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Our Note Book. ■— The S h i p p i ng Boom—Cardiff Owners' Profit of Four Millions The Position of the Sailor -Why Jack's Wage Should be Advanced—Federated Owners and Mr. Havelock Wilson  The parti* -lars published in yester- d4's"s "Lead(,r'' of the huge fortunes nii i English ship owners during thd Past i6 few YAars afford complete justin- ion for the demand put forward for a further increase of wages by the mem- lg.of the seafaring community. Th0 PTitish sailor has never at anv period ol o's career b?n overpaid, and when the ?Ottnf of work imposed upon him, and t.he conditions under which it has to be ?oe. except in the case of a number of tir¡.¡t-cs boats are taken into c<?d- ation, the wonder rather is that as ?aay ni?ti ai!e available for the manning w ?rtt?&h ships as there axe, # # come t'q(3 Tb prosperity which has come the "a.r of Cardiff ship-owners is exem- ril^inc ed j by the statement that last. year .? prods made by 5W boats amounted lip%-ards of *L4,000,M) sterlmg, ich works out at an average of ?8,0?0  '??- ?ot a bad percentage on the Vt>r s trains' When owners are able i make ?"?? enormous fortunes in so "'rt Period, one can on!y express sur- | ?b??8 ? tsh. at it &hould be necessarY for the sailors and firemen to make an? demand fur an JJ?crease at alL It is argued hr thft 01 of the men's organisations | .?? inasmuch as Jack has e lped to ,"il? up the <;uœfS& of the British Mer- nti18Marine, it is but fair that h" Jsk»nnT ld secure a &hare of the benefit accruine;; from the almost unexampled Prrys!61 ,v which the shipping industry b" been enjoying for some time past. hr No one who ha? read of the enormous t>ts ,bi,h have been, and are stiJ! beIng, made out of shipping, can reason- Abi'v denv that the claim of the sailors ..n hremen is one de.se?ing of favour- ahu con&ideratioll. Nor can it be gain- Saari tbat there is ample room for im- r>rn«.^ '^nt m the accommodation pr?- Wd^ for C1"ew s> and in other directions. Th? ? ?? ? ""? ? ?ther directions. for??- ?P' however, KhonM be the former 11 r ? ?"? concillat?od boar a ? COnsider ?" whole qne?tion of condi- tions; ;> mercantIle ment in the mercantile Th f j orate^ owners, unfortunately, havooi, °Wl n? disposition so far to f*oilit^r^ ?? forma?oa of a board of this ki v□ '^cr^° the excuse put for- M'ard i i. "etermtnatioa of the owners ? haW? ? "?"?"K to do with Mr. Have- Wk ) Qwing to the action which he took d(!() connccf?ion with the London ?oc? k .? ?? ?'? however, will strike ?'o Peopte, as m ej-,t qiiibtilitig. Ttin hP^ ?? fM'° ?"??'1"?. The P*wi*Em:uuhlirrv for the adj?t- ?? d.<terences between shipowners a?Q<? ? ??' without rewrt to those ex- trernf b ieli ba,. -,n pro, M so X???"" ??'? ?? P?? » dlRastrou1';  many ? ? industry, to ?nanN, our incl ijstr tet;, d S Sro"f we beileve ?M-be pro- duOtivO of almost ?.calculable good. :I< l ves admit xsn^ ?? ??°?rs themselves admit. r4?ng Profits of ?0 per cent. during a  of hye ''?- it is b0^1 Puerile r¡d fn?)e to suggest the impossibiHry I giving the men more than ?? addi- bona) sbdhng or two now on?r?d in a ?iparat.v?y few ca<.?. and be,ond hich a number of ?mptoycrs assert, the '?es cannot be advaneNt To-day' s Gossip tr The hymns sung at the Free Church ??-<t. ed meeting in Argy? last evening stronly on the W.'s, being by ?atts, W?ley, and" ilhams. ttT- is still one "Star" left in HKl-fitreet, but it exists in the form Of a public house wl-ich has adopted lbat name. Patmn-, of the Treatre Ro' val, fn?n?ucr,y the Star, must now look in- lde the improved building for the ?"?L what is the matter with t}.- -??'? this ideal weather? CleAr <?? "??? sun, nice and fresh, not too OoW IT>t too ? ?"' ? Seems to us the tru?ibl4er must turn to p*lities to-day, w th? t'a.. Time doesn't c?unt at Argvle, or ^ir' ?' ?''?'? people don't count timo have no clock in the ch???i°. That was, perhap, why Dr. ?lS"?gs ratlier ostentatious? d is- Pla bis watch a? he went into the Ulpit to make a speech Ia.st night. For tL, les- the ot h ers were j tist"brief." t'11'E'Sj. the others were just "brief." The Cardiff pilots who a few weeks 49,0 emulated the example of Swansea ^-good old Swansea !—by inaugurating stea,m cutter servrice, are nogoti.tt,iug I f(-)r a seoond ve.?sel. Tin's is but another i + ration of the way 'in which we lead, Otnd our up-channel neighbours follow. A local contemporary reports that The man named Taylor, after at* tempting to murder his wife at C!as- Bow to-day, blew his head off with a namite cartridge. The house was Wrecked. 11 why does it head the paragraph "WELSH HOPES"?

