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FOOD CONTROL I
FOOD CONTROL ABERAVON AND AMMANFORD COMMITTEES A fcrpecial meeting of Aberavon Town Council was held on Tuesday night, the Mayor (Councillor Goslin), presiding, to consider Lord Rhondda's schcme of Food Contr,)IAld. J. M. Smith considered 4111 tli coii,,1 ( l er(,.c l that they should act in eoniunction with Margam and Glyncorrwg Councils. The Mayor thought they should appoint a committee of twelve to start with, and afpoint a sub-committee to co-operate with subcommittees of the other Councils. Councillor Price proposed that the c'Jm.1 mittee should consist of ten members of the- Council, and two (one a lady) from outside. Councillor Jacob moved an amendment that 6ix members of the Council should be elected and six from outside so as to give both Labour and retailers a place [ on the committee. Councillor Aaron James induced Mr. Jacob to accept 8 frcm the Coiinei and lour outsiders, and the amendment was adopted. The outsiders selected were Mrs. Lewis M. Thomas, Messrs. George Longden, Jen-! ikin Morgan, and a representative of the Labour Party. The representatives of the Council chosen were the Mayor, Aid. J. M. Smith, Dd. Rees, David William- Councillors P. Jacob, Aaron James, Jen- kin Morgan, and J. Price. Aid. David Rees was appointed to re- present the Council on the Local Advisory Committee with reference to the working at' Labour Exchanges. CHOSEN OF AMMANFORD. At a special meeting of the Ammanford Council, Mr. J. C. Slmw presiding, con- sideration was given to the circular letter from the Ministry of Food re Food Con- trol, and the following were appointed to constitute a Food Control Committee for the district: Messrs. Wm. Evans, J. C. Shaw. Dd. George, J. H. Lawlev, W. N. Jones. B. R. Evans, John Morgan, Thos. Fletcher. J. E. J. Hariies, and Evans. This committee was empowered to co-opt a lady member, and it was under- stood that the committee would take in hand also the work hitherto performed by the Allotments Committee. Upon a communication being read from the Local Government Board in reference! to housing after the war. Mr. John liar- ries said it was his opinion that the great- est obstacle to private enterprise in the erection of workmen's houses was that the houses reverted to the landowner in 99 years, owing to the prevailing system of leasing the sites. He thought the issue should he faced, and suggested the calling of a conference of all local authorities, so that a clear statement lie made, and a definite policy decided upon. The Chairman pointed out that the committee to he appointed would make a recommendation in the ruiitei .and the Council could then add any rider they might desire o The Finance Committee, which have al- ready in hand the small dwellings asquisi- tion scheme, were appointed to investigate and consider ths housing problem in the area LLANDILO. Councillor M. II. Nichols is one of the committee appointed by the Town Council .t Llandilo. Mr. Nichols is one of the most useful members of the Council.
ALLOTMENTS ROBBED.
ALLOTMENTS ROBBED. Five girls from nine to 12 years of age pleaded guilty at Aberavon on Tuesday to stealing cabbages and carrots from an al- lotment in the Sandfields.—Wm. Thomas, a Ferndale collier, who had been staying with his uncle, Thomas Jenkins, in Vic- toria-read, saw the girls in his uncle's allotment, and gave chase. Two of the girls and a boy were further charged with stealing vegetable marrows from the game allotment.—Thos. Jenkins said that eight out of ten marrows had been taken. They were valued at 405.- lines. of 30s. and 20s. were imposed on the parents. One of the girls was dis- charged.
MARGAM ALLOTMENTS.
MARGAM ALLOTMENTS. Mr. J. E. Davies. Llantrisant, who judged the Margam Urban Council allot- ments, has awarded prizes as follows:- General produce (prizes given by Miss Talbot):- 1, E. W. Roderick. Chapel of Ease al- lotment, 4fj points out of 50, 40s.; 2, W Morgan, Gower-street, 45 nts., 306.; 3, W. j Negus, Dyffryn-road, 40 pts., 20s.; 4, R. W. Henry, Taibach, 39 pts., 15s.; 5, J- Dum- mer, Courtsart, 3S pts., los.; 6, W. Davies. Theodore-road, 37 pts.. 5s. Potato plots (prizes given by Allotment Holders' Association). 1. Jesse Evans, Gwarycaeau, 48 pts., 25s.; 2, Hopkin Evans, Groeswen, 45 pts., 20s.; 3, Thomas Fabian, Gwarycaeau, 45 pts., 15s.; 4, A. J. Wright. Gwarycaeau, 44 pts., 12-s. 6d.; 5, A. Spicer, Park, 40 pts.. 10s.; 6, Thomas Jones, Dyffryn-road, 39 pts., 7s. 6d.
