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AMUSEMENTS. ETMTP^ I R E OXFORD STREET. SWANSEA. Monday, May 5th, and Twice Nightly at 6.50 and 9.0 during the week. MARK SHERIDAN, One of the B'hoys. CISSIE THOMPSON, Comedienne. New Series of Up-to-date Pictures on THE AMERICAN BIOSCOPE. JOHNSON AND BERT, In Comedy Act, "A Queer Customer." LOUIE TRACEY, The Dapper Dandy Boy. WILL H. FOX, The Originator of all Trick Piano- t Playing Acts HARRY FIELDS, Mimic. CAPT. WOODWARD'S SEALS AND SEA LIONS, In their Inimitable Comedy and Jug- gling Performance. NIXON GREY, The Volatile Comedian. GRAND TH EATRE, SWANSEA. MONDAY, MAY 5th, for 6 nights. Matinee Saturday, May 10th, at 2.30. MISS IDA MOLESWORTH AND MR. MARK BLOW'S COMPANY, IN Should he have given her away? COME AND DECIDE. THE EASIEST WAY NEXT WEEK- Mr. ALFRED DENVLLUS presents hie Chief Company in the Romantic Play- THE MIRACLE. Direct from Olympia, Liverpool. THEATRE ROYAL. WIND STREET, SWANSEA. Proprietor & Licensee- W Uliam Couttft. BRILLIANT SUCCESS OF KINEMACOLOR. Every DayllWeek commencing ji Every Night at 3. m 0 1 d ay: May5th.t) at 7.39. THE NATURAL COLOR KINEMATOCRAPH CO., LTD., present KINEMACOLOR. (Animated Photography in Natural Colors.) TO-NIGHT (THURSDAY), FRIDAY, and SATURDAY, Royal fieview ot 50,000 Troops.—State De- parture from I)eihi.-Arrivai of Their Majesties at Calcutta.. -W ithixi the Elephant Stockade.—Calcutta Ra,es.-The Pageant. Cal(-UtLU. -MoieliiniF, Extraordinary —The Price of t>uecesa. -floral Friends.—Ice Skat- ing at Murren, Switzerland.—The Note in the Shiit.-Wawbdogs of the Empire. ø NEXT WEEK- (Every Day at 3, Every Night at 7.30), LES MISERABLES." TO-NIGHT'S PROGRAMMES IN PiCTURELAND A.T THE SHAFTESBURY CINEMA ST. HELfcN'S-ROAO, SWANSEA. Bruncj .iii.y s Cun-Play E"ajaay. bhe Powdered iter Nose ViLagraph. harcmy (.toes Yachting Urban. A .tifro'e Rewaru .Ulem. A Caucasian Bride .Eko. Winning a Wife .Cines. The Little Girl Next Door .Thanhauser. Mrs. Tweedledum as a Militant Buff ragoute Xmbrosio. Wat-erf a Lis Heron. The Lest Note .Lubin. Pathe's Animated Gazette of the World's News. Published Thursday, May 8, 1913. IT THE PALACE, HtCH-STREET, SWANSEA. The Same Programme as at the Shaftesbury Cinema. AT THE TIVOLI, CWMBWRLA. The Celonal's Peril .Bi80n. Tweedledum as a Cabman.Ambrosio. Misappropriated Turkey A.B. Woodland Streams (CoL) Gaumont. Jimmy .&sanay. Father's Little Flutter .Hepworth. Keeping Up Appearances .Lubin The Kid Kalem. The Kid k **? noss GaozL Misplaced Kindness AT THE PICTUREDROME, MORRISTON. The Vengeance at Durand Vitagraph. Love and the 'Varsity .Ola.rendon. The Cub Reporter's Temptation.Kalem. The Beetle's Deception .A. & 0. Calamity Ann's Vanity .Fl;ymg A. In Zoological Gardens (Col.) Gaumont, The Heiress Gaumont's Graphic of Topical Events. AT THE GLOBE CINEMA, CLYDACH. The Same Programme as at the Picturedrome, Morriston. AT THE PAVILION, PONTARDAWE. Lady Clare Edison. How Ned Got His Rise Imp. Allan Field's Warning .Barker. Blood and Bosh .Hepwortb. The First Steeplechase Urban. Illumination Vitagraph. Polidor Suffers from Hydrophobia. Pasqnali. A Day in the Life of a Recrnit Urban. The Gun-Fighter's San Eseanay. Variety Turns- Sid Stanto, in his Original Musical Scena, The Breakdown of the 9.30 Express." The Mervyns, Comedy Duo. AT THE PLAYHOUSE, YSTALYFERA. The Same Pictures as at the Pavilion, Pontardawe. DOUBLED IN 3 YEARS! I fthe steady and substantial Increase in tilt circulation ef the CAMBRIA BAtLY LEADER." AUDITORS' CERTIFICATE. 91 and II. gwbopegass, E.G.. Kh April, 1111. I fe the Bireeters of THE SWANSEA PR£$fe LIMITED. Dear SWS.-WE ham axamimd tttw pub Odoift boates ia reference to the Caadwil llaiay Leader" (inclwlmg ymr IatuNa" ieeve The Sporting K«wand ccrtrf) that the inoreaaea in the net salts were at (BllMwat— M& ever 1111 37j par M. 1111 ever 1989 ..