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District News. -+--+- Ton, Christmas Day coming this year on a Sunday, tilings were very quiet in the neighbourhood. Some chapels held special services. At St. David's Church in the afternoon, a. special children's ser- vice was held. The Rev. J. Humphreys {curate~in-charge) catochised tho children, and also delivered an address. The a waits have been conspicuous by their absence this festive season, save the appearance of the Territorial and Salvation Army Bands, who discoursed sweet music on Christmas Eve and Boxing Night. A very interesting and lively debate- took place at Zion on Wednesday evening last. The principals were the "Rev. D. J. Perrott (pastor) and Mr. W. A. Hill. The subject under discussion was End Urn or Mend Urn;" i.e., the House of Lords, of course. A most edifying even- ing was enjoyed by all present. At the top of Parry Street a fine hall is shortly to be erected by the members of the local branch of the St. John Ambu- lance Brigade. A good hall is the crying need of the district, as there is no such building to be had at present. A build- ing of this kind will be hailed by many of the inhabitants. Mr.'Jenkins, Ystrad- fechan, has given his sanction to the erection of the hall, and thus it is as good as Irailt. On Boxing Day, at St. David's Church Schoolroom, a Christmas fair and sale OT work was held. The schoolroom presented a gay and beautiful appearance, and the attendance throughout the day was ex- cellent. As an advertisement, the band of the Church Lads' Brigade turned out and paraded the chief streets of the dis- trict prior to the opening of the sale of work. The following were the chief stalls and stall-holders:—Fancy Stall: Mrs. Harris, Mrs. Wilkinson, and Mrs. Joe Jones. Toy Stall: Mrs. Phillips, Mrs. GodsaU, Mrs. Rosser, and Miss Bessie Lloyd. Flower Stall: Misses Gwen Rees and Mabel Godsall. Sweet and Grocery Stall: Misses Mabel Phillips, S. A. Daniels and Wilkinson. Refreshment Stall: 'Mrs. Pearee and Mrs Allen assisted by Mrs. Smith. Mrs. Snook, Mrs. Whittaker, Mrs. Thomas, and Mrs. Wil- liams. Bachelors' Stall: Rev. J. Hum- phreys and friend. The Shooting Range was in charge of Staff-Se^t. Si^t i and Lieut. Broadribb, C.L.B. Hoop-la Misses Elsie-Taylor and Bailey. One of the chief features was a magnificent Oriental ship, loaded with pretty toys, which met with a rapid sale. The "vessel" was "manned" by Misses Maude Clement and Ethel Holmes. The turnabouts were managed by Messrs. F. Bibey and Wm. Rees, whilst the dancing doll shop was under the superintendence of Mr. A D. Collier, assisted by Messrs. Bethuel Lloyd, Brinley Lloyd, and Ivor Llovd. A beautiful Christmas tree, bur- dened with children's T™8 JifJJ very prominent, from, which eveiy was presented with a toy from a re a Santa Clans. The highest praise and thanks are due to Mr. Rees Jones, the energetic secretary, who is ever to the fore in work of this kind.
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Treherbert.
Treherbert. A Christmas tree and sale of work took place at the Old National Schoolroom on Monday dn connection with the All Saints' Church. The stall-holders were: —Mesdames H. Hancock, R. T. Howells, and Miss M. A. Walters' The Christmas tree was presided over by Messrs. Gwilym Williams. J. R. Evans. and T. Felix Evans. Bran Tubs: Miss May Dutfield and Miss R. M. Williams. The ladies presiding at the refreshment tables were Mesdames E. M. Jones, W. Evans and W. Morgan, assisted by Miss E. Jenkins and others. The secretarial duties were satisfactorily discharged by Messrs. T. F. Evans and J. R. Evans, whilst the Rev. R. T. Howells was treasurer. A good performance of the sacred can- tata, The. Blind Maid of Bethany (Carey Bonner), was given at Blaenycwm Chapel on Monday by the Blaenycwm Choir (Mr. David Morgan, conductor). Mr. John Walters (Maasgwyn) presided. The artistes were Miss W. Rees (the soprano, gold medallist), Llandaff; Mrs. Edwards (contralto), Treherbert; Mr. J. Perkins (tenor), Treherbert; and Mr. Ben Thomas (bass), Treherbert. The work was interpreted by the choir and artistes in convincing style. The choir was brim- ful of action and energy, and admirably controlled by the conductor. The tenors were particularly fine. The accompanists, Miss K. Evans, and Messrs. H. Evans and T. Griffiths, were very efficient in the discharge of their duties.
