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Election Addresses. POHTYPRIDD URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE TOWN WARD. F ADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 1 j You are again called upon to elect a. member to represent you upon the above Council. I venture, therefore, mof-t respectfully to oner myself as a Candidate In doing so, you will, perhaps, pardon me for referring to the fact that I am an old inhabitant of this District, and am also thoroughly conversant with the duties which would devolve upon me as a member of the Council. You are probably aware that the greater part of the business of the Council consists in carry- ing out alterations to property, constructing bridges, streets, drains, sowers and the like and that being so. I humbly submit that my professional duties as an architect, have in a special manner qualified me to deal with any such matters in an economical and efficient manner. PoJitically-I hold Liberal views, hence, if elected, should any question arise on the Council affecting Liberals as such my vote will always be found upon the right side. Your obedient servant, „ THOMAS KOWLAND. 5, Graigwen Place. 9th March, 1899. 4635 DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION. TO THK ELECTORS OF THE RHONDDA WARt). LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, As your retiring representative, I venture in seetting re-election, to hope for a continuance of the confidence with which you have in the past favoured me. Having been a member of the Council since its formation, I am able to speak with some experience of the important nature of its work. During the past, few years, this has been exceptionally heavy, more especially the work done in committee: Its result is to be seen m the improved sanitary and general condition of the district. Much however remains and always must remain to be effected, and if re-elected I will gladly continue to give my support to a policy b £ "Improvement with Economy." It is easy to point out necessary changes but to me it appears to be of more importance to fix on the right time to carry such out, so that the end lay be attained without delay, but with the least possible burden to the ratepayers. I am, Yours obedientlv. HUGH BRAMWELL. GyMllon, March. 1899. 4825 RHONDDA URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION. NO. 8 WARD. TO THE ELECTORS. "T" ADIES AND GENTLEMEN, -1_J At the earnest request of a large number of influential ratepayers. I have, after due consideration, consented to seek your suffrages in the Ejection of District Councillors for the above Ward. Having lived m your midst for upwards of thirty-three years, I have seen the Ward grow, llntil it lias become a most important cenrro. 1 have at all times taken a keen interest in its advancement, and have felt that fnr our members we should Inve men to represent us with a thorough knowledge of the work to bn done, and who can discuss from practical experience the cost to the Ward for all improvements contemplated. Matters of vital interest will be discussed in connection with the district, and being a heavy ratepayer myself. I need hardly state that I shall at all times exercise strict economy in the expenditure ct public money. I further pledge myself to support any measure which will tjJl further benefit the Ward, and, if if be your pleasure to return me as one of your representatives, 1 shall endeavour to discharge the duties devolving upon me faithfully and efficiently, and will act at all times in a truly UNBIASSED manner. I am. Ladies and Gentlemen. Your obedient servant, DiYID FOWELL. Porth Farm House, Forth. 4623 Public Notices. PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. PONTYPRIDD WESLEYAN METHODIST OraCJTJIT. A SALE OF "TORK will be held in the LESLEY SCIIOOLROO M, P O N T Y P R I D D, on THURSDA Y, 4.1 A MAY, 1899. 4627 DR. JOSEPH PARRY, of the South Wales .School of Music (Cardiff), will deliver his ^JRAND £ J0NCERT at the TOWN HALL, PONTYPRIDD, on mo, MARCH 27, 1899. SUBJECT: THE GREAT MASTERS" (With Musical Illustrations). Doers open at 7 ;0, to commence at 8 p,m. ADMISSION -Is, Is, and 6d. [4602 SALEM, LLANILLTYD FAERDREF. (COOD FRIDAY is/ARCll 31st, 1899). A CONCERT c*ke place when the following artistes will take part. Soprano- iluf ganWg) P°nt-Vpridd VF auss Olive Grey, R.A.M.) Coatralto- Miss OLIVE GREY (Medalist A A Maes teg; Academy), Mr DAVID EVANS, Abercynon Bass- Jlr DAVID CHUBB (winner of the chief prize at National Eisteddfod, Newport). Llantwit Fierdrtf Ace xnpauist ? Miss EDITH WILLIAMS, Church Village, Llantwit Faerdnf Chairman: Mr THOMAS DAVIES, II Chronicle" Office, Pontypridd. Admission t., Eisteddfod and Concert Is. Gil, Concert only h. Children under 15 half price. Doors open at 7 p.m., Concert to commence 7 30. Proceeds iu aid of Chspel Funds. 4t:);¡ HOUGIITOrS Electro. Hydropathi c MstabHshment, STUART BOll, EDWARDS TERRACE, CARDIFF. -SPECIALTY—KH^UMA^LSMt GOUT, a VI, "1" NERVOUS AFFECTIONS. Circular on application. 4541 -è.>- Public Notices. STOPS COLD ts I use a good deal in Winter, giving it to servants and others, and invariably bear of good results. My brother, who had Whooping Cough and could not rent, found it the greatest relief. —E.M.J3., lUe Elms. Fariugdon, Berks, Juue. 1898. 