The South Wales Daily Post

SPECIAL SHOW. BEN EVANS & CO., LIMITED, ARE NOW DISPLAYING IN EVERY BRANCH OF i II K 1 It U It E A T L Y • INCREASED BUSINESS THE VERY w A-s A,,&. AA JL rEWEST FASHIONS, NOVELTIES JN E\V GOODS, i UOM THE BEST ENGLISH AD CONTINENTAL MARKETS COSTUMES, JACKETS and CAPES, MILLINERY, LADIES and CHILDREN'S OUTFITTING, SILKS, DRESS FABRICS, LACE GOODS, GLOVES and RIBBONS, SUNSHADES and UMBRELLAS, GENTLEMEN S MERCERY. CABINET FURNITURE, CARPETS, BEDSTEADS and BEDDING, IRONMONGERY, CHINA and GLASS, CRETONNES, CURTAINS, HOUSEHOLD LINENS, BLANKETS and RUGS, COUNTERPANES, CALICOES and SHEETINGS, B JOTS AND SHOES FOR LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S WEAR. The Value and Selection throughout is of exceptional merit, but in order to o:>t un an adequate impression of the magnitude oi the Stock, Customers are cordially invited to Day a Visit of Inspection. t v SWANSEA- JOHN S. BROWN < Y» imrnctU Bicycles and Tricycles in Swansea in -0 Q 18 7 9 I Åùd Laving secured ALL the Best Cycle Agencies in the country, isenabied to offer the very Best Value in 1895 If you wi. h tr, cnjov cycling and to ride in perfect safety, you >Moi;id buy a Machine with a reputation. 1 > [ ;1nd purchase voiir mount from JOHN'S. BROWN, (}\FOgn-STltEFT, S W AXSEA. It l' 1 ) I:) M AN8CHESTE 11 « K CA. CASTLE-STREET. SWANSEA. RMg OPENED A NEW DEPARTMENT FOR -17 GENTLEM ENIS OUTFITTING. A! I. LATEST LONDON STYLES. [1766 HE I; U f L D I X G AND E X TEN DIN G OF GILO COOK'S FURNISHING ESTABLISHMENT, W AT E V. LOO-STREET. SWANSEA TO FJO U SEXiOLDERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC- I shall offer the whole of my Large and Varied Stock of Household Thajrniluxa* Br-usteads, and <1 tases, •to., for tiiis week at a tremendous sacrifice, FOR CASH. Building operations commencing MONDAY Next, MAY 6th. N.-P,On and after Monday ixxt the premises will be carriej on at the PARK AUCTION ROOMS, PARK-STKEBI, undat 36, WATERLOO-STREET, whilst our Premises pro in ti-,e 527c5-4 J. LI. PANK HATTER. HOSIER, AND GENTS' OUTFITTER, Is now showing a choice selection 0= I WHITE and FANCY i iMMaMMBKfwaMHHMBHnni y In all th £ Newest Cloths, CRICKETING SHIRTS -j in filzes up to 18 inches. COLLARS New ah apt 8 up to 18 inches. ST HAW HATS All the newest designs for the Season. J.H. P.'s Special Value, Q /Q } £ JJ FUR If \T f I*1 Newest Shapes and Colours. ONLY ADDRES3. 17 IIIGH-STREET. NEAR ROYAL HOTEL. KITCHEN DRESSERS From aOIil. each. STiiONG AND SERVICEABLE. EASY TERMS OF PURCHASE. F. C. Eddershaw, la, HIGH-STREET, GREAT Sytlow, 01" SEASONABLE GOODS, EVERY NOVELTY >K APERY MILLINERY A i' THOMAS' M;APERY WAREHOUSES, OXFORD STREET. hwansea. .l. .L;. < D A V I E S, UNDERTAKER, AND CGMl'LtilE KUNfaKAL tCRNISHER, ADU-LTS' FUNERALS. 1st Class, with Best Glass-side Hearse, Two Best h C>aehes and Pairs to .Match, Stout iilra Shell, full- lined, ami Sitin trimmed Kobe, t-'re«ch Polished oatside OAk Coffin, with Best Br-asi Furniture, •, Elaborate Breast Plate (engraved). Bearers, and elf- f cl tent ce P-1 1 11 0 t Ditto. as atx>v<\ wi'h nrt Shell and Bearers 8 8 0 Oitto French Polished Elm Coffin and Brass Furniture.-Foil-lined and Kobe, Glass-side Shcllibfer, ind Fly 5 0 C Ditto Elm Polished Coffin, w ith Eieeirc- brass Furniture, Shellibier, and Fly 4 0 0 2nd Class Do. „ Do. 3 5 0 No Extra Charge for Use of J:>H" &< Only Practical Workmen Employed 8, PRINCE OF WALES-,ROAD, {OPPOSITE EMPlHi. SWANSEA. 