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WEATHER FORECAST. f ISSUED .r.OX MI-TEROL .UICAL ovtict—8.30. v.u. X'be forecast of the weather throughout the West I of Lnei?iid and bouth Wales tor today (Tu« 1 7) is foUo" Jr, to vuri«U« uja'ii, (iii/it; tint fL'ann. WRTPHDAT'S FORFOANT. j YKSTRDPAT'n WKATIIII. ,I, b. breezes, fresh f"r, rute lb.t ,?, g. bi. I"'?

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SrUMARY OF NEWS. The great Biiti?!l tjjl Prj.-i.?;?j))net?urp..Mht))y.Inat<')<'tmm ?"y)hL. War Oflica on Monday Lord briber;8 reports the cri)s=i'i:g of the Vet, Rivtr '?'?'y morning and camping at Smaldeol •lunction. it" cneinv. I(e stated, wcrs in full retreat towald the lId "h'er and Kroon- Kta.l. I,J a later message Lord Roberts mcn- "?(h:.t(?.,<[ Hunter. after defeating the enemy on May 4. joined h.imla with Paget i-Jar Warrenton. whilst U<2Ill'ral HundIc'1i d ,yj :.)11 ¡c 11/ I h ciieipy'iv stroi,s poailion in Iront of Tu iba 'l'ht1. There are siftns at Vesuviu. of a lomiiiK eri')u8 eruption. Profe-sor l'a.mieri dee.are? that, l ht..nnptnH1S foreshadow one of the U10it imposing eruptions of the century. London on Monday gave a tremendous re- ception to the naval brigade of her Majesty's ship Powerful. 111efluentb, the men were inspected by the Prince of Wales. A Sofia telegram reports that Ihe state of sieiTe has been extended to the d;stricts of iiriHiva and SisUiva. The (iovernment announces that, liersons implicated in the recent riots will he brought Tiefore a court- 1I1:¡rtbl, and wiii he summarily dealt with. -d time in thr House of t'iJ1l1IT).)Il:Z on Monday, an amendment moved by Mr. Brynmor Jones that it be read in sis 1l1Onlhs' time having Ilrpdoll,I.r been negatived on a division. Tii» New Yorli "Herald" Guayaqti I rrrc. spondent telegraphs that an unsuccessful attempt was made on Saturday to assassinate (lencral Alffu'o. Pies dent of Ecuador. T. would-be assassin was captured. "111e Presi- dent wis unhurt. The du Cirque al Antwerp was complcitly de troyed by a (lie whkll broke out in the early hours of Monday morningf. No lives were lost. TI has heen aminsrerl thai the funeral af tho late DuUe of Argyll shall tal.e place oil Fr day. The County-courts (Investment of De¡JOsils\ Hill was read a third time and passed ill llie Hoiiee of Lords on Monday. Kin? Oscar on Monday paid a private vi*it to Sliedield. and inspected (!;c armour ))H!f vvorli.s .,f .Messrs. Camniel!. The Civile shipbuildets and engineers notified 011 Monday that weekly pays are to he dis, (:IIIt:nIHll from the 12th in -t.. at the pressing reiiue-l of the men's llllioll, Honey waa lather easier ill lendency on Iulllla. The ell"r,,1 rate 1'01' three months' bills was 4 to 4 1-16. The Stock Markets shewed ;411 improvement.

London' n-rlcoino to tlio moil of the Powerful \i\stprday was worthy of the r, t I'opol; 111Id a1-o of t il,, coiisnioiiotis services I hoy roiidci'ml to the Einpiro in ho (lefrnco of Lady -mil It. Everybody iv;iiitp<! (o see thi> ''liantJ.V men'' and offer tliem » svooting which for piitlmsiasm has crMoin 01' never been surpassed. At 1 |IP i"'11f',tioll of the brigade Mr. (io-chon spok.. with unusual warmth of the gal- lantry of the men in assisting ''to s-ave the country frottl Mich a disaster as iiad never befallen British ariiii."

At Cardiff Poliee-cuurt yesterday the stipendiary i inphasised t)io gravity of the charge against a local milkvendor by im- posing a fine of C]() iii(i costs. The case, it must be admitted, was a very bad one, for the analyst's certificate showed that the milk sold contained only 1..17 per "lit. uf butter fat, whereas it should liaie had 3 per cent. The man pleaded that the milk was sold just as it came from the cow, or, rather, from n firm of milk- nmdurs in the Cheddar Vulley, but as the warranty was not forthcoming the stipendiary had no option but to fine the local seller just half the maximum penalty.

If the statement made by a contempo- rary's corivspaiidcnt at Lourenc.) Marines in regard to tlitt position of affairs at. Pretoria be correct, the Rocts will shortly be compelled by the force of eil (iiiiistunceH to sue for peace. Appa- rently, every available burgher has been ■out "lo the frnllt," aud every effort is being made to keep them there. If they lot urn with whr.le skins to their homes they are fined, and thus serve as much out of fear as out of love for their country, ihe rr:i!|svaiil has been practically drain,1 of its male population, and men's i t)rli. tiven in Government offices, is being done by the women folk. This show, the strain to which the Republic has been put. and the statement that the Govern- ment offices have been undermined. if true, is all index to the increased fpar which President Kru(jer feels as he hears the footsteps of Lord Roberts and thy British army advancing.

