The Cambria Daily Leader

I Sun Rises 8.23, Sun Sets 4.13. Lighting-up Time, 4.43. High Water, 5.17 a.m., 5.40 p.m. King's Dock, 36ft. 7in. a.m., 36ft. 9in. p.m. To-morrow, 6.2 a.m., 6.25 p.m.

NEW LAMPS FOR OLD. It is one of our wise follies to fore- gather around the deathbed of a de parting year, and to make new re- solves for the days to co-e. CS t of us followed the time-honoured custom last night. We would dj this, we would not do that; this we would eschew; the other we would cleave to. If all the pious hopes of a New Year's Eve could, by the wave of a magic wand, be trans- mitted into action, faithful and con- tinuous, we could cloee all our poor- houses, many of our public houses, and not a few of our mad houses. In our cynical moods we despise this system of self-examination and write it down as empty mockery. Is it worth while to declare that we mean to amend our ways, knowing that we did the same last year, the year before, and every other year ,¡ ol that we can recall to memory? Well, there is much to be said ir. favour of the annual stccK-taking of our consciences. If only ior a little while, we live a broader, better life; vad now and then a resolve of ours l akes root, and a good new habit is Lorn, or a bad old one slain. So lot us go on. Most of us performed hc solemn ritual last night, we reo peat; and in so doing, after deter- j mining to pluck the beam from our own eye, we became aware, from I-6ne new pedestal on whi&h we had reared ourselves, of the mote wiUi- j m the eye of our neighbours. This i is hypocrisy, of course, but as some of the reflections bear upon our public He, we venture to give them 1 publ-ie l,Ie, we venture to give First then, let us touch (n indus- try. In Wales, we have heard to., much of strikes and seen too many manifestations of antagonism be- tween Capital and Labour. SWHU- sea has not been free from these troubles, and the constant griev- ances at our docks have causeu the port to be black-listed by more thnn one ship-owning firm. We do not throw all the blame on Labour; perhaps a fair share of it is due to causes over which the employer has control. But, in any case, for the sake of the town wo love, and or whose future we cherish fond hopes, 1-t us see to it that the New Year, with all its promise is free from strikes and ill-feeling. Let Capital end Labour unite in the effort t> bridge all differences by the blesseJ pbnk of negotiation, in a spirit IIi mutual trust and sympathy. One shudders to think how many thou- sands of pounds the town has lost in past years by these. deplorable stoppages. Nor is our public life without re proa-ch. There have been enacted in the Council Chamber,, even during 1918, scenes that most of us would like to forget and that few of us would care to see repeated. Acrirwony has been imparted in.o discussions, and has not tended to bring us to the right decisions. Here again the root evil is to be found in the soil of mutual distrust. Let all old feuds be foTGotten, all battle-worn hatchets buried with dead 1918, and let us make a now siart. Let us "Ring out the oM, ring in the new, Ring out the false, ring in the true. Ring out a slowly (Ir-Ing eause, And ancient forms of party strife; Ring in the nobler modes of life, With sweater manners, purer laws"; let us scrap that foolish old parry spirit, that seeking after party vic- tory rather than after the best .pos- sible things for Greaer Swansea. What we need, after all, is only a slightly higher view-point. Let us climb a new Mount Pisgah, and w" shall see before us the Promised Land. And what shall we suggest as the New Year resolve for the Western and Anthracite coalfields? Indus- trial peace, of course, and for the Anthracite area the fruition of the fondest hopes for new home mar kets. The brisk business methods adopted by one of the big firms are worthy of the support of all inter- ested In the industry and we may hope to see the shiny cobbles, in the presence of which the poker is barred, enjoy a warm and bright future. For our tinplate trade, and our other metal enterprises, we hope for a new era. remembering that Welsh brains and Welsh crafts- manship have carried out a niche for themselves in the post which Welsh energy and Welsh technical education must maintain against all comers. Let this then, be a new year re- solve for all-to help along the en- dowment fund of the Swansea Uni- versity. This can be done by the worker, in his weekly contribrrtion, no less than by we capitalist in his temp sum donation or annual sub- ,.riion. Lest we forget, I?t us place on record our determination to see that those of our employes who went to the war are given the opportunity to pick up the threads of business life, and are not allowed to suffer in material things because they saw the path of duty.

