The Cambria Daily Leader

AMUSEMENTS. :&:DtI: PI B,E TO -N I GHT! SYDNEY BLOW and WILL COLLINS! present the Brilliant British Burlesque, "BEAUTI ES" A Strong Entente Cordiale Company, including Harry Cole. Robert Layton. Bobbie Comber. Bert Beswick. Mia Sylva, Peggy Doyle. Pamela Page. And The Allied Chorus of Beauties. Latest News and War Films. ANNA HANA, The Entertaining American Girl. 5 PETLEYS 5 In Brilliant Aerial Comedy & Cleverness MAR TIN I TRIO, The ramous English Musical Act, from I the London Coliseum, etc. GRAND THEATRE SWANSEA. MONDAY, MAY 8th, 1916, Six Nighte at 7.30, and MATINEE on SATURDAY, at 2.30 p.m. MACDONALD and YOUNG present The MARRIAGE MARKET Next Week,-THE ROSARY. THE PICTURE HOUSE High Street. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. I The La.test Thanbouser Big" Produc- tion, Conspicuous for its Wonderful Acting, THE MILESTONES OF LIFE, A very human story in Four Acts, beauti- fully produced an d possessing a fascina- tion and charm rarely found in a Film Production. A Two-Reel Biograph Exclusive, A Woman Without a Soul, OL Big Story in Minimum Footage is the idea behind this excellent subject. CASTLE CINEMA (Adjoining Leader Office). Thurs., Fri. and Sat., 2.30 to 10.30. THE CLIMAX, io Four-Part Drama with a Close Human touch, featuring Miss Liiian Braithwaite. WHEN LIN CAME HOME, A Strong Yitagraph Drama. PROVIDENCE & MRS. URMY, A Surprising Comedy in Three Acts, featuring Francis X. Bushman. Monday Next— THE WAIF, a Great Human Story. CARLTON CINEMA. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. ,THE DEVIL'S OWN, Powerful Drama. ELAINE No. 30, Wireless Detective. Kapital Keystone Komic— Fatty Tin Type Tangle. Monday.-Wheels of Justice.—Kapital Keystone Komic, A Rascal's Wolfish Way. Thursday.-Girl of Lost Island. ELYSIUM. High Street, Swansea. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Wonderful Photo-Play dealing with the Martyrdom of Nurse Caveli, Eutitled: "NURSE AND MARTYR." In Three Acts. A Story dealing reverently with the glorious passing of Nurse Cavell. The Well-known Vocalist, Miss L. Wil- liams, will sing the Hymns immortalised bv Nurse Cavell. trhe Greatest of All Trans-Atlantic Serials, GREED (Episode 2), In addition to an All-Star Programme. im No Im s N THEATRE ROYAL Wind Street. plir-The Picture House of Swanwa. ~wg Week Commencing May 8th. Showing for Six Days. "ALL CAINE'S GREAT MASTERPIECE 9,000 Feet Film, THE CHRISTIAN, Featuring Elizabeth Risdon and Derwent Hall Caine. Greatest Production in the Film World. !rime and Prices as Usual. No Advance. in Prices for this Colossal Production. "The Christian" Shown at 2.30, 5.30, 8.30. iBoyal Orchestra with Special Programme I of Music. Royal Pictures Showing from 2 till 11. tTHursday to Saturday, Opening Episode of Great Serial, GREED. Special Engagement of John Richards, the Famouis Baritone, who will sing Liddle's "Abide With Me," & the Intermezzo from "Cavallera. Rusticana" during the Closing beanos in last part of the Christian. Next Week- Great Laeky Drama, BLACKBIRD. EDUCATIONAL. STUDENTS Trained to speeds nf over 100 0 Words a Minute in PITMAN'S Short- hand. Candidates Successfully Prepared for Civil Service and Local Marine Board Examinations. Lessons given in Arithmetic, Book-keepinp. Navigation. English. Satis- Sk-tion guaranteed.—MR. J. HARRI. 56, ?rORD-STREET SWANSEA. Day and Evening Clas8œ for all Subjects. C7-31 PREPARATION for BUSINESS LIFE SWAMSEA COMMERCIAL SCKOOL, THE RECOGNISED TRAINING CENTRE. ¡ Unequalled Ciafs-Eooms. Unequalled Equipment. UncQuaJled Teaching. Unequalled Results. Illustrated Prospectus Free. MISS M. H.A.Y. F.lncJS.T.. Principal. tHE DE BEAR SCHOOLS. LTD.. CASTLE" BUILDINGS. SWANSEA. Telephone: 587 Central. MONEY. 1 A WELL-KOWY ENGLISH FIRM is ex. ?cL psly cstAblishod and registered pur- | euant to Act of Parliament (but not limited, therefore no directors or shareholders) to Lend £ 10 to £ 10,000 to all classes- No Sure- ties or Security required, no Bills of Saio taken. no delay. Existing Loans paid oil, and increased, and better terms always ar- ranged. Interests and Repayments Lowest in Etonland. Prospectus and Press Opinions eent Free on stating amount required.