IRUGBY.
RUGBY. TREORCHY opts., TREHERBERT 0. These keen old rivals met at the Athletic Grounds on Saturday, before a good gate. The match was generally a disappointing one, but some. brilliant play was now and again noticed. Colwill, the visiting custodian, relieved badly, and the Treorchy backs indulged in a splendid bout of passing, which resulted in Jack Lewis putting Spiller over in the left-hand corner. The extra points were added by Daly James from a difficult position. After the interval, both teams were considerably fatigued. Treorchy con- tinued to press till the end. v FERNDALE 18pts.. CANTON (Cardiff) 0. These teams met on Saturday in a friendly on the Darran Grounds, before a fair crowd. Ferndale started operations and soon assumed the aggressive. From a forward rush, Da.nny John scored an unconverted try. On the restart, the Rhondda boys still pressed, and from a line out in Canton's territory Bill DavieS initiated a fine bout of passing, which nearly ter- minated in John again scoring. A few minutes later, Dai Vigars went away in brilliant fashon from the line out, and scored the best try of the match. The kick for goal failed. Danny Owen added to the lead by a magnificent unconverted try. In the second half, the homesters regis- tered three more tries to their total. TREHERBERT 4pts., DANYGRAIG 0. At Treherbert, before a small crowd, on Tuesday. Danygraig started against the wind, and the homesters soon settled down to attack. Little passing was attempted, as the ground was totally unfavourable for the passing game,. W. Lewis (out- half) got off nicely from a scrum on the Danygraig 25 line, but his pass was intercepted. Treherbert again pressed hard, the visiting custodian saving his side repeatedly. Jbrom a line out on the visitors' 25 line, Sam Jones (forward) secured for the homesters, and sent out a'pass to W. Jones (Lyon), who promptly dropped a fine goal. Danygraig made great efforts in the second half to reduce, Treherbert's lead, but the home defence was stubborn. W. Jones and Colwill broke up the visitors' attacks by safe handling and well-judged kicking. Treherbert were twice penalised near ¡heir own quarter line. The game was not a good example of Rugby but it was fought out in the. best of spirit by both teams.
IASSOCIATION.
ASSOCIATION. TON 4gls., TREDEGAR 1. This Glamorgan League fixture was played on the Ynys on Saturday, in wretched weather and before a poor gate. The game proved a, tame and un- interesting one. Some pretty combined play on the part of the homesters was witnessed at rare intervals; but tlie state of the turf prevented good play. The visitors, were never really dangerous, Percival always being allowed ample time to clear. The Ton forwards still show to clear. Ton should have won by a much bigger margin. LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS 6gls., PEN- RHIWFER ALBIONS 0. Pla,ved on the Tåff Vale Park, Ponty- nridd. on Boxing Day. From the start the Fusiliers began to press and after a quarter of an hours ^'Godfrey, the the score with a nice shot. Alter tne restart, the Albions rallied and sentm a shot which hit the crossbai. « s the only shot which Lomax, the goal keener was called upon to save. Alter som? pretty play, Harrison shot, » second goal for the soldiers. In the second half. the .first tew ininutes were pretty eJen.'> s1im,ri0ritv diers soon asserted then j. i j; Godfrey netting three times, being, a bj backed up by the scored a sixth goal on time. Thef hsiliers have not lost a match this seasox OTHER RESULTS. Treherbert A.F.O. 3gls., Treorchy T rSn £ lel-Co-operative 3gl,, T^dale Thursdays 2.