There we uo fcwuc big <5 funds being collected .just now at the Mansion House—the War Fund, which, probably, will soon reach a million pounds; thc Indllln Famine Fund, and that for the relief of the wfferers by the great fire at Ottawa. Heldom. perhaps never, in the history of any nation has the spirit of philanthropy and liberality shown itself so conspicuously and with such excellent results RS in this country willmi the past twelve mout hs The money which is collected by the Lord Ma yor represents, of course, only a small portion of the sums contribute^ in diffe- rent ways and for different worthy objects since the commencement of the war. The Mansion House funds afford a striking illustration of the bond of sympathy which exists between the Mothor Country and the distant. parts of tho Empire, the Home Country, India, South Africa, and Canada being brought together bv tiif,, Lurd Mayor.

A case of considerable interest to rural ec'iioolmasters and teachers has just been settled at Cemaes, Montgomeryshire. Ricentiy Mr. Phillips, the local schoolmaster, was appointed village postmaster, and the appointment was sanctioned by the Post- fi'aster-Cencral. However, efforts were made to induce the Education Depart- ment to interfere and compel the school- master to resign his post at the school, and Colonel Pryce-.lones was requested t.) tuk" jJ¡" Im!tl!'r up. It now tran- spires (hut Sir John Gorst has inquired into the case, and (hat the Hoard of Education are not going to insist upon Mr. Phillips's resignation. His work as postmaster, however, must not interfere with his duties as schoolmaster. It is the first instance, prolmbly. of any man holding Iwo offices fnr whieh he receives payment, and it will he interesting to of cvents. and see whether advantage will he taknll of the case as a precedent, In rural Wtiles many a schoolmaster might perform the duties of a village postmaster without any disadvantage to his s, hnol work.

Tt is to be Imped tlmt conciliation as! newly applied in the tiii-plnte trade may not prove stdlhorn. That would prac- tically be its fate if a strike actually come about in the trade over the present difficulty. It is clear that the men aro forcing mutters, and are taking such steps as will lead lo an impasse unless the masters :it once recede from their po,ition. 'I lie meeting 0; the concilia- tion board called term-day is, therefore, one of grave importance. As q matter of fact, outsiders cannot possibly take a definite and judicial view of tha position i 'or. apparently, no ifxed principles have III) in tllP tin-platp I nul., by which the actual profits can easily b1 computed and the rights of the men made patent. J'he masters assert that th? present profits do not enable them to pay what is asked; the men declare they do. and. as everything ill right and justice really depends on this question, it ought to be made capable of decision and of proof. It sincerely to be hoped that wise counsels may prevail to-dav. and that tho conci- liation ho:ird may not bp wrecked, and. so far (is we esn see, we feel pretty con- fident in predicting that for the pre-ult, at any rate, rather than enter on an un- pleasant struggle which would cripple the growing resources of the industry, the masters will make concessions which will prove satisfactory to the men. The responsibility for any difficulty will, how- ever. rhl with that side whieh sets lip a contention as to Ihe wage-rato the trade will hear whith they know cannot be borne out by facts.

THE PRIMROSE LEAGUE AND THE EMPIRE. To-day's annual meeting of the Prim- rose League in London occurs at a very interesting tillle in the history both of the institution and of the Empire. Not since the movement was started have its members been afforded a better opportunity to dwell to some purpose on the great principles which may be called the corner-stones of the league. Not- withstanding the defects which Lord Salisbury discovers in the British Con- stitution though it may lie a"l1Inod that there is no firmer upholder of it than his lordship—Primrose Leaguers will not fail to point out that it has the virtue of elasticity, and seems in no danger of being outgrown by the world-wide expan- sion of the Empire. Thai bugbear of the Kadieal party a few years ago—the House of Lords ha never been more popular alld. in tit., estimation of ihe country, more useful or necessary than at the present time, TI is very seldom a Radi- cal nowadays lift, his yoiee in protest against it. and since the death of Mr. Gladstone 110 politician seems to have summoned sufficient courage to threaten he e\i-t ;>nee nf or even to mend the L pper Chamber. All this must be very grati- fying to t lie Primrose Leaguers, who make the Briti-h Constitution a cardinal point in their belief. Equally gratifying to them mu-I be the reception which was given in Ireland to tlii, Queen as head of t/ic Constitution. Tor that recaption was but a proof that even to the Irish people the British form of government is not an abomination or effence. Turning to the Church as another plank in the Primrose League platform. w« may feel hill-e that, notwithstanding the discord and the din heard within the Establishment's walls, the ecclesiastical fabric has never been stronger than at present. It has sur- vived all the attacks of its assailants, and commands the respect and sympathy of the British public in a manner it has never done within living memory. There ntlt" be differences of opinion inside the Church, but that does not mean that it has alienated the love and affection of the people. The reverse, as everybody must know, is true, as may be seen from the vast sums, in the form of volun- tary contributions, given in sup- port of Church work at home and abroad, and in the great increase which takes place year by year in the volume of the work that is being done. Passing from this latter subject to that of the Empire, members of the league will have stronger leasons still to congratulate themselves upon the eiurmous gr'owth of the prin- ciple for which Lord Beaconsfield so nobly workud and contended—Imperial- ism. What that great statesman, how- ever. only saw ill a vision or dream may be said to be at present an accomplished fact. 'I'hl' lIinett"'1I veurs whieh have .1apw(1 since his death hal" revolu- tionised public, OpillilJlI and ro-coiistructad English politics. The "LitH" EUjlhmdpr" of Lord Beaconsfield's day has all but disappeared, so that it may be truly said that "we are all Imperialists at prcien! It cannot be easily determined to what extent the eijonwnis change in public feeling and thought mav be attributed to the efforts of the Primrose League, but its supporters have never failed to hold III) to the country's admiration tliqfpolicy enunciated by Lord Beaconsficld. The jgoopul which he pmaohpd to fearlessly and powerfully, ill Dite oi mmh opposi- tion from his own followers, is accepted as the only rational and true political faith, and appeals even to the common sense of the party which swore by Lord Beaconsfield's greatest opponent—Mr. Gladstone. Of course, tho various speakers to-day will refer with excusable pride to the circumstances to which the present war lias given rise us most notable proofs of the growth and tremen- dous influence of the imperial idea, iiowr ever, that idc will soon be embodied in a scheme which will, it is to be hoped, bind the Empire together for all tinte.

