The Cambria Daily Leader

ONE MORE CHANCE. j • — » — Defendant's Appeal to Mather. j i Henry Fenrson, ftaman, charged at 1 Swansea on Saturday with stealing and I receiving- an overcoat, valued 40s. fi-on) 105, Pcntrcgninea-road. St. Thomas on j Oct. 26th, the property of his mother, j Catherine Fearson, was remanded till j Monday. f j Asked if there was any one to bail him, \j he said his mother would. C?rk: But she is pI'oecut¡ng. j Defendant (to his mother): Give me one ) more chance, moth-n*: i* tVr: If take the phageI: now. ) Bail was allowed, defendant himself in ) -020 and two sureties of C10 each. ) j

LORD SWANSEA. j Purchases New Residence. I Lady Pauncefote has disposed of her handsome town house in Chesham-pla.ee! to Lord Swansea. This residence M one of the most attractive m the ne-ghbotir- I hood, and has been much sought after I lately.

I BUILDING TRADES. I :!Jly of Labour Not up to the I Demand. Correspondence in the ecurrent number I ')f the Timber Trades Journal" empha- sises one factor in the house erection prob- lem which has not received sufficient attention—the scarcity of labour. Wages are extremely high," writes a "Timber Merchant," but it wquld, ap- pear that the only way to get bricklayers and apprentices in these times of shortage is to offer still further inducements, or let the matter hang for the time being. The demand for labour is greatly in ox- cess of the supply, and it is no use blam- ing the Government or any one else; and I' it is apparently not the slightest use ask- ing the co-operation of the trade union officials."

LICENSE TRANSFEFIRED. I At Swansea on Saturday the license of l the Ty Gwyn Storm, Gowerton, WM per- j monently transferred to Mr. J. Thomas. I

 SETTLED. I Sir Rhys Williams' I Action. ¡ The dispute between Lieut.-Col. Sir j Rhys Williams, Bart., and Mr Robert Sutherland, the Cardiff shipowner, over the Croftau Estate, was settled in the Chancei-v Division on Friday. Mr. Tomlin, K.C., announced that both parties regretted the misunder- standing that had arisen between tliem, and had come to terms, with which it was unnecessary to trouble the court. The action would be stayed on the term3. The parties had also come to an agree- merit not to compete in the acquisition of certain lands outside the action alto- j gothor. Mr. Hughes. K.C., for Mr. Suther- land, expressed the hope that as a re- suit of the settlement the future rela- tions of Sir Rhys Williams and Mr. Sutherland would be friendly and neigh- bourly. The Judge expressed satisfaction with the settlement, saying that whatever the result of the action might have been, each side would have been left with a j vague understanding as to what the other ( was to get. (

