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"Æ -I CM f\f\ „ 1- — 1 ii jy ft if BHBBBBi CHALLENGE. REASONS La— | Why you should take Advantage of I T. C. PALMER'S (The Cash Tailor) 1 — Wonderful Offer | Before it is Withdrawn. > 1 j THE 4 REA.SOIS. /W j I "ttT II T.c. PALMER offers his noted I I I ■■ 50/- Suiting's for | I &MAI to Measure. 1 I O ^iir object in offering* these I a 1 Suits for 30/- is to attract f 1 flllilfllii I new customers to advertise 1 I S I>a^Ilier cut and style. 1 1 fBllllllli I O We rely solely on the Fit' | I 1 Style and Wear of these Suits | 1 lllf 1111 I secure your future patron- gj I ilf B E a8"e' ^e are bound to give I 1 Iff 111 I you satisfaction to do this. | Iff mL I ifl Remember T. C. PALMER I 1| I Hp- has never offered Suits as f I i ^°W aS except during Sales. | T. C. PALMER will give £ 100 to a local Chuity if this i3 not a fact. I I" I I Swansea Branch— 1 f | REASONS 135. Castle St. rcasons bjT I W R MO |o | ■ oj SWANSEA PERM^HENT MONEY SOCIETY. jo B B S N B E II 0: E E Y T jl T B SWANSEA, the Pioneer Society Hlj H BESTOWS A 1111 B PERMANENT Benefit upon the People of Swansea ||fi I I MONEY is Advanced to BORROWER 5^ who SHABE in the PROFITS. B j OF §| SOCIETY to the SAME EXTENT as INVESTORS. || H TERMS OF REPAYMENT. H H| For a Share of .£10, the repayments are Is. 2d. per week. j||j X20 28. 2d. BS .£.30 3s. 2d. „ ,t X40 4s, 2d. .£50 5s. 2d. °, S The Society is a SPECIALLY AUTHORISED SOCIETY under the FRIENDLY 11 H SOCIETIES ACT, and was formed for the purpose of lending sums ranging from /io B9 gg to £ 50 upon PERSONAL SECURITY. gg SB It has now been established SIX YEARS, and dux^ng that period nearly ^60,000 |1| H has been advmced to Borrowers, ||| |9 Promptness in dealing with its members is one of the main features of the success of the Society. ||| | £ 9 Few Mentors and Appiiestions to Borrow received daily at the leistered Office. SUBSCRIPTIONS can be paid sttho gj&j §Jf Branch Office#— » ■lJ TB*BORTH-; Old Moraine Star," envy Monday E^enin^, 6.30 to 7. Iggj BH BRTNHTFRYD-43. Ll<miaryf«l»ch Road (n^xt Ho«r t.« Brvnhyfryd Baptist Chapel), every Monday Evening, 6.15 to 7.15. |»g si »Cf)BBlSTON— 37. Woodfield Street, every Monday Evenic^. 5.30 to 7 30. j §5fl qx" ,XHOVC AS—Mount Tabor Setiootrnom, PTery Tneoday ev«nin(f, 7 to 8. And at tbe jSffl | H HKfSJISTBTRSD OFFICE, QRCAT WESTERN BUILDINGS, ALKXANDBA Monday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. ||S$E njj Tuesday, from 10 a.m. to 8.30 p.m.. gssa j BH .Any further partieslars and copies of the Boles, aa approved by Chief Registrar of Fritndly Societies, *ay te obtained nfca' £ JONES. Telephone—Central, 229. Ig|jy jj The Draw ng betow represents th* Colebratec3 J NATIONAL PtANOFORTE. ¡ Of whieh we are #ellimg a very large nunahor. It haa Iron Frame, Check Action, Brilliant Tone | and Sp lendid Touch. Sappliad in very handsome Walnut Case carries a Ten Years j Warranty Without exception the Cheapest Instrument ever offered at, only £ 19 17 s. Gd | I Ptainesr Pianos, £ tf> 12*. 6d. TIle Wonderbd "Principality," JC19 8s. Od. T35e Overstrung 4, ImpMtd," &3tt fSt. Od. The KagBzAoest P. iry £ 43 Os. Od. ':J" Save from J «8| iBtO I to £ 20 by j Ordering from | Bevan & Co. i | Every lostrumsnt j 'st warranted I TEN YEARS, j BEVAN & COMPANY, Ltd. A 7, WIND STREET, SWANSEA. CWMBACH BUILDINGS, J LLANELLY. I 0.MD BRANCHES THROUGHOUT SOUTH V\!f»LES. j I THE BEST BUYING TIMEN OUf WHITER SALE | NOW PROCEEDING. M Bargains in 28 Departments. Jm Comprising Everything for Wear. Jjgjf and complete House Furtjishiag. (OSØC2, ¡: j "THE UNITARIANS' VIEW OF HEAVEN AND HELL" Is the Evening Subject of the Rev. Matthew R. Scott (Of Seuthport), Who preacher the ANNIVERSARY SERMONS ———— at the ————— i Ui\3HTAR5APJ CHURCH, High St, —— NEXT SUNDAY. —— All Seats Free. A Hearty Welcome. On MONDAY, at 8 p.m. in the