South Wales Weekly Post

1, ROYALTY OWNERS. I Mr. Smillie's Demand at Coal Commission. I Peers to Produce Their Titles. As we repoHed in our last edition on Friday, there was a piquant development in the Coal Inquiry proceedings. Mx, Smiliie, reara-rking that under the Act of ParM&ment the Commission were 1 able to call .fitnesses, asked that the fol- lowing gentlemen should -be called to give evidenefl: -The Marquess of li-ute, the Estnl of Du-nraveli, the Duke of Hamilton, Lord Durham, the Duke of Northumber- land, Lord Londonderry, lcwd Dynevor. and a representative of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. We would like to give tihime gentlei-nen an opportunity of saying something to us," said Mr. Smillne. The Chairman intimated that the gentle- f man named would be duly subpcenaed. j Addressing Mr. Smillie, he said What is the information voa; sugge.st we can get? The Title Deeds, Mr. Smillie: The gentlemen are only a. sample of ttoe royalty owners. I woold like tihem to atlend and produce their titles to their land, the extent of their holdings of proved mineral land, the total annual out- put of coal, iron, or other minerals on. their estates, the amount per ton payable, whether it is fixed or on a sliding scale, and the total income from mineral royalties. The Chairman Thank you. Mr. Cooper: I do not think these gentle- men should be asked to produce the r title deeds. I know a good deal about Lord Durham and his title deeds. If :he comes here he might have to bring a railway van with him. I suggest that to a,k for the production of the title deeds Ls an oppres- sive exercise of the Act. 11 1 Knew Nothing About l." Mr. J. A. Hobson, the economist, said thAt the mining industry did not appear to be a ggad subject for joint control.. Any I!l.Phj¡,t.h,e.-1)Mt.,Q.f Clovejnro^at to exercise dose control. would.-breed incasput" friction with the companies, while lax con- trol would leave the companies I much power over output and labour condi- iton*. The nationalisa#on of railways and the public services dependent on fuel was insecure so long as any effective control of coal-mining remained m tha hands of private companies. Mr. Cooper Do you know anything about coal-raining?—No. Have you read the evidence g'ven before the Commission?—No; I read newspaper reports as far as possible. Then I will ask you no more questions. The Commission ndjourned until Tuesday.

LOSS TO MORRISTON. Death of Mrs. A. E. Thomas, Maesygiennen. The Morviston district has lost, oy the death on Saturday of Mrs. Ann Elizabeth Thomas, of Maesyglennen Farm, a member of an old and highly respected family. The deceased -iadv was the widow of Mr. David Thomas, who carried on the farm for many years, and was also a churchwarden for > Llangyfelach. and at the same time connected with the Welsh Methodist cause in the dis- trict. She leaves two sens, one leing the Rev. Thomas Thomas,- whb is in the church, and Mr. David Thomas, who carries'on the farm. A brother, Mr. Thomas Thomas, of the ie- ceased's husband carried on the Dortmwvnl Farm, and the family are connected with the Glasbrooks.

INTERVENTION —— < & ,———— In Swansea Docks Deadlock. MINISTRY OF LABOUR APPROACHED. The Ministry of Labour is now moving m regard to the Swansea Docks dispute, over v.*hioh l.COO general cargo workers have been out for a fortnight, and have requested t. joint meeting between the parties to be held in London. The employers held a meeting on Friday and considered the matter, and while they are not averse to a joint meeting—this they have previously offered—it is understood they suggest such meeting should take place at Swansea, as being more convenient. Enquiries a.t the men's local headquarters on Saturday morning show tha.t no meeting I-as been yet definitely arranged. Mr. Ben Tillett a.rrived at Swansea on Saturday, a neeting of the men concerned taking place during the morning. The men's attitude is that as they have 1 been locked out it is for the employers to j make the first move now towards a settle- I ment. > XO INFORMATION. Upon enquiries at the Employers' Associfc- bon Office the "PoEt?' was informed that there was nothing to report. An enquiry as to whether a joint meeting will now be arranged elicited a non-committal reply. London as the venue would now seem to be the chief obstacle.

I ii TRENCHFEVER Clydach Ex-Soldier's Fatal Collapse. Heart failure, due to trench fever," was the ?-er?ict returned at Clydach on Friday on the death of Gri&th Jones (22), of Tvgwyn-foad Ciyaacn. who, it will be remembered, died in the i heal Moud Institute billiard room cn Thursday evening last. It was stated deceased had served oversem- in the Army, was gassed in France in 1918, and ¡. \Va,) only aecently demobilised.

