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he Cambrian. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1906. NOTES ON MEN & THINGS Swansea Gaurdians' action in connection with the sending of a deputation to the Central Poor Law Association Conference in London has furnished a c-ue for Neath and Gower Guardians to discuss. Jseath Guard- ians decided to fiend up to this rather un- profitable congress, whilst Gower diecided to :olap the half-guinea, annually wasted on a subscription to that body. At t.he Neath discussion a member suggested tiiat if mem- bers went at all they should go by rota— a.nd this is perhaps the best method of re- moving cause for that personal friction that to a ivttle scene in the debates ou this subject, short of cesusing to send a deputation at all. send a deputation at all. t t t Deat'/Ls of the out of the way description have been rather numerous at Swansea of late. A tradesman recently died from blood- poisoning caused through a razor cut that 11 went too deep. On Tuesday an inquest was held on a coal trimmer, who pricked a blister on his knee with a needle, also contracted blood-poisoning, and died in due course. Bacteria are "kittle cattle" to deal with. How many have not done similar acts to thece recorded above with impunity? Yet. in one case out of a hundred thousand the unexpected Itapperus, and the victim suc- cumbs to a mere pin-prick-like that un- fortunate St. Thomas guard, who lingered a. year in agony from cancer of the tongue, caused originally by scratching it with a ragged edg-e of a tooth. After being delayed the roads for the best part of a week, the S.s. Sorata. of the Pad He Steam Navigation Co., managed to get berthed at last with 5,000 tons of general cargo on Wednesday morning, and the cap- tain expressed himself rather strongIN- on the oonsequences of the delay in the dock in getting alongside the quay. This being a season of nea.p tides de did not p,.itti,-ulai-Ir complain of the delay in the roads; but when so many days had already been wasted in the bay, irritation was pardonable on discovering that when the vessel wat> docked at last, an insufficient supply of water was available to enable her to berth. Drawing 24 feet, she required a little margin for absolute safety. Doubtless the Harbour authorities were not quite ignorant of the impending berthing of the Sorata or of her draught; aaid their failure to provide ac- cordingly Jays them open to sharp criticism. Capt. Colquhoun's report on Swansea crime in 1905 furnishes interesting, but not parti- cularly instructive reading. Some items that "give to think," furiously or otherwise, in the French piuase, are the circumstance that there is a decrease of only 13 in a total num- ber of 1.014 prosecutions for drunkenness, despite the gaps iraade in licenses in con- lorv^ areas <wid that the police issued in 5 no less than 8,458 tickets to the Work- oufie> against 6,269 in 1904. Yet Swansea fo h^' enjoying a ver\- com- peri* m"*i5pel!of 5 doors and wmdows were lC i |)1^en ° ni&hts by careless hou.«3hold«rs; there c.onvjotionB for to «• neglect Of children. s« a IMge „«m her, in relation to tw i i.- D i the population of the town. Sunday dmnken-ne,s- cCl fPr. vic-tions are concerned k ;in --j f" gible dimensions th«^ ^|v cutions against 65 in 1904. Ucal crime -us proved by t-he.se returns, is not of a khtd to give the town s conscience many prick«. I A "Welsh Conservative in a Cardiff organ discusses the reaizolis for tlie Cotiservativ^ I annihilation in Wales, and thitiks a better show could have been made had the party machinery been in better order. Conserva- tives all over the country consider the head office in London to have become moth-eaten during the long years of assured Unionist predominance, and that the local organisa- tion in most places left a great deal to be desired. Turning to Swansea, there can be no complaints on any score. In Gower the fault lay_ rather with the absence of an organisation than its deficiencies. A South Wales head centre should have seen to it long before the tight that this was remedied, but the head centre itself was equally con- spicuous by its absence. In Carmarthen Borouglis there is a similar tale to" tell. What the exact difference was which the presence of a modern and capable organisa- tion would have made is chiefly confined to speculations regarding the probable reduc- t!on in the adverse majority. With "Wekh Conservatives" point that party organisa- tion should be as democratic and "Labour" aa possible, there will be general agreement. as possible, there will be general agreement. The Russian Government is learning the ways of wisdom at la-st. It is reported that an order has been placed for ten thousand tons of electric snuff" wherewith to break up revolutionary gatherings. At the send-off" meeting one of Rev. Tudor Jones' congregation asked another why the rev. gentleman was like BluCier of Waterloo fame? 'Twas because he'll be welcomed by Wellington," was the explana- tion. The ability of Lord Alverstone, Lord Chief Justice of England, as he appeared at Brecsn Assizes on Thursday was marked. There wras nc nonsense with his Lordship. Ov-er and over he brought the counsel to book when they were guilty of repetition in their cross examination. ''And you were not in the wood that night?" asked Mr. Meager, of the Ystradgynlais prisoner, on Thursday. "He's already said so," came like lightning from the judge, "Yes, my lord," humbly and hastily replied Mr. Mea ger. Among the members of t he. Council who were present at a special meeting, held on Wednesday, 20th January, a strong sense of dissatisfaction was aroused by the rulings of the Mayor. No secret is made of this hi private conversation, and it is to be hoped that his Wors-hip on future occasions will not permit his own earnest convictions to over-ride his desire to be impartial in ex- ercising the authority of the chair. Nothing is more provocative of disorder a.nd scenes than the belief that perfect fairness cannot be expected in deciding itie points arising during a warm discussion. Wales alone of the four countries had t.he courage to experiment with the New Zealand formation in R-ugby football, and tiv Welsh Rugby Comm'ttee ha.6 received much pra,ise in consequence for its enterprise. After Saturday, however, it is doubtful whether another attempt will be made in that direc- tion, for