128911 STAHTLING IN NOVATIONS IN TRADE BY DAVID JONES & CO., Who are never happy unless they are I at it. Ore day Flour, another day Butter, I, But TO-DAY it is CHEESE. The very finest X i: \V ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIAN CHEESE, !II-" 1 PEE 02'1 POUND. ANY QUANTITY. Lovers of the Fineness and Freshness of Australian Butters will at once under- stand what we mean by FINEST AUSTRALIAN CHEESE. at 5d. per pound. We are Cheapest Sellers in Wales, Whole- sale or Retaii. T 100 & 101, OXF ùRD-STREET, I I SWANSEA. 2765 TEETH. TEETH. THE LONDON & SOUTH WALES ARTIFICIAL TOOTH CO. PRINCIPAL: Ms. CLAUDE BUNDY. N.B.—No conneciien with any other firm in Swansea. SINGLE TEETH, 2?.; SETS, 20s EXTRACTIONS, b. Payments can be made Weekly. STOPPINGS CAREFCLLY INSERTED PAINLESS EXTRACTION BY GAS, 5s. Note Local Address— ALEXANDRA ROAD. SWANSEA. Opposite High-street Arcade. Two minutes walk from High-street Railway Station. 2763 JOHN PALMER. t The old-established) COACH W O R K S 11, GOWER STREET. SWANSEA A WIDOWS SACRIFICE. KBXABIULBM ITORY raom LIJUTBLM. A pathetic rtory has gone the rounds of this d, a i ^trict, -it- a Llanelly reporter, in wtaicb a poor i "V?ido*, at- tkt> adv«oc«ct age of 78, of, oi Mscrgartt Thomas, Jiving ata <-oO»tg;e<k«4yworae Uryo- raawr, near St. David's Colliery, Llanelly, who for 20 ] years has been* isrtjr to groat weakness and dropsy depriving her of the nse of her general strength. She e,venumily became a perfect cripple, and failed to eave her rooms. The neighbours satiated her in every way they eonid. In this state the determined to appij tor parish relief, and the generous Guardians allowed her 2s. 6Q. a week, which had to pay rent and food for seven days. Her aeefcor had utterly failed to Rive her any relief in way of medicine. She luitl spent pounds on one tillug and anothi?r, and at iast broke down. Nothing u> do hoe good thia side of tb« gravr. One xnorning a cloud passed over witha uuai tiiver lining in. a friend telling her to try and get a 2s. 9d. bt ttle of Morel s Sovran. IIow could sho get it, and only 2». £ d. a week. At iast, after a great racritiee, the bought one, and then found a true lriend-her troubles left her, her pains gone, her crutch put away. Blie can now walk and have a look round. and go to her chapel, which she has not been able to do for many years. Anyone who doubts this ttory, co or wilte to WIDOW THOMAS, Brynmawr, near Bryn, Llanelly. Eold by all Chemists, 2s, 9d. and 4a. 6d. per bottle, or from MOREL'S DEPOT, LLANELLY PeoWreet ¡ lie I "LA TOSCA" TO-NIGHT. I

THE "POST" DIARY. Txx ExpiRs two perftrniances each night- 7 and 9. NEW THH.I'&J,—"La Tosca" every evening. April 30. -Furniture Sale at 11, Plough-road, Landore, by Mr. David Huberts. May I.-Second teem begins it Girls' Boarding and Day Schools, Bellevue. Swansea. May 1 & Z.-Amateur Theatricalb at, Tlicatre Royal, 8 P. rn. May 2.-Cheap half-day excursion to Portheawl from High-streut station. May 2, 3, 4.-Annual meetings Primitive Methodist Connexioll at Pell-street OhapoL May 9.—Karly Closing Confer-ance at Tempeiance Hall. May 9.-Pnblic meeting at Cardiff Town-ball, re pto- posed memorial to the late Lord Aberdarc.

