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,< "ON THE WRONG TACK." Mr. Gilbertson Reviews Country's Policy. OUR BUREAUCRACY CONDEMNED. As Lis presidential address to the an- nual meeting of tlx- Incorporated Swansea Metal Exchange on Tuesday afternoon, Mr. F. W. Gilbertcon, the president, gave one of the moit. enlightened and compre- tensive reviews of the country's economic situation and the present and future relations of Capital and Labour heard in Swansea for a long period. In addition to eminently sano comments on the whole question of production, there were in the speech striking demonstrations of Government Departruent bureaucracy. At our annual meeting last roar, held some pis weeks before the Armistice (Mr. Gilbertson said), we were able to appre- hend with, fame certainty a period of un- employment followed by a great demand ior most or our product., But it W, tiitiicult to realise the time that v.ould eiapie beioru the demand became etfective, and impossible to realise how hopelessly tieiicieiit we were to prove ourseivea in aeaciiing tne voiumo of production neceh- f-aiy, tjie extent by which costs 01 pro- duction and selling prices would rise; the lack ot co-operation between Capital and Labour as a symptom of reaction; and thf: unwelcollle postponement ot treeuoiu jrom the enervating shackles of bureaucracy. THE TRIUMPH OF LIBERTY. I jipeakmg 01 the immense debt we and ■us wno follow us owe to the millions of I brave men, of our own and allied coun- tries, who fought on through hardship And discouragement till by their superior grit IInd moral won the war, Mr. Gilbert- non said nothing that concerned their in- terests as traders, or might concern them iii the future, could hold a candle in im- portance to the fact that, the principles of individual liberty had triumphed. We it-s as other nations may have to githrough difficult times ahead (ho aaiii; and we may not all live to see cosmos completely emerge from chaos, but the war has restored and confirmed to all nations the opportunity to build their own fortunes and shape their own development by means in which every in- dividual can claim his share and .must shoulder his responsibility. Ilie records ) Of history are not encouraging, hut we must hare faith in the ulti- mate power of a people to develop a commonwealth in which liberty, justice, progress and prosperity are secured to all. and of nations to frame means of i preserving peaceful a.nd tru.ttul contact with each OhN A fresh opportunity j ha5 again been given to the world. Of the use our countrymen may make thk-, Mr. Gilbertson remarked that wise and permanent changes are not ef- fected suddenly. Revolutions and iip- 11eat"a15 ,yf all kinds i-ni,-I)t be needed sometimes as a la1 t rer-ort to (-,are (f)- I etinate ills, but they always produced ,as thtvr fiT"'t effects conditions far worse than they cure. In our own country we had solid foundations of liberty on which ] to build if the ;r#,d,;tonal C.0 ninionse,Ise of our race remained proof against the plausable propaganda of the false prophets. No one who cared to think eeriouely could remain blind to the enor- =ous strid" made by our working c1a. 6inte the country en?rfd the i !1<lustria.l! era, ;n mmfort, 1e"¡'lr. independanee, 1 education, and everything that we thought worth extracting from life. We had witnessed the steady runrch of pro- j gr-s, and although there was still »a I gre:1t raafti of pieventible poverty, ignor- ance and injustice to remove, we ghonid not make the most, of our opportunity if 'we allowed ourselves to ignore what had already been done, almost, in our own t'lfie. I CONSTITUTIONALISM. The steady pursuit of proved constitu- tional methods," Mr. Gilbertson went on, is the only way of surely and safely continuing our progress. Any and all short cnt are certain to be illusory and to put the dock back if they are at- tempted. with consequent suffering and loss, especially to the mass of the people whose conditions it is sought to improve. I daresay we employers see things through our own coloured spectacles just as much as the young Labour leaders do through theirs, but with such an awful object lesson as Russia—unproductive, starving, impotent and hopelesa-our country will not risk the de- struction of its constitutional and representative methods of govern- ment or its industrial system. Nothing, however, should stånd still, and the hest. example of human organisation is one that is progressive and responds sanely but surely to the changing circum- stances of its environment. But changes that profess to lie constructive may yet be good or bad. The destruction of what is called the capitalistic system often ap- peals to men who have no conception of the alternative, so long as men's actions continue to be influenced, as they have been Qince the world be.?an. by selSsh motives. AGAINST NATIONALISATION. The nationalisation of industry is claimed to be a change, by which v the ■workmen's best efforts can be secured and strikes avoided, as under such a system he will no longer have to submit to the galling thought that the higher the wage -he can earn the better off his employer ■wil? be. I confess this argument 101 the new apostles of light doe,; not appeal to me as f. very lofty one, and I am sure it is un- sound. The best work has often been dona tor the single employer, who per- hapi-earries on a tradition of friendship with his workpeople, while in most of the largest industrial organisations capi- tal is represented by the pavings of a host of investors, mainly of moderate means, and very often indirectly, through the investments of insurance companies and the like, by the savings of working men or by trades union funds, The, distinction between the share regis- ter of many large industrial enterprises and the community is often much finer tha:1 the public realise. The recent strike of co-operative societies' employes, railway strike, and the reduced out- put of the coal miners at a time when the retainable profits of the owners are so strictly limited, all point to the illu- sory character of their chief argument 1 for nationalisation.. I., I do not question the sincerity of many of its advocates, but some are eranks and &Omo are. young, and J o I Question their judgment and