The Cambria Daily Leader

OLD CONTEMPTIBlES. i First Re-Union Dinner at 47, Clydach. j i Clydaeh's Old Contemptible^ cele- brated, the anniversary of Armistice Day v.ith.a re^union dinner at the Collier's rnis, on Tuesday evening. The interior c-1 the banquetin's room had been gaily *I< ;ii'at(<d for the occasion. About sixty Navy and Army heroes sat down to an e cofllpnt spread provided by Hostess es. The popt-prandinl era therm? was pre- 1"1rt{;lf-ôcr by Dr. John Jones (Penybank), the cross-table by Dr. fhÇilyul David Watkins, D.S.O., :\LC., with bar, Mr. F. J. Bloomer (Mond Nickel Works')'. Mr. Llew. Davies (" Trader rep- resentative), and others. At the outset, Mr. TJfoomer apologised for the absence of Capt. C. Langer, who had failed to be present that evening on account of a prior engagement. ll FIRST DINNER, The Chairman, in submitting the totiet of The King"" which was loyally hon- oured, said this was the first Old Con- temptihies dinner, and he hoped it would not be the last. If the Old Contemp- tibleswould stick together again as they had stuck in the fighting line, he (the speaker) did not think any European Pow. would rush into war as long as they knew any Old Contemptible" re- mained in England. (Applause.) PetV Office Miller gave the toast of tlf The Navy," which was enthusiastically honoured, while Corporal Fred Turner submitted the toast of "The Army," which was similarly honoured. Dr. Watkins gave Our Absent Heroes." He --aid it was an evening for jollification, but, unfortunately, there were many c-om- rades^who had not been so lucky. The toasbwas honoured in silence. The toast, of Our Guests," coupling with it the names of the Chairman, Dr. Watkins, Mr. Bloomer, and Mr. Llew. Davies was submitted by Mr. W. J. McCarthy, and was responded to by the Ghairman, Mr. Bloomer, and Dr. Watkins. MOND NICKEL CO. THANKED. i A vote expressing the warm apprccia- tion and sense of deep gratitude of the Mien to the Mond Nickel Co. for what had been dione to them and theirs while they were f)"-rvin- with the Colours was passed, and Mr. Bloomer was requested to convey such an expression of thanks to the directors, Other speeches followed, in which it was suggested that the Mond Nickel Co. should be presented with a testimonial from those present in recognition of their generous treatment of Service men and their dependents. It was also decided that Clydacli's Old Oontemptibles" should hold a re-union dinned annually on the anniversary of .Armistice Day. A capital musical programme was pro- Tided, to which Messrs. Rees Williams, W. J McCarthy, L. Pearce, R. Allen, C. Bil- Jam, A. J McCarthy, and E. Bi-oamt ff)n- tributfKl in very good style and form. Mr. Rees Williams was the rcroinpan-ist.

I SHOP ASSISTANTS. lender the auspices of tha Shop Assis- I tantI" Union, a public meeting was held in the Dockers' Hall, Port Talbot, on Tuesday evening. I Mr. John Turner (general secretary) was the chief Speaker, and he dealt effec- tively with the constant growth of the Union during the last 30 years. 1 Mr. E. G. Hughes (South Wales organ- iser), and Mr. W. J. Vodden (West Wales secretary) also spoke on the position of the Union in South Wales.

GCWER FREE CHURCHES. Annual Meeting of Council. Th?.Gp?'er-FMe Church Council r-I' <?rtl,?h.d<i its. annual meeting at Rey- noldst^nV Wrsleyan Church. The Rev. J. H. Oweit. Alexandra-road (C.M.), Swansea, preached in the after- noon and lectured in the evening on The Churehand the New Conditions." T!xe_, fc)llowing were elected as ofifcers for fjpe coming vea r:-P resident, Rev. D. T (ivjffiths (Pilton Green); secretary. Jlev.. T. Lloyd Morgan (Ivnelstone); trea- surer. Wm. Hoskins (Berry); vice-presi- dent, Coun. Samuel Richards, Esu. (Riiosilly).

