The Cambria Daily Leader

I AS. D. OF THE CUP. I SATURDAY'S SAM S WATCHED BY l RECORD CROWDS. The receipts and utten dances in the six- teen English Cup-ties were as fouow:- £ 8. Sheffield United v Bradford. 51,006 1,695 5 Bolton v. Swindon 60,558 1,586 17 Leeds v. West Bromwich 29,000 1,450 0 Wolverhampton v Wednesday 18 Liverpool v. Gillingham 46.000 1,317 10 Manchester C, v. Tottenham 36,256 1,271 3 Sunderland v. Plymouth 37,133 1.225 11 Millwall v. Bradford City 20,735 1,217 0 Birmingham v. }lnrlderfteld 40,000 1.125 0 Weet Ham v. Crystal Palace 18,000 1,048 0 Blackburn v. Bury. 29,098 1,037 16 Burnley v. Derby 29,992 1,025 7 Brighton v. Clapton 15,727 990 2 EJteter v. Aston Villa 9,600 910 2' Swansea v. Queen's Park R. 14,000 770 0 Glossop v. Preston 10.731 310 0 The e.ttendan at Bramall-lane consti- tutes a record. Thna the record for the city. held by the W?dn?entay club at Owler ton since NoYmber ?0, ?9C7. has been broken. On that occasion at attendance at the League mat-eh with Manchester United was 45,000, and the receipts over £1.200. The previous; laig-wt, attendance at Brammail-lane was on January 1, 1912, when 40.000 people watched Sheffield United play Newcastle United in the League, and the previous highest receipts waa on October 25 laM., When £ 1,192 00. 3*1. wa", taken at the Sheffield United v. Wednesday League match. Manchester City took more money at the turnstiles than at any .previous match. Bolton also established a Cup-tie record, and the attendance 3JL Swansea was a record for the Vetch Field

UNDER BOTH COSES. I TWO SCHOOLBOY INTERNATIONAL I GAMES FOR SWANSEA. The secretary of the English Schools Football Association (.Mr r. P. Thorna, of Llanrwst, North Wales) has writ-ten us to the effect that, he has accepted March ith as the date of an inter- national match between the English and Welsh Schoolboys. It has been decided to plaç tho same fit, Swansea, the occasion bring unique. It, is of interest that on March 14th I the Welsh and English schoolboys will play at Swansea Tinder Rugby rules.

fiss Vidoria. Monks, tho miisic-ball I artist, was hadly bruised in a motor- ) car collision, on PutiieN- MeaUa Satur- day. t