SWANSEA TIDE TABLE. TIME. HEIGHT ON SILLS. Prince of Wales North Sonth Dock. Dock. Dock. Apart, A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. P.M, E.M. H.M. F. 1. F. I F. 1. F. 1. 30-T. 921 9 45 m 28 4 27 6 21 6 20 0 MAY l-W. 10 12 1048 26 10 26 1 20 1 18 7 2—Th. 11 61 2S 2 3—F. 0 17 1 2 26 1 25 5 19 5 17 11 4—S, 1 59 2 11 26 6 27 1 21 1 19 7 5—Su. 2 39 3 6 28 2 23 11 22 11 21 5 6—M. 3 31 3 56 30 5 30 6 24 6 23 0 ^2^^50^317311^251^245

]Y| 1DLAND RAILWAY. IMPORTANT TRAIN ALTERA- TIONS, &c.—MAY AND JUNE. On May 1st, alterations will be made i the Train Senice affecting SWANSEA and DISTRICT, for particulars of which the are referred to the Midland Company's Tiaae public Tables, Biils, Notices, &c., tor May. GEO. H. TURNER, Derby, April, 1895. General Manager. 2973 GRAND SATURDAY SPORTS U 0 tJ MAY ITXH. ON COUNTY GROUNDS, HAL-FWAY, (Under A.A.A. and N.C.U. Rules). Evrib-Ts.-120 Flat, 440 Flat, One Mile Flat, One Mile Bicycle, 3 Mile Bicycle, and Open Two Mile Bicycle Handicap, for prize presented by H. Haltenbacb, Esq., value 1st., £ 15 2nd., £ 3 3rd., 21. Ground pronounced excellent by all Athletes. Banked Cycle Track. Entries close May 4th. Monday's post in time. Entries as usual. Hon, Sec.-MR. D. H. BOWEN, Andrew-street, Llanelly. 2974 MAYPOLE BUTTER lid. PER POUND. NOTHING FINER CAN BE BOUGHT. M A B G A R I N E 5d. PER POUND. SPECIAL NOTICE. The quality of the Margarine we sell at 5d. per lb. is superior to that sold by our com- petitors at 7d. and 8d. per lb. One trial will prove this. ——— [1551 MAYPOLE DAIRY CO., 207A, HIGH-STREET. SWANSEA. GO TO 97, OXFORD-ST., FO R CH14? AIX 2ST*W PATTEF.KS 1iT>- ?BR P I*C* 01 0dd Lct' wy cheap. AFIEli THE IINFLUENZA. All patients who have suffered from the Influenza agree in stating that the after effects are more disagreeable than the malady itself. The feelings of depression, low spirits, help- lessness, and want of go" are almost, un- bearable. The best treatment for this is generous diet ard pleasant tonics. The best tonic yet prepared, and one peculiarly suit- able trr this malady is- OWILYM EVANS' QUININE BITTERS, THE VEGETABLE TONIC. SPECIMEN OF TESTIMONIAL. INFLUKNZA. INFLUENZA. INFLUENZA. INFLUENZA, INFLUBHZA. Berkeley-road, Bristol, June 13th. Gentlemen,—I have been very HI with Influenza, followed by Conges tion of the Lungs. Three weeks ago my condition was critical, and when the danger passed I was very low and weak. AbcLii; a. tortrtight, Pgo rhe doctor said that I shou!d take a good tonic. I suggested "(rw ilym Evans' Quinine B-tprs." "The very thing,' he said. take it three tioies a day.' Since then I have taken it regularly and feel wonderlull v benefited. I has restored btIfmgth to my limbs and given tone to my whole system —Vours sincerely, 13. P. CHICK. GWILYM EVANS" QUININE BITTERS THE VEGETABLE TONIC. Sold in 2s. 9d. and 4s. 6d. bottles. Samples Is. lid. size AnlIF-See the name "wilvm Evans" on stamp, label, and bottle. This is important as there are numerous imitations. Proprietors: QUSNINB BITTKRS MANUFAC- TURING CO., LTD., LLANELLT, SOUTH WALES. [2527 LU^SrCH TONGUES 7ID. PER TIN. USUAL PRICE, Is. Having purchased a few Thousand Tins of LUNCH TONGUES at a Reduction of 40 per Cent., v. e offer them at the above low price for Cash. This is an exceptional opportunity for Shopkeepers and large Consumers. 'TAYLO-k"& Co (LIMITLD), SWANSEA AND MUM IB J, ES. 2683

TUESDAY, APRIL 30; 1895. I NOTES & COMMENTS I The insolence of the semi-Spanish Republics of South America has passed into a proverb, and the gratitude of those brought into contact with it will go out I to the British Government for undertaking ¡ to teach manners to tho Nicaraguans and their lleighboun. Early on Saturday morn- ing last the three English wafahipa- stationed off the of CoriBto took up I positions within easy range of the Govern- ment buildings; the crews were beaten to quarters and the town was lighted up by I broad beams of electricity flashed from the I ironclads. Twenty boats filled with marines and bine-jackets put off and landed without opposition, :tnd t >ok I possession of the Custom House. Had a shot been fired at them the town would I have been demolished in a few minutes, for the warships stood ready to begin the bombardment, The history of tho complication is simple euough. Nicaragua with scant re- spect for the rights of Europeans bandied a British Vice-Consul and twenty British subjects out of one of the districts. Eng- land demanded an indemnity and an apologv for the insult to the flag. Nicaragua refused hence tha decision of our Government to seize the chief port of the country and collect the customs until the Nicaraguans are brought to their senses. Their present obstinacy is due to a belief that the United States will resent a permanent occupation of the country by any European power, and that