their! Opacity to act as instructors of the Rational conscience. I rather look for- ward to the time when capita1 that re- presents the savings of the thrifty will represent the savings of thli vast bulk of our working class, who so often to- day cannot sare where they would and will not where they can. The extent to which the national character and the prosperity of the country would gain if only thrift and a habit of investing sav- j Ume could be developed in parallel with improving wage conditions is, I believe, I incalculable. INCREASED WORKING CLASS I RESPONSIBILITY. "The fact is, we who represent capital have got to --ciefeiid what we believe to be essential to the wettare and progress of the community, but we have also got to face ana prepare ourselves for changes, wise and deliberate changes, that will benefit the community as a whole if they are brought about by patient evolution, while the working clu^s have got to educate and prepar6 themselves tor the increased responsi- bility that is indeed already theirs to some extent, and that will grow just so quickly as they tit themselves for it. For them to think that their aims are com- prised in less work and more pay is pure madness, and spells ruin to any country that tries it. But it tiieir aims included better manual work, more intelligent an.) intense for the shorter hours, longer lei- sure in which not only to play, but also to use their wits m the pu blic service las indeed great numbers already do with conspicuous ability), if they included a spirit of co-operation with their em- ployers and an honest, desire to share re- sponsibilities, then better material condi- tions would naturally and inevitably fol- low, together with the higher status the working men ask for, but do not by any means all prove themselves worthy of yet. STRAIGHT WORDS ON OUTPUT. I It is no use being insincere in what has I to be euid in public. The tacts are pateut to ail that manage works to-day, altnough CúntantlJ denied by the leaders, who do no good service to the character-bunding of the rank and tile by protecting what M known by e\cry working man in aits heart to be untrue. Those facts are that among piece workers higher pay means less work, and never was output at a lower ebb than to-day; while among day workers never was work so elac-kly performed; and I among both equally the old pride in the quality of the product and the saving of waste, has almost disappeared. I am sure we all have visions of better times, in which common service will sharo with private gain in supplying the motive for efficient work, but they are far distant yet, and we cannot escape the operaton of economic law.? under which we and many after us must i:ve and which compel us to work I if we are to enjoy the rewaids, and roughly proportion the rewards to the amount or quantity of the work. Th-L-' ni-ost promising constructive re- form has been the adoption by many in- dustries of the Wlvtley Commissions r- commendations under which working roen', representatives will gradually make acquaintance with many of the dif- ficulties of management a nd of in +NnH ::i- onal competition At the present moment we are living in highly arti- ficial and abnormal times, and perhaps people cannot be entirely blamed for fail- ing to realise that, the reward of work, whether by hand or brain, cannot in the long run be what the workers may wish, but what that work is worth, and the further the pendulum <5wing"3 in its pre- sent direction the further may be the re- bound when the natural lawfc operate freely again. In this country we are pro- bably relatvely better off than any other nation, and the prospects are exceedingly good if we settle down to work in time and are not led astray by the spurious prosperity of the moment. Germany was more efficient in workmanship and direc- tion than we. but the lust for purely material advancement and the intense specialisation and control of each man's acVvky produced a nation's character that broke under strain. In the United States it is generally recognised that Trades Unionism in its present develop- ment is bad for the efficient production, and the rnxture of the race and immense immigration have hitherto enabled the I industrial magnates to keep the open shop." The war ha*. however, modified these conditions and the work- men in the States are now lighting for the collective bargaining that has almost imperceptibly grown up to be part of our industrial system. It would be foolish to believe that what has occurred and is occurring is likely to permanently diminish the efficiencv of American and German methods of production. We should rather strive to show that our possession of a truer liberty is an un. mixed advantage to an industrial people and to use the opportunity that now exists and will never come again. THE SOLUTION: PRODUCTION. I We are, however, allowing the oppor- tunity to pass. Strikes, restriction of output, and shorter hours without more intense production are preventing us sup- plying a world's demand that exists at a time when the field is ours. The cry on all sides is Production.' To-day produc- tion would solve our national finances, would bring comfort and an opportunity to save our workpeople, would enable manufacturers to improve their plant, and would establish our connections with foreign customers. Production will be an idle cry later on if we lose our oppor- tunity, and, still burdened by debt and high cost of manufacture, offer our wares to markets ip which foreign goods have J filled the present reeds and permanent foreign connections have been estab- lished. The Government are to an over- whelming degree responsible for the crea- tion of an unhealthy spirit among our workpeople. During the war- it was necessary to keep production going at all costs. In the ordinary commercial struggle of industry it is only possible to keep production going by producing at a cost that will find a market, and there- fore to pay as wages the economic value of the work done. The Government should, however, realise that Trades Unions are now strong enough to safe- guard their members, and that the time has come for oallihg bands off. WAGE ABSURDITIES. I The absurdity of the present state of the minimum wage, plus war wage. plus Sankey award, is