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Rhondda Inquests. Wedding Festivities and Christ- mas Celebrations. BLAENCLYDACH. Mr. R. J. Rhys, the coroner, conducted an inquiry on Friday at the Court, Hotel, Tonypandy, into the circumstances at- tending the death of James Harries, 3, David Street, Blaenclydach. The evidence given was to the effect, that whilst following his occupation at the Cambrian Colliery, Clydach Vale, the deceased met with an accident to his spine, and subsequently partial paralysis set in. The jury returned a verdict that the man died from the injuries received. Another inquest was also held at the same place on the body of John Gluzas, a Cornishman, 63 years of age, residing at 14, Maddox Street, Blaenclydach, who died after attending at the wedding fes- tivities; of his son. Dr. Gabe Jones said that he had been treating the deceased for some time for bronchitis and a weak heart. The jury returned a verdict of Death from natural causes." PONTYGWAITH. Two sudden deaths at Pontygwaith were the subject of an inquiry at the Penrhys Hotel on Friday, before Mr. R. J. Rhys, the district coroner. A labourer named Rowland Griffiths was found dead in bed on Sunday morn- ing at 94, The Cellars, Madeline Street, Pontygwaith. It appeared that de- ceased, who worked at, Mardy, had come down to enjoy the Christmas festivities with an old playmate, Rowland Evans, at the address referred to. He had in- dulged pretty freely in intoxicants prior to going to bed, whence he never got, up. Medical evidence showed that death was due to heart failure, and the jury re- turned a verdict, accordingly. ttie oc'Cuiia casthe inquiry had refer- ence to the death oPichai'd Evans, of 19, Deri Terrace, Pontyvaith, a labourer engaged at, the No. 3 'it, Tylorstown. who died soime-hat suddev on Wp'ln"«- aay afternoon. It appeared "that the deceased met with an accident on the 28th of October whilst following his employment, which necessitated amputa- tion of both legs. He progressed, but suddenly collapsed otn the day mentioned. found that he died as the result of the injuries received on the 28th of October.

The Education of the Children. Mr. Clifford Cory and the Unemployed. Mabon's Political Philosophy. A meeting, presided over by Alderman E. H. Davies, J.P., was held at Nazareth (O.M.) Chapel, Pentre, on Thursday evening last, under the auspices of the Rhondda Liberal and Labour Association, organised by Mr. Wm. Evans, the Liberal agent, primarily in support of the Welsh National Campaign Fund. A torchlight procession was formed at Rhondda Rise, the residence of Mr. W. D. Wight, M.E., D.C., where, Mr. Clifford Cory, J.P., C.C. (the Liberal candidate for the St. Ives Division of Cornwall), was entertained, and headed by the Cory Workmen's Brass Band. The following resolution was proposed by Dr. W. E. Thomas (chairman of the Rhondda Education Committee), and seconded bv the Rev. J. J. W illiamB That this meeting pledges itself to support, morally and financially, the Welsh National Campaign Fund until the education of the nation's children 1 is placed under popular control. It also sincerely hopes that the coming General Election will result in the re- turn of a triumphant majority of strong supporters of the excellent policy just enunciated by our trusted leader, Sir Henry Camp-boll-Ban,nerman. More- over, it heartily congratulates the Right Hon. D. Lloyd George and the Right Hom. John Bums upon their well- deserved inclusion in the Liberal Cabinet, and also Messrs. Herbert Lewis and R. McKenna as members of the Government. Mr. Clifford Cory, who was accorded a hearty ovation, said that, it gave him sincere pleasure to come once more into the constituency of his old friend, Mabon (cheers). He would always be glad to support Mabon—if that support, were necessary, which was not the case-and anything in his power to do for the hon. member he would do with the greatest of pleasure. But Mabon needed no sup- port; it was he (the speaker) who needed the support, and he was very pleased to have a promise from the veteran leader to support him on the following day in the St. Ives Division of Cornwall. Scan- ning iofver the papers, he found that Mabon had delivered a terrifio onslaught upon the present member for South Glamorgan, but not upon the future member (cheers). He was afraid if Mabon again trampled on Colonel Wyndham- Quin, M P., as he had done the other night, their friend, Mr. Brace, would have nothing left to fight. The late Govern- ment, he continued, claimed to have every Christian virtue; but one thing they lacked was the spirit of resignation (laughter). They (the Tories) were very fond of saying that the Liberals could not form a Government, but the Liberals had succeeded in forming a Government, and a very strong Government, and he felt sure that every working man would be gratified to find among that Cabinet the names of the Right Hon. John Burns and the Right Hon. D. Lloyd George (cheers). The only fault which he (Mr. Cory) could find in the Prime Minister's selection was, perhaps, that the services of Wales had not been sufficiently recog- nised, and that the name of Mabon }In,] not been prefixed by the title, t}1- ..<1\.1 Hon. He hoped, however t, .v .t{lg.ht a short time to address th~ be able in not been prefixed by the title, th^ 'Tt Hon. He hoped, however, t a short time to address th~ ^e able m ber for the Rhondda a.