Llanelly Star

J57T "!S  N  TZ3  ?'?M"T /^ST^ 151" ~F^ T Tiw.#afr /f^ V ?- ? '?"?  it ro'{' J \l';¡')'I¿' ¿ ;.?;t. ifrC'. • H ^| J 18 #<^113^1|1| 1» M te&! IK/ pi 1 M IV&I |W«h £ HiflH k Cl?^ vLsrf J ^Wl X i ":1f't;\ Jk§gli, & £ 4L\ *iSJ J\LWiS?$.^Elaiji E «« «*, 6¡iJ:L. ii;¡:\ I ;4 St 1.< 1 ¡ "'i' "J; w ¡ .Z yiiL JfeL WW Wi3 faftwrf W^SW jjL f -faLiL .«HE. Jlas&M^L ^f[ ^T r V!vr i^^mmwiwiii'iiiiiii i"Hil j11h iiii ii miniiy Hi i 1 ri' 11r^BK.»«iaiaTO^w CTr-rgrasa :;L;r,t"rnW'i\t:'r:.tr.zw..LVt:"iI!i:7£, ssi^ii^zs^ak.ii:^5z-r.v».—>i ■ ■■. ■ m CLARKE'S f"?7?'T? THE MHN. I Continuous Performance I 0" 'd ",u-I 2.30 to 10.30 Telephone No. M. g Prices as Usual. I Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, December 33 4, 5 A William Fox Prodnction- If- r/ ¡ ':1'Ul2! i W^ T[^ PPPr> | Bg*T 3 Lfiwi tæJ hn & Vrflirt.fl I* Ea 11 £ 3 n ll L §p Featuring- Stuart Holmes. THE BUBBLE Of LOVE, f.F1 (1,'1<1 ,,( c f:¡'r' 'ii I:?' ¡¡¡ L'dj¡1j IIíi.a;.i "'1I 'd -.B? A Two reel Drama. And THE GIRL FRO ¡"IIM w.t C ,(%i), & ill Ii t"f'i it:'I1 t. 51"1 'i: ï'lt;} Mq ,'Ø f: '1: l D ? s ? ?? ? ? & a? ? ? ? ? ?N r ? ? a ? ?  Episode 6. JIí8I,K!I'I :;Y7- "I s "F/)jU'fC<J,( Friday, Saturday, December C, 7, 8, j -?-?L A? 'L>!C.i, J?' ?i.?Jt.tX.?? ?K..?!??? ?tA?y? JL? ??/'C'?.?.?.??.?' ?,;<  A Sensational Domestic Drama I ¡' I gJ ?J:t.jii r ,'t'[: A. 1\1 f.. 1"1),j1" "¡, 1\. ;o(.: t:f co, \i:\ ;i' tJ? ŒYf'n"{ IJ"' ¡ tlw 7. '"<I _1 ¡', Î J¡:, JP ;1 ':C: ¡.; l." t;;?; \¡h:l.' rn., F).,cm ¡" p': 'pJ1 .J,y,¡ b." I..J Ç'¡I 'I Featuring" Violet Mersereau. | Tj1e TRAIL of. the ONESOME PILL A two reel Comedy Also The T U i-i r. in the AR, An Up-to-date Interest Picture. 'r[,r"¡-I.r_JõJd'Iõ.ZtIW..67\L.I!c.T.r' >■ ^i-,■ Illlllllil l| <IIMI|j||J ?? ? ?  °* CLARKE YW'R vY 1 DIM.  i??i?. Continuous Performance 2.30 to 10.30 Telephone No. 51. Prices as Usuai.