K E Pit KHK N T ATI ON OF THE KHONDDA. CURIOUS CONTROVERSY AMONG UNIONISTS. A curious controversy hae arisen in Unionist circles over the question of the representation of the Rhondda. A few day. ago it was announced that the Rhondda Conservative Association had met and decided to invite Mr. Laval Frasar. the party agent for South Glamorgan, to L)P. ,? Mabon at the rel election. Since then" statement lias be^i) made flat there 1mB 1,?e. no meeting d th?, Rholldda ConservativD AA-jciation. Thr following letter, which rOached us on Sunday, was held oyer for want of spae;. Some similar letter, however, has appeared else- where, and, as a copy of the reply has been sent 118 for publication, both letters can appear simultaneously To the Falitor of the Western Mail." Sir.— I noticed some weeks aso that a corre- spondent pointerl out that the report sent yo;| by another correspondent ahout Mr. Lovat Prater, of Barry, having been asked to coiiie?t the Ri,(o'id,i i? i, 1. losae I find anoth(! report which is equJI' untrue. There has not been any meeting of the Rhondda Divisional Comcrvative Associa- tion. Therefore, the Tory agent for Barry cannot have been invited to contest the 89at. I notice (hat Mr. J. Littlejchns, who is the head, tail, and body of the whole business, mentions approaching the ohief agent of the party. He knows very well that the chief agent cannot recognise this meeting, as it is unconstitutional.—I am. sic., PRO BONO PUBLICO. To the Editor of the" Western Mail." Sir,—If the meeting at forth on Thursday last was not a meeting of the Rhondda Divisional Conservative Association, may I ek your correspondent to say wan) it really was? I was inrited to attend a meetilllC of the Divisional Association hr its secretary (h .1ruion Thomaci. and I accepter! the invitation fully believintr Ihat Ihe ("rto of the communi- cation that had been sent me were as represented. I re,hr.1 Porth, and found a crowded hody ol dplpgate from every Cnu. servative cltjb ill the TIltondcla awaiiing the opening or the 111tín-;r. The rhairmnn appointed wan Mr. Phillip-, a delegate from M",dy ?l, il -t th. (I Ili"(d:rtc)ii wtr? coiiipose(i I the treasurer ofFf) -i?tini! (Mr. Williams, of P?ny,,r,ig) the $ecre!ary of' the association (Mr. Jason Thomas!, allll mY6elf. This del)]:I:1. tion was appointed during my temporary ahsrnre from the room. Your reporter will bear witness thf:t there were 53 delegates present from lite rliffcrent parts of th> Rhondda. and (hat Mr. Thompson, the las. dlairmn of lbo association, whose name aJtp.are U1wn the association's printer1 forIn or rules, was also present by request of a rlepatation that had waited npon him. Under these circumstances. I cannot he'p thinking that yonr correspondent is not only afraid to write to you abarc his own name. but tbat h3 is an individual who sought favours of the association that, this hod" 1filv refused to grant. The letter invitinK me to the meeting i" open to ollr ill"11ertion.-T aliI. &r. lf;,5. 7. JOTIN LITTLEJOTINS. Ferndale. May 7.

UNIFICATION OF PARISHES. CARDIFF FINANCE COMMI TTEE I ADOPT THE PRINCIPLE. For some yean the finance conrnijitee of the Cardiff Corporation have had befnre then) the rjneRtion of amalgjunatiag the parishes within the borough and c.o,.tin under one demand note the poor. gellcral dis- trict, and water rates. A subcommittee has now prepared a report, which \3'1 considered; at a meeting of the ftnalJce committee on Monday, over which tiie mayor (Councillor S. A. Br;tinl 11rijided. From a statement which had been circulated it appears that the total cost of the poor rate collection was £3.248 per annum, while that of the general district rate was £ 1.9C»8. "he collection of the water rentals involved an expenditure of £1,119. The perreJltai fto the amount collectable on poor rate Wai 5.31 per cent., and on the general district rate 4.23 per cent. The sub-committee submitted the following recommendation — "That the finance committee recommend the council to make an application to the l,ocal Government Board to confer upon thorn the power to appoint overseers and assistHfl1. overseers and to revoke the appointment of assistant- OVt)"2ers. and to amalgamate the whole of the parishes of the borough into one parish, and that the proposed order in. clude such other matters in connection with the above 1:< may be requisite." The Mayor stated that if the corporation adopted the proposition it would only he necessary to have one office, one set of clerks, and one set of collectors. It would be seen that the collection of the poor rate cost, considerably litore thulI the eolleeticl1 of the general district1 rate. anti that wae due in u lanH measure to the salaries of the assistant overseer*. V-hich anIlHnttI in th nggregute to £ 1.505. With regard to the water rate the corporation 1.?,i,t,ul l ector a percentage, which umouul«d to 1;1,119, but out of that lie had to employ eight aasistanta. at a cost to him "f 1; 70LI a y,' 1f ,1)., l?, were amalga- mated td urOI)()8ed it would he ntceaaary that the water rate should be collected quarterly, lld all arrangement could be made fur pay- tnent" ou account. Mr. Symonds stated that at West Hartlepool a demand note Walt idtmed tor the whol of the rates for twelve month"4. hut tht" money Walll collected in ijuarterly instalments. The Mayor added that ail he would ask thein It) do that day wa* td recognise the principle I oi amalgamation. Details would have to be considered afterwards. .11', Illtyd Thomas referred to various points which would ari*e. and. Oil h" 1IIqioll of Mr. F. Beavau, necouded by Mr. Symonds. the report of the ønb-eol111uitt.ee was adopted.

