Abergavenny Chronicle

NOTES ON NEWS. There is no denying that the pofelic has shown remarkable patience while waiting TBB PRIa or Coal. for the Government to take some action with re- gard to the increasing prices of coal, wheat, meat, and other commodities. One may well believe that there were difficulties in the way, but it cannot be said that any undue haste has been displayed on the part of the Government to intervene on behalf of the long-suffering consumer. However, Mr. Runciman, as President of the Board of Trade, has now made a state- ment which, under the circumstances, must be considered satisfactory. As to coal, it is pretty clear that, in spite of a shortage of labour and difficulties of transit, the price charged to the public has been higher than was fair and right. Mr. Runciman now states that he has almost reached" an agreement with the coalowners which will keep prices down to a level which will return to the owners and merchants a fair profit and no more. No- body can object to that; and the con- sumers will have the satisfaction of know- ing that they are not being exploited in order that the patriotic people who sell them the coal are not getting rich at a much greater rate than they would be doing if there was no war. "Parliament, said Mr. Runciman, "will not tolerate any exploitation. As to wheat also, Mr. Runciman was en- couraging. Prices have already fallen, WHEAT and MEAT. and will fall still lower when the Dardanelles are opened and the Russian supplies come into the market. The danger of a shortage in supplies, which looked very real some months ago, has now disap- peared, and owing to the drop in prices some firms which have made enormous profits are now seeing those profits melt away. Mr. Runciman did not express any sympathy for these sad cases, nor did the House of Commons. There seems to be no immediate prospect of a decrease in the price of meat. One great reason is the extra strain which has been put upon our supplies in order to meet the needs of the armies in the field. Not only do our own men eat more than in peace time, but the French army has lately become a meat- eating army too. "The French decided," said Mr. Runciman, "that as our men fought well on meat, they would feed their men on meat also." The result is an enor- mous additional demand upon home-grown meat as well as upon the supplies from the Dominions and the Argentine. It is the duty of civilians to eat less meat, as the Board of Trade has already asked them to do. "Plant the Bag in the workshops," is I Mr. Lloyd George's appeal to employers EVERY LATHE WANTED. and workmen; and no- body can doubt that the response to the appeal will be unanimous and enthusiastic. The workers in the factories are as patriotic as their brothers who have gone to fight; and we must not let the mis- deeds of a few blind us to the loyalty and devotion of the vast majority. The scheme of local arsenals which was out- lined at Cardiff by Mr. Lloyd George should be productive of good results. Wherever possible, machinery and tools which can be used for the manufacture of munitions are to be used for that purpose. "Every fit man wanted," says the recruit- ing posters; and now it is a case of Every fit lathe wanted. Said. Mr. Lloyd George, Every lathe you have got—re- cruit it, enlist it. Convert your lathes and your machinery into battalions which will drive the foe from the land which he has tortured, and devastated, and trampled, and disgraced; and liberty will be once more enthroned." "Our lathes for liberty I" should be an inspiring war cry for the workers. The Board of Agriculture has promptly I come to the assistance of farmers who find SOLDIERS AS Haymakers. themselves inconvenienced by a shortage of labour for tihe hay harvest. It has obtained from the Army Council permis- sion, at the discretion of the military authorities, for a limited number of soldiers of the new Armies and of the Territorial Force to work in the hay har- vest. Very wisely, one of the oonditions for the employment of soldiers in this work is that suitable labour cannot be obtained in the locality. Farmers who wish to avail themselves of this permission must make application to the Labour Exchanges. When it was first suggested that soldiers training in the new Armies might help farmers in the harvest, objections were raised in some quarters on the score that the men had enlisted to become soldiers and not agricultural labourers. But there are thousands of agricultural labourers in the ranks who will not object to returning to their old tasks for a fortnight or so, while some who have had no experience of such work might find haymaking a pleasant occupation; and all of them would have the satisfaction of knowing that they were doing the State some ser- vice. Mr. Walter Long, the new President of the Local Government Board, has begun CAM OF THE CHILDREN. his tenure of 'office with a promise of legislation dealing with the care of maternity and infancy. Of great importance at any time, it is now more than ever neces- sary that the health of the children should be the nation's concern. The need for re- ducing our bills of infant mortality has long been urged by social reformers, and has too long been comparatively neglected. The great expenditure of life-the best and strongest life—in the war, however, has brought home to all of us the impera- tive need of dealing with the subject in a courageous and thoroughgoing fashion. Recent years have happily seen a consider- able reduction in infantile mortality, but ninety-five out of every 1,000 infants still die before they are a year old. It is far too high a figure, and many of these tittle lives might be saved if proper care were bestowed upon mother and infant. Mr. Long believes that legislation on the subject will not be opposed, and he has promised to put a Bill before Parliament. In considering the total of the casualty lists, and the great increase shown in the TEN I MONTHS' Losses. last seven weeks, it must not be forgotten that we have six times as many men now fighting as we had in the earlier months of the war. Our losses, which now appear to average from all causes about 17,000 a week, are, indeed, rather less in propor- tion than they were when we had a smaller army and the casualties averaged 4,400 a week. The total during ten months, in- cluding just over 50,000 killed, is 258,069. It is a terribly large figure, perhaps double the strength of the first Expeditionary Force to France; but it is to be remem- bered that the list includes 60,000 missing, most of whom will come home after the war; while a very large proportion of the wounded have already returned to the fighting line. Though we all deplore the loss of so many of our best and bravest, nothing is to be gained by making the case worse than it is.