[ CHEERFUL LOSER SWANSEA LADY GADIDA IE ON HER FAILURE Miss E. Phipps, Chelsea's defeated woman candidate, adopts a cheerful view of her Coaiiuou opponent's 6uccee6. Considering ail things," she remarked to a Pall Mail (iazc tto representative, the results are quite as good as we could have expected, and I certainly do not feel disappointed. On the contrary I fed 6urprised that, although 1 was only in the constituency for 18 days, 60 many women voterc, supported me. At meeting and on other occasion* I made it quite cioar to the electors that uti eome vitdi, issues I am in agreement witii the Coali- tion Government. "I do not think that on the whole women candidates noed teel disappointed at their failure this election. Undoubt- edly they were nominated under excep- tional circumstances, and they have broken the ice, which will make it easier for other women to attain success at 'future elections. WOMEN KEENLY INTERESTED. Did the women vcteis of Chelsea take an interest an the election ? Most cer- tainly; they were keenly interested in in.my topical matters, and I was sur- prised at the divergence of the questions that wore asked at my meetings. "Shctl I i)ljt up lor Parliament again:' That will, of course, depend en- tirely upon the members of the Women Teachcrs' Union, who supported me on this occasion. YLias Pliippa is ex-president of the Women Tcachers' Union. She is alto of the Technical School, Swansea, and returns there at the end of this week.

ALARMING NWS. I Bolshevik Rebellion on Big Scale. Copenhagen, Tuesday.—A Berlin tele- gram says alarming news arrives from Upper Siiesia concerning a real rebellion. Pol^-s, .liolshevists, clericals, and meUl- bers of the Spartacus Group have eye- tematically bu:Ti-ed iiii ihe labourers. In numerous minoe labourers have com- mitted aeis oi cabotage. The Gotten Segen Mine has been Hooded, and pro- perty amounting to the value of several million marks destroyed. Pormer leaders arc. no longer abje to control the agitated musics, and the Sporracist^ arc oMaming sympathy with chfir movement through the whole of Upper Silesia. Ministers Hirsch and Lcmdsberg have left ior' Upper Siles-vi, and military re- inforcement are en Ok way.—Reuter.

1 RHONDDA- MYSTERY. Body in Swansea Bay Rail- way Tunnel. A verdict of Wilful murder aarainst a person or persons unkncwn," re- corded by Mr, B. J. Rhys, district r ner, at a TreUerlvirt inquest on Tuesday on the body of a month old male child, which V;aA found in the Ichondda and Swansea Bay Rail.vay Tunnel at Treher- The body was eaelosed in a brown paper parcel, with a length of cord tied to it. P.C. Weston sail he received tho par- cel from the foreman platelayer, who&Q duty was to examine the tunnel. Dr. Illiidea, 1 ben, gave evidence of a post-mortem examination, and S*»K1 thoro were marks of violence on the child's neek. He said that the child died from violence by constriction of the throat. Supt. T. Edwards said that the police made exhaustive mquir as into the mat- ter, but so far t iey had found no trace of anybody concerned. Dr. Ilindes, in reply to the coroner, said that in his opinion the parcel was low- ered from the train whilst the latter was -it motion by means of a piece of cord. This led the Coroner to remark that it showed that preparations were- made to deposit the body.