! PORT TALBOT LOCO. MEN.I
PORT TALBOT LOCO. MEN. At a largely attended meeting of the Port Talbot branch of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Fire- men. held on Sunday, the resolution passed at the joint meeting of the South Wales and Monmouthshire and West Wales District Council at Newport was passed unanimously. The resolution read: That this joint meeting of the South Wales, Monmouth- shire, and West Wales District Council. after hearing the report of the meetings between the Executive Council and the Railway E.C. and the Board of Trade, regrets the decision arrived at, and ap- peals to the special meeting of delegates called to consider the matter to decide upon a national strike. In the event of the conference not agreeing to this course, we call upon the South Wal es and Monmouthshire loco men to imme- diately withdraw their labour in support of the eight hour day for locomotive men.
BOYS IN TROUBLE.
BOYS IN TROUBLE. Two boys of nine years of age were charged at Aberavon on Tuesday* with breaking and entering 1, Springfield-ter- race, Aberaven, and stealing a matchbox, two farthings arui two Belgian coins, value 2s. 6d., the property of Connie Howells. Miss Howells told the bench that she left home on July 16th, and on returning on August 14th found the up- stairs rooms in disorder with the drawers ransacked. Louisa Isaac, who is in service with a neighbour, said she visited Xo. 1, Spring- field-terrace, on Sunday afternoon, July 27th, and heard someone moving upstairs. She got frightened and went for a com- panion. On returning she, saw the smaller 'boy on the roof at the back. P.C. Vernon said that entry was effected -through it bedroom window. When he the ooytl they admitted the offence and took him to a field where they hid ifce thine*. Both were placed on probation for twvh* month*,
tMOTHER'S DESPAIR I ♦
MOTHER'S DESPAIR ♦ TRAGIC INQUEST STORY AT BURRYPORT Will bach, I have broken my heart; I don't know what made me do it. Frank and I have been in the water, and Frank is drowned." This statement, is attributed to the mother of the two-year-old son of a Burry- port soldier, Sergeant Frank Mundy, who was met on the seashore at Burryport carrying the dead body of her child. The Coroner (Mr. W. W. Brodie) opened an inquiry into the circumstances attend- ing the death of the child, Frank Mons Mundny, on Tuesday. Sarah Morgan, b). Morelan-terrace, Burryport. a sister of the mother, said the latter called at her house on Saturday to show her a letter and some postcards she had had from her husband, who was in France. Her sister left the house with the child in her arms. About an hour after she had gone her eldest boy ran into the house and cried, Mother and Frank are drowned." Witness's mother then went: to the beach, and her sister was brought back to the house in a collapsed state. Since then she had been confined to her bed suffering from pneumonia. Mrs. Mundy, witness added, had been very depressed since her husband went to France five weeks ago. William Williams, of 23, Morelan-ter- race. a colliery haulier, stated that hear- ing that Mrs. Mundy and her child were drowned he ran to the seashore and saw her carrying the child along the slag bink. On the way he passed her apron, cap, and shawl, which were on the bank. The woman, whose clothes were wet. appeared to lie in a state of collapse, and as he approachul her she made the state- ment to him quoted above. She also said she felt ill and depressed, not having been the same since her husband had returned to me. regiment. Th" innuiry was adjourned for the attendance of the mother.
MARRIED MEN OVER 31.
MARRIED MEN OVER 31. A special meeting of the Aberavon Tribunal, held on Tuesday night, decided to exempt all married men over 31 for three months. A special meeting was I necessary owing to the accumulation of these cas?s. Councillor Percy Jacob pre- sided.
INEATH DRAPER'S WILL.