THE MYSTERY SHIP. STEAMER PAINTED BLACK HIDES I SUBMARINE. Other ships which have fallen victims are the Hopemount, a Newcastle steamer, the Diamant, a French schooner, the Desabia, a tank steamer, the Queen Alexandra, Dundee trawler, and an unknown schooner. The Diamant was bound to, Swansea from St. Malo, and was sunk off Pendeen by a submarine on Sunday. The crew were landed at Plymouth on Monday. The cap- tain of the Diamant says the submarine a p- peared from behind a steamer which watched the operation, and that after- wards the submarine returned to the shelter of the ship. The Hopemount left Cardiff on Saturday, and was attacked by a submarine on Sun- day and sunk by shell fire. The captain and three of the crew are in hospital at Barry suffering from wounds caused by the shelling, and the remainder of the crew were landed there on Monday. The Hope- mount was a vessel of 3,300 tons, belonging to Messrs. Stamp, Mann and Co. Captain Robert Gibson, interviewed at Barry Hospital, said that the Hopemount, sighted the submarine about 6 o'clock on Sunday. morning when about seventy miles west of Lundy Island. The submarine com- menced to fire shells, several of which struck the ship, and fragments hit him (the captain) on the arms and neck. He and the crew took to the boat which had been flung out in readiness, and when they last saw the Hopemount she was set- tling down rapidly. After being in the boat about twelve hours they were picked up by a Greek steamer. The Hopemount's men while in the boat saw the submarine attack and sink an un- known schoner. What became of the crew of the schooner they do not know. The sub- marine then returned and again shelled the Hopemount, apparently because it was not sinking quickly enough. The tank steamer Desabia, owned by A. Weir and Co., Ltd., has been torpedoed off the Firth of Tay. She was valued at xioo,ooo. The Fleetwood trawler Lucy arrived m port on Monday with a small boat picked up at sea belonging to the Morwentva, Montreal, which has already been reported sunk by a submarine. The boat bore marks of shell-fire.

COPPER CARGO IN PRIZE COURT In the Prize Court on Monday Sir Samuel Evans made an order that 400 tons of copper seized on board the steamship Zamora and claimed as neutral cargo by Swedish claimants should be delivered to the Crown after appraisement, and upon an undertak- ing as to payment under an Order in Council of April 29 last. Sir Edward Carson K.C., argued that the Crown had a direct right to requisition neutral goods. The copper, he said, was shipped from New York to Stockholm. At the outset of the war we seized ships that were building here for neutral countries. It would never do to say that the Crown could not do so. The defence of the realm must be the first consideration of the Crown. His lordship said the Swedish claimants regarded the matter as of great inter- national importance, and acoordingly he ad- journed the summons from chambers into court for argument. He had come to a quite definite conclusion to make the order for delivery of the copper to the Crown, but he would state his views at length at a later day. That practice was often adopted by the Judicial Committee. He was clearly of opinion that he had jurisdiction to make this order, that the order was valid, that the copper was requisitioned on behalf of his i Majesty, and that he should be failing in his duty if he did not act upon the order.

