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SWANSEA MERCANTILE Co. Ltd. I 01 IS. Park Street. Swansea, I Kake.Cash Advances from 910 to Lilo(IO I To Commercial Gentlemen. Trades- men. Farmers. and Respectable Householders o;i tb-r o» n -N ote of j Hand, at a low rate of Interest. I Strictly Privals. Confidential. For farther pa-tuujjr. J pply- H. E. JONES, IS, Park Street, Swansea.

Our Note Book. I 1- 1'f tA ).. 'í l lL}; U .L Children and the Motor Problem j The Dangers of the Streets | —Suggestion to Throw Open the Playgrounds after School Hours—A London Appeal Some time ago the view was ex- pressed. in these columns that the num- ber of motor accidents in the borough J might, be considerably curtailed si arrangements were made by the local Education Authority for the throwing open of the playgrounds attached to I the various schools for the convenience or children atwr school hours. It was also suggested that the teachers might j devote an occasional oven-ing to look- ing after the youngsters, a vincipallv with the object (.f seeing that no | damage was done to the school buiid- ings. The latt-er proposal did not meet with the approval of the teachers, r.I1- j fortunately; in fact, those who were il- tenuewed on the subject at the time rot only ridiculed the idea, but poured the vials or their wrath upon those who had been .stupid enough—in their opinion—to make a suggestion which it argued would impose extra labour upon an already hard-working section or the community. j '¥ The suggestion was made in the ju- ierest oi the youngsters, who are ell- titled to consideration at all times, and it was one in the carrying into effect j of which it might not unreasonably have been expected the members oi the teaching protessiou would at least have been willing to co-operate, l'iio number of inatur accidents which have since taken place not only within the [ borough, but in the contiguous dis- tricts, induces u.s to revert to the sut)- j ject and to ask again whether it is not. possible for something in the direction indicated to bo done. Swansea is j better off in the matter of open spacer I than many towns; yet it is undeniable that those with:n easy reach of the children in the most congested area in the borough are notoriously inadequate ) and not available after a fixed hour in the evening. ? $ t l ,,row The suggestion, moreover to throw open the playgrounds of the elementary schools in the evenings is not really quite so impracticable as some people j would have appear. In London the same difficulty is experienced; and an London, singularly enough, the same suggestion has been made for meeting it. Tho London and General Omnibus Company have issued notice in which the view cfiijuiaMaefc. that the children's wel- fare is not served by letting them play in the busy thoroughfares at ball or hoop or top; roller skates where there rs motor-driven traffic; hang on the backs of carts or trolleys run errands across crowded streets; take free rides on the steps of 'buses and trams; or sit on the curb at the pavement edge. These are all dangerous," adds the notice, to lite and limb from the jn- creased traffic of the streets. It is un- fortunate that there are not sufficient- playgrounds where the children cn play in safety and be well looked after. Every elementary school should have its playground, which might be open fur the lrttle visitors during all the waking hours of childhood. ? t I 1 he appeal of the London Omnibus Company can only meet with limited success, inasmuch as the school play- grounds available in the metropolis are altogether inadequate for the 1A:- commodation of the juvenile portion of the popuiation. But Londoners would, there is no doubt, throw open their playgrounds if they could. In Swansea ¡ the position is somewhat different. Here we have an ample number of p!sy- grounds which might be given on,}"! with advantage in the evenings TO chil- dren who jio7 A roam the streets. W hy should there be any heMLa?ion in throw- ing them cpen to those who, after all, I have the greatest claim to their use? It would be gratifying if the co-opera- tion of the teachers could be secured. One hopes this may still be possible. In any event the playgrounds ought to be available for the children after school, hours. We hope the Education Committee, who must realise the in- creasing danger of the stz-eets, will at any rate agree to try ths experiment. To-day's Gossip I Anybody hero won the thirty bob;" asked liappy Tom Parker at the Swansea Empire on Monday night. .!jj: -iP There will scon be a lot of Caw- s P-s in the trees, when the rooks gather to build and to renovate their nests. # If you read a bad book it leaves a scar on the memory that nothing can eras". The longer I live the more care- ful I am in the choice of my books."— (Rev. A. J. Waidron). f"et-N- young man ought to have recreation—and women, too, but the women get. it—and the best recrea- tion for young men is to go courting. ] have been through it, and know."— (Hev. A. J. Waidron at Mount Plea- sant). I # # # A septuagenarian, who made an ap- plication on behalf of his wife for the old age pension, at Swan sea on Mon- ) day, said he was employed as a roller- man on half-time at the Midland Works. Mr. W. J. Clancy sr.id it was j a wonderful thing for a man of the ap- I plicant's age to be still following that I employment. ,¡¡, -u. 41- I i A SLUM PLAYGEOUND. ¡ The bore trees wore a. winter frown In a reen corner of the town. And there I heard a happy Bound On a derelict piece of ground. 1 eaw some blithe slum children run Bathing their spirits in trie sun, With tumbling joy and boisterous cries. With apple cheeks and sparkling eyes. With goal-posts cha)k d upon a wall, They dribbled by with Tged ball— With raggy hall that pJryward rose From broken boots and peeping toes; A nd on the green waste ground they trod There shone the plasant smile of God. ?ll-l? A. H J