MUZZLING OltDKR l WALES -V PROMISE OF ITS EARLY" REVOCATION. Tn the House of Commons Monday. I Mr. LLOYD MORUAN (R„ Carniarthia). W.) k,,i the President of th Hoard of Agriut'I turo whether be b"d caused inqnil"c, to be 1nad by inFlp1(\r employed under th Hoard of Agriculture to discover whether tho Muzzlinc Order had beon efficiently carried out in tb county and IrarouBh of whethcr 110 would .t;1t{' (hp result of inquiries: and whether he hoped to lie in a position to revoke the Order a¡ an early date. Mr. LOSU: Reports have been made by my inspectors from time to time of the mode in which the Muisling Order bas I.en enforced in the coimty and boroqzh cf Carmarthen, alld may. I think, lie regarded as satisfactory. The answer to the concluding paragraph is in the affirmative.

GLAMORGANSHIRE RIFLE ASSOCIATION. PROGRAMME FOR THE NEXT MEETING. The programme and regulations for the fortieth annual prige-meetiug of the Glamor- ganshirc Uifle Volunteers' Association (fixed for the 5th of June and the two following days) have been issued. The money awarded in the association "erie. in the Talbot Menn. rial, for aggregates, &c.. appear to be practi- cally the same as last year, but the position at 200 yards will be knepliiig. instead of prone. The Gregory I'r;v.1> has beea turned into a competition at disappearing target*. One minute is allowed for the neven competition shots, magazine fire. This should prove an contest, us IJlarksmen nay enter on th morning and evening of t>a*h Ilay. 411 addition in the programme is the Aberdai* uLlrebiug an t Urillg competition for a cup value £ 25, given by f.ord Aherdarc. with £ 20 udtled by the aeeoriaticn. The (h!(lutÎtte. however, wiseiy decided tu hold thi competi- tion later -in Hil: 8ealion. The audited accounts for t lie past yea- 141lw tbnL a debit balancj of £509 had be*n turned into a credit halance of £ 144. This change in the financial position of the aucwiation in mainly due to the exertioiiH oi Major Bruce Yaugnan, Cardiff, who collected £ 259 to w ards ;7r.: the d(\'i)t:c;rtl :¡;9 e\ of new targets. & It has been decided to place £120 to a reserve fund. The entries for this year meeting must be received by the secretary. Lieutenant George Knott. Port Talbot, on or before the 26th of this month.

I RAIIIIN-AY NEAR PARIS Pari. Monday.—A railway collision occurred at nine o'clock last night at Charilie. neat I Versailles at ¡t. point witere the line W4, being repaired Three persons ..ere severely injured, and 40 others recfivfd eofltusion*. It re- wrWd that two lives were lost;RentH.

