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THE REPUBLICAN FLAG I Burnt in Portugal, j MONARCHIST AGBTATIONS. ii Vigo, Tuesday (received Wednesday).— Be ports from Oporto state that street de- monstrations in favour of the Monarchy continue. The Monarchist Government l lias issued a decree ordering all civilians to give up their arms. Students in Oporto are organising vol- unteer battalions. It would appear that part of the Lisbon garrison ha.:i joined the Monarchist move- Blent. Offices of a Repuhlican newspaper were attacked by the crowd. Officers of the garrison at Valenca de Minlio, who re- iu-sed to join the Monarchist movement, have been replaced by others from Oportü. REPUBLICAN FLAG BURNT. Tuy. Tuesday (received Wednesday).— j This morning Portuguese Monarchist troops., who had arrived from Oport. tt?ut l,tH)ú men, comprising infantr1 Hid cavalry and rmed civilians, pnt?'?t Valenca de Minlio. The proclamation of a Monarchy was read in front ox the gar- j rieson, and the blue and white flag "hoisted over the Governor's Palace. The Republican Hag was burnt in the public square. J MANUEL PREFERS ENGLAND. Ex-King Mauuel discus-sea with a friend on Tuesday the monarchist rising I in Portugal, which has as its object his return to the throne, and his attitude to- Wiirds it. He said lie- did not desire to re- turn to Portugal as king. For some yeaiy," eaid Dom Manuel, I have enjoyed the pooccful life of an English gentleman, and have made a host of friends in the land of my adoption. I have outlived any resentment I may have ielt towards those who have styled them- selves my enemiee. I should be reluctant to exchange ny p.vsent surroundings for the turmoil oi (statecraft, and, as to intrigue, the meie suggestion is entirely opposed to my in- clinations. In relinquishing the tkrone of Por- tugal I was in no sense influenced by any ioa-r for my personal gaiety, and 1\1; course of action was dictated entirely by a desire to avert the disastrous onSé- quenoes of political strife end internal dieruption. "INTERESTS OF MY PEOPLE." I At the barne time I am deeply sen- sible. of the loyalty and devotion of my adherents, whose sincerity is beyond question, and this knowledge has sus- tained and comforted me in my exile. The true inoore.sts oi my people must, "however, continue to tran-eoend all other j •Considerations, and any ambitions or as- mrations I may have formed when 1 wore the crown are now banished from my mind. "The present situation does not arise from instigation on my part and my fer- vent hope is that Portugal be granted the opportunity to fulfil her destiny and pitterve her great traditions."

:THE  j ,THi TAXPAYERS. I ■ interesting Araiysis by i\1r. H. Samyel. Mr, Herbert Samuel, president of the R.ojal Statistical Society, in tho course ot his presidential address on Tuesday even- ing, said that at the present rates of taxation and in existing conditions the workman with a family of five and an income of S2 a week, with the average consumption of his class ot alcohol, b- bacco and other taxed articles, paid ab'uu. iw. a. week in taxes, and the riiut with t a week paid 8s. t The lower middle class income of contributed one-eighth if it were earned I And one-sixth if unearned, the latter ease ¡ including a charge in respect of death duties. The millionaire paid had his in- come in income tax and super-tax. and two-thirds if provision for death duties were included. TAXED ARTICLES. The consumption of taxed articles tl)i., year was limits by the war time restric- tions of supply. If the present rate6 of duty were continued while supplies we; o restored to their pre-war level, the re- venue from indirect taxes would be largely increased..Estimates indicated that the. increase would fce in the neighbourhood onp-fourth, but this Would be accounted for to some extent by th? increase in the numbers of the consuming papulation through the return of the soldiers and sailors. To whatever extent the restoration of normal importation and facilities of sale resulted in increased consumption of dutiable articles, to that extent the per- centage of taxation paid by the working flosses would rise in r?laf-on to the tax- ation paid by the rost of the community. The question at onco presented itself ar to how far our present system of taxation could he regarded as fair as h.(,f>n class and class. But ti-Lat was a question rot of *<atistics but of politics. j

H F. E.'s" NEW TITLE. Sir F. E. Smith, the Lord Chancellor, has chcsen for his title Lord Birkenhead. It has ln arranged to present him shortly with the freedom of Birkenhead, his native town.

MORE FATS LIBERATED. The Ministry of Food attnotincos as from j January 12 the maximum quantity of cook inc fats which catering establishments sre permitted to nse w*W be increased by the j addition of one-quarter ounce for every tea j served- No additional quantity of lard tan i at present be permitted. ,An' catering establishment which desiret. j to will be able to purchase a quantity of (')1] j and fat compound up to 5a per cent, more j than the Quantity stated on its permit, pro- vided that the sale is not thereby exceeded, Tt.-titutlcns will be entitled to iife the extra ) q;:?rter of an muvje for te.:w tor ncj'-ic.i- <:t-t?, bnt viii not he entitled to purchase aay extra c*mpoa4d, » ■ r f

POLISH lEADEHS I ARRESTED BY THE GERMANS PARIS, Wednesday. A Zurich correspondent of Le Matin staves that six Polish leaders were ar- j rested by German authorities in the Jvart- bans Piitzig district. They -were charged with high treason, and nave been incarcerated 111 the fort- ress of 'vVeichsehninn.