THE NEW SUGAR SCHEME. As if the Food Control Committees were not already sufficiently burdened with work, an enormous amount of addi- tional drudgery has now been imposed upon them in connection with the distri- bution of sugar supplies. We gave details in our last issue of a new scheme which has been adopted by the Government, the carrying out of which will severely tax the energies and time of the staffs at the various offices up and down the country. The work of distributing the first series of cards was prodigious and was only ac- complished in Llanelly by the assistance of clerks "lent" by several local firms. It is hardly fair to ask for that assist- ance again, but without it, we do not see how the preliminaries of the new scheme are to be carried out. As for the scheme itself, it is cumbrous, costly and incon- venient. The wonder is that Lord Rhondda, with all his business experience should have sanctioned it. The pro- bability is that even his Lordship cannot resist the overpowering influence of red- tape which seems to mesmerize everyone who becomes a Government official. EDUCATION BILL PROSPECTS. I Completely satisfactory was the .assurance given this week by Mr. Lloyd George as to the future of the Education Bill. He told an important deputation representative of all parties that it was the firm intention of the Government to pass the Bill into law at the earliest possible moment. If it is found impossible to proceed with the measure this Session, arrangements are to be made to give it precedence next Session. That- education should be the first charge to be met, after obvious and immediate commit- ments has been a persistent claim since Mr. Fisher introduced his great Bill in August, and we welcome the Govern- ment's recognition of this argument. A month ago, when Mr. Bonar Law dashed the hopes of many friends of education bv emphasizing the pressure of other 'l i r, in spite of claims, we refused to despair, in spite of such pessimism as gained expression only ten days ago, when the Central Welsh Board passed a resolution regretting "the withdrawal of the Bill." The Bill is not withdrawn, nor will it be with- drawn or hampered in its progress by any Government which understands how closely associated is the reasonable dis- content of Labour with the claim to equal opportunity for all. WHAT MICHT HAVE BEEN. I Perhaps there is nothing in the world so unprofitable as to indulge in specula- tions on "what might have been." The truest philosophy, of oourse, is to take things as they are and to make the best of them. Still, one cannot always resist the temptation of wondering what would have happened had such and such a course been taken, even although it is then impossible to alter the inevitable ,course of events. For instance, take the remarkable, revelations made in Lon- don by M. Yenezelos, the veteran Greek patriot. Speaking at the Mansion House our distinguished visitor referred to the our di,%till,,aI she d vI s?i *tc)r rey?'c?rred to tl-io gloriDus but ill-fated D.u'd::??. s cam- -t fi,1 Tl-ie, iiiswer is suppli-2", '}' ^i .? v.-V-h he laid down for Greece was one of co- operation with the Allies. Unfortunately, ex-King Constantine, acting as the Kaiser's agent, frustrated this policy. What was the result ? Had not this happened, says Venezelos, "I can assert without exaggeration that the occupation of the Peninsulaof Gallipoli, which was then unprepared for defence, would have been the work of a week, and that the moral effect on Constantinople would have been such that a separate peace with Turkey would have been the most probable re- suit. The Narrows would have been open to the Allies, the otherwise diffi- cult equipment of Russia would have been effected by way of the Black Sea, the Russian retreat of 1915 would have been prevented, Bulgaria would not have dared to move against the En- tente Powers, and peace might have been secured in the course of the year 1916." FARM COLONY AT PEMBREY. | The announcement in another column that a portion of the Ashburnham Estate has been purchased by the Government for the establishment of a Farm Colony will be received with satisfaction in this district. It is well-known that for some time past a veritable "battle of the sites" has been in progress, several North Wales M.P.'s being anxious that the new enterprise should be located in the neigh- bourhood of Chester. The advantages of the Pembrey site arc so obvious, however, that the Board of Agriculture have now definitely adopted it, and the sum of £ 30,000 is mentioned as being the pur- chase price. The establishment of a farm colony here will add enormously to the importance of the Burry Port and Pem- brey districts, which have already bene- fited largely by the erection of important factories. One effect of these develop- ments is likely to be a revision of the local boundaries. At the present time, Burry Port is governed by an Urban Council while Pembrey is still under the aegis of the Rural Council of Llanelly. In view of what is now going on, this is an anomalous arrangement. Far better would it be to include Burry Port and Pembrey in one urban area. Once this was brought about, the problems of light- ing, road-making, drainage and water supply would be simplified, and there would be secured a real unity of adminis- tration tending towards economy as well as efficiency. WHAT CONCILIATION CAN DO. Not by any means for the first time have the tinplate employers and workmen of South Wales given this week a striking example of what coiiciliation can do in the adjustment of differences between capital anI labour. On Thursday the principle of joint conferences was brought into action with the happiest. results, it being reported at the close of the day that an amicable agreement had been arrfved at on all questions at issue. The men had put forward a claim for increased wages based upon the serious increase in the cost of living. This was met by the employers with an offer regarded by the men as being unsatisfactory. It was a delicate matter to adjust the men's claim and the masters' offer, but with good will on both sides, a satisfactory agree- ment was drawn up. We congratulate all concerned on this excellent result. It redounds greatly to the credit of the em- ployers and the men and their leaders. Conciliation has won some of its greatest triumphs in the tinjflate trade. In fact, since the formation of the Conciliation "the brutal Board about lo years ago, "the brutal arbitrament of the strike-" has been un- known. Instead of resorting to extreme measures, meters 2'1(1 men have sat around the table to deal with all ques- tions affecting the mdiisirv. The exten- "1 of 71S vonV. 1,0 n frroat 1 boon to British trade generaiiy. SUBMARINE FIGURES. This week's submarine return is even less encouraging than that which was last issued, and any hopes aroused by the re- turn of a fortnight ago must now be dis- sipated. The U-boats appear to be back again on their hunting grounds in force, and to have secured an increased number of victims. As regards the ships of and over 1,600 tons, in the return for the week ended November 11th, the figure was one, for the following week the cor- rected figure, was 11, and this week it is 13. It-might even be higher if Sunday's sinkings were included, but the authori- ties have now decided that the period covered by the return shall be from Saturday midnight to the Saturday mid- night following, and this particular re- turn, instead of being from 3 p.m. on Sunday, the 18th, t-o 3 p.m. on Sunday, the 25th, is made up only to midnight on the 24th. This return, therefore, is for 15 hours less than those previously issued. It is a short week, and some way from being a good one.