in attempting to make her punishment effec- tive England is likely to provoke the interference of the Washington Govern- ment. So far the latter appears to have agreed to the British action, but of course the understanding may not carry us beyond a certain point. The" Monroe theory which supplies the key note to the United States policy in respect of its neighbours in the South is that no European power shall be I allowed a footing on the American conti- nent—excepting in Canada which, having been held by England before the existence of the Republic, is treated as an accom- plished fact. Awkward complications may arise if the Nicaraguans persist ini their present attitude, b it probably they will yield as soon as satistied that no help is to be expected from Washington. Like the majority of republics in South America political power is almost exclusively in the hands of the more turbulent and rowdy class of the inhabitants. The commercial men, who contribute the revenues, exercise little a t lority, or there would have been no necessity for a British occupation of I Corinto. Past experience of the special meetings of the Swansea Council does not warrant any degret-of hopefulness that the several matters engaging the public mind at the present time will be dealt with at the meeting convened for to-day. Conse- quently, it is chiefly with the purpose of keeping the subject in the sight of the r atepayers, rather than of anticipating an immediate treatment of it, that we allude I once more to the non-appearance of the London agents' allowance in the borough accounts. We are determined that tha matter shall net be permitted to slide into o ilivion before the ratepayers have been told all that is to be said respecting it. The resolution which constituted the allowances the property of the Oorporation I is definite, and equally so the statement of the Borough Treasurer that credit has not boen giren for the allowance because he has not received it. Whatever the explana- I' tion may be the public have a right to know it, and the members of the council do themselves no credit in permitting week after week to pass by without ascertaining the explanation. If it should be found that the London agents have withheld the usual allowances the question will have to be faced whether the public interests do not demand the transfer of the Corporation's London work into the hands of another firm better disposed to give the town the full benefit of its appro- priation of the i ebate. We have hitherto abstained from refer- ring to Mr. Rocke's objection to the Borough Engineer supervising the con- struction of the new reservoir for the reason that it is essentially a personal matter, and it is desirable that the attack upon the present management of the town affairs should not be weakened by even a suspicion that persons and not practices are the targets. Had the incident closed with the recent rejection of Mr. Rocke's proposal for the appointment of an eminent engineer to take charge of the work the temptation would have been great to let byegones be byegones. But since it is now practically certain that the opposition to the appointment of Mr. Wyrill will be per- severed with the rateyayers should at least know the ground of the objection. There is no suggestion tbatMr. Wyrill is not competent to overlook the construc- tion of the Cray Reservoir; on the contrary, we believe that even Mr. Rocke wiU readily admit that the Borough Engineer is a master of his business. But in his dealings with the Lliw Reservoir Mr. Wyrill com- mitted irregularities which were chiefly responsible for the Baldry Yerburgh litiga- tion with its long bill of costs and its extras of £19,000 as fixed by arbitration. Friends of Mr. Wyrill contend that the litigation took placa because the engineer insisted upon better work being done by the contractors than was provided for in the specifications and that he ghculd not be further punished for whatever lapses may have occurred in connection with the Lliw reservoir. This course of argument really evades the vital point which Mr. Rocke is emphasising. To appreciate this it is needful to understand how ML WTyrill's action in the matter of the Lliw reservoir affected the claim of the contractors. The contract provided against possible litigation by » stipulation that Mr. Wyrill was to act as referee between the Corporation and the contractors in any dispute that might arise. So long as Mr. Wyrill did nothing to impair his authority as referee no claim put for- ward by the contractors and disallowed by liim could stand. After the irregularities discovered in the Borough Engineer's certificates for payment on ac- count of work done, the contractors' chances of recovering the extras depended upon I their success in setting aside the referee. Hence the charge of