ft' t; V" rl ?  P 'H¡l!1! s?3????sa L Br??B?B?y??"SK?W??s' HESiSTER" I A Strong Letter. I Rev. Martin Ballard Phillips j Makes a Move. i GRAVE COMPLAINT. I I A to" I representati ve saw the I JJf\C or r('pre:-en a IVf1 saw 1 Ie ??v. Marten ?..M?id PMhps, St. ocrge s-terraoc, Swansea, on Wednes- day morning, to enquire ii there had been any fresh developments with re- gard to the sturdy refusal to pay the sectarian ra.te. Mr. Phillips, alter satisfying himself by means of Cll- quiries made through the letter-box that he was not to be troubled with a.n j unwelcome visitor, admitted the "Leader" man to his house. I Now. the "Leader" representative is not in tlie coal trade, but as there was a cold snap in the air on Wednes- day morning ho took an early oppor- tunity of askirrg this real Passive Re- sister how he was off for coal. l, Oti, I am having some in hags/' cheerfully replied Mr. Phillips. The rev. gentleman their produced his coal bill and the demand made on the war- rant he bad received, and said he did not anticipate any further trouble at I present The Levy. r The bill which Mr. Philips has 1'('-1 ceived for the coal from tMe Cent)':? Coal Company amounts to LI 8s lid, and the demand made on the warrant amounts to 16s. let., and there are levy expenses, etc., of 5s. (jd. Mr. Phillips complains strongly of the manner in which the levy was carried out. and has favoured us with correspondence on the subject. Ho points out that the war- rant oiffcer made no reply in his letter to the complaints and objections raised. Mr. Phillips, it may be mentioned, has received a letter from Dr. John Clifford approving of the attitude 110 i has taken. f" ilie corresponaerrco reierrea to is as follows :— '?!7, St. George's-terrace, Swansea, Jan. 10th, 1913. To \V. A. Fielder, Warrant Officer. Sir-In re levy made at the above address yesterday and the day pre- vious, I heg to lay before you the fol- lowing objections with regard thereto, ard especially complaints respecting the unnecessa riJy and gross ly offensive manner in which 't was carried out by your officers and their subordinates, always excepting the police officer, who conducted the affair throughout with great consideration and courtesy. These subordinates, for whom their officers were wholly responsible, see- ing they were acting as their deputies and by their orders, were apparently irresponsible, and, J am sorry to have j to add. foul-mouthed boy. hooligans seemingly picked up off the streets, for the youths' names were not previously known to the officers, as we have learned. That the above description of the deputies justly applies to them may be testified to by our solicitor and his chief clerk, who, to mention no one else, were witnesses of the offensive conduct and language complained of. I beg, in conclusion, to tabulate the objections and complaints already referred to, viz. :— (1) Illegal entry to coal hole by one of the young hooligans, and thence into cellars without presenting authority for such action, and, after my prohibition thereof, the entry was made, not by one of the officers, but by one of the saxl boys. (2) Illegal removal of goods without presenting authority, for I was not served with warrant until the goods had been removed. (3) The wan-ant was not signed at all. and bears no signature whatever. (4) The shameful and ruinous c-ondi- tion of basement as a result of the hooliganism of beys etc. (5) The door and frame thereof lead- ing from coal-hole to room knocked completely out of wall, and found lying npGl1. floor among a,11 kind of debris, etc. (6) Illegal removal of at least one article (a lamp) by boy referred to above, and offered to another boy at the gate. So far as we can discover this lamp has not been returne d here." The Reply. The reply from Warrant Officer W. A. Fielder was as follows "The Rev. M. B. Phillips, M.A., Sir,—L a.m in receipt of your letter of the 10th inst., and in reply I beg to inform you that the levy made on your goods and chattels was perfectly legal, and in-as carried out with as little in- convenience to you as possible, not- withstanding your illegal a-n<i continued resistance.