————— au per Mat. OU Ovsr 1169 15.5 par cent. I JItue showing that the* sates have alntotf Vastly dmriM in thraa years. Yours faittrftttty, ftEARLC, MOMEYBOURNE Jk CO., j Gtertared Aeeeuiitante i .I, ..). AMUSEMENTS. THE II PICTURE HOUSE, HIGH STREET, SWANSEA j (Next Door to Da vied A Short). Managing Director William Coutts. The Last Word in Cinema Theatres. TO-NIGHT, Continuous Performance trom 6.30 till 10.30. TO-DAY at 3, SPECIAL MATINEE. At tampon Tea Provuied Free of Charge. Mr. W. H. Hoare's Orchestral Bpnd Plays ever,¡ Evening. TO-DAY'S PROCRAMME- I CINEMATOCRAPH SUCCESSES. The COonei's Perii Bison. Keeping Up Appearances .Lubill. Tweedledum <? a CaoLaan .Ambrosio. Misappropriated Tut?ey "A..tS.  iala er'# i,!tLie flutter Hepworth. < X. spiaced Kindness Gaumont. Woodland Streams .Gaumout. Jimmy Easanay. Patne s Animated Gazette of the World's News, Published Thursday, May a. 1913. Changs of Pictures Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. OXFORD ELECTRIC THEATRE UNION STREET, SWANSEA. The Premier Hall of Soutn Wales. A Ceaseless Performance of Exceeding Excellence from 2.30 till 10.30. PROCRAMME FOR TO-DAY i—• THE VENGEANCE OF DURAND (A Forty Minutes' Picture). BIRDS OF PREY. TOO MANY CASSEYS OUR NAVY Sixth Series, by Alfred West, F.R.G.S. HER UNSULLIED SHIELD. TOPICAL BUDGET. THE OXFORD IMPERIAL LADIES' ORCHESTRA Plays Daily from 2.30 till 10.30. Afternoon Tea Free of Charge to All Parts of the House. All Trams Lead to the OXFORD." Pictures are projected on the Wonderful CHBYSTAL MIRROR. POPULAR PRICES:-3d., ed. and 1L SALES BY AUCTION. By Mr. J. BARRON PASCOE. Under a Distress for Rates and County Court Execution. WELLINGTON INN, PLYMOUTH-STREET, SWANSEA. Sale of Household Furniture and Effects. Mr. J. Barron Pascoe F.A.I., P.A.SJ. Has been instructed by the Warrant Officer and High Bailiff to SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION, at the above address, on FRI- DAY, MAY 9th, 191;). sufficient of the Household Furniture AND EFFECTS to cover distresses, cm:npru;ing :-W ALNUT PIANOFORTE by Crane and Sons, Walnut Overmantel, Kitchen Chairs, Dinner Sets, Filter, Sundry Ware, Oilcloth, Kitchen Dresser, Couch, Braes Candlesticks, WELSH OAK CHEST OF DRAWERS, Dressing Table, WasbstAnd, Bedroom Chairs, Perambulator, Brass Rail Bedsteads, Smoking Chairs, Dining Tables, Settles, etc. Sale to commence at 12 o'clock. Term&-C"h. Goods on view Morning of Sale. Auctioneer's Offioo-Cardigan Chambers, 6, College-street, Swansea. By Mr. ASTLEY W. SAMUEL. ALBERT HALL, SWANSEA. TO HOUSEHOLDERS, FirBICTTJRE DEALERS, AND OTHERS. Mr. Astley Samuel Has received instructions to SELL by PUB- LIC AUCTION, at the above Hall. on FRI- DAY. MA Y9th, 1913, the undermentioned Hausehoid Furniture, AND EFFECTS, VERY FINE PIANOFORTE IN ROSEWOOD CASE, Carpets, Mats, Curtains, DINING- ROOM SUITE IN PLUSH. Carved Black Oak Hallstand, Sardinieres, Black Fender, Brass Curbs, Brass Fire Irons. Dining-room Suite in Leather, Mahogany and Walnut Bookcases, Stair Rods, Ornaments, Stair Carpet, Overmantels, All-brass Bedsteads, Wire Mattresses, Bolster and Pillows, Feather Beds, Blankets, Sheets. fine old Grandfather's Clock in Oak Case, Tea Ser- rice, VERY HANDSOME MASSIVE OAK SIDEBOARD, Telescope Dining Table, Satin Walnut Bedroom Suite, Occasional Tables, Couch, Wardrobe. Table Linen, Black and Brass Bedsteads, Kitchen Dresser, Tables, Chairs, and numerous other articles; also a Shoemaker's Sewing Machine by Brad- bury Nearly New Spinal Carriage, Water Bed. and Invalid Bedstead. At 12.30 TWO TYPEWRITERS will be offered for Sale. lat-A "Remington" Foolscap, in Excel- lent Condition. Znd-A Perfectly New "Monarch." Fools- cap Siae List price, .£23 10s. Four 4-seated School Desks, Blackboard and Easel, Drawing Models, etc Goods on View Morclr'? qf Sale at 9 o'clock. Sale to Commence at 11 a.m. Terms-Cub. Auctioneer's Offices: King's Chambers, Swansea. PUBLIC NOTICES. PIERROT PAVILION, SWANSEA SANDS By Special permission of the Mayor and Corporation. Commencing WHIT-SATURDAY, May 10th, at 3.15 & 7.30; WHIT-MONDAY, at 11. 