South Wales Daily News

CARDIFF Health Committee will to-day make another attempt to deal with the question of licensing seamen's boarding- houses. This is a subject they have had before them for at least eighteen months. Other towns have put into operation a set of salutary bye-laws which have cleared out the disreputable and dangerous lower-class places that bring disgrace upon the very name of boarding-house," Only Cardiff finds the task to be one of insuper- able difficulty. Barry passed bye-laws in business like fashion, and the first year's report upon their operation is most conclusive as to beneficial effect. But CardiffHealth Committee keeps nibbling at the question, procrastinating, doddering over some little point or other, and succeed- ing all the while most magnificently in doing nothing at all. Whether to-day's fresh nibble will carry them any further forward our readers will know to-morrow morning. If nothing be done, then the crimps and rogues, the sharpers and brothel- keepers, who are in deadly fear of registra- tion, will get another lease of freedom. As the elections are near, voters should note the names of those present at this meeting, and see who it is that hinders a simple matter of port regulation that would advance the social and sanitary welfare of the town, protect peafareis from the horde of harpies who live by crime and violence, and would serve to rescue Cardiff from its present discreditable position in criminal statistics.

MANCHESTER COTTON TRADE SERIOUS OUTLOOK. The Press Association's Manchester correspon- dent telegraphs :—The outlook in the Lanoaslnre cotton trade is not encouraging. Another large mill has stopped for an indefinite period, and there are rumours of several other stoppages before long on account of the prolonged depression in tbe hade. The wage question will probably be raised again, and the operatives, who have been making heavy contributions to their Trades Union funds, are prepared to resist any demand for a reduction.

A Timet telegram soys that Victoria. has con. Stmterl to join the Antartic exploring expedition, provided that all the Colonies co-operate. Summonses were granted at Walt ham Abbey on Wednesday against persons who had bathed in j the reservoirs of the East London Waterworks Ooinoftoy*

CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER AT SWANSEA. ALLEGED NEGLIGENT DRIVING. At Swansea Police Court on Thursday— before Mr J. C. Fowler (stipendiary), Messrs J. C. Vye-Paruiinter, John Lewis, and W. Watkins —Arthur Evans was put on his trial charged with feloniously causing the death of David Griffiths by negligent driving at Cwmbwrla last Saturday nighb. Mr Wilhe Smith appeared for the defendant, and Mr R. T. Leyson for the relatives. Mr Leyson at the outset asleed that as he ha.d jnilt been instructed the case should be adjourned till next1 day but Mr Smith pointed out that all the witnesses were present, and the Belich decided to proceed with the case. Mr Leyson then said thab he would not be justified in interfering m the case, which was up to now in the hands of the police, and he therefore withdrew from the court. The Defendant, who sat behind his solioitor, was then put into the dock. lie is an intelligent-looking fellow and tidily dressed. The Bench at a subse- quent stage allowed hnn to rejoin his solicitor to instruct him, as in the case of Mr Norton. The evidence given at the inquest, which has already been published by us, was repeated. Janet Thomas and Mary Jane Williams, in ) cross-examination, made one or two minor devia- tions from the original story. Thomas now said the horse was galloping, and that sh« noticed the name upon the van. Williams said she had made a mistake in saying she noticed the van approach- ing 100 yards away it was only about two yards off when she saw it first.. Mrs Hopkins, landlady of the Terminus Inn, said she saw the man fall as the vehicle passed the door. She went up to him, and when his wife came back crying, Oh. Davy, Davy she knew first who ho w»s. Df. Davies came^ up nnd ordered him to be pub on the pavement, .the man did not sneak. There was plenty of light at tho | spot, and the road was quite clear at the tune. By Mr Smith No one called out so that the I men in the van could have heard them. P.C. Gammon, Dr. Floyd, and Detective Morris having called, the two men who wete with the prisoner on the van were examined. i Subsequently defendant was committed for trial i

public Companies, &t. The SUBSCRIPTION LIST will OPi.iV TO-DAV, JBIDAY, OCTOHi<:è 4th, and CLOSE at Fouli O'CLOC1{ thc SAMi: DAY for TOWN & COUTH.Y. A number of Shares to provide the required working capital having already hee" privately il.pli",1 for, the Directors will proceed to Allotment immediate:v offer rhe closing of the Lit". I'll a IMfKIUAL WETER:\ AUSTRALIAN COR. PORATION, LIMITKT). INVITESUBSCUIVTIONS for the undermentioned Capital. rspHE W K.TJ.;HN AUSTRALIAN STKAM J. PACKET AN D IKANSPURl COMPANY, I,DI!'1 ED, Incorporated under the Companies Acts, 1862 f 4) 1 :0 CAPITAL £ 50,00j. In 50,U)(J Siiiiea of £ 1 each, wh cli are now tiered for Subr-cription, Payable 2s fid per Share on ¡\ pplication, 2s 6d per obare on Allotment, allll the balance, when required, In Calls 0r 5s per Share. PI REC TORS. Western A.lli)frl1lia- Ho II u VENN', M.L.A., Perth, Western Australia, Commissioner of Railways anil Director of Publio Works. U. ii. S. II. PAKKKR, Q.C., M.L.C.. Perh, We3tern Australia, Ute Colonial Secretary. England — AM'tUT 1'" CALV ICRT, Chairman of the Consolidated Com .Mines of Western Australia, Limited, ami tho Noviii West Australian Gold Fields, Limited, <17, Old Broč"¡ "Creei, L.C. Mil101' General sir w. G, DAVIES, It.C.S,I., The Meadows, CJJ.y/tc1 Fsher. C01111Hc<llder F, M. O;E\lAN NEY, R.N., St. John's Park, Bhckheath fi. R V IJNI)J P., elunswick House, Ke". BANRERS.-LONDON AND SOUTH. \VE:3TERN BAND, j,DIlT I',n, Fenchurrh-street. I.C, BK-.KERS -1A t\;lJS, PKCZKNIK and TREVV, 1, .IId'l:011rl. K.C. SOLiCITORS -SUTTON, OMMANNEY It RLNDELL. 3 ar.,i 4, Groat Winchester-street, E C. SF.CRKTAAVAN0OFFICES. — JAMKII MEADOWCROFT, G'I, COICOI¡oI1-sl.reet. E.C. 'l1]E WESTERN AUSTRALIAN STEAM PACKET AND IRANSPORT CO;\IPANY, LL\IITED. A P. RID (J ED PI IOS \> K CTUS. This Company lias ueen established to provide steamer* and "ther plant for th conveyanCf1 of passen- gers and goods on t ht: Swan Rivr, Western AU,tl-4\ia., n.n'l elsewhere, ,.ud fur the purpose of carrying on tho general business (f "lHpow¡¡crs, carriers, forwarding :el1t". wh,lin"r;, and warehousemen. "The Swan Uiver is Uw mo-t important waterway in the Colony, "lid proper faCllitie for travelling upon t, and for lite development of tbe industries wlllch line JWI banks, a 1'0 much needed. The City 01 reFlh, the Caoilal and scat of Govern- meld ot Western Australia, i = situated on Ihe hank of Ihe Rivcr. lii miie" from Ihe sea-roast, and tila sam.) iiisr.mce fi om ¡,rem\nlle, Ihe Seaport, which lies at the mouth of ilie ltovCT Expensive Harbour improvements are now being carried out at FremantJe, -stim tted io cost £ 800,000. When tiie.se works are completed additional ,¡1.ifJping facilities will be atfor(1.t! for tbe iraiuhipnient of goods. At present there are no fiteamers plyin: on tbe River "nd adjacent waters suilühle for passenger I.r;¡fhc. whilst a» increasing revenue may be looked for in the c.jrto carrying and lightering trade. The IItC;) m ligiitt rs nd barges now in nse (ami which are tile ollly means IJf transport, 011 the river) re of an obsolete typ", ami altogether inadequate to meet tho require- menu of :i growing trail-. The Company proposes to commence operations at once wit II at suitable passenger steamer and two steel barges. which can be uxert fill pa>i"enOr3 or cargo 11.1 required and also 1.0 build a floating wooden dock of native arr,h !1m "cr. A f¡":1.t lI1¡¡: or oilier dock i" almost a necessi!y 011 the river, '1.S, :It, present, there are no facilities for cleaning and repairing vessels, ;1.11,1 a11 crafts requiring 10 Ile nocked have to be lifted or careened, or proce-d 10 Adelado S.A., ùistant evei 1,000 miles, I !Ii being the nearest dry dock. The Directors believe that the construction of a floatinu dock will form a pioGtabie adjunct to the Company's business- In addition, the Company will provide facilities for stOrill and warehousing 1I;00d3 in free a>-d l'Of;d si ores. riift \V 1n'lq;\I AUSTRALIAN STEAM PACKET AND I'ltANSPOU I COl\lPANY, LIMITED Surveys 01 the Swan River have uecn marle for the pl1 rpo" S of the proposed Service by Captain William Webster I Perth. W A.. who will aCL