— BRITISH! FINANCE CO.. 20. Bnd&?street. Ml?TOLh SALES BY AUCTION. I SALES BY AUCTION. ¡ COUNTY BOROUGH OF SWANSEA. Vlr. Joseph Harris I HAS Been Favoured with Instructions 11 to SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION at the HOTEL METRO POLE, WIND- STREET, SWANSEA (Subject to such conditions as shall then and there be pro-I duced), on TUESDAY, MAY 16th, 191C, the following Valuable Leasehold Properties ia Danygraig-road, St. Thomas, Swansea, viz .— Lot 1.—No. 72, Danygraig-road. St. Thomas, and now let at 9te. (id. per week I inclusive. Lot 2.—No. 73. Danygraig-road, St. Thomas, an now let at Ins. per week in- clusive. Lot ;0. 71. Danygraig-road, St. Thomas, and now let at 10s. per week in- clusive. d St. Lot L—No. 73, Danygraig-rcad, St. Thomas, and now let at 10s. tid. per week inclusive. The following is the Accommodation of each House: On the Ground Floor—En- trance Hall (with- Glass Door), Drawing Room, Dining Room, Kitchen and Scul- lery. On the First Floor-Three Bed- rooms; while in the Basement there is a Good Cellar. There are nice Flower Gardens in Front, with Kitchen Gardens at the Rear, a.s well as a Back Entrance. The Houses have Bay Windows to the Front Room on the First Floor, and also Bay Windows to the Back Bedrooms, from which can be ob- tained a Splendid View of the Bay. The Property is held by way of Under- lease for a term of 999 years from 20th June, 189S, subject to a Ground Rent of 1:: 15s. each house. The Mines and Minerals are Reserved. Sale to Commence at 3.30 o'clock, p.m. For further particulars apply to Mr. A. .T. Puntan, Solicitor, 12. Fisher-street, Swansea; or to the Auctioneer, at his Offices, 1. George-street, Swansea. Tel. No. 469 Docks. 12, GOWER STREET, SWANSEA. Removed for Convenience of Sale from Sketty. Mr. Astley Samuel, F.A.I., HAS received instruction* to SELL by PUBLIC AUCTION, on TUESDAY, MAY Kith, 1916, Valuable Household Furniture AND EFFECTS. Principal Items: Splendid Pianoforte in Rosewood Case, High-Class Organ with 7 Slops, Gramophone and Records, Inlaid .5ft. Mahogany Bedroom Suite, Walnut Bedroom Suite, Solid Walnut Sideboa.rd, Parlour Suite, Mahogany Bedstead, Inlaid Bedroom Suite, Revolving Book-Cxise, 21in., Hin. and 12in. Lawn Mowers, Dining Table, Roll-Ton Desk, Typewriter, Car- pets, Rugs, Bedsteads, Bedding, and all the usual articles of a Household. Goods on View Morning of Sale. Sa.le to commence at 11.31 a.m. prompt. Terms—Cash. Auctioneer's Offices: King's Ohambers, Swansea. Docks Tel. 2W. SWANSEA AND NEATH. FOR OCCUPATION OR INVESTMENT. MESSRS. Edward Roberts & Son Have received instructions to offer for SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION, at the HOTEL CAMERON, SWANSEA, on WEDNESDAY, MAY 17th, 1916. at 3 p.m. nreciselv, the foLlowing VALUABLE PROPERTIES: Freehold Ground Rents AMOUNTING TO £ fi 06. 6d. PER ANNUM, with reversion to Rack Rentals amounting to J £ 55 16s. 8d. per annum, secured upon No. 23, SINGLETON-TERRACE, and No. 2, KENSINGTON-CRESCENT, SWANSEA. Also the VALUABLE LEASEHOLD Shops and Dwelling-houses situate and being No. 23. SINGLETON-TERRACE, No. 2, KENSINGTON-CRESCENT, No. 21, NELSON-STREET, 7' 0- Nos. la and lb, UNION-STREET, SWAN- SEA: and No. 103, LONDON-ROAD, NEATH. Full particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained from Mr. F. Poole Wood, Solicitor, 19, York-street, Swansea; or from the Auctioneers, at their Offices, LIanfair Buildings, St. Mary-street, Swan- sea. COUNTY BOROUGH OF SWANSEA. MESSRS. Edward Roberts & Son Have received instructions to SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION, at the HOTEL CAMERON, SWANSEA, on WEDNES- DAY, MAT 17th, 1916 (subject to Con- ditions of Sale to be there and then pro- duced), the Leasehold Dwelling-house known as o. 91, RODNEY-STREET, SWANSEA, Containing 2 Sitting-rooms, Kitchen, Scullery, Yard and outside