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NODION AR BYNGIAU YR] WYTHMS.j…
NODION AR BYNGIAU YR] WYTHMS. j I (GAN AWSTIN.) I Yn fyr iawn, ceisiaf nodi rhai pethau na allais eu cynwys yr wythnos ddi- weddai. Yn y Welsh Outlook "—er nad wyf yn meddwl fod ol Haw y golygydd newydd ar y rhifyn-y rnao erthygl ddiddorol ar Science and the Celtic Traditions/' gan Miss Lilian Winstanley, M.A.; nodiadau amsorol ar Is Welsh Home Rule Coming? gan Mr. J. Arthur Price; a chyfeiriadau orytion gan Lady Mackworth ar National Service for Women of Wales." Cynwysa'r Cymro a'r Celt misol am Gorphenaf nodion teilwng o sylw ar Arglwydd Rhondda. Rhown ddifyiiiad.- Y maen a wrthodwyd wnaed yn ben y gongl." Dyna hen ddywediad wireddir ym mywyd Arglwydd Rhondda. Amryw llynyddoedd yn ol yr oedd yn aelod gweithgar o Dy'r Cytfredin, a chydnab- yddid gan bawb ei fod yn ddyn o alluoedd eithriadol. Dygwyd ei fedr a'i wasanaeth i sylw'r arweinwyr Seneddol ar amryw adegau, a hyderid y cawsai ei gydnabod gan bennaethiaid ei blaid trwy gynnyg j iddo safle yn Ngweinydcliaeth y cyfnod. • Ond ofer fn'r cylan. Nid oedd D.A. (fe Ii ei adnabyddid ar y pryd) yn fiefryn gan j y mawrion Rhyddfrydig, ac yr oedd hawl-: iau'r teuluoecld urddasol Seisnig i'w cydnabod o fiaen medr a thalentau dis- glaer unrhyw Gymro. iNi roddwyd iddo gyfie i brofi ei fedr, ac yn ei sioni rhodd- odd y goreu i'r Sencdd a plirofodd j'r byd beth ocdd ei alluoedd a'i ddoniau. Pan un (ruedd y "Celt") ai llKJ-ùdiant ai aflwydriiant fydd ei hanes ynglyn a rheol-j aetli ein bwyd, y mae un petli y medrwn ddweyd i sicrwydd, mai nid o ddifivg! yrngais nac o dditivg anwybodaoth y bychl iddo fethu; ac os deil y wlad i gredu yn ngonestrwydd ei gynlluniau mot wirion-1 eddol ag y cred el'e ym mhwysigrwydd ei genadwri ni held achos i ni ofidio am iddo | gymeryd yr awenau i'w ddwylaw. Nid diffyg an wy bodaeth" a olygir, I mae'n debyg, ond diffyg gwybodaeth "— oblegid 'does dim diffyg gwybodaeth" yn debyg o gad ei gysylltu gan neb ag i Arglwydd Rhondda. Gwall i'w gywiru, « yn ddiau.. Galargan a hiraethgan svvynol a tiiyner-galon ydyw JUarw ym Mfi.->o-1 potamia"—cyfansoddiad newydd y Parch. J. T. Job. i'w chanu ar Jircuddwyd y Bardd 0 Gymru, paradwys fy nghaloir! 'Kv.y'n marw—ni'th welai byb mwy: Anturiai? i'r maes gyda'th ddcwrion, Tyweiitais fy ngwaetl gyda hwy l'iarwei i'th fynyddcxdd a'th dirion ddyffi-ynoedd- Ffarwtl! 'l'wyJ yn marw ym mhoethder v ¡ gad- Ym Mesopotamia—ym mliell o fj- ngivlad. Yijjleddais yn achos cyfiawnder, I Ymleddai*—a'm cleddyf yn fflam; I A melys, wrth l'arw, yw'r pader A ddysgwyd i mi gan fy mam: 0 heded yr awci i'r bwthyn bach tawel Wrth ochor y Capel—i wi-?h fy uhad Ym Mesopotamia 'rwy'n marw'n y gad. Yn dirwyn yn brysur mae foriau Yng nghanol y griddfan a'r heE; Ond uetl—dyna Gymro'n ei bocnau Yn t'ymy I, yn son am y Groes: o diolch i'r Meichiau: mae Bywyd i minnau— Ffarwel, wlad fy nhadau! Rwy'n marw mewn tfydd: 0 Fesopotamigi mi godaf ryw ddydd. "Mabinogion Abertawe Trafodion i 1912-16." Cyirol lawn o ddiddordeb o' slawr i glawr, a'r amlen yn addurn ac vn anrhydcdd i gynwysiad gwertlifawr j eynyrch diwydrwydd, pleser, gwybodaeth a thalent lluorioll, beirdd, a hynaftaeth- j wyr ymchwilgar adran hrlaeth o xrlad a thref, ym Morganv. g, Caertyrddin, a Brycheiiiiog. CasgLad ydyw, gan fwyaf, o J'sgrifau ar waith a tlieithiau, ac ymddlddanion difyr y "Mabinogion" rhwng 1912 a' Hydrd, 1916. A chan fod yr oil yn atebiad rhagorol i'm CWYll hiraeUiiun | inau, dipyn o amaer yn ol, na wyddem ohwarter digoii am y Mabinogion teithiau a'u cyfarfoilydd, y mae y gyirol mor ewynol i mi ag i'r mwyaf aiddgar o'r gyindeithas, tra y galiat ddweyd yn galonog tod yr yegiifau Cymreig a Seisnig yn fuddiol i hub Cymro a Chyini-tie-s yn nghyieh poblog Deheu-Orliewin Cymru. Cefais y franit o \v:a luio ar bregeth y 1'arch. R. -S. Rogerc, 13.1., ar Dowi feant," a hyiiydwch ruawr i mi yw e we led y futii anercbiad %cdi ci ciiyflwyiio dnvy'r wag i r genedl yn ei deli'road JJrenol. liyw neillduol i mi, hefyd, yw yr ysgrifau Seisnig ar Ilston a btddteini cysegredig Mynydd yr UllÐll a manau ereill; ond er mor ddifyr fvdih'i mauyru, rhaid talfyru mewn colofn let lion, a chyllwyno crwydriadau haf y cylch a storiau'r cromleehi, yr adfeilion a tliawel tanau ysbrydion gwroniaid oesau a 111 i sylw pawb sydd a'i fryd ar ddvsgu, a iiiyfyi-io, ac