FATAL EXPERIMENT Young Aviators' Bodies not yet Found The bodies of the aviators, Mr. Mac- donald and Mr. England, who were drowned in the Thames yesterday, have n<,t been recovered as yet, and dragging operations were rcsun»ed at an early hour. Portions of the aeroplane and some of the. men's clothing were pir'-ed un last night, but beyond that nothing further has been found. It was stated this morning that the machine was a monoplane converted into a biplan, and was manoeuvring .yesterday with the object of obtaining photographs, and for experimental pur-

The engagement is announced on Mon- day of Miss Williams Bulkeley, daughter of Sir Richard Williams Bulkeley. Bart., and Lady Magdalen Bulkeley, of Baron, Hill. Heaumaris to Sir Harry St-apleton Mainwaring, Bart., of Over-Peover, l Cheshire.

=- -=- FLINT SCENES. J I Are these the Methods of the "Gentlemanly Party"? SPEAKERS MOBBED. A Flint message says that lively scenes characterised electioneering in the Fiint Boroughs last night. A crowd made attempts to break up meetings held in the open-air in support of Welsh Disestablishment and Free Trade, and it is reported that missiles were thrown at the speakers, who were eventually mobbed, one being assaulted. It was publicly announced that the Home Secretary would be appealed to in order to provide adequate and imme- diate protection.

WORKMEN'S DISCOVERY I i I Human Skeleton Found in a Garden "ihile executing repairs at a houso in Heckf ord-road, J'ook, yesterday after- noaa, some workmen: discovered an adult human skeleton, huried two feet deep under a path outside the kitchen door. The occupant of the house, an old man of 73, was taken ill a few weeks ago, and died in the hospital on Dec. 3ist. While preparing the house for a new tenant, a workman noticed the square tiles xrsed in paving the path had been removed in one place, and broken bricks substituted. The ground was also I sunken.

ANOTHER REMAND 0 I Showman's Labourer who Con- I fessed to Murder Walter Svkes (24), showman's lab- ourer, who confessed to the murder of two little girls at Knnberworth, on the night of ,as further remanded at Rothorham Police Court to-day. The Chief Constable said he was in- structed by the Public Prosecutor to apply for a remand. They hoped 'I to place the whole of the facts before the court next Tuesday.

i I TAXI MURDER. I I Hopwood's A Disrnissed. I As reported in our 5.30 and 30 editions yesterday, the appeal of Edward Hopgood, the taxi-cab mur- derer," against his sentence, was dis- missed. It will be remembered that he shot the actress, Florence Dudley. He was frequently interrupted* by the judge. On one occasion the Lord Chief Justice interposed sharply with tho re- mark: "You don't improve your case by throwing douBt upon the character of the poor girl. She has been sinned against enough. Whether s he knew you were a married man or not has no- thing to do with this horrible crime.