PONTARDULAIS MART. Pontardurlais Mart was hed on Tuw- pav, when 19 fait cattle, 2a sheep, and 5 calves were graded. At the fair the fol- lowing prises ruled: Cows and calves, £ 40 I Os. -.£50; store cattle, < £ 10—= £ 15; pigs, J £ 2 10s. —J £ 3; calves, <£2-.£;5

BOY IN TROUBLE. A youth named Henry James Elias (16), of Cwmdoneyone, Llannon, was charged at the Llanelly Police Court on Tues- day with obtaining < £ 5 12s. 6d. from the new Cross Hands CoMiery Co. by false1 v pretending i±at he had been sent to fetch the money by Thomas Davios, to whom it belonged.—Det.-Sergt. T. Davie* said that when the warrant was re-ad over to him, defendant replhvd, I had the money from tho office. 1 have nothing mere to say."—On the application of the police, the Bench granted a remand.

LLANELLY FANCY FAIR. The fancy fair held at Stebonheath 1.f,J.itary Hospital, Llamdlj, on Monday uight, in connection with the Yule-tide celebrations, was one of the most success- ful social functions ever held in the town. There was a Tjig rush for tickets, and for the fancy ,dress dance a large proportion of the devotees of the terpsichorean art turned up in costumes of multifarious hues, with the result that the two ward-" set apart for d'-i/iciug were a blaze of colour. The Matron (Miss E. Yates) a.nd ije Meglio, the well-known Lancashire conjurer and juggler, acted as M.C.'s, the latter also givill a performance.

COEDFFRANC COUNCIL. Echo of Neath Abbey Fire. I At the Council Room, Skewen, on luefi- day evening, a meeting of the Coedffrane Parish Council was held, with Councillor lorn Price, Jersey Marine, in the chair. The condition of the local roads was again discussed, the treatment with gravel being deemed by several members quite ineffec- tual as a remedy. The clerk (Mr. W. P. Jenkins) was directed to write once more to Mr. D. M. Davies, pointing this out. The clerk was also asked to call attention to the unsatisfactory way the district ie lighted. In a discussion on the way the local gratings, gully traps, etc., were neglected, thereby causing overflows, it was alleged by the councillors that the roadmen were aent to work where they were least needed, seme gratings not having been cleared for months. The clerk was asked to call the upmediate attention of the surveyor. CoaEoi P-op Slee, referring to the recent Xearth Abbey fire, pointed out thA urgent need of a fire brigade, the present appli- ances, omnstid? eij,:V.Ply of lengths of hose. ,)eiiig quite inadequate. The matter was adjourned for fuli discussion at next meeting. A vote of sympathy with Councillor Tom Lloyd was paeoavl in his bereavement Representatives wore chosen to attend a general meeting, called by th lore 1 Free Church Council, to discuss the question or providing some recreetion centre for men returning from active service.