olrhain ac adgoiio am laiur, tr afferthioD, a phrotiadau a nodweddion I gwyr gwir fawrion "hen wlad fy nhadau." ] Dywed y golygydd, Mr D. Rll}. Phillips, tlyfrgellydd Abertawe, yn ei ragvmadrodd inai cronicl syml yw y gyfrol o lielynt- ion brawdoliaetli lawen sydd a'i bryd ar I astudio clasuron ei mam wlad ac ym- ltdiiyru yrnhlith o!ion hynahaeth." Wei, .l.ywedaf inau, hawddamor iddynt, a Jyfodiad teilwng o'u gorphenol gwych. Telir tevrnged o barch i Talnant fel ysgrifenydd a chotiadur; i Mr. J. D. Wil- liams, cyd-olygydd Mr. D. R. Phillips ar y rhanau Seisnig, yn neillduol am ei erthyglau llawn arabedd yn yr ianli fbin," i Mr. Percy Gleaves, A.R.C.A.. A.C.P., ajn ei wyneb-arlun nodweddiadol i ■)'r "bardd a fu drwy Gymru gynt, a'i lyner gerdd ar danau'r gwynt": i'r Parch. Caron -Rees, a'r Parch. R .I S. Rogers, B.A., am eu cynorth. Argraff dde&tlus a chynwysiad mor rhagorol. ni allant lai na chad derbyniad a wna i'r darllenydd hiraethu am Drafotl- ion ereill oddiwrth Fabinogion Abertawe i gyfoethogi llenyddiaeth ein cenedl. Tufewn i'r amlen sylwaf fod nodyn barddol personol oddiwrth Y Beili j las ":— Pan fyddo'r Cymro clodwiw Yn mesur cynwys anwiw Y gyfrol fechan, yma 'rof, Baed cof mai dechra' yd.yw. Er tlofced yw'r 'sgrifennu, Ni wnaeth un ran o Gymru Arlw '-o'i gwell yn iaitJi y tir Cewch fellv'ch gwir foddloni. Obmpus. Melus, moes mwy, fydd dod- fryd darllenydd ystyriol "Trafodion Atabinogiou Abertawa."
LATEST WAR -HEWS I
LATEST WAR HEWS I THURSDAY'S BRITISH OFFICIAL. As the result of recent fighting east. of Monciiy-le-Preux, the advance posts from which our troops were compelled to fall back by the enemy's attack on the lltii inst., have now been re-established. Hostile raiding purtÏt:r w-ere re- pulsed last night west of Cherisy before reaching our trenches. Wo carried out successful raids north and east of Ypres, in which we secured prisoners. A few prisoners were captured by us in the course of an unsuccess- ful hostile attack upon one of our advance posts east of Oostaverne. There was considerable artillery Ac- tivity on both sides during the night in the neighbourhood of Lombartzyde. WEDNESDAY'S BRITISH OFFICIAL. We carried out a succt.-sful raid last night in the neighbourhood of Fresnoy. Several of the enemy were killed and his dugouts bombed. Owing to the clouds there was little aerial activity yesterday until ti e even- iiig, Wilell a number of combat;, took place, in two of which large formations were engaged oil side. In the course of the fighting eight Ger- man aeroplanes were brought down, and six others were driven down out of con- trol. Another enemy machine was shot down by tire from the ground. Potii, of our machines are missing. -"»-
THURSDAY'S FRENCH OFFICIAL.…
THURSDAY'S FRENCH OFFICIAL. The activity of the artillery on both sides on the front generally was particularly violent between the Somrae and the Aisne, in Van- clerc-Craoone, and on the )--it bank of the Me use. To the south of St. Quentin the G-erinan; after a violent bom- bardment, launched an attack at about 9 o'clock last evening, on a front of about 800 metres to the east of Gauchy and the sum- mit of Moutm-des-Tousdents. The assailants succeeded in gaining a footing in our first line trench, but counter-attacks started oy us at daybreak drove them from the greater portion of the ele- ments they occupied. j Last evening, after a bombardmeot1 cf great intensity, the Germans'! C lmllter- a t :Œdd ag?:m.?'our' new positions at Avocourt Wood. Om' i)ositi(-?ns L?t, Ax,ocoui-t %I'o<;(]. 011;r could reac h cur lines. Enemy surprise attacks cir our trenches at the Pantheon and to the south-east of Sapigneul, and in the region of Douaumont com- pletely failed. On the ether hand, our detachments in a well eondueted operation to the east of Maronvillers caused serious losses to the enemy, and resulted in prisoners being taken. WEDNESDAY'S FRENCH OFFICIAL.! Both a i-ti Iler ies ratlier great activity in the region of Cerny-llurtebise and in the sector before Craonne. We repulsed this morning a German attack we&t of the Cerny sugar refinery. On t he left bank of the Mtu^e the enemy re-acted during the day west of liill 304 by means of his artillery. In the Forest of Parroy there were patrol encounters. We took some pris- oners. There is nothing to report on the root of the front.