Mr. Justice Avory dealing with an appeal in the Court of Criminal Appeal, said that the appellant put forward three pleas, that he was in the Army, that if he had not been in the Army he would not have been in Surrey, and that if he had not been in Surrey he would not have committed the theft to which he pleaded guilty. The appeal was dismissed.

BRITISH AIRMAN'S FIGHT AGAINST GREAT ODDS. In the following meesage "Eye-Witness" tells of a British airman and an observer who made a plucky fight against several of the enemy's aircraft. The airman was shot through the jaw and neck and was rapidly losing consciousness, but stuck to his machine and finally reached his base. The message is as follows:— The period of stagnation in operations lasted from Monday, June 7, to Thursday, June 10 inclusive, no action of any impor- tance being undertaken by either side. On Monday, the day upon which our naval air- men obtained such a striking success, two of their comrades in the Royal Flying Corps had a most adventurous flight. Whilst on reconnaissance about twenty miles from our front they were attacked by several German aviators. It was not long before our pilot was shot through the jaw and neck. At first he collapsed and lost control of the aeroplane, and then re- covered sufficiently to steady the machine, which continued its flight pursued and fired at by a succession of hostile aeroplanes. Nevertheless he gradually grew weaker and weaker through loss of blood and became hardly conscious of what he was doing, but the observer handed him bandages and helped him to bind up the wound, which was a dangerous one, while he kept the machine going, maintained observation, and completed the reconnaissance. The pair of officers made a good landing at their base, having returned with the information which they had been sent out to collect. The pilot is doing as well as can be expected from the nature of his wound. On Tuesday, near Cuinchy, one of our snipers is believed to have accounted for three Germans. Wednesday was entirely uneventful. On Thursday, the hostile miners were active. During the morning they fired one small and harmless charge in front of Ploegsteert Wood, probably in re- taliation for the mine we had exploded four days previously, and another some distance to the south of Hooge. That night also they exploded another mine to the north of Ypres, which inflicted some slight loss. We occupied the crater formed near Ploeg- steert. The recent heat culminated on Wednes- day afternoon in a very heavy thunder- storm, with hail, which reduced the tem perature. A LETTER FROM A GERMAN. I The following message, written in English, was recently thrown into one of our trenches north of the Ypres-Comines Canal: "Friday, the 4th of June. "Dear Neighbours,—Your compatriots have made us some reproaches, you say we use gas, and pretend it to be weakness. Never, my dears, it is only an assistance, which we are allowed to use by the better and greater perfection and development of our chemical and technical knowledge, by superiority in the sciences, for the second your people talk of the catastrophe of the Lueitania, proving with it that we killed women and babies. There is the only one answer. We must protect ourselves! Try to kill the wasp and it will sting.' By troubling our commerce you want to perish Germany or (colloquial spoken) to kill inno- cent women and children by famine. But now the difference: are your 'women and babies' obliged to render themselves into the danger? If they do they are responsible for it. Their fate lies in their hands. Not 60 with us. "You think that you are happy in this game. But this time passed another will come. How long do you think to maintain your positions? Don't you think we shall win in spite of the lot of our enemies? For you fight for commerce and money, but we fight for our country, for 'to be or not to be. That is the question.' The beginning of a victorious end is made. The Serbs want to make peace with Austria; and Russia. seeing that her interests in the Balkans arc threatened by the Italians' declaration of war, and tired by the great loss in Galicia. would be fit for peace. The day which will bring these occurrences will make vou feel the concentration of all our forces, and then "Britons, don't you fear the end?—Attend- ing your answer, I remain, yours sincerely, "ONE Of Youb Neighbours." I "EYE-WITNESS'S" COMMENTS. Behind the not unnatural desire for inter- course evinced by this letter, it throws one or two sidelights on the frame of mind of the Germans. Firstly-though it would doubtless be stoutly denied-there is amongst some of them evidently an uneasy feeling that their actions are such as to demand justification. And the parts of the letter referring to the employment of gas and the sinking of the Lusitania have obviously been subconsciously prompted by some such motive, regardless of the fact that qui s'excuse s'accuse. The next point is the evidence afforded of the conviction- almost universal amongst the more ignorant and gullible portion of the German nation- that it is the Germans who, inspired by patriotism, are battling for national exist- ence, whilst our motive for fighting is the ignoble one of greed. This feeling has its basis partly in jealousy, partly in the opinion long held and openly expressed in Germany that our voluntary army is an army of mercenaries in comparison with the military forces raised under the principle of universal national service. It has been sedulously fos- tered by the authorities, and has made it all the asier for them to hoodwink the nation regarding the causes of this war, the identity of its true authors, and its objects. It is the ignorance of the mass of the nation as to the real aggressive nature of the world-wide struggle engineered by its rulers, its credence in the justice of the German cause, and a blind confidence in final success which have enabled the Government to maintain the German people at the pitch requisite for carrying on the struggle in the way it is being maintained against the greater part of the civilised world. Whether knowledge will eventually bring a revulsion of feeling remains to be seen.