w.c.; Brick- built and slated 2-storey WORKSHOP with back entrance; and 3 good Bedrooms. Held on I^eose for 99 years from the 24th June, 1859, at a Ground Rent of X2 2s. 6d. per annum. Further particulars may be had of Messrs. JJ. Howell and Williams, Soli- citors, 2, Fisher-street, Swansea; or of the Auctioneers, at their Offices, Llanfair Buildings, St. Mary-street, Swansea. MORRISTON. AT A LOW RESERVE TO ENSURE A SALE. Messrs. Ed. Roberts & Son HAVB received instructions to SELL by PUBLIC AUCTION, at the Hotel Cameron, Swansea, on WEDNESDAY, May 17th, 191-6, at, 3 p.m. (subject to con- ditions of Sale to be then and there pro- duced), the Leasehold Dwelling-house, Known as LAUREL BANK, CAE MAWR. MORRISTON. Accommodation comprises 2 Sitting-rooms, Kitchen and the usual offices, 3 good Bed- rooms, large Garden front and back. Held by lease tW a term of 1.000 years,) from S9th September, 1909, at an appor- tioived ground rent of cl Is. Od. per annum. Mi nes and minerals reserved. Further particulars may be obtained from Messrs. Collins and Woods, Soli- citors, Worcester-place, Swan-sea; or from the Auctioneers at their Offices, Llanfair Buildings, St. Mary-Street, Swansea. gWANSEA UNION INFIRMAR Y. TWO CHARGE NURSES WANTED. The Guardians require the Services of TWO CHARGE NURSES with C.M.B. Certificate (Day and Night Duty). Salary] I £35 per annum, rising by 22 10s. per annum to £4.0 per annum. Further particulars and Forms of Ap- i plication to be obtained from the. under- signed, by whom applications must be re-i ceived not later than noon Wednesday, 21th May, 1916. LLEWN. JENKINS, Clerk. Union Offices, Alexandra-road, Swansea, 11th May, 191ti. PUBLIC NOTICES. I NATIONAL INSURANCE ACT, I 1312-1913. West Glamorgan Association of Friendly Societies. THE ANNUAL MEETING of the above will be held on MAY 20th, at 6 p.m., at LLEWELYN CAFE and COMMERCIAL HOTEL, NEATH. Members Cordially Invited to Attend. Business:—Statement of Accounts; Elec- tion of Officers. THE SECRETARY. T. D. THOMAS, Glyn-Neath, President. Y TABER NACL, TREFORIS. Cynhelir CYFARFODDYD PREGETHU yr cx lwys uchod NOS SADWRN a'r SUL, MAY 13 a 14, 1916. Gwasanaethir gan y PA ROB FDIO TON— RHYS J. HUWS (Glsnamman) a. J. T. DAVIES, M.A., B.D. (Bingley). Oedfaon i ddochreu Nos Sadwrn am T. a'r Su] am 11, 2.15 a 6 o'r gdoch. RAGGED SCHOOL. (gospel TEMPERANCE meeting. To-morrow (Saturday), I I at 7.30 L).m. prompt. Specially-Arranged Concert by- the COTTAGE HOMES BAND OF HOPE (by kind permission). assisted by COCKETT CHURCH MALE VOICE PARTY, and Prominent Local Chairman—MR. DAVID GREY (Guardian). Accompanist—Miss Gertie Thomas, R.A.M. (A.G.). All Seats Free. Collection. Sun Rises 4.15, Sun Sets 7.38. Lighting-up Time, 8.8. High Water To-day, 0.52 a.m., 1.30 p.m. To-morrow, 1.54 a.m., 2.28 p.m. «

NOTES AND COMMENTS. War news available shows that the French are still holding their own. In ordinary circumstances, this would not mean very much to keen partisans, who would like to see the French engaged upon an on- ward rush and throwing the enemy back from line to line in confusion. But as matters stand, we have the fact that the Germans are making stupendous efforts to advance. Thou- sands of men are hurled against the defenders, who are setting up a stone wall against which the Kaiser and his son are beating their own men to death. In fact, something like despera- tion characterises the German, as- saults against the defences of Ver- dun. The losses of the enemy in the recent attacks are stated to have been quite,i)O per cent. of the effec- tives engaged, and yet the effort to gain ground scarcely slackens. It fails, however, and the French have retaken practically the whole of the positions which were battered to pieces by the immense concentra- tion of artillery. The weakened German units which had occupied these were not able to stand the shock of the French counter-attacks, and one by one the disputed points have been rushed. Verdun will not fall," said a semi-official mes- sage now more than a fortnight ago, and every