LONDON LETTER, LONDON'S WELCOME TO THE I HANDY MAN. 30, BOUVERIE-STEFET, E.C., }$OSDAT KISHT. Day" ha< been even more radiantly exultant than was "I.ad.vsmith Day." It lacked the charm of the im- promptu which characterised the latter cclehration. but it had all the lulnoi-^ that time for preparation had al1mn'.1. It was "Jack's D. y, and --Rule, Biitonnia." was the 4ivmn of the day. There were intervals of "We all love i J¡.('k," "Cheer, boys, dwer." "A life on the ocean wave," end ot her pllt riotic sea ticn?o, but "Bu!e. Dfitanuia.' ruled the 08 It, was played by the baiid, and sung by t he crowds at ei-cr?, possible I rppor?untty. Except on the Thames Embankment, which does not lend itself l favourabiv to display, the decoration of the route from Victoria Terminus, in the West End, to London Bridge, in the East End, calling at the Admiralty on the Features to note were the frequent repetition of the green flag of Ireland in the scheme of decora- tion, and the frequent uppearance of the legend Brave handy men" or ''Wel- come to the handy lneq." THE CROWDS. The welcoming crowd was immense. It wa., a double croud, for there was a morning and Hll afternoon s pectacle. A louse Victoria-street aud Whitehall- the two widest thoroughfares in Landon-th" men marched in the morning. People who saw them titeii returned in th" afternoon, and with them hundreds of thousands of ethcl's, to line the Thames Embankment )(nd the streets leading through the Citv to London J3ri<igü. There has boi-n no more splendid olation tha:i these fine fellows received. Through the three or four miles of their march the ¡¡il' wa rent with acclamations, fTat(J¡", of patriot ic songs, and welcom- ing cries. Almost everyone wore red. whitp. and blue in -ome form, and many people carried little flags. The brigade had been played by the hand of the Coldstream Guards :HI th" hucle baiui ot the Queen's Westminsters, which may be described as the Guards Regiment of t h" London Vohmt.?( rs. The compara- tive youth oi the men wan the rtr>t thing to impress the spectators Another point that attracted notice was that the companies wero commanded by midship- men. indicating that there hu- been such heavy loss of lieutenants oil the Power- ful that "middies" have been unpointed to the duties of lieutenants. Captain Ijanibton rode in front, and looked every inch the splendid commander he is. TI:A NOW. NOT HUM The inspection 011 tlw Horse Guards' Parafie by the Pr nc'1 of Wa e, 'icti ¡ ;Jrll17;;Jh/J::cnfi,tV:I,' :J.ill1s Goschen, as Fir,t Lon! of the Admiralty, was thoroughly successful. The Princa looked well in his uniform, and Mr. Goseiien, who at heprt is a thorough old sea-dog. was every inch an Admiralty Lord, if not an admiral. Both the Prince and tlr" First Lord addressed the IIlen. and his Rnyal Highness afterwards had all rhe officers brought up to hini. The men had dinner at the Admiralty and tea in the City, aud the latter bevera g o was !('l:I"¡il a:'}r'hi¡ttrh::jk9 i'a; moderate man nowadays and, 3S a rule, scorns to rake the drop that i too much. He th,i-cforf?. gla o I of cup .f tea to shake off the cobwebs thpt might have lingered in his lieal after "My Lords'" f;eneiou- hospitality. Mil. UJMIILS-S HK'ITKN TO SOVTH AI lil' A. I omparatively little attention has been paid to Mr. Ricardo-Keavor's statement that the real reason for Mr. Cecil Rhodes's hurried return to the Cape was that he was tnx:tous to IUilk(1 arrangements witii the liti? l the Bushmen from Australia and New Zealand for them to settle down in Rhodesia. Mr. Rhodes. it is well kuown. is extremely anxious to introduce suitable people into the countrv and there ean be- no doubt that the Bushmen would form an ideal class of settlers. Mr. Rhode-, was. doubtless, of opinion tlmt if he could only see them personally lie would be able to offer them sucn inducements as would make it worth their while to remain in the country. Mr. Rhodes's explana- tion. by the way. of his criticism of the military authorities was based on a heliograph message which Lord Me time 11 sent to Kimberley. Lord Methuen, it is sr-id- flash id a message that he had been ordered to relieve the town and evacuate it immediately afterwards, sending every num. woman. and "hild dn?M to Cape | Town. 3ir' Rhodes "on-¡ùer"ù t hi arrangement a preposterous one. and expressed this opinion to Lord Methuen. lie had. he said, the whole population of ■l.oiK) at his back, and they had det.r- mined, with cne unllnimous voice, not io evacuatc the town, hut to hold 011 to tlio last. Mr, Ricarde-Seuver was one of tha few friends of Mr. Rhodes who saw him I at the Burlington when he was there a few weeks np.o. MIL CKilNW'lllliirj''SI llllKlXKlt AS'l) HIS I 1 11(1 lis A\I) llili I Mr. Cronwrigln Kchrcincr does not exhibit lunch discret ion ill endeavouring to explain awav the damaging pamphlet which lie wrote in l,S!l,'i. Hi- now says thai in r.-producing extracts irom the. work the pn", of this country have divorced his words irom their context, anil convi veil all erroneous and mislead- ing presentation of his views. It mav he that wt,re oniitte(t--?Io papHr i, large enough to give the entire contents of an elaborate pamphlet—but neither Mr. Schreiner nor anyone else is artful enough to explain awav "the definite .'(atemeut tha( "(he Bond has sacriiiced the welfare of the country for veais to the selfish attainment of one obje< f, Lamely, the supremacy of the Dutch- speaking inhabitants of the Colony, iegardh-s of the rights of others; the Ima¡;r;d 1!/lo.1 of an ignorant digue of the Dutch has been preferred to the good of the country." Or that "these men must not have power; they are wholly unfit to .lave it. Because it is such a body, and striving solely for its own benighted ends, and is founded and con- ducted cn nice lines, and because it cannot grapple with our problems, and not only does not and cannot introduce wise and progressive legislation, but also blocks the way whereby we might advance, I say it should not hare the power it has. and that wo should oppose it, instead of temporising with it." Irom TIJ TO JIOKKOW HIS OWN PAMPHLET. All this was. of course, long before Ir. Cronwright Schreiner took unto himself to wife the sister of the Premier of Cape Colony. Olive Schreiner. whose views we all know. Doubtless, Mr. Cron- wright Schreiner's views have undergone a considerable change since his associa- tion with his wife, but this is no reason why he should accuse his critics in this country of misrepresenting him to their constituents. It is an interesting fact that there is only one copy of the pam- phlet which has caused so much contro- versy in existence. This copy is in the hands of a keen political opponent of Mr. Schreiner, to whom Mr. Schreiner was driven to ask pnrmission to see it in order to make the reply which |n> 11:10; done. A l'OST I-OH THR DfKr OL AltllTI.T.. It is rumoured in political circles that the Government are anxious to giv? th.' post of Governor-Genera) of tin- newly- formed Australasian Commonwealth to the Duke of Ar?H. T..A??.?)ia? delegates now iu this count rv are. it is said, most favourable to the appointment. As (<m.r))or-(;<-n)'ra)ott'Mn.i'! a the Duke ofArgyH.whn is somewhat better known asthe Marquess of Lornc, corned golden opinions for the tact and ability witli which he filled the post, and there is a general feeling that no more suitable appointment could be made now. Of course, the matter is stili under conside- ration. and nothing has been actually decided in the inat tei,.