TO-DAY'S WIRES. Paris, Friday (received Saturday).— To-night, in the fifteenth round, Mar. ehand heat Badond, who holds the chain- pionship. Paris, Saturday.—The Petit Pari j sien learns that the report of the Allied ] Co-ordination Commission on the fiul- garian Note is on the whole in favour of the maintenance of the original text of the Bulgarian peace treaty. It is pos- sible, the paper adds, that trifling changes may be made as regards the Herbo-Iiulgarian frontier in the Caribrod district. Italy is sai dto be in favour of I some slight modification of the treaty. Cologne, October 30th (received Satur- I day).—The ceremony of laying wreaths j on the graves of our dead in Germany j will take place on Saturday. Miss Stcei has obtained the help of all the women's j organisations, and wreaths of laurel, with { a bunch of white f?owers. will be placed | on each grave. A card with the soldier's; name will be attached to each wreath, with a red, white and blue ribbon Twelve ladies, representing the different units in Cologne, will lay the wreat11, on LM graves.,Mrs. Lloyd, chief controller 1 J.W.A.A.C., will supervise the ceremony at the cemetery. A card will be sent to the next-of-kin, telling them of this re- j membrance of their dead. j CARDIFF FUEL WORKERS. I The patent fuel workers who asked for j a twenty per cent, increase in wages have > been granted fifteen per cent. to be ("{l- ? M?idated into a permanent wage. ? HERR HAASE WORSE. Berlin, Saturday.—The condition cf [Terr Haase. who was shot in the National Assembly, has become more serious. Th" doctors entertain grave fears for his life. FRONTIER QUIET. j I ?? ? i Mmia, rriday (received Saturday;.—- ( The frontier is quiet except in Waziii. stan. Gangs of Waziris and Mahstids j have moved to attack the Tochi convoy, I They were also active in the Gumal area, MAYOR SUSPENDED. U' I Paris, Saturday.—By order or Marsna; Foch, the Mayor ofn Weisbaden has been I relieved of his post and ordered to leave j the occupied territory in consequence of; alleged mat-administration of the town.— Exchange. I j TOWN FINED. fCaiserlande, a town in the French- occupied territory. have been fined 60,000 marks hv the French military authorities "n the Rhine, because of the disturbances which took place there on September 8th. and because no steps were takpn by the 1 German civil authorities to suppress j them. GREAT ECONOMIC PROGRAMME. I I I I Nantes I'rioav (received barurnay> Addressing the Republican Committee to- night, M. Briand said that taxes, super- taxes and requisitions-which were hinder- ing production must disappear. France had a great economic prog-ramme to realise. They must reconstitute as rapidly as possible the industries of the fm-ih. and provide the whole country with the necessary equipment for produc- tion which, with financial organisation, would enable France to hold her place in the world. FIGHTING PROFITEERS- ,,¡ C"f L_- Cologne, October 30th (receiven r>avtir- day).—Every day sees the issue of a new list of names of people and businesses ivlio have been discovered profiteering Those who are convicted are not allowed fwTgage in further business, under [■enalty of fine, and anyone who deals with the guilty persons is liable to 1,, proclaimed." and to suffer a similf-r nenalty. These drastic measures at' having the ilesirod effect in the occupied territory, and now that all goods and wares displayed must have their value openly shown, prices are appreciably lower than they have I)een for some months. In Cobblence the German people's party and the German National Party have comhined.

LLANDOVERY SALE. Messrs. John Davies and Co. sold the following freeholds :-No. 8, College View, for JG300, to Mr. A. G. Davies, tenant; No. 11, College View, to Mr. Ben Morgan. butcher, for £ 300; Torries," or To Rhys," in Broad-street, to Mr. Ben Mor- gan, for .£155. The solicitor for the ven- dors was Mr. H. Alfred Thomas, Llan- dovery.

CHURCH AND RECREATION, i Alexandra-road Chapel Young People's Guild opened their session on Friday evening with a debate upon the place of recreatiou in the life of the churches. Mr. Sidney Crook spoke to a large attend- ance in support of an active policy on the part of the church in purifying the recreations of the young. In the course of the debate, a very striking contrast of opinion was revealed upon this question, wliticji has now more and more thrust itself upon tlie chilrelle. for solution. The Guild is arranging an Attractive winter programme.

EGGS m. EACH. Consignment From South Africa. Heavy supplies of South African eggs I have arrived this week, and in Smitiitiekl Poultry Market on Friday dealers stated that these ought to be available retail L to-day at 4?d. each. l Small consignments have reached this l country for several months, but South African exporters, who are making a bid for the British autumn and winter market when supplies from other sources are scarce, are now sending the large quan- tities they have promised for some time. The eggs are large and very fresh con- sidering the distance they have travelled," said one dealer on Friday. They arc neither pickled nor frozen, and will boil. poach or fry. The secret of their fresh- ness is that they are collected, graded, and packed within a week of shipment. It looks as though the Cape consign- ments will fill the winter gap in the British egg supplies. If this proves to be the case we will in future be supplied with adequate supplies of fresh eggs all the year round." 1 IMPORTED MEAT LABEL. I By an order which comes into force on I Nev. 12 imported meat must be labelled hy retail butchers when sold or exposed I for sale and when delivered at a custo- I mer's premises.

i THE DIVISION. I How Welsh Members Voted. The London correspondent of the Wes- j tern Mail" says:— No Welsh Unionist or Liberal voted against the Government in last night's economy division, but local Labour mem- bers who supported the amendment were Mr. Brace, Mr. Chas. Edwards, Mr. Tom Griffiths, Mr. Thomas Richards, and Mr. John Williams. The minority also in- cluded Mr. James Wignall, Mr. J. H. Thomas, and Mr. Hodse, as well as most of the Labour party. There were but few absentees amongst the Welsh members, and they had paired. Mr. Haydn Jones and Mr. Vernon Hartshorn had paired ior the amendment, and those who had paired against were Mr. J. C. Gould and Sir Alfred Mond. The latter was too unwell to leave his house. Practically all the other members of the Government were present to help turn down the amendment. In face of the voting the capital levy pro- posal has little life left in it."