DEMOB SL83AT1 ON. 644,211 Releases Since Armistice. It is understood that Sir Eric Gccldes has nearly completed his task as co-ordi- naror in chief of demobilisation and will, as at present arranged, shortly hand over the dutieg of this office to Sir Auck- land Gedaes, as Minister of Reconstruc- tion. Demobilisation is continuing steadily. In the last three days 22,000, 22,000, and men have released, and there is no reason to suppose that the number will not steadily increase. Sir Douglas Haig has undertaken to go into the matter in Prance of the releasing ox pivotal men. j It will be necessary in important office: I such as pay office", to e-ub?titute thf? pivotal men, who are doing important Army work, by men who are in classes to be retained for the Army of Occupation and have clerical qualifications. Since the date of the armistice 13,127 officers and 630,781 other ranks, making a total of 644,211, hare been discharged or demobilised up to Monday last.

LORD CAVE. Action Against Newspaper Owner BettSexi. In the King's Bench on Wednesday it was announced that the case had 'been settled in which Viscount Cave brought an action against Messrs. Hulton and Co., Ltd., of Manchester, and the London Pub- lishing Co., Ltd., owners and publishers respectively or the Daily Sketch/' in re- spect of the alleged libel Oil Lord Cavo when he wa", Home Secretary. The ar-, tide complained of was published in the J 1 Daily Sketch," and it was said that it held Lord Cave out as having grossly -no- glected his duty as Home Secretary and chairman of the Inter-T)epartm«nta! | Committee on Prisoners of War. j Sir Edward Carsou, for Lord Cave, having read the words of the libel com- j plained of, --aid it was a matter imputing. as cruel conduct to the Home Secretary as could possibly be conceived. The re- ference to Lord Cave being a broher-in- law to Sir Max T»Ya.eebter, was meant v I suggest that tecause his si-ter, some 45 years Sgo, had married this gentleman, who was some 82 vears of age, that col- oured his whole actions as a public- ser- j vant in relation to the proper manage-1 ment and activities that he ought to have shown to his fellow eubjects who had jj been cruelly done to death in German prisons, and was so callous as to the tor- ture. savagery and bmb:i;tj' eho?n to j these pri?oners that he neglected the Chll.f¡' put on him. Every word of the libel wat: incorrect. Defendants agreed to pay noo to Pris- ¡ of War Fund and all costs.

RUGBY SIDES. ——— é Another Swansea "Trial" This Week. The following are the Probable and Possible Swansea Rugby teams for Satur- day's games:-— Probables.—W. J. Edwards (Loughcr). back; JIaydn Evans, W. J. Morris (Ger.- dros). Garfield Phillips. Aneurin Williams (Gowerten), Stanley Thomas (Loughor), Trevor J one's (vjv.'inllynfell), tlirec-q uar- ters; haVf-ba^ks. Langdon (Ystaljfera) j and Colebrook (Gendros); torwards, Tom Paden. Tom Morgan, Anthony Evans, A. Huxtable, Albert Jenkins rl,oughor) Lake (Gendro^), and J. H. John (Gendros) Possibles.—Full-back. Ned John (Gen- j dros); three-quarters. Grist ( Landoro), J Davies (Pontardawe), Ben Da vies (Pont- ardulais), Fred Richards (Gendros), Lieut 'jerkins (Gowerton), and Tom Evans; half-backs, Isaao and Ec-es (Animanfordi; forwards. D T. Bees (Pontardawe), D. Williams (Brynam-nian), Prue (Oendros). Griff Jones (Loughor), J. Thomas (Swan- SM), Li-'?t. Mar-den Jon??s (Swansea), J Styles ((G?rnant), Eddie JoTies (Ponrar- duwe), and George W iiliains (Glynncatii). There will be free admission on Satur- day, and the prieeeds of che games this year will go to h eal charities, i'tick-oil" j e*ii Saturday at 2.4.7. intendinf,"playors are asked to c-oTjtfnuo 1 l sending their'names in as the best selec- j bon is required f-om a wealth of hdpn and there is sc much ci it that selector- is a diiScult task. It is hoped to produce a team which will compare favourably ( | with former Swansea teams. EX-INTERNATIONAL'S SON. J. Da-vies., threequarter in the I'ossiible team, is the son ol Jack Davies (Pontr.r- dawe), the old Swansea international ihreequarter, and who played for Swan- J «&a for many "-ea"8. It is probable that the Australians will1 vi-it the town to play a match with a team composed entirely of Swansea. piny sis