3 & 7; afterwards Daily at 3.15 & 7.30. QRlGiNAi ROYAL jpiERROTS (Under Royal Patronage and Command). First-class Artistes, Refined and Up-to-date. Sir Joseph Verdin, Bart., Garnetone Castle, Herefordshire, High Sheriff of Herefordshire, says:—" 1 am delighted with your perlorm- anoe and will recommend you to all my friends." Chairs-la, 6d., 3d. Collections. NOTICE TO SHIPPERS TO CHILE. MAY 1st, 1913. The Undersigned Professional Consul recently appointed, notifies Shipe and Ship- pers that, for all goods shipped in Swansea and District, all Shipe and Shipping Docu- mente Kimt be vised at this Consulate in conformity with Chilian Consular Legisla- tion, and to avoid heavy penalties and inoonveDience at Chilian Customs. A. R. BUNSTER, Consul for Chile. 14, Xietropoiitan Bank Buildings, Swansea. Office Hours: 11 aon. to 12.30 a.m.; PUBLIC NOTICES. (^WAJNSEA RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on the 1st day of July next, application will be made to His Majesty's Justices of the Peaoe assembled at Quarter Sessions in and for the County of Glamorgan at the Law Courts, Cardiff, for an order that a certain public highway in the Parish of Penderry in the said County of Glamorgan, leading from Penllergaer to UangyfeLach in the said parish, the situation of which is in- dicated on a plan which wil be lodged with the Clerk of the Peace of the said County as hereinafter mentioned and is thereon repre- sented by the parts coloured yellow, shall be diverted and turned and in part stopped up in manner following that is to say:- (a) That the portion of the said highway commencing at a point about 66 yards in an easterly direction from the centre of the private road leading irom the said highway to Penderry Farm and con- 'tinuing thence for a distance of about 93 yards and lying between the points B and C and coloured yellow on the said play. should be stopped up and closed. (b) That the portion of the said highway lying between the points D and E and coloured yellow on the said plan should be diverted and turned at the point D indicated on the said plan and being about 311 yards in an easterly direction from the said centre of the private road leading to Penderry Farm and continued in a. straight line over and across lands belonging to Sir John Talbot Dillwyn Ll-ewelyn Baronet and by substituting a new highway so to be made which to represented on the said plan by the colour pink and lying between points D and F and terminating at the said point F being indicated on the said plan for that portion of the said highway coloured yellow, and by stopping up and closing such last mentioned portion of the said highway. (c) That the portion of the said highway commencing at the point F indicated on the said plan and being about 451 yards in an easterly direc- tion from the centre of the said road leading to Penderry Farm and lying be- tween the points F, G, and H and coloured yellow on the said plan should be diverted and turned and continued over and acrosg lands belonging to Sir If John Talbot Dillwyn Llewelyn Baronet by substituting a new highway so to be made which is represented on the said plan by the colour pink and lying be- tween the points E, I and J indicated t,hereon for that portion of the said highway coloured yellow and by stop- ping up and closing such last mentioned portion of the said highway. (d) That the portion of the said highway commencing at a point about 923 yards in an easterly direction (measured along the existing highway) from the centre of the said private road to Penderry Farm and continuing for a distance of about 30 yards lying between the points J and K and coloured yellow on the said plan be stopped up