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N0ui0> IfrSi YR wvrHtWS..1 elirti (GAN "AWSTtN.") d" --I' I 1. 'd Y mae Nadolig wed i dod ac -,vedi ii. ac ar y cyfan yr oedd y ty-wydd a'r am-; gylehiadau mwn gwlad a throf eystal ag y gellid disgwvl. id yw dath ¡iadan y ¡ tymhor ar hell, or hyny, a ebeir i-miilitill cyfarfodydd eroill yr wyt'lmos lion, gwrdd gwresog a rhaglen ddiddorol gan blant: Cymrodorian Abertawe, yn ysg-oldy I Dyfatty, nog Ian. Edrychir ynilaen at Y i Cbwareu Plant" nid yn unig ymhlith plant fyddant yn cynieryd rhan, ond hefyd on t/'uluoedd cyfeillion. Ni5 f neb W;nd n¡;I¡ y ffoTrld tVyaf efteithiol l ga(i-vi-,r iaith Oymraüg yn fyw ac yn hoew ydyw cynal C'arjndyrtd fel yr un yr wyf yn cyfeirio ato. Felly, ira yn Ilon- gyfarch y Cymrodorion ar eu hantur a'u gofal a'u cenedlgarwch, yr wyi yn edrych ymlaen am gyfie i {n y u ban y wledd. ac wedi hyny i longytarch y plant ar eu porchwylion a'u gorehestion. Un o'r storiau Nadolig goreu wyf wedi eo darllen er's aniser maith ydyw i litIx yr i Hen Dramp gan Mr. Llewelyn Williams, A,S.. yn y Beirniad." Diiyr a digrif drof; hen ydyw, a rhydd ddailumauj rliagorol, mewn geiriu gioewon, o hen drajnp o Gymro ar daith drwy Shir Gar. Diwedda fel liyn :— Ac yn Llainbed buoch chi lieithwr?" Ie, yn y workhouse, yn y Ty Mawr! Dioloh fod to i gaol i gadw'r ,storm rhag euro ar fy nhai-j-n dim He rhv gysurus yn Workhout? Liambed, cud ?ro?ddwn i'n j?nderfynu c?d ??erth chwech a gwrw Jim-yr li(,.n Number One bendigedig--ar ben y mynydd ueddyw'r' bore. Ond ow! ow! "docs* dim workhouse, yn Llangadog, a 'does gen i geirno-g bren i dalu am wely, na char na pherthvnas i fynd ato Tiydw i'n cofio'r ben Sergeant ] Williams vitia, rlynvddoedd yn ol pan ] oeddwn i'n dwad yma i glera, and mile plisman newydd yma, moddan nliw, erhyn hyn, yr hwn nid adwaen mo'r lien John I fans. Ach y fl., fel dywedwch chi'r Shirgars, fel mae eyfnewidiadau yn cyin rvd lie mewn lie bach fel hyn! Moo Rawer iawn o droeon Yn digwydd yn y byd; Ond 08 marw wnaiff y Sergeant Mae"r lock up yr un o hyd. Ond mae n rhaid i mi'ch gadei chi, syr, i chwilio am wly, er, y nefoedd fawr a vryr ffordd galla'i dalu am da no, a mae credit John Evans wedi mynd dipen yn i isel ere blynyddoedd 0 diotch yn fav.-r iawn i chi, svr—swllt? Y nefoedd a'ch bendithio. 'r ydtch chi chi^yv-ailh yn fwy Gristion na jihere-on L-laml>ed—mi gaf I wely cynnee IK-UO, a plieiiii- Cpl mynd iddo, eyr.—'Roeddwn i'n gwybod mai gwr, bynbeddig o?d«-kcl\ cbi. Mae llygad ym; mhen yr hen John Hans o hyd. Ac a i ktuweh chi ddeud Pwy amaei- mae'r tren tynta yn mynd i Landeilo bore fory? ¡ Cliwech or gloch? Eby gynnar i wyr! h-1"l.:J1l" 'l di 5, tyr. (I.);-yd ma«'r' vren diw:Iben myod i'r Bernio? mfdde i ntam di uan wrth station Master Towyn., Dyn dy helpo di ':d:l'(!ll wreigan,' medde hwrmw, (ddim yn dy oes di na minne! Ddowch chi ddim i mewn i gal glasiad Plo'n gilydd? Wel. nos dawch ynte, a diolch ganwaith am helpit hen dramp! Ac aeth i mewn i'r tafarn cyntaf wrtJi law. j An?er pr-?ur ar yr argraffwyr-yn enwedig y Cymry yn eu plith—yw a(kg y! Nadolig. Fdly, h?b ymhelaethu yn! Tnhella^b," ys dy-tred y prcgethwyr, rhaid i mi, am y tro. ddiwedau gan gymeryd blaen ar ei-eill a dymimo i'm darllenwyr am gohebwyr—oherwydd v mae y rhai hyny yn Ih; ac yn garpdig-CO Flwyddyn Newvdd Dda." Diclion mai fi yw y eyntaf i'w cyfarch fel hyn yn vr hen Omeraeg.' Ond bydd yn rhy ddiweddar i wneyd hyny, yr wythnos nesaf.