as loc.1 manager of Ihe COTllIHny Captain Webster ha3 had over twenty years' experience in all blanches of the shipping tradu in the Australian Coioniea, and the statements iu tbis prospectus are basad upon bis report. ille Imperial Westnn Australian Corporation, Limited (two of who^e directors-Albert. F Calvert and Si W G Oavie, f(,C S. t. -ha.vc consented o join the Hoard "f 1 lIi Company) have registered thl Com. pany, and have obtained a guarantee of capital "nlti. ienl" Jt) the judgmen1 of Qhe directors, to justify them in proceeding 10 allotment For Contracts, see full Prospectus. Tile consideration 1,0 be paid uy this Company for the benefit, of Ihe Agreement of the 14th September, 1895, for Ihe service reUllere,1 hy the issuing Corpora- lion, and filr the paYlncllt by the Vendor of al1 ex. penses of formins anù establishing the Company up to the fir<t allotment of Shares, oihiir than tho legal expenses and fee, of and incidental 1.0 the registration "I the Company, has been fixed hy tbe Vendor ¡¡.t £ 25 000, payable ait her in cash or Shares, or partly in trash and partly in Shares, at the option 01 tbe Directors Tile Agreements, Report, 11.11<1 1\Temoran.lum and Articles nf Association can he inspected at tbe Offices of the Solicitors tro 1 he Company Prospectuses and of application may be obtained jl, the Company's Office, and 01 Lhe Bankers «K1 Solicitors. 2nd October, 1895 [HK WESTKItN AUSTRALIAN STEAM PACKET AND TRANSPORT COMPANV, LIMITED. APPLICATION FOIC, SHARES. 1'bi, Form may be used. tJo, To tlii Direclors of The Western A ustralian Steam Packet and Trnnsport Company. Limited. Gentlemen. — Hiving paid 1.(1 yonr Bankers Ihe sum )f £ being 2s ÓÙ per Share payable on Ipplication for Shares of ill pach, I •cquest yon to allot l1Ie Ihat number of Shares ;1.Iod I hereby agree tn accept the sarno, or any ;1I1;¡.1!er number hat may be allotted to 116, upon the terms anti conditions of the prnspect hh, dated 2nd October, 1895, and Memo- randum and Articles (If Association of tbe Company, Il1rl I anthnn1" and reauest you to rhea my name on die Igister of Member* in respect of the Shares so ¡:otte" 1,(1 me: anti [ undertake 10 pay Ihe fllrther ¡tht:\lmenLs npon such allotted Shared f1..S the same shall become due, and I agreo with you 11.11.1 Ihe Com. jany, as Trustee fur you and otber persons who m;) y b6 :ÚbJe, to waive any fuller compliance wttb Sectiou 38 t the Companies Act, 1007, tl1aD is colltained in the ",id .Prospectus Usual Signstur« Name (III fUll) Ph, Mrs. or Miss) Address (in fuJl) Profession or Occupation Date 1395. 6125 r!1A.MA.NI;\ N COLDKN GATE MUlE, J. J,UUTJo.J), :\lA4IUNNc\. nuiKCToris. DANIEL C ORIFFITH. London. GivOROKs POITK.R. New<,a..<tle.OD.1'yne. ROBERT t\IUIP. ,IUN., London. WILI,IAJJ LVNAN, 0Ia.S20W. BACKERS. COMMERCIAL BANK 0«' SCOTLAND. LTD., 62, Lombard-street, KC. BANK OF AUSTHALAS[A, No. 4, Threadneedle- street, KC. i> £ CBETAEV AND OFFICES —O. H. II. CHAMBERS, 7, Throgmortoii-avcuue, E.G. THE DIRECTORS WILL 00 1'0 ALLOTMENT ON OCTOBER TH. 'j'ASMA7\TAN GOLDEN GATE MINE, LIMITED, MATHINNA. Incorporated under the Compa.nie3 Act, 1862 and 1893. CAPITAL, £ 120,000. Offered lor Subscription, £ 80,000. Hie Direcí0r-! o to Allotment on October 8th, £ 55,000 of the proposed Working Capital having already ben applied for. The Property has been personally inspected by DANIEL C. ORIFFITH (Messrs Daniel C Grilfithand Co., A,a.yer8). 41, New Rroad.¡;treet) MO:-lTGOl1!ll\.Y, M.A., tile Government Golol{ist, Launccston Captain THOMAS ANDR W's, of the Ne" Golden Gate, Who report, thi, a 1 horullhly good Mining Venture. l'h New Golden Gate Mine. adjoining, has recontly ent a Hed-payab!e gold— at 1,025ft. ill depth, and thc 11!t,reii of that C01ilpallY are quoted in Tasmania aG 3,000 PER CENT. PREMIUM, rospectuse8 and Application Forms for Shares are jow ready, and can be had 011 application to the Secre- tary, :1.. (:. H. H. Chambers, 7, ThronlOrton-:1venue, f..oudo: J.c.; or the Hallker> the Comm9reh! Bank )f Scotl<md (Limited), 62, Lombard-street, KC.; Head Office Edtllburgh and Branches in Scotland 01 the Brokers. Messrs Benjamin J. cott, Stock Exchange, London. E. C.; or Messrs Cutcliffe, Ley and McCulloch, K Adam's-court, KC or Solicitor. Messrs Payne and wttey, Leadenhall-street. London, E.C. FURNITURE ESTABLISHED OVKR IHREB. CARPETS FURNITURE QUARTERS CENTURY, CARPFTX FURNITf IRK CARPETS FURNITURE uoOD, A RT1STK: AN'i. CARP]O:T FURNITURE CARPETS tTJRNITURF INEXPENSIVE. CARPETS 5URNITURI' CARPETS FURNITURE CARPETS JTURNITURK BEFORE YOU BUY CARPI1:1S ^URNIITJlv! j-. p ti CARPE'fS 7URNITURE FU RNI 1 U K Ji CARPETS VURNrnTRE OR CARPETS Y URN ITU RE CAltPRTS 7URNITURE CARPETS, FURNITURE ,,A,r CARPETS FURNITURE DO NOT •* ALL TO CARPE'lN 5-URNTTUltE VLS1T t CARPKTS FURNITURE VWRTOV OO CARPETS WUP.NITURE f A VLiKlUiN iS W. CARPFIS FURNITURE 3.J CARPETS FURNITUK R! CABINET MAKERS, LUUNITTTUB UPHOLSTERERS. CABPKTO i^RxlTuRK HOUSE FURNISHERS, gARPFT^ l'UR.N1T(m. :\[ARY.LE-PORT STREET CARPKTS FURNITURE CARPETS FURNITURE "UI C4RPETS fTJP.N[TIJR.J<: BRIDGE STREET. CARPETS trJiR^irrRt? BRISTOL CARPETS 1'URMIl Rl<. CARPETS FURNITURF, <7A fi PFTS KURNHTRE TnEIR SHOWROOMS, CARPETS FURN'TURF.OVER ONE ACRE IN FI!J:{,lYH.f EXTENT, CARPETS IIJRISLLURH CARPKTS ■FURNITUUK ROWTA»N CARPKTS KUIINITLTLVK LA.RGF»ST, BBST, OARPFTS ^'UK-NN I'K I1- AWT> (IARPKTS I-'UHNITINIK CHEAPKSST STOCK CARPKTS HJHNITITUK, IN T|IK C VRPK/RS TUHNITCUI: WEST OK BNGLAND. CARPETS 1179 J-gTo IN |:» it o s ■Sous of the late Ald. r»a.ms AiigustusStor.e) J COMPLETE FUNERAL FUJtNIHEI\.8 i AND FUNERAL DIRKCT lS. I 1 Every requisite for 1* unerals of all cla^&es, j.^roprietors of Fituera-i Cars, Hearses, ShiUi- ,biers, and Coaches. Superb Flemish Horses,&c. I Price Liat on Application. ] Please Note the Or'y Address:- 15, WORK I N G S T R E E T ? Telegraphic Address :— "STONE I'.ROS,, CARDIPP.' 5201 OAVENDISH UOUSii COMPANY, LTD., CHELTENHAM. NEW I A superb Assortment from Is ."UTUMN )5er yard double width, or 6s lid „ Uie dress Icn2:tb, and upwards. DRE5S Complete Set of Patterns sent MATERIALS.. by paafc oa application. Carriage paid on all orders of 10s V$tlua and J warda.O'1i11 | public Compaitws, &t. The LIST will OPEN at Eleven o'clock on SATUR- DAY, the 5th day 0f October, 1835, nd CLOSE on or before Four o'clock on TUESDAY for Town, and Four o'clock the following day for the Country. I may mention that the whole of the surveyed Blocks in tbe Mine have been taken up by seven different companies, and successfully floated in Kimberiey, Johannesburg, and London. Speaking generally of the BnHfonloein Mine"—(of which the Buir.font.ein Sun Diamond Mine forms part)-" it is weil known that the 6nds range from 15 to 35 carats per 100 loads, and that the quality of the diamonds is such as to command high prices in the market."— Mr A Bruce Brand, O.E., 1S95. At the first meeting of the Standard Diamond Mining Company, Bulifontein Mine, Limited (adjacent to Ihe Biiltfontein Sun Diamond Mine, Limited), the Managing Director rrparted "incc the 6th May last" (thrca months) "when this com. pany was started, I have washed 20,000 loads of blue ground, yielding 4,124 carats. Hauling was started on the 27th June, and np to the 27tli July, -6,000 loads of blue have been hauled, and I have now 22,000 loads on the floors. The Chairman ;I.le.1 :—" A dividend of 2 peT cent. had beeu paid, and in Ii probability continuous dividends of a.t least 1 percent, per month would b.) ,listrihl1ted, The Diamond Fields Advertiser," Kimberiey. 'Ath August, 1835. Bcrti.onstield Diamond Mines (Limited) "—(about 600 yard" distant from Ih6 Hnltfonlein Dhmonrl ;\]ioe)- Tht price of De Beers Diamond Mining Company's Shares is still advancing, and now stand about JE29 per Share."—(De Beers Consolidated Mines, Limited, are now S62 5s per Shaie.)—"The Bear-onstield Diamond Mining Company own the adjoining pro- perties, and according to the I*sf, reports the blue ground is looking exceedingly well and they are finding very fini. quality diamonds, and in tirge quantiliua. The Shares are £1 17s fxl." (now £ 2 10s)-.