the seven forward arrangement very nearly brought disaster upon the Welsh team. An additional nan was sorely re- quired in the scrummages, and the extra back was almost entirely unemployed. It is asking too much of seven forwards to battle against eight in a long and strenuous struggle. An interesting fact is incidentally brought out in a paragraph published by the daily papers, referring to the services to Swansea of the late Mr. L. L. Dillwyn. It is shown that thirty years ago the Liberal vote in Swansea, cast for Mr. Dillwvn reached 5,215, or within a ooupte of hundred of the total obtained by Sir Geo. Newnes a fortnight ago. But whilst the late Mr. Clias. Bath polled 2.708 for the Conservatives in 1876, Ccl. Wright, in 1906, obtained over 4.000 votes. Judging by these figures the growth of the electorate was inappreciable up to 1900, but since the latter date the increase has been equal to nearly 2,000, more than half of which, however, represented by lodgers. Turning to the main topic, the absence of any tablet or n>emorial to Mr. Dillwyn does suggests an omission which re- flects otherwise than creditably upon the public spirit of Swansea, and especially of tlie people who in business and politics were for many years associated with him. Swansea is experiencing the havoc wrought by sea denudations on the coast, which has added 9d. to the rates at Brid- Imgton, on the Yorkshire obast, and lo.' lid. at Filey, for example. The sands in the vicinity-of Blackpill have been. scoured awav by the tid-o, almost right up to the railway embankment, and though no protective measures c-an be taken here by the Council as this tract of beach is beyond the former's jurisdiction, serious damage has also been caused eastward of the Slip, where a slag bank erected by the- London and North Western Railway Co. presents tlie ap- pearance of masonry which has been bom- barded by heavy artillery, thereby putting the Company to heavy expense. Fortun- ately on the South Walffi coast these ravages of the sea are of rare occurrence- Off the Yorkshire coast t,he sea is steadily gaining on the land. From the cliffs of a thirty-three mile stretch near Bridlington, nearly two million torus of rock and chalk are washed away annually, and Bridlington, as men- tioned above, has spent £ 100,000 on sea defence works. It is suggested that the cot-t of these protective measures should, be thrown upon the Exchequer of the State, and a oonfercnce with that end in view is being held in London. Newspapers do the public a serious dis- service in belauding and giving publicity to alleged successes of untrained men who dabble with medicine. There is quite enough of ignorance in the world to provide the latter with a too bountiful harvest al- ready, and so many elements go towards the cure of a patient that- apparently miraculous results are sometimes produced which, if in- I%t, vestigated, would be found not in the slight- est degree due to the treatment. In surgery, however, cases frequently occur which a.p- pear to demonstrate that certain "bone setters" possess a certain faculty for dealing with dislocated joints. Roe, who has been brought into prominent notice locally by apparently wonderful cures effected at a sitting, muet be one of these exceptional men, since he has for years been before the public, and it may be fairly be presumed that if his achievements were deceptive in the sense that the relief found was only temporary, the medical profession would have before this secured publicity for his failures. So far as Rae's reputation locally, is concerned, it will in a large measure be made or marred by the degree of success or absence of it in the treatment of R. Jones, the well-known footballer. The latter is convinced that a complete cure has been effected. If. some weeks hence, lie is in a position to prove the soundness of his belief, Rae will secure an advertisement of much commercial value in West. Wales. Swansea Council h once more made it- self look supremely ridiculous by procedure vitiated by a gross legal irregularity. When in June of last year the application of the leasees of the Grand Theatre for a dramatic license was considered, an adverse decision was upset in the Courts because the pro- ceedings had been confessedly irregular. One would imagine that upon the same mat- ter coming up before the same body for the second time that special carc would be ex- ercised to conform in every detail with the legal requirements, but instead of that we had one irregularity after another perpe- trated. Contrary to a resolution adopt.ed by the Council, the public and press were ex- cluded from ttoa meeting, and as if this were not enough, an amendment, carried by the casting vote of t.he Mayor, was not put to the meeting as a substajitiative motion, and amendments thereto were ruled out of order. To complete the chapter of irregularities the discovery was made a few days later that the Mayor had no casting vote, as the Council was sitting as a licensing body, eo that the whole business will Itave to be gone over again. In the meanwhile intense in- dignation has been caused, not confined to theatre-goers, by the reckless way in which the Council purposes to impose a restriction which it is known will have the effect of closing t.h.3 Grand Theatre, involving a direct loss to the ratepayers of over R,500 a year in rates and rent and electricity. Gem from a Swansea Education Commit- tee:—"We will dead with so and so now, won't us?" "He is a man as well as a bishop; some are only bishops," was one of the remarks overheard on leaving the Albert Hall on Monday. The hall on the corner of Orchard and Gower-strcets, Swansea, which was opened by Lady Henry Somerset some years ago, has been named in turn the Temperance, the King's, and now the Central Hall. If things go on as they are now, said Miss Brock at Dr. Tudor Jones' presentation meeting, before another three years are up we shall be talking to Dr. Tudor Jones at New Zealand over the telephone. Prophetic, aye? Who said Abertaw-e was without its an- tiquities? e know of at least one fabric in the old town which dates as far back as the days of good King Alfred. The in- scription above the Orange-street entry to the market reads: "Erected, 830-" Llanellv folks are noted for many things. Their latest is a revised version of "Sospan Fach Mae r Tories i gyd wedi scwtio, A Balfour ci hun wedi