NEATH DRAPER'S WILL. Mr. David Shirres. of 25, London-road, Neath, draper, who died on May HHh last, left estate of the gross value of £ 9.414, of which CS,351 is net personalty. Probate lias been granted to his widmy. Mrs, Emily Shirres. The testator left £10 each to his sister-in-law, Elizabeth Teague. and his cousin. Ann Stephens, and the residue of his estate to his wife.
INEATH BOXERS AT MAESTEG
NEATH BOXERS AT MAESTEG At the League ITall. Maesteg. on Saturdav, Gunhoat Baker (Neath), was diequabfie d in the fifth round of a contest with Dick Davies (Caerau1). Arty Edwards (Glyncorrwg/. beat Fay Benjamin fDuftrvn) on points over ten rounds, and Jack Benjamin (Duffryn) knocked out Eddie Nicholas (Pontycymmer) in the first session of a six-round bout. Mr. Haydn Morgan was th?rcfd'ee.
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TYPHOID AT TUMBLE. Major David Davies is to ask the Presi- dent of the Local Government Board whether his attention has been called to the outbreak of typhoid in the Tumble district. Carmarthenshire, and to the un- satisfactory conditions of housing and sanitation in that area, and whether, he will came a public inquiry to be held with respect to the causes of this and other epidemics that frequently occur in the locality.
IPENMY AN HOUR MORE. !
I PENMY AN HOUR MORE. I Good News for Thousands of West Wales Workers. As the result of an arbitration con- ducted before the Committee on Produc- tion in I/ondon by Mr. W. Pugh and five representatives of the men. West Wales workers in controlled establishments who are members of the Dockers' Union have been granted an increase in their weekly wage of Id. per hour, to be retrospective j from June 8th. and an additional 3s. per week to come into operation from August 1st. The men's original application was for nn increase of 2-!d. per hour, and the advance affects thousands of workers.
IMOTORISTS' OFFENCES.
MOTORISTS' OFFENCES. Series of Prosecutions at Neath. A police hold-up of motorists during last week led to the appearance of several drivers at Neath on Monday. Brinley Hadyn Jones, "Lonlas," Clyne, was summoned for failing to produce his licence on demand, and with driving at a speed dangerous to the public. I Chief Constable W. Higgins said defen- dant was driving his car at a speed of 20 miles an hour. This kind of thing, added the Chief Constable, was becoming all too common, and must be stopped.— A fine of S3 was imposed. Thomas Griffiths, Llanon, Llanelly, ad- mitted failing to produce his licence when demanded by P.C. Thomas, and ex- plained that he received a wire saying his brother, a chaplain, in Ftance had been wounded, and he was riding to inform a relative.—Fined 15s. Trevor Ford, Llangyfelach-road, Swan- sea. was fined t2 for a similar offence, and George Prescott, Cambrian-place, Sketty, employed by the South Wale6 Transport Co., had to pay a similar fine after explaining that he left the licence at the garage. Swansea.
I I CANADIAN HARVEST.
I I CANADIAN HARVEST. Owing to representations made to the Canadian Government with respect to the probable shortage of labour for harvest- ing, the Prime Minister recently called a meeting of representatives from the prin- cipal railway companies and of several important bodies for the purpose of arranging as far as possible for the pro- vision and transportation of labour to those portions of Canada where it is most needed by farmers. At this meeting ar- rangements were outlined which it is be- lieved will effectively meet the difficulties as to securing sufficient labour. It was suggested that Sir Robert Borden should issue a general appeal to the Canadian people. Civil servants of the Saskatchewan Pro- vincial Government who desire to work in the harvest fields will, it is expected, be given leave of absence from their duties for this purpose. This step has not been officially decided upon, but the plans are all made, and the assent of the Executive Council is now awaited. A similar policy was followed with regard to spring work ,D.u the land- > 1 I
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POST-WAR PROBLEMS.I