—It is expected that a dividend of at least 60 per cent. will ho declared shortly. Western Daily Meicury," 71" Sept., 185.NtW fiultfontein '(marked A on plan enclosed with the Prospectus), now quoted about 100 per cenU premium. BULTFONTEIN SUN DIAMOND MINK (Limited). KULTFONTEIN, KIM. UKRLEY. SOU I'll AFRICA. -Capital divided into 10 Shares of 5-1 each. 20.000 Shares will be reserved for working capital. ISSUE of 60,000 ORDINARY* SHARES—payable 2s fid pei Share on Application 2Ii 6d on Allotment and the b,dance as may be required in calls not exceeding 5s There will be no Founders'. Deferred, or Prefernnce Shares, so that the entire net profits will hli available for distribution amongst the Holders of the Ordinary Shar&j. DIRECTORS. DAVID P. CARMJCllAKL. Esq., Chairman, 16, Grenviile-piace, South Kensington, 1- w., Director West Australian no1d Conessiun!1, Limited. DANIEL KING. Eq (Messrs Bullard, King, and Co.. Natal Line of .Steamers), Shipowner, 14, St. Mary a.xi«, KC, Director Wealth of Nations, Limited. H, MOXON, Esq., Messrs Culverweil. Brooks and Cn., 27 St., Mary axe, E C. GEORGE GEORGKSON, Esq., J.P., Cork. D. P D NFW'lNGTON, Esq., 144. Cromwell-road, South Kensington, S.W Director Beaconsfield Diamond Milling Co., Limited. LOCAL ntRECTOttS. "DAVID HElD, Iwq. (Messrs Ramsay and Reid), Kimberiey, Director Robinson Diamond Mine, Ltd. •WILLIAM WKLLS, Rsq., Kimberiey, Managing Director Messrs K W. Tarry and Co., Limited. Will join the after allotment. BANKERS. The NATIONAL BANK. Limited, 13, Old Bvoad- street, E.G. AFRICAN BANKING CORPORATION. Limited, 43, Threadiiesdie-street BROKERS. London-Messrs BUCKLER, NORMAN, andGOWER, U. Angel-court. E C., and Stock Exchange. Alallun W HARRIS. Eq., 7, Drapers'-gardens, and Stock Exchange South Wales- Messrs HENRY J. PILLINGER and CO. (late MoHsrv Betton Sayce, Vaughan, and Co.), High-street, Newport, Mon. SOLICTORS. London—Messrs COURTKNAY, CROOME. SON. and FINCH. 9. Gracechl1"Ch-str.t, RC Khnbcriey- P GKOROK CROXFORD. Esq., Main- street. AUDITORS—Messrs TOWNS END, HOWELL, a.nd GREEN 17, Fenehurch-street, E.C. SECRETARY ANII OFFICES (pro tem.)—Mr G AUGUS- TUS WRIGHT, 3 and 4, GREAT WINCHESTER. STREET. LONDON, E.G. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. This Company has been formed to acquire a.nd work the Diamond Mine, which cousisti1 of a compact block of 70 claims situated in the northern section of the extension of the Bultfwitein Mine, in the district of Kimberiey, South Africa. The lease to be acquired for a term of years not exceeding ninety-nine years. The claims are admirably situated fop the purpose of ca rrying on diamond mining on a large scale, and are already connected by tramway with the depositing floors, íO 1\,cres in pxtnt" ill close proximity to the Mine and also with hauling sites, forming póIort of the pioperty to 1-,e acquired by this Company. ° A very considerable portion of the Bultfontem Mine lias been aequimd by Ihe Dp. Beers Consolidated Mines, Limited, and shut down by that company, with a view, it is supposed, to reguiatintr the output of diamonds, and maintaining the market price thereof. In the Bultfo-uein Mine th", finds rallg from 15 to 35 carats per IOu h.d: and lh quality of the diamonds is fluch as 1.0 command high prices in the market. On the properly b acquired by this Company, there i a shan known as the" Posno Shaft" sunk to a depth of over 500 feet. The property halO been reported on by Mr Bruce Brand, C K mining engineer of St. Augustine's Mino. With reference to this shaft, he writes.,under date 3rd June, 1895!- The 'orma.tion in the shaft proved thediamondifer- ous yellow to ex:end from the surface down to a depth of 60 feet, where soft blue of very good quality was struck, which ta.tter extended to a. depth of 400 feet from the surface, thus giving 340 feet of soft blue. The last. 100 fe-t of the shaft i*u auuk in hard blue. I have examined the ground from this shaft, and and that it carries the usual diamondiferous coustiUienta, namely-carbon, garnets, mica, and greenstone, in "nch proportions as are generally found in payable grouivL i, "One valuable feature in connection with your property is the fact, that the yellow has been foutid to extend over R hauling site, and beyond, averaging fifteen carats per hundred loads. Judging from the surface indications tbn mine will probably extend to your other hauling "ite", lettered S'and On the southern side of your claims ar blocks owned by the 'Star Diamond Mining Company.' I have it on the very best authority that the North Eastern Bultfontein Company worked the yellow ground from the open blue towards your block of claims, with the result that in tho short space of six months the sum of £ 8,000 was realised, in addition to which the working expenses, as well M their claim licences, amounting to over £1,000 per month, Thís speaks well for the payable character of the ground if worked in a systematic and economical manner. I estimate that you have a. re y large quantity of yeDawgrnund. nearly one-fourth million loads, to be dealt with first. In conclusion, I am of opinion that you are possessed of a very valuable property, and that satisfactory divi. dends would accrue from the same. With the neces- saries and facilities in the way of depositing floors, hauling sites, wufcr, &c., to ensure economic working, I I1M'e no hesitation in recommending your property as an investment likely to yield good dividends." TbeDirretorn contemplate extending the operations as rapidly as possible, ia order to treat 1.000 loads per day. The Directors have a proposal for the sale ot part of their seventy r:lù,im!4. In this cape It handsome return would be made to the Shareholders of this Company at an ealy n'1.t9. The purchase price for the properties to be acquird by this Company, including th whole of the seventy claims, has heen fixed as to £15,000, part thereof, in cash £33,000 in fully-paid np shares, and the balance of will be paid, at the option of the directors, in cash or ¡;¡hare8. This will leave 20.000 shares to provid* working capital. Applications for Shares should be made on the form printed hereunder, and should be forwarded to the Company's Barks, accompanied by a remittanee for the amount of the deposir., allll if paid by cbeque, then payable to the orner of such bank. Prospectuseil and Forms of application can be obtained at the Offices of the Company, of its Bankers, Brokers, or Solicitors. This form may b, cut out and sent with cheque to either of tho Bankers (lP the Secretary to the Company. To the DirecloTS of the .t\o. BULTFONTEIN SUN DIAMOND MINE (Limited). Gentlemen -1 lorward herewith the sum of £ being 2s 6d per share in respect of Ordinary Shares of :£1 each, which I request you to allot to me upon the terms of the Prospectus and the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Com- pany and I ag ee to accept the same or any smaller number that may be allotted to me and 1 request you to place my name on the register for the shares so allotted and I agree to waive any fuller compliance with Section 38 of the Companies Acts, 1867, than that contained in the Prospectus. Signature Name (in full) Address (in full) Professioll or Occupation Date 1895. EARLY CLOSING. We beg ba intimate to eur enstomtrs and the public generally, THAT ON AND AFTER OCTOBER 7th, we shall close out Tea VVarebous* ig follows:— MONDAYS 1 TUESDAYS I e 9A „ m THURSDAYS I P-Nlt FRIDAYS J WEDNESDAYS, 1 P.m. SATURDAYS, 8 p.m. Should apy of our customers find it inconvenient to purchase before our tim. for closing, we shall, on receipfc of poat-card, be very pleased to deliver their goods to them by out TiMM regularJy every week. ¡f PHILLIPS & CO., TEA SPECIALISTS, 72, QUEEN-STREET, CARDIFF, 4 "VTEAVE'S TJLOOD.—First Established JL 1825. Best and Cheapest.. XL"EAVEJS TTIOOD.— For Infants and ™ JL. Invalids. For Growipg Child- ren and the Aged. ^EAYE'S I^UJOJJ. —For Infants and JL' Invalids. A Pure Cereal Preparation Highly nutritiolllO." Lancet. Sir Charles A. Cameron, M.D. says -• Admirably adapted to the wants of Infants. Sold Everywhere. 1569 TE £ 1H- Complete Sot, One Guinea. A Five years warranty. GOODMAN ANn Cn., 1C, Duke-street and fin. Qaeen-stjaet,. Cardiff. 13041.1114 THE DE REES BILL-POSTING AND JL ADVERTISING COMPANY, LIMITED PROPRIETORS of 150 of the LARGEST STATIONS NEWPORT, PONTYPOOL, R18CA, E ASTKRNand WESTERN VALLEYS. TERMS ON APPIICATION, ISKWPOSI, public Compattws, The Bj,IC SUBSCRIPTION LIST will OPEN on THURSDAY, 3rd October, 1895, and CLOSE on or before FRIDAY. 4th October, 1895, for London, and at Noon on SATURDAY, the 5th October, 1895, for the Country. THE GOLD ESTATES OF AUSTRALIA (LIMITED) and MENZIES GOLD REEFS PROPRIETARY (LIMITED) Invite Subscriptions for the undermentioned Capital of MENZIES CONSOLIDATED GOLD MINKS (LIMITED). (MENZIES FIND. WESTKRN AUSTRALIA.) Incorporated under the Companies Acts, 1362 to 189C. IN 225,COO SHARES OF £1 EACH. ISSUE OF 75,000 SHARES AT PAP., Payable 2s per Share on Application 3s per Share on Allotment 5s per Share on 5th November 5s per Share on 26th November and the balance as and when ref1uiled. SHARES MAY BE PAIn UP IN FULL AT ANY TIME. 00,000 of the above Shares have been guaranteed by the Gold Estates of Australia, Limited, of which 35,000 will be appropriate(1 for working capital. 