very obvious, and except to prejudiced parties (such as the Coal Control Department and the work- men themselves), appears to be a suffi- cient explanation of the reduced output and high cost of coal which is tbr?ttanin? the industrial fittum of our country, x ?hava briefly touched upon two import- ant rea6o" for our delay in rooo"ring otir trade, but a third is no less import- ant and will perhaps prove to be more difficult to remove, the continuance 0, all kinds of Government and bureaur. cratic control. We are a slow, ptit j race, but if we do not iise against the present tendencies we shall properly be regarded by those who succeed to our I responsibilities as fools who got just vhat our folly deserved. The root fal- lacy of all bureaucratic control is the b?liei that any man or committee of me? can exercise infallible judgment, 1 do l not say that tmplate makers conlcl not, by putting their heads to- I gether and by improved organisa- I tion, themselves produce improved result?, but I know quite well (hat not superman in Whitehall can be safely en- trusted with the power to dictate. I have been engaged in my trad e and pretty well absorbed in it for 25 years, and I realise my ignorance every day; not so the Jack- in-Office, who is positive about every-11 thing. TRANSPORT CHAOS. I At the present time the whole hade of the district is in jeopardy owing to the transport chaos. The railway companies and their officials have learnt bad habits as the result of control, and it looks as though the Ministry of Transport will see that they do not unlearn them. Two in. titances are sufficiently illuminating to be worth making public. The first is the counter-charge made by the railway com- panies that shortage of wagons and deten- tions by traders produce the failure to carry the commerce of the country. If the companies could deal with the wagons I already in transit, it would be less diffi- cult to accept their argument, but the fact is that, although our industries are producing less than. their pre-war tapa- city, there never was a time when such hopeless chaos on the railways existed or delays in transit were so constant and prolonged. We may be excused for think- ing that tltv real trouble originates partly in the establishment of the eight-hour day, partly in the almost universal de- terioration in the quality of the service rendered by wage-earners, and partly in faults of management which has suffered from contact with the bureaucratic sys- tem which weakens the cense of responsi- bility in the individual. In the works with which I am associated the most grievous reduction of output is being caused by the non-delivery of coal Pent forward by the collieries and the return of empties to those collieries. BUREAUCRACY'S LIMITATIONS. I Under a bureaucratic system there is little room for individual initiative. The purpose of an enterprise is loet in the maze of detail designed to achieve it. and the individual is more concerned with adherence to his particular instructions than with the essence of the enterprise, lie plays for safety, and since ability or the exercise oi initiative will not beneht him. but may either bring cenoure upon him or be placed to the credit of his superiors, he naturally ceases to exercisc them. The returns he has to fill in assume a greater importance in his eyes than the object of the enterpriee of which he is a cog, and it is to this attrophying experience that I attribute the action of the railway companies m dropping coal wagons en route, because they are owners' wagons, causing works to curtail output, workmen to lose their wages, and the country to fail in the overwnelming call for the maximum export of manufac- tured goods. The other illustration is concerned with the transit of galvanised iron to port. The galvanised iron trade is the greatest metal export trade of the country, and long experience has distributed the mar- kets among the works It able to cater for each. By far the greater part of the immense demands of our Australiasian colonies are met by South Wales and Monmouthshire producers, and the same applie, to the West African, Brazilian, and other special markets. The sailings to those markets are determined by other considerations than galvanised sheets, and in many cases shipment can only be effected from London or Liverpool. In pre-war day* the iron was railed to port of departure, although at higher cost than transit by coaster, because bitter experience has shown there was no other way of deliveting the goods in saleable condition—as if galvanised sheets become wet while in contact with each other chemical action destroys them. Under our new methods of Gov- ernment by the cocksure gentlemen I have referred to, these sheets are or- dered to be sent by coaster, and on my firm asking the Home Trade Ti-uisport Committee how it was proposed to pro- tect the sheets from damage, the follow- ing reply was received:— Dear Sir.-I am in receipt of your favour of yesterday, regarding the ques- tion of sa fe handling and protection of von." traffic in transit from works to Liverpool by mil and coaster. This is, however. a matter which you must settle direct with the shipping companies con- cerned, and it does not in any way affect this committee.' What this letter amounts to is, on the face of it, that we must arrange with the shipping companies that proper stor- ag- sheds be built at the docks from which the coasters trade, that fine weather be arranged for during the load- ing, and that calm seas be n i with on the run to Liverpool. Bnt in reality it amounts to the simple fact that the writer is a cog in the bcaurocratic machine, that he is not concerned with the due arrival of British goods in sale-, able condition, or the volume of our ex- port trade. It does not interest him officially whether the trade ptoses to America or what national waste may follow this ignorant order; all that he is employed for he performs, which is to qgrrv out someone else's instructions and repudiate official responsibility for any- thing that happens. The Federation of British Industries then took up the matter with the com- mittee in London, and received in reply three statements:— (1) "Under pre-war conditions gaivamseo sheets were shipped from Avonmouth to Australia