The Popular. Nothing succeeds like success, and nothing less than success will suit Mr. C. 8. Jones at the Popular. The one and only secret of success at this well known house of entertainment is the excellence of the weekly programmes. Varied as they are from week to week there is no variation in the standard of excellence, and this is what the public of Llanelly and district have discovered for them- selves. For next week, there is another fine range of attractions in which-drama and comedy are happily combined. A further instalment of "The Secret of the Sumbarine" will be shown; and a new topical subject 'Miss Jackie of the Navy' will be filmed with Margarita Fischer in the star part. Our old friend "Pimple" will be seen in "Lady Godiva." For the three concluding nights of the week, the great attraction will be "Arms and the Woman," one of the most absorbing stories ever produced on the screen. There are several other attractive items, the whole making up a really first class programme.

I Food Prices at Llanelly -————- ———— To the Editor of the ."Star." Sir, I live in the rural district controlled by the Llanelly Food Committee, and I have compared the meat prices of Llanelly with Carmarthen, the Rhondda, Cardiff, and Llanybyther. I find that we pay top prices here. I have complained to my butcher about the high prices, and asked the reason. He points with pride to the fixed meat prices, and tells me he has nothing to do with uniformity, and as for selling below the maximum, never And this in a place where the rates are low. Again, take milk. Sixpence is fixed for the rural districts, the same as for town. The farmers live from a mile to half a mile outside and retail it direct. Next month they hope that it will be fixed at ild., while at the same time they raise grain to feed the cattle, and grass costs no more than before the war, and the rates of an 80 acre farm are only as much as a workman's cottage in a town. The expense of keeping cows in the summer is very small, and I consider that the extra profit they had last summer ought to be taken into consideration when they fix winter prices. Why should the retail former get 150 per cent. more now than before the war ? Do the working people get that increase in wages ? The milk in most farms in Carmarthen and Llan- elly rural district is produced at the ntinimum of expense. Why should we nnv them maximum prices ? The talk of infant welfare is all bunkum when milk for one baby costs 5s. to 6s. per week. I have not heard that a soldier's wife has been offered milk for her baby at a lower price than the fixed rate, and how she can have milk for the baby is beyond my imagination. I am. etc., WORKMAN'S WIFE. -t,_nn.

Sir Auckland Geddes, in a- written to a question In the Her so of Com- mons, states that in reviewing exemp- tions granted to newspaper stnff*. "it must be remembered that the efficient continuance of the newspapers is eswvntml cTi public grounds, and snfifcien'!? 1 1,1 1, :I ,)11 1 'I'! f ° enable the newspapers to be continued."