POST-WAR PROBLEMS. I Housing Accommodation in I Gower. The Gower Rural District Council met at the Workhouse, Penmaen. on Tuesday. Mr. J. A. Jenkins presided. A letter was read from the Swansea Rural District Council asking the Gower Council to press forward the scheme for the construction of a new road from- Pen- elawdd to Gowerton. The letter added that unless the plans were forthcoming for consideration by the Joint Commit- tee before the Provisional Order for the extension of the Swansea Borough was granted by the Local Government Board, there was a probability that the Swansea Rural District Council would drop cut of the agreement with the Gower authori- ties. 1 JefiRfnJs* 'The extension will ,not take place for some time. Mr. Jones (council surveyor) said all the Swansea authorities wanted was the approval of the plans. Ultimately Mr. G. E. Gordon proposed that the council engineer he asked to com- plete the plan. The Chairman seconded, aud the proposition was carried unani- mously. > The Clerk read a communication from the LoNl Government Board Mating that the granting of the Provisional Order was (suspended fÖr the present owing to the advanced stage of the Parliamentary session. Mr. H. J. Ind (clerk) read a circular from the Local Government Board urging the importance of the provision of work- ing class dwellings immediately on the cessation of hostilities. They asked the Council if they were of opinion that there was a housing need in their area, and if I they desired to share in the financial assistance promised in the Local Govern- I ment Board scheme, to fill up a form, giving particulars of the population and housing accommodation in Gower. The circular stated that for some time after the war many of the difficulties which have brought the building of such houses to a standstill will continue to prevail, and throughout the period of the war there will be an increasing arrear of building to be subsequently overtaken. This was one of the most pressing post- war problems. Realising that private enterprise, to which we owe 95 per cent. of our house building prior to the war, will be quite unable to cope with the question, it will be necessary to rely upon local authorities to provide the houses required, with their road, water, and drainage requirements. Mr. Hayes Fisher, President of the Local Government Board, says the Government recognises it will be necessary to afford substantial financial assistance from public funds to those local authorities carrying out a programme of housing for the working classes which is approved by the Local Government Board Mr. G. E. Gordon (Penclawdd) observed that there was only one portion of the dis- trict where the housing problem was really in need of a solution, and that was Penclawdd. The Chairman proposed that a commit- tee be struck to give a return of the popu- lation and accommodation in Gower. Mr. G. E. Gordon seconded. An amendment by Mr. Dd. Davies that the Parish Councils be communicated with first found no seconder. Ultimately the following members were appointed, to report by October:—Messrs. J. A. Jenkins (chairman), David Davies, G. E. Gordon, H. L. Prichard, and S. Under Lord Rhondda's scheme, a local Food Control Committe was appointed to administer the regulations in Gower. There were 12 lumbers appointed to serve on the committee, of whom five were members of the council.
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ABERAVON APPOINTMENT. I At a joint meeting of Aberavon, Mar- gam and Glyncorrwg Councils, held at Aberavon on Monday, Mr. Thomas Wil- liams, Gwaryffvnon, LI a n f a i r el y d o g n u, Lampeter, was selected out of 32 candi- dates as inspector under the Shops Act. Mr. Williams, who has been discharged from the Army owing to injuries to his arm, was formerly a farmer. The other candidates on the short list were Mr. T. J. Jenkins. Port Talbot, and Mr. Thomas I. Evans, Taibach.. i
THE SGROLL OF FAME I
