end, one at Sheerncss, the other at Mar- gate. Little damage was done, and one I of the raiders was brought down. The week-end official reports record sub- stantial progress Some 1,400 prisoners were taken—the majority by the British -a.ne! heavy losses inflicted on the enemy, who made futile counter-attacks on newly-won French and British posi- tions. To-day's British official states that our troops occupy the lip of two mine craters formed by the enemy yesterday. The Prime Minister of Austria has been assassinated by a newspaper editor. A further recrement of the Rnsso- Ruma.nian troops in the Dobrudja is I reported. An Italian semi-official report declares that the Austrian losses amount to 4,100,000. A British submarine torpedoed a. German light cruiser on Thursday, and when last seen the enemy craft was steaming away in obvious difficulties. A German report says the ship was the Muenchen, and that she mad port. TUESDAY. An effective reply has been made hy Sir Douglas ilaig to German falsehoods in Tuesday morning's headquarters dis- j patch. lie says, in answer to enemy ] claims that our gains on Saturday be- tween the SchwaJ>en Redoubt and Le j Sars were c'n arly bought;, that the troops engaged, which took over 1,000 prisoners, had only about 1,200 casualties. A Russian official message says that in the Dobrudja, under pressure of the enemy, Russian and Rumanian troops retired to the heights north of Constanza and Medjide. These two points have been;! occupied by the enemy. On Tuesday afternoon the Secretary of the Admiralty announced that on the after- noon of Monday a naval aeroplane attacked four enemy seaplanes off Ostend. Our machine was under fire from the four seaplanes, but it succeeded in bringing down one, which war; c-óm- plctely. destroyed, and drove off the others. The Foreign Secretary (Viscount Grey) made an important speech on Monday evening. He spoke of rules for futuro conflicts, fie said that neutral nations have an interest in seeing that something is done to ensure that there shall be rules which shall be kept in future wars; rules which shall be made and so sup- ported that it will be clear that any nation which departs from them will be regarded by the whole world as the enemy of the* human race. WEDNESDAY. The French have won a gmit victory at Verdun, regaining practically all the ground 1'?' during j?ve months, includ- ing Douaumont Fort and village. In, the assault 3,600 prisoners were taken. The situation i .-Greece is said to have undergone an improvement. Sensational revelations of the horrors of a German internment camp are made. Mackcnsen claims a big success against: the Kussc-Rumanians in the Dobrudja. I The situation i serious, but not critical. Rain ha ropers operations on the British Somme front. THURSDA V. To-day's news from the Dobrudja is re- assuring. Enemy pre?uro is relaxing. as&uriii?,r. Enotuy pi-f.iire. is access to Wallaehiu has been blown up by the! Kuuu-.nia r. [ The Russians have .taken a l'ersion town • from tile Turks, aud have captured prisoner*, aud two guns. Intoreetirtg nrw successes have been gained by the Serbian Arlay in the! Balkans. British naval aeroplanes have effectively. bombed stations on the Constantinople-! Salonika line, damaging the track. Our troops Oil the Somme have carried out successful raids on German trenches in tho region of Arrus. King jDonetantine'a attitude is now more coiK^ilialory to the Entente demands.

l A GIFT OF A HILL. Sir John Prichz,,rd Joies, of London and Aiigleeey, who a few years ago was mad" a freeman cf Carnarvon has ar- rauged to purchase the famous hill called Twlhili, overlooking the Menai Stcaits, from the Vkyuol estate, and present it tQ I thc-. l

PORT AlBrS FUTURE i GREAT BEVELOPMEiifS IN PROGRESS AT BALDWINS, LTD. Colonel Roper IVright, presiding over the annual meeting oi Baldwin's. Ltd., j on Thursday, said the erection of blast turnaces, coke ovens, and by-product plant at Port Talbot had £ been cidayed by complicated and prolonged iicgotia- tions. but the work had now commenced. To make sure of a good and constant supply of ooal they had bought all the shares in the Cribbwr-fawr Colliery not already held by the company. The com- pany would require a very large increase of capital. Tho directors haY-c called up £50,000 outstanding en ordinary shares, and purposed before inviting a further increase of capital to issue the unissued ordinary share capital of I' 1-21.9% shares subject to the Treasury's sanction. These would be offered to their ordinary share- holders at 2-5?. per fhare in proportion of1 one ahare for each two now held. This would bring in £ 530,000, which he trusted would carry them on to the end of the war, when they would have to st)e how they stood regarding further require- ments. They had kept up with the de- mand made on them for all classes of steel for Government purposes. The Company had 1,297 men serving with the colours, and 71 had fallen gloriously, and 64 were wounded.