I A SOLDIER'S SWEETHEART. A verdict of "Suicide while temporarily (nsane" was returned at Kingston on Mon- iay at an inquest on Rose Mary Harding, twenty, a domestic servant, of Ruasel-road, Walton, whose body was recovered from the rhames at Kingston. She had told her mother that she had a soldier sweetheart named Ernest, who had been wounded in action at the front. It was stated that the girl had placed her boots, hat. and handbag on the river bank. [n the handbag she had left a letter addressed to her mother, as follows:- "My darling Mum,—Just these few lines. I shall be dead by the time you receive this. ( cannot bear things any longer. I have packed everything I have. Please forgive me, darling mum. Break the news gently to the children, for I loved them with all my heart, and you and Dad too, darling. For- give me, for some day I hope we shall meet again. "I have had a letter from George this morning. Ernest is dead. I # have nothing to live for. There is money in my trunk; use it for the little ones. Good-bye, dar- ling; heaps of love to you and to my Daddy. I shall never worry you again. Much love, from your loving Rose. "P.S.—Don't worry over this. Good-bye, my dear heart. I am going home. God will forgive me, I am broken-hearted." A police-constable said he saw the girl walking aimlessly in Canberry-gardens, Kingston.

Presiding at a meeting of the Birming- ham Blind Institution, Mr. C. A. Pearson said the output of a blind worker was sixty per cent. of that of a sighted worker. He thought the forty per cent. deficiency in wages should be made up by the State. More than 300 tons of herbs used in 'the distilling of absinthe in the Pontarlier dis- trict of France have been burned by order of the Government. The names of Trent, Trieste, and Italia were bestowed on the three ehildref to which a woman has given birth at Locate Yaresiua, Italy. 1

SOLDIERS TO WORK AS HARVESTERS The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have been informed by the Army Council that, in jiew of the possible shortage of agricultural labour for the hay harvest, furlough will be given, at the discretion of the military authorities, to a limited num- ber of soldiers of the New Armies and of the Territorial Force for work in the hay bar- vest as circumstances may permit. The furlough granted to each soldier will last only for such number of da.ya not ex- ceeding. fourteen, aa he is actually required for haymaking. The employment of soldiers in the hay harvest will be subject to the following con- ditions :— 1. That suitable labour cannot be o b tained. in the locality. 2. That the farmer will undertake to pay each soldier sent at his request: (a) 4a. a day if the soldier provides his own board and lodging. (b) 2s. 6d. a day if board and lodging is provided by the fanner. 3. That the farmer will provide convey- ance from and to the nearest railway station. No charge will be made to the farmer for railway travelling expenses. Every endeavour will be made to ensure that the men released have been accustomed to farm work, but no guarantee to this effect can be given. The above arrangements will not apply to the corn harvest, in respect of which fresh regulations will be, issued. Applications from farmers who desire to employ soldiers in the hay harvest must be made as soon as possible to the Board of Trade Labour Exchanges, when the applica- tion ;.jH be transmitted to the military authorities. Forms for the, purpose .are ob- tainable from the local Labour Exchanges, the address of which can be obtained from tbA nearest post-office. v •

DIFFERENT NOW. j "Did you ever see a sea-serrpent, Mr. Salter? "Never set eyes on one, Master Jack, since I signed the pledge."

