The South Wales Star

BAIfflY DISTRICT NEWS. BARRY. HARVEST THANKSGIVING.—The harvest thanks- giving service-, of the Barry Congregational Church will be held on Sunday next. The Rev. J. Williamson, M.A. (Cardiff). will preach at the morning and evening j services. In the afternoon, at three o'clock, an address will be delivered by the Rev. Christmas Lewis t Barry). Collections will be made in aid of the Church funds. THE ROBERTS-STREET BCILDIXG COMPANY.— Mr. W.' Uownsend, newsagent, ifcc., Barry-road, Cadox- ton has bC(}G appointed temporary secretary of the Roberts-street Building Company (Limited), in place of Mr. D. Shaw, C.A.. Cadoxton. NEW ;PIJACISSIOF WORSHIP.-The contract for the erection of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, High-street, East Barry, has been let to Mr. W. Richards, builder, 2, Sea View-crescent, Wenvoe- xoad. Barry, whose tender was about f1,200. VESTRY MEETING.—On Thursday evening a special vestry meeting was held in the newly-erected Parish- hall, to consider the desirability of granting an addi- tional sum for services rendered by the newly- appointed assistant overseer, Mr. Blatkmore. The Rev. Mr. Do Heaume (curate) presideu, there being also present Capt. Davies, Capt. Whall, Capt. Murrell, Mr. J. Lo'.vdon, Mr. Miller, Mr. S. A. Williams (over- seer), Mr. John Williams. Mr. S. A. Morgan, Mr. P W. Taylor, Mr. David Roberts, Mr. E. S. Johnson, Mr.. Shattock, 2IÜ. F. Small, Mr. Long, Mr. Blackmore, &c. -It was explained to the meeting that owing to ill- ness the late assistant overseer, Mr. Laugher had not been able to collect in the rates made, and that when Mr. Blackmore took office, things being in arrears, he had gone to a very considerable amount of trouble in getting things in or(1er.-lHr. P. W. Taylor moved that the sum oft5 be given to Mr. Blackmore for his extra services.—Mr. Morgan, objected, and said they would be establishing a bad precedent.—The Hey. De Heaume said Mr. Blackmore had done the work re- markably well. He had been willing to do tho work, and it was only right that he should be paid for so doing.—Mr. S. A. Williams said he knew the difficulty in collecting the arrears, and he could assure them Mr. Blackmore had had a lot of trouble, owing to the fact of Mr. Lougher's illness.—Mr. Johnson said from what they heard their late assistant overseer, through illness, had left work which their new assistant over- seer had been obliged to do, and as they themselves expected to be paid for their labour, they couid but expect to pay their aesistant overseer for his. There- fore he would be pleased to second the resolution.- The resolution was carried, Mr. Morgan alone voting against it.—Mr. Long. builder, was proceeding to bring up a grievance he had, but he was ruled out of order, and the meeting terminated. SPECIAL SERVICES.—Next week special evan- gelistic services will be held at the Barry Wesleyan Chapel. LOCAL SUCCESS.—At the shooting competition among recruits of the 2nd Glamorgan Artillery Volun- teeers on Saturday afternoon at Cardiil, Gunner Morgan. Barry, was 5th on the list; Gunner Ellicott, 8th: and Gunner Hogg, 13th. Mr. W. H. MORGAN was present at the dinner of the Institute of Marine Engineers on Saturday even- ing at the Xto.ral Hotel, Cardiff. SMOKING 4R)NCERT.—On Saturday evening a first- rate smoking concert took place at the Barry Hotel, under the auspices of the Barry branch of the Amalga- mated Society of Railway Servants, the object of the concert being to raise funds for the benefit of the widow and children of a fellow railway man. Mr. George Hence, he having met with an untimely death 1iiome 18 months ago. This is the second concert held for the same object. Owing to the energetic action of the secretary (Mr. J. Thomas) and the sympathy felt for the widow by the members, about 500 tickets were disposed of. Having heard of the very commendable object of the concert, the Barry railway men's band (leader, Mr. De Boer) although not connected with the Union, kindly preferred their services, and to their performances, no doubt much of the success of the concert is due. Mr. Nicholas (chairman