The Cambria Daily Leader

All roads lead to Libanus. Cwmbwrla, To- morrow.

T)cn't ferret Libanus (Owrr.twrla) Eistedd- fod To-morrow.

ORDER OF ST. JOHN. I Many Welshmen in the List. I The King ha.s been plcasod to sanction the following promotions in and appoint- ments to the OrdN cf the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England A« Knight of G":1C: llajor-Gsneral Sir Bobert Jones, C.B. (Livcrpoc'l. As Enquire: Edward itar- [lay Samson, C.B.E., K.C. (Swansea). As Honorary Serving Brothers-. David John Franf;" .'Cardiff Edg-jir Samuel Rryan iCar.dilf). Benja.min Re."e (Abergavenny), JLajc- Owen Evans iPon tarda we), Captain William Henry Jones (Merfhyr Tydfil), Geo. Payne (Trealaw). As Honorary SerTing Sister: Mrs. Cornwall (Cardiffj. A" Hon- orary Associates: Sir Vincent Evans (Lon- don), Major James Trevor Cory (London), Vernon Hartshorn, O.B.E., M P. (Maefiteg), David Mewellvn Davies, M.B. (Neath).

I Chief Choral Contest at Libanas, Cwm- bwrla. To-morrow. p— b. II—I IWHI iiiiinnwni IUWIWIUHWIM—W— 'I LLOYDS BANK LIMITED, with which is amalgamated THE CAPITAL & COUNTIES BANK LD. HEAD OFFICE 71, LOMBARD ST., E.C. 3. I i CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED £ 55,962,850 CAPITAL PAID UP 8,954,056 RESERVE FUND 0 0 9,000,000 DEPOSITS, &c. 267,966,438 t ADVANCES, &c. 81,072,134 FRENCH AUXILIARY: || LLOYDS BANK (FRANCE) AND NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK (FRANCE) LIMITED. "C.

LIVELY CLYDACH NIGHT1 BIT BADGE MEN AND AN I.LP. SPEAKER Lieufci Golding, who wore the 1914 ribbon, and stated that he had eerved in the 7th Division and bad tought in the first battle of Ypres, visited Clydach on Thursday evening and eought to address a public meeting held under the auspices of the Clydach Independent Labour Party at the Public Hall. Parish Coun- cillor Thoe. S. Davies, supported by ex- Lieut. Goulding and Parish Councillor Thomas Harvey, presided over a fairly good attendance, consisting principally of members of the Clydach Branch of the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilised Sailors and Soldiers. Lieut, Goulding had been billed to de- liver an address on the subject of British Prussianism. and for eome time prior to the time the meeting had been advertised to start, the air was charged with electricity. But the Chair- man explained that the subject of the address had been published in error- Lieut. Goulding at the last moment changed the subject to that of "Socialism or Chaos—Which"" As soon as this sub- ject had been announced, a voice in the aucfience shouted: "Then we favour chaos I" Lieut. Goulding wae understood to say at the start that, he was one of the five million mugs" who had joined the Colours. There were loud shouts of That's an insult!" and "If you'r a mug, we're notl" The Chairman ap- pealed for order, and somebody shouted: Clydaoh has no room for miigs An- other appealed: "Give him a chance boys, for he has just told you he's a mug," In a 6ubsequent attempt to pro- ceed, Mr. Goulding was heard to say that he proposed giving them' facts, and referred to Viscount French's recent disclosures, when one of the | audience noticed that the speaker wore the ribbon, ard made a remark about its bestowal by the King. To this the speaker replied that he had fought for it and had a perfect right to wear it. Feel- ing now ran high, and there were fre- qucnt interruptions and heated side argu- ments between speaker and individual members of the audience. Councillor Harvey intervened in an en- deavour to restore order and to obtain a hearing for the speaker, when a voice was heard to exclaim. He talks of profiteers! Who are bigger profiteers than the Rolshies who shirked at home and earned bjg wages while we fought in the field of aetion for a mere pittance ? JJ Somebody struck up with Rule Bri- tannia," which was joined in by the others, and lustily sung. A soldier said, later, that the so-called Labour Party at Clydach had been the bitterest opponent of the soldier. Cheers, caunter-cfcecrs, acrimonious interruptions, and boisterous laughter now became the order of the evening. The promoters eventually de- cided to abandon the mting. and the Bit Badge men promptly rose to their feet and sang C>od Save the King."