ANOTHER INQUEST. j I Fresh Evidence Leads to Appeal { to Judges j In the Divisional Court of tho King's Bench to-day, Mr. Muir moved on be- half of the Attorney-General tor a rule luidfcr the Coroners' Act directed to the Lewes District Corolwr, calling upon him to show cause why an inquest held on Hugh E. Trevanion at Hove on 6ep- tember 12th, should not be brought up to be quashed, and why a fresh inquest should not bo held. Counsel stated that Trevanion, who was aged twenty-seven, died on Septem- ber lltir. At the inquest a verdict, was returned that he had died from an over- dose of veronal, and that the overdose was taken as tho result of misadventure. Counsel read the affidavit of the Director of Public Prosecutions, which stated that deceased had been in the habi, l of taking veronal from the age of twenty- one, in ordinary medical doses. He took them in caches of beven grains, sometimes taking a second cache when ono did not make him sle^p. About, six weeks before September gtu, tire deceased and a gentleman had tftken a flat at Hove, and they had a manservant. Deceased usu- ally told the servant w hen he was taking a sleeping draught, but on this occasion he said nothing, and no one saw him take the dose. After dinner Trevanion told his friend he had taken an over- dose of veronal and became unconscious. A doctor was called, but Trevanion re- mained unconscious until his death. Deceased had never shown airy incli- nation towards suicide. Dr. Baines had no doubt that death was due to veronal poisoning, and two other doctors agreed with his a iew. At the inquest the mother of Tre- vanion sugested a post mortem, but his brother thought this was unnecessary, I and without such examination, the jury returned their vcrdiet. Afterwards the solicitors for the mother brought certain facts before the Public Prosecutor, and the body was exhumed and a post mor- tem examination was held. The result of the analysis showed at least a hun- dred and fifty grains must have been taken by Trevanion within an hour of his becoming unconscious. Dr. Willcox. who conducted the analysis, expressed the vIew that the quantity could not have b.I-.m accidentally taken. Justice Ridley said it would appear that Trevanion could not by accident have taken so much. Counsel said the Coroner assented to the application, and did not desire to show cause against the rule. The Court granted the absolute rllhC) for the holding of another incaiest. Justice Ridley observed that what had taken place amounted to a. case of insufficient inquiry, and there ought to be a further investigation

The late Ear] Ferrers, who ?ft .??078, directed his trustees to burn, unopened and unread, all the contents of "the lowest drawer on the right- hand side of the kneehole writing table in the study at Staunton Harold. The Home Office authorities have caused governors of prisons to permit Jewish comoictsin his Majesty's prisons to bo exempted from labour during cer- tain days of the Passover.

"POOR MR. LAW!" Mr. Austen Chamberlain Adds to His Troubles. I I CALAMITY FOR THE PARTY Once again the Tory Party is unhappy. This time it is Mr. Austen Chamber- lain who h" ignited the iirercracker of dissension. Speaking in Birmingham last night, he said:— "For the first time during my long connection with the Unionist Party I am unable to take any share of re- sponsibility for the decision to which they have come. 1 cannot turn my back upon myself, and I am afraid this change may be a calamity for the party, and prove a misfortune to the Empire. Mr. Chamberlain frankly admitted, that the course of events bad placed his leaders in a position of difficulty, and remarked, that he was not con- sulted about the Ashton declaration, although he was prepared to sub- ordinate his own preferences to the views of his leaders. Now. however, the position was changed, and there was a widespread movement for the abandonment, or at least the postponement of that part of the policy of Preference which involved the imposition of new duties on staple articles of food. It is obvious that there is not that unity in the Tory Party which its leaders are so anxious to s-aggest! Once again we say: Poor Mr. Law!

ITEMPERANCE TEACHING. Deputation to President of Board of Education Mr. Pease, the president of the Board of Education, to-day received a deputation from th.e Church of England 1 Temperance Society, and United King- dom Band of Hope Union, and other bodies, who asked that the Board of Educatin should cause the serious ies- sons on temperance and hygene set ) out in the syllabus of the Board to be compulsorily taught in the schools I under the Board's control. j Mr. Pease, in reply, said it would be a very strong order for the Board to try and face local Education Authorities to incliide temperance in- struction in their own work by threatening to withdraw the Govern- meut grant when otherwise their work v. as efficient The deputation should to try and force local educatio,, Authoritips to popularise syllabus iif schools.