and closed (e) That the portion of the said highway commencing at a point about U34 yards (measured along the existing highway) in an easterly direction from the centre of the said private road leading to Pen- I derry Farm and continuing for a length of about 32 yards lying between the points L and M and colourei yellow on the said plan be stopped up and closed. AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO GIVEN that the certificate of two Justices that they have viewed the said highway and the new highway proposed to b3 made is nearer and more commodious to the public with the plan of the old and proposed new highway will be lodged with the Clerk of the Peace of the said County on the 28th day of May next. Dated this 30th day of ApriL 1913. EDWARD HARRIS, Clerk to the Rural District Council of Swansea. COUNTY BOROUGH OF SWANSEA. ADDITIONS TO CENTRAL POLICE I STATION. The Corporation Invite APPLICATIONS for the Appointment of CLERK OF WORKS in connection with the proposed Additions to the Central Police Station, at a salary of jE2 10s. per week. Applications, stating age, qualifications and experience, together with copies of three testimonials of recent date (which will not be returned), and endorsed Clerk of Works Central Police Station," delivered to the undersigned not later than twelve Boon on May 16th next. Experience in rein- foroed Concrete Construction essential. Canvassing will be deemed a disqualiifcation. H. LANG COATH, Town Clerk. The Guildhall, Swansea, 5th May, 1913. NATIONAL LEAGUE -OF- YOUNG LIBERALS. —GKilAT— PUBLIC MEETING at SILOAM, PENTRE, FRIDAY, MAY 9, B,t & D-in. i;pe"ers- M" TOM PARRY, M.P. (FLINT BOROUGHS). Mr. J. WALTER JONES, B.A. (Chairman, South Wales Council. N-L.Y.L.). Mr. RICHARD MARTIN, J.P. (President Liberal Association). I Rev. PENAR GRIFFITHS, And OFFICERS OF THE LEAGUE. Chairmaa- Sir COURTNEY MANSEL, Bart. Selections by the UNITED MALE VOICE PARTY (Oonduotor, Mr. Evan Walters, R.AJCJ. Admission Free. Collections. Hearty Invitation to All. Doors Open at 7.30 p.m. CLYNE VALLEY RACES SATURDAY, MAY 10, AND WHIT-MONDAY, MAY 12. .OYER NINETY ENTRIES. FINEST RACECOURSE IN WALES. RACES SEEN FROM START TO FINISH. HORSES ENTERED FROM ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND ALL PARTS OF WALES. POPULAR PRICES OF ADMISSION- ONE SHILLING. GATES OP.EN AT 1 O'CLOCK. FIRST RACE—SATURDAY, 3 o'clock. STEST RACE-MONDAY. S o'clock; PUBLIC NOTICES. TELE.P HO.s E-CENTEA.L 250. GOWER VANGUARD MOTORS, LTD. SPECIAL WHITSUNTIDE MOTOR SERVICE TO COWER, Via Parkmill, Venmaen, Reynoldston, Rhossilly, Llanrhidian, idanmadoe, and Llangennith- SrA-RAGE — BREW ERY TAP HOTEL, PLYMOUTH-STREET. SWANSEA. From RHOSSILLY. FRIDAY, May 9th.-4.0 pjn. SATURDAY, May 10t.4.-6.40 a.m.. 10.0 a.m., 1.0 pun., 6.30 p.m. W ILLT-MONJUA I—7.0 a.m., 12 noon, 6.0 p.m. TUESDAY—7.0 a.m., 6.30 p.m. WEDNESDAY—7.0 am., b,30 p.m. From SWANSEA. FRIDAY, May 9,th-6.0 p.m. SATURDAY, May ltita-lu.0 am. 2.30 p.m., 5.30 pun-, 10.0 p.m. WiilT-MONDAi:—9.30 a.m., 10 JO aon, 2 p.m., 9.0 p.m. TUESDAY—10.30 a.m., 9.0 p.m. Wb.uJ)Å.Y-lO..)() a.m, 6.30 pan. From LLANCENNITH. FRIDAY, May 9th.- SATURDAY, May 10th.-7.0 a.m., 12 noon, 5.30 p.m. WHIT-MONDAY.—7.30 a.m., 6.30 p.m. TUESDAY.-7.30 a.m. WEDNESDAY.-7.30 a.m., 5.30 p.m. From SWANSEA. FRIDAY, May 9tii-6.0 p.m. SATURDAY. May 10th.-10.0 a.m., 3.0 p.m., 9.0 p.m. WHIT-MONDAY.—10.30 a.m., 9.0 p.m. TUESDAY.—9.0 p.m. WEDNESDAY .—10.30 a.m., 7.30 p.m. WEDNESDAY.—10.30 a.m., 7.30 p.m. From LLANMADOC. FRIDAY, May 9th.- SATURDAY, May 10th.-7.0 a.m. WHIT-MONDAY.—7 30 a.m., 5.30 p.m. TUESDAY.—7.30 a.m. WEDNESDAY—7.30 a.m., 5.30 p.m. From SWANSEA. FRIDAY, May 9th.—6.0 p.m. SATURDAY, May 10th.-7-iO p.m WHIT-MONDAY—10.30 a.m., 9.0 p.m. TUESDAY.—9.0 p.m. WEDNESDAY.