NOTES OF THE WEEK.
Some misapprehension appears to have arisen, fostered, no doubt, by the letters signed “Subscriber” which have appeared in our correspondence columns, in reference to the object and intention of the promoters of the recent War Eisteddfod held in Ammanford, and the ultimate destination of the fund raised thereby.
The money, which is now lying in the bank in the name of trustees, is not and never was intended to be distributed among soldiers returning home on furlough, convalescent from wounds, received at the Front, but for the relief of those who unfortunately are totally incapacitated from following their employment by reason of the loss of a limb or limbs.
This, everyone will admit, is a far more worthy object, and likely to be of greater benefit to the recipients, than if frittered away in small monetary gifts to those who are not so seriously injured.
The fund is not a large one, but it forms the nucleus of what ought, if the local people do their duty, to be made somewhat more adequate for the object in view, and some means out to be found, either by the holding of another eisteddfod or other function to augment it.
We feel sure the original promoters of the fund are not overlooking this necessity, and they do well not to transfer the money to the Committee inaugurated by the Urban Council, which almost at its inception seems to have passed out of existence.