[ READY TO LEAVE HOSPITAL. | Morriston Case's Fatal Turn. i MorrJston Case's Fatal Turn.: I The adjourned inquest en Thoma« Hopkins, eollier, of 6, Thomas-terra e«, whe: de at Swansea i I Hospital on 52th April, was continued at Swansea Coroner's Court on Friday. Mr. R. F., W oolstOn (Messrs. Gee and Edwards) represented the Copper Pit Collieries, Ltd. The widow, Margaret Hopkins, stated that her nusband had sustained injuries to the left hip and shoulder, as the result of a fall of tor at t. • Copper Pit, whreh was employed a, ? corie" j ?n Monday^ 24th March, and ""a con t o Swansea ansl"ital. Richard Rees. labourer, of MvnvJd Newvdd, of f v n, (! d i stated he was working about 5 'rds from Hopkins, j who was engaged ;n mBKin? ? "arm' '0 support j a stone, which fell on him. j D,?. Da vies and Evan eonductrd a postmortem exammaticHs and found bruises e:i the ^houlde? nd I hip, and soniB !igiit signs of pHrum?nia. on 'he lungs. They found that death was due ?ntif?)y to .epticæmia. p]el:1'¡', and pr<( utuoala, cM'?fd by acute athruis ef the left shoulder, following in- wo. getting better, I Cind was about to leave hospital, when external signs of septicaemia began to show themselves on the back. The jurv returned a verdict of accidental riffth, following injuries received whilst following his em- ¡ pia "ment at the Copper Pit Co»;*ri«.. Morristen, am: e:pres.eri sympathY' w:,h lr<. Hopkin,. i anc. expressed their sympathy wi;h Mr". Hopkins!

_w I PHELPS. OF THE II :1 ALBERT HALL." I Well-known Swansea Figure I Gone. The death occurred at his residence. No. 19, De-k-Beche-street, Swansea, on Satur- day morrfi-ng, of Mr. George Phelps, who for over 45 ye&ot held the secretaryship of the Albert Hall. Ir. Phelps, who was 80 years of age, was a weil-xnown figure, and I his a^ociation with the favourite place of amusement when there were few other halls in town, orought hm in contact with many notabilities, including Mr. GincLstoqe, Alr. I H. M. Stuuiey. de Lesseps. Lord Rosebery, Kubelik. PaderewsKi (now the Polish pre- m 1 tr), Mark Hambour?, M>ad«me Pa-tti, ,.I:1Io1 :1' C'ha:?. Dickeiio, j?ir., ?;r U-n- croH, Madame Melhn etc. L The present ehaivman d ke LompJny is Mr. Josep.i H.ut. ?nd among otr.er dire.-tors Mr. David Robcrti and Mr. J. Br<1dr, but the late Ca-pt. Thomas l'ord (a former Mayor), Messrs. Mattel, William Wat- kins, and John Brrder were formerly a#so- ciated with it. The orgaii w:;s purchased aud erected by t.he late Mr. Herbert Raikes, from whom the company purchased it. Thirty-eight or I forty years ago the Minor Hall was added. He founded the prosperous cooperage business in Paxton-ptreet. Swansea, from which lie retired six years ago in favour of his eldest sbn, Mr. Wilfred Pheips.  Deceased met with ?n Kccident )-3 fa-mug down some 'steir^ "Chi" home two motrchs ago, and this hastened his death, which, took T'li'.cc oniei!v rt 14:. h.vtnred T'y- 'i Sc.- i i, W l/i ireti a;i 1. «-!j: e-e* it-"4 (}1rs CroKer. u,\ K Mer- shaw, and Miss E. Phelps) left to moaro their loss.