WFLSHMEN HONOURED. In Visi of h-ononr-s conferred on the! recommendation of Mr. ^-<fuitb on his rerugnatiou, two distinguislied Welshmen' wore included, ^nz.: — Lief Jones, Esq., M.P., to be a bawnet. To he G.C.B. (additional Order for War Service. The Right Hon. Sir Samuel iis. Sir Samuel Evans's distinguished ser- vices a.s President of the British Prize: Court have given him an international; reputation and he will go down into his- tory as MM- of Br1b.1D s greatest judges. Born at Skewen, near Neath, in 1859, ?nd odac.t?d at Swan?? Collegiate School and A berystwyth Collp?e, his contem- porai ies were Principal T. F. Roberts, Mr. Ellis Jones Grigtth, M.P., and the l 1?? Mr. T. E. Ellis, M.P., <?ch one of irhom was destined to play a prominent part in the liistory of their native land. It was first intended that he ooould be- come a Nonconformist minister, but chose the legal profession. His great op- portunity came in 1890, when, in succes- sion to the late Mr. C. R. M. Talbot, he was unanimously selected to champion the Liberal cans? in Mid-Glamorgan, and the electors of that division, having heard what he had to say for himself, sent him ) to Parliament. His selection as Solicitor- > (?n-era?m curcession to Sir W. S. Rob- son was a recognition of the great ability be bad ahown inside and outside Parlia- I ment. On the retirement of Sir John) Bigham in 1911, he was appointed Presi- dent of the Probate, Divorce, and Ad- miralty Court. Mr. Leif Jones was born in London in 1862, and is the son of the late Rev. Thomas Jones, the poet-preacher of Wales, for many yeans pastor of Walter- road Congregational Chapel, Swansea, and chairman of the Congregational Union of England in 1870. He is a brother of Sir D. Brynmor Jones, K.C., and of the late Principal Viriamu Jones, F.R.S., of; Cardiff. He is well known thro.-ughoutfl England and Wales as a public speaker on temperance, and, like many other I Welshmen, he rendered the Liberal Party valuable services outside his native land. lh, fought the people's tight in London,! Leeds, Manchester, and the North, but i not always with success at the polls. He was elected for North Westmoreland. Although his duties necessitate almost all his time being spent m England. Mr. | I/eif Jones is thoroughly Welsh in his interests and sympathies.

I REV. 0. SNELLING'S WILL..I  In the OM?tR.r of the est?if of the late t Rev. Oecar Thompson SnelMnfi, letters of atiiainistr^imi hare been gTanted to I Many &n&Udng? widow, and the valw of t the estate has heec swom at .£174 2b. 4d.

LATEST WAR NEWS ICr FPtENCH OFFICIAL. To the south of the Ancre aii enemy | detachment which attempted, to; re?ch our lines before Le QucH- noy was dispersed by our fire, According to further information., the mining operations effected by! us yesterday in the rogion oi Beauvraignes were entirely sue- cessful. One of tire craters made measures 120 metres (130 yards) in length and 40 in width. On the I.eft ;bank of the Meuse we vpufsfcd snr I prise attack against the eastern i sloj)e.s of Hill o04. The night was calm on the rest of I the front. AVIATION. During the day. OJ. yesterday 13 aeroplanes of the British Naval Service boitbarded, at 2 p.m., blast furnaces at Dillingn. 1,100 kilograms (over 22 cwt.) of prorec- tiles were thrown. Our aviators carried out various bombardments during the day and night of the 27th, the railway stations of Montmedi and Pierre- pont, receiving numerous projec- tiles. I Shells were also thrown on the fac- torie-s of Th ion ville and Jocuf, and on the blast furnaces at Ftombach and Hagondange. Two of our dirigibles bombarded factories at Hagoiidange and Neurikirken.

SERBIAN OFFICIAL. Salonika., Wednesday (received Thursday).—The Serbian Commis- sioner to-day says:-— Yesterday there were artillery duels without infantry action on the Serbian front.

LOSSES IN RUMANIA. The Germans claim to have captuml miles of Rusfian eTi cor in Eastcrr, Rumania d Rimnik and to have made 8,300 prisoners since last Fri- day. Some of these haTe already been recorded. The Russians admit a lose of ground. (, f -v(, ,?cr d a?? The Ansi-ia/n ?cia.t TE'pMt of yesterday says that the army south-west of Rirutnlv is under Falkenhuyn. T-hi>s is t.he first occasion on which hw name Jias appeared in a communique for some time. The euamy is still attacking the Danube bridwhc* of. at X'-vvciiin, in the Oooj'irJi-a, 'but does not claim any tll?, dr.,e, not I