THE CABINET I m MOST LiKELY TO SECURE OFFICE I Now that the elections are over, there I is much speculation in political circles as co the constitution of Mr. Lloyd George's next administration. Mr. Lloyd George on Tuesday morning presided over what is understood to have been the hnal meeting of the old Cabi- net. The chief matters discussed there, however, were question* relating to the repatriation of British prisoners of war. The Press Association says it is still the tact that Mr. Lloyd George has not yet made any definite selections, but onr London correspondent is able to furnish us with an important forecast tgiven below), of what the new Cabinet is likely to be. Our correspondent also states that it will be necessary to set up a small inner Cabinet of not more. than six or eight members, to be in constant touch with the British plenipotentiaries at the Peace Conference. it is understood that Mr. Balfour has expressed a desire to be relieved of his duties ut the Poreign Office in the new Government. Nevertheless, it is an tier, pated that Mr. Balfour will continue— at all events, for some months—actively to direct the affairs of the Foreign Office, and that he will attend the Peace Con- ference. THE "PROBABLES." ) I Those in close touch with the Prime I Minister advance the following names as the personnel of the new Government:— I Lord CiwDcllor:, Lord iinlay. Chancellor of the Exchequer (if Mr. Bonar Law relinquishes it): Mr. Austen Chamberlain. Secretary for War: Mr Winston Churchill India Office: Mr. E. S. Montagn. Colonial Office: Mr Waiter Long. Foreign Affairs: Mr. Balfour. Secretary for Scotland: Mr. Robert Munro. Board of Trade: Sir Albert Stanley. Lord Chancellor of Ireland: Sir James n. Campbell. First Commissioner of Works: Sir A. M<md. Attorney-General: Sir P. E. Smith. Solicitor-General: Sir Gordon Hewart. President of the Local Government Board: Sir Auckland Geddes. Minister of Health: Dr. Addison. I Board of Education: Mr. Fisher. Chief Secretary for Ireland: Mr E. Shortt Attorney-Gcneial for Ireland: Mr A. W. Samuels. Postmaster-General: Mr -Illingworth. I Mmiâ-er of Labour: Mr. Geo. Roberts.  Minister of Pensions: Mr. Barnes. i THE HOME OFFICE. I The Home Secretaryship has been vncapt since Sir George Cave became a Lord Justics of Appeal, and the Home LD<kJ vecretarv, Mr. Brace, has left the Coalition. If Mr. Bonar LeT, continues a,, Chancellor, Mr. Chamberlain may go to the Home Office. The Admiralty is also in doubt, and the only name mentioned is that of Sir Ed- ward Carbon, wlio may chars go his mind I with the changed conditions in Ireland. Sir Wortliington Evans is mentioned as a possible Minister of Sup^y. ¡ Several Under Secretaryships are cer- I tain. Mr. Herbert Lewis will remain in association with Mr. Fisher at the Board of Education; Mr. Wardle is not likely to be disturbed at. the Board of Trade; Mr. Stanley Baldwin will continue as Finan- cial Secretary at the Treasury; and the •Junior Government Whips will be re-ap- pointed, since all have.kept their seat*. I NAVY AND ARMY. t I Dr. Macnamara, who has held his office from tho beginning of the war, will con- tinue- service as Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty. The W ar Office will still have Mr. Ian Macpherson as Assistant ¡ Secretary, and Mr. Forstor as Financial Secretary. Lord Islington will remain at the India Office. Sir Richard Winfrey will still be r-fssoeiated with the Board of Agriculture, ruid Sir A. -St;Hd Maitlar.d will not be t.en away from his great work of organ- ising our overseas trade. Sir Arthur Griffith Boscawen is not likely to leave the Pensions Department, or Mr. Bridgaman the T/abour Ministry Offices will also be found, with promo- tion wliO.ro possible, for Mr. Cecil Lard Wolnter, Major Waldorf A«ter,. Major Baird, Mr: K(litawav and Mr. Pretyman Mr. William Sutherland may become, if ho wishes, Parliamentary pri- vate secretary to the Prime Minister, hnt h may be required for an Under Secre- taryship, in which position hvs knowledge of land and housing wil lbo of special value.

I NATION'S REVENUE. I I Substantial Increase in Nine I Months. The revenue of the United Kingdom for the nine months of the year 1918-19 to December 31, 1918, amount to X509,165,805, which conil)areo with in the oorresponuiag three-quarters of the pre- ceding year, an increase of £ 108,515,502. Nearly every item of the accounts shows increase, especially Excess Profits Duties, which brought in £ 201,^18,000, against. £ 118,945,000. The increase of S:66,373,000 in the revenue from these duties thus ae- counts for more than half the total in- crease. The expenditure for the nino months was CI,049,293,6(16, against £ 2,029,435,002 in the corresponding period of the pre- ceding year. The revenue for the whole financial year 1918-19 was estimated by Mr. Bonar Law -at £ 812,050.000, and as a great deal oi revenue always comes in during the last quarter, his estimate seems likely to be considerably exceeded. On the other hand, the expenditure (estimated for the whole year at £ 2,976,402,000) has naturally been declining ever since the armistice began.

I FELL 5,000 FEET. I Falling from a height of 5,000ft., a young airman, Sergt. Caslaw, R.A.F., had a marvellous escape from death at Han well. He was flying in a single-seater scout, when at 5,000ft. his machine was seen to reel. dive sharply to earth, and finally fall into a pool of water in the grounds of Hanwell Asylum. The machine wae smashed to pieces, but the pilot was found to be alive, al- though unconscious. He was reported to be making satisfactory progress yester- day, but had not been able to make any statement.