HERO'S MOTHER. Death of Mrs. Cornwel! The mother of Jack Cornwell, V.C., the j | boy hero of Jutland, was found dead in j bed at her apartments in Commercial- t road, E., yesterday; tho tragic discovery being made by a son recently demobilised ) from the Navy. ) Jack Cornwell died of wounds, after standing to his post on H. M.S. Chester j when all the members of the gun-crew to [ which he belonged had become casualties, and his name has been immortalised by his gallan-t action. PUBLIC INDIGNATION. Indignation was aroused some time ago when it was discovered that in spite of the heavy subscriptions raised in memory of her hero son, Mrs. Cornwell was still in very necessitous circumstances, j Though, as she plaintively said, past the working age," she was forced to toil as a charwoman, as in addition to 10s. of interest from the fund raised, all she re- ceived was Jack Corn well's pension of 6a 6d. The agitation which followed the dis- covery of her necessity, however, resulted in ample provision being made for Mis. Cornwell, who secured a pension of 15a. a week. in addition to the 10s. from the I Navy League, while arrangements were being made for her to have one of the cottage homes to lie erected out of the Jack Cornwell Fund (raised in East Ham) II foi the widows of deceased sodiers and sailors.

THE "NATIONAL LIBERAL." I Club Returns to Old Home. I Liberals all over the world will lie re-! joiced to hear that the old premises of the National Liberal Club in Whitehall l?la.ce are to be restored to the rightful owners with the least possible delay. In response to reprcseatntions that been made by the Committee, the ??< ? 'í"')rk have 1he I twitr "dice cmhcr ?renuses eqifndy suu- ]' able for the accommodation of the re- cords, which now fill up the apartments of the building in Whitehall Place, and the War OSce has assented to a trans- lation at as early a date as can be ar- j ranged. AFTER 4i YEARS. It is now 4years the home of Liberalism-and, literally, the home 01 many Liberals—was invaded, and its habitues turned adrift, to find shelter in what was then the Westminster Palace' Hotel. ) Records of both officers and men are kept at the Annexe, as the N.L.C. is; called. During the war it was necessary to have them within easy reach of the War Office; but now that demobilisation is almost completed, that necessity de- creases in force daily. The records are destined to be housed, in future, oartly at Bridgwater House and partly at the great storehouse of the Station-. Office 1m Stamford-street, Southwark, known as Cornwall House, ad latterly used as a military hospital.

R. AND S. B. CHAIRMAN. To Live at Penarth. Mr. Frederick E. Jacob, of Glanwenny, Bridgend, mining engineer, and chairman of the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Company, is shortly removing to Penarth, having purchased Hillside, Beach-road, the former residence of Mr. A. Mitchel- son.

John Horrigan, labourer, charged at Swansea on Saturday with drunkenness in niyh-etreet. h&d 21 previous convic- l tinus a?ains: him-H for drunkenness. He wao fined 10*. )I J

I- PERJURY. o Judge and Jury s Plea for Mercy.& I TT? t  I Pembrey Case. J At the West West Assizes at Carmarthen j on Saturday, Dd. Harris (37), colliery re, pairer, of Pinged, Pembrey, was found guilty of perjury during attiliation pro- ceedings brought against him at Llanellj j Police Court by Miss liees, Capel Cam J Trimsaran, was sentenced to three month.. j imprisonment in the second division. Mr. Nathaniel Thomae, prosecuting. faid that in the witness box at the Police Court, Harris stated that he had never been to Capel Sarn and never been for walk8 with Miiis Rees, and never had any conversation with her beyond caving Good morning or good evening ii, passing. A number of witnesses were called wh< stated that ke was in the house, and had been seen in company with Miss Rees. The jury found him guilty of perjury in Siiying he had not been to the house, and lli bringing in the verdict of guilty recom- mended him to mercy. The Judge: Why? The Foreman We think the statement* were made when he was in a rather awkward position. The Judge (smiling): Is that an ex- cuse for perjury? Sent-ence was then passed as above. =========