CARMARTHEN ASSIZES. At the Carmarthenshire Assizes at Car marthen on Tuesday (before jtr. Justice Sankey). Henry Jas. Elias (17), fireman, war, fceni enced to two years' Borstal de- tention on a charge of obtaining by fake pretences the sum of £ 5 12s. 6d. from D(1. Lewis at New Cross Hands Colliery, rear Llanollv. Mr. llowlsnd Thomas appeared to prosecute Addressing Thos .B<"nry Harry (35), i lalxuirer, who pleaded guilty to bj'oakin, and entering the dwelling-house of Thos. Jones, at Llanelly, and stealiriz-, a tity of clothing, the Judge said: "Yon are ono of those hopeless cases. What- ever sfnte^ce I pa?H you wiU come cut atjain .nd a??'-r a! the next Assizes, Yor 1 ("( J.4 U,1'J, I.l l. "t:!I..L .i.v-- .L. been 2:1 timf" cunvicted and have alreudiv r. < n ;I scrvivnie." Pris- ••■cr was iicnl-CHced to lour moi)iht>' hard (labour, j I

 ULE P! ?tt? LATEST DEVELOPMENTS iN mmm WEDNESDAY Afternoon. To all appearanoes, says the Exchange Telegraph Correspondent, the whole vi the ioilvshire pus will be idle to-mor- row morning, worn, finishing with the night shift. are already 40,000 miners and boys idle, and the remainder will cease operations to-;ught. The feeling was nxprestied yesterday that engine-men, etc., will come out to- morrow along with the miners, but it was agreed to defer their withdrawal until Saturday, in order that pit ponies may be withdrawn, and the colliery compaliy haYe to make their own arrangements.

STARVING POLES. Ailiies Asked to liurry Up. pIns, Tuesday (received Wednesday), The Superior Inter-Allied Council for the general feeding of Europe have asked Marshal Foch that immediate steps should be taken to facilitate the despatch of provisions urgently needed by tho population of Poland.

NO CHEAPER FOOD. High Pricss WSiicii Have Co-use to Stay. Whilft it has been pos-sible. for the Food Controller to remove soma of the restric- tions on the sale of certain articles of food, it is unlikely that there will be any downward move towards normal prices for some time to come. ^Nothing would please the Ministry better than to see a downward tendency, says the National Food Journal," buc, unfortunately, the indications of such a welcome movement are not favourable at the moment. As Major AstOr pointed out tho other day, food prices are relative, and while a period of high prices in all commodities is general, there is not much chance of food becoming cheaper as the producer neces- saz-ily liD u I-s that the high cost of the e s- sntials of his indushv and life must affect the cost of the special articles he produces. Until a general fall is brought about by changed conditions of competition and production, the period of high prices must continue.

NON-STOP ASRSH BPS., How We Will SùJ)n Be Travelling. The Air Ministry issued on Tuesday a reasoned statement 07 the case for the a-r- fjhip, which, it is said, is essentially a long-distance, weight-carrying craft. In «pee<i the airship of to-day, with over 77 miles per hour, can be considered s low only in relation to the aeroplane-s, but it is unquestionably fast compared with land ami sea transport. 4s engine. stoppage doss not entail a forced descent, as in the easu of the aero- plane, I lie airship is recomnionded for con- sidoratioh for commercial flights over broken country and on non-stop journeys or morf; miles, it being possible to do quite extensive engine repairs in the air. COMFORTABLE ACCOMMODATION. Much more comfortable accommodation can he provided in an airship, especially in craft ox tlu rigid or fixed franie J type, in which a walk of 400 or 500 feet- may be takan along the keel. There is no evidence that the risk of fire is greater in an airship than in an aeroplane, as foi 2.500,000 miles llown in$3,300 hours dttr- Log the week only 0110 JJr;t.;sh airship was lost in this way, and that was an experi- mental typ" As weather, there were only 9 days in 1918 when no airship flight took place in the British Isles. This effectively con- tradicts the prevalent opinion tlsfit air- ships are only fair weather craft. In fact, the airship can oftcii iiy when the •lercpla-ne cannot, as, for instance, in fog" and thick, low-lying clouds.- The latest German rigid 'airship, ac- cording to £ ho Air Ministry, has a dispos- able lift," or lifting capacity, for crew, p i _z capzeiiv fuel, merchandise, and the like, of over Sis tons, which gives the craft a theoreti- cal endurance of seven days if all the available lift" be used for carrying ycj- rol. highest speed is over 77 m.p.h.—S,000 mile, wotdd be covered in the week. CHEAP MOORING. The cost of maintaining company-owned airships, in spite of their size, need net be exc?=ivp.?, in a(?d.U<m t? UH' lEe of portable sheds, quarters ana the like at aiic,, thc? lii?e a-L ried out in mc'<:an?.?ilM)m the' open., For ?x ye^-ks one was successfully moored to a speciaUy dc??i?d mast hi a p?rf&cUy opcn space, and ciily two or three -noi i were required to look -after it. Winds oi, 52 m.p.h. have beet^. 'ridden out'.without diunage in this way." It is stated by the Air Ministry tliat D airship stations may soon be vacated hy the Admiralt., and will become available for commercial purposes.