THE SGROLL OF FAME I The news has reached Burryport that Sergt. Winstone, son-in-law of Councillor Dl. Davies, is missing. Official news has been received that Sidney Bennett, of 10, Western-street, Swansea, has been severely wounded in the abdomen. Private D. J. Evans. Welsh Guards. whose home is at Hendy, has been killed in action. He was a popular and well- known Hendy sportsman. Pte. Willie Jones, son of Mr. Jno. Jones, Isfryn, Market-square, is suffering from a gunshot wound in the left shoulder, lie has been twice" wounded previously. Mrs. L. A. Thomas, of Vicarage-road, Morriston, has been notified by the War Oifice that her husband, Pte. L. Haydn Thomas, has been wounded and gassed. News has been received by the parents of Pte. James Howells, Cilfrew, that he has been killed in action. Deceased was home on furlough a few days ago. His parents reside at the Post Ofiiee. John Thomas, Wernbwll, Hendy, and Douglas Cottle. Salvation-row, unofficially reported wounded, are now both reported safe. Cottle a few weeks ago was men- tioned for meritorious conduct in the field. Mr. and Mrs. Rees Evans have received news that their son, Pte. Johnny Evans, R.W.F., has been gassed, and is in hospi- tal. Pte. Evans was previously employed at the Gurnos Tinplate Works. Gunner Silas James, R.G.A., the well- known Hendy cricketer and footballer, has been gassed, and is now lving at Epsom Hospital. James is a well-known elocu- tionist. and was a well-known figure in amateur theatricals. Mr. Wm. Williams, 74. Pentreguinea- road, St. Thomas, Swansea, has received official notification that his only son, Pte. Gwilym Williams, R.A.M.C.. is in hospital in France with gas poisoning. Mr. and Mrs. Jones, of the Castle Hotel, A bercrave, have received intimation from the War Office that their only son, Pte. William Jones, of the South Wales Bor- derers, has been killed in action. Driver Thomas Henry Phillips, R.F .A., only son of Mr. William Phillips, Old Toll- gate-square, Hendy. has been killed. He enlisted from Ynysybwl. and leaves a wife and one child. On Sunday morning Mr. John Samuel Gray, Burryport, received a letter from his son, David Samuel, who is in the Flying Corps in Macedonia, that he is lying ill with malaria fever at Macedonia. A telegram was received on Thursday by Mr. R. Howells, Clustycwm Farm, Ty- croes, stating that his nephew, Signaller Willie Owen Rees, has been seriously wounded by gunshot in Flanders, and is now in hospital at Woolwich. Mr. Albert Evans, Welsh Regiment, son of Mrs. Evans, 53, High-Street, Llan- dovery, has been wounded. Mrs. Evans has two ether sons on active service. Her husband was killed on the western front i-i the early days of the war. Mr. Owen Davies, Mason's-road, Gorsei- non, has received official news that his son Pte. Bryn Davies, Welsh Regiment, has been wounded. 22 years of age he was pre- viously employed at the Mardy Tinplate Works. Cpl. T. G. Samuel, F.R.C.O., Mus. Bac., has received a shrapnel wound in the leg, caused by a German shell at Ypres. Cpl. Samuel has been acting as French inter- preter for some time. He has just arrived at a Hampsted Heath hospital. The funeral of Lee-cpl. D. Morris Davies, who died of wounds received in France at Christchurch Hospital, will take place on Sunday at 3.30 o'clock, and will be of a military character. The body arrived at Kidwelly on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Evans. Pentwyn, Pontar- dulais, have received news that their son Pte. Robert John Evans, of the Devons, has been wounded in France. Pte. Evans was one of the first batch of the Cory (Graigola Merthyr) boys to join up. Fee. Wm. Fluckrtett, Morriston. (Killpd in Action.) Gcrgt. Dan Bowcn, I Swansea. (Died of Wounds.) • Mrs. Davies, caretaker of the Public Hall and Institute, Pontardawe, has re- ceived news that her husband, Pte. Evan Davies, R.G.A., was wounded in the last big push, and is now in hospital at Leices- ter. From information received he has been wounded on the right hand. Official news has been received by Mr. John Hughes, The Furs. Goresinon, that his son, Lce.-cpl. Idris Hughes. Welsh Regiment, has been wounded on the West- ern Front, and is now lying in a military hospital. This is the third son now that has figured in the wounded list. Mr. and Mrs. J. Williams. Dewi House, Seven Sisters, have received news that their second son, Pte. Evan Lewis Wil- liams, of the Welsh Guards, has died of wounds at the base hospital in France. Pte. Williams was one of three sons serv- ing. information hag been received by Mrs. E. Evans, 48, Ysgol-6treet, Danvgraig, that her son, Pte. Christie Evans, R.A.M.C., has been admitted to a French hospital suffering from gas shell wounds. Pte. Evans has three other brothers serv- ing, one in France, one in Salonika, and '] another in Egypt. Sergt. Edmufid Miles, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Miles, Cordinen House, Oak- field-street, l'ontardulais, has