Shots for Goal.
Shots for Goal. Tommy Davies, Ton's greatest goal- o-etter, is 3ust now under the. eye o Welsh Football Association, We sincerely S that Tommy will be chosen in, the +r^d'match next February. One thing is £ '7 Stain, his form at present demands a A'local sports tradesman is at considering a projec.t forelloouraging junior clubs hy offenng a cup; for a knock- out W ø trust his considera- tions will crystallise into a cup. What would have happened if a Southern League team had been due to play on the Ynys on Saturday week last can only be conjectured. Surely? the trustees of the field see the necessity of moving in the matter. If there had been a match played, some would have moved in the water. Verb sap. Owing to the soft condition of the field and the greasy state of the ball in the match between Ferndale and Canton, the game was mostly confined to the forwards. There was only one team in the field, and that was the homesters. They com- pletely outclassed their opponents in all departments. Canton seemed half-hearted in their play, their defence being exceed- inkly weak.
Correspondence.
Correspondence. Appointment of Teachers. To the Editor of the Rhondda Leader." Sir,—I respectfully request a small space of the Leader this week again. 1 need not apologise (except as to my ability and fitness to the work), for the subject is of very grave importance to every person in the Rhondda-ii-an woman and child; and, indeed, it con- cerns the root principle of all represen- tative institutions in our country. The last appointments of lieadteachers made by the Committee is felt by a very large number of people up and down the Valley to be a disgrace to the Committee and an insult to the ratepayers, proving beyond doubt that a. large section of the Com- j mittee. are entirely devoid of any sense of right and wrong. We had hoped that one or the other of the seven members who honoured Mr. Alfred Evans with a vote on the first i/und would have con- descended to explain their conduct, or, at least, attempted to justify themselves as to why they refrained from voting for him in the second and subsequent rounds. If they cannot do this, we have no alter- native but to class them as mean, selfish and ignorant, if not criminal. They were quite indifferent as to the conse- quences. If they did their honest duty, they knew that their friend (or it may be only a friend's friend) would have no chance of the coveted post; and so they deliberately and regardless of all conse- quences abstained from voting. It was nothing to them that the best man was defrauded of his just right, or that the ratepayers were insulted, and the chil- dren of this and the next generation had lost the advantage of the best teacher. It was nothing to them who suffered; and the whole educational machinery may go to ruin for what they cared. Right or wrong was not in their dictionary, and like all selfish men, they only live in the present. They had a man for the post, and they knew nothing else. But thank God, we, have still strong faith in a majo- rity of the members, particularly the Chairman of the Education Committee, and we extend to him our sympathy, for we know that he must feel that the action of the seven caste a reflection on the whole Committee, and on its chair- man particularly. We can imagine how he would have been delighted to strip these worthy seven and put the whip across their shoulders. It is a duty that devolves on the electors, rather than on their fellow-members, and we respect their feelings. But although we don't expect the members to take the matter up, we can and" do expect the Great Seven to come out and defend them- selves. In conclusion, I beg to thank" loan ap Iago" for supporting me so well in last week's issue; but I don't think with him that all the black sheep are to be found in the ranks of Labour members. I have a, strong suspicion that there are within the fold those who preach honesty, straightforwardness, and every Christian grace to others, and forgot to apply it to themselves. We have heard the phrase, Don't do as I do, but do as I tell you." However, for the sake. of the cause of righteousness, I trust and hope that my suspicion is wrong.