ZEPPELIN V.C. DEAD. 1 Captain Leefe Irobinbon. V.C., died on Tuesday night near Harrow. Captain Leefle Rotwwsm w-as tbe fast auman tp _i¡w do<? a Zel in J??d-?t O?N?y. <n S?Ht?tM- 3, 1916. t?r Ft?). OqA*We rq:4 .?? V.C. ? later feU into the hands of tjua Ge>rmans, and only jefnmed from gipfcmty on December 14. Since repatriation he bad suffered severely as the result of his imprison- ment in Germany, and for over a week had been ill with influenza, his death being due to that cause. Captain Leefo Robinson was a brother of the Baroness Heykirg. He was engaged to he married to Mrs. Whipple.

STILL THEY COME j EXPRESSIONS OF GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION DISTRIBUTION OF THE FUND I We give another batch of the letters of acknowledgment which have come to hand from recipients of postal orders sent out as Christmas gifts to the widows and orphans of Swansea and district out of the Widows' and Orphans' Fund:— I am writing just a line to thank the committee for their nice Christmas gift to me. Many thanks for your order for 20s., which I received safely, and also for your very kind wishes. Just a line to thank you for the 30s. you so kindly sent me. It will help to cheer a very sad Christmas for us. I am taking the pleasure of answering your letter, which I was very glad to receive from you. So I thank you very much. I am in receipt of your kind letter and money order of S:2, for which I am more "han thankful for your kindness to me and mine. I beg to thank the committee for the 20s. order so kindly stnt me. It was most acceptable in this time of stress, and I am very grateful.' I wish to gratefully acknowledge the receipt of and to thank you and all your kind helpers for your thoaghtfulness to myself and baby. I recedved your kind gift of JS1 10s. Thanking you ail for your kindness in helping me and my children to spend a happy Christmas, and Wishing you all a happy Now Year. Will you please accept my heartfelt thanks for the money order you so kindly sent me. I would like to assure you how much I appreciate your kindness to me and my little oll C.S I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your money order for :)08., for which I thank you very much, and aiso for your good wishes. I can a."Siire you these gifts are very acceptable. Please accept my heartfelt thanks for your very welcome cheque, which came at a tune when it was most needed. It was tho first time I have received any- thing from any fund. Many thanks to the committee for money order, value 2as., received this morning, for which I am grateful, and please accept my good wishes for a happy New Year to you all. Please accept my greatest thanks for your kindness in sending me the money order for JS1, which I rc-ceivwi December 22nd. It is the third year that I have benefited by your fund. A few lines in answer to your letter of Christmas cheer, and free gift, for which I sincerely thank you. It came quite un- expectedly. I trust the coming year may be for you one of prosperity. Received your letter and order for Sl, for which I thank you and all the kind friends who were so kind as to think of all Alio have lost their best and dearest. Wiflnng you a prosperous New Year. I wish to acknowledge receipt of money order value 20. which I received safely, and to tender you my heartfelt thanks. The kind gift certainly helped to brighten our Christmastide financially and other- wise. Allow me to thank you very much for the welcome order for £ 2, which I re- c*ived this morning. I am very grateful to you for it. Wishing you and the a Loader" staff a very prosperous New Year. Just a line to thank you all for your kind gift, which I received on the 24th, and to let you know it came in a most needful time. Thanking you all for your kindness to me after the lo66 of my dear husband. Thanks for .305. money order, which I recedved quite safe on Tuesday last, and it was very nseiul for our Christmas, which we enjoyed very much. If it wasn't for your fund, we would have been very miserable. I cm very thankful to yon for the cheque you cent me. Jft Ms a great help to me and my childwu. It's the first I have had since my husband was killed on the ht of Grtfoljer, 1S15, so thank you very much. I wish to thank you all for the postal order of 25,'J, I wish to thank all who subscribed to it, on behalf of myself and my little boy. It was a great help for ns both to spend, our Chnistmas under such circumstances. I received your postal order for 309. on the 24th. It camo quite as a surprise to mo and my two little orphans. Thank- ing you very much and the committee for your kindness towards me. It could not come in a better time.. I really do not know how much I appreciate your kind thought for me and my six children in forwarding order for S3 log. It is really a most useful Christ- mas prosent. This is the third year for me to receive it from the fund. I beg to acknowledge the receipt of Cl money order, which I received to-day, for which I thank you all. My son sacrificed his lifo for his country, but your kind acts of sympathy must do good to all the parents of those who fell in action. I received your letter and money order for 30s. on the 214st inst., for which my children and myself thank you very much. It was a very useful gift, being that I could buy boots and stockings for my two children for the coming cold weather. I received your most kind and welcome letter on Saturday. 21st of December, and am indeed grateful to you and all th" staff for your thoughts of myself and children. I received JE2, and if it wa? not for your kind help it would have been a poor Christmas for us. I thank you very much for your great kindneas in sending me the money order. It will enable me to put the children right for school. Their father fought with the Swansea Batt"Al;ion. and was killed at Mametz. He wa.s also one of the old Swansea Volunteers who went to Africa. Please accept my heartfelt thanks for the 308. you forwarded me from tho 6th ¡ Welsh Comforts Fund, Swansea. We had just moved down here to live, as I could not get any health in Pontnrdulais after my dear husband's death. I mention this &s I don't know whether I shall be en- titled to it another year. I wish to thank you for the great kind- ness you showed towards me and my little ones. Had it not been for your present of £1 15s., I can assure you the little ones would have felt it very much. Trusting that you will convey my thanks to all that have$ubscjribe4> and also these that h",e worked so hard in getting this fund togeth

