Llanelly Star

Tip to the Military. —— 8 I YOUNG MEN AT THE Y.M.C.A. HUT. ?' YO-[7.NIG MEN AT THF, IIUT. i? John Cory, who was represented by Mr 'E'. N. Powell, in appealing at the Rural Tribunal, said he catered for about 600 I munition workers daily, providing them j with light refreshments. The place was open 10 hours a day. Replying to Mr. Powell, Cory said his 1 work was of equal national importance to J that of the Y.M.C.A. huts. Mr. Powell: Then I suggest that if the [ military representatives want men they { should go to the Y.M.C.A. hut opposite a ) chapol at Burry Port, where they will ■find three or four very fine looking fellows who spend their time bathing. They would ii,ei?e useful than a man of 41 like this < ■ one. Grimths •' I Aid. Griiffths We M ill make a note of th 1 t. Mr. A. Lewis If the Lady Howard hut at Burry Port was shifted from its pre- sent position to where this man's canteen is now it could be used foraoing work of national importance. As things arc I think this man is doing work of national importance, whereas there .are three young men of military age at the Y.)1., oJ ¡ C.A. hut whom we cannot get. j > Exemption was allowed. I I St. Pancras Labour Bakery, wiiieh is managed by the local trade .unions, has j red uced the price of the quartern loaf in lOd.

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I' .Overstayed his Leave. J I Ptc. Will. A. Slater, of the Training Reserve Battalion, was charged at the I Police Court yesterday with being absent without leave. P.C. Rees Connick said that on the 19th inst., he visited 6, Christopher st., whero he saw the defendant in uniform. When charged with the offence defendant said "I sent a wire for extension of leave en Monday, but had no reply." When remanded to await an escort, de- i fondant asked to be allowed to return to his regiment alone. The Magistrate (Mr. Thomas Jones):: I am afraid I have no power to accede to your request. Defendant: I am a married man and cannot afford to pay expenses of the escort. Inspector Morgan: We have received a wire from the Commanding Officer order- 'ing the defendant's arrest, and intimat- ing that an escort will be sent. Defendant: I have been in the Army two years and this is the first time for me io over-stay Iny leave. Mr. Jones: You have my sympathy, bijt I can do nothing for you.

Occasional Notes I — .0 —— [By Arthur Mee.] II RISH DREAMERS. I "The only enemies of Ireland to-day are the Irish people themselves." This remark was made to me by one of the most prominent Irishmen in Cardiff, an ardent Home Ruler. His words are sad- ly and painfully true. There seems some fatality hovering over Ireland. Thirty years ago when a settlement was in the air came the Phoenix Park tragedy. To- day when an earnest effort is being made to settle the Irish problem it is in danger of being wrecked by the Sinn Feiners, in other words by a set of men well des- cribed by your London correspondent as "idealists, theorists and fanatics, who have never done a stroke of constructive work for Ireland." What a melaitcholy business it all is, to be sure. i 0;1 IMPOSSIBLE DEMANDS. Siun Fein wants complete national in- dependence for the Green Isle. Such a thing will come about on the day when "the cow jumps over the moon and the dish runs after the spoon," and not a moment before. The wisest Irishmen realize, this. Let Ireland have the utmost possible measure of self-government, con- sistent with the safeguarding of Ulster and the well-being of the Empire. With that the Irish will have to be content; but alas, they are always pursuing some shadow or other, and they possess very tenacious memories. An Irishman will sit all day on a fence smoking his pipe and brooding over the wfongs inflicted on his ancestors in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. < < < A SHAMEFUL STORY. I am not writing one word in apology for or palliation of those wrongs. It is a shameful story, and should bring a blush to the face of everyone on this side of the channel. Very few people here realize what the Irish had to put up with in the old bad days. But those days are past. For many years now England has tried to atone, and the best Irishmen know it. But Sinn Fein doesn't want a settlement. It keeps crying for the moon, and will have to content itself with crying. I heartily wish the Nationalists and Ulster- men would sink their differences for once and present a united front to these hope- less visionaries. It is very hard when the whole of Great Britain and the Empire yearn for a fin'al settlement of the Irish problem that the whole thing should be spoilt by the wild and delirious ravirgs of Sinn Fein. f THE DANCER OF KNOWLEDGE. I "Knowledge without character is of very little use to a nation." So said Mr. Wm. Sutherland of Newport at a conference of the Workers' Educational Association—a powerful body which aims at giving Labour is proper voice in the many edu- cational problems of the day, from the elementary school up to the I niversity itself. It i' high time the working classes took these things seriously in hand in their own best interests. Brains arc running to waste that shoulS he made the most cf, and lack of means should DC no bar to progress as it so often is even in these enlightened times. I pleaded hard for this reform in some of my earlier notes. Every clever boy and girl should have their chance, and. if needful should recei ve every practical encouragement alike from the locality and from the State. But as 'Mr. Sutherland warns us mere knowledge without character is a positive snare. I « A SHOCKING EXAMPLE. I A brainy man of no character is just this-a clever devil. We see this in the cass d the Germans who as a nation have made the hideous mistake of cultivating their minds at the expense of their hearts. This is one of the reasons why the Gcr- mans as a people have gene, mad. It is one of the most awful phenomena of this present age, and a terrible warning for us. Mere knowledge will give us bread and butter if properly applied, and will increase our comfort; but it will never make anyone happy or content. Added to knowledge there MUST be character. If not, the man is merely lopsided, a nuisance to his neighbours and a danger to himself. I CARMARTHEN BOROUGHS. I Should the Carmarthen Boroughs dis- appear Llanelly will, be scurvily treated, for it is the most important town in Wales, outsidë; Glamorgan, and has an individuality of*its own not possessed by every centre. Carmarthen and Llanelly were always unequally yoked; hut surely there should be no difficulty in linking up Llanelly with Burry Port and other in- dustrial centres and giving the lot one representative. Whilst writing this note I cannot help recalling some of the thrill- ing election incidents I remember wit- ncssiug at the tinplate town. Those were great days. Tt>x Llanellyites never do anything by halves. Carmarthen, too, has a rare record for election sprees, as wit- ness our own recollections, Spurrell's j "Carmarthen," the late Mr. Thomas I Mainwaring's little monograph on Politics in Carmarthenshire.