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FOOD CONTROL. FOOD CONTROL.  I j I Whisky, Salmon, and Milk I Discussed at Swansea. At Thursday's meeting: of the Swan- sea Food Control Committee, Aid. Dd. Griffiths presided, and at the outset the Town Clerk reported on a number of price complaints. It nag pointed out I that the price of tinned milk was now de-controlled. ( omnia int was made that the Execu- tive Officer bad visited a certain butelter's attt-.r the door was shut, and he had been admitted. On the counter were some joints, each of which bore a ticket giving the name of a customer and the price of the joint, but in no: case wa« the weight given. On weigh-I ing the joints, the officer found that in each case a higher price than was per- i I missiblewas being charged. It was unanimously decided to prose- cute. I WHISKY. Another case was that of whisky, wliich was stated to have been sold m bulk at a price that should only have been charged for a proprietory brand. It was also stated that the quantity was a little less than the authorised quan- tity of one-sixth of a gill. The proprietor wrote to say he had charged 6d. in the bar, whereas it should have been od. He pointed out that he was entitled to charge 8d., but in ig- norance had charged 6d. throughout the house, and had thereby been a neavy I loser. As to the measure, it had been repeatedly tested and passed. The Executive Officer said the.case of the inspector was that the measure had not been filled. It was agreed, on the motion of Ald. Hemmings, to. refer the question of the measure to the Inspector of Weights and Measures. INSPECTOR HAD NOT PAID. I In a case of alleged overcharging for I tinned salmon, it was stated that the inspector had not paid for the salmon, so that there could have been no over- charge. (Laughter.) Councillor J ames Morris urged that this was a case for warning, inasmuch as the prices had changed just before the offence, and the dealer was not aware of the change. The case was about to be deferred for further consideration as to the legal position, when it transpired that the summons had been served. It was de- cided to ask for an adjournment. MUMBLES WIDOW'S CASE. Mr. C. W. Slater appeared to ask for reconsideration of the case of Mrs. Venn, Mumbles, w hose certificate as a retailer had been revoked by the Com- mittee following a conviction. Mr. Slater said the person was a widow with six children, and would be unable to make a living-if the revocation was sus- tained. He had seen Mr. Victor Evans. who had been as sympathetic as he could consistent with his duties. Mr. James Morris said the public must be. protected. The public were be- ing charged 7d. per quart for milk, and were getting half water. The Town rk said much of the milk sold was olutely filthy. It was decide., upon the assurance of Mr. Slater that the Committee's act-ion had had a salutary effect, to renew the license. Mr. James opposed this action, on the ground that, those people who sold milk that had been tampered with had no regard for the children of others. The resolution was carried, Mr. James alone voting against it, and Mr. Slater said he would convey to Mrs. Venn the feeling of the Committee on the matter. It was agreed, on the suggestion of the Executive Officer, to circularise vendors that the attitude of the Com- ,mittee -n case of future convictions would be to. revoke licenses.

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| ——— ■ • RAGGED SCHOOL. I Gospel Temperance Meeting. TO-MORROW (SATURDAY), at 7,30. I Chairman—MB. JAMEP BROOKS. Speaker-Guardian A. E. FURSLAND. GRAXD MUSICAL PROGRAMME. AMMANFORD RACES On WhltrSaturday, Juive 7th. Record Entries in Sprint, Horse, and I Whippet Races. First Race 3.30 p.m., Prompt. The South Wales Transport Co., Ltd. Whitsun Monday, June 9th. Motor Charabanc Trip to TENBY. Leave Park-street (Oxford-street) 9 a.m. Arrive Tenby about 2,30 p.m. 1 Hour Stay at Carmarthen en route. Return Tenby 6.30 p.m. Arrive Swansea about. 11 p.m. Return Fare it. Seats Booked in Advance at Brunswick Garage .Swansea. Tel.: Central 207. HERALD OF WALES" IS NOW ENLARGED ( y ■ • • • YOU can see the DERBY RUN Swansea Batt in 1915, AND THE Cadre of the Swansea Battalion handing their Colours to the Mayor, 1919, AT T 32 CARLTON AND PICTURE HOUSE.