—10.30 a.m., 7.30 p.m. Return Fares-Rhossilly < Penmaen 2/6, Parkmill 2 Lfangennith 3/6, Old Walls and Llanrhidian 3/ Reynoldston 3/ Lianmadoc 3/6. Single Fares: Half-price. The Proprietors will do their utmost to run to the above times, but will not be held responsible for delays through unfor- seen circumstances. All Goods are carried at owner's risk. Return Tickets are avail- able for day of issue only. The Tickets are issued subject to the conditions endorsed thereon. Private Parties arranged for to any part. Swansea Football Ground. WHIT-MONDAY GRAND ATHLETIC SPORTS Under the patronage of the Mayor of Swansea. OPEN FOOT AND CYCLE RACES. THROWING THE CRICKET BALL. MUSICAL CHAIRS COMPETITION. OBSTACLE RACE. JUMPING. Ac. MUSIC BY THE POLICE BAND (Conductor—Mr. A. R. Shackleford. R.M.S.M.) Gatee Open, 2.30; First Race, 3 o clock | ADMISSION—6d. Grand Stand. 6d. extra. R. MINTON, J-mile World s Record Holder. Percy J. Smith, Swansea Valley and Welsh Champion; B. Hughes, ex-pro. and Welsh Champion, will compete. UNITED OPERATIVE PLUMBERS' ASSOCIATION. Brothers of the above Order are requested to ATTEND THE FUNERAL of our late BRO. JOHN SHARP. Funeral Leaving 78, Sym,and"tamet,, for Danygraig Cemetery, at 3 o'clock, on Saturday next. ORDERS BY LIEUT.-COLONEL A. LLOYD JONES, R.A.M.C. (T.). 0.0. 3rd WELSH FIELD AMBULANCE. ANNUAL TRAINING—All Members must have their Kits at Headquarters on FRIDAY, 9th inat., not later than 9 a.m. PARADE (Time: 10 a.m.)-All Members will Parade by Sections at Headquarters on SUNDAY, llth inst., prior to entraining for Abergavenny. Dress: Service Dress, Marching Order. (Signed) DANIEL E. EVANS, Capt. & Adjt., R.A.M.C. (T.) Swansea, 10(5(13.
A CASWELL NOTICE TO QUIT.
A CASWELL NOTICE TO QUIT. Many hundreds of Swansea people who have spent a sunny afternoon at Caswell and have taken tea m the little shed upon the beach, will learn with regret that Mrs. Howell, the widow who has for so many years catered for the needs of visitors—she has been there for 45 years—is under notice to quit and deliver up vacant possession of the piece of land she now holds. The notice expires on the 13th -that is next Tuesday-and unless it it withdrawn, or some other provision made of which we are in ignorajace. the tea problem will perplex those who used to rely upon the widow's services for hot water and crockery. We do not know what reasons have prompted the serving of the notice. It may be that the amenities of the Bay are considered to suffer through the rough architecture of the shed; that the sight of the aesthete is pained by its lines. There may be other reasons. We do not know. But we do desire to put in a brief, firstly on behalf of the old lady who has so long looked after our needs at tea-time, and whose livelihood this work is; and secondly on behalf of the Swansea people who love Caswell, and have an affection even for the old shed and its surroundings. Similar erec- tions are put up with at Bracelet, Lime- slade and Langland, but, convenient to the public as these plaoes are, they are not as necessary as the tea-shed at Cas- well. If Mrs. Howell has to quit next week, where else is the humble visitor to the Bay to look for the satisfaction of his\little needs? At one sweep, the merry family parties who delight in open-air picnics on the sands and amid the rocks will be deprived of the essentials for their meals. The old shed waii., atd we hope will continue to be, ,a public benefaction. Mrs. Howell is entitled to some measure of consideration because of the loss she sustained four years ago, when a high tide washed away the shed, and 940 was required to repair the damage. But, apart from this, it will be for hundreds of Swansea people a re- grettable prospect to think that a place of such merry memories will know them no more. It does not in the least affect the amenit-es of the Bay, and we sincerely hope it will be found possible to keep standing what has become a real institution.
WEALTH AND CHURCH MEMBERSHIP.