FORMER SWANSEA I MAYORESS. I V Death\. of Mrs. H. A. Chapman. The paasiHg of Mrs. Eliza Chapman, who died on Tuesday night, will come as a big blow tto many Swansea people by whom sh e was'^much beloved. Mrs. Chapmftn 73 years of age, and was tiio wdov, of Mr. II. A. Chapman, artist and photographer, of Hig-h-street, Swansea. She had been a sufferer for the past thirty years, and it was only with skilful nursing that her life had been pro- longed. A week ago her illness developed acutely. FORM-ER MAYORESS. I Mrs. Chapman had a most worthy public career, Shte was Mayoress of the town in 1892, and during her yeai; of ofiice she established quite on her own initiative and at her own expense a soup kitchen for the benefit of about 600 unemployed men and their women and children, and sha also arranged a. supply of clothing for the latter. For 40 yea, ,he was a Sunday School I teacher at the Ali?rt Hal!, having a cit?s I averaging a! out 50 women. Every Christ- mas time she u&ed to superintend the dis- tribution of beef given by Mr. Chapman and herself to the poor people of Swansea. I THE SWIMMING CLUB. I Airs. Chapman was for 'many years a Ii keen supporter of the Swansea. Ladies' Swimming Club, of which her daughter, Miss Daisy Chapman, is now the captain. She leaves two other daughters, Miv Stanley Jones and Misg Maggie Chapman, and three sons. Mr. alll Chapman, Mr. Odo Chapman, and Mr. Bert Chapman, the latter beAg a well known member of the Swansea Town Sivimming Club.

I MORE BUTTER. I Another Haif-Qitnce Per Head Per Week. I I' We are informed by the officials of the Food Control Committee that the butter ration as and from Monday, the 10th inst., is increased from 1 oz. to 11. oxs. p?r/!ie.id per V. eek. Owing to .delays in transport it is "I )Ie that many retailers will be unable-t"o 'supply tlie. amo,,iiitsidiie-.

I THE COMRADES. I 1 Swansea Secretary Resigns I Through Ill-Health. I At a meeting of S.wansea Comrades of the Gcet\t Wj,ir„ JwJd at headquarters (4. College-street}," on Tuesday evening, Mr. A. Radcliffo presiding, the resignation of Mr. E. J. Davie^, the secretary, on the ground of ill-health, was received and accepted. Mr. T. M. Rees, who has been assistant secretary since August, was appointed to fill the vacancy till the annual meeting at Christmas.

SECONDARY SCHOOLS. New Scale of Salaries for Glamorgan. The Glamorgan Education Itolumittee, a': Cardiff, on Tuesday, decided to in- crease the minimum salary of women teachers in secondary school s to t2.00 per annum, and that the annual increments b? Sli>. The committee also approved of the re- commendation of the Secondary Schools Committee that the minimum salary for men he 9225 per annum, rising by yearly increments of S15 to ? 150, the bead as- I sistants to have S25 extra. Pointing out that the salaries at pre-I sent paid to them were entirely inade- quate to meet the increased cost of living, the secondary school teachers wrote ap- pealing that the maximum for the male | teachers should he higher than the sug- gestion of the Secondary Schools Com- mittee, but the committee expressed, through Alderman Hopkin Morgan (Neath) the view that the existing scale was quite a generous one.

NOW REPORTED KILLED The celebration of the anniversary ffi] the Armistice brought sad news to Mr. and Mrs. M. Kneath, of Vivian Street, ITafod, Swansea. Their son, W. C. Kneath, of the South Lanes., was missing on 18th Sep- tember, 1918, and the War Office now an- nounces that he must h? presumed k?led on that day. Before pnl'stin?. Private Kneath, aged 22, was employed at Messrs. Vivian's Ilafod Cop- per Works. Pte. W. C. Kneath.

LLANSAMLET NEWS. To-morrow rtight the inhabitants of Van- samlet are in for a musical treat. The Swansea Orchestra, composed of ex-Service men, are srivinp a fine programme of music I at the Parish Hall. It ia hoped that a good number will turn oUt to help the boye who dirl their bit and are now turning their talent into a livinpr.