THE ALL BLACKS. The following fixtures have beer, arranied by the New Zealand Board of Control the All Blacks :— January 25 v. Royal Naval Depot at Devonport. February 1 v. Monmouthshire, at Cress Keys. March 5 v. East at Northamp- ton. Msrch 15 v. XV., at i^eicestc?. The Now ZeRtaudtr- will prol-nhly iif-?p two finf-clns" teams in the field. I'm .■ and A»;rii Oe Lcr.zvv ni: t cbc;, in connection with the }nfcr-A.rmy Chunpion. ship will occujpp? their,]-,Cut fifteen.

WHAL ASHORE. ——————  —————— Strange Find in Pem. ¡ brokesh<re. I — The Swansea Receiver of Wrecks re- | ports that the body of a whaie has been j washed up in Manorbier Ifty, Pembroke- shire. r It measured 50 feet, its tongue was seven j feet, and its jaw bone 10 feet 9 inches, This, however, had be?n dot?ched. It i? j ? bcHevcd to b? a norquail wliale. j

DIED ON THE ROAD. While on Iiiq way to Pantyffynon Col- liery on Wednesday morning, Richard Morgan, an elderly man. living m Florence-road, Ammanford, suddenly ex- I pired on the road. His wife iii a Llan- wrda lady.

GOiNG TO LEEDS. J. Bacon, of Cross Keys, who has played wing; --ter for that club. ftild also in the Arir.y and for Pill Harriers, has. it is reported, thrown in his lot with the Northern Union, and intend" playiuf; for Leeds. Waiter J. Martin, ex-Newport, and Welsh Kusrhy half-back, who bar eeen much service with the South Wales Borderers in the Near East, has been released from tho Army, sis also have Fred liirt and r. C. S Plummer, of Newport.

[ POLISH PUZZLE DiSGUSSEi) AT PEACE ?' G G N rLR C E MiSSlOH TO BE SENT TO-DAY'S OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE, I'AtLIS, Wednesday. The Supreme COllJlCllllld this morning at il o'cioct at' tho Quai UJOrsay. The President of the United States, the J.'xime Ministers and Ministers oi Foreign Affairs of Allied and Associated Powers, as well as Baron Makino and Mr Matsu, the Japanese delegace, con- sidered the Polish question, on which they consmlted Marshal Foch. They decided to send at onco to Poland a mission composed of two delegates, one civil aud the other military, of the United btates, British Empire, Fiance and Italy. The Ministers then resumed an exami- nation of the Hussian quc,i,)n, and Presi- dent Wilson read a proposal which will be discussed this afternoon. The meeting will take place at 3 o'clock BARRIER TO "BOLSHIES." PARIS, Wednesday. i The H Journal" says that the Confer- ence will probably attempt to strongly organise Poland as a barrier against Bol-hevi?m. As to Constantinople, the "Journal" says that the British Admiral Calthorp, liast,Ien -o-er the police and military services of Constantinople to secure the maintenance of order in the Bosliphorus. —Exchange.

SPANISH DEFICIT. .————— A Loan and increased Taxation. MADRID, Ja.n. 21. Se-nor Calbek'on, the Spanish Finance Minister, in introducing the Budget to- day, said that 'the estimated expenditure for the coming financial year was 2,085,000,000 pesetas (, £ 82,600,000), and the estimated receipts 1,618,000,000 pesetas (^65,920,000). The Blldget authorises the issue of a loan for the conversion of the foreign debt to cover the deficit and to provide for the cost of the preliminary in$tllati()n of DOW services. RetM-j-ng are also to bo e4l,abli??hed in the system of taxation, increasing the amount payable ia respecfe of landed pro- perty in town and country by 10 per cx at., and the amount payable in respe^c of in- dustrial imposts' by 20 per cent. The taxes on various public eervieo under- takings are also to be increased. The Death Duty in cases of legitimate and direct euccessiort is increased by 10 per [cent. and in otoher cases by 15 per cent. The Budget authorises the raising of the proportion of Customs duties on im- portb and exports to be paid in gold from 5 per cent. to W pet, cent. Other clauses eet up a new control system for goods .V.51,?3m for g?c;cwls col,iiil, froiii ?broa?l :tii-d autlie-ei??p. ri-o-I minerals. The transport duties collected by the Maritime Customs and the Excise axe to be increase d 100 per cent. The Stamp Duty will be made to apply to every sale or^otiier transaction in foreign Govern- ment securkics, currency, and precious metals.—Renter.,