WALKS DAY BY DAY The man who is waiting for ths t;de in hi affairs shtmld meanwhile iearn to swim The Key. W, T. Le said at a "D- chapel on unday m!JI t4it "Some PMP¡. sive according to their pieaus. others accord-,n* to their lJ"ean.ne." Lady Kva Wn¡dll<\ID.Quin an,1 fir children are staying ód, Temple House. :\I4rlo. dt1rin the absent b of Major Wyndhari-yuin, 11" with the Imperial Yeomaury HI South Baden-l»owell was the title of a toniptti^ at the Lbbw Vale Kisteddiod yesterday ai11 d8 tho teat. piece was "Why dl) M,n wri Dr U irnos .Tunes was not Mow to make the reference complete by shouting ¡¡a<i.D. Powell—Why do yop wait?'' One of the most interesting frights 01 Cardif to visitors the other day was the spectacle in St. Mary-street 01 a "ba« driver with his stool in one band and hit- whip in the other. was looking for hi, lost car. And he 8temeli to expect a repetition of Elijah's luck. Two new wurdf; have been now added to ths denunciatory tertn-a pleasant introduciioa as some of the lalter were lie, ltnJ lamentably threadbare. A mall in one of the kili6 cour:t yegfrday complained that he had been calls! Kruger and Cronje, and it made him bod. This is the two hundred and fiit". second anniversary of the Battle f St. Fagan's, when the Jloundbe:1d defeated the Royalists. It is rocorlle4 thai, during the next harvest no great was the scarcity of labourers that the corn was reaped and the har mown hy the women. The friclld. of Mr A. E Harri-. "j¡() a r." years ago had a Madio in Cardiff, bUt ;no temoved to Calrntta will bo glad to learn that lie is doiii £ well in his adopted hoiue. has just been commissioned to paint a rather large altar piece (in several sections for ths Armijjjaa Church in Calcutta. One of the things that worry the Rev. Joi\ll Davies, of Cadle. i" the new kind of deteriora. tion that ha* laid hold of Swansea. "If tbiy aw a ioldfer only four feet high. he gjid. they would how to hjnt. Doesn't it occur to Mr. Davie* that 8wan&ea, would be" cu.J place to lire in if the people only worshipped the big men "IL ii a great, pity," thinks 1hc "Lahonr Pioneer." "that the laws of libel won t permit the publication of the nam** and addresses of the re?pectab)c citizen* who will lake "n evening1 paper every night from a blind m,n. rnll up n score, and then not pay him. They are ill Cardiff. There are degrf(>i> 01 mean neb?, but this touches bottom." The fnst attempt of the London "Caiiy Express*' oil the Welsh, tougne amounts to an assassination. In the account, of a London Wel-h dinner they printed the motto I Ih,, troth against the world" as "Owir yn erbyn y byd. By the way. a Swansea aoheitor was quite pleased with that motto when he fir.1 heard it. "Yes," he said, so it is, unfor- tunately—and yoa moke the good money uy telling a good iie." Jolly fellows. doctors. In an article in luH week's "Physician and aiurgeon reference 11 made to a remarkable ca&e. thus: Tlu, case was interesting because the recovery was alnio#t 4 perfect one, except that the woman died.' III another instance "the sir) was dying of long. continued disease. so lowering that she mu.t eoon have parsed into iJ cundltion pratticaHy rrhat Waf. a doctor's description of a serious hospital cast. To avoid tfye abova the girl died. For a Nonconformist paper the D^.iy Chronicle" is chillingly profane. Tins appeared yeslAirday:-On learning taat the Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, author of "In Us ftteps, was crossing the Atlantic to eugaee in a preaching tour on this side, and thai had booked a luxurious saloon-berth in fashionable Cuuarder. fin aged minister a a tlight stutter nrfe-s overheard tp say; "Uli w-w-would have thought that the ao-au-aath<>:> of 'In Hi* st.P." would have "w.walkrd across. It isn t every day that a wife is introduced to her husband after they have been married many .\earg. but this hastened w the wile of a Welsh mejnber the other day. ilr, Huuiphreyt-Owen, M.P. is chairman of tne Welsh Central Board, and one of the new members introduced to him by the principal of the North Wales University College was Mrs. Humphreys-Owen. The chairmau, of course, made a complimentary remark to each member. and addressed his wife by gayiug ha hoped bile would long be (-pared to help hiin in doing good work for Welsh edtycation. A writer of reminiscences tells a story of which the "tilb." supplies the 1!C9ue!. T, sailors, having celebrated their landing, went to the gallery of a theatre. One of them, in leaning forward, fell off into the pit. HJt gallant companion, shouting "Van over. board." immediately dived down after bin). The noble rescuer escaped with a broken '1, which Aiw almost immediately set in 3U adjacent hospital. And theeqoel £ this. As lie woke "II troQ1 the chloroform that had been ad ministered, he was lioirci to marnur: "That bles»ed ShiHl: got fair hold tt me mat time, I reCkol! nr, W. llowailip Dickinson, whose book on king Arthur in Cornwall has jmt heen published, i. of opinion tbat the British hero WtB a!-i teal 1g Cap«-ar. HJHllhat he 1ftaM born at Tintagel. lie believes that the 1IIIaJ stiuggie with Mordred "a fought in to-hltlaud- The evidence which i. warning in regard toArtbn1 hatlle Oil the Camel come* to light Oil th* Firth of Forth" Arthur's victories over tim SalOII. pushed the invaders back and helped 10 preserve the Celts in Cornwall and Wales. "The place* where, ahove Jl others, he *.«* held in memory, and w4ere his nawe was llancleù down as a local tradition, wne hi, little inheritance in Cornwall, where he was barn. and which we caanot doubt thal 11, occupied-more or less; and the IICJ T: a region, where he appaiently did much light- ing, and where he aitimately perished." This is jocosc or irritating. jut a8 "It choose to look at it. In the report of the Central Board inspectors mention is made of c particularly bright girl at Narberth S"b" who passed lWr drawing examination with 6uch credit that the inspector felt boond 1'. make special mention of the fact, asd added that, though he had examined thousand* of drawings, not one of them showed su^-h pre- mise as 1 hi.. Thereupon there was a general outcry irom the schoolmaster? present, wfco declared that it was bad form to pick out one pupil from all the Welsh idloola for special mention. One thouehi praise of this kititl spoilt bright c hildren, and clamonr was raised for striking ihe paragraph, ont of the report. Mr. Tom J<ki. Llwvnypia, was the only one who stood out strongly in favour of encouraging merit by publication in the prPh but he was outvoted, and the liame of the little girl bad to be struck out. Not long ago a Baptist minister in Sooth Wales had an applicant for Church membcr- ship. and, as the baptistry in hia chapel was out of repair, announced that the baptism would take plrce at a neighbouring Baptist chapel. The minister, candidate, and several otheis entered the chapel a little before the announced time. The minister bad put on an < Id suit and the candidate a new one. Ths janitor mistook the candidate for the minister, and aid to him, Yoo come with me," and led him into the robing-n»om, where he too; from the wall the pa8t, robber-suit, and said, You mnst put on the-e I,reelhe., an,1 (u won't get wet." Ho the janitor soon jwJ th** »lini.ter 'as he ihonght) fixed up ail right, and, as they, walked out of the robillg.room, the minister, who was standing oe.tr the baptistry, aid, "Are you rtt(jy" Ye?." fcaid the candidate, and down into the bap- ttstry the; went. The minister raided hi* hand and said. I haptifee you in the Jllljle "I the Father, the Son. and the Holy ftpsn:. Amen," and just as he was laying the can- didate buck under the water, the janitor, 1';hoe eyes were halging. laid. in 8 loud rout. "1.0.1) of mercy. 1 put 'em hre(d.e. on th. wrong man." Bat ouder water the man went, and. ow,ng to the floating muline? fir the robber clothes, it tøok both th* .I41,i",r and the minister to get the candidate out ot the baptiiirv-

