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I I NOTES OF THE DAY

A Brilliant Debut

Serious Accident.

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..The Boxing Menace.

Cottages Destroyed. I

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Sewerage Contract.

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Harbour Trust. À

-1Soccer RallyI

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IIntermediate Scholarships…

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ASTERISKS.

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ASTERISKS. Daylight is a bout all anybody can saver these days. "Don't see your name on the list" was the password on Thursday. The Rev. R. E. Salmon, Cardiff, will be the preacher at Park Church to- morrow. < w Another boxing tournament will be held at the Market Hall on the 25th of August. < « Mr. Aneurin Davies is relinquishing his position as circulation manager of the "Daily Herald." Nominations for the Harbour Trust are to be in to-day. Withdrawals can be made up to Monday. The Soccer team are holding a trial match this afternoon. Some new men will be down on "spec." < < In the list of divisions last Session, Mr Towyn Jones comes out an easy first among the Welsh members. < There was no water shortage in Llan- elly two years ago. The August of that year was disastrously wet and stormy. < Local committees to administer the Profiteering Act will be set up all over the country withing the next few weeks. < < The Rev. R. Bond Thomas, Pembroke Dock,—son of Mr. David Thomas, New Dock, has accepted a pastorate at Ware. < A guinea for five minutes flying is a bit stiff, even in these days of high wages. Only a collier could afford a half- day trip in an aeroplane at this rate. 8 w w They were discussing the water ques- tion at Burry Port on Thursday. One councillor assured our reporter that the dearest water he drank was in his whiskey. Mr. Sydney Charles gained another triumph on Saturday, winning the tenor solo competition at the semi-national eisteddfod at Swansea. There were no fewer than 30 competitors. < "Is all my luggage in the van ?" asked a departing lady visitor at Aberystwyth. "Yes, mum." "Have I left nothing be- hind ?" "No, muni," replied the porter in a sad voice, "not even a copper Local ladies are going in strongly for swimming this month. Scores are to be seen bathing off the sands at Pwll every day. Easily the most expert in the art of natation is Mrs. Mansel Lewis, of Stradey Castle. A large firm have had the following words appended to each invoice with & rubber stamp:— "Man is made of dust, Dust settles, Be a man." « » "If the whole of the Town Council con- sisted of women like our president (Mrs. F. R. Nevill) I venture to say that our rates would not be as high as they are." -Mr. T. R. Mills at the Horticultural Show on Tuesday. The list of new J.P.'s is a great disap- pointment at Burry Port. At least half- a-dozen local aspirants were confident that they had caught the Lord Lieuten- ant's eye. Their names are conspicuous by their absence from the list. < < There is nothing that pleases Llanelly- ites more than a score over our near neighbours—the men of Abertawe. Be it a victory in any branch of sport it is always received with acclamation. The premier cricket eleven having achieved honours of three to one, it now lies with our winter codes to repeat this, or even beat it. At a Carnival held at Aberystwyth on Wednesday, some well known local "bhoys," spending a. holiday at the popular resort, entered for the comic tableau event, and gave an exceedingly funny representation of an "Awkward Squad." With their "captain mounted upon a. donkey, their khaki uniforms all dishevelled, and their features daubed with weird paint-colours, they indeed cut a ludicrous spectacle, and provided much amusement to the onlookers. Amidst universal approval from the public the Llanelly boys were awarded first prize for their humourous tabeau. » » At the Kidwelly Eisteddfod last week Ronald Williams, 9 Brynmor road, Llan- elly, took the first prize in the Pianoforte Solo Competition for children under 12 years.

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