—I am, yours. &c., IAGO AP IOAN. Rhondda Election. j To the. Editor of the Rhondda Leader." Sir,-Oii the 15th inst., at a meeting in Pisgah Chapel, Penygraig, the Rev.' Deri Jones stated that the. Church of England always opposed educating the people. I don't know whether he is igno- rant in history, or whether he is wilfully lying; one tiling is certain—he is fifty years behind his time to deceive- the people with, such lies. He said that the Archbishop of Canterbury opposed a Bill in the year 1807; if he meant Whit- j bread's Bill, the Archbishop only said that it was unworkable in that age. This Bill planned to erect schools in every parish; it quite ignored the fact that no great provision existed for the training of teachers; Wilberforce. the philan- thropist, and Sturgees Bourne, the social reformer, united in opposing it, and Mr. Whitbread himself admitted that the age was not ripe enough for the Bill. In Brougham's Education Bill (for establishing schools in every parish which stipulated that assistance was to be obtained from the rates) had to be dropped owing to the opposition of Dissenters. And also the Education Bill of 1870, according to Mr. Gladstone's statement, could not have been passed if it was not for the assistance of the Oppo- sition, and more than one Liberal mem- ber for Wales fought with all his might against it. History teaches me that the Church cared for education before 1870, and that the Church did all she could to educate the masses. I will try and give the Rev. Deri Jones a few facts. In 1674, the Society for the Education of the Poor in Wales was formed, the first I names on the list being Tillotson, I Stillingfleet, Patrick, and Fowler all afterwards prelates in the Church of England; and Baxter, the great Noncon-I formist divine. Sir John Phillips, the Bayard of Wales, established scores of schools, where children were not only taught free of charge, but also often clothed and fed. In 1700, the S.P.C.K. recommended the forming of evening schools, and in 1701 ins pec to re were ap- pointed to examine the Metropolitan schools. In 1704, fifty-four schools were founded in the Metropolis, where 1,386 boys and 745 girls were taught, and many of them were lodged and fed. In 1714. the subscriptions of Churchmen towards the schools amounted to £ 5,580 5s., and the collections obtained through charity sermons were £ 3,450. In twenty-four years from its foundation, the S.P.C.K. founded 117 schools in the Metropolis, and 500 in England and Wales. In 1730, the first movement was made by the Rev. Griffith Jones, vicar of Llanddowror, to form his system of circulating schools, which, no doubt, brought to a further issue the brilliant work of Moses Williams at an earlier period in educating the Welsh nation. In 1761, the year the Rev. Griffith Jones died, he could see 218 of his circulating schools in working order, in which 150,000 people had been taught. Seven thousand pounds were left by him in the hands of Madame Beavan to carry on the schools. Statistics shew that in 1870 there were 2,000,000 children on the rolls of elementary schools, of whom the Church taught 1,465,080: the Roman Catholics, 100,556; and all the denomina- tions together, only 11,948. I hope, if the Rev. Deri Jones will appear on the platform in future he will be man enough to speak the truth for the Bible, which he professes to preach, tells me that all the liars go to that place which is burning for ever; and if he does not know that what he said is a lie. he had better ask some collier to give him a lesson or two in history.—I am, &c.. ISAAC OWEN, 98. Tylaoelyn Road, Pcnygraig.
Tonypandy
Tonypandy At a special meeting of Ebenezer Church, Tonypandy. on Thursday even- ing last, the Rev. E. Richards presiding, the Rev. James Griffiths, Tonypandy, was ordained to the full work of the ministry. Questions were submitted by the Rev. E. Richards, which were satisfactorily answered by Mr. Griffiths. Addresses were .delivered by Mr. Wm. Griffiths, Treorchy; Mr. John Fullylove, Trealaw; and Mr. Oynfal Roberts, Penygraig.