REGIMENTAL FLAGs, I England is probably the only country that has ever allowed historical regi- mental flags to go in the pawnshop or auction room. As for instance, the 1st Battalion of the Gloucester Regiment in 1886 recovered from a pawnbroker at York four flags which the regiment had borne from 1796 to 1810 through the Egyptian and Peninsular campaigns. Another flag which for three years had proudly waved over the gallant 39th Foot during the great siege of Gibraltar was actually found covering the sofa cushions of a tradesman's sitting-room. In the year 1888 a pair of old colours be- longing to the 2nd Battalion Border Regi- ment was rescued by Lord Archibald Camp- belLfrom a London upholsterer who had ad- vermsed them for sale, as if they had been more window curtains. These nags were afterwards preserved at Kendal Parish Church, and probably they are there yet. To prevent old colours meeting similar fates to the foregoing, many of them have been cremated with great ceremony, and the ashes carefully preserved in a box. Others have been buried ,with full military honours, among the latter being sets belonging to the King's Own Scottish Borderers and the 2nd Battalion Worcester Regiment.

I NO USE TO HIM. I "Why on earth don't you go to work. Don't you know that a rolling stone gathers no moss?" "Moss, sir? May I ask what practical use moss is to a man in my position?" -0

I AVIATORS AND WIRELESS Aeroplanes fitted with wireless apparatus carry a long length of wire which trails be- neath the machine for the purpose of pick- ing up messages from below when the machine is in flight. In case of a haety landing this wire is liable to become en- tangled with the landing cnaesis, or it may entwine itself with the propeller and cause a serious accident. To prevent such mishaps the pilot has attached to his machine a cutting device which is so placed that the pressure of a lever severs the wire hanging from the aeroplane. It is a V-shaped device, with a hinge at the apex. The cable passes from the winding ispool through the V gutter, the interior edges of which are as sharp as a razor blade. In emergencies the aviator presses down a lever which closes the edges on to the wire, which is cut, so that it may fall clear of the descending aeroplane.

I NOT AN INSTANCE. Good gracious, Binks, do you mean to say you don't know a single thing that wool is used for? For instance, what is that warm suit of yours made from? "Father's old overcoat, sir."

Old Harrovians serving with the Forces number 2,426. The following figures are slso issued: Killed, 128; missing and pri- soners, 44; wounded, 139; D.S.O., 20; two V.C. 's—Col. E. W. Alexander, R.F.A., and 2nd Lieut. W. B. Rhodes Moorhouee, Royal Flying Corps (killed).

PROSPECT OF CHEAPER COAL AND WHEAT. On Thursday, when the House of Com- mons went into Committee on the Board of Trade Vote, there was a debate on the question of the increased prices of coal and wheat and the cost of living generally. Mr. Runciman, the President of the Board of Trade, referring to the continued high price of coal, said it was still due. to lack of shipping facilities. The Board of Trade had now arranged with London merchants that there should be a maximum profit and no violent fluctuations of prices. Regarding the pit-head price of coal, there was no doubt that the enlistment of about 200,000 miners and the increase of wages had in- creased the cost of production. All mining materials had gone up in price, but these things did not account for the rise in price, which was far in excess of the increased rice, of production. He hoped to be able to announce shortly that the Midland coal com- panies had come nearer the Board's demands as to prices. The Government would not tolerate speculation. Regarding the cost of wheat, the high prices were not due to speculation, but in some measure to the shortage in Australia. The Government had considered the whole position very thoroughly, and ke could assure the Committee that there was no danger of the wheat supply being cut off. The abnormal profits made by certain firms were not abnormal on a rising market. They hoped for an abundant harvest, and the opening of the Dardanelles would give a further supply from Russia. He could not hold out any hope that the supply of meat would increase during the continuance of the war. The price would certainly be much higher than last year, but he was employing a committee of business men whose object was to prevent speculative rises in this commodity. He urged a de- creased consumption of meat by house- holders.