collusion between the Corporation and the Borough I Engineer. It was straight sailing for the Corporation in resisting the claim so long as the referee's conduct was unimpeach- I able. but when an investigation satisfied the Water Works Committee that the Borough Engineer had laid himself seriously open to reproach, the defence had to be adjusted to the changed circum- stances. Thus it happened that consent was given to let the matter go to arbitra- tion, providing the charge of collusion were withdrawn. By means of this the contrac- tors succeeded in their object of disposing of the. chief obstacle to a successful claim— the referee whose decision was to have been find. Councillor R eke takes np the position that to permit Mr. Wyrtll to act in the same capacity in respect of the Cray Reservoir is to risk a. repetition of the Baldry-Yerburgh muddle on a larger scale since thg sdeme involves an ex- penditure of over £300,000. The very out- come of the LJiw litigat on weakens Mr. Wyrill in the case of another dispute,, as the evidence admitted in that case is certain to be adduced to his disadvantage as a ;eferee. Consequently, argues Mr. Rocke, it will be more economical in the end and more satisfactory to the town that the chances of another and possibly more disastrous litigation should be reduced to a minimum by the appointment of a first-class engineer from outside to act in the capacity II of referee,and toscethat the work is properly carried out. The fact that the Council could not be induced to face this view, but preferred to give a virtually silent vote against it affords a suggtstive comment on the spirit in which municipal matters of the first moment are approached at Swan- sea.

OUR NOTEBOOK. IN BISHOrSTONE VALLEY, I [BY GILBERT D. DAVIDSON.] I had often heard of the beauties of this little valley, so one bright March morning I determined to visit it. Starting from Oyster- mouth, I walked across to Pwll-du Bay via Caswell, and crossing the stream that flows down the vallevby means of a plank bridge, which, by the way, seemed very rotten and likely to collapse altogether, I discovered a rugged footpath leading up the valley on the left-hand side of the stream. Here the valley is about 200 yards wide, the hiiis on each side rising very abruptly from a somewhat marshy meadow, down the centre of which the stream meanders. The footpath was a'ong the side of the valley under the shade of the trees, for the hills on the left of the valley are well wooded, the greater portion of the undergrowth con- sisiing of hazel, which were covered with tIJeir pretty rolden catkins or lambstaiis, as we used to call them when children. It was still too early in the year for the spring flowers, although there was abundant promise, the bluebells were just pushing up their tender leaves, and here and therein a more sheltered corner a few blossoms of the dog voilot or thegoldeu calandine were to be seen. The other side of the valley is clothed with furze and heather amongst which great white timet.tona boulders show themselves, the fune were not injured bv the late severe frost even now beginning to open its sweet scented flowers, proving the truth of the old saying, When the furze is out of bloom, kissing is eut of fashion," The valley is very winding and at each turn a scene of great beiuty unfolds itself, at no place is the valley much more than two hun- dred yards wide, nor do the hills en each side rise to any great height, but the wooded bank on the one side contrasts favourably with the rugged, gorse-covered bank on the Ather. A little way up the valley branches, and I hesi- I tated for some time as to which branch I should follow, as there was a cart track up each; however, I eventually decided to fol- low the course of the stream. Here I rested for & time and watched the actions of some rooks who were busily employed in building or repairing their nests in a rookery on the hill above. What a cawing and squabbling there was amongst them While some were left in charge of the nest the others went to collect sticks and various materials, for rcoks are great thieves, and if the half finished nest was left unprotected only for a. few minutes, the materials that had I been brought together with so much labour would soon be stolen. Away in the woods I could hear the crow ef a cock pheasant and the chatter of a pair of magpies, while close bv a pair of torn tits were examining every crevice in the bark of a rotten branch or uttering their "see-saw" note as they niinblv flitted about the hazel bushes. For some distance above this point the valley is rather tamer in character, the bills on each side being not so rugged or so well wooded, but in summer the meadows through which the stream flows would be bright with clumps of golden marigolds and the air laden with the scent