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Ac ORfiANS Er.OM ,g- By Mason and llamlin Hell, Smith, and Olherø ?'?'?''E.H??T'n'?;E' (.?A!j!!M. "'?? 70. TAEE-STREET. PONTYPRIDD II. WINDSOR-ROAD. PENARTH. FACTORY: LONDON. a7Q Sat. Telephone: Cardiff. 1.021; Pontypridd. 21. RJIEETH! JJENTISTFTYI ^EETH Restore Mastication nig?tian. and Beauty M It. K E A L L ,„ SUUQEON DENTIST (42 Years TE- xperience; 32 Years in SwansSeWal)- m.HIGH.?REET. SWANSEA Uu-tBf.)(? the G.W.R. Station. Same Side) Begs to intimate that he can produce a per- fy tfit l i;ltnHioi T?t)'? il':Îe P;{\fL. 't? very t?t??rkm.) .hip !nara?t?.I'ain)c? Dentistry by Gas. also by Anaesthetics, Cocaine and l.ther Spray. Partial SetH from TA. per Tooth. Tpner or Lower et., Irom Two Guineas' '"? '?'E.TIMOM'A'?' I" .?'?'?°''t?'Ke:t!th?fh)' M.I).M.K.C.S., Membci i the l.oyal (. olle^e of Physicians, London, be remarks:— have every confidence in vi.nr 1\lq aa a j)IIHt. and 1 have had many oppur- tiinit.es ol witnCtSSLii^ >unr :-ncce->lui Dental Surgery. 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A THERE IS VERY UTILE HOPE. nUT TRY rr I'l)()It ^yiLI.IASIS' pATENT JJAUSAM OF J_JOKEY, Whkh cont.))).s PURE Welsh Honey and an hsscnce of the Purest and Most FfBraciou* Herhs. gathered nn the hills of Wales, gat♦ h» ered ill the proper eeufion. when its virtues IHe in full ,rfed ion, BRONCHITIS, 'IHKKI' ?rf thousomls cf niutnren who dio am ually from Bronchitis, Whooping (?o ah, and Oroup. This ? a ^rand dUeovcry for the i ure (>1 suc h ('omplainta. ))? ,"t ??'?''?"?"' Weak-eheBted Men. iDJe! licate Women, .Uh Children. It Cures when all other roinedice fail It C,,r,. Co)??. (??' Rro/ichiOs, Asthma. Tightness of the (Jhcst. It \»-V w hou-und? of (tnhircn of Bronchitis .imt hoomug Cough. It Cures for 0,?,, ftliilliniT when Pounds have been f?f-nt in vain. TRY IT. Tf you have a Cough, try it: if ?-o,? have a !?'? I:y il; if have ?''?'?'? "y '? It IOCSCIIB the phlegm and promotes expectora- t)on ? produces warmth and "?ntn?o? to the .st. and gives o 'f''? ? °'?" when y.u have lost night. of r,,t. RALSAM FOR THE CAPE. The )traoniu-<'tst.)p left Southampton Friday J "1 wilh a good eupnly of Tudcr ?'?""?a Lulsam of Hof?.y for ?rtti?h Troops. NCRSE DAHLINC. NT-TISE HOME, K7MBERLEV. Y. Tudor ?'? Patent Balaam of ?oney von 1 i.HlIy l, rwarded lo the front. I am plia-seil lo f. be able to that J have ?'d "i" most beneficial to my patienfs ami Re1f. In«)iic case I attended a private ,i)ld!er. a native of '?'"t"i??'7'' ?" '?' ''?'?"? i'" "'? • aesf. He Irid a trnnblesome cough. He asked f?Tnd. ? H;Lia)i)8S Balaam ?,'f ?o,,<.? r? surprised at ihe wonrlorful ?' it had th. poor fellow: soothing the lIaty cough and nronipUuK free expectoration- thttri promptly e.earing the bronchial tube and air "P8&eJg of tJw a< cumulated mucous. He wished Iii!' h, drop you this line, SEE you GET THE GENUINE, ARTICLE. SO MANY IMITATIONS AND FRAUD. Sold by all C:lemlstø and Stores in 18.. Z. 6c1., alld 4,. 