day seems to strengthen the truth of that prediction. "Engrossing and forestalling" were practices frequently com- plained of during the Napoleonic wars. Switzerland has just frus- trated a German effort to revive them. Germans and other foreigners, including at least one Bulgarian, have recently been purchasing groceries in small quantities, so as to avoid suspicion, from retailers— also mostly foreigners—in Western Switzerland, and sending the goods to a German trading company estab- lished at the beginning of the war at Zurich. It has stored them m the hope of a rise in prices. The scheme was carried out with Ger- man thoroughness and patience. One lot of coffee stored amounted to 700 sacks, all bought and delivered a few pounds at a time. The Swiss Government has confiscated the goods and expelled the purchasers, and is now on its guard against any repetition of the device. Just at a moment when there is danger of an outcry against the officials with regard to the Dublin executions, it is as well to remember that there is another side. The Sinn Feiners went into the riot armed. They were out to kill. Men in khaki were shot down, sniped in the streets, and the result is a really terrible list of casualties. There is no return showing the deaths amongst either the rebels or the civilians, but the soldiers have 124 killed and 388 wounded, with 9 un- accounted for. Is there to be no 1 sympathy for them? Figures such i as these bring home the danger of street-fighting of the character of r that seen in Dublin, where one party is almost necessarily in the open and the other is concealed in buildings or behind barricades. The loss is that of a considerable fight on the) Western front. One regiment, the Sherwood Foresters, was very badly cut up, and will require filling with new drafts before it can be used on active service. The men who have died pad at least hoped that they would come to an end facing an enemy outside these islands. Swansea Harbour Trust has sent a request for money to the Corpora- tion. It has been considered by the Finance Committee, and will, no doubt, come before the next meeting of the Town Council. So far, there are no indications of trouble. Hav- ing regard to all the circumstances, a large number of burgesses hope that the necessary votes will go through. The town's interests are affected seriously by the Harbour Trust. A continuation of the an- tagonistic spirit apparent at a recent council meeting will not be in the interests of the town at large. But there is also room for hoping that the Harbour Trust will be able to improve its position without more than ordinary assistance from the Corporation. All such undertak- ings are liable to under-estimate their responsibilities. Ability to re- cover is the test by which the Trust should be judged. It is sometimes said that Scott wrote and published one of his books for the purpose of teaching people the difference between the words antiquary (noun) and anti- quarian (adjective). The centen- ary of the publication of the book re- minds a correspondent that it also contains a fine bit of recruiting. There was a prospect of a foreign invasion, and the Antiquary re- marks that he should not think the beggarman will have much to fight for. Me no muckle to fight for, sir?" is the reply. Isna there the country to fight for, and the burns that I go daundering beside, and the hearths o' the glide wives that gie me my bit bread, and the bit, o' weans that come toddJin' tae play wi'me?. Deil!" he continued, grasping his pikestaff with great emphasis, an' I had gude pith as I hae gude will an' a gude cause, I should gie some o' them a day's kemping." Mr. Asquith's re- cruiting figures give present point to the Antiquary's comment on old Edie's outburst, "Bravo, bravo! The country's in little ultimate danger, when the beggar's as ready to fight for his dish as the laird for his land." Mr. Donald Maclean, who is well- known as a lawyer and social worker in South Wales (especially at Car- diff), has made a smart