The Cambria Daily Leader

ELECTION ADDRESSES. I SWANSEA COUNCIL ELECTION November 1st, 1919. TD THE ELECTORS OF BRYNMELYN WARD. Ladies and Gentlemen, Having been iffpiested by a large and mfluentiai deputation of theDoctors of brynnu lyri Ward to become a Candi- | date in the forthcoming: Mection, I have, after careful consideration, decided to accede to the request. As you are awatre, I have lived tor the greater nor- tion of my life in the Ward, in which I still carry on business. Being a Bate- | payer and Property-Owner, I have the best interest of the Town at heart: and, if elected, nothing shall he wanting on my pnrt to promote the future welfare! of the Town and Port. Every movement for the greater prosperity of Sw ansea | shall receive my support. Better and More Houses is a sub- jed of vital importance, and I shall en- deavour to secure a speedy and suecess- j ful issue to this question. l Another pressing subject is that of Education. The Education Act of 1918 has thrown more responsibility upon the Education Authority. It will be my duty and pleasure to aid in securing good education ciiitios for the ehiidren that they may be well trained to take their "'ace in the future development of the Town. There are many other .subjects—"Wider Roads, Electric Lighting, etc.—of great importance, to all of which I shall give the closest attention, more especially as thev affect the inhabitants cf Brynmelvn Ward. sole desire is to serve the interest of Greater Swansea, and thus help to make my native town a great city. Shon'd T have the honour t-o be elected to the Council, no effort wiil be wanting on mv part to carry out the unties with- out toii- or favour. Heo<pe.etfully appealing for your snp- port, I I remain. Ladies and Gentlemen, Yours faithfullv. I W. SAMUEL. SWANSEA COUNCIL ELECTION -c-. I TO THE BURGESSES OF MORRISTON I I I Fellow Burgesses, A year has now elapsed since I first askHI you to assist me to become one of your representatives for Morriston on the Council. You were kind enough then to shew your confidence in me by giving me such valuable support that my efforts wen suc??.n?. My v?ws on municipal I matters are cxtie?y the same to-day as S they were then, and I therefore venture again to ivsk for youv support and vote ) on November 1st for the following rca- j sons:— I 1. That owiny to uiv late father's pro- longed and serious illness and ulti- mate death, and the consequent in- terruption of my private and public II activities, 1 have hitherto been han- dieapped in my efforts to be of as ( much usefulness to the Morriston "Ward in particular and Swansea •Borough generally as I hope to be. 2. That, in spite (-)I' t'ac- above facts I have now become well acquainted with the manner in ■which the work of the Council is conducted, and therefore I should be very sorry if I were not allowed to put my knowledge at the disposal ot the Morriston Ward. 3. That: I am now not only a Morritsonian born and bred, but am deeply inter- ested in thp welfare-of Morriston ow- I ing to the large interest that I have in its industrial prosperity. Yours sincerely, J. B. EDWARDS. II Penalit, Slceftv, S;(> Glamorgan,

FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY au Exceptionally* Well-built Freehold Houe, with VACANT POSSESSION, in BRYN ROAD, in good repair and nicely decorated throughout. Central Heated throughout and (It her conveniences. The Accommo- dation comprises: 3 Reception Booms, Kitchen, Scullery, Bathroom, w.c., 5 Bed- rooms, Outside Wash-house. Further particulars mav be obtained of J. BARKON PASCOL. Auctioneer, etc., 1 Gower Chambers, 7, Gower-street, Swan- sea. TRADE NOTICES, 1'7fi'm¡¡¡O; IJi "i;i:iÜ: .c.I>l, ii". 1.1: ")' !< (; I {'" ¡ I lëj I I t-. I ¡ Jt. r MAY/I N" n D '(¡ "j.- ¡ t lû I 1,\ <ü.,J I [ V T' Ga. KlLnN' T.>OAT T"L1' I II Doctors themselves II @| are a lrea d y takIng I 11' Formamint as a pro- yll Sjj] tect10n again the ex-  i&i pected recurrence of IN- 31 i||| FLUENZ A this Autumn: [)|| Ii ycu hould do likewise. ys] ■fj Buy It ?z? -— before the ||| ||| shorta g 2,?2 per bottle. ||| I¡ To2:: J1 ? !Z. Chcmies Street. Lo?don, W.C- 1. Z ??< C h air a, T?countes? Rhonddx) !<!? MPORTANT TO MOTHERS li)\ Á:; I L   J ,j¡ IMPORTANT TO MOTHERS: ¡WElt  j LO'S I CHEMICAL FOOD |  (Parrish? Formula). | I STRENGTHENS CHILDREN f LAH Chemisti and Stores ra a AU Chen'istt and Stereo n) SP-PCCIAL SALE. 509 LADIES' WINTER BLANKET COATS, 50/ Worth 75/ CHECK, SAXE, WINE, etc. PENHALE, 232, High St. COAT SPECIALISTS. _d_ SAILINGS. CUHARD LHE. TO UfiP. ED STATES, SOUTHAMPTON TO NfcUV VOKK. fil" JS'o* 11 "Ko.val <.coTgo.Thur. ?o\. 30 tl'auretami«- fjat.. 1\: 1 v Via Ilalit'a.v. T Via Cherbourg. LIVi-.Hl'UOL TO NbW tOiWi. vCarmanja ..Sat. Oct. 25 'Or«hi.na Hues. Nov. 23 "Ca-rraatiiit Sat. Nov. 29 Via iJalilax t. LNov,214 LI VFjHPOOL TO BOSTON. ika.l? (FrciKht ordvj Sat. ?ov 15 (JVERPOOL TO PHILADELFH1A \erbaniai tl-reieht only! 'Sat. N()v. 29 i'.ONDOy, TO NEliv YORJL \asconia (Freight only) Sr;t. Oct. 25 t? at?jn. Thuir. Oct. iO •Soxonia 4 (rlen-saaxla, (Freight only), Sat. Nov. 3 'Caror.ia, Nov. 22 rVnt Havre. "Via Halifax. LON DON TO BOSTON. LONDON TO PHILADELPHIA \ennoniT. (Freight rnusTOL TO NEW VOKK V«;talia (Freight only) Sat. Dec. 5 i BRISTOL TO BALTIMORE. Doonhc.hr. (Freight, only? Sat. Nov 8 BRJSiTOE TO PHiT,ADELPT[]A. Ccpenhacc!i (Freight only ?nt Nov 2? RO'lTFRPAM TO NEW VOUK Valaeia. fFreigbt only) Sat. Oct 25 A ngk)-('hileai; (Freisrht only)..Sat. Nov 3 ilia r-. i ANTWERP TO ?H? YORK. ?o-,r ?l,, Sahara fF-eirrht only) Sat Nov. fc Chinann- (Freiahfc CUNARD LINE TO CAWADA. T/<NI>ON TO PORTLAND 'te. iliaMon (Freight, only) fat jfov. IS Vprentia (Frcitnt only) Sat. Nov 22 Volumrfa- ^Freight onlv) Tnes. Nov. 25 TUliSTOL TO PORTI.AND Me. ^'cniui. (T'leieht onlv; Sat. Oct. 25 Virtrilia (Freight only) .Wed. Nov 19 All Canadian sailinsrs connect i-ith Cana- dian National Railways. For Fiates of Passage an. Further Par- ticulars. acnly Cnnard Line Liverpool; 51 Bishonsirate [?o'?inn. i:.C2: '3. CocV I sniMvst.reet. ],,n, S W 65, Baldwin- street. Bristol; 18a nierh-street. (ard:ff: 1i7 Wew-rtrect. B»rniir"hani' Maritime Cham- ber* Csi nute-rond S/iutban,iut^>n • Miliha.v. roart. PVmonth; or to Toen.1 A cents. .«■< -==. PUBLIC NOTICES. J. S. ARNOLD, STOCK AND SHARE BROKER, Bank Buildings, Castle Square, Swansea. 1 Tel. J arold," Swansea. Thnn" 181 Cent. I HAVE SELLERS OF- 4M (Jriffiths Tewici 59 L).c.. free of Income Tax at 18" 9d 250 Cons. Cambrians at 25s. 53 Redcj'oftfi at 59s 6rl. "SO Mond Nickej ? T)rof-. at ?.D- n.t 60- Ebln" \1]" 7 Cum. Pi,efF. at 1St. 7id. Trbes at 52z. Nij»er.-= at 8Xs. 6d. 50 1/iinint Rubbers at 49s 6o Required Immediately MSLLMEN FOR S T A FLP 0 R D IE SHEET MILLS. Rollers avIio cah bring their own Sets will be given preference. APPLY— Rryngwyn Works, Gorseinon OAKFIELD, IIENDY, POXTARDFLAlS S CATTLE (being 4 Young Milking Cows. 1 Cow with 3 weeks calf at: heels, 3 Heifers), :3 Horses. New Ralli Rubber- Tyred Trap and Governess Car. Grocer's Delivery Cart, Garnbo, Harness, H-orse Rake, Petrol-driven Pump. l¿in. dia. rams, 6in. stroke, on Steel Girder Bed- plate ,etc. Sale to commence at 2 P,]J1. Six Morths' Credit on approved security. Messrs..T. DA VIES AND SON, Auc. honrs, Cowel House, Llanelly.