and New Zealand, and if is understood that these err ices will be resumed as soon as possible. I would comment on this by saying tha! the services have already been resumed, but that they do not and never did carry •heels to certain destinations that can only be reached by shipment from Lon- don. (2) Galvanised sheets have always been shipped in very large quantities frorii Bristol Channel ports to Liverpool and London for export. Trade was carried by the coasting companies to the satisfaction of the manufacturers. h comment on this is that fo far as Messrs. John Lysaght and my firm ate concerned the statement is untrue. (3) Messrs. John Lysaght have recently suggested the inclusion of certain poods under the coasting order with a view of their beins sent by sea instead of by rail. My comment on their statement, is that Messrs. John Lvsaght deny it. i THE WRONG TACK. I In conclusion, Mr. Gilbertson said: 1 think the country is on the wrong tack, and our whole future as a virile and suc- cessful industrial n?on ?s being risked by uninformed intprfprenM. We have a diScult time before us that will can for ?tim best efforts of all c i,izenq, but we sha I I can for it in via if we are hampered and disheartened at every turn by the action of controllers and committees who have no direct financial interest in the consequences of Their ictions. and whose experience has not been gained in the hard school of reality. I
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I THRILLING STORY. l Officer's Hair-breadth I Escapes. LONDON, Monody. I 'J. fiiaL Admiralty, :Probate and Di- vice Court prize case to come before the n,o: President (lr H. K Duke) in the l'rize Court to-day was an application by tlxe Crown to condemn the Turkish tug Hertha, and cargo, in connection with which a thrilling etory was told. Mr. O'Connor, for the Crown, stated that Commander Archibald Cochrane, R.N., on the night. of August Tth-Sth last year, with other otiicers, curried out plans that had been maturing for 11 months, aud escaped from the Turkish prison camli at Yoagsd, and after a series of adventures, involving marching on scant rations, battles with brigands, privations of hunger and cold, and narrowly eecap- ing cut-throats, they arrived on the An- atolian coast, west of the Korgos Island. Finally the tug was brought to Cyprus and handed over to the British autho- rities. An affidavit by Commander Cochrane recorded that the officers who accompanied him were all Army cap- tains. The President granted a decree of con- demnation.
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'BUS OR TRAM. I 0 New Motor Services II Proposed. A joint meeting of the Swansea Tram- ways and Highways Committees on Mon- day afternoon. Mr. J. Barclay Owen (chairman) considered the minutes of a joint sub-commiitee of the two com- mittees on transport facilities. The sub-committee recommended that the question of constructing tramways on Llansamlet-road from the Cross, Morris- ion, to Lonlas, and on the Neath-roatl from the Dolphin bridge to Wychtree, be deferred in view of the very large ex- It ver:v large f?x- pense involved, and that steps be taken to establish motor bus services in lieu. The Committee further recommended that powers be sought for motor bus ser- vices for 13 routes from various parts on the borough boundary into Gower, Loughor, Pontardulais, Pontardawe, Skew en, Neath, etc. (already reported in detail). It was pointed out that the Bill would include requests for power to buy land in the areas of other authorities for garages. GOWER ROUTES. i There was a lengthy discussion, in the course of which Mr. Merrells queried who would benefit in the case of the proposed Gower routes, and whether it was thought Parliament would allow then- to spend money for holidaying pur- poses. The Borough Engineer argued that in addition to improving the present very inadequate service, the services which would be made possible would get rid of the necessity for the Gower light rail- wav, Mr. D. J. Daries asked if it was not invidious that the committee should ask for such new bus routes when they would feed the already overburdened tremway ? Conditions on the Morriston route were a scandal, and action should be taken on this matter first. It was decided to adept the report.
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PARLIAMENT. I -—— ——— New Writs Issued. I HOt,rSE OF COMMONS, Monday. The Speaker took the chair at 2.45. New writs wet ordered to be issued for the election of members for the Isle of Thanet, and the Sutton Division of Plymouth, in/the room respectively of the late Lieut-Commander Norman Craig and of Major Astor, who has suc- ceeded to the noerasze. GERMAN GOODS. I Sir A Goddes, replying to Mr. George Terrell and Sir Frcdlc Hall regarding German and other imports, and their effect on British labour, said the goods now coming into the country were mostly of the cheaper kind.
FUTURE OF COLOGNE. I
FUTURE OF COLOGNE. I .'From the Press Association's I Special Correspondent.) COLOGNE (Received Monday). The first meeting of the newly elected Town Coupcil of Cologne toök place yes- terday in the University Hall. Herr Adenaner, the mayor, delivered a long speech, in the course of which be dwelt upon the new position of Cologne from the commercial point, of view. As a result; of the Peace Treaty, most of the goods traffic which hitherto had gone through German ports will in future go through Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Antwerp, and Le Havre. The Rhine, the great trad- ing route iii0iiiiddle age$, will resume its commercial importance, and Cologne will automatically become the greet commer- cial centre. Already important. Hamburg firms have established branches in Cologne. To meet the new situation, and in order to take advantage of the possible era of commercial prosperity in Cologne, be asked for a vote of one- hundred million marks to build depote and develop trans- port. The Mayor of Cologne is very enterpris- ing. and it was due to his great efforts that the new university WM founded in Cologne. The etudy, of economics and commerce lo 110 receive special attention in the university. Over ten thousand marks have been subscribed for wreaths for our soldiers who died a" prisoners of war in Cologne.