just received his second promotion on the field, for meri- torious conduct He is attached to the Devons; enlisted in September, 1914, and was formerly employed at the Graig Mer- thyr Colliery. The death occurred in action on July 29th of Pte. Granville Davies (24), Welsh Regiment, third son of the late Mr. D. L. Davies and Mrs. Davies. of 13, Rich- mond-road, Swansea. The eldest brother, Bertram, is with the Navy, and another brother, Lieut. Stanley Davies, is now in a London hospital, after service in France. Mr., and Mrs. B. Goldstone, antique dealers, of Church-street. Swansea, have received information of the arrival in a Yorkshire hospital of their son, Private Louis Goldstone, of the Liverpool Rifles. Private Goldstone has been badly gassed. Another son, Pte. H. Goldstone, i6 in hos- pital in France. News reached Pontardawe on Monday that Pte. William Jones, R.G.A., of the firm of Messrs. Rees and Jones, tobaccon- ists, Herbert-street, Pontardawe, had died of wounds Teceived in the recent heavy fighting. Deceased was about 36 years of age. and prior to opening business in Pontardawe he was i-, the grocery trade in Merthyr. Information has reached Neat' that Lieut. Fred Jones, son of the late Coun- cillor Tlios. Jones, ex-Mayor of Neath, has been wounded in the face by shrapnel. Sergt. Ronald Hughes, Llansamlet, whoso parents reside at Sketty. and who was reported missing, believed killed, has written to his wife stating that he is a prisoner in the hands of the Germans. Sergt. Hughes belonged to the Argyll and Sutherland Regiment. At Rhosamman Private Emrys Davieq, M.M., of the R.A.M.C., was given a Gcnrl- off. Mr. Jacob James, on behalf of the committee, presented the soldier with a cheque. Songs, solos and recitations were contributed by loca l artistes. The Re\ John Llewelyn presided. The Rev. David Randell, a chaplain with H.M. Forces in France, has received the distinction of the Chevalier of th" Order of Leopold. The rev. gentleman w he before joining the colours, was a curate at Tenby, is a native of Dafen, where his parents reside. I, Mrs. Jones, Derwen Villa. Brynamman, was officially notified the other day that her son, Pte. Conwil Jones, had been gassed while in action in France. A letter repudiating the report has since been re- ceived by Mrs. Jones, stating that her son's name was confused with another soldier bearing a similar name. It now transpires that Sergt. D. Hcadley vjlio was reported missing a few weeks ago fell in action on April 11th last. His wife, who resides at 128. Western-street, Swansea, has received official information to that effect. The deceased was, before joining, in the employ of the Swansea Tramways Co. Lieut. T. C. Nicholas. Machine-gun Corps, Lancashire Regiment, son of Mr. J. W. Nicholas, clerk to the Carmarthen- shire County Council, who is now a pris- oner of war in Germany, has been awarded the Military Cross. His eldest brother, Lieut. J. W. Nicholas, is now serving in Mesopotamia. A.D.Atbert Horace Gutridge, Manselton, Swansea (Wounded 3 times) Mrs. David Phillips, of Pencoed. Lfan-I samlet, has been officially notified that her son. Private Ollander Phillips, of the Welsh Guards, has been admitted to hos- pital seriously wounded, his thigh having been shattered. He is a single-man. 28 years of age. and prior to joining up was one of Messrs. Lipton's branch managers. News is to hand that Sapper Willie R. Evans, of the Royal Engineets, I atid son of the late Mr. Richard Evans and Mrs. Evans, Felinfacli, Upper Cwmtwrch. is lying in hospital at Birmingham, having been gassed in France. Sapper Evans is :.?13 years of age. and prior to enlistment was engaged at the Black Mountain Silica Works. J Mrs. Evans, vf 52, Odo-street, Hafod, Swansea, received official news from the War Office on Friday of the death of her husband, Drummer S. J. Evans, Welsh Regiment He had' bn reported missing since July l?th. 1916. Before the war he was employed at the Swansea Oil and Grease Works. He leaves a widow and one child. T. G. Seacombc Swansea. (Killed.) Dmr. S. J. Evans, Hafod. ,Swansea. (Killed.) -1 Pte. David John Jeremiah. Devons, only son of Mrs. Jeremiah. Glynllwchwr Cot- tages, Pontardulais, succumbed to shell wounds in the head and left side on Aug. litli. He enlisted at the outbreak of war, and has seen