Stir Hises 6.53, Sun Sets 5.6. Lightjng-up Timo, 5.33. High Water, 5.35 a.m., 5.52 p.m. Dock. 58ft. gin, p.m. T?- I 8 f t 9in.  To-morrow, 6.11 a.m., 6.23 p.m.

THE REMEDY FOR I DOCKS TROUBLES. I Fxcopt for the trawler deadlock, which has already resulted in a less of over twenty thousand pounds in wages alone and is, in some re- spects, a thing apart, Swan-sea pocks are at present free ci labour troubles. So the moment is favour- able for considering calmly the many-sided and serious effects of the suspensions of work which so frequently disturb their normal routine. Such consideration will sniphasise that ihe damage caused is widely distributed, and, once done, eidl never be repaired, and that it is of the utmost 'importance to the port, and to the town as a whole that, by some saner way of | conducting disputes over wages and conditions, these losses shall be 'oided. The joint result of the railway stoppage and of the Harbour em- ployes' strike is estimated to have been fi loss to the port of three useful life. The material losses caused by the railway strike need not be discussed, because the whole country suffered about I equally and because a consideration of the. effects of the local strike alone wiU produce- sufficiently serious re- sults to demonstrate the moral. How much fonnasre was lost to the I pert during the thirteen days over which this dispute lasted it is diffi- cult to say. for chartering for in- ward and- outward cargoes being suspended, the aftermath was (as alwavs) nearly HB bad as the strike itself. But, considering both irn-j ports and exports, an authority says the. current view at the docks is that, without exaggeration, it may I he placed at 100.000 tons, divided roughlv as follows*.— I Tons. TVlayed in port 40,000 Diverted (Cardiff. Barry. Port Talbot, Britonferry. Neath Rin>r) That. 60,000 tons (or whatever the actual total") is absolutely lost to the port, and can never be made up; while some delayed ships whose tonnage is calculated at 40,000 could have made nearly two voy- ages to -France and back yielding, besides revenue to the owners, double dock dues, double remunera- j lion for Jl classes of labour, and double orders for all tradesmen en- in shipping business. Now, leaving the particular dis- ipute, let. us consider some of. the many ways in which ordinary trikes injure a port, and have beeJl for some time injuring Swansea. Docksmeu will say that. their effects are these: (1) Tiley render shipping tonnage already in the docks use- less: (2) they restrain owners and others from arranging for the in- coming of future tonnage; (3) theyi cause much tonnage to be diverted] to ocher ports (a mere strike threat i is sufficient to do this); (4) when they nie settled, the return to nor- mal conditions is slow and costly because of railway and docks con- igestion, etc. (o) they give a pert a bad name, which it often retains, | even when it does not deserve it. In reviewing thse effects, it per- hajKS needs to be emphasised that the loss from idle shipping is not contiued to the owner, to labour, to the port or to the town, but extends to the State, who&e invisible im- ports decrease with the lessening of the number of voyages made by I t is as- serted, is being lost to Swansea every week through local ship- owners' fear of delay through dcck troubles. The owners say candidly! that, remembering past experience, j they are unwilling to take more risks than they can help, and go they avoid the port as much as pos- sible. Sentiment, they admit, conn- sols otherwise, but pecuniary loss through delays over-rules it. So, Swansea is undoubtedly los- ing trnderhat should be hers, at a time when every possible ton is Deeded to redeem the very serious position of the Harbour Trust. Al- most more than anything else now, the port needs the elimination of strikes and 1'1, stabilisation of condi- tions that would permit uninter- rupted trade, at the highest possible level, for the next six or twelve months. Is it not possible for a joint conference of all unions to come, to an arrangement with the employers to t.his end? We would fain hone that, realising that their own best interests Hike those of the town as a whole) can best be served by some such agreement on mutu- ally satisfactory terms, realising the seriousness of the present, position and the heights to wine IT the port might attaiu, they will take some such steps. J