THURSDAY'S RUSSIAN OFFICIAL,…
THURSDAY'S RUSSIAN OFFICIAL, Western Front.—As a result of a night attack our detachments oc- cupied the village of Kalusz, but, suffering great losses in' this operaticu, withdrew to the east end of the village. j In the engagement at Navita on July 17tli, we took prisoners—8 officers and 220 men.—Admiralty (per Wireless Press).
THE NORTH SEA SCRAP. ) -i
THE NORTH SEA SCRAP. (" Times War Telegrams, per Press I Association—Copyright). AMSTERDAM, Wednesday (received Thursday). One of the crew of the Renate Leon- bardt, which went ashore as a consequence d the British naval attack, interviewed by my correspondent, said Nineteen British ships were encountered on Mon- day morning. During our night shore- wards." he continued. the British tired continuously, hitting our vessel. We were struck in the hull. We received 15 or 16 bits altogether, eight of which were amid- ships. Four men three of whom were killed, were struck when about to enter a boat amidships-" another member of the crew of the Leonhardt said We first imagined the British squadron to be a convoy of Ger- man warships for our party. A batch of ten German merchant- men which left the previous day was ponvoyed by German war v?.? sels, and got through safely, except the Margaretha Blumenthal, which started near Zandvoort. We soon discovered our mistake, with the result that here we are We conclude that the tour vessels pre- j ceding our three were captured by the British." This German ajiarently knew nothing about two other German vessels which, ac- cording to my Hook of Holland correspon- dent. left the same night. 10
THE VANGUARD. j THE VANGUAD.…
THE VANGUARD. j THE VANGUAD. I The Secretary of the Admiralty regrets to report that H.M.S. Vanguard (Captain I James D. Dick, R.N.) blew up whilst at anchor on the night of the 9th in?t. (Mon- day) as the result of an internal explo- sion. The ship sank immediately, and there were only three survivors among those who were on board the ship at the time of I the disaster, viz., one officer and two men, and the officer haf. since died. There were, however, 24 otficers and 71 men Dot on board the ship at the time, thus bringing the total number of sur- vivors up to 97. A full inquiry has been ordered. The Admiralty announce the names of 799 petty officers, non-commissioned offi- cers, and men, killed in consequence of the blowing up of H.M.S. Vanguard on the night of July 9. The manager of the canteen staff and three canteen assistants were also killed. There are local men among rhe victims. The death of another officer, Mr. James F. Butcher, Acting Gunner, R.N., is re- ported. making the total casualties—: Oflicers 38 Men 803 ————— %,—————
A WEEK'S PIRACY. I
A WEEK'S PIRACY. I The list of sinkings issued on Wednes- day night for the week ending Sunday, July 15th, 3 p.m., is again good. The in- and-out traffic is higher than for the pre- vious fortnight, the losses continue small, while the number of vessels attacked is actually the lowest since the present re- turns began to be issued at the end of February last. Details:— IN-AND-OUT TRAFFIC. Merchant Ships (over 100 tons). All Nationalities. This Last Previous Week. Week. Week. Arrivals. 2,828 2,898 2,745 Sailings 2,920 2,798 2.846 5.748 5,696 5,591 The obove do not include fishing and local craft. BHITISH MERCHANT SHIPS SUNK. Mine or Submarine, This Last Previous Week. Week. Week 1,600 toils (or over). 14 14 15 Under 1,600 tons 4 3 5 Fishing Vessels 8 7 11 26 24 31 Ono of the large ships was sunk a fort- night ago, so that this week's actiial sink- ings totalled 25 and those of a fortnight ;■ go Vi. i JJ ;0 i.iiij: ot •. unsuccess- fully attacked was 12, including one be- longing to a fortnight ago and 2 to last week, the corrected list being: This Last Previous I Week. Week. Week. Unsuccessfully Attacked 9 19 17 The total number attacked was thus 38 after correction), the lowest number on record; the previous lowest was 35 in the week ending June 3.