RUGBY REVIVAL ANOTHER Ola WIN FOR THE ALL WHITES. LEWISES MONQPCLISE SCOBINu. (By PENDRACON.") During the early stages of the reason the All Whites showed Mlch a? deplor&bl? weakness on attack that they were only able to cross the line four times over a stretch of ten matches. Their failure on attack was. due to chopping and changing. After the de- parture of Owen and Jerram new half- hacks were tried almost weekly. T" coupled with the experiments at three- quarter, threw the back machinery outl of gear, and caused the team to be dis- cussed as a 6pent force. The Swan- sea club, however, have weathered the storm. At the next annual meeting an effort will no doubt be made to get the Se lection Committee re-constructed, and in the interval there may be an attempt to keep pace with the times by forming a Supporters' Club. But whatever happens, it has been demon- strated that the All lVhite*? have ?oome back." The crowd follow a winning team—this has been shown in I the ca.se of the wHand now that Rugby hius taken a new lease of life we (,-an confidently look forward to bigger "gates" at St. Helens, and better football. During the last fortnight Swansea have beaten Newport and J Leicester, two of the best Rugby teams in the world, with an aggregate of 30 points to nil. Scoring Power. The trouble before Christmas was that we wanted scoring backs. Our wings were. being hampered by having to play with new con.tres week after week, and the centres had reason to complain about the halves. The for- wards and the full-back were good enough for anything. An improvement ■set in w hen IV. J. Rapsey came along from Pontardawe to play at inside half but hi-s first ma.tch-that at Newport- was not re-assuring, the All Whites losing that afternoon by 12 points to nil This was not the fault of Rapsey. Since I then Swansea have not lost a match They had a splendid run during the Christmas holidays, and at the c-tme. time they unearthed a first-class centre in Owen Jenikins, the brother of Oswald Since his debut he has come to be re- garded as a player who will later on be wanted by Wales. The pity of it is that he can not turn out regularly because of his scholastic duties at Aberystwyth. Another "discovery" is B. Beynon, the ex-Mansel haif-back, who received his baptism of first-class football at A ber- avon early in January. Beynon's suc- cess has been one of the gratifying fea- tures of a peculiar season. He came to the front in a hurry. At the beginning he played Association. He is not yet 20 yarg of age, so that there should be a long period of useful service in front of him. The Turning Point. If I were asked what constituted the turning point in the fortunes of the All Whites I would point to the solving of the half-back problem. Had Owen and Jerram remained we might now have been invincible. It was the difficulty of replacing this clever couple which upset matters before Christmas; just as it was the introduction of Rapsey to poirtner All Thomas and afterwards Beynon, which lent that extra sting to the attack which was so badly needed. There is no reason at all why Swansea should not escape further defeat. Now that the All Whites have found their feet they are propably the best balanced side in the country. Beynon, by the way, is not at all likely to take the Northern Union bait. I am told that his play was watched by a couple of emissaries on Saturday, but they seem to bo wasting their time if Beynon is the only player they are after. Rout of the Tigers. Last season Leicester provided the All W lutes with the best game seen at Swansea for yo^rs. Saturday's match was not as good. There were bright passages, and. it was a very attractive first half, but the quality of the foot- ball played in the sceond half waf) not iu heaping with the reputations of the tiides. SwaJtisea won all the way. They made victory secure before the interval and the" kept their line intact after- wards. True to tradition, Leicester were strong forward, but the pack who heat Newport so soundly the week be- fore, had the bettor of the argument this time with the result that the Swan- sea hac ks saw much of the ball. I can- not help thinking that Mr. Hague, of Cardiff, did much to mar the game as a spectacle, by the freedom with which lie whistled. With such a strong wind blowing it vvias almost impossible for the luatf-baeks to throw the ball out straight from touch. The referee, however, night have made allowances instead of condemning the players with that long succession of scrum- mages. Too Many Scrummages. There were far too many scrummages in the second half. The crowd resented it, and there were more interruptions from the stand side than I have heard for a long time. Swansea did all their coring in the iirst half, when they were playing with the wind at their backs. The Leicester three-quarter line was disorganised, and the quality of the handling done by their bucks left much to be desired. --At half-back the English, international couple, Wood and Taylor, worked hard without meeting with much success. I wonder what the Eng- lish Union members who attended thought about them? Rapsey and Bey- non agin worked well together, behind a splendid pack of forwards, and the wings, Bryn Lewis and Howel Lewis, were dange/ous whenever they got the ball. They monopolised the scoring. Bryn Lewis was at his best. Bancroft fave the lie direct to those who bay that he is a spent force. As a, full-back he is still in a class by himself. Owen Jenkins and Alf Thomas made some, effective bursts, the latter being per. haps the most prominent of the two. Leicester's best three-quarter was Percy Lauric.

For four hundred years the village inn at l,alliberhurt, near Tunbridge Wells, has been in tho hands of a family named Beech, and on Saturday the licence was transferred from the landlord tryhis son, Mr. Edwin Beech. Large crowds attended the funeral at Acton Cemetery on Saturday of Mr. George llOo-Templ, tht) twenty-one- year-old airman who was killed at Hen- don. A body found in the Tliamee near Twic-keiiiiani oii Thursday was identified oil Saturday as that of Mrs. Stoekdale, aged about, thirty-five, wife of a Morlcy (Yorkshire) councillor, who had boaa mus^UUT for a MIQQLIL J