Schoolroom, Mr. SCOTT will deliver his Famous, Lecture, on "ROBERT "BXJRTsTS-" Admission i-GcI* —— W. W. HOLMES, Esq. in the chair. j ■ ST. A IV D R E W'S CHURCH. __?U»OAY, JANUARY 23rd, 1910, Rel". R. GY N O N LEW IS. S&ryic&s at 11 and 6.30. A Hearty Welcomo to all. JANUARY 30th-REV. J. ALEXANDER, M.A., of London. -= I j S WA NSEA GRA ND THE A ?! w < af <if Monday, January 24th and || M during the Week- H Matinee, Saturday at 2.30. || The Great Farcical Musical Plav- 'ti.' I THE DAIRYHAIDS. | I SPE £ MCES: 2/ES 1/ES I S "If ANSEA SOCIALIST SOCIETY, T STAR THEATRE at 3 p.m. Sunday, dan. 22nd 1910. Mr. BEN TILLETT, »«»« II The Lessons of the Election." SHAFTESBURY HALL at 7 p.m. ALD. DA VID WILLIAMS. Free Admission. Collection. i The West Wales Bank and | [ Permanent Money Society Ltd. I CAPITAL £ 1,000. 1 The 'People's Bank" C Permanent Money Society Section. 1 Weekly Payments§ 11 For £ 5 8d. per week „ £ 10 1/2 „ „ £ 15 1/8 „ W „ £ 20 t. 2/2 „ £ 25 2/3 „ I „ £ 30 3/2 I „ £ 35 3/8 „ I „ £ 40 4/2 „ J For k 4,5 4/8 per week M £ 60 5/2 B| „ £ 60 6/4 „ „ •• 7/4 „ f „ £ .80 8/4 „ 1 IY £ 90 9/4 „ | p I JUlOO 10t4 y B 1. £ 120 12/6 if a And so on, ad lib. R f These Weekly Investments are calculated upon a period of about I A three years, and are terminable when the CONTRIBUTIONS, <$ I DIYIDIND and BONUS make up the sum agreed upon. ? L A Dividend of NOT LESS THAN 3/- PER QUARTER will be C w paid for every Shilling weekly paid in. B I Members may borrow their shares on very easy terms. The same ■ | Dividend ia paid Borrowers as Investors. Amount lent to Members first & I qoarter Ended December 31st, 1909 £ 1,905. M ) Penny BaRk Sf per cent, interest M [ Savings Bank 31 to 6 per cent interest, etc., eto. & Full particulars post free from the Secretary. m REG. OFFICE (OPEN DAILY):— B 276 & 277, Oxford St, Swansea (over Stead & Simpson's) ■ B LLANELLY (Open Daily), 47, Stepney Street. Jfir V AMMANFOtD (Tu«sday« 7 to 8.30), 64, Coll-ge Sh-eet. fit 5 PONTAKDULAIS (Tuesdays 7 to 8.30), The lnatitnte ltoom No. 2. |f MAESTEG (Thursdays 7 to 8.30), Tudor Temperance Hotel. If 1 CALL OR WRITE FOR PROSPECTUS • J! a. W. R. EXCURSIONS. THURSDAY, JANUARY 27. DAY EXCURSION to CARDIFF. NEWPORT and BRISTOL. Leave LLANELLY 8.45, SWANSEA (High St.) 9.0, Neath 9.35, Port Talbot 9.50, Bridgend 10.15 a.m. EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 29. FAST EXCURSION to LONDON, for 1, 3, 5 or 8 Days. Carmarthen dep. 4.20a.m Kidwe'Jy dep. 4.40 a.m J q Pembrev dep. 4.50 a.m } O LLANELLY dep. 5.5 a.m | SWANSEA dep. 5.25a.m '(High Streat). L For details, see bills, or send postcard to Stations or Offices. JAMES C. INGLIS, 4296 General Manager. G LAMORGAN COUNTY COUNCIL. PROPOSED TRAINING COLLEGE AT BARRY. The Education Committee of the County Council invit-e Architects, who have been in practice ten yea-re, and have been estab- lished in tly County or one of the County Boronghs tneroin for not lec^s than seven years. and who, during that penod, have had experience in superintending the erec- tion of important buildings, to send in com- petitive designs in accordance with condi- tions, which may be obtained by them on application to the Clerk of the County Council at the County Office?,, Westgate- street, Cardiff, with the view to the selec- tion bv them of an Architect to carry out the erection of a TRAINING COLLEGE for 130 Resident Women Students and 20 Day Students. The Committee will be ast-Lsted in con- sidering the designs sent in by Mr. Henry T. Hare, F.R.I.B.A., of 13, Hart-street, Bkxrrnsbury-square,. London, and the authors cf the five designs that are placed first by him will be paid a, fee of L 15 15s. each, sub- ject to such fee being merged into the com- m'ssion to be raid to any one of the five who may be selected as the Architect to carry out the work. Architects desiring to have the conditions must, in making their application, furnish particulars .showing that they come within the above limitations, but the fact of the conditions being handed to them is not to conditions being handed to them is not to be deemed a conclusive determination that thev a?e so qualified in the competition. T. MANSEL FRANKLEN, Clerk of the County Council. January 21, 1910. 