WEALTH AND CHURCH MEMBERSHIP. The Dean of Manchester, who wrote on Monday to the "Times" point- ing out the decline in the membership of the Free Churches, and appealing, on the score of aggressive Christian work, against the disestablishment and dis- endowment of the Anglican Church, is well answered by Dr. Clifford, the veteran champion of Free Church prin- ciples. "The appeal, if it has any force at all," he writes, "rests on the assump- tion that 'the decline of Nonconformity' is due to the lack of financial resources. As a matter of fact our churches were never so wealthy as they are now. The Baptists started .the century by raising a quarter of million. They are now en- gaged in subscribing a second quarter; and in the report to which Dr. Welldon refers it is stated that ;1;135,000 has been secured within the year just closed. Congregationalism is completing an addition of £ 250,000 to its working capital this week. English Presby- terians are raising more money in ex- tension work than at any previous point in their history. Wesleyan Methodists are celebrating the centenary of their missionary work by a gift of a million. Primitive Methodists have recently raised £ 100,000." So it is evident that the decline in membership is not due to the lack of funds, and the Bishop's argument falls to the ground. But what is the position of the Angli- can Church itself. Its members are never tired of telling us of the decreas- ing membership of the Free Churches; and we vividly remember the laughter of a Church audience at the Albert Hall, Swansea, when a member of Par- liament mentioned, as light humour, that Nonconformity was progressing— backwards. Dr. Clifford calls attention to a letter in the "Church Times" speaking of "the shortage of 26,000 in confirmations during 1912." "I do not know whether this is the fact," he adds, "but, if it is, it also suggests that there may be 'growing wealth' and at the same time a diminishing number of such avowals of discipleship to the Lord Jesus as result in membership of a Christian society." The Dean described the Welsh pis- establishment Bill as dealing "a blow at Christianity." Our fathers, such as Edward Miall, Dr. Dale, and Dr. Guin- i ness Rogers, sincerely believed, replies Dr. Clifford, that the Liberation policy is "a blow for Christianity," and we hold the same faith to-day, and are confirmed in that belief by what we 6ea in our Colonies, in the United States, and in the Episcopal Church in Ireland-tiie latter a Church which hes gained by that policy both financially and adminis- tratively, and also in the purity of its Protestantism. "History is witness." he declares in closing, "that the Chris- tianity of the New Testament is pro- moted by the deliverance of Christian societies from the patronage and control of Parliaments."
I LLANSAMLET SMOKE.
LLANSAMLET SMOKE. To the Editor. Sir,—Readers of your widely- circulated paper have read about the smoke trouble at Llansamlet, and also that steps were being taken to stop the nuisance. Alas, like other things, it has been words and not deeds. During the last four days the whole district has been in a veritable cloak of smoke. Where are the elected representatives? It is high time the District Council utilised the means which they have and thus put an end to this abominable nuisance.—^Yours. etc. "May 6th. R.' E. S. (Llansamlet). 1 May 6th, R. E. S. (Llansamlet). J
The Average Swansea Family.…
The Average Swansea Family. Striking Figures From New Census Report. T HE average Swansea family is 4.66. We have the pull over Cardiff in this direction by two decimal numbers. The city's average is 4.64. But we are very much behind other Glamorgan dis- tricts. The Aberavon family, for in- stance, is 5.06 strong, and the Glyn- corrwg family 5.47. These particulars we take from the recently-issued Blue Book giving the deails of the 1911 Census as it affected buildings of various kinds. The volume will repay the study of the social inves- tigator. Chief interest attaches to the returns showing the average number of persons per inhabited house. In the County Boroughs the average number of persons per house in 1911 was 4.99; in all other urban districts (excluding London) it was 4.85; and in rural districts, 4.51. Comparing one county with another by far the highest average is found in London, which has 7.89 persons per house; next in order comes Middlesex with 5.61, Northum- berland and Glamorganshire each with 5.45, Monmouthshire and Durham each with 5.32. The lowest proportions are naturally found among the most rural counties, e.g., Cardiganshire, 3.89; Anglesey, 4.03; Merionethshire and Huntingdon- shire, 4.14: Cambridgeshire, 4.15; and Carnarvonshire and Norfolk, 4.^8. The highest average is that of Devon- port, 8.23 persons per house; the lowest Halifax, 3.97. GLAMORGAN'S HICH TOTALS. The following tables show how high are the rates in Glamorganshire, com- pared with the country's average: Administrative Counties (exclusive of County Boroughs. Average Number of Persons per In- habited Building and Average Number Persons per Family. Av. j>er inhab. Av. per buildings. family. England and Wales 5.05 4.38 Total of Boroughs 4.99 4.43 Cardiganshire 3.89 3.77 Carmarthenshire 4.73 4.54 Glamorganshire 5.45 5.00 Urban and Rural Districts. Aberavon 5.86 5.06 Britonferry 5.07 4.97 Cardiff 5.86 4.64 Maesteg 5.59 5.29 Glyncorrwg 5.83 5.47 Margam 5.31 4.88 Neath 5.22 4.75 Ogmore 5.96 5.36 Oystermouth 4.56 4.16 Swansea 5.56 4.66 Gower 4.71 4.67 Pontardawe 5.23 4.99 Swan sea R.D. 5.14 4.90 The following is an interesting com- parison. It reveals how in ten years we have "lived closer together" at Swansea: Swansea. 1901 1911 Average Number of Persons per Inhab- ited Building 5.21 5.56 SWANSEA HOUSES. The principle Census figures relating to buildings at Swansea are as follow: Swansea. Ordinary Dwelling- houses 1901. 1911 (1911). Buildings inhabited 18,154 20.614 18,922 Separate occupiers 19.455 23,696 21,651 Population 94,537 114,663 100.955 Uninhabited 1,328 305 266 Being built 30 210 193 The "flat" system is being talked of as a method of relieving overcrowding. 'The 1911 census shows that there were in Swansea 24 blocks of fiats, with 139 separate occupiers, and a total popula- tion of 608. There are 1,209 inhabited shops in Swansea, with a population residing in them of 6,632; 275 hotels, inns and public-houses, with a population of 1,870; and 59 institutions-we suppose the Jail comes under this head-with a population of 2,750. The following interesting particulars are given of "buildings not used as dwellings": Places of Worship 107 Govt. and Mun. Buildings 20 Shops 630 Offices. 87 Warehouses, Workhouses and Factories 238 Theatres, etc 8
HOW TOWYN DID.