I ARMISTICE AT MUMBLES. The anniversary of the signing of Armis-I tice was solemnly observed at Mumbles on Tuesday. The whole people fnt?red into the spirit of the occasion. An i i- pressive rvice, which was wpll attended, I was held at the Wesleyan Chapel-, when the Revs. D. Re?s, J. W. Smith, and R. j iD. Roberts took part.

iIjis j) A'TT< ?T?TTir* ?Tr?l?T??r?tTt)?? II a.m. AT THE CENOTAPH. The scene at the Whitehall Cenotaph during the silent minutes yesterday.—(N. I.). I

THE SILENT MINUTES AT SWANSEA. An Impression of the Scene, in Castle-street. I I

ARMISTICE DAY DINNER AT THE DOCKS. lu ARMISTICE DAY DINNER AT THE DOCKS, I. Armistice* Day celebration dinner at the Y.M. C .A. Hut at Swansea Docks. -(Vanstci-i).

i SHIPPED IN KITCHEN. I i Grove Place Tailor's Broken Leg. I ( An accident occurred at Grove-place, I Swansea, when a man named H. Men- kelerith, a tailor, of Grove-place, slipped and fell in the kitchen of his house, sus- I taining a broken leg. He was taken to the Swansea Hoepital and detained.

I INSTRUMENTS FOR THE DEAF. a I The following can be tried free ot charge by any sufferer. The Electrical Double Auricle, Ear Discs, Ear Trumpets, Conversation Tubes, Stols Electrophone and Ear Cornets., or they can be tried at home on payment of a deposit.-Rich, The Chemist, Ltd.. 30, High-street, Swan- ■

CABINET MINISTERS Libel Actions Settled. LONDON, Wednesday. In the King's Bench Division on Wed- nesday morning a settlement wae an- nounced of the libel action brought by Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Sir Eric Geddes, Sir Auckland Geddes, and Mr. Walter Long, against the proprietors of the Daily NewB," arising out of a state- ment regarding the Ministers' holdings of shares.—Exchange Tel. Co. and Press Aftsaaiatioa.

I BROKEN SPINE. -I Pentrepoeth Labourer's Accident. Thomas Warrengton (25), of Pentre- poeth, Morriston, a labourer at the Duff- ryn Works, fell down at the works on Tuesday, sustaining a fractured spine. He was taken to the Swansea Hospital.

I MANNESMANN STRIKE. I Up to the present there has been no further development in the Maiinesmanfi engineers' 6trike. We understand that Lord Chetwynd, one of the directors, is in Swansea through the deadlock, and ha6 been in conference with the officials QU the subject.

GENERAL SEELY. To Cross Floor of House. Referring to the resignation of General Seely of his position as Under Secretary to the Air Ministry, a London contempo-. rary says that he will make a full per-: sonal statement on his reasons in the: House on Wednesday. It is his intentioui to .cross the floor of the ITouse and speak: from the front Opposition bench. His will be the first occaeion in the records of the present Government that a Mini- eter has adopted this EXTREME COURSE, and it will mean an important accession, to the strength of the Independent Liber-, als under Sir Donald Maclean. The rea- sons for the resignation are somewhat in- volved, but in the main it is understood that General Seely believes that the re- organisation of the War Office and the Air Ministry now pending seriously jeo- pardise the future of the Air Service and-- render impossible the fulfilment of hia plans for the development of civil avia- • tion, which he thinks are imperative. LOT OF FRICTION. Apparently, ther6 has been of late a good deal of frictibn in the Air Depart- ment, and General Seely also finds it* difficult to continue the effective direction of the department, which is subordinate in authority to the War Ofiice. Personally; the General and Mr. Winston Churchill/ are the best of friends. They have been constantly together, even in the last few weeks, but General Seely has never been enamoured of the arrangements by which. the Air Department became subsidiary to the War Office.

LONDON CENOTAPH. Re-Erection as Imperial War Grave. When it is re-erected in permanent form the Cenotaph in Whitehall will re- present an Imperial Grave of all Empire citizens who died in the great war. There will be no body of an unnamed soldier removed from the battlefield for re-burial there, n-ar any such re-interment in Westminster Abbey or St. Paul's. The Government's decision is conveyed by the Office of Works to the Comrades of the Great War in the following letter:— GOVERNMENT INTENTION. The Government's intention is to re- erect the Cenotjmh in permanent form on its present site, which, as its name implies, is intended to represent an Im- perial Grave of all those citizens of the Empire, of every creed and rank, who gave their lives in t'he war. While fully appreciating the feelings which have given rise to the suggestion of the General Purposes Committee of yftur association, the Board do not think it would be consonant with the symbolic character of the monument to adopt it, apart from the obvious objec- tions to the present site were the Ceno- taph to be oonverted into an actual tOplb. It will be recalled that a few weeks ago, in the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Law expressed the opinion that the Ceno- taph was a more expressive way of mark- ing the nation's gratitude to those who fell in the war than the burial of the body of an unknown soldier in West- minster Abbey.