THE SiNrt r??ERS. t.? Parliament Sits in Sreland. The" DaiL Enajm. or Constituent I Assembly, composed of the 29 Sinn i'c-ill members cf Parliament who are at.liberty, opened at the Mansion House, Dublin, on Tuesday afternoon. Hours before the itime advertibtd for the commencement of t he proceedings the streets leading to the Mansion House ilti- gan to till, hut queues v,-ere formed and goud .order was observed. When the (loorii of the Round Room, 1 which can accommodate at least 3,00C persons, were opened, the apartment was crowded in the space of 20 minutes, and only those who had previous#- been sup- plied with tickcts were adumted. The first demonstration was when Count Piunkeit, followed by -Air. John Macneili, Mr. Gavan Duiiy, and other mem be us. walked np the central aide of the ciru- lar apartment and took their seats in the space specially reserved for members or tho House. ONLY IRISH SPOKEN. It was aboiu 3.30 when, on the motion of Count Plunkett, Mr. Cathul Burgess was moved to take the chair. The pro- poser and seconder spoke only in Ir;&h, and the Chairman, speaking in Irish, called on Father O'lTanagan to open the Assembly with prayer, which the priest did in Irish. After this the Chairman announced the calling of the roll, which comprised the of all the Irish Parliamentary rep- re^eHtativcs. He Asked that there shoulci bv' no cheering or demonstration, but there was loud laughter when Sir Fdwara Carson was called. A TflANStATION. I The first word 111 iingiisa was spoken when the Dhil had be-ti in session for about three-quarters of an hour, when Mr. E. J. Duggan, one of the members for M H. til. read a translation of the Dpclara- tion of Independence that had been made in Irish. With many a "whereas" it set out that the object of Fein was call- f.atut'.onal poiicv based upon the people'.? will. 'I he Irish electorate at the recent elec- tion had declared its firm adherence to the hish Republic and hud elected representa- tives of the Irish people. They alone hac l>-)wei' to make laws binding upon the h-iah pcopk, and the Irkdi people woidd ?iv-' th?t I'iirliamcnt only their ?Uc-g? gii-?, ili?it ,Ii- T' ii JC th? evacuation of Ireland by the foreign garrison. The statement was repeated in French Mr. Gavan Daffy. All the members then rose and, repeating the pledge ad- mTixisfccrad by the President, promised to i tF'¿ every efiort to give eliect to the D-2- elaration of Independence. PEACE DELEGATES. The ?at.Lci-:n? !?\t proc?.d'ed to con- I eider the appointment of delegates to th'? tlle api)t)-Ill-?ltziieni-ol-L the selection or fn?nt riunk?tt. Mr. Griffith, and Mr. Dc | ?i-i,,t rluiikett, lir. ind Dc valera, already ran tie. was approvMi. i to the 1 ie<' of the v.iv H w r re.iu [ :a Irish a: aften.-art's ;i;1,. :"h.l:(':I j hitler wrdon b?'in? given ey Count ^Plunkett.

CO L, RUTHERFORD REMANDED FOR A WEEK LONDON, Wednesday. Colonel Norman Cecil Rutherford, R.A.M.C., of Carshaiton, was brought up on remand at the West London Pol.icv Court to-úay charged with the murder oi Major Miles Charies Cariston Seion, 01 the AusLr?Uan A?dic?l Service, at tL? residence of ?ir Malcolm Seton, at. lio??- land Park on the 13th inst. No iurther evidence wao offered, and at the request, of the Director of Public Prosecutions accused was formally re- manded for a weex.

LETTERS TO GERMANY, j Irish-American Treason I Charge. j New York, Jan. 21.—The Federal Grand Jury have indicted for treason a man named J. Willard Robinson, who is alleged to have carried mes-sages in In- visible ink between a man named O'Leary and other persons in the United States and German agents in Holland. Ono j message from O'Leary and John T. Ryan ) Ilt-shd Germany what assistance she could j give the Irish revolution. Germany re- plied that she sympathised with Ireland. but suggested deferring action until the Peace Conference, when Germany would j1 support Irish claims. Robinson was formerly connected with ) O'l/eary's newspaper. The chargeg against him maintain that ho conveyed the letter mentioned above to Holland in April, 1917. He was indicted along with | O'Leary, Ryan, and others on a charge of treason on June 7, In17. To-day'^ indict- n'en' however first disclosed the details of the case against him. O'Leary is still confined in the Tombs prison. Ryan is • believed to have fled to Mexico. His ab- 1 sence is given by the Government's at- torneys as the reason for the delay in i the conspiracy trials.—Renter.