WELSH DRAMA. I Aeres Maesyfelin. I I Yesterday I complained in this column that the Welsh drama lacked variety, that, the Nonconformist life of to-day seemed to be the only field wher;, our writers fora?d. I .???'-t<*r! that the traditlon" ¡' of rural In;>. it? ?on?? and slumbering memories, might al*o provide matter for the ft age. And last, night, as though ar- ranged so that I should 4--11. my words, the Gwa'in-eae-Gunven company produced a pageant-play founded on traditions about seventeenth century li-fo in Llandovery and the uncertain story of the Vicar Prichard. Now a pageant-play demands a different fei-hnique and sta-gecraft from those of drama. A play of the normal kind needs logical striK-tuve, plain development of plot and characters, coherence and unity I of design. But a pa.gpant-phv may pa.^ by many of these qualities. Its develop- ment may be IctO&er," its k?ic less r?id; I its characters may even be lay figures, symbolic ■ and picturesque rather than alive. It need not develop any postulated them* but may move, with less regard to consequence, from pcene to scene, from year to yehr. aiming only at, variety of pictorial effect. Tn faich a play the dramatist is the close fellow of the painter and producer. The, play must he com- posed on the stage; and the eye's desire for colour, for spectacle, must govern the mind's conception of character and fable. In nlodern times pagrantry in the theatre has been chiefly the 1 usury of courts and wealthy cities. The Klizabethan papoant-plays were written for t'e« gal- lants of the queen's circle: and during; the Italian Renaissance there were magnifi- es at pageent-plays at the palaces of the Florentine Medici and of the Popes at R-ome. In the great cities of to-day the costly magnificence of those performances ft.-ii revived, and s?radualiy mere cost- liness has ousted other qualities once equally essential in this style of play, poetry, music, symbolism, remembrance of proud traditions. The pageant-drama, which had itj? roots in the liturgical wbieli Iii(?i i t q r- i drama of the age of faith, and was firvt perverted by Renaissance luxury, remains in those modern re, ivals a carnival of ex- pensive <M*age-produetion, with all meaning forgotten. This p:eanible~-a* tedious Mirely as the latter part of A ere* Maesx-felin "—lead- only to the suggestion that the .Mb-ert Hall could not with it* limited con- veniences do anr j'istiee to the pictorial side la-i n ¡:chf., ph: Moreover, jo produce a pigeant-play needs an ex- perienced artist and a master of stage technique; it needs also much studio knowledge. The weakness of Acres Maesyfelin was that, it attempted a pictorial arrangement, and the effort itself drew Attention to its hopf>le-.s inadeq .lac^. Tn recompense we must allow that the play tried to restore some of the qualities already as eouaUy eanentiaL There !1S in parts a literary archaic flavour about the language; thcro was a due artificiality about the acting. The chief ifgures were symbolic rather than real and we must, thank Mrs. Marie n..p.s for that element, of broad humour which veil contrasts with a symbolic action,—and there a good tradition behind her act- That, the paco of the play was pain- fully slow, that, much of it was ludicrous, are points I need not labour. 14\- chief disappointment was that the author should not foreseen the failure of any tinsel attempt at elaborate production, and so have turned his energy to another direction. For a theatre so happily poor as ours must be might well attempt, a return to the elementary pageant of the Medieval mystery and miracle play. In going back to these we should be returning to the fountain-head of modern drama. we should find refresh- ment and inspiration at the very source of the stream. I cannot but believe wc should be enormously enriched. And among tra especially, I imagine, Lier-e is fit, soil for ihe reviva l of the poetry, the symbolism, tho simple beauty of the old moralities and mysteries. And there is in these Mediaeval pjays an austerity, a reticent economy of emotion, which are the qualities our dramatic week has shown that we grievously lack. j ft S. LEWIS.