15,000 Shares are reserved for additional working capital if required. DIRECTORS. CIIAS. W. BELL, Esq., D.L. and J.P., "Yewhurst," East Grinstead, Sussex. THOS W CROWTHER, Esq. (Messrs Crowther Bros., Merchants, Liverpool). G. H. 1IARGREAVES, Esq., Director Menzies Goht Reefs Proprietary. Limited. THOS. PHILLPOTTS, Esq., Managing Director Mon- tana Minjn2 Company, Limited, nd Director Men- zies Gold Reefs Proprietary, Limited. J. STON I, Esq., J.P., Colliery Proprietor, Huyton, I,anca hire. LOCAL DIRECTOR—.IOHN REID, Esq., C.E., Cool. gardie, Western Australia. a BANKERS. LLOYDS BANK, LIMITED, 72, Lombard-street, E C,, and Branches. BANK OF AUSTRALASIA, Perth and Coolgardie, Western A IIstralia. BROKERS—Messrs J. and J. HRID, 1 and 5, Austin Friars, E.C., and Stock Exchange. SOLICITORS^-Messrs BURN and BERRIDGE, 11, Old Broad-street. Re. SECRETARY AND OFFICES—BKDFORD McNEILL, Esq., 25a, Old Broad-street, B.C. PROSPECTUS. OBJECTS —This Company is formed to acquire and work Seven Gold Mining Leases, having 1\ total area. of ahout B8 acres, situated neur :\lenzic>J Find," por. tions of which it h proposed to work, aud other por. tion; to dpvelop for sale to subsidiary Companies, or to retain as may hereafter he deemed most advantageous. PROPERTIES,—The following are the numbers and names "St. Albans"' No. 3,( 65, about 18 acres I St. Albans" St. Albans" f Group, 42 acrcs. £ No. 3,154, about 24 acres J Princess Eva" A No. 3,024, about 12 acres g & Princess Ada G No. 3,025, about 12 acres t Princess May" Royal Group," No. 3,113, about 24 acres 96 acres. §• Prince John — No. 3,122, about 24 acres -2 Queen Catherine ]S O. 3,123, about 24 acres Princess Ada G No. 3,025, about 12 acres t Princess May" Royal Group," No. 3,113, about 24 acres 96 acres. §• Prince John — No. 3,122, about 24 acres -2 Queen Catherine ]S O. 3,123, about 24 acres Prince John — No. 3,122, about 24 acres -2 Queen Catherine ë.4 No. 3,123, about 24 acres TITLES.—The Properties will be held under the I usual Mining Leases from the Government of Western Australia. SITUATION.—Th9 Properties are situated near Menzies Find," about 135 miles north-easterly from Southern Cross Station on the Government Railway, and about 120 miles from Coolgardie. Since the discovery of these Mine a large amount of work at the expense of the ownei-3 111\8 beeu done 011 the property, and important developments have taken place (vide Repor; s below). REPORTS.—The properties have been examined and 1"tported upon By Mr Wm. Jowett, M.E., Mining Manager of Menzies Gold Rexfs Proprietary (Limited) Menzies, W.A. By Mr Clias E. Deelev, Australian Manager of Gold Estates of Australia (Limited). The following are translations of the cabled leports received (the words in brackets being inserted on translation) :— Cabled Report of Messrs Jowett and Daeley, dated 2nd September, 1895, upon the "St. Albans" and Royal Groups respectively :— ALBANS [GKOUP1.—The total acreage of the property is 4'¿ [acres], SOUTH SHAFT [is] an incline shaft on the lode 98ft. [deep]. The lode is well defined-a very powerful lode. The lode improves with each foot sunk. Lode in bottom of shaft [is] 4ft. [wide]. The average value of samples is 4oz. 10%dwts. per ton. NORTH SH\F1 60ft. [depth]. Parallel vein, 2ft. 6in. [wide]. The average value of samples is 2oz. IBdwts. per ton. wEST SHAFT, 30ft. [deep],-The lode is well defined, 1ft, [wide]. The average value of samples is 6oz. Bdwts. per tOil, The property is a very valuable one. ROYAL [GROUP].—The total acreage of the pro- perty is 96 [acres], EVA SHAFT, 90ft, [deep] [at] 30ft. Rsef [Is] 5ft, wide] loz. 3d wis. per ton [at) 60ft. [deep], 6ft. [wide], coz. ódwls. per trill; [at] 90ft. [reel], 10ft. 6iu. wide, 2oz. 6dwte. per ton. F ree gold is associated with From the assay results, our opinion hI, they will go higher. CATHERINE.—The work consists of prospecting shaft. Reef formatiou, 4ft. Gold bearing. PRINCESS MAY SHAFT, 74ft. [deep]. The aver- age width 1ft. bin., loz, 3dwts. per ton. Three other parallel reefs through this. INCLINE SHAFT, 60ft. [depth]. Reef 1ft. (wide], loz. [per ton]. PRINCE JOHN.—The work consists of two pros- pecting shafts. Reef formation laige Gold bearing. We consider the property likely to become very valuable. v (Signed) "JOWETT. DEELEY." The following Supplementary Report was received from Mr Deeley on the 20th September, and gives the results of later developments in the Mines :— "ROYAL EVA [SHAFT], 110ft. [Reef].lift. wide. Assay value p'1r ton, 50zs. "MAY [SHAFT], 100ft. [deep]. [Reef] 4ft wide. Assay value, 9ozs. per ton. "[ST.] ALBANS [SHAFT], 120ft. [Reef] 3ft. 6in. Visible free gold very rich. (Signed) "DEELEY." In view of the above testimony as to the great value of the properties, it fg proposed to erect upon each group a Stamp Battery and necessary plant and machinery, and to proceed with development of reserVfJ of ore for crushing when mills are e.ected. This Company proposes to retain anr) work certain of the Properties a.ct to form subsidiary Companies to purchase and work the remainder. From such sources it is anticipated that large profits will be made. The Gold Estates of Australia, Limited (who are the Vendors and will pay all the expenses of the formation of this Company lip to the first general Allotment of 'Shn), ha,ve fixed the price tobe pairt for th Property at £175,000, payable as to :1::135.00) in fullv-paid Shares and the Balance ill Cash, leavinll 50,000 h(1.fes for pro. viding Working Capital, of which 35,000 are included in the present issue, the remaining 15,000 being reserved for future bsue if required. Mr Phillpotts is a Director of the Gold Estates of Australia (Limited), and will not act until after allot- ment. Tile following Contracts have been entered into :— An agreement dated the 23rd September, 1895, between Charles Gibson Millar and William Austin Horn (on behalf of the Octagon Syndicate) and Gold E3tates of Austr9-lia (Limited), and an Agreement dated the 27th September, 1895. between Gold Estates of Australia (Limited) and Joseph George Broad as Trustee for the Company. The only other contracts entered into rlate to the guarantee and snb.<crip. tion of part of this C. mpaiiv's Capital (to none of which this Company is a party), and applicants for Shares will be deemed to have notice of these Con- tract, and to waive all rights (if any) to parlÍcular3 thereof, under Section 38 .of the Companies Act, 1867, or otherwise. The above-specified Contracts, the Memorandum amI Articles of Association, anti copies of the reports of Messrs Jowett and Deeley, can be inspected at the Offices of the Solicitors of the Company. The state. ments of fact COlltai"6d in thi", Prospectus as to the properties to be acquired by the Company are founded upon the above-mentioned reports. Prospectuses and Forms of Application may be obtained from the Bankers, Brokers, 8olicitor:;c, and at tbe Oftkefl of the Compa y. If the number 01 shares applied for by any a.ppli. cant be not allotted, the surplus of the amount paid on deposit will be appropriated towards the amount due on allotment, and wher8 no allotment is made the del >osit will be returned in full. London, October, 1895. 6124 SUCCESS follows us at very turning. We have now been before the publics for nearly a quarter of a century, and notwithstanding the severe and kpen competition in our trade, we are still to the front, and the d demand for our goods ia on a steady in. crease, t \VBY 18 THIS ? Because our GOOÙ5 liavo J Stood the Test, and are found to be what we advertise them to be, viz., JJEST AND C H E APE S T. We have onty One Prio nd that a Cash one, which is Marked on Every Garment in Plain Figures, so that a Ohild can pur- j- chase without) the possibility of overcharge. CIVILITY, ATTENTION, and PUNCTUA. LITY are strictly enjoined on all Assistants in our employment., RASTERS AND THE LEADING CLOTHIERS, AT CARDIFF, I HEREFORD, WANKA, ABERDARE, NEWPORT, I PONTYPOOL, MKRTHYR. ABERGAVENNY PONTYPRIDD, ADD LLANELLY. 