reply to the conscientious objectors. He is chair- man of the House of Commons Ap- peal Tribunal, and one of the appli- cants for exemption bombarded the committee with a long string of Biblical references. The chairman's comment, was, Well, you have given us a lot of texts. I commend one to your consideration. Numbers, chapter 32, verse 6, Shall your brethren go to war and shall ye sit here?' An interesting experiment is being made at the 3rd London General Hospital, where a number of soldiers are under treatment. An expert in chicken matters being dis- covered on the staff, he has been set to work to construct a chicken run; and create a poultry farm on a small scale. The whole thing is being done on the cheapest possible lines, the houses being knocked up out of old boxes. The idea is not only to get eggs at a cheap rate, but to show some of the wounded convalescents how they might make poultry keep- ing pay. The appointment of Dr. Joyce, warden of the Gladstone Library at Hawarden, to be principal of U St. David's College, Laiiipeter, has prompted a correspondent to send a short note reminding people of the origin of -the College. It was founded,- he remarks, in 1827 by an English pluralist prelate, Bishop Burgess (afterwards translated to Salisbury), with a view to supplying the Welsh Church with cultured clergy capable of officiating in the language of Paradise. He secured ) for the purpose the site of an ancient castle, and obtained funds by per- suading .his clergy to subscribe a tenth of their stipends. His college developed into a miniature univer- sity, with the privilege of conferring degrees (confined to B.A. and B.D.), and at one time had considerable influence on higher education in Wales. It has given some promi- nent prelates to the Anglican episco- pate, while among former Vice- Principals was Dr. Howl and Wil- liams, a brilliant contributor to Essays and Reviews." It is as well to let the country know now and again that the sacri- fices and restrictions imposed upon it have not been fruitless. If there are still any hardened champions of liberty who think the liquor cam- paign was nothing but a whim on the part of temperance fanatics, the report of the Control Board should quickly undeceive them. Drunken- ness, taking the country as a whole —there are always exceptions, of course—has gone down with a run, the provision of good food and sub- stitutes for strong drink having done the work expected of it. Even news- papers that have up to the present championed the interests of The Trade are admitting this, and one says, Thanks to the new policy :t distinct improvement of health and well-being is noticeable among the workers and greater efficiency is evi- dent in all directions. "Present day Canada," says t1 correspondent writing from the Dominion to friends in England, is the logical development of the Canada of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. One finds the bold feats of the imagination ] realised in'the gigantic construc- tion works of the Goyernment- the irrigation canals, the bridges, the miles upon miles of railroads, built through country still un- settled—waiting for the future to reap the fruit of contemporary effort. The colonists of old had no assurance of success—they were pioneers in a game of chance—but .the colonists of to-day have that great magician, the railroad, to convert their dreams into realities. We see proof of this magician's skill in the thriving little towns in newly opened territory in the West •—towns electrically lighted, com- mercially alert, surrounded by vast fields of wheat and oats and barley. Further west, in the valleys of the Ncchako and the Bulkley, a soil, a soi l naturally fertile, fanned by the warm breezes of the ehinook, pro- duces wonderful crops. Canada is in the hey-day of her Indus- trial enterprises mature with the same rapidity as the crops. All work is done on a large scale. There is such enthusiasm, such life behind every movement looking to- wards the improvements of 0 the country.