° JEeirt" William Abraham (chf y the Right Hon. The — TT ^al Tax. was • pieage<j ^at Mr. Asquith had been made Chancellor of the Ex- chequer. As Chancellor of the Exchequer he would have to deal with questions of finance, and he wouiu also have to deal with that great question—the coal-tax; and when the time, came to make repre- sentations upon this iniquitous imposi- tion, he felt sure that Mr. Asquith would give them a sympathetic hearing (cheers). The Unemployed Question. We find, he said, that among the Acts of the late Government is the Land Pur- chase Act of Ireland, whereby 112 mil- lions of British money were handed over to Irish landlords. We hear a great deal of the unemployed question: if that money which the late Government handed over to the Irish landlords had been utilised in other directions, and if it had been spent in trying to solve the un- employed question, I think that that great problem would be to a considerable extent solved. The Unemployment Act of the Unionist Government he said, was of no practical value, because it was prac- tically inoperative. He had the utmost sympathy for any man who was able and willing to work, and he considered that the State was in duty bound to give employment to every man if he was will- ing to work and could not get it, (cheers). After commenting at some length on Mr. Chamberlain's fiscal proposals, he said that we in the Rhondda had strong objections to paying for Roman Catholic teaching for our children. If He were Dictator he would wish tot see established a system of national education in the country. He would abolish Voluntary Schools, and have one set. of schools in the country. He would see that no religious tests were imposed upon teachers, the power to appoint and dismiss teachers would be invested in a, local body elected by the people, and no sectarian teaching, no- thing but simple, teaching being permit- ted in schools. Mr. Balfour had said that when the Liberal Government came into office, they would Despoil and Rob the denominationalists of their schools. He (the speaker) did not wish to rob any- body of their schools. He had no objec- tion tco Roman Catholics and the Church of England having their own schools, provided they also maintained them (cheers). Commenting upon Chinese labour in South Africa, he said that he was glad to find that the first thing the Liberal Premier did when he came to office was to declare that no more cheap Chinese labofur was to be imported into South Africa (loud cheers). Mabon, who was received with sus- tained cheering, said that he was afraid that His Political Philosophy was of an ancient character (laughter). It appeared to him that when they came down to the bedrock of their objection to the Education Act of the late Govern- ment, it would be found to arise from a real and conscientious fear of what would be the effects of giving this or that "ism" a place in our schools, which the spirit of unsectarian Christianity had held up toi now, especially in the, Board Schools. If Roman Catholicism displaced pure Biblical teaching in our schools, would it not affect the place of it there P If Church Catechism displaced it, if Sec- tarianism displaced it, or if the three in a political condition displaced it, would they not together share the place of it? He (the speaker) thought they would, and he agreed with the great Cook of Boston when he said that the place of the simple Biblical teaching in schools would be occupied by the power which displaced it; and that which displaced it would have an important place in those schools. This, tot him, was the only intelligent explanation why denominationalism was so eager to capture the control of edu- cation in our public schools. To the Church of England it would mean that the schools where Church management would be paramount would be simply a pathway to the Church, But what did they give to the public that found the money to pay for the teaching in those schools ? Personally, he was a great believer in public opinion, hence his being a supporter of public control of public teaching in public schools. He sincerely believed that under public control-which was the only just control—where the pub- lic found the money, would never allow Romanism, Church Catechism or any other "ism" to replace the Christian atmosphere in our schools—(applause)—as a climate tol train the youth of our land. Plain, simple Biblical teaching should, in his opinion, have its proper place in our national schools, but the specific religious instruction should be the duty and func- tion of the Church of Christ and the hearths and homes of our Christian coun- try (loud applause). The Rev. W. Morris, D.D., F.R.G.S., said that on one occasion he attended a religious congress, at which a paper was read on The Great Needs of the Coun- try." The writer, in the course of his paper, said that what was wanted to put the country right was a prophet or an earthquake. In religious circles they had had already a prophet and an earth- quake, and they had discovered a leader in the political arena also, and he hoped ere long they would have an educational earthquake. On the motion of Mabon, a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Cbry, coupled with a sincere wish that he would be successful in his contest at St. Ives, was carried with acclamation.