43011 38, BRYN ROAD, SWANSEA MR. A "OLDHAM, R.D.S.. SURGEON DENTIST j (Manager for Six Years to the Late D. R. Jones, Esq., Surgeon Dentist, Swansea). Attendance Daily at the above Address I from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Sundays oxcepted). Wind-street and Brvnmill Tram Cars paes the door. Two doors from St. Gabriel's Church. Two minutes' walk from Swansea Bay Station (L. and N.W. Railway).
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NOTES AND COMMENTS.I
NOTES AND COMMENTS. SATURDAY. JANUARY 22, 1910. The General Election has readied its final slag-e; by Friday morning 404 mem- bers of the new Parliament had been elected, leaving 263 to, complete the Cham- bar of 667 less the members of the ten constituencies polled on Friday, the re- ¡ sults of which were announced the sam. evening. Of tihe 414 whose fate has been determined, 242 belong to the triple group of Liberal, Labour and Irish Nationalist, a.nd 182 to the Conservative and Tariff Reform party. The polls declared up to midnight on 'Friday showed tha.t the latter had made a net gain of 72 seats, with the decisions of 253 constituencies yet to lie ascertained. It has already 15 more units than constituted the opposition in the old Parliament, and when a dozen more gains have been secured will be on an equality with the Liberal and .Labour members for England, Scotland and Wales. The factor which can incline the bala-nce either way will therefore be the Irish Nationalist members. A situation, of strange possibilities will thus be created. Nix. Gladstone onoe stated that it, would be dangerous for either the Liberal or the Conservative, party to at- tempt a solution of the Irish problem un- less indeperdent of the Irish vote, but Mr. Asquith is pledged to do so, in the event of his acceptance of office, even tlhough it is now practically certain. that he will be at the m-arcy of his Irish allies. Further- more, the latter, if not actively hostile to the Budget, are at best buti lukewarm sup- porters, because the influence of the Insh peasant paxjprieikors, already called into be- ing and opposed to tihe kmd clauses, is reinforcing that of the Irish industries pre- judiced by the increased duties upon whisky. The iustajbility of the followers of Mr. John Redmond as an essential cle- ment- of tbe Ministerial party, is intensified by the obligation incurred by the Irish leader of mfeguarding the Catholic Schools -in the faith of which the Irish Catholics in Swansea and elsewhere have been in- duced to vote for Liberal eandidatreflL_jM>t- withatanding the definite pledge given by Mr. Asquith that an Education Bill satis- factory to Nojicoinfbrmiats is to be con- sidered part of the programme of the next Liberal Ministry. As no measure permitting of rates being paid for the maintenance of schools for "the education of Catholic children by Catholic teachers in a Catholic atmosphere" will satisfy the Nonconformists, bent upon the exclusion of definite religious instruc- I tion from all public schools, the düvdop-I I naeots likely to take place when a Liberal Government, dependent for existence upon the votes to the Irish Nationalist party, at- tempts to redeem its promise to the Non- conformists, will repay watching- Mr. Asquafch discloses, in the course of the "heokliing" to which ho is being sub- jected by his Scotch constituents, a lively and growing appreciation of the difficulties that confront him in a new Parliament so curiously constituted. However opinions may differ regarding the relative measure of success obtained by the Budget, and Tariff Reform as its alternative, there can be little doubt regarding the absolute failure of the crusade against the House of It was expected to sweep the cowi- try, but the latter has refused to respond. No one can seriously pretend that a man- date to end the Lords has been given by the electors when even the leaders of the Liberal party are hopelessly at variance' as to what fhey purpose* to do if granted the popular support, and especially when the latter has been given s» grudgingly that Eng- land, Scotland and Wales are not un- equally divided, so that the only available majority nrnst necessarily be got—upon terms — from the Irish Nationalists, avowedly bent upon making this country weaker, not stronger. No great constitutional change can be effected unless there be an enormous drivmg power behind the movement. Is it surpris- ing, therefore, that Mr. Asquith. realising that the hope of a. majority independent of the Irish Nationalists has vanished, and that violent changes effected by their aid would inevitably cause a great revulsion of feeling in the country, ii5 now declaring that his aim, in so far as the Upper House is con- cerned, is merely to limit the veto of the Lords to a singlle Parliament? This modera- tion, adapted to the requirements of a situa- tion altered by the disappointing reply of the country to the demand for endorse- ment of a "root and branch" policy, will prove exfoeediingiiy embarrassing to the lees responsible Ministeriafliste, who hare been diligently advertising the limited scope of their own mental outlook by talking of the a.bolition of th;i House of Lords as a mere legislative detail. The re-oasting of the British Constitution—the handiwork not of any single set of men, but the growth of centuries—is not the simple task painted by I the fancy of these legislators in a hurry. Mr. Asquith, as the election progresses, in- dicating a popular response steadily becom- ing fainter to the appeal for powers to play the part of a twentieth century CromweSl— and even the great Protestor, after a short but convincing experience, had to re-create a Second Chamber—becomes palpably nervous with theawroach of the day when he must reduoe his vague, nebulous views to a definite proposal. The new Parliament promises to be lively and brief. Surveying the General Election up to the present point, with as much detachment as is possible to one not indifferent to the out- come, several outstanding featuras seem to present theamselves. Theire is Hie over- shadowing of Mr. Asquith, Sir Bet. Grey and Mr. Haldane, the professedly Liberal Imparialists of the Ministry, by Mr. Lloyd George and Mir. Winston Churchill, who stand for Little Eiigian dism and a Socialism diluted only to a .fIIDaJI degree by the old- fashioned LiberajUsm. The wayward scion of the Marlborough family, who spends his leisure with Dukes and his working-hours denouncing them, made a tour of Lanca- shire, which, though in a popular sense hardly a success, incidentally revealed the wide range and power of his inteMiect. On the platform he is not to be conspared with Mr. Lloyd George, but every countryman of the litter—politics a.pairt—must wish that the speeches of the President of the itoard of Trade had been delivered by the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer. The utterances of the latter are smart, clever, witty, humoroug—-all the praiseful epithets usually applied to the trivial may freely be applied to them—but they lack the obvious in- tellectuality, the thought and distinction which mark the speeches of the versatile politician who, to paraphrase Mr. F. E. Smith's criticism, was five years ago being cheered by the Conservatives, is now being cheered by the Liberals, and five years hence may be cheered by heaven knows what party. One