MESOPOTAMIA.
MESOPOTAMIA. In both Houses on Wednesday the ftov- Jfrnmcnt announced that they did not pro- pose to proceed further with the setting up of an inquiry as a preliminary to f-ar- ftiai. etiasf persqrJ.. lli1pugtte\l- JU I the Mesopotamia Report. As regards the soldiers, the Government have decided that they shall be dealt with by the Army Council in the ordinary way. Lord Hardinge's resignation, proferred tor the third time, has been refused. The Government, on Mr. Balfour's representa- tion. decided that it would be de;. nental t.o the public interest if the Foreign Office were deprived of his services. ..———
SHELL WORKS GUTTED.
SHELL WORKS GUTTED. ZURICH. Wednesday (received Thursday). The munitions factory of the Hungarian Iron and Steel Rolling Mills Co., near Budapest, was completely destroyed oy fire last Sunday. The entire stock was ruined The damage is estimated at over a million kroner.—Reuter.
PONTARDAWE LADY.
PONTARDAWE LADY. On Thursday, in London, Miss Mary Gilbertson, only daughter of Mr. and Mr8, F. W. Gilbertson, Pontardawe, was married to Captain Hugh Vivian, only son of the late Mr. William Vivian Oporto. The marriage by special licence was quiet, and was performed by Canon Boyd. The best man was Major Glen, and the bride was given away by her father. A recep- tion was held at the Langham Hotel, only the immediate friends being present.
CHAPEL ROYAL CEREMONY.
CHAPEL ROYAL CEREMONY. The marriage of Captain the Marquis of Carrisbrook with Lady Irene Denison. daughter of the Earl and Countess of Londesborough, was solemnised at the Chapel Royal, St. James Palace, on Thursday afternoon, in the presence of the King and Queen, Princess Mary, Queen Alexandria, and other members of the Royal Family.
A JURY OF MATRONS.i
A JURY OF MATRONS. Before Mr. Justice Lawrence at the Central Criminal Court on Wednesday a young woman named Stevens wa-s in- dicted for the murder of her child by drowning it. She pleaded not guilty. Mr. Justice Lawrence, in summing up, said he was informed that the prisoner was believed to be in a certain condition of health, and if that were eo the sentence, if she were convicted of muTder, could not be carried out. The jury found the prisoner guilty of murder, but recommended lier to mercy on the ground of her youth. Mr. Justice Lawrence, without assum- ing the black cap, formally passed sen- tence of death. A jury of matrons was then empanelled, and after hearing medical evidence they returned a verdict that the prisoner was pregnant. Mr. Justice Lawrence thereupon said that the sentence of death would be reo spited according to law.
THE NEW PEERS. I
THE NEW PEERS. The Marquess of Milford Haven (Prince Louis of Battenberg) will take his seat in the House of Lords on Wednesday in next week. Lord Colwyn (Sir Frederick Smith) will take his seat to-day (Thurs- day), and Lord Leverhulme (Sir William Lever) will take his next Tuesday.
HEALTH OF ABERAVON.I
HEALTH OF ABERAVON. The Aberaron T(. -wn Council met on Wednesday, the Mayor (Councillor T. S. Goslin) presiding The medical officer (Dr. Hellyer) re- ported that during June 38 births and 11 deaths were recorded, equivalent to 35.7 and 10.1 per 1,0011 per annum. 122 cases of infectious diseases were notified during the month.
IWAR SUMMARY.