The Boroughs. SOME OLD ELECTIONS RECALLED. (Bv a Correspondent) In view of the imminent disappearance of the Carmarthen Boroughs as a Parlia- mentary division it will no doubt interest the numerous readers the "Star" to recall some of the most exciting contests that have taken place since 1832, when the constituency first sent a representa- tive to the House of Commons after the Reform Act. At that time the combined population of the united boroughs was 17,641, and the number of registered electors was only 684. I THE FIRST MEMBER. The Hon. W. H. Yelverton was the first member. He was elected in the Liberal interest on December 14, 1832, by 302 votes against 295 cast for Mr" John Jones, a wen-known banker. On January 6th, 1835, Mr. David Lewis, the squire cf Stradey, won the seat for the Conserva- tives, defeating Mr Yclverton by 41 votes. Two years later, in July, 1837, the con- stituency reverted to the Liberals, Mr. j Lewis being defeated by Mr David Morris member of an old Carmarthen family, who had. a majority over his opponent of I 46. Mr. David Morris held the seat with- out a break from 1837 until his death in I October, 1864. He was extremely popular I in the constituency. Though a Church- man, he was on excellent terms with the I Nonconformists, and his most powerful supporter in Llanelly was the Rev. David Rees, Capel Als. Mr. David Morris only fought one contested election in the 27 years that he represented the boroughs, and that was on his first venture against Mr. David Lewis, qf Stradey, in 1837. At five successive general elections he was returned unopposed. FIRST OF THE STEPNEYS. I Mr. David Morris was succeeded as M.P. on October 31st, 1864, by his kins- man, Mr. William Morris, who was re- turned unopposed, and held the seat until the dissolution in-1868.. At the general election in November cf that year Colonel Sir John Cowell Stepney was elected in the Liberal interest by 1 a substantial majority, the figures being:— Stepney (L) 1891 Treharne (C) 594 Majority 1297 Mr. M. D. Treharne was a member of the firm of Nevill, Druce and Co. Sir John Stepney did not seek re-election, a-id at the general election of January, 1874, his son, Mr. Arthur Cowell Stepney was defeated by Mr. Charles William Nevill, the figures being :— Nevill (C) 1654 Stepney (L) 1481 Majority 173 v Mr. Nevill was quickly disenchanted of Parliamentary life, and resigned in July, 1873. He was highly respected in Llan- elly—the head' of an honoured family and himself a large employer of labour and foremost in all public movements. That his victory in 1874 was regarded as a per- sonal, rather than a political, one was shewn by the action of the Conservatives in not conttusting the vacancy caused by his retirement, Mr, Arthur Cowell Step- ney being returned unopposed in the Liberal interest. "Mr. Stepney accepted e Chillern Hundreds in the spring of 1878, and on May 11th of that year Mr. B. T. Williams was elected unopposed in his stead. A KEEN CONTEST. A keen, contest between two Liberals took place in April, 1880, Mr. John Jones Jenkins, at that time one of the pro- prietors of the South ales "W orks, standing as an independent Liberal against the old member, Mr. B. T. WiI- liams who was the nominee of the Liberal Association. The result of the poll was Williams (L) 1935 Jenkins (L) 1825 Majority 110 At the end of 1881. Mr. B.. 11-illilims was appointed a county-court judge, and on January 4th, 1882. Sir John Jones Jenkins (he had been knighted on the visit of the then Prince of Wales to Swansea in 1881) was elected for the con- stituency without opposition. At the general election of November, 1885, Sir J. J. Jenkins was opposed by Mr. John S. Tregoning. The result of the poll was Jenkins (L) • 2884 Tregoning (C) 1281 Majority 1603 I HOME RrLE SCHISM. Next year came the Heme Rule schism. ] Sir John Jones Jenkins joined the Liberal Unionists, and in June, 1886, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain visited Llanelly, and spoke in his behalf. In his speech Mr Chamber- lain used for the first time the epithet "Separatist," as applied to the Gladston- ian policy in regard to Ireland. SirArthur Stepney, who had no love for Parliamen- tary life, came forward ehivalrously in this crisis as the official Liberal candidate for the boroughs, and succeeded in de- feating Sir John J. Jenkins. The polling took place on July 7th, lSSG, and the figures were:— Stepney (L) 2120 Jenkins (L.U.) 1898 Majority 222 I At the general election of July, 1892, l Ma or Jones held the seat for the Liber- als, defeating Sir John J. Jenkins, the Unionist candidate, by 22-5. Sir John, in July 1895, turned the tables on the Major whom he led at the poll by the narrow majority of 52. But at the khaki election five years later, October, 1900, Sir John was vanquished by Mr. Alfred Bavies, the figures being:— i Dii-Ies (L) 2837 Jenkins ;.U) 2047 lLh.) "t _'i' I' Majority 790 j An unprecedented majority in the his- tory of the constituency was obtained by Mr. Llewelyn Williams in January, 1906, when he defeated Mr. Ponsqnby, now Lord Duncannon, by 2094. Mr. Williams improved even on this total in January, 1910, when his majority was 2232 over Lord Tiverton.