of the branch) t¡nk the chair, and there were also present Messrs E. Makepeace, \V. H. Parry (train foreman). H. Tobin, J. M. Clements, H. Francis, H. Davies, J. Thomas, W. Nichols, W. Lee, J. Diamond, J. W. Kiilery. A. Sum- mers, P. Skyrme, W. Preece, W. Hughes, Lewis Evans, Bohn. De Boer, A. Rees, W. James, J. Evans, Robertson. F. Wyatt, W. Jones, etc. In opening the -concert, the Chairman said he should like to say a few words in connection with the object of their concert there that night. They were all aware that their con- cert was got up on behalf of the widow of their late brother, George Hence, who met with a fatal accident some 14 or 15 months previous on the Barry Railway. Some of them would be aware that an action was im- pending ag-ain.,t the Barry Company for compensation, which has been linstituted on behalf of the widow by tho Barry Branch A.S.R.S. The case was placed in the hands of Mr. J. H. Jones, solicitor, Cardiff, some three months ago, but. for some reason or other, the case had not be -n tried. They had endeavoured to ob- tain from Mr. Jones the reason of this delay, but he (the chairman was sorry to say Mr. Jones had not as yet given a satisfactory answer. The case had now been placed in the hands of the general secretary, who would, no doubt, soon obtain from Mr. Jones his reasons for delaying this case as he had done. Although he was told bv a gentleman highly connected with the Barry Company that he thought the duty of every loyal servant of the company was to do all he could to further the interests of the company, still he thought, as a ioyal Trades' Unionist, it was his first duty to do all he could for the interests of his brother Unionists, when the interests of the two clash. Therefore, he hoped the result of the action would prove very favourable to the one who was placed in the unfortunage position of being unable to help herself. The following programme was then gone- through :—Pianoforte solo, Mr. A. Rees; song, The Christening," Mr. Clements, song, The violet from the grave," Mr. Ree3; violin solo, II Trovatore," Mr. H. dei Boer song, Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay," Mr. W. Hughes song, with banjo accompaniment, "Donegal," Mr. Sh,1ckwell: song, (ione from us for ever," (encored). Mr. L. Willett; overture, Kis3 in the ring "waltz," Band song, "Hillee haullee," Mr. Blethin song, 1,1 Remember L'm his mother," Mr. Woodfield; Bong, The soldier's wedding," Mr. W. James. Mr. A. Rees ably accompanied the various songs. At the c inclusion Mr. Makepeace proposed a vote of thanks to the performers for their excellent performances. Mr. Clements seconded, and Mr. H. de Boer ably re- sponded. The secretary proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman, who briefly responded. Mr. Harry Davics proposed a vote of thanks to the Press, passing a warm enlogiutn on the local Press. Mr. F. Cornish i^Sonth Wales Star) and Mr. P. Skyrme responded, both expresing their sympathy with the object of the concert, and at the instance of Mr. Cornish a sum of nearly a sovereign was raised in the room for the widow. It is estimated that £13 or £ 14 will be handed over to the widow as the result of this most successful concert. BANKRUPTCY.A receiving order has been made in the matter of the bankruptcy of George Munro, Victoria-road, Barry. MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT CLASS.—On Wednesday evening tLe first debate of the session was held at the Congregational Chapel. The president, Rev. J. H. Stowetl, being away at Bradford, the chair was taken hy Mr. Alderman Meggitt. There was a very good attendance, the class-room being well filled. The subject for debate was Are strikes justifiable ?" Mr. Bert Summers taking the affirmative, and Mr. J. O. Davies the negative. There also spoke Mr. J. Hages, Mr. P..Morrell, Mr. J.Davies, Mr. F. W. Taylor, and others. GENERAL FIELDING.