of the feathery blossoms of the meadow sweet. Round the next bend in the valley the scene again changes. Now it is tho right hand side I of the valley that is wooded, the hill rising abruptly to a regular cliff covered with trees, except in the steepest part, a rare nesting place for the kestrels and jackdaws; here the stream bubbles up from under the roeks, for from just above the village of Bishopstone to this spot the stream has made a subterranean passage for itself, disappearing entirely underground, except in very wet weather, when the flood waters flow down over the surface, probably because the subterranean channel is net large enough to carry it all off. A few yards further on there is a cavern, at the bottom of which I heard the water roar- ing away between the rocks, the sound being much greater owing to the confined space. and the eeho against the roof and sides of the cavern. As I leave this spot a pair of 'I partridges startle me with the sudden whir of their wings is they rise almost under my feet. Here the walking is more difficult, for the valley is strewn with rocks ef all sizes, that have rolled down from time to time from the hills 011 each side, there was no semblance of a pathway, but I bad to pick my way between the boulders as best I could. Passing a deep rocky quarry orpit. whether natural or artificial 1 had no means of finding out, I soon came into view of the massive square tower of Bisnopsfcone Church nestling en the side of the hill, an ancient edifice, as most of the churches in Gower are, but I Lad no time to view the interior. Bv this time the un was obscured by masses of heavy clouds, and on looking back towards Oxwich I saw the mist creeping along the coast, hiding first one headland, then another, prognosticating a wet after- noon. for oftentimes these bright spring moring. are treacherous; "too fine to last,' as they say, so I made the best of my way homeward. It the valley is worth visiting in winter, what must it be in summer, when the trees are out in fuil leaf, and the gorse and heather in bloem. But to my mind the gruat charm of the valley is in its many windings, for in no place can a clear view be obtained for inoro than a few hundred yards, and at each bend a view opens out dissimilar in character to the last, while all the way flows the little stream, the home of many a speckled trout, now brawling over the rocks, now placidiy creeping along under the shadow of the willows and alders, or by great tufts of the soft rush ana yellow flags, till it forces its way through the great bank of shingle at Pwll-du Bay, and at last loses itselt in the salt waters of the Channel.

MISS MlNA LEGH IN «■ LA TOSCA It II RUPTURE c;i-h wished to get rid of Rupture and Trusses 6110uld send to S. J, Sl1unlll,n, Hernia Specialist, 64, Chancery-lane. London, aiul I 6 Kiiiit-street, Manchester, for his book. l'st free, 7d,

CRICKET. Swansea Second and Cardiff Second teams are to meet on the Cricket Field this year. The opening match of the Llanelly Cricket Club. Married v, Single, will come off on May 11th. The Aberavon C.C. have already arranged home and home fixtures with Swansea, Llaneilv, aDd Bridgend. Tom Hemsworth, the late professional of the Llwynypia C.C., has, 1 hear, settled down in Aberavon, and is going to assist the club of that ilk this season. Dr, Humphrey, this year's president ef the Christ Church Cricket Club, has forwarded a. subscription of a guinea toward^ the funds of that popular organization. The Llanelly Harlequins C.C. would like to arrange fixtures with any of the Swansea district junior teams. The Secretary :s Mr. Arthur Anthony, 36, Thomas-street, Llanelly. In choosing a captain for the Swansea seconds, the committee must be careful not to pick t man who gees orl with a rush and after two or three matdies gets bis place in the first team. A certain amount of returling is now being done on the tit. Helen's Ground immediately opposite the ericket pavilion. It will all be finished, howf-ver, weather permitting, in the course of a fortnight. The first appearance of Guyler the new I Swansea "pre will be awaited with great interest. I expect that he will assist in the trundling down of the District League stumps next Saturday, The Swansea United Banks are likely to be very much en evidence this scasn. All the members ef their old team are available and 1 hear that one or two new men are likely to make an appearance in their ranks. The Aberavon C.C. 