I WAR SUMMARY. FRIDAY. Enemy trenches were raided by us during the night south of Hulluch and south- east of Ypres. Hostile raiding parties have been repulsed south-east of Gavrelle in the neighbour- hood of the Ypres-Comines Canal and east of Nieapart. A Petrograd message says that follows,g the capture of Kalusz, the Russian ad- vance guards are now threatening the enemy's line of communication between the Carpathians and the portion of the railway line running to Brody a the north. Columns of Russians have already < rossed the Lomnica River, while the left wing is driving the Austrian Third Army in the direction of the Strypa. The Austrian general wh!<>ee forces were overcome by the Russians, when Kalusz was taken has been relieved of his com- mand by Ilindenburg. SATURDAY. positions south of Lombartzyde. Raids have been unsuccessfully attempted by parties of the enemy east of Hardi- court, west of Warneton, east of Aas- tavenie, and north of Ypres. On the Lomnitza the R ussians have forced the lower reaches, capturing the adjacent heights. The enemy has also been dis- lodged from the heights north-east of Katnez and the upper Lomnitza. The Russians hold the prossings near Perekhinsko, to the south-east of Dolina MONDAY. The French have made a good advance in Champagne during the week-end., going forward 300 metres on a front of 800 metres. German raids against our lines war Fontaine L(z Croiselles and Areim- ticres failed. Our troops raMed the enemy's t rcnc hes near Oppy. Eethmann Hollwey, the German Imperial Chancellor, has fallen, his place being taken by Dr. Michaelis. Prussian Food Minister. The King and Queen returned to Buck- ingham Pa-lace on Saturday after a 12 days' visit to the front. TUESDAY. Ac a i Council to-day, the name of Windsor was adopted for the name of the Royal House and Family, l'he Russians are stated to have taken Dolina and to be near Lemberg. The big German attack in Champagne has ended in a complete defeat for the enemy, whose k;>es were very heavy. ihe British have gained further ground near Warneton. A raiding party had a fight before the enemy trenches with a large party of Germans. Air raids on a large scale have been car- ried out by the British against German strongholds in Belgium, und by the Italians against Pola, Dura. pld Aus- trian naval forces. W £ D«KESdAY. ,tŸ East of Mouchy-le-Preux last night we gained further ground in lighting of a local character. Many of the enemy were killed in the course of successful raids during the night northeast of Oostaverne and in the neighbourhood of Boesinghe. An Amsterdam message says that it is believed that another raid has taken place on Essen. The Chinese Minister in Paris says that China will without doubt declare war on Germany as soon as the new Cabinet meets. THURSDAY. Advance poets to the east of Monchy-le- Preux, from which our troops were compelled to fall back on the 11th inst., have been re-established. Hostile raiding parties were repulsed by us la«t night west of Cherisy before they reached our trenches. We have carried out successful raids north and east of Ypres, and have secured prisoners. Some prisoners were taken by us in the course of an unsuccessful hostile attack upon one of our advanced posts east of Oostaverne. New troubles have arisen in Russia, where German agents are said to have been busy. There has been bloodshed in Petrograd.
I DROWNED IN THE DOCK.
DROWNED IN THE DOCK. An inquest on th^ body of William Frederick Steel, cook on board a ketch, who fell into the North Dock on Tuesday morning, was held before the Borougli Coroner on Thursday. Mr. J. D. Rawlings represented the owners of the boat. Annie Eliza Brain, 2. High Orchard- street, Llanthony-road, Gloucester, de- ceased's mother, said he was 18. Harry Martin, mate of the vessel, said the boat was lying in the North Dock. At 9.0 a.m. on Tuesday he and deceased were engaged in moving the boat. He saw him on the quay waiting to take a rope. Next witness saw him in the water. He gave a splash or two, and sank. How the lad fell in was a mystery to witness; he could only surmise that the lad slipped over a stone. Grappling operations were at once begun, and the body recovered about an hour afterwards. P.C. Tasker thought the man's head might have struck the quay wall. There was a mark over the right eye of the body. The jury j-eturned a veridct of Acci- dentally drowned. n
I WEST WALES APPEALS.
WEST WALES APPEALS. At Carmarthenshire Appeal Tribunal, on Friday, a Carmarthen weaver, the exemp- tion of whose youngest son (20), classified C 1, was appealed against by the military, said four of his eons had joined the Army voluntarily. One had been killed, and three were still serving. Tho military appeal was dismissed. An Amman Valley butcher (27), married, with four children, said he had a turnover of X120 a. week, and he was doing as much trade as any tour butchers in Car- marthen." Captain Cremlyn (military re- preventative): Do you pay any income tax ? —Appellant: No. Exemption was allowed.
£500 FINE.
£500 FINE. Before Mr. Justioe Lawrence at the Old Bailey on Thursday Louis Prechmer (34), managing director and secretary of the Farringdon Manufarturing and Supply Co., Ltd., Fetter-lane, pleaded guilty to two counts of an indictment charging him with corruptly giving two sums of money of t20 and X25 respectively to a Government official in the employ of the Royal Army Clothing Department as an inducement to court favour. Defendant was tined the maximum penalty of £ 500.— Exchange.
A FATHER OF TWELVE
A FATHER OF TWELVE j iKTERESTING CASES AT LOCAL TRIBUNAL I Some interesting eases came before the Swansea Rural District Tribunal on Thursday, Mr. Morgan David presiding. An insurance agent, aged 40, the father of 12 children—eight of whom were boys —applied for exemption. The military representative said he did not want to take a man with 12 children, as he seemed to be doing his bit." (Laughter.) In his application the man had said, It is as much as I can do to keep the peace at home." (Laughter.) Applicant was given three months, and is to take up work of national import- ance. When the case of a Co-operative Society's grocery manager was heard, it was said that 13 or 15 men had gone. The man now appealed for was the buyer, and was married; Class A; two children. Mr. David Williams asked when it had been decided that married men's cases should be dealt with. The Chairman: Last Thursday. Mr. Williams: I did not know anything about it. The Clerk: You all went off. Three months' exemption was given. When a Gorseinou dental operator (married, one child. Class C 1) appealed, it was stated in his application that he was the only resident dentist at Gor- seinon. The military representative (Mr. Charles) objected to the use of the word dentist." You are not a dentist," he said, and it is illegal for you to call yourself a dentist." Applicant: I don't call myself a dentist. The Military Representative; You say so in your application. Three months.