—General the Hon. W. H. A. Fielding, brother of the late Lord Denbigh, is at present in Wales on military business for the Govern- ment. Yesterday the general was at Barry paying a friendly visit to his old colleague, Mr. John Robinson, M.Inst.C.E., the resident engineer of the Barry Com- pany. Having visited the dock and other works in the district, General Fielding left during the afternoon for Swansea. HARVEST THANKSGIVING—The annual festival was held at St. Paul's on Sunday last. The morning service, including a very suitable sermon, was con- ducted by the Rev. J. De Heaume. Owing to the stormy weather, the morning congregation was not a very full one. In the evening, however, by which time the weather had improved, the church was crowded— over-crowded. The Rev. E. F. Daniell-ever a wel- comed visitor at St. Paul's—preached an impressive sermon from the miracle of the loaves to an atten- tive and appreciative audience. The decorations were, as usual, a special feature, and this year even more than maintained the good reputation of former occa- sions. The church was very pretty. There was not the fault of over-doing—all was in very good taste. The Communion table and rails, and also the font, were undertaken by Mrs. R. S. Robinson, assisted by Mrs. Waters and Miss Be lingfield he desk, sectern, and choir by Mrs. Goode, Mrs. Younger Jones, Mrs. Edwards, and Mrs. Nicholls. The cross on the front was the work of Mrs. Daunton. Besides the front flowers, ifce., supplied by the above-named ladies, other friends sent useful contributions—Mr. Powell, flo wers; Mrs. Daunton, grapes, Ac.; Mrs. Knowles, grapes, S:c. Mrs. Woodham. a large hamper of vege- tables Mr. Burgess, vegetables (his own growth); Miss Taylor, Wool Shop, flowers; Mr. E. Price, flowers. i!tc., »tc. A notice of the service would be very incomplete without a reference to the musical arrange- ments. The choir was certainly at its best last Sun- day. The singing, by general consent, was good. The rendering of the anthem. The Lord is my Shepherd (Macfarren), as well as the chants and hymns—all was very creditable, and indicated careful and industrious work. The service was altogether very bright, hearty, and enjoyable. St. Paul's people are saying that pro- bably this is the last harvest festival in the iron church. The new church is in course of erection. In the course of about six weeks it is expected that the foundation-stone will be laid. Already preparations are being made for making the occasion eventful. NURSING mothers should avail themselves of that renowned tonic—Gwilym Evans' Quinine Bitters. It strengthens the system and purifies the blood, and thus enriches the milk, and enables the child to thrive more readily. See advt. page. T18 IS YOUR WATCH WRONG ? IF SO, and you wish it put in reliable order, why go to town when you can get any class of Watch, repairs done equally well at Barry by W. COOMBS, Market Hall Buildings, late with Mr J Hettich 60, Queen-street, Cardiff [301 BARRY DOCK. ODDFELLoWsmP.—The consecration of the hand- some new room of the Loyal David Davis Lodge of the Grand United Order of Oddfellows was held on Wednesday at the Victoria Hotel Assembly-room, Holton-road, Barry Dock. There were present on the occasion:—Bro. S. O. Williams, D.M., Bro. Evan Lewis-, D.D.M., Bro. W. H. Owens, D.S., Bro. W. Webb, P.D.M., Bro. T. Williams, N.G., Bro. C Wibery, V.G., Bro. W. Davies, secretary, Bros. Purcell, Butler, M'Kuthrie, Reid, Todd, Saunders, Harris, &c. The new lodge-room was duly consecrated by the district master, Bro. S. O. Williams, assisted by the deputy district master, Bro. Evan Lewis, and the district secretary, Bro. W. H. Owen. A vote of con- dolence was adopted to the district master, Bro. S. O. William on the death of his son. SCIENCE AND ART COMMITTEE—A meeting of the Science and Art Committee was held ;1 t the Holton Schools, Barry Dock, on Monday night. Mr. J. Lowdon in the chair. There were present besides, Messrs, D. Roberts. H. Inch, C. J. Flowers. J. Davies, and W. Llewellyn Williams, together with Mr. E. F. Blackmore (secretary). The report of the teachers showed showed that the attendance at the classes was as follows:—Magnetism and Electricity, 11 Chemis- try. 22 Machine Construction, 12 Applied Mechanics, 3; Geometry, 21 Buiiding Construction, 4; Mathe- matics, 67 steam. 