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! Disastrous Fire at Mardy.…
Disastrous Fire at Mardy. Children Suffocated in Bed. Houses Completely Gutted. Thrilling Rescue Scenes. Just before midnight on Aloud a v fire broke out at 59, Pentre Road, Mardy resulting m the deaths of Elsie Hutton, aged 4, and I Willie Hutton. aged 6. Seven houses 111 the same, street were com- di-strovecf1 °thers being partially The house where the fire originated is occupied by Mr. James Hutton, a collier his wife and sixi children. Mr. Hutton' it appears, was away from home, spend- mg his Christmas holidays at Bristol with M° °lr chll(?ren- 0n Alondav night 1 -M ^±ter putting two of her children to bed. went, it is stated, to visit a neighbour. Shortly before mid. mght P.C Osborne was informed by a The officer summoned the Snd p'n « +°f lr With Ser-t" phillips and P.C. Batten he proceeded to the scene with a hose reel. +AV ,this, time1 a, crowd had gathered in the street, and the fire had spread with alarming rapidity. An alarm was then ^t /here were, children in bed at Mr. Hutton s house, and a number of onlookers at once made attempts at rescue. A ladder was secured, and placed against the bedroom window, and Fred Pederson climbed up and reached the window. Four others immediately followed, but the ladder gave way, and three of the men were precipitated to the street, Thomas Jones, a local footballer, being badly bruised. Pederson, however, gained, the window sill before the ladder broke. Making his_ way into the bedroom, which was full of smoke, after groping about tne darkness he succeeded with great difficulty in rescuing one of the children, handing him out of the bedroom window to the crowd. After the ladder broke, several young men in the street formed a human ladder by which means they reached the bed- room. Almost simultaneously Cecil Dicks, a collier, had gained entry to the hoUse, and he appeared in the street carrying the other child. Both the children were unconscious, and artificial respiration was resorted to by ambulance men under Dr. John Wallace, assistant to the local col- liery medical officer. After some time, however, the doctor declared that life was extinct in both cases. The whole of the residents of the streets were at one time engaged in Removing from the housed in the path of the fire all their goods. In the light of the burn- ing buildings they were seen tumbling furniture into the street, and the scene is,wne which will linger in the memory. By the time the Ferndale Fire Brigade (under Captain Jones) had arrived, the flames had spread to the houses on either side of No. 59. Thomas Jenkins and firemen got on to the roof and tried to stem the fire by breaking down the rafters. Jenkins' efforts were only par- tially successful, and by three o'clock six houses had been completely gutted. The brigade were hampered owing to an inadequate supply of water. The brigade experienced the greatest difficulty in dealing with the outbreak, and some of the firemen had to place wet blankets over their mouths to enable them to enter No. 59, where the fire originated. The fire was got under by 4 o'clock, but the brigade continued to play upon the buildings for two hours afterwards. At 9 a.m. on the following morning some of the debris again caught fire and the brigade appeared on the scene with a motor fire engine and extin- guished the embers. Last year a somewhat similar fire occurred at Mardy, when no less than five persons—a woman and four children —were burnt to death. The damage to property was, however, less extensive than on Monday night.
Ystrad.
Ystrad. The first. gymanfa ganu" promoted by Bodringallt since the dissolution of the annual festival held jointly by the Congregational Churches of Pentre, Ton, Gelli and Ystrad, was held on Sunday last, under the conductorship of Mr. D. Davies, A.C. The singing throughout was of a high standard and the festival proved a success from every point of view. A recitation was given by Mr. Richard Roberts at the afternon meeting, whilst Mr. R. F. Price, the victor in the reci- tation contest at the subsequent day's eisteddfod, delighted a large audience with a capital recitation in the evening. A solo was magnificently rendered by Mr. Myrddin Watkins. At the evening meet- ing. also. a vote of sympathy was passed with the bereaved widows and orphans of the Pretoria Pit disaster. Bolton, and a sum of £ 2 2s. was collected and forwarded to the Relief Fund. A Christmas tree and sale of work was held at Tabernacle (E.B.) on Boxing Day, which proved very successful. On Friday evening of last week, at the meeting of the Bethel (C.M.) Young People's Society, a debate took place on the subject, Is Socialism opposed to Christianity? Mr. Tim. May cham- pioned the affirmative, whilst Air. Lewis R. Lewis took up the cudgels on behalf of the negative. Strenuous arguments on both sides were adduced, and the meeting proved very pleasant and edifying.