myn'd Does neb ar y ddaear yn lleisio Fel pe wedi colli unrhyw ffrynd. CLECUMSTANOHS ALTER CASES. Itear friends, though in the past, un- doubtedly, We stand committed, it must be confessed, Would it ndt now be just as well if we Were to give "Chinese Slavery" a rest? For if the Traosvaal Government decides For Chinese labour, we shall have to bow Before its just deaiiion—axd, besides, Our oadummies have served their purpose now. ("The World.") The Rev. R. J. Jones, M.A., Aberdare- a remarkable man of over 70 years of age, told the Swansea Unitarians that he always speaks in the language of Adam and Eve. Some people like sermons that they can carry on paper," he added but for more than forty years I have not preached one such sermon. I like to give a sermon straight from my heart to my people's heart, and I could not do that in English." Heard on the gallery side at Cardiff when a section of the crowd, chiefly Caledonians, were lustily rendering "Scots wha hae." Powerful Cymric voice:- Soots wha hae from Flodden fled, Scots wha hae on haggis fed; Scots wha sauld King Charles' head— For a bare bawbee The Bishop of London has a ready way of getting on the best- of terms with his audi- ence, and at the Swansea meeting be said, "i do not come here on any controversial subject at Il-not even about the Educa- hi:) Question, or about Disestablishment. I may be a Tory of the Tories, or a Radical like Canon Scott Holland, or even a Labour member like my old friend, Will Crooks, but you won't find out which I am to-night." The defence in the shooting case at Bre- con Assizes objected to a plan that had been put- in showing the track of the alleged poachers, etc. But stronger objection still was made to a drawing of the two keepers, and also the two men in the act of shooting. Thai had to- be strtrck Out at once WhY. it the jury only scanned the plan and noticed those men upon it, they would at once have said, "Of course, s guilty 5 He is the very act of shooting, and there is the name of the prisoner underneath!" While the Swansea Y.M.C.A. friends are discussing domestic affairs (says a Cardiff writer), it may encourage them to learn of the success of the sister institution at Car- diff. The annual report of the latter, pub- lished this week, show6 that it has 84 sub- scribers, 80 honorary members, 617 senior members, and 126 junior members—a total of 907. It is not too much to expect Swan- sea to pursue a friendly rivalry with Car- diff in this way of doing good. Energetic officials; esprit de corps a.mong the mem- bers these, with Divine blessing, will cause such institutions to flourish. A member of the Council who voted for an unrestricted lirense being granted to the Grand Theatre, says the refusal of the Nlavor to put the amendment—limiting the lessees to a restnetod jic-en&as a substan- tive motion cannot be attributed to the fact that Councillor Morris, who voted for the amendment, had left, because Alderman Matthews, who was on the other side, left the chamber the same time, leaving the two sides equal. His worship has been criticised adversely to sufficient an extent for what he indisputably did without debiting him with a purpose in refusing amendments which is not warranted by the facts. Mr. Lloyd-George has been reported to have boasted that there will be more Non- conformists in the coming Parliament than ever before since the dayistof Cromwell. In view of Mr. Lloyd-George's notorious re- ligious intolerance (writes" Clwyd" in the "Morning Post "), may I point out what a fellow-member of the Cabinet (Mr. John Morley) quotes Cromwell as saying (vide Mr. Moriey's "Life of Gladstone," Book VIII., chapter II.)? Oliver Cromwell 6aid Take heed of being sharp, or too easily sharpened by others, against those to whom you can object little but that they square not with you in every opinion con- cerning matters of religion." Last Saturday's international match Wales v. Scotland, was in every sense the chilliest experienced for many years in Wales. The day was wet, boisterous, and ccld, and thr2.re was a conspicuous atbsenm of warmth and enthusiasm among the spec- tators. The attendance was exceptional I v amaJl. the totaJ receipts only slightly ex- ceeding £ 1.500, or rather more than £ 1,000 less than was received on the occasion of the match wijtih New Zealand. The unfavour- able conditions of the morning no doubt affected the attendance, and t.he excursion trains in consequence ran half-empty. Another factor contributing to produce the same effect, was the almost entire aibcenee of keen interest'in the match itself. Foatball in Wales is evidently suffering from the re- act-ion following upon the excitement pro- duced by the visit of the famous Colonials. Then again, from a "gate-money" point of view, continued success is nearly as detri- mental as continued failure. With six con- secutive wins to the credit of the Welsh team the avemge man considered the seventh match, as it would be played at home, a foregone conclusion. As a matter of fact, however, we might have had occasion to rue this over-confidenoe which affected player* as well as spectators. Partly because tin- Welsh Union pitted seven forwards agains eight Scotchmen of superior quality, t Welsh backs were unable to get a fair share of the ball, and the score of tproo trias 'to one penalty goal was distinctly lucky. The Welsh really won because, they were better cppcrtunisis. NOT SOBER YET! We note the veteran Colquhouu Is radiaik o'er the latest boon, And glories in our temperate town Where leas of alcohol goes down. But last election told a tale. Far worse than any baer or ale. For though leas booze, it seems, is sunk, We're still politically dmnk! M. If the reports regarding the results of the conference on Tuesday, between the repre- sentatives of tho employers and the em. ployed in the Welsh steel trade can. be relied upon, peace was effected without any serious difficulty. Apparently the men were not uijf osed to push to extreme length their de- mands for a ten per cent. increase in wages, and aequieseed-with natural reluctance, of course—to the reply of the employers that the conditions of the trade did not at the mc merit justify a better wage rate. A dirt-urbing elem-ent in he Welsh tin- plate trade was removed during the past week by the shipment from Swansea of practically twoce as many boxes of tinplates as were received during the