I THE PRESSING NEED. I CONFERENCE ON QUESTION OP MUNITIONS. Mr. Lloyd George has received represen- tatives of the following trade union organi- sations at the Ministry of Munitions:— National Amalgamated Union of Labour, the Workers' Union, National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives, Trades Union Congress, Amalgamated Toolmakers, United Brass Founders and Finishers, Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders, Northern Engineers' Association, United Pattern Makers, Sheet Iron Workers and Light Platers, West of Scotland Brass Finishers and Engineers, United Kingdom Society of Smiths and Strikers, Ship Constructors and Shipwrights' Association, Parliamentary Committee, Amalgamated Cotton Spinners, Amalgamated .Society of Carpenters and Joiners, United Kingdom Society of Coach- makers, London and Provincial Coach- makers, General Union of Iron Workers, General Federation of Trade Unions, Iron and Steel Federation, and the National Transport Workers' Federation. The proceedings were private. Mr. Lloyd George pointed out the urgent need of increasing by every means possible the output of munitions of war, and dis- cussed with the representatives present the methods which might be adopted for in- creasing the labour force available for such work, for the better organisation of the work requiring to be done, and for the pre- vention of loss of time and efficiency through industrial disputes and similar causes.

STRANGE CHINESE BELIEFS. I Among the many extraordinary customs -of the Chinese is that of banding years to- gether in groups of twelve, called "cycles," and naming each year of the series after some animal. Thus, the first year of a new cycle is the year of the Rat, the second the year of the Ox, the third the year of the Tiger. Chinese born in the year of the Rat belong to the Order of the Rat, and so on. The animal class of every Chinese man and woman is thus recorded, and is held to be of great importance in foretelling the future. Another curious fact about the Chinese reckoning of time is that in the Celestial Empire a child is held to be one year old as soon-as it is bora. With the absurd superstition so dear to the Oriental mind, a baby bJty is frequently given a girl's name in order to deceive the evil spirits, who, appmntly, have an objectionable habit of making it as hard as possible to rear a male child successfully.

DOCK AND WAREHOUSE FIRES. I At the Great Western Railway Com- pany's goods depot in the centre of the Yictoria Docks, London, several drums of I oil and a quantity of packing cases burst into flames on Monday, amid most dan- gerous surroundings. Considerable damage was caused. Nearly 2,000 bales of cotton and a large quantity of barbed wire were destroyed by fire at a Bootle warehouse. The fire raged for twelve hours. A considerable portion of the works of the Clayton Aniline Company, Manchester, was burned to the ground. Damage amounting to JB14,000 was caused by Sunday night's fire at the Regent's Canal Dock, Stepney. The cause of the fire is un- known.

I DEATH OF LORD ADDINGTON. I I Lord Addington, the second baron, died I I on Monday, in his seventy-third year. He sat as M.P. for Buckingham as a Conserva- tive from 1874 to 1880, when he was defeated, and for the North, or Buckingham Division, of the county from 1886 to 1889. The late Baron was educated at Radley and Oxford, and was a partner in Messrs. John Hubbard and Co., Russia merchants, suc- ceeding to the title in 1889. He married the daughter of Sir Wyndham S. Portal in 1880. The heir to the barony is the eldest son, the Hon. John Gellibrand Hubbard, who was born in June, 1883.

I TUNNEL ACCIDENT. While inspecting Bu?ernab Tunnel at Lockwood, Huddersfield,* on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on Sunday, six men were injured owing to an engine colliding with and overturning a van in which they were sitting. Three of the men were detained at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. while the other three, who had slight wounds about the head, were treated and sent home.

Nottingham and Derbyshire traders have appealed to the Nottingham Corporation to urge that during the war the public should refrain from purchasing veal or lamb. A German prisoner made an unsuccessful attempt to escape from the concentration camp at Leigh by concealing himself in a refuse tub under some cabbage leaves. Insistent complaints of the quality of American footwear and clothing supplied to the French Army have caused the mere responsible manufacturers in the United States to demand an instant and thorough veform by their less scrupulous brethren.

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CONTRABAND CHARGE. I At Hull, on Monday, Captain Johann Meyer, of the Danish steamship Bergenhus, was fined five guineas* for failing to comply with the regulations of the Customs War Powers Act by signing a bill of lading for the shipment of 200 Dales of cotton waste, which is prohibited, to Copenhagen without having inserted.the names of the consignees. Mr. Simpson, for the Customs Commis- sioners, remarked that it was intended, before any such goods were sent out of the country, a licence should be obtained, and the name of the person and place to whom the goods were being exported inserted in the bills of lading. The magistrates believed that there had been inadvertence on the part of the defendant, and dealt with hin: leniently, as recorded above.