I TIN PLATE WAGES.I
I TIN PLATE WAGES. c. A Tinplato Employer" writes us as foUowi> 1 notice that the tinplaters of South Wales intend putting forward a chum tor a 'war bonus of 100 per cent. on their 1874 list. It seems to me that the ease with -,triaicli they have obtained their recent bonuses, amounting in many cases up (0 b71 per cent., has given them such a degree of confidence in tleir ciaims that -m- of them already think that they have had I the 100 per cent. bonus. To the man in the street, who is possibly ignorant of a tin plater's capabilities, I may state that his earnings are as a rule from JA to £j per week. lSt fancy, a man whose pre-war earnings were, say, Mi a week, puts for- ward a claim for JcS a week, and for doing exactly the same work! Talk of profi teers, *u\d profiteering—can you get a better example? ¡   g- !? rtval t i? ?i 9wx ?l t The mt,.l have ænt most of 1h'ir products up NA-elii; above 70 per cent. of pre-war prices. To me there appears to be no difference at all when comparing these two. Neither can gee the mote in each other's eyes. "Another thing, all the products of the tinplato works are bought by the Govern- ment (for its own ns.? or for Allied Gov- ernments), who at the present time take good care to pocket 80 per cent. of the excess profits. What if the Government taxed the excess profits of the workman ? Sauce for the goose ie sauce for the gander. Does the tinplateT suffer more than any other workman 5 Only Class A men under 23 a.re taken for military eorvice from the tinworks. Never has the bin plate trade looked so black from the employer's standpoint as it does to-day. Scarcity of rawstuffs and the high prices of those that are still available have sha ken the very founda- tions of our already too weak structure. And here the tinplaters themselves are about to give the final blow."
I POWER OF THE SPADE. I
POWER OF THE SPADE. I The Press Association correspondent with the French Army, writing on Julyl 10th, says that by this time everybody, has learned that in wvvr the spade is mightier than thA sword. The 60ldier I spends his waking hours in a trench and sleeps, if he is lucky, in an underground shelter beyond the reach of shells. All the soldiers of all the belligerent armies are mighty diggers, not for digging's sake, I for with the exception of the Turk they l all dislike it cordially, but because they know that a dozen feet of earth above you, is the only sure preventive of the troubles! arising from contact with the enemy's i high explosives. I have seen the trenches] of four armies during the present war, and I am inclined to think that the Turk dug better than either his friends or his enemies. Certainly he put more zeal! into the work; but war is a great educa- tor. If the Turk digging made better j trenches than either the British or French in 1915, we, who are not of the household j of Islam, have learned to dig deeper than II he in 1917.
]" COLOURED WATER."I
] COLOURED WATER." I At Soutli-West-I Wales Munitions Court on Thursday (Mr. J. Vaughan Edwards presiding), two girls complained that leaving cprtifioates had been refused them. They alleged that the work on which they were last eng-aged did not agree with them, but admitted they had only tried it for one shift. As an act of grace the firm gave the certificates. An employe who had lost 10,1 hours in 27 weeks-an average of four hours a week-pleaded a long lid of ailments. Asked if he hpd had medicine, he replied, Yen, brown medicine." The President said very often with pa.nel doctors it was coloured water and sugar." It was not to be expected that a panel doctor with 3,000 patients, could ijive proper individual examination. The case concluded upon the man's pro- mise to keen better time. I
ICONTRARY TO USAGE.I
CONTRARY TO USAGE. I The Exchange Telegraph Company is ( informed that the following telegram has been recdved by Mr. Harry Viner, of the People's Fair Play League:— ?Buckingham Pajace, July ?8.—In reply to your telegram of to-day, I have to | inform you that it is contrary to usage I for the King to receive any deputation I except on the advice of his Majesty's re- sponsible Ministers. There is no truth whatever in the suggestion that any aero- planes were withdrawn from London to give a display before his Majesty, or for any other purpose connected with the King's visit to France,"
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M PMKUAwicrt i I IIOL&E or COMMONS, Tiiuisuny. Mi-. Billir.g asked vhoth-r the present i supplies ot sugar w«.rc ^uiocient to jkt- mit ot an allowance of half a poniid per week per head To each family in the I United Kingdom. Mr. Ciync snid it was impossible, I ow:ini to difficulties of distribution and I transport, to guarantee that t-very member of the public should be able to draw at | all times any particular ration of sugar from any particular shop. 1 AIR DEFENCES REPORT. I Mr. Bonar Law said the report of the Prime Minister and General Smuts on the air defences of London had been con- I? sidered by the CahinM, and the r?-om- mendations made are being carried into effeot. I TROOPS AT GAZA. I Mr. Macphorson said there was nothing to justify ?nxietv in the military positica at Gaza, and the health of the troops was good. i NEW VOTE OF CREDIT. I Mr. Bonar T.aw said the new Vote of I Credit will be taken on Tuesday.