G E-RMA-N PAT EN TS. GERMAN PATENTS. j Application was made in the Pat-ents Court on Wednesday on behalf of the Swansea Vale Spelter Company for a license to use two German patents in con- uection with the Government's large, pur- chases of zinc from Australia, and Mr. Birbeck, solicitor to the Share Guarantee Trust (Limited), said that when the trust took over the Swansea concern 10.0,000 new j preference shares were given from Hirsch and Sohn. which the British custodian seized. The Spelter Company's capital was a quarter of a million, and it was a con- trolled establishment. The intention was to spend £ 50.000 on immediate extensions, with hiuch more on the flotation of fur- ther companies. The experiments were satisfactory for dealing with the propor- tion of the Covernmonfs big purchases of zinc. Of the world's production of a million tons of zinc before the war. 5S,000 only was made in England. The purpose was to develop a great British industry, where 80 per cent. of Australia's produce had hitherto gone to Germany. The Controller said he would recom- mend the Board of Trade to grant the Swansea firm a license. If the patents worked successfully another company might be floated. lie should not, however, entertain the idea of an exclusive 1icens-e for the apphc-ants. though the applicants, in opposing a similar grant to anybody else, would be in a strong position. How-1 ever, there was the public necessity, in v-iew of the enormous quantity of spelter to be manufactured, of distributing and encouraging the industry as widely as possible.

LOCAL ACCOUNTANT'S SUDDEN DEATH. With tragic suddenness, Mr. Frank Cainant Cawker, A.C.A., of the firm of Messrs. Tribe, Clarke, Cawker and Co., chartered accountants, Swindon, Bristol, and Swansea, died on Wednesday night at his residence, 5, The Grove, Sketty. The office in Swansea, like many others, is now much under staffed, and Mr. Cawker ha5 oomplained of being over worked, but remained in quite his ucuai health. On Tuesday he was in the office; all day, lunched with Mr. Knoyle, and left business at four o'clock. Ha retired as usual about 9.;J0. Shortly before 11.0, Mrs. Cawker, hearing an unusual sound, went to her husband and shook him. As he did not wake, Dr. Edgar Keid was sent for, and arrived soon. But Mr. Cawker parsed away shortly aftenvards. The deceased gentleman had been in business at 22, Wind-street ior about 2b years; ior the last three years, since the death df his uncle, Mr. K. G. Cawker, J.P.. has been a partner in the business. which audits the accounts of many prin- cipal firms in Swansea and neighbour- hood. Mr. Cawker was hon. auditor of 11 liosti of charitable institutions, among them the Prince of Wales Fund, the Orphan Home. the Institution for the Deaf and11 Dumb. h?aD?a Nursing Institute, Sailors' Home, Cwmdonkin Shelter, Sol-1 dier'? and Sailors' Families Association, Swansea Sailors' Society, St. David? Dio- cesan Fund, St. David? Orphana?. W<?st Glamorgan Prisoners' Aid Society, and the tith Welsh Comforts League. Mr. Cawker, who was 47 years tof age. leaves a widow and throe children—two girls and a boy, the eldest nine years old. His brother is the Rsv. Louis Cawker. Rector of Broad town. Wiltshire ,and his mother still lives at the Mumbles. Mr. Cawker was a most estimable man I and had a very large circle of friends in Swansea by whom he will be sadly missed.