134$69e ) r THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER THOMPSON'S BURDOCK PILLS over- JL come the worst forms of diseases, and the foulest state of the blood, stomach, liver, and kidneys they go to the core of every disease, whore no other medicines have power to reach. The GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER cures the following complaints Indigestion, or wind in the stomach or b.iweis, giddiness in the head, dimnessof sight, weak or sore eyes, loss of memory, palpitation of the heart, liver and bilious obstructions, asthma or tigh tnes8 in the. chest, rheumatics, lumbago, piles, gravel, pains in the back, scurvy, bad legs, bad breast, sore throat, eora heads, and s >res of all descriptions burns, wounds, or white swellings, scrofula, or king's evil, gatherings tumours or cancers, pimples or blotches on the face and body .'swelled feet or legs, scabs and itch, erysipelas jaundice, and dropsy, aud fevers of all kinds. In boxes at Is 1.'d ind 2s 3d each, sold by most Chemists, or from kha Isqr49@lM.19lL Manufactory, 44, In boxes at Is lJ ind 2s 3d each, sold by most Chemist.s, or from tnlt 1sWPfn ,l._44, ISusiiuss '— [ IMPontANT, ¡¡;;¡.= BEN EVANS & Co., LIMITED, Beg respectfully to invite the inhabitants of Swansea and South Wales to inspect their present large Stocks of FURNITURE for all kinds of ROOMS. CARPETS. FLOORCLOTHS, FURNISHING MATERIALS, TAPESTRIES. HOUSEHOLD LINENS, BED' STEADS, BEDDING, IRON. MONGERY, GLASS, CHINA, &c., which are most complete, artiefcio and durable, and ab prices to I' Buit 8.11 btiyore. CATALOGUE POST JfEE, SWANSEA, AUTUMN, U95, TJPO HAY AND CORN TTTADE. C, ROSSLEY'S "QTTO" Q-AS N G IN E S T Largely Used for CHAFF-CU'lTING AND CORN-CRUSHING. CHAFF-CU'lTING AND CORN-CRUSHING. WRITE FOR PARTICULARS AND REFERENCES TO USEIS IN THIS DISTRICT. SOUTH WALES OFFICE 22. MOUNT STUART-SQUARE, CARDIFF. TELEGRAMS—" OTTO." CARDIFF. 1098 G. A. STOJS E & CO.. UNDERTAKERS. ESTABLISHED OVER 30 IEAIIS. AT TWIt OLD A',Tl) ONLY ADDRKSS- 10, 11, A 12, WORKING-STREET, CARDIFF. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT Off Miss STONE, assisted by an KflicienG Staff. Telegraphic Address.— t [ "Stone, 11, Working-street, Cardiff." se—naB NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Contributions sent to the Soitth Wales Daily News should be plainly written in ink, and invariably on one side of the paper. We desire to urge upon our numerous correspondents the value of concise- n ness and the desirability of curtailing the length of their communications. It cannot be too clearly understood that brief and pointed letters receive the first attention. All communications intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the write-, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. No notice wilt be taken of anonymous letters. Rejected communi- cations will not be returned.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1895. a UNDER WHICH STANDARD? As the Bimetallista, those who wish to make silver equally with gold a standard of monetary value, are persistently talking round about their theory, whilst they as per- sistently ignore or evade precise terms, and refuse to fix, or abstain froni fixing, a definite ratio of value between the two metals, we are tempted to test their theory once again by the touchstone of ordinary intelligence and monetary experience. The Bimetallists are proposing to make a momentous, a revolutionary change in the currency of this country, whilst affording no indication that they have any clear con- ceptions, or any conceptions at all, of what they rsally want or of the grave conse- quences of'the change to our national trade and prosperity. They are vague and in. definite to the very point of obscurity and there is always a presumption against the conclusions of those who cultivate, or who find themselves compelled to resort to vagueness and obscurity in argument. Their proposal is that silver shall have a fixed and unchangeable relative value to gold and that that value shall be some definite value of a sovereign, or of all ounce of gold. But what that fixed, relative value shall be they are most chary in affirming. And yet, as is evident, this is the very crux of the whole question. Upon the fixed, unvarying ratio between gold and silver the whole question hinges and the Bimetallists have not been able to decide amongst themselves what the ratio ought to be. Some months ago Lord FARREK, an acknow- ledged and distinguished authority on the question of the currency and of monetary values, wrote several letters to the Timet under the headmg "Wanted, a Ratio," calling upon the Bimetallists to state clearly what the definite, unchangeable, relative value of silver to gold should be according to their view. The replies from some eminent Bimetallists showed amazing confusion of thought and indefinite- ness of view. The general Bimetallic view seemed to be that the ratio ought to be as one to fifteen and a half. That is, that one ounce of gold should be the equivalent in value to fifteen and a half ounces of silver. Some Birnetallists, however, placed a con- siderably lower value upon silver and a few a small higher value. But when such differences in opinion and such confusion of idea exist amongst the Bimetallic theorists themselves, what must the commonsense, intelligent British public think of their proposal 1 It simply means this, and can mean nothing but this, that a purchaser should be enabled to buy the commodities he requires, or debtors to pay thgir creditors, in whatever metal should be cheapest at the time of purchase or pay- ment. All the specious special pleading of the Birnetallists cannot evade, much less rebut, this most damaging objection to their theory. It demolishes not only the out- works but the very citadel of Bimetallism itself. A purchase is made, or a debt incurred, when fifteen and a half ounces or silver were equal in value to an ounce of gold. But silver rapidly decreased in value in consequence, say, of the amazingly increased output of silver from the ounpAL #«up.Atlwr^WM*. -Tb:o debtor has, let us suppose, a large amount of silver in bullion which he mints, or otherwise, and pays hi debts in depreciated silver to the serious loss and injury of his creditors. This is but one objection, but it is a grave objection to the adoption of the Bimetallic system. We notice that the President of the Bimetallic League, in a recent letter, contends that, this is not a fair statement of the case, and that it is used for the purpose of creating a prejudice against Bimetallism. But he does not attempt to show in what particular he considers it unfair, neither does he re state the case in what he considers a fairer formula. Because it is evident to the simplest understanding that if the two metals are at a given fixed ratio, with a free mintage—which is essential to the true working out of the theory—and silver should from any cause become cheaper in the markets of the world, as it has become in recent years, a rapid coinage of silver would follow, to the depreciation of the gold currency in other words, to the serious loss of creditors and to the benefit of debtors. Suppose the fixed legal ratio of silver to gold was fifteen and a half to one, which is the ratio most favoured by the leading lights of Bimetallism, what would be the result co-day, when the ratio in the markets of the world is about thirty to one ? The possessors of silver would at once get it coined, and pay off their debts in tho depreciated currency. But there would be no necessity to get it coined for the knowledge that it could readily be coined would have all the damaging effects of the coinage. Bimetallism seeks to give a fictitious and a factitious value to silver which it would not intrinsically possess. The law now gives no real value to the gold sovereign. It simply stamps it with the Hall mark, to employ a well understood phrase, attesting that the gold is of a certain weight and fineness, just as it stamps other legal weights and measures, and then leaves it to fetch what it is worth in the public market. But the Bimetallist wants us "to fix the value of gold in terms of silver, and the value of silver in terms of gold." That is, it wants us to do what all sound economists and sober thinkers con. tend cannot be done, or would be damaging if it could be done, to fix by law the value of one thing in terms of another. And to what end 1 Who would be the gainers by this depreciation of the gold standard and the appreciation of silver ? Great Britain would be the loser, not only in a greatly preponderating degree but almost solely and creditors and Savings Bank depositors and the receivers of wages would lose also. Great Britain is the world's creditor. Almost all nations owe money to us and the silver-producing nations sspecially. Take Argentina or any other nation which is largely indebted to Great Britain, and which has rich silver mines. Give them the option, which the Bimetallic system would give