Llanelly Star

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A SIGNIFICANT BALLOT. SIGNIFICANT of much, aa Carlyle would say, is the result of the ballot for the new Parliamentary Com- mittee of the Trades Congress at Glas- gow- Of 16 members of the old Com- mittee who offered themselves for selec- tion 13 were re-elected, including such opponents of direct action and other ex- tremist ideas as Mr. Will Thorne, Mr. W. J. Davis, Mr. J. Sexton, and Mr. Stuart Bunning. What is still more sig- nificant is the fact that the Miners' Federation, which had two representa- tives on the old C-ommittee, failed to ob- tain a single seat on the new. Mr. Greenall, one of their members on the re- tiring Committee, did not stand for re- election. Mr. A. Onions, his colleague, was nominated, and with him Mr. F. Hall, as substitute for Mr. Greenall, but both Mr. Onions and Mr Hall were among the unsuccessful candidates. Could there be any better commentary on the vote of censure which Mr. Smillie engineered, and on the real feelings of the majority of the Congress on the question of direct action ? As Mr. Clynes argued, Labour has political power enough to capture the political machine if there is unity, but Labour will destroy its hopes of succession to the seat of Government if it makes enemies of all the other classes not in- cluded in Labour. THE FUTURE. MR. LLOYD GEORGE has issued -'JL another "message" to the nation Our distinguished countryman shines as a rhetorician and his latest pronounce- ment is reminiscent of many of his plat- form perorations. The country to-day, however, wants something more than rhetoric, and cannot be saved from dis- aster by words, however eloquent. The one dominant need of the times is strong action by the Prime Minister in the direction of economy and retrenchment. The Government of which he is the head ij responsible for an appalling amount of extravagance. We are spending to- day twice as much as we can hope to pro- duce in revenue. How much longer is this to continue ? The Government are leading the country on the road to dis- aster, and unless Mr. Lloyd George asserts himself, national ruin is inevit- able. The Prime Minister sees visions of a new world and is no doubt sincerely desirous of bringing it about, but before we can launch o:t into any new schemes a more prosaic duty calls for attention. Let us first pay pur way betore calling for the New Jerusalem to be set up. A man threatened with bankruptcy cannot afford to indulge in dreams of a glorious future. The first thing he has to do is to cut dwn his expenses and live within his means. Having done that he will be justified in making a fresh start. We commend this homely illustration to the Prime Minister and his Government. A SEAL OF HONOUR. I THE moving appeal made by the King on behalf of disabled soldiers and sailors will, we feel sure, meet with a generous response from employers of labour all over the country. Putting it bluntly, the appeal ie that employers out of good Iature and love of their country, should tax themselves volun- tarily by employing a percentage of dis- abled men men broken in the war. There is a strong feeling that after this war there must be no human wreckage left to the sport of circumstances. We owe a great deal to thes3 men. and it is unthinkable that they should now be left to drift derelict on their pensions. Our duty to them certainly does not end with a grant of a pension. They have a right to be provided with such work as they are capable of and it is to their own interest as well as the interest of the country that they should get it. The King asks employers to take "all pos- sible steps" to find employment for dis- abled ex-Service men and to give an undertaking that they will employ not Iftflfli than a given percentage of such men. It is estimated that out of the total number of disabled men, something like 100,000 are unprovided for, and the suggestion is that every employer should employ five per cent. of such men. The Government propose to set an example by themselves employing the full five per cent., and it is likely that they will bring forward a resolution making em- pIo) ment of a fair percentage of dis- abled men a condition of receiving Government contracts. With a feeling of goodwill among employers, however, no such resolution will be necessary. I K3SIHC RATES. THE burgesses of Llanelly must pre- T pare lor a Lig increase in the ratœ. This is inevitable in view of the tremend- ous increase in every department of ex- penditure. Taking the Purveyor's de- partment alone, we find that the wage bill is k200 a week more than in pre-war times. Another increase of wages has now been granted which will furtner add to the burden of the ratepayers. Of course, at a time when costs are rising all round, we cannot expect local rates to remain stationary. Municipal employes, like all other workers, have been granted substantial advances of wages and these have to be met out of the rates. THE SHIPPINC BOOM. THE Harbour Trustees were on excel- lent terms witli themselves at their annual meeting on Monday. Beaming faces sat around the table and congratu- lations were exchanged over the improved trade outlook. The import and export returns for August are certainly highly gratifying, and September looks like be- ing an equally satisfactory month. The Trust have, indeed, every reason to re- joice at the present boom in local shipping and we can only hope that it represents the turning of a long and dreary lane of trade depression. The past five years have been a most trying period in the history of the Trust. The war practical- ly closed up all the smaller ports and even Swansea with all its resources, suf- fered severely. The last few months have seen a welcome transformation, and Llan- elly, thanks to its facilities for quick des- patch, is coming into its own again. There are, of course, special reasons for the present revival. Congestion in the larger ports and labour troubles in other 1 parts of the country, have been the means of inducing (or even compelling) owners to send their ships here. We can only hope that having had prompt des- patch, they will continue to do so when shipping generally becomes more normal.