KNOCK OUT BLOW i QUEEN'S PARK QUALIFY AT THE EXPENSE OF THE SWANS. I j HISTORY MAKING WELSH HISTORY MAKING WELSH TEAivi. I (BY" CYCNET.") Through their brilliant achievementl in the lllglisJl Cup competition this j season, Swansea Town have made for themselves a name, not only in Wales, but in the whole of the British Isles; where football is indulged in. They' are looked upon as record breakers, and who could not respect a side wlil(;ii,, in I its second season, does more than other cuubs several years its eider? Up to this year Wales has never been repre- sented in the lirst round proper of the English Cup. The public have never had the privilege of following a side in such an advanced round. but that! cspell has been broken. And Swansea Town have to take the praise. It is, something to be proud ojf to go so far .acl' the second round proper ot this well-l known and leading competition, and it; is nothing of a dw-grace Lo be beaten in; that round by a club which actually shows superiority. Yes, the public of not only Swansea, but of the whole Principality, look upon, with pride, the doings of Swansea Town, and they ap- I -(,hat club there i?,; preciate now that ]n club there is remarkable grit, and before long more records will probably be broken. Came, Saw and Conquered. Queen's Park Hangers came, saw and conquered at Swansea on Saturday and by such a performance they have made themselves eligible for the thirdl round of the English Uup competition. Nob many of the 18,000 present would begrudge the Park Koyai men their narrow win, for it was evident that they deserved it. They played- a game ■—from start to finish-t)-pical of cup- tie football, so clear and so effective, that even if success did not come about it gave one the impression that defeat was hardly possible. Their defence was, to say the least, solid. Both Hig- gins and Pullen worked admirably together, although in the second half the one-back game was inclined to Ispoil. Still, neither men seldom wavered, and their placings wero-always well judged. The halves, too, assisted both in defence, and attack in no mean manner, whilst the forwards proved dashing, and adopted the cup-tie methods very well indeed. On the whole the team received praise all round for there is no doubt they struck to their posts well and their staying powers were almost perf ect. Praise for Swansea. But whilst speaking in terms of praise for the London tea-in it must not be understood that Swansea Town were so much the inferior club. In fact in the first half and at the opening of the second half there was hardly any differ- ence between the sides. At the outset Swansea adapted themselves to the style of their opponents very well. It was delightful to notice how the men were marked and the defence, assisted so very ably by Bassett kept Bi rch, iVLiller and company out of all danger. It will be remembered that aft-er Career liad notoiiod that goal, and before Queen's Park had equalised, Swansea for quits a long time bom- barded the visitors citadel. It was a question very often whether another score would be brought alx.ut, and ii it Lad then matters miight possibly have turned out different. Not too much importance can be laid on that spoil, for thero was once or twice a slice of luck attached to the clearances—when in most dangerous positions—of the de- fenders. It was a groa.t first half. A half where the football of both sides was not to be treated lightly, and one could not help but imagine that it wias a ease of the shooting abilities of both clubs. At the interval the scoro stood Jevel and from a broad-minded view that score was quite satisfactory. Came Decided In Second Half. Perhaps in the second moiety the football was not quite so entertaining. Although Swansea started off in a spirited fashion, they were gradually forced back by Pullen and company, and the weighty backs no doubt had a great effect upon the more lighter for- wards. However, it must be admitted that during these forty-five minutes hard times were experienced with long range shots which only just missed their mark. In fact, of the two sets, of for- wards one is inclined to think that the home set placed in more shots, but as stated above, these were not straight. Queen's Park showed great staying powers in this half ) and it was their consistency which deserved them to win. They played on the ball with such nippi-n-s aJI through, and their pace was much faster than that of their opponents. Their clever football was also well maintained, and it seemed only fitting that Birch should allow them to pull off the victory. Swansea. were not so nippy as timo advanced, and gradually they were compelled to do more than their share of defence work. Criticisms. It seemed a pity that Swansea should fall off so considerably at a time when all their energy was needed, but Queen's Park were a team not to bo held back, and aided by such a powerful defence and half-back line little ello could be expected. The whole of the Swansea forwa.rds worked well in the first half, and Mitchell's dash was very noticeable, but Queen's Park with their sturdy defenders kept danger well out. Ball, too, was very good, and worfred hard, while the two wing men showed no weakness. Weir got to his work well, and played an open game. Bassett was remarkably good in tho first half. He kept the opposing forwards well at bay, and was well assisted. Cubberley was the pick of the other two halves. Allman and Sutherland kept a good de- fence, while Storey dealt effectively with some awkward shots. I