8 Freehand, 7. The fees paid for the session were xl8 15s. 6d. for the mon'jh, 12 Is.— A letter was read from Mr. Y7. F. Hosgood, asking the Committee to provide a cupboard for keep- ing drawings, tools, etc., and on the motion of Mr. Llewellyn Williams a sub-committee, consisting of Messrs. O. J. Flowers, H. Inch, and John Davies, was appointed to see to the necessary arrangements, pro- vided the cost be not more than £ 12.—This was the principle business. BIBLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.—Harvest thanks- giving sen-ices werc held at the above place of worship on Sunday last, when special sermons were preached by the pastor, the Rev. J. Honey. The interior of the «hurch presented a most attractive appearance, having been very tastefully decorated with fruit, flowers, and corn, together with some choice exotics, by the follow- corn. together with some choice exotics, by the follow- ing ladies of the Church:—Mrs. James Cruise, Mrs. Sheer, Mrs. Murphy, the Misses Honey, Barrett, Mason, Tamblyn, and Durman, assisted by some of the gentlemen members. The pastor in the morning preached a very eloquent sermon, a.nd chose as his text the words from Phillipians i., 11. At the after- noon service solos were rendered in a creditable manner by Mrs. Murphy and Miss Blake, whilst short addresses were delivered by Messrs. Cruise and Levers. At the evening service the pastor again preached an inspiring sermon from the 65th Psalm, 9 to 11 verses, and was most attentively listened to by the large con- gregation. During the service the choir, under the able leadership of Ifr. Lewis, sang the anthems, God's Holy Church shall triumph," Song of the Lamb," and Press on." Mrs. Murphy officiated at the organ at the whole of the services. Collections were made at the close of each service towards the Church funds.- On Monday evening a meeting, presided over by the Rev. J. Honey, was held, at which very able addresses were delivered by Mr. Fisher and Mr. Hooper, and during the evening solos and duets were contributed by Mrs. Murphy, Miss Blake, and Miss Mason.—On Saturday evening last Mr. Levers made a presentation of a handsome timepiece to the Church in commemora- tion of his son attaining his majority. HIGH TIDE.-The tide at Barry on Sunday morn- ing last was unusually high, being over 40ft. at the dock entrance. Owing to the strong wind on only two out of four vessels ventured to dock. There were nine large steamers docked with Monday morning's tide. WLNDY MUSIC.—Notwithstanding the boisterous state of the weather on Sunday night last the crew of the brig Antonia, to amuse themselves, marched in procession through the streets of Barry Dock and Cadoxton, each playing some kind of an instrument. Although not one of them could speak English the principal tunes played were Ta-ra-ra-bom-de-ay," and Maggie Murphy's Home." After going as far as Vere-street they returned to their quarters in splendid spirits. NURSING ASSOCIATION.—The Sisters wish to ex- press their gratitude and thanks to the large number of generous donors to their sale of work. They were specially touched on receiving several offerings from tiieir poorest patients, two of whom sent their Is. en- trance fee with touching little notes. Mr. Alexander has most kindly consented to conduct an auction in order to dispose ,of the unsold articles, after which the Sisters intend informing their helpers, and the public of the amount realised. APPOINTME^I^—Mr. W. Townsend has been appointed permanent secretary to the Robert-street (Barry Dock) Land and Property Company (Limited). The registered office is No. 1, Barry-road, Cadoxton. SEQUEL TO HEAVY DRINKING.—On Friday even- ing last the s.s. Robert Eggleton arrived at Barry Dock from Constantinople, and the master of the vessel. Captain Keifier, reportell to the Board of Trade officer that the bo'sun, Harry Anderson, had committed suicide by jumping overboard on the 2nd August, when the vessel lay off Cape Finnisterre. It appears that the man signed on at South Shields on July 29th. According to the evidence of his mates, he had been drinking heavily for some time before join- ing the vessel, and had had an attack of delirium tremens. To all appearances, he had not recovered from the effects of the attack of delirium, and was not quite in his senses when he committed suicide. The matter is in the hands of the Board of Trade officers. MISSION CHURCH.