them, of pay- ing their debts to tins country in silver, and at the present market value of silver. Why, half of our investors, merchants, and traders would immediately become bank- rupt, and workmen would be receiving only about half of their wages, and creditors only about half of their debts. The Birnetallists attempt to sup- port their theory by the allegation that the depression in trade, which we all deplore, is caused by low prices, and low prices is, by implication, the result of Monometallism—a single gold standard. But this is not only an unverified, it is an absurd assumption. Low prices were not contemporaneous with, and have not been proportionate to trade depression; and neiriier has been produced by a monetary gold standard. Moreover, low prices are not in themselves an evil, but a good especially when employ- ment is general and wages have risen, and the volume of national trade has not been reduced. As to the averment of the Bi- metallist, that for the last twenty years, or more, the present currency system has been working adversely to the working classes and the industrial classes," it is an absolute figment, not only unsustained but conclusively contradicted by all the facts of the case. Within the last twenty years the working classes have been better housed, better fed, better clothed, and better educated than during any other twenty years within the century. In 1873 the mean number of paupers in each 1,000 of the population was 38'3. In 1893 it had fallen as low as 25 8, Moreover, "the annual average money wages throughout the country increased from £43 8s in 1870 to £53168 in 1891. The plea of the Bimetallist that his scheme—Utopian at the best- would raise prices (which is the plea of Mr CHAPLIN and his Agricultural faddists) is one of the strongest arguments, from the outside standpoint, against it. To raise prices would be to impose a tax upon the hardly. earned wages of the artisan and the labourer whilst even the middle classes would strongly object to be compelled, by the artificial raising of prices, to pay more for their meat, bread, and groceries. Viewed in whatever aspect we please, Bimetallism is a delusion, and would work incalculable evil to the nation as a whole and to. individuals and should be relegated to the limbo of unworkable schemes and projects. First lot the Bi- metallist find the true, fixed, and unchange- able ratio between gold and silver, and then his theory might be worthy of more serious criticism.

AFFAIRS OF SIR WM, DA VIES. NO RECEIVING ORDER ISSUED YET. A SYMPATHETIC VIEW, POSITION OF OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FIRM. FEELING OF THE CREDITORS. A correspondent writes :—"Although in some quarters the wish is certainly father to the thought, nevertheless it is a fact that r.o receiving order in bauimiptcy has, so far, been issued in respect of the estate of IIfossrs Davies, George and Davies, solicitors, Haverfordwest, and it is not at all likely that, if it can possibly be helped, such an event will be allowed to happen by Sir Win. Davies's family's friends—and they are numerous—in spite of the misfortunes that have overtaken them. It is almost unnecessary to point out that a receiving order on a creditor's petition cannot be made before the usual appoint. ment in chambers by the Registrar, and as in this case a week has to elapse before the hearing of the application comes off, it is exceedingly premature to definitely state that ehe affairs of the firm are practically in bank- ruptcy. It is a lady that is the only unsecured creditor who has thought fit to have recourse to drastic measures for the recovery of all or a portion ot her claim, which is under j6500, and it is not credited by the bulk of the people in Pem- brokeshire that, if this should be the only impor- tunate creditor out of the 350, for such a sum the estate is going to be dealt with by any bankruptcy trustee, or that Sir Win. Davies or either of bio colleagues in the learned profession will be forced to file a petition between the pre- sent date and the 11th instant, when, it is under- stood, the registrar will be asked to acoedo to the solitary creditor's request. In the face of the circular which was last week studiously and indus- triously issued by a well-known London firm, who gave an assurance that 12s 6d in the £ could be realised, it will be a matter of intense surprise to non-creditors, as well as to the majority of the creditor?, if last Monday's resolution, the appoint- ment of three fresh trustees to act with two old trustees in the Ciuryiug out of a family deed of arrangement—is not productive of incalculable good. positively secured by patient waiting, it is very properly asked by reasonable people whether it would not be suicidal on the part of the creditors to ruiu their own prospects by rushing into that court which swallows up the funds, and after 1111 does not happily satisfy the creditors. Tho few who let the world know how deeply they feel that which is unquestionably a" great blow, especially to the really poor, apparently lose sight of the fact that for their investments they have received substantial yearly returns for a very long period, and that after the disposal of the valuable properties the result of a private arrangement might not be so bad, especially if the realisation turns oub the success that is anticipated. Comparatively trifling expanses would ue caused through the numerous investigations, seeing that the legal advisers of Sir William have handsomely de- clared their intention not to makeany professional charge for anything they have done, and that the committee of inspection and others jointly engaged wiH make no claun for the time and trouble which their inquiries involved. It is thought that if private feeling could be set aside and personal grievance forgotten, and that, instead, efforts were made to convert every available pro- perty into the largest possible sum of money, the people who fear destitution and the degradation of parish relief would be surprisingly benefited, and that with the lump sums which would fall into their hands they would not fare so badly in the end. Pembrokeshire people—and they are most affected through the failure-are not so easily led astray, and it; is therefore hoped that they will not do anything in a moment of excitement which they might afterwards very much regret. A Pembrokeshire correspondent writes:—The petition in bankruptcy agatust the firm of Davies, George and Davies, which you stated in your issue of Wednesday to have been presented, con- tinues to be the subject of universal comment in Haverfordwest and surrounding district. Although the step referred to has created a good deal of sensation, it scarcely came aa a surprise, as the general opinion was, after the meeting of Monday 1Mb, that failing a satisfactory Kuarantee from the family for an increase in the amuunt of th dividend, there was 110 course Op5D bub to throw the estate iuto bankruptcy. Tho question that notv attracts most attention is how the matter will affect the other partners of the firm, particularly Mr W. D. Gsorgo, who holds nuinerous offices under the Pembrokeshire County Council, including the position of Deputy Clerk of the Fence for ths county of Pembroke, and also for the town aud county of Haverfordwest. Sir William Davies is still residing at Broad Haven, and according to rumour is in very delicate health, which the feveuts of the past fow days willlHJt tend to alleviate. Much sympathy is expressed for Mr Colm Davies and Mr W. D. George, because it is well- known that whatever blame there may be they have in no wise contributed to the policy which has brought the firm into the Bankruptcy Court, while, as partners, they share m the responsibili- ties which the late firm incurs. There is no doubt that could the opinion of the majority of the creditors be ascertained, it would be against the course just pursued,"inasmuch as it is bound to reduce the amount of the dividend to which they will eventually beoome ensitled. Then there is the important question of the sacrifices promised by the family,but which were promised condition- ally, and were to be only on condition that no bankruptcy proceedings would be instituted against the firm. Now, however, that this has been done, they aro morally released from their agreement, though whether or not they will withhold the amounts promised is of course not known. Altogether there seems no douot that the course pnrsued by Mrs Miers, upon whose application the petition has been presented, is not endorsed by the other creditors.