AMMANFORD'S NEW RATE. At a meeting of the Ammanford Coun- cil on Wednesday night, Mr. J. Davics j presiding, estimates for the half-year | were submitted and adopted, and, on tl'.e recommendation of the Finance Coia- mittec, it was pa-ssed that a general dis- trict rate of 2s. ul. in the- t. and a water rate of Id. in the £ be levied for the current half-year. Thi* a ,vtt uv- tion of 2d. in the £ upon the (iistriet rate. Mr. Dd. Jone~M the chairman oi' the Finance Committee, said all Ow commit- teev, had been very moderate in their | estimates of expenditure and. lie thought. they could congratulate themselves upon j the result. This reduction, together a rp- duetion of 3d. upon the general poor rate, will be welcome news to the rat^- payers. It is also interesting to note that the Roads Committee have pro- vided the sum of £ 121 2s. 6d. for the purchase of fire brigade appliances.

A SWANSEA HERO.. j Sergt. D. C. Williams, 6f the Koyal j Welsh Fusiliers, whose wife resides with her her mother, Mrs. Morlev, S. Gordon- tevrace, Swansea, lias been awarded the Military Medal for bravery and devotion to duty at Salonika. |

298 elementary school • teachers have; notified the Kent Education Committee of their ability to do without war lu-)nu, Tho rest will be paid bonuses at a cost of t

THE FARMER'S DUTY i Gower as a Food Market. Cower is being roused up on the ques- tion of providing a large supply of market produce..Meetings are being held in vari- ous parts of the Peninsula. with what ap- pears to be good result?. The latest of the I spnes tock place at the Council Schools, Lbnmorbis. County CounciHor G. E. Gordon (Pen- c.l.:wdd). who presided. said he w.? very ?'alined to find such a large "'alluring present to be.1r what Mr. Walter Williams, of the Agricultural Organisation Society, and the deputation from the Swansea Council, had to sav on that important quaoHon. Fifty years as much corn and vegetables .were grown in Gower as were now being produced, although during that time the population had been doubled As a matter of fact they in this connTry did not unduce enough food for even one-third of the population. When the foreigner thought he had the advan- tage over John Bull in such matters lie made him pay. There was no doubt that ngTicuJture had in past years been much neglected, and huge areas of land in and around I.Ianmorlais had been allowe<l to?o out of cniti ration. Mr. Walter Williams (Agricultural Organisation Society) referred to the fact that during the past 40 years the arable land of the country had heen r duced by 3' million acres. 'They were importing four-fifth? of the quantity of wheat and half of the meat supplies re- quired. From the point of view of cuiti- j vation they were far behind our enemies —the Germans. In a report publifh?d a little time a?o on The Becent Develop- Rient of German Agriculture," by Pro- fessor T. If. Middleton, they found com- parisons of production on the average cultivated 100 acre farm of Britain -i r, (I Germany which were titielv and r-lioak-ed that given the same amount of land the Germans prtxlur-ed far more than the British, notably in potatoes: (1) The British farmer feeds from 45 to 50 per- sons, tht. German 70 to 75; (2) The British farmer grows 15 tons of corn, the German 33 tons: (.") The British farmer tons; (4) The British farmer produces 4 grows 11 tons of potatoes, "the German 55 tons illat: the Gorman 41 tons; (5) the British farmer produces 171 tons of milk, the German 28 tons; (6> the British farmer produces a negligible quan- 1 tify of sugar, the German 21 tons. Of this latter commodity we Ünlioddi from Germanv in 1013 sugar to the value of ?11,CM.MO. of £ "Williams imprl upon the farmers of the district the urgent neces- sity of growing more green stuffs for the large population of Swansea and district, and especially potatoes, which were likely i to be very dear in the near future. Before the war farmers suffered from insecurity of prices, but everything pointed to the fact that for some time to come high prices would continue as a result of the war. The great enemy of progressive growers ir. some parts of Britain wa.s the late frost. Nature favoured the Llanmorlai./ district in this respect, t Councillor Richard Buckland said that he was present in an official capacity*, as vict-chairinan of the Markets Committee, to show the agviculturl. i>eopl e of Gower that th 1 Swansea Council were prepared to do whatever they could to stimulate and; encourage tho increase of mark.eta.ble pro- duce. Swansea was feeling the burden of tho higli pricos now lacing paid for the necessaries of life. Llanmorlais was par- ticularly well favoured for growing all kinds of vegeta bles, and had easy access to a' d had ea-y ac'-eas to .railway transport. Their imports of fruit i and vegetatd -AS amounted to over 15 million pounds yearly, nearly one-third heing-; fruit, of which half at least C'ould probably be grown in- England. Council lor F. J. Parker explained <hat he was deputising Mr. Alderman David! be wt6 (kp-,itis--iig '.Nir. ?%-Ider-man Dai-id! mittœ). who was unavoidably prcH'nh'd from attending. Viih AIJ?ernwi Davies, he was greatly interested in the question! at issue. He favoured some scheme c1 land nationalisation, with a proper and efficient system of tenant farming. The State should acquire some of the very > large farms containing thousands of acres,! and split them up into holdings of 100 and 200-acre lots, which would be the means of resettling very large numbers of families back on the tand. If they could feed themselves to-day, what would it i matter what number of enemy submarines were about the coasts: (Hear, hear). Mr. J. W. Davies (market manager) spoke of the need for immediate organi- s sation of all c-upplies and of transport, giving details 01 the various distances. from centres in England from which pro- ducc was at present being brought into the Swansea Market and town. In view of the lack of sufficient railway facilities advantage ought to be taken of motor lorry transport which could be im-1 mediately available, and asked for t-ome definite and tangible steps to be taken to carry out the objects in view. Mr. Pbilip Griffiths (schoolmaster), in proposing that the best thanks of the meeting be tendered to Mr. Walter Wil- liams, the members of the Swansea Town Council, and the market manager, for the interesting and instructive addresses de- livered that evening, said that what was needed in that locality was tha establish- ment of a central store for the purchase of the bB.Clt quality of seeds, and the proper organisation for disjxml of the output. The rewlution was adopt.ed with ac- The speaker further proj?sed a resolu- Hon that the 'neeting wekomed ?he propo- clamation. h f, si tion that one of the Glamorgan County Council gardening lecturers was to be st t- j tioned in Swansea and available for tho.-re who required practical and technical ad-j vice il the Gower <•strict, and that 1 he lecturer should he invited to pay an early visit to that di-.tl i(.1. A heartv vote of i h an].z to County Coun- cillor Gordon, proposed by Councillor Buekland, and seconded hy Councillor Parker, brought a very successful meeting to a close. It is proposed to hold the third meeting of the series at Old Walls on Tuesday next, the 31st inst.