CALL TO PATRIOTISM. Miss Bowerman Says No i Glad Hand" for Fritz. { t SpeakiiK at a meeting at Podtiandstreet t last, night in continuance of the Women's P-Irty eampaagn against Bolshevism, M Bowerman gaiii that Brit^h people could not he ei pec ted to eliake Germane by the I hand at this juncture, as some Labour | leaders urged. They had not forgotten the pert played by German Soir^Hste during t'he war, ncr the fact that some Germans were openly boasting of their future tri- umphs over the Allies. 'Mi.. Phyllis Ayrton paid & warm tribute in- her speech to the tgmti raa-de by Mr. Haxelock WÜfJÓn against pro-German pro- posals at the transport workers' conference. In answer to hecklers, she said that British t.re.de was being driven out of the countrr by the action of the very people who had [constantly stirred, up industrial strife I during the war, while advocating concilia- tory methods with Germany. It was time that sound Labour should get rid of these so-called reilelutil-naries." It was time they should make their position clear. The British people would not be brew-beaten by a minority of extremists, but if unemploy- ment and poverty were to b, ei erted, im. I ine « steps must be taken to increase the national wealth. I If men like Vernon Hartshorn and I Willia,m Brace thought fit to utter warn- ings about the decrease in the output od ocal, the outlook was indeed serious. Capital and Labour must eefctl3 their dif- ferences without delay, and concentrate on introducing up-to-date method-a and machinery to produce enough wealth to pay for the higher wages demanded, MHI j to withstand foreign competition. Pacifists and pro-Germans were talking of inter-' nationalism instead ci getting to work on constructive reforms in their own country. A111: patriotic people would unite to support I Mr. Uaveiock Wilson and hid friends.

I THE REASONS WHY THE No. I TRUSS IS FIRST. It does what a good truss should do; it holds securely th** rupture in position, as well as this—it is comfortable to vrt-iir + and can be adjusted to any degree of pressure. Also it is springiest. You aro I invited to have a trial fitting free of charg at Rich, The Surgical Chemist, 30. V" High Street, Swansea, or send by post for oon«nltation > V: ■ ■■ r

i A GOWER HOLIDAY. I Pantardaws Workhouse Chil- dren's Fortnight by the Sea. In the report of the House Committee j to the Pontardawe Guardians on Thurs- I day was a recommendation that the I workhouse children should spend a fort- night this year at Gower. Am I entitled to go with -them as I chaplain," remarked the Rev. Evan Davies amidst laughter. I Mr. Joseph Tioraassaid that by taking the children away in the manner sug- gested they were 6howing signs of pro- gress. Dr. Logan Dahne was strong in favour of sending the children for. the holiday suggested, 86 they would be accommo- dated within a few minutes, walk of the eea. The recommendation was carried.