5 co GH '-t-OPS C04a SH 92 WA-8 and 2/6 Mrs A. S. BALLIN, Editress of 11 Bt,,y," Feb .1898, says Hsyraan's B«l*am has earned »n e*celie reputation. I -*ve tried it myself and itCi^lw'ueed Vafely'for'youngchiWren aod nifants." CURES COUGH STAMP IT ON YOUR MEMORY! Jo That for COUGHS, COLDS. BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, INFLUENZA, &c., there is nothing like ARNOTT'S T BALSAM OF LICORICE Sale increasing by leaps and bounds lOàd. PER BOTTLE, or by poet, Is. I kd. Try a Bottle at once! Prepared only by- D. A R INTO T T, Pharmaceutical Chemist, [4600 ,I Taff Street, Pontypridd. UP-TO-DATE IN MEDICINE! When everything else has failed. STOP TOOTHACHE IN TEN MINUTES. ^istressin^pai^s^f'6 111311118. Drive away the gloomy FJFRVflli^ forebodings & melancholy nrnnrnnmM dunng DiPHnSolufl. Fill up all red corpuscles AMmMtSn of the Blood and give vitality in & The llrst dose gives immediate relief. A month's course will thoroughly set you up. IN BOXES 1/11, TREBLE SIZE 2/9 Of all Chemists or tree by post from the P roprietor, 45:41 SANDERS, City Pharmacy, Cardiff.

SATURDAY, MARCH 11, M9. THE RHONDDA ELECTIONS. THE District Council elections in the Rhoadda this year merit more than ordinary consideration at our hands. The re-arrangemont of the wards and the increase in the number of Councillors necessitating the retirement of the sitting 15 members it follows that at least one half of the new Council will be without experience in their work. This being so it behoves the electors to think seriously before deciding as to who shall represent their interests in this local parliament. We have in a previous issue laid before our readers our views as to the qualities which in our opinion are requisite for the success- ful carrying out of the duties of a District Councillor, and were it not for its grave importance we would hesitate to return to the subject. We desire in the first place to emphasize ,ate the great advantage which we anticipate will accrue from the increase of member- ship, and we trust that the new. councillors will be fully alive to their I responsibilities, and will not forget that the district whose affairs they are called upon to administer is the second in point of population in the whole princi- pality that there is no Urban District in the whole kingdom anywhere app- roaching it .in size, and that in the whole of England and Wales there are only 22 towns, exclusive .of London, containing a greater number of inhabi- tants. Those who have followed the deliberations of the Rhondda Council in the past must have noticed that there has been an uncertainty of purpose and a tendancy to embark upon new projects illustrated far too often by the rescind- ing of fully debated resolutions—which can lead only to the conclusion that some of the members have not yet grasped these facts, and have yet to learn how rapid lias been the increase in the number of inhabitants, and that they have now to control the well-being and cooifort of over 120,000 persons. There must be returned to the Council men who realise that a place of this size is iiot a Little Pedlington governed by a Parish Council they must have aspirations befitting the importance of the district, and they must be of sufficient experience to understand, and to make their colleagues understand that in order to save money we must oftentimes spend money, and that a. parsimonious cheese-paring policy is frequently the most costly, not only in treasure, but in life. We have, at times, heard a boasting of the low rates which were levied by the Local Board in its earlier days—a shilling in the pound. One L year actually a sixpenny rate was deemed suihcient, but what this means is well shewn by the Medical Officer of Health in his annual xeport, where lie state-; that HS long as the district rate was kept down, so long did the death-rate remain up, and that an increase in the district rate was the precursor of a f;i1! in the death-rate. Put br:elhr, in the last II 20 years the district rate has risen from 1/- to 2/6 in the pound, while during the same period the death-rate has fallen from 22 per 1,000 to i6 per LOGO. A saving last year of 000 lives. We are no advocates of municipal extrava- gance, hut the truest economy is surely- to be found in a wise expenditure of money for a proper purpose and without undue delay. If we were asked to define the most important duty a District Councillor has to perform, we should unhesitatingly say it is in the selection of the permanent officials. When one of these has to be appointed no trouble should be considered too great to ascertain the particular quali- fications of these before the Council, and no personal considerations should be allowed to outweigh the public good in giving effect to a decision. The size and importance of the Rhondda are such that the chief officials should be experts in their special departments and their advice should he loyally accented by the Council. To secure this desider- atum, however, the salaries paid must be sufficient, and we would mention I incidentally that it is not particularly creditable tc the expiring Council that during the past few months one of its most important departments has lost three of its officials who have taken up more lucrative posts elsewhere, and are now giving to other districts the ex- perience gained in the Rhondda.