A BANKER'S BROKER. ASSegation That the Treasury Owe Him £ 150,000. An English and American banker, MI. Alfred Grover, "who alleges that the Treasury owe him £ 15(1,000 for helping to restore the val ue of the English sovereign in Now York, appealed unsuc- cessfully in the Court of Appeal on Thurs- day against Mr. Justice Lawrence's deci- sion not to allom, ltim to raise a case I against Mr. Asquith, other Lords Com- missioners of the Treasury, and Mr. Herbert Samuel. Mr. Grover's petition stated that he "secured for the Treasury from and after August 31, 1915, the control of the- New York Discount Market, by which the Treasury coijild have rostore.d the ex- change value, of the sovereign in New York to its par value or" thereabouts." Mr. Emery said that Mr. Grover ap- proached the Treasury at a time when the value, of the sovereign had fallen con- siderably in New York. Lord Justice Ph illimore: What is Mr Grover? Mt. Emery: A banker's broker. Lord Justice Bankes: He is a banker's conj uror, I should say. Credit for £ 180,000,000 Continuing, counsel said the plainti-ff claimed that at the request of the Trea- sury Commissioners lie obtained a letter from the Guarantee Trust of New York. all agreement by which the Trust agreed that the control of the discount market they possessed should be exercised in favour of the Treasury and defined the terms on which that should be done. Ho actually secured from the Trust an ad- vance of Z10,000,000, and in addition a provisional credit to the Treasury for £ 100,000,000, with the result that the value or the sovereign was raised from $4.48 to. $1.70 (the normal exchange is aboufe $4.86). Lord Justice Phillimore: Your case, if anything, is that you got something from the Guarantee Trust Company of which the Crown did not avail themselves. Mr. Emery: Of which the Crown had the benefit. As stated, the appeal was dismissed.

CORRESPONDENCE. [Letters to the Editor should be brief, to the point, and about something. Cor- respondents should send their names and addresses, not necessarily for publication.] A PLEA FOR THE MUMBLES. To the Editor. ir,-The bona-fide traveller, a product of the last century brought into being: by the Sunday Closing Act, has, for the time be- ing, become defunct. Last Sunday he he- cam3 as extinct as the dodo. His ,passing was wrought in comeou-ence of the nw Order of the Liquor Control Board—includ- ing Swansea and district—under the cate- gory of a scheduled area. The three miles limit and its privileges disappear j no more will tho tired, weary, and worn be entitled to slake their thirst with a pint or half- pint of nutty brown." Sunday saw the last of that long-enjoyed privilege go the way of many ether travelling a.menities. will this have any detracting effect on the Sunday situation to the Mumbles? I un- hesitatingly reply in the negative. That popular suburban watering resort will lose none of its former attractive and health- giving advantages by reason of the chance effected by the Liquor Control Board. The Mumbles hills will, without doubt, be as popular as ever. and the charming bays as thickly peopled, even if there he nothing more alluring in the way of refreshments than the high explosive 'stone jar" and the toothsome Bath bun. The Sunday traveller will 1 e & much in evidence as formerly, the only difference, perhans, bo- ing that he will bo a tritio less assertive and not so boi:-teroun. This metamorphosis no one will object to.—YOUT S etc., SUNDAY VISITOR. 1 SUNDAY TRADING !N RURAL DISTRICTS. To the Editor. Sir,-As a life-long reader of your valued paper, will you kindly grant me leave to inquire, through its columns, what is the bent course to adopt with reference to the evils of Sunday trading in business houses and small shops outside the borough area? The Swansea 'Town Council has decided to deal with this matter, and it will be inter- esting to know what the other authorities intend doing to co-operate with the move- men.