—Special sermons will be preached at this church on Sunday next by the Rev. James Webb. The subject of the evening's discourse is The maintenance of National Christianity." BANKRUPTCY.—Mr. E. M. Hind, builder, of Barry Dock, came up at the Cardiff Bankruptcy Court, on Tuesday, for his adjourned re-examination. Mr. Alfred Jackson appeared for the debtor. The ca3e was adjourned in order that the additional particulars might be filed. CONCERT.—A concert will be held at the Public- hall, Barry Dock, on Wednsday next, at 7.30 p.m. in con- nection with the Mission Church. THE REV. J. WJZBB, of the Church Defence Association, wilhpreach on Sunday next at the English Church Mission-room, Holton-road, on the need of a National Christianity. ACCIDENT AT THS PIERHEAD.—While the steam- ship River Indus was proceeding from the dock into the basin on Tuesday last she struck with tremendous force the wall near the dock entrance, doing serious damage to herself and the entrance gate-wall. She struck on precisely the same part of the dock as did the Glenfield last week, from the effects of which collision the damage done to the wall had only just been fully repaired. NURSING ASSOCIATON.—Mr. Jackson, contractor of the Barry Graving Dock, has sent £5 to the Trades Council for the Nursing Association bringing up the amount collected by the Council to £ 65 16d. lid. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A SAILOR.—A seaman, name(IThomas Pearce, belonging to the Andorhina (now in dock), met with a most painful accident on Monday night last. He had gone on board the s.s. Diligent to see a shipmate, end whilst walking along the deck in the dark he fell down into the bunker hatch. He was carried to the dock constable's lodge, and by the assistance of D.C. Meyled, who is a certifi- cated member of the St. John's Ambulance Society, the unfortunate man's sufferings were considerably alleviated. Upon examination, Constable Meyled dis- covered he had broken two of his ribs, and imme- diately sent for Dr. Bray, who with the constable's assistance bandaged up the injured man, and had him conveyed to his berth on board ship. On Tuesday morning he was taken back to his home at Sunderland, where lie signed on. Pearce is a heavily-built man, weighing about 14 or 15 ston3, and it is surprising that, falling such a distance, he escaped with so little injury. THE VICAR OF ROATH AT BARRY DOCK.— Harvest thanksgiving services were held on Wednesday evening at the new Mission Church, Barry Doek. at which the Rev. F. Beck, Vicar of Roath, preached a a most impressive sermon, basing his remarks upon the words, "Thou shait love thy God with thy whole heart, with thy whole mind, and with thy whole soul." In the course of his sermon the rev. gentle- man referred in feeling terms to the death of Lord Tennyson. The building was magnificenty decorated; and those who assisted in the work being Mr. and Mrs. Miller, Miss Kilmister, the Misses Williams, Mrs. and Miss Evans, Miss Talbot, Mrs. Symonds. Mrs. Willis, Mrs. Wedge, Miss Burbidge, the Misses Whitburn, the Misses Morris, Harris. Evans, Found, Bryan, Bailey, Wood, Mrs. Tutton, Dr. Livingstone, and Mr. Evans. Flowers were kindly contributed by Mrs. Jenner. Weuvoe Castle, and Mr. Radcliffe. The Rev. Mr. Usher conducted the ser- vice, and the lessons were read by Mr. Jone3-Lloyd. A special anthem "What are tLOse arrayed in White Robes," was exceedingly well rendered. Mr. Miller officiated at the organ. The collection in aid of the Church fund amounted, to 42 8a. 7d. [ t CADOXTON. ALLEGED TH ErT.-At the Cardiff office of Mr. J. W. Morris, clerk to the Penarth magistrates, on Friday, a poorly-clad woman named Jane Dyer was charged—before Mr. Howell-with stealing a shirt, apron, necktie, and singlet, the property of Mrs. Burnett, Holme-street, Cadoxton, on Tuesday last.