REMINISCENCES. j Some More Memories! of the 6th." i } There is some interesting reading in to. day's instalment of Lieut. R. G. V. M. Lland's history of the 6th Welsh in the j Western Mail." Mr. Bland deals with the first phase of the German retirement says:— The general surmise of retirement in this sector was fulfilled. The 2nd Welsh we.ro in the front line when the Boche sneaked away. A reconnitre was mude on the niglit prior to the retirement by Lieut. Ehsworth, of Llanstephan, who was one of j the old 6th, and was commissioned from it. He and his party found the Hun in ocnpation of his trenches, and they drew rifle fire. Three hours later the 2nd Welsh made a raid, but not a Bosche was to be | seen. The enemy had gone, and had made his way across the Somme. The information that the enemy had re- tired soon irot around GREAT JUBILATION. I There was great jubilation and much I movement. Thfe cavalry. already prepared "oiuj ip, «rr.ecr.. &:{. to work' putting down pontoon bridges over the Somme, and outposts nrw -Scouts vrcre soon fe.rowl) forward. It was mt of those periods when th,c blood ran through the veins with joy, making one gtad to be alive. The enemy showed the result cf weeJks of preparation in many ways—artful, in-i sidious, but characteristic. ( As far as the eye could see along this flat road brigades of infantry worked like • trojans. and in less than four lioui-s there was a main way for any kind of motor or gun traffic. The artillery Was soon on the route, and the airmen returned with freeh information. The 6th took up a posi- tion in the enemy's second line, two com- parses being billeted in the Crown Prince tronch. The dug-outs were certainly the acme of comfort C Company's head- quarters contained four finely built rooms to which a way was found after decending 1 a flight, of forty steps. Comfortable buny-s were left behind ,a concession which re- I ceived due gratitude, but when boxes of ciars were found there were doubts, and they were thrown awav. VARIED HISTORY. 11 There 3S no doubt that the battalion 1 ■iad i!bad a most varied and interesting iiistcry. In the !ater stages its organi- ation was most thorough, an efficiency that was due to a great extent to the,ad- 5utant, Capain R. C.Lfndsay-Brabazoa Ni. c* and Lieutenant Curtis (son of the Town Clerk of Neath), the assistant ad- jutant, whilst with constructional work Captain C. J. Cowley hd aùde-d to his reputation. He was a sergeant on mobilisation, became conipany-seigearit- major, and acting reginiental-sergennt- major, and for his big services at Loos he got the D.C.M. At Le Brphis. he- oi-e leaving for the Somme, lie was com- and subsequently commanded Company, receiving a captaincv.' ? bp? tore the Har ended he was made second in command, .with the ran]; of major, after having received the Military Cross for general gallantry and leader- ship on the Somme. He was a splendid 1 officer. TIMF, FOR SPORT. T'nie .s inado for .-?>oit. S' holes w <-< > >d iu, and ;!I(.: ILI) football pitch. When the unit was billeted at Roisel it found time to keep up its sport. There was an exciting Rugby match with the Welsh Guards, who were very anxious to f aieet the battalion. The result was a ter- "ific tussle. Those inter-battalion matches could not he beaten for wholehearted, j healthy sport, which, while fostering 1 rivalry, brought different units together. The Guards hd a much heavier pack than the fith, ,0 were on the light side. But the latler made up for the deficiency in weight by being very fleet of foot, and characteristically Welsh at three-quarter play. On this particular afternoon, though, the Guards smashed up any at- tempt at back play, and after an exciting match they won by five points to nil. —■ ■■ I

DRAMA CRITICISM. I I To the Editor. Sir,-With reference to Fairplay's letter in your issue of yesterday's under the above heading, I fully endorse the writer's remarks re criticisms on the different performances during the compe- tition, and am inclined to believe that his remarks had an effect on the majority of the judges. The trend of Mr. Lewis's remarks after the Thursday night perfor- j mance convinced me who would be the winner of the first prize. May I ask if Mr. Lewis's remarks were the means to an end?—Yours, etc., Dramatic. [The judges were four strong and compe- tent Welshmen; and we are sure that Dyfnallt and his colleagues will be en- i tertained by the naive suggestion that our correspondent's views influenced them in thd slightest degree.-Ed. C.D.LJ