HOW TOWYN DID. Mr. J. Towyn Jones, M.P., made his maiden speech in Parliament last evening, proposing a resolution that China should be released from her treaty obligations to admit Indian opium. "H. J." of the "Daily Chronicle" writes that the speech was "a very suc- cessful effort. Towyn is a line natural orator in his native Welsh. But his fiery eloquence was under strict re- straint to-night. He had taken the precaution of writing out his speech and, captive to his manuscript, seemed determined to resist any temptation to flights of oratory. For all its seil- suppression and its pulpit flavour, the speech was undeniably a success. it occupied 20 minutes." "P. W. W." of the "Daily News and Leader,' says: The new member claimed that English was a language which he only spoke in privata, but the House ap- preciated his touch of nervousness, his modesty, and his almost excessive brevity. The "Daily Express" says that Towyn denounced the Indo-Chinese opium traffic in English with a very strong Welsh accent, and clung to his written speech in order, no doubt to keep from lapsing into Welsh. The "Daily Mail" says that it was twenty minutes before the House got even a tiny flash of the oratoncal fire that flames so fiercely amid the moun- tains of Wales. Momentarily the voice soared, the right arm beat up and down like a flail, and with it the House was swept into laughter over the story of a man who told a preacher, "I cared then neither for God nor the Devil, but after listening to your ministrations I have come to love them both." Two Chinese gentlemen who were in the Strangers' Gallery during the de- bate, when asked if they liked Towyn's speech, replied in broken English, "Yes, yes; it was alright."
THE DOCTOR'S ADVICE. I
THE DOCTOR'S ADVICE. I The committee ought to come round and see what was on the Strand," Dr. Evans, the Medical Officer of Health, said to the members of the Swansea Health Committee. We wish they would take his advise, and include in their tour of investigation certain parts of the Greenhill district, as well as Foxhole. They would afterwards deal more enthusiastically with that aspect of the housing problem under their charge. What has been the net result of the Corporation's past housing policy ? Has it reduced the number of slums ? Com- petent observers say no, declaring that the heart of the disease has not been touched. Speaking generally, it can be said that the class of people who are now helpless have been unable to avail themselves of the accommodation pro- vided by thq Corporation. And the policy that seems at present to find favour, levelling downwards-that is, of building houses to let at from 7s. to 10s. a week, in the hope that the bottom-stratum class will occupy private houses of more moderate rentals—is foredoomed to failure. The problem must be attacked at its root. The Housing Committee has now been recommended to give preference, in the letting of Corporation houses, to per- sons upon whom closing orders have been served. This is in line with the suggestions thrown out by Mr. C. T. Ruthen in one of-the most illuminating addresses given at Swansea upon this topic. It is the only way of scientiii- cally dealing with the slum evil; but there are further safeguards to be adopted. There must be no sub-letting or keeping of A visitor to a Corporation tenement the other day stated at a public meeting that in the small house she inspected there were two lodgers!
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Yesterday, at South Shields, a Queen Victoria memorial sta-tue was unveiled. Blinded by daylight, a fully feathered owl lias been caught by a lad in a Greenock street. Tunbridge Wells Town Council are considering the advisability of erecting a crematorium. Nearly 9,000,000 copies of portions of the Scriptures have been distributed during the p3t vear by the British and Foreign Bible Society.