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GALE OF SNOW. — Quite a Blizzard at bwansea. Remarkable wther ueuig exier;enced tihroug'h.out the country just, now, and Swansea during the week-end experienced snatches of summer and w:nter and winds and April showers—on the eve of May. Following the burst 01 summer weather over the Faster holidays there iias been quite a mixture ot tise elemeatiS, and the culminating point seemed to be reached on Sunday, wnen a bi.-uig wind of tb<3 pcict few days, that raised clouds of dust that a.imost blinded one, gave way on Sun- dtiy morning t-o a deiightful'ly st-oadv downpour ot rain that at once gladdened the hearts oi ailoment-holders, as the ground had come its dry as powder. Towards noon the rain gave over, and the w-Mid again rose until it amounted to a veritable blizzard from the north-west. Hail and snow, iutermingled with buarsts of sunshine, was the order of the rest oi the da-y and night, a.nd on Monday morning there was again a slight fall 01 snow. '0 The Gardeners' Prospects. -11, I ?, I ? Aliotment-noiciers wno lma piantea eany and had had the satisfaction of seeing the results of their ra.bours in the shape of young shoois well above the giound—peas, beans, lettuce, etc .looked rather glum at the new prospect of things, but the Daily Post gathers that so far little or no harm has been done. Snow m itself keeps the ground warm. Happily there was no frost, otherwise the results would have been serious. Wbas few fruit tre?s might be in ad- vanced flower will be seriously affeoted. At midday the temperature, at Swansea in the streets was 7 degrees above freezing point. The fall of melting snow continued mto late in the night. There were st-rik- ingly picturesque sceres at ume»j—clouds of snow, like smoke, blowing aoross the bay, whilst the sun shone behind on wintry-look- ing hiHs. The ga2e was general in the courstry, but the only serious maritime casualty an- nounced is the loss of a British tog off Bel- gium with 29 lives. The wind blew from the wrong 4irect.ion to do much harm to the ships s-tiranded on the Cower coast. i ATTEMPT TO GET TYKE OBT THIS i ,kTTE- ',V E EK. ?; Jt is hopect to man? an attempt to renost, the Tyne. stranded at Laiiglarui, this week. Tlie storms of the past two days have not improved her po-sttinn, and s'h e has rolled badly. Cargo was being dumped from the Tyne on Sunday. j SHEEP IN PERIL. j I Disaster Threatened in Lake II Country. I The Exchange Telegraph Company, wir- I ing on Mondpy afternoon, :■— The fierre snowstorm now jraguig inj the Lake country three.ten* the gror? tetft disas- ter that, his befallen them for 30 yeans. ¡ The wfif renewed M, Hawick, I and t:he snow now over 5ix inches deep. I' ?ix sailing vff-vf's and rowing-bcai« have I j been sunh >ff tthe "Ie of 'WgM.

I HAIG AND SWANSEA. db- I Prosiect of Famous General's Visit. I Sir Douglas Haig has written the presi- dent of the National Federation D. and D. j S- and S. accepting an invitation to visit the ]In the near future. This ieply -is the outcome of a resolution at 1 representative meeting of the Pedt-rit- t-ion at Aberystwyth, when 80 delegates met rc-pre,-enting 70,OJ() Welsh discharged men. when similar invitations were sent to Gen. ri rcliykooi. Gen. Lloyd. Field Marshal Haig Admiral B-eatty, and it was intended organising a Welsh national wekome to the commanders. ,So far only Sir Douglas Haig has ac- I cepted, and an inquiry at the office of the Swansea, branch elicited the information that there it every probability of the famous i soldier visiting Swansea during his tour oi j the Principality.

I LONG SITTING. I I Claims for Tinplate Industrial I Council. I LEADERS & ANNEALERS. | I A conference ()f the Dockers' Cnioti sec- tion oi the Welsh tinplate trade was held at, I the Docket*' Hah, Swansea, on Saturday. Mr. Ben Tillett, M.P. (general secretary), was among those present. It was decided, after a protracted sitting, to put forward a number of claims to the TlItPlate Industrial Council which sits at Sw nsea on May 30. These include im- proved pay and conditions for large numbers oi the men, togeth'er with a 56-hour week for others, a minimum of £ 4 4s. a week for jiicklers, and a weoek for helpers, etc. it was also decided to press for Better sanitation and ventilation I m tinhouses, and also periodical Government 1I15pect!on. An regards the aniiealers' notices, which expire on Saturday, the conference, while sympathising with the men, decided upon another meeting of the anneaiors on Wednas- I day at Swansea to reconsider the question, The anneaiers had previously declared their intention of letting their notices take effect notwithstanding the fact that th" joint com- mittee of the Industrial Council declared a.yainst them. Mr. Ben Tillett, M.P., and Mr. J. Wig- nali, endorsed the action of the local officials, and,, spoke strongly against -the course adopted by the anneaiers. j The claims considered from the various Lianche's numbered over 100.