m THE PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY. THE Jubilee of an assurance company is an event which means increasing confidence in this form of investment. We congratulate the local represen- tatives of this company upon their good fortune in being agents for such a magnificent solvent concern. We in- clude the 50th balance sheet in this week's issue. It speaks for itself. But I in order to show our readers the present strength and future aims of this bociety, we give the report of an interview by a representative of the Westminster Gazette with the manager of the Company, Mr Thomas Dewev "Fifty years ago," said Irir Dewey to the representative, "insurance was in a bad way. f will not go into details as to the reason why John Bull looked askance at insurar.ce. but it was owing almost entirely to the number of insolvent local friendly societies that, existed. Every town of any size had a society, and the frequency with which they went wrong was enough to make any man chary of joining an insurance company. It is just here that the keynote of the whole matter lies. The Pru- dential was nutional and not local, and it was the development of this sentiment that made the compifnv what it is to-day. That the fight was uphill is proved by the fact that after nearly twenty years' worlc the income of the I Prudential was only £ 180,000. To-day our annual income is over £ 8,000,000. Fifty year: ago our policy-holders were numbered in tlioxi- sands, while at the present time they number over thirteen and a. half-millions. SOME BIG FIGURES. "Go en with tho big figures, please; their effect is toothing." "Well, the total sum assured in the Pruden- tial is 187 millions sterling. Our assets arc over thirtv-thvee and a half millions, a sum that increases by three million pounds every year. There are over 600,000 free policy hold- ers. Dunng the last twenty-live years, public opinion has progressed very rapidly in favour ot insurance. The business completed thirty yeai-s n^o is not worthy of comparison with that of to-day, (1ud to show you the amount of work entuiled in order that our annual valua- tion might he completed by the first week in March. I may say noarly the whole of our staff of over 1,000 clerks, with the aid of twenty- nine calculating machines, has been engaged in the task. Trade is good," continued Mr J)t-wey, "and this fact has helped to make our fiftieth year a. memorable one. The propor- tion of policies lapsed is smaller than it has been for many years, which goes to show that the ordinary jiolicy-fcolder does nm. want to drop his insurance policy if he can possibly avoid it." "So you find the working classes pay better than in the old days?" "Better! I should think so!" replied Mr Dfcwey. "VVnd—would you believe it?—the masses pay better than the classes. Let me explain to you what I mean. The masses, broadly speaking, go in for industrial insur- ance, whî10 the classes take up ordinary—en- dowment policies and such lihc,insuran" Strange to say, the average industrial policy holder is fifteen days in arrear, whereas the average policy holder who belongs to the clashes is nineteen days in arrear. Quite an interesting fact, isn't it?" THE PItU S SPECIAL POST OFFICE. "As to the number of claim, Mr Dewey?" "Well, I expect we pay more accident claims now than the full number of claims paid in the early days of the Prudential. Last year W paid about 5,000 accident claims, about 400 of which were street accidents, 384 railway accidents, 274 colliery accidents, and over 900 from drowning, besides about a thousand sui. cides. Altogether last year over 200,000 claims were paid. You may aJso be surprised to hear that every year we have to trace about 700,000 removals, 6 per cent. of our policy-holders changing their address annually." "And these figures, big as they are, go on increasing ?" "Yes! I consider our daily post proves that tll-- development of insurance is one of the most striking features of the Queen's reign. Every day {he letters and parcels we send out aver- age 13.500, and if we include the printed no- tices we despatch you must add anothei 5,000. We receive between six and seven thousand letters a day. Wa are the only place iii London where the letters are sorted, cffici-I ally stamped, and put into bags ou our own premises. In our new offices, now in course of erection, there will ba a post-office devoted entirely to our use. Our buildings will cover three acres of ground, our only rival in thisi respect being the Bank of England. Hero is one more jubilee fact for you," concluded Mt Dewey; "we shall post to-night, twelve and a hall tons of printed mair,cr for the third of the population financially interested in the Prudential." A NEW OLD-AGE PENSION SCHEME, "What do you think of the. old-age pension question, Mr Dewey?" "Ah! There you have, forestalled me! We have signalised our flftiHh year by a remark- able development iu that direction. For some time we have been considering how to assist those policy-holders who, from ego and di- minished earnings, find some difficulty in main- taining the payment of premiums on their policies. We have now decided tlict all policy holders in the Industrial Branch who have been assured for twenty-five years, shall b9: free from the payment of further premiums as they attain the age of seventy-five. This alteration takes effect iiuin.Mliate?y. This old- -ic age pension question is a very real one. In 189a wo introduced social tables combining provision for old age with life assurance, and • 1 there are now 800,000 policy holders under these tables. The fact speaks for itself." "You think the public appreciate this kind of thing, I suppose?" "Most decidedly. I mentioned just now that fifty years ago many of the insurance com- panies of the day were in an insolvent condi- tion. The secret of our success is that we have always taken the public into our confidence. Every year we show where our assets arc in- vested, and the man in the street can see at a glance that the national resources must go wrong before the Prudential comes to grief, two events which, by the way, cannot possibly happen." That this Company is constantly pro- gressing in this district is plainly shown by the fact that there was an increase of £ 250 in the Rhondda Superintendency alone during the past year, and this in spite of the stagnation of trade caused by the coal struggle.