One of tho most influential of Rou- manian statesmen is M. Take J one sen. Here in Wales we should like to know what Mr. Jones it Wa'? who founded ?he Roumanian fami]" with thes? R<?:- manian trimmings tacked on to )-?? f.mtjji?r name.

A unUrU OF k 1ml PRAi.r4E. I i ICountry'sI  ?iOL<.i?tm?t ) I National Insurance Weleome^ i I on All 'I j on All Sides. i |CHANCELLOR'S TRIUMPH | I I I On all sides are heard expressions cf j the greatest satisfaction at ibe. int-o operation or the Chancellor s great National Insurance Act. Mr. Lloyd j George has already receiver! a large ) number of telegram* congratulating hnn I upon his great measure. A Press-man. j who wft.ttpd on the Chancellor last night. I was informed by him that among the mesage received were a number from- j Wales. Asked u he .iuticipa:?! ircubif wiLij regard to th? medical beneh?, )1. | George, vhn w:? in exceJknt "pjnts, ie- pbeo: ompha?cs'iy in t? '??.tnv?. H? j said it was not the desire 01 the Covem- ment to introduce a iu't-tim? ser\ iee u r? tII eve:, COIlCllwton cth? had been | exhausted. They \t;'e quite ready n act, but did not ?uut to be vindictive. ) I.'v wanted to give H1 medial '?.? every opportunity to come in even to :Lc ) last moment. j Good for the Doctors. I | Despite the abuse which some incru- be; or the profession have levelled at [him, the Chancellor magnanimously paid a compliment to the medieoes. Ho also | stated his conviction that the effect <■; j the Act on the profession would he en- tirely beneficient. I Mr. Lioyd*George also í-pokc enthusi- astically of the cordial reception which cie Ac-l had received, not oner f rom tlv Tn asses of the working people, but from I ] the employers also. I i Amongst the well-known ju?u w ho | hav<? expressed their admirati\n of ti e t?<-asure is the Rigi? Hon. Sir John | Brunner, who has rpprc?pntcd Nonh- W)ch in Parliament for many years, a\û I Aviel,? in I'arl).iiiieii-L 'l'ol- illii-,iv yelr, and Co., Ltd. ?Yh?n intcn-)pw<'d. <n' I John was about to leave for a visit to the West Indies, and was much pressed for time. He, however, remarked thai- he regarded the Act as the most bene- ficient measure of his time, and pre- dicted thai before many years h.,u passed be the unieer.vi! view. Tins is .but typical -it the opinion's representative men throughout 1. country. Even those who were at iirst dubious have now realised the enormon*. beuefit which such a measure must con- t fer upon the country. J "INSURANCE BABY." I First Application for Maternity I Benefits at 3wansaa. I Proha hly the proudest parents in | Swansea to-day are Mr. and Mrs. Meaney. of 21, Charles-street, Green- hill, whose son, born at 12.4-5 a.m. yes- terday, was the frrst "Insurance Baby" to see the light locally. On Tuesday a "Leader" reporter and photographer visited the.- house, and. during the process ot photographing the mother and baby, the reporter had an interest] ng chat with Mrs. -Aleanev. The parents are both Irish, hailing from [ Waterford, but while Mr. John Meaney, who is a fuel worker, has been in Swan- j sea for three years, Mrs. Meaney (who, by- the way, is a typical, good-looking Irish eoilen ¡ust twenty years of age) only came to Wales a year ago, when she married. I (Continued on Page 8).

?? ???? ??t?*???? ?? ???e ? B EDITION. BEACH BRIDGE. Swansea Park* Committee to-day 1 rom Mumbles Railway hnd L. an r1 N. W. I'.ailwav 10r the construction ot a bridge from beach to Park. Details next edit ion • Final Score: LLAXELLY-o tioals. TON r'ENTKE Nil. ■■ • j

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