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REVIVAL FIRES. Aglow in the Swan- sea Valley. CWMTWRCH SCENES. The Starting of Another Great Movement? The eyes (.f the Wel-sh religious world will be fixed from to-day upon the scenes that are o-v.'rrin^ at Cwmtwrch. The Suans-ca Valley is thrilled by the thought that another Welsh Revival has come. Time alone will tell whether the expectation ir. well-founded ¿Uld it must be remembered that since the stranuous days of the last Hevivai there have been many similar scenes. These are days of lukewarmness in the churches. The fires of the K-evival seem to have burnt out completely. This is not to say that the Ilevivai has been of no effect. No one with knowledge of Wales will say that, for the evidence of re-shapcn lives in every hamlet of Wales slimvs that its effects have been, in thousands of cases, per- manent. But the churches have undoubtedly come to quiet times. Wherever gather- ings of religious workers are held, this is the confession. We are in thp lean times. Last night at the devotional gatherings of the. Swansea Free Churches held at Artrvle, the burden of the addresses was the need of grea-t-er fervour, and, curiously enough, of lnore courageous testimony". After the Last Revival. "e are attempting a candid state- j ment of the problem. Is it not the iaict that the weekly meetings of the town i churches are sparsely attended:" The feii- only are fathful. With the greater number, attendance twice on the Sun- day is considered sufficient. And the statistics are not encouraging. The Rev. James Owen said last night that large numhcrs were not always a good sign; Gideon's army ol two and thirty thousand was too many for service, and was brought to three hundred. What, however, do the statistics shew? TJia-t the net decrease in Wales, during the past year was 877 the total decrease in g7x yea.rs 29,538. It must not be for- j gotten, 4if that the increase in the churdl mcmberioihip of the four de- iioniinutioiife a, a resint of tlic Iricvivft] was Si ,782—leaving t-b.e net increase to to-day, 57,307. "Some Impending Event." I And now the sense of some impend mg event is in the air. From man v pulpits the expectation of another great upheaval has been voiced. Aro these happenings at Cwmtwrch a! protent!- People who have attended the services there since Christmas come baa- giovtring with the hope of a new fire commenced, that is to sweep Wales with greater intensity than the last. Others, out-side the radius of emotion will warn Welshmen to be carefxil-t-o wait patiently. Who can sa.v—.yet—whether this Cwmtwrch li<> I viral is the beginning of another mighty movomotit-wholaier it is to be regarded as a sign such as the Lotigno, upheaval, when Evan Koberts set out to set Wales aflame ? What is Occurring? The first intimation of an unusual event was contained in a note sent to the "Leader" asserting that Cwm- twrch-a little township at the head of the Vlley-wa burning with .Revival' fervour. IVe sent our Valley corres- pondent to the village, and this is his report: "A revival is going strong just now at Cwmtwrch. It was started on Christmas Day by Mr. Stephen Jeffreys, evangelist, of Maesteg, who commenced a series of services at Torglien Mission Hall, situated between Cwmtwrch and Gwvs. "Originally the meetings were only arranged to last three (iav. hut the, enthusiasm has grown so much that ,meetings have had to be held twice daily since, and so far there is no abatement of the fervour shown from the start. Mr. Jeffreys has now had assistance from Mr. William Griffiths, of Maesteg, who is a good singer. "The Mission Hall is packed at each service, and scenes characteristic of those witnessed at the time of the great revival may be seen daily. "The most enthusiastic of the re- vivalists meet nightly on the Cwm- twrch-road and march In to the hail. The meetings invariably last for hours, and so far about 70 conver- sions have been recorded. Meetings are also being held nightly in most of the chapels." The Origin. I And this is how the village revival began. We quote from the letter of a correspondent: "A mighty revival has broken out at Cwmtwrch in the Swansea- Valley. It commenced at the beginning of the Christmas holidays, when the lire) was lighted by a collier named Stephen Jeffries, from Maesteg, who had been called to conduct meetings there. He Lock with him another miner, whoso name is John Griffiths, of Abera-man, Aberdare, and two others from Maes- teg. The place is all ablaze. There are many souls saved already, and a great many have gone to their homes under deep conviction. I am glad to tell you that the people have gone from the mission to the chapels, and set the church members ablaze with new zeal. The lire is still burning and spread- ing to other districts. "There is one old man, 82 years of age. a Methodist all his life, who has stirred up new zeal by a great testi- mony, afid many others likewise. Thev all say that t-bev have never heard or seen anything like this before—such a pure and simple Gospel preached. Many who were lost are now saved."