— From the evidence of prosecutrix, it appears that on the day named she buried her child, and observed prisoner near the door of her residence. Dyer, on seeing witness, asked if she could stop in the house until the funeral was over, but witness told her to clear away. On returning to her house witness missed the articles mentioned, which were left on a table in the back room, and gave information to the police. — Police-constable W. Francis arrested prisoner yesterday, and found her wearing the apron (produced), which belonged to prosecutrix. The other articles had not yet been discovered.-In reply to a query from the officer, prisoner said the apron had been lent her by Mrs. Burnett, but of the other things she knew nothing.—The prisoner was brought up on Thursday and tried at the Barry Dock Police Court, a full report of which will be found in another page. COMPLIMENTARY DINNER.—A meeting was held at the Witchill Hotel on Saturddy night, Dr. O'Donnell being in the chair, to discuss the question of getting up a complimentary dinner to Mr. W. M. Douglas, on the occasion of his leaving the district. There were present besides, Messrs. E. T. Williams (secretary Dis- trict Cricket Club), T. Morgan (captain District Foot- ball Team), H. Ekers, M. Hopkins, 'L. W. Thomas (South Wales Union Bank), H. Hoddinott, W. LI. Williams (South \Vr.tlc.< titnr), iSrc., vfce. It was decided to have a dinner at the Witchill on Thursday night, October 27th. Tickets (2s. 6d. each) may be had on application to the sectretary, Mr. E. T. Williams, Holton Board Schools. YOUNG WALES SOCIETY.—A meeting of the Young Wales Society was held at the Court-road Methodist Vestry, Cadoxton, on Tuesday night, Mr. W. Llewellyn Williams in the chair. There were also present the Revs. J. W. Matthews, G. Llechidon Williams, Morris Isaac, and W. Daniells, Dr. Lloyd Edwards, Messrs. H. J. Owen, J. D. Davies, D. Edwards, ifcc., ifcc. The subject for discussion was, Should bi-lingual Welshmcn correspond, trade, and travel as monoglot Welshmen For the resolution there spoke the Rev. Morris Isaac, Mr. J. D. Davies, Mr. H. J. Owen, and the Rev. J. Daniells against, the Rev. J. W. Mathews, the President, the Rev. G. LI. Williams, and Dr. Edwards. The motion was carried by a majority of two. SALVATION ARMY FUNERAL.—On Saturday after- noon the mortal remains of Amos Gardner were interred in the cemetery adjoining the Village Church. The deceased was a member of the local corps of the Salvation Army, and his fellow-soldiers assembled at the house of the deceased in Lee-street, at 3 o'clock, where they formed in procession, being marshalled by the captain, Mr. Evans. Each soldier had either a white rosette upon the chest or a band round the arm, and the coffin was carried shoulder high to the ceme- tery by the local officers of the Army. The rector, the Rev. E. Morris, officiated in the church and at the grave-side, at which latter place Captain Evans also spoke.—On Sunday evening, at the Public Hall, was held a memorial service, there being present a large congregation of nearly nearly 200. ACCIDENT TO AN ENGINE.—About six o'clock on Monday evening a mineral engine ran off the line whilst shunting waggons in Cadoxton Junction. The engine driver and fireman narrowly escaped being injured. A relief gang, after some hours' work, succeeded in placing the engine back in her proper position. THE BARRY COMPANY'S PRIVATE ROAD.-The roadway between Biglis Bridge and Eastbrook, which was constructed by the Barry Railway Company a few years ago, was on Tuesday morning handed over to the Dinas Powis Highway Board. THE SLAUGHTER-HOUSE.—The new slaughter- house, situated in Court-roid, Cadoxton, was on Mon- day morning declared open for business purposes to the public. DISGRACEFUL PROCEEDINGS. — On Wednesday last about six o'clock in the afternoon two drunken sailors quarrelled with John White, Courtney-road, Cadoxton, and after creating great disturbance they smashed in White's windows, doing damage to the ex- tent of nearly £ 2. Acting-sergeant Ben Davies arrived upon the scene, but the men had decamped, and Sergeant Davies advised White to take out summonses against the offenders.