OUTSIDE OPINIONS. I HOW THE SWANS IMPRESSEDt THE LONDON CRITICS. Below arc given a couple of London Press opinions of the Svans' defeat at the hands of Queen's Park Rangers.- I Odd Coa! in Three. I Swansea failed I,y the odd goal in I three, but they put up a splendid sport- i-ng struggle against a cleverer and more experienced team, and, incident- ally added an interesting page to the! history of the game.—" IJaily I Storey's Wonderful Defence. "Swan.s.ea have had a remarkable series of successes this season, but it must be admitted they had not, up to Saturday, met a Cup-fighting team of the Rangers' class. The latter opened none too well on a rather heavy ground, but when they found their feet they (Contiu uet at t.JLua foot of aext column.) [

I THE BOXING RING: SAM LANSfORB AT SWANSEA DRilL hALL, CWMAVON PUGILIST'S SUCCESS. There was a big crowd at the Swansea | Territorial Hail on Saturday everung, when Sam Jjangford, the famous black; boxer, i ormed the chief attraction, j Langford played "touch" for sis minutes with two other coloured men- liob Armstrong and Georgo Byers. Sam is a big man—a. kind of truncated giant in fact—but his gloves were al-i most as big as his chest, and he and his partners did some dainty fly- Happing" which did not particularly please the crowd. There were terrific swings which came about a couple of feet above the opponents' head, to the accompaniment of strenuous "Ha! ha's 1" This was varied by some terrific clashes of glove against glove, and then the great man retired, clad in a wierdly coloured dressing-gown. But it was Langford, and the display had 'to suffice, Lane Beats Benny Thomas. xha chief affair was a twenty three- minute round contest between Benny Thomas (Liansamlet) and Safti Lane; (Cwmavon;. The men were to box at b-stono 41&S., and Lane came in at 8 stone lbs., Thomas be.ng 1:1b5. lighter. Mr. Hulls, of Sporting Lite," was the referee. There was tar too mueli elmching to pleaso the spectators, but. Lane, from the start proved the ciererer boxer, Thomas relying upon iiis strength and capacity to assimilate punishment. The Llansamlet lad was expected to wear. his opponent down after lialf-distance, but Lane, trained to tho ounce. an4 carefully handled in his corner, provoci a surprise packet, and was at feast as strong as Thomas at the close. His active left hand piled up points, and his clever ducking and general defence made Thomas's fierce rushes and heavy right swings ineffec- tive. Lane won an obvious victory on points. A Prettier Bout. A prettier contest to watch was that between "Young" Dando (Merthyr) and Charles Yeomans (Pontypridd). There were old rivals, having previously boxed two draws. The contest was for 15 two-minute rounds, and Mr Halls refereed. Yeomans was the cleaner hitter, and perhaps tho cleverer boxer, but Dando was more aggressive, and after the tenth round he forced Yeomans ail I over the ring, and continued to score with both hands spite of Yeomans' clever ducking and footwork. This con- test again went tho full distance, and there was no surprise when the referee declared Dando the victor. There was also a six-round exhibition between Harris (St. Thomas), and Harry Tay- ]or (Swansea). The former is Taylor's pupil, and is a well huilt youngster, who, although an obvious novice as yet, should develop into a good man. Tay- lor was naturally altogether too good for tho novice who, after getting very weak in the third round, got his nose in the path of Taylor's right glove, and then retired. .————. OUT OF THE HAT! I How Swansea Secured the Farrell- I Roberts Contest. In connection with the contest be- tween Willie Farrell and Dai Roberts, two tenders were received of £ 250 each, from Swansea and Glasgow respectively, and by mutual arrangement it was de- cided to put them in a hat and draw, with the result that Swansea secured the match. The contest will be decided on Mon- day, February 23rd.