A GREAT MOVEMENT. Through the jueuunn of M. Andre Tii- 1 de.q, the coi respoiidont of the Paris Journal on the British front in France, the important news is made known that our Army on the Soiiimc- lias taken over another section of the front hitherto litski by the French. Though the iiriormatjon is necessarily vague for the moment as to details, the interesting fact is mentioned that the tini-shing touches were given to this exten- of the British front on Christmas night. You will soon see," says M. Tudesq, the names of our celebrated woods and riLlages reappear with added glory, but in the British irurtead of the French com- muniquefi." The announcement of an extension of our front in FraJice comes simultaneously with the news that the British line in the Bal- kans has also been lengthened. In bhatl far-avvay theatre, indeed, our front is actually longer—or was until the present move -t han, that hp!Ü by our men. in France. Parifv, Wednesday.—The Journal (or respondent on the British front, M. Andre Tudesq, telgTaphing yesterday, refers to the severe Christmas spent by the Tommies. It reflects, he says, the im- plaoaliie resolution of all those soldiers of the British Empire. A grave anxiety pervaded the armies as to the end of the Somme relief. Do you know what this simple word relief' represents r Hundreds and hundreds of oonvoys, carting a.long supplies of food and muni- tions and material for shelters and hut-1 ments, and, above all, thousands find ( thousands of men, wlto, in the greatest tecrecy, within a few yards of the enemy, 1 replace or link up with each other. "Whilst the guards in the trenches showed redou bled vigilance, an exchange of powers and duties between the two I Allied armies immediately to the rear is I effected with the utmost order and sao- 0 £ S6. The correspondent adds:- You will soon see the names of our celebrated woods and villages reappear with add-ed glory> but in the British in- stead of the French communiques. Tho finisiting touches of this change were effected on this anxious Christmas night, filled with stifled sounds and shadows on the British front."—Exchange Special.

RUSS,IA"S REPLY. I A Russian official communique etatee: j The Chief of Staff of the Supreme Com- mander has circulated by radio-telegraph the following order to the Russian armies on their respective fronts. The order is accompanied by instructions for its printing and immediate pimultaneoue circulation amongst all units, including even advanced detachments: Order of the Aj;my nd Navy, Dec. 25, 1916.- It is now more than two years since Germany, in tlle m.idst of peace, and after: secretly preparing over a long period to ensla.Te all tl¡te nations of Europe, sud- I denly attacked Russia and her faithful ally, France. Thife attack compelled Eng- land to join u6 and take part in our battle. The complete disdain which Ger- many showed to the principles of inter- national law, as demonstrated by the vio- j lation of the neutrality of Belgium and j her pitiless cruelty towards the peaceful inhabitants, in the occupied provinces, little by little united the Great Powers of Europe against Germany and her ally Austria. Under tiie pressure of the German tronpg, wifettch were well provided with the fcecKafcal aids to warf are, Russia, as well as France, were compelled in the first year of the war to give up a portion of their territory, but this temporary re- verse did not break the spirit of our faith- ful allies uor of you, my gallant troops. In time. by the concentrated edf-orts cd the Government, the inequalities between our own and the German technical re- sources were gra.d.ually reduced, but long before this time. even from the autumn of 1915 our enemy was oxneriemailg diffi- culty in retaining a wingie portion of Russian wMt, and in the spring and summer of the current year suffiered a number of severs defeats, and ftsaum-ed the defensive along the whole front. The enemy's strength apparently is V invnir. but the strength of Russia and her gallant allies continues to grow with- out failing. Germany is feeling that the hour of iter complete defeat,is near, and near also is the hour of retribution for all her wrongdoings and for the violation: of ntor: laws. Similarly as in the time when her war strength was superior to the strength of her neighbours, Germany suddenly de-1 clared to them war, so now feeling her weakness she suddenly offers to enter into j neaee negotiations Particularly she do- sires to commence these negotiations and complete them before her military ialent | it. exhausted. At the same time, she is j creating a false impression about the strpngth of her army by making use of her tempon.ry success over the Rumanians, who had not. succeeded in gaining experi- ence in the conduct of modern w&rfa?e. But if originally Germany was in the position to declare war and fall upon Russia and her ally France in her most favourable time, having strengthened in war time the alliance amongst whom is to be found all-mighty England and noble Italy, this alliance in their turn have also the possibility of entering into peace negotiations at such a time as they, con- sider favourable for themselves. 'I he time has not yet arrived. The enemy has not yet been driven out of the pro- vinces occupied by her. The attainment by Russia of the tasks r created by the war, the re-gaining of I Constantinople and the Dardanelles, as well as the creation of a free Poland from all three of her now incomplete tribal districts, has not yet been guaranteed. To conclude peace at this moment would mean the failure to utilise the fruits of the untold trials of you, heroic Russian troops and fleet. These trials, and still more the sacred memory of those noble fcons; of Russia who have fallen on the I held of battle, do not permit a thought of peace until the final victory over our enemies. Who dares to think that he who brought about the commencement of the war shall have it in his power to con- clude the war at any time he likes? I do not doubt but that every faithful son of Holy Russia under arms who en- tered into thy firing line, as well as those working in the interior for the increase of her war citrongtii or the creation of her industry will be convinced that peace can only be given to the enemy after he has been driven from our bor- and only when nnaliy broken he shall give to us and our faithful allies reliable proof of the impossibility of a repetition of his treacherous attack, and a firm assurance that he will keep to those promises. By the strength of these guarantees he will be hound to the fulfil- ment in times of peace of those things which he undertakes. Let its be firm in the certainty of our victory, and the All Highest will bless our standards, and will cover them afresh with glory, and will give to us a peafe j worthy of your heroic deeds, my glorious troops, a peace for which the future gen- eration will bless your memory, which will be sacred to them. (Signed) NICHOLAS. I