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Cairo, Fri4cy (delayed).Order after to- day' rioting was ultimately restored with- out intervention by the military. The mob yielded to the persuasion of various pro- minent personages, who spared no efforts to restore order. At Alexandria yesterday. ^British soldiers were attached
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BIRTHS* MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. November Itt. at G2, College inii. ijiant'Uy, to -Jr. auil Jirs..tirneex u. c icment (iiec jdeetsie zineti-, A aaugiiier. 64AII-4 DEATHS. On November let 1919. at 97. iv-oi* •tMhvard.roao, bwansea..uaigaret Ann uuagKie). deariy-oeiov.ea ciauicniet' oi tnc late oIonn bengougii and oi Ann joengougn. t utier«.| W edueticiav. &.ni.ia, b%.azsea ttay xor lyiaugaiiieti. 11^11.4 c AiUi^S.—N<.vemuer till, at 75 St. HeieuV roa-u, Sw"n. va-na. tjie beloved orocilN ci isaa-t. itiiutd. I06AU6 i j. A i.i.Wfj.—November ZP-d. at his re61d. enoo v* vstoa-supcr-jyiaru aiter a tvuort Ul"t. Arinu." ijoifco founa ton 01 tn-4 ielte XC". cnar»es jsawiinse, in i-itt ?uth year. ■' ite was a soou man tud 01 iaivii." 1.S4A11-4 November lld. Lomunrt fcyKes. tue Delop\.1 ousoana 01 Susaunau ocnonoin. atsw i,tioix., funeral ivolu lo Vicugna-*venum. iiuinDies. Wednesday o o'clock ioitvll-4 DoWI*.—iioveiaber let. at 101, l)in»«=-street. ela-smart '1 noma* ,a)OW.1 uate cab pro- i-rieiorj. CraaaocK-otieet beloved nutbamd vt fctisana ixnvn, jn 'nth year. t, iiiihrai Vtoumiay. November ot,,) i p.m., for L'wm. KCiiy cemetery. lAl JOHN-—(jn November 2nd. 1919 at tJorse- roan, Cwniowria, ittomas doehua Jonn. .ioiner ajcter a long ar-, i paintuj illumes, aged 68. tiearly-boioveu Droouer ot war. pa ret Duviea vto. naiiygraig-xoad fct. aw adsea. 1j2A11-s E-VKKicj.—On 1st November at General ilos- Utal (eudaemy), m act i7ut year, rmLiy, uautfbte' ot mra. lieotcca xiarris in met,. *1 jilitoC-verrat^. funeral 'i'nureda-y. Aiu. uenuemeJi olity ire*iueete<i> loiAll-5 KOHiJSSUN.—On the &KJ mtt. at the resid- cnt-e of her uaugater. jlrs. Jones. ■*>, avoji- aa,ie-r*>A<, Caeeterneid. Unary, wiaj* u1 tne late KoW. Kobinson Broniiaul,' Lai- vert-terj-ave Swansea. utieral \Vedue»- aay, OheBterfteid. i31AU-5 EYU.N■uu :\<jvember 1st, at 58 urune- wicit-etreei, fcwus^ector xl bynon the cm. loved nusoana 01 "Ja. £ ynon; agb 83. 1-unerai strictly private. x*eepJy mourned uy wife ana tajnu.v. 13&A.11-S Will'l>iLOC^.—iiu October 39tli, 1919, in her blet yea- at 1, jouva^terraice. awajwea utary Ann. tfie belovn-j wile ot Joftn vvniiejocii, and J not tier of W.J. Wbiteiocli. K.O.Jtt. i».A.M.C. f uneral U-aeeday. oiO r.m.Itr Kanygraiz cemetery. liWAl(M OWEN .-On'29th met. at 4. Roo street, Port Ten nam. lJuey. oelovei wife ot late samuex Owen, in her 84tii year. Funeral j o'cloc' luesoay, NovetuLel- 4tn, Danygraig Lemeter, Gentlemen only. luyAiQ-4 TA ï Wli,Qn iotii October at Mrddieton House. Bri'-onterry, fere/ Urainie (late ii. W JUifcOfci, tsecoia son ot the late d. F. Tayior, agtd 40. fc'ui>era ou Hon day, at 11.>0 a.In, 3J0All-o iN MEMORIAM. Tl-'ENEK.—J.a loving jnemory of Davie turner v%-n,,pame<lawaY iNoveinber 4tn. JYltS, ta: Delo\ea ton ot Robert and fcaran turner. WJ. iiisrn-street. Swaneex.-L,er lememnertd by uit lovine Jracner, Jiotner. fusters and Brutueie, ivt cannot, iny purposi see but ail is well tnat s done oy the. 134Ail-4 POWELL.—ii- lovinar memory of our dear niotlier. Alary l'owell wtu nied November 4th. hid. iou ai? not fori.-ott.«i, mother dear )..or ever will you As loii.: as lue and memory last We will remember thee Fondly m-cemuerea ov a.] her children lit At 1-4 ATjSTIN'.—n loving meniorv of Lieutenant S h Hocfl-Austin (Leslie*, who died of wounds m France November tth 19-46. ther temeiaberei oy his friend Syd. 14All,4 fond memory of S. L. Koch Austin (Lieutenant), woo feil at u .VOVIPMb,l 4,11 1918.—Hts IOTed ones. Thv will be done. X32AL-4 DAViLS.~i j loving rnemor.T of jote. Thomas J Defies tf, w u n-terrace. Port Tennant who fell jn actiou in trance. November qth. IVirt aged iy years, f rom ttts loving niani dad ^wcels, and brother. The n'tdnitfht.'staK are gleaming Ou a grave I cannot se-J Wiie^c weeping wittmut dreaming Lies t-.ia one so dear to me. Oh, so i Uttle did I think ?hen brst 1 cradled thee, That on the battlefield you d fall, bo far away from me. Sadly missed oy mam. dad. siltera and brother 134A11-5 loving memory of Pte. T. Em- lyn Daviee 28th Canadiati Regiment, who < ied of wounds in France. November 4th, 1917, nearly-beloved son of Mr. nd r" Dd. Daneb 1iI Glantawe-street, Morriston Ever rcncmbered by father and mother. brother and sisters. Rest in peace." "Rest iD 1.