THE FAT RATION, I An increase will shortly be made in the fat ration. Mr. 'Clynes hopes to re- turn to the full ration of Coz. a week; the proportions for the present will bo 5oz. of margarine and one of butter. The margarine supplies have improved re- markably during the past month, but there is likely to be a continued shortage of butter for some time.

TOWN TALK. C that U.C U.B. 91. -;0:- Don't forget the 9 in the date! — JOr— BIwyddyn Newydd Dda i bawb. -:0:- he wish our readers all they could wish for themselves—and a little over. -:0:- President Wilson has set a new fashion in London: one trouser leg turned up and the other turned down. -"0;- One of the appellants in the Swansea Quarter Sessions protested he had bOOt a teetotaller for 25 years. Asked his agei he replied, Twenty-/ive years." And h( was the 6on of a publican, too. —■ ø: The New Year starts w'6111 for lovers of the weed," aa the restriction on the withdrawal of tobacco from bond is re- moved to-day. This will mean steadily increasing supplies for the public. —; o. — Supporters of the defeated candidates had various ways of showing their dis gust at the election results. One poor little enthusiast in the Kilvey Ward had a limp red flag hanging from his window throughout Sunday. oc Heard by the Guildhall yesterday: Itr. very kind of the Admiralty to send German submarine to Swansea, but let us have a look at some of the Grand Fleet who were responsible for the great our- render." Hear, hear! -:0- Mr. John Hunt, grocer, of Ystalyfera, ami a chapel deacon, giving evidence at and a chapel d-eaOn?g e6cribed the station scene with the military police and civil- ians as a combination of a football scrummage and a tug-of-war." An habitual late arrival att a Docks office was the first arrival this morning. as his sister had worried him out of bed to come downstairs, as she wanted a 'dark man" to bo the first person she saw on New Year's morning! -:0- We hear that the election dinner party on Monday was a great success, despite its changcsd name. It was intended to cele- brate somebody's victory, but it was not difficult, that eomebodv being defeated, to discover it was somebody's birthday. -)0:- A lu• ttle girl in the west end of the town, with recollections of the Armistice Day hooters, asked her mother if she should stay down to "hear the peace signed." Permission was granted, but the little one tell asleep long before the buuen U went off. On opening his front door this morn- ins m Uplands mag was met by a black cat. He regarded Jt as a good omen for the New Year, but changed his mind when, on boarding a tram-car, he dis- covered that he had no money with which to pay his fare! "4 (Y There was a great rush for New Year's cards in Swansea yesterday. One retailer stated last night that he never remem- bered such a demand, he having cleared his stock out early in the evening. He calculated he could have sold three timea as many if he had had them. -:0:- thert,. is a tradition that if one hears A • cock crowing at the hour of midmight, j it means that a death will occur. A party at the Mumbles were watching the New Year in. when simultaneously with the hooters a cock started crowing. They were all satisfied that this meant the death of the old year. —roe — Everything is out of joint," growled ~vr ft niifjln m> wicm 3 ir lation of the time this morning, and