- outside the -borough and throughout, the industrial districts. That the time i3 ripe for action goes without saying, and in the midst of these serious and an.trjus days it is a disgrace to us as a nation to witness sinal] shops fre- quented by so many of the rising genera- tion of our villages and small towi» ffcmday after .Sunday, and particularly at night: to see them lit up, and a roaring trade being done as if it was the weekly pay-day. I certainly consider the Question should be tackled, as it is the thin edge of the wedge which introduces other evils as a natural consequence, and we must admit that as a nation we have nothing to gain, hv the introduction of the Continental Sab- bath to our midst. Unfortunately a largc percentage of our Sunday school scholars and Church mem berr; join with others to frequent these shops, and a glance around our places of worship after the services afford abundant evidence by the way in which patter and nutshells are strewn on the floor, and to what extent this bad habit is indulged in throughout the day. The Sabbaih Day is greatly abused by this practice of Sunday trading, and it len(L3 itself to other evils which need atten- tion and suppression. It is my desire to appeal to all who would Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy" to do what lies within their power in this direction by removing the cause of the evil, and we shall not wait. long to see the desired beneficial results.—Yours, etc.. u. U WATCHMAN.

SOUTH WALES CLERKS. Mr. J. P. Cadogan presiiH the dpnual meeting of the South Wak:8 and Monmouthshire Clerks'* Association at the Queen's Hotel, Cardiff, on Thursday. Tne directors' report for 1915 showed that revenue for the year was .1-8. 6d., and disbursements ad. The balvi-o- sheet showed a credit of £ 10,215 lis. 4(i an increase for the year of £ 4(51 10s. One hundred and thirty-five of the num- bers had joined the L\n;l,f, three (;f ,L..1D had been killed in action. Sir John T. D. ^Llewelyn, Jiait., was re-elected ivti-i-icnt.

WELSH CROPS. ——— 4I>u_- Big Increase in Acreage Under Wheat. The report of the Board of Agricu'iura tiates that there was an incraise of 11,623, or 31 per cent., in the acreage under wheat in Wales in 1915. Four counties returned increased areas under barley, but there was practically no change in the acreage under oats, and Monmouthshire showed a fairly large reduction. Wales extended its acreage of potatoes by 1,000 and made additions in acreage of mangolds. In clover and rotation grasses mosrfc counties returned smaller areas, but ther,,3 was an increase of 3,000 acres in Carnar- vonshire, and smaller extensions in Mont- gomeryshire and Pembrokeshire, bringing a total addition of about 800 acres. The decrease in horse breeding was rela- tively greater than in England, the reduc- tion in the number of foals being 1,097, or 5.5 per cent. Monmouth, Hereford, and five Welsh counties added to the total number of cows in milk. Of cattle under one year there was an increase of nearly 9,0f>0, and of lp),Iw under two years old, or 9 per cent. Of two-yeor-olds and above there was a reduction of 1,500. There was an addition of 50,325 breed- ing ewes, Merioneth being the only coouty which returned smaller numbers. There was an increase of about 50.000 lambs, Merioneth and Cardigan alone reporting decreases. Only Radnor and Brecon returned additions in the number of aheep one year old and above There was a drop of 2.980 ill breeding sows, the northern division ^ccountiruf tor 1,830. In smaller pigs the reduction in North Wales was 4,100, and in South Wales 1,000.