NOMINATIONS. PONTYPRIDD. In the Pontypridd Urban District only one councillor in each ward retires. All the old members have been returned unopposed, except the Trallwn and Town Wards, where there will be contests. The following have been nominated TOWN WARD. f Thomas Rowland, 5, Graigwen Place, Ponty- pridd architect. *Richard Lewis Phillips, Collier s Arir.3 Hotei, Pontypridd hotel proprietor. Pontypridd hotel proprietor. TRALLWN WARD. ♦Waitkin Williams, 67, Merthyr Road, Ponty- pridd: buildpr. Thomas Taylor, Holly House, Merthyr Road, Pontypridd contractor. RHONDDA WARD. £ lugh Bramwell, The Oaklands, Pontypridd 11 colliery agent. TREFOREST WARD. !*James Roberts, Taff Vale House, Treforest; gentleman. CILFYNYDD WARD. *Wil!i«m Howell Gronow, Pleasant View, Cil- fynydJ eheckweigher. GRAIG WARD. *Eopkin Morgan, 3, Gelliwastad Grove, Ponty- pridd baker.

CAERPHILLY. Owin, to the recent re-arrangement of wards and the creation of a new one (Abe-) there will be a general election. Contests take place in Aber, Town and Nelson Wards. There an three seats for each Ward. The nominations are ABER WARD. John Lewis, Brynheulog, Treharris; builder. Eleaz^r Lewis, Glauffrwd House, Senghenydd; builder. Edmund Evans, School House, Aber; school master. Robert Lougher, Universal Hotel, Senghenydd hotel proprietor. *David Thomas, Seaglienydd surface manager TOWN WARD. Joseph Howell, St. Martin's Road, Caerphilly I builder and contractor. *Wm. Thomas, Manchester House; draper and outfitter. 4 Jamis Powell, Bradford Oottage, Caorphtliy; under land agent. John Evans, Van, Caerphilly land surveyor. TAFFS WELL WARD. ♦Eli Jenkins, Glanjllyn, TafPs Well; retired sculptor. ^Thomas Gregory, Garth Works, Taff's Well; engineer. Evan Anthony, Rockingham Cottage, Tongwyn- his; clerk. In this Ward Mr E. Ivor Williams, Dyffryn Ffrwd, does not seek re-election. NELSON WARD. Tbcs. Evans, 3, High b-t., Nelson; coal merchant. *Tlios. Hy. Dowdeswell, Fairfield, Nelson; contractor. I *Lewis Williams, Ton-tailwr, Nelson farmer. Thomas Morgan, Hrynhyfryd Bouse, Nelson. colliery proprietor. Mr D. E. Jones, one of the late members, does not seek re-election, at any rate he has not baen nominated. YSTRADMYNACH WARD. *Hy. Edzell Morgan Lindsay, Ystradinynach; retired captain R.E. *Jamee Piiilpin Charles, 1, Charles bt., Uan- bradach grocer. Edwin Worthy Montague Corbett, Y Fron, Pwllypant; achitect and surveyor. ■+-— '•

RHON-DDA. The Rhondda Offices, Pentre, was the scene of unusual interest and enthusiasm on Thursday afternoon, the time being set apart for receiving nominations for the forthcoming triennial election of district councillors. The new ten ward scheme has created wide-spread interest throughout the district, and benefiting through its m >re equal and elaborate representation, a preponderous number of candidates are nom- inated. Mr John Hopkins, the returning officer, declared the following nominated :— WARD NO. I. John David, Blaenrhondda grocer. Wm. Jeffreys, 158, Bute Street, Treherbert; grocer and draper. *Morgan Llewellyn, Baglan Hotel, Treherbert; gentleman. *Wm Morgan, Tynewydd House, Treherbert; gentleman. Evan Watkins, 45, Wyndbam Street, Treherbert; butcher. WARD No. 2. Wm. Charles, 66. Regent ftreet, Treorky; minister. Edward Phillip Da vies, 88, Tynybedw Street, r Treorky; housf agent. George Edwards, 217, High Street, Treorky; Butcher. *\Vm. Jenkins, Yetradfecban, Treorky mining engineer. *Wm. T os. Junes, 129, Bute street, Treorky accountant. David Morgan, 2^5, High Street, Treorky; grocer. John Samuel, 35, High street, Treorky mining engineer. WARD No. 3. Ellas Henry Divies, Krynheutog, Pentre; Justice of tho P<?SCG. Thawa^ Daviea, Windsor Hotel, Ton Pentre; innkeeper. Tf'.os. Ilea'?yt.Slun^bestfir House, Ton Pentre Draper. Edwwd Hughes, TOG Ventre; Doctor of Medicine. Dt. 'Vm. Jones, 62, Llewellyn Street, Pcntre; Solicitor. Edward Jones, Workman's Institute, Ton Por.try Librarvn?.. David organ, 3G, Queen Street, Ton Builder. David Morgan. Pentrs; 'Grocer. Richard I'ttrul R'd, Fentre; SchoohnaB'er. Jaro.es Riva, Tydfil BOTSSS ironmonger. DL Thomas, Bulbar; Draper. Dd. Llewotiya Trfihiirrc, Pentre; Solicitor. WARD No, 4. Evan ilor^.m, Ge)%ale-'l Hotel. Thomas Th;tn:4. Ystrad grocer. Tbo;nas, M.D., Pentre. *Wm. i). Wright, M.E., Geils. WAUi5 No. 5. '1 bos. 1.1. Kvaws, liu$k Hotel, OJydach Val". John fiiiinour, Llwvnvpia; engineer.' ■"Rhys S. t«riilitl). Civdiu'h Vale engineer. Evan Williams, CIyd»'i Valo farmer. I WARD No. 6. I Tbos. Evans, Trealaw checkweigher. Tlios. EraDS, Tonypandy Jolliery manager. MR. THOMAS ROWLAND. I I *David Williams, Tonypandy builder. John Williams, Trealaw gmtleman. 