I ,LOWER DEATH RATE, 1 And Birth Rate Up In Carmarthen- shire. Beferring in his annual report for health visiting, Dr. E. Cambria Thciua-s. who liti, been acting county m&tica.I officer for Carmarthenshire, Fte,tes that com- plaints were received that the distance the nnvsefi had t.o travel v?a& too far unices they wrc provided with means of convey- ance. He fniprgested that the nuree was provided with a motor bicycle and ipiven a. large a-rca in which to perform health visiting end school nuMinsr- Dr, II, Arthur Hushes, dealing with the I statistics siven in the report, points out J th.'M the mflu-enyia pandemic caused <571 deaths in the county during the year, as compared with 51 in 1517, or as compared with an average of M for the previous eleven years. The death rate wiws 15.9 per This, allowing for the inlluensa fluc- tuation, worked out to only U-4, as com- pared with an average of 35.2 for the pra- I vious eleven years. Thf birth rata wtts Z"s per 1.000 a.a com pared with 21.9 per 1,000 in 1917. These figurep. he adds, point to a rapid prospec- tive increase in the population with its attendant responsibilities in every direo- ti<ju—child wlfare, housing, etc.

CARMARTHEN CATTLE. I A large number of ftheep were. graded at the weekly mart at Carmarthen on Wednesday, and there was a good entry of tat cattle. Store cattle were in good demand at t2(j to ,26, eows and calves fetched from <*35 to £ 52, a.nd calves from iOs. to 120s. I At St. Cle>3.T"$ niirt on Tuesday, 26 fat cuttle were graded and 1-11 sheep. Cows and calves were a fair entry, and eold for c;W t0 10s. Store cattle made from VA .5a. tc. iLud Wyea iLl 1%. to £ S. _c_ "L ,t

TOWN TALK. a— At a recent meeting of a local debat- ing society it was as much as the audience could do to keep the chairman in order. —: o: — Pontardnlais will be much heard in Swansea this week, no less than three Ponty drama tie societies taking part in the Albert Hall competition. Councillor Peacock brea lied the spirit of comradeship at the Markets Com- on Wednesday. But didn't i; rather embarna-ss* him at one period? — :0: — A conscience-stricken tax-payer has anonymously forwarded £ 105 to the Treasury. Perhaps Mr. Chamberlain will now decide not to introduce an Autumn Budget! — -o As indicating the mildness of the weather, it is interesting to record that in a garden in the Uplands primroses are blooming with th." beauty and freshness of awakening pprinjr. •—:0:~ Carmarthenshire farmer? have gone on strike over a dispute concerning the weighing of their-stock, which they with- drew from a local mart. Taking the bull by the horns, as it were. -:0:- fronomy in dress is evidently a strong point with some of the Methodist divines attending the C'If. Association meetings at Port Talbot. On a tab at- tached to the overcoat of a well-known minister the date, 22/6/1908, was care* fully recorded. — :0:— People who notice thee* things say they have never seen such a profusion or fallen leaves as are about iome parts of Swan- sea in the early morning, and never have the tints of the dead leaves been richer. That may be but they are a bit of a nuisance all the same, —: ty. — Why is it that w henever T go to St. Thomas the bridge is always 0nn?)J irritably exclaimed an old gentleman yesterday afternoon when held up in Quay-parade. It's a regular nuisance, he n-dded, at which a near-by haulier re- plied, It would be a bigger nuisance without one." Smiles I one. ?— A daily paper i-as that the Basutc* chiefs' now in this country lind their greatest joy in seeing tlit^ediops. Apropos of this, a Swansea man whom circum-i siances have cortipelled to do a bit of .shopping lately says that it they will 4 1)111 i-iit themselves with pimply seeing them they will be all right. -:0:- This fine autumn must be held respon- sible for a continuance of the "siliv season." NJ, n w have a London con- temporary trying to excite its readers with the problem of the "new poor." that is people who have nominal incomes of JC4.