Rhondda Miners. The Haufferal Question. Non-Unionist Problem. The monthly meeting of the Rhondda District of Miners was held on Monday at the Y.M.C.A. Rooms at Porth, under the presidency of Mr. O. Bevan, Pen- rhiweeiber. An application was received from the Maindy Lodge, Ton, for permission to tender a month's notice to terminate contracts, as a protest against the non- Unionists who are at present employed at the colliery. In granting permission, Mr. D. Watts Morgan explained that the resolution could, not be put into operation at this colliery for some time, because other col- lieries who had made previous applica- tions had prior claims, and they a.s a dis+- uadopted the policy of allow- ,VJ.Cv mg one colliery onvw wuuei nuutes in one month. A motion was proposed that the giving of notices be deferred until united action was taken by all the collieries, but this found no favour. Alluding to the houlloi,s' question, Mr. D. Watts Morgan said that both sides— the employers and themselves-were ap- proaching the matter in a friendly spirit, and the miners' leaders were, anxious that nothing should be done to endanger the good feeling which existed. It had been stated by the chairman of the owners' side that the employers were in no way unsympathetic with the Federation as an organisation. The hauliers' question, however, was one that presented diffi- culties. They were anxious that no in- justice should be done to a section which was already receiving privileges in their efforts to improve the conditions of the other section. It would be an easy mat- ter to level matters if they disregarded this point. It was decided to make a grant of 215 to the Fernhill Lodge for the purpose of recouping itself for the money advanced by the lodge to the men who are on strike. The question arose of the mode of granting donations by the district meet- ing on anneals from outside districts. It was proposed that the option of granting any donatioil should be left to the lodges, and thnt they should be required to re- fund to the district by means of levies any donations which the district might choose to make from its funds. It was decided lhat a change in the direction indicated should be made and that the question of dealing with the special cases should be deferred until the occasion arose.