service in Gallipoli and in France. He was employed formerly at the Graig-Merthyr Colliery, and was an active member of Siloh Congregational Church. Capt. Percy Humphreys, R.W.F., whose death in acti6n in France is reported, was a son of Mr. C. W. Humphreys. J.P.. Llan- fair, Caereinon. Montgomery. Having served as a cashier under the London City and Midland Bank at Llangollen, he was promoted to the managership of the Llan- dilo branch, where he remained up to the time he joined th, ccloili,s. He was 35 years of age and married.. He was a mern- 1 ber of the Wesleyan Church at Llandilo Pte. Dd. John Taylor. King's Cottages, Pontardulais, se-ving with a labour unit i-t France, is lying in a base hospital. Taylor saw service with the Welsh Regi- ment in the early days of the war, but he was discharged on account of ill-health. Mrs. Phillips of Teague's Cottage, Cimla, Neath, has been officially notified of the death in action of her husband, Pte. Thos. Rhys Phillips, Welsh Regiment. He was formerly employed at the Tonmawr Col- liery. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis. 11. Cave-street. Cwmbwrla. Swansea, have received official news that their son A.B. Ernest Lewis, R.N .D., has been wounded in action, and is now in an English hospital. This is the fourth time A B. Lewis has been wounded —twice in Gallipoli, and twice in France. He has also served en the Salonika front. Mrs. Redmond, of 10. Burman-street, ¡ Swansea, has just heard that hereon, Pte. G. Redmond, was wounded at Ypres. and is now in hospital in England. He had been previously wounded at Ypres in February, and has been over the top five times. Pte. Redmond, who is 26 years old, is the grandson of the lata Mr. Eman- uel Trick, of Swansea, and was originally a private secretary for a gentleman at Brighton. He is now attached to the West leStii reys. He only returned to France nine weeks ago. MrG. Redmond has two other Eons-mmbers of t4e Canadian Cavalry.
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THE SCROLL OF FAME Sergt. F. Ivan Davies. formerly of 115, Llantwit-road, Neath, has been wounded: in the left arm, and is now at the general hospital, Le Treport, France. Pte. D. J. Davies, Welsh Guards, son' of Mr. and Mrs. John Davies, Pant, Uan. saint, near Ferryside, has been killed in action. He was carrying a despatch when h. was shot by a German sniper. Sergt. J. 1. Davies, R.W.F., son of the late Rev. Edward Davies. C.M. minister, Carmarthen, has been killed in action. He was married, and a schoolmaster in Lon- don when he enlisted.. He was very popular in Carmarthen. Mrs. Hamond, John-street, Reeolven, has just received news of the death of hei son, Pte. Aubrey Hammond. who died of wounds received in the recent fighting-id Flanders. Previous to joining he was en. gaged at the Resolven Colliery. •- It is officially announced that Pte. WriK Jones, son of Mr. Henry Jones, estate agent to the G.W.R. Co. at Neath, has been killed in action. Of the four brothers who joined the Colours -at the outbreak of war, two have been killed. On Wednesday morning, Mr. James Price, tinman, Ashburnham Tinworks, Burryport, received the news that his son. Pte. Lemuel Price, Welsh Fusiliers, had been killed in action in France. He was 32 years of age. He was employed at Messrs. Pugh Bros., Llanelly. News has been received at his home at Dunvant that Pte. John Burgess, of thf Welsh Regiment, has been seriously i wounded. He has received two bullet wounds in the head, and is lying in a pre- carious condition in a hospital in Chelten. ham. This is the second time for Private Burgess to be wounded. Corporal David Morgan, Welsh Regt., is in hospital suffering from a shot woano in the right arm. Corporal Morgan is 32 years of age and a widower, and resides with his sister, Mrs. Webbern, 57, Harod- street, Swansea. He enlisted at the put- break of war, and was formerly employee at the Atlantic Patent Fuel Works. Information has been received thai Lieut. Leslie Collins, R.F .A., son of thE late Mr. W. R. Collins and Mrs. Collins Heathercroft, Langland, Mumbles, hu been wounded in the leg, in action in Flanders. He is reported to be progressing satisfactorily. He is a brother of Lieut. Gordon Collins, lately A.P .M. in this diso trict. Official news has been received by Miss E. Plucknett, Dan-y-Lan, Graig-road, Morriston, that