TAFF RAILWAY FITTERS' DISPUTE. PROTRACTED STRUGGLE ANTICI- PATED. There is now every indication that the dispute between abcub a hundred mechanics at the West Yard, Cardiff, and the Taff Vale Railway Com- pany will not be amicably settled without a protracted struggle, entailing much loss upon masters and men. The men— mostly fitters and members of the Amalgamated Society of Engi- neers—have now been out of employment about two months, and as the company have been unable to retain many of the imported hands, the work at the yard has consequently been seriously disorganised. The strikers elected to ba paid off rather than subscribe to altered and unknown conditions of employment at pitcework rates, and oliose Mr Jenkin Jones, the official delegate of their society, to seek an interview with Councillor Riches, the locomotive superintendent, and the company's officer having charge of their depart- ment. Mr Riches having repeatedly declined to see anyone except the men directly concerned, a communication was sent to the directors, who on Tuesday had a meeting. No intimation of the decision there arrived at has been sent to the men, and their presumption is that the Board have upheld the management. The dispute is described by the men as one which would pro- bably be settled inside half an hour if their delegate were granted an audience.

WELSH GOSSIP. Lord and Lady Carew's party at Castle Boro', Enniscorthy, to meet his Royal Highness the Comte de Turin, included Mrs Clifford Cory. A portrait of Principal Viriamu Jones is given in Cym.ru'r Plant for October. The schoolboys of Acrefair and Manchester are also given therein. Mr GWllym Rees, of Bangor College, has declined tho invitation to the pastorate of the Barkway Congregational Church, Royston, Camb. Cymmer is a name that puzzles many as to its meaning. It means a junction or confluence. Take, for instance, Cymmer, near Porth. Here the rivers of tha two valleys of the Rhondda join. y Lienor for October contains articles on "Macbeth," enbitled "Tho Gem of English Literature," "John Calvin," Isaiah," The Fall cf Llewellyn," Norway and Sweden," and The Dream of Robert Jones." The construction of a. bridge over the Menai was predicted in the following couplet by Robyn Ddu Ddewin, a bard who resided on the banks of the Mena.i in the year 1400 :— Dwy fiynedd cyn aflonydd, Ponb ddifai ar Fenai fydd. The Rev. Peter Williams's Bible (I, Beibl Peter Williams," as the Welsh familiarly termed it) had a very good circulation, considering that in those days printing was so expensive and the means of purchasing so limited. We find that the first edition of this Bible, in 1770, comprised 3,600 copies the second, in 1775. 6,500 copies the third, in 1796, 4,000 copies; total, 14.100 copies. "My father wanted me to read for the Bar, but I was a. born engineer. We quarrelled. I took to my heels, a dyma. fi to-day yn professional vagabond, said the author of the following doggerel :— jVlae Castcll Caregcyuan, Yn gastell cryno, cywra'n, Jackd/xivi nests yn ei ica/ls e't a Sheep yn pori ar ei iop fe, A'r brook yn goichi feet 0'. It is stated that tho newly-appointed Chancel lor and Canon Residentiary of St. David's (the Rev. W. H. Davuy, M.A.), the vice-principal of St. David's College, Lampeter, was appointed on the understanding that he should take up his residence permanently at St. David's. There is also under consideration the practicability of successfully establishing in connection with tho cathedral church courses of lectures for the benefit of the clergy. Dr. Griffith?, the newly-appointed doctor for the Carmarthen Infirmary, is a native of Kid- welly, and graduate of Edinburgh University, where he took the^degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Master in Surgery on July h3t. Prior to going to Edinourgh, Dr. Griffiths was student of the University College ab Aberystwyth. His brother is the Rev. D. T. Griffiths, M. A., curate of St. Peter's, Carmarthen, who greatly distin- guished himself when at Oxford. Over 50 years ago, before the advenb of the railways, goods were carried by the aid of the canal and tramroads all the way from Cardiff to the Vale of Neath and "thence to Bnton Ferry, there being at tha.t time a tramway joining the present one from Aberdare to Penderyn at Hir- wain, and thence carried over Hirwain Common through Rhigos to Pontwalby, where it joined the tramway still existing from the Sand Quarries to the top of the Neath Canal. Some portions of the old tramway still remain. The Rev. E. D. Lewis, Llancarfan, who has accepted a call to the English Baptist Church of Treorky, will commence duties in his new place on October 6tii. The rev. gentleman comes of a good preaching stock, having had an uncle on his father's side in the Congregational ministry, Rev. E. Lewis, formerly of Gwaencaegurwen, now in Australia, and two others on his mother's side who were very acceptable preachers in the Baptist mimstry-thu RHV. D. Davies, Chnrles- street, Newport, formerly Bodwas and Whit. church, and the Rev. R. Davies, who held a ministry of over 40 years' duration at Penyvai (Cefn), How prolific the men of Mon have been For instance, Pennant, in his Tours in Wales," mentions a patriarch named Williams ap Howel ap Torwertb, of Tregaian parish, who lived in the year 1530 and died ab the ago of 105. He had by his first wife 22 children, by his second 10, by his third 4, and by his two concubines 7 total, 43. His eldest son was 84 in 1851, his eldest daughter 72, and his youug?iit son then oniy 2% years old so that between his first child and last there was an interval of 82 years. No less than 300 psople descended from this stock in tha.t interval, 80 of whom lived in that parish. Ho was small of stature, of a. cheerful, convivial temper, but spare in his diet, living mostly on milk. He passed his time in rural employments, and at his leisure in fishing and fowling, and preserved his memory and senses to the last. A clever robbery has just come to light at Pwllheli. Before Mrs Colonel Hastie and family left Glyn-y-Weddw, Ltanbedrog, near Pwllheli, where she had been living for many years, all tho furniture was sold. Care was taken before the sale to pack all the jewellery, valued at £700, in suitable cases. The family proceeded to Pwllheli, Criccieth, and other places, staying a short time at each place. Lately they arrived at Bourne. mouth. The jewellery boxes were here opensd and it was discovered that all the valuables had been stolen. The polica were informed of the robbery, but, unfortunately, Mrs Hastie could not say positively when she had last seen the jewellery. During the last few days detectives have been in about Pwllheli, Criccieth, and L'anbedrog. So far they have had no clue to the lost property. We have received a copy of a song coirposcd by F. Helena Marks, the daughter of Mr B. S. Marks, the artist who painted admirably several portraits which now adorn the Council Chamber at Cardiff and the Municipal Art Gallery. "Fleeting Shadows" is tho title of a very pleasing song, which is not difficult, and should prove acceptable to numerous amateur vocalists who desire something new to sing at concerts or at the homes of their friends. A very pretty air has been composed to words which are entirely free from any suspicion of mawkish sentiment, and they are, we hnd, written by Mr Marks himself, who is a poet as well as a painter. We ha-ve gathered the song into our collection of local productions, for the composer is a, Cardiff lady, having been born within the sound of St. John s Church bells. It is well printed, and published by Messrs R. Cocks and Co., London. The Rev. George Hay Morgan, B.Sc., of Woodberry Down, has published Modern Knight-Erranta. and othor Sermons (James Clark and Co., London), Ho 13 one of the most brilliant students turned out of what was formerly the Pontypool, and is now the Cardiff Baptist Collvge. As part of his training he attended the Cardiff University College for somo three years, and, as is denoted by his degree, spent the major paro of his time there Working at science. He is a man personally known to a large section of the Cardiff Baptists, known by name throughout the denominate, and recog. nised to bo in the front rank among the younger leaders of thought. The promise of his youth has so far been fully realised, and to-day he is one of the strongest men in North London. The sermons in this volume have a peculiar interest, inasmuch they are the first published ex. pressions of Mr Morgan's views of the deepec problems of existence. The quiet and secluded village of Talsarn, on the banks of the Aeron, is soon to bo en fete in honour of the marriage of Miss Gertrude Lewes, the third daughter of Col. L„W6S! J P., D.L., of Llanlear, with Mr T. Woodham Mott, of Much Hadham, Herts, eldest son of the late Mr Thomas Mott. The marriage will be so;emnlsed ab the neighbouring church of TrefiJan. Llanlear, the residence of the bride, is situated on the other side of the river in a well- wooded park of about 100 acres. it is namu known to students of Welsh history, having been the site of a Cistercian nunnery of considerable importance prior to the Reformation. It is said that a. small cottage which stands about a mile to the west of Llanlear, was formerly a chapel belonging to it. iradition also relates that there was a covered paved way from the one to tho other, along which the nuns passed when they went to worship the image of a saint kept in the chapel, but it was destroyed, with Llanlear, at the dissolution. there are now no traces of the paved way. Burial remains have often been dug up in a field near the farmyard, under the phad« of some exceptionally fine and Menric, in his lii-.tory of Cardiganshire," etates that a leaden coffin had been dug up in the sjarden a few years before his visit.