I I £1,000 POST. Swansea Surveyor a Blackpool j Candidate. I Swansea looks like losing its Borough Sur- j vevor (Mr. J. -11. lieitli)-that.. 16 unless his i afary is raised substantially. He is one of twelve for the po-t of surveyor to the Black- I pool Corporation, at a salary of 21.000 a \ear. and on Monday he left for the Lanca- shire seaside resort to appear before the Council on Tuesday. The candidates will! then be reduced to three and the final ap- pointment is likely to be made on Wednes- day next. Sir. Heath came to Swansea in Dec., 1914, from Sioke-on- Tvent, and it may be men- tkmed that a recent proposal came before the Council to la¡e his salary from L600 to HI,COO, but the Council demed it too big a jump. Subsequently, the whole question of his and the other salaries of the chief. officials was deferred for a year. Last year Blackpool secured its Parks Superintendent from Swansea in the person at Mr. Blackmcre.

"CRISIS OF THE WAR." How the Aussies Saved the Situation. Speaking at the luncheon to the Austral- ian officer"; Cllld men at the Mansion House -q Friday evening, Lieut.-Genera! Sir John Monash said tiiero were very few people in i England' who recognised what a decisive battle took place on the Amiens front a year since. The German advance had been re- markable. and it devolved upon two Austral- ian brigades to restore the situation. It. his view it was the crisis of the whole war, for if they had lost the high ground overlook- ing Amiens the Germans would been in the possession of the town in a few days. The march of the Anzac troops through London attracted crowds of sighfseer», who gave the Colonials a reception worthy of the occasion. The line of route was gaily decorated, and the tine weather which pre- vailed enabled a squadron of aeroplanes to escort ,he troops on their progress through ?he itv. At Australia House the Prince of Wal;?, who was accompanied by h's bro- ther, Prince Albert, took the salute. Both Princes were greeted with great enthusiasm, &nd were received by a di&tir?uishpd ppi-ty j including Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, Mr. Hugh es (Prime ?Mnister of Australia), i And other Commonwealth Ministers now in ion-don. >r • ■ —

SWANSEA ''RURAL'S" NEW CHAIRMAN. The annual meeting at the Swansea Piural Council take, place at the Beard-room, Alex- andra-road, Swansea, to-morrow (Tuesday) morning. Dn the a,genda. the election of chairman for the ensuing year.is a prominent insertion. It is stated that Mr. W. Evans, Gorseinon, is a probable."

Ths engagement is jnnouueed between Mr. I Neviil C. Thursby.Pelium, Welsh Guards, eon of the late Mr. Cre.s.sett Thursby-Pelham and Mrs. C. Thursiby-Pelham, and YseuRs Lloyd, daughter of Mervyn Peel Lloyd, of Daojyrallt, Llangadock, Carmarthenshire, and" Mra. Mervyn Peel. ]

THE DOCKERS f Men's Union and Swansea j Lock-out. I FULL SUPPORT. There is no change in the Swansea gelierai cargo workers' dispute, and Mr. Merreils. the distinct secretary of the Dockers' Union, told the Daily Post on Monday that up to the present the men's. leaders had taken no action to extend it. It was their inten- tion, he added, to do everything in their power to confine the dispute within its pre- sent limits. But- should the employers at- tempt to circumvent the men in any way, then of course they would have to take what- ever action was considered necessary, A rumour had got abroad that it had been decided that those mer..bers who are in re- ceipt of Government unemployment benefit were to pool their benefit along with the re- mainder of the men. Thia was entirely wrong, aaid Mr. Merreils. It may be ex- plained that the. men referred to are those who, unconnected with the lock-out, are in receipt of out-of-work benefit. So far no move has been made in the matter of appealing against the decision o: the Court of Referees disentitling the general cargo Workers to the Government unemploy- ment benefit. MR. BEN TELLETT'S STATEMENT. Kegarding the meeting oi Mr. Ben rillett, I M.P., with the men a,t the Dockers' Hall on Sunday, the lock-out committee on Monday issued the following official statement: — The general secretary (Mr. TiUett) gave the views of the executive council on the dispute. He informed the meeting that tlw I executive is now taking full charge of the matter, which means, so. far as the local leaders are concerned, nothing can be done without first submitting it to our executive J council and obtaining their sanction in any action we ma.y see fit to take. The most pleading feature of the meeting was the state- ment that the men np-,ed have no fear of full continued financial support being given, no matter if the dispute runs into next year. H any of the employers are under the im-j pres,>r. that they are goiii, to succeed by attempting to deprive the men and their dependents of the necessaries of life, the general secretary assured us that they are going to fail in that respect, becanse NO MATTER WHAT THE COST | the executive are determined to see the thing through. Furthermore, he deprecated t.he action of the employers because, in his opinion, by locking out their workmen, they have simply followed the bad example of ftome of the more reeaJcitrant trades union- ists, and their action can be rightly described a pie co of Bolshevism in the same manner as the epithet has been used towards some workmen in other places. Mr. Tillett em- pliafi;ed the fact that. the executive, through the distinct secretarv. had extended An INVITATION TO THE EMPLOYERS to meet a responsible official of the Ministry of Labour in London, either a* chairman or as ona to take part, in the proceedings as representing the Labour Ministry, but the employers had not thought fit to accept it. Further, he informed the nleeting that the Labour Ministry itself, through Sir David Shacklaton, had extended a similar in- vitation which the employers had also not | accepted." MERSEY DOCKERS ALL BACK. The Liverpool and Birkenhead dockers all resumed work on Monday morning, and the strike is now at an end.