I In the Ba?ic L?ie. ,i),li.A lott. L.¡.,u..c.1(; ..s.L.'iw- A THE MENACE FROM THE AIR. [By Sapper LIew Bassett, Llanelly.] Back to BilietS., We return to billets in the afternoon, and if all goes well I shall take my box respirator off my chest, and my other harness, throw them in the "bivie," and go in myself, my fellow occupants doing the same. Our domicile is only a few courses of sandbags each side, with a pole stretching from end to end holding the "sheet" that is doing its best to keep the rain out. Not a very pleasant place to make one's abode, and as for cover from Fritz's bombs; we cannot stop the wet coming through, let alone bombs. Someone shouts "dinner up," and we take our mess tins to the cook-house. Our mess tins are not required, as it is only "Bully" and pork and beans, and no "duff." Not a very appetising meal, but we take it back to the "bivie" and hungrily bolt it down. One of my com- rades said: "There are things that a. good soldier never refuses, and that is a good bed and a good square meal." Another chimed in "We are not doing so bad on four on a loaf for a day and Bully." "That is the worst of it," another said, "we take so many prisoners. We have to feed them, and our rations are cut down.' After dinner we have odd jobs to do, such as scrape the mud off our boots and clothes, put on a dry pair of socks. We try our patience lighting a fire, the smoke bringing tears to our eyes. Tea is up, and we satisfy our hunger eating some bread and jam. Tea over, and now it is our leisure time. We cannot go any- where, there is nothing to see here, only observation balloons and aeroplanes fly- ing about. The roads are thick with mud, and our camp itself is a quagmire. There is nothing for us but to remain in the "bivie." I The Night and the Coths. It is dusk outside, and we illuminate our "bivouac" with one candle power. It is cold, and the fire is dying out, so we draw the canvas over the door to stop the draught. The long weary night ha.s come. I peep outside. It is a calm starry night with no moon. My fellow occupants are busy. One is writing a letter to his best girl in Blighty. Another has his shirt off scrutinizing it minutely with his eyes, by candle light, searching for and counter attacking the little H'uns, or in other words, "chatting" his shirt. Another is trying to gulp a biscuit with some jam on down his throat. Your humble is in meditation; visions of Sospan Faeh ap- pear to him. Suddenly three blasts of the whistle go. The Goths are hum- ming in the air. All lights must be ex- tinguished. The camp policeman comes round to see that all lights are put out. You can picture the commotion it causes in the "bivies" with the occupants. One may be half through a letter, or someone had spotted a 'chat' on his shirt when the lights had to be..put out. All is quiet, but for the noise of the "night raiders" in the air. Our guns are silenced, the Goths have cast a spell of calmness over them. The gunners dare not fire now. The red flashes of their guns would reveal their positions if they fired to the Goths. Nearer they came to our camp, humming their deadly note on the winds of night. The irregular th rob of the Goth engines in the air could be plainly heard. As I lay in my camp, full of anxiety, one seemed to pass on the right, then-1 would hear the engines of one on the left. Then it seem- ed that a Goth was hovering direct above our camp. Unable to stay the anxiety and anticipation of an unseen hand drop- ping bombs on my camp, I go outside to watch the heavens. lour Cuns and Searchlights. The searchlights scan the heavens from innumerable points. The grey beams rapidly skim the sky, seeking the Goths. ?,- k ing the Goths. One has eluded the searchlights and guns It has dropped its shower of bombs and is sailing home to its "bur." The searchlight has discovered a Goth, and our anti-aircraft guns are ploughing away at it. The numerous searchlights turn their beams on the Goth, making a circle of the grey beams in the sky. The guns boom in a crescendo of gunfire, and the shells burst in the grey lights like 'fairy lights.' A wonderful sight to be sure. There is the Goth hovering and throb- bing like a silver star in the beams of heaven with projectiles bursting all round it. Mi chin* gun bullets could be seen for a, distance in their flight towards the Goth. It was a perilous time for the Hun pilot, He stopped bis 0nÔne. now he Tl(', Iliq, now ,?p rise again, but still the searchlights had him in Gniduol'v bo working liir, Tniohino for home: he had succeeded 1 1 ■ eluded the searchlights, and was making for the hangar, dropping his bombs be- fore reaching his roost. Other Goths are in the air, bombs are dropped in places, but whenever one is caught in the search- lights, it. has a hot receptioil from our anti-aircraft guns. There is no peace at night for the weary soldiers. It is only when the elements are bad that we are left in peace at night by the Goths. A bomb was dropped in our camp, but for- tunately it was a dud, and did not ex- plode. All it did was to make one of the men jump out of bed, with the shock. Casualties must be where death dealing bombs drop from the sky, but with all the night raids the Goths make on their bomb dropping excursions, they have caused very little material damage, and whenever they do come over, our planes are over the German lines giving Fritz more bombs than the German air-men give Tommy Atkins.