Mrs. George Lennard has presented a lectern to St Jude's Church in memory of I her late husband. In a circular issued to the shareholders of Messrs. Bryant and May the directors state that owing to the high prices neces- j s-itated by the match tax the home trade fsales had fallen off more than .50 per cent, j If he were allowed to carry out his pre- war work of making tin kettles instead of doing Government work, said a man at the Shoreditcl; Tribunal, he could make a for- tune, as lie could charge any price his conscience would allow him to. I

SWANSEA MAYORALTY Alderman Dd. Davies Chossn A special meeting of the Swansea Borough Council was held on Wednesday nf'ternoon, to chose the Mayor-elect for the coming year, in succession to Aid. T. Merrells. Ac, in the past, the delibera- tions took place behind closed doors. From what had transpired from the tfeparate meetings of the three parties in the Council, it was understood that i-andidales would be in the running far the Mayoralty. Ald. David Davies would be nominated by the Municipal Reform Pirty. aed Councillor W. II. Morris would Se the Labour Party's nominee. On the assumption that the honour would go round to each party in turn, as it has done on the past three occasions, it was the iurn for the M, unicipal Reform Partv to elect a chief magistrate from amongst ii v personnel, and the chances of Aid. Davies being adopted as Mayor-elect were enhanced by the fact that according to an official report, h3 would have the up- port of the Progressives who. it was understood, would not put forward 'a party nominee. On the other hand. Councillor Morris's claim. for the honour was backed by a long period of service on the Council, and, as far as his party was concerned, he was entitled to nomination by reason of seniority. The meeting was a short one. lasting liaif-an-hour. The official report supplied to the Press ut the close of the meeting showed that Ald. Davies was elected Mayor-elect by 21 votes to eight received by Councillor Morris. Col. Sinclair proposed Ald. David Davies for the office, and remarked that he would reserve what he wished to say till a later occasion. v Councillor H. Maedonnell formally sp- conded, and Councillor David MatthewsJ and Aid. Dan Junes supported. Councillor Wm. Owen moved that Coun- cillor Morris be Mayor-elect, and this was seconded by Aid. W. H. Miles. The resale of the voting was as given above, the two gentlemen nominated re- fraining from voting. -Ninee members of the Council were absent. All the Progressives present voted for Aid. Davies. The members absent were: Ald. Morgan Tutton, Aid. Evan Evans, Councillors Miller, Powlesland. Hill. Evan Jones and Lloyd. lft-