con- sequently lost his usual car. I always thought that the days lengthened a bit after December 21st, but they haven't this year. At any -ate, getting up at 7 o'clock Hke getting up in the middle of the night." —:0:— An advertiser in The "mes seeks j for news of a haunt<?d hou?e. which he de- j "Tires to rent or purchase. Besides &%ocia- < lion with the supernatural, the property ■ must have other attractions, namely, five to ten acres of land, and a situation with- in 50 miles of London. Wales is parties-- Iarly blessed with this lively class of resi-1 dence, but whether spooks care to live no, close to the city is open to doubt. -:0:- 1 New Year's Day is the day on which many of the children in the Welsh dis- tricts score heavily. They tour their area :• singing their greetings, taking parncular care not to miss any of their relatives, J and if their luck is moderatelv good, thev 2 vvnll pile up as much wealth in a few,, hours this morning as many nughts* cirol ting would produce. Dydd Oalan is a rare institution in Cjahrie districts. —-<*— We met a man this morning in a ter- rible temper, and if he made a resolution last night not to utter naughty words, he soon broke it. It happened this way. The man. due in work at 8 o'clock, was a > few minutes late coming up Oxford-etreet.. He espied the Afarket-gats- open, ao he ) took a sliort cut through the centre. arriving at the Orange-street end, h«j found that that gate had not been opened.! .Nnf eed! —•«- A regular passenger by the Midnd i trniu which arrives at Swansea at nanei o'clock called nt the office this morning', and asked for information as to how the; gas masks for which there is no further ) use are Toinrr to be disposed of. He said < that when a man who hag been compelled; to travel in a third class 8moer alights; at St. Thomas in a state of semi-con-! seiousnoss some effective protection is: imnerative. -4 du Thus the Daily Sketch" to-day If we are exhorted to have more busi- ness men in Parliament, why not business women P None of the recent women candi- dates had had any business experience to speak of. Now. the lady you see here has; (referring to photo). She is the Hon. Elaine Jenkins, who carries on sundry businesses left by her father. Lord (Han- ts we. Since that peer died in 1915, Miss Jenkins hM proved herself a most Mpable business woman, and is one of the directors of the Swansea and Mumbles Railway. j CONGRATULATIONS. ) Swansea's own elected; a recompense for, aervioe true and nobly done. Ingratitude is none of ours; nay; rather in this conflict hast thou won Respect and admiration; with confideSico And trust for duties yet to come. j Aseaults of baseless enemies with venom darts and poison gas assailed, Liat were their much desired effective- ness. for Truth" and Justice hath prevailed. Felicitations kind and true in all sin- cerity we offer thee, Regretful of the desecrating insults to an honoured ancestry. Fmipent a statesman, exemplified by rank as mmistar of Crown, Dominions overseas equally cognisant of thy name and fame renown. Momentous issue lie before thee; Peace Tr,mif; reoonstruc,,tive sche:pes 80 great, Our judgment now again assents to caxfJ on as Minister of State, New life and power ascribing, true and well fulfilling our Leader's elarion cry, Dignified an answer, definite in purpose on their judgment to rely. Spero." Montp^lier.