Royal Welsh Male Choir at Wllliamstown. No concerts are more popular in this district than those given by male voice choirs. Not only are they very popular and financially more successful, but the trouble and worry connected with them are much less than with the ordinary concerts. On Thursday evening, the Royal Welsh Male Voice Party, Treorchy, paid their second visit to the district, being this time engaged by the people of Saron Con- gregational Church, Williamstown. The large chapel was very full. Mr. Thos. Griffiths, J.P., Cymmer, occupied the chair. The choir was conducted by Mr. William Thomas. The accompanist, was Mr. Hugh Hughes, G.T.S.O., Treorchy The choir was assisted also by Miss IJlodwen Coslett (Llinos Elian), Ponty- pridd, whose productions at. the concert were greitly applauded. The other vocalists, Mr. T. Felix Evans, Mr. Todd Jones and Mr. Aneurin Edwards, were very good, and their renderings were highly appreciated. It, is needless to state that the choir sang remarkably well. The singing, of the choruses was a, rare treat, and delighted the audience. The following programme was gone through: —Chorus, "Destruction," the Choir; song, 0! youth, how delightful thou art," Mr. T. Felixi Evans; song, "I will extol," Miss Blodwen Coslett; part-song, Cwsg," Choir; song, Jesus; Lover of My Soul" (Hugh Hughes), Mr. Aneurin Edwards; song, "Bid me to love," Mr. Todd J6nes; musical jest, Italian Salad," the Choir (encored and responded with, "Men of Ha,rlech") quartet, The Shamrock," Royal Singers; operatic scei.e, r'Misereri," Miss Coslett and Choir; duet, "The idea, of that En- chanter," Messrs. Jones and Edwards; song, "Dear Heart," Miss B. Coslett; descriptive chorus, "Tyrol," the Choir; trio. Finale 1st Act II Travatore," Miss Coslett, Messrs. Evans and Edwards; chorus, The Psalm of Life," the Choir; song, "Through the Forest," Mr. Todd Jones; chortis, "The Pilgrims." the Choir; finale, "Hen Wittd fy Nh&dau."

Porth Police Court. Thursday.—Before the Stipendiary (Mr. Arthur Lewis), Mr. T. P. Jenkins, Mr. David Thomas and Dr. E. N. Davies. PORTH MILK-VENDOR FINED. Benj. Davies, milk-vendor; Porth, was summoned for selling milk, which on analysis showed 11 per cent. of added water. Supt. Cole prosecuted on behalf ot the police Mr. Stanley Jones, Pontypridd, who appeared for Davies, said that defen- dant, who was absent, admitted having committed a technical offence. He had boine d good character. He received the milk from a farm, but, similar to other milk-vendors, he had not obtained a guarantee as to the quality of the milk from the farmer. On the day when the milk was sampled, he had only served one person after removing the milk from the station. A fine of zCl and costs was inflicted. SLEEPING OUT. If you got work to do, go to it and £ nA here again," was the remark or the Stipendiary to Elias Davies, a labourer, of no fixed abode, who was charged under the Vagrancy Act with sleeping on a hayloft. He went.

Stealing a Christmas Pudding. Generosity lil-ltewarclefl. A story of ill-requited generosity came on for hearing at the Ton-Pentre Police Court on Monday last, when Mary Ann Jrrice, an old woman, residing at Cwm- pare, was charged with stealing a Christ- mas pudding, valued at Is. 6d., from a neighbour, Mrs. Jane Rees. Prosecutrix said that defendant came into her house and asked for something to eat. Prosecutrixi gave her some Christ- mas cake, and also some tea. Not being content with this, the defendant cast her eyes around the room, and spotting a Christmas pudding, she asked for it. This the good woman of the house refused to do, remarking that she had received enough. At this juncture the lodger came in, and at the same time defendant went out. A little later prosecutrix missed the pudding, and suspecting her needy neighbour she gave information to the police, with the result that defen- dant was arrested near Treorchy. A fine of 10s. was imposed.

"Give me Six Months I" A Man who refused to Break Stones. Dl. Freeman, a member of the tramp- ing fraternity^ was brought up at the Ton-Pentre Ponce Court on Monday last charged with maliciously damaging six panes of glass and also damaging a door. Robert Williams, porter at the Ponty- pridd Workhouse, stated that on Satur- day last the prisoner was put to break stones, and when witness returned about two hours later he heard the smash of broken glass. He made enquiries, and found that prisoner had smashed six panes of glass in a window, and had also damaged a door to the value of 12s. 6d. When asked to explain his conduct, he said that he was not going to accept work from the hands of a pauper. The Stipendiary, glancing at a list handed up for his edification, remarked that this was no new experience for pri- soner, as offences of a similar character were previously recorded against him. Gl ve me six months!" demanded the prisoner. I can't,' replied the Stipendiary ''I'll give you as much as I can. You will go to prison for three months." H That will keep me from the beer," ejaculated the prisoner as he strode out of Court.