A RINC ROAD. I '——- < PROPOSED SWANSEA ROUND ROUTE. TWO HEW LAY-OUTS APPROVED I To the Swansea Highways Comautfbtse on Thursday, the Surveyor (Mr. J. R. Heath) presented the preliminary lay-out plans of the Y n:sforgan and Fforestfach housing schemes, prepared by the archi- tect (Mr. E. Morgan) and himself. In the case of. the Ynisforgan lay-out, Mr. Heath referred to a provision by which land was left so that there could be through the sit." and joining with Cwm- rhydyceirw and Morriston ultimately, if needed, an arterial road 120 feet wide on which a double line of light railwav for trams (connecting with the present sys- tem) could be constructed. This latter would provide, not only for transport to Y nisforgan, but for the residential de- '-elopment of a great area of land beyond. On this the question of purchasing pro- perty at Morriston in order to secure a I connection with this arterial road would arise. I A RING fcOAD, I question of a. ring-road round the hlroug-h was related, and had a distinct bearing on tho question of future quick t.in,Port. He could not definitely fix on the position of this road, but if the oom- mittee agreed to the principle he could get something pre pa red so that the hour- i ing schema should not be held up. It was obvious the 120 feet road through this site was not needed for this estate, Mr. E. Harris: Nor for the district. The Surveyor: But there is a magnifi- cent building eite beyond. The Chairman remarked that it was only a question of seeing that the land was left. ?o that they, or those who came after them, should not be iiitiditappfdi and hive toO bewail lack of foresight. It might be that an actual read of 20 feet would serve at first. THE ROUND ROUTE. I lne surveyor sain the idea wag that the ring- road round the borough would commence from the eastern end at Kilvey and touch Cwmrhydyceirw, Lonlas, Yni-s- forgan, Llantryfelach, Fforeetfach, Waun- arlwydd. th^ricre down the Clyne YnYiey to F>lac3cpill. Thi* would avoid the conges- tion, expense, and lo-s of time caused by people having to come into the centre of the borough in order to get to a com- pnrotivelv nenr place on its Mr. Harris Mid the immediate need -was housing, nrd if they toolr a1. I this land for reads th°y might cripple schemes in order to -n,e,iare. for years ahead. Mr. LOVPII The peonle ar? ?dng for hon«e«, and you five thm roads. r pr%.(i roil i%,ire ro,,ids. btr?)? notice p?orision for 'ba?'s, a cinP?aa, a library, and an institi)?. Mr. T.?n: Xo .?hnrch? The Chairman: I am looking for it. j Mr. Loveil: Thnt is a serious cmi&skrr.. I In the course of further discussion, the Chai-man exclaimed that he wished he 11 wealthy n.m, so tha*- ha could talce tlieirt xoii-nl for a couple of months The possibilities of Swan.sea were allll; unlimited, but had been sr. accustomed to dealing with small thinrrs that tb?y could not ?{? this. He did not hov'?vfr. think tha'. allowing roo;l fc" the possibility o' a future light railway they llee(l an artery road of 130 feet ¡ I through this site. I I LOOKING 54 YEARS AHEAD. I I Mr. Harris contended that with an 80 I feet road they would be legislating for sixty years in advance. The Surveyor: And why not, sir? The Housing Commissioner (Mr. Heath added) approved the idea, and said the Corporation was as alive to the possibili- ties of the future as any he bad seen. Mr. Molyneus said the plans were drawn up in the lijrhf of conditions fiftr years hence, and the Commissioner replied, If yon were not doing that, I should ask you to do it." Mr. Harris: If you continue on thef$ lines you will never overtake the housing need. The Surveyor replied that ther would not bp robbing house?. The additional road spnee provided for would be utilised, for perhaps twenty or thirtv years, as ??r<'?n? He plea dad ('aT1tl.v with the commit? to ta)? Ion? view,? on thi" and 11dndl'd q1esh()ns. Wide t'Oéld$ W01I1ö be I an inducement to development beyond. Eventuallv the committee decided that the MTl?rial rond should be as narrow ac provision for a future Ikrht railway would I permit. Mr. Harris still saying he thought KO feet would be sufficient, whils other members spoke of 80 feet. I THE FFORESTFACH LAY-OUT. The F i'oresiiach lay-out, a private de- I veloper's scheme of some years since, in connection with which ¡;;e,f'r were already provided, was approved. The sewers will go to a septic tank but when the Coun- cil's main sewer is available can be con- nected at small expense. I