'John Dd. Williams, Trealaw farmer. WARD No. 7. Evan Naunton Davies, surgeon. ♦Lawrence P. Griftiths, Cymmer grocer. Dd. Rowlanps, Penygraig estate agent. WARD No. S. Joseph Brooks, Portii fruit merchant. *Thos. Griffiths, Port!) manager. David Powell, Porch hay merchant. Thos. Rees, Britannia Inn, ilortli licensed i victualler. WARD No. *Wm, Hy. Matthias, Treedyrhiw gentleman. James Miles, Watfcstowu colliery agent. Phillip Roes, Tylorstown clothier. 3 David Smith, Tylorstown draper. WARD No. II). Gharles Evans, Church, Ferndale; clerk in holy orders. I *Daniel Evars, Ferndalp checkweigber. Edwa.rd Griffiths, Maerdy postmaster. Walter Jones, Fertdaic., surveyor. I *Morris Morris, Ferndale builder. Those marked denote old members. In all, i.1)4 nomination papers were received. A detailed description of the areas cf the Rhondda Wards will appear next week. I

ELECTION NOTES- I PONTYPRIF J. ¡ We find that, after all, 31 r Waikio reU;r;i to the District Council is to Wo. do Hot object to this fact. so much fo' everyone lias a right, if Jw thinks himself qualified, to seek the suffrages of the ,f'r'i, What we want to do now is to enquire the- reason,, if reason there be, for this opposition. The opposition comes from a. quarter from which the uninitiated least expected it, but those who have followed the course of recent events are not. very much surprised. Mr 'Fti Taylor Juts, no dffubt, been waited ¡;r,(;jf ry the usual "influential deputation, Lut he has the smallest modicum of perception. I must know that the people see ulroufrh his actions. To put the matter plainly, i the pressure to which Mr Taylor has assented the. pressure of those interested in tirC welJ-beixi^ of the town, or is it the pressure of those out- side the district and with whose interest M-r Taylor is connected? We know tiiat at the (last election it was said tuat Mr Taylci's posi- tion as a contractor under the. Taff Vale Rai!- way Company did not leave, him free to serve the best interests of the Ward. We know .t was then said that Mr Taylor was opposed to the New Railway which it was propo^i to bring into the district. Mr Taylor's attitude was such as to give offence to a great majority of the electors of the Ward, and they rejected him. It is his subsequent actions which the electors of. the Tmllwn should vote. Mr Tay- loi was probably rejected because the ciectors infewed that he would oppose the Bill, ana because they thought he would be used by the, Taff Vale Company. Now the inference has been realised, and we know that Mr Taylor served the Taff people, for did he not go to London to give evidence against JLo- Cardiff .Railivqiy Bill;' and is it iiot t I'aii- to hold Mr Taylor as one of the witnesses respon- sible for the failure? The electors of tJw Trn- 11 wn know what the loss of the Bill means. It means the loss of thousands of pounds in wages an labour; it means a great. loss to the rate- able value of the district, to say nothing. of the inconvenience which increased railway facilities would have overcome. We call npci. the electors of the Tralhvn Ward to prove that the memory of the great betrayal of their interests still lives by voting solidly for Mr Watkin Williams, who has always supported their best interests, and who has supported th-, Cardiff Railway Bill on each occasion it has been before the Parliamentary Commit- tee. The moral obviously is: one may fool ALL the people SOME of the time, ond one may fool SOME of the people ALL the time, but one CANNOT fool ALL the. people ALL THE TIME. Wo are glad to finu that Mr Tom Rowlands is going to contcst, the Town Ward against Mr Phillips. Ho is the son of -,t sire who has done yeoman service to the town on the late Board of Health. Mr Rowlands can claim a direct professional experience for the work of a Dis- trict Councillor. He is an architect and a surveyor- line of business which definitely prepares a gentleman for the multifarious de- tails of District Council work. He has also a native born attachment for the progress ot the town, and this is a factor of fitness Nvhic, should weigh heavily iu favour of his candida- ture. These claims are not at the command of lÙ opponent, Whiie Mr Rowlands will be able to exercise his judgment and give his de- cision from scientific foundation, Mr Phillips, through lack of it, must largely depend upon a rule of thumb deduction. The one will be -able to anticipate details by the picture which he has to make of prospective works, his op- ponent will have to dcvclope his criticism and vote upon tho- appearance of the concrete, when frequently it, is too late and expensive to adjust the discovered corrections. TREORKY.