'ave 'igh 'opes! They didn t make a bad show last vear, but this season they have gome rare acquisitions, for among the recently imported engineers engaged in the construction ot the Port lalbot Railway there are said to be some keen and skiiful cricketers. Quite in the direction of self-denial is the intended policy of the Morriston Cricket Club tlds season, for are not the Morriston Alliance in the Swansea District League r To pet together the best team in MorrVston would be to upset the Alliance team, and Morristomans don't wish to endau-er their chances of procuring the u pot." At a committee meeting of Uie Swansea Cricket and Football Club held last evening, the following were selected to represent Swansea against tho League: Messrs. E. Reid, K. VV..Tones, H. B. Letcher. K Shep- herc, S. W. Thomas, E. Bishop. J. P. Long, Bancroft, Guyler, R. Jenkins, and T. R. Griffiths, The Melyn Club are to be condoled with. They are an excellent organisation, as is shown by the fact that last season they held an unbeaten record, vanquishing Baglan. Clnyton. Morriston, Margam, Briton Ferry, Aberpergwm, and Rhpola, besides other less formidable clubs. This season their ground on the Marshes is bein excavated by a brickworks company, and consequently they have been" evicted,"

CYCLING. The Swansea H "Tiers and Llaneily Wheelers are trying to and will probably suc- ceed in arranging a few inter-ciub races, to I come off on the new Llancliy athlctic grounds, on the 21st of May. Tiie distance for the bicycle race will be two miles and each of the two clubs will be represente! by fix riders. There will also be foot races over 120 yards: 440 yards, and one mile. Egerton, the quarter-mile champion of South Wales will probably assist his old friends—the wheelers, who will probably be represented on the wheel by Dougla", Davies, John Williams, Evan liees, J. Lewis W. M. Phillips, and D. H. Davjes-a warm half-dozen, who will take a lot of beating. I scarcely know what men the Harriers have at their disposal who maybe expected to uphold the cycling traditions of Swansea, J am told they have seven good wheelmen to select from altogether, and that half of that number are or doubtful calibre. Grift I William1?, A. Butt, and one or two more, may be relied upon to make a. decent show, but if they mean to score they will have to improve upon their Easter form. It is quite an open secret that we shall pro- badly sec nearly all the prominent Swansea cyclists on the Llanelly tract pretty etten this season. They will not only assist the local club by putting in an appearance at spcrts, but in one on two instances will hire the ground in order to bring oft some little events of their own. This is the threatened outcome of the painhtl indilliercnce and apathv shown by the Swansea authorities. If those people who have the St. Helen's track in their control will suffer themselves to be offered such a slight, then the pitv of it is that so many as twelve miles should separate I' us from our more enterprising neighbours down the line. A cyclists' ball will shortly come oil under the auspices of the l lanelly Cycling Club. The announcement of this interesting event is the first intimation that has beeu given to wheelmen generally of the sustained existence of the old Llanelly Club, which for the last 1 two seasons has to all intents and purposes been a dead letter. Its resurrection in the haB room will be a. decided nove:ty. Who knows ? A little indulgence in the "light lautastic" may rejuvenate its members once more.and awaken them from their long slumbers into a brighter and more active cycling existence

SHOOTING. The second competition of the Llanelly Shooting Club came otf on Saturday at the Stradey Range. The teams ware captained bv Sergeant W. T. Davies and Corporal D. if. Jones. After some good work on both sides Corporal D. It. Jones's team won by 30 points. The top score was made by Private Douglas Arthur, who put on nu excellent 92 _,j

MISS MINA LEGli IN "LA TOSCA"

[ THE POST BAG. Judge Gwilyra Williams yesterday cal". the Swansea County Court a horrible pla- His Honour Judge Williams has appeared in a new light. He says he 80Ølf" times cuts trees down Protection is alleged to have cangf tk., fancy of the majority of Gower fanner feIJ. They have not yet heard of bimetallism. His Honour Judge Williams says that Swansea Assets Recovery Co. haven't got shop." Pooh, pooh it's an office, shop.' The idea fi There are few things whieh the R**» Rowe Evans, of Neath, cannot a.ccowpIist1- He is now learning the bike." Oh! if machine eould only speak. A correspondent writes complaining of water supplied in Swansea, and says he Defet drinks it without first filteri ug it.. The tilut he uses is a cane-bottomed chair, "H&w am I to pay it, sir," exclaimed a dil tressed woman at the County Court day. No bills or cheques, my good worn* retorted Judge Williams, iu coin of t,b. realm. A iiemi-meneglot Welshman, living not our office, was sorely In trouble yester- day and confided in a friend that his chilli did wind hit; watch, and she brake the sprang." U Nø, X do net speak Spanish," was e answer given by an honest Cwmfelin tin4 plater when questioned respecting