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LLANDOVERY COUNCILLOR. By the death of Councilor J. Prytherch, j Windermere, Llandovery, which occurred at his residence in his 72nd year on Wed-i nesday evening, there is removed a direct j descendant of a famous schoolmaster and' preacher who flourished in the 17th cen- tury in the person of Rees Prytherch, Ystradwalter. Llandovery. The latter's name was for long a household word in the Principality. The deceased gentle-j man, who had been ailing for a long time, had been for many years accountant at the Pontypridd branch of the London and Provincial Bank, and subsequently man. ager of the Tenhy branch of the same: bank. He retired ten years ago and came to reside in his native town, where he was; for some years, and at the time of his death a member of the Town Council- and Board of Guardians. He was a member of Salim Congrega- I tional Church and trcasuerr of the local auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society. He also took an active interest in the movement which led to the establish-1 ment of the Literary Institute, Library, and Public Hall in the town. He was an ardent Liberal.
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SWANSEA TRIBUNAL. I The Swansea Borough Tribunal met at the Central Police Station. Swansea, on1 Thursday, Aid. Dan Jones in the chair, with Major Harries as military adviser. Capt. Harold Williams a150 attended. The case came up for ITconation of a man who, after being originally re- jected, par-sad Class A. being later re- -cftlkxl .va.v classed C. Mr. A. D'avfes, who ftpifeseiitetf'^he^Mitft^ said lie had got married on the 6treilgtli of his original rejection, and had subse- quentlv lost his position through being 1 classed A. It was hard lines. Seeing the man was now C3 he applied for time to enable the man to get into a controlled establishment. Mr. Da vies: Supposing he got hack into his original position, would he be exempt? Ald. Jones: He would have to come be- fore us igain, T A month's adjournment was granted.
FORGED A CHEQUE.I
FORGED A CHEQUE. I At the Swansea Assizes on Thursday (bte- fore Mr. Justice Sankey), Graham Williams (17),: clerk, pleadffi guilty to forging a cheque upon Lloyds' Bank. with intent to defraud, at Swansea, j oil December 22nd. Mr. L. M. Riebardsi (instructed by Messrs. Andrew and Thompson), prosecuted, and Mr. Mariay Samson (instructed by Mr. H. purser).¡ defended. Prisoner had been employed by Messre. Meager and Harris, eoHcitorg, Swam'?, and had altered a cheque of his employ erg of ?8 to ?18. The proae?ution stated tliat-i prisoner had obtained altogether £180. He expressed sincere sorrow. His Lordship: So there had been 43 forged cheques ? Mr/ Marlay Samson said the prisoner I was physically crippled. He had in- dulged in gambling. His Lordship 6aid it was not long ago; that people were hanged for such offences, The prisoner was sent to a Borstal in- stitwtion for three years. (
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— ii DOCKMASTER RETIRES. I At the Swansea Harbour Executive J Committee meeting on Thursday, Sir Griffith Thomas presiding, it was stated that Captain Thomas Green, who has been for a number of years dockmaster at the King's Dock, had been placed on the retired list, by reason of ill-health, and that Foremen Rowe and Hewitt htid been appointed pierniasters at the King's Dock. Tenders were accepted for the electrical work to be carried out on behalf of the Anglo-Persian Oil Co. The committee also approved of a scheme for loading vessels from Messrs. Weaver's side at the North Dock Basin. j
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OPPOSED TO WINSTON. j I  -N i. P f. Ma?r Prettyman Newman, M.P. for Enfield, notified his constituents on Thurs- day that he cannot support the Govern- ment any 'longer owing to the appoint- ments of Mr. Winston Churchill and Mr. | Montague.
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KILLED BY "FALL." The County Coroner has been notific-d of the death of Wm. John Harris (28), of Tvrmynydd, Long ho r Common, Gor- soinon. The deceased was following his employment at the Mountain Colliery on Wednesday morning, when he was killed by a fall of roof.