I THE COLLEGE ON THE HILL. I ( Leader Cartoon. ) From Gwmdonkin Park, standing near the Bandstand, may be obtained a charming view of the new Swansea Training College, which, as our artist shows, occupies a commanding position on the hill. The building is rapidly approaching completion.

ARMED BURGLAR. Llanelly Householder's Des- perate Struggle. I EXCITING SCENES. A ckspM'?to struggle is reported to j A » have mkcn place in a dwelling house at Five Roads, Llanelly, in the early i hours of Wednesday ilioriiijig. The occupants wero aroused lrom | sleep by a noise in the house, and on examining the kitchünùoor they dis- j covered XD had been forced open. On search being made, a mall was found to be in the house, and a struggle en- | sued between the intruder and the j tenant. i The burglar is alleged to have fired a revolver, but no one. was injured. On hearing the revolver shots, the i-enuant is said to have released his grip on the man. who afterwards made his escape, It was subsequently found that £ 12 in soki. and a silver watch and chain; had been stolen. The police are in.. vestigating the matter.

= A GOOD NAME i-I Swansea Trustees' New Tug Named the Trusty" The Swansea Harbour Trust Exocu- tive Committee ou Thursday considered a number of tenders lor the extension of the warehouse King's and Prince of Wales' Docks— chi-eiiy at the Tom er. The extensions will amount in the aggregate to over 35,000 square feet, and will cost several thousand pounds. It was decided to nvi) e the new tug, which is ex pec toil daily from Leith, the "Trusty." The tng, which is ex- tremely powerful, will surpass anything j in the port. Last Year. The returns for the past year showed total imports amounting to 975,570 tons, against 1,058,529 last year. Tar and pitch showed an increase, the figiires being 51,170 tons, against •18,833 tons, and sulphur ore, pyrites, salts and chemicals tota lled 41,358 tons against 37,588 tens, while iron ore totalled 62,310 tons against 54,136 tons. There were the following de- creases: Copper, silver, lead and tin, with their ores and alloys, 72,408 tons against 89,491 zinc ore and alloys, 42,94.1 tons against 48,642 tons; iron, stiiel, pig iron and castings, 131.832 tons against 140,983 tons; steel bars and billets, 56,609 tons against 03,700 tons deals, battens and boards, 48,296 tons against 54,852 tons; pitwood, 112,328 tons against 120,818grain, 104,392 tons against 106,504. In the exports the increases were: Coal and coke, 3,898,089 tons against 3,748,185 tens; patent fuel, 730,906 tons against 682.358 tons; tin, terne and black plates, 444,462 tons against 432,798 tons; galvanised s heets, 70,218 tons against 62,835 tons iiour, grain, pota- toes, etc., 18,779 tons against 14,648 tons—a total on the exports of 5,260,087 tons against 5,054,937. The total imports and exports were 6,235,063.

IS IT A REMBRANDT? I Dr. Rawlings and one of the Royal Institution Pictures. j Since the appearance of articles in I the "Leader" dealing with the riis- coverv of valuable paintings at Royal Institution of South Wales, a large number of people have visited that institution. This morning Dr. J. A. Rawlings, J.P saw and a dm; red these ooms of art. He was struck with the treat- ment of the picture. 'SHra di Solenme,' and, referring to "The Priest," ex- presse d the -low that there was strong grolllld for the suggestion that the work was done by Rembrandt. It re- minded him, grcath he said, of works bv the immortal Dutchman which he had inspected at Antwerp. J