(KX) a year and find themselves detit ute owing; to the rise in rates, fares and prices I The Indian suminvr seems to be re- sponsible for 3: good many thing5, and thp, latent seetns to be the extension of the time for open-air bathing. The tide was full in on Wednesday evening, and at West Crü,5 the passengers on the Mumbles train were much interested in the gentle- man who was disporting himself in tha The Rev. Glvn Davie*. Chester, tokl a good story at a Sassiwn meeting at Port Talbot on Wednesday night. A well-known minister was in love, but he had not the courage to express himsel?. Ono evening, however, walking with his girl near a churchyard, he suddenly;, hpIWd and asked: Tlow would you' like to be buried here ? The girl fled, j The m,?re-that ha? new been made wilh?? regard to a lay-up at Mumbles ior the. re,-t.t-d to a lay-iip at i<)r tb", men to seriously consider the project of buying a skiff with the inf ention cf fol- lowing the calling of fishing and oyster dredging. The present demand and tho prices now obtaining for oysters wi!l well repay anyone who has a little capital to' spare. -0:- The high compliment paid to the Swar- sea de ective force by the Recorder of Swansea (Mr Marlay Samson. K.{"I aC the Quarter Seasons, was more than de- served. following as il- does the par- ticularly pleasing comment, of the Home Office tha.t the Swansea stuff, under Supr. Hayes. O.R.E., is a i-ac,del one for the whole Kingdom to follow, the eulogy will give, pleasure to all. — •«»:—* At the meeting of the Calvinistic Methodiits at Port Tallwt. one of tbe c«l>eakers said that the days of the itinerary ministry were counted, and that it was time for the llyfr cylioeddiadau to be set aside as a curio. Now. in one sense, that would lie a pity, for there ikl, no doubt that in very many churches the publisher's familiar announcement, Fe fwld y Pnrch. —— o —— rtna y Sabbath ne-af." is generally awaited with a good deal of interest and curiosity. o: Tit for tat—the English on the Rhine and the Deutschland on the Tlianit-v. To-day," sighs Lord Haldane, '7, there are fow men of genius anywhere in the world. It is hard for so modest a man v be thus compelled to rpmnid us of what wo a^e wasting. On hearing that school-teachers were about io strike, several small bov,- guilty conscicnces put on two pairs of trousers. The Brighton burglar* who recently entered 15 houses in "mHniht were evi- dently determined to iollow Lord fisher's advice and H Sack the; lot." En Passant from" Passing Show." — :o:— They vvre strolling along a main Swan- sea thoroughfare d»;scussing the many little economies they had practised dur- ing the war, and found good. Far in distinct glimmered he a glowworm just cne solitary electric hlb.H This public hrh in now (OT rather the want, of it) mU; pove the, authorities many hun- dred s of pound- during the year- Ym, r suppose it dous; but why in the name of common tense are tbey so r, consisten! '? In our own quiet street, far from the busy haunts of men, the public illum^nant guidos me to bed, and il is still glowing mern ly nt fcix o'clock in the morning." Economy the public expen. _.O- The Carl Rn?a Ch?i'? Co. whK;h ? ap- pearing at: Swa o.'ea this week, and de- ligJlting vast audiences, have anything but an easy life, and how they managed to keep fit and well and up to opera- piteb is a mystery "0 many. Immed:- a.tely after the ht performance on Satur- day eveu?D? (which will commence at 6.45) they will pr eeed to the G.W.R. and eatrain tor Dublin. This is a by no means pkvsant journey. Atter leaving Goodwick there is rhe cold and mono- tonous 6eQ. trip to Rosslare, a hurried drop of som«'.hiiK" warm in a cup i! b^g and thick as jam po's, thence & tedious journev through the Vale of Avoca to the capital of Ireiajid, perforin;ng Uiero in the evening.