THE IRISH TEAM. I Three New Caps for Match With I England. For the Rugby international match between England and Ireland at Twick- enham, on February 14th, the Irish Union on-Saturday selected the follow- ing team: F. Montgomery (Queens, Belfast); P. Quin (Dublin University), *A. R. Foster (Derry), *J. B. Mineh (Bective), and *R. V. Jackson (Wanderers); *R. A. Lloyd (Liverpool and Wan- derers) and V. McNamara (University College, Cork) *C. Adams (Wesley), *W. Tyrrell (Queen's, Belfast), *G. Rilieeu (Garryowen), *P. O'Connell (Bective), *J. Clune (Blackrock), J. Taylor (Collegians), *S. J. Parr (Wanderers), and *W. Collopy (Bective). Old International.

MR. SAND HEIR'S DEPARTURE I CALL FROM IMPORTANT CANADIAN I CORGREGATION ACCEPTED. As already reported in the "Leader," the Rev. R J. Sandheim, of Swansea, is about to leave tho town. He has ac- cepted a call from an Hebrew Congre- gation in Winnipeg, Canada. rlhe call was given as the result of a per-sonal re- oommendation from Dr. riertz. the Chief Rabbi, before whom Mr. Sand- hcim preached in London the Sunday before his installation. Winnipeg is one of the leading cities ot Canada, with a population of 200,000, and the Synagogue, where he will shortly take over his duties possesses the largest congregation in the town. He will be given ample scope for social work. The news of Mr. Sandheim's depar- ture from Swansea after seven years service will be received with regret by all who have come in contaet. with him. He has made himself extremely popular by his urbanity and readiness to co- operate in alI useful work. He will leave Swansea in March.