LEAGUE OF WATSONS. [ l' 'Testis Upon W hie Si Geniiany May Join. New York. Tuesday, January 21st. j l.oj-d Kobert Cecil 6ta,ed in an intHview j1 I with the Associated Press correspondent in Park, that in Li,s opinion Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, and Turkey could n >t b- admii te<l into the League of Nations at the present, time, hut they should bi allowed to join as soon t.he the League was satisfied tlia they were entitled to be ranked among the trustworthy nations ol the world. He oaid that in the case of Germany one criterion would lie in ,the establish- ment of a Government free from military dominance. This would he the guaran- tee of trustworthiness. It was obvious, he pointed out, that C U'rnany could not hoc admitted until she fcrouglit order out oi the present chaos and the eomplexion oj her new Government was seen. FOSITiON IN AUSTRIA, In Austria," he continued, the situ- ation is quite different from that of Ger- many, and very difficult, since Austria i- split up by revolution while Germany h".< thus far held together. It appears pro- j hahle that a\ number of separate State; will devoiop from the Austrian Empire.. H Here, as in the case, -of stable, trustworthy Governments must 1) established, but there is no reason why various States should not come in who* i they have shown themselves fitted, irrec- I peetive of the rest. In this connection Bohemia shows more signs of being setthu than the other sections. As to Turkey it is quite impossible make predictions. We do not know w11a-, Turkey will be. We must await ti e tc-r ritorial settlement made by the Peae< j Congress. As to Bulgaria, we shall waiv to know if "he has abandoned the idea o being 'the Prussia of tli- Balkans' be j fore admitting her."— R enter.

RAILWAY AND PIER. I Balance Sheets for Mumble? ) Meatings. I The twenty-sixth ordinary ?.i. -??''? Th,? the proprietors of the Sjwar.sea a' jJ iTi?_, th4p of tl,- ai-l'"i ,1)1 Elms. Mumbles on Saturday, Feb ruarv 1st., at 11.20 a.m.. for the genera" j purposes of the undertaking. The direc tors in their annual report state that tin jj following interim dividends have beer paid, viz., 4? per cent, per annum 01 I £ 75,000 preference shares, and 9J per cent I per annum on the reduced capital (y £ 40,000 ordinary shares, for the half-year ending December l"t, 1918. which is to 7\ per cent, per annum on the origina1 capital. The director who retires is H", Hon. A. IC. K Jenkins, who. hcing eligible offers herself for re-election. The auditor Mr. D. R. Knoyle, aho nti.res, and ofto, t him,<'H for re-election. The 20th annual ordinary general meet il-lz of the proprietors of the JfUDlèk, i RaiUvay and Pinr C<nipany will be nek j at the Elms, Mumbles, at 11 o'clock or | February 1st. The directors' renort show j that after payment of the dividends d\1\ I to the Swansea arid Mumbles "Railway 1.td.. under the agreement dated the Aprih 180S. the ret revenue PCC(-,IITlt show 0 balance d available 12s The following interim dividend" hav i been paid, viz.: 4 per cent, per annum o shares, and 7"2 per eCl;1 I nET annum crdnmrv -r-Ii:-• for the half-ytar ending June 30th, 1018. The directors now recommend the pc, t ment at the rate of 4 per cent. per arcnur 0n ,52-1.000 preference shores, and 7J pi cent, per annum on ordirar" shares, for the-half-year endirg D-eef. her 31st. 1918, and to carry forward E balance of £ 2.100 12s. 3d. to the tn account. The director who retires is M- Tliouias J. Williams, M.P.. w ho goes or- of oHiee by who. being -.un?f?d. off 'rf h;nJ':f .or re-elf et'1' Th" and?o'. i!r. P. n. Knoyle, <?so 1* tirM, &ud <?crs hims?U' for rc-elcctiou.

I j RAIDS BY, RED GUARDS. | SLocthohn,* T dci ..<iy 1 recsi red Wed- ne-ailay;.—A liicosage Iroia Helsiiigfors reports that 100 Reel Guards had crossed tho rmiiish frontier at iaeoaga of Kaii a;aeror. The Fin- j n.ish frontier guard 01 six inen retired aft-L.r a fight,. :,n which, man was killed and two wounded. The Red ) Guards ttole horbe-s, ,-a and pro. j | vis-ions. At Jiaut-AYirrs, 3ft folo- j metres nether south, the Guards j also made a raid. Troops bron sent | to defend the frontier. I SANDGW( FARK. 1 1 Betting 3.0: 9 to 2 Diaz, r; to 1 SLarr j 100 to 8 Granchevitcr. 3.30-Pollen 1. Wavylae^ 2, Antipa- ter 3. Also ran: Sanest, "^ermonth. Square Dance, Straight Ahead, Staigt On Betting: 5 to i Pollen, 5 to I j: WavrylaU. 1 to 1 Ardipater. ) s I I I ijo.s yj.wv.i\ t. J'. v.- <n\ crhampton. Wednesday.—Since the qnarterly meeting of the Midland iron trade there has noT beoti any ma terial develop- meat in local conditions. There is growii-j; evidence of a coming revival in trade, and a laigo te of business in many deuart- ments appears to be pending. Tis-iron trane let ions are still on a restricted ecaie, amelters c tio.ttin, under present circura- j stances, to book orJy small lots. Finished sections generally are well supplied wirb orders; in some eases more than can be executed in the stipulated time. Materia*] for constructional purposes and standing sheets) are in constant demand. There are increasing: inquiries for tinplates. Tl'.e strike in ctHI affecting the output of one or two nrm?. Supplies of fuel are praduai'y becoming more plentiful The outlook of ) the Cannock Chase coalfield, where develop- ments arc in progress i« bright, miners' de- mands here beintr eeneraJl criticised.