SPELTER STRIKE I ENDED. OFFICIAL REPORT Final Meeting to Come to Terms To-day. -A prolonged meeting of the Swansea Spelteiiuon' s Executive Committee -vag held this morning, and at its close Mr. James Wignall, J.P. \the organiser), said that the position was now as fol- lows;— "The joint committee, on the in- structions of the various sections have definitely withdrawn the claim for the abolition ot Sunday labour, be(-au,-o. they realise that, it is impossible to ger it conceded by luean-11 oi a long draw n- j out strike. t "They have al so withdrawn the! claim ror a a eigth-hours system, and ¡ we have decided to approadl the em- j woyers with a view of resuming work j on an overtime rate. "We have alsQ been given plenary powers to effect a. settlement on rea- sonable terms. Wo have communicated with Mr. Mills, and life has informed us that he, too, has been given plenary powers to settle, and a small committee rc.pre- j entative of the workmen has agreed j to meet him to-day at the Morfa I Copper Works offices." j PROBABLE TERMS. I We have described tho strike as j ended, because that virtually is the position. What the exact i-erms of j settlement are it will he irupossibie to j say until the men's leaders have had an opportunity of discussing the posi- tion with the employers. It how- ) ever, possible to iorm some idea from I the discussions which hvo already 1 taken place. At the meeting held at Mornston a few days ago, it was sug?sMMi that if the employers GOUld ??t be induced to agree t-o the al>olition of Sunday labour, a proposal for payment at the rate of time and a half for work per- formed between Saturday night and Monday morning should be submit led for their consideration. A hope was expressed that this proposal would be favourably regarded by the masters, especially in view of the fact that a similar r8.t-e for Sunday labour .is a lready paid at several of the large works in the district. Now that the demand for the arJition of Sunday labour has been officially withdrawn, it is not anticipated that there will he any real difficulty in the way of an amicable settlement being arrived at cither by the employers conceding the time-and-a- half suggestion or by consenting, in the event of failure to agree, with the men's representatives, to refer the matter to arbitration. We believe that when the terms are disclosed a settlement will be found to have been effected on these lines. Arrangements will, it is hoped, be made for a resumption to-morrow or Saturday.

SERIOUSLY ILL. I Mr. Edward T. Phillips, who for many years has acted as the represen- tative of Messrs. Arthur Cape] and Co. at Swansea, is, it will be learned wiih regret by his many friends, lying seriously ill at li-s residence at the Mumbles, the result of a severe chill contracted a few days ago.

THE WELSH TEAM. Special Notice. THE WELSH TEAM TO OPPOSE ENGLAND AT CARDIFF ON JAN. 18th, WILL BE PICKED THIS (THURSDAY) EVENINC. A SPECIAL EDITION OF THE "LEADER," GIVING THE NAMES OF THE CHOSEN WILL BE rrH- Li SITED IMMEDIATELY THE SELECTION IS MADE KNOWN.

UNDER THE ACT. Administration of the Mater- nity Benefit. POSITION EXPLAINED. A good deal of misunderstanding I having arisen with regard to the j question of the administration of maternity benefit under the Insurance Act, in relation to the husband's arrears, a "Leader" reporter sought I information on The subject: It appears that w hen a woman has a husband alive, her benefit is dependedt on the man's contribution. Thus, if the husband has been in continuous employment for the 26 weeks from • July 13th to Jan. 15th, when the bene- Jits begin, the wife will be entitled to the benefit. According to the Act the j husband will then be entitled to be thirtcan weeks in arrears before his benefit ceases, but. as the contributions are collected by the employers, it will be seen that these arrears will onJy apply in ca^e of unemployment. J Further Provisions. There lire further provisions by which previous continuous employment I for stated periods credit the man with j time during which contributions are not payable, being deemed to have been made, which, of course, would further increase the time during which benefits would be received while Jj payments were not being made. Should the husband fall ill, -no con- j tributions are payable, and arrears do j not count. Thus, it will be seen, that in the c-atse under notice the wife would re- ) ceive the benefit during the 13 weeks arrears of her husband. Considerable dissatisfaction is being felt by the Friendly Societies that, up to the present, no payments- -with the exception of to the Oddfellows, representing (jd. per membe.r-has been made w the local Friendly Societies by the Coanrn issioners in respect of ad- mink-trative work done. For Administrative Work. Said a prominent local Friendly Society official. "Since the Act came into force, the Commissioners have paid us nothing for administrative work, although we are entitled to Is. per member, it is to be presumed that they are waiting for the Treasury grant, but it seems hard lines that we should have to use our own funds, and, it is likely that when the benetit begin on the 15th we shall have to find the money out of our funds. Of course it will be refunded to us, and the only good jxwnt, is that the Commissioners will allow us three per cent, interest on any money we advance. But we have done the work, and the auditors are beginning work as far as the Foresters are concerned next Tuesday."