WELSH LANGUACE. CONFERENCE OF NATIONALIST SOCIETIES AT SWANSEA. A FORWARO MOVEMENT. Important speeches on the teaching of Welsh were made at Swansea on Saturday afternoon last, when the first: meeting took place of the West GIan;or- gan section of the Welsh Nationalist! Society. The oonveiiers of the meeting j were Mr. Rhys Phillips (Welsh Libra-, rian, Swansea), and Mr. D. Morlais Samuel, and through the generosity of; the Mayor (Aid. T. T. Corker, J.P.), who is a keen supporter of the Nation- alist movement, the Crown Court at the Guildhall was placed at the disposal of the meeting, and the delegates were entertained to tea by his Worship. The various Nationalist Societies were represented as follows: Swansea Cym- rodorion Society, Mr. Juo. Meredith; aud Mr. D. Spurrell Davies; Swansea Kenfig Society, Mr. D. Rhys Phillips, Swansea Mabinogion Society, Mr. J. Lovat Owen, J.P., and Mr. D. P. Thomas; and the following Cymrodorion Societies: Neath, Mr. F. L. Parry, j B.A.; Afan and Margam, Messrs. J. Hanbury (Cwniafan) and D. Daniel (Cymmer); Gowertoe., the Rev. D. M. Da vies (Waunarlwydd) and Mr. R. R. Griffiths, B.A.; Pontardawe, Mr. D. LI. Rees; Britonferry, Mr. Jno. Davies and Mr. J. Hughes; liLais, the Rev. Tywi Jones and Mr. Aneurin Rees; Cwmgorse, Mr. J. J. Morgan; Pontevr- dulais, the Rev. Lloyd Morgan, D.D., and Mr. Isaac L. Davies; Penclawdd. Mr. Seth P. Jones. The following were Also present: Mr. Abraham H. Thomas, J.P., Mr. D. Morlais Samuel, Mr. W. O. Williams, Mr. F. L. Parry, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Rosser, Mr. J. Davies, Mr. D. R. Thomas (Dewi Samlet), the Rev. D. M. Davies (Waunarlwydd), the Rev. R, W. Davies (Pontardulais), Mr. Win. Morgan (Swansea), tile A-ev, J. W. Davies (Pontardulais), Mr. J. E. Rees (Port Talbot), and Mr. T. J. Williams Hughes, etc. Mr. J. Meredith (Morriston) took the chair pro tern. Mayor's Welcome. The Mayor of Swansea (Aid. T. T. Corker), iu welcoming the delegates, expressed his cordial approval of any movement which tend towards perpetu- ating the Welsh language. Of course, there was a difference of opinion as to the value of Welsh commercially. How- ever, there was no time for acquiring l languages like the early youth, and so the proper time for teaching them was when the child started school. He cor- dially agreed that the Welsh language should be perpetuated, and that they should by some means make it impera- tive .that Welsh should be taught to the children. In his opinion. it was very hard to teach eliildren Welsh un- less the parents spoke and taught it at home. His Worship instanced his own experience, and added that lie hoped the society would be able to formulate some scheme for perpetuating the lan- guage, for everyone agreed that it was absolutely necessary. (Hear, hear.) Chairman of Section. I Mr. A. H. Thomas, J.P., was elected chairman of the section, Mr. Morlais Samuel secretary, and Mr. J. Meredith treasurer. Mr. A. H. Thomas, in taking the chair, said lie did not share the Mayor's opinion with regard to the commercial utility of the Welsh language. He considered the knowledge of Welsh a tremendous asset, and, as a vehicle of conducting business, his experience showed that it was not only extensively used, but increasingly so. Mr. Thomas recited impromptu a number of Welsh stanzas which, he said, were actually used in shipping circles between coal owners and coal shippers in order- ing and buying coal. He said that often after quarrelling for a long time over prices in English they came to a bar- gain easily in five minutes when speak- ing Welsh. The objects of the society were then discussed on a letter from Mr. ft. Arthur Evans, the general secretary, who enjoined the necessity of being pre- pared to go about and preach with mis- sionary zeal the gospel of patriotism The Executive. I Messrs. J. Meredith (Swansea dis- trict). R. R. Griifiths (Gower), Philip Thomas (Neath), and Lewis Davies (Afon Valley) wore elected representa- tives on the Executive, and a-ftej- soitio discussion it was decided that the chair- man and secretary should be ex-officio members-, The delegates then at considerable length discussed the'best means of securing active units of the general society and of promoting its objects. The Rev. Dr. Morgan (Pontardulais), as an example of what Welsh people at i home should do, instanced a case that came under his notice at Nelson, near Utica, in America, where an American- born Welshman married an American woman who could not speak a woitl of Welsh, and yet he had reared ten children, and each was a jneinber of a Welsh church and spoke Wfclsb fluently The Rov. D.' M. Davies k Gowerton) empha.sised that one of the most neces- sary steps to be taken way to ensure mothers speaking Welsh to their children on tho liejtrth. Jf that could only be secured the future of the language wjis safe. Welsh Literature. I Mr. J. Lovat Owen, J.P., dealt with the importance of studying Welsh liter- ature, and .said members should do their best to instruct the children of other people who had no knowledge of Welsh, and expressed the opinion that it was not enough to leave the teaching of the language to the parents, but the-offi- cials of societies likfe that should or- ganise, inspire and direct the studies of Welsh literature. He dwelt on the do- sirability of Welsh writers dealing with contemporary life, saying if they had a "school" of Welsh writers who dealt with subjects in the interesting and homely way followed by Dickens the result would be very happy. Dcwi Saniiet also spoke, and Mr. Hughes (Britonferry) urged the utilisa- tion of the Welsh harp at all public functions, and said young people ought to be encouraged to study the Welsh classics and afterwards to have discus- sions on the works th"y had read. A Crowing Custom. I The Chairman referred to the growing ) custom of naming-place,after some com-I mercial magnate who had established works in the locality, and instanced the changing or Cwmdu to Mooretown and the names of Johnstown and Griffiths- town. He thought they should recom- mend the local authorities to make rc- presentations to the various railway companies and others responsible ob- jecting to this absurd re-naming of places. The Rev. J. E. Rees (Port. Talbot) referred to the lack of sympathy somei school teachers had with the movement, j isaving that he had been told when the i Welsh lesson came on of a teacher ex- claiming Oh, bother the old Welsh lesson." Thero must be teachers in everv school able to te-ach Welsh, aud, further, there hould be memher" f the staffs of all their hospitals able to con- ver?e nuently in tho I?uigtMgc. I Mr. Iscuic Davies (schoolmaster, PontÜdulais) referred to the change for the better which had come over Wefei. cd1wation since Mr. Owen 'M\ ?dw?rr?; and Mr. Alfred Dawes had acquired .I trol, but he said while in many schools Welsh in&truction was given every tair play, there were others where Welsh was neglected. In his school he had English children from London, Somerset and other places, and it was surprising to hear them reciting Welsh poetry and speaking the Welsh language. A Nationa; Sunday. j Mn J. Meredith said they must tafcfl up the subject with the churches and the sichool and taio ctiuwuoji itLtbDri- ties, and he suggested the establish* ment of a perio?K?.1 under we au5pices of the movement, in which would bo dealt with topics such as were di&- cussed now. Why not have a national Sunday to deal with national questions | and affairs r Mr. Seth Jones (Penclawdd) and | others took part, and eventually, on the motion of the Rev. D. M. Davies, it was resolved that a strong repre- sentation be sent to the secretaries of the Welsh churches asking them to be good enough to do all they could to losier the Welsh language, and to tbo superÏntendentci oi Sunday schools and the head teachers of elementary and secondary schools inviting them to give better facilities for imparting instruc- tion in Welsh, to practise the languaga in all their social intercourse, and to adopt every other means of fostering a love of the language. On the motion of Mr. Spurrell Davies, it wa.s resolved, with a view of extend- ing the movement, that the Swansea Cymmrodorion Society he responsible for the extension of societies in the Swansea District and Valley, that the Neath Society be regarded as the parent society for Neath, and thaf"the Aber- avon Society be responsible for the ex- tension of Cvmmrodorion and National Societies in the Avon Valley and neigh- bourhood, and that the section meet quarterly.