SANDQWN PARK.. I Capital Sport on Opening 11 Day. The opening afternoon of the Sandovu Park Meeting jbsw greatly improved spori uTon that of last week and the racing was. j of an interesting' description from start to finish. The presence of Waterbed in the i Sandown Park Handicap Hurdle attracted much attention, but his substantial bur- den stopped him, the priae being won by j retain ton. Details:— 1.0—VILLAGE CELLING HURDLE RAGE of 100' sovs. Two miles. t CAliOij SING Eli 1, YlUNARD 2. DOCTOR RYAN 3. Also ran: Canute, Submit. Towyn Mur- rays. Off 1.1. Tra;ned by Newey. Betting: 11 to 10 on Carol Singer. 7 to j1 Canute, 8 to 1 Towyn and Monard, 10 to Doctor Ryan. 20 to 1 others. Five lensth^; two. 1.30—FARNHAM SELLING STEEPLECHASE of 100 sovs. Two miles. MENLO 1. MACMERRY 2. WAEBINE t. t Also ran: Dublin Bay. Abakur, Shacea- t bac. J Off 1.30. Trained privately. Bet tin?: 6 to 4 Abakur 7 to 4 MacMerry 7 to 2 Mcnlo, 10 to 1 others. Length and n half: six. 2.o-AI\DOWN HANDICAP HURDLE RACF of 200 sovs. Two miles. STAINTON 1 WATERGRUEL 2, CRESLEY 3 |I Also ran: Waterbird. Seneschal, OarriK Park. A5"nsley, Corydon. I Off 2.5. Trained by Hartigan. Betting: 6 to 4 Waterbed, 3 to 1 Water- ffrnel 10 to 15 Cresley, 8 to 1 Aynsley. 10 to I 5 Stainton. 20 to lotbers. Length and a half: three. 2.30—STANLEY HANDICAP STEEPLE- ) CHASE of 100 sovs. Three miles. PC?C?CLMONEY 1. MASK OFF 2, THE KNOCKS 3 Also ran: Turbinp Secundns. Lamentable, Sergeant Murphy, Ophimt. Chang. Sta.?'? Head. Off 2.33. Trained by Goby. II Betting: 2 to 1 Serceaut Murphy, 5,.to 2 The Knocks. 6 to 1 Turbine Seoundus, 7 to 1 ¡ Chang, 30 to 1 others. Two lengths; neck. 3.0-JANUARY FOUR-YEAR-ODL HURDLE RACE of 106 oovs. Two miles. DIAZ 1 STARR t GRANCHESTER 3. Al-o ran: Tam OKlianter. Charleys Martel, Acrobat, Skagcr Rack. Nuit Blanche, Pat- russn, Armageddon Blanoo Muscovite. Off 3.5.. Trained by Hartigan. I LATEST ARRIVALS. I Submit, Towyn, Bonaldo, Dublin Bay. Canard. Warbine, Carrig Park. Watergrnel. Trojaa. Ccyx. Pennant Lamentable, &J' eant Murphy, Ophion, Svetoi, Schoolmonej Stag's Head. Tam O'Sh:¡tcr, Diaz. Blame. Acrobat. Menu Gunpine. hingtOD. Sa,nKi<? Turbine Secuaadus. OBJECTION OVER-RULED. The objection to Sir Percy for the Tinsley I Steeplechase, at Gatwick was gone into at I Sandown to-day, and over-ruled. FAMOUS OHbY RE-CALLED. Th" Pre:;s Aesod?tio!) states to-day t],)1 :'1 tho condition of' Mr. J. W- Larnach. th popnlar s)Mi'tsiu?u. and one of the fte\\a''? of the Jockey CInh, which ia CaUFnl!! f¡3 I frie?da crrave anxiety ?hows no ?Tt 01 lu provement this mortiinsr. Mr Larnach it will be re-caileil. won nio-r /.en.=a*?-mal Derbv 21 rears a-go with Jeddah. who started at 100 to 1. J