—NO. 2 WARD. On Tuesday evening, a meeting in support of the candidature of Councillor W. T. Jones (chairman of the Finance Committee'), took place at the Trrorky Hoys School. There was a. large and infium!ial gathering. Mr Jones, in a retrospect on the work of the Council, gave a lucid and satisfactory account ox the various ransaetioiis of ilie Council during Lis term of offic. After further speeches, n. re- solution was unanimously passed, expressing confidence in Mr Jones, and pledging the sup port of all present to secure his return at the approaching election. PORTH. A public meeting of ratepayers was held at the -Primitive Methodist Chapel, Porth, 01. Tuesday evening, to further the support, of Mr D Powell, Portii Farm, for the District Coun- cil Election. The chair was occupied by Mr J. E. Lloyd, Porth, and he was supported by M. Powell. Messrs D. M. Jones. W. J. Jones, William Thomas, Enos George, William Lewis and others. The chairman, in the course of his remarks, paid a high tribute to the quali- fication cf Mr Powell, and urged all present to heartily support him. Mr David Powell then addressed tho meeting, and directed Lis remarks chiefly to the financial part of the work of the Council. He urged that, as the working men were large ratepayers, they t should well consider the fjualificaticn of the I candidates before they returned them. To j ,lw-iicl such a large sum of money as the Coun- j ci: did, it behoves therri to place men on the Council who had some practical experience cf the work contemplated. He (the candidate) I had lived in the ward for upwards of thirty- four years, and had contracted under the Council since its formation up to four years ago, at which time he stopped contracting. He well acqtiainted with the grievances of this populous district, and iL they thought fit t) return him, he would pledge himself to bring these grievances before the Council, and would do all in his power to get them re- d rc-.vs-il. (Applause). Mr D. M. Jones. Gladstone House; Mr Wm. Thomas, and Mr William John Jones, Britan- nia, then followed with stirring addresses,urg- ing the electors to consider well the qualifica- tions of the candidates before electing them. The latter speaker dealt largely with the tem- peranea aspect, and strongly put forth the ctahns of Mr D Powell on this question. A vote cf confidence in Mr Powell was pro- posed by Mr William Lewis, and seconded by Mr Enos George, and carried unanimously. Meetings were also held at Havod and Cym- mer, and at each a hearty vote of confidence in 7vi>■ Powell was passed unanimously. CLYDACH VALE WARD. Considerable excitement. prevails in the lo- cality. as it is rumoured that one of the un- successful candidates at the general meeting held at. No-ulfa Hall last week intends break- ing faith wiLh that meeting, and is going to contest the seat. We hesitate to believe that anyone of those candidates will be so indis- cieel cs to go into personal expense and to threw the expenses of an election on the rate- payers; anl more than all. we hesitate to be- lieve that any one of them will put such a dis- count en his word. especially since the vote at that meeting was of such a decisive char. a.cter. It i" universally recognised that the arrangement > for selecting candidates were as near the perfect thing as could be expected Supposing a few not with a title to vote exer- it, that could not possibly be the case with 50 or 100, as the majority was in the vot- ing at the Blaenciydaeh meeting. SENGHENYDD. If we judge from the present look of things at Senghenydd, there will be little or no ex- citement in this Ward over the forthcoming I election. Everything seems to be running akng quite smoothly; no meetings of any 'kin! having yet taken place. We learn that a deputation from the Conservative party at Senghenyad waited upon Mr John Lewis, builder, with the object. of obtaining and sup- porting him a.s their candidate, but that gentleman (who, we may say, is a staunch Liberal) emphatically refused. We learn that he does not intend to stand at this election.