is compelled to wish that Mr. Lloyd George could be induoed to trust less implicitly to his faculty for saving smart things on the spur of the moment, t /I Unless Mr. Asquith consents to be a cypher in a Cabinet of which he is sup- posed to be master, a cleavage ic inevitable. Mr. Gladstone would not have tolerated the repeated disregard for what is due to the Premier shown by Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Winston .Churchill. They lead; he long distance behind. It is from them and not from the nominal leader tha.t candidates seek the encouraging mes- sage. It is they and not Mr. Asqmth who define and fix the progra.mme of the party. When the time comes to reconstitute the Cabinet trouble is more than probable. Mr. Lloyd George has demonstrated his strength in the country—notwithstanding the re- pelling effect of his speeches upon old- fashioned Liberals, accustomed to associate high office with dignity and restraint in the utterances of their holders—and nearly com- plete control over Wales. The latter adds to his other sources of power some part of the advantages enjoyed by Parnell before he was in a polith.-al sense blighted. To the unsophisticated elector the leaders of the Liberal party may appear a happy and united brotherhood, and it would be diffi- cult to convince him that the making of a Ministry involves much fighting between factions and between individuals, Ohtensibly members of one harmonious family. But in i truth, dog readily eats dog in party politics, I and an open rupture between the two anta- [ gonistic elements in the Liberal Ministry i is an extreme probability of the immediate future. I Scores of London Welshmen travelled to Wales this weok to record their votes at the polls. Judging by the number of prospective candidates, a contest; in the Castle Ward looks "a cert." A suggestive racing result, which came In on Friday afternoon, read "Bornalira beat Violet Uharlesrworth." There was a slight hitch at the chapel opening ceremony at Manselton. There wasn't a. key to open the door. A nautical expression during the mow- storm of Friday afternoon in Swansea was that we are in all latitudes just HOW. Pill Harriers wing three-quarter is re- ported to have gone North. After all, it is only natural that a wing should flit! The fall of sriw on Friday was most appropriate. Even the Liberals had to admit that they were getting "snowed under.' A rumour as to the result of the Mer- thyr electiion was rife in Swansea six hours before the figures were actually I made known. One of the brilliant points of a Pont-ardawe witness on Friday was about "an existmg drain which is there at the present time." Nothing like being quite explicit on the point. Lord Duncannon, who unsuccessfully eon- tested Carmarthen Boroughs at the last election, was elected at Cheltenham after a. gallant fight, in which he converted a. Liberal majority of 467 into a Unionist victory of 38. The prosacutor who wanted a warrant at Pontardawe, said that, his man was not given to staying for more than three months. "if he's got you behind his back," shrewdly ob- served the chairman, Mr. Herbert Lloyd,, "he'll advance quicker." Wart-ant granted. The sportsmanship of Mr. Percy Simner in the Gower campaign has won the admir- ation of friends and political foes alike. He knew from the outset he had to fight a hard, uphill battle, but this only caused him to redouble his energies. The legend about the fairies of Penaard Oastle is only one of many associated with local castles. The story is connected with Oystermouth Castle to the effect that on summer moonlight nights fairy sprites fre- quent the greensward and hold revels, dis- appearing at miortal gaze. It was stated at Denbighshire Police Com- mittee that Major Leadbetter, chief con- stable, was the oldest occupant of such a position in the