6d. bottlt,>. Sample botllen sent (past, paid" for 18. 3d oa., ami ;)8. from thp inventor. D. Tl DOR WILLIAMS, R.D.S.L., Medical Hall, Abcrd.ire. piANOS. piAXOS. piANOS. FROM 10s. MONTHLY ON NEW HIRE SYSTEM. 1JECHSTEIN piANOS. THOMPSON AND SHARKELL aD). SOLE AGENTS. LONDON PRICES FOR OASn. gTElNWAY g>IAXOS. THOIIIISON AND PHACKELT. ffjD). SOLE AGENTS. QOI.LARI) & ^JOLLAIU) piANOS. THOMPSON AND SHACKE1.L fl.D,). i EIŒHl' K -\l'S l,)IA..OS. THOMPSON AND SIIACKELL, aD.), SOLE AUKNTS JJRINSMEAD piAXOS. THOMPSON AND SHACKELL (I.D.), ^"EUSIEYEH piANOS. THOMPSON ANT) SHACKELL a.D.), SOLE AGENTS. JBACH piAXOS. (JHALLEN pLVNOS J KY QRGANS. THOMPSON AND SHACK-ZT, (LD.), BOLE AGENTS. CENTRAL MUflC WAREHOriSE. 2. OCEEN-STREET, CARDIFF, And at Swansea Newport. Merthyr. Llanelly, Pontypridd. Bridgend. Bfrr) Dock. Ac.. Ac. PIanos by other Mukor» Taken in Eichance E'U I alu. Allowed. 20gi7 Till" WAlt IX SOUTH A FRICA. pHOTO JJUTTOXS OF THE IJKITIM1 (jENERALH, Lords Robsrti and Kitchener. Generale Buller, White. Warren, Methuen. French, Badeu- Powell. Gataorc. Micdonald, and I)Itimer; algo the lineliah Flag (Union Jack). ONE pENNY JJACH. Tostase, Id extra. STATIONERY DEPARTMENT, WESTERN MAIL, CARDIFF. a 6970 A WONDERFUL MEDICINE. B piLLS. JJEECHAM'S piLLS. pEECHAMS pILLS. FOR ALL ulLlOUS & NERVOES DISORDERS SICK HEADACHE, WIND AND PAINS IX STOMACH. IMPAIRED DIGESTION, CONSTIPATION, LIVER COMPLAINTS, AXD FEMALE AILMENTS. LARGEST SALE IN THE WORLD. In Boxes, 131d. and 2s. 9d. each. L17161 WRIGHT'S COAL TAR SOAP For infectious Diiielm. T\riCOHT'S COAL TAR SOAP For Skin Diseases WRIGHT'S UOAL TAR SOAP For Delicate Skin RIGHT'S COAL TAR SOAP For Pimples and Blotches WRIGHT'S COAL TAR SOAP For the Complexion WRIGH'l"¡;; COAL TAR SOAP For Toilet, Bathroom, and Nursery SOLD EVERYWHERE. Li96 DR. gCOTT'S pin?a CI!1(E HEADACHE AND SICKNESS. ,In; IMIJHK.STJON ASH H I xu p?. <'IliK M-ATULEiSCK AND nEAIlTJlIaUnB*v pR. HC(\'I 'I" pILLS A!?;A'iuNfU[.?ttIHHH. M KUXUTHEN Till-; WHO/F. SYSl'KM ?\\L).\)t).); AH A FAMILY MEDICINE. J^t'O'i rs pILJ A 1,Allltl,IIT, 173. SklYMOITK l'l.Al B, LONDON, W. 17?Sit;Y.M?I')trt,At?;.I.O!:))0!<.W. etlm Mtdiciija ¡".haù, but i.,i.t P.?, I,"iag lb. ilk& ill" hi<¡p;tr14I>D.P.ij" ptekase M  p M t fur 14 n? ,.?n,pt. !.l%i9 "V" E P O It T AT ON N IEstabli|U*d 1Ø70.1 14 u ti. THE DE REES BILL.POSTING AXD ADVERTISING COMPANY (LTD), ''R?'t'.m?TURS nf 3M cf the LARGMT POST ING STATIONS in Newport,. Pontrpool, R?gM, and Eastern and W".t.,?l alloys. Tana* on i'fPieM?' ?'?"Bh?m?reot. J M MM Vt'?'— ?xMt?. rpYrEWRITING TAUGHT AT TJE[E 1 WE8TEUN MAIL OFFICE, OADDLPF.

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?- HUNTINU APPOINTMENTS. ¡WeaIl1"r permitting). IIH. m., Y'S OTTER HOUNDfS. Thursday, May 10, IJek llridjc. Call.10 a.m.

LLANDAFF OATIIHD'fAL SERVICES. Hvci'.sons at Si I ),"I. fillily throughout the wtiek.

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