C.O." EXEMPTED. Socialist's Appeal Succeeds at Llaneliy. Appealing on behalf of a young JlMln a( Llanelly Borough Tribunal on Thurf- day, MT. 1). Jennings remarked that tllq case had been the subject of several questions in Parliament. When appeal was first made to the Ontral Tribunal an extension of two months was granted, but owing to a mistake between the mili- tary authorities and the Appeal Tribunal that time had not been allowed. Mi-. Jennings applied for an extension of tima to make up for the period. Alderman Nathan Griffiths (military representative) contended that the Tri- bunal could only grant the period due to the man under the decision of the Central Appeal Tribunal. The Tribunal directed that the man'a papers be sent to the military authorities, so that it could be ascertained he was relegated to the Reserve, and M r. Jennings' application was accordingly w i t.Vid in wn. A QUESTION OF STARRING. The South Wales Steamship Company appealed for an employe engaged as qUil:" receiver and deliverer.—The manager said the man was in a certified occupation. Alderman Griffiths (to applicant): You are not in a certified occupation, as you were not employed there before August, 1914. The case was adjourned to enable the man to appear before the M ical Board. CINEMA PIANIST'S APPEAL. A cinema pianist, appealing on domestic grounds, said -he was now being treated by an eye specialist. His father w-as in the Army, and his mother was in failir.j) health.—The case was adjourned to e! able the appellant to go before tha Medical Board. A voung man who recently qualified a a solicitor, in appealing for a short exemption, said he was granted time !■:> 6it for his Anal examination. He wanted a month to enable him to enter as a solicitor, and to clear up his private affairs.—Month's exemption. C.O. EXEMPTED. A local Socialist was granted total exemption on conscientious grounds. Alderman Griffiths gave notice of, appeal on behalf of the military authorities. It would mean a loss of about £6,000 if I had to go now," said a partner in a. firm of architects and surveyors. Appel- lant. who said he had not attested be- cause he did not believe in the Derby. scheme, said the firm had building CQIl' tracts in hand and disputes had to bit settled. The Tribunal granted a week's postponement plus two months.

WELSH TROOPS' FUND. At a meeting under the presidency of Mrs. Lloyd George, the Executive Com- inittee of the National Fund for Provid- ing Comforts for Welsh Troops completed arrangement3 for holding an exhibition of portraits aud sale of articles of valuo in aid of the fund. The exhibition will be held at the Mendoza Gallery, Old Bond-street, London, on May 1-7-1S-19. The hon. sec., Mr. William Lewis, re- ported that he had since the last meet- ing dispatched a large number of com- forts to the troops, and was requested to c-omply "with any further requisitions l'eo ceived.

A 40lb. Shannon ealmon hu been landed at Killaloe.

WAR-TIME CAMEOS. NO. I.-A SOLDIER'S FARE, WELL. The railway station, its platform swept by cold gusts of wind, provided a coht cheerless shelter for the little crowd oi i civilians who btood shivering around tho carriage doors of the London express. A draft of the Welsh Regiment wero entrain- ing for the front. Relatives were trying to cheerfully bid Au Revoir to their soldier lads, who were anxious and ready for "the great adventure." Around the carriage (Iwrs they pressed. At one window a young soldier gazed wistfully upon the scene and enviously at his comrades, for he was alone, and I saw him hury his face in his iiands. A little further along the platform a young captain held open a first-class door as he stood chatting to a white-haired lady whose arm was entwined in that of her ofucpr son. Tbpv had come to wish tho o?rer in charge of the draft a cordial oft-lie draft a cordia l The voung .soldier's gaze bec!ame ?x<-? upon His group, and after a few moments he quietly opened the carriage door. Strid- ing across towards the three, saluted the oiffcers, and I heard him f vr to the young officer who was not to travel "Will you shake hands with me, sir? 1 feel so very lonely. They," and h« motioned to his chums who were sur- rounded by relatives and friends, have crowds (to wish them good luck. I hav» no one to even wish me good-bye. you just shake hand", with roe, sir." The young lieutenant, with true-born courtesy, gripped the boy's hand, and tho gentle mother bent down and kissed hi., forehead as she aid, H Good-bye, brava lad, may God guard you and bring you safe home." With another stiff salute the boy turned on his heel and went back i" his carriage* a Emile illuminating his face. The Guard blew his whistle, and with a snort the big engine, with its heavy load. started on its journey. A lonely soldier boy had gone to face death with a gentle stranger's kiss upon his brow. He was i satisfied H. T. R.