THE MAYPOLE. 1 PROFIT-SHARING AND CO-PARTNERSHIP INCREASE OF CAPITAL I The twenty-first annual meeting of the shareholders of aypoleDairy Company, Limited; WafS held at Winchester Housa, Old Broad-street, London, E.C., on Thurs- day, June oth, 1519, Sir W. George Wat- son, Bart., in the chair. The Chairman ,in moving the adoption of, the report, and accounts, said: Ladies and Gentlemen, with your permission -we will adopt our. usual procedure and take the report,.alid acc-(-,ulits as,read. We have had a somewhat difficult. year. Wwerû troubled with- queues in. the early months before the adoption of a public rationing | scheme. The only wdy, to stop queues, when essential foods are in very short supply, is to ration the public. Unfortu- nately, for a time our Government did not ration the public themselves and they pre- vented Maypole or other private traders i?e .,k from rationing, it being held to be mak- ing a condition for a retailer to confine his 5ales tú his own customers. Under ¡thesEI circumstances the only retailers who could-legally, prevent queues were the Co- operative Societies, who were held to be legally entitled to ration by confining their sales to their own members. The net profits for last year amount to 9713,566 5s. 3d., which compares with i-i47,249 9s. for the previous year. EFFECT OF DE-CONTROL. The volume of trade done during the last nine months of the year shows a large decrease, but this decrease has been par- tiaJly compensated for by the higher rate of profit per lb. yielded by the controlled retail pricey of tea and margarine. Now kthat the control is lifted we are again I free to sell at competitive prices, and we hope by charging low prices to regain all the customers we lost where we were for a time forbidden to retail margarine be- cause we had not retailed sugar. I am sorrv, to say that since the blockade was partially lifted and the markets of the world opened there has been a great ad- varce ill the price of raw materials owing to the competition from those countries where food is. scarce, this h.as caused the cost price of margarine to advance con- siderably, but we are doing our utmost to keep down the retail price in our stores. We do not give credit or deliver goods, we must therefore give advantages in price or quality over most other traders to induce customers to come to ouj branches and carry away their purchases, and so enable us to obtain a large trade and turnover. Before the war it was. im- possible for any British margarine manu- facturer to build .up a large business in this country unless ho distributed his margarine through his own retail stores and thus prctM-ted himself from "'fo-reign dumping." During last year we sold our Danish, share interests, which also in- cluded our interests in the copra buying stations at Colombo, Penang and Singa- pore. PROFIT-SHARING & C-O-PARTNER- I SHIP WITH EMPLOYES. We have given special -help to the em- ployes interested in the trading resuits from those shops where cur trade and supplies were transferred, to the sugar re- tailers. We have also modified our co- partnership scheme..After our difficul- ties during control we det-ided not to continue to. take; the- responsibility of baviinr an obligatory co-partnership sr,heme for-our-employes. We did- this i with regret as we think that-proift-shar- ing and co-partnership with employes is the only sound and permanent solution of labour problems. We have always con- sidered that our. employes should become shareholders. Positions on our Board, of Management are attainable- by any em- ploye of exceptional ability and initiative. We try to give all our employes an equal opportunity of advancement, and the growth, and -success of our business proves the soundness of this policy. We have reduced the hours of work in our factories by the adoption of the shift system. We tried by the same means to shorten the hours of work of our shop assistants and extend the hour of closing at our branches to seven o'clock on the earlier week days so. that the public could, when necessary, ghop after they had fin- ished their work. Unfortunately this shift system 'has met with objection in certain districts, although it was neces- sary to enable us to carry out our pro-, miy! to re-employ all my demobilised men, andshorten the. hours of vwork. We are asking you to give, us power to in- crease the registered sli&re capital of the We propose to issue new deferred shares at par (2s.) pro: rata to deferred* shareholders, 'as judging: from our experience, and present conai- j tions, it was a mistake to isue2s. shares  at. a premium of 20s. per share, as ?ac j formerly done by our company. Thi* procedure gave some members of the public a false impression of the actual percentage yield on the capital invested in our company. In conclusion, I must express our heart- felt thanks to our staff, who have, one and all, done their best to inase our output and overcome the great difficulties caused by the vain attempts of our ene- mies to s-top our supplies. I should like also to express our appreriation of the efforts of the Food Controller to ensure supplies to every member of the commu- nity. We are proud to think that we have been able to do our share to assist him in this respect. L will now formally move: "That the report and balance sheet for the financial year ended 2Sth December, 1918,. as certified, by, the auditors, Messrs. Whinney, Smith and Whinney, be and is hereby confirmed and adopted, and th&t the interim diridend of-Is. 3d. per share (less income tax) paid on the deferred or- dinary s hares onr May 1st is confirmed and approved." CAPITAL TO BE INCREASED. I After various questions put by share- holders in connection;with the report and balance7 sheet had been answered by the chairman, Mr. J. Barber seconded the adoption of the report, which was carried unanimously. The Chairman .having mentioned that the retiring directors were Mr. A. E. Watson and himself, Mr. D. Hankey'pro- posed that Sir W. G. Watson, Bart., and MF. A. E. Watson be re-elected to the Board. Colonel -1 H. B. Hans Hamilton briefly seconded, and the resolution was agreed to unanimously. Mr. A. E. Wat- son. suitably acknowledged for Sir W. G. Watson, Bart., .and himself. Mr. J. Barber proposed the re-election of Messrs. Whinney, Smith and Whinney as auditors of the company for the ensu- iug year on the same terms as previously, and that a special additional payment of 250 guineas be paid to them for the extra work and cost of the audit during the pa-t yr. Mr., T. B. Hudson seconded the proposition which the meeting agreed l v c.Arried. M'r. to, and it was unanimously carried. Mr. C. J. G. Palmour acknowledged, and ex- pressed appreciation on behalf of Messrs. Whinney, Smith and Whinney. Mr. G. II. Watson. proposed, Mr. G. F: Jackson seconded, and it was carried unanimously "T11at the capital of the company be increased to £ 3,000,000 by the creation of 16,000.000 new shares of 2s. each, such new shares to be called de- ferred ordinary shares and to rank for dividend and in all other respects pari passu with the existihg deferred ordinary shares of the company." • The pr>-fc?d>ns»s then terminated .with a