i Theft by a Girl. BENCH DEAL LENIENTLY WITH • THE CASE. Annie Mary Francis, Maesbach, Llan- gennech, who was prosecuted for stealing treasury notes amounting to £ 9 10-F was again brought before the* Juvenile ■ Court on Thursday. At the previous Court, after evidence had been given to the effect that subse- quent to admitting having taken the money the girl was caught entering the house through a bedroom window by means of a ladder, the case was adjourn- ed to enable a medical examination to" be made. A certificate from Dr John was handed to the Bench stating that the, girPs mental condition was fairly good. Defendant's father stated that he was prepared to refund the money to Mrs. Alice Jones, from whom it had been stolen. The Bench severely reprimanded the defendant, and intimated that as her parents had undertaken to refund the money the case would be dismissed on payment of costs.

Another Local Hero BAR ADDED TO HIS MEDAL. I News has been received that Pte. Gwilym Trevor Jones, R. W. Fusiliers, son of Mr. Wm. John Jones, 8, Cilwrfa row, Llanelly, has been awarded a bar to the military medal which he won a few months ago. Pts .J ones has been iii France over two years in the thick cf the fighting. He went through the biggest battles and reeeibed his medal for bravery at Yypres. In the last great fight at Messines Ridge he again distinguished himself, and has gained a coveted bar. The young medallist before the war was a behinder at the Old Castle Works. He is only 22 years cf age.

The usual annual invasion cf the Wells by Llanelly folk is now on. It will be in full swing next month. I

I A Dangerous Practice I I I [ To the Editor of the "Star." T Sir, I want to appeal to the general public by the means of your paper, to assist in preventing children riding on back of cars. I have been doing the best I can to prevent it through the means cf conduc- tresses, but it is obvious that it is not possible for them to do their duty and be always running to the back of the car to keep children off. I have been antici- pating a serious accident for some time past, and I^am sorry-that last Friday a t, small boy met with an accident resulting in concussion of the brain. If parents will do their best to point out to children that it is a dangerous practice and is against the law, and the fact .that it may be considered as immoral as stealing from the Company, it might by appealing to the children's honour be stopped, or, at any rate, be considerably reduced. I am, etc., J. E. STEWART, Engineer and Manager.

Boys and the Apples. Three charges of stealing apples, value 3s., on separate dates, were preferred at the Llanelly Juvenile Court on Thursday against Sidney Williams, James O'Neill, and Arthur Leyshon, all of William st., Pontardulais, who were also summoned for damaging apple trees to the extent of 10s. Rev. J. Emlyn Jones, River View, said that on June 28th, he entered the garden and found three of the apple trees badly damaged while there were about fifty apples missing. On the following night he noticed a great hole which had been made in the hedge, and he found two trees damaged while apples were missing. On the 30th another hole* had been made in the hedge and more apples were I stolen. P.C. D. W. Williams gnio evide.-ice, and defendants pleaded guilty. I The Bench dismissed the cases' on pay- I ment of 10s. each towards the costs.

"While mowing the r iver bank at Rugby, Council workmen discovered an otters j lair containing 13 young oiie5, The parent otter escaped.

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