TRAGIC MISTAKE. I A tragic m istake was explained at an inquest on Wednesday on Alice Maud Harma.il, aged 21, Cienfreld-road, Wemt Ealing, who was burnt to death at the engineering works of Messrs. H. Llewelyn Dent and Co., Acton-vale. The girl wea making tea at a gas riiig when her over. alls, which were greasy, caught tire. Wcfrkmen in the room attempted to put the flames out, one throwing the contents of a bucket over the girl. Mr. R. Llewelyn Dent eaid the bucket contained paraffin, which was kept in the room for the purpose of washing gauges. The workman who threw the liquid said he still believed it was water, though whatever it was, he added, it wais impoe- i sible to save the girl's life. As a result of the accident the tniiMio? ?aa destroyed by fire. There were 120 workpeople on the j premises, but they were got out in leaf than two minutes. Three other girk were slightly injured. A verdict of accidental death was returned.

WISDOM AT THE FRONT. I A correspondent writes to the Daily mail A giddier son writes to me that M hris regiment was leaving the station for their last journey to the fpont trenches he saw the following lines on one of tha sheds, where it could be easily se--n -11 -3 A wise oilu olwa Lived up m an oak, The more he heard The lees he spoke. The lees be spoke The more he heard. All sol diers should follow This wise old bird.

PROFESSOR TOM JONES. j Professor Tom Jones, secretary to the Welsh Insurant Commission, commenced duty on Wednesday at Whitehall as one of the assistant secretaries to the Im- perial Defence Committee. The secretary of the old committee wae Lieut.-Colonel M. P. A. Hankey, C.B., and it is under- stood that he will continue in the same position under the present body. Mr. Jones is one of Col. Hankers assistants. This does not mean that Mr. Jones servers his connection with the Welsh Insurance Commission. He is lent for special service, and when the war is over it is presuiited that he will return to hie dutise in Wales

NOT THE TYPE WANTED. I submit that this man is not only unfit for service, but he would be a positive danger to the Army, said a solicitor, appealing to Spring Gardens Tribunal on Wednesday on behalf of a single man, aged 39, classified C 1. He handed in a private medical eertifr- cate showing that the man was suffer- ing from tuberculosis and bleeding from the left lung, as well as gastric ulcer a- tion. The case was adjourned for a week to enable the man to undergo another ) medical emamimattea. )

WAR SUMMARY 1 FRIDAY. I President Wilson has addressed a Note to belligerent nations inviting them to state the terms on which peace will be; acceptable to them. The Note has met! with a cold reception from the American Press, and among other things it is characterised as a mistake. Railway journeys will cost more, and the third-class fare will lie lid. per mile. The object is not to obtain more re- venue for the railways, but to restrict travelling. Greece baa sent a very friendly Note to the AlliM, asking for the terms re- lating to reparation, and asking them to raise the blockade The moasage comes from Athens, and is dated J9th Decem- ber. The British Mesopotamia Force is bom- barding Kut-el-Amara. The Egyptian towno., Lresel-Arisb, which has been in enemy hands for two years, has been occupied by our troops, whose rapid advance prevented the enemy making a stand. German paper6 report that should the Allies Note not definitely reject the offer of negotiations. Germany has decided to immediately make known 'her chief peace terms. Parliament hae beer prorogued until Wednesday, February 7th. SATURDAY. The brilliant work of our armoured oars in the Dobrudja is described to-day. Though temporarily run ont of petrol for two dayis they bluffed the Turks. I reach feeling with regard to President Wilson's Note is adnnration for the spirit that actuated it-, but a realisation that there can be tie peace without re- paration and safeguards. Dutch feeling on the <ote is divided. Kut-el-Amara is at the mercy of the Bri- tish Meeopotamian Force. Holland hag voted X] 1.000,000 war credit. The Minister for Wa • has declared that; war may come any d«y. I TUESDAY. I On December 23rd ov,* forces in Egypt carried a strong PLWIV position at Maghdabah (20 mile* -S.E. of El Arish) Prisoners totalling 1.130, and at least two guns, were taken, as well as much war material. The King has sent iii >piri»g messages to the Army and .N.ivy, and to the wounded. A number of high officers are ask- ing for a declaration of war on the Entente. A Swiss Note support the American plea for peace, and the Scandinavian nations; a.re also said to be considering similar 1 moves Daring and effective i .ids have been car- ried out by the Brit sh on the Weetem I front. The Russo-Rumaniathave fallen back in the Dobrurlja, mo>t of which is now in enemy hands. On December 21st, twe British destroyers collided in the Nor h Sea. Both sank and sis officers and men perished. In Mesopotamia, British airmen 6ropped nearly a ton of bombs on Turkish posi- tions and shipping. WEDNESDAY. More trench raids hai e been carried out: by the British nor h-east of Armen- j tieree. The enemy positions east of Ploegsteerte were a so raided by our forces. A French official mess age dated Tuesday says that there has been great enemy ) activity on both sides. According to a telegram from Salonika & man who arrived t' ere shortly after M. Vcnizelos let f, .11 a packet, con- taining a bomb. It is believed that an attempt was to bar,, been made to as- I sasfiinate Venizelos. THURSDAY. Reports of Germany's and Austria's food plight ahow that the criots in the Cen- tral Kingdoms is acute. Hundreds of suicides in Hungary are reported, and wires of German aoA<hcra are said to be 4&rving. America, is incero?ed at the evasive reply of Germany to Presilient Wilson's Note., The Tsar htus, in a manifesto to his armies, stated Russia's war aims in u-n- mistakable terms. They include Con- stantinople for Russia and the welding of the Polisii peoples to create a free Poland The British front in France has been ex- j tended during Christni astide. According to a German admission, the enemy's losses on the Somme have been 500,000. The British estimate of the German total is considerably higher. The Russian Foreign Minister has declared that b' Entente will tolerate no measures in Greece inimical to their interests.