Oeswn of Talent at Libanus, Cwmbwrla. To-morrow.

-—-————— THURSDAY'S BOWLS. JERSEY v. BRYNMILL. Friendly match played on brvnlnlll Green OR Thursday. t Jersey. Pink 1.-C. Budge, C. Ace, J. R. Hughes, J. K. Palmer (skip) 22 Rink 2.—Sid Thomas, A. Budge, A. R Griffiths, T. Henoz (skip) 16 Rink 3.-G. Ace, J. Quick, J), Thomas, W. Denning (skip) IS Rink 4.—H. Lewis, J. Thomas, A. Wil- liams, C. J. Rowe (skip) 21 Total. 75 Brvnmill. Reyidel], F. Rink 1: Eendeii, W. RenôeU, F. Man?y. H. P. Wright (skip) 17 Rink 2.??. Batty, A. H. Norton, J. Bisbrown, Y. Parkin (skip) IS Rihk 3.—J. Jenkins, G. Hart, H. ,.ensoD..W.Martin (kjp) 27 Rink 4.—-SI Bees, A. E. Simpson, R. P. Dougall, W. H. Palmer (skip) 15 Total 77 VICTORIA T. CWMDONKIN. I Friendly matt-h played on Cwnidonkin Greenan Thursday. Victoria. Rink 1.—W. Rees, A. E. Matthews, D. Davies, J. Lloyd (skip) 16 Rink 2.—W. Reed, J. Dix, F. Davies, W. Eva-as (skip) 17 Rink 3.—W. Beer, T. Thomas, W. J. Davies, D. Lloyd (skip) 16 Rilik4,R.Thomas, B. Messer, P. Haache, R: Messer (skip) 18 Total 67 Cwmdonkin. Kins I.-W. J. Fowell, l. H. Hopkins, W. Mitchell, A. J. Williams (skip) 22 Rink ,2.—T. J. Gray. S. E. Samuel, S. Watts, R. D. Morgan (skip) 26 Rink. 3.—B. G. Winch, R. J. M. Tabb, E. Jones, J. B. Gill (skip) 16 Rink 4.—E. G. Davies, Rd. West, W. S. Hounsell, Dd. Jones (skip) 27 Total .I 91 MORRISTON T. SALISBURY. League match played on Victoria Green on Thursday. Morriston. Rink I.-D. Donne, T. R. Davies, J. R. Martin. D. H. Edwards (skip) 18 Rink 2.—T. Jones, E. Davies, D. John. D. Davies (skip) 14 Rink 8.D. A Evans, C. Daries. J. T. Richards, T. Richards (skip) 16 Rink 4.—T. P. Davies, E. L. Edwards, W. L. Morgan, Tom Morgan (skip) 35 Total 83 Salisbury. Rink 1.—D. Williams, F. Drew, S. Jones, B. Bcttomley (skip) 16 Rink 2.—J. Nicholas, S. J. Jones, R. McMichael (xkip) 13 Rink 3.—C. Jones, S. Lucas, T. J. .Tames, J. Inch (skip) 25 Rink 1.—J Maslen, W. J. Dewey, J. Coombs, G. Grey (skip) 14 Tota' 68 -t