sa.meperioo. from the works. It is evident from this that the demaaid1 for the article is not slackening, and that the unusually hean-y stocks which had accumulated were due not to stagnation, but to difficulties connected with the freight- age, arising chiefly from the bad weather. In all there were seven thousand tons of tin. plates carried over se,3, from Swansea during the week ending 3rd February. Swansea Corporation is spending some two or three hundred poundsnier-ely to close ictoria Park by night. The ostensible reafon lor this is that the place is liable to be used' for improper purposes. To many people the expenditure will appear merely another concession, to faddist6 who press for impracticable and valueless schemes. To people viciously inclined, Swansea offers an ample supply of open spaces, and it should suicly have been possible, by stationing a constable in the park to prevent anytihing r-nseamly taking place there. The absurdity of the idea that the closing of Victoria Park could effect a,n abatement of the alleged evil is indicated in the fact that across the road are the wide expanses of the sands, ajidwithtn a, stone's throw the easily-entered Recreation Ground. The trade at Swansea Harbour last week, if not- equal in volume to that of the pre- vious week, was on the whole more satis lactory in character, because of the large clearances ol tinplates and, general goods. In this latter regard the statistics almost achieved n. record. Tlie aggregate of ex 119 ports and ireports was above the average, and slightly higher than during the corres- ponding period of 1905, being 88,250 tons, compared with 97,142 tons the previous week. Coal shipments amounted to 54,557 vons, and no less tlian 11,940 toins of tin- plates and general goods were shipped. One result of this wzuz a great and acceptable drop in the quantity of tinplates in stock in the warehouses. At the beginning of last week these amounted to 225,543 boxes, an abnomtinally high figure, which was brought down to the normal point in the OGU1 of six days by 134,295 boxes being placed on board ship while the receipts frem the works represented 77,773 boxes only. On the whole Swansea had reason to h*} satisfied with its Harbour trade last week. The Bishopof London, in his address to men only attTie Albert Hall, on Monday evening, had a magnificent audience, and a most appreciative hearing. His text, "Tlie Religious Difficulties of the Age," might ap- propriately have been changed into "Why I Believe in God," since the whole burden of a most suggestive and thoughtful ad-dre, s was designed to remove doubts regarding the existente of a Divine Providence. It is n.) exaggeration to affirm that ferw public ut- terances hoard in Swansea for many years f roduced so profound an impression. His Lordship spoke, not as a Churchman, but ;■ s a Christian, and the audience, it was agree- able to recognise, included most of the lead- ing representatives of Nonconformity in Swansea. As was remarked in the preface, nothing in the address gave the slightest indication that the speaker was a Conserva- tive or Liberal or a Socialist. It had no political or ecclesiastical hue, but was from first to last an earnest appeal by a Christian believers to ether Christian believers, and men who were prepared to believe. $ The goodwill of Col. and Captain Morgan who, for the next fourteen years are entitled to a moiety of all rentals in respect of struc- tures raised in Victoria Park, is practically essential to any parvilion scheme, the site ot which to be found in this opsn space. And the goodwill is obtainable only on terms, because the Messrs. Morgan have a not- unreasonable grievance. Over two years ago, when the Corporation was promoting a Ijill in Parliament, they asked that their special rights in the park should be pro- tected by means of a clause. No demur was made to this, and an assurance was (riven them that the clause would be in- serted in time, but the Bill had gone before one Parliamentary Com.mittee before the dis- covery was made that- the promised clause was missing. In these circumstances the >Iefers. Morgan were. under the necessity of instructing counsel to oppose the Bill, there by incurring quite unnecessary expenditure, amounting to R185. Now, when approached ajid asked to forego their rights in Victoria Park, they frankly state that a condition precedent of any concession is the repayment of this £ 185. The committee in charge of the scheme recommend acceding to the pro- posal of the MessRi. Morgan, and if their recommendation be adopted by the Council the ratepayers will have the poor comfort of knowing that the sum lost two years ago, through the negligence of the Corporation is to be made good from the rates. ,Swar,,slln W'atcll Committee is confronted by a financial difficulty. The super- annuation fund shows a deficit amounting to hundreds of poun«i*, and if all the men in the force entitled, to retire, on a full pension did so the fond would be placed in an even worse condition, especially as the process of depletion wflfaid continue from year to year at a rate out of proportion to the monies paid into the fund. Chpt. Colquhoun's sug- gestion is that an inducement of an increased wage be offered to the older members, so as to keep them in active service for a few years longer. Proposals of this description have generally an objectionable side, and in this instance it is being pointed out that not only are men, presumably beyond their period of activity to be retained in the force, thus reducing its efficiency, but that an impedi- ment is being placed in the way of the pro- motion of other men, whose claims should be considered. By arresting promotion, some of the best members of the force are disoouraged. But, after all, the only alter- native to this is a largo grant from the rates to the superannuation fund-A grant that would have to be repeated at intervals. Instead of tinkering with the superannuation scheme in this way why does not the ( Council employ an actuary to work out the I proportion of subscriptions, etc., necessary I to enable both ends to meet? April 1st promises to witness the renewal of the coal struggle in the American an- thracite and bituminous ooIds; and the ooal- owncrs are busy laying in such stocks as will tide them over, according to their repre- sentations, a period of. six months. Nearly all the anthracite men are expected to drop their tools on the signal, and about half the bituminous coal-winners The men are this time better prepared, but in a contest of the purse the advantage is inevitably with the masters. When the strikers are beginning to feel the pinch of the struggle we may ex- pect th.3 active intervention of that Ameri- can prototype of Kaiser Wilhelm II.—the ubiquitous and omniscient President x-.oose- velt. No particular sympathy will be felt in Britain either for the masters, who im- pose conditions employment that would be deemed scandalous on this side of the Atlantic, or on account of the ensuing dis- location of trade. It is simple justice that foreign competitors should experience the same labour turmoils as hnve already har- assed our own industries. Sir Alfred Thomas on the eve of the General Election was very determined that a Welsh Disestablishment Bill should take precedence of practically other mea- sure in the new Parliament-. Latterly, how his demards liave materially abated. He professes to be entirely satisfied with some assurance received from the Premier, the nature of which Sir Alfred has not I) far chosen to disclose, even to his Liberal friends. It must, therefore, remain a mat- ter d pure conjecture, since Sir Henry Ca'rpbeil-Bannerrnan in his speeches never even alluded to Welsh Disestablish meat a1 embraced in the programane of the Liberal Party during the next Parliament. And yet the leader of ih-3 Welsh Liberal Party confidently courts upon the Bill being in- troduoed, presumably as a Government mea- st-re. during the second Session, or at latest in the third Session It wotdd be straining the facts to the breaking point to claim that the Liberals in the recent election asked for aaxi obtained a mandate to disestablish the Welsh Church; and having rega.rd to the persistent way the topic was avoided by re- sponsible Liberal lead-eTS, it is only reasori able to infer that they can hardly be enter- taining the same expectations as Sir Alfred Thomas. Much more prohabl-e is the con- ferring of a distinction upon the latter, de- signed to please him and his many frkni.s of all grades of politics in the Principality. Swansea ratepayers are credited with ing a "big heart," inso far as the more unfortunate members of the commun- ity are concerned. They at least tacitly con- sent to the expenditure of an. amount on poor law relief that individuals, more cold- blooded and calculating than the average, consider excessive. One or two of their re- presentatives, however, fail lamentably in the more genial qualities attributed to their constituents. Such as Mr. Jeffreys, for example, who a.t Tuesday's meeting of the Cottage Homes Committee, raised objections to the acceptance, on behalf of the children, cf an invitation to attend the pantomime at a local theatre. Mr. Jeffreys said it would be a "bad start" for the children. We know this spirit. Swansea Council, or at least the Mayor and thirteen other members of it, have just manifested it in connection with this self-same theatre. It is curious how rarely this intolerance is discovered in private life, and how largely it is represented on public bodies. Mr. Jeffreys naturally failed- The Committee decided to "chance" the eril ef- fects apprehended. But 6uch opposition would have, been highly impolitic on the eve of a Guardians election. "Teddy" Morgan, the renowned footballer, has been enlightening the public to the extent of a column of small print on the cause of Welsh superiority in football to English teams but he sheds little l'ght upon the question, though there is to be deduced a. hint that the English Rugby Union could do better by restricting its. choice of inter- national players to those clubs which regu- larly meet the Welshmen in the course of a season. This would lead to jealousy and wire-pulling, but it might also lead to victory, which is more important. One con- tributory cause of Welsh success is the en- grossment of Cymric athletic talent in this particular branch of sport exclusively. For South Wales crickct i", an exotic pastime. Frank Young, a Cardiff player, who has migrated North, ha.s been "making the flesh creep" of the readers of a.n article in the "Yorkshire Post," written in a strain that suggests that professionalism is rampant in South Wales. Young, h-owever, expressly exoepts "such teams as Swansea. Newport and Cardiff"; and as for the smaller teams, Llanelly, Neath and Aberavon, funds would not admit of the payment of players, even if they wa.nted to. And the rest do not count. So the, writer hap only made himself respon- sible for both raising and exploding a bogey. .+- Some little stir was caused in Cardiff Docks circles this week by the announcement-, sub- sequently contradicted, that foreign seaanen had been discharged, on the instructions of the Admiralty, from a collier carrying on a Government contract. A petition is now being extensively signed at Cardiff aiming at t.he securing of a preference in em- ployment for Br it it ol over alien seamen, who constitute,some forty per cent, of our mer- cantile marine. It is difficult to sec why t.he Admiralty cannot find their way clear to the adoption of some such step as the above. The question of foreigners in the mehcantile marine is, however, not solved by such a measure as the above. British captains pre- fer a ,capable foreigner to an incapable Britisher; and the former is often to be met in greater numbers than the latter, The sea has little call upon the popular instincts nowadays. The life is hard and the pay poor. The apprenticeship system is in desuetude, and the supply of British recruits to the ranks of thee*: before the mast- is dwindling away to nothingness. W'hen the supply is insufficient, it is sheer folly to reject that available; there is no option but to utilise foreigners. Chinese had to be imported into SoutJh Africa not because they were preferable to Kaffirs, but because the supply of the fat-tor had dried up. For like reasons the Scandinavian, Ger- man, Finn, Italian, or Greek is all too often signed on at the shipping offices. Radical alterations in the accommodation on board ship and wage rates will be essentials if th- Britisher is to be coaxed back into again taking up the profession whioh, theoretically, is the first the Englishman thinks of adopt- ing, and in practice is the most neglected and disliked of any.