TIN AND TARIFF- SIR ALFRED MOND'S VISIT Ta CANADA. Although the Canadian Parliament) '?6 now sitting, it does not &eem (says a Cardiff contemporary) that any further arrangements have been made for the visit of the deputation from this country to confer with the Canadian authorities on the till and galvanised plate tariff question. At the offices of the British Steel Smelters' and Iron and Tinplate Workers' Society, it was stated that they had heard nothing further con- cerning the proposed deputation. Pro. bably the matter was being held in sus- pense until the British Parliament met, when conferences for discussing the sub- ject could bo more conveniently made. On the other hand, it was possible that the visit of Sir Alfred Mond, M.P., to Canada and of Mr. Borden to this country might have proved adequate for the purpose.

PITiFUL SIGHT WITH ECZEMA. Evendons Lane, East Heath, Woking ham, Berks, Eng.—"When my son ww two weeks old his little head started with a sort of soapy eruption on top, This gradually became worse. Thei told me it was a very. bad form of eczema. For threo weeks we never knew what it was to go to bed with him. His poor little head was like a ball of fire. I then prayed for him to die as it seemed wicked to see him suffer. For three months it was like this. His head was one mass of running sores from the back right over to iris eyebrows. It was a pitiful sight to see the poor little chap rub his head on the pillow till he rubbed the cover in holes. "Then I decided to try Cuticura Soap and Ointment. After the first applica- tion he fell off to sleep, a thing he had not had for many a long hour. His head was not so hot and did not irritate so much so I bought more Cuticura Soap and Ointment and still kept on using them and now he is completely cured." (Signed) Mrs. E. Spratley, July 22, 1913. Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold by chemists everywhere. A sample of each with 32-p. book post-free. Ad- dress F. Newbery and Sons, 27, Charterhouse Sq., London, or Potter Drug and Chem. Corp., Boston, U.S.A.