>4AÙ-4  ?' loving memory, of Edward E. Lewis 19. 8. W.B.. killed in Prance on No vember 3rd 1917 of 17. Tymawr-street. We lit ie thought when ho left horue. He would no more return. Thit he so soon in death would sleep. And leav.; us all to mourn. Juet when his hopes were brightest, J'Uot when hie life was best. lie answered the call of his country. And stood with the boys until death. Do not ask us if we niise him- There is such a vacant place; Can we evei- forget, hie footsteps Or his dear lovinc faoel Our thoiiigrbte are alw YtJ wandering To hi., srravw so far away. Where ti. fought and dic-I fo,. England. Juet two years agro to-day. Greatlv loved and sadly missed by his mother brother, and sisters. 132A11-S W A YNE.-In loving memory of our dear ton, Pt. Ernest Wayne, Royal JVeleh Fusiliers, who died of wounds hi action in Franc1, November 1st 19i3. Thio: da.- recalls sad memories Of .1 dea* one gone to rest: And thoee who think <-f him the most Are thone who love him best. Ever remembered by hw mother and fA.th--i. sifter and brother and sister-in- law 1 Ethel. aleo his erandmother and I fa-nuiy 125A11-S SMALLCOJfBE.—In memory of our dear- boy. Driver E. A Smallcombe. Boyal Field I Artillery, who was killed in action on No. vember 3rd. 1917. Some May-think that we've forgotten, Some may think the wound is healed; I But our thoughts are always wandering T,) hu ETave on the battlefield. I Mother an I father. 143. St le Swansea 132AU-5
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Uoraeinon. held under a lease for 99 years, from 1910. at annual ground rent of £ 2 7(4 Scaled Tender* to be forwarded on ot before Saturday next to Mr. lAwi6 Pbillipn, SoLei. tor Lfcnelly 1 MAI 1-6 at any Price! Clearingout Sale at J Banfieltd's, Portland-street. Don't de, lay Entire Stock muet be cleared. 134A11-10 CJilP Cart for Sale; good condition.—1 J VTlndsor-terrace Gorseinon. 134A11-6 \"rAX'I'KV. two Bedrooms and one Liv?' Boom. unfurnished, by ?JaTri:x Couple witli two little air,, b-wn. te Dir, chargod Soldier," Daily I^ader 133Ajl-11 KEEN, energetic Young M?n not afraid Kof worlc. desires Portion as Traveller for trood firm.—Particulars Box S 17, Leader Office. Swansea. 134A1140 X\rANTEr to room weilitig, » t Furniehed or Unfurnished: beet resi- dential swtion.-Addrese or telephone -A vieriewr)- C*nsalate. gwajeea 134AII-10 PBOFESSION4L Gentleman (in town all JL day) requires Bedroom and Sittine: t", with Board (.n:' d]r), ?n good in Lbe rels 'e, ntull rkeig 1 1bourhmi-R4eTI7. in ?oe cr?t i,"Unee. a virs tenae, to ""rof- t:oa?. DaJl! I*oLder. CEO&OE'S-TEREACE.—For 8»le. Fre& ST. hold Hcuee, No 47 eÜrht toom?. b?tb- 0lJJ !ncluding five bedrooms; price ?800.— ?rite' Freehold." L?4erC<0LM'.?Al?tO fpHOBOFOHLT Competent Lady Scort- I hand-Typiet wanted for three hottrs daily: good education and references eseen. tlal. Wnte to M P. Daily Leadetr. 13bA11.6 OOf) Girl wanted, 18-20: good \J sroc wages to euitable trirl.—Apply ilrs fowler 54 Lone-road. C'lycjach '31A11-10 QITITATION .nte.d at Mother's Help, or I 0 Housekeeper.—Apply C 27676. Cambria CaUy Lc?er. K<?h. cil-9 I TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICA. TION. :W.A.N TEL by Ten or Twelve Looai Artjstef semi-Protf » engajtements 4rAsic, two or toree niahts Xmas*. outeide diatrict pre- lerred. Only 3rst olass offere, entertained whe yam tug.—Write Box T 17. 134A1MC ?-I Av GOOD Tailorftq is wantedl also an XX untde!-preeeer.-ApDly E Morris, 27 Ll r'. *Oli Cliam[)ers. Svyanae>2. 134A11-6 FUBS Bemodelied; by our Process we are J- able to make Old Fur. look like New; All the Latest Styles in Fur Ooate and Setg. -Tena,enit, S. Cradock-street, SwanBee. ia8AH-M Ala^BBO I 'hNNE.NS, the expert lAdipA, and Gonte' Cutter, hae the most beau- tiful selection in Ladies costuines, Gent*' Suits, and Oyercceta; Perfection in Cut Style, and Fit.-5, Cradock-etreet, Swazi,-a. 12&AJJMO VlNEuAJit! Pickles and Sau and Fruit V Cordial; All Flavours; Wirt?w &peci- alities. umgor Bra.ndy, Pepremizt. Rot Tom. Eaiscn, Port, Cheery, rapport Local Industry by asking your Grocer for the E.T. Biano.-Emanuei Thomas end Son, -itanuiacturers. Swansea. 134A11-4 WE Have a Vacancy for Fiwt Class 1 t Grocery and PrOTieion Salesmen with connection.