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Gunner Edwin Thomas, of 35, Cae Bricks, Cwmbwrla. E-Aaiisea, has had a remarkable escape from death. He was a member of the crew of the ill-fated Vanguard, but about a week before the; explosion he was taken off to command' the gun on a merchant ship. he being thej cnly one picked. Notifying his sister-in- law, Mrs. Fred Thomas, who resides iiti Parry'.s-terr, R'01Hm. of the ehane. | he sa vs: "This is rotten .luck for me." The disaster, however, must have caused him to change his views. Sir Francis ewdegate, Governor of Tasmania, aadiessin? the Hùbart Cham- I fcer of Commerce declared that evei-v Parliament in the Empire should pass a I vote of thanks for the work the mercan- tile marine had done in the
RUSSIA'S WOES
RUSSIA'S WOES NEW TROUBLES ARISE AT HOME PETROGKAU, Wednesday (R-eceived Thursday). It is knowii that. a partial crisis broke out in the Provisional Government in consequence of a difference of views I)e- tween the Socialist Ministers and the Cadet. Ministers on the question of the autonomy of Ukraine. Four Cadet Ministers resigned. Taking advantage of this crisis, certain units of the garrison of Petrograd, under the influence of the propaganda of the Social Democrats and Maximalists, and displeased by the repri- sals employed against the troops which had pronounced against the new offensive on July 16th, a bout nine o'clock in the evening organised a series of armed demonstrations, which continued, all the following day. The demonstrators carried banners inscribed "Down with the Bourgeois Ministers. We demand that all power shall be handed over to the Councils of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates." A series of collisions occurred between those troops ,nd the supporters of the Government, several persons being in- jured. On the following day the Government placarded orders prohibiting all demon- strations The disorders continued, how- ever. On Tuesday rifle firIng broke out i,.iid machine-guns were fired, particularly in the Nevsky Prospect (the great main artery) and the neighbouring streets. At several places killed and wounded were found. An inquiry made has not succeeded in establishing the origin of the shots fired. The Demonstrators declare they were fired on from windows, and therefore had to da- fend themselves. During the day sailors arriving from Kronstadt made numerous domiciliary visits to houses in the Nevsky and Liteny Prospects. Towards eight in the even- ing calm was restored in town. In addition to the political crisis can-Ted by the demands of the Ukraine for Home Rule, the Russian Provisional Government is faced with disorders in Petrograd. These hare been engineered by the Maximalist ("Peace at Once") partv, led by M. Lenin. On Mdnday the Maximalists organised a mutiny of the garrison, which had s-ome success. On the following day several thousand mutineers and worlnnPQ from Kronstadt arrived in the capital. As on the previous night, there was random machine-gun and rifle fire in the streets, which caused a panic. The temporary withdrawal of General Komi 1 off across the Tromnitza, renderrd necessarv by the sudden rise of that river in his re>ar. does not lessen the importance or thr? significance of the brilliant mtc- c?s? ?-l?h. t??O?a ?<?-?..???. '??d a Geeral ifnvsilotr 'lat.?y ?Mpvpd. They have exprci?pd a ,'ny cirious influence upon the int",bm ,I l" ii- of the country. On the one hand. Cadets, or Constitutional Democrats, ap- pear to TiUpe rushed to the oonelusion that this marked revival of .patriotic enprgv in the Southern Armies signified a general revulsion from the arlvnnrpri revolutionary doctrines which had ir- snired the advocates of a German reace." and had pir, -1 from a time the military forces of the nation. On tho other hand, lie Maximalists and the Ger man arid reactionary agents, whose tools the Maximalists are, perceive that these successes are both imperilling their own position and thwarting the military plans and the political intrigues of their Ger- man patrons. Cadets and Maximalist8 have accordingly decided that cow or never is the moment, to upset the Provi- sional Government and its supporters, the Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' Dele- gates, or the Soviet, as the Russians more conveniently term that body, and thp Council of the Peasants' Delegates. While the Cadets have acted constitu- tionallv, if imprudently, the Maximalist? have adjured the people and the garrison of PetroTrad to descend into the street." Thev have succeeded in provoking blood- shed. The Government, the Soviet, and the Committee of Peasants' Delegates have issued a batch of appeals which brand th- disturbers as traitors and ene- mies of the Revolution, who "strike a dagger's blow in the back of the Revolu- tionary Army"; they demand that al; acts of this nature should be eonded once and for all. and they forbid all demon- strations. It remains to be roen whethe" words will suffice to overawe the Maxi< malists, and whether, if words fail, ths Provisional Government and its sup- porters. or the new Government wbict soems to be under construction, will hlWC the will and the power to employ more drastic arguments. The future of frei Russia seems to depend very largely upon the answer. LENIN IN GERMAN PAY. Petrograd, Wednesday (received I hur*- dnv\—Owing to reports of an intended attack on the Taurida Palace for the pur- pose of arresting MM. Skobeleff, Tseretelli, and Teheraoff, the military authorities sent two light guns thither. They wer-P met on the way by a machine-gun ree- ment. There wa6 an exchange of fire, and so vent <-en men were wounded. At the Champs De Mars a partv of infantry fired on some Cossacks who had arrived from Palovsk. A letter from the Chief of the Staff 01 th? Generalissimo reveals M. Lenin in the character of an agent of the Germ a r General Staff. Evidence was traced, through the confession of I>ieut. Enuo- lensko, that M. Lenin was sent to the iront of the Sixth Russian Army to propagate a separate peace with Germany as soon a< possible. M. Lenin's task was to compro mi.s2 the Provisional Government in till eyes of the people by every possible means. Funds were sent through the interne- diary of an employe of the German Lega* tion at Stockholm. It is alleged that the chief agent it Russia is the Maxmalist leader, Koslov- skv, to whose account it is stated that twc million toubles are now standing at one of the Petrograd ks. NEW ASSEMBLY CONVOKED. Petrograd, Wednesday (received Tbxirs, day).—The Executive Committees of Coun- cils of Soldiers' and Workmen's an< Peasants' Delegates this morning passed a resolution convoking in a fortnight's time a general assembly of all local councils of thoea bodies for the purpose of discus ing the organisation of a new powel which is to replace that of the resigned Cadet Ministers, and adding that pending a solution of this question, all powel must continue to be concentrated in thf hands of the present Govern rewti—^ Reuter. v