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1. SWANSEA'S TRADE. I Thetne has been tm appreciable increase in the trade at thi. Swansea Doolas during the. pest montih. The total imports for the paot month to 36,4i3, as compared with 25,276 tone in May last year. There wftala fdting off in t&e export ci oend and coke, but an inorea.se in the ahipments of patent fuel, and also a.n in- crease of tin and bleek-,Diatm, the total for the páet, month wa's 404,149 tons, as com- pared with 425,547 tons for the same period last. year. The totai imports and experts for the five awnthø WN; 1,665.986 tons, as compared witTi 1,796,838 tens during the first five months, last year.

LLANELLYWELCOME.1 Cadre of 15th Welsh Visits ) TinpJate Towrt. I Lia-nelly on ThuTErfar night 1 the tank presented by the, XatiorwA War Savings Committee, and t.he cadre cf the ,:5th (Oarma-rtofenshire) Battalion, Welsh Regiment. The intention of escorting the tank to Pare Howard had to be pbandonod, for near the Western Tinplwte Works tin* monitor btoke. down. The town wos well 'decorated, tlKmeawts tUTDIYi out. THE CADRE. I Th? cadre "S accompanies oy merit.- Oo3. T. W. Pakin?N. D.S.O.. the ofB'eer com- mending the b:ttt, and Gther oftk'. Dhfu1'8'oo and d&mo?iHsed momb"- cf I the battalion and other units prvra/te<l in Town Han^quare, titde7 Captain G: R. Thomas, and nsarched to the G.T.B. to meet ths cAdre, who were offi/Ma-Hy receivsd by the Major (Councillor Dan WiHiams, J.P.), who wa-s accompanied by the Deputy Mayor fAldermsn H. G. Roes), the Tern Glerk (MT. H. V. Sponrart, and the alder- men and councillors. At PaTc Howard. the Mayor..ertended a welcome yto the cadre.. Colonel Parkinson presented to the Mayor two silver bugles won by the battalion in Frs.-n-ce for crows-oouwtry running, and the gift was acknowledged by the Deputy- ifa.yor, who expressed the h-öpe that they would next be ueed fcr the purpose of I heralding the eisnrng of peace and the 1 homecoming1 of those out. I A DECORATION. OoJtfnel Parkinson decorated C.S.M. J. H. BIoba-cds. cf the ISri-b Weleh, with the M.M. Alderman D. J. Darie^, the chairman, of the War Savingrs Oommittee, formally pre- sented the tank to the Mayor, ani,ci.ve an interesting account otf what Uanellyhad done in the maftter of financing the %-c-. Up to dste. he said, £ 2,000,000 had been in- vested in War Bond's, and a half million war certificates had' been purchased. Mr. H. D. Evans (Hi-Th Sheriff of Carmar- thenshire), C)ouncil,tors -r, W. Jcifes. Mor- Can Morgan, and Mr. E. E. Ba.iley (eecre- tary of the lccail WilT Savings Committee) also spoke. I