ECONOMY FOR WOMEN. The Natkawd War Savings Committee has commenced an economy campaign gpemalIT designed to inAuenoe women of all classes. Women of well-to-do classes are expected to give the lead, and a I letter has been eent to peeresses, wives of members of Parliament, and others ask-1 ing for their help. TIley are requested to fay whether they are willing to assist by Holding drawing-room meetings or at homes for the discwaskm of the sub- Addrweing meetings, Inducing the members of their house- holds to join war savings associations, Personal example of economy in food, dress, coal, light, et* Up to the present favourable answaral have been received fro a 297 ladies.

NEW YEAR HONOURS. According to the Daily Mail," no list1 of New Year Honours will be issued from the Prime Minister's department on New Year's Eve. The publication of Mr. Lloyd George's list is postponed till later, probably for about a fortnight. Apparently the postponement appliee I only to what is generally known as the I Prime Minister's list—i.e., of Peers, Privy CouncdHors, baronets, and knights —and not to the Service and Depart- me.ntal honours ordinarily published on New Year's Day. )

CARPENTIER AND DARCY. New York, "Wednesday.—Les Darcy has refused 75,000 doRaTs for three fights. Carpentier's personal ooBtract. with Pro- moter Rickard has }.e.,n signed, and is now en route for the imtOO States. The question of the Fren< h ehampion'6 fur- lough is now the only bar.—fikehange. j

ACTL-RD Oil IMPULSE Tragic Story at Inquest on Mr. G. P. DiÀùn. The Swansea Borough Coroner, Mr. J. C. Morris, on Thursday held an inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Mr. George Phillip Dixon, ag- d 72, of 9, Bernard-street, Uplands, who died at the Hospital on Boxjng Day. Mrs. Hannah Dixun, wife, said her hus- band was a retired Board of Trade sur- veyor. He had no trouble upon his mind, and had never seemed strange. She had fa.st seer, him alive at li.30 ou the morn- ing of December 10th, when the took him a cup of tea. The first intimation she had that anything bAd happened -w a-s when she heard a thud in the batltroom above. The noise, was .repeated, and wit- ness went upstairs, where che found de- ceased in the bath in hie night tattire. Witness noticed blood, and exclaimed, Oh, my darling, what have you done? Dee-eased did not reply. Witness immediately sent for a doctor, and later found a note winch read:- i Good-bye all; my brain is on firo j You. dear. all my love." In another note deceased 6aid" All 1 have is for Hannah, God bless her. My very best to Herman. My head was dread. fL I could not help doing this- God bless yon ill" Witness then called the police. Sergt. Rees (Uplands), said he was called to the house about 9.1a aon. While waiting to be removed deceased motioned to witness to give him a pencil and some paper, and he wrote a note to his son. f W itnees knew deceased, and spoke of him as a very genial old gentleman. Herman George Dixon, of Twickenham, stated he was not at home at the time. He however received a wire at nine o'clock on the Monday night, and arrived in Swansea on Tuesday morning, He immediately proceeded to the hospital. Deceased greeted him with out- stretched hands and exclaimed. My boy, I diWt mean to do it." He greatly regret- ted it, and later expressed his keen desire i to live and come back amongst them all again. Witness was in. close touch witn 1 his father by letter, and the latter always spoke of his happiness, and there was never a hint of anything wrong. Dr. Thomas, Swansea Hospital, said de- ceased was admitted at 10.30 a.m. on December 11th, with a severe cut of the throat, and died on Tuesday afu r.ioon, | December 26th. Whilst at the !iO£j>irÜ he made very satisfactory progress. About a -day before death, however, deoeat>ed oon- tracted acute bronchial pneumonia, which terminated in his death. Deceased told .,cw mt,(41 lie re- gretted the occurrence, and told him it was the result of sudden uupu'se t'Ci.«ht about by a severe hea?ch-?. The jury returned a verdict 0' death from bronchial pneumonia xlu.red ,)v s^if- inflicted injuries to the throat oil De«m- > ber 11th. j