"V¥7 J. DAVLE?, High street, Hair- ▼ v • dresser, etc. begs to announce that he is now OPEN DAILY nt the above address, where prompt and personal at- tention will be given. SINGEING AND SHAMPOOING A Speciality.

I Water tor Work s TAPPING COLLIERY SHAFTS AND OPENING WELLS. There is unfortunately no improve- ment to report in regard to the local water supply. September has, proved to be abnormally dry and this coming on top of the earlier dry months has re- duced the level of the reservoirs to an alarming degree. No water is now be- ing supplied to the local works, and as a consequence several have had to be partially closed down. In other cases, successful attempts hjve been made to secare independent supplies. -?.ppl i es. The most successful of these seems to be the Old Catle Works. Some weeks ago, the management in anticipation of what has since taken place, made ar- rangements for tapping the Old Cille workings where it was known there was a great accumulation of water. The ex- periment proved completely successful an ample flow being secured, as a result of which, not only has the Old Castle Works being kept in full operation, but a supply has aLso been available for the adjoining Steel Works. Water has since been struck at the Old Castle Colliery workings. Messrs. Richard Thomas and Co. are experimenting with sea, water, pipes be- ing laid from the beach to their works. Old wells are being opened up at other works with more or less success.

Municipal Notes I The Rives- Nuisance. Complaint -was made at the meeting of the Health Committee of the insanitary state of the river. Tife Mayor referred iu particular to its filthy state at the rear of the Workhouse. His Worship, however, need not have confined himself to that particular part of the river's bed. The nuisance at the back of Stepney St. is equally obnoxious. The fact of the matter is that the river should be covered II eve;' all tho way down. Until this is done, no permanent good can be expected, Unfit Food. It is deplorable to think of the quan- tity of food that is being spoilt owing to delays in transit and other avoidable causes. The Sanitary Inspector in his report this week said that on August 22 eight cheeses were condemned; Sept. 2, quantities of milk, tomatoes, etc.; Sept. 3, one quarter of beef, two carcases of lambs, and four sides of bacon; Sept. 4, four bags of potatoes; Sept. 6, two boxes of ham-s; Sept. 10, 97 lbs. of ham and bacon; Sept. 12, five carcases of lambs and two boxes of bacon on Sept. 13th. The Medical Officer, referring to the quantity of meat which had been lost through decomposition during last month, I said that the chief causes were delay in transit, bad packing and storage and too mild curing. These causes were out of the Council's control, but he had issued circulars to grocers and butchers re- questing them to use the greatest care and to bring to notice immediately when foodstuffs had become decomposed. Money for Housing. I The Corporation are losing no time in I completing the preliminaries in connec- tion with their housing scheme. There has been no delay on their part, and the committee have done all in their power to hurry matters forward. Red-tape at head quarters, however, blocks the way and it is impossible to say when a build- ing start will be made. At the meeting on Monday, it was decided to apply for confirmation of the compulsory order for the purchase of land at Llanerch and also for sanction to borrow the sum of £ 4,254. This money is required for street works and sewerage in connection with the scheme. L200 a week morel I Staggerng figures were submitted by the Surveyor in his estimate of expendi- ture for the next six months. The total required for his department would be £ 15,460, as compared with £ 11.212 a year ago. The estimate was based upo:' existing working conditions, and the in- crease was due entirely to the increased cost of material and wages. It was stated that the weekly wage bill at present was £ 200 more han in pre- war times The Chairman: That means an increase of £10,000 in wages alone in one year. It was pointed out that the repairs to highways also accounted for a big in- crease, the total amount under this head being £ 2,180 as against £ 400. In addi- tion to this amount a sum of- L-3,500 would be received through the County Council for highway repairs. The joint Hospital. I In view of what transpired at the meet- ing of the Health Committee on Monday,. the Corporation will have to reconsider the whole position in regard to the pro- posed joint isolation hospital. When this was first mooted, the idea was to build a hospital to serve the town, the rural dis- trict and also Burry Port. The war then came along and the scheme had to be held up. More recently when the matter was taken up again, it was found that the Rural Council had decided to drop out of it and to join the County Council scheme. There is every probability, too, that Burry Port will follow suit, so that the Llanelly Corporaticn will be left alone in their glory. Tho question now arises whether it would not be more economical for Llanelly also to join the County Council and contribute towards a hospi- tal to be built in Llannon to serve the whole of the county. Dr. Francis is iigainst this, and suggests that a hospital at Llannon would be too far removed to be of real service to Llanelly. Profiteering committee. I The tribunal for Llanelly under the Profiteering Act. will include The Mayor. Aid. H. D. Rees, Aid. D. J. Davies, Aid. Nathan Griffiths, Councillors Frank Rees J.P., D. R. Jones. J.P., John Hughes, E. Sherlock, Morgan Morgan, J L Jones, Mrs. David Rogers, Mrs. Dolling, Mr. Oliver Russell, and Mr. E. T. Hopkins. Workmen's Wages. 1 The award of the Joint Wages Board of local authorities for South Wales hae been accepted by the Corporation. This provides for an increase of 6s. a week from June for able-bodied men not in- cluded in the Stoker award. Six national holidays arc to be allowed during the year with pay. An additional holiday of six days for men who have completed 12 months satisfactory service. C-irtting up the Pavements. i Coun. Clement did well to draw atten- tion to the way in which pavements were cut up for the laying of electric cables and then left in an unsatisfactory state. This is an old grievance to which me have I frequently referred. The Gas Co. are equally blameworthy. It often happens I that after a road has been d"l; made, the Electric Light Co. or the Gas co., come along and tear it ?n again. These Companies should be ccmpolled to replace all roads and pavements in a satisfactory I s-^ate. v I