her brother, Private Wm. Plucknett, South Wales Borderers, was wounded on July 28 and died shortly after being admitted to hospital. The deceased was 32 years of age. Previous to joining he was employed as a tinman at thp Worcester Tiftplate Works. Intimation has reached Cwmllynfer that Driver Tom D. Jones, of the Welsi Regiment, and Mn of Councillor DanieT T. Jones, J.P and Mrs. Jones, Ooiiry- waun, is lying in a Boulogne hospital suffering from shell wounds in the arm. He is only 20 years of age. Prior to en- listment he was employed at Cwmllynfell Colliery. News has been received that lance- Corporal D'Arcy Bendall, of the old Welsh Cyclist Corps, has been killed iq action. Previous to joining he served m a clerk in the Swansea Gasworks. He leaves a widow, having been married two years ago to a daughter of Mr. David Davies, Castleton, Mumbles, who now re- sides at Castleton. Mr. and Mrs. Seacombe. of 5, Dyfatty- street, Swansea, have been notified of th" death in action in France of their son, Pte. T. G. Seacombe. Pte. Seacombe was 34 years of age, and was previously wounded at Loos in 1915. Mr. Seacoinbe has lost another son, Pte. A. Seacombe, killed ,t Festubert, in 1914, and a son-in-law, Sergt. Popham, killed in Mesopotamia. Corpl. J. Edgar Garnett. whose wife re- sides at No. 10, Glanrhvd-road, Ystrad- gynlais, is in a French Hospital, he having been wounded in the right hand. He was serving with the South Wales Borderers, Mrs. Garnett. who was before her second marriage the widow of Professor Plumb, of the Swansea Baths, has four sons serv- ing-two in the Army and two in the Navy. Mr. and Mrs. Fielder, of 38, Windmill, terrace, St. Thomas, Swansea, have re- ceived a telegram informing them that their son, Second-Lieut. Charles Fielder of the Welsh Regiment, had been woiinded in action at Salonika. The official tele- gram states that although wounded he remained on duty. He was formerly au assistant schoolmaster at Danvgraig. News was received on Friday of the death in hospital of Pte. W. J: Davies, ol Villiers-road, Amanford, son of Mr. Jtío. Davies (" GwJU "). He took part with th<- Welsh Regiment in the recent big battl. in France, and was so severely wounded that both legs had to be amputated. Prio: to voluteering he was a collier at tin Wernos Colliery. Mrs. Bowen, of 29, Llangyfelach-street, Swansea, has received official news -f that her eldest son, Sergt. Dan Bowen, of the Welsh Guards, has died re- ceived on the 31st of July. gers't. Bower had been on active service in France foi two years. He was shot through thf head and died on August 5th. He wa# 22 years of age and was employed at the Cwmfelin Steel and Tinplate Works. The deceased played in local football. Intimation reached Mr. J. C. Shaw, J.P.. Devonia, Ammanford. chairman of the Urban Council, on Friday afternoon. that his son. Pte. Wallis Shaw, of the R.A.M.C.. had been killed in France. Al- though the news is unofifcial, being sent by a friend of Pte. Shaw. there is unfor- tunately, reason to believe that it is true. The deceased was a promising Rugby foot- bailer, and in several big games filled the inside half position in the Ammanford team. Mr. and Mrs. Coleman, the Lodge, Kil- lay House, Killay. have been informed that their son. Pte. W. Coleman, serving with the Cameron Highlanders, has been wounded again, and is in hospital in Hali- fax. Pte. Coleman has been in France since the outbreak of war and vwm wounded in July of last year in Delville Wood. Another brother. Pte. R. Coleman, of the Middlesex Regiment, is suffering from trench fever, «nd has also been. gassed. The youngest brother. Private J. Coleman, was killed in action in Mesopo- tamia i-n March last. Mrs. Gutridge, of 84. Courtney-street. Manselton, Swansea, has been notified of the admission to a stationery hospital in France of her youngest son. A.B. Albert if. Gutridge, of the Naval Division. 21 years of age, he joined* the Division three years ago, and has been in most o? the big battles. He fought at Arras, where e was also wounded, and has now received his third wound, for which he was admitted to ?llospital. He is suffering from gl1nhot wounds in the left thigh. In the days be- fore the war he was employed at Meaers. Baldwins Works. Landore. 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