COAL CONTROL FRENCH AND ITALIAN GOVERN- j MENT ORDERS I SWANSEA NOT AFFECTEU I A circular issued by Mr. Finlay A. Gib- son, the Goalowners' Association secre- j fary, announcing details of the relaxing of &tate control over coal supplies to the French and Italian Governments, ha? at- tracted some attention in Swam«a. owing ) to the keen expectatjon prevalent that j Swansea would benetit, especially in ro- j gard to anthracite coal orders. i Our Trade Correspondent wriets:—The announcement is, of course, interesting in so far as it indicates a gradual relaxing of State control, but the particular instance of a change over in the direction men- t tioned is not one which will benefit Swan- j sea in any way. inasmuch as it merely affee4i Admiralty coal, supplied hitherto j by the llritish Government to the French and Italian Governments direct. In a conversation which I had to-day with iir. Chas. Cleeves, a member of the Coal Supplies Committee, on the matter, he pointed out that coal which has in the past been supplied by our Admiralty departments will after the 1st of Feb- ruary, not be supplied by our Govern- ment. but that eaoh of the French and Italian Government departments will I make their own arrangements in the ordi- nary may. dealing directly with the firms supplying the coal, or otherwise, as they may think bes; It will be a matter be- tween the French and Italian Govern- ments and the importers; hut, so far. the Order applies only to Admiralty coals. I do not thin:, it will affect Swansea in any way.

TO-DAY'S NEWS iN BRIEF Coal output in South Wales has largely increased in the past week. Four hundred London school teachers and 236 tram-men have been released from the Army. In a three-cornered election for a Poor- law guardian at Gillingham, Kent, only 258 electors voted out of 4,500. Mr. John Bethel, a master mariner, who has died at Sunderland in his 91et year, had never sailed in a steamship. At Swansea County Police Court on Wednesday Martha "T'cis, Gorseinon, summoned by Sarah Webster for assault, was fined 10s. Workmen on Tuesday commenced to remove the strong steel nets which were put up to protect the War Office from shrapnel during air raids. A soldier wearing the Mons ribborf and two rounded stripes who was found dead on the railway near Croydon has been identified as W. Gladstone, of Miteham. At Middlesbrough on Tuesday, Barron Croley. hutcher, was fined £ 100 on 11 charges of exceeding the maximum price for meat by as much as 35 to 100 per cent. Country wakes and fairs, which were curtailed or prohibited by D.O.R.A. are to be resumed this year, it was stated at tho Showmen's Guild meeting on Tues- dav- Joseph Begley (18), labourer, was fined i 15s. at Swansea on Wednesday for using obscene Language on the Strand, Swansea, on January Sih. There were previous convictions. At the age of 82, Lieut .-Colonel J. Newman, late 90th Light Infantry, who was wounded in the Indian Mutiny and served through the Zulu War of 1877. has ilicd at Southsoa. Thirty tons of educational books were ,;sut to Canadian soldiers in France last month by the Khaki University of Canada. Attendances at class lectures totalled 52,690. At the request of the War Office, Coun- cillor George Nicholls, ex-Mayor of Peter- borough, who started as a farm labourer, is going to France and Germany to address British troops on agriculture. The death has taken place of Mr. David Williams, Factory-road, Pontarduluis, aitsr a painful illness. He was 40 years of age, and a faithful member at Hermon (C.M.) Church. He leaves a widuw—the only daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. David Owen, Dulais House—and one little daughter. Mr. John Jenkins, of Lletty Newydd, Penllergaer, died on Tuesday morning, at his residence. He was an old and re- bpecteci inhabitant of the village. He worked for many years as blacksmith at !>failwen, hut had retired some years ago. His wiie predeceased him, but he leaves a. large grown-up family. Another of the pre-war police officers in the person of Consta,ble Dan Jones has returned to duty in the Ammanford force, a.t1Cr an absence of close on four years with the fighting forces He was twice wounded, and sustained a. nasty leg in- jury as well, but he has fully recovered. He 'as sworn in att Llandilo Another of a series of weekly ooncerts which have proved so successful during the winter months was held at the Horeb Schoolroom, Morriston, on Tuesday even- ing. The proceeds were in aid of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Fund. Mr. Wm. Isaac presided. The programme, which was most thoroughly enjoyed, was ar- ranged by Mr. J- Williams. The follow- ing assisted: litisse6 Sarah A. Hopkins, G. Lewis, C. A. Evans, M. A. Buckley, Miriam Morgan, Ceinwen Morgan, Master Parley Thomas, Messrs. W. J. Jenkins and Wm. Williams and friends. Mr. P. J. Lloyd, L.T.C.L., accompanied.

FRACTURED RIBS. Joseph Y. Chairman (42), a fireman on board the sA, St. Mave, was admitted into the Swansea Hospital at about 6.30 p.m. on Tuesday suffering from frac- tured ribs, having fallen down in the engine room.

FATHER OF SIX. News is now to hand of the death ia action in France on October 18th, 1918, of Pte. Thomas Isuncurris, of the Munster Fusiliers. Deceased had served in Salon- ika, Egypt, and Palestine. Pte. Nunour- ris, who was 42 years of age, leaves a widow and six children. He was a Swansea man, and was pre- viously employed at the Graigola Fuel Works, Swansea.

I METAlJ MARKET. I London. Wednesday.—Copper, y  ■rnt-ii. 3?t to 85 three months. In*. ?? to ? cn? ?4'? 244J three MOnth?:. Fo?i? lea.d, 35—30. Spelter. 56-45. t