The removal of the female convicts, who include Mrs Maybrick, from Woking to Aylesbury will not take place for two or three weeks. pre- cise date hvLnot been fixed.

HI ■ ii ■ i—gQ- NEWS IN BRIEF. The Grace shilling testimonial has realised 13s. The general strike among Carmaux glassworkers i3 regarded as at an end. A slight shock of earthquake was felt at Con" ( stautinople on Wednesday. The Spanish Customs receipts for September amounted to 63,000,000 pesetas. Mr John Morley has arrived at HawardeO Castle on a brief visit to Mr Gladstone. The Rev, Peter Grant, a Nonconformist minister at Bristol, has died almost suddenly at Rochester, where he was visiting. The State Department has ordered the extra' dition to England of Albert Dudley, who is de- tained at New York on a charge of forgery. He will be sent to England shortly. His Royal Highness Prince Victor of Italy, Count of Turin, has arrived at Lowther Castle, where he will bo the guest of the Earl and Countess of Lonsdale during the week. Lord Salisbury will leave the Chalet Ceoilon the 12th inst. on his return to England. Prmco Nichohs of Greece will to-day visit the Gunnery and Artillery School at Fontainebleau. Saturday will be the fourth anniversary of the burial of Mr Parnell. Preparations are being made to celebrate the eVHlt with a pilgrimage that shall put all previous efforts in the shade. During the half-year which ended at Lady Day there was spent in England on Poor Law relief the sum of £2,526,223, nearly equally divided between in-maintenance and outdoor pay. A novelty in railway matters is shortly to be introduced, one of the great lines having just leased to a company the right to open stalls for the sale of tobacco and cigars at any or all of tb,) passenger stations. It is said that the Japanese will themselves lay an electric cable between Japan and Formosa. They have ordered the cable from England, anc1, at the same time everything necessary for re- pairing it in case of need. Tho International Congress on the Law of Natlolls has been opened in Bmsself. After an address by M. do Burlet, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sir Richard Webster, the Attorney* Genera!, delivered an eloquent inaugural speech. Tho Committee of the St. Petersburg Chesj Club is arranging a tournament at which Mill, Lasker, Tiisbury, Steinitz, Tarrasch, and Tchigorin will take part. The games will pro. bably commence nbout the midd.c of November. J A severe storm occurred in Madrid on Wed. nesday afternoon. A number of chimneys were blown down at the Houses of Parliament and the Palaoe of Justice, and several private I houses were damaged, while one child was killed by a falling chimney. Dr. Richardson at the Temperance Congress the other day said if a gardener watered a flower with alcohol" it would be killed. Where. upon a newspaper retorts that if Dr. Richardson were planted in a flower bed and watered with water" he wOlÙI probably die too. The Prince of Wales, as Grand Master of English Freemasons, has granted a warrant for the estabhshment of a new lodge in connection with the Empire of India Exhibition. It is to be I called the Empress Lodge, and is numbered 2,581 on the roil of Grand Lodge of England. The International Law Congress at Brussels on Wednesday evening discussed the proposal qf two of the British delegates to revise that portion of the Brussels Act dealing with tha liquor traffic in the Congo Basin. The congress demanded mora stringent measurea tban., present. A D'uglas correspondent telegraphs that there can now be no doubt that Sir William Hart Dyke has been offered the Governorship of the Isle of Man in the ploce of Sir J. West Ridgeway, who has jnsb been appointed Governor of Ceylon. The Governorship is wurth £2,000 per annum, with a, residence. A fire occurred the othfr day at Cound Hall, near Shrewsbury, one of the finest of Shropshire mansions. A number of wasps had taken posses- sion of the upper part of the mansion, and the servants, trying to suffocate them, set fire to the roof, to which fortunately the fire was confined. It is stated thab the damage is comparatively slight. The Queen has commissioned Herr Angeli, the Court painter of Vienna, to paint the portrait of Slatin Pasha, the ex-Governor of Darfour, who passed ten years in captivity in the Soudan. Ib will be remembered that Slatin Pasha, who now holds a Staff appointment in the Egyptian Army. was recently in England, and attended the Geographical Congress. In addition to the 300 junior county •c'nol# Ships offered by the Technical Education of the London County Council various pnbhc bodies of the Metropolis have arranged to awwrd a number of minor scholarships on the result of the samo examinations, which will be held ou October 26th and November 16th. On Wednesday an inquest was held at Elton Sand beach, Cheshire, touching thedeath of Thos. Warburton, an elderly man. Deceased was gathering damsons, and in reaching forfruitst the extreme end of the limb ho slipped from the ladder and alighted upon his head. Death was instantaneous from a fractured neck. A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned. We live in perilous times, ever escaping or discovering some new danger. The last one lurks in the envelope, and is peculiarly fatal to post- men. It appears from the Lancet thab New Jersey scientists have been sending off bacilli germs, bacteria, and other tiresome little things through the post very insufficiently wrapped up. The postal authorities are taking the matter np. Dr, Mary Walker, tho New York lady who proposes to found the new Adainless Eden," has been famous for years in America aa an advocate of women's rights. Her fondness for tho Bloomer costume is well known, and a story is told which illustrates this. An inquisitive stranger ia represented as having gone up to her and asked, Please are you a gentleman, sir, or are you a lady, ma'am ?" J, T. H<-arne. the well-known Middlesex fast bowler, leaves England for India at the end of tho present week to fulfil his engagement for the c)minfi winter to coach the sons of the Maharajah of Patiala. The Maharajah is an enthusiastic cricketer. The game is also very popular with the natives. Hearne expects to arrive horn. rather earlier than last season, and hopes to return to Chalfont St. Giles about the middle of A prit, in order to get a rest before the season at Lord's. Australian timber is creating a place for itself in Eiuopean markets. The Manchester Canal Company have been bringing homo pioneer cargoes which have proved a success. We ride and drive over Australian wood more and more, and the big trees of the Antipodes are eommg over to us piecemeal. Talking of big timber, a karri tree was receutly blown down in West Australia, which measured 174 feet from the. roots to the lowest branch, at which pomt the trunk was 14. feet round. The right way to enjoy a shore bathe has been solved at Flexstowe, and in this respect that little east coast watering-place is unique. Along tile shore from end to end are little wooden huts, the size of small summer-houses. The rent of them is about half-a-gumea a week, and every family that visits Felixstowe hires a hut, and sometimes two huts. The mormng is given over to bathing, old and young—matrons, maidens, widows, uncles, fathers and brothers disrobe in their huts, walk down the shingle, and plunge into the sea. Dressmaking as a career for girls does not seem to offnr very great possibilities in New Zealand. According to a report presented to the Depart- ment of Labour by Mrs Neill, the Colony's Female Inspector of Factories, dressmaking as a trade is on the decline. This is attributed by Mrs Neill to the modern simplification of dress in the prevalent fashion of plain skirt, coat, and blouse," and to the fact thab the society ladie.1 who wish to be stylish and up-to-date get their smartest frocks from Paris, London, Melbourne, or Sydney, and let the local tailor build them a tweed suit for practical wear." Blenheim, one of the Dulce of Marlborough'* seats, is one of the biggest and most beautiful places in England, and the expunses of keeping it up are enormous. The late Duke used to say that it cost him £800 a year in putty and this may be true, since there is a great deal of glass about the place aud it is supposed that Lf)rd Exeter pays £1,200 a year to keep tho roof of Burleigh in repair. The Duke of Marlborough has £20,000 year, but out of this spends little more than £8,000 on his personal expenses. His bride will, they say, have at least £30,000 a year, so that Blenheim will once more be very gay and see grand times. The Poll Bonk issued by the Exchange Tal." graph Company is an excellent record of flhe statistical history of the last four General Elections* complied from the reports issued by the company during the elections. AH politicians and journalists are aware with what accuracy those reports were prepared and hoW promptly they were distributed. The volutin* consists mainly of an alphabetical list of all th" constituencies of the United Kingdom, giving 111 each case the number of voters on the register each election, the names of tho candidates a»ifl their political denomination, the numoer of vo^* recorded for each, and the majority obtained W the successful candidate. Where a bye-elect'0** has occurred the cause of it is stated, and 1 featuies and results are given in the same as those of the General Elections^