PONT ARDA WE CURATE. -
PONT ARDA WE CURATE. ACCEPTS CURACY-IN-CHARGE OF ALL SAINTS, AMMANFORD. Rev J. Lloyd Williams, B.A., F.R.Hist.S., curate of St. Peter's Church, Pontardawe, has accepted the curacy-in-charge of All Saints, Ammanford. Mr. Lloyd Williams has been at Pontar- da.we for several years, where he is very popular. He is an able preacher, a good 01"- ganiser and a prominent temperance worker —his Band of Hope being one oi the largest in Swansea Valley.
SWANSEA COUNCIL AND THE THEATRE.
SWANSEA COUNCIL AND THE THEATRE. At least half the members of thB Swan- sea Council have no sympathy whatever with the theatre they do not- understand it and t'heir whole predilections are opposed to dramatic a.rt. A considerable proportion "j'gard the drama wiith the gravest suspicion if they do not consider it as an evil and unclean thing. This feeling came in with the Puritans, who, apart from a, feeling of supreme disdain for all worldly pleasures, 'had a special detestation for the theatre because it was so loved by the opponents of Puritanism. And, in a measure, the Puritanic ail instiiscrt was sound since the theatre in the days of Charles I. had de- veloped most objectionable characteristics, which the Restoration caused to be re- introduced in an aggravated form. How great had been the fall may be gauged by instituting a comparison between the tone and spirit-dist-illd from the intellectuality associated with the greatest of all thinkers— of Shakcsr-ea?o's plays and those of the Roe- storation dramatists. But the Puritan pre- judice has outlived the conditions which once justified it, and unfortunately one of the consequences of democratic Government has been the giving of authority over the theatre into the hands of a class incompetent to deal justly with it because of inherited dis- likes and fancies. Magistrates used to deal with theatre licenses, and a.s a body com- pelLird to cultivate to some degree the judi- cial spirit customarily took into account only those considerations of safety, public- decency, and public requirements, which were in the mind of the legislature when conferring the power to grant or refuse such licenses. Nowadays, however, the members of Borough County Councils, to whom the same authority has been transferred, where dominated by that narrow intolerance so irritating to its victims, have discovered a method whereby they are able to place re- strictions upon a dramatic license, although the law does not recognise the existence of these. A theatre license empowers its holder to apply for an excise license, which, upon the payment of certain duties, is issued as a matter of course. No Council acting a-s a licensing authority could deprive the licence of any iota- of the powers conferred by the full dramatic license once the latter is granted. So the end sought is attained by obtaining from the applicant an undertaking that he will not apply for an excise license if the other be granted him. It is an unfair and irregular procedure, but apparently not illegal. A section of the Swansea Council have endeavoured en several occasions to follow it, but hitherto been outvoted. Now, however, they appear to be in sufficient strength to impose their views upon the rest of their colleagues, and if they have failed to do so effectively, it is simply be- cause of the Council's faculty for muddling. Last -summer, when the application was made for an unr:stricted licence, and refused by a majority vote, the refusal was stultified by the discovery made when legal action had been instituted, that the proceedings of the Council were vitiated by a fatal irregularity. A waek ago a second attempt, to obtain a, decision that could stand ended ir. the same way. The full license was refused by a casting vote of the j Mayor — the votes for and against being equal—only later it transpired that his Wor- ship had no casting vote in a licensing mat- ter. Hence it. third attempt is necessary. ¡ So far "the business, has'merely served to dis-1 close the strength of intolerance in the Coun- cil, and. the-latter's great aptitude for fail- ing to comply with tnc simple requirements of the law. I
SWANSEA BREWSTER SESSIONS
SWANSEA BREWSTER SESSIONS THE REMAINING EAST SIDE HOUSES. SOME OLD-FASHIONED PLACES DEALT WITH. Swansea Licensing Sessions were resumed on Wednesday, when the remaining eleven houses on the East Side were considered. Aid". Howel Watkins was again in the chair COPPERMAN'S ARMS, PENTRE- GUINEA-ROAD. Structurally deficient and unsuitable, was the chief objection to the Copperman's Arms, Pentreguinea-road (seven days), let to Mr. Hopkm Bowen, who was represented by Mr. Viner Leeder, a.nd tied to Buckley's, Llanelly, for whom Mr. Watkin Richards (Llanelly) appeared. The rooms were low, floors weak, and the staircase an open step- ladder.—Mr. Leeder put it to Mr. Ports- mouth, the police architect, that there was a good cellar.—Witness: Yes. Mr. Leeder: I mean it is a cellar that would make you feel thirsty when you see it. (Laughter). For the applicant it was admitted that the house was not up-to-date, and the Bench, recognising that the inn was well-conducted and isolated, intimated their willingness to defer further consideration to give time to communicate with the company's manager, with a view of ascertaining whether an undertaking would be given to carry out substantial improvements, in the event of the license being renewed.