country. However, Captain Ccflquhoun, Chief Constable of Swansea, haa bdd office longer than Major Leadbetter, and so ha- the Chief Constable of Bohon. A new departure was made in the de- claratioa oi the Gower poll on Friday, the press being called into the Council Chamber just after the result was arrived- at, and the pressmen receiving the figures before they were publicly announced. The ax- rangement could with advantage be re- peated in future elections. The old Swansea- fishing fleet. once so ex- tensive, has practically disappeared except for a few craft which dredge local waters. Stoam trawlers have taken their place, and ÍiOOse go so far afiefld as the Mediterranean Sea. and the North Coast of Africa. Swan- sea, as a centre of distribution for the fish trade, is, however, making great strides. Many an interesting story could be writ- ten respecting the Gower candidates' ex- periences. Mr. Simner has had one of his motor-cars catch fire when hastening to attend another meeting." besides a number of break-downs; while his opponent found himself in his car one day at the end of a country road in a bog, with mud up to the a.xksj. ♦ » » -*»- The Swansea Board of Guardians mem- bers were unsually excitable and talkative at their last meeting. The chairman had to stop the clerk reading documents, so great was the chatter around. Such little interest did anyone seem to take in the busmen that -only the election of a visits ing committee excited any discussion. The General Elecrtic-n was, of course, respon- sible. Rev. Dr. Gomer Lewis, clutching the historic umbrella with which he shielded the Archbishop of Canterbury from the rain, arrived at the Guildhall, Swansea, an hour after the counting cf the Gower rotes had begun. The doctor was almost breath- less in his anxiety to know the result, and the fact of his having to wait a Coupie of hours did not damp his enthusi-iam in any way. The umbrella was an object of much interest. It. was a pitv it didn't raia though. ♦ ♦ ♦- To-day's match at Swansea, with New- port ay visitors, promised to be a record for the season. It seems many years ago since the Black and Ambers were such a great attraction, and memory is recalled to the days of Arthur Gould, Pearson, Llewellyn Lloyd, W. J. Bancroft, and the Brothers James, to mention but a few "krnghts of the arena. Wha.t memories oi famous contests and brilliant contempor- aries thei-e names recall: A contemporary asks if any great battle has ever been fouglit at the Mumbles. The question is prompted by the following, which appealed in :he "Cambrian,' exactly one hundred years ago:—"The labourer? employed by Mr. Yalien in the limecrtone quarries at the Mumbles, near Swansea, jjately cut through a complete cemetery, in which were found immense quant-ides of human lynnes ot a very large size. From the position and the ecu fused state they were discovered in, it j, highly probable that this spot- wa.s the barial-p.1aœ o £ a vast multitude who. perched nearly at the same time, either by* pestilence or the sword, at some very remote period." --4-- Look'.ng back in the annals of mo-t of the WeLsh industrial districts, it is wonder- ful how much Wales owes to Tyondon. 1:0t only for capital requirements, but al: o for n^ein to guide the various industries to success. Ohauncey Townsend, one of the pioneers of thjp Swansea coal trade, W,IS. an alderman of the City of London, and a main of ability p.nd means. Crawshay cam? into contact with Wales only after he had lived for some time in the great Metropolis. Thompson, who had great interests in the Rhondda., was another London alderman; ■while Foreman, one of the old ironmaster*, was an official of the Tower of London. The great banker Baring once carried on copper works at Briton Ferry, while yet another Londoner, Mr. Savill, was one of the founders of the copper industry at Llaneiiy.