WELSli RECORD, Swansea's Twenty Millions War Loan. AND STILL A LITTLE LEFT. We estimate Swansea has raised £ 20,000,(XX) during the war," Mr. Morgan: (deputy borough accountant, Swansea) told the "Po&t on Monday. This record total for Wales is made up chiefly of the following results Pive per cent. War Loan campaign, £ 6.100,000. War weapons' week, £ 1,226.225; cruiser week, £ 595,000; tank week, £ 1,1 £ 4,299. There, were campaigns for the 3,. rmd 4h per cent. War Loans, < large weekly sales of War Savings Certificates through the schools, local War Savings Associations, Post Office, et¡c, The Swansea. Patriotic Bank raised 275,987, and as showing what the schools: have done, Terrace-road has raised over £ 2,000 and Brynmill nearly £ 1,000. The amounts subscribed during the various campaigns at Cardiff were :—Tank week, business men's week, £ 3,662,000; gun' week, £ 1,041,000; total,

=. I BACK TO BELGIUM. I Last of Refugees Leave I Swansea. The last of the free passages for repa- triated Belgian refugees Jeft Swansea on Monday by the 8.35 a.m. (G.W.R.) express to Paddington. It was a small party-15 adults and five children. Three more were picked up at Neath, and five had left on Sutict,kvonight. Mr. Saunders, the acting secretary of the Swansea Belgian Refugees Committee, was in London on other bis si- ness, and htid arranged to meet ,the party at Paddington, and at this end M. Howat, the Acting Belgian Consul, and Mr. Lang- don (from the Borough. Estate Office) were present to see them o off safely, the latter taking Mr. Saunders' place. The-re were ma,ny friends on the platform—-lifclgians who had spent soine years in the district. The refugees left with mixed feelings. They smnled jut a trifle disappointed at leaving the Welsh hospitality, and yet-in regard to their native land there was the feeling ;— I Our fathers' sepulchres are here, And here our kind-red dwell, OUT children, too—how should we love Another land so 'NeJ\' I Unhappiily, this sentiment is not exactly true. Two little Belgian children—a boy and a g rt-Nvere the objeot-s of general sympathy. Both father and motiher were the victims of influenza not many weeks ago, and their sepulchres are in thlis-,a foreign land. B,O, L Ingu'it. 1 ne little orphans, atwred in black, were I in charge of an uncle, and in their inno- cence seemed delighted at the prospect of going home, though the "Daily Post" re- p-oitei- was told that the little girl wanted her mother to be with her. A captivating little lerly, wlio was one of the party, was Miss Claeys, who has on several occasions act-ed as interpreter the Poike Court, She came over ;?s a refugep. shortly after the war broke out, and could now speak English perfectly. In fact, she is a born linguist, German being amongst other lan- guages she speaks. She was bound for Ostend and Bla.nkenberghe, s he .aid, and somehow she did not like leaving her Swansea friends. She was the life of the party. At length, all was ready for the de- parture, and as the t.rain 8te.a.med out of the station there were many "Good-byes" and "Bon voyages" and waving of handker- chiefs, and in the mijist of a slight fall of S-now the sun began to appear if to say there was 11 ) their little Belgium a happy futuare in store.