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Rural Council & the L.G.B. NEED FOR AN INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL. At the meeting of the Rural District Council on Thursday, a letter was read from the Local Government Board calling attention to their communication to the Council in 1S15 relating to a Joint Isola- tion Hospital, and observing that in the last annual report of the medical officer, 613 cases of Scarlet fever had been noti- fied together with a number of cases of diphtheria and enteric fever. These figures indicated the need of an infectious diseases hospital, and the recent out- break of typhoid fever at Tumble also strongly emphasized the need for the pro- vision of such an institution The Clerk (Mr. J. II. Blake) I have replied informing the Boaid that we have now agreed to join the Llanelly Borough Council and the Burry Port Council in the erection of a joint isolation hospital, provided reasonable terms were arranged with the Corporation as to the purchase of their existing isolation hospital at the Morfa. It "-as reported that nothing further had been received from the Corporation regarding the charges made for the Tumble typhoid patients treated at the Llanelly Isolation Hospital. USING POTATOES TO SAVE BREAD. Sir Arthur Yapp, the Director of Food Economy, is anxious that the present very large surplus stock of potatoes and vegetables should be utilised in all private houses, and also in hotels, rest- aurants, and other public eating places, in such a way as to save bread. It has been brought to his notice that in many public eating places the charge for a portion of potatoes and other vege- tables is so relatively high as to en- courage people to order "bread instead. This is very much ngainsrt the national interest at present, and Sir Arthur Yapp desires it to be clearly understood that he expects the management of nil public eating places to alter their arrangements I accordingly. L">

IN MEMORIAM. In loving memory of my dear husband. David Jno. Williams, 38, St. David's street, Llanellv, who died December 2nd 1916. My thoughts are always wandering To a grave not far away; Where I laid my loving husband Just two years ago to-day. Fondly remembered by his loving Wife and Children.

With flrmm," and guns complete, the r<,c.L rf 'Ly¡ ,1 +":1. 'ls;1 0'n t.10 Western frent, is £ 5,000.

[! r Education Committee. I A tACANCY AND AN APPOINTMENT The annual meeting of the Education Committee was held at the Education Offices on AN-ediiesday evening, when Mr. D. R. Jones was unanimously elected chairman, and Ald. R. P. Thomas, vice- chairman. Both gentlemen thanked the members for the confidence reposed in them. A vote of thanks was accorded the re- tiring chairman. Teachers and the Fisher Grant. Mr. H. J. Ridley wrote thanking the Education Committee for the fair manner in which they had allocated the Fisher grant. They welcomed the decision of tne committee to go in for a new scale of salaries. The teachers also suggested that the committee should co-opt repre- sentatives of the teachers on the com- mittee. Mr. D. Jennings said that whilst thanking the teachers for thanking the committee, he did not agree en the latter I part of the letter. He had no objection to consulting the teachers, but did not agree to having them on the committee. I The Administrative Staff. I The Chairman, Vice-Chairman, the I Mayor, Messrs. H. D. Rees, J. Walter Thomas, D. Jennings, and M. Morgan were selected to go into the new scale and I consider the salaries of the administrative I staff. I Appointments. I I The resignation of Mr.. Lewis Griffiths, I I Stebonheath, who had been appointed on r:<P:V-r. -A:.=:¡.. the staff of the County Schools, was ac- cepted, and =;1r. Sae-r transferred j Lakefield to fill the vacancy. Mr. Rees I was appointed to the vacancy at Lake- field as Cot-pl. Richards had not yet been j released. j The committee sanctioned the appoint- ment of a new assistant at the Catholic School, and it was also decided to point out that the representatives of the Edu- cation Committee on the Catholic School committee of managers had not been in- cited to attend any meetings during the past year. Children and Ticket Selling. An application by Mr. E. E. Bailey for children to sell tickets in connection with a charity match was refused. Attending Classes. The Committee resolved to allow a teacher at Bigyn School to attend classes, at the County Schools, although the head-teacher objected, as it would mean two teachers being away at the same time The Clerk was instructed to see whether it could not be arranged for teachers to go away on different days. Another Attendance Officer ? The question of the advisability of ap- pointing an additional attendance officer was raised, and the matter was deferred.

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