Rhondda District Council Election NO. 8 WARD. To the Editor. Sir,—At present, it. appears pretty certain that we are going to have a contest in this Ward, four candidates being busily engaged Î1. asserting their respective claims for the three seats available. It is a great pity that a considerable contentious feeling should be generated in the Ward, and considerable ex- pense devolved on the ratepayers for the sake of tmly one candidate too many. An impres- ion is in the TTard that the Local Liberal Association is io some extent responsible for this by taking the selection of candidates 111)- der their patronage, and in so doing ignored the late sitting member, who by the bye. is undoubtedly the m; capable of the c- tive candidates. The natural result of action was to aiou-e the feeling of Mr Grif- fith's friends, as well as the most intellig-ent general ratepayer-, in favour of Mr Grifhths, and solicit him to come cut against all corners. In vindication of themFelves the association— or, more accurately, the few members present -z;,ty that ''Mr Griffiths is a Liberal Unionist and consequently we may infer is 1101 eligible for election. But what puzzler, me is. if they could not select Mr Griffiths, how could they select Mr Brooks.3 Certainly he is not a Ti,"kiera.1 in 2.r,.v Fense of the v.-ord. Politically, lie is of the Irish Party, and as is their cusio,)). lie, toe. will sell or buy, if he can. Conserva- fives and Liberals alike to secure any political advantage. Principles are nothing as pared to the shibboleth of Home Rule. Of j the two I should commend them for selecting an "out-and-out"' Tory rather than J. Nation- alist. We should know then the colour oi the bird. Tbe £ could not have selected him = for anything that he has dose for the Ward;. He has not associated himself with any move. ment if we except the Fire Brigade. It is true he attended the political meeting held at the Porth Congregational Chapel a little while ago, and rtlso entertain-d the two H.P.,s that night. That the association Mr D. Powell is not to be wondered at, fer he has been a faithful, consistent, and libcr.d suppor- ter of the association for a Jong r umber of years, and besides, be will make very useful member, as he is possessed of eonsiderabla parochial knowledge pertaining t0 the post. Mr Thomas Rees, Britannia, i." like Mr Brooks, quite ail untried man, but he has th-j advantage of being a resident of the lower part of the Ward, and as I havo b en given to understand, is coming out in obedience to tho electors' call in the Hafod and Coedcae dis- tricts. As I pointed out a few weeks ago. tho Porth and Cymmer centres should not have attempted to monopolize the whole of tM throe members, leaving tae Go^cae-Hafcc* district without a member. T am, etc., AN OBSERVER.