—The issue lays on the company's decision. Subsequently, Mr. Leeder gave an un- dertaking that Messrs. Buckley would put in plans for improvements at the adjourned sessions. RIFLEMAN'S ARMS, KILVEY-ROAD. A free house owned by Mr. Wm. Thomas. Brynamnnn, and let to Mr. Edward Wilks. Mr. Thompson supported the application .or the renewal. Structurally the house was given a very indifferent character. Built I into the side of Kilvey Mountain, the walls were said to be in a terrible state and cov- ered with a thick black slime. Roof leak- ing and the floors so weak as to be hardly ing and the floors so weak as to be hardly safe. Inmates lived in an old brewhouse I and the sanitary arrangements bad.—Mr. L. Richards What do you say as to the suitability?—Warrant Officer Davies I say it is not fit to live in.—Mr. Thompson Is there a house at all?—Witness: Well, mere is a house. (Laughter.)—The Chairman: A good view?—Witness: Oh, lovely, sir. (Laughter.)—It was urged that the license had been in the same familv and the owner expressed willingness to pre- sent plans for rebuildiag.—The Bench de- clined an adjournment.—License is in jeo- pardy. Six day house let to Mr. Joshua- Butt, tied to Bevans," Neath, and Lord Jersey, the freeholder. Mr. W. P. Smith for the owners, and Mr. W. A. Thomas for the ten- ant, supported the application, which was in respect of practically a new house, plans for-which were put in. The premises at j present were described as in a dilapidated state and unfit for licensed purposes. The new plans generally were approved by the police architect, but upon the question of necessity the police said the trade done j at the Rising Sun was next to nothing." The takings were, however, proved to be from £8 to £12 per week.—The issue was in doubt NEW INN, PENTRECHWYTH-ROAD. Tied to the Swansea Old Brewery, for whom Mr. Horatio Watkins appeared, and I let' to Mr. John Doel, the New Inn, Pentre- I chwyth-road (seven days), was described as a good house, but one cf three not required in the district, the other two being the Rising Sun, and the Gwyndv Inn.—Mr. Hor- atio Watkins: The strongest recommenda- tion of this house is that Mr. Richard Wat- kins hae not objected. (Laughter.)—Reply- ing to the Bench, the tenant gave the takings at from J314 to £15 per week.—No cause for anxiety. I GWYNDY INN, PENTRECHWYTH ROAD. Sir day house, let to Messrs. T. A. Jackett and tied to Messrs. Simmonds, Read- ing, and described as a good house and in fair condition. Mr. Horatio Watkins ap- Ipeared for the freeholder and Mr. Leeder for the licensee and leaseholders. The police admitted that a good trade wais done and
DO YOU FEAR WINTER?
DO YOU FEAR WINTER? HOW TO A VOID ITS PERILS. Why is winter more .deadly than the miloer reasons of the year, and more un- healthy? And why do people catch cold s.c,mr and t-nffer more from colds in winter than at other times? The simple reason is that winter weather puts a heavier strain on the systoni. Hence, if your vitality is lowered, if you are run down, anaemic, or just convaks ■ cent after influenza or fever, let that fam- iliar chilly feeling, tliose frozen hands and teet, that slight hoarseness, and that cut- ting pain in your back and chest be your danger signals. By keeping the stomach healthy and the 'I', liver active, bile beanis enable you to defy winter s grim at-tack on your system. The secret of robust health is rich red blood, the supply of which is only limited' by im- paired digestion. W hen your food is doing you no good, how can strength and bodily heat be maintained? Beani practically transform the fO'nd into warm red blood, which then circulates on its mission of life and heat to all parts cf t-ho body. Concerning infliterm, Mr Albert Facer, oi Long Bu<kb\, North Hants., says:—'T ha-c. influenza seven times-used to have an attack every year. I was pulled through my last attack, four years ago, by bile beans, which so built up my health tbat I have neveir had influenza since. Solely I)V the use of b'l<- beans, which are a splendid preventative tonic. I have been able to check the recurrence of the malady." Nurse Wiseman, of 36, King-street, Zc- cl-eshill, Bradford, who suffered terribly for many months from neuralgia in the head. + Th-e pains increased in winter un til ihev w.ere unbearable, and they affected my health seriously. Tonics were quite useless; but the neuralgia was cured long before I had finished a single bos of bile beans, and I have never had neuralgia simx. Mr. Ihomas Brady, of Mansfield-street, Liverpool, contracted a severe liver-chill. Months of medical treatment left him weak, debilitated, nnd still suffering as much as ever. "A friend advised bile bean," sayB Mr. Brady, "and in a thort time they rid me of ali pain, brought back my appetite, and renewed my strength." Mrs. Marshall of 52. Havdon-street, owindon, says:—' After iuifering for 20 yea* from rheumatism in my arms and ankles, I was quite cured by taking a course of bile beano My hands now straighten out quite naturally, and I can get about anywhere. That is t-hiee years ago, and 1 have never hid a return of the eld troubi-e." Such living testimony as the above ;;5 final proof that bile beans are an ideal win- ter tonic, and tlk safest family medicine. But note d."t th four cases just cited were cured by the genuine Chas. Fcrde's biio beans, and not by a spurious imitation or cheap substitute.