MUNITIONS COURT. At the West Wales Munitions Tribunal an Thursday, Mr. J. Vaughan Edwanl<; presiding, An annealer employKI in a local tinplate works asbad for a leaving certificate. The manager wrote saying the man's wajres had been paid, and they had no further need of his services. The certificate was grunted. A furnaceman wa-s charged with having left his work without reasonable excuse on the 16th December, and thereby seri- ously reduced the output. The manager said thp defendant had complained of illness or. one or two occasion 8. The .superintendent of the works said that the defendant came on at 6 a.m., and was not seen by witness that day. On the 17th he was interrogated with regard to his absence, but made no reply. He had not produced any medical certificate. Defendant said that he went home to supper and --t feeling well, he did m' return to b-i- work. The manager said the man had lost one third of his time. Defendant was fined .£2.

PRIVATE JIMMY WILDE. I Jimmy Wilde, the well-known boxer, was on Wednesday passed at Cardiff for military service in Class B 1, which moans garrison or provisional duty abroad. It is understood that applica- tion is being made for special permiasion to post him to an in-structional staff at the bace. Wilde, it is said, presented himself for re-exmination because he was tired of taunts on the part of those who told him he ought to be in khaki, when, as a matter of fact, he had twice previ- ously been rejected, once at Birmingham and once at Cardiff. Wilde travelled to London on Wednes- day night, and will fulfil an engagement at Edinburgh from January 1st to Janu- ary 13th. On January 29th he will meet George Clarke at the National Sporting Club for the fly-weight championship, and on the following day will join the colours.

GENTLEMEN IN KHAKI. I "Have you heard there i" a war on n said Mr. Brinsley Harper to a single man, aged 31, owner of a public-house, who appealed at Spring Gardens Tribunal on Wednesday. The man had been granted three niontw exemption, with leave to apply I again by a local tribunal, and the mili- tary representative now appealed that the order should be made final. Mr. Brinsley Harper: You are single, and 31. What kind of men do you think are fighting in this war? Appellant: Gentlemen. Mr. Brinsley Harper: Then why don't you make yourself one of them? It was pointed out to the man that he had had several previous exemptions in which he could have made the necessary arrangements to join up, but he had taken no steps in that direction. The military appeal was upheld.

FARMER'S ESTATE. I Mr. William Lloyd, farmer, of Windle- I way. EglwTsciimm in, Carmarthen, far- mer, who died on November 7, left estate of the gross value of 94,61)1, of which t3.M5 is net personalty. Probate of his will, dated May 23. 1912, has been granted to his sons David Thomas and John Lloyd. The testator left to his wife when she shall cease to reside at Windle- way a legacy of £ 20 and an annuity of L16 during widowhood, and the residue of his estate he left to his sons David. John. William, and George, the share of his eon David being S200 less than that of each of tfcfe others.