—Emanuel Thomac a.nd Son, Swansea. 111,4 rOH SALE, well-built Modern House, with J. vaciiji: possession, in Sfaoselton-road. 2 Receotion Rooms, Kitchen. Ecullery. Green- i house 3 Bedrooms Bath Boom, h and c-— Apply. 9Z. At'aneelton-rcl., Manselton. 134AH-11 F OR qale,, Ford 5-Seater Touring Cer: srcod running order.-R. Hodgens, Adelaide- street. l2iAi'6 LOST, on Friday last, between Higb-etreet JLJ and Danygraig. bottom Set of F'a.e Teeth; tinder rewarded on returning same to 25, Yggol gtrcet, Uanygraig. 132A114 MILlINEBY. — Experienced Hands re- .1 L quired for Workroom —Apply, James Jones, 49-50, W'oodfleld-street Morriston.; C 1-10 EESE. Large and Young Gloucestershire \jr Poultry; lis. 6d. each; laying 7 fowls, 8s. 6d.; cockerels. &s. 6d. Also Working Ferrets.—Neill, Pegler-street. Brynhyfryd, Swansfa. 111-10 BIBKET'S Bacon slicing Machine, nearly -0 new; also Bakers Large Table and trough :Tonge»).— Offers: Pa.3t.more. Grocers, Higl^street, Aberavon. 13<All-10 BAD LEGS.-I have eueceeefully treated JD thousands, and I Guarantee a cure in every cas.-(1, Deakin Herbalist Alesun- dia-road Swansea. li4All-4 BAD LEGc1 My Stimulating Herbal Anti- JD bept:(i treatment cu^e* in ever3,, osse.- WTitv or call to-day.-Deakin. Herbaljet, Alexandra.road. Swansea.. lMAH-4 I j \\TANTED pood GeNT&-rnnt. MnaU wfamilv-Appl%, Mrs Dnie6 butcher. ? 6. HiKi'-street PontArd??e. C?-6 | CjEOOND-HAND PianoB by CoIIard?nd Ool ? lard. Spencer, Monin?ton and West?n. an,. othr well-known makers ttxpee?ion invited. Gramophonee froi-, t4 4s. New Double-Sided Fecorda from If each; large stj^ck. Lii,t.. Free.-D. J Snell. 21-25, High- street Arcade 1b3.la 10 T?fANTEt. Staid Wor?-'u?Hou?kMt?r.OT- Domestic H?lp; email family; good I tome: state age references, etc. Dslta." Leader Office. Sw 3.. 134A11-10 Mr. Joseph Harris's Announcement^T SUBNITX-'RE Sale To-morrow (Wednesday 0 at St Gabriel's Hall. St H?n's?T?nue. oommcncitis at 11.0 a.m. Good. on view from 9.0 IS. tr. Jouph Harris. Auctioneer QALE of All-Woollen Blankets. Sheet*. 0 Tapeetrr. Table Covers, etc.. at St Gabriel's Hall St. Helen'e-aventie. Tck-w,or- row (Wednesday). Josenh Harris. Auction- eer. 3-SIZE Billiard Table and Accessor if*, aleo 1 Billiar.l Bagatelle Tabic, for Sale. To- morrov- (X\ ednesday), at St. GabrieJ'6 Pall. St Helena-avenue. Joseoh Harris, Auction- eer. "V-OfST Typewriter No. 1J (equal to X two excellent Pianofortes Harmonium. etc.. for Sal,, To-morrow (Wednesday) ar Fq Gabriel's Hall. St. Helen's-avenue. Joeeoh T> arris Auctioneer. OAK. Walnut, and tntaii Mahogany Bf'fJ. roo j Puitee Oak and All-Brac-s Bed- -teads. for Sale To-morro-.v 1 Wednesday) at St Gabriel's Hall. St. Helen's-avecue Joseph Karris, Auctioneers J. Barren Pascoa's Announcements. SALE by Auction of Household Furniture C3 at Tregothnan." Eaton-grove. Swan- sea. At 11.30 a.m. to-morrow. Wednesday. CjPLENDID Overmantels, Handsome Inlaid 0 Mahogany Overmantel, Magnifteent Mahogany IMning Table, Choice Jacobean Hall Cupboard. Richly toned Piarroforte. well made Settee end E-aey Chairs; suites in Tapestry and leather. Walnut Bcdrmm -T? TI Sew I zig Maebiaes. Sundry [Books and Pictures. A.E r, ROAD TRANSPORT EXHIBITION. ROI A, AGRICULTUBAL HALL, LONDON, 20th. 1919- SEE OUR EXHIBIT. IXN TEW A.E.C CHA?I? ?UPPH?U DIRT4? ? BY US TO UERS ARE EXAMjy? 1 KEE TWICE A YEA FOR TWO YrA. We exii give good delirerr to the follow: insr: Jr1 and 35senter Charabancs, witb taper streamline, bonnet., and daeb: Also 32-?enter Ssloon 'Buse^, 4-tom Lome* w it'i hvdraulic tippinc gear Tprms-Cash, or- uffcrrpd Pt!"meDt,. .NOTE.-All A.E.C. Chassis now suoplied by iiT have the., improved type 50 h.p Trior en. pine fittel. 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SWANSEA BROTHERS. |-
SWANSEA BROTHERS. The Kronenbergs in France. It transpires that the brothers Kronen- berg, of whose adventures Licut. Bland told in his interesting story of the 6th We1tb. in the Wertet-n )Lail are Messrs. Nat and Abe Kronenberg, the two sons of Mr. D. Kronenberg, of 7, Heathfield-btreet, SWAn. sea. Of the former, Lieut. Bland gays that he had a nerve of iron, with a heart as soft &s Juliet' Of the brother wbo was not so blessed physically, he tell. of vitite to no mea' land to overbear the Germans' conversation, and of his chat with a Saxob until stopped by the authorities. lie v%s a terrible man for eouit's, and ones came back with a German's gold teeth.