News & Views
News & Views I Peers and Home Rule. There seems to be little doubt (says a Lobbyist) that a second rejection of the Home Rule Bill by the Peers has been determined upon. I Government and Housing. I I The question of housing, especially I in the rural areas., is engaging the serious attention of the Government. Too Late For Congratulations. r Brown (to Jones, whom he has not met since Oxford days): "Married? Rather I My wife's just inside there. e've been married for two years." Jones: "Really! Two years! TheO I suppose it's rather too late for con- gratulations."—" Punch." Tories and the Women. One of the most significant features of the division on the motion for the second reading of the Women's En- franchisement Bill was the small num- ber of Conservatives who voted in 11 favour of the BUi. The total was only i ?, or, including Lord ?oimer, one of t?e tellers, 28. Danger in the Coif Ball. The danger of dissecting golf balls, is illustrated by a case recorded in the current issue of the official journal of the American Medical Association. A boy, aged ten, while cutting through a golf baU to see what it was made of, ruptured the small rubber bag, and the contents spurted into-his right eye, with the result that, he lost the sight of the eye. Analysis showed that the core consisted of a mixture of barium sul- phate (an insoluble precipitate), soap* and caustic soda. I Butter Milk for M.P.'s. I The House of Commons is gradu- ally being converted to the simple diet. Members are actually beginning to ae- sert the champagne bottle and tha claret cup, and are taking to butter milk as an after-dinner beverage. Possibly it is in deference to the sus- ceptibilities of the old school that the liquid is not yet referred to under its common British name, but is purchased under the title of "Sauermilch." Two Nationalists, Mr. E. Kelly and Mr. J. Murphy, are responsible for the intio- duction of sauermilch into the House. The Gillie Cave Orders. A story given in a new book con- cerning King Edw&rd finely illustrate.* the well-known bluntness and inde- pendence of tha Highland giliie. At Balmoral his Majesty had with him ia the car the Prince of Wales (the pre- sent King), and the head gillie had to determine the position the King should take up for shooting. "Do you want me to get out here?" said the King. "No," said the gillie, "you stop whera you are," without any "your Majesty" or even "sir." Then to his Royal Highness, "But you come out of it i" I Musical Festival Trials. A "Punch" writer who has been at the Competitive Festival at Moreeambe, suggests a series of supplementary prizes on the following lines: Prize I.-For the adjudicator who: gires his award with the minmum of superfluous comment and irrelevant facetousness. Prize II.-For the composer of a new madrigal or part song which is not sug- gestive of an equal admixture of treacie and olives. Prize III.—For tha referee in the tenor solo competition who listens to more than fifteen competitors with the I least loss of equanimity. Prize IV.—For the conductor who thinks more of poetry than pitch. I How He Cot Even. The sergeant major of a British battalion abroad, wishing to oblige the regimental Free Foresters' Society, or which he is president, lent the mess linen to the society for a dinner they were. giving. The members of the mess (says "Truth") resented this breach of ser- geants' mess etiquette—not by censur- ing the sergeant-major, lest he might give them a bad time afterwards—but by fining the Chinese waiter who took the linen out of the mess without ob- taining the committee's sanction. I Not to be outdone by this manoeuvre, the sergeant-major voted for the resolu- tion wiaich fined the waiter, and then paid the a i-, e out of the Foresters' funds. Lost in London. Most people know from experience how easy it is to lose one's way in Lon- dOLl; but few will believe that the driver of a motor 'bus is subject to the saino disability. Yet only the other morning, when driving from Liverpool Street to the Elephant, an omnibus turned suddenly into unknown City byways. Then it pulled up. "Bui!" cried the driver. "Bill!" The conductor mounted and leaned over. "I've lost myself," sa.d the driver. "Go on," said the conduc- tor; and then a City constable strolled up. "Go back," said the constable. The omnibus backed slowly—dole- fully—and turned with difficulty into the appointed route But certain im- patient passengers lost their train. I" Abducting If the Horse's Tail. I- Manchester children have been writing essays on apimals. What is regarded as the iunniest essay sent in is from a boy of thirteen. From this we cull the following with respect to the dockmg of horse's tails: "It must be a terrible feeling for the horse when its tail is about to be abducted. Besides, it is a mean- spirited man who would be so cruel as to take away the horse's only weapon, his tail. I will now explain how this tail acts as a weapon to a horse as much as a suit of clothes does to us. For instance, a fly shows signs of irritation to a horse, which is not only locked up in harness, but has also a short tail. la it not an unpleasant position to be inr "If a horse should go without a necessary article, why not a cow undergo the same predicament? There is hardly a suitable excuse. No doubt horses look extremely nice when cut short, but are we to sacrifice its appear- ance to its flings r Why, surely not." Turning Away Wrath. f The teacher was taking the weekly I Scripture lesson, and the boys—aged eight to ten-were, with two exceptions, soon interested in the life r of bomuel. The militant couple were, iii the words of the teacher, "having a fine bit of fun." They were ejected from their piaces, and sent into an adjoining room to be "lectured" after school had broken up. "1 went to deliver the lecture," re- lates the lady, "and had reached the doorway when one of boys yelled, 'Teacher, I've just seed a mice!' Of course, I stood stall, and said, 'Oh, have you ?' f "You should have seen the change in that child's countenance. After much { diplomatic questioning, it came out that i the boys bad hit upon this 'wheeze' to t get rid of me quickly. My kids are ab. S solutely the last word in everything 1M they shouldn't be."
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Throe valuable horses belonging to 1 Mr. E. Bristow, a, farmer, have neon I killed by the early mornang mail ex- f press on the railway near Mkltozu L