Tonypandy and Trealaw Election. To the Editor. Sir,-I pray once more for a little space in your valuable paper. I have known Tonypandy for 32 years, and remember every election that took place here. 1 sirongly feliovo that it is going from bad to worse. the history 'ct the election here were known, it would be a Sitame to the moral character of the place, x know Mr John Williams, of Trealaw. who is one of the candidates for this election, this last 30 years, and I know that there is nothing t » say against his moral character. He has been land agent to Judge Williams for yeara, New. because he would not submit his name to the political or religious dique, they must Sunt him like hunting a fox. and more so, perhaps, because lie ha, shifted from one plaea of worship to another. md he bar, not done this without a cause. The P.ev Bcynen Daviea referred in the meeting hold at Sion vestry on Tuesday, the 21st tilt. and said that the non- seieefced nominee and supporters were old women and wooden heads. I am one of Mr Williams' supporters,, and I do not wear petti- <^?at. nor I don't think that I am vrooden headed. I must say, Sir. that such words were not very fine words from a minister cf the gospel. Yes, but. wiha.t gespei? Tho Koran, I am afraid. It can't be the Gospel of Jesus. His gospel is to love one another, love our enemies. The Rev J. H. Jcwett said, "Let nothing issue from your mind until it has been steeped in love. L- t tender mercifca be over all your works.' Thai is the meaiu of courtcs," as used in the Scriptures. Lov- ing-minded, everything bathed 1li love. Now, T think you will see with me what a terribia la-ck there is of Scriptural ccurtesy even in Christian lives, though strong in iaith. Mar.y of us have faith, but we have rot this adorn- ment of courtesy. There is far .tco prevalent among us a rough, unfinished conscientious- ness: a rugged truthfulness, a bluff, and aJ- most rude honesty. Well, conscientiousness is good, but it need not be rough. Truthfulness is good. but. it need not be nigged. Honesty i; good, but it need not be rude. Conscien- tiousness, >ru thfulness. honesty are essential elements in a sound mind: but God wants ua to be more than sound-minded. He wants us to bn loving-minded. He wants all these cle- menis to be refined into loveliness. He wanta strength to be clothed with beauty. He wants faithfulness to wear a garment of courtesy. H<S wants all things to be perfected, to wear a spiritual polish, to be lovcly.- Tam, etc. Tcnypondv. JOHN JONES, Butter Merchant.

-+-- Aber Ward Election To the Editor. Sir.—The above election is fastly becoming; the order cf the day at Senghenydd, and tbcrq appears to be (at least, according to your Abcu correspondent) quite an influx of gentlemen aspiring to public honours. On looking through th, list of prospective candidates, some cf whom are admirably suited for the post, wa were mdced surprised tofrhnd the name of tha genial ii.ndlord of tha Gwern-y.i,i\vr Hotel omitted. Whether the omission was intention- rr c al or otherwise we will 110, attempt to discuss, but we most decidedly think tin: no one is more ¡t and better able to represent a locality than one t;¡i the pioneers of the place, one who has supervised the construction of some of its best buildings, has spent a large um of money in the. neighborhood, and has a larger interest a, gtake than any other gentleman in ihq Ward. We are not desirous of reflecting on the mndidates mentioned by your correspond- ent, it does not concern ".15', buL we do most strenuously object to his denominating every-* on. other than those he ha? mentioned as- pirants! Aspirants! indeed!.W' are, inclined to believe there are several amongst the fa- voured few mentioned who well merit the appropriate denomination. We wish to make a few observations on tl<5 pret state of affairs. Tha re-election of tie present number is an absolutely ccrtuinty, and we do not purpose commentiiig on the merits or otherwise of any other gentleman in, the field, but we do depJore the fact ,at a gentle- man of Mr Morgan's pr-.e-.ioal and theoreti- cal suitability, one who inrs displaved so mucK interest in the place, n mn who is so well knewn for his generosity in all matters con- cerning Senghenydd, should now be excludeJ. It it be a position of honour, then why not extend that honour to one who rightly merits it. But setting aside ail that, Mr Morgan, all wo have just said, is a competent man.a. skilled man, and nothing is iurther fron. his mind than selfish motives. We do not know why your correspondent has orrutt-vj Mr Morgana name, and classed him, we suppose (with other good men outside his favoured few) as an aspirant, but we do know this, that, were this generous gentleman to contest an election j t) would be returned with thing colours. LasO bi:not by any means least., we r-ertillnly think: our esteemed and unassrjmng neighbour, Mr 1. J. Thomas, is worthy of public honour. He has an excellent knowledge of Council work having had great experience in sanitary en- gineering, and we unhesfH-r.ingly declare there is no one in the valley v.Lia a better know., ledge of ihe work than cur friend, whoKt modesty forbids him irom blowing his own trumpet, ard. unfortuu.itely, wises him to hide his talent under a bushe]. Moreover, Mr Thomas merits recognition fcr the great inter* he has always indulged in public affair;1 his zeal miu untiring in connection with the soup kitchcu will over be i-emembered. Such men as himself ana Mr Morgan, who have etore so muck for ihe r,c.pjr.. are classed as "aspirants! "'He.rd ;<r!yon3 of such in- justice ?)' These, xneri a", c'ven the nania r, liilst tha '"gallant muri ".I)o dors nothing is honoured and receive? tfce game. Aspirants I indeed: what a preposterous ejaculation.—• Tour3 truly, JUSTICE.