I'-"" j LECTURE AT NEATH.I
LECTURE AT NEATH. I The Agricultural Committee of the Glamorgan County Council have arranged a free lecture on Epitfwtic Abortion in Cattle," at the Council Chamber of the Gwyn Hall, Neath, On Wednesday next, November 5th, at 7 p.m. The lecturer will be Mr. R. W. Hall, M.R.C.V.S., and the chair will be taken I by the Mayor of Neath (Councillor John Hep J. P.). A hearty invitation is extended to all persons interested.
SERIOUS MATTER. I
SERIOUS MATTER. I Chairman's Warning in I W.R. A. F. Inquiry. LONDON, Monday. At the Douglas-Pennant inquiry to-day, Col. Defries said he desired to prove that the unit he commanded, of which General Braneker spoke badly, had been com- manded to the absolute satisfaction of all concerned. Lord Wrenbury informed the'court that he was not a party to the proceedings, and could not proceed. Lord Stanhope said he thought Colonel I Defries told him that Colonel Janson and Mis6 Glubb had been discovered together. MOST SERIOUS MATTER. I The Chairman MM it was a most serious matt?). The Commission had not had a syllable of eridpnce that the persons in question were discovered by their land- lady in the same room in flagrante delicto at 3 o'clock in the mornirm. The Chairman: Now, who told yon that? Lord Stanhope: I think Miss Douglas- Pennant, my Lord. Witness said he had seen no direct I witnesses.
! AT THE DOCKS.
AT THE DOCKS. Arrivals and Sailings of Vessels. DOCK. i ARRIVALS.—Bevelin s. 145, (Jravelioes; | Rotterdam, 137, Amsterdam; Angouleme s. 1.515, St. Nasaire; Abercraig a. 178, Rouen; Neddenes a, 974. Dieppe; Bolsena s, 1,342. Lonon. SAILINGS.—Dee s. SpaJiish Porta; Aiej- andra s. 2,4S3. Savona. PRIÇF. OF WALES DOCK. ARRIVALS.—Nil. SA4LING6— Enicbeden s, 435, Copenhagen; Rein s. 725, Rouen; Alice M. Craig s, 378, Rouen. SORTH DOCK. ARRIVALS.—Jade s. 574. Rouen: Channel Trader s. 2R4. London; New York City s. 1?21, Bristoi. SAILI?«'S -Ve'<x'itT' e, 79. Avonmouth; Arc 6. MO. Havre; A I t, 6$. Bridgewater. SOUTH DOCK ARRIVALS.—Henriette, 5S. Bordeaux; Spit- fire. 29, Sea. fish: F. and E., 19. Sea. flali; Onetos, 72. Newport.; Glassalt, 360. Rouen. SAILINGS,—Hene Castle, 107, Sea. ash: Walwyns Castle B. Sea; Powis Castle, 107. Sea. fish; Brecon Car-tie s. Sea; Neville, 108, Dublin.
IYESTERDAY'S WIRES.
YESTERDAY'S WIRES. TROUBLE AT GIB." The coaling of ships here is being de- layed through a coal heavers' strike. CATHOLIC PRIEST DEAD, The Very Rev. Monsignor Conway, Priest-in-Charge at Newport (Isle of lhite) R-oman Catholic Church, died and- denly on Monday. [ — PARI COAL FOR PAR!S, 1- 1 Paris, Monday.—It is stated in the Echo de Paria" that a very large amount of coal is beiae aant from Eng- land and America to he distributed in the city were the ooal shortage is vary ttritical. ALLEGED SACRILEGE. At Matlock to-day, L)arid I)arios (7b), w-.s remanded, charged with sacrilega at Matlock Parish Church- The verger I caught the prisoner red-liauded at the poor box, and be admitted having stolen one pound and sevenpenca. The same I verger arretted Davit's twelvo montlif ago whilst tampering with the same poor box.