AT THE PICTURES, j A Mother and a ChMdren's; Performance." j THEY tell us we women cannot argue j M —that if we essay that lovai of mental gymnastics we go round in a circ k-so 1 will content i;iyfc<.4i T,i< h tat ing a plain, unvarnished rale, it was on ;>. day of nineteen hundred and sixteen, with j a I '-eii nor' eafcter bloving—" gwynt t.raed i y meirw the old Welsh tolks u-sed bo call it--a day when children were safer in- doors than out, that took my three little ones, aU niiie, "ti 6110 the pictures." I think the tiny tots ",¡w cajim?t read e?- joy the moving ,-iiow almost '?.ore tiia> th? oide: ones, at least th<?.' ??-mU LUJ?. it-if their tastes were catered for What ao entrancing &> to rêaly see ail the fun and frolic of wonderland and fairyland, and all the mystery and of growing plants; to see a small bunch 01 buds growiug, and yet growing, until it becomes a mass of iair blOlSEoms; to follow with bated breath the adventures J the Crusoe sind brigands and pir«. IES 0; the agee; to he taken for a trip throu^u Yellowstone Park, and see the wond1'1.1i canyons, ani all thE wild beast at a safe distance. Yes. that was the children's performance we went to tee -some two Lo three hundred oi There were Dot many mothers them and that was a pity; but we mothers cannot always please ourselves. We say: Here, dears, take your pennies and run away and enjoy yourselves! Some of us 1 have a siesta, and Oill mt get the j wherewithal for the little ones' Stunk»y dinner, and SOHK- have patching and mend- ing to do, and some have two babies not walking! And it is ti),c, children's per- formance; they will oc- alright and safe from the perils of the street And what did the children see? Drink- ing—death-bed see.ies—insanity—and a fight! I felt thankful my little ones were too young to realise the inwardness cf the horrors unfolded before them, A Fiend incarnate! What is that? said small 6ister to iiifif brothe-r of ten behind mo. a ThOtigh she be a fiend incarnate, I will i marry her." ran the legend on the screen, I think it means a wicked girl," said the little man. And the children breathlessly watched a poor girl out of her r.ind. with her hair dishevelled and her .othes torn, try to kill, first her lover, her step-mother, You see, her in-oth- liad been mauled by a leopard before her birth, and at mid- night every night, she bore the mark of the leopard! Not very choice, is it ? And we are to have no local censorship our Council says! It murt b3 dreadful to die like that," I heard another voice say, as the little ores watched the death-a^rony, H especia^.v i when one l«».ves little children btsltiiid." And this in Wales, "gwiad y brientiau mawr," an 1 in Swansea the home, of Grif- fith .hilini And where lies th-e rerr., v?| In the hands oi the public; and as nvanber of the public I protect ..> t' flue"; a performance for children. The children must be protted; It is not; much good sending them to Sunday school, or even day school, side by side wjth such influences. I may say that I tuok mine next day, praying that their teachers would make the story of St. Paul's adventurous journey to Rome very real and interesting. From the time of Aristophanes down- wards, whenever they have demonstrated before the masculine citadels, wome-n have been roughly bidden to go home. And the women of Swansea, are no exeep- tion. The university woman of to-dty rarely belongs to the shrieking sister- hood." neither is she of the ill; of the patient Griseldas," and when her hour comes she will speak with no uncertain voice and work with a definite end in view—that of cleansing puWi*& .life. The j fact of a man having a cerV/n amouiit | of brains and good business 1 opacity will not lead him to the highest positions in our civic Ijf-he must have something better than that. The work of cleansing our docks nrry: hoardings and cinemas is not a womat»'> work—not vet-as she has no voice in j matters. It is the work of our public men. I mean gentlemen with clean reputations and clean hands. And the educated woman of the future will see to it that there is an equal standard of judgment for men and women. Mr. Marohsnt, in his book on u Social Hygienics." tells us that there are ten fallen men to every fallen woman. We know where the poor women are. down-trodden and accursed, but where a it the men who bv their lust made them I what they are? There is a :• <•<>■>t deal of talk juct now in (fl.1r town about Higher Education. 31 ] the rate things are froimr ll" ""w, there will not be many yonng- people with a taste for Higher Education—their tastes will be vitiated. And what is the aim of education? There j" plenty of money in Swansea, and plenty of brains; but surely we do not want all the brains turned in to mone v! The true aim of education is not to make money, or to ma te graduates, but to produce good citizens. And they are wanted bodly in our mi dpi" • I consider that the children in Dr.. Barn ado's Homes, hampered as many of them are by heredity, are in better liand-" than the children of Swansea, with their present environment. Our Borough Council, under the roatograph Act. 1909. has the power to, suppress any film against which a com- plaint has been lodged, at once. The Lon-! don County Council uses its power, pecially with regard to music halls, and that is why on the whole they are ro clean. Harry Lauder, the comedian, wrote an article last week on How Clean Humour Pays "—revelations of his stage earnings-bijt, unfortunately, the otller, thing and lurid .-ennationalism pays, too, and we shall not get rid of it until the license is in danger, censor or no ccncor. At l:^ the people to the Town Hall came flocking." Yea. the peopl cf Hamelin were wie?.. Yet there is &?methi?)c wcrse than rats' gnawing at the young life, of our town. What then of it? And what— "When earth's last picture is painted And the tnbec; are twisted and dried; When the oldest colours are faded. And the youngest critic has died. j And each is his separate star, Shall paint tlw thing at, he sees it, For the God of things as they are." And now I wipe ray pEen and return to the practice of the oldest, most honorable. and most absorbing of luwfession s- ma r of mother craft. G. Crwvs-W iiliams.