ASERAVONS' NEW MAYOR. At a private meeting of the Abcravor Town Council, Councillor T. S. Gosling was unanimously elected as Mayor for the ensuing year. Coun. Gosling has been tight years on the Council,-and j-, a baker and confectioner by trade, and has been president and .ecretaiy of the. local Baker*' Association for a number ot years, and has taken a keen interest is local public affairs.

WELSH STUDENTS. In the House of Commons on Wednes- day Mr. Llewelyn William.; said in his constituency five students of the Carmar- then Presbyterian College were called to the colours. Everyone of them was a conscientious objector, and everyone would refuse to accept military service, and yet these men—four Congregational students and one Baptist student—were to be forced into the Army. No other theological college was treated in that way. He was told, 'OD what he believed to be excellent authority, that in other theological colleges students who entered in September. 1911. were exempted, and ypt the tribunal at Carmarthen had sent these men against their wish into the Army. The only satisfaction he had been able to obtain from the War Office was that if it- were true that other theo- logical students had been exempted in the circumstances steps would be taken to bring therti into the Army. lie, urged the House not to force its right to be suprenle arbiter in this, matter, and after two years 'd military rule in this coun- try to say that common-sense should pre- vaiL and that these men should not be forced into the Army. Mr. Hayes Fisher said that while the tribunals generally had done excellent work. there were some whos? proceedings could not be defended, it was ill-advised to force genuine conscientious objectors into the Army, but if they made it too easy for these men to escape military ser- vice they would open the door to mere shirkers to avoid their obligations. In the cases brought forward the T,ocal Gov- ernment Board felt they could not inter- vene because the conscientious objectors had the protection of the appeal tribunals which had been ",d up. WORKEP; VI EW. The executive, council of the Dock, Wharf and Riverside aud General Workers' Union have recorded the opin- ion that the religious bodies badged would more than number an army corps. H At least 60.000 men. theological stu- dent* and others, should h? amenable to military service. In view of -the fact that the working classes have contribu- ted more than 95 per cent, to the fight- ing forces they have a just claim in de- manding that the professors of religion and students should not he shielded."

A FFORESTFACH HERO. Sergt.-Major Evan Wr^sey. of hhe W £ # = Regiment, who is home Oil loard :1" winning the Distinguished Condnc > the front, was made the reo.i gold watch and silver-mounted walkw; stick. The ceremony took place gathering of residents of Cockfvt surrounding <h?''rT't? at Calf ark. Chq}f'l. ?aTM?hiiL wh?) several re- spo?c in onlo?-i?tic terms of tho hero. ?r?t.-? aior Y?'??y. who has be?' wou D ded on four occasions. .?aa.r?' continuous service to his credit, Tjoid^ at the outbreak of war company quarter- master sergeant in the Welsh Regiment. He won the D.C.M. when the Welsh were hard pressed and had run out of ammu- nition. He pluckily volunteered to get re- inforcement, and to accomplish this feat he had to rnn over a fire-swept and opeBr ground for a distance of 120 yrds.

TWO MONTHS FOR LOITERING. At Aberavon Borough Police Court on. Thursday morning, William John Beer. labourer, no fixed abode, was charged with loitering in High-street with intent to commit a felony. P.S. Jones (AhCr- avon), deposed to watching the prisoner for some time, and eventually arresting; him. Previous convictions were recorded against him. and prisoner was sent to prison for two mouths with hard labour.