CALVANISINC DISPUTE STEEL SMELTERS TENDER A MONTH'S NOTICE, The outlook in connection with the strik* in the galvanizing works of Messrs. G-ilbert- aon's at -Poiiuardawe is regarded as serious. About a thousand men have now i-been idle for the past fortnight, and at the maef meeting held at the Pavilion on Sundaj afternoon the chairman announced that No. 1 Branch of the Steel Smelters' Union had decided to tender twaenty-eight days' notice, Mr. T. Jeremiah, chairman of the Indus- trial Council presided. The Chairman mentioned that one person connected with the dispute had not been man enough to abide by the decision of his own branch, but he had sent letters to oth*r branches asking that he be allowed to state his casa. He (the epeaker) waa glad thift the other branches had refused to have anything to do with him. Mr. Charles Williams urged the men to wake up and realise their re&ponsibilities. At Pontardawe Court, the tankers, two corrugators, and eight packers, engaged in the galvanizing worke of Messrs. Gilbert" eon and Co., were oruninioned for leaving work without notice on January 19th. Damages to the extent of LS each were claimed from the tankers and oorrugatora, and each from the pa-okere. Judgment to the oompamy for full amount claimed was given. Prior to the court, about 300 of the strikers marched in procession from tho Cross to the Police Station, where they re mained during the hearing of the case.

C.W.R. EXCURSION. On Friday night, February 6th, tha Great Western Railway announce an excursion to London, for pantomimes, etc., ior 1, 3, 5, or 8 day! Passengers leave Pem- brey 11.28, Lhuielly, 11.39, Swansea (.High-street) 12 mght, Neath 12.38, Port Taibot 12.55, Bridgcnd 1.15, Llan- trisant 1.35, Cardiff 2.0, Newport 2.25 night, etc. The day fare is 8s. 6d. from the stations Carmarthen to Swansea inclusive, 8s. from Bridgend and Llan- trisant, and 7s. 6d. from Cardiff and Newport. Bookings for 3, 5, or 8 dayo only, wiU also he given on this excursion from Llandovery, Llandilo, Llandebie, Brvnamman, Gianamman, Pantyffynon, Pontardulais, C/olbren Junction, Seven Sisters, Blaen Rhondda, Cymmer, Owm- avon, etc. The 3 or 5 days fare is 14s. Other special excursions will run to London on Febraury 12, 13, 19, 21, 2o and 27, from various South Wales stations. Full details of the above and other important excursions can be had at G.W.R. stations or offices.

OFFICIAL'S WIFE ARRESTED. Berlin.-The wife of the PuhK Prosecutor of the Xottbus Provincial Court, a Ipgal officer of position, was ar- rested a. day or two ago, charged with fraud, forgery of documents and per- il uw—Reutor-

made rings round their oppouents. At every point, excepting perhaps goal, they were superior. Their play was characterised hy vigour, dash and con- sistency, which is more than can he said of" Swansea. The latter at times I wero quite disorganised, and especially was this the case with the forwards. They lacked the speed and combination which wero so conspicuously evident with the Hangen., and hut for Storey's fine play between the post they would undoubtedly have met with a heavier defeat. The Swansea backs, as well as the forwards, were weak, and they clearly showed they were not in winning form.—"Daily Express," Flattered to Deceive. Swansea Town flattered only to de- ceive in its Cup-tie with the Queen's Park Rangers in the F.A. Cup on Sat-, urday. An early goa1-6cored within two minutes of the start-sent the ex- pectations of their supporters soariiig; high. For a brief period their play seemed to justify their good fortune, but gradually the shad e of difference ill "class" betweea the two teams mani- fested itsch, and the Rangers fully de-; served their victory by. the odd goal in three,"—"Daily ChronieW* j