NEWS AND BRIEF. London licensed vehicle workers hav* collected sufficient money t.o buy a ill.L r ambulance. Won-en workers who went on stril,p at Chepsiow workhouse- are to receive 0<1. a v,{ ek extra. Mr. W. Llewelyn Williams. K.C., M.P., bae been cl{'IGW a fellow of the Poyal H istar ical SücÚ Japn.r- ? p<js? :nd te'e?a.phie s?r\ ic?s will IK "FORTH » totally barred against er.omy objects. M. P uid is indisposed and was not able tbend a council of French Minis- ters on Tuesday. Lrdy Williams, wife of Col. Sir Robt, Williams. Bart., M.P., "ridehetiDor- set. died oil Tuesday. 'r. John A. Corah, head of one of the gest hosier manufacturers, Corah and has died, aged 70. Yon Biasing, the German Governor of Brussells, whose illness has bp,e.n reported. has become seriously worse. M. Ribot, French Minister of Finance, and 31. Thomas, French Minister of Muni- tions, have arrived in A public crucifix has been erected in North Lambeth in memory CJ. the resi- dents who have fallen in the war. Damage amounting to £ 5,000 was caused by fire at the engineering works of John McNeill and Co., Govan, Scotland. The funera* of Mr. Nilil Apted took place on Ti ouiiwoday d the cpme?ery place on t? ?.t the c-naetery Fire broke out in tfre garage of Prince Christian of Suhleswig-Hoistein, Cleveden Court. Considerable damage was caused. Mr. James Daniel Kiley (Li- oral) was on Thursday returned unopposed for the Wliitechapel Division of Tower Hamlets. Dug ley Frartza. a German prisoner, has died at Handforth camp from pneumonia. The funeral service was conducted in Ger- man. Wellington, Wednesday.—The Alrrcfm has sent the following wireless meswe:- Making favourable progress; oonditkwaa idea L Re;o ter Six persons were killed and ten se riously injured by the collapse of some olu fortii-icatiotis near Digne, Basses Alps, says Reuter. Prizes presented to school children at Farnccmbe, S'lrrey, included spades and ?tU'<ten foiks as award for work in tb? ,ux?en foikt3 m for w?-,r k in the Mary Ann Bethm-aker and Margaret Kenelly were fatally burned through fires in CL.- t.ham-street, WcJworth," and St. JuiresVstreet. Berrnondsey. New headquariers, costing Ic- wards which > £ 30,000 has already been sub- scribed, will be taken over by the B ¡ lEt- in gh an i Chamber of Comme^e, Sydney, Wednesday.—There arc h <>« vv floods in the Orange district. Six pevs^ii-. have been drowr»d. Con.sideit-.ble dam i^-a has been done to ci\.j~s.— Ueuter. M r. Neville rec,or General of National Servu»:, Tir- mingham on Wednesday loortiing i jr London to take up his new duties. A doctor who kept a coroner and jury waiting over two hours, in apologising ex- plained that alter Christmas Day he thought boxing Day was Monday. Lord Devonport & Food Controller, and his staff on Wednesday entered into oc- cupation of Grosreuor House the town residence of the Duke of Westminster. Sir Mathew Nathim has been appointed Permanent Secretary and Mr. J. A. Flynn date Director of Army Accounts) Direcwa of Finance to the Ministry of I\»n«ions. Dr. Robert Gourlay, chairman of the Glasgow Herald," a director of the Burmal Oil Co., and formerly a banker, died at Glasgow on Wednesday, aged 76. During Christmas festivities at Don- nington Hail, the German officers' detea- tion mmp. a member of the guard was kilkd 161 the accidental discharge of a revolver. Said to 'have been going about with over* seas soldiers for three weeks a Norwegian sailor named Johaneon was at Bristol on Tuesday 6ent to prisoa for a month under the Aliens' Restrictjpn Act Your friend was not a friend to give you the extra drink," said the magistrate at East Ham on Tuesday to a driver in the R.FA., who pleaded that a friend gave him an extra glass of whisky. For being in possession ol a forged pass- port Alexander Figgies, commercial tra- veller. who tried to get a berth in a ship, was ordered six months' imprisonment at Thames Police Court on Tuesday. Major J. W. II. T. Douglas, the well- known Essex County cricketer, who ar- rived home on leave on the 23rd inst., was quietly married on Christmas Day to Mrs. Ruby Case, at Horton Church, Northamp- ton. Ai least one marriage was postponed owing to the recent frosty weather. A Date bridegroom was unable to travel to the church owing to the impassable state of the roads. Th* wedding took piaoe two days later. Sir Sam Hughes, former Canadian Minister of Militia, in a speech to his oonstitueaitis at Lindsay, Ontario, spoke strongly in favour of universal military training lor home deience and of oompul- sorp service over-seas. Reut.er's Agency is informed that the Davlight Saving Act takes effect through- oat Australia from 2' a.m. on January 1. All clocks then being put forward one aoux. Alteration will affect times of telegrams received here. Charged with fliLng to notify his change of residence and with giving false particulars when registering at a lodging- Itouee, Juban Mahe, a French waiter, was '?van six months' hard Labour at Marl- =reet on Tnesday. The King sent a Huge Christmas tree r,nd the Queen and Princess Mary a large number of toys for an entertainment yes- terday in Windsor- Castle Riding School to children of men employed on the royal retate new serving in the Army. A Great Cen J VI Railway "'special," Richard Albert aitoc, was remanded at Grir oy on eharge of attempting to obUkin mi'li 'rr inferni&tioii—,icw mueh ai,.munition there was in a certain depot <ie wore two service ribbons and a V Cied stripe." Jassy, Sunday. The Romanian Chamber met to-day, after which the de- puties went into committee to consider various bills, including the relief of far; ilies of la-cn under artins from the in- v>W districts. Rumours are enftent that negotiations are afoo; for the forma- tion of a NcriAn-al. Cabinet.—^Retttec. i