DELAYS ON THE WIRES. The Postal Telegraph authorities give t notice of general delay owing, to snowstorm. I "I ?-11- I

GOWER DIPLOMAT. I The Late Mr. T. Humphrey I Lyons. ESTATE OVER 442,000 1 NETT. I Monday. | Mr. T. Humphrey Lyons, of Kilvrough, Pairkmill, of t-lie Diplomatic Service, who died on November 26th, eldest son of the late Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Algernon M. Lyons, has left an estate of the value of £ 187,210 173., of which £ 42,035 Us. 8d. is net personalty. The will, dated April 17th. 1913, is proved by Frederic John Wrottesley, of St. Leon- ardsrterrace. Chelseiv, S. W., and Iltid Ed- ward Thomas, of Glaxunor, Swansea. The testator irives to his mother the use of the agent's house," certain furniture, and I £ 1,000 a venr, and to his wife the remainder of the household effects, subject to the life interest of his wife. Sums of 210,000 orj £ 20,000, as the case may be, aro to go to I his younger chi-ldren. All the l'eal estate and the residue of the personal property he leaves to his son when he attains 21 years of age, or, on failure of son, to his brother A l gernon. I his son, to his brother Algernon. I

REV. W. E. PRYTHERCH Veteran Swansea Pastor. Retiring. MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S I RECOGNITION. After a service of ?& years as pastor of I Trinity Chapel, C.M., Swansea, the Rev. W. E. Prytherch announced on Sunday evening that owing to his advancing years rt. was his desire to retire from the pastorship of the ofhwffch at the close of the summer, but whilst wishing to draw from the pas- toral a/ytivities, he stated that it, was not his intention to sever his connection with the chrarch, Mx. Pryblierch has served a period of 57 years as an ordained minister of the Walsh Calvimstic Meth-(-&A timo=a"iou, and not, oniy has he notely served his I connexion as a minister, but has been one of tihe most proEoamenit pulpiteere—-indeed, no high preach- ing festival that; has been heid dar- ing the last fifty years could be considered to be complete witibouit PrythertSi Groppa. The sermons, such as Ma.b Afradion" a'r Be*ii Bach" are known and freely discussed wherever the ve7nacu ) iar ia spoken. 2vlx. pryiherch aiso Sioaievad a. national iaane as a lecturer j tihe lecture, under-the title of Ein pcflbl leuane ai rtiagolygon," having been delivenred throughout all Wales, and mfijjy a iztan holdang a position of influence in the and/ofl- trial world to-day attribute his saooeas to the inspiration obtained by the (Lecturer in quesfcion. The present Prime Minister, when ad- dressing an overflow meeting at Trinity Qbapel, five years ago, paid a personal ey-logy to the giirfts of Mr. Prythareh as a preooher and as a public, speaker, sta-ting that in his (Mr. Lloyd George's) younger davs that be on many occasions followed Mr. Prythejv-h w<r the hills and dales of North Wales, and tihaft he atibributed hicf; position in the, :p<»liffcios! world to the in- struction reoewed whiist listening to Mr. Prytfterch. Mr. Prythercih has aJsc been frecfimt, conttilli,iiton,r to the connexional pres. Mr. PrxtherohN services have not been confined to the, doma-ins of the Oalvirtisfcic Msbhodist denomination, but hafve been ex- tended to all the o-tihefr religious orga, tione, w-hether NOnoonformiity or Anglican. Neediess to say, many honours that Wales could bestow has be&n conferred on NTx. Prytiherch. Mr. Prjttwsrch has attained the ftpe old I, age of 73.

DOWN KILLAY HILL. I Young Cyclist Sustains Fatal I' Injuries. Whilst cycling down Killay Hill on Saturday in tlt e dirertion of Swansea, a young man r. am c,4 Willie Littlciohn (16), Upper Killay, iost coatroi of '1i, rnaciiIne, and was to the ground He wss rendered unconscious, and taken borne on a stretcher. He died on Monday morn- ing without regaining CÖ!l.scÎo¡:sne58. Last year Littlejoha's brother was killed in a colliery accident at Berthlwydd. i

THE KNACKERS' YARD. Twenty Ex-Hun Submarines for Swansea. The. Shopbreaking Company, King's Dock, Swansea, now have twenty ex-German sub- marines comint; to be broken up. Two have II already arrived. 107 and the UBO, the last- named corning in on Saturday night. I Ftve more are. expected this week and t.he ethers as towage can be arranged. Those that have arrived are the 1917 pattern.

AN ABOMINATION." I Swansea Buildings Alleged Uses. | At .Swansea Watch Committee on Mon- ¡ day, a report was read regarding the dis- used engine-house on the top of Const;tu- tion Hill, and Aid. W, Owen dedared that ib was iiited for immoral purposes. The Chief Constable (Oaipt. Thomas) did nct agree with tha-t statement. The pLace was insanitary. j Ald. Uwen said iie was speaking from what he knew, and people in the neigfh- bouThood saicl it was impossible for them to roan- their children decently beotuuse of it. Aid. Powlesland It is an abomination. I don't know whetSher it was due to the shortage of police, but I am suire our super- vision in all parts of the town is not whato it should be. Aid. J. Harris said the remedy w86 simple-boatd the place. It was agreed that the place was a nui- sance, and on the motion of Aid. Powles- land it was resolved to eaill upory the owner I to board the place up.