GOWER GUARDIANS, Penmaen Appointments: Christmas Cheer. Mr. Edmund Bevan presidecf at the meeting of the Gower Guardians on Tues- day. The chairman told the Board that the auditor had been complaining that the. books were not up-to-date, and had said that clerical assistance should im- mediately be obtained for the clerk (Mr. H. J. Ind) who was finding it impossible to keep pace.—It was decided that a joint committee of the District Council and tIt4" Guardians should deal with the matter, and it was explained that Mr. Ind had during the past year had a great deal more work to do. PENMAEN POSTS. Aid. John Harris reported the Housa Committee had dealt with 31 applications for the poets of porter and assistant inatroh of the Penmaen Workhouse. There were no applications for the post of laundress. The House C olittee i* ommended the appointment of Mr. W. W. Evan* and Miss Harris, of Pont&rdawe. Mr. Pricliard thought that from the ratepayers' point of viow the sudden dup-v licating of the staff was an astounding case. Ald. John Haxris esplaisod that the Board had gone into flie qtfostion fully, and had come to the decision to appoint a porter and assistant matron on account of the facts that were before them. The reoommendationg of the Committee were adopted. Tlte Pontardawe Guardians eent a letter of thanks to the Board, the master and matron, and officials of the Penmae-n Workhouse, for the way in which they looked after fhe Pontardawe Union chil- dren during the holiday they epeat at Penmaen. CHRISTMAS CHEER. It was decided that a pint of beer- should be given in addition to the usual Christmas Day, and that additional out- door relief should 00 given on Christmas Wftk. Mr. Jostsh Rees, Llangenniiih: they have a bit of tobacco ? The Chairman: Not unless someone gives it to them. Would yon, Mr. Reee? Mr. Rees: I stand in with the chair- man. Tlie chairman: Right. well handle the beer and tobacco! 4 Amid laughter this was agreed to by the Board.

MINCE IN U.S.A. Enthusiastic Reception « at Frontier. >• Rfcus*?: Point, Tuesday, Received.to-day. Tie Prince of Wales crossed the United Stales border at eight o'clock on Monday nig$t, and was greeted by Mr. Lansing. The band of an infantry regiment played G$d Save the King and" The Star- Spaiigled Banner" his Royal Highness I sahflting. Tpe welcome was an informal one. The I'ritfce used his left Itand when shaking ( hanSs with Mr, Lansing, General Diddle, J und? Rear-Admiral Niblick, apologising >or ?cnri? so by e?plainin? that his ri?1,; har? had been "done in? in Canada. i AUTOGRAPHS FOR GIRLS. I .ittpr inspecting the guard 01 honour he ras.1d 11r.de'- a canopy formed of British and^American flags lield by twelve girR He gvas kept exceedingly busy for some tim signing his name on photos of him- self ivhich the girls presented for his auto- ghaoh. r[ Sei entire population turned out and j che#<|d heartHy as t?e train started 8Cuql -ards for WasLingtoH. Jrt before the train pulled out of the station. adds Renter's eorrosoondent, a mam darted out of the crowd shouting: Will von honour me hy shaking hands? I'm *a Canadian, wounded and gassed at VnnJ* The Prince leaned ova- the rail, shook his lian4 heartily, ami the train I spedjjaway. I

AT CADLE SCHOOL. Armistice Celebrations. All interesting programme was earned out at Cadle (Mixed) School during Tues- day morning. After morning prayers the scholars were disperated to the various classrooms, where the teachers spoke about the League of Nations and the re- storation of/peace. At the hur of eleven the 8coool -bell was tolled k a signal for the scholars and villagers; t?e children assembled in the Central Hall, and stood in absolute silence for two minutes, thus gratifying our Sovereign's wish. The headmaster (Mr. D. M. Williams) addressed the school, and the morning pageant of War being deposed by Peace, acted by Standards III. and IV. The Welsh and English National Anthem* were sung.

I ST. CLEARS BANK MANAGER* The wedding was solemnised at St- Clears on Tuesday of Mr. Tom Roberts, manager of Lloyds Bank, I.td,. Rbvm.. ney, and Miss Irene Thomas, Deri, St. Clears. Mr. Roberts is probably th« youngest bank manager in Wales, and during the war held a commission in H.M. Navy. He is well known a-t Llan- elly, where he took an, active part in the p-qf., the tofra.