his 1iø" guistie abilities, but I do eat toim wto*" throat is bad." I'm getting grey," exclaimed an defendant at the Swansea County Court yej- terday. u Oh, dont say that,' retorted hf Honour sympathetically as he stroked tb. silvern streaks of his own beard A Poatardiilais man took his sweetheart Mr. Chapman the other day and addressøå him in this wise: Mr. Chapman, 1 want yile. to draw me shape and she shape, and two shapes on toile same piece of pappere Were yon building on speck, then ?" \yal the quostien put to a deaf builder at tb- Bankrupcfey-eourt the other day. BuUdi°>» on a speck, inøeed" was the indignant rei" ponso, "I wass build on good mind 'ew that.' succeeded in fogging me c-Øl pletely," exclaimed His Honour to a solicitor at the court yesterday, I don't know where we are Then the pop0^ County-court judge muttered something softening of tho brain. Even justice is very human. Soal etii11e. the gloom ef tile Poliee-court is relieved bY," pretty girl who sita at the table or stands 111 the witness box, and the magistrates, public, and even police stretch luxurian ly like a cat in the sunshine. The reward of virtue is often referred to terms of respect. But a woman who appoar in an assault case at the police-court day found that virtue was sometimes 00 reward, for through refusing to drink beer large jar was broken against her head. A minister who was replying to an attack » t J » a recent conrerence near owansea, sai<* accusatien was a double lie, in the 0 a trutb." A weekly paper said it waS" good speech, and was very pointed, espeolllolIY the following passage:—" It was a double eye, in the shape of half a tooth." Mr. Wilkins told the annual metting Llanelly Football Club that when he V1Slt'd Stradey en a recent practice day hediscoere rÐ that seven out of the eight forwards y.; married, and that they tr.ought of ehuC^J^ the eighth outo? the team unless he serio°^ considered his position. How many children has the exclaimed his Honour at the County-c°" \esterday. 11 Thur-r-tee-five yer Hoootf^ interposed the plaintiff. His (aghast) What' Thur-r-tee-ftve childre^ Plaintiff N0, n0, 0ne child hiire, -Andtt0111 tec-live shillins a 'f: Scene Swansea County-court.—His It's very nice to live without metions. f Debtor: Yes, sir.—His Honour; But h do you do it. Tell me, and I'll do it It's a mystery,—Debter I know it's » g terv, sir.His Honour: But who m*ipt t you,—Debtor: I den b know, sir, but I life, II Now. my sood an," exclaimed w. Swansea County-ceurt judge yesterday defendant, what is the age oi your girl?" Sir retorted the mother of ha' dozen, he's a boy." No, no," his honour complacently, 'you're not Irig^ you're Welsh." And the woman looe amazed. In the course of an uninteresting cs- which it was contended that the plainti builder and contractor—was a labourer^ Williams yesterday exclaimed, "Ob, but fact that he labours doesn't make bI labourer! When I'm at home I often g labouring jobs. I can cut down a tree, or or hoc a piece of ground, but it doesn't rna me a labourer There is an interesting local Pontarduiais who, on festive øccasiOØ: insists on grappling with the Saxon di* He was once known to tell his bearers,^ impressive solemnity, that "it was very a # to be able to .peak two o\es I4 W*»y- friend cf his who, when observing break, remarked: "It is just beginning daying." Green, in his Short History of the People," thus explains the presence or bØ at t Flemish people amongst us. Writing at ,.4, eloce of the 13th century, he observes j. force of Fiammonds and Englishmen lowed Richard Strcngbew aa he landed Milterd Haven, and pushing back tbe habitants, settled a 0 htLie England' in 0 present Pembrokeshire, Traees f t.b" Flemish speech still linger perhaps 111 peninsula of Gower, where a colony of }11e¡¡.t. cenaric.s from Flanders settled jjjy a somewhat later date, while a few adventurers followed trie Lord of Rey i into Cardiganshire, where land might f for the asking by any who would ff upon the Welsh. up f The brood of poets we are bringing a patent incubator seem unable to flv in one direction. One of the latest to the shell is labelled Clerk." his pome wHh a long description 0^eC argument from which we gather that the aim in changing the name of a certain ,1 t.bØ at Coekett was to help people to fil1 station. Then he strikes out in this fashtC Mr. Davies, you are the man to gfin, D t listen to the Tories; they are juet a tn .r.i.vv that, you will conquer the Vicar am' -1 Then ^so ;ihead old Cadle, don't take it as a it should be explained that4 old is uo a term of endearment and that in line fact is sacrificed to the exigencies ofl ifJg rhyme, a"he Rev. John Davies takes no 1 J. IP1 as a joke. Life is one long tragedy to 11 t which the forces of light eternally with those of darkness». He ia the flash of the former combination.