I It ts Said That two local flappers found the society of two hotel "boots" rather en- tertaining at Weston. That one evening down a certain dark lane, their hosts invited them to sit down on what they took to be a com- fortable seat. That the equilibrium was somewhat disturbed when they came into forcible contact with the ground. That they realize now that if they wish to walk out with the button be- decked olhcials they must get used to the "ground floor." That dancing is the craze of the hour. That the "light fantastic" patrons are busy learning the latest "tip-toe." That a Capel Newydd youth of strin- gently thrifty habits took an unprece- dented step last Monday. That he actually took a young lady to the Cinema. That his bewildered pals have since discovered that he had a couple of free pa6ses for the occasion-Fancy. I That there was a lively discussion in a local Cinema on Tuesday evening con- cerning a prominent local couple. That it arose owing to their removal to a corner of the circle where the lights were low. That a num ber of young ladies en- joyed (?) Tuesday evening in rather a peculiar fashion. That they visited Llanerch for the purpose of counting the 'young couples.' That after counting 'umpteen, one was heard to exclaim it ought to be in "It is said," and it is so. That a well-known local footballer seems possessed of a most fascinating way with the girls. That cne young lady whose best beau is away on holidays was so enamoured of him that she agreed to an appointment on Thursday evening. That fearing some of her hero's friends might see her and carry the she invited the lucky footballer into the parlour. That a local copper-worker seemt; to be blessed with an ungovernable temper. That his fellow-workmen arc wonder- ing why he should h;;v- so far forgotten himself as to threw those complimentary tickets to the fire. That a young couple who went black- berrying in Swiss Valley a few days ago thoroughly enjoyed themselves. That they were not gathering black- berries "all" the time. That their billing and cooing created great amusement to some lookers-on. That an amusing story of "a pair of lost pyjamas" comes from a clique of "sparks" who are at present "camping out" near the Furnace. That poor old J- was the unfortu- nate person who lost the "necessaries." That one day this week his friends nearly collapsed when they saw a lady friend wearing a blouse of the same material as the lost article—We wonder. That a young lady employed at a. lawyer's office not so many miles from the "Star" Office, has a fondness for meeting her admirers during office hours. That yesterday morning a, knut of our acquaintance was seen busy conversing with this attractive maiden. That there is no truth in the rumour that he presented her with that expensive woollen coat. That the Soccer ball is very conspicu- ous in People's Park lately. That the code is flourishing as well as ever among the younger element in the town. That there is much speculation locally as to whether the Scarlets will "do the trick" at Bath to-day. L That whatever the reault will be the "Sospans" can be relied on doing their best.