I WHY CHEESE IS SCARCE. The shortage of cheese, which at present prevails at Swansea, is general all over the United Kingdom, and is largely due to the fact that 90 per cent. of the cheese con- sumed by this country comes from the Antipodes, and the general shortage of trans- port naturally interferes with the importa- tion of sufficient cheese to meet the present demands. The Food Production Depart- ment asserts that several districts in Wales have taken up cheese-making with great energy.

LICENSE FOR MELYN PARISH HALL. An application for a music and dancing licence for St. Catherine's Church Parish I. Hall, Melincrythan, was made by Mr. Ed- ward Powell, solicitor, at the Neath Bor- ough Police Court on Monday morning. Mr. Powell said that due regard would be paid to the management of the social function* which would be held there, and which were leallv meant for the purposes of their own congregation and the Y.M.C.A. The rector (Rev. Gwilym Francis) undertook that no intoxicants would be allowed in the hall. The application was granted.

SPELTERMAN's DEATH. t Au inquest will be neid at Swansea on Tuesday on the death of John Owen (45), of 9, Taplow- terrace, Pentrechwyth. Deceased was a furnaceman at the Upper Rank Spelter Works, and. died, it is alleged, qfladpoison. ing on the 20th inst, .-■ v 1 V £

The pe&co-time 1 *'?!??????? ''?  ?? bpring 1 It brina s the food that saj e- %"?\ ?- ?'\   ?\     jiMiih Rhubarb We (? ? No one knows wnat the J W${ absence of fruit has meant ? < in lost health. Make up for M ?-????????— ? it now with Bird's Custard ? ? and Rhubarb, Spring's m n most delicious dish. ??'  Tr?t These crimson sticks, full of luscious M ImM1 -fXi juice, when blended with creamy Bird's m ???. .J I £ FA t Custard make a grand dish for health. || ? ?-? It was never more important to you m ???? ?tM?? and your family than now, when f| epidemics are prevalent. 1 Birds ??? ?&Vy ?f. r?oM? Cusfard | ? ? is the food part of the dish, just as | gpilPpli Rhubarb is the health part. I BYRD'S Custard alone supplies the corrective to ???? any excess acid in the Rhubarb. It adds a wealth £ m ?? '? of easily digested nutriment, besides making the M| ??<? Rhubarb s?cepta?e to the system. g

SOLDIER7S WIDOW. I Distressing Case at Swansea. BODY AND CHILDREN ATI UNION. The attention of the secretary \If the Comrades of the Great War has been drawn to the sad case of a war widow, the wife of the late Lance-Cor- poral William Morris, R W-F., kilcd in action on &th August, 1916. The widow, Margaret Morris, to improve her position and to provide extras for herself and children, -worked for 50 e time at Fembrey, -wh'te  she contra?tea t?e dread disease—consumption— from which ,he 5'Hcumbed on Friday last at the Swancea workhouse. Her three children, aged 13 3, aud years respectively, still remain at the Workhouse, and the Comrades are desirous that lomething should be done to provide for their future. Enqui.ries .wi.th the secretary of the local War Pensions -C,inmittee, Mr. G. R. White, t, explain that according to Pule* and Regulations of Pensions no assistance can be given in burying tlie widow of a soldier cr sailor after she has rorii- pleted drawing beT separation allowance, that is, sis months after her husband has been killed in action or died in this country.. was drawing her per,ion, or rather the Guardians 4r, it for. h. of herstlf an4 children whilst inmates of the Workhouse. To prevent the ,wif of a mail who has made the supreme iicrifie.e being buried a pauper, the Com- rades are meeting the burial expense. and if any person would feel disposed to reader assistance, same would be gratefully acknowledged by the secretary, Mr. E. J. Davies, 92. High-street, Swansea, in view of the fact that such Iarg-e de. miznd, ba,e been made recently ia this direction upor the funds of the Association.