BONiMAKN IN N, PENTRECHWYTH.
Mr. Watkins said the licensed house was over 100 years old and there had never been a complaint against it.—License safe. BONiMAKN IN N, PENTRECHWYTH. One of two houses in Penirechwyth (the other being the Jersey Arms), six day- tenant Mr. Hopkin Williams, just leased to Messrs. Hancock and Co., and freeholder Lord Jersey. Nlr. J. C. Caskell supported the application. Bedrooms very small and low, no enclosed yard, and sanitary ar- rangements at the time of police visit "simply disgraceful." Asked if it would meet his requireaicnts supposing the house were rebuilt, Sergt. Davies said that a li- censed house was necessary as the two next houses were some distancj away. Mr. Pea- cock submitted plans for remodelling the premises, but as they were deposited at the last moment the Bench were rather disin- clined to consider them.—Tenant said that license had been in force for 130 years with- out complaint and in his family for 50 years. -Result a little doubtful. SHIP INN, FOXHOLErROAD. Structurally :t.. Aqd. ,one of too many houses in the nighbourhood "were th.3 ob- jections to this house (six days) let to Mrs. Griffith Willian:, and tied to Swansea United Breweries, for whom Mr. Sankev appeared. It was admitted, however, that a good trade was done, whilst Mr. Ports- mouth, police architect, said the defects, in structure might be remedied.—Tenant said the takings were from £10 to JB12 per week., —Decision reserved. LAMB AND FLAG, FOXHOLE-ROAD. SWAN INN, FOXHOLE-ROAD. A free house (six days), owned by the Mid- land Railway Company, and let to Mr. John J. Humphreys. Mr. Sankey supported the application. Low ceilings, dark rooms, dangerous stairs, and bad sanitary arrange- ments was Sergt. Davies' evidence.—Mr. Sankey: An awful talc of woe; is there nothing good about it?—Witness: Not much.—Mr. Sankey: I wonder you escaped with your life from these dangerous places. (Laughter.)—The tenant admitted that ow- ing to the trade having fallen he had taken another house at Neath, and was only wait- ing for this one to be t-ranisferrf--d.-Docision reserved. Tied to "Bevans' Neath, and let to Elizabeth Griffiths, seven day ante-1869 beers house Mr. W. P. Smith appeared in th. case. Chief rolloe objection was against the structure of bedrooms let to lodgers, whico were said to be bad. Sergt. Evans further 11 said the trade was poor—"absolutely noth- in,and that it was difficult for police supervision. There were complaints of Sunday trading in the district. The takings were only 25 per week, but Mr. Smltl urged that this was because it was merely a beerhouse and not a double-licensed house. —Doubtful. JERSEY ARMS, PENTRECHWYTH. A good house, very clean, and stands ilone, was the police evidence with regard to this house «oix days) tied to the Swan- sea United Breweries, and let to Mr. J Gifford. Mr. Sankey a-ppeared in the cage. —Licen&e safe. (j» This concluded the houses in the St. Thomas district, and the Morriston list will be opened on Thursday. The following were the decisions:- Copperman's Arms.-Gr-ted subject, to alterations. Ship lnn.-Deds.ion adjourned. Lamb and nag.-Licen,-e refused, structur- allyl unfit. Swan Inn.—Referred to compensation authority. Rifleman's Arms.—License refused, struc- turally unfit- Rising Sun.—Granted subject to being en- tirely rebuilt. New Inn.—Granted. Gwvndy Arnis.-Graiited. Jersey Arms.—Granted. Bonyinaen Inn.—Refused, structurally' my fit.
CLYDACH COLLIER'S COMPENSATION.
CLYDACH COLLIER'S COMPEN- SATION. At Neath County Court on Thursday Dd. Davies, collier, Clydach, sought compensa- tion from Clydach Merthyr Colliery Co. for an injury to his eye sustained twelve months ago. lr Villiers Meager repre- sented Davies, and Mr. Ivor Bowen the company, who suggested that Davies was not now suffering from the effects of the ac- cident. In reply to Mr. Bowen, Davies said he would not work until his eye got better. His Honour: Then you will never work. Mr. Bowen (to Davies) I suppote you would be quite willing to address a meeting in favour of Mr. John Williams? (Laugh- ter.) I think you would do that very well. Davies: That is a bit of your fun, I sup- pose. If you had had all the pain I've had—■— His Honour Now let us get on. Davies I get lots of pain at night. His Honour Then you can work during the day. Davies: You can't work by day if yL don't sleep at night. (Laughter.) Dr. F. Thomas (Swansea) believed the man was not now suffering any pain. He had suffered with cataract before he met with the accident. His Honour held that the man was en- titled to compensation, and suggested that I the company should offer him light work. He allowed costs on Scale B, a.nd said he would fix the amount of compensation at the next courts