Peace Pp3ce! Peace /CLOTHES are now required for the ? nuIHoM of ??IJiGrs and Sailors re- turning to Civilian life. Save your Tailor C'iop?n<t$ ? ?? hS ?.<? .? ? 5 ?? B? -?? S p4r  ?.Ye !.i?. ? ?inds paying '1 [4 riep lb. Write, call, rr tpi-phone to Ch a )?" ¡;} <- ;J ;),s Street Lhaiellj Teiepho: \J .t-0 Telegraphic address Rags, Llanelly

I  C I Proh?ermg Cominmee To the Editor of the "Star. Sir, I was amused to read the account of the meeting of the Corporation last Mon- day re "Profiteering Tribunal." It is like putting a "thief to catch a thief," or liko waiting for rain to fill up empty re- servoirs in dry weather after letting tifl water out in the spring. It is absolutely unfair to put any bujpf and seller on the tribunal in this totfO as this class are the profiteers. I suggest the appointment of inde- pendent men having no dealings m businesses whatever and fathers of fami- lies, who know the value of a shilling a»Qtt an article; or failing this, say railway- men, members of the police force, ex- perienced ckrk-s, mechanics, carpenters, etc., also a few middle aged mothers wlto have reared families. Then we shall hage, what I call "fair play." I shall bo glad to get the opinion of my fellow readers regarding this. I am, etc. Kicdiard street. NOBAM.

Llanelly Cinensr- t "THE GREAT LOVE." Next week at the Llanelly Cinema 3 programme much above the ordinary; standard will be witnessed. On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the star pic- ture will be "The Wild Cat," a magniSi- cent Stoll Goldwyn production fcaturijjg Geraldine Farrar. Margery Wilson in "Flames cf Chance," a Triangle drania, undergoc.s a striking transformation. As a white-haired old lady she is adorable. "A Fight for Millions," episode 2, is most thrilling. For Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, David W Griffith's special production "THE GfS.EAT LOVE," a re- markable photoplay in which Quefca Alexandra and many other notabilities are pictured. Of the celebrated players who will be seen in this great picture the most famous are Robert ilarron,, & splendid actor who appeared in "Heans of the World"; Henry B. Walthall, a superior screen placer who has starred in scores cf notable photcplaysi; Lillian Gish, a delightful actress who in well Imown to motion picture theattfc- goers throughout the country, jrrtd. George Fawcett, an actor of national fame. Other artistes are Gloria Hope, ,¡; Maxfield Stanley, Rosemary Tlieby, &nA- George Se-igmann. "Border Wireless"' is a beautiful drama featuring Willij&tt' S. Hart. Eddie Polo in Episode 13 ef the Circus King is very exciting. Special Notice.—On and after Monday, October 6th, the price cf admission to the {?„ seats will be raised to 6d.

I WA.l TIME RESTRICTIONS. To the Editor of the "Sta," Sir, There can be no doubt that the general feeling tliroughont the country is ta favour of the abolition of all unneccssaiy restrictions now that the country ignio-to or less settling down to peace conditions. The pronouncement recently made by tfee Government that the powers of the Liquor Control Board should be CQ8 tinued in the hands of the new Com mis- sion has caused a feeling of disappoijffc- ment throughout the whole country. The Government must know that tka British nation can never tolerate any m terference with its liberties which can- not be proved to he essential to the suc- cessful carrying on of the affairs of tke country. I am, etc. A.G. HARRIES.

BOROUGH OF LLANELLY FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE. R 0 y Rationing Order. RE-REGISTRATION WITH RETAILERS. I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN^Jhat «Jt Counterfoils for Meat, Butter, mA Sugar attached to the New Ration Card. must be legibly and completely filled IV and delivered by Consumers to the Pos- tailer they wish to Register with, oa or, before Saturday. 27th September. 191ft. Persons desirous of changing their Ra- tailer may do so without consulting tile Control Committee but not later than above date. HENRY W. SPOWART, Executive Canter, Stepney Hall, Llanelly, 12th September, 1919. George Palmer Begs to inform the public that he etfl now supply EiMaS 1i ":1' Wholesale and 11" We Poultry n hich is dressed on the premises at a few hours notice Shaw's Pork Sausag-es 1/6 per lb. MfTRRAV ?T?F?T AaviVfln sJ J j*.jL' LLANELLY.