HORSES, CARTS, BICYCLE.! Remarkable Theft Charge at Neath. Robert Walter' Bargewell, no fixed rwldress, a labourer, was at Neath on Monday charged with stealing a horse and a set of harness value £ 20, a hawker's cart, value £ 5, stealing horse, j cart and harness value £ 25, and a gent's; bicycle value ?3. ? P.C. Tom Thomas proved the arrest and i ut iu a long statement by the i and l?ut i.-Li a le-ng stateitent b.7 the! When now formaHy charged the! prisoner replied "I don't wish to say! anything." A He was coiJiuitted for trial on the four1 charges. j

I DRASTIC ACTION." South Wales Railway Clerks' New Threat. The South Wales Division of the Union of RaiJwfl? Ckrks met at Cardie on-?tuTfj?y.?Dd according to an c.Ticizi.11?i up te5td a?a'nst the tt¡tud o? certain ot?cer" of ,he local railway cOr!'pLmes in rr rd to members of tile Lnion, who combined of being intimidated j over the rli?t?r of 'I,,icl, was ,till under t??- consideration of the Governme-nt. It was decided to give warning that if the harassing of the members was not at once stopped the union would take drastic action.

LARGE AUDIENCE AT CLAIS. I At St. raul B i-yc-hooiroom, trials, on hat-ur- i day evening a performance cf the operetta, Tho Miisic.il Village, was given by Peniel J u"enile Clioir, andoonduded by j Mr. George A fan Jones. The accompanist was Mr. John Williams. The proceeds were ill aid of Mr. John Griffiths, an ex-soldier i,ho lost his right foot in the war. Mr. Aneuryn Rees presided over a very large .ni d ience.

WHY NOT WALES? Principality Ignored in Air Routes. Sir Edgar R. Tones. M.P.. has addressed tb8 following it t"r to the Air Minister:— B??§!:r'-Generai Seely, C.B., C?.G., D?S-0 Dear Genera: Setly.—I was astonished to ae* in the f'rc,.i!3 yesterday that the air routes fol civilian flying in the United Kingdom did not provide an aerodrome anywhere in the Vrincipaiitj of Wales. This, is a matter of vital impon-aoce, and I shall Je giad of an immediate assuranca that aerodromes wili be provided in tbe Princi. pality. and ihat dtfniU routes to and irorn South, Mid, and North Wales respectively will be tmmedi- ateir sanctioned There are two points connected with this 'ubie t which add to my astonishment at the neglect ot s ch provision • 1.—The fact that numbers of young \VeisnDJ.:1) have Jistingnished 'themselves in the Flying Corps. 2--That South Wales to the South of Ireland. an,! North Wales to the centre of Ireland are th* natural routss between England and Ireland. I can assure 1'Hi that unless an immediate assurance is forthcoming,, a fierce wave of national protest and resentment wili spread through, the whole of the Friucipalitv. Wales will tolerate no neglect in uch an important matter, hence my de- sire for an immediate assurance that routes and temporary aerodiomes will be announcd forth- with, and that- a deftnifrTJndertaking will be gives for the prompt commencement of work upon aero- dromes that will form main stations, in permanently established route*,—I am, etc.. vours faithfully. I.,Sigrted EDGAR R. JONES.

"DARBY AND JOAN." Pathetic Funeral of Skewen Couple. An unusually' pathetic funeral took placs at Skewen or. Saturday. when~the mortal ra- mains of two Skewen octogenarians were laid to rest at St. John's Churchyard in the per- sons of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lloyd, o* High-street. Rev. J. E'J al1-J ones officiated. Deceased couple had only recently celebrcted their diamond wedding Mr. Lloyd was employed >i the Caps Cop per Works, where he had worked up to ai recently as 12 months ago, when he in. .en aitn, he r-f capacitated by a broken arm, which he ra ceived during the froety weather whil9 walking along the canal bank.

CONTROLS GOING. Good News for Manufac- turers. An announcement was made by the Board oi Trade on Saturday night which will b. welcomed by almost every manufacturer and trader in the kingdom. It is that, with a few exceptions, all cen- troU oil the sale and distribution of com- moditiea exerci&ed by the War Office, Ad- miralty, Ministry of Munitions, and Board of Trade have been abolished, or will cease at the latest by May 31. Employers have been complaining ever since the armistice that they were unable to carry out their reconstruction and expansion schemes because of the restrictions in force, and the restrictions have been blamed on every hand for the large amount of 'unem- ployment.

POPULAR AT PONTARDULAJS. After a shori illness the death took plale on Monday morning of Mr. David Treharne, aged 49. second son of Mrs. and the late Mr, Thoma.s Treharne, Gly»!Iwchwr.road, Pontardulais. De- cc:ae<i, who was a tinplater, was very popular with his teilow-worknien, and was organist at Hope Congregational Chapel for 14 years, and was the recipient of a valuable cheque when be retired. He leaves an aged mother, three brothers, and five sisters to mourn their loss.

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