THE PANTOMIME Mr. Dyson Williams' Song to be Sung Next week's production of Mother Goose" at the Grand Theatre, Swansea, will have an added attraction. It has been at ranged for Olive Sloane, who is the principal boy, and a very charming vocalist, to sing Mr. Dyson Williams' capital song, "The Voice of the Motherland" at every performance. Miss Sloanc will be assisted by a full chorus, and the setting will be most ap- propriate. It will be recalled that Mr. Walter Glynn introduced the song, which is a melodious and attractive composition, at the Swansea Empire on the occasion of the Springboks' visit.

A SLICHT MISHAP. Mr. E. A. Billings, Junr.. while en- gaged in connection with the new cinema hall near the "Leader" Office this morn- ing, twisted his ankle throiigh. the drop- ping of a girder. He was taken to his residence in St. Helen's-road, and at- fended to by Dr. Horatio Rawlings. The injury is not serious, and Air. Billings hopes to be about again iu a day or two. J

WONT WORK. The Other Side of the Picture. NOT BONA FIDE. Men Who Did Not Follow Example of Perey Yere." i That no serious difficulty need be experienced in securing employment of one kind or another at Swansea by men who are capable arid really de.sirons of getting work, is evidenic-ed by the ex- perience of the author of the letter signed" Percy Vere," which appeared in the "Leader" two or three day& ago. It u-ill bo retnembeied that the writer said that, notwithstanding the fact that trade was stated to be good, there was a great amount of unemployment in the port, ev-en amongst men who were regularly engaged at Dormal times. A Leader representative was able to put Perey Vere in conrnxinica- tion with a ^e 11-known local colliery propi-ietor. At first the latter feared that Ma-. "Ve-re" was a "bit too classical," as he put it. for tdie use of a pick and shovel, but promised to see him. Our correspondent, gave him a call. and as a result secured immediate employment. A number of other men received a similar offer, but only half of them turned up the following morning, when a start was to have been made. The case of Percy Vere was a bona-fide one, but' the coIKerry man's experience in regard to the others has induced the conclusion that many of the so-called unemployed are not genuine out-of-works, but really un- employ ables. Confirmation of this is to be found in the comparatively smaJl number of applications received for work at the Borough Surveyor's office.

OLD SWANSEA LIBERAL Death of Mr. Wm. Yarker Blewett at Liscard. The. dtarh occurred yesterday at JUS residence at Liscard, Cheshire, of Air. William Varker Blewett, at one time a prominent member of the Liberal party at Swansea. At the time when the late Mr. Dillwyn and the late Air. Buniie represented Swansea in the House of Commons, Mr. Blewett -.rui. their agent. He was at the same time, secretary of the Swansea Liberal Club. He lefr Swansea about 18 years ago to take up an important appointment under Alessrs. Elkingtou. in connection with their silver works at Burry Port. One of his oldest- friends in the town wa-s the late Air. Christopher James. Air. Blewett had been in poor irealth for some years, but recently he seemed to have regained some of his old time vigour, and at Christmas time when one of his brothers arrived home from Canada he appeared to e enjoying quite good health. Another of the deceased gentleman's brothers is Air. Edmund Blewett, storekeeper, H.M. Prison. Cardiff.

The organist at the parish church, St unbury-on-Thames, has ueen iii, and the Vicar (the Rev. P. ('. West) has played the orgarf in addition to can- ducting the services.

5.30 EDITION. SPELTER CONFERENCE. I Later.—The spelter coni creuce sTami s adjourned until to-morrow, and an intimation to ih? cfiect llt?i a settlement was neaier than before was conveyed to a "Leader" representa- tive. It is believed that a settlement \yilj be effected to-morow. THE GREY CAR. • VJ. Y\ ihiam Sallows, cnauneur, charged with the manslaughter of Amy Rose Chiii'img- iji-tli, of Barnes, was remanded. Ihe accused drove a grey car. which ied to his arrest. I MTMBLES WATER. At meeting ot Swansea "W ater an-4 6ewevs t t :i submitted a proposal lroin the Oystermouth I .D.C. to take a per- p?ru?] supply of water irojn SM'?? Corporation lor a >um etpuvaleut to i ?i ccm.. ?u the assessable val?c c! Oy.-Aermoutii Urban Di.?ric!: for .ii?t tive years, and o per cent, ioi e\e* afterwards, (:ot oi mains from Sv.au- ,>ea 1.? '? borne' by Corporation. Assemble value at pi\'?nt is ?24.1. h ?v.i? ??c.d?-d not to Accept on Thc.s? terms and efi'tr to ?"ppb ?? T],,esv tc,i-iiis ztiid ?-,ffci- to ) -per cent, ¡Dr ever aitern rods, suppj.v" to be limited to 25 gallons per bead per day oL population and 0d. per 1,000 saiions.

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